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Transformers 101

by David M Willis on June 29, 2018 at 12:01 am
  • 04 – Of Mike And Men
└ Tags: danny, dina, dinobot, ethan, transformers

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    June 29, 2018 at 12:05 am | #

    “You won’t be alone! You’ll have Dinobot!”

    • cesium133
      cesium133
      June 29, 2018 at 12:06 am | #

      Even if it is just a movie monster!

    • MM
      MM
      June 29, 2018 at 12:08 am | #

      I dunno, that $5 offer is out there…

      • Hoodiecrow
        Hoodiecrow
        June 29, 2018 at 12:19 am | #

        Loneliness awaits the man who sells his friends

        • Lokitsu
          Lokitsu
          June 29, 2018 at 5:00 am | #

          Damn that’s deep. +1

        • Dean
          Dean
          June 29, 2018 at 11:00 am | #

          With money you can buy many friends!

          • Knuf Wons
            Knuf Wons
            June 29, 2018 at 3:12 pm | #

            Each more worthless than the last, but more expensive.
            Friendship really is a diminishing return game.

          • Rhee
            Rhee
            June 30, 2018 at 9:01 pm | #

            This sounds like the wisdom of Faz

  2. AnvilPro
    AnvilPro
    June 29, 2018 at 12:06 am | #

    Dina and Danny are best friends forever

  3. Harvest Time
    Harvest Time
    June 29, 2018 at 12:06 am | #

    Ah, Ethan. It’s sad when no one shares your nerddom in a specific topic.

  4. timemonkey
    timemonkey
    June 29, 2018 at 12:06 am | #

    It’s okay, Ethan, you can teach others to appreciate Beast Wars.

  5. miados
    miados
    June 29, 2018 at 12:06 am | #

    don’t worry about it danny. just enjoy your life and have fun with your boy until you find someone you can be serious about.

    or should i say can be serious about you?

  6. Yumi
    Yumi
    June 29, 2018 at 12:07 am | #

    Or find someone who just appreciates the way you attach value to those trade-marked intellectual properties.

  7. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    June 29, 2018 at 12:09 am | #

    I was going to say, surely he knows some Beast Wars fans, but, uhh, I guess the main cast is like 18-19. I’m sure some saw it, but it’s not going to be most of them, he might have better luck with one of the other series.

    • ESM
      ESM
      June 29, 2018 at 10:44 am | #

      Beast Wars was cancelled in 1999, so we’ve already hit the point where Ethan can’t possibly remember watching it on TV, it wouldn’t even have been in syndication. His first exposure to Transformers that he can remember would’ve been Transformers Animated or reruns of Transformers Armada.

      On the plus side, in a few years of floating timeline magic, Ethan would’ve been able to watch Beast Wars as a kid on YouTube.

  8. Stellar
    Stellar
    June 29, 2018 at 12:10 am | #

    Sod that, I am not marrying anyone I have to share my comics with…

    • SgtWadeyWilson
      SgtWadeyWilson
      June 29, 2018 at 2:30 am | #

      Think of the perks though: two incomes means more money past food/shelter needs and you get just as much access to their existing collection. (…and always having someone you can talk to about said comics, I guess.)

      Trust me, both my parents were comic geeks before they met, and the resulting hoard was more than worth the sharing.

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        June 29, 2018 at 7:38 am | #

        That was my take – you’re not marrying someone you have to share your comics with, you’re marrying someone who will share their comics with you.

        Of course, it could get messy in a divorce.

        • Lin
          Lin
          June 29, 2018 at 2:40 pm | #

          Trust: IT DOES. Neither my ex nor I were huge comic people, but we both read and purchased books, movies, and TV box sets LIKE MAD. We de-duplicated our libraries about 18 months before breaking up (5 months in) and splitting stuff up was more annoying than actually ending the relationship.

