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May 22, 2026

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by David M Willis on May 31, 2011 at 12:01 am
  • 05 - Media Rumble
└ Tags: amber, danny, dorothy, joe

Discussion (155) ¬

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  1. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    May 31, 2011 at 12:01 am | #

    Yeah, what? =D

    • Cambree
      Cambree
      May 31, 2011 at 9:01 pm | #

      Should I assume your Jen Aside is similar to Jenna’s Side?

      • Chrisby
        Chrisby
        June 1, 2011 at 5:47 pm | #

        Genocide methinks?

  2. Chrisby
    Chrisby
    May 31, 2011 at 12:01 am | #

    I’m seeing double here!

    Four Dorothys!

    • David Herbert
      David Herbert
      May 31, 2011 at 2:27 am | #

      They look nothing alike. Except for the similar features.

    • Skye
      Skye
      May 31, 2011 at 3:12 am | #

      Or is it four Ambers?

  3. madock345
    madock345
    May 31, 2011 at 12:02 am | #

    DoA gets Meta.

  4. Ridureyu
    Ridureyu
    May 31, 2011 at 12:02 am | #

    And thus, a million foursome fanfics were launched.

    • Sili
      Sili
      May 31, 2011 at 8:25 am | #

      Well, they are gay in this comic, so it won’t be much of a stretch.

      • Aydr
        Aydr
        May 31, 2011 at 8:55 pm | #

        Wait they’re gay? I thought that was Joyce and Walky.

        Good thing we have Ethan. Good ol’ bastion of heterosexuality.

  5. Aizat
    Aizat
    May 31, 2011 at 12:05 am | #

    For once, Joe is right.

  6. The Sound Defense
    The Sound Defense
    May 31, 2011 at 12:06 am | #

    So does that man Dorothy and Faz are related?

    • The HellJack
      The HellJack
      May 31, 2011 at 12:51 am | #

      Well, I can stop reading the comments now. They can’t get better then this one.

      Well played.

      • dchorror
        dchorror
        May 31, 2011 at 3:03 am | #

        Just gotta scroll down, mate.

      • sirius20_81
        sirius20_81
        May 31, 2011 at 8:15 am | #

        OT, but i had to show some love for the spring-heeled jack icon. 🙂

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      May 31, 2011 at 6:36 am | #

      Dotty, Amber and Faz related?

      http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2011/5/30/c5ae3e1b-e88b-4470-a71d-8e7bdcce41f0.jpg

      • Jetstream
        Jetstream
        May 31, 2011 at 6:38 pm | #

        … Are… Are you the devil?

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          June 1, 2011 at 7:51 am | #

          So you noticed the hellish red background of all my various Gravatars eh? >:D

      • TsunamiJane
        TsunamiJane
        May 31, 2011 at 10:33 pm | #

        Dear God, I’m ashamed to admit that Faz looks damn hot like that.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          June 1, 2011 at 7:52 am | #

          Scary concept isn’t it ^_^

  7. Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
    Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
    May 31, 2011 at 12:09 am | #

    That is a little odd. I’ve kind of noticed it before, but seeing it like this is totally different

  8. Ridureyu
    Ridureyu
    May 31, 2011 at 12:10 am | #

    Hey, maybe Amber and Dorothy can become, like, the Sub-Zero and Scorpion of this web comic! You know, they start out as palette-swaps of each other (except that one of them can breathe fire from her fleshless skull), only over time they start diverging, beginning when one shows up without a mask or shirt in a sequel. But then when they both come back they really do look different for a while, and one of them even becomes the Shredder kinda, only to go back to being palette swaps in the most recent instlalment, except one of them’s a robot now.

    • NF
      NF
      May 31, 2011 at 12:14 am | #

      Your comment is a little frightening in its depth and enthusiasm.

