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by David M Willis on September 16, 2013 at 12:01 am
  • 04 - Just Hangin' Out With My Family
└ Tags: amber, danny, randal, sharon

Discussion (251) ¬

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  1. Gottawonder
    Gottawonder
    September 16, 2013 at 12:01 am | #

    Awww. Cute

    • KingMabel
      KingMabel
      September 16, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

      And awkward

      • thecanvashat
        thecanvashat
        September 16, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

        And Danny.

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          September 16, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

          All these words describe the same thing.

          • GoldStarz
            GoldStarz
            September 16, 2013 at 12:17 am | #

            A person can awe at how awkward Danny can be.

            • usayasha
              usayasha
              September 16, 2013 at 12:48 am | #

              A person can awe at how Danny cute can be.

            • Jack Finch
              Jack Finch
              September 16, 2013 at 10:55 am | #

              Amber’s no slouch at awkward. It gets drowned out by other things but she can cringe with the best of them.

              • MrMercury
                MrMercury
                September 16, 2013 at 8:56 pm | #

                a person can cute at how danny awkward can be

        • Thor
          Thor
          September 16, 2013 at 1:41 am | #

          Two out of three ain’t bad

    • Kyrros
      Kyrros
      September 16, 2013 at 7:32 am | #

      I find it cure that they’re both wearing very similar hoodies 🙂

      • Kyrros
        Kyrros
        September 16, 2013 at 7:34 am | #

        definitely meant ‘cute’

        >_<

        • Bilfred
          Bilfred
          September 16, 2013 at 10:24 am | #

          Yeah super cure.

  2. AHR
    AHR
    September 16, 2013 at 12:01 am | #

    It’s a blush within a blush.

    • thecanvashat
      thecanvashat
      September 16, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

      “You’re waiting for a ship. A ship that will take you far away. You know where you hope it will lead to, but you can’t know for sure. Yet it doesn’t matter. Tell me why?”

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        September 16, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

        Nice variant on the obvious. Keeps it fresh.

        • thecanvashat
          thecanvashat
          September 16, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

          It’s far better than microwavable jokes, but those are cheaper, to be fair.

      • Icalasari
        Icalasari
        September 16, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

        Because we have entered The Twilight Zone?

    • GoldStarz
      GoldStarz
      September 16, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

      I refused to make the obvious joke.

      • thecanvashat
        thecanvashat
        September 16, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

        I tried, and failed.

        • GoldStarz
          GoldStarz
          September 16, 2013 at 12:16 am | #

          You are weak, but we can rebuild you, we have the technology. We can make you better than you were. Better…stronger… funnier.

          • thecanvashat
            thecanvashat
            September 16, 2013 at 12:18 am | #

            Do I need to get a new Gravatar now?

            • GoldStarz
              GoldStarz
              September 16, 2013 at 12:21 am | #

              Only if it meets the incredibly vague criteria of “Better…stronger… funnier.”

              • thecanvashat
                thecanvashat
                September 16, 2013 at 12:32 am | #

                Done?

            • Batman
              Batman
              September 16, 2013 at 12:28 am | #

              That’s a riddle, isn’t it?

              That’s obviously a riddle. I can solve this. I’m Batman.

              • thecanvashat
                thecanvashat
                September 16, 2013 at 12:34 am | #

                Or are you?

                • NightmareWarden
                  NightmareWarden
                  September 16, 2013 at 12:38 am | #

                  I know the answer to this riddle… We are ALL Batman. In here, our heart of hearts, we all know the pain that comes with Batman and thus we understand the mantle he wears. We grok you Batman, we grok you.

                • Batman
                  Batman
                  September 16, 2013 at 12:43 am | #

                  “Do I need to get a new Gravatar now” unscrambles to “Reading Town Regatta,” a boating race on the Thames River. You are obviously planning some heist in Berkshire, and timing it so you can escape amongst the contestants on the river.

                  I’m on to you, Riddler.

                • Drunken Nordmann
                  Drunken Nordmann
                  September 16, 2013 at 12:43 am | #

                  I’m Batman and so is my wife.

                • GrrArg42
                  GrrArg42
                  September 16, 2013 at 9:52 pm | #

                  Go home Nordmann, you’re drunk. Everyone knows all wives are named Brian.

              • Bill
                Bill
                September 16, 2013 at 1:24 am | #

                Wasn’t Robin the one that came up with the answers to all the riddles?

                • Shadow12000
                  Shadow12000
                  September 16, 2013 at 2:41 am | #

                  Yes but Batman takes the credit for it.

                • John
                  John
                  September 16, 2013 at 11:58 am | #

                  Batman trained to become the best at taking credit for other people’s work.

                • Batman
                  Batman
                  September 16, 2013 at 8:18 pm | #

                  BECAUSE I’M BATMAN.

              • The Riddler
                The Riddler
                September 16, 2013 at 12:21 pm | #

                What weighs 6 ounces, sits in a tree and is very dangerous?

                • The Candyman
                  The Candyman
                  September 16, 2013 at 3:38 pm | #

                  A sparrow with heat vision?

                • Jinxed44
                  Jinxed44
                  September 16, 2013 at 4:59 pm | #

                  Cocaine

    • Khantalas
      Khantalas
      September 16, 2013 at 9:33 am | #

      Yo dawg I heard you like awkward so we put blush in your blush so you can Dan while you Dan.

  3. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    September 16, 2013 at 12:01 am | #

    “So does that mean I have to send flowers now??”

