The best of Thog: Best quote tournament! Round 3!

[Infinite]

Round 3, the finals, are beginning!

-Vote for one of the 2 below!
-The one with more will win!
-May the best quote win!

Here are the choices:
:thog:"oh, little ice cream friends! thog delays boredom-driven rampage only for you!"

vs.

:thog:not nale, not-nale. thog help nale nail not-nale, not nale. and thog knot not-nale while nale nail not-nale. nale, not not-nale, now nail not-nale by leaving not-nale, not nale, in jail.

Voting closes Saturday, September 21.

[rs2excelsior]

prison changed thog quickly. (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0387.html)

thog elegant in thog's simplicity. (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0791.html)

STOP TALKING (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0796.html)

[Gift Jeraff]

-not nale, not-nale. thog help nale nail not-nale, not nale. and thog knot not-nale while nale nail not-nale. nale, not not-nale, now nail not-nale by leaving not-nale, not nale, in jail.

-prison changed thog quickly.

-thog get in touch with outer greenness, too.

[Tock Zipporah]

*sigh* Thog fears he will never again know the majesty of the gumdrop mountains. (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0341.html)

Yay! Resisting arrest is fun! (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0362.html)

THOG SMASH PUNY PRISON! (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0387.html)

[littlebum2002]

1) What's black and white and red all over? A zebrafolk that talks back!
2) thog HALF human offal
3) What is 'offal'?

[TRH]

:thog: oh, little ice cream friends! thog delays boredom-driven rampage only for you!

[fill-in-name]

-not nale, not-nale. thog help nale nail not-nale, not nale. and thog knot not-nale while nale nail not-nale. nale, not not-nale, now nail not-nale by leaving not-nale, not nale, in jail.


I second that one. No need for any others.

[Saharo]

STOP TALKING (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0796.html)

thog will always treasure thog's adventure with talky-man. it featured non-traditional panel layout. (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0788.html)

prison changed thog quickly. (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0387.html)

[Alan_Pehnereas]

Thog would be good puppy-daddy. (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0051.html)

[Demolator]

STOP TALKING
thog improvise!
nale is good leader, right?

Or, if it counts... "Thog smashes!"

[Ourgh]

-not nale, not-nale. thog help nale nail not-nale, not nale. and thog knot not-nale while nale nail not-nale. nale, not not-nale, now nail not-nale by leaving not-nale, not nale, in jail. (Strip 367)

-thog too pretty for jail (Same strip)

- oh, little ice cream friends! thog delays boredom-driven rampage only for you! (Strip 252)

[Bird]

"thog always dreamed of being footstool (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0458.html), thog never thought dream come true. *sniff* is everything thog imagined and so much more.

"thog feels little man's pain. thog's racial abilities (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0255.html) also below par."

"thog thankful for update on talky-man's relationship (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0788.html) status."

[AeonQuasar]

1
*sniff* it everything thog imagined and so much more http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0458.html

2
the nale nail not-nale line as everyone else have mention 40 times already.

3
Awww Bye-bye, puppy. Be good while Daddy Thog is gone! http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0142.html

[Tiiba]

thog smashes!

[Synesthesy]

if you wanna be thog's lover
you gotta get with thog's friends......

[Infinite]

Ok, so here are the nominees so far:
"prison changed thog quickly" - Nominated
"thog elegant in thog's simplicity" - 1
"STOP TALKING" - Nominated
*not nale* - Nominated
"thog get in touch with outer greenness, too" - 1
"*sigh* thog fears he will never again know the majesty of the gumdrop mountains - 1
"yay! resisting arrest is fun!" - 1
"THOG SMASH PUNY PRISON!" - 1
"what's black and white and red all over? a zebrafolk that talks back!" - 1
"thog HALF human offal" - 1
"what is 'offal'?" - 1
"oh, little ice cream friends! thog delays boredom-driven rampage only for you!" - 2
"thog will always treasure thog's adventure with talky-man. it featured non-traditional panel layout" - 1
"thog would be good puppy daddy" - 1
"thog improvise!" - 1
"nale is good leader, right?" - 1
"thog too pretty for jail" - 1
"thog always dreamed of being footstool, thog never thought dream come true. *sniff* is everything thog imagined and so much more." - 2
"thog feels little man's pain. thog's racial abilities also below par." - 1
"thog thankful for update on talky-man's relationship status." - 1
"awww bye-bye, puppy. be good while daddy thog is gone!" - 1
"if you wanna be thog's lover you gotta get with thog's friends......" - 1

Also: "thog smashes!" doesn't count, because it was said by Tarquin, not Thog.
-I counted the partial footstool quote as a second vote for it.

