Topic: Jumping the shark? (Read 49610 times)

raoullefere · « **Reply #50 on:** 17 Jun 2010, 01:34 »

Tai becomes an Elvis impersonator and, backed up by Deathmole, actually makes a living at it. And they all wear frilly underwear.

sudamerican · « **Reply #51 on:** 17 Jun 2010, 07:26 »

Quote from: raoullefere on 17 Jun 2010, 01:34

Tai becomes an Elvis impersonator and, backed up by Deathmole, actually makes a living at it. And they all wear frilly underwear.

that sounds like it could be quite awesome

talihal · « **Reply #52 on:** 07 Aug 2010, 17:28 »

Marten goes out drinking with Steve. They decide to have a shot contest using Patrone Silver, sparking a very erotic, NSFW scene with the Tequila monster, who turns out to be Pastor Vodka's liaison. Pintsize chat-roulettes with the Red Robot who has moved to and become mayor of Ugly Hill. The two end up in a relationship until pintsize gets a bad upgrade, impregnating him with the Roomba's children. Faye wakes up in the middle of the night just in time for an alien to burst from her tit scar, running to the kitchen and taking Pintsize's usual spot in the freezer next to the waffles. Dora and Jimbo get married and end up on the Jerry Springer show because Dora has been sleeping with Hanners behind Jimbo's back. Suddenly, Jeph comes to and discovers the entire internet has been the result of a bad salvia trip. Just as he begins to calm down, Tom from Myspace runs through naked screaming "SOILENT GREEN IS PEOPLE!"

OR

Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny, Anthro-PC style.

IanClark · « **Reply #53 on:** 16 Sep 2010, 16:34 »

Dora suffers from a psychotic break and begins speaking in tongues a few hours after catching Marten and Faye in their underwear. Also, Hannelore begins pursuing Sven.

I'm not trying to troll, I'm just making a joke about context.

amandathehunter · « **Reply #54 on:** 24 Sep 2010, 06:29 »

I got this -

One of the QC gang wins some money in a contest or something. They decide that everyone's going to Vegas for a week. Everyone has a great time, Lots of LOLs are had. On the last night in Vegas, Faye and Marten get super drunk.

The last Comic is a slowly panning out view of Marten in bed, where it is slowly revealed that he is in a cheap blue tux, and there's a woman in the bed next to him in a wedding gown. Surprise in last Panel, it's Faye. Marten says "Oh Shit."

In the news post with that comic Jeph announces his Retirement, and closes his email account to avoid the RAEG!!!

Mr_Rose · « **Reply #55 on:** 24 Sep 2010, 06:33 »

Actually, I'm pretty sure we all know how this goes:
Hannelore asks a boy out on a date and they somehow get together. Then at the wedding the boy tears his rubber face-mask off to reveal that he was secretly Sven all along!

Dliessmgg · « **Reply #56 on:** 24 Sep 2010, 07:00 »

Also he cut his legs off so he isn't too tall.

Tergon · « **Reply #57 on:** 24 Sep 2010, 07:04 »

Also also it's revealed that Sven is a remote-controlled piece of artificial intelligence being controlled by Winslow, who loved Hannelore all along. Which leads to the revelation that as Sven's sister, Dora is also a robot, controlled by Pintsize, who's in love with Marten.

Then rocks fall and everyone dies.

raoullefere · « **Reply #58 on:** 24 Sep 2010, 08:49 »

I would say this is ridiculous except the Bianchi parents are stoners who might not notice either A) that their kids (who've been scragged by the AnthroPC Army) are acting 'different,' or B) that the little woman never gave birth in the first place.

"Oh, wow, I think I was pregnant…wasn't I, hon?"

*tokes* "Preggers, fat, who can tell?"

Tergon · « **Reply #59 on:** 24 Sep 2010, 08:56 »

Raoullefere, I would consider that an excellent summary of the situation, except for the fact that you're assuming that the Bianchi elders are in fact human. Whereas obviously they are controlled by Momo and PT410x.

Dliessmgg · « **Reply #60 on:** 24 Sep 2010, 10:13 »

Then it turns out the AnthroPCs are all part of Hannerdad's plan to take over the world. The only one who can stop him is Hannermom.

