Sep07
Puck 302
on September 7, 2015 at 7:57 pmChapter: The Happiest Place in Ontario
Characters: Daphne, Tyler (aka Taylor)
NEW WEEKLY VOTING INCENTIVE! THE MONTH OF SWIMSUITEMBER IS UPON US!!!
September is a month that has historically suffered a marked lack of swimwear. Thus, like a modern Robin Hood, I’ve planned to steal from the richness of my pen and give swimsuits to the poorness that is this dreary month. It’s SWIMSUITEMBER, BABY! A NEW ONE EVERY WEEK!
VOTE FOR PUCK ON TWC!!! 10% of every vote goes straight to Elvis – guaranteed!
As for the comic…
Look! Something actually happened in this comic! To those of you who say “What gives? Why nothing ever happen in comic?” I say “Look. Something on fire.”
Something! On! Fire!
If that’s not plot, I don’t know what is.
On the plus side, Schnorfnapping will no longer be the major concern of the investigation.
There’s always a plus side!
See? Silver lining to everything!
Uhm, Reasons….
There’s really nothing I can add to that….
Well, sometimes the universe speaks for itself in a resounding voice. Nothing else need be added.
Please don’t tell me swimsuitember is just going to be Colin in a Speedo or mankini. For the love of all that’s Shnorfy…
Also, really like Daphne’s expression in the second panel.
You could have the giant schnorf in a schnorf-ikini. Be careful with your requests and just grt the poutine.
Actually, that’s a really good idea. I might go with that.
Swimsuitember is not Colin in a mankini … yet. Though no promises in coming weeks. As for Daphne’s expression, I was trying to convey the fact that even she was surprised by their success. I hope it came through.
Looks like her ears are more erect than usual. Should we be disburbed by that? 🙂
Sign of excitement or engagement. Usually bad in Daphne’s case.
Redheads at a beach? More like redheads in front of a cut-out of a beach. 😀
Only the best for my readers.
Like what happens to a lot of electrical projects, she let the magic smoke out of the equipment….
This is why I don’t mess around with electrical anything. Plumbing I’ll do. I don’t like wet, but I can deal with wet. I don’t like dealing with fire or death.
Bah! You only gotta deal with once.
It’s like chicken pox. After the first time you’re immune.
(somehow the word “death” didn’t make it from my brain to my fingertips… Freudian un-slip, maybe?)
I don’t think I’ve ever seen Daphne smile before
It happens. But rarely. It only usually occurs after she has successfully performed some kind of criminal activity, like here.
Daphne and Tyler should start dating. 🙂
I think that’s inevitable. But theirs is a long, drawn-out and weird courtship.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I thought you considered that piece of fanart with Miranda and Daphne/Tyler’s future child canon?
Nope, I didn’t. But it would be funny/horrifying if I did.
“If in doubt, light something on fire. As long as it’s on fire, they can’t really prove if you did it anyway.”
A friend once said that to me when we were playing and he lit EVERYTHING we came across on fire.
…We ended up dying not 2 minutes later due to him sealing off the exit… I forgot what the game was called, sadly.
And… Now I’m worried what the result of all this will end up being.
I can gather from your story that you need new friends.
“Watch out, I’ve just got what I’m after.
Cool, Tyler, I’m strange but not a stranger.
I’m an extraordinary girl
Burning down the shnorfs!”
Remember the Cardigans/Tom Jones cover of that song? No? Good times.
I think Daphne is going to find out that The Judge does not recognize incompetence as a alibi !!
Is ‘criminal incompetence’ a thing? It should be.
Criminal negligence, maybe?
I wonder what will happen if someone sees the smoke coming from
the shnorf village.
Bad things. Bad bad things.
Yyyeah… Daphne is not the smooth master criminal she likes to think she is. =_= Taylor / Tyler has this whole thing thought out better than she did.
Hey, give her a break! It’s the first time she’s kidnapped an animatronic gnome.
She’s been involved in petty crime longer than he has, though, hasn’t she?
I’m guessing that none of her previous thefts have involved electrical work.
She goes through all this only to find out that they’re giving everyone fully-functional gnomes at the exit door for free.
That would be ironic, certainly. But I’ve never known free to exist at theme parks.
Yeah, they’d only give them away “free” if they were closing down the ride, and this way they could avoid paying to haul them to the dump.
