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by David M Willis on December 5, 2011 at 12:01 am
  • 01 - Pajama Jeans
└ Tags: dina, dorothy, jennifer, joyce, sal, walky

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  1. David Herbert
    David Herbert
    December 5, 2011 at 12:01 am | #

    She’s a teleporter. The dinosaurs gave her the ability.

    • darcos0
      darcos0
      December 5, 2011 at 1:43 am | #

      i was thinking the hat.

    • Tucker
      Tucker
      December 5, 2011 at 3:36 am | #

      Dina used TELEPORT.

      Dina has been returned to your party.

      That’s how she got there. Inside of balls, with a packed up boner shirt.

    • Tucker
      Tucker
      December 5, 2011 at 3:59 am | #

      But then there’s the question of the backpack… Perhaps it was already inside the shrinking and expanding balls of storage?

    • AndrewFoose
      AndrewFoose
      December 5, 2011 at 6:25 am | #

      She learned it from the T-Rex from Jurassic Park.

    • Aisling
      Aisling
      May 24, 2015 at 4:17 pm | #

      She got swept up in the stampede obviously :p

  2. Mkvenner
    Mkvenner
    December 5, 2011 at 12:02 am | #

    Where the F*** did Wally get the mcnuggets?

    • Freeholder
      Freeholder
      December 5, 2011 at 12:03 am | #

      If he had them on the bus they’re probably all gross and slimy by now…

    • JK9000
      JK9000
      December 5, 2011 at 12:05 am | #

      He actually just keeps a box stashed inside his hoodie pretty much 24/7.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      December 5, 2011 at 12:06 am | #

      I’m not sure that you are ready to know that answer yet.

      • Wandering Meme
        Wandering Meme
        December 5, 2011 at 5:13 pm | #

        NO $#!+, THERE SHE WAS…

    • Chrisby
      Chrisby
      December 5, 2011 at 12:06 am | #

      I see they’ve finally started putting Mcdonald’s Expresses on buses now….

      • Mkvenner
        Mkvenner
        December 5, 2011 at 12:07 am | #

        *Crazy Eye Twitch* What!?

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          December 5, 2011 at 12:11 am | #

          The McMobile is McDonalds way of making sure that there is no place left on Earth you can escape from them.

          • Rowen Morland
            Rowen Morland
            December 5, 2011 at 1:11 am | #

            Didn’t they have toto give up on Iceland?

            • Plasma Mongoose
              Plasma Mongoose
              December 5, 2011 at 1:44 am | #

              Toto as in the dog or the band?

            • marr
              marr
              December 5, 2011 at 2:28 pm | #

              Pretty sure they have McDonalds in Iceland, they have KFC for certain. Though they either import the chicken or it is really puffin.

          • Wandering Meme
            Wandering Meme
            December 5, 2011 at 5:17 pm | #

            I know i’m lovin’ it! My gall bladder is cryin’ for mercy though

    • Undrave
      Undrave
      December 5, 2011 at 12:07 am | #

      The question you should ask yourself is… why don’t the mcnuggets get a tag?

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        December 5, 2011 at 12:12 am | #

        I have a feeling that Willis might just do just that quite soon.

    • Wackd
      Wackd
      December 5, 2011 at 12:07 am | #

      Who’s Wally?

      • Mkvenner
        Mkvenner
        December 5, 2011 at 12:09 am | #

        You Win 10,000 Internet for being the first person to notice that!

        • MarcinMN
          MarcinMN
          December 5, 2011 at 12:41 am | #

          Dang, I could have won. I noticed but just didn’t bother to say anything! =P

        • Rowen Morland
          Rowen Morland
          December 5, 2011 at 1:19 am | #

          I’m afraid we need to take back 9,999 of those internets because you didn’t aske “where’s”.

          • Joe H
            Joe H
            December 5, 2011 at 7:35 am | #

            He’s probably American.
            We know Wally as ‘Waldo.’

          • Joe H
            Joe H
            December 5, 2011 at 7:36 am | #

            Or Canadian.
            Almost forgot our bros up North.

            • omegaultima
              omegaultima
              March 7, 2012 at 3:36 pm | #

              speak for yourself, you’re the first person I’ve seen ever refer to Waldo like that…….dang it, now I want to find my Waldo books.

