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Drastic

by David M Willis on March 24, 2015 at 12:01 am
  • 02 - Three's a Crowd
└ Tags: becky, joyce, sal, sensitive scanner

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  1. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    March 24, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    Becky digs Chastity like Bronies dig Twilight Sparkle hurr hurr hurr

    *bleaches brain*

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      March 24, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

      If Becky’s a furry, that adds a whole new dimension to her awkward journey of self discovery.

      How long before she’s walking around campus saying “Hey everybody, I think everyone would be sexier with cat ears and fur!”

      • JustCheetoDust
        JustCheetoDust
        March 24, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

        She could get weirder than that.

        • Doctor_Who
          Doctor_Who
          March 24, 2015 at 12:09 am | #

          I think that might be more Carla’s thing…if Carla had a thing anyway.

          • Urukak
            Urukak
            March 24, 2015 at 12:14 am | #

            Carla’s reaction to the video: “HEY! That is a hate crime!”

            • JustCheetoDust
              JustCheetoDust
              March 24, 2015 at 12:34 am | #

              Compared to the comments section?

            • Deanatay
              Deanatay
              March 24, 2015 at 9:04 am | #

              Either that, or, “UM… I’ll be in my bunk!”

              • Screwball
                Screwball
                March 24, 2015 at 8:56 pm | #

                Hmmm, could get her revved up I guess…

            • Halloween Jack
              Halloween Jack
              March 24, 2015 at 11:42 am | #

              What does Carla have against Squirrel Girl? Carla and Squirrel Girl… hmm… I’ll be in my treehouse and/or garage.

        • Cory
          Cory
          April 17, 2015 at 8:36 pm | #

          Actually it gets worse than that:

          http://youtu.be/h1Dyqas6Sm8

    • Mr. Random
      Mr. Random
      March 24, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

      Seriously. The site wouldn’t let me in until a minute ago. How’d you get in so quick to still have time to comment that fast?

      • JustCheetoDust
        JustCheetoDust
        March 24, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

        I think it’s like how Gene Wilder was a faster draw than everyone else in Blazing Saddles.

        • Bruceski
          Bruceski
          March 24, 2015 at 1:36 am | #

          YeAh BuT I pOsT wItH ThiS hANd,

          • StClair
            StClair
            March 24, 2015 at 10:20 am | #

            win.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        March 24, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

        They most likely are Patreons so they get to see the comic long before we do, so they can have an answer copypasta as soon as it appears at 0:01 New York time.

        • MeghanTheWorldEater
          MeghanTheWorldEater
          March 24, 2015 at 12:17 am | #

          Yeah but Jen just straight up has superpowers cause she was doin this before patreon was even a website.

          • Kryss LaBryn
            Kryss LaBryn
            March 24, 2015 at 6:05 am | #

            She has a buffer of comments done up and pre-uploaded. She’s currently got them pre-written and loaded up until July 7, 2015.

            • MeghanTheWorldEater
              MeghanTheWorldEater
              March 24, 2015 at 9:04 pm | #

              So that’s what that thing is!

        • Packy
          Packy
          March 24, 2015 at 12:19 am | #

          I suspect Jen gives enough in the Patreon that Willis lets her queue up her comments before midnight. 😉

          • MeghanTheWorldEater
            MeghanTheWorldEater
            March 24, 2015 at 12:21 am | #

            There’s probably like fifty Jen comments that we don’t see cause only the best one is allowed in. Such a shame 🙁

        • Tacos
          Tacos
          March 24, 2015 at 12:42 am | #

          I figure Jen is secretly a Chrono Sorceress.

        • nothri
          nothri
          March 24, 2015 at 3:06 am | #

          Is copypasta something you can eat? Is there such a thing printerghetti?

          • laowai
            laowai
            March 24, 2015 at 5:42 am | #

            that sounds like a delicacy of jen aside-landia! I’d eat it!

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            March 24, 2015 at 7:33 am | #

            Copypasta Explained

      • K^2
        K^2
        March 24, 2015 at 6:02 am | #

        Spawn camping.

      • Eyebrow
        Eyebrow
        March 24, 2015 at 9:30 am | #

        The site is always locked down until Jen Aside posts first comment. It’s a feature, for your protection.

    • Gaiash
      Gaiash
      March 24, 2015 at 9:03 am | #

      Does that mean she overreacted to Chastity getting wings and becoming a princess?

      • Jen Aside
        Jen Aside
        March 24, 2015 at 8:20 pm | #

        AN ANGEL SURELY

  2. Mr. Random
    Mr. Random
    March 24, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    Too cool for D&M too.

  3. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    March 24, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    ZZZZZ!

    • nothri
      nothri
      March 24, 2015 at 2:52 am | #

      Either Sal is asleep or doing a Bee impression.

  4. Kris
    Kris
    March 24, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    It’s official. Sal is cool in her sleep.

