Things You Never Noticed VI: The Undiscovered Detail

[Peelee]

No idea-- I wonder if maybe it indicates how they're separate in Redcloak's mind, but he still doesn't know who Soon is, or what.

Another fun one from Start of Darkness: When Xykon tests out his new Lich voice, the three lines he delivers-- "Luke, I am your father"; "Simba, you have forgotten me"; "This is CNN"-- are all lines by James Earl Jones.

The pickiest of nits: The last two, maybe, but JEJ never said "Luke, I am your father." The line is, "no, I am your father."

Uh, ESB spoilers, I guess.

[danielxcutter]

No idea-- I wonder if maybe it indicates how they're separate in Redcloak's mind, but he still doesn't know who Soon is, or what.

Another fun one from Start of Darkness: When Xykon tests out his new Lich voice, the three lines he delivers-- "Luke, I am your father"; "Simba, you have forgotten me"; "This is CNN"-- are all lines by James Earl Jones.

Well, he does know by the time Soon manifests with the entire deathless Sapphire Guard and starts smiting Xykon's pelvis, so...

[godsflunky]

Uh, ESB spoilers, I guess.

NNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!





Uh, Revenge of the Sith spoilers, I guess.

[Peelee]

NNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!





Uh, Revenge of the Sith spoilers, I guess.

Search your feelings, you know it to be true.

Uh, more ESB spoilers, I guess.

[godsflunky]

We'd better stop there for now. Otherwise I have a very bad feeling about this thread.

[martianmister]

I always assumed that comic 301 is a reference to the opening scene of Aqua Teen Hunger Force Movie, just like Yu-gi-oh Abridged movie, but apparently it predates it.

[Ron Miel]

It's a reference to an old cinema advert.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw91RJ_m_7g

[martianmister]

But different from that ad, both ATHF and OotS scenes also show the clash of cultures between old and new snacks. Now I suspect that ATHF writers seen that strip before.

[nabcif]

I just noticed that the title of 1033 ("Sound Reasoning") gets a callback three strips later in 1036's title ("Sound, But in This Case Inaccurate").

I might have noticed back when it came out (I notice "new" things all the time), but I usually have forgotten the title by the time I read the strip in question (and forget to look what it was after).

[danielxcutter]

I just noticed that the title of 1033 ("Sound Reasoning") gets a callback three strips later in 1036's title ("Sound, But in This Case Inaccurate").

I might have noticed back when it came out (I notice "new" things all the time), but I usually have forgotten the title by the time I read the strip in question (and forget to look what it was after).

Oooh, nice catch. Also, I'm guessing that the "Sound" Reasoning part is because ythraks have a "sonic" attack?

[Peelee]

We diviners have done our best to scry the invading army. Most of our divinations have been blocked so far, but we have been able to glean some basic information.

I never noticed that the reason their scry attempts failed was because Xykon was almost certainly Cloistered.

[Riftwolf]

In the intermission after NCftPB ends, Pizza is the one who kills Milk Dudes, with Soda shares his friend's last dying moment.
The one-panel shot of Snack World, where Soda kills Pizza in revenge, wasn't just a throwaway gag. It was a callback.

[Laze]

In the intermission after NCftPB ends, Pizza is the one who kills Milk Dudes, with Soda shares his friend's last dying moment.
The one-panel shot of Snack World, where Soda kills Pizza in revenge, wasn't just a throwaway gag. It was a callback.

Yeah, Soda is also screaming about revenge. For some reason Soda is not using magic though.

[danielxcutter]

Yeah, Soda is also screaming about revenge. For some reason Soda is not using magic though.

Considering that he's not zapping anyone like Popcorn is, I'm guessing the magic he used in the intermission is a buff of some sort.

[Laze]

Considering that he's not zapping anyone like Popcorn is, I'm guessing the magic he used in the intermission is a buff of some sort.

Or maybe he lost his divine power, because people are worshiping him less now. Or he has only healing magic.
"Popcorn, I am already a demon..."

[Lexible]

Another fun one from Start of Darkness: When Xykon tests out his new Lich voice, the three lines he delivers-- "Luke, I am your father"; "Simba, you have forgotten me"; "This is CNN"-- are all lines by James Earl Jones.

:D :D :D

That makes me happy.

[Fyraltari]

Soon's Gate was hidden inside a sapphire, disguised as a throne ornament, and the Sapphire Guard was a secret organization.