    • Andrew Colunga
      Andrew Colunga
      December 5, 2011 at 12:29 am | #

      Chickens may not have nuggets but Walky sure does!

    • John
      John
      December 5, 2011 at 12:44 am | #

      Made them materialize with MIEND POWERZ!

    • Valdrax
      Valdrax
      December 5, 2011 at 1:41 am | #

      A2A-space.

    • a99steaksauce
      a99steaksauce
      December 5, 2011 at 2:46 am | #

      Walky will always have mcnuggets wherever he goes… Always. Just dont ask how.

    • tahrey
      tahrey
      December 5, 2011 at 3:53 am | #

      fitty fo’ ten dolla!

  3. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    December 5, 2011 at 12:02 am | #

    “I dub thee Boner Girl.”

    • Freeholder
      Freeholder
      December 5, 2011 at 12:07 am | #

      May your rein be long and full of hardship.

      • Ryune
        Ryune
        December 5, 2011 at 12:11 am | #

        Good sir, might I award you an internet?

      • a99steaksauce
        a99steaksauce
        December 5, 2011 at 2:47 am | #

        May her kingdom never come upon hard times.

        • Freeholder
          Freeholder
          December 5, 2011 at 3:18 am | #

          Ahh there it is. Thank you good sir, I wanted to fit the word hard in there but couldn’t quite get it right.

          • lightsabermario
            lightsabermario
            December 5, 2011 at 12:22 pm | #

            You couldn’t quite fit it in?

            • Wandering Meme
              Wandering Meme
              December 5, 2011 at 5:29 pm | #

              “THAT’S WHAT SHE SAID!”

            • TheGrammarLegionary
              TheGrammarLegionary
              February 28, 2016 at 8:47 pm | #

              CARLOS!

        • Tucker
          Tucker
          December 5, 2011 at 5:03 am | #

          And may her reign be devoid of hard decisions.

          May she promote hard science.

          May she use HARDen to up her defense whenever necessary.
          If it becomes too taxing to use harden, may be be awarded…

          …wait for it…

          Here it comes! A PP UP!

        • Wandering Meme
          Wandering Meme
          December 5, 2011 at 5:23 pm | #

          And her valleys never beset by bandits…

      • Rognik
        Rognik
        December 5, 2011 at 3:45 am | #

        And a bridal cut close to the jib. Unless, of course, you meant “reign”, in which case Dina is most definitely not horse-like.

        • Freeholder
          Freeholder
          December 5, 2011 at 4:37 am | #

          I humbly surrender my awarded internet to you.

    • Mkvenner
      Mkvenner
      December 5, 2011 at 12:10 am | #

      Second!

      • fellixe
        fellixe
        December 5, 2011 at 12:13 am | #

        Affirmed!

    • Wandering Meme
      Wandering Meme
      December 5, 2011 at 5:19 pm | #

      WAITAMINUTE!
      …She has to take off her shirt first.

  4. Joraiem
    Joraiem
    December 5, 2011 at 12:03 am | #

    Yay Dina made it! Now, she magically needs a swimsuit in that backpack.

    Wait… when did Walky get the nuggets?

    • iSaidCandleja-
      iSaidCandleja-
      December 5, 2011 at 12:06 am | #

      You don’t need a swimsuit for skinny dipping.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        December 5, 2011 at 12:13 am | #

        OOOOH! Fanservice!

      • Joraiem
        Joraiem
        December 5, 2011 at 12:13 am | #

        Oh god just watch Joyce faint at that idea.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          December 5, 2011 at 12:19 am | #

          Poor Joyce, the idea might freak her out so much, she will block out the whole day and Dotty gets a “Get Out Of Church” card.

          • Blob Marley
            Blob Marley
            December 5, 2011 at 1:43 am | #

            But Dotty is one of the few people who would go anyway. She comes off as very Lawful Good.

            • Plasma Mongoose
              Plasma Mongoose
              December 5, 2011 at 2:14 am | #

              What does that make Joyce and the others then?

              • Rognik
                Rognik
                December 5, 2011 at 3:47 am | #

                Joyce is also Lawful Good, just an opposing faction. Walky is Chaotic Good, Sal is Chaotic Neutral and I think Dorothy is a True Neutral

                • begbert2
                  begbert2
                  December 5, 2011 at 10:54 am | #

                  I thought all true neutrals were supposed to be batshit insane?