    • Duck
      Duck
      March 24, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

      Even when she sleeps, she emits waves of coolness

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      March 24, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

      It will be the first time in ages she has slept with more than just her gloves on.

      • MeghanTheWorldEater
        MeghanTheWorldEater
        March 24, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

        Nah she had underpants too.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          March 24, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

          Commando is way more comfortable.

          • MeghanTheWorldEater
            MeghanTheWorldEater
            March 24, 2015 at 12:11 am | #

            …you sound as if though you speak from experience… (cowers in fear of the hardcore)

            • Plasma Mongoose
              Plasma Mongoose
              March 24, 2015 at 12:15 am | #

              You say it like that’s a bad thing…

              • MeghanTheWorldEater
                MeghanTheWorldEater
                March 24, 2015 at 12:20 am | #

                I guess I’m just not hardcore enough (Sure all eat the friggin world but sleep nude? -shudders-)

                • Kris
                  Kris
                  March 24, 2015 at 1:25 am | #

                  Jack Black: You know your not hardcore!
                  Female chorus: (No your not hardcore)
                  Jack Black: Unless you live hardcore!
                  Female chorus: (You live hardcore)

                • nothri
                  nothri
                  March 24, 2015 at 2:56 am | #

                  Just gonna leave this here…..

                  http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifestyle/10-benefits-sleeping-naked-you-probably-didnt-know.html

                • MeghanTheWorldEater
                  MeghanTheWorldEater
                  March 24, 2015 at 9:53 am | #

                  Your article be damned! I still refuse!

                • begbert2
                  begbert2
                  March 24, 2015 at 10:52 am | #

                  …reads article…

                  Seems that about half of these assume that you’re using too many blankets. And another one assumes you’re sharing your bed with a loved one. And another one assumes that you PJ up strangely early.

                  I’ll give it the twisted shirt thing though. I have specific processes in place just to avoid that.

              • nothri
                nothri
                March 24, 2015 at 3:03 am | #

                Well, to be fair, you are already from Australia (right?) so you get a natural +5 racial modifier to your hardcore already. If you put more bonuses into it your gonna hog it all and not give any to the rest of us.

                • Plasma Mongoose
                  Plasma Mongoose
                  March 24, 2015 at 3:14 am | #

                  Yes indeed, I’m an Aussie Munchkin. ^_^

              • Kryss LaBryn
                Kryss LaBryn
                March 24, 2015 at 6:07 am | #

                I know right? I only wear clothes to bed if it’s cold enough to need them.

                I’m in Canada and under like six feet of snow; so far it hasn’t been cold enough.

                • Plasma Mongoose
                  Plasma Mongoose
                  March 24, 2015 at 7:34 am | #

                  I’m a winter person myself. ^_^

                • NotFred
                  NotFred
                  March 24, 2015 at 12:53 pm | #

                  PM:

                  Come on, Australia has no winter, just summer and three springs.

                • Roborat
                  Roborat
                  March 24, 2015 at 4:56 pm | #

                  Well, snow is an excellent insulator.

                • Plasma Mongoose
                  Plasma Mongoose
                  March 24, 2015 at 6:51 pm | #

                  NotFred: That is more or less true in Adelaide, I miss the winters I enjoyed back when I lived in Canberra.

                • Screwball
                  Screwball
                  March 24, 2015 at 9:05 pm | #

                  Apparently Perth, Australia Western has 4 seasons, Nice But Getting Warmer, Melt The Road Surface Hot, Nice But Cooling Off, & Raining. Daniel the Human says he’s a Winterbaby, apparently having no problem with the cold, but still hasn’t seen snow. Tolerates the heat tho, while I enjoy air -con on the 40+ Celsius days…

          • JustCheetoDust
            JustCheetoDust
            March 24, 2015 at 12:25 am | #

            I just remembered that Lana’s mom called it “sky clad” in a recent episode of Archer.

            Then I remembered Keith David and the writers in that same episode for the slick, non-obscene reference to a Mantan Moreland dick joke.

            • Opus the Poet
              Opus the Poet
              March 24, 2015 at 12:44 am | #

              “Sky Clad” is a pagan religious term for worship in the nude.

              • JustCheetoDust
                JustCheetoDust
                March 24, 2015 at 12:53 am | #

                Thanks for saving me the trouble of combing through Google results before that inevitably turns into an assault on my attention span.

              • ahuh
                ahuh
                March 24, 2015 at 5:27 am | #

                Also the name for the Digambara sect of Jain monks.

                • Deanatay
                  Deanatay
                  March 24, 2015 at 9:09 am | #

                  Are they nudists?

    • nothri
      nothri
      March 24, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

      Something Billie will be thankful about when their heater breaks.

    • DarkoNeko
      DarkoNeko
      March 24, 2015 at 1:09 am | #

      It’s amazing neither of them smelled the alcohol

      • Rycan
        Rycan
        March 24, 2015 at 2:27 am | #

        Should be strong enough to drown out the tobacco musk, even.

