Dr McNinja III: You Rad Bro?

[Duck999]

I'm betting this is the pheromone at work. Next, Doc will come to the conclusion that the only possible course of action is to kill the President before she kills again.

That's an interesting theory. Instead of just making people want to kill her, it convinces their mind that they need to kill her for whatever reason. That would be interesting.

[Luzahn]

You know, I think it's working on me too, because now I'm almost certain this is Imposter President.

I mean, she doesn't remember having pizzas with a ninja doctor. It's absurd.

[JavaScribe]

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Judging by Chuck's appearance, an alternate Doc got her, and whatever the coup planners are up to is world changing.

How many of her would be killers are affected by the pheromone, and how many are actually in on the coup?

[The Glyphstone]

Oh hey, it's Chuck Goodrich.

Anyone want to bet that this is the timeline we saw in Futures Trading?

[Razade]

Oh hey, it's Chuck Goodrich.

Anyone want to bet that this is the timeline we saw in Futures Trading?

Probably, and this arc will end with him taking off his mask and then we'll get to see him against Hans since he's the only person who knows what he looks like and still bears a grudge. And that's how the story will wrap up.

[Domino Quartz]

Probably, and this arc will end with him taking off his mask and then we'll get to see him against Hans

His name is Frans. Unless you're talking about a character I haven't seen or noticed before.

[Anteros]

This is just gonna make me miss real Chuck.

[Duck999]

Judging from her reaction of "you too--", I would assume she is the real president. Most people faking something don't have the immediate reaction of something like that. Unless they're a really good fake. Which she might be...

Stop messing with me!

[Giggling Ghast]

Toldja. Pheromones (or mummy curse, or whatever) got the Doc.

[Ibrinar]

Though he really should have anticipated being affected himself.

[Fjolnir]

Chuck Goodrich Saves The Day!!!!

[Duck999]

Toldja. Pheromones (or mummy curse, or whatever) got the Doc.

Mummy curse? Where'd that come from. *Looks at comic* Oh yeah!

Though he really should have anticipated being affected himself.

...Yeah. He should be smarter than that. He kind of did, when he backed away from her, and he may not have realized that the thought process he was having was part of the pheromones. Which may be part of the pheromone, keeping people from realizing it's working on them.

Chuck Goodrich Saves The Day!!!!

He should really have a superhero costume by now.

[Math_Mage]

He should really have a superhero costume by now.

Judging from what we know, Chuck Goodrich has every superhero costume.

[ObadiahtheSlim]

So do we finally get to see what that pink tentacle monster from the start of Futures Trading?

[Fjolnir]

More than likely we see the "we have you surrounded" scene rather than the pink monster scene...

[Giggling Ghast]

I have a weird feeling Chuck will be a woman this time.

[Nevereatcars]

Why is Doc so angry at Chuck? Didn't he espouse Chuck as a hero? He toasted the man with pizza, after all.

[Cen]

I guess that's pheromone working

[Duck999]

Why is Doc so angry at Chuck? Didn't he espouse Chuck as a hero? He toasted the man with pizza, after all.

Clearly because there are too many of him! He really wants to kill the president and he (or she) got in the way.

The space suit might stop the pheromone, but now we know that in an alternate timeline Dr. McNinja succeeded.

[Fjolnir]

because he knew chuck prime, fought altchuck and was in an rpg style party with chuck X, he doesn't need any more chucks in his life, especially after killing 2.

[ericgrau]

Dr. McNinja cures me of my hatred of time travel in media.

[Petrocorus]

Dr. McNinja cures me of my hatred of time travel in media.

As a related question, why good writers like the Giant and Hastings are stuck with doing webcomics after their day jobs while the TV is full of badly written things?

[NEO|Phyte]

As a related question, why good writers like the Giant and Hastings are stuck with doing webcomics after their day jobs while the TV is full of badly written things?

Because badly written things sell.

[Razade]

As a related question, why good writers like the Giant and Hastings are stuck with doing webcomics after their day jobs while the TV is full of badly written things?

You're aware that for the Giant's case this is his day job and Hasting's day job is McNinja and doing comics for Marvel, right? They're not doing this on the side of other jobs. These are their jobs.

[Fjolnir]

Actually Hastings is picking up the next Adventure Time comics run...

[Radar]

Actually Hastings is picking up the next Adventure Time comics run...

That's... mathematical!

He has the right imagination to make a solid contribution to the series. As for Marvel: he even made a few issues of Deadpool.

[Petrocorus]

You're aware that for the Giant's case this is his day job and Hasting's day job is McNinja and doing comics for Marvel, right? They're not doing this on the side of other jobs. These are their jobs.

I was not aware for Hasting, since i don't read a lot of comics beside webcomics.

But my point stand, people like them, and some others, could **** better plots than what some freakingly well paid TV writers produced everyday.

[Radar]

But my point stand, people like them, and some others, could **** better plots than what some freakingly well paid TV writers produced everyday.

And they do - plotting plots is what they do (just not for TV).

The thing with a lot of prime-time TV series is, they are aimed for as wide an audience as possible. This inevitably enforces them to be bland and uninventive, since there is little common ground for the whole intended target group. This goes for big-budget movies even more so, since they are aimed for world-wide distribution, so there is even less material to rely upon.

Ever heard about the study on the funniest joke in the world? The most popular jokes are also kind of uneventful. Worth at most a faint smile and not a solid laugh. On the other hand, they made the most people smile.

[Rodin]

Another problem Hollywood has is multiple writers, multiple producers, multiple directors...etc. etc. It's far easier for a novelist or webcomic writer to do quality control on their own work, and to stamp their work with their signature style. When translating that to a TV program, there are just too many people involved. One of the most legendary cases of this was the Mario Bros movie, which went through multiple sets of writers, producers, directors, actors...etc. etc. By the time it was done the movie was a twisted monstrosity.

A webcomic writer doesn't have to deal with any of that. The service that hosts the webpage they're on doesn't get to say "we'll only continue hosting your comic if you put a sassy black woman in". If the readers complain, the webcomic writer can tell them to stick it. And since they're self-published, they don't even have to put it through an editing period like novelists do. This lack of quality control removes a lot of the obstacles to telling a truly great story. Of course, it also removes the obstacles to prevent a horrible writer from sticking their "story" on the web, which is why there are so many failed webcomics out there. The ones that develop a great fanbase tend to be really, really good.

On the comic, I kinda agree with the Doc here. With an infinite number of futures, there are an infinite number of ways it can go horribly, horribly wrong, and that means an infinite number of Chuck Goodriches coming back to try and fix their future. Sooner or later, you're going to end up ass-deep in Chucks.

[Radar]

On the comic, I kinda agree with the Doc here. With an infinite number of futures, there are an infinite number of ways it can go horribly, horribly wrong, and that means an infinite number of Chuck Goodriches coming back to try and fix their future. Sooner or later, you're going to end up ass-deep in Chucks.

Which is a disaster another Chuck Goodrich will try to prevent.

Actually, things do can go wrong in an infinity of ways, but not all at once. Large enough disaster only comes every-so-often. Therefore there is only a finite influx of Chuck's. Combined with a finite lifespan, it will give you an upper bound on ammount of Chucks in the world at any given time. They might make a noticable demography, if they settle in one region, but it still will be way to little to influence the world as a whole.