      • Ridureyu
        Ridureyu
        May 31, 2011 at 12:30 am | #

        Hastily and poorly-edited together with no regard for artistic integrity!

        http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y185/Ridureyu/forumstuff/amberkombat.png

        (if it turns out this kind of joke is a no-no, I’ll get rid of the link)

        • Boringamus
          Boringamus
          May 31, 2011 at 1:00 am | #

          http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/836/amberkombat.png/
          took the joke one step further, hope you don’t mind.

          • dchorror
            dchorror
            May 31, 2011 at 1:11 am | #

            Not to complain, this is awesome, but other than a desire not to see Faz shirtless, why is this not the other way around, given that Amber actually has a sibling.

          • Ridureyu
            Ridureyu
            May 31, 2011 at 2:55 am | #

            I’m laughing too hard to comment. This is not good at two in the morning.

            BWAHA!

          • NF
            NF
            May 31, 2011 at 11:12 pm | #

            What hath science wrought!!!

            • Plasma Mongoose
              Plasma Mongoose
              June 1, 2011 at 7:53 am | #

              MANY TERRIBLE THINGS!

              • Boringamus
                Boringamus
                June 6, 2011 at 12:39 am | #

                Happy to help.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      May 31, 2011 at 12:19 am | #

      I vote Amber loses the shirt. All in favor say “Faaaace”.

      • dchorror
        dchorror
        May 31, 2011 at 1:20 am | #

        Faaaaaaaaaaaaaaace!

      • George
        George
        May 31, 2011 at 1:23 am | #

        Faaaaaaaaaace!

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        May 31, 2011 at 1:31 am | #

        Who votes for both Amber & Dotty losing their shirts?

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          May 31, 2011 at 2:32 am | #

          I do.

          • benenator
            benenator
            June 1, 2011 at 4:46 pm | #

            Oh noes, Joyce has perverse sexual lust!

            • Plasma Mongoose
              Plasma Mongoose
              June 1, 2011 at 8:20 pm | #

              For Twilight no less.

        • nothri
          nothri
          June 2, 2011 at 3:26 pm | #

          I vote yes to this as well, but I feel it is important, nay vital to stress a vote for these two characters to disrobe is NOT a vote against any other characters disrobing, either now or at some future point.

  9. Aizat
    Aizat
    May 31, 2011 at 12:11 am | #

    Well, someone was right about Danny going for girls in glasses. Not that it’s anything wrong about it.

    • Chrisby
      Chrisby
      May 31, 2011 at 12:16 am | #

      It’s a very specific fetish.

      With his penis.

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        May 31, 2011 at 2:29 am | #

        Just goes to show that Danny has class

        • zuche
          zuche
          May 31, 2011 at 10:32 am | #

          Nickel plated class.

  10. NF
    NF
    May 31, 2011 at 12:13 am | #

    Faaace…

  11. Ragnal
    Ragnal
    May 31, 2011 at 12:14 am | #

    Huh. Here I thought Willis was gonna ignore all those comments.

    Ah well. I’ll enjoy it.

    • David
      David M Willis
      May 31, 2011 at 12:14 am | #

      Ignore nothing, this was planned since before the comic started. (Ask Dave McGuire.)

      • madock345
        madock345
        May 31, 2011 at 12:25 am | #

        will he answer for a nickel?

      • Kamino Neko
        Kamino Neko
        May 31, 2011 at 12:46 am | #

        Man, I figured you’d been waiting to spring this one for a while, but I didn’t figure it was that long.

        Bravo, dude, bravo.

        • David
          David M Willis
          May 31, 2011 at 12:48 am | #

          I’m a little sad that everyone actually noticed it. I hoped it’d be a surprise to some. They were similar, but not THAT similar. Oh well.

          • dchorror
            dchorror
            May 31, 2011 at 1:13 am | #

            Part of it’s just that Dorothy hasn’t been around in forever and most people came over from reading Shortpacked!