        • begbert2
          begbert2
          March 24, 2015 at 10:54 am | #

          They’ve been around Billie, so perhaps the booze-detecting cells in their noses have been overloaded and died.

      • Screwball
        Screwball
        March 24, 2015 at 9:08 pm | #

        Apparently Sal can’t hold it well, meaning it won’t take as much grog to knock her round. Less grog in the system, less smell, same effect tho…

    • StClair
      StClair
      March 24, 2015 at 10:23 am | #

      Not gonna be so cool in about a second.

  5. Wire Segal
    Wire Segal
    March 24, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    Better than Hymmel the Hymnal? Blasphemy!
    Somewhat literally!

    • nothri
      nothri
      March 24, 2015 at 3:01 am | #

      Three month old moldering cheese is better than Hymmel, and any god that would condemn a man for thinking so is clearly evil anyway!

  6. Dean
    Dean
    March 24, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    Sal is cooler asleep than most people are awake.

    • Jen Aside
      Jen Aside
      March 24, 2015 at 12:18 am | #

      probably from wearing less than they do

  7. tim gueguen
    tim gueguen
    March 24, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    Yeah, Sal does need a sombrero.

    I wonder if Joyce has told Becky about Walky’s dramatic childhood secret yet.

    • Orbit Junkie
      Orbit Junkie
      March 24, 2015 at 2:51 am | #

      Joyce is taking that one to the grave. She’s not going to admit even the possibility that she had a crush on Walky. *shivers*

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        March 24, 2015 at 12:50 pm | #

        What secret? *mindwipe*

        Buuuuuuuut Becky has seen just as much Hymmel as Joyce, and you just know that Joyce spent a decent time of their childhood gushing about that cute little mouse boy. I just wait for Becky to go “…you look kinda familiar” followed by an epic FREAKOUT from both Joyce and Walky.

        • Orbit Junkie
          Orbit Junkie
          March 24, 2015 at 3:56 pm | #

          I would not be opposed to this.

        • Screwball
          Screwball
          March 24, 2015 at 9:11 pm | #

          Hmm, possible…

          *Fetches the popped popcorn, pulls up a beach chair & waits for the show…

  8. Regina Phalange
    Regina Phalange
    March 24, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    …yes, Jason, you are an absolute gentleman, propping a girl against a wall and walking away

    • Carriethedragon
      Carriethedragon
      March 24, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

      Uh………. yes? Respecting a person’s wishes sounds pretty gentlemanly to me

      • MeghanTheWorldEater
        MeghanTheWorldEater
        March 24, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

        But sometimes people wish for dumb things, especially when they’re drunk, so maybe gentlemanly but unwise then?

        • Carriethedragon
          Carriethedragon
          March 24, 2015 at 12:20 am | #

          Perhaps. She’s right outside her room, though.

          • MeghanTheWorldEater
            MeghanTheWorldEater
            March 24, 2015 at 12:24 am | #

            Maybe he expects Billie to drag her in, which would be sensible if Billie wasn’t ya know busy getting crunk with Ruth.

            • Tacos
              Tacos
              March 24, 2015 at 12:39 am | #

              I know you probably meant “drunk” but the image of Billie getting crunk is hilarious to me.

              • MeghanTheWorldEater
                MeghanTheWorldEater
                March 24, 2015 at 12:44 am | #

                Actually where I’m from crunk is used in place of drunk pretty regularly.

                • Tacos
                  Tacos
                  March 24, 2015 at 12:53 am | #

                  I know it can be used interchangeably but the image of Billie going all Lil Jon and yelling, “YEAH! WHAT?! OK!” is hilarious.

                • MeghanTheWorldEater
                  MeghanTheWorldEater
                  March 24, 2015 at 12:55 am | #

                  Oh…Well now I look like a fool
                  (I mean more than I already did obviously)

            • JustCheetoDust
              JustCheetoDust
              March 24, 2015 at 12:39 am | #

              “…she got the speakers in the trunk, with the bass on crunk.”

        • masterofbones
          masterofbones
          March 24, 2015 at 12:06 pm | #

          Clearly he should have fought her, subdued her, and thrown her into bed. This would certainly have been a far more acceptable action.

          She’s a dumbass. It isn’t his problem that she is a dumbass. He already did far more than he needed to or she deserved.

          • Bill
            Bill
            March 24, 2015 at 10:10 pm | #

            “Clearly he should have fought her, subdued her, and thrown her into bed.”
            ————
            No, but he could have at least taken Sal back inside the room and left her seated in the chair like he did the first time.

    • winter
      winter
      March 24, 2015 at 12:09 am | #

      Hey! It’s what the lady requested.

      • Jen Aside
        Jen Aside
        March 24, 2015 at 12:19 am | #

        in all seriousness, tho, tipsy/drunk people ask for things that often go counter to good sense, so it’s not really a good idea to do what they say [for instance, “don’t call the police”]

        [[just sayin’, sorry this isn’t a funny]]

        • insomniac
          insomniac
          March 24, 2015 at 12:33 am | #

          “You know we get really, really excited about really bad ideas when we drink. And it’s your job to talk us out of it.”