                • Michelle J Caboose
                  Michelle J Caboose
                  December 5, 2011 at 12:34 pm | #

                  No, that’s Chaotic Neutral.

                • Avenger_Reloaded
                  Avenger_Reloaded
                  December 5, 2011 at 1:00 pm | #

                  Walky struck me as Chotic Retarded.

                • Wandering Meme
                  Wandering Meme
                  December 5, 2011 at 6:13 pm | #

                  Walky = CG (like minsk in baldur’s gate )
                  Joyce = LG
                  Sal = CN
                  Dorothy = LG
                  Sarah = NG (or LN cause of what happened with with her last roommate)
                  Amber = not enough data
                  Billie = N
                  Amazi-girl= LG (like batman)
                  I get that right?

                • Michelle J Caboose
                  Michelle J Caboose
                  December 6, 2011 at 9:13 am | #

                  Actually, Amazi-Girl would probably be closer to Neutral Good, since vigilantism is actually illegal. Unless alignments have changed dramatically with 4th Edition, Lawful characters have always been described as “obeying the laws of the land.”

                  Ugh. I really have to stop being such a nerd…

        • AndrewFoose
          AndrewFoose
          December 5, 2011 at 6:28 am | #

          Or Walky, since he’s the only guy among five girls.

          • HiEv
            HiEv
            December 5, 2011 at 2:26 pm | #

            Wooo! Anime harem complete with swimsuit episode!

            ;-D

      • Björn
        Björn
        December 5, 2011 at 2:59 am | #

        And considering Dina’s lack of social skills, she might actually not object to it.

    • Valdrax
      Valdrax
      December 5, 2011 at 1:39 am | #

      Yeah, that! It’s the nuggets that threw me far more than anything else…

      • Joraiem
        Joraiem
        December 5, 2011 at 12:13 pm | #

        Come to think of it, I’m having a hard time imagining 50 nuggets fitting in that little box. Walky’s doing all kinds of sorcery right now.

        Unless the box is longer than it is wide I GUESS

  5. Michael
    Michael
    December 5, 2011 at 12:03 am | #

    Hijinks shall ensue.

  6. Ragnal
    Ragnal
    December 5, 2011 at 12:04 am | #

    Lisa Simpson.

    Yeah, that about sounds right. Aside from any environmental issues. I don’t think that was covered yet.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      December 5, 2011 at 12:08 am | #

      Now whenever Dotty talks, I will imagine her speaking in Lisa Simpson’s voice.

      • NCP19
        NCP19
        December 5, 2011 at 12:40 am | #

        Seconded

      • MichaelHaneline
        MichaelHaneline
        December 5, 2011 at 12:59 am | #

        If she sounds like that, then we need to have at least two cast members voiced by Tress McNeal.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          December 5, 2011 at 2:11 am | #

          Now imagine Walky voiced like Ralph Wiggum.

        • tahrey
          tahrey
          December 5, 2011 at 3:59 am | #

          I thought that was a legal minimum for any english language animation?

        • Roborat
          Roborat
          December 5, 2011 at 5:23 pm | #

          I thought that was a legal requirement actually. Every animated show is required to have Tress McNeal as a voice actress.

  7. Andrew Colunga
    Andrew Colunga
    December 5, 2011 at 12:04 am | #

    I’d sure like to get a piece of that!
    *looks at 50 piece Mcnuggets)

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      December 5, 2011 at 12:15 am | #

      But does he have any sauce?

      • Freeholder
        Freeholder
        December 5, 2011 at 12:19 am | #

        I finally get what that stain on his shirt is. Walky’s been saving some dipping sauce for the beach.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          December 5, 2011 at 12:22 am | #

          Ooooooh.. ewwwwwww!

          • Tucker
            Tucker
            December 5, 2011 at 5:00 am | #

            ColdMcnuggs need no sauce. They just need manliness! Oh… Walky gonna need some sauce.

  8. ParkRNDL
    ParkRNDL
    December 5, 2011 at 12:05 am | #

    There was a guy like that who used to hang out with us in high school. You’d be out somewhere with a bunch of people, and you’d notice this guy was there in the back of the car, but nobody ever remembered where you picked him up… he was just there. We used to call him the Extra Slice.