          • Lee
            Lee
            May 31, 2011 at 2:53 am | #

            Wasn’t there another strip where Dorothy and Amber stood directly next to each other in one panel? That couldn’t have helped.

          • madock345
            madock345
            May 31, 2011 at 3:48 am | #

            It was a surprise to *me* if that helps, I guess I was just to detail oriented to see the big picture similarities (also, I think a good amount of people just jumped on the Dorothy/Amber bandwagon thinking it was a joke)

      • brasca1
        brasca1
        May 31, 2011 at 1:02 am | #

        So there’s a reason that Amber looks like she does now instead of pre-makeover. Interesting.

        • David
          David M Willis
          May 31, 2011 at 1:05 am | #

          Actually, the real reason is because I prefer drawing Amber this way. When I first started drawing Roomies! nearly 14 years ago, I made a mistake in drawing Sal looking like the way I drew her in high school, expecting she’d slowly grow into the way I drew her currently. That was dumb, because I hated that old way and I hated having to draw her that way in flashbacks. So, no, Amber just always looked like she does now. Mostly. She’s too young to have been alive when giant dinner-plate-sized glasses were in vogue anyway.

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            May 31, 2011 at 1:59 am | #

            I don’t believe that I have ever seen dinner-plate glasses outside of anime, manga, cartoons & comics.

            • David
              David M Willis
              May 31, 2011 at 2:17 am | #

              http://imageshack.us/f/87/vickyvalehb7.jpg/ <–voila

              • Plasma Mongoose
                Plasma Mongoose
                May 31, 2011 at 2:42 am | #

                Oh those sort, they are bigger than the glasses you see these days but calling them dinner-plates?

                Teacup Saucer size maybe. ^_^

                • Osaru Sensei
                  Osaru Sensei
                  May 31, 2011 at 4:32 am | #

                  It’s a figure of speech.

                  … unless you were joking. In that case, carry on, nothing to see here…

                • Plasma Mongoose
                  Plasma Mongoose
                  May 31, 2011 at 5:42 am | #

                  Not exactly joking, the glasses Willis showed me in that pic were biggish but I still haven’t seen anyone with glasses like these.

                  http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2011/5/31/bed80ff6-b915-4a23-99a3-490fde8e84dc.jpg

                • Joana
                  Joana
                  May 31, 2011 at 2:08 pm | #

                  Like these?

                  http://thumbs3.ebaystatic.com/m/m9EoDXVs-RVxRU_p-iabkHw/140.jpg

                • Plasma Mongoose
                  Plasma Mongoose
                  May 31, 2011 at 6:14 pm | #

                  Joana # They look pretty cool to me to be honest, I blame all the manga I read in the past decade.

              • Stephanie
                Stephanie
                May 31, 2011 at 1:46 pm | #

                BCGs! Thank goodness I never got issued a pair.

              • Joebo
                Joebo
                June 7, 2011 at 12:49 am | #

                Hey! That was on earlier today! Good movie.

            • Blob Marley
              Blob Marley
              May 31, 2011 at 11:26 am | #

              In boot camp, the various branches of the litary handed out HUGE, UGLY glasses. My brother called them BCGs: Birth Control Goggles.

              You put them on your FAAAAAAAACE

              • WertTheLord
                WertTheLord
                May 31, 2011 at 4:08 pm | #

                With your penis?

                • Aydr
                  Aydr
                  May 31, 2011 at 9:00 pm | #

                  If you can do that I think you’re gonna need more than glasses for birth control. Yowza.

          • brasca1
            brasca1
            May 31, 2011 at 1:44 pm | #

            Thanks for clearing that up. And I suppose the old glasses would be too outdated, but her long hair could still be unfashionably nerdy of her. While Amber and Dorothy’s likeness is uncanny and would be confusing if this strip was in black and white I can tell them apart since Amber’s hair hangs in front of her ears while Dorothy’s hair flips to the right.

