Pokemon can use moves other than their own types. Water is weak to Grass and Electric, but Blastoise (Water-type) can learn Ice and Ground-type attacks, which are super effective against Grass and Electric respectively.
So yeah, Danny is just using a Joe-type attack against her.
It’s out of type, so it wouldn’t get the STAB, and thus do less damage than a comparatively strong power of the Nervous Geek type. Useful in a pinch, though.
Feel free to fast forward a few paragraphs to the inevitable joke about Joe and breeding.
Also, I’m unfamiliar with the phrase “STAB” as Pokemon game terminology. I figure that it’s some acronym ending in “Attack Bonus” or some such and some “Super” or “Special” thingy, but I can’t place what the T stands for.
When Pokemon became popular I was graduating from college and I was herding my younger cousins to the mall to play pokemon with the other kids whilst I read a book on a small restaurant right across them.
Ours mostly will involve the phrase ‘sorry, I’m not really into pokemon.’
Its the ultimate put-down for anyone who is getting too enthusiastic about something (usually not-pokemon related) that the rest of us couldn’t give a shit about.
Technically though, she used attract by yelling, “DANNY!” because she wanted anyone besides that previous dweeb to sit there. So he didn’t do to much in terms of flirting.
Unless it was Anti-Joyce. I wonder how David’s going to make her work, if he’s even going to put Anti-Joyce in at all. It’d be hilarious watching her out-sex drive Joe. In front of his FAAAAAACE.
It is quite meme-tastic. Let’s spam it all week long in some form or other next week. Should we switch the ‘lady’ or ‘butt’ in the phrase? The lady requires your FAAAAAAACE!
It’ll probably work better switching out the “butt” unless the comic gives us a really good setup for “The _ requires your butt.” “The lady requires your _” is much more versatile.
Iunno. I thought this was adorable. Of course, this is the sort of thing that my boyfriend and I do to each other all the time even after 5 years together. They’re both sarcastic and awkward and Iunno… I guess I’m biased because I am totally rooting for them to get together and stay together, heh.
Wha? How would that even work? Keyrings are notoriouosly small… I mean… the opening would be so small… are they for the men who are competing for the least wanted Guinness record of smallest adult phallus?
Now, I’m not sure, but this could always be a situation that requires the liberal application of Mike’s penis. Mike’s penis always helps in the other universe. Or maybe Ninja Rick’s “sword”
It bothers me that this comic is still in the first week of school and I just finished my first semester. TIME MOVES SLOWLY. WILLIS’ COMICS UNREALISTIC.
Is it just me, or does Danny come across way creepier today that buckets of blood guy did yesterday? He goes from panel three which isn’t quite Sarah sneaking up behind you, but matches the emotional tenor to panel 4 where he seems to lack sleep and be twitching.
I really must question Amber’s decision making process here.
Someone who acknowledges that they’re creepy is probably creepier than someone who is just reacting to being called over and being told his butt is required.
Yeah, Buckets of blood guy may have acknowledged his creepiness, but Danny greeted Amber with a pickup line while wearing angry eyes and happy smile (the trademark “I’m batshit insane” expression). He then continues after Amber makes it clear his advances are unwelcome, now wearing a similarly unnerving expression.
I mean, buckets of blood guy may have had some mildly skeevy vibes, and he was certainly aware of this, but I didn’t think I was watching Heath Ledger as The Joker attempting flirtation.
I mean, maybe it’s just me. If no one else is seeing it then it clearly is, but Danny just looks dangerously insane to me today. If I was greeted by today’s Danny in class, I’d probably pack my shit up and go home, starting the trip off with an incorrect bus just in case. I have no desire to be in his immediate vicinity.
For sure. I frequently do, I just have trouble vocalizing that in a way that I’d want to post. Today’s post for example started out something like “Panel Three: Rape Face! lol.”, but the rape reference felt distasteful so I tried to comment on the humor of danny’s expression without it and here we are.
As a side note, I think you’re definitely way over-thinking this. Everyone has herp-derp/creepy moments. Think back; anyone ever take a really unflattering picture of you because they got the picture at exactly the wrong moment? That’s the difference between what Danny’s doing and BoB. BoB’s entire life is like that whereas with Danny, it’s a moment.