I’m sure they have some market value. Everything does. They’d auction that junk in a heartbeat.
That’s why the ticket prices were higher for that weekend.
That is one happy crab in the vote incentive. Is he aiming for toes… or rump? 😉
I think the crab is part of a matte painting.
I think someone will see the smoke coming from the shnorf village causing them to get caught and sent to the Phantom Zone.
The fun of building a shnorf dunjeon…
http://i.imgur.com/bf4VaP1.jpg
There’s a market for everything, I guess.
Except, in this case, the movie would be green, not blue…
“Hey, where’s that smoke coming from?”
“Looks like the Shnorf Grotto. Prolly having a cookout.”
“Speaking of, where’s that dude in the Shnorf costume?”
“He’s prolly the main course. He’s annoying as heck.”
Roasted shnorfs are delicious. Just roast them on spits with cherries in their mouths!
Just like the Schtroumph on the whipping post in the dunjeon…
I know it can’t last, by Sitcom Logic if nothing else, but I have to say that Happy Daphne is adorable.
And if she ever hears I said that, she’ll likely plot my gruesome demise, but it’s still true.
Adorable indeed! but we will never again see Daphne being happy without wondering what she’s done this time.
That might not really be a change. However, that last panel in particular looks like Mommy Daphne happily nursing baby Stolen Shnorf. She’s growing up! And that’s one Dirty Old Animatronic Schnorf.
I thought the added maternal overtone to the final panel was funny, particularly when placed against a scene of destruction. But make no mistake: Daphne is only ever protective or maternal towards cold, hard cash. Or that which can be traded shortly for cash.
Yes, but adorable in the same way that seals seemed adorable until you watched ‘March of the Penguins.’ Then you’re like, “OH GOD! THE SEALS ARE MERCILESS FIENDS OF DEATH AND DESTRUCTION! WHY WAS I NEVER TOLD?!?”
Note 1: I have never seen Daphne smile so big before. Note 2: Her boobs are still enlarged. *continues with overhead smashing exercise*
Adrenaline in the system (from stealing) raises blood pressure and embiggins the blood vessels to make things larger…
(?)
Mammagrow is made from … Schnorfs???
That actually wouldn’t be surprising.
Hey, I manage consistency (enlarged consistency, but consistency nonetheless) for TWO COMICS STRAIGHT and you hassle me for it? Man. tough crowd.
No hassle, just admiration 😛
“You must, you must, you must increase your bust!”
Oh boy… could take wild guesses as to what ensues but I think I’ll just sit back and enjoy the fun. 😉
What will ensue? Hijinks. Hijinks are so good at ensuing.
So… I’m guessing that henceforth, Daphne’s code name will be something like “Garglewell”?
Yeah, something like that. With her cat Ashleybell.
Wow, Daphne looks cuter when she is smiling/happy. 83
That seems to be the common consensus. I dun’ think she’ll make it a habit, though.
Have her steal more stuff then in the future. 83
Oh, guaranteed!
It just dawned on me what Daphne is — she is Dogbert’s biological daughter. I’m not sure who her birth mother is, though.
You might be onto something. The birth mother might be Alice. Might.
This is the first time she has ever been genuinely pleased without it being some sort of evil grimace, isn’t it?
In Reality that ride is now a washroom and the only refrence to the actual cartoon is a car ride with jokey Smurf’s name on it
Sad. The land’s been re-themed with Peanuts now, and I’m not sure any of the old Smurf Village existed when I was there last summer. I might have missed it. Or was it that big baby change/security station in the middle of the zone? Hmmm.
I must admit that I felt a certain pang of loss/nostalgia walking around. The old Barney Burgers had been removed, but part of the old Flintstones architecture had been repainted and had some pumpkins(?) added to it. It was a bittersweet trip down memory lane.
What’s that I smell ?
The odd, yet distinctive odor of something electrical burning ?
Wait, it’s just my butt. Never mind.
Tongue, Full Speed Ahead !!
(Grow up. It’s not gross to my species.)
And if you could, I know you would.
Humans – Ewhhh !
There’s something wrong with Daphne’s head in this strip. Even more so than usual. She looks really odd in panel 2. And the look on her face….. Disturbing.
@CH
Oh, Daphne is just happy.
For the first and last time in 387 episodes.