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May 12, 2026

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by David M Willis on December 24, 2014 at 12:01 am
  • 02 - Three's a Crowd
└ Tags: amazi-girl

Discussion (177) ¬

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  1. Camachri
    Camachri
    December 24, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    Mask? Check. Chainsaw? Working on it.

    • otusasio451
      otusasio451
      December 24, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

      If a chainsaw is unavailable, a hockey stick is acceptable.

      • Opus the Poet
        Opus the Poet
        December 24, 2014 at 12:14 am | #

        Or a golf bag full of club-like sports items.

        • thebombzen
          thebombzen
          December 24, 2014 at 12:40 am | #

          Maybe just a selfie stick 😀

          • ATN
            ATN
            December 24, 2014 at 8:43 am | #

            “Beaten to death with a selfie stick” has nice ring to it.

        • evilmidnightlurker
          evilmidnightlurker
          December 24, 2014 at 2:00 am | #

          Goongala.

          • Ninja Ned
            Ninja Ned
            December 24, 2014 at 2:16 am | #

            The Goongas.

          • I lol'd
            I lol'd
            December 24, 2014 at 8:41 am | #

            I was not expecting to see The-Evil-Midnight-Bomber-What-Bombs-At-Midnight this morning, and then your gravitar… Bravo! To that I have but one reply:

            Spoon!

      • Camachri
        Camachri
        December 24, 2014 at 12:15 am | #

        Wait, what? How are you going to cut a tree down with a hockey stick?

        • Amber
          Amber
          December 24, 2014 at 12:18 am | #

          Well, she’s gonna get the cat down by fine tuning her slam dunk.

        • otusasio451
          otusasio451
          December 24, 2014 at 12:19 am | #

          …You know, I totally missed that aspect of the joke. I went for the pop culture aspect without logic even entering into it.

        • Kryss LaBryn
          Kryss LaBryn
          December 24, 2014 at 2:09 am | #

          How about a herring?

          • tyersome
            tyersome
            December 24, 2014 at 2:14 am | #

            I think it would be kind of fishy if she ‘ad one redy …

          • Jammy
            Jammy
            December 24, 2014 at 2:32 am | #

            Well thats only if she can’t get a satisfactory shrub.

            • No Name
              No Name
              December 24, 2014 at 5:06 am | #

              First off, that’s “shrubbery”, second off, “it”

          • Deanatay
            Deanatay
            December 24, 2014 at 9:07 am | #

            Maybe a red one…?

          • otusasio451
            otusasio451
            December 24, 2014 at 7:40 pm | #

            Ah, the Knights who say Ni.
            Or, rather, the knights who say Ecky-Ecky-Ecky-Ecky-PaKANG-ZOOM-Poing-kzmbazmba.

            • Roborat
              Roborat
              December 29, 2014 at 3:29 pm | #

              Ni!

    • podian
      podian
      June 13, 2015 at 6:33 pm | #

      You know, a chainsaw COULD get that cat on the ground…

  2. Emoroffle
    Emoroffle
    December 24, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    Chainsaw good.

  3. otusasio451
    otusasio451
    December 24, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    Does she dare live out the cliche?

  4. Hoboturtle
    Hoboturtle
    December 24, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    She then murders that cat.

    • Lucretiel
      Lucretiel
      December 24, 2014 at 12:29 am | #

      This kills the cat.

      • thebombzen
        thebombzen
        December 24, 2014 at 12:41 am | #

        It’d too bad someone let the cat out of the bag. It was so safe

        • Thomas64
          Thomas64
          December 24, 2014 at 2:05 am | #

          It was so curious

          • tyersome
            tyersome
            December 24, 2014 at 2:25 am | #

            I say that cats up to no good I predict it fries from Amazi-squirrels grasp and then hot-dogs it to the ground …

            … after all poor Amber is already barking mad – the treemendous strain associated with this might leaf her out of her tree.

  5. Rikonius
    Rikonius
    December 24, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    Ch-Ch-Ch…
    Meow-meow-meow

  6. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    December 24, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    “You mess with the cat, you get the CLAWS.”

