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by David M Willis on July 21, 2022 at 12:01 am
  • 05 – This Was Halloween
└ Tags: becky, dina, fuckface, joyce, ruth

Discussion (124) ¬

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    July 21, 2022 at 12:02 am | #

    of COURSE that’s her costume

    • ThunderNight
      ThunderNight
      July 21, 2022 at 12:11 am | #

      what else would it be?

      • Reltzik
        Reltzik
        July 21, 2022 at 6:12 am | #

        Something with feathers?

    • Darkoneko
      Darkoneko
      July 21, 2022 at 12:25 pm | #

      it lacks feathers

      • Devin
        Devin
        July 21, 2022 at 1:41 pm | #

        As far as we understand it now, an adult may or may not have had feathers, and likely wasn’t covered in them.

      • Lucretiel
        Lucretiel
        July 22, 2022 at 2:57 pm | #

        More importantly it’s that terrible upright Barney body plan

  2. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    July 21, 2022 at 12:02 am | #

    I’m surprised Joyce was so quick to recognize Dina without her hat.

    • Dean
      Dean
      July 21, 2022 at 12:09 am | #

      She’s wearing a full-body hat.

    • StClair
      StClair
      July 21, 2022 at 12:14 am | #

      Interesting (at least to me) that Joyce’s eyeline is with the Rex eyes, not the throat.

      • Proxiehunter
        Proxiehunter
        July 21, 2022 at 12:29 am | #

        Of course. If she were looking at the throat she would be making eye contact with real eyes and that’s existentially horrifying.

        • The Oracle
          The Oracle
          July 21, 2022 at 2:46 pm | #

          Do you not have eyes in your throat?

          • Casi
            Casi
            July 21, 2022 at 3:52 pm | #

            Sadly no, I am not a Ninja Turtle

      • poyo
        poyo
        July 21, 2022 at 12:02 pm | #

        Joyce is…. not the brightest of the bunch

        • Devin
          Devin
          July 21, 2022 at 1:46 pm | #

          This is hugely unfair. It’s a fairly natural instinct to look at what looks most like a face, and Dina’s face seems to be mostly obscured. I think it’s silly to assume Joyce doesn’t know where Dina’s face is, where she’s looking is hardly a direct link to where she thinks Dina’s face is.

          Also we know Joyce gets good grades. (the implication being here that the only reason some of her grades had dipped was because she couldn’t see in the larger classes) Joyce is plenty bright.

    • JA
      JA
      July 21, 2022 at 12:57 am | #

      The hat is the T-rex’s tongue.

    • Amelie Wikström
      Amelie Wikström
      July 21, 2022 at 3:58 am | #

      Probably her voice. (Or it’s just the easiest guess when you see a dinosaur standing next to Becky.)

  3. BBCC
    BBCC
    July 21, 2022 at 12:03 am | #

    Gotta hide the iguana!

    Ruth is not having a good day and it’s not a good time to need her mercy right now.

    • jeffepp
      jeffepp
      July 21, 2022 at 12:08 am | #

      I was trying to figure out why Joyce would hide, then remembered the lizard. Odds are, Ruth already knows. And, just dosen’t care.

      • Ana Chronistic
        Ana Chronistic
        July 21, 2022 at 10:54 am | #

        It also JUST occurred to me the alt-text is a reference to Oz 🙆🏻‍♀️

        • Devin
          Devin
          July 21, 2022 at 1:25 pm | #

          We’re off to see the lizaaaard!

          • The Oracle
            The Oracle
            July 21, 2022 at 1:56 pm | #

            Isn’t that the plot of the Rugrats movie?

            • The Wellerman
              The Wellerman
              July 21, 2022 at 5:44 pm | #

              I can’t believe I didn’t catch that!!!! 😅

              I am both thrilled and mildly disappointed in myself.

            • Azhrei Vep
              Azhrei Vep
              July 24, 2022 at 7:30 am | #

              The Rugrats had a movie?

    • segnosaur
      segnosaur
      July 21, 2022 at 1:07 am | #

      Sadly “Hide the Iguana” sounds dirtier than it is.