            • Madock345
              Madock345
              May 31, 2011 at 6:11 pm | #

              plus, Dorothy’s hair is longer and Amber has bigger, less perky boobs, and a pointier face.

              • Lesharo
                Lesharo
                June 2, 2011 at 12:06 pm | #

                Dorothy is also slightly thinner overall and has a paler complexion.

            • Plasma Mongoose
              Plasma Mongoose
              June 1, 2011 at 8:30 pm | #

              I believe one of the reasons, Willis updated Amber’s look was to do with her been related to Faz and he really wanted us to get out the brain bleach when he posted this in SP!

              http://www.shortpacked.com/2010/comic/book-12/01-dominus-jacobus/phone-2/

  12. HMRC4EVR
    HMRC4EVR
    May 31, 2011 at 12:14 am | #

    No, Joe. It’s a DoubleMint commercial. You’re just a little slow cause you didn’t read the memo.

    Of course you’d still be a little slow, but that’s neither here or there.

    I am just glad I’m not being forced to decide which one is cuter. I mean, they’re no Sailor Mercury but not bad at all.

  13. Undrave
    Undrave
    May 31, 2011 at 12:14 am | #

    Oh Joe…

  14. The Blot
    The Blot
    May 31, 2011 at 12:15 am | #

    Yes!!! I’ve been waiting since the start of DoA for this moment to occur. Love it 🙂

  15. cruncher3019
    cruncher3019
    May 31, 2011 at 12:17 am | #

    Dude.

  16. Jimmy
    Jimmy
    May 31, 2011 at 12:17 am | #

    Hmm… I’m sensing a pattern with Danny’s taste in women.

    • zuche
      zuche
      May 31, 2011 at 10:34 am | #

      I’m pretty sure them saying, “What?” in stereo was just a coincidence.

  17. Cholma
    Cholma
    May 31, 2011 at 12:18 am | #

    Oh My Cheese! I just figured it out! Dorothy is Amazi-Girl!

    SHOCKING. That’s why she wanted to the do the story on A-G; it’s just like Peter Parker reporting on Spiderman. How did I never see this before?

    (Plus: wow, those dorm doors are wide. Two people can walk through a doorway at the same time?)

    • David
      David M Willis
      May 31, 2011 at 12:19 am | #

      I remember them being pretty wide, if only to help facilitate the moving of furniture in and out twice a year.

    • Kisai
      Kisai
      May 31, 2011 at 12:30 am | #

      Probably more to do with wheelchair accessibility in real life. Anytime I find extra-wide doors, they’re always to accommodate those slow go-karts seniors ride.

  18. Zachary Adams
    Zachary Adams
    May 31, 2011 at 12:22 am | #

    I’m still weirded out by the half-baths. Never seen a dorm that had a toilet and sink for each suite but communal bathrooms for the showers.

    • David
      David M Willis
      May 31, 2011 at 12:35 am | #

      Click and be amazed!: http://www.rps.indiana.edu/Readrescenter.cfml?page=floorplans

    • Michael Haneline
      Michael Haneline
      May 31, 2011 at 8:24 pm | #

      UCSD had the same set up in some dorms when I took classes there when I was like 12. I don’t know if they are still like that.

  19. Mkvenner
    Mkvenner
    May 31, 2011 at 12:30 am | #

    Now all you need is Billie and you’ve got Danny’s Angels.

    • Aydr
      Aydr
      May 31, 2011 at 9:02 pm | #

      What about Sal? I’d think she gets a spot over Dorothy.

      • Mkvenner
        Mkvenner
        June 1, 2011 at 11:47 pm | #

        He has glasses fetish, though.

  20. beeftony
    beeftony
    May 31, 2011 at 12:49 am | #

    You know, when you put them next to each other like that, the subtle differences become more obvious.

    And no, I’m not talking about the hair.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      May 31, 2011 at 1:56 am | #

      Dotty’s face is rounder and she is 1-2 inches taller than Amber.