    “You mess with the girl, you get THE HITLER!!”

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      December 24, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

      Go Team Venture!

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      December 24, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

      Wait, what?

      • Chupicron
        Chupicron
        December 24, 2014 at 12:36 am | #

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rF-BO2N8hvY It’s a Venture Brothers thing.

        • Bagge
          Bagge
          December 24, 2014 at 1:44 am | #

          …Wait, what?

          Oh, Venture Brothers. Don’t mind me, I’ll just smile and nod and work my way towards the exit.

    • JustCheetoDust
      JustCheetoDust
      December 24, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

      It seemed like there wasn’t a lot of Girl Hitler in The Venture Bros. Turns out that is the case (two episodes).

      • Jen Aside
        Jen Aside
        December 24, 2014 at 12:47 am | #

        TRUE FACTS: I became a Venture Bros. fan the same way I became a Get Smart fan… we left the TV on whatever and ended up watching.

        Only for those two shows, though.

        • Jen Aside
          Jen Aside
          December 24, 2014 at 12:47 am | #

          Possibly Mythbusters, but I can’t remember

        • JustCheetoDust
          JustCheetoDust
          December 24, 2014 at 1:36 am | #

          I saw the pilot when I was in college, back when the Monarch was just glorified fodder for Samson instead of the shining beacon of failure he is now. The pilot didn’t seem to do much to go beyond what Adult Swim was typically known for, but the episodes produced afterwards quickly changed that.

        • Daibhid C
          Daibhid C
          December 24, 2014 at 6:25 am | #

          Apart from Doctor Who and the recent spate of superhero TV shows, I think that’s the only way I started watching anything.

    • Kris
      Kris
      December 24, 2014 at 12:17 am | #

      “THE CAT HAIR IN MIEN WATTEERR!!”

      • Bizze
        Bizze
        December 24, 2014 at 12:34 am | #

        OF COOOURRSEE!!!!

    • Questionor
      Questionor
      December 24, 2014 at 12:26 am | #

      Kitlers?

  7. Opus the Poet
    Opus the Poet
    December 24, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    Yep, protect that face when getting a cat out of a tree

    • pumpkincat
      pumpkincat
      December 24, 2014 at 12:25 am | #

      This was pretty much my reaction to the strip too. ‘Yep, protect the face, that’s good thinking’. Didn’t think Jason Voorhees until I glanced at other people’s comments.

      • otusasio451
        otusasio451
        December 24, 2014 at 1:14 am | #

        I thought both things simultaneously.

        • Kryss LaBryn
          Kryss LaBryn
          December 24, 2014 at 2:12 am | #

          Yup. Our cat got stuck on the roof. Saw her on my way to work; my husband had to get her down.

          When he got close enough, she got down by jumping onto his head and hanging on for dear life while he climbed back down.

          May need more protection than just hockey mask…

          • Solenoid
            Solenoid
            December 24, 2014 at 12:22 pm | #

            “Elevator for one, going meown.”

      • StClair
        StClair
        December 24, 2014 at 1:17 am | #

        Same here.
        and re the hovertext: “Probably? Definitely.“

      • Thomas64
        Thomas64
        December 24, 2014 at 2:10 am | #

        My first thought was that the cat was a hallucination and that Amber had finally gone completely around the bend. Guess that says something about the kind of movies I like to watch.

  8. Daddy
    Daddy
    December 24, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    A can of cat food with a pull-top lid would probably be of more use. I’ve found cats can typically get down if you give them a good reason to.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      December 24, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

      Just put down a cat playboy. He’ll find his way down (but put down a playgirl, just to be safe).

      • JustCheetoDust
        JustCheetoDust
        December 24, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

        Because “Cat Inches magazine” would just be ridiculous.

    • Dean
      Dean
      December 24, 2014 at 1:54 am | #

      Or she could use the cinderblock from two strips ago. She probably won’t even need to score a direct hit.

  9. lordoftheoneyedpurplepeopleeaters
    lordoftheoneyedpurplepeopleeaters
    December 24, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    from amazi-girl to jason in 2.5 seconds a new world record

    • AgentKeen
      AgentKeen
      December 24, 2014 at 12:17 am | #

      She’s not wearing a bowtie….

