Your all-time single favorite conversation exchange.

[Saknussem]

The rules.
One or Two people only.
One or Two talk bubble(s) only.
No limit on what is IN the bubble(s), but only one or two bubble(s) are allowed.
Bubbles can be extended bubbles if extended in the original strip by the artist.
Multiple entries are permitted but must be in an additional REPLY.
Have fun.


My entry:
Roy: "Who does the green line represent?"
Bureaucratic Deva: "A hypothetical offspring of Cruella De Ville and Sauron. It's useful to have a baseline comparison for these things."

[Llama231]

not nail. :thog: (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0367.html)

[Snake-Aes]

:belkar: I am so deeply disappoi-Mmmph! (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0146.html)

[RMS Oceanic]

Xykon's Hannibal Lecture to Dorukan in Start of Darkness.

[Berserk Monk]

Thog like ice cream with sprinkles. (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0051.html)

And if thought bubbles don't count:

"Sorry Roy, I just don't trust you enough to believe you lied to me." (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0179.html)

[RedBeardJim]

:redcloak: "Just out of curiosity, is that in the same way that a human fighter with a broken sword could never defeat us?"
:xykon: "Hey look, I just regenerated a finger. Guess which one."

link (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0191.html)

[SadisticFishing]

:belkar:: There may yet be hope for you!
:roy:: Your approval fills me with shame.

http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0171.html

[theinsulabot]

dispite being an avid roy fan, i just cany help but admire the way v's index finger makes a point (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0596.html)

EDIT: hey how bout that, finally got text linking to work. and only 2 years on these boards

[The Blackbird]

Elan vs. Kubota ftw (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0594.html)

[Forbiddenwar]

Just one favorite? But I have so many

Best Dialogue (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0341.html):
T: *sigh* Thog fears that he will never again know the majesty of the gumdrop mountains.
N" Can't I get through just ONE foreboding monologue without the half-orc upstaging me? Geez!

[mjo625]

Miko: At least I will finally be able to execute you for your crimes before I leave.

Belkar: Funny, I always figured I'd be killed by a paladin.

[Ted The Bug]

Truth-guy: You're an idiot
Liar: You're not.


I don't know why, but that cracked be up more than anything else in OotS. Its just so simple, funneh, and awesome.

[Klivian]

Shojo: Great idea! Here, I'll have my best wizard teleport you!
Nameless Wizard: Sure thing Lord Shojo! Teleport!

Cheated a little, but my favorite line of the series

[L'intrigant]

In my sig. :smallbiggrin:

[Thanatosia]

Jeebus, so many good ones to chose from.... mostly Xykon lines, I love him so, but Roy has some good ones too, and I think if I had to pick one, this one of his would take the cake for me:

:roy: You can't even tell me you'd be this tightly wound if you were receiving Treasure Type O regularly.

[Raenir Salazar]

In my sig. :smallbiggrin:

Why did exactly did Celia and Haley freak out?

[RedBeardJim]

Why did exactly did Celia and Haley freak out?

Belkar advocated a non-violent solution. Indeed, a cessation of hostilities. Clearly, this was a sign of Armageddon.

[Ytaker]

"If a tree kills alone in the forest, does it make a sound?"

After many years of philosophy classes, this makes me laugh.

[AdmiralCheez]

:elan: : C'mon, Nale, don't be a Sword Loser.
:nale: : Ugh, that was horrible! I swear, I'm going to kill you, then pay a cleric to raise you, and kill you again, just to make you pay for the puns!

[Roland St. Jude]

:redcloak: "Just out of curiosity, is that in the same way that a human fighter with a broken sword could never defeat us?"
:xykon: "Hey look, I just regenerated a finger. Guess which one."

link (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0191.html)

This is the one that always comes to mind when people ask this, but then as I read the archives, there are just so many good ones. :smallsmile:

[Zevox]

#357 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0357.html)
Yokyok: Oh shi-
:belkar: : Getting paid to kill things: cornerstone of the world economy.

Zevox

[FlawedParadigm]

(Regarding leaving Durkon behind after their first Linear Guild encounter)

Haley: True, but the three of us (Elan, Belkar, and herself) are so consistently and staggeringly irresponsible that it's utterly unreasonable to expect us to have been paying any attention in the first place.