  21. Kamino Neko
    Kamino Neko
    May 31, 2011 at 12:49 am | #

    Now, is Danny looking like that just because ‘uh-oh, ex-girlfriend, and hopefully new-girlfriend in the same room!’ or does he see what Joe sees?

    • dchorror
      dchorror
      May 31, 2011 at 1:19 am | #

      I’m pretty sure it occurred to him when he first saw Amber.

      http://www.dumbingofage.com/2011/comic/book-1/03-men-are-from-beck-women-are-from-clark/glasses/

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        May 31, 2011 at 1:54 am | #

        That makes sense now, when she was pointing to her GLASSES, she meant that her glasses are not the same as Dotty’s.

        • Null Set
          Null Set
          May 31, 2011 at 5:40 am | #

          No, she was saying “I MEEK AND PITIFUL AMBER, PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE AMAZIGIRL BEHIND THE GLASSES”

          • HMRC4EVR
            HMRC4EVR
            May 31, 2011 at 9:50 am | #

            Well, it’s worked for Clark Kent for 50+ years, why not Amber?

            • zuche
              zuche
              May 31, 2011 at 10:38 am | #

              Closing on 75 years now.

            • Plasma Mongoose
              Plasma Mongoose
              May 31, 2011 at 6:11 pm | #

              Cos unless they’re the type of glasses which makes you look really different, it doesn’t work too well as a disguise, especially these days.

  22. Mkvenner
    Mkvenner
    May 31, 2011 at 12:50 am | #

    Add Ruth and you’ve got Danny’s Angels: Full Throttle.

  23. Lee
    Lee
    May 31, 2011 at 1:01 am | #

    Kinda saw this one coming.

    • Bekah
      Bekah
      May 31, 2011 at 1:27 am | #

      Not gonna lie. I didn’t.

      I didn’t even see the similarity (apart from the glasses) until that last panel today.

      • David
        David M Willis
        May 31, 2011 at 1:33 am | #

        Woo, one person! Score for me!

        • Chupi
          Chupi
          May 31, 2011 at 3:40 am | #

          If it counts for anything, even though I saw the resemblances just fine… It never really clicked until Joe pointed it out just now. I knew Amber and Dorothy had many similar features, yet my brain never made the connection of “Danny’s gunning for a girl who looks a lot like his ex.”

          • Ristar
            Ristar
            May 31, 2011 at 8:58 am | #

            I thought Joe was calling Amber creepy…Didn’t even realize the ‘they look alike’ was part of it until reading comments…

  24. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    May 31, 2011 at 1:33 am | #

    All we need now is for Faz to put on some glasses and stuff his bra and the set is complete.

    • dchorror
      dchorror
      May 31, 2011 at 1:57 am | #

      Faz wears a bra? I wanted neither the imagery nor to know how you would know.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        May 31, 2011 at 2:44 am | #

        So I take it that you won’t want to see this either then?

        http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2011/5/30/c5ae3e1b-e88b-4470-a71d-8e7bdcce41f0.jpg

        • dchorror
          dchorror
          May 31, 2011 at 2:59 am | #

          I had to click it anyways, I laughed, and was thoroughly disturbed.

        • Bekah
          Bekah
          May 31, 2011 at 3:10 am | #

          Why do you hate good?

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            May 31, 2011 at 5:21 am | #

            Don’t hate, masturbate! 😛

        • Pat
          Pat
          May 31, 2011 at 12:51 pm | #

          They look nothing alike. He doesn’t have a phone.

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            June 1, 2011 at 8:32 pm | #

            DOH! I forgot that little detail.

  25. Silver C.
    Silver C.
    May 31, 2011 at 1:49 am | #

    How could this slip past me by? (o-o)

    I didn’t realize it until the last panel and it’s my favorite panel of all!