[Rogar Demonblud]

"Thog lift with knees, not back."

The first time he actually made me laugh out loud, probably because I'd just finished a roofing project for Habitat.

[Saharo]

-To get into the competition, a quote must get at least 5 nominations.

I cannot help but notice, looking at the tallies, that you're counting quotes with just three nominations as being fully nominated. Has it officially been reduced to 3 necessary? Honestly, given the number nominated so far, I feel like that would be a better choice, but I'd just like some clarification there.

[Infinite]

I cannot help but notice, looking at the tallies, that you're counting quotes with just three nominations as being fully nominated. Has it officially been reduced to 3 necessary? Honestly, given the number nominated so far, I feel like that would be a better choice, but I'd just like some clarification there.
Oops! Typo! I did mean 3, thanks for catching that.

[Sir_Leorik]

if you wannabe thog's lover
you gotta get with thog's friends... (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0387.html)

oh no! nale get lost in witch's forest!! (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0387.html)

thog brought breadcrumbs! (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0392.html)

[David Argall]

I move that nominations be closed on the grounds that Not-Nale not Nale.... is so much the best that it should be elected by acclamation.

[Bulldog Psion]

Seconded. The "Nale nail Not-Nale" speech is so awesome that it's won before the tournament opens.

[Infinite]

Alright, I've decided to put the nomination stats at the beginning, and will be periodically updating it.

[Bird]

I move that nominations be closed on the grounds that Not-Nale not Nale.... is so much the best that it should be elected by acclamation.
I can't agree with that. While the "Not-Nale" quote is clever, I find it much less funny than other things Thog is said. It relies less on that essential Thog-ishness of diction (relatively eloquent/sensitive statements delivered with a twist of nonsense and poor grammar) that I find so endearing. Finally, folks who have studied linguistics will have already been familiar with the "Not-Nale" Joke (buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_Bu ffalo_buffalo)...)

Aside: I wouldn't be at all surprised if The Giant had studied linguistics some; I remember that he has a Slaad remix a famous Chomsky sentence (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorless_green_ideas_sleep_furiously) once.

[137beth]

The nale nail not-nale line (of course)

"what thog mad about again?"

"thog hate you, talky man!"
"nale only been gone for four panels"
"Thog is the champion, Thog's friends!"
"Thog brought breadcrumbs"
"Bull rush tackle hug!"
"huddles are fun"
"thog not want to hurt non-nale. thog like not-nale. thog want all thog's friends to get ice cream together. [whap! whap! whap!]
yay! now ice cream!"
"how thog's pants turn purple?"
"yay! thog and not-nale on zainy whirlwind adventure!"
"but thog just finished step 3: stuffing potato salad into giant wooden alpaca!"

[Vinsfeld]

thog too pretty for jail

[Rack]

"Thog elegant in Thog's simplicity"
"Oh, little ice cream friends! Thog delays boredom-driven rampage only for you!"
"Thog would be good puppy daddy"

[137beth]

I move that nominations be closed on the grounds that Not-Nale not Nale.... is so much the best that it should be elected by acclamation.

No...that's what voting is for.

[Reddish Mage]

2nd this one

"but thog just finished step 3: stuffing potato salad into giant wooden alpaca!"

[Valanarch]

*sigh* thog fears he will never again know the majesty of the gumdrop mountains
thog always dreamed of being footstool, thog never thought dream come true. *sniff* is everything thog imagined and so much more.
THOG SMASH PUNY PRISON!

[Infinite]

The nale nail not-nale line (of course)

"what thog mad about again?"

