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by David M Willis on April 30, 2014 at 12:01 am
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└ Tags: amazi-girl, amber, cyclonus, dorothy, tailgate, walky

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  1. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    April 30, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    Her body was never found.

    • Jen Aside
      Jen Aside
      April 30, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

      “You… KNOCKED OVER MY TRASH CAN”

      • The Meek Ninja
        The Meek Ninja
        April 30, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

        “Prepare to die.”

        • otusasio451
          otusasio451
          April 30, 2014 at 12:16 am | #

          “My name is Amber O’Malley. I pummeled my father. Prepare to die.”

          • AzureSky
            AzureSky
            April 30, 2014 at 10:20 am | #

            Give this one a cookie!

          • Unkind fish
            Unkind fish
            April 30, 2014 at 7:51 pm | #

            HhahahahahahaAaaa

        • asmcint
          asmcint
          April 30, 2014 at 12:58 pm | #

          WELCOME TO DIE!

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        April 30, 2014 at 1:04 am | #

        “You spilled my diet soda!”

        • Darren
          Darren
          April 30, 2014 at 5:18 am | #

          “John my diet soda!”

          You sir, get +1 internet

    • Cholma
      Cholma
      April 30, 2014 at 12:15 am | #

      Fortunately, Amber can count on Dina to help with the disposal of the body.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        April 30, 2014 at 12:20 am | #

        You need a whole to bury the body? Dina can dig it.

        • That Damn Rat
          That Damn Rat
          April 30, 2014 at 12:35 am | #

          She just calls in her raptor brothers, and bam! no body

          • Aizat
            Aizat
            April 30, 2014 at 1:10 am | #

            But look at the BONES!

            • Aeron
              Aeron
              April 30, 2014 at 7:47 am | #

              You twat! I soiled my favorite raptor t-shirt I was so scared!

        • Shadow12000
          Shadow12000
          April 30, 2014 at 1:46 am | #

          A whole what though?

          • nekobawt
            nekobawt
            April 30, 2014 at 2:38 am | #

            a whole hole. she tried digging half of one, but couldn’t figure out when to stop.

            • Bill
              Bill
              April 30, 2014 at 12:12 pm | #

              You’re done once you get all the dirt out of it.

            • awakisiok
              awakisiok
              April 30, 2014 at 3:04 pm | #

              Miki? Do you like my name?

    • Glynvel
      Glynvel
      April 30, 2014 at 1:27 am | #

      Someone call Bricktop and see if the pigs are hungry.

      • Admiral ChucK
        Admiral ChucK
        April 30, 2014 at 1:34 am | #

        I called. He didn’t answer. I think Mickey got him.

        • Arkadi
          Arkadi
          April 30, 2014 at 12:34 pm | #

          Good man Mickey.

          • Cholma
            Cholma
            April 30, 2014 at 4:33 pm | #

            Holy crap! A “Snatch” reference?! great movie!

      • Leorale
        Leorale
        April 30, 2014 at 2:13 pm | #

        Dem pigs eat anyteeng.

    • nah
      nah
      April 30, 2014 at 4:26 am | #

      I legit want this the moment where dumbing of age goes straight up Game of Thrones about some shit

      • nah
        nah
        April 30, 2014 at 4:27 am | #

        “hey danny! I need you to help me remove a large heavy trashbag that smells like it has a dead human being from my room. Also incidentally that girl you used to date has vanished without any trace”

        • Seerow
          Seerow
          April 30, 2014 at 11:59 am | #

          That’s not game of thrones. That’s some dumb buddy cop plot.

        • LAZiERWOLF
          LAZiERWOLF
          April 30, 2014 at 4:06 pm | #

          I think you mean “human bean”.

          • John
            John
            April 30, 2014 at 6:40 pm | #

            Leave Leslie out of this.

    • Vree
      Vree
      May 3, 2014 at 4:30 am | #

      “It could have been so perfect, Dorothy. But you just HAD to pry and peek.”

  2. Herohatch
    Herohatch
    April 30, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    Dun dun… dun?

    • Jen Aside
      Jen Aside
      April 30, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

      UH-OH, she just realized WALKY IS AMBER

      • gc
        gc
        April 30, 2014 at 12:21 am | #

        Genius.

      • Blimey
        Blimey
        April 30, 2014 at 12:35 am | #

        Next: Amber realizes that Dorothy is Sal.
        Danny realizes Joe is his alter ego.

        • Shadow12000
          Shadow12000
          April 30, 2014 at 1:48 am | #

          Fracking heck and now I can’t get Danny Sexbang out of my head.

          • Vash
            Vash
            April 30, 2014 at 11:57 am | #

            if you mix joe and danny you get danny sexbang

        • John
          John
          April 30, 2014 at 1:53 am | #

          Joe is Danny’s Tyler Durden.

          • -JAD-
            -JAD-
            April 30, 2014 at 2:05 am | #

            So cool

          • Aeron
            Aeron
            April 30, 2014 at 7:48 am | #

            This.

        • Aeron
          Aeron
          April 30, 2014 at 7:48 am | #

          The Dumbingverse ends with the singularity.

          • Strain Of Thought
            Strain Of Thought
            April 30, 2014 at 1:29 pm | #

            Eventually, it turns out that there is only one character in Dumbing Of Age, a poor disturbed soul who believes that they are the collective student body of Indiana University.

            And that character is David Willis.

            And it is still 1998, and he is still hiding in his dorm room, still having a complete nervous breakdown. And in his fevered dreams, he is having a vision of the future, of all possible college life experiences that can be experienced at Indiana University, by all possible college students. And this is his story.