    • GrrArg42
      GrrArg42
      September 16, 2013 at 9:49 pm | #

      Yes. Send her flowers randomly without pattern. You never want to hear “Oh flowers… what did you do?”

  4. Maxy
    Maxy
    September 16, 2013 at 12:01 am | #

    I sense a freakout runaway moment.

    • thecanvashat
      thecanvashat
      September 16, 2013 at 12:12 am | #

      For a split-second, I saw “freakout runway moment” and thought of Danny as a fashion model in a dress.

      • Comrade
        Comrade
        September 16, 2013 at 3:58 am | #

        Well okay it’s cool I was planning on trembling in horror in the corner for the rest of my life unable to cope with the mental image anyway.

      • Random Webcomics Junkie
        Random Webcomics Junkie
        September 16, 2013 at 10:42 am | #

        Is it bad that I really want to see Danny being a fashion model in a dress?

  5. thecanvashat
    thecanvashat
    September 16, 2013 at 12:01 am | #

    Danny forgot the flowers, didn’t he.

    • GoldStarz
      GoldStarz
      September 16, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

      Yes and he’s freaking out about it! Curse you unplanned dates!

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      September 16, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

      Nothing a box of chocolates can’t fix.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        September 16, 2013 at 12:13 am | #

        Danny forgot those too. He also forgot her name, and anniversary date.

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          September 16, 2013 at 12:14 am | #

          So do I…that’s why I don’t have a girlfriend in years.

          • Nym
            Nym
            September 16, 2013 at 12:51 am | #

            That awkward moment when even when you’ve got it right you think you’ve got it wrong. Danny now has one up on Rio.

  6. Bob
    Bob
    September 16, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    Danny’s going critical! He’s about to blow!!

    • thecanvashat
      thecanvashat
      September 16, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

      And then Danny bit the lower half of his face off.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        September 16, 2013 at 12:13 am | #

        The less of him the better.
        ( I know, I promised I’d stop.
        I’m a liar)

        • thecanvashat
          thecanvashat
          September 16, 2013 at 12:20 am | #

          …Danny without his lower jaw is surprisingly disturbing.

          • Bob
            Bob
            September 16, 2013 at 12:33 am | #

            Nonsense, I’m sure he has sexy maxilla.

            • The Candyman
              The Candyman
              September 16, 2013 at 3:39 pm | #

              He’s going to become Darth Malak?

  7. The Sound Defense
    The Sound Defense
    September 16, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    I sense that Danny is about to screw this up.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      September 16, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

      Momentum can be hard to change.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        September 16, 2013 at 12:17 am | #

        Danny was already in the proccess of screwing things up the second he met Amber.

  8. Bloody_Jerk
    Bloody_Jerk
    September 16, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    Well, Danny, you are so stupid, you deserve this hard feelings.
    How the hell did that parents got that kinda child?

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      September 16, 2013 at 10:33 am | #

      This very strip suggests his dad was him when he (the dad) was younger, so, yeah. That.

  9. Wonder Wig
    Wonder Wig
    September 16, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    HE… COULD… GO… ALL… THE… WAAAAAAAY

    • Lavaticmay
      Lavaticmay
      September 16, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

      HE’S AT THE THIRTY, THE TWENTY, THE TEN. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN I CAN’T BELIEVE WHAT I’M SEEING!!!

      • ninja_jesus
        ninja_jesus
        September 16, 2013 at 12:12 am | #

        Then it turns out he was running the wrong way the entire time, and ended up scoring against himself.

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          September 16, 2013 at 12:17 am | #

          And he still does an obnoxiousely long in-zone dance before it all sinks in.

          • thecanvashat
            thecanvashat
            September 16, 2013 at 12:20 am | #

            While naked.

            • ShaggyDonahugh
              ShaggyDonahugh
              September 16, 2013 at 12:30 am | #

              This. All of this.

              • Lavaticmay
                Lavaticmay
                September 16, 2013 at 7:47 pm | #

                And then one of his teammates slowly walks over and whispers in his ear, and Danny stops middance and slowly turns to look at the camera before making the face in the last panel.

    • berober
      berober
      September 16, 2013 at 10:25 am | #

      STOP RIGHT THERE. I GOTTA KNOW RIGHT NOW…

      • Surgeville
        Surgeville
        September 16, 2013 at 3:59 pm | #

        Let me sleep on it

        • xKiv
          xKiv
          September 16, 2013 at 7:31 pm | #

          And now I’m praying for the end of times, so I can end my Dans with you.

  10. otusasio451
    otusasio451
    September 16, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    Maaaaan, what’s Amazigirl gonna say when she finds out about this?

    • Bilfred
      Bilfred
      September 16, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

      I think she’ll be up for it.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        September 16, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

        WOOHOO, THREESOMES!

        • thecanvashat
          thecanvashat
          September 16, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

          Danny will be so disappointed when he finds out.

          • GoldStarz
            GoldStarz
            September 16, 2013 at 12:14 am | #

            Yeah, I mean when that threesome goes twosome and Danny’s kicked out it’ll be a major blow to him.

            • Yotomoe
              Yotomoe
              September 16, 2013 at 12:18 am | #

              I like to imagine it’s just amber touching herself with Amazi-girl’s glove and Danny’s too stupid to know the difference.

              • Aizat
                Aizat
                September 16, 2013 at 12:37 am | #

                I’ll be in my bunk.