      • lordoftheoneyedpurplepeopleeaters
        lordoftheoneyedpurplepeopleeaters
        December 24, 2014 at 5:02 pm | #

        maybe she doesn’t feel like being fancy?

    • buckybone
      buckybone
      December 24, 2014 at 5:02 pm | #

      She pressed X.

  10. Regalli
    Regalli
    December 24, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    Smart choice, AG. Smart choice.

  11. Twilightomens
    Twilightomens
    December 24, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    Kitty kitty kitty kitty kittykittykitty.

  12. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    December 24, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

    A WILD MEW! THOSE ARE SUPER RARE!!!

    • Betty Anne
      Betty Anne
      December 24, 2014 at 12:44 am | #

      It’s faking her out. It’s actually a Missingno and it’s going to glitch out all the work she’s put in tonight.

  13. Kris
    Kris
    December 24, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

    Cause we know that cat was gonna scratch someone’s eyes out tonight.

    • newllend
      newllend
      December 24, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

      Oh , I thought she was going to scare the cat out of the tree or cut down the tree.

  14. DSL
    DSL
    December 24, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

    A laser pointer is also of use in coaxing a cat. Most cats, anyway.

  15. Bagge
    Bagge
    December 24, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

    CATFIGHT. #SorryNotSorry

  16. newllend
    newllend
    December 24, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

    Really Amazi-girl? Love you are everything I ever wanted.

  17. Dragon
    Dragon
    December 24, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

    Wait, is she going to murder that cat??

    • John
      John
      December 24, 2014 at 12:32 am | #

      No, she’s going to go murder the black comic relief and the sexually active blonde. In absence of a chainsaw, she will wield the cat.

      Nice knowing you, Walky and Dorothy.

      • otusasio451
        otusasio451
        December 24, 2014 at 1:34 am | #

        CATSAW MASSACRE

        This time…it’s personal. And weird.

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        December 24, 2014 at 1:41 am | #

        They saw it coming.
        http://www.dumbingofage.com/2014/comic/book-4/02-i-was-a-teenage-churchmouse/intent/

        • ShaggyDonahugh
          ShaggyDonahugh
          December 24, 2014 at 1:49 am | #

          Huh…Joyce must of picked up the whole “Eyebrows off the face” thing from Becky before she ended up in IU

  18. John
    John
    December 24, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

    Where the hell does she keep that?

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      December 24, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

      Her utility belt, duh.

      I’m more worried about exactly what she planned for when she packed it.

      • Kris
        Kris
        December 24, 2014 at 12:15 am | #

        For scaring the bejeezuz out of cheerleaders at a lake obviously.

        • Bagge
          Bagge
          December 24, 2014 at 12:24 am | #

          That makes a disturbing amount of sense for a college vigilante.

      • democraticMayonaise
        democraticMayonaise
        December 24, 2014 at 12:24 am | #

        Then what’s with the beat panel?

        • John
          John
          December 24, 2014 at 12:47 am | #

          It’s not just a beat panel; she went somewhere during it and returned with a hockey mask. But did she run back to her dorm room the Amazi-Lair to grab it out of her closet the Amazi-Armory? Did she find an all-night sporting goods store and purchase it? Did she drop in on the local underground midnight hockey league and go all, “Excuse me, citizens. Don’t panic. I must commandeer your hockey mask. Thank you for your assistance”? Does she keep it somewhere on her person where she can’t get it out on-camera? Does she have Amazi-caches scattered about campus?

          Dorothy should ask her these things.

          • democraticMayonaise
            democraticMayonaise
            December 24, 2014 at 12:50 am | #

            That quickly? I guess the panels could mean any amount of time.

          • Jen Aside
            Jen Aside
            December 24, 2014 at 12:50 am | #

            Clearly she beat up Jason and took his mask

            • ShaggyDonahugh
              ShaggyDonahugh
              December 24, 2014 at 1:50 am | #

              I just pictured her beating up DoA’s Jason and taking a hockey mask that he for some reason had on his person.
              I can’t stop laughing.