            • das-g
              das-g
              April 30, 2014 at 4:02 pm | #

              This sounds eerily like a horror movie I’ve seen. Just switch the university with a motel and Willis’ dorm room with a courtroom.

              • Alan Lafond
                Alan Lafond
                April 30, 2014 at 10:52 pm | #

                I knew which movie it was before I even clicked the link. One of my favorites of my collection of movies that feature the lead actor from that one. 🙂

        • Jerden
          Jerden
          April 30, 2014 at 12:32 pm | #

          Amazi-Girl realises that Dina IS EVERYONE.

      • Björn
        Björn
        April 30, 2014 at 1:33 am | #

        Oh Willis, PLEASE make that canon!

      • Thasvaddef
        Thasvaddef
        April 30, 2014 at 5:35 am | #

        Actually looks blue to me. That’s more or less the opposite of amber.

    • Kaiden
      Kaiden
      April 30, 2014 at 12:46 am | #

      Dun Dun, DUN!!!!

  3. Vivvav
    Vivvav
    April 30, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    This ain’t good.

    • Tunaro
      Tunaro
      April 30, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

      Nnnooope. No, it ain’t.

    • PsychokineticEX
      PsychokineticEX
      April 30, 2014 at 12:21 am | #

      Vivvav my friend, things are about to do a rapid pirouette backflip off the deep end.

    • creatorx2
      creatorx2
      April 30, 2014 at 1:38 am | #

      She totally thinks Amber’s secretly dating Walky.

  4. Mr. Random
    Mr. Random
    April 30, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    That look. She needs to be taken care of.
    For the family.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      April 30, 2014 at 1:05 am | #

      Leave the body…take the canoli.

      • Ivan
        Ivan
        April 30, 2014 at 8:04 am | #

        Best ad lib ever in a movie!

        • Charlie Spencer
          Charlie Spencer
          April 30, 2014 at 11:50 am | #

          Nah. “You’re gonna need a bigger boat.”

          • StClair
            StClair
            April 30, 2014 at 2:03 pm | #

            For me, it’s a toss-up between the collected works of Harrison Ford.

            Also:
            “The police are here!”
            “How many?”
            “Uh, all of them, I think.”

        • Jen Aside
          Jen Aside
          April 30, 2014 at 5:40 pm | #

          “Newman, what are you doing?”
          “I’m thinking.”
          “Well, think me up a cup of coffee and a chocolate doughnut with some of those little sprinkles on top, while you’re thinking.”

  5. Deathjavu
    Deathjavu
    April 30, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    Oh amber, nooo, what are you planning… 🙁

    • TemplarKnight
      TemplarKnight
      April 30, 2014 at 3:47 am | #

      Amber disappeared before the last panel.

  6. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    April 30, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    Also Fuck. How did I not catch on to them cheeks. I feel dumber than a Danny.

    • rhelmot
      rhelmot
      April 30, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

      aaaaaaaaaaaa so obvious in hindsight
      http://www.dumbingofage.com/2014/comic/book-4/01-the-only-dope-for-me-is-you/incoming/

      • Jay Eff
        Jay Eff
        April 30, 2014 at 12:21 am | #

        Uh-oh.
        Amber’s gonna start talking in “Nolan-Voice” next strip, isn’t she?

        “WHERE IS IT? TELL ME WHERE THE BOMB IS!!“

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          April 30, 2014 at 1:06 am | #

          Or Bauer-Voice. “TELL ME WHERE THE BOMB IS!”

          • hmmm e-yep...
            hmmm e-yep...
            April 30, 2014 at 7:41 am | #

            and then all the other characters will be saying, “AMBER OMALLY?” “O’MALLY!” “AMBER…” and then it will switch back to amber saying the above lines, lol.

        • Tenn
          Tenn
          April 30, 2014 at 7:53 am | #

          Nolan-Voice + Dorothy = “WHERE ARE WE, TOTO?!”

    • AgentKeen
      AgentKeen
      April 30, 2014 at 8:47 am | #

      Well obviously the mask… hid the… change….

      Oh crap, masks do work.

  7. newllend
    newllend
    April 30, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    Now we’re going to haft to kill ya,nothing personal.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      April 30, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

      Although, while I’m at it, you did break my boyfriend’s heart.

    • Blackbird
      Blackbird
      April 30, 2014 at 12:36 am | #

      And while I’m at it, your best friend is dating my ex-boyfriend, who is gay but hiding in the closet and she’s enabling it.

    • Blackbird
      Blackbird
      April 30, 2014 at 12:39 am | #

      Also, your boyfriend’s twin sister was central to a pretty traumatic event from my childhood.

    • Blackbird
      Blackbird
      April 30, 2014 at 12:40 am | #

      You know what? Screw it, it is personal.

  8. Opus the Poet
    Opus the Poet
    April 30, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    Another set of poisoned eyebrows leaps from a face!

    • KingMabel
      KingMabel
      April 30, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

      The ‘brows want nothing to do with this.

  9. Shanunu
    Shanunu
    April 30, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    Noooooooooooooo

  10. KingMabel
    KingMabel
    April 30, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    Oh snap! Thick glasses-wearing college-girl cat fight!

    • Saru
      Saru
      April 30, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

      And many a wrist was damaged that day.

  11. AHR
    AHR
    April 30, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    I don’t get the cheek thing.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      April 30, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

      Blush=Amber
      No Blush = Amazi-tits (or something).