  9. Ivy
    Ivy
    June 29, 2018 at 12:11 am | #

    Yes Ethan, you are the only person with your interests

  10. Shiro
    Shiro
    June 29, 2018 at 12:12 am | #

    No see, the dream is to find another nerd whose interests are completely different from yours, so you can talk at each other in turns without devolving into dumb fandom arguments. Or at least, it’s working out well for me anyway

    • Deathjavu
      Deathjavu
      June 29, 2018 at 12:25 am | #

      I’m imaging these conversations involving a lot of polite nodding and generally vague statements of agreement

      • Shiro
        Shiro
        June 29, 2018 at 12:34 am | #

        They do, from both of us, but we also end up learning a good bit about each other’s hobbies–to the point where I’m conversationally fluent in waaaay more popular video games than I’ve ever played. Hmm, now I’m curious what he’s picked up from me.

        • Inahc
          Inahc
          June 29, 2018 at 12:46 am | #

          yeah – I know way too much about LoL, and birding, and stuff. my husband… well, I taught him a bunch about git? fuck, I don’t even remember my own hobbies I’ve been sick so long 😛

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      June 29, 2018 at 12:55 am | #

      My boyfriend and I have many common fandoms (D&D, Game of Thrones, Star Wars, etc.) and then we have fandoms we’ve gotten each other into (Redwall, Steven Universe, Prison Break, Descendants, Ever After High, etc.) and then we also have things we’re into but the other isn’t (like 90% of the books I read, I like looking up different degrees and courses, he’s into gaming, etc.)

      So far it’s working.

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      June 29, 2018 at 2:42 pm | #

      I got lucky with my wife, while she didn’t share any of my interests, she tolerated and accepted them, and was willing to look into them with an open mind. I did manage to partially convert her to my love of cartoons and quirky movies, and she will watch some of my anime. I did manage to convert both kids however, so the nerd lives on into another generation.

  11. Thores
    Thores
    June 29, 2018 at 12:13 am | #

    I’m sure this has been pointed out already this week, but it’s funny: thanks to the sliding timescale, Amber and Ethan’s most likely first exposure to Transformers is the Michael Bay movies, the first of which came out when they were 7.

    Ethan has an attachment to the Beast Wars franchise, but the animated series concluded ten years before he was born.

    • Tan
      Tan
      June 29, 2018 at 1:04 am | #

      Beast Wars ended in 1999 (or 2000 if you count Beast Machines), not 1989/1990.

      • Thores
        Thores
        June 29, 2018 at 1:31 am | #

        Oh right, my bad. So it ended right before Ethan and Amber were born, then. And if I remember right, it wasn’t really getting reruns anymore by the time Ethan and Amber were old enough to watch cartoons. I guess they could have had a DVD or something.

  12. tyranidswarm
    tyranidswarm
    June 29, 2018 at 12:13 am | #

    All Ethan has to do if he wants a boyfriend is to silently hang out with the rest of the main cast constantly until one of their childhood friends who has under gone a sexual awakening shows up. I mean it worked for Dina.

    • Jon Rich
      Jon Rich
      June 29, 2018 at 4:32 am | #

      “…who has under-gone a sexual awakening shows up.”

      That describes Danny, so, mission accomplished?

      • Lokitsu
        Lokitsu
        June 29, 2018 at 5:06 am | #

        Not quite yet, but many of us are hoping. 🙂

    • Dean
      Dean
      June 29, 2018 at 11:03 am | #

      ‘Ethan, this is my childhood friend Buckets of Blood Guy, who has recently undergone a sexual awakening.’

  13. Schpoonman
    Schpoonman
    June 29, 2018 at 12:16 am | #

    Ethan’s the best.

  14. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    June 29, 2018 at 12:18 am | #

    No Dina, if he does that, the relationship will dissolve due to proscribing different values to that intellectual property.

  15. Passchendaele
    Passchendaele
    June 29, 2018 at 12:19 am | #

    whoop, Ethan won the dork war

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      June 29, 2018 at 8:27 am | #

      Dying alone is, apparently, the prize.