              • Jen Aside
                Jen Aside
                December 24, 2014 at 7:52 pm | #

                Jason is ripe for robbing

          • Bagge
            Bagge
            December 24, 2014 at 1:32 am | #

            She commandeered it. That’s the most hilarious explanation. Especially if she did it while speedskating past the poor hockey players.

          • JWLM
            JWLM
            December 24, 2014 at 1:52 pm | #

            I assume she broke into Ruth’s … um, no, maybe that wouldn’t work just now.

  19. The wizard
    The wizard
    December 24, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

    *plays the jason theme.*

    • newllend
      newllend
      December 24, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

      I thought his theme was just a bunch of whispers and Gasp’s

      • Jess
        Jess
        December 24, 2014 at 12:16 am | #

        kukukuku
        chchchch
        ahahahah

        • otusasio451
          otusasio451
          December 24, 2014 at 1:15 am | #

          DUHDUH

          DUHDUH

          DUHDUH

          DUHDUH

          • Kryss LaBryn
            Kryss LaBryn
            December 24, 2014 at 2:15 am | #

            jasonjasonjason

            killkillkill

      • The wizard
        The wizard
        December 25, 2014 at 12:39 am | #

        I was actually thinking about Micheal’s theme when I typed it, but the mask made me say Jason.

    • Gamaran Sepudomyn
      Gamaran Sepudomyn
      December 24, 2014 at 5:01 am | #

      Bowtie bowtie bowtie bowtie.

  20. ChickenButt
    ChickenButt
    December 24, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

    Cue the next song on the soundtrack! — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYI1-Dy0wmI

    (It’s all first-wave punk tunes for Amazigirl scenes, though usually it’s The Slits or X-Ray Spex rather than the Ramones.)

  21. Pteropine
    Pteropine
    December 24, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

    aint the first catfight in this comic

  22. Sionyx
    Sionyx
    December 24, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

    Aww, you don’t know kitty’ll go all clawball on you! She’s mewing, that means she at least somewhat socialized!

    …Yeah, I’d go for mask and welding gloves…

    • Solenoid
      Solenoid
      December 24, 2014 at 12:47 am | #

      The natural state of a cat is clawball. It’s the odd ones that are docile.

  23. democraticMayonaise
    democraticMayonaise
    December 24, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

    I’ve always associated that mask with Bloody Mary, but then I started hoping that Mary would try to get that cat down.
    … Was that too harsh?
    … yeah, no.

    • Disloyal Subject
      Disloyal Subject
      December 24, 2014 at 12:37 am | #

      That would require Mary to even attempt to rescue the cat.

  24. NF
    NF
    December 24, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

    For some reason I thought of Pokemon before I realized what the hell was going on.

    • democraticMayonaise
      democraticMayonaise
      December 24, 2014 at 12:20 am | #

      didnt we all

      • Disloyal Subject
        Disloyal Subject
        December 24, 2014 at 12:37 am | #

        Nope.

  25. Aubri
    Aubri
    December 24, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

    My cat once decided to climb up the chain link fence surrounding a tennis court. I had to climb up after her because she couldn’t get down… I’m so lucky she didn’t claw my face off.

  26. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    December 24, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

    Yeah, I think Amazi-Girl could use more protection. Like, say, an entire suit of armor.

    • Disloyal Subject
      Disloyal Subject
      December 24, 2014 at 12:40 am | #

      Good luck climbing a tree in that.
      (Assuming you mean full plate, based on “suit.” Chainmail’s heavy too, but still well within ‘humanly possible.’)

      • Kryss LaBryn
        Kryss LaBryn
        December 24, 2014 at 2:19 am | #

        Knew a guy who could do cartwheels in his full plate.

        It’s all about how you hang it. Chain’s actually worse because all the weight is on your shoulders (although a belt helps slightly).

        Rather climb a tree in full plate than chain mail. Plus the plate would be better for keeping out cat claws (might go straight through the chain if the gaps are big enough) and if you fell, it’d give you more protection.

