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Clinton Clashes Clumsily - Black eye ensues

Robohand intervenes  - see above result

Jimbo steps in - Same result

Emily knows Kung-fu - Cue 'Matrix' music

Emily Climbs Flagpole just for the view

Barfight!!  Emily cleans house - Clinton thrown through window

Clinton falls off his new Boots - hence black eye.

Unspecified shenannigans

Dinner - Waffles, Spathe Eggs, Ham and Cherry Pie

Purple Monkey Dishwasher

Jeph decides to do a week of Sweet Tits.

[Smallest]

Well, I guess I'll be the first one to post it.

I have completely forgotten who Eliot is. 

He worked at the Secret Bakery. He's either moonlighting as a bouncer now, or he's quit at the Secret Bakery.

Wil mentioned their bouncer, Eliot at some point, either when Eliot was very incidental or not yet a character.

Re: tattoo, I'm hoping that he commits (even begrudgingly, but hopefully in a 'well that was weird, but cool, tattoo!' way), and goes for touch ups in a while, and they make it look really neat and he'll geek out and like it like it.

Edit- Obviously I missed this, and presumably whatever the too slow refers to:

Elliot has been working as a bouncer at The Horrible Revelation for some time.

http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1883

Meh too slow

[SubaruStephen]

Re: tattoo, I'm hoping that he commits (even begrudgingly, but hopefully in a 'well that was weird, but cool, tattoo!' way), and goes for touch ups in a while, and they make it look really neat and he'll geek out and like it like it.

Maybe add a power cord coming from his hand that is plugged into one of the sockets, that'd be cool(er than the simple line drawing that he has now)

[Kugai]

Anyone hearing Elliott speak in James Earl Jones' voice at that moment

And that guy was actually going to punch Emily??!!!

[Omega Entity]

Waitaminute...

...aren't Clinnnntonnn's hands mixed on frame 2? I'm trying to figure how his left hand is briefly his right hand.

Waaaaait, his robot hand didn't switch sides.... The guy punched him so hard he grew 2 right hands!

Except that his left arm is now his right and his right arm is now his left. That was some punch.

[jheartney]

Maybe add a power cord coming from his hand that is plugged into one of the sockets, that'd be cool(er than the simple line drawing that he has now)

If he really wants to commit, he could have his whole arm done up as cyborg stuff to match the robot hand. Then the power outlet would just be incidental.

Of course it would be hell for Jeph to draw every time Clinton appeared. So most of the time there'd be long sleeves.

[celticgeek]

Jeph has updated Clinton's hands:

Quote from twitter:

Jemf Jecks @jephjacques  ·  23m 23 minutes ago

I fixed Clinton's hands, just wait for the site cache to update

[Tova]

I see I'm going to spend the rest of my day saying "Clinnn-tonnnn" to myself.

[grez]

ELLIOT HOORAYYY

The one time Elliot did punch someone is one of the funniest things that's happened in this comic, but I think Violence Bro is only in for a stern talking-to

[MrNumbers]

Anyone hearing Elliott speak in James Earl Jones' voice at that moment

And that guy was actually going to punch Emily??!!!

As an author, I want to say it's clever what Jeph did. Clinton was previously seen as less sympathetic, and one of the best ways to get a character on your audience's side is to have an established like character (in this case Emily) stand up for them. Another way is to have an even less sympathetic character go up against them.

Jeph did both simultaneously and seamlessly by having Emily stand up for Clinton, and then having this douchebag try to punch Emily. It didn't help that the guy had a hair trigger and smashed Clinton for what would otherwise have been a harmless mistake.

Last time someone spilled a cocktail on one of my beloved ties, I looked them dead in the eye, sucked on the stain and said "Now it tastes as good as it looks, right? Ha ha ha. No, but seriously, dry cleaning's expensive." - Hey, I might be amiable, but I'm also broke. See "author" comment above.

So yes. That's what the literature fiend in me would say.

What the Australian in me says is that this sort of guy is far, far too common at about 11pm or so. There were two ways this could have gone had Elliot not intervened, depending on the pejorative he finished that sentence with. He could have said "Little bitch" and one punch would have ended it. Or he could have said "Little cunt" and he wouldn't have stopped at a punch.

[SubaruStephen]

Fixed comic is up.

[Is it cold in here?]

http://questionablecontent.wikia.com/wiki/Elliot

[CaptainFish]

I like that Emily admonishes bad behaviour from people like most would for a dog. The stain on Clinton's shirt being blood and beer caught me off-guard.

I'm really surprised they ran into an honest-to-goodness, big, overreacting, woman-punching bully. He seemed shitty enough when he punched someone half his size mid-apology, but trying to hit Emily makes him the most straightforward, reprehensible character I can remember seeing in QC. Seems like a guaranteed heel-face turn in the making, unless Clinton does something really abhorrent.