    Although I try not to imagine them talking at the same time with the same creepy voice and threatening to assimilate into the fold…

  26. shoeboxjeddy
    shoeboxjeddy
    May 31, 2011 at 2:27 am | #

    I see what u did thar…

  27. Shift
    Shift
    May 31, 2011 at 2:31 am | #

    So which is it? Does Danny just have a type of girl he finds attractive, or is he trying to replace Dorothy with knock-off version (sorry Amber)?

    • das-g
      das-g
      May 31, 2011 at 7:14 am | #

      When Danny first noticed Amber’s resemblance to someone he knows, he was first confused, then, when realizing that someone was the girl that had dumped him the evening before, suddenly very uneasy. (He looked something between disgusted to crept out, but it probably just were the hurtful memories re-emerging.)

      I think what attracted Amber and Danny towards each other later on were common interests and interests they found interesting in the respective other (computer science incl. stuff from its good ‘old’ times like BBSs, gaming, my little ponies), shared opinions (‘The CS intro course sucks!’) and general geekiness without too much creepiness (in their own eyes, at least.)

      Off course, that doesn’t have to mean there isn’t a certain type of FAAAAAAAAAAACE that Danny goes after, whether consciously or not. But I doubt he chose Amber as an as-similar-as-possible replacement, more that just both Dorothy’s and Amber’s look fit a pattern he might like.

      • Shadic
        Shadic
        May 31, 2011 at 7:42 pm | #

        When Danny first noticed Amber’s resemblance to someone he knows, he was first confused, then, when realizing that someone was the girl that had dumped him the evening before, suddenly very uneasy.
        I’m pretty sure the person that Amber “resembled” was Amazi-Girl. You know, for obvious reasons.

  28. LurkerAbove
    LurkerAbove
    May 31, 2011 at 3:18 am | #

    *sigh* I didn’t see this coming either, because I keep on thinking that Sal was Danny’s ex. Only remembered when I read the comments. Shows how much I keep on associating the old comics. >.<

  29. Minus3
    Minus3
    May 31, 2011 at 3:22 am | #

    http://www.dumbingofage.com/2011/comic/book-1/03-men-are-from-beck-women-are-from-clark/glasses/

    Last panel, behind Danny:
    Put Danny and Amber together and you get Shaggy from Scooby Doo.

  30. Dahlia
    Dahlia
    May 31, 2011 at 3:54 am | #

    I FREAKING KNEW IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  31. Tenn
    Tenn
    May 31, 2011 at 3:58 am | #

    I didn’t notice the few and extremely superficial similarities between Amber and Dorothy until people started calling them palette-swapped versions of each other (which definitely isn’t true). They’re roughly the same size, they both have a rounded hairstyle of same length, and they both have glasses. That’s it. If they dyed their hair the same color and put on the same clothes, the difference would still be obvious.

  32. TemplarKnight
    TemplarKnight
    May 31, 2011 at 4:25 am | #

    DUDE! COCKBLOCK! NOT COOL!

    • Shift
      Shift
      May 31, 2011 at 6:11 am | #

      To be fair its not a cockblock yet. Neither girl realized what Joe is talking about yet.

      But either way, Joe wanted to include Dorothy on his sex-up list less then five seconds after Danny and her broke up and has already made a sex tape in the same room as a sleeping Danny, with a sequel planned that very night. Honestly, cockblocking doesn’t seem that shocking for Joe.

      • taekwondogirl
        taekwondogirl
        May 31, 2011 at 2:57 pm | #

        I don’t think you understand the way dudes like Joe work. He is for free love so cock blocking would prevent that.

  33. Robin
    Robin
    May 31, 2011 at 8:13 am | #

    Dammit Joe!!! Don’t ruin it for Danny!!!

