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Post by SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman on Jan 2, 2011 13:15:06 GMT -5
Why would Archie Andrews and his gang be friends with Reggie at all? He's constantly scheming to screw them over. Yes, he does get his comeuppance frequently. But this would be like if Bart Simpson was friends with Nelson. I'm pretty sure Bart and Nelson ARE friends. Or at least they have a Brotherhood of Destruction type of relationship, in that they're sometimes friends and sometimes enemies. But most of the times, they seem to be in fairly good terms. Why does everyone in the cartoon "Doug" have normal skin coloring except his best friend Skeeter (blue skin) and Roger the bully (green skin)? Does Skeeter suffer from constant hypothermia? Did Roger's mom have relations with a reptile? In a similar vein, why are White people in the Simpsons yellow? I mean, black people ARE shown with a normal skin; they're not, I don't know, purple or something. I also never understood how giving so many cartoon and comics characters only four fingers improved anything. It just always looked awkward to me.
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Post by Fiddleford H. McGucket on Jan 2, 2011 13:24:10 GMT -5
On "American Dad" why has no one in the Smith family snapped and beaten the holy f*** out of Roger? Stan did beat him during that episode where Francine fakes a kidnapping with Roger to show how much Roger means to Stan. But Stan knows it so he plays along making Roger feel bad and Francine feels like a fool helping that ass Roger. Roger tries to be good but that releases vile and in the end he has to be bitchy. Long story short. Stan beat the crap out of him in that episode. Stan also set him on fire once....and Steve repeatedly hurts him (Stick Firecrackes on him, pummels him, etc) in an attempt to impress a girl in one episode.
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Post by Raging_Demons on Jan 2, 2011 13:28:31 GMT -5
Why adults in the Peanuts world sound like garbled horns Because kids don't care what we sound like or what comes out of our mouths. We're the authortiy. In the Kick-Ass comic, how Katie believed all the rumors that Dave was gay, when at the beginning, it showed that Dave stalked her by waiting outside a tennis club that she played at. She initially seemed disgusted by Dave and then later on, she decides that he would be her gay best friend? I don't know about the comic but in the movie it was explained that when Dave got his ass kicked & sent to the hospital, the high school rumor was that he got beat up, raped by a guy & he liked it. So with that rumor Katie thought he was gay. Here's something that I didn't understand. On "Tiny Toons Andventures" all of the new characters had clothes on at some point, even that Dizzy Devil wears a propeller beanie. Yet when they bring in all of the original Looney Toons characters they are running around naked. Couldn't they ask Bugs Bunny or Daffy Duck to put on some pants at least but when Hampton J. Pig runs around naked he gets laughed at by tourists? Didn't get that.
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Post by SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman on Jan 2, 2011 13:32:20 GMT -5
Oh, and I could never for the life of me understand why Tom in the Tom & Jerry cartoons was always depicted as the bad guy. He's trying to protect his home from a mouse who keeps stealing his owners' hard-earned food! How does that make him evil?! Why should I root for the asshole mouse?! Oh and on top of that, the poor guy constantly gets horribly injured while defending what is his. When I was a kid, all I saw was a honest house cat being constantly tortured by an evil mouse who was advocating slacking and living off other people's work.
Seriously, I loved the cartoons, but I always hoped Tom would eventually catch the little bastard. Seriously, f*** that mouse, it's like the douchebag co-worker who doesn't do squat yet gets all the credit when something good is done and gets a promotion before you do.
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Post by agent817 on Jan 2, 2011 13:46:35 GMT -5
In the Kick-Ass comic, how Katie believed all the rumors that Dave was gay, when at the beginning, it showed that Dave stalked her by waiting outside a tennis club that she played at. She initially seemed disgusted by Dave and then later on, she decides that he would be her gay best friend? I don't know about the comic but in the movie it was explained that when Dave got his ass kicked & sent to the hospital, the high school rumor was that he got beat up, raped by a guy & he liked it. So with that rumor Katie thought he was gay. Here's something that I didn't understand. On "Tiny Toons Andventures" all of the new characters had clothes on at some point, even that Dizzy Devil wears a propeller beanie. Yet when they bring in all of the original Looney Toons characters they are running around naked. Couldn't they ask Bugs Bunny or Daffy Duck to put on some pants at least but when Hampton J. Pig runs around naked he gets laughed at by tourists? Didn't get that. Okay, the Kick-Ass part was done in both the movie and the comic, but there was a difference in the comic version. There was a sequence at the beginning that Dave hung out outside a tennis club where Katie played at with her friends. She told him to get lost and quit staring at her, but then the rumor started and she believed it. Of course, rumors seem real after a while, but still, it seems a bit off especially at the beginning. As for Hamtom Pig, I still remember that one episode when he ran around naked and left his overalls somewhere. He even painted a suit on himself and ran into Granny. Then the next thing that happens, the paint wears off and he is yelled at by Granny.
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Post by Pervy Stone Cold on Jan 2, 2011 14:05:14 GMT -5
Stewart's dad from B&B shouts at both of them and calls them morons at their place of work but then later on in other episodes, he is a really timid, nice fellow.
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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on Jan 2, 2011 15:06:49 GMT -5
I also never understood how giving so many cartoon and comics characters only four fingers improved anything. It just always looked awkward to me. Usually it's less of a chore to animate, I think.
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Post by SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman on Jan 2, 2011 15:09:57 GMT -5
I also never understood how giving so many cartoon and comics characters only four fingers improved anything. It just always looked awkward to me. Usually it's less of a chore to animate, I think. I assumed that might be the reason... but I don't see how one more or less finger really changes anything. Heck, it's not like anyone (aside from annoying nerds no-one cares about anyway) will get outraged if all the fingers aren't perfectly separate or animated anyway.
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Post by Pervy Stone Cold on Jan 2, 2011 15:12:11 GMT -5
How people fall over in Japanese cartoons when something shocking or incredulous occurs. Or when someone yells, a bunch of birds zoom out of all the trees dramatically.
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Post by Perpetual Nirvana on Jan 2, 2011 17:30:28 GMT -5
On "American Dad" why has no one in the Smith family snapped and beaten the holy f*** out of Roger? More the point, why the hell does anyone put up with Stan?
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Post by Sajoa Moe on Jan 2, 2011 18:04:23 GMT -5
How people fall over in Japanese cartoons when something shocking or incredulous occurs. Or when someone yells, a bunch of birds zoom out of all the trees dramatically. Or how a giant drop of sweat appears on their brow whenever they're embarrassed. I imagine losing that much sweat at once would be a massive shock to the body.
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Post by Legion on Jan 2, 2011 18:15:19 GMT -5
In " The rise of Arsenal", why was Green Arrow thrown in jail for killing Prometheus? I mean sure, Green Arrow did get rid of the body, HOWEVER Prometheus did just destroy Star City and kill thousands of people with the help of the Electrocutioner. It would be like throwing Hal Jordan in prison for beating the s*** out of Mongrol after he destroyed Coast City. Because he still killed someone. That's the big no no for any hero. They can be vigilantes and all that, beat people and all that, but they cannot be the judge, jury and executioner and actually kill someone. And Hal wasn't really the guy who took down Mongul after the Coast City event, Superman got to do it, while Hal went off to become Parallax in an evnt hated by so many........but that I really liked
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Post by "Hollywood" Cactus Matt on Jan 2, 2011 18:25:29 GMT -5
Was The Flintstones painstakingly hand-drawn in front of a live studio audience? Then why is there audible laughter after the jokes?
Why do Philip J. Fry and Turanga Leela go by their last names, whereas Amy Wong, Hermes Conrad, and Bender Rodriguez go by their first names?
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Post by JLAJRC on Jan 2, 2011 18:26:40 GMT -5
I know Spider-Man needs flexibility and all, but surely he could create both a thicker suit for protection and for warmth during winter. Seriously, everytime winter is depicted in his comic, there must always be a few panels with him shivering. Plus, it seems to tear really easily. almost like it was tissue paper.
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Post by Citizen Snips Has Left on Jan 2, 2011 18:49:27 GMT -5
The boring answer to The Simpsons being yellow is they wanted something that would instantly stand out when viewers were channel-surfing.
In-continuity? Jaundice, maybe? They are incredibly unhealthy in Springfield. Or that's the color of Caucasians in their universe. They've made several references to yellow being the desired color of their skin before.
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Post by Mozenrath on Jan 2, 2011 18:56:00 GMT -5
How come Ash is so damn resistant to the idea of his pokemon evolving? He's got enough badges, they won't go Charizard on him. I never got why Charizard didn't obey, but then I realized: he wasn't originally Ash's, so he's technically a traded one. That sort of makes sense of it. Except wasn't Cha's old master really neglectful and nearly kill him before Ash rescued it? This is true, but it's part of the mechanics of Pokemon that they are disobedient if they become overused and overleveled if their trainer isn't accomplished enough to command their respect. If caught, this never happens, but I think that is because being captured shows the pokemon that the trainer is capable of controlling them. With hatchlings, I guess the Pokemon see you and decide you're essentially their parent. Long story short, Charizard is an ingrate.
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Post by DSR on Jan 2, 2011 19:00:03 GMT -5
But as for the public identities, for a long time the public didn't who Iron Man or Thor were, and as far as I remember, there was never a Marvel 60 Minutes special explaining how they got their powers. Plus plenty of mutants have been on The Avengers; beast, quicksilver, scarlet witch, and they have been immediately accepted. However, the second they leave the team, they are hated. Really it makes no sense that mutants, many of whom are actively trying to save the world, are hated more than various supervillains who try to destroy it. Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch were not immediately accepted when they joined the Avengers. The Marvel Universe's public didn't believe they could trust these two, not simply because they were mutants, but because they were members of Magneto's Brotherhood (I imagine the public didn't know Magneto was their father). Anyway, it was a big deal that Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch had to earn the public's respect. As for why they aren't trusted after they leave the Avengers: a.) Scarlet Witch rarely makes appearances in X-Men comics, so I imagine she'd still be liked by the public if she didn't go crazy every so often and destroy everything she knows, and b.) Quicksilver has so many face/heel turns, its difficult to trust the guy ever. That's my best guess anyway.
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Post by RI Richmark on Jan 2, 2011 19:08:36 GMT -5
I have a problem with the entire premise of Pokemon. The show is about capturing animals in order to train them to fight other animals. Didn't Michael Vick go to jail for something like this?
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Post by noleafclover1980 on Jan 2, 2011 22:11:12 GMT -5
I know Spider-Man needs flexibility and all, but surely he could create both a thicker suit for protection and for warmth during winter. Seriously, everytime winter is depicted in his comic, there must always be a few panels with him shivering. Plus, it seems to tear really easily. almost like it was tissue paper. Actually, the thinness of the suit has been explained in the comics as necessary, so it won't interfere with his wall crawling ability. Anything thicker and he won't really stick anymore.
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Post by agent817 on Jan 2, 2011 22:15:14 GMT -5
The boring answer to The Simpsons being yellow is they wanted something that would instantly stand out when viewers were channel-surfing. In-continuity? Jaundice, maybe? They are incredibly unhealthy in Springfield. Or that's the color of Caucasians in their universe. They've made several references to yellow being the desired color of their skin before. Get a load of this:
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