  9. Freeholder
    Freeholder
    December 5, 2011 at 12:06 am | #

    I wonder if Sal realizes how silly she looks wearing full leather on the beach. Honestly, I think she just has a kill bill fetish.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      December 5, 2011 at 12:16 am | #

      She would be doing us all a favour if she wore lather instead. 😀

      • Ancestral Hamster
        Ancestral Hamster
        December 5, 2011 at 1:11 am | #

        I second that motion!

    • lord of dance
      lord of dance
      December 5, 2011 at 12:29 am | #

      well i dont know how shes gonna change out of it. i don’t think locker rooms HAVE windows to climb through… lord knows how other people get in there

      • Freeholder
        Freeholder
        December 5, 2011 at 3:21 am | #

        If memory serves, when windows fail her Sal goes through the roof.

        • Tucker
          Tucker
          December 5, 2011 at 4:59 am | #

          Memory does serve. I know exactly what scene you’re talking about.

          • Freeholder
            Freeholder
            December 5, 2011 at 10:41 am | #

            In It’s Walky when she and Jason are breaking into Jason’s fathers base.

            • Tucker
              Tucker
              December 5, 2011 at 12:16 pm | #

              Boom, that crazy ginger didn’t see it coming!

  10. Wackd
    Wackd
    December 5, 2011 at 12:06 am | #

    It will take a good deal of effort for me to not now hear Dorothy’s dialogue in Lisa’s voice.

  11. agentksilver
    agentksilver
    December 5, 2011 at 12:08 am | #

    Haha, Lisa Simpson sounds right.

  12. fellixe
    fellixe
    December 5, 2011 at 12:10 am | #

    My brain just cutesploded.

  13. TaZZerath
    TaZZerath
    December 5, 2011 at 12:12 am | #

    … and they call me…. BULLETPROOF

  14. Locke
    Locke
    December 5, 2011 at 12:15 am | #

    Billie’s here to kick ass and chew bubble gum, AND SHE’S ALL OUT OF GUM.

    • L
      L
      December 5, 2011 at 1:27 am | #

      “They live!” or “Duke Nukem”?

    • ryan
      ryan
      December 5, 2011 at 8:57 am | #

      why is walky carrying a box that says OBEY?

      • Bill M.
        Bill M.
        December 5, 2011 at 4:29 pm | #

        I’m more concerned about the fact that a lot of people in the bank I just went into are trading pieces of paper saying “This is your God.”

  15. Romanticide
    Romanticide
    December 5, 2011 at 12:15 am | #

    Doesn’t matter how she got there, she will have fun 😀

    • ryan
      ryan
      December 5, 2011 at 8:58 am | #

      she won’t if nobody tells her to.

  16. Henry
    Henry
    December 5, 2011 at 12:15 am | #

    Dina: “Where am I?”
    *Next panel* “And where are my pants?”

    Also, Walky apparently still has abductee powers even in this universe. At least as they apply to McNuggets.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      December 5, 2011 at 12:17 am | #

      “Pants? Where we are going, we don’t need pants!”

      • Roborat
        Roborat
        December 5, 2011 at 5:25 pm | #

        You forgot to put on your sunglasses before you said that.

        • das-g
          das-g
          December 5, 2011 at 7:09 pm | #

          We won’t need sunglasses, either.

  17. andrew
    andrew
    December 5, 2011 at 12:16 am | #

    So it looks like dorathy wont be woke up on time

    • NakedDumblydore
      NakedDumblydore
      December 5, 2011 at 12:25 am | #

      You mean Brunette Dorothy.

      • Tucker
        Tucker
        December 5, 2011 at 5:11 am | #

        Amber needs no more Wow sauce. Er… brunette Dotty.

  18. Aizat
    Aizat
    December 5, 2011 at 12:22 am | #

    Kinda saw this one coming.

  19. Freeholder
    Freeholder
    December 5, 2011 at 12:23 am | #

    I’m starting to think DoA Dina is one of the Silence from teh new Dr. Who. Everyone just forgets she exists when they aren’t looking directly at her.

    • James
      James
      December 5, 2011 at 1:29 am | #

      One of the whatnow?

      • Zababcd
        Zababcd
        December 5, 2011 at 2:23 am | #

        I don’t know, but something tells me we should kill them on sight.

        • Freeholder
          Freeholder
          December 5, 2011 at 3:23 am | #

          The Silence were a new Dr. Who villain introduced in because some writer thought the Daleks had become ineffectual and wanted to come up with a new idea. They actually were a real neat idea, but were sort of ruined by Season 6.