      (Sounds like a pickup line at a bar… “Wanna come back to my place and play Hide the Iguana”)

      • Opus the Poet
        Opus the Poet
        July 21, 2022 at 3:42 am | #

        I laughed harder at this than I should have.

      • The Oracle
        The Oracle
        July 21, 2022 at 2:52 pm | #

        If it looks like an iguana, consult your doctor immediately. Unless you’re American, in which case you can probably find a cheap-ish alternative on like, Etsy or something.

    • Sirksome
      Sirksome
      July 21, 2022 at 1:08 am | #

      I don’t think Ruth is even focused on these dorks right now. She’s got a heart to break.

  4. The Wellerman
    The Wellerman
    July 21, 2022 at 12:03 am | #

    Waaa-ha-ha-hoooo!!!!!! 🤘😆🤘

    Dina’s costume, the energy is PERFECT!!!! ✌️😈 🦖

    *plays “Swampland” by Waterflame on hacked muzak*

  5. Johan
    Johan
    July 21, 2022 at 12:03 am | #

    So is Joyce just gonna dodge Ruth at the party she invited Ruth to?

    • Clif
      Clif
      July 21, 2022 at 1:12 am | #

      Yes.

  6. The Wellerman
    The Wellerman
    July 21, 2022 at 12:05 am | #

    BTW in case you’re wondering, her costume is almost certaintly a Jurassic Park dinosaur, not a scientifically accurate one.

    Besides what few details I can make out in the blue palette, dinosaurs most likely did not roar. Rather, they growled and hissed.

    • Ladymissfit
      Ladymissfit
      July 21, 2022 at 12:16 am | #

      Their vocalization would work the same as birds do so chirping and the like is also possible. If you want a taste for hor how T.rex might’ve sounded look up how cassowaries sound. It’s a trip.

      • The Wellerman
        The Wellerman
        July 21, 2022 at 12:21 am | #

        Hey I’ve actually been looking for scientifically accurate T-rex sounds for a DOA fan game I’m making, so thanks a bunch! 🤗

        • Ladymissfit
          Ladymissfit
          July 21, 2022 at 12:25 am | #

          Cassowaries live in jungles mind so they have evolutionary pressure to make deep sounds (low notes travel through vegetarion better) while T.rex did not.

          • The Wellerman
            The Wellerman
            July 21, 2022 at 12:26 am | #

            Oh! Thank you! What environments did the T Rex live in?

            • Ladymissfit
              Ladymissfit
              July 21, 2022 at 12:31 am | #

              North america in the late ctetacious i believe was mostly partial woodland? Im honestly not sure but it was too big for jungles and so were its prey.

            • eh, whatever
              eh, whatever
              July 21, 2022 at 1:51 am | #

              Subtropical forest.

            • The Oracle
              The Oracle
              July 21, 2022 at 2:46 am | #

              The T-Rex mostly lived inside Pokéballs between battles, sometimes inside of a computer in a hospital.

        • Thag Simmons
          Thag Simmons
          July 21, 2022 at 3:47 am | #

          Prehistoric Planet has a pretty solid portrayal. Lot of low growling and closed-mouth vocalizations, drawing pretty heavily on Crocodilian vocalizations.

          • Amelie Wikström
            Amelie Wikström
            July 21, 2022 at 4:01 am | #

            Sorry but it’s just really funny to me to hear any dinosaur facts from Dr Thag Simmons

            • StClair
              StClair
              July 21, 2022 at 4:42 am | #

              well, they are (or were) the recognized expert…

              • Ed Callahan
                Ed Callahan
                July 22, 2022 at 8:19 am | #

                Well, Thag got the point about them.

    • Lars
      Lars
      July 21, 2022 at 2:23 am | #

      Hompk!

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      July 21, 2022 at 2:24 am | #

      She can be scientifically accurate the other 364 days a year. Halloween is fun movie monster dinosaur day.

