05/03/2010
May 3, 2010
12:00 am
Hard to thundershock when you’ve got some six inches of sea monster tooth lodged in your brain.
Jared’s story comes to an end, but we all know every end is a new beginning. Imagine those last few words written on a sparkly rainbow for full effect.
Discussion (85) ¬
Nice xbox face ya got going on there.
Yeah, I always assumed the pokemon cartoon glossed over the massive number of fatalities that occured in every tournament.
Pity…I would have watched it for much longer if they hadn’t.
Well, if you read the Pokemon Adventure’s Manga, it’s pretty violent. Like when Blue is fighting Koga. He orders his scyther to use slash, and next thing you know, arbok’s been filleted.
Arbok can allegedly grow back everything below the head. Dunno if that’s true or not, source is INTERNETS.
Nah, that Arbok was just special, and eventually it fought against another “shiny” Arbok that could up it’s attack, defense, or speed any time it wanted.
Apparently it’s a normal thing in the manga for pokemon to be unique.
Another cool thing about the comic is that it’s less throwing critters into cockfights, and more like having a pet that is also a personal bodyguard, that is also capable of destroying entire populations at a time, that is also your best and only friend. (As lonely as that sounds.)
Eh…dang it, not another rant. :D
It wasn’t Blue’s Charmeleon who sliced that Arbok in half?
Two different fights. By the second time, tho, Gary/Green figures it out. Then he nearly gets suffocated by a Muk. Or was it still a Grimer?
Gary/Green?
Gary = Blue
Unless you read the American translation, which seemed to decide Gary was Green, and the lass was Blue. I read it online, and whenever it switched between scanlated Japanese and the American version, I got so confused. Not just the name change, of course, but the right-to-left switching to left-to-right -_-“
No, the american translation says he’s Blue and the scanlation says he’s Green. It’s still an eternal debate on what he’s really called.
If I recall correctly it was a zombie Arbok anyways.
Part of me feels sad that I understand and remember very clearly those two battles, and the other part is gleeful that others do too.
Great, now I won’t get Fenix and his buddies wearing jock straps out of my head
Jared had better develop testosterone, and lots of it.
Working there will probably get him testosterone poisoning. He’ll man up real quick.
DAMN
When I checked this morning, no comments. I geek around because someone is sending me messages and all of a sudden there’s 4 comments right out of nowhere. Good comic got readers waiting in line for it to show up or what?
Anyway, the x-box wimp shouldn’t really need to prove that he solves games any more. He got an effing fish dragon. A blue fish dragon. With freaky eyes. What kind of achievement beats that? He solves the logistic problems of getting the head all the way to the office – if he manage tog get it out too then he’s practically highscoring XD
I *think* he actually meant to show online the 360 kid meme:
Same face, same phrase? You decide.
She, bro. Coelasquid is womenz.
“Same, same phrase? You decide.”
No shit Sherlock.
Somehow–and I’m really not sure how I pulled this off–I’ve gotten this far in my life sans any kind of Pokesposure. No games, cards, cartoons–nothing.
But if I ever played, I always figured I’d roleplay my character like this. An unheroic, dishonest slacker who uses questionable tactics and treats his Pokemon like a blunt instrument.
Hm. A Team Rocket grunt then?
The worst part about the pokemon games is that you don’t get to roleplay your character at all. You don’t even get to choose their responses to a person, beyond ‘yes’ and ‘repeat what you just said until I say yes’.
Maaaan, id pay big money for a game with pokemon charm and mass effect playstyle.
That sound only slightly less logistically impossible than fitting Mr. Fish’s head through a door like that.
Pokemon:Crimson-The Eatening. I’d buy the hell out of that.
I’ve got to agree with Jared – achievements are important. And though he could probably recover his gamertag (if he can actually remember his hotmail password…), he would still need another xbox, which would cost money, and we’re right back to square one. It’s really quite the unenviable position, the poor guy.
Also, as expected, I love the Commander’s expression in panel 7. He is clearly incredulous. The cred Jared may have had has almost entirely vanished.
Oh yeah, and Jared’s totally right about the eating thing. I mean, isn’t that the whole reason Flying-types are super effective against Bug-types? They freaking eat them, it’s the circle of nature.
haha oh god
Okay, this is quickly becoming one of my favorite webcomics. Please keep up the good work
Hey, Anonex told me it was alright to ask you to draw a Relicanth, Could you please draw more Relicanths?
Oh wow, that face. My face when I saw that face. Highlight of my Monday mornings, right here~
Man, gyaraodes looks bored
It all makes sense now… *that’s* why I never liked Pokemon! They weren’t allowed to eat each other! Of course!
If it takes a Gyrados to eat a Pikachu, then what does it take to eat a Gyrados?
A wailmer?
Also on the comic: great. I saw this comic a few weeks ago and even though I’ve only really read the pokearc so far I’m planning on reading the rest soon, so awesome.
Or a Wailord. Those things are freakin huge.
ah, yeah, that’s what I meant. I get pokemon’s names confused sometimes. whoops.
I dunno. I’m not aware Wailord have any teeth.