  11. EvergreenFir
    EvergreenFir
    September 16, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    THAT CHEATING PIECE OF SCUM! HOW DARE HE CHEAT ON AMAZI-GIRL

    • Super Duper
      Super Duper
      September 16, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

      Ultra Car will be pissed.

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        September 16, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

        Whenever that name gets filtered, I’m just gonna pronounce it as *raspberry sound* in my head.

        • thecanvashat
          thecanvashat
          September 16, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

          Captain Raspberry IS AMAZIGIRL!

          • EvergreenFir
            EvergreenFir
            September 16, 2013 at 12:12 am | #

            lol

            • Wixvhen
              Wixvhen
              September 16, 2013 at 8:23 am | #

              Really? I thought it was Ultracar.

              • Roborat
                Roborat
                September 17, 2013 at 2:19 pm | #

                No, that is her first cousin, twice removed. They look very similar though, so the confusion is understandable.

      • vsophi
        vsophi
        September 16, 2013 at 2:34 am | #

        Wait a… I guess I haven’t been keeping up to date with this stuff?

        Is that supposed to be the name of a certain vaudeville enthusiast from the other ‘verse?

        • Ongion
          Ongion
          September 16, 2013 at 9:32 pm | #

          Indeed it is. Willis got a bit tired of people running that joke into the ground.

    • Keroshino
      Keroshino
      September 16, 2013 at 4:49 am | #

      DANNY…
      YOU LYING SACK OF SHIT! YOU WILL PAT FOR THIS!

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        September 16, 2013 at 8:19 am | #

        You’re going to make him watch the movie It’s Pat?!

        You monster! No one deserves that!

        • xKiv
          xKiv
          September 16, 2013 at 7:53 pm | #

          It’s Danny …

  12. Paul
    Paul
    September 16, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    Danny’s probably realizing the primary danger of dating a superhero: they are fully capable of beating the ever-loving shit out of you.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      September 16, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

      Especially if he has watched the movie MY SUPER EX-GIRLFRIEND.

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        September 16, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

        He hasn’t. No one has.

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          September 16, 2013 at 12:11 am | #

          Why would anyone? It sucks.

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            September 16, 2013 at 12:17 am | #

            But the shark scene…

            • Yotomoe
              Yotomoe
              September 16, 2013 at 12:21 am | #

              You can’t fix bad concepts with Sharks, Hollywood!

              • thecanvashat
                thecanvashat
                September 16, 2013 at 12:23 am | #

                Unless the concept is sharks. Or tornados. Or Octopi.

                • Tintaglia
                  Tintaglia
                  September 16, 2013 at 12:25 pm | #

                  Octopuses, it’s a Greek root word so the Latin sufix for multiple – i is not applicable.

                  Pee’ed ants R us.

                • The Candyman
                  The Candyman
                  September 16, 2013 at 3:43 pm | #

                  Well, the truly correct form is octopodes.

                  I can pedant with the best of them.

                • Andiemus
                  Andiemus
                  September 16, 2013 at 5:51 pm | #

                  Mixing up your hellenistic roots is like half the fun of english.

              • Kernanator
                Kernanator
                September 16, 2013 at 1:17 am | #

                Lies. Sharks fix everything.

            • Aizat
              Aizat
              September 16, 2013 at 12:29 am | #

              Couldn’t beat that one movie where a shark bite off an airplane…while it is still in flight.

            • TPman
              TPman
              September 16, 2013 at 12:35 am | #

              Even the shark scene wasn’t that good.
              Why was the shark chasing him around the apartment? Why wasn’t it just lying there gasping for breath? Why did it look like bad CGI?
              It was all questions and no answers.

            • Kraang the Somewhat Wobbly
              Kraang the Somewhat Wobbly
              September 16, 2013 at 10:27 am | #

              …was bizarre enough to be interesting right up until whatserface opened her mouth, and then whatsizface responded. Flung shark – 1; humour – 0.

        • Paul
          Paul
          September 16, 2013 at 12:24 am | #

          You’re living in a naive fantasy world, Doctor. …can I join you?

        • Kernanator
          Kernanator
          September 16, 2013 at 2:13 am | #

          I did.

      • Robin
        Robin
        September 16, 2013 at 9:40 am | #

        Can’t think of anything else than https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59Zvv4Y9ojg

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      September 16, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

      Well that and you’re pretty much a target for any villain.

      • Ancestral Hamster
        Ancestral Hamster
        September 16, 2013 at 12:13 am | #

        That’s why I’m expecting him to be murdered and his body stuffed into a refrigerator.

        • MM
          MM
          September 16, 2013 at 12:15 am | #

          Or a pizza oven. What do you think makes those meal-discs so sumptuous?

          • Ancestral Hamster
            Ancestral Hamster
            September 16, 2013 at 2:41 am | #

            Human. The other white meat.

            Hey, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ate a lot of pizza …
            *Ominous music*

      • Batman
        Batman
        September 16, 2013 at 12:15 am | #

        I’ve lost more girlfriends that way…

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          September 16, 2013 at 12:27 am | #

          Well, Selina and Talia is still around….or did both of them kicked the bucket too?

          • Andiemus
            Andiemus
            September 16, 2013 at 5:52 pm | #

            If Ra’s thought that there was still any chance of Talia getting Batman he’d just Laz her back anyway.

  13. Aizat
    Aizat
    September 16, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

    And Danny, now you have to choose. Amazi-Girl or Amber….oh who am I kidding?