Good point. She’s already met him before. She knows he’s a pretty tame person with some mild social awkwardness and general loneliness after a recent breakup. There’s not a whole lot of worry, she’s already decided he’s harmless.
Still, it’s fun to see these kinds of faces on Danny. His character tends to have 2 settings, bland and heartbroken. It’s a side of him I don’t think we’ve seen before.
I like to think of it as a defensive mechanism. I do it on occasion if I’m having a particularly bad day.
I get moody to such a point that I throw caution to the wind and act/speak on impulse. Usually this means cracking jokes/pointing out things I’d usually keep to myself. On two occasions, it resulted in shameless flirting. The latter got me a girlfriend for the better half of high school, so I suppose it wasn’t all bad.
…although she did decide she was lesbian instead of just bi not long out of high school… hm.
Amber appear’s to already be in a state of avoidance, as she seems to have changed to the seat at the end of the row, rather than the one she is now directing Danny to sit in. Her reasoning for moving is most likely due to buckets of blood guy deciding to sit directly behind her previous(soon to be Danny’s) seat.
Poor Danny didn’t even notice that Joe was also in the crowd. It was like that, but with Sex. They wanted a protege, but Roz could hardly get herself knocked up what with her public image as the spokesperson of condom use. The result, poor danny’s mind has been warped to contain the full horrors of Joe and Roz combined. He was given a single condom. His only instructions were to use it.
For some reason that line, coupled with Danny’s bemused reaction, makes Amber seem kind of dominatrix-y. “THE LADY REQUIRES YOUR BUTT.” You can almost see her leering and stepping close, sadistic implement in hand.
xD I think one of the things I like about this comic is there is a limited number of trolls.
And there’s a limited amount of arguing. As opposed to Shortpacked, which I’ve given up reading the comments on. XD I think he’s started doing things to start arguments at this point….
I love the comics though. ^^
*coughs* And for everyone’s sake, his ability would be Oblivious. *nod nods*
Willis, I don’t suppose there will be any storyline in the future of DoA where the Dalai Lama will transform Joyce into a rival crimefighter who uses her ass for Justice?
This is what I get for watching crazy animes like Butt Attack Punisher Girl Gotaman
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DANNY WORK THAT BUTT
er
And the creepy eyes.
heh… pokemon jokes
How can it be super effective? Cute girl type pokemon have a type advantage over nervous geek types
Pokemon can use moves other than their own types. Water is weak to Grass and Electric, but Blastoise (Water-type) can learn Ice and Ground-type attacks, which are super effective against Grass and Electric respectively.
So yeah, Danny is just using a Joe-type attack against her.
It’s out of type, so it wouldn’t get the STAB, and thus do less damage than a comparatively strong power of the Nervous Geek type. Useful in a pinch, though.
Feel free to fast forward a few paragraphs to the inevitable joke about Joe and breeding.
i love this geek commentary
I don’t know anything about Pokemon, but this seems like solid flirting advice just the same.
it’s difficult to STAB with “butt”.
Joe is in an egg group similar to Ditto’s. The difference is that the egg group can only breed with females
Pokemon and flirting advice. Hurrah for college!
Also, I’m unfamiliar with the phrase “STAB” as Pokemon game terminology. I figure that it’s some acronym ending in “Attack Bonus” or some such and some “Super” or “Special” thingy, but I can’t place what the T stands for.
Same-Type Attack Bonus. If a Pokemon uses a move that’s the same type as it is, it does more damage than it would if it were a different type.
Funny, I thought she was more of a leg woman…
Danny that was terrible.
Danny uses CHARM
It missed!
Amber uses BLUNTNESS
It missed!
Danny uses THINLY-VEILED ROMANTIC ATTEMPT THROUGH POKEMON REFERENCES
What the hell, Danny.
If there’s anyone that might work on, it’s Amber
Nah, he’d have to offer to show her his full tier 10 blue set for that.
Sad…you almost had it.