"thog hate you, talky man!"
"nale only been gone for four panels"
"Thog is the champion, Thog's friends!"
"Thog brought breadcrumbs"
"Bull rush tackle hug!"
"huddles are fun"
"thog not want to hurt non-nale. thog like not-nale. thog want all thog's friends to get ice cream together. [whap! whap! whap!]
yay! now ice cream!"
"how thog's pants turn purple?"
"yay! thog and not-nale on zainy whirlwind adventure!"
"but thog just finished step 3: stuffing potato salad into giant wooden alpaca!"

That's a bit more than 3...

[Kalmegil]

"thog get in touch with outer greenness, too"
"thog will always treasure thog's adventure with talky-man. it featured non-traditional panel layout"
"thog feels little man's pain. thog's racial abilities also below par."

[137beth]

That's a bit more than 3...

Oops, I overlooked the "no more than 3" rule:smallredface:
Let's see if I can narrow it down (possibly tomorrow)...

[Antipode]

The *Not Nale* speech had me laughing out loud, so I'll put that as one of my nominations.

Gumdrop Mountain has my vote as well.

Lastly, "thog will always treasure thog's adventure with talky-man. it featured non-traditional panel layout."

[Draz74]

*sigh* thog fears he will never again know the majesty of the gumdrop mountains

(I'll have to think longer about which other two I want to nominate. This is a hard decision.)

[137beth]

Okay, here are my actual nominations:

"huddles are fun"
"thog unstoppable, like sink with broken drain...thog that too. "
And a classic from #48, just because it is so different from how he felt in his last strip,
"yay! thog happy talky-man is happy."
as oppose to more recently, when "thog hate you, talky man."
(that last one was not a nomination).

[davidbofinger]

Oops! Typo! I did mean 3, thanks for catching that.

I can't believe we got through that without a Holy Grail reference.

I'll nominate:

"thog elegant in thog's simplicity"
"oh, little ice cream friends! thog delays boredom-driven rampage only for you!"
"thog will always treasure thog's adventure with talky-man. it featured non-traditional panel layout"


I wonder whether we should also look at quotes spoken about or to Thog, either in this contest or its own. A line like, "THAT'S how I use my Intelligence score in combat, DUMBASS!" relies on Thog as a character, just as much as Thog's own lines do. Sometimes the best lines are other characters' reactions.

[Draz74]

I wonder whether we should also look at quotes spoken about or to Thog, either in this contest or its own. A line like, "THAT'S how I use my Intelligence score in combat, DUMBASS!" relies on Thog as a character, just as much as Thog's own lines do. Sometimes the best lines are other characters' reactions.

:nale: "Can I get through just ONE foreboding monologue without the half-orc upstaging me?"

[Onyavar]

thog not in this book. thog sad.

[Cuthalion]

thog is the champion, thog's friends!

[DolGrenn]

oh no! nale get lost in witch's forest!

[Acero]

"yay! resisting arrest is fun"

"if you wanna be thog's lover you gotta get with thog's friends......"

"thog too pretty for jail"

[Infinite]

Alright, nominations are closing today, so if you want to get a quote on, nominate soon!

[Razanir]

-not nale, not-nale. thog help nale nail not-nale, not nale. and thog knot not-nale while nale nail not-nale. nale, not not-nale, now nail not-nale by leaving not-nale, not nale, in jail.

Darn, someone beat me to it. Although you forgot the obligatory thog smiley and comic sans

:thog: not nale, not-nale. thog help nale nail not-nale, not nale. and thog knot not-nale while nale nail not-nale. nale, not not-nale, now nail not-nale by leaving not-nale, not nale, in jail.

[Raimun]

thog not get references.

[Draz74]

So wait, are the reaction-to-Thog quotes valid nominations? I'm assuming no.

:thog: prison changed thog.

...

prison changed thog quickly.

[Infinite]

The nominations are not closed, but they will be within minutes!

EDIT: Nomination round now closed. Round 1 begins now. Read the OP for Round 1 rules and choices.

[Sir_Leorik]

My votes:

"if you wanna be thog's lover you gotta get with thog's friends........"

and

"thog will always treasure thog's adventure with talky-man. it featured non-traditional panel layout."

[Demolator]

STOP TALKING

Thog elegant in Thog's simplicity

[Bird]

"thog always dreamed of being footstool, thog never thought dream come true. *sniff* is everything thog imagined and so much more."

