Wow, CAL, looks like women will be the death of you.
Remember back in the flashback? Lucy raising her dress and showing that horrible thing she was wearing over her crotch? Hell, that would scare the hell out of ME.
But what everyone wants to know: Will she be lifting her dress and the teeth then devour CAL before she turns on Chuck?
Now– it’s gotta be now. Brown’s gotta put CAL down once and for all, and it must be swift, brutal. There can’t be any chance this psycho can get up again.
My guess is since Sparky is on the fritz again, then it’s the explosive charge they were carrying.
@Geek: If I recall correctly, you have to actually get the Deep Fried Volume 1 #2 but Dr Van Pelt was *the* trainer for the Weapon Brown Program who used humiliation and fear to break and control the candidates. Cal’s s more shiny ruthless version of a later program that improved upon the Weapon Brown Program who was so horribly deadly that they only bring him out to play when they really need him, in this case to stop the renegade Weapon Brown.
Cool ! Hi, Geek! Dr. van Pelt (Lucy) was employed by the Syndicate as a psychologist. Brown and CAL are both soldiers created by the Syndicate and Van Pelt was responsible for their… behavioral modification through rather creative means! Chuck had later located her office and,er, downsized her! I can’t post Chuck’s tenure with her without scannin’ the comic (that ain’t gonna happen) but the comic is available and worth getting!
And the winner for Chekov’s Gun is CAL’s control word! All those who picked control word as the deus ex machina, line up to the right to receive your prize. I will be slinking off to lick the wounds of my defeat.
JY: Make sure to add a citation for Chuck under “Chekov’s Gun” in TV Tropes. I certainly offered a lot of possibilities though, didn’t I?
One of my favorite lines from the Bruce Willis movie “Last Man Standing” – Sheriff Ed Galt: “You know something amigo? I think I just spotted a chink in your armor. When you go down… it’s going be over a skirt.”
I vaguely anticipated something like this right off the bat, but I was actually beginning to doubt it would go this way given CAL’s earlier displays of, um, affection for Annie.
@Opus I don’t think Cal is faking it like Chuck did – different set of circumstances, and Cal hasn’t demonstrated himself to be particularly clever. Sadistic and hateful, yes, but clever, no.
Here’s a nice touch, in Weapon Brown #245/246, Pops yells “ME GOYLE” and Cal’s expression on the next page is one of slight anxiety. Brown thought it was just the “howl of the void” that was getting to Cal, but now we know. Lucky for Cal, Pops has a bit of an accent so what would have been “Girl” came out sounding a little different… but close enough perhaps to still give Cal the hibbly-jibblies.
Intentional or not, it’s a nice touch… cause I went searching for any place where “girl” or “girls” was said in Cal’s presence (you know, just to keep JY honest) and there was a BIG one. Of course it’s not out of character for Pops to speak in that accent, so it doesn’t seem forced at all. Intended or not, a very nice touch. I say go ahead and take the credit even if you didn’t mean to do it.
yeah. Answers to my previous questions: shmoo Van Pelt, and it doesn’t matter. Chas goaded CAL’s subconscious into making CAL’s subconsciously-generated Van Pelt spill CAL’s ‘whip-word’. Nice.
Red: WB #164 has the scientists speculating that the trigger might only work once in field condition– but once is enough if it breaks Cal’s hold over the Schmoo, as I’m pretty sure that Chuck will just lock his hands around Cal’s throat and squeeze until he hears snapping noises.
Still, for a trigger word, it seems a bit common. “Ohmigod, that monster’s attacking us! Where are the girls? … Oh, never mind dear, the monster just went comatose.” Some ultimate weapon!
I love that Cal carefully never said his trigger word. Annie was always a cooze or a slit — never a girl. That detail is the storytelling equivalent of … well, every little background gem in this whole thing.
Have I mentioned already how much I love Psycho’s Cal teeth? It’s the little touches that JY does that elevate this Thanos/Cosmic Cube moment to “kick-ass.”
Get Rid Of Slimy girlS!!!!!!!!!
Wow!!
Wow, CAL, looks like women will be the death of you.
Remember back in the flashback? Lucy raising her dress and showing that horrible thing she was wearing over her crotch? Hell, that would scare the hell out of ME.
But what everyone wants to know: Will she be lifting her dress and the teeth then devour CAL before she turns on Chuck?
Evil like Van Pelt never dies.
And here I thought Cal was going to be made into the new Garf.
Calling it now: Susie Derkins is/was Van Pelt’s apprentice!
that was G.R.O.S.S.
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Now– it’s gotta be now. Brown’s gotta put CAL down once and for all, and it must be swift, brutal. There can’t be any chance this psycho can get up again.
My guess is since Sparky is on the fritz again, then it’s the explosive charge they were carrying.
elastic, throudg
Wooooo time for action!
can someone link to an earlier page where we can have the Van Pelt history explained? I’m kind of lost, I thought Van Pelt was Chuck’s nemesis.