  16. Inahc
    Inahc
    June 29, 2018 at 12:21 am | #

    perfect opening for Danny to say something nice.

    …will he dan it up? 😉

    • ShinyNeen
      ShinyNeen
      June 29, 2018 at 9:08 am | #

      Aww, c’mon, he’s a whole New Danny!
      He can New-Dan it up, and in new and exciting ways!

  17. DeepThought42
    DeepThought42
    June 29, 2018 at 12:22 am | #

    Panel six ” I am gonna die alone”

    For Ethan it is find someone who has a moderate to passing your interest in transformers(relative to Ethan’s level of intrest) and will listen to him debate the merits of why soundwave was a better leader then starscream though is still not as good as Megatron.

    Side note I thought a some point soundwave was briefly the leader of the decepticons. I dont know correct me if I am wrong.

  18. brionl
    brionl
    June 29, 2018 at 12:23 am | #

    So, what’s so special about Tailgate and Getaway? Amber writing more slashfic about them or something?

    • AutobotDen
      AutobotDen
      June 29, 2018 at 12:36 am | #

      Basically, Getaway in the current run is a bag of dicks topped with asshole salsa.

      • Shiro
        Shiro
        June 29, 2018 at 12:42 am | #

        …”asshole salsa” is a terrible, terrible turn of phrase

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          June 29, 2018 at 2:10 am | #

          Sounds like the end result of a Taco Bell run…

          • Kavonde
            Kavonde
            June 29, 2018 at 2:50 am | #

            Seriously. I’m with Amber. Fuck Getaway, the sociopathic rat bastard.

          • Lokitsu
            Lokitsu
            June 29, 2018 at 5:08 am | #

            Only if you’re Jeffrey Daumer.

      • Andrusi
        Andrusi
        June 29, 2018 at 3:41 pm | #

        Tailgate, meanwhile, is small and cute.

    • Oberon
      Oberon
      June 29, 2018 at 11:12 pm | #

      So, clearly I am not a part of the cool kids group. But take pity on the outsider and help me understand who or what a ‘tailgate’ and ‘getaway’ are.

      Last tailgate I spoke of was at a college football game. Last getaway I was involved in, well, the statute of limitations has not yet expired so I’ll just keep that to myself for a few more months…

      • David M Willis
        David M Willis
        June 29, 2018 at 11:22 pm | #

        https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Tailgate_(G1)#IDW_Generation_1_continuity

        https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Getaway#IDW_Generation_1_continuity

        • Amanda McMillin
          Amanda McMillin
          July 2, 2018 at 11:11 am | #

          I just want you to know that I was super happy to see a ref to the comics, and yes, TAILGATE IS THE BEST.

      • AutobotDen
        AutobotDen
        June 29, 2018 at 11:22 pm | #

        Tailgate (Captial T) and Getaway (Capital G) are Transformers characters.

  19. Bagge
    Bagge
    June 29, 2018 at 12:30 am | #

    Sure, why not? After all, Dina found another dofus who attached value to dinosaurs.

  20. Tacos
    Tacos
    June 29, 2018 at 12:32 am | #

    No but seriously, fuck Getaway.

    • Furie
      Furie
      June 29, 2018 at 12:44 am | #

      Like seriously!

    • AutobotDen
      AutobotDen
      June 29, 2018 at 11:23 pm | #

      there is not a suitable level of suffering for him.

  21. mrj
    mrj
    June 29, 2018 at 12:34 am | #

    Oh, man—I remember Chris Mcfeely for his Digimon Encyclopedia from waaaay back when. (Oh good, now I’ve made myself feel old.)

    • HMRC4EVR
      HMRC4EVR
      June 29, 2018 at 5:50 am | #

      Don’t feel bad; I’m right there with you.

  22. Lilyliv
    Lilyliv
    June 29, 2018 at 12:45 am | #

    Dina in the last panel is just the sweetest.

