Dr. McNinja V: The End

[Lethologica]

You are joking, right?

Yes, of course. Now, the follow-up question: am I serious?

[Rodin]

That was a Street Fighter-style Guile flash kick, right?

Can't be, he didn't crouch down for 2 seconds before doing it.

Except...the AI in Street Fighter could cheat and do it without holding down!

OH MY GOD GORDITO'S A ROBOT!!!!

[TaRix]

Can't be, he didn't crouch down for 2 seconds before doing it.

Except...the AI in Street Fighter could cheat and do it without holding down!

OH MY GOD GORDITO'S A ROBOT!!!!

Hey, you can charge it while jumping, just hold down while airborne.

[lord_khaine]

Gordito didn't catch a anyone and the idea that it's really impossible for ninjas, especially ones who haven't been psyched out by Dan, to catch people who are on fire seems questionable, but I haven't noticed anyone arguing that Gordito is a ninja in the first place.

More or less questionable than organic jetpacks?

[eschmenk]

More or less questionable than organic jetpacks?

Assuming the question is, "Can organic jetpacks exist in the McNinja universe," then more, IMO.

[Giggling Ghast]

Ninjas are Mortal Kombat. As I pointed out above, Gordito's moves are pure Street Fighter.

[Fri]

At this rate, Gordito will end up as Rising Zan.

[Duck999]

I'm not keeping track enough to figure this out myself:
Is the comic updating not on regular schedule or are the updates coming later in the day?

[Porthos]

I'm not keeping track enough to figure this out myself:
Is the comic updating not on regular schedule or are the updates coming later in the day?

Updating irregularly, but still usually at a random time on M/W/F. Very rarely a date "late".

He's a busy cartoonist now though, so it's hardly unexpected.

[eschmenk]

Anyway, the new comic is up now.

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Maybe Robster can do some recruiting?

Is he still indoors? The shoddy tombstones are probably fake (not just a joke), so apparently he is.

If Robster just sends an army of ninja zombies at Doc & co., it would be a little too straightforward. I doubt he'll just die, but I'm not sure. What else might happen?

[Giggling Ghast]

Comic updated!

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Confrontation with Frans Rayner is imminent! Well, at least Dan is enjoying himself.

[JavaScribe]

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Confrontation with Frans Rayner is imminent! Well, at least Dan is enjoying himself.

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Though Doc has had two encounters with Frans. Are they skipping one, combining them, or will Frans find a way to do both? Plus, the seen his face and vice president plots haven't played out yet.

[Giggling Ghast]

Well, technically speaking, he didn't have the cyborg eye in their first encounter, so it's not an exact re-creation.

[Lvl 2 Expert]

They might skip Rayner for the first one, or give the second one to Old.

Dan is just way too happy. Follow your dad's example Patrick, smile a little more.

Also, am I supposed to feel like this is foreshadowing that Gordito will need a good home ones Doc is gone?

[eschmenk]

Dan is just way too happy. Follow your dad's example Patrick, smile a little more.

Also, am I supposed to feel like this is foreshadowing that Gordito will need a good home ones Doc is gone?

I don't think so. If Hastings intends to kill off just Doc, he wouldn't need to prepare us for Dan and Mitzi to take Gordito in. They already did so when Radical imprisoned Doc. Dan blew up Doc's office, so Gordito is probably still living with them. Alternatively, if Hastings is preparing to kill off Doc, Dan and Mitzi, I don't see how this page foreshadows what would happen.

I think the page is merely about Doc having to face his failures. He didn't raise Gordito as well as he would have wanted to do and he allowed the kid with the Paul Bunyan disease to die. Doc will probably either be feeling discouraged enough to affect his performance in the next part of the story or Doc will be given additional reasons to feel bad and it will come to a head later. Dan's happiness provides a huge contrast.

[Vinyadan]

I think the page is merely about Doc having to face his failures. He didn't raise Gordito as well as he would have wanted to do and he allowed the kid with the Paul Bunyan disease to die. Doc will probably either be feeling discouraged enough to affect his performance in the next part of the story or Doc will be given additional reasons to feel bad and it will come to a head later. Dan's happiness provides a huge contrast.

I think "First I did this, then I did that, and then I sold my parents and brother to pirates to show them how good a doctor ninja I am" also counts as failure.

[Giggling Ghast]

Update: the order of who Doc faced when is irrelevant.

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Dracula's up next.

I hope velociraptors are immune to zombies AND vampires.

[eschmenk]

It's canonical. Raptors can climb ladders.

[Lvl 2 Expert]

O no, surprise Dracula!

Which suggests the question: Is Doc afraid of Dracula, or of not understanding the order in which Radical throws things at him?

[Giggling Ghast]

It's canonical. Raptors can climb ladders.

Well, if they can open doors, then they can climb ladders!

[Anteros]

So did Hastings just forget that Marty exists, or did something happen to him?

[Cazero]

So did Hastings just forget that Marty exists, or did something happen to him?

*LE GASP*
The one person who could have carried an unconscious giant child out of the gas trap ! Why is the world so unfair !

[Lvl 2 Expert]

Oh, yeah, where did he split up with the family? If even the robster is still inside he can't be gone. But what kind of side objective could he have been sent to complete?

[Chives]

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Right. Gordito wouldn't die.

Hastings was very specific.

[Lvl 2 Expert]

O no, first Marty and now Gordito!

Yes, I'm totally expecting to see Marty back soon now. This time he'll be Michael Jackson.

It's a good thing it got a bit lighter though, so they can see what's going on.

[smuchmuch]

So, uh ninja gunslinger circus acrobat bandito and now ossibly vampire on top ? Halfway there

[Giggling Ghast]

Of course Dracula would attack Gordito. Half the point of this trap is to break Doc emotionally.

So did Hastings just forget that Marty exists, or did something happen to him?

I was wondering that too. Maybe they sent him in another direction? He's pretty tough on his own.

[Kantaki]

Of course Dracula would attack Gordito. Half the point of this trap is to break Doc emotionally.

Well, considering his reaction Drak isn't eating Gordito because he likes the taste.

[Flickerdart]

Well, considering his reaction Drak isn't eating Gordito because he likes the taste.

No, that's just the sound vampires make. Less like "blech" and more like "bweeeh."

[Giggling Ghast]

The vampire "bleh" (sometimes spelled as "blah") is much like the zombie moan of "braaaaaaains." It's just a thing some of them do.

Observe.