    • clodia
      clodia
      April 30, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

      I think: Amazi-Girl doesn’t blush. Amber does? Amber dropped her blush in her last panel: she’s about to get violent or run away with great rapidity. Example below.

      http://www.dumbingofage.com/2014/comic/book-4/01-the-only-dope-for-me-is-you/neutral/

      We see Amber blushing in the Amazi-girl costume, but mostly when she’s coming out of her Amazi-girl headspace.

      http://www.dumbingofage.com/2014/comic/book-4/01-the-only-dope-for-me-is-you/grounds/
      http://www.dumbingofage.com/2014/comic/book-4/01-the-only-dope-for-me-is-you/hostage/
      http://www.dumbingofage.com/2014/comic/book-4/01-the-only-dope-for-me-is-you/down/

      • Shanunu
        Shanunu
        April 30, 2014 at 12:56 am | #

        That last one she has the blush going on. Does that mean she’s just violent normal Amber beating on her dad?

        • garaden
          garaden
          April 30, 2014 at 1:04 am | #

          Yep, the tags say it too. (Just found this out meself)

        • John
          John
          April 30, 2014 at 1:04 am | #

          Yes. Notice “amazi-girl” is not in the tags for that strip. “amber” is.

        • ellen
          ellen
          April 30, 2014 at 1:33 am | #

          This strip shows the transition from her speech, too, to be super extra clear.
          http://www.dumbingofage.com/2014/comic/book-4/01-the-only-dope-for-me-is-you/hostage/
          And then you can see the cheek color in the subsequent Blaine-beating.

      • Alan Lafond
        Alan Lafond
        April 30, 2014 at 11:01 pm | #

        I was not getting it either, until this explanation. Even then, it took me a while to get it. That’s when I realized, I was misinterpreting the blush as being a shadow cast by the glasses. 😀

    • Cloudski
      Cloudski
      April 30, 2014 at 5:00 am | #

      Honestly, I always thought the blushes were just shadows off glasses. I had to go back through to see if there was any blush on others without glasses before, since it’s something I wouldn’t have noticed otherwise without it pointed out,.

    • Jen Aside
      Jen Aside
      April 30, 2014 at 5:42 pm | #

      It’s her “Dark Yugi” switch, I think.

  12. carl320
    carl320
    April 30, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    Waiting for the other shoe to drop.

    • Eromer
      Eromer
      April 30, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

      I see what you did there.

  13. Saru
    Saru
    April 30, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    And now…you must die.

  14. clodia
    clodia
    April 30, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    That look. She’s put together the dots. She has sympathy. That’s not the look of a person who is ready to run off and publish, that’s the look of a person who realizes that the girl was involved in a physical altercation with a family member.

    • Psycho
      Psycho
      April 30, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

      I thought she looked more like someone about to get mauled by a tiger.

      • clodia
        clodia
        April 30, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

        Also plausible.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        April 30, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

        Amber has an Amazi-Tiger pit.

        • PsychokineticEX
          PsychokineticEX
          April 30, 2014 at 12:22 am | #

          AND SHE IS THE TIGER

        • Jay
          Jay
          April 30, 2014 at 1:20 am | #

          It is incredibly. Incredibly. Fortunate that Faz jumped into the lion pit.

          • Thasvaddef
            Thasvaddef
            April 30, 2014 at 5:43 am | #

            The raptor pit

    • Allison
      Allison
      April 30, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

      I think you’re right. And I think Amber’s look is less “Now I have to kill you” and more resignation to the inevitable.

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      April 30, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

      It’s true. Plus, of the entire cast, Dorothy is the single most likely person to encourage Amber to get help. Lookit that sympathy! Amber could totally agree to get help so that Dorothy doesn’t publish.

      ::grasping at straws::

      • clodia
        clodia
        April 30, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

        Assuming Amber’s in a headspace to listen. I think the comment about her blushing means that she’s going into her Amazi-Girl headspace, which is pure fight (or occasionally flight).

        • John
          John
          April 30, 2014 at 12:24 am | #

          Worth remembering: It was Amber who stabbed Sal, and Amber who attacked Blaine, both in her room and in the parking lot. Not Amazi-Girl. Even though she was wearing the costume when she beat him down, she was tagged only as “amber”.

          From the discussion she just had with Ethan, I don’t think Amazi-Girl is Amber’s way of justifying her violence. (Or at least not only…) I think she’s her way of controlling it.

          So, yeah, I think Amazi-Girl coming out here is a good sign. Amber might react like a cornered rat. Amazi-Girl reacts with awesomeness and comic-book banter. And hitting, but only people who need it.

          • Kas
            Kas
            April 30, 2014 at 3:52 am | #

            Yeah, I think Amazi-Girl is absolutely an identity she takes on to get away from the violence. Because she attacked Sal and has noticed aggression issues within herself, she feels like she has to be someone else to get away from that.

            I also kind of always looked at Amazi-Girl as like… who Amber wishes she was? And not in the obvious superhero way, but to be confident and brave and able to stand up for herself and others without losing control of herself.

            So I’m doubting this is going to lead to a fight. I really hope AmaziAmber will talk… I mean, what’s the point of running now that Dorothy knows her identity?

    • shietka
      shietka
      April 30, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

      I was thinking the same thing. It’s a look that says “Oh my. You’re really messed up, aren’t you?”

  15. Wonder Wig
    Wonder Wig
    April 30, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    I never saw that coming. Tailgate was Amazi-girl!!!

  16. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    April 30, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    “Omigod! This means Amazi-Girl is…”

    (Looks through tags)

    Huh. I think I’ve run out of characters. A sad day indeed.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      April 30, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

      We could ALWAYS fall back on Dina.

    • Ghostforge
      Ghostforge
      April 30, 2014 at 1:01 am | #

      ….And the penny drops.

      • Thasvaddef
        Thasvaddef
        April 30, 2014 at 5:44 am | #

        Amazi-girl is Penny!