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      September 16, 2013 at 12:22 am | #

      You’re right.
      Amber is way better to date than Sal.

  14. Jenny Creed
    Jenny Creed
    September 16, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

    I don’t even know if it’s late or early right now, all I know is it’s Dumbing of Age o’ clock and I’m awake to see it. Woo.

  15. Super Duper
    Super Duper
    September 16, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

    And all their lives go to shit in 3, 2, 1…

    • thecanvashat
      thecanvashat
      September 16, 2013 at 12:13 am | #

      Houston, we have lift-off, I repeat, we have lift off.

      • NightmareWarden
        NightmareWarden
        September 16, 2013 at 12:43 am | #

        “Houston, we have a problem. The moon seems to have a problem with us as well.”

  16. saltchocolate
    saltchocolate
    September 16, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

    Is Danny in that last panel suddenly realizing that he cannot think of his parents as college students in love?

    • saltchocolate
      saltchocolate
      September 16, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

      Never mind — I’m an idiot. I just realized that it’s Danny and Amber holding hands. D’oh!

      • Bill
        Bill
        September 16, 2013 at 12:12 am | #

        No, it’s probably the first time he’s held a girl’s hand since Dorothy broke up with him.  So that awkward look might also be the realization that he is over Dorothy.

        • saltchocolate
          saltchocolate
          September 16, 2013 at 12:15 am | #

          I like that theory!

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          September 16, 2013 at 12:23 am | #

          I broke up with a girl in the 11th grade and I’m still not over it. *cries and eats a gallon of ice cream*

          • Andiemus
            Andiemus
            September 16, 2013 at 5:53 pm | #

            Well to be fair didn’t you just start twelfth grade?

    • thecanvashat
      thecanvashat
      September 16, 2013 at 12:14 am | #

      Danny just imagined his parents Joeing.

      • saltchocolate
        saltchocolate
        September 16, 2013 at 12:18 am | #

        This is where I was going originally. A third possibility is that he just imagined himself married to Amber!

  17. rachel
    rachel
    September 16, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

    SO MUCH BLUSHESSSS

  18. Norj
    Norj
    September 16, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

    Danny that last panel does not inspire confidence, please don’t screw this up.

    • Kevin
      Kevin
      September 16, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

      Don’t give him too hard of a time, he’s remembering he’s “cheating” on someone.

  19. TwistedTwo-Face
    TwistedTwo-Face
    September 16, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

    He’s about to Danny this whole thing all over again.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      September 16, 2013 at 12:24 am | #

      Can you blame him?
      Amber set him up for perfectly dan worthy Danning.

  20. vsophi
    vsophi
    September 16, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

    FUCKING
    DANNY
    YOU DANNED IT UP AGAIN
    I GAVE YOU THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT BUT NO
    YOU’RE STILL STUPID AS FUCK
    HNNNNNGH

    …’k, done. But… *sigh*

    I’m gonna look back at yesterday’s strip to cheer myself up.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      September 16, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

      Huh?

      • vsophi
        vsophi
        September 16, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

        I was one of those people who thought Danny knew Amber was Amazi-Girl all along, he was just deluding himself.

        Obviously, I overestimated him. Danny is still an idiot, and I’m pretty sure he always will be.

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          September 16, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

          I would like to bring up Clark Kent and Superman to the table.

          • vsophi
            vsophi
            September 16, 2013 at 12:13 am | #

            That has nothing to do with DoA, so I’m not sure why you’re bringing it up.

            Dumbing of Age is more grounded in reality than the Walkyverse, and as people have brought up time and time again, Danny spends a lot of time with both Amber and Amazi-Girl.

            Now that Amber knows Danny’s true feelings, I can see her revealing her identity to him, but I’m still mad at Danny for being dumb.

            • thecanvashat
              thecanvashat
              September 16, 2013 at 12:15 am | #

              So Amber doesn’t have laser eyes?

              THAT EXPLAINS SO MUCH.

            • Aizat
              Aizat
              September 16, 2013 at 12:25 am | #

              Point taken but let’s say Danny have that thought in his head that maybe Amazi-Girl is Amber but he somehow has doubt about it. Keep in mind that at this point Danny knew about how Dorothy and Amber looked similar, so there is also this nagging thought that maybe Amazi-Girl and Amber may look similar but they might be two different person. Or it he could dense as a lead balloon.

              • vsophi
                vsophi
                September 16, 2013 at 2:28 am | #

                Well, he certainly has drawn comparisons between Amber and Amazi-Girl in the past, so he’s likely at least subconsciously aware that they are very similar… But goddamn, he’s just so clueless it makes me wanna scream.

            • Kraang the Somewhat Wobbly
              Kraang the Somewhat Wobbly
              September 16, 2013 at 10:44 am | #

              From the “It shouldn’t work but it does (at least for a while)” department…
              By changing some appearance cues and body language, I’ve been able to make people who have known me for years absolutely unable to recognize me. Human brains are strongly pattern-oriented. All that needs be done is to break that pattern. It can’t work forever, though; unless you are an actor with a terrifically strong will, or are a wee bit schizophrenic.

    • dailybrad
      dailybrad
      September 16, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

      Wait, by feeling guilty for having feelings for two different women? The fiend!

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        September 16, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

        Yeah, it’s not like people could have feelings for two different people, right?

      • vsophi
        vsophi
        September 16, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

        Nope, by being insufferably oblivious. I’m insulting his intelligence, not his morals.