[Smallest]

I like that Emily admonishes bad behaviour from people like most would for a dog. The stain on Clinton's shirt being blood and beer caught me off-guard.

I'm really surprised they ran into an honest-to-goodness, big, overreacting, woman-punching bully. He seemed shitty enough when he punched someone half his size mid-apology, but trying to hit Emily makes him the most straightforward, reprehensible character I can remember seeing in QC. Seems like a guaranteed heel-face turn in the making, unless Clinton does something really abhorrent.

I know Emily is a bit far out and maybe not totally aware, but she's also apparently tough as nails. I don't expect her to cower or anything, but when someone way bigger than you draws back to hit you, usually you get out of the way? But she just glares and stands her ground. I do really like both that and the scolding though, honestly.

[Dark Matter]

Elliot's so helpful, offering free interpersonal behavior lessons like that.

[BenRG]

Well, the fight ended before it began, thanks to security, so we'll probably never find out if Emily could handle herself in a tight spot!  Still, the way she acted was nicely in-character; Jeph gets points for emphasising her essentially child-like nature. I've long seen her as something of a child in a woman's body, something that would complicate any relationship.

It's been a very long time since we've seen Elliot. Although, in-universe, it's been only a few months. It's actually possible that he's still a little upset at Padma leaving! That said, IRL, it's been long enough that, if Jeph hadn't identified him, I wouldn't have known him.

An extra thought: is Emily's preferred weapon a rolled up newspaper?

[snubnose]

"Theres always a bigger fish" - Qui Gon Jinn, Star Wars Episode I: "The Phantom Menace"

[Dark Matter]

Does that make Clinton Jar-Jar or Obi-Wan?

[Is it cold in here?]

Elliot's so helpful, offering free interpersonal behavior lessons like that.

He and Momo could open a charm school.

He had some good advice for Marten once, come to think of it.

[Jab]

Wow- that's one douchebag of a dude. Who hits a guy just for THAT? Then raises his fist to a WOMAN?

Emily could deal with some survival skills herself, though- BAD idea to hit a man that much bigger than you, especially when he's in a mood. I've seen girls make that mistake before, and generally speaking, someone else has to intervene FAST.

[tywren]

Please don't tell me that Emily leaves Clinton there, and wanders off with Elliot. I mean, it would explain why she wasn't there when his sister called, but damn is that a shitty thing to do.

[Lubricus]

I can't imagine Emily doing that AT ALL. But she does have a tendency to surprise...

[BenRG]

Please don't tell me that Emily leaves Clinton there, and wanders off with Elliot.

I don't think that it's likely. It's more likely that Emily invites Elliot to join them and Clinton, feeling like a third wheel, storms off.

NOTE: I don't think that is particularly likely either.

[Lubricus]

I don't think that's likely, no. But she might give Elliot a kiss on the cheek, making Clinton jealous or something.

[Akima]

Elliot's always been good at looming.

His code-name is "Weaver".

What the Australian in me says is that this sort of guy is far, far too common at about 11pm or so.

Yeah... Or at lunchtime on a Friday...

[osaka]

I can see Elliot giving punchy a lecture, but I have to admit that if someone of that size came to you and calmly told you that he's going to teach you about interpersonal relationships my reaction would be to run for my life.

Thankfully, I'm not the person to start a fight because I got some beer spilled on me.

Emily's behavior is noble, yet to me seems pretty stupid. Then again, we don't know exactly how capable she's on a fight. I have a friend that's half my size and I wouldn't dare to hit him because I know he could just beat me up since he has martial arts training.

Plus, she went for the slap. A friend always said that the open hand slap is pretty offensive. Might have to do with the size of that dude's hand, but still. That's extra points for me at least.

Please don't tell me that Emily leaves Clinton there, and wanders off with Elliot.

I don't think that it's likely. It's more likely that Emily invites Elliot to join them and Clinton, feeling like a third wheel, storms off.

NOTE: I don't think that is particularly likely either.

Actually, I could see that happening. Although everything seems to indicate that from this point onwards we have the boots left. Could the boots be... Emily's?

eeeeeeeeee

[qc001]

Oh my, Elliott is a bit more broad-shouldered than I remember.  Also, taller.  Half a head taller than Punching Guy, who is half a head taller than Emily, who is also tall...it's a shame we don't have any of the regular characters in this strip, for height comparison.  Still, Elliott's bigger than I remember him.  Wouldn't've even recognized him if Jeph hadn't specifically identified him.

A few strips of Elliot with the reg'lars:

Elliot, Padma, Faye, and Hannelore
Elliot and Hannelore
MALE OKAPI IN SPAAAAAAAAACE
Elliot and lots of people!
Elliot and Marten

So, his height is sort of ... variable, but he's been shown to be more than a head taller than Hannelore on at least one occasion.