        • captainswift
          captainswift
          April 30, 2014 at 11:11 am | #

          No, no. Penny is Pizza Girl

          • Opus the Poet
            Opus the Poet
            May 1, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

            I spent 2 1/2 hours archive crawling QC to find the strip where Pizza Girl makes a delivery to Penny and couldn’t find it. I know it’s there somewhere but you have to go through each strip one at a time and I’m just getting too old for that shit.

            • Rabid Rabbit
              Rabid Rabbit
              May 1, 2014 at 12:36 am | #

              http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1932

              It’s the other one with Chaucer in it.

        • AgentKeen
          AgentKeen
          April 30, 2014 at 11:15 am | #

          Good thing she doesn’t have the sweet eye-patch anymore. It’d get in the way of the mask.

    • Zekiah2
      Zekiah2
      April 30, 2014 at 2:07 am | #

      Is amazi-girl the transformer or the shoe?

      • Jerden
        Jerden
        April 30, 2014 at 12:35 pm | #

        SHE IS THE TRASH CAN.

  17. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    April 30, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

    *plays Garth Brooks’ “The Thunder Rolls”*

    • Opus the Poet
      Opus the Poet
      April 30, 2014 at 12:31 am | #

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYFdldfYEJk

      NOT Garth Brooks.

      This one is even wilder (if that is possible)

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uT3SBzmDxGk

    • Seerow
      Seerow
      April 30, 2014 at 12:10 pm | #

      The lightning flashes in her eyes, and she knows that she knows~

  18. MrSirk
    MrSirk
    April 30, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

    Dorothy is just too smart and the pieces fit together too well.

  19. Hoboturtle
    Hoboturtle
    April 30, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egne2ZCMM_0

    • Opus the Poet
      Opus the Poet
      April 30, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

      I always loved the techno version of that theme.

  20. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    April 30, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

    Time for the Amazi-boot to the head to cause some easy amnesia.

    • KingMabel
      KingMabel
      April 30, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

      The concussion will be most effective…

      Especially since the only one who knows her location is watching biblical cartoons.

      • newllend
        newllend
        April 30, 2014 at 12:26 am | #

        Boot won’t cut it might as well cold cock her with a pipe, get the Amazi-rod.

        • KingMabel
          KingMabel
          April 30, 2014 at 1:07 am | #

          Are you sure? The Amazi-rod might be too much for her…

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      April 30, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

      Suddenly Dottie forgets the last 3 weeks and thinks she’s still dating Danny!!!

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        April 30, 2014 at 12:20 am | #

        Now that would result in a lot of shenanigans.

        • newllend
          newllend
          April 30, 2014 at 12:25 am | #

          Now THAT would be fucking funny

    • StClair
      StClair
      April 30, 2014 at 2:05 pm | #

      No, Amber has to kiss her.
      Superman II is quite clear on this.

  21. John Madden
    John Madden
    April 30, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

    BRACE FOR IMPACT

  22. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    April 30, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

    I AM THE DREAD PIRATE O’MALLEY! THERE WILL BE NO SURVIVORS!

    • AgentKeen
      AgentKeen
      April 30, 2014 at 11:16 am | #

      So… then Dorothy becomes the Dread Pirate O’Malley? That’s how that works, right?

      • Heavensrun
        Heavensrun
        April 30, 2014 at 2:23 pm | #

        Goodnight, Dorothy. Sleep well, good training today. Most likely kill you in the morning.

  23. Matt
    Matt
    April 30, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

    Dorothy remember no matter how dumb you feel right now. The austrian army once mistakenly attacked itself resulting in 10,000 deaths. And it still lost the battle

    • Bilfred
      Bilfred
      April 30, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

      ‘Tis true, I don’t think there’s ever been such a massive screw-up since that.

    • Lanval
      Lanval
      April 30, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

      The Australian Army lost a war against Birds.

      • cmd1095
        cmd1095
        April 30, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

        was gonna bring that up actually

      • Opus the Poet
        Opus the Poet
        April 30, 2014 at 12:13 am | #

        But to be fair the Aussies were out numbered hundreds to one. The birds won through sheer attrition.

      • Matt
        Matt
        April 30, 2014 at 12:16 am | #

        And emus were compared to an army of zulu warriors

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        April 30, 2014 at 12:22 am | #

        You can’t expect an easy vivtory fighting Australia wildlife after all.

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          April 30, 2014 at 1:15 am | #

          Unless you’re SAXTON HAAAAAAAAAALEEEEEEEE! Though he did lose Mann Co to a little girl.

    • gc
      gc
      April 30, 2014 at 12:19 am | #

      Won the war, though. So there’s always hope.

  24. Ridureyu
    Ridureyu
    April 30, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

    Any outcome that does not result in Amber getting counseling with a good counselor is not a desirable outcome.

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      April 30, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

      Unless she gets counseling with Ninja Rick. That would be permissible.

      • nekobawt
        nekobawt
        April 30, 2014 at 2:45 am | #

        ahahaha that would be perfect, ninja rick the guidance counselor, spouting “eastern wisdom” he learned from fortune cookies.

        • AgentKeen
          AgentKeen
          April 30, 2014 at 11:17 am | #

          Every session is just an hour of him hissing ‘For vengeance…’ at her as the solution to everything.

          • Hoboturtle
            Hoboturtle
            April 30, 2014 at 12:42 pm | #

            Either that or Rick WAS her guidance counselor.

        • brionl
          brionl
          April 30, 2014 at 2:49 pm | #

          ITYM, Episodes of Naruto, not fortune cookies.

    • gc
      gc
      April 30, 2014 at 12:17 am | #

      We are the psychiatric profession. You will be assimilated.