Roy: That...is actually a very valid point. You're right, my bad.

http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0075.html

This is still my favourite strip of all time in many ways, and I'm not sure it'll be topped, ever.

[RedBeardJim]

#357 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0357.html)
Yokyok: Oh shi-
:belkar: : Getting paid to kill things: cornerstone of the world economy.

Hah, good one. I also like (from a few strips earlier (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0351.html)):

Yokyok: He was a good father!
:belkar: But he was a better fashion accessory!
Yokyok: I'LL KILL YOU!!

[Optimystik]

Shojo's "Philosophy of Chaos" (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0606.html) is the high point of the strip for me.

[Squieonat]

"I can't help but notice that your sense of team spirit is inversely proportionate to your number of functioning appendages, sir."

Gets me every time.

Also, hello. Long time reader, first time register...-er.

[FoE]

Does this one count?

Soda: Milk Dudes! No!
Milk Dudes: Promise me one thing, Soda ...
Soda: Anything, old friend.
Milk Dudes: Promise me ... that you'll ...
*cough*
Milk Dudes: ... you'll dispose of my body in the waste receptacles ... conveniently located by the theater exits ....
Soda: NOOOOOOOOOO!

Lord Shojo's epic pwnage of Roy (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0379.html) here is probably my favourite, actually.

"What do you think, loyal wizard follower? Do you think Roy is doing a good job so far?"
"'Oh yes, Lord Shojo! I'm enjoying being a partially-digested skeleton!'"

Oh, the old people from 222 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0222.html) were also immensely funny. Probably because they reminded me of my own parents. "Hey kids, can I hire you to rescue me from a horrible witch?" is totally something my dad would say. Good times.

[DBJack]

:redcloak: "Just out of curiosity, is that in the same way that a human fighter with a broken sword could never defeat us?"
:xykon: "Hey look, I just regenerated a finger. Guess which one."

link (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0191.html)

This is my favorite one too.

[Kairamek]

http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0409.html

:roy: Oh I'm sorry, is NOW a good time for battering things into submisition? I just want to be clear on the rules here, since I'm just a big dumb fighter.

Anytime I ask myself the question "What makes this comic so great" that strip and that line come to mind.

[Darius1020]

see the second two parts in my sig

[Ichneumon]

http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0050.html
:elan: Oh I'm a bard, that kind of stuff comes natural to me.
:nale: A bard, huh? My father taught me bards were underpowered.
:elan: Really? So what class are you?
:nale: I'm a multiclass fighter/rogue/sorcerer who specializes in enchantment spells.
:elan:And that never struck you as needlessly complicated?
:nale:Not until this moment, no.

[David Argall]

not nail. :thog: (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0367.html)

Seems to easily be #1 to me.

[Rinquist]

:belkar:'Sup Ho. (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0377.html)

[Hands_Of_Blue]

"Perhaps if you had more time...but then again, perhaps not. Redemption is a rare and special thing, after all. It is not for everyone."

It's either that or:

"Ghost-Martyrs of the Sapphire Guard, ATTACK!"

Yes, I really like Lord Soon, probably because I think of him speaking with George Takei's voice.

[TheYoungKing]

:sabine:/:elan:/:thog: NALE!!!
:nale: You know, the first two I probably should have seen coming. The leprechaun costume? Not so much.

http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0386.html

[werik]

:haley: As appealing as that sounds, let me ask you this: Would I be traveling with a horrid little bastard like you if I didn't need all the help I could get?
:belkar: Oh, right. Good point.

Melts in Your Mouth, Not on Your Alignment. (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0540.html)

[Secris]

Oh gods! She shot me! You crazy bitch I can't believe you shot me!
She absolutely did not shoot you and I completely expected it!

A much better solution than "What is 1+1?" (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0327.html)

[Finn Solomon]

:elan: This isn't working. I may need to dumb down my puns.
:hinjo: The Gods help us all.

Hinjo's expression is what makes it work.

[Andore Mordre]

Edit: OK, now that I think about it, hard to say.

This comic... (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0430.html)

http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/2008/eugeneia1.gif Gosh, son, thanks so much for destroying Xykon for me. My spirit will rest easy now.
:roy: Shut up, Dad.
http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0484.html

And this comic, but mostly the third panel. (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0540.html)

[Haven]

It's really hard to pick one, but this just makes me chuckle whenever I read it:

:durkon: Dwarven tradition dictates that we drink one ale for each number 'n tha countdown.
:belkar: This is a New Year's tradition?
:durkon: Na, pretty much whene'er anyone counts.

