Arc 51: Show Business

Wanderer · Post by **Wanderer** » Wed Mar 07, 2012 1:09 am

I can't stop laughing
Oh my god, panel 6 is the best XD

RootsofOrigin · Post by **RootsofOrigin** » Wed Mar 07, 2012 1:09 am

I would have been completely fine with a malicious scheme designed to undermine and humiliate King, but this...

Sinder wrote:this comic just got weird

Understatement of the century.

Tiggy · Post by **Tiggy** » Wed Mar 07, 2012 1:10 am

Hahah wow, haven't giggled out loud like that 'cause of a comic in a while. XP

Daggy · Post by **Daggy** » Wed Mar 07, 2012 1:11 am

Tiggy wrote:Hahah wow, haven't giggled out loud like that 'cause of a comic in a while. XP

SO MANY GIGGLES. OH MY GOSH.

KJOokami · Post by **KJOokami** » Wed Mar 07, 2012 1:12 am

I approve wholeheartedly of this new development.

Also, I got a new avatar. And as much I would hate to shun all the work CaptainPea put into my last one, I am quite pleased with my new one. :3

Wanderer · Post by **Wanderer** » Wed Mar 07, 2012 1:12 am

I would totally make that panel 6 my avatar but I'm too lazy to change it :I oh well.

RootsofOrigin · Post by **RootsofOrigin** » Wed Mar 07, 2012 1:12 am

Rick Griffin wrote:THE ONE KNOWN AS RICK GRIFFIN, WHO IS ME, IS NOT INDISPOSED IN THE LEAST, NOR HAS HE BEEN REPLACED BY AN EVIL ALIEN DOPPELGANGER.

How certain are we that the real Rick is still among us?

Post by **Sleet** » Wed Mar 07, 2012 1:13 am

I won't deny that this is very funny.

But...

...Just wow. Isn't that kinda past rating?

copper · Post by **copper** » Wed Mar 07, 2012 1:13 am

Oh, no denying it is hilarious! I loved the 5th and 6th panels.

This is just such a departure from the norm.... kind of took me by surprise!

KJOokami · Post by **KJOokami** » Wed Mar 07, 2012 1:15 am

In all honesty, I wouldn't say this is above the rating any more than your standard Warner Brothers cartoon from back in the day (I say 'back in the day' as if I'm actually old; haha).

RootsofOrigin · Post by **RootsofOrigin** » Wed Mar 07, 2012 1:16 am

KJOokami wrote:I got a new avatar.

Reminds me of Nabi from There She Is!!

Post by **rickgriffin** » Wed Mar 07, 2012 1:17 am

Sleet wrote:I won't deny that this is very funny.

But...

...Just wow. Isn't that kinda past rating?

Okay stop.

This only touches the PG line. Seriously. I could name several dozen Saturday morning cartoons where this could or has occurred. Want me to start?

KJOokami · Post by **KJOokami** » Wed Mar 07, 2012 1:18 am

(Every Warner Brothers cartoon up to and including Animaniacs.)

copper · Post by **copper** » Wed Mar 07, 2012 1:19 am

rickgriffin wrote:
Sleet wrote:I won't deny that this is very funny.

But...

...Just wow. Isn't that kinda past rating?
Okay stop.

This only touches the PG line. Seriously. I could name several dozen Saturday morning cartoons where this could or has occurred. Want me to start?

I can name shows outside of Saturday Morning!

It isn't above rating, just kind of unusual for this usually G comic that is rated PG. Just took me by surprise.

Miles is an awesome pack leader.

Post by **Sleet** » Wed Mar 07, 2012 1:19 am

Actually I would like that. I don't mean that in some sort of snarky way, I'm actually curious. I mean, worse has been suggested ("No no no! Fingerprints!"), but this straightforward?

KJOokami · Post by **KJOokami** » Wed Mar 07, 2012 1:20 am

Minerva Mink. Look it up.

Kitela · Post by **Kitela** » Wed Mar 07, 2012 1:20 am

This is kind of pushing the P.G. rating thing.
I had a similar reaction Monday with the whole mention of the "love whip" reference. What do you guys think it meant?

Tiggy · Post by **Tiggy** » Wed Mar 07, 2012 1:22 am

OHH SNAP

http://i.imgur.com/tHw0b.gif

IceKitsune · Post by **IceKitsune** » Wed Mar 07, 2012 1:22 am

KJOokami wrote:Minerva Mink. Look it up.

There is a reason there is so little cartoons of her you know. Parents complained.

Seth · Post by **Seth** » Wed Mar 07, 2012 1:22 am

Geez guys lighten up a bit, the joke is relly quite tame

I for one think this arc is hilarious

Post by **rickgriffin** » Wed Mar 07, 2012 1:23 am

Sleet wrote:Actually I would like that. I don't mean that in some sort of snarky way, I'm actually curious. I mean, worse has been suggested ("No no no! Fingerprints!"), but this straightforward?

Yes. Yes this straightforward. This would be MILD for Animaniacs.

copper wrote: It isn't above rating, just kind of unusual for this usually G comic that is rated PG. Just took me by surprise.

That's what you're reacting to, is G to PG whiplash. Pun intended.

RootsofOrigin · Post by **RootsofOrigin** » Wed Mar 07, 2012 1:23 am

rickgriffin wrote:I could name several dozen Saturday morning cartoons where this could or has occurred. Want me to start?