Girard's Gate was hidden inside a block of lead disguised as a pillar, and the Draketooth Clan hid its existence from the world.

Meanwhile Dorukan, Lirian* and Serini were pretty open about where their Gates were (hard to miss Monster Hollow when you pass by it) and how it is defended.


Looks like the two Scribblers who most hated one another had more in common than they'd be willing to admit.

[Kastor]

In comic 945, as Miron talks to Lauren about the ocean visible in the rift, he says "Wll, gosh, Lauren, sounds like some lucky plumber will be getting the job of a lifetime!"

I thought he was referring to a generic plumber... but on my readthrough I realized he was talking about Laurens daughter, who is a plumber!

[Cicciograna]

I just realized that in Strip 935, as V describes the way he managed to force Laurin to flee, when he finally comments that he had "superior intelligence" he could have referred both to his own mental stat and him having very good knowledge of his opponent.

[Varinoth]

With the knowledge we have now about the pantheons and

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the snarl and the need of a new god color

I realize why Thor even entertained the idea of Banjo as a potential new god in comic 137.

[danielxcutter]

With the knowledge we have now about the pantheons I realize why Thor even entertained the idea of Banjo as a potential new god in comic 137.

Also, I believe that Elan's true faith in his god means that Banjo technically is a god, if a very weak one. Probably lacks the Devotion and Souls to be a proper one yet, though, but still.

[Grey_Wolf_c]

With the knowledge we have now about the pantheons and

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the snarl and the need of a new god color

I realize why Thor even entertained the idea of Banjo as a potential new god in comic 137.

With the knowledge we have now about the pantheons and the Snarl and the need for a new god colour, we know that Thor entertaining the idea of Banjo as a potential new god in comic 137 would not have created a new colour since it would have been through sponsorship.

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[Procyonpi]

In the First-Round WaXP bonus strip "Laundry Knight"

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Miko takes the fact that a plum sauce stain has been "removed" from her shirt as a sign that the gods want her to remove the "stain" of the Order of the Stick. In the next panel, you can see a purple stain on the back of the shirt she is wearing, which is the exact same color and style as the one on the line that the plum stain was supposedly removed from.

[danielxcutter]

In the First-Round WaXP bonus strip "Laundry Knight"

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Miko takes the fact that a plum sauce stain has been "removed" from her shirt as a sign that the gods want her to remove the "stain" of the Order of the Stick. In the next panel, you can see a purple stain on the back of the shirt she is wearing, which is the exact same color and style as the one on the line that the plum stain was supposedly removed from.

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Heh, really? You'd think she'd notice that her shirt's on backwards...

[rbetieh]

Hey so when Durkon said "Thors aching bunions", and Thor said he needed to soak his feet.... did Durkon cause said bunions?

[The Linker]

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Heh, really? You'd think she'd notice that her shirt's on backwards...

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Hmm? Presumably the stain was always on the back of the shirt. She just got the shirts confused, is all.

[Riftwolf]

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Hmm? Presumably the stain was always on the back of the shirt. She just got the shirts confused, is all.

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That almost made me begin researching reversibility of shirts in medieval Japan. But then I didn't. After all, Azure City isn't Japan. The Azurites could find reversible shirts as practical as anyone else.

By the way is this all in spoilers because its in bonus material, or to avoid invoking a Flame War, ala naming Voldemort out loud?

Hey so when Durkon said "Thors aching bunions", and Thor said he needed to soak his feet.... did Durkon cause said bunions?

Belief shapes Gods. He really wishes they'd pick another phrase to portray surprise.

[Rogar Demonblud]

Hmm? Presumably the stain was always on the back of the shirt. She just got the shirts confused, is all.

Which raises the question of how she dripped plum sauce on her back. That's a very messy eater.

More likely it's a stealth joke by Rich about how hard it it to tell front and back in a stick figure comic. See also Roy complaining about not being able to remember which foot gets the big boot.

[Mad Humanist]

I just noticed that the Deva disappears along with Durkon. Does that mean the Deva will be present when Durkon is resurrected.

[Procyonpi]

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That almost made me begin researching reversibility of shirts in medieval Japan. But then I didn't. After all, Azure City isn't Japan. The Azurites could find reversible shirts as practical as anyone else.

By the way is this all in spoilers because its in bonus material, or to avoid invoking a Flame War, ala naming Voldemort out loud?

Because it's bonus material.