  23. Keulen
    Keulen
    June 29, 2018 at 1:01 am | #

    The solution to this is to get other people interested in your nerdy interests.

  24. FLUFFYWOLF
    FLUFFYWOLF
    June 29, 2018 at 1:12 am | #

    NOBODY LIKES YOU GETAWAY

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      June 29, 2018 at 6:55 am | #

      Don’t listen Getaway! Rev likes you!

      ….. wait, which continuity is this?

      • AutobotDen
        AutobotDen
        June 29, 2018 at 11:24 pm | #

        the one that ilicits hatred is More Than Meets The Eye/Lost Light/Robots In Disguise, the current comic continuity, which also has ties to the “Combiner Wars”, “Titans Return” and “Power of the Primes” toylines and cartoons.

  25. Dave Van Domelen
    Dave Van Domelen
    June 29, 2018 at 1:16 am | #

    So, given the relative timeline speeds, McFeely puts out one Basics episode every ten minutes in the Dumbiverse?

    • dralou
      dralou
      June 29, 2018 at 12:59 pm | #

      Nope. It just happens that, for some reason, the newest one changes its title between every take it’s talked about by the comic’s characters.

    • Andrusi
      Andrusi
      June 29, 2018 at 3:43 pm | #

      In the Dumbiverse, The Basics isn’t a series, it’s just a twelve-hour recording of Chris McFeely rambling.

  26. newllend(henryvolt)
    newllend(henryvolt)
    June 29, 2018 at 1:19 am | #

    CliffJumper is a stupid ass name by the way just saying.

    • Tacos
      Tacos
      June 29, 2018 at 1:46 am | #

      It’s definitely no Murderking AKA Killmaster anyways.

  27. Ghostforge
    Ghostforge
    June 29, 2018 at 1:22 am | #

    so who else read the alt text and thought of the postman from Mr Rogers rather than some other dude?

  28. Icalasari
    Icalasari
    June 29, 2018 at 1:26 am | #

    Aww, I want to hug Ethan now

    …And maybe eventually become a slipshine with him

  29. Larkle
    Larkle
    June 29, 2018 at 1:28 am | #

    There’s nothing wrong with dying alone. Often times the only alternative is dying with company that annoys you.

    • newllend(henryvolt)
      newllend(henryvolt)
      June 29, 2018 at 1:35 am | #

      If anything I’m probably going to die alone too and I’ve accepted it, because at times I wonder if romance is just a distraction from my life goals…. or maybe that’s just me saying that to cope with it all.

  30. newllend(henryvolt)
    newllend(henryvolt)
    June 29, 2018 at 1:31 am | #

    You know if you wanted a boyfriend you could just do thing were you lower your high ass standards. The next guy your into doesn’t haft to be a Jewish nerd around your age who’s gay but any nerd a around your age who’s gay.

    • Inahc
      Inahc
      June 29, 2018 at 1:49 am | #

      lower?

      he’s currently snogging *mike*.

    • Inahc
      Inahc
      June 29, 2018 at 1:54 am | #

      and.. where on earth does the ‘jewish’ thing come from? when has he ever expressed the slightest interest in anyone’s religion? he dated amber (atheist/agnostic?) before he knew he was gay, and then he tried to date joyce who’s christian, and he would’ve gone for danny (another atheist?) if they weren’t worried about upsetting amber…

      • wwwhhattt
        wwwhhattt
        June 29, 2018 at 3:22 am | #

        He seemed to think it was important in this strip: http://www.dumbingofage.com/2012/comic/book-2/02-choosing-my-religion/primal/

        • CJ
          CJ
          June 29, 2018 at 4:32 am | #

          I don’t know if depression talking is the thing to listen to.