“Purples for Purples”
Had I been drinking something that would have been a definite spit take to see Danny do that!
So she really was saving that seat…
with her penis?
For Danny’s FAAAAAAACE.
For a nickel.
No she wants his BUUUUUUUUTT!
Danny has a BUUUUUUTTFAAAAAAAAACE.
She REQUIRES it.
At least she doesn’t require his femurs!
Or with her FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE
For his penis more like.
PEEEEEEEnis
I come here for the webcomic, stay for the deep & intellectual comments. ^_^
BUTTS: I REQUIRE THEM 😛
Yea, I just love the peanut gallery here. It puts a smile on my FAAAAAACE. . . Sorry, I had to do it.
It’s OK, that what memes are made for after all.
Jesus, these memes are getting inane.
THERE’S OVER 9000 OF THEM?!?!?!?!
Sorry. Had to be done.
Oi, thanks. Now I won’t be able to get any rest until I locate some Rule 76’d Amber Rule 34.
“76. Twinkies are the answers to life’s problems.”
derp
Twinkies? I thought it was Duct Tape that was supposed to be the answer.
I have no idea how many conversations with my friends end up having similar Pokemon-themed comments at some point. My guess is around 40%.
Sounds like my friends.
You guys make me feel old…(o_o)
When Pokemon became popular I was graduating from college and I was herding my younger cousins to the mall to play pokemon with the other kids whilst I read a book on a small restaurant right across them.
This conversation bracket used to be more commonly held by The Simpsons in the form of raw quotes.
I was 13 on 9/11
Does that make you feel better or worse?
After having just met a couple that practically breathes Pokemon and YGO…about 70% for me.
Ours mostly will involve the phrase ‘sorry, I’m not really into pokemon.’
Its the ultimate put-down for anyone who is getting too enthusiastic about something (usually not-pokemon related) that the rest of us couldn’t give a shit about.
I’m guessing someone reads XKCD?
And with that, I know I’m old.
Hahahaha
It begs the question; what are other three moves that Danny knows?
*FLIRT
*DEATHSTARE
*???
*???
*Profit
Is that like PAY DAY?
*DISGRUNTLED ASIDE
Ignorance
PP 15/15 Type: Status Element: Normal
Disregard the opponent’s and the opponent’s lady friend getting it on in the other side of the room.
Angst
PP 100/100 Type: Status Element: Dark
Increases the Danny’s despair level by 1.
This is most likely accurate.
*MELANCHOLY*
Justice is his special ability.
What does JUSTICE do?
It’s like Harden.
I’ll bet he uses Harden soon.
Followed by STRING SHOT no doubt.
But not before he gets to use POUND!
That or ARM THRUST.
Well the Musketeer Trio/Quartet have the Justified ability.
Justified: Raises Attack when hit by a Dark-type move.
In Japan its called ‘Righteous Heart’ so I guess it would fit for him.
I assume that it involves Phoenix Wright.
Flirt
Deathstare
Leer (Panel 3)
Confusion (Panel 4)
So what would count as his ability then?
Is “rape-face” an ability?
* PREACH
And Amber’s would be SECRET ID.
SPLASH. What? Think about it, he has no girlfriend, so . . .
IIRC the Japanese word for SPLASH is BUKKAKE.
Danny seems a bit uhh… ready to zoom off like the Roadrunner. Oh but that Mike were near this…
Of course! Every comic could use more Mike!
…For some reason, my mother just vehemently agreed with me….and our coin jar is out of nickels…
I hereby salute you for making me have to think about that one.
wow, you can cut the akwardness with a knife.
Technically though, she used attract by yelling, “DANNY!” because she wanted anyone besides that previous dweeb to sit there. So he didn’t do to much in terms of flirting.
You’re channeling Joe, there, Danny.
In his FAAAAAAAAAACE?
egad! that comment with that picture is friggin’ terrifying
It’s the face of Joyce if she actually saw Danny “channeling” Joe in his face..
…you know with Joe’s penis…
…in Danny’s FAAAAAAACE
Unless it was Anti-Joyce. I wonder how David’s going to make her work, if he’s even going to put Anti-Joyce in at all. It’d be hilarious watching her out-sex drive Joe. In front of his FAAAAAACE.