  25. Lanval
    Lanval
    April 30, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

    Theoretically, Amber could kill Dorothy and then take her place.

    Considering how alike they looked, she could say she needs to focus on her studies due to a bad mark and it would be like a month before anyone noticed.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      April 30, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

      Dorothy, Have you put on weight? In All the right places?

      • newllend
        newllend
        April 30, 2014 at 1:24 am | #

        Walky: Dorothy! Where have you been? Wait you’re not Dorothy your way more curvy and luscious, with a perfect hour glass figure and…..on second thought forget what I just said want to meet up later tonight?”

        😉

  26. Tunaro
    Tunaro
    April 30, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

    It’s GO Time!

  27. I don't know what to put here.
    I don't know what to put here.
    April 30, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

    HOH, SHET

  28. cmd1095
    cmd1095
    April 30, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

    that face on Dorothy though, I think she also understands why Amber is Amazi-girl if she connected Blaine getting beat up as well as everything else

  29. John
    John
    April 30, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

    Hello, Amazi-Girl. Glad you could join us here.

    Man, I even noticed the blush thing in the last strip both of her were in, but didn’t connect it to her switching personae.

  30. Doominbottle
    Doominbottle
    April 30, 2014 at 12:16 am | #

    If this comes to a physical altercation I do not see this ending well for Dorothy. We’ve seen what Amazi-girl can do. We’ve also seen what Dorothy can do, and that seems to be homework and Walky, not in that order.

    • 3oranges
      3oranges
      April 30, 2014 at 1:43 am | #

      If it came to a physical altercation I do not see it ending well for Amber, assaulting the student next door. But John and MsSchiff are probably right, Amazi-girl is about bottling that stuff.

  31. Idon'tcarenomore
    Idon'tcarenomore
    April 30, 2014 at 12:18 am | #

    I have a feeling that the ‘resigned’ look is the one I’d go for. Amber knows she is caught. How she is going to handle that is the question. Run, or stay and face up to the whole mess by talking to someone.

    As to Dorothy, I think she looks sorry and sad. If she has put together the two O’malleys, which yeah, she did, then chances are she has now figured out that The Beaten, bastard daddy, and the Beater, the dark haired girl right here, are involved in the worse kind of mess: super dysfunctional family.

    Maybe, she even now knows why Danny grew some, when he flat out told Dorothy to back off Amber. Because Danny was involved, and he condones what was done, she knows it has to be bad, because Danny ain’t exactly Capt. America.

  32. Charles Phipps
    Charles Phipps
    April 30, 2014 at 12:19 am | #

    Poor Dorothy. She should just disappear from the comic while we do a background of Amber taking out the trash.

  33. Khaner
    Khaner
    April 30, 2014 at 12:21 am | #

    Another way to tell the difference between Amber and Dorothy: Dorothy’s glasses are horizontal, while Amber’s are vertical.

    • John
      John
      April 30, 2014 at 12:32 am | #

      And. Y’know. Different faces. Different heights. Different builds. Different hair color. Different hair style. Different complexions. Different wardrobes. (Thought admittedly Dotty horns in on Amber’s typical yellow-and-blue color scheme occasionally.)

  34. newllend
    newllend
    April 30, 2014 at 12:22 am | #

    She Going to haft to have her Buried out in the dessert mafia style isn’t she?

    • Rani
      Rani
      April 30, 2014 at 12:25 am | #

      Amber, last strip: That wasn’t nice. Now youze gotta leave.

      Amber, present: …Now youze can’t leave.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      April 30, 2014 at 1:14 am | #

      Or she could give Dotty the Cement Tennis-Shoe….or the Cement Tuxedo.

    • Jerden
      Jerden
      April 30, 2014 at 12:29 pm | #

      Apparently pigs are also good at this sort of thing.
      And nobody ever looks for graves in the middle of forests.

  35. Rani
    Rani
    April 30, 2014 at 12:23 am | #

    RE: Frame 7

    I DON’T LIKE THAT LOOK

    I DON’T LIKE THAT LOOK

    I DON’T LIKE THAT LOOK

    Regards,
    Rani

  36. timemonkey
    timemonkey
    April 30, 2014 at 12:24 am | #

    Now is not the time for sympathy, Dorothy, Amber just slipped on her crazy face. Get out of the room, board up the door and boobytrap the window.

  37. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    April 30, 2014 at 12:27 am | #

    Congratulations Dorothy. You are the first person to find out Amber is Amazi-girl without having (a.) Prior Knowledge or (b.) Having it dangled right in front of your face! And your prize is….

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      April 30, 2014 at 12:32 am | #

      A BRAND NEW CAR!

      …that turns into some robot or something. It’s on the shelf behind you.

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        April 30, 2014 at 1:08 am | #

        “Insert picture where Dorothy is jumping for joy”

    • nagash1959
      nagash1959
      April 30, 2014 at 12:32 am | #

      ….Amber Performs a Distracting Sex?

    • newllend
      newllend
      April 30, 2014 at 1:08 am | #

      You face on the back of every milk carton in the country!….wait a minute.

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        April 30, 2014 at 1:13 am | #

        I meant, your face on the front page of every major newspaper…and the word MISSING.

        • John
          John
          April 30, 2014 at 2:07 am | #

          Gives whole new meaning to “Amber Alert”.

        • Drakey
          Drakey
          April 30, 2014 at 3:15 am | #

          So, her face on the three newspapers that are left? (hey-oooh!)

