Dr. McNinja IV: What The Chuck?

[ObadiahtheSlim]

Illuminati confirmed?

[Duck999]

Illuminati confirmed?

Read the alt text: It's the symbol on the money, so you need to actually build one.

Also, I love that this page looks like a final page if you don't read the "The Adventures of Dr. McNinja presents" at the top.

[ericgrau]

That's impressive.

Sad that this is The End, though. :(

The End part II though. It should go to part X "final" fantasy style.

[Porthos]

Sad that this is The End, though. :(

Huh, now that you mention it, I don't think there was ever a "The Adventures of Dr. McNinja PRESENTS" banner for THE END, Pt 1.

Couldn't find one after a cursory check.

Guess that makes Pt 1 the longest intro for a story for the comic so far. One that won't be broken, I reckon.

[Duck999]

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Does this mean the Dr. is not hated by everyone?

Also, I think Dracula can see through that thing.

[Giggling Ghast]

Looking at some old strips, and I discovered a subtle foreshadowing of the Chuck/Radical connection.

Check out the last panels of both strips:

http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/25p36/

http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/25p38/

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Does this mean the Dr. is not hated by everyone?

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Not absolutely everyone.

[Duck999]

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Not absolutely everyone.

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OR:
Maybe they hate the Doctor, but they hate a nemesis in the new government more.

I'm guessing they just don't hate him.

[slayerx]

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Does this mean the Dr. is not hated by everyone?

Also, I think Dracula can see through that thing.

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Doc is hated by the universe itself, not the people who live in it. I imagine this means something along the lines of "anything that can go wrong WILL go wrong" for Doc. Its like being cursed with bad luck.

[Lvl 2 Expert]

Where's Sean?

They've got him doing mission control, and we'll be seeing robot animals fighting ghost wizards soon?

[Anteros]

The only problem with this finale is that I would expect the Mcninja clan to stomp the **** out of team Radical.

[The Glyphstone]

The only problem with this finale is that I would expect the Mcninja clan to stomp the **** out of team Radical.

They might be tougher than you think. Rayner is quite skilled at invoking dramatic conventions like the Inverse Ninja Law to his benefit, and he's a good martial artist in his own right (plus Mongo will be around somewhere). Dracula can command the Ghost Wizards, who we have already seen as immensely powerful on both occasions they've been fought, in addition to his own magic and physical prowess. Ronald McBonald is a skilled battle mime, and Old has plenty of ninja mojo as well. if anyone is a weak link on Team Radical, it's President Radical himself, and he's...the President, with all that entails.

On Team Mcninja, we have Mitzi, Dan, Sean, and Patrick as ninjas, plus Judy, Yoshi, and Gordito. They outnumber Team Radical, but have a much more focused skill set, and as mentioned, they'll be working against the Inverse Ninja Law.

The Heroes: A clown, a King, a vampire, a master martial artist, and a renegade ninja rejecting his dark past. Are they bad enough to protect the President?
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The Villains: A clan of evil ninjas, with their trained animal minions and a gunslinging teenage assassin for hire.

That's the stuff action-comedies are made of, and Rayner will know it.

[Anteros]

They might be tougher than you think. Rayner is quite skilled at invoking dramatic conventions like the Inverse Ninja Law to his benefit, and he's a good martial artist in his own right (plus Mongo will be around somewhere). Dracula can command the Ghost Wizards, who we have already seen as immensely powerful on both occasions they've been fought, in addition to his own magic and physical prowess. Ronald McBonald is a skilled battle mime, and Old has plenty of ninja mojo as well. if anyone is a weak link on Team Radical, it's President Radical himself, and he's...the President, with all that entails.

On Team Mcninja, we have Mitzi, Dan, Sean, and Patrick as ninjas, plus Judy, Yoshi, and Gordito. They outnumber Team Radical, but have a much more focused skill set, and as mentioned, they'll be working against the Inverse Ninja Law.

The Heroes: A clown, a King, a vampire, a master martial artist, and a renegade ninja rejecting his dark past. Are they bad enough to protect the President?
Battling
The Villains: A clan of evil ninjas, with their trained animal minions and a gunslinging teenage assassin for hire.

That's the stuff action-comedies are made of, and Rayner will know it.

Rayner and Mongo got taken out casually by Mcninja last time they fought. They apparently aren't a threat to him anymore.
Dracula is the most dangerous, but his main source of power will murder him at the very first opportunity.
Old is very unlikely to stay on Radical's team. Whatever his issues with Doc are, he's not going to want to murder his family.

That leaves Mcbonald and Radical as the main threats on the villain team. And the US army I suppose.

Also remember that team Mcninja wants to save the president, not assassinate Radical.


Edit: I'm sure Hastings will make it entertaining. I'm just giving my initial impression.

[The Glyphstone]

Rayner and Mongo got taken out casually by Mcninja last time they fought. They apparently aren't a threat to him anymore.
Dracula is the most dangerous, but his main source of power will murder him at the very first opportunity.
Old is very unlikely to stay on Radical's team. Whatever his issues with Doc are, he's not going to want to murder his family.