          • Tucker
            Tucker
            December 5, 2011 at 5:14 am | #

            Something tells me that Deus Ex Machina will save us.

          • Inarai
            Inarai
            December 5, 2011 at 5:42 am | #

            Something tells me that someone missed the joke.

            *spots 2 tally marks on his arm*

            I also wouldn’t be surprised to see pieces of these comments missing tomorrow. Of course, how could I having forgotten they existed?

            *Now 7 tally marks on arm*

            • Freeholder
              Freeholder
              December 5, 2011 at 10:40 am | #

              Wow now i feel ridiculously stupid ;p.

              • Tucker
                Tucker
                December 5, 2011 at 12:18 pm | #

                Oh no, I just took a lovely Doctor Who reference, and went excessively high-brow with it. Because, you know, high-brow media references are fu-

                -spots 47 tally-

                • Zababcd
                  Zababcd
                  December 5, 2011 at 12:39 pm | #

                  Seriously, why would anyone tally up to 47? Just write “LOTS”. They were very stubborn about the method they used.

                • Tucker
                  Tucker
                  December 5, 2011 at 3:28 pm | #

                  The tally’s happen progressively. I’m not exactly sure why I’m tallying.

                  103? Oh my.

                  I don’t think ….somebody…. likes references to Deus Ex Machina in Doctor Who plots.

                  212

  20. Aizat
    Aizat
    December 5, 2011 at 12:23 am | #

    Walky’s smile is the funniest thing I’ve seen today.

  21. NakedDumblydore
    NakedDumblydore
    December 5, 2011 at 12:26 am | #

    When did Sal become den mother?

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      December 5, 2011 at 10:58 am | #

      She considers herself the only halfway-sensible person in the area.

      • Moonshine McGee
        Moonshine McGee
        December 5, 2011 at 1:39 pm | #

        And it’s true, but not in the way she thinks it is.

  22. Asuka L.S.
    Asuka L.S.
    December 5, 2011 at 12:26 am | #

    If Joyce is Pollyanna, does that mean that slowly but surely we’re all going to become joyous and grateful because of her influence?

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      December 5, 2011 at 1:52 am | #

      Would Ruth be the Anti-Pollyanna then?

  23. KresyAntics
    KresyAntics
    December 5, 2011 at 12:27 am | #

    Since when did Sal become the mother hen of the group?!? Did she claim that title when telling everyone “you don’t tell the cops boop” a few strips back.

  24. Chase
    Chase
    December 5, 2011 at 12:29 am | #

    I guess this means Amber’s not getting woken up at 2?

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      December 5, 2011 at 1:52 am | #

      Nope, well not by Dina at least.

      • Freeholder
        Freeholder
        December 5, 2011 at 3:26 am | #

        But her raid. 🙁 Hopefully she was DPS, otherwise her guild may struggle with finding a replacement.

  25. Kytan
    Kytan
    December 5, 2011 at 12:31 am | #

    Now Dina will have to wake Amber up with the telepathic link all roommates share.

    • NakedDumblydore
      NakedDumblydore
      December 5, 2011 at 3:36 pm | #

      I know you’re being sarcastic, but seriously, my roommates and I sometimes have the same dreams at night. It is seriously creepy.

  26. Jacob
    Jacob
    December 5, 2011 at 12:37 am | #

    Is this the storyline where Dina meets the guy who drew the dino on the notes she mistakenly got?

  27. MarcinMN
    MarcinMN
    December 5, 2011 at 12:40 am | #

    Heh, Lisa Simpson… That is kind of appropriate!

  28. NCP19
    NCP19
    December 5, 2011 at 12:42 am | #

    Dina’s expression and gaze almost makes me feel like she’s asking me the same question. She can pierce through the fourth wall!

  29. curiouzkatt
    curiouzkatt
    December 5, 2011 at 12:45 am | #

    poor Dina, although it was expected.so aodrable. xD

  30. Shifty
    Shifty
    December 5, 2011 at 1:22 am | #

    God, I love Dina! She’s gotta be the most adorable character.

  31. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    December 5, 2011 at 1:45 am | #

    You’ve been abducted by aliens Dina. This is their mothership.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      December 5, 2011 at 1:54 am | #

      If only Dina have some al-foil under her hat, she would have remained undetected.