I bet she’ll come out if they get Joyce drunk.
Quick! Someone get Joyce a triple martini! No, get her FOUR triple martinis!
I think that Joe courtship and nerd reference courtship are the only two approaches that he knows.
S’what happens when you spend enough time with the Joe.
You become the Joe.
Next thing you know he’ll be offering to Danny her.
“The lady requires your butt.” may just be the greatest thing you’ve ever written. That needs to be a valentine’s or anniversary card right there.
It is quite meme-tastic. Let’s spam it all week long in some form or other next week. Should we switch the ‘lady’ or ‘butt’ in the phrase? The lady requires your FAAAAAAACE!
It’ll probably work better switching out the “butt” unless the comic gives us a really good setup for “The _ requires your butt.” “The lady requires your _” is much more versatile.
What about “the Joe requires your butt…for his penis”.
They are both equally hysterical. Use all three variations.
The butt requires your lady.
OMG. THIS!
In Soviet Russia, at least.
In Soviet Russia, FAAAAACE shouts you.
My FAAAAAACE requires your BUTT!
I’m not really into that sort of thing.
Joe probably is.
I can so see Joyce saying that.
Iunno. I thought this was adorable. Of course, this is the sort of thing that my boyfriend and I do to each other all the time even after 5 years together. They’re both sarcastic and awkward and Iunno… I guess I’m biased because I am totally rooting for them to get together and stay together, heh.
I like the incredibly awkward way in which Amber and Danny are getting closer. Also I like how DoA Amber don’t take no shit you hear?
Amber cannot take no shit? No wonder she requires his butt, constipation is very uncomfortable after all.
Is she wearing a shirt with the Dinobot campaign poster on it?
Yes. (Woo, you win a no-prize!)
Hey, what’s this? Not one no-prize for me after I’ve accurately spotted every time you drew Sal without a bra, all these years?
Links. Post. All of them. Now.
FAAAACE=epic for post.
also: Yes, post those links.
Braless Sal expertise can not be given, Grasshopper. It must be earned.
Isn’t the noticing prize enough?
Theno
If, uh, I’ve been drawing a difference betweeen bra’d and commando’d, it’s entirely subconscious.
Wait, What?!
Ah, I love the strips featuring Danny. I’ve missed his antics from long ago.
There’s nothing better than that feeling of “I now know I’m not the creepiest person she could conceive of.”
AKA “I’ll take any positive attribute she will give me.”
Now Danny’s being creepy.
Ah Danny, you’re one step closer to using that condom.
With your penis.
But no nickel yet. Amber’s not a mother.
…
Give her time.
Also, that was less creepy in my head until about .01 seconds after I clicked the “Post Comment” button.
This happens to me frequently.
You know what they say about hindsight.
…your mom requires your FAAAACE for a Joe nickel.
(what the heck am I even saying)
He COULD use it.
But she requires his butt.
I just hope she is gentle with his butt.
She could use it.
That’s probably about as creepy as I’m intending it to be.
I still ship Roz/Danny because MSPA adventures gave me horrible tendencies to ship everything.
But now I ship Amber/Danny’s butt. That part is hers. OTP.
Eh, Roz/Danny feels a bit flat.
Besides, the question is, do you ship Creepy Guy with anybody?
Other than his hand or maybe a blowup doll, I would say NO.
Ship Creepy-Guy with a Fleshlight?
Theno
They got a keyring version of those, don’t they?
Wha? How would that even work? Keyrings are notoriouosly small… I mean… the opening would be so small… are they for the men who are competing for the least wanted Guinness record of smallest adult phallus?
Micropenis is a real medical condition and if anyone needs such a device, it is those guys.
I ship Creepy Guy to somewhere far away from here.
so creepy
Now, I’m not sure, but this could always be a situation that requires the liberal application of Mike’s penis. Mike’s penis always helps in the other universe. Or maybe Ninja Rick’s “sword”
*silent scream*
*Squee*
*FAAAACE*
Well, now Danny has a use for an autographed condom.