    • Nazmazh
      Nazmazh
      July 21, 2022 at 3:35 am | #

      It’s Halloween – She gets to appear as her favourite monster: Scientific inaccuracy caused by people clinging to outdated ideas

      • Devin
        Devin
        July 21, 2022 at 1:39 pm | #

        I feel like people forget that the first Jurassic Park came out almost 30 years ago. It absolutely had inaccuracies that were known at the time, but it also was in a decent number of ways more accurate than anything else at the time. Portraying dinosaur tails as not dragging on the ground for example, was a huge statement in the early 90s. (ironically Dina’s costume is probably less accurate in this respect, but I expect that choice was made for practical reasons)

        Also for all the flak they get about velociraptors, they were startlingly close, just the name was a bit off, and Utahraptor was just named as a species around the time the first movie came out.

        And Dina herself may talk about the Jurassic Park dinosaurs as “movie monsters”, but they were very much portrayed as animals, with the danger to the human characters the result of fairly natural animal behavior. A lot (again, definitely not all) of the criticisms of accuracy in Jurassic Park have the benefit of hindsight.

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          July 21, 2022 at 2:25 pm | #

          I dimly recall it was the abuse of chaos theory that bothered me most at the time, though I don’t really remember the details.

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      July 21, 2022 at 3:46 am | #

      I think Dina’s aware that she can’t be too much of a stickler for accuracy in terms of costumes.

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      July 21, 2022 at 1:07 pm | #

      It’s missing feathers, for one thing. Along with a bunch of other inaccuracies Dina would likely mention if someone asked.

      • asp55
        asp55
        July 21, 2022 at 4:42 pm | #

        She’s already written a comprehensive list: https://www.dumbingofage.com/2013/comic/book-3/01-if-the-shoes-split/piano/

  7. Robbie
    Robbie
    July 21, 2022 at 12:05 am | #

    I’m so happy for Dina that she gets to wear this as her part of a matching couples costume. Love this for her.

  8. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    July 21, 2022 at 12:05 am | #

    I wish I could play Lewis Grizzard’s “Reptile Farm” comedy routine here.

  9. StClair
    StClair
    July 21, 2022 at 12:05 am | #

    No feathers?

    • The Wellerman
      The Wellerman
      July 21, 2022 at 12:06 am | #

      Also roaring? Most likely a Jurassic Park dinosaur, plus Becky’s costume.

      • Devin
        Devin
        July 21, 2022 at 1:49 pm | #

        On the topic of roaring, Dina was operating under her best knowledge at the time. Remember this is before the timeskip, whereas this change came after the timeskip.

    • Ladymissfit
      Ladymissfit
      July 21, 2022 at 12:12 am | #

      T.rex once adult likely didn’t have (much) plumage as we’ve found enough skin imprints without to confirm that. Babies absolutely were covered though and adults migh’ve had little remnants.

      Also dang, accidental report.

      • The Wellerman
        The Wellerman
        July 21, 2022 at 12:13 am | #

        sauce?

        • Ladymissfit
          Ladymissfit
          July 21, 2022 at 12:21 am | #

          Dang it accodental report again

          I do not have any particular papers on hand. But yeah we’ve found numerous imprints of T.rex skin. The back is still unaccounted for so partial coverage is still a possibility but the general consensus is fairly bare.

          • Ladymissfit
            Ladymissfit
            July 21, 2022 at 12:26 am | #

            However, T.rex in particular appears to be a bit of an outlier as more basal tyrannosaurs did have feathers and they were very common in ceolosaurs in general so there’s nothing conclusive yet.

            • The Wellerman
              The Wellerman
              July 21, 2022 at 12:33 am | #

              Thanks! Say, are you a paleontologist? 😃

              • eh, whatever
                eh, whatever
                July 21, 2022 at 2:05 am | #

                I am, and Ladymissfit is right, except for not remembering the coelurosaurs. 🙂

                • The Wellerman
                  The Wellerman
                  July 21, 2022 at 2:32 am | #

                  Thanks!!! You’re a paleontologist? That’s AWESOME 🤩

                  If you’re interested, a game I’m making seeks to do justice to scientifically accurate dinosaurs, and I’m always looking for help too. (although review for scientific accuracy won’t become relevant until I have a first draft done).