Border Reiver · « **Reply #61 on:** 24 Sep 2010, 10:59 »

Quote from: amandathehunter on 24 Sep 2010, 06:29

I got this -

One of the QC gang wins some money in a contest or something. They decide that everyone's going to Vegas for a week. Everyone has a great time, Lots of LOLs are had. On the last night in Vegas, Faye and Marten get super drunk.

The last Comic is a slowly panning out view of Marten in bed, where it is slowly revealed that he is in a cheap blue tux, and there's a woman in the bed next to him in a wedding gown. Surprise in last Panel, it's Faye. Marten says "Oh Shit."

In the news post with that comic Jeph announces his Retirement, and closes his email account to avoid the RAEG!!!

Close, save the tux and dress will be on the floor/tv set/lampshade and the woman will be Tai - both will have your line simultaneously

Rocks fall - everybody dies.

tomart · « **Reply #62 on:** 24 Sep 2010, 12:46 »

Quote from: Dliessmgg on 24 Sep 2010, 10:13

... all part of Hannerdad's plan to take over the world. The only one who can stop him is Hannermom.

Stop him??? She's probably in charge!

Mr_Rose · « **Reply #63 on:** 24 Sep 2010, 12:55 »

Of course!
The whole "we can't stand each other so we are never seen together" thing is a ruse to put off more than cursory investigations of their dealings and, more importantly, how their dealings interact with each other in the grand scheme of things.
I mean, who'd suspect that the chain of tech stores owned by Hannermom was secretly the primary distribution channel for Hannerdad's new nano-sedative hypno-bots? If it ever came to court they'd instantly accuse each other of trying to sabotage the other's reputations by pretending that defective goods were supplied by/to the other in order to implicate the other other. Then countersue so many times the case would drown in red tape.
Genius!
Seriously, David Xanatos must be their CEO or something.

Dliessmgg · « **Reply #64 on:** 24 Sep 2010, 13:14 »

Everyone falls, rocks die.

Mr_Rose · « **Reply #65 on:** 24 Sep 2010, 13:18 »

Is that a fat joke? Faye is going to annihilate you when she finds out....

Kugai · « **Reply #66 on:** 24 Sep 2010, 15:41 »

We find out that this is all The Matrix

~~mustang6172~~ · « **Reply #67 on:** 09 Oct 2010, 22:00 »

Pintsize will put on waterskies and a leather jacket and jump over a shark. Stay tuned for part two to see if he dies.

Near Lurker · « **Reply #68 on:** 09 Oct 2010, 22:56 »

Jimbo turns out to be the anti-Christ, and a hilarious series of events lead to Marten crucifying himself in front of Faye, Leonard Cohen playing.

And at least this comic was already kind of drama-ey before The Talk. Unlike Some-Other-Comics-I-Could-Mention.

jwhouk · « **Reply #69 on:** 10 Oct 2010, 15:53 »

Quote from: LeeC on 10 Jun 2010, 18:14

jumping the shark in qc:

<snip>

Hanners gets drunk and sleeps with someone (cast or otherwise)

<snip>

BOY we're getting close to this one, aren't we?

EDIT: And Near Lurker, I would assume that comic would be something that rhymes with Muggy Skreelance?

LeGrande · « **Reply #70 on:** 19 Oct 2010, 08:30 »

Yelling Bird is seen closing a book, saying "AND THEN THEY ALL FUCKIN DIED!"

Or Nicholas Gurewitch does a guest comic to end it all.

zadojla · « **Reply #71 on:** 19 Oct 2010, 09:51 »

It might end this way:

Hannelore finally freaks out due to a medication interaction and kills Marten, Dora, and Faye. When she realizes what she's done, she leaps out the window and dies also. The next frame is the Reed, Bianchi, and Whittaker families at grave side, marvelling at the huge life insureance checks they received from the Chatham Foundation, because Marten, Faye, and Dora really were actors hired by Hanners' parents. The last frame is Hanners' gravestone "Hannelore Ellicot-Chatham - She finally snapped, like we all knew she would". Finis.

Mr_Rose · « **Reply #72 on:** 19 Oct 2010, 11:22 »

Quote from: Dliessmgg on 24 Sep 2010, 07:00

Also he cut his legs off so he isn't too tall.