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          September 16, 2013 at 12:25 am | #

          Well, in his defense, noone else has figured it out either.

          • vsophi
            vsophi
            September 16, 2013 at 2:31 am | #

            No one else hangs out with Amazi-Girl that frequently.

            The stupid thing is, Dorothy has only met Amazi-Girl once and she still figured out (probably) enough about her to be able to identify her quite easily once she gets around to it.

            • Kraang the Somewhat Wobbly
              Kraang the Somewhat Wobbly
              September 16, 2013 at 10:47 am | #

              It’s quite simple, really. He’s been looking at Amazi-Girl’s ass the entire time. The mystery will finally start to unravel the first time Danny actually pays attention when Amber bends over.

      • thecanvashat
        thecanvashat
        September 16, 2013 at 12:16 am | #

        At the same time!

  21. MM
    MM
    September 16, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

    This is the first time I’ve checked the alt-text without prompting, and I’m kind of sad I did. 🙁

    • Sammie1053
      Sammie1053
      September 16, 2013 at 12:13 am | #

      Please do inform us poor mobile users what said alt-text says…

      • MM
        MM
        September 16, 2013 at 12:13 am | #

        “The Wilcoxes can’t bring themselves to directly compliment their son, so they change the subject back to themselves.”

        • vsophi
          vsophi
          September 16, 2013 at 12:16 am | #

          whoop, ninja’d

        • Sammie1053
          Sammie1053
          September 16, 2013 at 12:21 am | #

          So Danny’s parents are Yotomoe?

      • vsophi
        vsophi
        September 16, 2013 at 12:14 am | #

        “the wilcoxes can’t bring themselves to directly compliment their son, so they change the subject back to themselves”

  22. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    September 16, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

    Be afraid, Danny. Be very afraid.

  23. Keroshino
    Keroshino
    September 16, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

    AND THE CROWD GOES WIIIIILD!!!!!!

  24. dailybrad
    dailybrad
    September 16, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

    This is not a very good position to be in for him. Deciding between two girls…. sort of.

  25. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    September 16, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

    Dan Wilcox it up, I just know it. 😀

  26. Bill
    Bill
    September 16, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

    “Yes, you were my roller coaster — and I’m glad I was big enough to ride.”

    • ninja_jesus
      ninja_jesus
      September 16, 2013 at 12:14 am | #

      I was gonna make a joke about seat-stretching, but…

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      September 16, 2013 at 12:26 am | #

      But now you’re more like Bumper cars. Fun for a while but after about 5 minutes I’m over it.

  27. Jetstream
    Jetstream
    September 16, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

    Danny, your “girlfriend” is someone who refuses to share her actual identity with you. You don’t have a relationship.

    She is also sitting next to you. The mask isn’t really that clever.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      September 16, 2013 at 12:13 am | #

      Well, most people don’t know that Oliver Queen is Green Arrow even though he’s the only dude in Star City that has that beard. So, I’m giving Danny the benefit of a doubt here.

      • thecanvashat
        thecanvashat
        September 16, 2013 at 12:17 am | #

        Everyone off-panel, or off-screen has that beard. NO EXCEPTIONS.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        September 16, 2013 at 12:27 am | #

        True but is Oliver Queen famous? I mean wouldn’t you think that’s just Some dude?

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          September 16, 2013 at 12:31 am | #

          Well, he is the richest dude in Star City.

        • Random832
          Random832
          September 16, 2013 at 12:33 am | #

          Yeah, he is. He’s basically DC’s version of Tony Stark.

          • Random832
            Random832
            September 16, 2013 at 12:34 am | #

            By which I mean he’s a billionaire businessman who runs his own company, not the drinking problem etc. It occurs to me that I think DC maybe also has another guy like that, but I can’t think of who.

            • eyss
              eyss
              September 16, 2013 at 12:58 am | #

              Elongated man?

              • Svata
                Svata
                September 16, 2013 at 1:15 pm | #

                Heh.

  28. Someone
    Someone
    September 16, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

    Oh no. Now he’s going to Dan this up by taking back everything he just said by saying, “….but I’m in love with Amazi-Girl.”

    • Sammie1053
      Sammie1053
      September 16, 2013 at 12:19 am | #

      Hopefully we get this instead:
      “But I’m in love wi-”
      “YOUR MEAL DISCS HAVE ARRIVED, PEASANTS!”
      And they all live happily ever after.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        September 16, 2013 at 12:28 am | #

        or
        “but I’m in love with-”
        *Danny gets punched by Yotomoe*
        Everyone cheers.

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          September 16, 2013 at 12:33 am | #

          Or
          “But I’m in love with-”
          *TROMBE OVERRIDE!*

          • Tristan B.
            Tristan B.
            September 16, 2013 at 12:50 am | #

            “But I’m in love with-”
            “The great FAZ has arrived. If he were in this situation, the great FAZ would have had
            uch sex.

            • Yotomoe
              Yotomoe
              September 16, 2013 at 1:01 am | #

              Faz is also still in Dina’s room. He’s EVERYWHERE. He’s like a bad infestation.

              • Giant Speck
                Giant Speck
                September 16, 2013 at 1:13 am | #

                OH GOD. DINA. We’ve left her alone for so long now! 🙁

                • TheGreatFaz
                  TheGreatFaz
                  September 16, 2013 at 2:35 am | #

                  Not alone.

                • Spectre
                  Spectre
                  September 16, 2013 at 8:13 am | #

                  And with Faz, too!

