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Comic Discussion => QUESTIONABLE CONTENT => Topic started by: ChippyD on 05 Mar 2009, 18:06
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Is anyone besides me really really curious as to how Martin's dad looks, and how he behaves?
The idea of a flamboyant 20+ year aged Martin just amuses me, even though it seems the majority of Martin's looks seem to come from his mother.
What do you guys think?
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I've been curious, and it's an appealing idea for him to show up, but ...
Given a choice, wouldn't it be funnier to have Hannelore's dad show up? Marten's dad, from what we've heard, is relatively normal. Hannerdad sprays weirdness wherever he goes.
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I would actually rather see Marten's dad, precisely because he's still a normal guy with an interesting history, rather than the over-the-top weirdness that is Hanners' whole family. Once the weirdness hits a saturation point, anything more is lost on me.
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Who is Martin? I think you guys are reading the wrong comic.
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The idea of a flamboyant 20+ year aged Martin just amuses me, even though it seems the majority of Martin's looks seem to come from his mother.
I might not be remembering it, but what makes you think that Marten's dad is flamboyant?
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Stereotype of a nightclub owner?
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The idea of a flamboyant 20+ year aged Martin just amuses me, even though it seems the majority of Martin's looks seem to come from his mother.
I might not be remembering it, but what makes you think that Marten's dad is flamboyant?
well he is gay so I think that was the general idea
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As a homosexual myself, I'm probably earning a lot of groans. I'm not flamboyant myself, so thats probaby why I think the stereotype is so amusing. Just the image of an older, flouncing MartEN (Yes, I can spell!Gasp!) just amuses me.
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I suppose it's not as much that he's gay it's that he's gay and he's a night club owner that would increase suspicion of him being flamboyant. :p
That aside, I never imagined a flamboyant gay when I imagined Marty's dad. ... My image of him is a tough-looking muscular man with an epic and fun-loving personality. Maybe acting flamboyant sometimes just for laughs.
In fact, I think the "night club owner" thing is just a cover. I think he's part of the USDoKYA with Steve.
Dora: I didn't expect him to be so... uh...
Marten: ... what?
Faye: ... Manly.
Marten: ... thanks...
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Something like Chandler's dad in Friends would be if he wasn't in drag all the time (or was it a full blown sex change?)
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I must have completely missed the appearance, or mention, of Marten's dad. Are there any archive genies who feel like looking them up? :lol:
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No appearances, just mentioned a couple times.
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=433
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=434
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Ah yes, now I remember. 'Colder than a penguin's third nipple'. That one was great. Thanks!
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A gay guy that owns a nightclub and fathered a child with a famous fetish model? I bet he could make one hell of a cameo.
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Who is Martin?
:-P
just kidding. I guess there's a tendency to associate "gay" and "nightclub owner" with the characters in that "Birdcage" movie (both french and US versions had the stereotype cross-dresser that talks about himself in feminine ultra-gay with a good heart), but I don't think there's any reference to Marten's dad filling this part- for all we know, he could be a butch "Tom Of Finland" Hell's Angel type owner of a S&M gay nightclub (another stereotype, I know).
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Wow, I haven't heard a Tom of Finland reference since high school. Man that takes me back.
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Who is Martin?
That's easy. He's the guy who gave the Worry Hat to Hannelore. He shares an apartment with Fay.
just kidding.
Me too.
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Oh such larks, people
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Marten's dad is Robin Williams from The Birdcage.
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Even better, Marten's dad IS Robin Williams.
Now THAT's one hell of a cameo.