    • Viktoria
      Viktoria
      April 30, 2014 at 1:20 am | #

      It was fairly dangled in front of her face. Blaine O’Malley was beaten up by someone, likely Amazigirl. Amber O’Malley was in possession of several unique items that belong to Amazigirl. Amber freaked out when questioned about the assault on Blaine. That’s more details than Danny had, and the fans hated him for not picking up on it.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        April 30, 2014 at 2:43 am | #

        Amazi-girl was literally unmasked in front of him.

      • John
        John
        April 30, 2014 at 4:00 am | #

        Dorothy has clues because Dorothy has been looking for clues. She spotted them, she thought about them, she put them together, she figured out the answer all by herself with her brain. This is in no way comparable to stumbling around in willful ignorance until the answer literally falls in your lap.

      • Legasher
        Legasher
        April 30, 2014 at 11:13 am | #

        Danny hung out with both regularly. He at the least made out with her. Dorothy saw Amazi-girl once, granted in broad daylight, but AG actually covered her face up more when they were face to face. Basically, Dorothy needed to figure it out based on hair and/or body type if she was going to figure it out any sooner. Because she was already in the process of connecting Amber and Blain, and she DID figure it out based on physical objects.

  38. nagash1959
    nagash1959
    April 30, 2014 at 12:34 am | #

    Dorothy has the worst poker face in history.

  39. red
    red
    April 30, 2014 at 12:39 am | #

    she knows your secret. now you have to kill her.

  40. Kitschensyngk
    Kitschensyngk
    April 30, 2014 at 12:42 am | #

    If the shoe fits…

    *rimshot*

  41. Blue Dragon
    Blue Dragon
    April 30, 2014 at 12:48 am | #

    “As per our agreement, you may now ask me a FEW questions. Go.”

  42. NinjaNick
    NinjaNick
    April 30, 2014 at 12:50 am | #

    Busted!

  43. Mass Confusion
    Mass Confusion
    April 30, 2014 at 12:53 am | #

    Amber’s going to prison, isn’t she?

    • Jerden
      Jerden
      April 30, 2014 at 12:27 pm | #

      No, quickly arrange a coverup!
      Or a fatal accident!

    • EEWWW
      EEWWW
      April 30, 2014 at 5:27 pm | #

      No, because after (an incredible make out session)* Dorothy realizes that she can help Amazi-girl, and she comes up with her own costume. Leading to the formation of the Justice League of IU.

      *not really, but somebody already shipped them. 🙂

  44. Jack Finch
    Jack Finch
    April 30, 2014 at 12:53 am | #

    Not fair.

  45. newllend
    newllend
    April 30, 2014 at 1:05 am | #

    You know its to bad Joyce didn’t come could took her out as well, two birds one stone.

  46. mister gray
    mister gray
    April 30, 2014 at 1:05 am | #

    You knoweth to much!

    • CianM1301
      CianM1301
      April 30, 2014 at 6:49 am | #

      *neck snap*

  47. Lone Wolf
    Lone Wolf
    April 30, 2014 at 1:08 am | #

    Dorothy, I have a word of advice to give you at this point. It might not be good advice, or even feasible for you to follow up on, but it is something I think needs to be said here.

    Run.

  48. Aizat
    Aizat
    April 30, 2014 at 1:10 am | #

    Dorothy…RUN!

    • newllend
      newllend
      April 30, 2014 at 1:14 am | #

      You and me both know she can’t out run her.

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        April 30, 2014 at 1:17 am | #

        At least she will be tired enough not to leave her in the Everglades or something.

    • Rani
      Rani
      April 30, 2014 at 1:49 am | #

      “I will kill your Mom. I will kill your Dad. I will kill your stupid Walky.”

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        April 30, 2014 at 2:44 am | #

        “I want you dead, I want your family dead, I want your house burn to the ground.”

  49. MsSchiff
    MsSchiff
    April 30, 2014 at 1:18 am | #

    I don’t think people realize that Dotty’s chances of survival INCREASED the moment Amber went Amazi. Think about it. Every time she’s done something unmeasuredly violent, it’s been AMBER in control.

    I think the ball is in Dorothy’s court now. Does she want to be a reporter, or does she want to be a human being? What’s more important to her: Her story, or this girl’s psyche?

  50. Aizat
    Aizat
    April 30, 2014 at 1:20 am | #

    You hear that? That’s the sound of broken glass.

  51. caesaria82
    caesaria82
    April 30, 2014 at 1:21 am | #

    dun dun duuuuuuuunnnn

  52. andoni1989
    andoni1989
    April 30, 2014 at 1:22 am | #

    Amber O’Malley, consider yourself BONED!!!

  53. Egraind
    Egraind
    April 30, 2014 at 1:25 am | #

    Oh Walky, you’ve laid the foundations of your own doom. Ain’t no cartoon-hustling slackabout gonna stand long between the superhero and her Lois Lane.

    • Jerden
      Jerden
      April 30, 2014 at 12:25 pm | #

      Nah, he wants to get a shark tank, so this is totally his supervillain origins. He’ll be fine.

  54. Locke
    Locke
    April 30, 2014 at 1:29 am | #

    “Dina, get the shovel.”

  55. NF
    NF
    April 30, 2014 at 1:38 am | #

    Quick Amber, out the window!

  56. Thomas
    Thomas
    April 30, 2014 at 1:59 am | #

    Amber should have chucked that shoe through the waste disposal chute.

    • Thomas
      Thomas
      April 30, 2014 at 2:00 am | #

      – DOWN the chute, I mean.

  57. -JAD-
    -JAD-
    April 30, 2014 at 2:11 am | #

    I really like your drama, Willis. Watching the scene makes me want to just hug both girls. (I am not one, despite my avatar. And anyway, Ruth’d say the same…)

  58. MrPotamus
    MrPotamus
    April 30, 2014 at 2:18 am | #

    Eyebrows intensify!

