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Comic Discussion => QUESTIONABLE CONTENT => Topic started by: Is it cold in here? on 09 Feb 2010, 00:41
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How many times has Jeph done a setup for some background gag in a much-later strip?
In the case of Dr. Buenvenida's colored string(1090) and Pennelope's popcorn(1095) the payoff was in the strip immediately following the setup, but I wonder how many places there have been where the followup gag came much later?
Got to wondering, because I only just now noticed that the lunchbox Wil is carrying for his lunch date with Pennelope in 1284 is the same color as the one Sven had in 1216, and those could easily have been peanut butter sandwiches that Sven was sarcastically making. If I missed that one, how many others have I overlooked?
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Interesting psychology here. All but one person selected "yes" on the poll. I guess we're glass half full kind of people.
As to the thread, if you're looking close enough to spot that kind of thing I think what you're missing is a life. (Aw yeah, being nice and cheery there!)
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My verbal answer was "no". Therefor I correctly replied that "Yes, my answer is 'no'."
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I'm missing a "life"? Where do I go to download one?
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I've heard about something called a "second life," not sure you can get one if you don't have a first life though.
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You could try half life if a full life seems too much for you.
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Where's the facepalm smiley?
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It's hiding behind its hand.
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How many times has Jeph done a setup for some background gag in a much-later strip?
In the case of Dr. Buenvenida's colored string(1090) and Pennelope's popcorn(1095) the payoff was in the strip immediately following the setup, but I wonder how many places there have been where the followup gag came much later?
Got to wondering, because I only just now noticed that the lunchbox Wil is carrying for his lunch date with Pennelope in 1284 is the same color as the one Sven had in 1216, and those could easily have been peanut butter sandwiches that Sven was sarcastically making. If I missed that one, how many others have I overlooked?
Well, jeez, you forgot the most obvious ones:
This strip (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1555) led to this one (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1557), which later led to this one (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1594).
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I'm pretty sure that's what led IsItColdInHere to start this thread in the first place...
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I'm pretty sure that's what led IsItColdInHere to start this thread in the first place...
Yes, but it does bear pointing out. And I'm not talking about the bear joke that took three strips for the payout to the joke.
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You also forgot about Tortura.
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There's also Comic 1030.
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I'm confused - how is 1030 (http://questionablecontent.net./view.php?comic=1030) a delayed payoff joke?
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I'[m confused - how is 1030 (http://questionablecontent.net./view.php?comic=1030) a delayed payoff joke?
764 (http://questionablecontent.net./view.php?comic=764): "Wow That's... impressive. Ow."
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Wow, nearly 300 strips - that's more than a year!
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And sometimes you don't need to wait that long...
Compare "Kelvinophage" (1592) (http://questionablecontent.net./view.php?comic=1592) vs. Put On A Dang Sweater (1603) (http://questionablecontent.net./view.php?comic=1603).
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1030 was an excellent catch.
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Isn't 1592 a prerequisite for 1603?
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Eventually, Faye will find she has a basic hormonal imbalance that keeps her metabolism running at a higher level, making her warm and also making her more prone to violent outbursts...
Not to mention the higher level of pheremones that kept Sven and Angus around.
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Then she'll find out she's of Vulcan/Klingon/Deltan ancestry
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Nobody mentioned http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=828 yet?
Ok, I will un-lurk and do so
(not sure it counts, since the original was also a punchline... does that make it more of a running gag? Hmm...)
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It's a thin line, but I'm pretty sure that's a running gag now. I get the feeling it's been used more than once, can anyone back this up? OhNoRobot waas no help...
In fact, it's probably working its way up to being a meme!
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Well, you have to break a few lions to make a meme.
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Now that's disturbing. jwhouk's lionized saying shrugged off it's intended (I presume) connections in my brain and hooked up with gastro-intestinal emissions instead.
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They have medication for that.
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Bean-O
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A ridiculous product name if ever there was one. Getting caught with it would be worse than simply breaking lion.
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Lion-O?
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Lion-O?
Thunder Thunder THUNDERCATS!!!!
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Ho.
I fear I am far too easily amused.
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In Valen's name!
I fear we are dating ourselves raoullefere :angel:
I think we both are
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Maybe you should try dating each other instead?
Like you didn't see that coming...
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It's too much trouble to cut them in half and count the rings.
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Please, no one does that any more. You bore out a core sample, then patch it. You know, like the gray aliens do to…
abductees…
oh god. That's what they're up to.
I fear we are dating ourselves, raoullefere
What? Because I watched one of the DVDs a month ago?
Okay, I didn't. But I could have.
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Compare the last panel of 923 with the third panel of 1610... :laugh:
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Good memory. I suppose she got her revenge, but, to me, it's a broken promise —Faye could have at least offered to whip up a stick-figure re-creation.