        • winter
          winter
          March 24, 2015 at 12:41 am | #

          Generally speaking, I agree with you wholeheartedly.

          But, I’m going to give Jason a pass here anyhow. He saw her home safely (despite having to practically drag her there) and offered to help her into get into her bunk (although Sal declined). Their relationship is pretty volatile, so I don’t think it’s fair to expect much more than that from him.

    • John
      John
      March 24, 2015 at 12:18 am | #

      Wow, in the last strip I totally thought that Sal was alluding to getting railed against a wall by Jason. I didn’t realize she literally wanted help with leaning.

      • Eyebrow
        Eyebrow
        March 24, 2015 at 9:33 am | #

        Wasn’t just me then. We got filthy minds.

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      March 24, 2015 at 11:54 am | #

      Exactly what you just said, but without the sarcasm. B)

  9. GoogerGeiger
    GoogerGeiger
    March 24, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    Finally, a strip with Joyce and Becky in it that’s not about drama or lesbian stuff.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      March 24, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

      Pardon me, but Becky not thinking D&MM is the best thing ever threatens her friendship with Joyce WAY more than the lesbian thing ever did.

      • Urukak
        Urukak
        March 24, 2015 at 12:12 am | #

        I hope you’re joking, because there is no way in hell that Joyce is that shallow.

        • Doctor_Who
          Doctor_Who
          March 24, 2015 at 12:18 am | #

          Of course.

        • Spencer
          Spencer
          March 24, 2015 at 12:35 am | #

          Hey man, deeply held religious beliefs that conflict with your disposition towards doing right by your loved ones are one thing, but some things are just sacred.

          • Bagge
            Bagge
            March 24, 2015 at 12:51 pm | #

            It worked out for Joyce and Dorothy. I’m sure they will mend that gap as well.

            • timemonkey
              timemonkey
              March 24, 2015 at 1:56 pm | #

              But Dorothy is like a billion times cooler than becky.

              • Bagge
                Bagge
                March 24, 2015 at 5:24 pm | #

                But Becky is rad so there is that.

  10. Leorale
    Leorale
    March 24, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    A sombrero is the silliest of hats

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      March 24, 2015 at 12:14 am | #

      And the largest, too.

    • winter
      winter
      March 24, 2015 at 12:45 am | #

      I dunno, I think the fez is pretty silly too. In an adorable Ottoman Empire kind of way.

    • Bill
      Bill
      March 24, 2015 at 10:11 pm | #

      A baseball cap, turned brim backwards and worn indoors, is the silliest.
      Or at least the most inappropriate.

  11. AHR
    AHR
    March 24, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    So what are YOUR interests, Becky, hmmmm?

    • Cephalo the Pod
      Cephalo the Pod
      March 24, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

      She wants to take up gardening.

      • Opus the Poet
        Opus the Poet
        March 24, 2015 at 12:47 am | #

        And pearl diving…

        • neeks
          neeks
          March 24, 2015 at 3:06 am | #

          And interior design, she’d love to try her hand at laying carpet.

        • nothri
          nothri
          March 24, 2015 at 3:11 am | #

          Wow. You guys know a lot more about her than I do. I thought she was just into chicks this whole time. She has a lot more depth than I realized.

    • Willoughby Chase
      Willoughby Chase
      March 24, 2015 at 4:55 am | #

      She wants to try beaver trapping.

  12. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    March 24, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    “Oh man! A hot chick unconscious in the middle of the hallway! You know what that means. EVERYONE GRAB A MARKER.”

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      March 24, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

      Don’t forget the bowl of warm water. 😀

      • DarkoNeko
        DarkoNeko
        March 24, 2015 at 1:12 am | #

        That’s too evil, even by my standarts.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          March 24, 2015 at 3:20 am | #

          BWAHAHAHAHA!

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      March 24, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

      The DingDong Bandit Returns!

    • Solenoid
      Solenoid
      March 24, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

      And make a chalk outline of Sal on the floor of the hallway, right?

    • GoogerGeiger
      GoogerGeiger
      March 24, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

      Revenge of the WDB?

      • Rycan
        Rycan
        March 24, 2015 at 2:31 am | #

        Attack of the DDB!

    • Kris
      Kris
      March 24, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

      What do you want? Classic swirly moustache? Racoon mask? Blackeye? The sky’s the limit here.

      • Tacos
        Tacos
        March 24, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

        There is always the old standby, a dick on the forehead.

        • Bagge
          Bagge
          March 24, 2015 at 12:14 am | #

          The Ding-Dong bandit strikes again.

