IT’S A NEW MARCH MADNESS INCENTIVE!!!
The folks over on Patreon were curious about what might have been if Puck actually played Velma and Phoebe played Daphne, so if you want to see the first component of that swap…
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As for this comic…
The big reveal. Which isn’t exactly surprising, but I will say that I’m happy we got this far without anyone really calling it out in the comments. Okay, ONE reader called it a week or two back as a bit of a joke, but other than that, nothing! I was worried because I thought the visuals of the ‘monster’ would clue people into its true nature, but I guess not.
I suppose this is an example of a flawed ‘whodunnit’ mystery resolution where the perpetrator is a character who wasn’t even featured directly within the story arc’s narrative. But hey, that’s what you come to this comic for, right? Flawed storytelling.
Other than that, I just need to note that there isn’t much cause for joy in the world at large right now. I’m going to keep my head down, keep making my stupid comic and hope for saner times.
Definitely not expecting that.
Neither was Papa.
No one expects the stupidest of outcomes!
But are we sure it’s Papa Shnorf? Has anybody checked to see if that’s a Papa Shnorf mask? Because this could be a double bluff! Also, if it is Papa Shnorf, that makes Phoebe even more likely to nurse him back to health!
So it could be a monster wearing a Papa Schnorff costume IN a monster costume?
Brilliant!
But why does it know Phoebe?
[High school]
where’s Daphne and hey boyfriend? we haven’t seen them these past few comic pages.
I meant to put “her boyfriend?” dagblasted Wi-Fi’s been screwballing me these past few months.
they need time to ‘adjust’ their costumes. parts have come off. excessive wear I imagine.
please note- this comment contains sarcasm. please read responsibly.
Come on, man. You don’t know where they are? Like, really? You’re just as innocent as Phoebe!
I wasn’t joking — I totally called it! I demand recognition, I demand more Tracee, I demand more, Scoobie Snacks! My problem is I keep forgetting which email I used last so I will forever remain unknown — as shall I say — unmasked?
Okay, it was me, I called it, not my lying partner in crime.
But … which one is which?
Shoot ’em both. Only way to be sure.
Aim for the knees and you can then take your time figuring out who is the real one.
“Aim for the knees and you can then take your time figuring out who is the real one.”
Um . . . I was thinking more stun settings.
Meh, nuke em from orbit. It’s the only way to be REALLY sure
Frank, I may.. have learned some of my detective skills from John Strockmyer (Stroker and Hoop).
That was unfortunately one of them.
This is Paul, River is my wife and she totally called it but I decided to claim the fame. She almost never comments on things and, well She was looking at the site on her iPad while I was on the PC, and well sh*t, it’s complicated and I don’t know what I was thinking and now have to paint our living room.
Uh oh. Well, now I’ve somehow sown marital discord.
remember to forget to put the drop cloth down…
If one always lies, and the other always tells the truth, we just have to ask them …. uh, how does that puzzle go?
Either way, I nominate this scene of marital discord for a subsequent story arc.
You ask one what the other would say and no matter what the answer is, it’s a lie.
Who said Dr. Who has no relevance?
You did. Let it be known that it was the one they call Paul.
No, it was River – your wife is always correct, always. Has anyone else ever done something as stupid? And why? Maybe I was helping with the mushroom hunt.
I think she owed him a good punch, so good on Phoebe.
Exactly. See? Poetic justice.
Normally I would be angry to to be told that the preceeding sequence was just a dream …
No more dreams. This is reality. Stupid, stupid reality.
You put on the costume, you are the Dougie. Or Papa Shnorf. Or whatever costume is under that costume.
It’s not a costume, actually. Just a horrible case of mistaken identity.
A costume over a costume? Holy Silver Age Batman!
Silver Age Batman is the best Batman. No Batman fans agree with me. But I’m right.
I was only ever aware of Tae Bo because of a particular stand-up sketch. Also, Puck dressed as Velma is a little ray of light in the current dartkness.