He should sell the autographed condom on eBay and just get one from the men’s room.
That might actually be awkward. “Why is this condom autographed?”
“Because having her sign my chest is so cliche.”
Yes! Yes! Yes! He did it!
I know that this might happen I am still suprised that it happened.
Best interaction between the two so far… Makes me almost sad to imagine Dorothy’s reaction when she figures out Danny can do so much better.
…Almost
It bothers me that this comic is still in the first week of school and I just finished my first semester. TIME MOVES SLOWLY. WILLIS’ COMICS UNREALISTIC.
If time was moving like in real life, Amber would be in her 30s now.
In the Walkyverse, I’m pretty sure she is in her late 20s or early 30s.
Yeah, in all my comics except tbhis one, characters age in real time. SP! Amber’s about 28.
Owww, she is so cute when she talks dirty.
Wow. I’m shocked that this happened… It’s the first time I’ve ever successfully predicted anything you’ve done, Willis.
you predicted that amber would require danny’s butt? amazing absolutely amazing.
Is it just me, or does Danny come across way creepier today that buckets of blood guy did yesterday? He goes from panel three which isn’t quite Sarah sneaking up behind you, but matches the emotional tenor to panel 4 where he seems to lack sleep and be twitching.
I really must question Amber’s decision making process here.
Someone who acknowledges that they’re creepy is probably creepier than someone who is just reacting to being called over and being told his butt is required.
Yeah, Buckets of blood guy may have acknowledged his creepiness, but Danny greeted Amber with a pickup line while wearing angry eyes and happy smile (the trademark “I’m batshit insane” expression). He then continues after Amber makes it clear his advances are unwelcome, now wearing a similarly unnerving expression.
I mean, buckets of blood guy may have had some mildly skeevy vibes, and he was certainly aware of this, but I didn’t think I was watching Heath Ledger as The Joker attempting flirtation.
I mean, maybe it’s just me. If no one else is seeing it then it clearly is, but Danny just looks dangerously insane to me today. If I was greeted by today’s Danny in class, I’d probably pack my shit up and go home, starting the trip off with an incorrect bus just in case. I have no desire to be in his immediate vicinity.
Just out of curiosity, can you ever just go “OOooOOhhHHhh, funny comic! LOL”??
For sure. I frequently do, I just have trouble vocalizing that in a way that I’d want to post. Today’s post for example started out something like “Panel Three: Rape Face! lol.”, but the rape reference felt distasteful so I tried to comment on the humor of danny’s expression without it and here we are.
It’s the internet. No such thing as distateful.
As a side note, I think you’re definitely way over-thinking this. Everyone has herp-derp/creepy moments. Think back; anyone ever take a really unflattering picture of you because they got the picture at exactly the wrong moment? That’s the difference between what Danny’s doing and BoB. BoB’s entire life is like that whereas with Danny, it’s a moment.
Good point. She’s already met him before. She knows he’s a pretty tame person with some mild social awkwardness and general loneliness after a recent breakup. There’s not a whole lot of worry, she’s already decided he’s harmless.
Still, it’s fun to see these kinds of faces on Danny. His character tends to have 2 settings, bland and heartbroken. It’s a side of him I don’t think we’ve seen before.
I like to think of it as a defensive mechanism. I do it on occasion if I’m having a particularly bad day.
I get moody to such a point that I throw caution to the wind and act/speak on impulse. Usually this means cracking jokes/pointing out things I’d usually keep to myself. On two occasions, it resulted in shameless flirting. The latter got me a girlfriend for the better half of high school, so I suppose it wasn’t all bad.
…although she did decide she was lesbian instead of just bi not long out of high school… hm.
Amber appear’s to already be in a state of avoidance, as she seems to have changed to the seat at the end of the row, rather than the one she is now directing Danny to sit in. Her reasoning for moving is most likely due to buckets of blood guy deciding to sit directly behind her previous(soon to be Danny’s) seat.
Inarticulate “awww soocute” noises are my only commentary on this, which is a first for this comic.
maybe danny has mad game with the “anybody but them” crowd. i guess extreme normalcy has its advantages
Her shadow is a thumbs down.
