Oh, you can sort through the piles
Of Collodi’s private files …
To find out what you need could take you days!
But you might find it hard
To get past the Chamber Guard,
For they’re exuding cute and gamma rays!
[CHORUS:]
Race you, Unity!
Fight adorably
With the … Star Chamber Guardians
Who glow in UV!
Now, if your eyes could just see
Ra-di-o-ac-ti-vi-ty,
You’d stay away and never come too near …
But this beta-type decay
Cannot keep your team away,
You’ll get a tumor for a souvenir! [repeat CHORUS]
Weird… within the last week the thought “that would be a good name for a band” has been almost completely replaced by “that would be a good code name for a government op”
Or possibly before Wednesday’s… but it also works here. Sweetheart could be conveying, “You haven’t explained enough yet. What’s up with this Star Chamber besides the princess thing?”
Yeah, I thought they were already at the Star Chamber on Thursday. I guess that panel was supposed to represent ‘Doom Squirrel does a voiceover while we pan across the Chamber’ rather than a literal depiction of DS standing in front of the Chamber?
I wondered why Sweetheart would forget about the Star Chamber so quickly, and what she was going “in” on Wednesday.
The sequence that makes most sense to me is:
Tue: squirrel: “I believe that the reactor won’t collapse.”
Fri: Sweetheart: “I hate to break it to you, but…”.
squirrel: “We have to stop this!”
Sat: squirrel: “Take them to the Star Chamber?”
Sweetheart:”What’s the Star Chamber?”
Thu: squirrel: introduces the Star Chamber.
Wed: Sweetheart: “We came here to learn about the Old War.”
squirrel: “That info could be inside.”
Sweetheart: “I’m going in [the Star Chamber].”
But far be it from me to question the inscrutable writing of Shaenon and Jeff!
So is it just me, or would the voice of Rocket J. Squirrel be a good choice for our animatronic friend here. I’m hoping for at least one “Hoky smokes!” from him (her/it?)
I was just thinkin’ that “Yes!” would have been a better line for this guy than “Both!” Same meaning, but he’d get additional points for being just a teensy bit more infuriating that way.
I wonder if Gussie really has a problem with her vocoder, or if it’s a deeper synthesis issue. She doesn’t seem to be mouthing the words as her voicebox screeches, just opening her mouth as though she were screaming, wailing, or squeeing (depending on the instance).
(TUNE: “Daydream Believer”, The Monkees)
Oh, you can sort through the piles
Of Collodi’s private files …
To find out what you need could take you days!
But you might find it hard
To get past the Chamber Guard,
For they’re exuding cute and gamma rays!
[CHORUS:]
Race you, Unity!
Fight adorably
With the … Star Chamber Guardians
Who glow in UV!
Now, if your eyes could just see
Ra-di-o-ac-ti-vi-ty,
You’d stay away and never come too near …
But this beta-type decay
Cannot keep your team away,
You’ll get a tumor for a souvenir!
[repeat CHORUS]
I love the way this little doom squirrel goes back to ulltra cheerful/cute for the last panel.
As the great philosopher and statesman Dave Barry would say, “‘Doom Squirrel’ would totally be a great name for a band.”
Isn’t that the name of a band from Questionable Content?
According to MySpace, “Squirrel of Doom” is a real band name, complete with a signature tune.
I think they’re German psychedelic.
I think you’re thinking of “Deathmole,” unless the strip mentions another band by that name at some point and I’ve just forgotten.
Weird… within the last week the thought “that would be a good name for a band” has been almost completely replaced by “that would be a good code name for a government op”
Admittedly the two have similar criteria
I realize she’s a career bureaucrat, as well as a mad scientist’s pet, but does Sweetheart seem to be getting more cynical as she goes deeper here?
Cynical, or genre savvy?
We cynics prefer the term “realists”.
Not all of us. I prefer cynic.
Sweetheart can’t be anything but cynical.
Man, if there are sandwiches, this will be Unity’s most favorite mission ever.
Between radiation poisoning and saccharine cuteness, that’s a lot of nausea.
Does anyone else feel like this strip should have come before Thursday’s? Are we seeing these out of order?
Or possibly before Wednesday’s… but it also works here. Sweetheart could be conveying, “You haven’t explained enough yet. What’s up with this Star Chamber besides the princess thing?”
Yeah, I thought they were already at the Star Chamber on Thursday. I guess that panel was supposed to represent ‘Doom Squirrel does a voiceover while we pan across the Chamber’ rather than a literal depiction of DS standing in front of the Chamber?
No. You can see the entrance to the Star Chamber on Thursday’s, so they were still outside.
I wondered why Sweetheart would forget about the Star Chamber so quickly, and what she was going “in” on Wednesday.
The sequence that makes most sense to me is:
Tue: squirrel: “I believe that the reactor won’t collapse.”
Fri: Sweetheart: “I hate to break it to you, but…”.
squirrel: “We have to stop this!”
Sat: squirrel: “Take them to the Star Chamber?”
Sweetheart:”What’s the Star Chamber?”
Thu: squirrel: introduces the Star Chamber.
Wed: Sweetheart: “We came here to learn about the Old War.”
squirrel: “That info could be inside.”
Sweetheart: “I’m going in [the Star Chamber].”
But far be it from me to question the inscrutable writing of Shaenon and Jeff!
I just googled Star Chamber – I thought it sounded ominous – and Wikipedia proves it thus.
Besides ‘princess’ qualities I wonder what they’ll be judged for?
So is it just me, or would the voice of Rocket J. Squirrel be a good choice for our animatronic friend here. I’m hoping for at least one “Hoky smokes!” from him (her/it?)
I was just thinkin’ that “Yes!” would have been a better line for this guy than “Both!” Same meaning, but he’d get additional points for being just a teensy bit more infuriating that way.
I wonder if Gussie really has a problem with her vocoder, or if it’s a deeper synthesis issue. She doesn’t seem to be mouthing the words as her voicebox screeches, just opening her mouth as though she were screaming, wailing, or squeeing (depending on the instance).
…I still want one of her.