I like when Thog goes completely cloud cuckoolander, and when he shows his sensitive side. This quote really raises the question of whether Thog actually means what he says, or if he's a joke on the reader, or (really) both.

[Gift Jeraff]

"prison changed thog quickly."

"not nale, not-nale. thog help nale nail not-nale, not nale. and thog knot not-nale while nale nail not-nale. nale, not not-nale, now nail not-nale by leaving not-nale, not nale, in jail."

[rs2excelsior]

I'm gonna go with prison changed thog quickly and not nale, not-nale one.

[Antipode]

1) Not-Nale.
2) Footstool.
3) Gumdrop mountains.

[Saharo]

prison changed thog quickly.

STOP TALKING

[Ifni]

Voting for:

not nale, not-nale. thog help nale nail not-nale, not nale. and thog knot not-nale while nale nail not-nale. nale, not not-nale, now nail not-nale by leaving not-nale, not nale, in jail.

It remains my favorite OOTS quote from any character.

[Kingault]

"thog elegant in thog's simplicity." for summing Thog up.
"thog always dreamed of being footstool, thog never thought dream come true. *sniff* is everything thog imagined and so much more." due to showing Thog's sensitive and cloud cuckoo lander side.

I would have voted for the not-nale/not nale bit, but I prefer the former two more, for some reason.

[Infinite]

1) Not-Nale.
2) Footstool.
3) Gumdrop mountains.

Pick 2 or 1, please.

[Ourgh]

:thog:not nale, not-nale. thog help nale nail not-nale, not nale. and thog knot not-nale while nale nail not-nale. nale, not not-nale, now nail not-nale by leaving not-nale, not nale, in jail.

:thog:oh, little ice cream friends! thog delays boredom-driven rampage only for you!

[137beth]

"prison change thog quickly"
"thog always dreamed of being footstool, thog never thought dream come true. *sniff* is everything thog imagined and so much more." - 2

[GreyHound]

:thog: "thog will always treasure thog's adventure with talky-man. it featured non-traditional panel layout."

:thog: "oh, little ice cream friends! thog delays boredom-driven rampage only for you!"

[Clyner]

:thog: thog elegant in thog's simplicity
:thog: STOP TALKING
:thog: but thog just finished step 3: stuffing potato salad into giant wooden alpaca

[white lancer]

1. prison changed thog quickly
2. thog too pretty for jail (the not-nale speech is better, but this one deserves a vote)

[Infinite]

:thog: thog elegant in thog's simplicity
:thog: but thog just finished step 3: stuffing potato salad into giant wooden alpaca
:thog: STOP TALKING

Please remove one of these. Your votes will not count unless you remove one.

[Infinite]

Alright votes for round 1 are locking tomorrow! Get your votes in now!

(Also: to the 2 people who voted for 3 quotes, pleas repost with only 1 or 2. Thank you.)

[ratfox]

thog like breaking stuff (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0044.html)

[Infinite]

Sorry, ratfox, you can't vote for that. Check the OP.

[Killer Angel]

two votes? sweet... :smallsmile:




"thog elegant in thog's simplicity."

"thog too pretty for jail."

[TinyMushroom]

"thog elegant in thog's simplicity."
"not nale, not-nale. thog help nale nail not-nale, not nale. and thog knot not-nale while nale nail not-nale. nale, not not-nale, now nail not-nale by leaving not-nale, not nale, in jail."

[Clyner]

Repost!

:thog: thog elegant in thog's simplicity
:thog: STOP TALKING


reposted by request, not to cheat or anything

[Rack]

:thog: Oh, little ice cream friends! Thog delays boredom-driven rampage only for you!

[Infinite]

Sorry for being so late with the updates. Round 1 is over, round 1 & 1/2 has begun, check OP for details.

[Kingault]

I'll go with "not nale, not-nale. thog help nale nail not-nale, not nale. and thog knot not-nale while nale nail not-nale. nale, not not-nale, now nail not-nale by leaving not-nale, not nale, in jail."

[Demolator]

My previous votes for STOP TALKING and thog elegant in thog's simplicity still stand.

[rs2excelsior]

Though one of my original nominations is up there, I have to go with this one:
"thog always dreamed of being footstool, thog never thought dream come true. *sniff* is everything thog imagined and so much more."