Accidental artisic mistake or indicating subtext?
What did Roz DO to him?!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JEa71aS3oU&t=3m30s
Poor Danny didn’t even notice that Joe was also in the crowd. It was like that, but with Sex. They wanted a protege, but Roz could hardly get herself knocked up what with her public image as the spokesperson of condom use. The result, poor danny’s mind has been warped to contain the full horrors of Joe and Roz combined. He was given a single condom. His only instructions were to use it.
Awww! What a cute couple these two will make but knowing Willis this couple might not last long.
Hahaha, I love it, WIllis.
Totally going to use the Super-Effective line with my girlfriend later today…maybe get her some sweet chocolates so I have a same type attack bonus?
I definitely read “It’s…super effective” in a Captain Kirk voice
I always read it in Captain Falcon’s voice for some reason.
Can I bend my elbow that way?
Anyway I like this new development. I’ve forgotten how they’ve interacted in past comics, though, so I’ll have to go back and look.
I know I cannot, I can do the pointing down thing but not raise the elbow anywhere above the shoulder line, let alone my head.
I don’t think it’s the elbow; that shoulder is REALLY flexible! Must be from pre-WOW exercises
I can.
Danny’s “flirt” ability is not as effective as he thought it was; but then again, that is the case for most guys.
,Hey Willis,
Did you use Jesus’ full name in your Friday comic because he is supposedly coming back on Saturday?
By the way, favorite comic on the interwebs!
Full name? But what about all the middle names?
Don’t forget titles. Man’s gotten a lot of titles over the years.
Wonder what the “H” stands for.
Herbert?
Heyzeus.
See what I did there?
Layers. Layers McIntyre.
Panel 3 Danny is slightly creepy. He looks like he’s ready for the kill.
Punchline made me gigglesnort.
Keep up the excellent work, Mr. Willis!
So is the lesson here that it is better to be a cute doormat?
(I realize that these two strips were only a ploy to have D and A sit next to each other, but still. THE MESSAGE. YOu gotta think about the message.)
Poor Danny expected to be shot down–he seems confused that he wasn’t.
For some reason that line, coupled with Danny’s bemused reaction, makes Amber seem kind of dominatrix-y. “THE LADY REQUIRES YOUR BUTT.” You can almost see her leering and stepping close, sadistic implement in hand.
i saw that show, or was it jus bad femdom porn? either way, it is NOT funny.
Love the pokemon joke. The last panel made me LOL, and I am at work, so it must have been super effective. And I suspect we have a new meme now.
A pokemon reference… by the character that shares my name!?
UN-DAMN (bless?) YOU, WILLIS!!!
xD I think one of the things I like about this comic is there is a limited number of trolls.
And there’s a limited amount of arguing. As opposed to Shortpacked, which I’ve given up reading the comments on. XD I think he’s started doing things to start arguments at this point….
I love the comics though. ^^
*coughs* And for everyone’s sake, his ability would be Oblivious. *nod nods*
You missed the whole “Team Joe” and “Team Joyce” arguing during and after their date a few months back.
No, I read that. XD
I just mean there’s a lot more goodhearted posts on this comic than there are on some of the other ones. <__>
Not to say there isn’t a lot of arguing on this one. XD
Heh, limited amounts of arguing? You must have just started reading this haha.
Not really.
I just mean there isn’t arguing on every single strip. xD
If this were Shortpacked there’d still be the Joe/Joyce debates.
Robin’s being eaten alive over there. I hope if she does appear here it doesn’t carry over…
Willis, I don’t suppose there will be any storyline in the future of DoA where the Dalai Lama will transform Joyce into a rival crimefighter who uses her ass for Justice?
This is what I get for watching crazy animes like Butt Attack Punisher Girl Gotaman
Surely, she’d be thwarted the first time someone blocks her butt…
…with their FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE!
I am fairly certain that a butt will defeat a FAAAAAACE.
i must search for this when i get home.
I’m not even a pokemon nerd and I still love this strip to the bitter end
THE LADY DOES NOT APPRECIATE YOUR CLEVER QUIPS, DANNY.