  34. arjay2813
    arjay2813
    May 31, 2011 at 8:27 am | #

    danny in the last panel almost escaped me. its not creepy if its a twin fetish joe (well…okay maybe). i want them to bump into billie soon. that will be really awkward for them

  35. Kyle
    Kyle
    May 31, 2011 at 9:45 am | #

    I…I didn’t see this AT ALL.
    Mainly because I’ve only read shortpacked! though. xD;
    So I think I’m out of the loop for most things.

  36. Menachem Schmuel
    Menachem Schmuel
    May 31, 2011 at 9:47 am | #

    I’ll be honest… they really don’t seem to be that similar to me. The only things they have in common are their basic hair shapes and their positions (looking down at a phone, which is a very common position these days).
    Beyond that, though, they seem very, very different. Let’s see:
    -Different nose shapes
    -One has hair swept behind ears, other does not
    -Different face shapes (Amber has a pointed chin)
    -Glasses are different shapes
    -Different heights

    And, at the risk of putting too much emphasis on detail, they also seem to have arms that are different widths, necks with different lengths, and different shaped breasts. And, of course, they have different hair colors. Given that this is a cartoon, which can only have so much detail included, that is a very long list of differences.

    I mean, maybe it’s just me, but they seem to be very distinct characters. I’m seeing hardly any similarity at all.

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      May 31, 2011 at 10:46 am | #

      I agree – to me they look “nothing alike” either. On the other hand, I can see why Joe would take one look and say “replacement!”: since outside sprite comments people aren’t actual palette swaps of one another, the fact that Danny manage to so quickly find another girl that did fit the ‘short, short-haired, bespectacled’ mold is still close enough to raise eyebrows.

    • David
      David M Willis
      May 31, 2011 at 11:08 am | #

      Everything you list is true except the different nose shapes. If they look different here, it’s because I’m sloppy. 🙂

      Amber and Dorothy aren’t supposed to be exact palette swaps. They’re just close enough that Joe notices.

    • ryan
      ryan
      May 31, 2011 at 12:05 pm | #

      my younger brother has had two girlfriends. both are hispanic and older than he is. they look completely different, but we can still say he has a thing for older, hispanic women.

      can’t we make similar comments towards danny? he has a thing for short, glasses-wearing women with short hair. i know people are saying the dorothy and amber are a little more identical than that, but they are drawn in a simple style. subtle details are easy to overlook, especially when the two characters aren’t shown next to each other.

    • Jimmy
      Jimmy
      May 31, 2011 at 3:54 pm | #

      Before I thought they were really similar, but now that they’re actually standing next to each other, they aren’t. They’re still similar, but it’s easier to see the differences.

  37. joshquixote
    joshquixote
    May 31, 2011 at 10:07 am | #

    Please tell me Danny was going to finish his sentence with “trade Pokemon.”

    • zuche
      zuche
      May 31, 2011 at 10:51 am | #

      Is that what the kids are calling it these days?

      • Blob Marley
        Blob Marley
        May 31, 2011 at 11:33 am | #

        I traded pokemon with his mom

        for a nickel

        with my penis

        FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE

        I harbor psl for her pokemans

        am I forgetting any of the major memes here?

        • Roborat
          Roborat
          May 31, 2011 at 3:37 pm | #

          His mom requires your butt.

  38. XLR
    XLR
    May 31, 2011 at 12:13 pm | #

    Joe is saying what we all thought near the start.

    • zuche
      zuche
      May 31, 2011 at 1:59 pm | #

      That when Joe and a girl are in their room, Danny should not be present unless he’s unconcious?

      • dchorror
        dchorror
        May 31, 2011 at 6:06 pm | #

        The fact that he was okay with him being present at all may be telling of something.

  39. The Sound Defense
    The Sound Defense
    May 31, 2011 at 1:38 pm | #

    Now Joe is going to accuse Danny of trying to replace his ex and shit will fall to pieces. Calling it now.

    • taekwondogirl
      taekwondogirl
      May 31, 2011 at 2:59 pm | #

      Not with them present. Joe’s got *some* honor.