          • Bagge
            Bagge
            March 24, 2015 at 12:17 am | #

            Amber: Oh, for gods sake…. FINE, I’ll put on my costume again to avenge my sworn enemy and start-of-darkness catalysts from the most ridiculous arch enemy ever.

            Danny: To be fair, that IS in line with being a super hero.

            • Harry
              Harry
              March 24, 2015 at 12:33 am | #

              Ha. Have an internet!

      • Screwball
        Screwball
        March 24, 2015 at 9:38 pm | #

        Wonder how hard it’d be to do the full-body tuxedo on her? Monocle & everything…

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      March 24, 2015 at 12:11 am | #

      Jig-gle-ly puff…

      • JustCheetoDust
        JustCheetoDust
        March 24, 2015 at 12:27 am | #

        Guess I’m changing avatars for today.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          March 24, 2015 at 12:38 am | #

          OH MY!

          (Kasumi Tendo not George Takei)

          • JustCheetoDust
            JustCheetoDust
            March 24, 2015 at 12:42 am | #

            Can’t it be both?

            • Plasma Mongoose
              Plasma Mongoose
              March 24, 2015 at 12:45 am | #

              GT Oh Mys are for naughtier replies, KT Oh Mys are more wholesome.

              • JustCheetoDust
                JustCheetoDust
                March 24, 2015 at 12:58 am | #

                Forgive me then, reading your previous comment made me mentally photoshop the two of them together for an imaginary “Oh My” GIF.

    • B.D
      B.D
      March 24, 2015 at 2:08 am | #

      …I’d love to see someone try that on Sal. Even a sleeping Sal.

      Sal stops being The Scout when she’s sleeping, and turns into The Heavy. A big, grumpy bear who would really like you to be quiet now – no? Ooooookay, here come the GLoves Of Massive Pain.

  13. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    March 24, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    Even her Sleep Zs are cool! Zorry would be proud to leave that Z carved on a hacienda wall!

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      March 24, 2015 at 12:33 am | #

      Zorro, I mean. After midnight my hands turn back into pumpkins, so it’s hard to type.

      • MeghanTheWorldEater
        MeghanTheWorldEater
        March 24, 2015 at 12:36 am | #

        Oh, I just thought you and Zorro were like bros or something.

  14. Spencer
    Spencer
    March 24, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    *gasp* Could it be that Joyce is becoming disillusioned with Sal?

    Or more likely, she actually believes not responding to greetings makes somebody cool.

    • Orbit Junkie
      Orbit Junkie
      March 24, 2015 at 3:01 am | #

      The second one. Joyce can’t be disillusioned with people who drive motorcycles, it’s impossible.

  15. WorstBardEver
    WorstBardEver
    March 24, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    Aww, did Jason actually prop her up like she asked?

    • Opus the Poet
      Opus the Poet
      March 24, 2015 at 12:49 am | #

      Seems that way…

  16. TSB
    TSB
    March 24, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

    I’m not sure I understand Becky’s dialogue. Is she saying there was a D&MM character that was a sensitive person with clairvoyant powers (so like, an emotion scanner?), who was hardcore? Okay, I guess that makes sense, it’s a person with empathetic powers who is not necessarily a sweet and empathetic person. Is that referencing something specific from IW! or is it just a random trope-y thing that Willis randomly decided on to give Becky dialogue in that panel?

    • Solenoid
      Solenoid
      March 24, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

      It’s something specific from IW!

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      March 24, 2015 at 12:09 am | #

      In IW! there was a character who was a sentient electronic named “sensitive scanner.” It was a sensitive piece of equipment, and also its feeling were easily hurt. Delightful.

      • stevecharb
        stevecharb
        March 24, 2015 at 12:36 am | #

        I’m having a hard time picturing Sensitive Scanner as being “hardcore”, though. What is Dexter and Monkey Master version of Sensitive Scanner even like?

        • Rycan
          Rycan
          March 24, 2015 at 2:37 am | #

          Well, there was Sensitive Scanner’s alter ego…

          • Deanatay
            Deanatay
            March 24, 2015 at 9:17 am | #

            :O You mean THE AMAZI-SCANNER??

      • Rycan
        Rycan
        March 24, 2015 at 2:36 am | #

        Possibly my favorite character in IW! Monkey Master was the only one she would confide in (read: share the results of her scans).

        …That said, I wouldn’t want to rely on one in any lab I work in. Lab equipment makes us batty enough as it is.

      • Bill
        Bill
        March 24, 2015 at 10:15 pm | #

        Would that be like Marvin the Paranoid Android from H2G2?

    • Urukak
      Urukak
      March 24, 2015 at 12:09 am | #

      “something specific from IW!”

      This. It is in fact not a person, but a literal sentient scanning machine that is also very sensitive (read: whiny).

    • TSB
      TSB
      March 24, 2015 at 10:35 am | #

      Thanks to those of you who explained the IW! connection. I also clicked the “Sensitive Scanner” character tag and found a few other strips where characters talk about her, so it makes more sense now.