That leaves Mcbonald and Radical as the main threats on the villain team. And the US army I suppose.

Also remember that team Mcninja wants to save the president, not assassinate Radical.


Edit: I'm sure Hastings will make it entertaining. I'm just giving my initial impression.

Rayner's not a threat to Patrick 1v1, but in a group battle, that might change. He'd do a lot better against Judy or Yoshi, for example - and like I said, he's not just the team muscle, he's bringing his skill at manipulating narrative tropes to the side of Team Radical. Doc can do that too, but he's got less starting material to work with.

Dracula's biggest weapon is also his biggest weakness, yeah. Taking him out will almost certainly involve severing his control over the ghosts, but until they can do that, he's super dangerous.

Old might not want to kill his family, but he's also going Clone Crazy. Entirely possible he thinks, for example, that if Patrick is killed for real this time, he could have a real family instead by taking Patrick's place. Or he goes hands-off against the Ninjas and focuses on the sidekick squad.

Remember, it wouldn't be a good fight, or good story, if Team McNinja wasn't the underdogs.

[Lvl 2 Expert]

Remember, Dracula actually beat the powerful wizards he turned into ghosts with limited power. He may have let Doc escape, but he's by no means weak without those six guys. And just one of those ghosts managed to give 4 of the good guys a good fight for their money. Radical also has some help. Even aside from the US army he has some of those radical folks and his old Cumberland mafia gang. And I think the nasaghast is still working for him. Oh, and Hostense probably.

All of the bad guys are people that have at some point been beaten or fought to a tie by one or more of the good guys, but I'd say it's a bit much to state that this makes the upcoming encounters trivial.

Plus it doesn't look like the good guys are getting any help from Marty Scuttletruck, the Paul Bunyan's or anyone already mentioned in the dinosaur story line. I don't even know if Judy brought her rocket launcher.

Old is probably the weak link on team rad, with him actually being Doc, wanting to be Doc, probably being just as cursed as Doc because the ghost wizard remembered them from when they were still a single person and the whole "clones weren't meant to last this long" thing. My money is on some form of death equals redemption for him.

[SZbNAhL]

Just one of those ghosts managed to give 4 of the good guys a good fight for their money.

And that was when they had very powerful relics from the Curia; now they just have their regular ninja gear.

And I think the nasaghast is still working for him.

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[Rater202]

And that was when they had very powerful relics from the Curia; now they just have their regular ninja gear.

Repeat after me: I ain't afraid of no ghost.

[Professor Gnoll]

Repeat after me: I ain't afraid of no ghost.

Radical knows about the ghost-fighting music, though. He shut down Doc's in Part 1.

[tonberrian]

Radical knows about the ghost-fighting music, though. He shut down Doc's in Part 1.

Only Doc needs ghost-fightin' music. Dan apparently was able to channel his chi into hand motions like a proper ninja. No word on whether Mitzi and DSP can do it, though.

[Rater202]

Radical knows about the ghost-fighting music, though. He shut down Doc's in Part 1.

Doc is the only one who uses the music to fight the ghosts.

Also-Maybe Doc'll start thinking the music?

[Professor Gnoll]

Only Doc needs ghost-fightin' music. Dan apparently was able to channel his chi into hand motions like a proper ninja. No word on whether Mitzi and DSP can do it, though.

I completely forgot about that. That still leaves Yoshi, Judy and Gordito pretty helpless though, even if Mitzi and Dark Smoke Puncher can do it.

[Rater202]

I completely forgot about that. That still leaves Yoshi, Judy and Gordito pretty helpless though, even if Mitzi and Dark Smoke Puncher can do it.

You don't live with a ninja-doctor without picking up some ninja tricks or some doctor tricks.

[Kornaki]

The curse! So it begins.

[Anteros]

Ok this guy looks a lot like Chuck too. Is it just an art thing? Is Hastings getting lazy? Is he trolling intentionally?

[Lvl 2 Expert]

Sparklelord disagrees

O, right. I knew I was missing something. Good, one less ghost to worry about.

[Giggling Ghast]

You know, Radical shouldn't even be allowed to be President, since he wasn't born in the U.S. or a resident for at least 14 years.

Way to pick and choose what parts of the Constitution you follow, fictional America.

[Professor Gnoll]

Ok this guy looks a lot like Chuck too. Is it just an art thing? Is Hastings getting lazy? Is he trolling intentionally?

It's because every single character is secretly a Chuck.

[JavaScribe]

You know, Radical shouldn't even be allowed to be President, since he wasn't born in the U.S. or a resident for at least 14 years.

Way to pick and choose what parts of the Constitution you follow, fictional America.

I'm not sure if landing in the US before the US was even founded via time travel would count, but the native Chucks may well be these things, at least in the future. Unfortunately, he killed Congress before they could update their laws to distinguish between alternate selves.

Besides, in the end, the only law that matters is that might makes right, and it would seem that his radical charisma somehow got the military on his side and the average citizen to love him.

[Yuki Akuma]

It's because every single character is secretly a Chuck.

Even the female characters?

[Professor Gnoll]

Even the female characters?

Every. Single. Character.