      • Aydr
        Aydr
        May 31, 2011 at 8:54 pm | #

        Oh, he probably won’t say that much… but he’ll probably say more than enough. Let’s hope he doesn’t.

  40. WebComicGeek11
    WebComicGeek11
    May 31, 2011 at 4:21 pm | #

    Dude, the way they look alike is like me and my sister. She’s a little over 3 years older than me, and I’m a blond and she’s a brunette, but we still get mistaken for twins.

  41. Deimir
    Deimir
    May 31, 2011 at 4:30 pm | #

    To quote StrongBad.

    “Woah, there’s TWO of them!”

  42. Merco
    Merco
    May 31, 2011 at 5:32 pm | #

    I can’t tell if Danny’s FAAAAAAAAAAAAACE says, “Somebody get me out of here ASAP!” or “I really need to get to the bathroom”. Maybe he’s trying to say, “I just went to the bathroom, so somebody get me out of here ASAP!” Jeez, does the sight of Dorothy still freak him out so much?

    • Jason
      Jason
      May 31, 2011 at 11:41 pm | #

      Well, they only broke up less than 4 days ago, and I don’t think they’ve seen each other since then.

  43. Aslee
    Aslee
    May 31, 2011 at 6:02 pm | #

    Oh… I’ve had this happen to me. And I was the ‘new’ one. So, either everyone’s going to think it’s funny, or we go the realistic route… Incredibly awkward, and Amber walks away with a Dorothy-complex. ((Danny-complex? Not sure how you would name it…))

  44. NeoDarklight
    NeoDarklight
    May 31, 2011 at 6:47 pm | #

    Okay, I’m starting to remember that there was a comic in which some guy goes “Faaaace?”, but I can’t remember for the life of me which one it is or which of the comics it’s from. Can somebody help me out here?

    • TsunamiJane
      TsunamiJane
      May 31, 2011 at 10:43 pm | #

      This one: http://www.dumbingofage.com/2010/comic/book-1/01-move-in-day/face/

      • NeoDarklight
        NeoDarklight
        June 1, 2011 at 12:35 am | #

        Thank you. Now who the face is my avatar?

        • TsunamiJane
          TsunamiJane
          June 3, 2011 at 11:59 am | #

          I think you mean who the FAAACE is my avatar. But I don’t know the answer.

  45. Robin
    Robin
    May 31, 2011 at 8:42 pm | #

    I just noticed, Amber is wearing the DinoBot “Honor” logo on her shirt … does that shirt actually exist?

  46. Jimbo
    Jimbo
    May 31, 2011 at 11:42 pm | #

    this is so deliciously awkward!

  47. Jason
    Jason
    May 31, 2011 at 11:43 pm | #

    Personally, they’ve always looked a lot alike to me. I see all the differences that everyone else has pointed out, but the similar heights, glasses, and especially the giant circular balls of hair overwhelm the differences in my eyes.

  48. Kelvin
    Kelvin
    August 30, 2011 at 8:52 am | #

    FINALLY, Someone points it out! They’ve always looked eerily alike to me!

  49. BD
    BD
    August 17, 2012 at 5:51 pm | #

    Okay, cool. I’m re-reading my way through the archive, and I was wondering when/if this would happen. It’s harder to tell how different they look in just the banner (which, amusingly, is the full-cast one for me right now) – and looking at it, Dorothy looks like the only character who has a round chin.

    Couple wigs, heels (for Amber), change of clothes and a little makeup, and they could cosplay as each other.

  50. Kiggy
    Kiggy
    January 27, 2013 at 6:43 pm | #

    I always thought they looked to much alike…

  51. newllend
    newllend
    August 13, 2013 at 7:43 pm | #

    Just because they have glasses does not mean the look the same

  52. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    April 13, 2015 at 5:19 am | #

    Hey, Dorothy’s a bit taller. Didn’t notice before.

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