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        December 5, 2011 at 3:15 pm | #

        No Walky, you are the aliens.

        • iSaidCandleja-
          iSaidCandleja-
          December 5, 2011 at 10:03 pm | #

          And then Walky was the Ch-

      • thomas0comer
        thomas0comer
        December 5, 2011 at 4:56 pm | #

        Why do you insist on using a new avatar every ffffing day?

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          December 5, 2011 at 11:59 pm | #

          It’s in my contract!

  32. jeschr
    jeschr
    December 5, 2011 at 1:54 am | #

    I have been reading to much LICD. I thought Walkie was holding a box of condoms.

    • Zababcd
      Zababcd
      December 5, 2011 at 2:26 am | #

      In which case, the fact that he’s staring at Sal with a huge grin on his face could be a little disturbing.

    • Freeholder
      Freeholder
      December 5, 2011 at 3:27 am | #

      McNuggets is Walky code for condoms. Blowing through 50 with a girl in a night is just standard game for him.

      • fellixe
        fellixe
        December 5, 2011 at 9:47 am | #

        And they stain on his shirt?

        Nevermind. Some things are best left unsaid.

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      December 5, 2011 at 5:28 pm | #

      Yup, your not the only one.

  33. Zababcd
    Zababcd
    December 5, 2011 at 2:39 am | #

    When we first met Sal, she had her motorbike suit zipped up to the collar. Then she took it off. When she next put it on, it was zipped up, but not to the collar (as it appears in panel 4 here). Then she took it off again. Next time she put it on, it was zipped up to the collar – and it has remained that way up to, and including, panel 1 in this comic.

    Continuity up to this strip, but not in this strip. Maybe she was taking it off, to reveal the swimsuit underneath, when she noticed Dina and stopped abruptly?

    I just noticed the discrepancy in this comic and looked up the archive comics tagged with ‘Sal’. I haven’t always been staring at Sal’s chest, really.

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      December 5, 2011 at 11:00 am | #

      Perhaps it’s hot on the beach, and this was her concession to the temperature.

  34. Rognik
    Rognik
    December 5, 2011 at 3:55 am | #

    Got a few random quotes in my head that seem to fit this scenario. They may or may not be paraphrasing:
    “Am I outside? I got lost…”
    “I think I was sitting beside you for the last 20 minutes. You sure you don’t remember me?”
    “I knew I shouldn’t have taken a left at Albuquerque.”

  35. Ter
    Ter
    December 5, 2011 at 4:05 am | #

    The whole time, I’m just wondering, “HOW DID NO ONE SEE HER IN THE BUS?!”

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      December 5, 2011 at 11:02 am | #

      Well, it is a bus. There are often persons on the bus you don’t know. It just they weren’t expecting any of those persons to follow them out of the bus and stand around with them afterwards.

      Have any of these people met Dina before?

      • Jason
        Jason
        December 5, 2011 at 2:46 pm | #

        Well, Dina was at Ruth’s dorm meeting on day 1 with Sal, Dorothy, and Billie.

        • begbert2
          begbert2
          December 5, 2011 at 3:26 pm | #

          Well, Dorothy and Billie anyway. I’m fairly certain that Sal evaded Ruth’s long arm.

  36. zenofben
    zenofben
    December 5, 2011 at 6:19 am | #

    Lisa Simpson.

    Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!

    Excuse me.

    • Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
      Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
      December 5, 2011 at 9:52 am | #

      haha, yyyyup

  37. Zababcd
    Zababcd
    December 5, 2011 at 7:31 am | #

    I’m trying to match other DoA characters to characters from the Simpsons… Going through the DoA cast list in order:
    Joyce = Helen Lovejoy
    Sarah = … Maybe Marge?
    Billie = Sherri or Terri
    Walky = Ralph Wiggum (sorry, Walky)
    Sal = Armin Tamzarian (in his younger years)
    Dorothy = Lisa Simpson (established)
    Danny = Milhouse
    Joe = Disco Stu… or Duffman?
    Mike = Bart Simpson? Hank Scorpio? Herman? Snake?
    Ruth = Lindsey Naegle
    Ethan = Lenny or Carl. Probably Carl.
    Amber = Lisa with brown hair (from ep. 20, season 21, “To Surveil With Love”)
    Dina = ??? A mixture of Krusty the Clown and Wendell, maybe?
    Roz = Katja or Vicky. Probably Katja. 100 points if you recognise both of these names from the Simpsons.
    Amazi-Girl = Bartman.
    Becky = Maude Flanders. Because she’s Joyce’s friend, and we haven’t heard from her in a very long time.