              • Kraang the Somewhat Wobbly
                Kraang the Somewhat Wobbly
                September 16, 2013 at 10:50 am | #

                Don’t worry. Eventually she will go all velociraptor on him.

    • greengeekgirl
      greengeekgirl
      September 16, 2013 at 1:00 am | #

      She could fix that easily. She has the mask.. she could whip it out and put it on.

      • nekobawt
        nekobawt
        September 16, 2013 at 7:26 am | #

        yeah but danny would just think amber was cosplaying as amazi-girl.

        • Anna1090
          Anna1090
          September 16, 2013 at 5:59 pm | #

          “You look uncannily like Amazi-Girl!”

  29. Bemmie
    Bemmie
    September 16, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

    Oh god, you can see him about to Danny it up any second now!

  30. Beachfox
    Beachfox
    September 16, 2013 at 12:15 am | #

    Danny, will it help you figure out what’s going on if we put it in terms of “Jem and the Holograms”?

    • Nym
      Nym
      September 16, 2013 at 12:54 am | #

      Reading through comments now, I’m glad to see I wasn’t the only one who immediately thought of Jem.

  31. newllend
    newllend
    September 16, 2013 at 12:16 am | #

    Danny, freaking out about cheating on his girlfriend with her other persona, it would funny as hell if amber confessed to him and he rejected her then when’s she amzi-girl she be all pissed at him and he would be like “what I do?”

    • ninja_jesus
      ninja_jesus
      September 16, 2013 at 12:18 am | #

      I think you mean annoying and repeated-punches-to-Danny’s-face frustrating.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        September 16, 2013 at 12:29 am | #

        I think I would like to see a comic of an enraged amazi-girl punching Danny repeatedly in the face. And I’m not even ashamed.

  32. Fay
    Fay
    September 16, 2013 at 12:17 am | #

    Danny, don’t screw this up. That’ll put you right back into the negatives.

  33. Bemmie
    Bemmie
    September 16, 2013 at 12:20 am | #

    Unable to handle the conflicting emotions Danny up and flees Gelasso’s…

    …Only to be run over by a truck just outside the door…

    …Driven by Blaine…

    • Sammie1053
      Sammie1053
      September 16, 2013 at 12:24 am | #

      Amber would straight-up rip Blaine in half if that happened.

    • NightmareWarden
      NightmareWarden
      September 16, 2013 at 12:58 am | #

      Amber then crafts a makeshift weapon out of a box of (food) scraps within Galasso’s and sets out after Blaine. Armed with a Pizza Pie-shield and a Sub-Sword, Amazigirl sets off on her quest of vengeance.

  34. Batman
    Batman
    September 16, 2013 at 12:24 am | #

    This is why having a secret identity can put serious dampers on one’s social life.

  35. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    September 16, 2013 at 12:30 am | #

    Danny’s Parents got tired of talking to Danny. Which is understandable. I fall asleep just reading his words.

  36. Shobo
    Shobo
    September 16, 2013 at 12:35 am | #

    Mr. Wilcox, what happen to hand! Is so small, like little girl.

  37. Lancer
    Lancer
    September 16, 2013 at 12:46 am | #

    Okay, so after this, Amber’s gonna propose some good old fashioned boning, then Danny goes all “but Amazi-girl” and then Amber puts on the mask, followed by the most glorious implied sex in the history of ever, right? There’s no way this story arc could end on a downer caused by the stupidity of Danny and Amber’s secrecy, right?

    • TurtlyLooker
      TurtlyLooker
      September 16, 2013 at 12:51 am | #

      … riiiiiiiight?

  38. dailybrad
    dailybrad
    September 16, 2013 at 12:49 am | #

    Danny’s parents are jerks, but with the arms race of shitty parents, they don’t really register much.

    That said, I am bit surprised no one has made a “jizzed in his pants” joke about the last panel. Maybe not a lot of overlap with DoA and Lonely Island fans? Dunno.

    • Araceli
      Araceli
      September 16, 2013 at 1:48 am | #

      I’m willing to give him the benefit of the doubt that holding hands isn’t that sort of exciting for Danny, boring white bread that he is. I mean, he did have Billy all up on him in the past and there was no mention of involuntary premature actions, haha.

    • Robin
      Robin
      September 16, 2013 at 7:29 am | #

      Represent!

      Though, I didn’t think the last panel looked like anything near a jizzface.

  39. Keroshino
    Keroshino
    September 16, 2013 at 12:52 am | #

    Of course Danny being “the fool he is” will screw everything up in the next comic…
    …I can feel it!

  40. Charles Phipps
    Charles Phipps
    September 16, 2013 at 1:00 am | #

    I am assuming that it’s actually very difficult to recognize Amazi-Girl. Danny is doing the right thing.

    • dailybrad
      dailybrad
      September 16, 2013 at 1:24 am | #

      She disguises her voice, wears her hair differently, and carries herself differently, so it’s more than just a mask thing. She also wears looser clothing in her daily life, I think. I am not clear on if she is wearing the costume over her clothes or just undies or something. Either way, she will look fairly different, plus we’re operating on costumed heroes rules anyway.

      • Jonathan S.
        Jonathan S.
        September 16, 2013 at 1:46 am | #

        It’s kind of like the Clark Kent thing, I think. There was a scene in the first issue of the “Blackest Night” miniseries when two members of the Justice League were at Bruce Wayne’s grave (he got better), and started talking about disguises.