  17. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    March 24, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgiCechWNCo <- What I was thinking…

  18. Kennerly
    Kennerly
    March 24, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

    Ah, sleep. That’s where I’m a viking!

  19. Tacos
    Tacos
    March 24, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

    Everything is cooler with sombreros. Fact.

    • Josh
      Josh
      March 24, 2015 at 12:09 am | #

      Even pickles?

      • Tacos
        Tacos
        March 24, 2015 at 12:12 am | #

        Si.

      • DarkoNeko
        DarkoNeko
        March 24, 2015 at 1:14 am | #

        Especially pickles.

    • Urukak
      Urukak
      March 24, 2015 at 12:11 am | #

      But Congresswoman Robin Desanto has not been confirmed to have ever worn a sombrero in this universe. How can we be sure of their coolness without her implicit endorsement?

      • Rabid Rabbit
        Rabid Rabbit
        March 24, 2015 at 1:34 am | #

        Because Hobbes said so. Ages ago.

      • HeySo
        HeySo
        March 24, 2015 at 4:10 am | #

        You mean, you haven’t seen THAT tape?
        Wow, I thought everyone had.

        Hey, you should ask Willis, he’s into all that freaky stuff, I’m sure he’d be willing to upload it to Slipshine for you…

        • Rycan
          Rycan
          March 24, 2015 at 5:51 am | #

          Would anybody here actually want to see that? Wait, no, I don’t want to know the answer…

          • Gigafreak
            Gigafreak
            March 24, 2015 at 11:22 am | #

            You Can Leave Your Hat On: DeSanto and Manley Do the Act

            • HeySo
              HeySo
              March 28, 2015 at 3:53 pm | #

              Oh, no, I’m talking about the sequel, ‘Legislative Body’.
              But yeah, nothing quite matches up to the original, I suppose.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      March 24, 2015 at 12:12 am | #

      Even with talking cactus.

      • JBento
        JBento
        March 24, 2015 at 10:52 am | #

        GWS has reached its end. Goodbye, McPedro, we hardly knew ya (but of what we knew, you were a bit of a douche)

  20. Bagge
    Bagge
    March 24, 2015 at 12:12 am | #

    Wait, what’s the logistics here – did they go to see Dexter and Monkey Master after sushi? Does that mean all four of them were crammed up in Walky’s room watching cartoons? Maaaaan. We are missing out on some shenanigans here.

    Becky is still holding a torch for Chastity Churchmouse. Dream on Becky – you will find that key one day.

    Jason, the least you could have done was to put Sal back in her chair. Poor girl could have used a nights sleep.

    I’m also very, very happy to see Joyce and Becky take time admits all the drama to just be friends.

    • anonymsly
      anonymsly
      March 24, 2015 at 1:38 am | #

      But she asked him to lean her against the wall! I think she might never have forgiven him the ‘you should be in your chair, why yes it’s precisely the same as being leaned against a wall.’ Hee.

      • Rycan
        Rycan
        March 24, 2015 at 2:40 am | #

        He may have also been a bit miffed with her…

      • Nono
        Nono
        March 24, 2015 at 3:54 am | #

        I would have taken the opportunity to draw on her face with a whiteboard marker.

        • anonymsly
          anonymsly
          March 24, 2015 at 11:19 am | #

          ….now I really wish Jason had done that. Just a little trig proof or something, right on the forehead in whiteboard marker.

    • Screwball
      Screwball
      March 24, 2015 at 10:01 pm | #

      Becky is still holding a torch for Chastity Churchmouse. Dream on Becky – you will find that key one day..

      *Remembers Robin Hood, Men In Tights, end credits specifically. Camera is slowly zooming away from a castle window, where Robin & Marilyn are finally getting together, now they’re married & he’s about to use a key to unlock her chastity belt…*
      “We have a problem”
      *calm tone*”What?”
      “It doesn’t fit”
      *unhappy, surprised tone*”WHAT?”
      “I know. CALL THE LOCKSMITH!”
      *Order gets repeated as it’s passed on through the castle…*

  21. Spencer
    Spencer
    March 24, 2015 at 12:12 am | #

    No wait this is perfect. Now Joyce just needs to grab Dina and they can all disinterestedly prop themselves against the wall and rebel.

    • MeghanTheWorldEater
      MeghanTheWorldEater
      March 24, 2015 at 12:15 am | #

      YES!

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        March 24, 2015 at 12:18 am | #

        Billie: …
        …
        ….
        What?

        • HeySo
          HeySo
          March 24, 2015 at 4:08 am | #

          Billie: I WANNA BE COOL ALSO.
          (Later)
          Ruth: “….”

    • Rycan
      Rycan
      March 24, 2015 at 2:41 am | #

      They should have done that before tipped over. Dominoes!

      • Orbit Junkie
        Orbit Junkie
        March 24, 2015 at 3:16 am | #

        Cool kids bowling pins.