        The guy who did cartwheels actually got hit by a small Honda doing pretty close to town speeds. His knees took out the grill, the rest of him took out the hood and the windshield. The suit was all scratched up; he was fine; the car most definitely was not.

        Full plate ftw!!

        • tyersome
          tyersome
          December 24, 2014 at 2:30 am | #

          Guy I went to high-school with did something similar … only head-on from a bike, without the plate mail … of course he was built like fireplug …

        • Gamaran Sepudomyn
          Gamaran Sepudomyn
          December 24, 2014 at 5:03 am | #

          That is the most awesome thing I’ve heard.

        • John
          John
          December 24, 2014 at 11:13 am | #

          A guy I know in the SCA used to go to the fighter practice in Boston, and since he didn’t have a car, this meant he would ride the T in his armor, because wearing it is by far the easiest way to carry it. Well, one day, one of the local dukes was practicing up to fight in Crown, so practice was basically “everybody fights the duke until they’ve had enough”. The duke was a lefty, and kept hitting my friend with the same shot – a wrap into the back of the right thigh – and over the course of the practice brutalized that leg.

          Well, after practice, he was limping back from the T stop to his apartment, and a passing truck tagged him, bumper clipped him right in the back of the thigh. The driver came to a screeching halt, jumped out, and was all, “Oh my god, I hit you, are you okay?!”

          My friend said, “No, no, I’m fine, don’t worry about it, I’m wearing armor,” but the driver insisted on taking him to the clinic to be checked out. My friend didn’t have anything better to do, so he let the guy drive him over to the clinic.

          Doctor came in, he dropped his pants, and the doctor checked out the huge, obvious bruise on his thigh. “Wow, that’s a nasty one,” the doctor said. “You say you were hit by a truck?”

          “No, doc,” he said, “that was the other leg.”

      • John
        John
        December 24, 2014 at 10:41 am | #

        My mail (about 40 pounds, not including the helm) is actually heavier than my plate was (about 35 pounds, also not including helm). It is flexier and easier to move in, though. I can do somersaults and cartwheels in either. There’s been more than once I’ve gotten bowled over by a charge, turned it into a backwards somersault, rolled back onto my feet, and ganked the guy who knocked me down. My shield is a bigger hindrance to this sort of thing than the armor.

        I can’t say as I’ve ever climbed a tree in armor, but I did once climb the outside of our DM’s condo to his second-floor balcony in my plate. He’d been telling me that it was impossible for my D&D character to do something similar (this was back in the 2E days before Climb skills and ACP that would’ve provided actual rules for such things), so I said, “Okay, I’ve got my armor in the back of my car. I’ll show you.”

        • Solenoid
          Solenoid
          December 24, 2014 at 12:28 pm | #

          What was his reaction when you got up there?

        • StClair
          StClair
          December 24, 2014 at 9:08 pm | #

          One of the little ways that my time in the SCA enriched my life is that I know what someone walking around in armor sounds like – the clatter of the legplates and the rhythmic ‘shing, shing, shing’ of the mail.

      • gwalla
        gwalla
        December 24, 2014 at 3:49 pm | #

        You might be surprised at what you can do in full plate.

  27. Opus the Poet
    Opus the Poet
    December 24, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

    Probably next to where she keeps her shoes when she’s in AG mode.

  28. Solenoid
    Solenoid
    December 24, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

    Yay, kitty!

  29. Khaner
    Khaner
    December 24, 2014 at 12:15 am | #

    No! Don’t murder kitty with a machete after fifty terrible sequels!

    • Grimlock64
      Grimlock64
      December 24, 2014 at 12:41 am | #

      Nah, Amber’s pretty sensible. She’ll stop after thirty terrible sequels, one good reboot, and then two more bad sequels.

  30. Gigafreak
    Gigafreak
    December 24, 2014 at 12:16 am | #

    Amber is now wearing a mask over her mask

    Amber’s identity crisis grows more worrisome by the day

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      December 24, 2014 at 12:22 am | #

      Didn’t twoface do something like that once?

      • JustCheetoDust
        JustCheetoDust
        December 24, 2014 at 12:47 am | #

        Maybe you meant [the wrestler] Sting.