  59. Strain Of Thought
    Strain Of Thought
    April 30, 2014 at 2:20 am | #

    Being a fan of Amazi-girl, I have often found Dorothy’s pursuit of her to make Dorothy come across as irritating and self-centered. But I want to give credit where credit is due, so I’ll grant this: Dorothy’s expression in the last panel is suitably frightened. A lesser investigative reporter would look smug or triumphant, but Dorothy realizes when she’s found out too much, too fast.

  60. Blob Marley
    Blob Marley
    April 30, 2014 at 2:35 am | #

    Gotchaaaaaa…

    https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTqsiziqMGafyOT_62Hm3xmj-TrpvxMpIdmvedoq7TkW0yc8P7L

  61. The Wrong Phoenix
    The Wrong Phoenix
    April 30, 2014 at 2:44 am | #

    Two options, Dorothy: 1. Play dumb. 2. Be friendly. 3. RUN.

    • Ikaru
      Ikaru
      April 30, 2014 at 3:21 am | #

      Hmmm. That’s three. Of course the ‘take the third’ option is always the best.

    • Legasher
      Legasher
      April 30, 2014 at 11:03 am | #

      4. Fight. Dunno which one is closer to the door, but Amber could actually get in a lot of trouble if Dorothy outs her. She’s probably strong enough to restrain and quiet her long enough to come up with an effective threat. Amber has taken option 3 several times, but Amazi-G is getting stronger, and more cornered.

      • No Name
        No Name
        April 30, 2014 at 11:54 pm | #

        DOROTHY has three options. Amazi-Girl has two: Talk it out (I hope) or fight it out (I sincerely hope NOT). She, having already crossed, has dispensed with playing dumb.

  62. Raibean
    Raibean
    April 30, 2014 at 3:06 am | #

    So are Amber and Dorothy going to enjoy a Superman/Lois Lane relationship now?

  63. Acher4
    Acher4
    April 30, 2014 at 3:39 am | #

    Ok, seriously, the cheek thing, genious.
    Also, i love today’s title. Who caught who?

    OMG! Dorothy is going to be so dead :P.

  64. GreatContagion
    GreatContagion
    April 30, 2014 at 4:04 am | #

    “You’ve found me out. You won’t like me now that you’ve found me out.”

    I honestly hadn’t noticed the cheek thing as applying to that, but I did note the chance in expression and eye set, also Dorothy’s worried, sorta fearful expression. Nifty design aspect.

  65. CianM1301
    CianM1301
    April 30, 2014 at 4:25 am | #

    *Theme from Kill Bill begins to play*

  66. Dave
    Dave
    April 30, 2014 at 5:33 am | #

    She did the math.

  67. Sir Robin
    Sir Robin
    April 30, 2014 at 5:45 am | #

    So this means … Amber’s room mate is Amazi-Girl?

  68. Carlos
    Carlos
    April 30, 2014 at 6:12 am | #

    “Hey! Did I say you could stop, have a few flashbacks, and make sudden realizations? You need to get out of my room. Now!”

  69. MsSchiff
    MsSchiff
    April 30, 2014 at 6:16 am | #

    See, for me, those last two panels aren’t quite “now I must kill you” and “now I must die”.

    More like…

    “So. Now you know.”

    “And now I need to know more.”

  70. SilverArrowArtemis
    SilverArrowArtemis
    April 30, 2014 at 6:37 am | #

    Dorothy: “****ing ****, it’s her.”

    And all through the campus, the students say
    that Dorothy’s body was never found that day.

  71. Kiggy
    Kiggy
    April 30, 2014 at 6:39 am | #

    Can you hear that?
    Is the sound of dots being connected.

    • LordHaw
      LordHaw
      April 30, 2014 at 7:20 am | #

      Dotty connecting the dots 🙂

  72. Shadow Eagle
    Shadow Eagle
    April 30, 2014 at 7:18 am | #

    ” I will have to kill you now…. sorry! “

  73. Van Jealous
    Van Jealous
    April 30, 2014 at 7:34 am | #

    Too bad this strip isn’t based at the University of Washington. Then you could call it “Shoeless In Seattle”!………Hello?……..Anybody?………

  74. Doulos
    Doulos
    April 30, 2014 at 8:09 am | #

    Joe is going to walk in next frame. “Now kiss”

  75. fantasyfreakvi
    fantasyfreakvi
    April 30, 2014 at 8:12 am | #

    I might just have bad memory, but I don’t get why the shoe and the transformers equate to Dorothy figuring our who Amazi-girl is.

    • Doulos
      Doulos
      April 30, 2014 at 8:28 am | #

      Dorothy and Walky found them when they were last tracking Amazi-girl. She stole back the Transformer and the matching shoe was in the waste basket.

  76. jbear
    jbear
    April 30, 2014 at 8:51 am | #

    i’m sorry, cheek color change. amazigirl and dorothy?

    • Jessie
      Jessie
      April 30, 2014 at 11:08 am | #

      Amber’s got rosy cheeks when she’s Amber, but as Amazigirl doesn’t blush, when she crosses into that persona, the rosies go away. Meaning…at the end here, we’re not looking at Amber. We’re looking at Amazigirl.

  77. Jen
    Jen
    April 30, 2014 at 9:27 am | #

    Squeee! I can’t wait for the character development that’s going to happen during this story arc. 😀

  78. Charles Phipps
    Charles Phipps
    April 30, 2014 at 9:31 am | #

    This is my canon.

    *Amber reaches over*

    *SNAP*

    “You actually just twisted my neck slightly to the side.”