        • Thag Simmons
          Thag Simmons
          July 21, 2022 at 3:50 am | #

          Some writing by Mark Witton on the subject

    • Prior Semblance
      Prior Semblance
      July 21, 2022 at 1:02 am | #

      The inaccuracy is what makes it scary

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      July 21, 2022 at 3:48 am | #

      From skin impressions T. rex would have been sparsely feathered if at all.

    • Farmer_10
      Farmer_10
      July 21, 2022 at 4:16 am | #

      Becky’s dressed as Ellie Sattler and Dina’s Jurassic Park dino. They’re doing a couples costume.

  10. Sunday
    Sunday
    July 21, 2022 at 12:06 am | #

    moments before disaster

  11. The Oracle
    The Oracle
    July 21, 2022 at 12:06 am | #

    I appreciate that Ruth still pretends not to have peripheral vision when Fuckface is involved.

    • Rotunda
      Rotunda
      July 21, 2022 at 12:43 am | #

      Ruth has weightier matters on her mind at the moment.

      • The Oracle
        The Oracle
        July 21, 2022 at 2:44 pm | #

        I suppose she did make several remarks about Billie’s weight, early on. In fairness, Billie does have a pleasant amount of weight on her, in some very nice places, so I like to think that Ruth’s eyes were wandering even that far back and she couldn’t verbalise it in a non-terrible way. Or maybe I’m projecting and extrapolating too much from your choice of words.

        • Devin
          Devin
          July 21, 2022 at 3:00 pm | #

          I think the “weightier matters” more hand to do with metaphorical or emotional weight.

          Although also, it’s not hard for any human to outweigh an iguana. I would wager most do it within a few months of birth.

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        July 21, 2022 at 8:28 pm | #

        Yeah, those inflatable dinosaur costumes and iguanas aren’t very heavy.

  12. Suet
    Suet
    July 21, 2022 at 12:08 am | #

    Ah, the inflatable dinosaur costume. A staple of Halloween in college. Also hard to work with all day.

    Self-fulfilled prophecy of “Imperial March” incoming.

  13. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    July 21, 2022 at 12:09 am | #

    LIFE FINDS A WAY.

  14. John Campbell
    John Campbell
    July 21, 2022 at 12:20 am | #

    Dina has no feathers. I am disappoint.

    • True Survivor
      True Survivor
      July 21, 2022 at 12:22 am | #

      I was just thinking that.

    • Proxiehunter
      Proxiehunter
      July 21, 2022 at 12:30 am | #

      She’s wearing a boa under the costume.

    • alongcameaspider
      alongcameaspider
      July 21, 2022 at 12:58 am | #

      It’s spooky season

      What’s spookier to Dina then a scientifically inaccurate dinosaur?

    • Nova
      Nova
      July 21, 2022 at 1:26 am | #

      I mean, she’s being Rexy from Jurassic Park to match Becky’s Ellie Satler costume, so it’s movie-accurate rather than scientifically.

      • Decidedly Orthogonal
        Decidedly Orthogonal
        July 21, 2022 at 2:40 am | #

        And Dina has expressed a fondness for the film while acknowledging its innacuracies.

        • Farmer_10
          Farmer_10
          July 21, 2022 at 4:16 am | #

          And it’s technically a couples costume.

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      July 21, 2022 at 3:52 am | #

      The consensus on T. rex is that it would have been very lightly feathered if at all. Scaly is correct here.

      • The Oracle
        The Oracle
        July 21, 2022 at 2:51 pm | #

        The consensus seems to change every couple of years, and I don’t follow the science closely enough to know what’s most recent. The T-Rex could have had glowing dorsal spines and radioactive breath, for all the general population knows.

        • Thag Simmons
          Thag Simmons
          July 21, 2022 at 3:40 pm | #

          The understanding of feathers in Tyrannosauroids has changed as new material is discovered and studied.