    • LauraS
      LauraS
      December 5, 2011 at 9:25 am | #

      I thought we were supposed to pretend the whole Tamzarian thing never happened…

    • Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
      Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
      December 5, 2011 at 9:53 am | #

      I don’t see Mike as Bart Simpson

    • Tucker
      Tucker
      December 5, 2011 at 12:21 pm | #

      If Mike had more presence, he could probably pull off being Bender.

      Matt Groening series Bending…woo! Like girders.

      • Sir Robin
        Sir Robin
        December 5, 2011 at 5:49 pm | #

        Funny, because I always imagined Mike being voiced by John Dimaggio

  38. Alexx
    Alexx
    December 5, 2011 at 9:31 am | #

    And so it was that Dina found herself in: THE LAND OF THE LOST!

  39. sarpiedon
    sarpiedon
    December 5, 2011 at 9:50 am | #

    Wait, where’s Spider-Car…I mean Amber

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      December 5, 2011 at 11:03 am | #

      Asleep. With her ambulatory alarm clock rather far away from her.

  40. Todd
    Todd
    December 5, 2011 at 11:04 am | #

    I’m kind of curious why there’s no “older” returning students in this series?

    The fact there’s been a trend of ex-military veterans (just out of the recent two wars) who’ve gone back to higher education to “learn”. I’d be curious to see a few veterans put in this web comic as its about “college” life. Let them provide some wisdom to the main cast and be alternatives to the usual lets go see an advisor behavior that many n00bs in college do. Heck, even veterans get pawned and confused because they’re adjusting to civilian life. This could be webcomic gold.

    • David
      David M Willis
      December 5, 2011 at 11:49 am | #

      Older or returning students are generally housed at a specific dorm building, Wilkie Hall, or its surrounding apartments. All of Dumbing of Age’s characters live on the third floor in Read Hall.

  41. ziggy78eog
    ziggy78eog
    December 5, 2011 at 11:58 am | #

    Poor Dina, she got caught in the stampede. Although, how no one noticed her on the bus, is beyond me.

    • Jackson
      Jackson
      December 5, 2011 at 2:55 pm | #

      Well, she’s kind of quiet.

  42. Wix
    Wix
    December 5, 2011 at 12:37 pm | #

    SQUEE! *glomps Dina*

  43. goatman95111
    goatman95111
    December 5, 2011 at 1:35 pm | #

    That’s just hilarious, but Amber will have some difficulty waking up, unless someone calls or lets her know the time.

  44. Zem
    Zem
    December 5, 2011 at 1:45 pm | #

    Marcie?

  45. Dr.Z
    Dr.Z
    December 5, 2011 at 5:59 pm | #

    In the immortal words of Dana Carvey:

    “…too cute…

    …can’t move…”

  46. wes
    wes
    December 5, 2011 at 6:16 pm | #

    YAY DINA

  47. Sporkaganza
    Sporkaganza
    December 5, 2011 at 7:49 pm | #

    I believe in silver linings, and that’s why I believe in you.

    (Talk about obscure references. Man, what am I even doing?)

  48. NinjaNick
    NinjaNick
    December 6, 2011 at 4:26 am | #

    I liked Dina’s blank face in the last panel. *squee*

  49. Dodeca
    Dodeca
    December 6, 2011 at 9:34 pm | #

    Wait….How come Sal has a southern accent and Walkie doesn’t? Twins, right?

  50. Icalasari
    Icalasari
    December 6, 2011 at 11:35 pm | #

    WALKY LOOKS LIKE AN ANIME CAT! O.O

    • Icalasari
      Icalasari
      December 6, 2011 at 11:35 pm | #

      Whoops, wrong comic

  51. Maycroft
    Maycroft
    January 24, 2012 at 11:21 pm | #

    Amber is gonna be late for school today.

  52. John Madden
    John Madden
    April 5, 2012 at 11:56 pm | #

    A wizard did it.

  53. B.D
    B.D
    March 20, 2015 at 1:47 pm | #

    I like to think that, if this were SRWZ, the others would be real robots and Dina is Baldios.

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