    • Legasher
      Legasher
      April 30, 2014 at 10:52 am | #

      “Actually, that felt pretty good.”

  79. nothri
    nothri
    April 30, 2014 at 9:40 am | #

    Yep. Amber is either about to flee, attack, or passionately make out with Dorothy. I know which one I’m in favor of.

  80. Ailorn
    Ailorn
    April 30, 2014 at 9:53 am | #

    I really wish people would stop commenting on random characters making out or performing a sex. Just because people have sex doesn’t mean they do it indiscriminatly. It is especially unlikely in this situation because they have not interacted before this strip, and neither have shown any inclination for bi/lesbian tendencies. The running joke is getting to be as irritating as asking if Ethan is gay or OMG Amber is Amazigirl.

    • Deathjavu
      Deathjavu
      April 30, 2014 at 10:17 am | #

      You’re not the only one

      http://www.dumbingofage.com/about/

      (question 8)

  81. LarryGarryJerry
    LarryGarryJerry
    April 30, 2014 at 11:32 am | #

    Okay, I have no idea what’s going on. I’m not sure how Walky at all relates to her Amber. Could someone perhaps help me to figure this out?

    • No Name
      No Name
      April 30, 2014 at 11:48 pm | #

      Shoe (in Walky’s hand and the garbage can) + Transformer (in Walky’s other hand and on now under the desk) = Amber is Amazi-Girl

      • snark
        snark
        May 1, 2014 at 4:03 pm | #

        How does that compute? I understand that this is the collective conclusion, but it seems that Dorothy could much more likely conclude that Amber is stalking Walky. Is there something I’ve overlooked in the story so far?

        • David M Willis
          David M Willis
          May 1, 2014 at 5:33 pm | #

          I am not sure how Dorothy could conclude Amber is stalking Walky merely by possessing a woman’s shoe which matches the one they found yesterday. If anything, that points to Walky stalking Amber, which Dorothy knows they did, because she was helping.

  82. Lunch bag art
    Lunch bag art
    April 30, 2014 at 11:57 am | #

    If you deduce that Batman is Bruce Wayne, don’t you get to be Robin?

  83. Galatine
    Galatine
    April 30, 2014 at 12:10 pm | #

    In my personal headspace, this ends with Dorothy taking Amber to go speak to Ruth. Together, the three of them decide that Amber needs to go to get help. She leaves school and gets the treatment she so desperately needs, comes back, and resolves her relationship issues with her father in an adult fashion.

    Dina, meanwhile, patrols the night as Amazi-Raptor.

    • No Name
      No Name
      April 30, 2014 at 11:44 pm | #

      You are aware that with comic strip time, it will take several years IRL to get to that point realistically, right?

      • No Name
        No Name
        April 30, 2014 at 11:46 pm | #

        I mean, there’s nothing wrong with that, but it will effectively remove Amber from the story, as therapy is Boring (which is why it’s never an option). Why do you think Dana hasn’t appeared for real?

  84. Jerden
    Jerden
    April 30, 2014 at 12:23 pm | #

    Clearly, there is only one reasonable option.
    Knock Dorothy unconscious and hide her in the wardrobe.
    Remember, superheroes don’t kill civilians and dump them in local lakes, despite how easy it is.

  85. Tomas
    Tomas
    April 30, 2014 at 1:46 pm | #

    No, Willis, no one noticed the cheeks. All that hard work was for nothing.

    • Chris
      Chris
      April 30, 2014 at 4:23 pm | #

      Hmm, I must go re-read the comic to see how many other women characters have secret amazi-hero identities we haven’t seen in the comic yet.

      (time passes) Wow, one I guess was obvious, the others, though… :p

  86. Keulan
    Keulan
    April 30, 2014 at 2:17 pm | #

    http://www.dramabutton.com/

  87. Gargamel
    Gargamel
    April 30, 2014 at 3:25 pm | #

    Oh so it won’t be Blaine she’s helped by Danny to sneak out of campus in a plastic bag.

  88. Cattus
    Cattus
    April 30, 2014 at 3:26 pm | #

    Dorothy’s expression looks as though she is going to say the only thing that might save it all: “Amber, I think we need to talk.” I hope she does and that Amber lets her talk.

  89. Roborat
    Roborat
    April 30, 2014 at 3:49 pm | #

    “You wouldn’t like me when I’m angry”

  90. Maycroft
    Maycroft
    April 30, 2014 at 4:58 pm | #

    That night at her computer, Dorothy reads in the screen:

    “The heroine everyone calls amazi-girl is a woman called Amber O’Milley”

    Dororthy:(presses delete, walks outside, and looks up) “go get them Amber”

    • Dbro
      Dbro
      April 30, 2014 at 5:15 pm | #

      That movie is hated on way too much. Thanks for the reference.

  91. Mr. Morningstar
    Mr. Morningstar
    April 30, 2014 at 6:44 pm | #

    Oh dear. This is gonna end badly.

  92. Subject HORNET
    Subject HORNET
    April 30, 2014 at 10:03 pm | #

    Aaaaaand it all comes crashing down.
    It’s like watching a car crash in slow motion: it’s terrible, but I can’t stop watching… O_O

  93. Marc in MN
    Marc in MN
    April 30, 2014 at 10:59 pm | #

    It’s interesting how so many people assume impending violence. Amber’s face in her last panel says to me, “Ok, so you found me out. Now what will you do with that knowledge. Will you make the right choice?…”

    And, of course, Dorothy’s face in her last panel says to me, “You flipped me off from the top of that truck… That was mean…” 😉

  94. Plume
    Plume
    August 15, 2015 at 10:05 am | #

    You know too much. Now you must die

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