(Also, I just wanted an excuse to look for the comic where Elliot and Hanners are awkwardly standing around at TSB because everybody else left them there!)

[Kiloku]

Emily could deal with some survival skills herself, though- BAD idea to hit a man that much bigger than you, especially when he's in a mood. I've seen girls make that mistake before, and generally speaking, someone else has to intervene FAST.

She looks pretty defiant as he's raising his fist. Not flinching or anything. I think she was about to dodge, in that panel, at the very least.

[Zebediah]

He's back! As soon as I saw him I said "Is that Elliot? Yes, it's Elliot!" I always liked him.

And now we know his last name. It's Kenobi. "You don't want to punch her. You want to go home and re-think your life."

And yes, I think the chance of Emily leaving with Elliot is quite high.

[TieDyeKat]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

ELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLIIIIOOOOOTTTTTTTTTTT!

I really like Eliott.

[jwhouk]

Well, I guess I'll be the first one to post it.

I have completely forgotten who Eliot is. 

He worked at the Secret Bakery. He's either moonlighting as a bouncer now, or he's quit at the Secret Bakery.

Elliot was established as the bouncer of the Horrible Revelation. That may be where Emily and Clin-ton are now.

[Method of Madness]

Yeah, that's what threw me off more than anything, I didn't realize that they were at the HR.

[FunkyTuba]

Ell-iott is almost as fun to pronounce weird as Clin-tonn is

Plus I *think* he's the only character taller than Emily. I think his height is defined as "tall enough to loom awkwardly over any other characters in the frame"

[Schmorgluck]

Well, it was established that the Horrible Revelation had a bouncer named Elliot, but until now it hadn't been explicitly confirmed it was the same person. Although, given his size, his very collected personality, and the fact that he knows such an advanced technique as a sleeper hold, he fits the job description practically ideally, and few people had any doubt.

[MrNumbers]

I think it's kind of nice that Clinton changed a lot of things about himself so far, but he hasn't once tried to change a thing about Emily.

[Neko_Ali]

I don't think it's the Horrible Revelation. I mean it could be, we haven't seen a lot of the inside of the bar. It just seems that Punchy Bro wouldn't be the sort who would hang out there. I could see Clinton going, maybe. Elliott could have changed bars, or works part time in a couple of them. If it is indeed the same Elliott. And really, I could totally see him working at the Revelation... And defusing fights by giving people a stern talking to.

[TinPenguin]

Well, it was established that the Horrible Revelation had a bouncer named Elliot, but until now it hadn't been explicitly confirmed it was the same person.

Though it had been confirmed that Wil and Elliot were acquainted.

(Wil's comment is also funnier with this context).

[anahata]

I think it's kind of nice that Clinton changed a lot of things about himself so far, but he hasn't once tried to change a thing about Emily.

Well, he wouldn't dare make the implied criticism of Emily, would he?

A slight variation of that thought that had occurred to me: he seems to have spent a lot of money on himself, but has he spent anything on Emily (except perhaps food and drink for both of them) - and does it matter?
Mind you, I guess if Emily breathed a mention of liking something like a pair of shoes she'd just seen in a shop window, Mr. over-eager would be in there like a shot and handing over the cash.

[Redball]

I'd forgotten about Elliott. I thought Seth, or maybe Sven, had come over from 9ChickweedLane.

[eschaton]

The only thing left that needs to happen is for Clinton to get a black eye. 

My prediction is that, once he comes out of his bloody nose daze, Clinton is going to start freaking out about how he didn't come across as "manly" enough to Emily, and worry he'll lose her favor.  Thus he'll try to have a confrontation with Mr. Asshole while Elliott is escorting him out, which will either result in:

1.  Asshole punching him again.
2.  Elliott punching him.
3.  Somehow, Emily punching him. 

[thedevilissix]

Huzzah for Elliott!   
(Hmmm....I wonder if this is sneaky foreshadowing for Padma making a brief return appearance, mwahawhawhaw *stirs the cauldron of slight probability*)
The only thing that would make this better would be if he turned out to be the brother of Bob from Tai's house party (HOW'RE YOU DOIN' BUDDY) .
Together they can be awesome bear-like men who dispense wisdom, give bearhugs full of heart and crushing, have vaguely dangerous drinking games with hammers and fight crime. 

[chaospersonified]

The only thing left that needs to happen is for Clinton to get a black eye. 

Uh, you ever had a black eye, dude?

It has to develop. It's not an instant thing where you get up from having your face punched in and your eye's already black. Give it a few minutes. We only saw the instantaneous aftermath in this comic

[Random832]

Wow- that's one douchebag of a dude. Who hits a guy just for THAT? Then raises his fist to a WOMAN?