          • wwwhhattt
            wwwhhattt
            June 29, 2018 at 9:44 am | #

            Yeah, considering that was right before he started dating Joyce he seems to have been focused more on dying unhappy and alone rather than anything relevant. Which does kind of fit in here

    • CJ
      CJ
      June 29, 2018 at 2:19 am | #

      What standards? Ethan doesn’t know how to talk to boys (and is very much afraid to), that’s nothing to do with standards.
      He just discovered the thing about extreme nerdyness: it doesn’t make you interesting or powerful to be the only one who knows some obscure fact. It might make you a person who doesn’t know how to talk about other things and that makes you lonely.

    • Sam
      Sam
      June 29, 2018 at 4:50 am | #

      I don’t think he can go any lower than ‘queer’ which has been more the standard he has been applying recently. And I don’t think anyone should lower their standards if they know they won’t be happy with less.

  31. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    June 29, 2018 at 1:35 am | #

    Time to go on Grindr or whatever the Walkyverse version is.

    • Knuf Wons
      Knuf Wons
      June 29, 2018 at 3:20 pm | #

      The roof of Galasso’s Pizza and Subs?

  32. BenRG
    BenRG
    June 29, 2018 at 2:01 am | #

    Aw! Now Dina’s being kind and sweet right back at Ethan!

  33. nlips
    nlips
    June 29, 2018 at 2:07 am | #

    I just turned 40. One thing I’ve learned is that you need to be outspoken about your interests. Otherwise it’s impossible to find people who share them. It seems obvious in retrospect, but I spent a lot of time being embarrassed by the things I love, and not wanting to talk about them with people who -probably- -in my mind- would think they’re totally stupid.

    But people without interests are hard to understand and relate to. I have a friend at work who is depressed and down on himself for being a boring person. He’s a professional cook who studies anthropology and loves playing bluegrass. Just like that -BAM!- he’s interesting. There’s a lot of meat there to dig into and talk about. But he can’t see it. He’s ashamed to share anything about himself. He’s embarrassed by his interests because he thinks they’re lame.

    My teenage son likes to brood around in dark hoodies. One time he brought his rubiks cube with him so he would have something to do at a boring function. Little did he suspect that a brooding teenager is boring and ignored, but a teenager who can solve a rubik’s cube in 15 seconds is amazingly interesting. Everyone wanted to talk to him, to see him solve the cube.

    Interests are never lame. Enthusiasm is infectious and powerful. That’s why some people make jokes or mock – because they feel threatened by the Interesting Person and the attention they’re automatically getting.

    • adjudicus
      adjudicus
      June 29, 2018 at 6:04 am | #

      Thank you for this.

    • Vulcanodon
      Vulcanodon
      June 29, 2018 at 11:50 pm | #

      Righteous.

  34. abysswatcher1993
    abysswatcher1993
    June 29, 2018 at 3:19 am | #

    Ethan, there’s people that make gay porn about old school transformers. You will be fine.

  35. Dana
    Dana
    June 29, 2018 at 3:38 am | #

    /me continues to pout at the lack of Billie and Walky.

  36. Mr D
    Mr D
    June 29, 2018 at 3:42 am | #

    Heyyy Ethan don’t worry, I’m on the same boat, I’m going to die alone and unloved. At least you get to bang your long time friend?.

    Seriously, fuck being unsocial AND a nerd. the few times I try to reach otu to people nobody gets what I’m talking about. Especially in a third world country where the culture is mostly based on “FOOOOOTBAAAAALLLL”

  37. Mr D
    Mr D
    June 29, 2018 at 3:55 am | #

    Random question: What is the proper pronoun for a gender-neutral person?
    Futurama makes me want to say “Shklee” could work, but I think people may be offended by it, altough I’m not sure.

    • Jason
      Jason
      June 29, 2018 at 4:26 am | #

      Default to singular “they”, but there’s also xim/xir and probably some others. It depends on the individual, but singular they should be fine

    • Sam
      Sam
      June 29, 2018 at 4:59 am | #

      Always default to singular ‘they’ unless they specifically request otherwise or you’re around/speaking to people they are not out to. Some people may still prefer he/she regardless. If all else fails, just ask what pronouns they want you to use and when.