          Basal Tyrannosauroids like Yutyrannus were feathered, and it was a reasonable assumption that their descendants retained those feathers, even though it turned out to be wrong when skin impressions found of T. rex which were featherless

  15. C.T. Phipps
    C.T. Phipps
    July 21, 2022 at 12:22 am | #

    I wonder who is in the dinosaur costume.

    Roz?

    🙂

  16. True Survivor
    True Survivor
    July 21, 2022 at 12:28 am | #

    Now Becky and Joyce each have a tyrannical lizard king (queen?) all their own.

    Good thing this isn’t Pokemon, or they would have to make them duel each other.

  17. segnosaur
    segnosaur
    July 21, 2022 at 1:05 am | #

    Question tangentaly related to the comic…

    Would Joyce and Becky be allowed to watch Jurassic Park when growing up, or did they watch it after they went to college? After all, they had some pretty tight restrictions when growing up (couldn’t watch Power Rangers because it promoted “eastern religion”, couldn’t watch Frozen because it implied parents sometimes make mistake.) Jurassic Park does treat evolution in a pretty straight-forward “matter of fact” way, so you figure Joyce and Becky’s parents might have forbidden them from seeing it.

    • AbacusWizard
      AbacusWizard
      July 21, 2022 at 1:11 am | #

      As Carl Sagan once said, “You can have creationism or you can have Jurassic Park. Not both.”

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        Clif
        July 21, 2022 at 1:18 am | #

        As Abraham Lincoln once said, “If you read it on the Internet, it must be true. “

        • The Oracle
          The Oracle
          July 21, 2022 at 2:41 pm | #

          In Lincoln’s time, I think it was actually called DARPANET, named after his son.

    • Sam
      Sam
      July 21, 2022 at 9:06 pm | #

      No idea. Because the thing is, their parents could also be hypocrites where allowances were random, inconsistent or illogical. But it is also possible they did similar to Star Wars where Joyce was only allowed to see snippets of the movie that they personally chose and allowed.

  18. AbacusWizard
    AbacusWizard
    July 21, 2022 at 1:10 am | #

    This is *excellent* team costuming.

  19. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    July 21, 2022 at 1:14 am | #

    I see. Hide one lizard with another.*

    (I know, the relationship of dinosaurs to what we think of as reptiles now is a bit complicated, but I mean in the “terrible lizards” name-meaning sense.)

  20. Pocky
    Pocky
    July 21, 2022 at 1:39 am | #

    So; did Dina buy/was gifted, or make that costume?

    • eh, whatever
      eh, whatever
      July 21, 2022 at 2:08 am | #

      I think that’s (as mentioned above) one of the inflatable ones, so not self-made.

      • The Wellerman
        The Wellerman
        July 21, 2022 at 2:38 am | #

        Even if it was pre-made, she probably made at least a few modifications to it for optimal mobility and/or other purposes. 😏

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      July 21, 2022 at 3:53 am | #

      Very clearly one of the iconic inflatable T. rex costumes.

  21. King Daniel
    King Daniel
    July 21, 2022 at 3:20 am | #

    …it just struck me, have we seen any hint of Fuckface since the timeskip…?

    • The Wellerman
      The Wellerman
      July 21, 2022 at 3:27 am | #

      Do you count the bonus strips?

      If not, i sure hope he’s OK. 😟

      • King Daniel
        King Daniel
        July 21, 2022 at 3:30 am | #

        Bonus strips count, if they’re set after the timeskip.

        • King Daniel
          King Daniel
          July 21, 2022 at 3:31 am | #

          (I was just thinking, what if Fuckface got caught on Halloween–since he’s not supposed to be allowed in the dorms…)

          • The Wellerman
            The Wellerman
            July 21, 2022 at 3:40 am | #

            Yeah that’s what I meant. I think there’s one featuring post timeskip Carla, Malaya and Fuckface, but we don’t know exactly when that took place.

            • thejeff
              thejeff
              July 21, 2022 at 8:20 am | #

              I was wondering about that yesterday, but hadn’t thought of checking Patreon. He’s shown up a few times. New character design Malaya, so no past shenanigans.