Okay, let's be real, Clinton is much smaller and weaker than Emily.

[Schmorgluck]

Why do I think that Elliott's method of "educating" such a person would be making him sit down and listen to a lecture about proper behaviour until he *wished* to just get beaten-up?

Exactly what I was thinking. From anyone else that'd be a threat; Elliott probably meant it quite literally.

Elliot is awesome. He's the chillest and best-adjusted character of the whole cast (with possible competition from Maurice).

The incident in this comic reminds me of something that happened to me last week-end in a night-club. A guy headbutted me. Accidentally, on the dance-floor. He apologized, we laughed about it, I gently poked fun at him over the accident each time we crossed paths, and we laughed some more. Fun times. My left cheek-bone is still a bit sore from the impact, I noticed it two hours ago, and it made me chuckle from the memories. Clin-ton's blunder was even milder. Some people seem to really look for pretexts to be jerks.

On the other hand, about three years ago, I've come very close to punching a guy in the face, in that same night-club: despite my repeated and more and more angry warnings that I didn't find it funny at all, he kept on touching my hair each time he got the occasion. On the sixth or seventh time, I finally punched him - on the shoulder. I couldn't mobilize enough aggressivity to punch him in the face. He apparently got the message, because he left me alone after that. I half-regret that I didn't actually punch him in the face, since it was what I warned him against on his penultimate assault. On the other hand, I regret more to have let things escalate instead of just going for a bouncer to warn that idiot to stop assaulting me.

Elliot's so helpful, offering free interpersonal behavior lessons like that.

He and Momo could open a charm school.

He had some good advice for Marten once, come to think of it.

You mean "You ought to expect better of people. It encourages you to be a better person yourself." for example? It fits so well my current mental state and aspirations that I immediately thought of it when Elliot reappeared in today's comic. I think I'll put it in my sig.

By the way, I'm still shipping Elliot and Lt. Potter.

[Daniel Patrick Moynihan]

I don't think it's the Horrible Revelation. I mean it could be, we haven't seen a lot of the inside of the bar. It just seems that Punchy Bro wouldn't be the sort who would hang out there. I could see Clinton going, maybe. Elliott could have changed bars, or works part time in a couple of them. If it is indeed the same Elliott. And really, I could totally see him working at the Revelation... And defusing fights by giving people a stern talking to.

We have enough interior shots of the Horrible Revelation to establish they aren't there, unless they demolished the next door building to put in a window and did some redecorating:
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1650
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1464
Though it does have a pool table that comes and goes:
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1429

I wonder if the Date Bar could be the other end of the bar from http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1182, which is a closer match, except for the ceiling.  Either way I think Elliot is off duty and he's bouncing pro bono to help out Clinton, who is clearly of Elliot's tribe in the romance department and flailing in every sense of the term. 

Fake Edit:  Not sure if this phenomenon exists in NoHo, but in my college town if students wander into a townie bar they could pretty easily get a swat or thrown out for a fairly minor bar foul.

[WareWolf]

I can't imagine Emily doing that AT ALL. But she does have a tendency to surprise...

I don't see Elliot doing that either. He always seemed like a pretty good guy.

[Nepiophage]

Huzzah for Elliott!   
(Hmmm....I wonder if this is sneaky foreshadowing for Padma making a brief return appearance,

I wish this would happen too. But hope deferred maketh the heart sick . . .

[chaospersonified]

hope deferred maketh the heart sick . . .

Chill, Langston Hughes.

I would be so excited if that happened, though. Claire getting Jealous, Elliot getting a second chance... Excitement!

[WareWolf]

Elliot's always been good at looming.

Elliot is actually the perfect bouncer: large and intimidating, but actually calm and non-violent. Reminds me of my Tale of the Two Bouncers that I knew a few years ago.

Bouncer One: Big. No, HUGE. Wide. Ugly as homemade sin. Played fullback in college. Voice that sounded like it should be coming from a burning bush. But once you talked to him, he turned out to be one of the sweetest, kindest guys you could ever hope to meet. And he never had to fight even the drunkest, most belligerent patrons. If one of those ham-like hands landed on your shoulder and he said "go," gently but firmly, you went.

Bouncer Two: My roommate. Bore an amazing resemblance to a young Ray Liotta. Slim. Smart-ass. Had to fight ALL THE  DAMN TIME. He always prevailed, but the bar eventually fired him because the point is to avoid trouble.

[Nepiophage]

By the way, I'm still shipping Elliot and Lt. Potter.

Me too!

[Natswash]

Wow- that's one douchebag of a dude. Who hits a guy just for THAT? Then raises his fist to a WOMAN?

Okay, let's be real, Clinton is much smaller and weaker than Emily.

I dunno metal hands could make getting hit worse than it might otherwise be. I mean he has built in metal knuckles