IT’S A VALENTINE’S DAY VOTING INCENTIVE!!!
Just a little Phoebe for your February blues, so…
VOTE TO PROVE ROMANCE ISN’T DEAD!!!
As for this comic…
The final panel does leave us with some questions, chief among them being, “Does Phoebe actually have the power to understand and converse with raccoons? Can she converse with ANY animal at will? Or is she just losing her mind from fear and imagining a conversation that never actually happened?”
These are all good questions.
She took lessons from that retired mounty in Newfoundland. James Blackwood
The raccoon whisperer.
Yes, exactly. And judging by the lack of glasses in panel four, will likely be seeing this raccoon once again. Or another one wearing Phoebe’s glasses chittering, “Jinkies.”
personally, if i was in the comic, I’d help Phoebe relax by massaging her shoulders, helping her breathe deeply, and take some meditation lessons. cause let’s be honest: she really needs those 3 things to get her head back in gear.
What Phoebe needs is her glasses.
You forgot the cup of Godiva hot chocolate made with the freshest milk of three cows in Ireland, England and France. And those stay puft brand mini marshmallows
Well, aren’t you attentive?
I thought all Canadians could talk to wildlife.
You might be onto something there. We all remember that time Chad Kroeger talked down a rampaging grizzly bear.
Clearly Phoebe was a Junior Chipmunk.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MNllfr6wVY
Phoebe and Kronk really are cut from the same cloth, now that I think about it.
But does she have a theme song?
Probably. Most likely. Not sure what it would be.
Some of the melody of Black Magic Woman, I think. A subtle allure. Unless we’re going for the upbeat parts of her personality. In which case, I’m too far in the dark.
Sorry, forgot the Bayonetta similarity. (How, right?) Something jazzy. That could move between alluring and upbeat pretty easy.
Maybe Glenn Miller’s “In the Mood”? Maybe.
Given that her father is a prince, isn’t she already a princess?
Disney Princess of Darkness? I like that.
*taps walls* yeah, no leaks at present, don’t want talking raccoons from Sandra & Woo getting through. Gotta check though these comic walls sometime get leaks from other comics.
I knew someone would make the comparison.
In re tooltip: Phoebe would make an excellent addition to the Disney Princess line although doesn’t she have to have a musical animated feature first? Imagine telling this whole story from Phoebe’s POV!
I would be very in favor of an animated Phoebe musical. Very.
If a RACCOON pities you… you are truly pitiable.
How pitiable? This pitiable.
She might need a bigger stick.
Stick choice is the first challenge of survival. Gotta choose the right size.
Do Phoebe’s horns move back and forth depending on her mood? They seem to point backwards, then inwardly in panel 3, and back again.
Phoebe’s horns are the bane of my existence. They point back and slightly in, as if pointing to a triangulation point somewhere near the back of her head. This means certain angles are really hard to manage. They sometimes just don’t ‘look right’ when viewed from a direct angle so I choose one side or the other for them to hook towards.
It is my burden.
Appears you are on the horns of a dilemma….
I arch my eyebrow in your general direction.
I couldn’t get this segment out of my head: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHK18m3Tk0c
(RIP Mr. Moore)
Beat me to the song reference. But I had Rex Harrison in mind.
I think Phoebe would appreciate the merits of both versions.
That was delightful. Thank you.
I remember thinking “OMG JAMES BOND is going to be on “The Muppet Show?!?” (I was fairly young at the time, and didn’t realize that he was the ACTOR and not the actual 007).
It didn’t help that they always kinda blurred the line between fiction and reality. Like when Luke Skywalker appeared on the Muppet Show along with his “cousin” Mark Hamill. So could you blame us kids for being confused?
I love the ending when they had Christopher Reeve on. Miss Piggy karate-chops him–turns out Reeve really is the Man of Steel! (Explanation- imagine what happens when you swing an aluminium baseball bat hard onto a boulder!)
Someone else already mentioned how sympathetic the racoon seems to be. Perhaps he’s telling her about his cousin Roger who’d fix her up with the ultimate in personal protection and glasses that she’ll never loose.
I see where you’re going with this.
Rocketpowered couches? Using a the power of a nuclear reactor to make coffee the office assistant is just going to throw out? A hyperloop to a nearby cafe because the owner’s your girlfriend? Paintball in the snow? Yes.
Awww, she’s got a new friend 🙂
FBFF. Furry best friends forever.
She has the innate gift to tell when an animal is being patronizing towards her.
I think we all do. I get that feeling around cats. A lot.
Ah, well cats believe themselves to be deities and that we lowly mortals just don’t grasp that. Dogs might just assume we’re hairless, upright-walking dogs with opposable thumbs.
I don’t see Al as patronising Phoebe. I feel he’s genuinely trying to help her. (I named him Al, short for Alonso. He looks like an Al to me.)
Is this raccoon named Bert?
A distinct possibility.
This is the Evergreen Forest. Quirt, peacefull, serene. That is until Puck the ancient fairy of lore shows up.
Awww . . . Phoebe’s made a friend!
As we go down life’s lonesome highway
Seems the hardest thing to do is to find a friend or two
A helping hand – Some one who understands
That when you feel you’ve lost your way
You’ve got some one there to say “I’ll show you”
Say you, say me; say it for always
That’s the way it should be
Say you, say me; say it together
Naturally
So you think you know the answers – Oh no
‘Couse the whole world has got you dancing
That’s right – I’m telling you
It’s time to start believing – Oh yes
Believing who you are: You are a shining star
See, Phoebe, that’s what your friendly neighbourhood Raccoon is saying!
You’re such a poet. And your verses are by no means familiar.
Steal only from the best, and a song composed for both Mikhail Baryshnikov and Gregory Hines is so by definition. Come to think of it, that raccoon looks like a tenor, and Phoebe’s likely a light soprano, the Dougie’s likely a baritone, so, cue the music!
“Winter, spring, summer or fall / All you gotta do is call / and I’ll be there, yeah, I will / Hey ain’t it good to know that you’ve got a friend…”
And everyone seems to be ignoring…and yes. I know. She’s Canadian. She understands the Raccoon (by the way that is Cyril, Cousin Neville couldn’t make it) Hmmm and no ill chosen mushrooms or vegetation is involved?
p.s. why am I using the 50’s B movie narrator voice, again!?
We respect the voice.
Maybe Phoebe can whip with her tail, or gouge with her horns. But I hope things won’t get so violent.
The tail, I think, is too thin to be a good form of attack. And the horns are pretty short.
Also, think of the headache.
True. Not a good weapon, one’s head.
@EG, you made two excellent points there. 😉
Mouseover text: Phoebe gains a talking animal sidekick, and her path to becoming a Disney Princess is almost complete.
…I’d totally watch that Disney movie, wouldn’t you?
I thought it fit.
Don’t think I should hold my breath for a Disney/Pixar film about the coming of age of a unstereotypically sweet-natured succubus.
I may need to turn to Japan for that specific a production.
(Does a few internet searches)
Oh wow, that’s an entire genre with them… This demands further “investigation!” 😀