        “Clark slouches, wears clothes that are two sizes too big, and raises his voice an octave.”

        • dailybrad
          dailybrad
          September 16, 2013 at 1:54 am | #

          That’s true. Superman also has the benefit of being someone who is so omnipresent, seemingly, in Metropolis that a lot of people don’t likely think of him as having a secret identity at all. His being an alien is known, since he has told Lois as much with the understanding she’d report it, and a lot of people probably think he is Superman all day.

  41. Kiggy
    Kiggy
    September 16, 2013 at 1:38 am | #

    Amber, at the earliest chance, please tell Danny you’re Amazi-Girl.

  42. FreeRegent
    FreeRegent
    September 16, 2013 at 1:39 am | #

    Aw, Amber, please tell him before he screws this up somehow.

  43. AI
    AI
    September 16, 2013 at 1:58 am | #

    i figured i’d throw this out there before he either redeemed himself or did something even dumber. Over 9000 hours in ms paint etc etc. http://i.imgur.com/I46h2m1.png

    • Kiggy
      Kiggy
      September 16, 2013 at 2:06 am | #

      At first I laughed, but then I wnet “Hey! That’s mean!”. :p

      • Kiggy
        Kiggy
        September 16, 2013 at 2:06 am | #

        “went” T_T

    • vsophi
      vsophi
      September 16, 2013 at 2:24 am | #

      I lol’d.

  44. Jack Finch
    Jack Finch
    September 16, 2013 at 2:11 am | #

    Oh Danny. It was nice while it lasted.

  45. Biege
    Biege
    September 16, 2013 at 2:26 am | #

    well danny, even your parents have to struggle to say nice things about you. that’s impressive, to say the least.

    also, danny, don’t worry, Amazi-girl will understand. in fact, she’ll prolly know before yo even tell her about it.

  46. Darnel
    Darnel
    September 16, 2013 at 2:30 am | #

    I always marvel how folk in the comics can just whip on a strip of cloth and not be recognized by someone who has made them a study.
    Amber is OBVIOUSLY who she is,.. Same hairstyle, same body build, probably same scent,..(Sorry but people smell) Yet this guy remains Cluelesws,.. C’mon,.. his subconscious must be SCREAMING who she is.

    • Kiggy
      Kiggy
      September 16, 2013 at 2:41 am | #

      I think that’s the deal with Danny: The connection between his subconscious and conscious mind is short-circuited :p

    • John
      John
      September 16, 2013 at 11:55 am | #

      She wears a mask, does a voice, changes her hair, and I suspect her body language changes when she puts the mask on (probably not even deliberately). But it’s not a full-coverage mask, the voice has slipped at least once and she wasn’t even doing it when they first met, her hair is just mussed, not a wig or even really a different hairstyle, and she can’t change the shape of her face or her size and build. And scent is really hard to compartmentalize.

      Other characters have failed to identify Amazi-Girl. (Billie in particular has come up with a really stupid theory… but Billie honestly isn’t very bright.) None of them have gotten up close and personal with Amber in both her guises the way Danny has, though. (‘Cept maybe Ethan and Mike, pre-DoA… but Ethan knows, and Mike seems to know everything about everyone.) Danny should at least be noticing about now that Amber uses the same shampoo that Amazi-Girl does…

      And there’s a point where “unobservant” shades into “not really paying attention to your (girl)friend”…

    • Bill
      Bill
      September 16, 2013 at 8:18 pm | #

      A pair of glasses was enough to fool Lois Lane, and a mask was good enough for Zorro, The Lone Ranger, The Green Hornet, and Wesley (from “The Princess Bride”). ˆAnd remember that Commissioner Gordon never tumbled to the fact that his own daughter was Batgirl.

  47. dimblecon
    dimblecon
    September 16, 2013 at 2:56 am | #

    this had better be leading up to her kissin’ him and him having a look of shocked realization on his face or so help me

    • Kiggy
      Kiggy
      September 16, 2013 at 3:10 am | #

      My prediction:

      Danny will meet with Amber/Amazi-Girl later that night and will take of the mask.
      Danny will go “Huh? Wha? When? How?”, but before he can finish Amber gives him the warmest, tenderest, lovingest, filling-sucking kiss in the history of webcomics.

      sigh… I need a girlfriend T_T

      • Kyrros
        Kyrros
        September 16, 2013 at 7:30 am | #

        Nah, he’ll feel all guilty, and confess to AG – who will in-turn, invoke the ‘superheros can’t have stable relationships without work getting in the way’ rule and strongly suggest that this ‘Amber’ girl is probably a much better match for him. He’ll begrudgingly agree.
        *Fast forward to a random strip a year or two from now after the Amber/Danny relationship is firmly established*
        Amber’s always disappearing at random times for unexplained reasons, to which Danny assumes she’s cheating on him – then follows her one night… uncovering the truth. This leads to a fair bit of discomfort, awkward glances, and hurt feelings, which may or may not be reversible in their relationship.
        (All this is assuming she’s not exposed earlier by Billie or Blaine)

  48. Steven
    Steven
    September 16, 2013 at 3:08 am | #

    Danny if Sal knew you were cheating on her with this girl who likes to cosplay as Amazi-Girl, she’d be devastated.

  49. tahrey
    tahrey
    September 16, 2013 at 4:07 am | #

    So just how big of a coronary is he gonna have when she finally busts out the mask?