Go for it.
"Rick Griffin calls to the stand..."

Wed Mar 07, 2012 1:24 am

I find this hilarious and fully within the established rating.it's only pushing the rating because of our knowledge. anyone who shouldn't see things above the rating won't see anything above the rating.

and I love panel 6. I think this will be a new reaction image to be used often on the forums.

Post by **Dissension** » Wed Mar 07, 2012 1:24 am

Kitela wrote:I had a similar reaction Monday with the whole mention of the "love whip" reference. What do you guys think it meant?

It's the pink implement Duchess is holding (that isn't handcuffs). That's what I thought "love whip" meant.

Sinder · Post by **Sinder** » Wed Mar 07, 2012 1:24 am

i don't know what the big deal is, we already knew king was whipped

see what i did there

Seth · Post by **Seth** » Wed Mar 07, 2012 1:26 am

Sinder wrote:i don't know what the big deal is, we already knew king was whipped

see what i did there

This guy.....

Wed Mar 07, 2012 1:26 am

also, guys...

Rick wrote:Uncomfortableness is what I was going for.

mission accomplished sir.

Post by **Sleet** » Wed Mar 07, 2012 1:26 am

Alright, fine. I guess a little kid won't get why this is creepy anyway...

Kitela · Post by **Kitela** » Wed Mar 07, 2012 1:27 am

Dissension wrote:
Kitela wrote:I had a similar reaction Monday with the whole mention of the "love whip" reference. What do you guys think it meant?
It's the pink implement Duchess is holding (that isn't handcuffs). That's what I thought "love whip" meant.

Hmmm... sure looks like it, though.

RootsofOrigin · Post by **RootsofOrigin** » Wed Mar 07, 2012 1:29 am

RandomGeekNamedBrent wrote:and I love panel 6. I think this will be a new reaction image to be used often on the forums.

If, for some ungodly reason, someone decides to make a shipping banner of these two, that is the perfect picture for it.

Sleet wrote:Alright, fine. I guess a little kid won't get why this is creepy anyway...

And cue Ren & Stimpy Show

Wed Mar 07, 2012 1:29 am

Kitela wrote:
Dissension wrote:
Kitela wrote:I had a similar reaction Monday with the whole mention of the "love whip" reference. What do you guys think it meant?
It's the pink implement Duchess is holding (that isn't handcuffs). That's what I thought "love whip" meant.
Hmmm... sure looks like it, though.

I think Diss meant that of the two implements she is holding, the "love whip" is the one that is not the handcuffs and is quite clearly a whip.

KJOokami · Post by **KJOokami** » Wed Mar 07, 2012 1:30 am

No offense to Rick, but I think the reactions in this thread are currently competing with the comic for my giggles.

Post by **Sleet** » Wed Mar 07, 2012 1:32 am

RootsofOrigin wrote:And cue Ren & Stimpy Show

That's hardly a children's show though.

Post by **rickgriffin** » Wed Mar 07, 2012 1:32 am

KJOokami wrote:No offense to Rick, but I think the reactions in this thread are currently competing with the comic for my giggles.

That is perfectly fine.

Post by **Dissension** » Wed Mar 07, 2012 1:33 am

No, it's not! *ties your muzzle shut*

copper · Post by **copper** » Wed Mar 07, 2012 1:34 am

Welp, there sure was a reaction tonight!

I can't wait until Friday! Will we see King running to Fox?

I must know....

GameCobra · Post by **GameCobra** » Wed Mar 07, 2012 1:34 am

Best King face i ever seen and it was worth it (Hint: He's human). That, and seeing Miles reading the newspaper while all of this is happening like he's King's dad makes it even funnier X3

The only thing i wanted to say about the topic of rating is this: crap gets past the radar all the time on television and movies, but it's only because they aren't explicit about it some of the times. Ren and Stimpy and Rocco's modern life are good examples.

Sleet wrote:That's hardly a children's show though.

And yet it was considered one because most kids didn't get the jokes. It was just funny because it was much more different at the time. they even did kitty litter scooping, but with lesser detail.

Kitela · Post by **Kitela** » Wed Mar 07, 2012 1:35 am

RandomGeekNamedBrent wrote: I think Diss meant that of the two implements she is holding, the "love whip" is the one that is not the handcuffs and is quite clearly a whip.

Oh, alright.

I got a chuckle out the last three panels myself. Certainly a twist from the start of the arc.

and I think King may be temporarily blind.

Seth · Post by **Seth** » Wed Mar 07, 2012 1:35 am

KJOokami wrote:No offense to Rick, but I think the reactions in this thread are currently competing with the comic for my giggles.

I second that.

KJOokami · Post by **KJOokami** » Wed Mar 07, 2012 1:38 am

copper wrote:I can't wait until Friday! Will we see King running to Fox?

I must know....

Ooooooh, good point. I suppose he must have somewhere in mind to run to "very quickly". Fox would make the most sense.

GameCobra wrote:And yet it was considered one because most kids didn't get the jokes. It was just funny because it was much more different at the time. they even did kitty litter scooping, but with lesser detail.

That's pretty much what I was gonna say.

The only reason I didn't watch the show right along with every other cartoon in that time block (right after kids got home from school, by the way) is because my parents didn't like the show. I never saw anything wrong with it when I was younger. Same with Rocco's Modern Life, Aaah! Real Monsters, Angry Beavers, and others.