Nah, he was just stooping all the time to make himself look smaller and no-one noticed.
Like Christopher Lloyd in Back to the Future.

Seriously, dude is like a fourteen inches taller than Michael J. Fox but you'd hardly know it from the films...

cuzsis · « **Reply #73 on:** 27 Oct 2010, 21:54 »

Quote from: noteventhesameguy on 10 Jun 2010, 07:27

Quote from: Aegir on 21 Aug 2008, 01:19
Quote from: noteventhesameguy on 19 Aug 2008, 05:12
Faye and Sven get married, only to find out that Faye has cancer. 5 frickin months are dedicated to her losing all of her hair, slowly getting weaker, dying, and then Sven having to get over it. (Oh wait, another strip already did that one.)
What comic is that?

Funky Winkerbean, I believe.

Holy cats that strip has gotten depressing. It's more of a comic novella now, instead of a classic comic strip.

As for QC? Everyone grows up.

Part of the funny is that everyone is still young, silly and just a little bit unsure of themselves. For most people, that changes when they get older.

raoullefere · « **Reply #74 on:** 28 Oct 2010, 07:46 »

And the others of us are on the forums.

peterh · « **Reply #75 on:** 28 Oct 2010, 08:05 »

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^!!!

jwhouk · « **Reply #76 on:** 28 Oct 2010, 08:33 »

I do believe that Jeph needs to be careful with the current storyline, in regards to Sven. If he tries to have Sven sabotage Faye and Angus' relationship, that might (MIGHT) be a "jump the shark" moment in this strip's history.

peterh · « **Reply #77 on:** 28 Oct 2010, 08:40 »

Quote from: jwhouk on 28 Oct 2010, 08:33

I do believe that Jeph needs to be careful with the current storyline, in regards to Sven. If he tries to have Sven sabotage Faye and Angus' relationship, that might (MIGHT) be a "jump the shark" moment in this strip's history.

1. Sven won't do that. He has already shown a couple times that he will not.
2. If Not 1, then Faye is not going to let that happen. But because 1, 2 is unnecessary. I just built that in because I am overly cautious as a programmer.
3. We do not need to tell Jeph what to do. Jeph made it this far without our help when it comes to the storyline. Let's just trust him.

jackmort · « **Reply #78 on:** 29 Oct 2010, 14:15 »

QC has a blend of real life and fantasy, emotional drama on one hand and intelligent robots and vigilantes on mopeds on the other. The balance is really good the worst would thing for me would be if either aspect went away. Like if it was just drama/comedy with no crazy fantastical stuff, or if it lost all basis in reality and because wacky, like Pintsize creates some kind of space-ship/time-machine and the series becomes a sci-fi

~~tuxedobob~~ · « **Reply #79 on:** 02 Nov 2010, 17:12 »

If I may be serious for a moment, QC jumps the shark when everyone in it is in a happy, stable relationship.

raoullefere · « **Reply #80 on:** 03 Nov 2010, 09:13 »

Well, that would be unrealistic, I admit.

haikupoet · « **Reply #81 on:** 03 Nov 2010, 09:19 »

Quote from: skitzot on 18 Aug 2008, 23:28

or Faye and Dora have a secret lesbian affair.. hmmm, wait that might be awesome....

Not if Marten doesn't get to watch and/or join in.

hannahsaurusrex · « **Reply #82 on:** 03 Nov 2010, 18:56 »

Any human breeding in the comic.

Trust me, I love people and their spawn. But in any long term series, it never gets portrayed in a way that doesn't kill the dynamic of the universe.

Drunken Russian · « **Reply #83 on:** 03 Nov 2010, 22:54 »

Everyone successfully enters a healthy relationship, ending all the drama. Pintsize can't bear the boredom and commits suicide by microwave, Winslow is seized by Apple thugs after he tries to jailbreak himself and now everybody has a rocket roomba, which proves to be the solution to global warming after they clean all the pollutants in the air. And Faye still has a conspicuous butt, rawr!

Near Lurker · « **Reply #84 on:** 03 Nov 2010, 23:12 »

Quote from: jwhouk on 10 Oct 2010, 15:53

EDIT: And Near Lurker, I would assume that comic would be something that rhymes with Muggy Skreelance?