        • gwalla
          gwalla
          December 24, 2014 at 3:53 pm | #

          …what.

          He was wearing a mask.

          Of his own face.

          With facepaint underneath.

          What.

    • Jen Aside
      Jen Aside
      December 24, 2014 at 12:52 am | #

      It’s called “layering”–weather’s getting colder, after all

  31. Kyle
    Kyle
    December 24, 2014 at 12:31 am | #

    it’s a trap

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      December 24, 2014 at 1:03 am | #

      It’s a tabby/

      • tyersome
        tyersome
        December 24, 2014 at 1:52 am | #

        You’re kitten, right?

  32. tyersome
    tyersome
    December 24, 2014 at 12:35 am | #

    I’m worried that this could be it, the event many of us have been dreading …

    … the one that leads to the catastrophe that induces cataplexy in readers and leaves Amber cataleptic if not catatonic …

    or purrhaps she’ll just catapult into the tree and catch the cat …

    • democraticMayonaise
      democraticMayonaise
      December 24, 2014 at 12:54 am | #

      The last one would be purrfect, she’ll use her cat like reflexes to not get bitten

      • tyersome
        tyersome
        December 24, 2014 at 1:54 am | #

        … but the caterwauling will be hair-raising fur sure …

    • Nightsbridge
      Nightsbridge
      December 24, 2014 at 1:44 am | #

      Whatever the answer, we’ll need to catalogue it.

      • tyersome
        tyersome
        December 24, 2014 at 1:59 am | #

        Cat’s right! We’d be out of our tree to puss out and not find a way to scratch out a scientifi claw from this.

  33. TheHappyLeopard
    TheHappyLeopard
    December 24, 2014 at 12:36 am | #

    It took me a second to get this joke, but yeah, that’s by far the smartest way I’ve ever seem someone rescue a cat. I should be taking notes.

    • SmilingCat
      SmilingCat
      December 24, 2014 at 12:50 am | #

      Nonono, first you put out a can of cat food. Frequently the cat suddenly figures out how to get down to get at noms.

      Sometimes shaking a bag of cat treats has the same affect. And Amazigirl says she’s prepared for anything…

  34. Leorale
    Leorale
    December 24, 2014 at 12:36 am | #

    Oh man, I think it’s that jerk stray cat from Shortpacked!
    It is like Mike, but a cat.
    http://www.shortpacked.com/index.php?id=1083
    http://www.shortpacked.com/index.php?id=1270

    • democraticMayonaise
      democraticMayonaise
      December 24, 2014 at 12:59 am | #

      pronounced mike-at
      or perhaps my-cat
      it’s a whole realm of combinations. catike, mciakte, cmaitke, or my personal favorite, mat.

  35. democraticMayonaise
    democraticMayonaise
    December 24, 2014 at 1:03 am | #

    nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan

  36. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    December 24, 2014 at 1:04 am | #

    Cat VS Squirrel

    • newllend
      newllend
      December 24, 2014 at 1:26 am | #

      The Cats out of his element.

      • tyersome
        tyersome
        December 24, 2014 at 2:01 am | #

        … but not out of its tree …
        Anyway it’s good to branch out into mew areas …

        • Solenoid
          Solenoid
          December 24, 2014 at 12:31 pm | #

          Though, in trying mew things and leaving the old behind, you necessarily abandon the purrsuit of purrfection.

          • tyersome
            tyersome
            December 24, 2014 at 1:12 pm | #

            Manx for your input, but unfurtuneately I’m not sure purrfection can be reached — even if one gets within a whisker, there will be dangling details …

  37. Chengrel
    Chengrel
    December 24, 2014 at 1:06 am | #

    I’m going to assume Amazi-girl ritualistically sacrifices small animals while wearing a hokey mask because that’s more fun than thinking she just saves them.

  38. Kiggy
    Kiggy
    December 24, 2014 at 1:09 am | #

    huh?

  39. David
    David
    December 24, 2014 at 1:15 am | #

    What has she got in her pocketses?