If it’s true to being a blue whale like it looks like it’s based off of… nope, filter feeder.
If Dragonite got a craving for sushi, though, he could probably take the big sucker, judging from the size entries in the later generation Pokedexes
Wailord
Good job on this one :p
I’VE GOT IT….RAYQUAZA CAN EAT GYARADOS! or maybe a shit ton of oddishes….you know, if they ganged up on the fucker.
Hahaha my name is Jared!!!
Nice Xbox guy shoutout ;u; GOSH I SORT OF DO/DON’T WANT TO SEE JOCKSTRAPS.
This is going to be so awesome, I imagined the rainbow Just For You!
Imagine those last few words written on a sparkly rainbow for full effect.
^ THAT IS NOT MANLY.
It’s the most manly thing ever what are you talking about.
Did I just hear Fenix?
As in ‘Marcus Fenix’? *faints*
Fuck yeah. Picking up jockstraps? Gross. Picking up Gears of War guys’ jockstraps? AWESOME!
Oh. That makes more sense than Praetor Fenix, I guess.
The thought of a Protoss jockstrap is enough to make the mind recoil, to say nothing of the ones that belong to a four-legged robot.
I’m unable to hear the commander’s voice as anything but Brock Samson.
Hmm, now you’ve made it a hard choice between Antfish (thanks to his voiced version of GoWII in a Nutshell), or Patrick Warburton. They both fit the Commander pretty well.
I think Antfish had it pretty close to how he sounds in my head when I write him. Like John DiMaggio meets Michael Keaton Beetlejuice.
I so very much have been picturing him with that exact voice whenever I read his lines
29 comments?! Really now?!
But heh, this strip deserves it. The xbox kid reference alone is friggin hilarious.
Have I ever told you how much I love the way you draw Gyarados? He’s a perfect mix of extreme boredom and pent-up rage. But mostly boredom.
It is hard to stay away from boredom when you are just that angry.
More Zelda/Ganondorf/Link!
dude, when are you gonna update again?
She just updated on Monday. She updates every monday.
Haha freaken awesome with the reference to xbox kid face haha, did you made his smile up side down? XD I love it! Also love how Mr. fish is still in the bg XD man good job!
I found these comics this morning, and bookmarked immediately! These are so great. Showing all mah friends tomorrow, keep it up!
HAHAHA! OH WOW! These are great, I couldn’t help but laugh the whole time. Just splendid!
I will have to come back later and recommend these to my friends!!
GREAT comic, man!
Ew. Gears jockstraps. Probably get staff just by looking at them.
Jared’s Xbox face is so hott! LOL Also I probably would’ve kept watching Pokemon if the fights were actually like that
Why is Gyarados’s face so hilariously derpish?
You sure you were never a teenage boy? Otherwise, it’s alarming how well the females have us pegged and how poorly we’ve got you all pegged. D= My save files!
It’s quite all right, I identify more with these kinds of things than… whatever it is teenage girls care about, I guess. Seasonal colours and pictures of skinny, despondent looking boys in tight pants?
To hell with sparkly skinny despondant boys, I’m with you on this one Coela. Bring on some manly games and muscle. Or just an Xbox, I guess.
I’m a not-so-typical ladytype myself. :P Aside, I love your comic. Been following for weeks now, just never got around to commenting. Also, thank you for responding to your comments in english, rather than lol’s u’s, and other abhorritions of internet-speak.
I’d feel that way too for my Wii if I was stranded away from home.
Why doesn;t he just ride the Gyrados home?
Mr. Fish would get tired and surly. And probably lost.
And would probably cause millions in property damage just to get to the ocean.
in the game, you can’t ride pokemon around except to fly/surf.
I have to say, the Commander kinda reminds me of Spock in the 7th panel with the eyebrow thing and the straight face. Only so much manlier!
Like three Spocks tied together or something.
And one Kirk.
Everything about this thread of comments makes me happy.
Next time I play Pokemon or someone I know does I will make sure a Magikarp somewhere get’s named Mr. Fish.
I agree with Jared, I mean, even some pokemon have the bite ability! Why not eat or devour or something?
:) some funny comic strips on this site. very entertaining.
Stumbled onto this and liked it !
Jared is exactly like my boyfriend. He even has a hat. And that hair and stubble D: He’s awesome :D
Jesus christ, a lion – I’d get into the car, but I can’t stop laughing!
A dude doesn’t need money in the world of Pokémon.
Get a ground-type to carve yourself a home in a cliff, a fire type to keep warm, an electric type for appliances if that is your thing… and your mon of choice to go hunting wild mons for food. Anything else you need, you can build… or heck, steal.
It is THE easiest world to go wild in.
And if that doesn’t suit you… join Team Rocket.
Great, now I wont’ get a jock strapped Marcus Fenix out of my mind for the rest of the week
Omg that 6th panel though. I swear my soul left my body to go to the other side of the earth just to laugh his ass off so no one would hear it when I saw that panel.
there needs to be a ” the many faces of Jared” comic to showcase all the comical faces he made throughout the manly guys series.