[Cleverdan22]

:elan: : C'mon, Nale, don't be a Sword Loser.
:nale: : Ugh, that was horrible! I swear, I'm going to kill you, then pay a cleric to raise you, and kill you again, just to make you pay for the puns!

I've used paraphrases of Nale's line here in response to lame puns and such. Serves me well.

As for favorite, I'd go with the entire second half ofthis (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0549.html) comic.

MitD: Really? How did that work out?
O-Chul: Quite well, actually. With one unfortunate exception.

Gotta love a noodle incident.

[Blackjackg]

The best full-on dialogue was unquestionably O-Chul and Redcloak on the tower, but since that doesn't fit the criteria for this poll, I'm going to have to go with a close second:

:roy: (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0250.html): Oh. Oh no. I wouldn't touch your skinny uptight ass with a standard-issue 10-ft. pole, you overbearing self-righteous bitch.

Aside from being loaded with awesome and a long time coming, I just can't get enough of the words "standard issue 10-ft. pole."



MitD: Really? How did that work out?
O-Chul: Quite well, actually. With one unfortunate exception.

Gotta love a noodle incident.

That's not a noodle incident. He's talking about Miko.

[abishur]

:roy: I hear you two snickering back there. What so funny?
:elan: No, nothing, Roy, nothing. It's just we had no idea that you had such great cleavage
:elan: Roy has boobies!

[Blackjackg]

Now that I think of it, I've also always been rather fond of:

"Surrender!"

"Burn."

[RyanM]

:roy: In lieu of Paradise, can I just get a picture of the exact look on his face?

[Kaytara]

244 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0244.html): "Ye... ye already know? Then why..."
"Because it's fun to make him that uncomfortable, and I'm secure enough in my manhood to go that far to embarrass him."

There are many, many more that I could pick, but that's one of the lines that's just pure undiluted awesomeness as far as characterisation is concerned. XD

[David Argall]

SoD Xykon explains why bad coffee is better than good coffee...

[Blackjackg]

SoD Xykon explains why bad coffee is better than good coffee...

Thank you! I have been trying to figure out where I had seen/heard that bit for months.

[EmeraldPhoenix]

My favorite multiple person conversation is

Samantha: Dad!
Former Bandit Leader:Samantha!
:elan::Haley!
:haley::Elan!
:belkar::Hot Chick! (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0159.html)

But my favorite two person one has to be:

:roy::Great Cleave! Great Cleave! Great Cleave...? I hear you two snickering back there. What's so funny?
:elan:: No, nothing, Roy, nothing. It's just we had no idea you had such great cleavage. (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0102.html)

[Cleverdan22]

That's not a noodle incident. He's talking about Miko.

Really? I never thought of it like that, but viewed it as a club he had sometime in his crazy fighter years.

Also, your avatar is awesome.

[Forbiddenwar]

Really? I never thought of it like that, but viewed it as a club he had sometime in his crazy fighter years.


This last exchange reminded me of another favorite 2 line character exchange

C: Do I need to tell you where the door is too? What kind of lame, subpar senses are you people using, anyway?

H:The kind that are really good at lining up this boot with your bony fairy butt. Wanna see?

[Drakevarg]

:roy: Truely, your wit has never been equaled. Surpassed, often, but never equaled.

[Borris]

:roy: (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0250.html): Oh. Oh no. I wouldn't touch your skinny uptight ass with a standard-issue 10-ft. pole, you overbearing self-righteous bitch.

Aside from being loaded with awesome and a long time coming, I just can't get enough of the words "standard issue 10-ft. pole."

I was about to post a link to this strip, but I see that someone else has already beaten me to it. Of course, I could try looking for a second favorite, but there are so many good exchanges that it would take me hours just to pick one (at which point it would of course have already been picked by someone else).

But I guess it deserves to have both sides of the conversation.

:miko: Perhaps in the future, if you approached the propect of a romantic relationship from this more mature perspective, I would not be so dismissive of the possibility.
:roy: Oh. Oh no. I wouldn't touch your skinny uptight ass with a standard-issue 10-ft. pole, you overbearing self-righteous bitch.

Cue hug by Haley.