  22. Keroshino
    Keroshino
    March 24, 2015 at 12:15 am | #

    Sal would be even more cooler if she was a cyborg ninja wearing a sombrero!!!

    • Spencer
      Spencer
      March 24, 2015 at 12:17 am | #

      iunderstoodthatreference.gif

      • Opus the Poet
        Opus the Poet
        March 24, 2015 at 12:52 am | #

        http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/cc402/Bronzethumb/GIFs/IUnderstoodThatReference.jpg

    • Calvin Coolage
      Calvin Coolage
      March 24, 2015 at 12:18 am | #

      Metal Sal Rising: Revengenace
      I like it. Who can be Bladewolf for her?

      • Spencer
        Spencer
        March 24, 2015 at 12:32 am | #

        Now I’m picturing Amazi-Girl as Jetstream Sam and I never realized how much I wanted this.

      • Orbit Junkie
        Orbit Junkie
        March 24, 2015 at 3:18 am | #

        Can we do a Terminator 2 remake where Sal is a T-1000 that forms from a sheer pool of awesome?

        • Screwball
          Screwball
          March 24, 2015 at 10:03 pm | #

          Sounds a bit more like Teminatrix to me…

          I liked that lady, got my Energon flowing…

  23. Spencer
    Spencer
    March 24, 2015 at 12:16 am | #

    Theory time: Joyce and Becky meet up with Sarah whose just spent a nice day ruining all her relationships. Sarah proceeds to drop the truthbomb that Becky can’t stay in their room for long and has to find permanent housing.

  24. Shay Guy
    Shay Guy
    March 24, 2015 at 12:21 am | #

    And she’d be way cooler with Mickey Mouse pants!

    Or maybe she’d be New Wave. Either works.

    • Juliecat
      Juliecat
      March 24, 2015 at 12:45 am | #

      I just knew I’d be beaten to this joke. Bravo!

  25. Jones
    Jones
    March 24, 2015 at 12:23 am | #

    Cooler with a sombrero?

    • Screwball
      Screwball
      March 24, 2015 at 10:07 pm | #

      Heh heh heh, I like their style…

  26. boomwolf
    boomwolf
    March 24, 2015 at 12:47 am | #

    Way past cool!! …I’ll just go back to my corner with old school sonic…

  27. maxyai
    maxyai
    March 24, 2015 at 12:48 am | #

    Jason made sure she looked cool when he propped her up. he must have mad mannequin skills.

  28. sps48
    sps48
    March 24, 2015 at 12:51 am | #

    Hobbes disagrees with the +cool of sombreros.

    • heavvymetalqueen
      heavvymetalqueen
      March 24, 2015 at 4:02 am | #

      What fun is it being cool if you can’t wear a sombrero??

      (I was starting to believe I was the only one catching the reference)

    • Grey Wanders
      Grey Wanders
      March 24, 2015 at 8:45 am | #

      Yeah, what she really needs is mickey mouse pants!

  29. MeghanTheWorldEater
    MeghanTheWorldEater
    March 24, 2015 at 12:52 am | #

    Ya know I didn’t think of this till just now, but I really hope Sal didn’t like seriously injure herself there. I mean it kinda looks like she fell forward rather than slid over.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      March 24, 2015 at 1:00 am | #

      Nah, she’s too cool for serious injury.

      • Spencer
        Spencer
        March 24, 2015 at 1:36 am | #

        Sal only experiences the pain from the darkest turmoils of her heart.

        Also getting stabbed that one time.

    • Rycan
      Rycan
      March 24, 2015 at 2:44 am | #

      Might get a concussion, but she should be all right. It’s the elderly that you really need to worry about falling.

      • MeghanTheWorldEater
        MeghanTheWorldEater
        March 24, 2015 at 9:00 pm | #

        But you’re not supposed to sleep if you have a concussion…and she’s kinda already asleep.
        I mean she’d probably wake up but if not >.>

  30. Nono
    Nono
    March 24, 2015 at 1:05 am | #

    What’s the point of being cool if you can’t wear a sombrero?

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      March 24, 2015 at 5:17 am | #

      When it comes down to it, what’s the point of not wearing a sombrero?

      • B.D
        B.D
        March 24, 2015 at 5:08 pm | #

        It needs a downspout or drain when you live in Seattle?

  31. Ridureyu
    Ridureyu
    March 24, 2015 at 1:12 am | #

    I got Mickey Mouse pants! With the buttons! Am I cool now?

    • heavvymetalqueen
      heavvymetalqueen
      March 24, 2015 at 4:03 am | #

      I think you’re more like new wave

  32. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    March 24, 2015 at 1:18 am | #

    At least she didn’t puke on his shoes, I guess.

  33. B.D
    B.D
    March 24, 2015 at 2:10 am | #

    Oh, I see. She’s waiting for Billie. Even drunk, Sal’s figured something out.

    • nothri
      nothri
      March 24, 2015 at 2:16 am | #

      I like this theory.