    • Knuf Wons
      Knuf Wons
      June 29, 2018 at 3:29 pm | #

      The (probably fairly obscure game) Choice of Robots gives the option for robots to have the pronouns “rhe”, “rer”, and “rhim”. The more you know?

  38. Whittier
    Whittier
    June 29, 2018 at 4:11 am | #

    Ideally, ask the person in question what to use. If that’s not possible, “they” usually works well.

  39. Reltzik
    Reltzik
    June 29, 2018 at 4:12 am | #

    You aren’t, and they aren’t hard to find.

    Learn to Internet! Discover your people! Get in flame wars!

    …. okay, you’re going to die alone.

    • 3oranges
      3oranges
      June 29, 2018 at 4:13 pm | #

      Remember, “locked in mortal combat” is not alone!

  40. CJ
    CJ
    June 29, 2018 at 4:34 am | #

    OT: Is it just me or is gunnerkrigg offline?

    • Lokitsu
      Lokitsu
      June 29, 2018 at 5:11 am | #

      It’s 5:15 est and it’s up and updated.

      And damn. O_o

    • CJ
      CJ
      June 29, 2018 at 5:19 am | #

      Thanks.
      Strange, so why do I get a “Server quit responding” message?

  41. BenRG
    BenRG
    June 29, 2018 at 4:38 am | #

    I’ve got to say that I’m enjoying this catch up with the group that seems to radiate around Amber.

  42. Zaxares
    Zaxares
    June 29, 2018 at 5:17 am | #

    I was going to say “Then you should totally date Amber, ya dummy!” and then I remembered the whole gay thing. XD

    • Schpoonman
      Schpoonman
      June 29, 2018 at 5:15 pm | #

      I always forget they used to date.

  43. Baba Yaga
    Baba Yaga
    June 29, 2018 at 6:00 am | #

    You and me both, Ethan ol’ buddy, you and me both.

  44. Deanatay
    Deanatay
    June 29, 2018 at 8:31 am | #

    Oh, Ethan. We ALL die alone. It’s what we do in the meantime that defines our lives.

  45. Vulcanodon
    Vulcanodon
    June 29, 2018 at 9:29 am | #

    Get thee to a Con, Ethan.

  46. Proto
    Proto
    June 29, 2018 at 9:44 am | #

    Don’t worry Ethan, all you have to do is start a webcomic and marry one of your fans!

  47. SlothfulCobra
    SlothfulCobra
    June 29, 2018 at 9:52 am | #

    Yeah, Beast Wars was 96-99. It’d probably predate any college freshman out there right now.

    Not that it’s entirely impossible to have grown up with it in your life. I grew up in the 90s with the original G1 cartoon as well as Rocky and Bullwinkle (59-61) thanks to the magic of home video, but it’d certainly put you out of range of most of the toys.

  48. ǝ snow ʍousɐ
    ǝ snow ʍousɐ
    June 29, 2018 at 11:18 am | #

    Danny: Teach me, Senpai

  49. Kitsunekun
    Kitsunekun
    June 29, 2018 at 12:12 pm | #

    What are Amber’s feelings about Drift?

  50. Mouse
    Mouse
    June 29, 2018 at 2:22 pm | #

    Alone? Probably not. The constant revisited fight in the couple being about shelf space allotment? Yeah…. That will definitely be a thing.

  51. Shay Guy
    Shay Guy
    June 29, 2018 at 2:42 pm | #

    Go away, Getaway.

    • Andrusi
      Andrusi
      June 29, 2018 at 3:45 pm | #

      Get away, Goaway.

  52. Griffin Raynor
    Griffin Raynor
    June 29, 2018 at 11:08 pm | #

    This is why I’m a Star Wars fan.

    More dating options.

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