Naaah. Sluggy Freelance got a lot more dramatic over time, but ve-e-e-e-ery slooowly. The worst you can say is that the drama is hamhanded or incongruous with sillier elements, not sudden.

What I was thinking of was actually Ctrl-Alt-Del, which I was kind of hinting at with the hyphens. Of course, there are many, many others.

Loki · « **Reply #85 on:** 04 Nov 2010, 06:15 »

Quote from: haikupoet on 03 Nov 2010, 09:19

Quote from: skitzot on 18 Aug 2008, 23:28

or Faye and Dora have a secret lesbian affair.. hmmm, wait that might be awesome....

Not if we don't get to watch and/or join in.

Fixed for you

MightionNY · « **Reply #86 on:** 05 Nov 2010, 13:47 »

Marten's cousin Oliver joins the cast.

akronnick · « **Reply #87 on:** 05 Nov 2010, 16:48 »

Pintsize has a baby.

Kugai · « **Reply #88 on:** 05 Nov 2010, 16:57 »

Everyone turns gay.

Loki · « **Reply #89 on:** 06 Nov 2010, 05:26 »

Actually, the last one would provide an interesting* storyline. Imagine the crew turning gay overnight. Marten drops Dora in favor of Steve, but she doesn't care because she hooked up with Tai; Marigold hooks up with Hanners and Pintsize is the only one who actually tries to find out what the hell happened and saves the day in the end, turning everybody back to "normal".

SPOILER: Hanners in retrospect discovers being with a girl was AWSUM and decides she is bi-sexual now.

*(when saying "interesting", I mean "full of lesbian hotness")

Carl-E · « **Reply #90 on:** 06 Nov 2010, 06:18 »

How old are you?

Loki · « **Reply #91 on:** 06 Nov 2010, 10:18 »

You might want to check your irony radar. Also, I have got an introduction thread, which should be fairly easy to find clicking the "Show the last posts of this person." on my profile, if you are genuinely interested in my age.

Kugai · « **Reply #92 on:** 06 Nov 2010, 15:33 »

Irony can be pretty ironic at times

Carl-E · « **Reply #93 on:** 06 Nov 2010, 22:20 »

Quote from: Loki on 06 Nov 2010, 10:18

You might want to check your irony radar. Also, I have got an introduction thread, which should be fairly easy to find clicking the "Show the last posts of this person." on my profile, if you are genuinely interested in my age.

My radar's fine, and yours?

After all, my question had nothing to do with wanting to know your actual age...

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #94 on:** 07 Nov 2010, 11:07 »

Pintsize saving the day would be either a brilliant bit of character development or else shark-jumping material all by itself.

hannahsaurusrex · « **Reply #95 on:** 07 Nov 2010, 12:09 »

Pintsize saving the day wouldn't be terrible. Marten keeps him around for more than just the occasional tentacle joke and I could never see Pintsize seriously wanting to hurt Marten. He's just immersed 4chan, and can't turn it off.

He's not bad, he's just programmed that way.

raoullefere · « **Reply #96 on:** 07 Nov 2010, 15:08 »

My theory is Pintsioze does that which Marten dares not. Marten acting out all the deviant behavior he's programmed into Pintsize while said tries to stop him, similar to Winslow shepherding Hanners—that might be put da Fonz on da skis.

More likely, though, it'd just be refreshing. A believable version of Freaky Friday, if you follow.

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #97 on:** 07 Nov 2010, 22:34 »

Sort of a _Picture of Dorian Gray_ scenario, where Pintsize drains off all the selfishness and rudeness from Marten, leaving Marten unnaturally cool, kind, and polite?

Carl-E · « **Reply #98 on:** 08 Nov 2010, 05:16 »

Which leaves Pintsize slightly more insane as time passes, explaining a lot of the antics.

How exactly do you program insanity into a PC?

akronnick · « **Reply #99 on:** 08 Nov 2010, 06:42 »

You tell it an Earth shattering secret that is critical to the mission.

You program it to be completely honest and never to tell a lie.

Then you tell it that under no circumstances can the human crew learn about the Earth-shattering secret, at least until the appropriate moment.

And then you shoot them all to Jupiter (Or was it Saturn.)

At least that's what did it to HAL...

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