[Bird]

Ditto.

"thog always dreamed of being footstool, thog never thought dream come true. *sniff* is everything thog imagined and so much more."

[137beth]

"thog always dreamed of being footstool, thog never thought dream come true. *sniff* is everything thog imagined and so much more."
Just a warning that after awhile the forum will stop letting you change the thread's topic (you'll still be able to edit the OP, just not the topic line), so if you want to keep giving updates in the title about the new rounds, you'll have to start a new thread at some point.
I learned that the hard way:smallfrown:

[GreyHound]

:thog: "oh, little ice cream friends! thog delays boredom-driven rampage only for you!"

[Ourgh]

I will continue to support this :

:thog:oh, little ice cream friends! thog delays boredom-driven rampage only for you!

[Infinite]

Alright, since I may have been a little vague in the OP, I'll say it here: For round 1 & 1/2, you may only vote for 1 of the quotes shown in the OP, and only the ones in italics. "Not in round" means that it will be automatically moved to Round 2.

[martianmister]

THOG HATE YOU TALKY MAN! THOG HATE YOU!

[LadyEowyn]

"not nale, not-nale. thog help nale nail not-nale, not nale. and thog knot not-nale while nale nail not-nale. nale, not not-nale, now nail not-nale by leaving not-nale, not nale, in jail."

Voting for this one.

[Sir_Leorik]

stop talking!

[Saharo]

stop

talking

[Draz74]

not nale, not-nale. thog help nale nail not-nale, not nale. and thog knot not-nale while nale nail not-nale. nale, not not-nale, now nail not-nale by leaving not-nale, not nale, in jail.

[Gift Jeraff]

thog always dreamed of being footstool, thog never thought dream come true. *sniff* is everything thog imagined and so much more.

[Infinite]

Sub-Round is over time for tie-breaking vote! Next person to vote will make one quote move on, and the other fail! It is between:
"STOP TALKING"
and
"oh, little ice cream friends! thog delays boredom-driven rampage only for you!"

Anyone can vote for one of the 2.

[dancrilis]

"oh, little ice cream friends! thog delays boredom-driven rampage only for you!"

[Infinite]

Round 2 has begun!

[GreyHound]

:thog: "oh, little ice cream friends! thog delays boredom-driven rampage only for you!"

[LadyEowyn]

"not nale, not-nale. thog help nale nail not-nale, not nale. and thog knot not-nale while nale nail not-nale. nale, not not-nale, now nail not-nale by leaving not-nale, not nale, in jail."

[Gift Jeraff]

:thog: not nale, not-nale. thog help nale nail not-nale, not nale. and thog knot not-nale while nale nail not-nale. nale, not not-nale, now nail not-nale by leaving not-nale, not nale, in jail.

[Renneth]

:thog: "oh, little ice cream friends! thog delays boredom-driven rampage only for you!"

All of these quotes deserve to win, really. Gotta love Thog. :D

[Rakoa]

Not-nale nail nale not nale quote one. Yeah.

[rs2excelsior]

Looks like the not-nale one is going to go on ahead anyhow. In that case:

:thog: prison changed thog quickly.

[Bird]

thog always dreamed of being footstool, thog never thought dream come true. *sniff* is everything thog imagined and so much more."

[Sir_Leorik]

:thog: "not nale, not-nale. thog help nale nail not-nale, not nale. and thog knot not-nale while nale nail not-nale. nale, not not-nale, now nail not-nale by leaving not-nale, not nale, in jail."

[Muenster Man]

:thog:"thog always dreamed of being footstool, thog never thought dream come true. *sniff* is everything thog imagined and so much more."

[Ben Kenobi]

"thog get in touch with outer greenness, too."

I showed this strip to a friend. :smalltongue:

"thog never know the majestry of the gumdrop mountains".

[Infinite]

Round 3 will begin later today.

[Infinite]

Someone give me that tiebreaker vote to move into round 3!

[GreyHound]

:thog: "oh, little ice cream friends! thog delays boredom-driven rampage only for you!"

Edit: Or does my vote not count since I already posted once?

[Infinite]

No, your vote does count! I was just asleep.:smalltongue: