Doctor McNinja

[CTrombley]

This one (http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=20&issue=13)

Does anyone else follow the ordinary adventures of the good doctor?

[Jahkaivah]

Ordinary!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!! :smalltongue:

(seriously... theres so much to say about this webcomic that I just don't have anything to say about it because it would demean everything else that is great about it)

[Enlong]

Yeah, ordinary must be sarcasm. I mean, look at this page (http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=53&issue=11)

what we have here is:
The clone of Benjamin Franklin as a Headless Horseman as an effect of his immortality serum that he got from Dracula, which was actually part of a plot to get the clone of Benjamin Franklin to tell him what Purgatory is (a restaurant with bad service). His missing head is being delivered to him by a doctor who is also a ninja, on crutches. The crutches are because he burned out his legs by jumping from the moon to the earth and surfing the distance on the back of a Dracula Bot. The head is appearing out of a pizza, because pizza the last thing Ben Franklin 2 was going to get, before drug-empowered pseudo ninjas (under the employ of Frans Reyner) blew up the Doctor's car, killing Ben Franklin 2 and narrowly not killing Gordito: the young man who is the orphan of the Amazing Flying Shooting Juan (his dad was killed by PETA sabotage during one of his acts), grew a mustache through sheer force of will, and rides a featherless raptor named Yoshi.

[Nevrmore]

You found it necessary to clarify that Yoshi is naked?

[Enlong]

You found it necessary to clarify that Yoshi is naked?

Not entirely my words. I've just heard it mentioned somewhere that velociraptors actually had feathers, or something.

[Hell Puppi]

I loves me some Dr Mc Ninja, even before he mentioned the Dark Tower series, which happens to be one of my favorite series.
I mean seriously, Irish ninjas using frozen shamrocks as shurikens, and that's even before the awesome of a raptor named Yoshi or countless other things.

[Trazoi]

Dr. McNinja is one of the few webcomics I consider awesome enough to collect the books and buy and wear the T-shirts for. For anyone who hasn't read it I heartily recommend it.

I'm uncertain as to whether the change to colour is good or bad, although I'm getting used to it now. I did like the sort of classic classy feel of the old black and white, as it contrasted very nicely with the subject matter and made the humour work oh so very well.

[CTrombley]

Ordinary!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!!

I just love Slice Of Life comedy. I also like Hancock's Half Hour, if anyone has heard of it.

[Gez]

actually part of a plot to get the clone of Benjamin Franklin to tell him what Purgatory is

No, Dracula wanted to know what was the real afterlife like, after Purgatory, and was quite upset that his plan failed as Franklin came back too soon.

[Evil DM Mark3]

Chris Hastings is proof of two things Reincarnation exists. It is not serial, you can come back before you die.
In short, welcome back Spike Milligan.

[SurlySeraph]

I've been going on an archive binge.

I think I'm in love with Judy.

[LurkerInPlayground]

This one (http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=20&issue=13)

Does anyone else follow the ordinary adventures of the good doctor?
Yes.

I also like the humor inherent in the fact that Dr. McNinja is torn between the twin compulsion to kill or to heal.

[AstralFire]

Damnit, UNEXCEED YOUR BANDWIDTH

I didn't get to see monday's comic! *cry*

[kpenguin]

Damnit, UNEXCEED YOUR BANDWIDTH

I didn't get to see monday's comic! *cry*

All you missed was a big splash panel involving Gordito and the good Doctor jumping away from a large explosion.

[Trazoi]

All you missed was a big splash panel involving Gordito and the good Doctor jumping away from a large explosion.
And it was awesome!

[TigerHunter]

And it was awesome!
Not really. PLOT! I require PLOT!

And jokes, of course. Though the two are largely the same for the good Doctor.

[Corrupted One]

I think I'm in love with Judy.

Back off! She's mine! Mine I tell you!!!

[chiasaur11]

Ah, Dr McNinja.

The only comic where the response to, say, zombie ninjas being caused by Dracula related incidents makes you say "Ah. That makes sense".

Because in a crazy way, it does.

[Hell Puppi]

Ah, Dr McNinja.

The only comic where the response to, say, zombie ninjas being caused by Dracula related incidents makes you say "Ah. That makes sense".

Because in a crazy way, it does.

Welcome to Dr McNinja, where as long as it's insane it makes perfect sense.

[Rogue 7]

I just love Slice Of Life comedy.

...I want your life.

[chiasaur11]

Yes!

It updated again, and McNinja shows his awesomeness.

Although, shouldn't Yoshi have stripes?

[Renegade Paladin]

You guys realize what this means, right? With the office gone, McNinja can no longer call "Base" when the cops are after him. :smalltongue:

[Destro_Yersul]

He could get a new office. Make it better, faster, stronger. He can re-build it. He has the technology. :smallbiggrin:

Alternatively he could just stand on the rubble and call base. that works too.

[idksocrates]

wait, ninjas don't have super strength!

but he's also a doctor!


Dr. McNinja is king of popculture references. Interestingly enough, I actually found another comic that at first I thought was by Chris as well, since it's so similar, but it is actually completely different (http://www.badkarmaproductions.com/jc/).
Not as funny, but definitely has the same "awesome > realistic" feel.

[Fri]

This is, in my humble opinion, one of the best comic in existence, webcomic or not.

No, seriously. The writing, the humor, is top notch. The art is professional. Everything is just amazing.

As much as I love OOTS and XKCD as my personal favourite webcomic, if someone point a gun on me and asked what is the best webcomic in the interwebz, I had to hand him down Dr McNinja.

[averagejoe]

He pretty much just has fun with it. And so I have fun. It's pretty fantastic.

[AstralFire]

Dr. McNinja is the current top webcomic, in my opinion.

xkcd is very often hit or miss, and it loses technical art points simply by nature of what it is. (Though not too many.)

Sluggy Freelance is getting very variable - he tries to un-Cerebus himself and it doesn't work.

Goats went off the deep end ages ago.

Penny-Arcade is the modern newspaper editorial, only with comics that are occasionally funny.

8-Bit Theater ran out of novelty a while ago, though Clevinger is still miles and miles away a better writer and artist than the guys behind Bob & George.

Questionable Content is a solid 'good'.

Something Positive is xkcd only replace "nerd" with "schadenfreude."

Perry Bible Fellowship is more or less ended.

etc...

[Arbitrarity]

I like Dr. Mcninja, particularly for the over the top humor and great art style. A nice mix of 4'th wall breaking and internal mythology (A mime? Meet invisible rocket launcher), and a lot of "wait, what? Whoa, awesome"

WHY DID YOU SET YOURSELF ON FIRE.

[Radar]

I like Dr. Mcninja, particularly for the over the top humor and great art style. A nice mix of 4'th wall breaking and internal mythology (A mime? Meet invisible rocket launcher), and a lot of "wait, what? Whoa, awesome"

WHY DID YOU SET YOURSELF ON FIRE.
"They can't grab me, if i'm on fire."
Awasome and logic. :smallbiggrin:

[TigerHunter]

Does anyone have any semblance of a clue as to what's supposed to be happening in the last panel (http://www.drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=25&issue=13)?

[AstralFire]

Does anyone have any semblance of a clue as to what's supposed to be happening in the last panel (http://www.drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=25&issue=13)?

It's one of those "whoops I'm very not accidentally messing up something/someone VERY precious to you, start talking or more very not accidents will occur" blackmail moments. Gordito is threatening him with the loss of his dish soap and other cleaning supplies.

[TigerHunter]

It's one of those "whoops I'm very not accidentally messing up something/someone VERY precious to you, start talking or more very not accidents will occur" blackmail moments. Gordito is threatening him with the loss of his dish soap and other cleaning supplies.
...I just re-read this issue and didn't see any mention of Marty being very attached to his cleaning supplies. Or was it supposed to be a humorous take on the trope?

[AstralFire]

...I just re-read this issue and didn't see any mention of Marty being very attached to his cleaning supplies. Or was it supposed to be a humorous take on the trope?

The latter. It IS Dr. McNinja.

The dish soap just happened to be handy and remember Gordito has a habit of screwing up slightly the first time he tries to invoke a genre.

[TigerHunter]

The latter. It IS Dr. McNinja.

The dish soap just happened to be handy and remember Gordito has a habit of screwing up slightly the first time he tries to invoke a genre.
In retrospect, it is rather funny and makes sense. It was initially ruined by the "Dish Soap? Wtf?" factor, though.

[CTrombley]

They are being threatening. Sort of like when Jules Winnfield eats Bret's burger - a "I can mess with your stuff and you can't retaliate because I'm Badass" kind of show of force.

It's funny because it's so trivial, because the person being threatened is a giant monster while the threatening is being done by a young boy, and because Dr. McNinja reacts to the statement at face value instead of reacting to the obvious implication.

And that's how the punchline works (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DontExplainTheJoke).

[chiasaur11]

Does anyone have any semblance of a clue as to what's supposed to be happening in the last panel (http://www.drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=25&issue=13)?

It's fairly simple.
Gordito is doing the standard "Accidental" damage to property you do when you threaten someone.

McNinja is emphasizing that it's a threat, rather than an actual accident.

Edit: Curses! Ninja'd! Or, dare I say... McNinja'd?

[Evil DM Mark3]

King Radical...

How does he keep out doing the awesome like this?

[Gez]

Radical!

(I also loved the way how it looks like the Doctor is glaring at the caption that contradicts him. Said caption is radically awesome, by the way.)

[chiasaur11]

Radical!

(I also loved the way how it looks like the Doctor is glaring at the caption that contradicts him. Said caption is radically awesome, by the way.)

There's only one way this can end, of course.

Skate-off.

Of course, knowing McNinja, it'll be something even radicaller.

[Radar]

There's only one way this can end, of course.

Skate-off.

Of course, knowing McNinja, it'll be something even radicaller.
Yeah. No one can beat that:
http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=36&issue=8
http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=37&issue=8
http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=38&issue=8
http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=39&issue=8
King Radical is no match for McNinja's mad skilzz.

[CTrombley]

Anybody else expecting a betrayal by Martin? With McNinja shouting:

"I knew it! You are just an a-hole!"

And the alt-text saying:

"A big purple a-hole!"

, or is it just me?

[Gez]

Okay, I suspect this "psychic Scuttletruck" is actually Dr. McNinja, but I'm waiting for the explanations for the psychic powers.

And I like the Robster. Wowza!

[BRC]

Okay, I suspect this "psychic Scuttletruck" is actually Dr. McNinja, but I'm waiting for the explanations for the psychic powers.

And I like the Robster. Wowza!
No, Doc is Purple.

Psychic Scuttlestruck is, in fact, Scuttletruck. However He's got Doc and Gordito hiding in the shadows following him around in order to simulate Psychic powers.

With the guy outside, Doc snuck up and his him with a laxative. When he pointed at those two guys, Gordito shot them.

[Salty]

Am I the only one who thinks the mask Scuttletruck is wearing is the one Dr. McNinja wore here (http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=10&issue=13)?

[Radar]

Am I the only one who thinks the mask Scuttletruck is wearing is the one Dr. McNinja wore here (http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=10&issue=13)?

Seems rather obvious to me - especially with those glowing eyes.

[Khosan]

Okay, I suspect this "psychic Scuttletruck" is actually Dr. McNinja, but I'm waiting for the explanations for the psychic powers.

And I like the Robster. Wowza!

I'm pretty sure it's not psychic powers.

Dr. McNinja can just be a very scary man (http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=26&issue=4).

[Mando Knight]

No, Doc is Purple.

Psychic Scuttlestruck is, in fact, Scuttletruck. However He's got Doc and Gordito hiding in the shadows following him around in order to simulate Psychic powers.

With the guy outside, Doc snuck up and his him with a laxative. When he pointed at those two guys, Gordito shot them.

That's what I think, too. After all, Scuttletruck is being helped by a ninja who's a doctor and wants to be Batman and a Hispanic sharpshooting kid who grew a moustache before he hit puberty.

[Arbitrarity]

That's what I think, too. After all, Scuttletruck is being helped by a ninja who's a doctor and wants to be Batman and a Hispanic sharpshooting kid who grew a moustache before he hit puberty.

Through sheer force of will

[KilltheToy]

Simple. Everyone knows that the one way to get a giant purple monster to do what you want is to pour out all of his dishwashing soap right in front of his face :smallwink:.

[Enlong]

"A crafty race of lobster people."
Awesome Radical.

Is it just me, or does the exit wound on ol' stripeyshirt in the second panel look like a keyhole?

[Gez]

<stuff that makes sense>

That makes sense. Though they've been crazy prepared.

[CTrombley]

Damn, what I thought was going on was going on. King Radical better be worth an expected turn of events!

[ericgrau]

Aw I finished my reading binge and now there's nothing left :smallfrown:.

When Judy the gorilla made the jump over the flaming wreck while driving an amazing well drawn and slickly shaded Civic, McNinja grapple-hooked it, they landed safely and the ninja and girl gorilla did a victory dance duo after... That made my day.

Starts here. (http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=33&issue=8)

[Gez]

Aw I finished my reading binge and now there's nothing left :smallfrown:.
Starts here. (http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=33&issue=8)
You can reread it, this time looking at all the alt-text captions for the pics.
"This is why the gorilla is Dr. McNinja's receptionist. Because she is a PROFESSIONAL, and she BEHAVES LIKE ONE."

:smallbiggrin:

[chiasaur11]

You can reread it, this time looking at all the alt-text captions for the pics.
"This is why the gorilla is Dr. McNinja's receptionist. Because she is a PROFESSIONAL, and she BEHAVES LIKE ONE."

:smallbiggrin:

Gotta love Dr. McNinja.

Also, you could buy the books.

It's the same comics, and a little extra stuff, in convenient book form.

[MagMagus]

I like the Robster's goon dress code. I'd probably follow a theme with my mooks as well, but they'd be dressing up as 50s-era teenagers.

No reason.

[Flame of Anor]

That's what I think, too. After all, Scuttletruck is being helped by a ninja who's a doctor and wants to be Batman and a Hispanic sharpshooting kid who grew a moustache before he hit puberty.

Through sheer force of will

With lots of forceful italics

[kpenguin]

Does anyone else find it strange how small hulk-mode Marty's... manly bits must be in order to be blocked completely by a mooks head here (http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=41&issue=13)?

Perhaps that area is one that doesn't grow with the rest of him.

[charl]

Does anyone else find it strange how small hulk-mode Marty's... manly bits must be in order to be blocked completely by a mooks head here (http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=41&issue=13)?

Perhaps that area is one that doesn't grow with the rest of him.

The warehouse is probably pretty cold. I don't think I need to elaborate more than that.

[kpenguin]

The warehouse is probably pretty cold. I don't think I need to elaborate more than that.

...that's a good point.

[Gez]

I'd say it doesn't. It's what one could call the "war form", it's not meant for sensuality (note how he doesn't even feel the bullets people shot at him in the previous page); and since this kind of transformation has a tendency to ruin any protective apparel you could wear, it's better not to maximize the sensible zones. I mean, in this state, a giant manhood would serve only as a weak point.

[Jibar]

I'm just glad I'm not the only one wondering about his junk...

[Mephisto]

Perhaps that area is one that doesn't grow with the rest of him.

Judging from the Doctor's reaction in today's strip, I'd say no.

Also, Marty's junk was blocked by the guy's head and torso down to the bottom of the panel.

[Evil DM Mark3]

Is, is, that who I think it is?

[chiasaur11]

Is, is, that who I think it is?

Depends.

Who do you think it is?

[Evil DM Mark3]

It looks like Mr Rogers...

[charl]

Edit: Never mind. Some famous tennis player or something perhaps?

[BRC]

Hortense... Doc's old girlfriend perhaps?

[kpenguin]

I suspect she's connected to Radical in some way.

[BRC]

I suspect she's connected to Radical in some way.
I don't know, is she Radical enough to fit the Radical vision of the most Radical man in a Radical Land.

[Rutskarn]

Personally, I'm guessing she's a potential romantic interest.

It's a little surprising the doctor got this far without one, really.

I guess he's married to his job(s).

[kpenguin]

I was always hoping something would start up between Doc and Judy.

...

Yeah, I'm serious. It would totally fit this strip to have a ninja/doctor-gorilla interspecies romance.

[Rutskarn]

Nah. Judy's a professional, and she behaves like one. It'd be out of character.

[Burley]

Personally, I'm guessing she's a potential romantic interest.

I'd say, not potential. He obviously knew her when he came in, and the shocked look and the lines to follow lead me to believe that it was a relationship failed.
I have ex's that show up at my parents' house, too. That's really awkward. Just gotta ignore them. They only want you for your money.

[FoE]

Hey, isn't the doctor gay? :smallconfused:

I thought he wanted to be just like Batman. :smalltongue:

[Jayngfet]

Hey, isn't the doctor gay? :smallconfused:

I thought he wanted to be just like Batman. :smalltongue:

Not gay! (http://superdickery.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=32&Itemid=50&limitstart=3), robin maybe (http://superdickery.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=32&Itemid=50&limitstart=14), but NOT BATMAN! (http://superdickery.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=32&Itemid=50&limitstart=27)

[Mr._Blinky]

Not gay! (http://superdickery.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=32&Itemid=50&limitstart=3), robin maybe (http://superdickery.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=32&Itemid=50&limitstart=14), but NOT BATMAN! (http://superdickery.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=32&Itemid=50&limitstart=27)

Oh, (http://superdickery.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=32&Itemid=50&limitstart=112) really? (http://superdickery.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=32&Itemid=50&limitstart=97)

[kpenguin]

All superdickery aside, if the Doc wants to be Batman, his love interest will probably be a villain.

[TheEmerged]

RE: The female visitor. My money is on panel 3 (http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=9&issue=13). It's established that Doc doesn't know (http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=11&issue=13) what happened to Mary after the attack.

I tried to see if Mary's last name was ever established, and if so I can't find it. It would be a little odd for Momma McNinja to address her by her last name, I admit. It also makes sense that they'd be steering him toward a ninja wife (instead of a scientist), so I won't be surprised if I'm wrong.

[Abbott]

Is it just me, or does Hortense look just like Christina Hendricks (http://thefaust.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/madmenchristinahendricks_2.jpg) drawn by the guy who draws Doctor MacNinja?

[Mr._Blinky]

Is it just me, or does Hortense look just like Christina Hendricks (http://thefaust.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/madmenchristinahendricks_2.jpg) drawn by the guy who draws Doctor MacNinja?

Isn't that the woman who played Saffron on Firefly? If so, I'd have to say that, no, they do not look alike, by virtue of Hortense not being jaw-droppingly hot. Seriously, damn.

[BRC]

Confirmed. Hortense is Doc's Ex Girlfriend.

[FoE]

ZOMG!

....

On the other hand, this isn't entirely unexpected. (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HeroesWantRedHeads)

[hanzo66]

Agent Bearclaw... Perhaps a sufferer of Paul Bunyan Syndrome?

[FoE]

Agent Bearclaw... Perhaps a sufferer of Paul Bunyan Syndrome?

No, just a dangerous sociopath.

[kpenguin]

Make that a badass dangerous psychopath. He just took down Yoshi and Judy!!

[Phase]

Bearclaw is back! I remember how funny his first appearence was...

[BRC]

Doc may have punched out Death, but I have a feeling Bearclaw would just stare Death down and walk back to his body.

That is, of course, assuming that anything could kill him.

[kpenguin]

Personally, I want to see Bearclaw vs. Dracula.

[Fri]

when was bearclaw's first appearance?

[Phase]

When was bearclaw's first appearance?

http://drmcninja.com/issue9/9p34.png

[BRC]

Only a comic like Dr McNinja could get away with having Jetpack Thomas Jefferson.

[Nerd-o-rama]

You know, this comic has a surprising number of references to early American history and the Revolutionary War. Maybe because the author lives in Maryland?

[kpenguin]

Do you think that time-traveler Jefferson knows Benjamin Franklin's Clone?

[BRC]

Do you think that time-traveler Jefferson knows Benjamin Franklin's Clone?

Guys, I just had a theory. I was thinking up adjectives to describe Jetpack Jefferson, and one came to mind.
Jefferson IS KING RADICAL! If he's not, then they definitely work together.

[memnarch]

Guys, I just had a theory. I was thinking up adjectives to describe Jetpack Jefferson, and one came to mind.
Jefferson IS KING RADICAL! If he's not, then they definitely work together.

You know, I wouldn't be surprised if that was true. :smalltongue:

[chiasaur11]

Guys, I just had a theory. I was thinking up adjectives to describe Jetpack Jefferson, and one came to mind.
Jefferson IS KING RADICAL! If he's not, then they definitely work together.

No way.

That camera wink? He's Silver age Superman.

[kpenguin]

Hey, what if all of the Founding Fathers in the McNinja universe were part of a superhero team or a league of extraordinary gentlemen or something like that?

[BRC]

Hey, what if all of the Founding Fathers in the McNinja universe were part of a superhero team or a league of extraordinary gentlemen or something like that?
Well, so far we have Benjamin Franklin II and time-traveling Thomas Jefferson. Which means that Alexsander Hamilton was probably some sort of wizard, using the learning of the ancient economancers to counteract Jefferson's advanced technology from the future.

[KnightDisciple]

Well, so far we have Benjamin Franklin II and time-traveling Thomas Jefferson. Which means that Alexsander Hamilton was probably some sort of wizard, using the learning of the ancient economancers to counteract Jefferson's advanced technology from the future.

That leaves us John Adams and George Washington. Hm....

[TheEmerged]

That leaves us John Adams and George Washington. Hm....

George Washington was the 'ninja'/speedster, what with his habit of being just-barely missed by bullets and at times taunting the enemy because of this.

[Fri]

Can someone refresh my memory on this 'time traveling jefferson'? Wow, I really have bad memory.

[charl]

George Washington was the 'ninja'/speedster, what with his habit of being just-barely missed by bullets and at times taunting the enemy because of this.

Which means Adams is an alien.

[BRC]

Which means Adams is an alien.
A Psychic Alien of course

[Nerd-o-rama]

Can someone refresh my memory on this 'time traveling jefferson'? Wow, I really have bad memory.This is the first time he's appeared. Er, comic-continuity-wise, you've got to be careful when you're talking about time travelers. I was just making a comment that we've seen Mad Scientist Ben Franklin and Time Traveler Thomas Jefferson now. It seems like the start of a pattern.

I hope to see a 40 foot-tall John Hancock, personally.

[chiasaur11]

This is the first time he's appeared. Er, comic-continuity-wise, you've got to be careful when you're talking about time travelers. I was just making a comment that we've seen Mad Scientist Ben Franklin and Time Traveler Thomas Jefferson now. It seems like the start of a pattern.

I hope to see a 40 foot-tall John Hancock, personally.

Well, we all know Button Gwinnett is a robot...

[Mr._Blinky]

This is the first time he's appeared. Er, comic-continuity-wise, you've got to be careful when you're talking about time travelers. I was just making a comment that we've seen Mad Scientist Ben Franklin and Time Traveler Thomas Jefferson now. It seems like the start of a pattern.

I hope to see a 40 foot-tall John Hancock, personally.

Actually, Hancock is a anthropomorphic skyscraper.

[Fri]

Holy crap. Holy, freakin, crap.

This is like, the awesomest thing I've ever read this year. Epic apocalyptic tennis match. Tennis is serious business!

Or I should say... FREAKIN RADICAL, MAN!

[BRC]

Holy crap. Holy, freakin, crap.

This is like, the awesomest thing I've ever read this year. Epic apocalyptic tennis match. Tennis is serious business!

Or I should say... FREAKIN RADICAL, MAN!

New Theory: Fri is King Radical, or at least works for him.

[Jibar]

New Theory: Fri is King Radical, or at least works for him.

New Theory: We are all King Radical, in our hearts.
Except Dr. McNinja. He can't find King Radical because he can't find the King Radical inside.

[KilltheToy]

New Theory: We are all King Radical, in our hearts.
Except Dr. McNinja. He can't find King Radical because he can't find the King Radical inside.

If i'm King Radical.....

Cool! I DEMAND PIE! AND A BARREL OF WHIPPED CREAM! :smallbiggrin:

[hanzo66]

I just have to say this...


Bearclaw is certainly the most hardcore NSA Agent name I've heard, and it's deserved for a guy who can choke a raptor and run over a gorilla with a humvee.

Oh and when I was browsing the Dr. McNinja Forums, I found this:
Hugo Weavings as Bearclaw.
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e242/Augzodia/Hugoclaw.jpg

[chiasaur11]

I just have to say this...


Bearclaw is certainly the most hardcore NSA Agent name I've heard, and it's deserved for a guy who can choke a raptor and run over a gorilla with a humvee.

Oh and when I was browsing the Dr. McNinja Forums, I found this:
Hugo Weavings as Bearclaw.
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e242/Augzodia/Hugoclaw.jpg

Probably true, but John Casey from Chuck is okay himself. I mean, sure, he doesn't kill dolphins for fun, but he manages okay.

And Bearclaw might drop at some point during this arc. I mean, Raynor looked tough... once.

[memnarch]

Well, you certainly wouldn't have to worry about thieves and burglars with home security like that.

[Fri]

Sorry if I repeat this, but this is worthy of repeat.

This is truly the most awesomest mcninja story, at least until now. (Note: My pathetic memory made that statement not really reputable)

Teams of navy seal.

[Renegade Paladin]

Wait, wait, wait, what the hell is Hortense doing guarding the tennis temple? :smallconfused:

Oh, and robot or not a robot, she just tried to kill the good Doctor with heavy weapons; I fail to see why not being a robot should help her. :smalltongue:

[Seonor]

Because 'no killing' was in the the job description.

And killing friends of your parents (even your ex-girlfriends) leads to rather awkward family reunions.

[Trazoi]

Oh, and robot or not a robot, she just tried to kill the good Doctor with heavy weapons; I fail to see why not being a robot should help her. :smalltongue:
Dr. McNinja doesn't like killing people, as it conflicts with his medical ethics. Sure, he still does a bit of killing from time to time, but he feels guilty about it afterwards.

(Note: guilt does not apply to pirates, obviously. :smallwink:).

[hanzo66]

Bearclaw, we hardly knew ye...


I KNEW Hortense was going to somehow be a badass. I can't say why, but I just had that feeling.

[Gez]

(Note: guilt does not apply to pirates, obviously. :smallwink:).
What if one of the Doctor McNinja's patients turned out to be a pirate? The inner conflict between the need to heal and the urge to kill would be devastating!


Bearclaw, we hardly knew ye...
Oh, I'm quite sure he'll survive that fall.

[chiasaur11]

What if one of the Doctor McNinja's patients turned out to be a pirate? The inner conflict between the need to heal and the urge to kill would be devastating!


He'd heal the guy, then beat him senseless.

He's not a murderer. Just because he doesn't mind killing them, doesn't mean he lets them make a gap in his principles.

[Evil DM Mark3]

"First, do no harm."
I occurs that so long as the first thing he does is not to harm...

[TheEmerged]

I can has bandwidth?

[Mando Knight]

I can has bandwidth?

Indeed. I've never ran against this problem with McNinja before...

[Trazoi]

Indeed. I've never ran against this problem with McNinja before...
Sometimes the McNinja site runs out of bandwith right at the end of the month. I figure that's what has happened here, and all will be fine on February 1st.

[Khosan]

Sometimes the McNinja site runs out of bandwith right at the end of the month. I figure that's what has happened here, and all will be fine on February 1st.

I'm willing to bet it's because Friday's strip was just TOO EXTREME (even if it wasn't).

[The Glyphstone]

I totally didn't make the connection and recognize the face as Hortense. I can't wait for the bandwidth to refresh so we can see what's going on.

[chiasaur11]

Sorry buddy.

Looks like we all gotta wait for Sunday.

[Fri]

Bah. Nothing as mundane as falling down from a plane can hurt bearclaw. Do they really expect me to worry about him now :smallamused:?

[chiasaur11]

And now we see both the reason behind the breakup and why Dan likes Hortense so much.

[Midnight Lurker]

Doc: "So what kind of profit can you possibly make from allowing the world to be blown up by a tennahahahahaIcan'tevensayit."

Hortense: "Yeah, I might have more of a problem cashing their checks if their story actually made any sense."

[BRC]

Hortense would have known that Doc can fly a plane. Which means that she wasn't really hired to stop him, my theories.
1. She was hired by PETA to kill Bearclaw.
2. She was hired to ensure that Doc would have to do the job alone, because having somebody else fly the plane would not be sufficiently radical.

[docstrange]

Oh, there's no way Bearclaw is dead. He caught a couple of endangered condors on the way down and ripped their wings off to make himself a drag chute.

[slayerx]

Uh oh, looks like there's a spy in the midst... and it's so painfully obvious to
i mean did you see how that guy in the blue coat turned his hat around! WAY suspisous

oh man, Victor... that guy has me rolling on the floor... seriously just like girl gneius's "TA DA! nize hat" i can't look at last frieday's comic without laughing every single time

[chiasaur11]

Man, the doc looks awesome in pilot shades.

Also, the new colorist is fast.

[Gez]

Victor overacts so much to look creepy and suspicious that I'd be tempted to say he's a red herring, but part of the the McNinja universe's freshness is that it takes such $things at face value.

Which results in moments of awesome such as today's strip, with a storm and missiles and pterodactyls. The "Five seconds later" are win too. :smallbiggrin:

[Enlong]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA (http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/AAAAAAAA!)

[BRC]

Today's comic Shows a Doctor who is also a Ninja punching a pterodactyl on the steps of an ancient temple that contains a machine that must be beat in a tennis match or else it will destroy the world. That sentence should set your expectations at the right level for Dr Mcninja.

[chiasaur11]

Today's comic Shows a Doctor who is also a Ninja punching a pterodactyl on the steps of an ancient temple that contains a machine that must be beat in a tennis match or else it will destroy the world. That sentence should set your expectations at the right level for Dr Mcninja.

On average. Often it's even more awesome.

[Enlong]

Today's comic Shows a Doctor who is also a Ninja punching a pterodactyl on the steps of an ancient temple that contains a machine that must be beat in a tennis match or else it will destroy the world. That sentence should set your expectations at the right level for Dr Mcninja.

How about this: This comic (http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=53&issue=11) shows a Doctor who is also a Ninja on crutches (because he injured his legs jumping from the Moon to the Earth thanks to a bit of help from Bruce Lee) presenting a pizza to the Headless Horseman ghost of Ben Franklin's clone; a pizza which then morphs into Ben's head because getting Pizza was Ben's last earthly desire before he was killed by ninja-drug minions led by Franz Rayner, and being resurrected by a life syrum given to him by Dracula for the purpose of getting Ben to die and resurrect to tell him what the afterlife is (a restaurant with horrible service).

[hanzo66]

A day where someone punches out a pterodactyl should be the most awesome thing ever.

For Dr. McNinja, it's Friday.

[SlyGuyMcFly]

More proof that this comic is awesome: I was looking at the mysterious "meso-american" script and realized it was awfully familiar. (http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/Dwarf_Runes)

[Eldan]

They are Dwarf Runes? That explains why some of them just didn't work with Futhark.

[charl]

I thought it was Futhark actually.

The question then is how a Mesoamerican tribe developed a system of writing clearly based on Nordic runes. Perhaps it's best to just not think about it.

[chiasaur11]

I thought it was Futhark actually.

The question then is how a Mesoamerican tribe developed a system of writing clearly based on Nordic runes. Perhaps it's best to just not think about it.

Because Dr. Mcninja, that's why.

[Eldan]

Since they are also apparently time-travelling american presidents, why not?

[FoE]

Get it? It's a variation on "speak, friend, and enter". :smalltongue:

Except there is no right answer; that's the trap.

[SlyGuyMcFly]

So I was rather bored and decided to translate the visible parts of the tablet:


THIS SPHINX WILL
SHOOT F*****G LA
SER EYES IF YOU DONA (I think the last letter here is supposed to be an O)
T A ------------------ESTION
RIG------------------FAT IN
HT-------------------LLY FA
T A(or O)-----------ET EAT
S---------------------E FAT
GL-------------------LO EVE
----------------------IS
----------------------ST

[Gez]

So I was rather bored and decided to translate the visible parts of the tablet:


THIS SPHINX WILL
SHOOT F*****G LA
SER EYES IF YOU DONA (I think the last letter here is supposed to be an O)
T A ------------------ESTION
RIG------------------FAT IN
HT-------------------LLY FA
T A(or O)-----------ET EAT
S---------------------E FAT
GL-------------------LO EVE
----------------------IS
----------------------ST

FAT, EAT, FAT? Was it playing sneaky words-Zoë (http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=071213)?

[chiasaur11]

Ah, Dr. McNinja, is there no end to your talents?

[PhantomFox]

That's a pretty effective trap, come to think of it. Puzzle gates are so entrenched into the mind that no one thinks of it as a sucker trap.

...except Doctor McNinja that is!

[memnarch]

What an awesome trap. :cool:

[chiasaur11]

Plus it makes slightly more sense than the alternative. Even modern voice recognition is unreliable. I would not want to bet my life on it.

[Gez]

That's a pretty effective trap, come to think of it. Puzzle gates are so entrenched into the mind that no one thinks of it as a sucker trap.

...except Doctor McNinja that is!

Well, I did see it coming, too. But the Doctor's childish amusement about it -- and his abuse of it to fry a pterodactyl -- is just awesome.

[TheEmerged]

What an awesome trap. :cool:

The last few pages have been a perfect reminder of why I love this comic :smallcool:

[Khosan]

I have a feeling that pterodactyl is just gonna keep showing up to get shot/hit/etc.

[SlyGuyMcFly]

Great comic. I just love the doctor´s expression on the last panel. Hee hee hee indeed :smallbiggrin:

[docstrange]

I would hang out there for a few hours just to see if I could make the thing run out of power. How long can it shoot lasers and still power all the traps inside?

Oh, wait, ancient civilization = fusion reactor. My bad.

[Rutskarn]

Yeah, this was more or less the most awesome puzzle-solving since OOTS's Test of the Mind.

[slayerx]

"a Durr... and a Durr... Durrrrrrr"
Oh my god, again and again, this is turning out to be the best mcninja chapter yet... man those us marines really need to brush up on their cliche' hollywood booby trapped tombs, the Doc makes it look too easy

[PhantomFox]

Too bad comics don't have sound, otherwise we could have the Zelda 'puzzle solved' jingle there too.

[Hell Puppi]

Was trying to get my husband to read Dr. McNinja. He said he read some and didn't like it.
I told him the current story line basis and he said that's probably why he didn't like it.

I...do not....does not....compute...

:smallfrown:

He rides cybernetic dracula down from his moonbase! There's a raptor named yoshi! Frozen shamrock ninja stars! WHAT IS THERE NOT TO LIKE?

(note: him not liking Dr. McNinja would make more sense if he just wasn't a geek, but he is)

[Trazoi]

He rides cybernetic dracula down from his moonbase! There's a raptor named yoshi! Frozen shamrock ninja stars! WHAT IS THERE NOT TO LIKE?
To be fair, if I only had a verbal description of Dr. McNinja I probably wouldn't like the sound of it as well. The plot descriptions make it sound like one of those OMG RANDOM! webcomics, the majority of which miss the point.

The reason why Dr. McNinja works and is brilliantly funny is, I think, that it makes the entire McNinja world seem workable. It's a combination of the realistic art style and the writing that somehow make a world with all the randomness of including a clone of Benjamin Franklin, raptors and human jetpacks work in context. It's hard to describe exactly; I wouldn't say that the world is totally believable, but it's more that the fact that the world is crazy, as a premise, is totally believable.

That said, I can still see how, even after reading the comic, it isn't for everyone. Well delivered zany humour isn't everyone's cup of tea.

[Flabbicus]

Uh...

What happened to Doc's text balloons?

[TheEmerged]

"a Durr... and a Durr... Durrrrrrr"
Oh my god, again and again, this is turning out to be the best mcninja chapter yet... man those us marines really need to brush up on their cliche' hollywood booby trapped tombs, the Doc makes it look too easy

/sarcasm=on
/sarcasm=11
That's because these are Hollywood Marines too. Only Ex-marines are in any way effective in Hollywoodland.
/sarcasm=off

This is not intended as a snark on the writer of Dr. McNinja, just a personal pet peeve.

[TigerHunter]

/sarcasm=on
/sarcasm=11
That's because these are Hollywood Marines too. Only Ex-marines are in any way effective in Hollywoodland.
/sarcasm=off
I don't think that was sarcastic at all...

[hanzo66]

It's nice that the Doctor himself is Genre Savvy enough (or at least played Zelda enough) to know his way through Puzzle-traps...

Yeah, sometimes just descriptions cannot do the series justice. This is one of those "See it to believe it" things.

I once tried to convince a friend of mine (who finished Code Geass and Evangelion a while ago) to check out Gurren Lagann, showing him a few pics of it. He stated that he found the poster of it in TV Tropes incredibly disturbing, believes it to be a "Hippie" show (since I told him it's the opposite of Evangelion) and thinks that the Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann is the dumbest thing he's ever seen.

Some have a relatively limited ability to "Just Have Fun" with a series, insisting that a series is only good if it has overly intricate plotting that can leave the normal audience confused if they don't read some sort of guide.


That gets me thinking...

Dr. McNinja teaming up with Simon/Kamina...

*Universe explodes in all the colors of the rainbow from awesome*

[kpenguin]

Hmmm... not genre-savvy enough to burn the web on sight, it appears.

[Enlong]

That.... is the strangest toilet I've ever seen, man.

[Gez]

Victor is so obvious that he's got to be a distraction.

[chiasaur11]

Victor is so obvious that he's got to be a distraction.

Then who is really installing the ceiling toilets?

Huh, smart guy?

[Eldan]

Or, knowing the doctor, he actually asked for it and Victor is his trusted friend.

[ericgrau]

Who lied to Gordito, after McNinja told him to watch out for that sort of thing? No, I think he's just installing things he shouldn't in a way too obvious manner. Next he'll be testing out a remote operated, well-concealed shark pit trap that's, um, really an indoor jacuzzi.

[chiasaur11]

Who lied to Gordito, after McNinja told him to watch out for that sort of thing? No, I think he's just installing things he shouldn't in a way too obvious manner. Next he'll be testing out a remote operated, well-concealed shark pit trap that's, um, really an indoor jacuzzi.

What, you've never seen a ceiling toilet?

[ericgrau]

I suppose it makes perfect sense for a ninja. Does it use water and if so how does it hold it in?

[chiasaur11]

I suppose it makes perfect sense for a ninja. Does it use water and if so how does it hold it in?

Trust me on this one.

You do not want to know.

[kpenguin]

Judy's a big girl. :smallbiggrin:

[charl]

Revenge time! Go dolphins.

[BRC]

If I know my marine mammals, that would be a Karmanosed Dolphin.

[chiasaur11]

And, remembering King of the Hill's dolphin episode, that's not going to be a karmic death.

That's going to be a karmic fate worse than death.

[FoE]

Do not f*** with the dolphins.

[ericgrau]

Apparently ninja powers may be temporarily suppressed by the power of funny.

[Midnight Lurker]

Well of course they can. "If you wear white at night and black in the daytime, we will see you. If you run on our bullets, we will stop firing. And if you bounce boing-boing on one finger, we will laugh our medieval Japanese butts off and then slice you up for dogmeat. We are not from around here, David Carradine-breath."

(Miaowara Tomokato to the Hollywood Ninja, "The Sword of Samurai Cat"

[slayerx]

Oh god, hilarious
Bearclaw is alive and well!
for now...

bloody brilliant

[FoE]

Why did it have to be ... snake-robots?!

That's awesomesauce.

[Gez]

I think the doctor will be back in his usual garb tomorrow...

[Gez]

"Well, the snakes find this perfectly reasonable. Good day."

[chiasaur11]

"Well, the snakes find this perfectly reasonable. Good day."

That's snakes for you.

Or possibly robots.

[Skaroq]

Dr. McNinja. It's just freaking awesome. And I never say that. The Order of the Stick is the best webcomic, hands-down, but Dr. McNinja is the third best. (The second best is Irregular Webcomic.) He's an Irish ninja doctor. That qualifies as an automatic win. My favorite quote:
"Oh my goodness, I cut him so smooth, it must have split his atoms and made him disappear!"
Priceless.

[Kletian999]

This whole storyline has been quite the nostalgia trip: Zelda, Legend of the Hidden temple, Guts.

Though my favorite quote is still an oldie:
*while Doctor picks up a Vending Machine to throw at the guards at the hair removal product lab
Guard A: "But ninjas don't have super strength!"
Guard B: "He's also a DOCTOR"

[FoE]

My favourite line?

Momma said knock you out.

[TheEmerged]

Well, this for me about sums up the reason I like Dr. McNinja. It's not a "best line", but close enough for government work.

http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=3&issue=8

You've got the clone/repossessed body of Benjamin Franklin, as a zombie, doing the Thriller dance with ninja zombies... and yet it's not immediately obvious this is a dream sequence -- this is something that could legitimately happen within the logic of the comic :smalltongue:

[memnarch]

You're soooooo screwed Dr McNinja.


Can't wait for Wednesday!

[Graymayre]

Ok... how does he know which tiles don't set the robots off?

[sihnfahl]

Ok... how does he know which tiles don't set the robots off?
Pattern recognition. The skulls that are 'safe' are probably identical. When he stepped on one and a robot didn't activate, he probably figured 'step on these'.

[chiasaur11]

See, this kind of thing is why they needed a ninja.

[Eldan]

I think it had something to do with the scratches on the tiles, though I'm not sure. I'd say some are horizontal, some vertical.

[memnarch]

Count the teeth. :smallamused:

[memnarch]

Hate to double post, but is any one else thinking the doctor has himself a new ride in the future?

[Mr._Blinky]

BWOOOOCK!!!!!

[kpenguin]

Pterodactyl vs. Yoshi!

[chiasaur11]

Today's Dr. McNinja:

Awesome page, or the awesomest page?

Answer: Awesome page.

[ericgrau]

When this is all over, the government agents are gonna say, "Did you leave all the notes taped up where we left them? We need them for future generations to insure the security of the world." To which Dr McNinja responds with a facepalm.

[BRC]

...A sprained ankle.

How exactly do you fix a sprained ankle in one day? I have a feeling the answer is "Doc has to play tennis against the death machine"
Either that or Doc just destroys the death machine somehow.

[memnarch]

I wouldn't be surprised if this was a large practical joke by the time travelers who built the thing. Doc or the tennis champ has to play, loses, then big joke happens. :smalltongue:

[RS14]

...A sprained ankle.

How exactly do you fix a sprained ankle in one day? I have a feeling the answer is "Doc has to play tennis against the death machine"
Either that or Doc just destroys the death machine somehow.

Well, you can splint it pretty easily. I'd imagine the facilities provided for the champion would be stocked with splints and other medical equipment. You can walk on such a thing, but I wouldn't want to play tennis on it.

[LRR]

Since we're mentioning favorite lines, mine is actually an alternate text in chapter 8: "I saw Yoko Ono come in the book store, and I ran to the music history section. I grabbed every book on the Beatles I could and ran back. Then I threw the books at her, yelling, 'YOU ARE THE VILLAIN IN ALL OF THESE STORIES!'"
Best. Line. EVER.

Though there are many I like as well. Like Doc's brother: ":smalleek: Books are gay."

[FoE]

I suspect ...

... the ancient god of destruction is a hoax. The natives just wanted to ensure that their favourite sport survived beyond them.

[TigerHunter]

Since we're mentioning favorite lines, mine is actually an alternate text in chapter 8: "I saw Yoko Ono come in the book store, and I ran to the music history section. I grabbed every book on the Beatles I could and ran back. Then I threw the books at her, yelling, 'YOU ARE THE VILLAIN IN ALL OF THESE STORIES!'"
Best. Line. EVER.

Though there are many I like as well. Like Doc's brother: ":smalleek: Books are gay."
Which comic, specifically?

[LRR]

Which comic, specifically?

Issue 8. Page 30, IIRC? It's also landed on the Yoko Oh No page at TvTropes.
The "books are gay" quote comes from the following chapter when Gordito is spending time with the McNinja's. That quote is preceded by, "You seem to know a lot..." [beat] "... About the Dark Tower." Or something along those lines. Hastings is very quotable.

EDIT: here be page! http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=31&issue=8
Also, the other one. http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=24&issue=10


Ooo, I'd forgotten exactly how it went down XD But it feels good to go through the archives, the smexy art, and great pacing.

[BRC]

Geeze, Hortense is a B*tch. Also, possibly a better Ninja than Doc (Considering how she not only got through the temple, but did so without his noticing). No wonder Dan and Mitzi like her.

[sihnfahl]

Geeze, Hortense is a B*tch. Also, possibly a better Ninja than Doc (Considering how she not only got through the temple, but did so without his noticing). No wonder Dan and Mitzi like her.
Actually, she probably used the Employee entrance.

[FoE]

OHMIGOD that was funny! :smallbiggrin:

[chiasaur11]

And now the Doc is going to have to do the job himself.

Or the job doesn't have to be done. Either way.

[Fri]

....damn. Hortense really ruined that magic trick.

[kpenguin]

Wow. I'm beginning to suspect the whole thing is a set-up by Dan and Mitzi.

[chiasaur11]

Wow. I'm beginning to suspect the whole thing is a set-up by Dan and Mitzi.

Whatever gave you that idea?

[BRC]

...I love the last panel, when they realize it simultaneously.

Personally, I think Doc is going to have to play the machine. He's got mad ninja skills, so a basic overview of tennis rules should let him handle it. Either that or he and Hortense play doubles. Or he just cheats.

Maybe he keeps it busy with a game of tennis while Hortense gets close and blows up the evil Armageddon machine.

[FoE]

I was wondering about the identity of Hortense's mysterious employer. That is just too funny. :smallbiggrin:

In other news, Hortense is one sexy piece of bitch. But maybe that's because I'm a sucker for chicks wearing ninja masks.

[chiasaur11]

I was wondering about the identity of Hortense's mysterious employer. That is just too funny. :smallbiggrin:

In other news, Hortense is one sexy piece of bitch. But maybe that's because I'm a sucker for chicks wearing ninja masks.

Really, who isn't?

[FoE]

Really, who isn't?

Loving women in masks can lead you down some dark paths. I can't begin to describe the feeling of shame you experience after making love to a cardboard cutout of Kitana from Mortal Kombat.

[chiasaur11]

Loving women in masks can lead you down some dark paths. I can't begin to describe the feeling of shame you experience after making love to a cardboard cutout of Kitana from Mortal Kombat.

Moderation in all things, Face.

Except Dr. McNinja.

There over the top insanity is the norm.

[Trazoi]

Best motivation for dooming the world, ever. :smallbiggrin:

[Cracklord]

Second best.
(Best: It was in my way.)

[Trazoi]

Second best.
(Best: It was in my way.)
A Marvin the Martian fan, huh?

So am I, but I still think this is better. It's very Dan & Mitzi McNinja.

[Teron]

A Marvin the Martian fan, huh?

So am I, but I still think this is better. It's very Dan & Mitzi McNinja.
I'm thinking Justice League Unlimited, but maybe that's just an indication of my particular geek sensibilities.

[Trazoi]

I'm thinking Justice League Unlimited.
Maybe, but Marvin was earlier and somewhat in line with McNinja thinking.

"It obstructs my view of Venus". :smallbiggrin:

[Teron]

Oh, Marvin certainly came first, but "It was in my way." were the android's exact words about Oa in the episode where he goes after Luthor.

As for Dr. McNinja, I'd like to see a doubles match, somehow.

[kpenguin]

Oh, Marvin certainly came first, but "It was in my way." were the android's exact words about Oa in the episode where he goes after Luthor.

Yeah, but Amazo didn't doom Oa. He just shifted it to a different dimension.

[Cracklord]

No, Marvin it is.
But I did think of a better one. "We regret to inform you that your planet will be demolished to make way for a hyperspace bypass. It's been on the Alpha Centuri board for a hundred and fifty years, if you don't like it you should have done something about it."

[Rutskarn]

This new update is a generous helping of brilliantsauce, poured onto a piping hot slab of delicious brilliant.

[LurkerInPlayground]

Really, who isn't?
Me?

There's something about her that turns me off. It's hard to put my finger on. It occurred roughly around the time Dan and Mitzi invited her over and shoved her straight into Dr. McNinja's face. It probably has something to do with the fact that she's every bit the bastard mercenary that Dan and Mitzi wishes their kids were.

Come to think of it, she represents the sort of insane idiosyncratic parental conservatism that Dr. McNinja is trying to break away from. So there's something remarkably unsexy about it. I mean seriously, Mom and Dad picked out the girl that they think you should marry. It's disturbingly Oedipean.

That braid-thing she does with her hair isn't doing it for me either. Maybe it's appropriate. She is the hidebound traditionalist.

Then there's the fact that her approach to problems is to shoot it first then think about it later. She's a dumb brute who uses her power to mindlessly break whatever she's told to break. She's not exactly a woman of vision. (Killing the pilot was completely unnecessary.)

[kpenguin]

I don't find Hortense attractive at all.

[chiasaur11]

I meant ninja masks, not Hortenese in general.

Just clearing that bit up.

[LurkerInPlayground]

I meant ninja masks, not Hortenese in general.

Just clearing that bit up.
Meh. Same difference.

1) "Women with ninja masks are sexy."
2) "Hortense is wearing a ninja mask."
3) "Therefore Hortense is sexy."

It's not exactly the sort of logic I feel a great deal of approval for.

[Hell Puppi]

Well she is a red head (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HeroesWantRedHeads).

Of course Dr McNinja is all about taking tropes and blowing them up while riding away on a motorcycle, so it's hard to tell what's going to happen with her.

Edit: Hey, I'm fully aware that I'm attracted to the psychos in almost all things, so really liking her because of the ninja mask is really not that bad.

[LurkerInPlayground]

Well she is a red head (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HeroesWantRedHeads).

Of course Dr McNinja is all about taking tropes and blowing them up while riding away on a motorcycle, so it's hard to tell what's going to happen with her.

Edit: Hey, I'm fully aware that I'm attracted to the psychos in almost all things, so really liking her because of the ninja mask is really not that bad.
Yes, yes. You've got the scantily clad redhad in the demon-costume for an avatar. It's pretty implicit.

My point is more or less: I'm not in your demographic. Ninja masks and psychotic short-sightedness, does not a sexy girl make. Rather, the whole thing strikes me as rather disjointed non-sequitur.

It doesn't help that I'm seeing Hortense from Dr. McNinja's perspective.

[Hell Puppi]

I...I'm sorry? I meant the link to say I thought it was funny that heroes traditionally want redheads and while Hortense is a redhead, it's pretty much been spelled out that he doesn't want her.
So my guess was that they're either going to go along with the trope and they'll end up in a relationship (I really don't think so, Doc with a girlfriend wouldn't work well in my mind) or it was kind of flying in the face of the trope because you have a basic equal in skill for the doc, who is also the traditional hero-snagging redhead, who isn't going to get the hero.


Yes, yes. You've got the scantily clad redhad in the demon-costume for an avatar. It's pretty implicit.

I really don't understand this at all. I didn't mean to imply that redheads are the winners of all things and are awesome and some such. Did I really mess up the post that badly?

Also, I understand that you're not 'my demographic' ( again, what?), but that doesn't give you the right to mock another person for thinking someone is attractive.

[LurkerInPlayground]

I...I'm sorry? I meant the link to say I thought it was funny that heroes traditionally want redheads and while Hortense is a redhead, it's pretty much been spelled out that he doesn't want her.
So my guess was that they're either going to go along with the trope and they'll end up in a relationship (I really don't think so, Doc with a girlfriend wouldn't work well in my mind) or it was kind of flying in the face of the trope because you have a basic equal in skill for the doc, who is also the traditional hero-snagging redhead, who isn't going to get the hero.
Well, not that I've particularly noticed. Since I'm used to buxom blonde girls snagging the hero. Maybe that's more common. I don't know of many red-headed heroines that follow this trope.

And to take the disagreement further, I view Dr. McNinja as an absurdist celebration of adolescent fantasy, with some subtle characterization on the side. I'm not sure that it really subverts tropes so much as it parodies the aforementioned fantasies.



I really don't understand this at all. I didn't mean to imply that redheads are the winners of all things and are awesome and some such. Did I really mess up the post that badly?
No, I blew past your past your post with nary a backward glance. I thought you were saying that you found them sexy.


Also, I understand that you're not 'my demographic' ( again, what?), but that doesn't give you the right to mock another person for thinking someone is attractive.
Well of course nobody gives me the right, but I feel that's a moot discussion. Suffice it to say, this forum isn't exactly a wildlife preserve where people with exotic tastes die at the least sign of mild disapproval.

[Trazoi]

1) "Women with ninja masks are sexy."
2) "Hortense is wearing a ninja mask."
3) "Therefore Hortense is sexy."
Surgeons wear ninja masks too. Maybe a surgeon would be right for Dr.McNinja?

(Dentists too.)

[Hell Puppi]

No, I blew past your past your post with nary a backward glance. I thought you were saying that you found them sexy.

Well of course nobody gives me the right, but I feel that's a moot discussion. Suffice it to say, this forum isn't exactly a wildlife preserve where people with exotic tastes die at the least sign of mild disapproval.

To be fair dude, I totally thought you were calling me a red-headed hooker. I realize now (...I think...?) that you meant to say that I am attracted to stuff like my avatar.

And no I don't think anyone's going to die from it, I'm just saying everyone has the right to equally think things are sexy or unsexy without your approval, which was the tone I was getting from your other posts.

Also on the not being aware of many redheads...I'm assuming you blew by the link in my post as well?

Ah, wait, you changed it. So yeah. Let's just get on with the awesome that is McNinja, shall we?

[LurkerInPlayground]

And no I don't think anyone's going to die from it, I'm just saying everyone has the right to equally think things are sexy or unsexy without your approval, which was the tone I was getting from your other posts.
Let me rephrase myself. It's not a matter of what I have a right to. It's a matter of you not having the right to special protection with regard to mockery. I don't get any special rights that you don't have. So mock me back if it amuses you.

In short, I find your tastes silly and superficial.


Also on the not being aware of many redheads...I'm assuming you blew by the link in my post as well?
I figured it was TVTropes link that explained that redheads are hotheaded, assertive and all that jazz. Yes, I'm aware of that trope. I'm just more used to buxom blonds getting with the hero.

The one red-head in fiction that I can think of was the primary protagonist, with the guys she might've gotten with as relatively minor characters. This didn't exactly lead to a romantic subplot. Just a couple of scenes that implied the importance of this other person's influence in the girl's life.


Ah, wait, you changed it. So yeah. Let's just get on with the awesome that is McNinja, shall we?
I have no idea what you're saying here. But okay.

[Guancyto]

In short, I find your tastes silly and superficial.

Ahhh, LurkerITP, is there anyone you can't pointlessly alienate? <3

Anyway, you don't have to find ninja skills, redheads, explosives, psychosis or throwing Bearclaw out of a plane sexy to like Hortense.

She also has freckles!

[Weimann]

I find ninja skills, redheads, explosives, psychosis or throwing Bearclaw out of a plane sexy!

What do I win?

[Cracklord]

One very all-purpose girlfriend!
If she finds you sexy too.

[FoE]

Oh.

Well, that's a lot worse.

[kpenguin]

Do you think Doc is going to hum the Ghostbusters theme song?

[Fri]

Holy McNinja! That was McNinjaing AWESOME!

silly me, thinking 'how are they going to top themselves this episode?

AWESOME! I mean, RADICAL!

(yes, from now on, I'm going to try to change all of my swearword into McNinja.)

[chiasaur11]

And they said no new Mcninja till Weds.


Liars.

[FoE]

And they said no new Mcninja till Weds.

They're no better than all those girls who said they'd call me after they took my phone number and I waited by the phone all night but they never did.