  40. lightsabermario
    lightsabermario
    December 24, 2014 at 1:59 am | #

    Oddly enough, my initial reaction didn’t go to face protection or Voorhees. It went to avoiding recognition by the cat, so that the cat can’t recognize your face and meow whenever it sees it, even it she’s out of her disguise. That’s the way it works with crows. (In fact, if you ever want to piss off someone who lives near crows, harass them while wearing a mask that makes you look like him. The crows will harass him for eternity, long after the original harassed crows have died off.)

    • Solenoid
      Solenoid
      December 24, 2014 at 12:32 pm | #

      Though a cat may yet recognize her scent.

      • tyersome
        tyersome
        December 24, 2014 at 1:16 pm | #

        That’s a descent thought!

  41. Lordess of Madness
    Lordess of Madness
    December 24, 2014 at 2:18 am | #

    Smart move, very smart move

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      December 24, 2014 at 1:33 pm | #

      Clearly, not Amazi-Girls’ first kitty rescue.

  42. LittleSpeck
    LittleSpeck
    December 24, 2014 at 2:25 am | #

    FUCK YOU MISTER BITEY

  43. rezby
    rezby
    December 24, 2014 at 2:25 am | #

    My first thought was that she was allergic to the cat and wanted to minimize the amount of cat fur that would fly into her face while removing it from the tree.

    But protection from claws is also smart.

  44. Arianod
    Arianod
    December 24, 2014 at 2:37 am | #

    This is a job for… AMAZI-VOORHEES!

  45. Bluesnake462
    Bluesnake462
    December 24, 2014 at 3:03 am | #

    Gotta protect the face

  46. Oberon
    Oberon
    December 24, 2014 at 3:03 am | #

    The combination of the Freddy mask and the mouseover text gave me a good belly laugh.

    Happy holidays!

  47. The Dayman
    The Dayman
    December 24, 2014 at 3:19 am | #

    Found the cat! Whoops, wrong comic.

  48. Bill
    Bill
    December 24, 2014 at 3:26 am | #

    Don’t try to handle this one alone, Amazi-Girl!
    Call for backup!!

    • NotPiffany
      NotPiffany
      December 24, 2014 at 10:26 am | #

      She doesn’t need backup.

      “I’ve got my safety gear on, and I ain’t scared!” title=”Mean Kitty Song”

  49. dekho1
    dekho1
    December 24, 2014 at 5:23 am | #

    Hello, Mr. Cat, I want to play a game.

  50. Sir Robin
    Sir Robin
    December 24, 2014 at 5:42 am | #

    Is that the DoA Singaularkitty?

  51. dull
    dull
    December 24, 2014 at 8:03 am | #

    Either she will save the cat or go on a killing spree.

  52. ensiform
    ensiform
    December 24, 2014 at 10:24 am | #

    Is anyone else bothered that this cat has not yet committed a crime?

  53. Dave
    Dave
    December 24, 2014 at 10:29 am | #

    Um, I like everyone’s witty banter here, but am I really the only one that’s going to ask? How did she beat that dude up yesterday? In fact, Dave Willis, could we please have some flashback on Amber’s karate training? I love that she’s a superhero and tough. Agile and strong. But those characteristics alone aren’t going to overcome a big dude’s natural advantages of strength and size.
    It’s seriously affecting my ‘suspension of disbelief’.

    • Luzahn
      Luzahn
      December 24, 2014 at 12:09 pm | #

      http://www.dumbingofage.com/2013/comic/book-3/04-just-hangin-out-with-my-family/gorilla/

      I think this works as an explanation?

      • Solenoid
        Solenoid
        December 24, 2014 at 12:39 pm | #

        On top of that, Creepy Dude from yesterday probably hasn’t any training in martial arts. Wheras Blaine decided that giving Amber self-defense training was better than sending her to a shrink like everyone else wanted. I think, from what the strip shows us again and again, we know which option won out.

    • John
      John
      December 24, 2014 at 5:08 pm | #

      All else being equal, size and strength will win in a fight.

      All else is not equal here. Amazi-Girl is a friggin’ superhero, and her opponent was some random dudebro. From what we’ve seen in the strip, A-G is amazingly physically capable – strong, athletic, and knows how to use it. Just in the last strip, we saw her leap high enough to knee a dude taller than her in the face. (Go ahead, try that. It’s not easy.) And she beats the shit out of people a lot. Even if she had never had any formal training (and it’s been implied (if not outright stated; I don’t remember) that she has), she’s had enough practice to learn a thing or two.

      I’ve observed before… Amber’s kind of a chunky girl. But from what we’ve seen Amazi-Girl do, I’m pretty sure that the Amazi-Rack is the only part of that that’s soft weight. She’s probably actually heavier than she looks, because muscle is denser than fat. And blow power comes from the hips, and she’s got those to spare.

      Dudebro, on the other hand… well, we don’t know all that much about him. He’s bigger than she is. He’s not super-fat, but he looks pretty soft. His only six-pack is the ones he’s been lifting to pack on that weight. And from his attack method, he knows jack about fighting.

      I find it totally plausible that Amazi-Girl hit him until he stopped trying to get back up, and he never laid a hand on her.

      Much like her alter-ego did to her own father not all that long ago.

      • Paul
        Paul
        December 24, 2014 at 6:08 pm | #

        All that works to a point. In a world without radioactive spider bites, babies rescued from doomed planets, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords, etc., Amazi-Girl can be beaten by a stronger opponent who also knows how to fight. Or someone who is armed. Or by more than one person. Or by being unlucky (or sleep deprived). She won’t win every fight, forever. She only has to lose once.

  54. Animal
    Animal
    December 24, 2014 at 11:47 am | #

    Amazi-chick doesn’t know what she’s in for. This cat has obviously been cornered by the Squirrel Mafia.

    • Animal
      Animal
      December 24, 2014 at 11:55 am | #

      Sure enough! They obviously have an underground genetics lab in Indiana; here’s the proof.

      http://www.scarysquirrel.org/vacation/indiana/index.html

      • Dragon
        Dragon
        December 24, 2014 at 6:00 pm | #

        How the hell did you find this website?? It is Hilarious!

        • Animal
          Animal
          December 24, 2014 at 6:23 pm | #

          I can’t say. The skwerls, they’re everywhere. It’s nuts, I tell ya – just nuts!

          • tyersome
            tyersome
            December 24, 2014 at 6:28 pm | #

            Acorny response if I ever heard one …

            • Animal
              Animal
              December 24, 2014 at 6:39 pm | #

              Almond say that if you pecan make a pun, walnut?

              • Dragon
                Dragon
                December 24, 2014 at 8:59 pm | #

                Cashew quit with the nutty puns?!

                • Animal
                  Animal
                  December 24, 2014 at 9:52 pm | #

                  I can nut. Mugongo crazy if I try.

                • tyersome
                  tyersome
                  December 24, 2014 at 10:49 pm | #

                  Someone might beech about this thread, but I pine for this sort of nuttiness.

                • Animal
                  Animal
                  December 25, 2014 at 10:06 pm | #

                  I larch from one to another.

                • tyersome
                  tyersome
                  December 28, 2014 at 1:52 pm | #

                  Wow this thread turned out to be a real treet!

  55. Timni
    Timni
    December 24, 2014 at 2:03 pm | #

    Amazi-girl seems to be busy tonight. Maybe she will even be busier later *Bob’s Burgers sensual music plays in the background*

  56. Vangeln
    Vangeln
    December 24, 2014 at 2:53 pm | #

    Another beating? That’ll teach you kitty!

  57. Kugai
    Kugai
    December 24, 2014 at 3:28 pm | #

    Jason Vorhees just called, he wants his spare mask back.

  58. Animal
    Animal
    December 24, 2014 at 6:23 pm | #

    And in all fairness to Amber, I have to admit, I spent a good part of my college career looking for pussy, too.

  59. man in black
    man in black
    December 24, 2014 at 9:34 pm | #

    Got to protect the face

  60. sithknightgalen
    sithknightgalen
    December 25, 2014 at 12:41 am | #

    Ahh, Amazi-Girl got a facemask upgrade…guess things got real when it comes to furry opponents…

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