Rays of sun. It’s all we’ve got.
Aw Papa Schnoff realized that the Scooby Gang is nothing without a mystery to solve and a villian to unmask! And he knows masks. Super thoughtful!
Showing solidarity with other vaguely Hanna-Barbera properties.
Man that Papa Schnorff dress up gig must pay pretty well for him to afford that boss silver fox fur coat.
I assume Silver Fox because of the light on it in panel 4. But it may just be Dougie fur….
All will be revealed. Not necessarily in a sensible way. But revealed nonetheless.
Possibly he’s independently wealthy, so lives as Papa Shnorf, Canada’s answer to Elwood P. Dowd! Or Harvey, more like. (Harvey, a Jimmy Stewart movie, featuring Jimmy as Elwood, and Harvey as himself.)
except for that part where they had to bring in that awful stunt double. the real Harvey looks a lot better.
Quite so! Though I must have forgotten the stunt double . . . there are things so atrocious the mind shuts down, like when . . . . and also . . . . . . I mean, I’m sure there must be such, only I can’t remember any.
Sooo … no reference to the Tae Bo in comments?
You just made one. Good for you.
More weirdness from Poppa Schnorf. Phoebe did the right thing.
Or Papa did the right thing. Because he did the dumping. Of a sort.
Puck is the more obvious choice for Daphne, and the result looks good. But just look at how hot, Phoebe made drab Velma look. I can’t wait to see what she can do with Daphne.
Well, we will have to see. This is some hefty pressure here.
Oh. So he deserves it! O.K.
I don’t remember Tae Bo. Sorry.
This’ll be fun exposition!
Yeah, things are pretty tense right now. We need our art and our clowns. I guess you’ll do. 😉
Honestly, I’m with Daphne. Phoebe made a better Velma. Puck’s too self-concious or -aware or something. Velma doesn’t appreciate what she’s got. Neither does Phoebe. Nice to see though. Now I don’t have to wonder.
Hey.. “he’s gotta be under here somewhere” kinda works. Maybe one of the rare times a commercial was helpful.
I JUST read the mouse-over. There are not enough facepalms in the multiverse for that pun.
Can you believe they made a feature film with him as the “hero” using his Tae Bo skills to save the day?
Can you believe that I’ve seen TC 2000? I’m not proud of that. But it’s true.
Huh?
I feel more out of touch than normal.
And he would have gotten away with it too, if it hadn’t have been for his Libido!!!!
Did his libido interfere during this story arc? I don’t think so. Though it’s certainly come up before.
Puck: “Since I presume we’ll shortly be getting an answer as to why you’re stalking dark back roads terrifying pedestrians… I’m going to ask the next, less relevant, but still baffling question: Why are you wearing your Papa Snorf costume under ANOTHER strange creature costume. Are you the Matryoshka Doll of furries? If we strip the Snorf costume off, are you dressed as Sailor Moon underneath? Is there a 4th costume small enough that you can be wearing it even under that? Does–”
(Collin gently covers her mouth) “Ooookay, I get you’re coming down from an adrenalin rush, but let’s reign it in while we still have a thread of a chance left to keep legal custody of our daughter, shall we?”
That would be amazingly collected of Collen. Puck would be pugnateous.
Puck is deliciously pugnateous.
She is pugnalicious.
So many questions. So many legal challenges.
Aw, the Dougie didn’t deserve that! Phoebe better apologize. Preferably before he wakes up. 😉
Oops, sorry all, I meant to post this on last week’s episode. So it’s someone we know, not a monster. I hope he recovers quickly.
I just thought of something, didn’t the whole Scooby Gang loudly proclaim who the”monster” was?
Yeah, I guess we’re not doing that here. It didn’t really work because the setup meant that Colin and Puck and Miranda already knew.
Your villain is really on-brand for a Scooby-Doo episode so I for one like it 😀
Well, the gas station guy would have been more on-brand but he was just a red herring. Not THE Red Herring, mind you.