JaSon, you have the mind of a brilliant child.
@Geek: If I recall correctly, you have to actually get the Deep Fried Volume 1 #2 but Dr Van Pelt was *the* trainer for the Weapon Brown Program who used humiliation and fear to break and control the candidates. Cal’s s more shiny ruthless version of a later program that improved upon the Weapon Brown Program who was so horribly deadly that they only bring him out to play when they really need him, in this case to stop the renegade Weapon Brown.
Cool ! Hi, Geek! Dr. van Pelt (Lucy) was employed by the Syndicate as a psychologist. Brown and CAL are both soldiers created by the Syndicate and Van Pelt was responsible for their… behavioral modification through rather creative means! Chuck had later located her office and,er, downsized her! I can’t post Chuck’s tenure with her without scannin’ the comic (that ain’t gonna happen) but the comic is available and worth getting!
And the winner for Chekov’s Gun is CAL’s control word! All those who picked control word as the deus ex machina, line up to the right to receive your prize. I will be slinking off to lick the wounds of my defeat.
JY: Make sure to add a citation for Chuck under “Chekov’s Gun” in TV Tropes. I certainly offered a lot of possibilities though, didn’t I?
Geek: CAL meets Lucy here: http://www.whatisdeepfried.com/2010/05/24/weapon-brown-163/
One of my favorite lines from the Bruce Willis movie “Last Man Standing” – Sheriff Ed Galt: “You know something amigo? I think I just spotted a chink in your armor. When you go down… it’s going be over a skirt.”
I vaguely anticipated something like this right off the bat, but I was actually beginning to doubt it would go this way given CAL’s earlier displays of, um, affection for Annie.
Or CAL is faking it, like Chuck did to Krok.
God damn it, I really thought the control word would be “Twinkie”. You pulled a fast one on me JY.
@Josh. I totally thought it’d be “Twinkie” also! I think “girls” is better though.
There´s hope yet !!
@Opus I don’t think Cal is faking it like Chuck did – different set of circumstances, and Cal hasn’t demonstrated himself to be particularly clever. Sadistic and hateful, yes, but clever, no.
Here’s a nice touch, in Weapon Brown #245/246, Pops yells “ME GOYLE” and Cal’s expression on the next page is one of slight anxiety. Brown thought it was just the “howl of the void” that was getting to Cal, but now we know. Lucky for Cal, Pops has a bit of an accent so what would have been “Girl” came out sounding a little different… but close enough perhaps to still give Cal the hibbly-jibblies.
Intentional or not, it’s a nice touch… cause I went searching for any place where “girl” or “girls” was said in Cal’s presence (you know, just to keep JY honest) and there was a BIG one. Of course it’s not out of character for Pops to speak in that accent, so it doesn’t seem forced at all. Intended or not, a very nice touch. I say go ahead and take the credit even if you didn’t mean to do it.
http://www.whatisdeepfried.com/2011/07/25/weapon-brown-245/
http://www.whatisdeepfried.com/2011/07/29/weapon-brown-246/
yeah. Answers to my previous questions: shmoo Van Pelt, and it doesn’t matter. Chas goaded CAL’s subconscious into making CAL’s subconsciously-generated Van Pelt spill CAL’s ‘whip-word’. Nice.
Brown broke his trigger word, lets hope Cal isnt smart enough to break his.
awesome, thx for the updates!
Red: WB #164 has the scientists speculating that the trigger might only work once in field condition– but once is enough if it breaks Cal’s hold over the Schmoo, as I’m pretty sure that Chuck will just lock his hands around Cal’s throat and squeeze until he hears snapping noises.
Still, for a trigger word, it seems a bit common. “Ohmigod, that monster’s attacking us! Where are the girls? … Oh, never mind dear, the monster just went comatose.” Some ultimate weapon!
I love that Cal carefully never said his trigger word. Annie was always a cooze or a slit — never a girl. That detail is the storytelling equivalent of … well, every little background gem in this whole thing.
Have I mentioned already how much I love Psycho’s Cal teeth? It’s the little touches that JY does that elevate this Thanos/Cosmic Cube moment to “kick-ass.”
rcusses Atelier
@Red
Chuck’s word no longer works. Crokk tried “Blockhead” and Chuck just made him *think* it still worked.
WAIT.
Did anybody miss this? TALKING SHMOO.
I was wondering when Suzy, Rosalyn, and Calvin’s mom were gonna make an appearance.
Weeeelp…that did it. I’m gay now. Wouldn’t have *chose* to be, mind ya. But that last panel…shit. I used to really like girly parts. Thanks a ton, JY.
HELLO LADIES ! Kinda reminds me of a punk rock bar I once frequented…
I loved drawing this page. It is wonderful unloading your sexual fantasies on an unsuspecting public.
Captcha used to be worth commenting on, but now its all fokkin’ NUMBERS! “512” is not funny and cannot be MADE funny!
Vagina dentata. What a wonderful phrase!