  34. Rycan
    Rycan
    March 24, 2015 at 2:46 am | #

    Surprised she stayed upright that long. She’s propped up against the wall like a log, with only the tips of her heels touching the ground. Well, I guess her whole left side is touching the ground now.

    • Orbit Junkie
      Orbit Junkie
      March 24, 2015 at 3:24 am | #

      Much more stable that way, until she rolls into the hallway.

  35. Idon'tcarenomore
    Idon'tcarenomore
    March 24, 2015 at 3:32 am | #

    In ref. to the definition of ‘sky clad’, it is not a ‘real’ Pagan term for worshipping in the nude. About like Twilight compares to original vampires.

    PS. (Yes, I do know. I’m a Pagan).

    • Urukak
      Urukak
      March 24, 2015 at 3:49 am | #

      So what do you call it when you worship in the nude, then?

      • HeySo
        HeySo
        March 24, 2015 at 4:06 am | #

        Being too lazy to put on clothes.

      • Bill
        Bill
        March 24, 2015 at 4:01 pm | #

        Couldn’t afford the fancy robes?

      • B.D
        B.D
        March 24, 2015 at 5:04 pm | #

        9 AM on a Sunday?

    • Arikel
      Arikel
      March 24, 2015 at 4:44 am | #

      How’s 8th grade going for ya?

      • nothri
        nothri
        March 24, 2015 at 12:21 pm | #

        Can’t speak for anyone else, but…I have no idea what your talking about.

        • Urukak
          Urukak
          March 24, 2015 at 1:20 pm | #

          Arikel is implying that only rebellious counterculture teenagers would describe themselves as being pagan. Of course, this isn’t really true. That said, though, paganism isn’t one religion but a whole bunch of not really related at all religions, so someone who actually belongs to one of them probably wouldn’t just say that they’re “pagan.”

          • Urukak
            Urukak
            March 24, 2015 at 1:24 pm | #

            To elaborate, paganism today essentially means “anything that’s not Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, or I guess Shintoism.” Of course, this is actually more specific than its meaning in ancient times, which is just “anything that’s not Judaism.”

            • HeySo
              HeySo
              March 28, 2015 at 4:00 pm | #

              http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_paganism is what you’re thinking of.
              Modern/Neo paganism specifically refers to modern representations of historical European religious cultures, and as such ‘Pagan’ in this day and age tends to refer specifically to that.
              But, even so, you’re nevertheless right- to quote the linked article: “Although they do share commonalities, contemporary Pagan religious movements are diverse and no single set of beliefs, practices, or texts are shared by them all.”

              Which, of course, is why they’re so associated with ‘the rebellious teenage counterculture’- Choose Your Own Paganism has its appeal in that regard.

              So, to summarize, since these modern religious cultures aren’t based on any firm singular historical faith, everyone I’ve ever met that adheres to some form of Neo-Paganism does indeed refer to themselves as ‘Pagan’.

              This is NOT true for people who follow contemporary/non-European Pagan religions- of which, as you noted, basically every major non-Abrahamic religion falls under.

  36. HeySo
    HeySo
    March 24, 2015 at 4:06 am | #

    Viva la Sombrero~!

  37. Damned
    Damned
    March 24, 2015 at 5:34 am | #

    “she’d be cooler if she had a sombrero” I UNDERSTOOD THAT REFERENCE <3

  38. hof1991
    hof1991
    March 24, 2015 at 8:10 am | #

    Had a friend fall over like Sal just did. Chipped his top front teeth the night before graduation. His parents were not best pleased.

  39. DuckDuckMoose
    DuckDuckMoose
    March 24, 2015 at 9:12 am | #

    Billie: “Dude, waking up in strange places is my thing. Why are you biting my style?”

  40. Ryan
    Ryan
    March 24, 2015 at 4:41 pm | #

    mickey mouse buttons would be pretty new wave.

    • venomlash
      venomlash
      March 24, 2015 at 9:41 pm | #

      YESSS. I’m glad I’m not the only one who immediately thought of that regarding the alt text. (I wonder if the reference was intentional?)
      After all, the world bores you when you’re cool.

  41. Screwball
    Screwball
    March 24, 2015 at 10:13 pm | #

    Well, it looks like my prediction #1 (revised edition) didn’t quite pan out. Looks like they got as far a the bonding moment (kinda, tried, but not quite), then he propped her up & left. Oh well, no biggy…

    Least I got #3 right. Not that it was hard to do… 😛

  42. LS
    LS
    March 25, 2015 at 12:40 am | #

    That is a REALLY obscure alt text reference. Unless there’s a more obvious reference I’m missing.

  43. desai
    desai
    March 27, 2015 at 4:57 am | #

    Not as per Calvin- https://donutworld.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/calvin1.jpg

    • LiveWire
      LiveWire
      September 29, 2015 at 1:21 am | #

      Yay! Calvin & Hobbes reference. My childhood, right there…

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