    • Amelie Wikström
      Amelie Wikström
      July 21, 2022 at 4:10 am | #

      Normally you’d have to have Malaya around to see Fuckface, so it makes sense he would be a rare sighting. (See Malaya is terribly unpleasant to be aroundr.)

  22. Opus the Poet
    Opus the Poet
    July 21, 2022 at 3:46 am | #

    Fuckface’s constant expression is caused by only having the lizard brain and not any of the higher brain functions (and yes this was a pun)

  23. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    July 21, 2022 at 4:14 am | #

    Okay, Dina is adorable in her costume (and potentially lethal). But Ruth as the Grim Reaper is exceptional! She has that genuine “aura of death and sadness” around her that makes others fear her and start worrying about the future.

    • StClair
      StClair
      July 21, 2022 at 2:23 pm | #

      Plants wilt and wither in her presence.

  24. Amós Batista
    Amós Batista
    July 21, 2022 at 4:19 am | #

    Dina just got the costume prize of the party instantly.

  25. Rognik
    Rognik
    July 21, 2022 at 4:37 am | #

    A lizard to hide the lizard

  26. Thomas
    Thomas
    July 21, 2022 at 5:56 am | #

    Hide the lizard behind a bigger lizard. No one will notice the lizard. Good thinking.

  27. PirateTawnee
    PirateTawnee
    July 21, 2022 at 6:42 am | #

    Does this count as a “Summon Bigger Fish” trope, but with a lizard?

    (aren’t you glad I don’t do links, so you aren’t tempted to visit *that* place)

    • The Oracle
      The Oracle
      July 21, 2022 at 2:38 pm | #

      That’s like the fifth time in as many days that somebody’s alluded to TV Tropes being some malicious time-stealing entity. Just don’t click on more links, that’s all it takes.

      • Devin
        Devin
        July 21, 2022 at 3:56 pm | #

        You say that like it’s easy. lol

      • Deadjolras
        Deadjolras
        July 21, 2022 at 4:00 pm | #

        I have ADHD. Clicking links and going down internet rabbit holes is pretty much what I was made for.

        • Devin
          Devin
          July 21, 2022 at 4:19 pm | #

          Internet rabbit holes are ADHD-shaped

          • The Wellerman
            The Wellerman
            July 21, 2022 at 8:05 pm | #

            I have ADHD myself, used to run into those ALL the time LOL. 😅

            Huh. Perhaps this is a clue… to the nature of the force that draws us neurodivergents together…

      • Wizard
        Wizard
        July 21, 2022 at 7:30 pm | #

        Riiiight. And just eat one potato chip.

    • Max
      Max
      July 22, 2022 at 12:27 pm | #

      I’ve been there a few times and it never grabbed me. It just felt like people spent way too much time and effort thinking about all of that crap. Waste of time and grey matter. (gray?)

  28. Keulen
    Keulen
    July 21, 2022 at 1:09 pm | #

    Fuckface on Joyce’s head reminds me that I have a komodo dragon plushie that I sometimes put on my head like it’s a hat.

    • The Oracle
      The Oracle
      July 21, 2022 at 2:38 pm | #

      Everything is a hat if you’re brave enough.

      • Devin
        Devin
        July 21, 2022 at 4:21 pm | #

        Some things can only be a hat once per person though. Like skyscrapers. Or blue whales.

  29. Needfuldoer
    Needfuldoer
    July 21, 2022 at 8:29 pm | #

    Hey, wait a minute. Fuckface hasn’t made any post-skip appearances yet!

    … He’s okay, right?

  30. tunasammich
    tunasammich
    July 21, 2022 at 9:08 pm | #

    I suddenly want to see a DoA and SomethingPositive crossover so Dina can meet Vanessa

    • Devin
      Devin
      July 21, 2022 at 10:41 pm | #

      TBH I would’ve liked to have seen that before the events currently going on, so Davan could meet Mike. That would be great and terrible.

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