  50. Charles Phipps
    Charles Phipps
    September 16, 2013 at 5:27 am | #

    Maybe Danny just has very poor night vision too.

  51. CallMeIshmael
    CallMeIshmael
    September 16, 2013 at 5:58 am | #

    Danny’s either about to Danny this up or somehow, undeservedly pull it off.

  52. Jimmy
    Jimmy
    September 16, 2013 at 6:51 am | #

    Danny thinks he’s cheating on Amazigirl by doing this. Tomorrow’s comic will be awkward to say the least. I feel bad for him.

    • Genera Zollinger
      Genera Zollinger
      September 16, 2013 at 2:14 pm | #

      I was really wondering if I was the only one. Yet I expect when Amber comes clean about lying to him, and the hurt ensues, in the forums it will somehow still be all Danny’s fault.

  53. Baker
    Baker
    September 16, 2013 at 6:55 am | #

    Danny clearly likes Pina-Coladas. Fortunately for him Amazi-girl likes being costumed in the rain.

    • saltchocolate
      saltchocolate
      September 16, 2013 at 7:03 am | #

      Well, he’s not into yoga. But Amazi-girl is into champ-pain! (Giving it out to all the evildoers!)

  54. hof1991
    hof1991
    September 16, 2013 at 9:08 am | #

    That’s Danny realizing that the carney has clicked the safety bar and the roller coaster is on its long way up to drop him into sheer terror that he will only enjoy in retrospect.

    • Jack Finch
      Jack Finch
      September 16, 2013 at 10:51 am | #

      Yep. That’s the “Oh God I said it. Oh God, Oh God I meant it. Omigod, omigod omigod she believed it.” face.

      • GrrArg42
        GrrArg42
        September 16, 2013 at 9:47 pm | #

        PERFECT SUMMARY!!!

  55. someguywithakatana
    someguywithakatana
    September 16, 2013 at 10:45 am | #

    … Don’t you fuck up Danny…

  56. Kuraimizu
    Kuraimizu
    September 16, 2013 at 12:28 pm | #

    Aww young love,
    Spring when a man has a Love triangle
    with the same woman of his dreams.

    • Bill
      Bill
      September 16, 2013 at 3:41 pm | #

      But in the DoA world, it’s still fall — remember, this is the weekend of the Parents’ Day football game?

  57. Shariku Onikage
    Shariku Onikage
    September 16, 2013 at 12:29 pm | #

    Goddammit Danny.

    Goddammit Amber.

    You’re both at fault here.

    • Ongion
      Ongion
      September 16, 2013 at 9:45 pm | #

      Those are two really weird ways to spell “Willis”…

      • Shariku Onikage
        Shariku Onikage
        September 17, 2013 at 12:51 pm | #

        Yeah it’s a phonetic thing.

  58. Jack Finch
    Jack Finch
    September 16, 2013 at 3:46 pm | #

    For now I’ll be happy if Danny let’s Amber have this for the rest of the day.

  59. nick
    nick
    September 16, 2013 at 4:13 pm | #

    Here’s my take on this: Danny obviously wasn’t expecting to go on a date with Amber today, but they’ve hung out enough in the past so that he can pass as her boyfriend. Everything he said was true – he just never realized it until he was “actually” (but not really) dating Amber. When he does meet up with AG, I predict that DANNY will be the one to break it off.

    • GrrArg42
      GrrArg42
      September 16, 2013 at 9:46 pm | #

      If these were real people I can see that happening. I would also see Amber then coming clean about being AG (and Sal :p ). But there is too much material in Danny not knowing who AG is so I think he will be in the dark longer than Amber would normally do if this were not a comic. Poor Danny… Living in ignorance for our amusement.

  60. Scott
    Scott
    September 16, 2013 at 5:15 pm | #

    Hope Danny figures it out on his own. Failing that, I think that AG is going to let him down very easy…

    • Maycroft
      Maycroft
      September 16, 2013 at 11:24 pm | #

      Figure out her secret identity or what decision he should make?

  61. wr3h
    wr3h
    September 16, 2013 at 5:42 pm | #

    Awkwaaaaaard

  62. MLBlue
    MLBlue
    September 17, 2013 at 3:54 am | #

    They both look so cute blushing, then Danny looks like hes going to Danny things up in the panel and then the alt-text made me depressed. Damnation come to you swiftly Willis and all that, blah blah.

  63. Roborat
    Roborat
    September 17, 2013 at 2:31 pm | #

    That last panel. It is Danny realizing who Amazi-girl is. You can disguise the hair and voice, and wear a mask, but he recognizes the grip.

    Either that or she is squeezing so hard that she is breaking bones in his hand.

    • Corronchilejano
      Corronchilejano
      September 25, 2013 at 2:49 pm | #

      This is what happens when you bet on Danny, you lose.

  64. nothri
    nothri
    March 29, 2014 at 8:46 pm | #

    Yeah, no kidding, hovertext. His parents are almost as hard on Danny as the audience is. Almost.

    • Rowen Morland
      Rowen Morland
      July 31, 2014 at 7:54 pm | #

      Poor Danny, I’m sure the future will be kinder to him (nah, we know our Willis).

  65. Aisling
    Aisling
    June 8, 2015 at 4:14 pm | #

    Aww… Danny, if only your brain wasn’t encased in lead. xD

  66. The Paulosopher
    The Paulosopher
    September 6, 2015 at 6:39 pm | #

    SO MUCH AWWWWWWWWWWW

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