I suspect that there's a bit of synergy going on here... and if TigerLily can leverage it to break through Tip's Quantum-Level self-repression, we may well have a Critical Mass of Funk. Or at least some very well-dressed Cadillacs...
It's after dinner, dishes are done, We're cuffed together so you can't run ... We lie in bed, we're sad and depressed; And it's so weird, that we're both fully dressed!
I don't want to send you back, 'Cause you, you're Queen of the Funk! Your beauty is so dis-trac-ting! Crazy, who woulda thunk?
(CHORUS) You know I can't defy The plan within my mind When first your figure I saw! So strange and so sublime! Just like I felt first time I saw a Christian Lacroix!
You know, I think this is the first strip where Tigerlily's dialogue isn't funkadelic. She's no longer amused. Perhaps we're approaching a breaking point.
Oppression! See the Man ain't got no soul Oppression! The U.N. won't let me melt the Pole Oppression! The U.S. Government's on my case Oppression! Just 'cos I gave the moon a smiley face
But oppression You won't stop me getting funky Oppression With my flying robot monkey
well. actually... Melting the ice caps might be a good thing. i mean. mabye this whole global warming thing isnt such a bad idea.
more C02 would mean that plants will grow quicker, bigger and require less water. Higher tempretures would mean more precipitation, which means more rainfall. we would lose some land, most of which should probley be abandoned anyhow, but gain siberia, northern canada, and possibly even parts of antartica.
well. mabye anyhow. i mean, we have no clue what it would really mean, besides the literal addition of X amount of water into the oceans. a quick google away says antartica would net us 200 feet of ocean rise. well, there goes the towns i grew up in, and california now has an inland sea. i can think of worse things than losing most of oakland and san franscisco. or europe for that matter.
but, i might be a bit down that funky, funky path the good lady is on.
Hilary Bruce (cameoflage) says:
Hey! I live in Vancouver, and I won't stand for anyone flooding my city! *shakes fist*
*then goes off to buy a giant glass dome on eBay*
Aha! This is Shaenon's plan! Tigerlily melts the polar caps, half of San Francisco gets flooded, and suddenly Shaenon and Andrew own beachfront property, which triples their home value! Shrewd ... very shrewd ...
(TUNE: "Here Comes The Sun", The Beatles)
Tigerlily! You've been the victim of oppression! Tigerlily! The Man won't let this girl be free!
Down with the Man! He foils your plan! And it's 'cause ... He's all white!
Dr. Wilkin! We all must pay our share of taxes! Dr. Wilkin! We're victims of so-ci-e-ty!
You are the Man! Her plan you'll ban! And it's 'cause ... It's not right!
Man, man, man, fight the Man! Man, man, man, if we can!
Cuffed together! They've got this love / hate interaction ... Don't know whether They'll boogie ho-ri-zon-tal-ly!
Woman and Man ... I hope they can! And who knows ... They just might!
John Ames (commodorejohn) says:
Hilary: Well yeah. You can do the glass dome thing and make Vancouver a futuristic underwater city. We'll do that with all the coastal sites worth saving, and let the ocean take the rest. Problem solved!
Not that Tigerlily will think of the polar bears. She will just saddle up a polar bear and ride it into SPACE. Which would be awesome on the side of a van.
Your war was pants You blew your chance Your war was pants Earth's doomsday dance, was pants All your elaborate plans, were pants Humanity's last stand, was pants All your office supplies, were pants I'll never look into my i... Pod again
Without picturing what you Could have done with half a clue Desperately in need Of Tactics 101
Boy, you're handcuffed to a criminal And lurking in a stolen dress! And now you're worried for your teammates, The situation's a mess! Well, the Union is on the prowl ... Just hear that mean ol' keyboard growl! But if the zombie's punting, They'd best throw in the towel!
And Unity will ... Punt that keyboard clear 'cross the room! It's such a wimpy lame-ass bringer of doom! Well, you can punt hard as you please And scatter those keys! (Hey, you just spelled "panties"!)
'Keiya' (keiya) says:
Aww. Still a scab, but a /cute/ scab.
Kat Smith (catschroedinger) says:
@Shaenon: Was Tigerlily on the side of a van riding a polar bear a very well hidden fandom collision or just a stab in the dark? In other words: is it okay to hum Spinal Tap's 'Stonehenge' when picturing this scenario?
You see machines attack ... they say machines will rule! You know I got your back ... you know that we're still cool! I sit around and chill ... you stand around and talk ... You know the cool thing is, we're still on the clock!
I can serve you! Water chillin' in my tank! We can call the Culligan Man and give him our hearty thanks! And when machines strike, there's one thing I can assure, Always, the joys of service endure ...
I'm trying to think what a water cooler could do in service of the strike, even if it was capable of movement, besides just dumping all its water on the floor and then taunting the staff about their growing thirst.
Andy I'm with Carl on this. She should have stuck with the classic tag "...Coppers!" It would have shown a classical brass that we expect from steam punk anti-heroines.
Have you seen the little piggies Closing on your route City, state and Federal piggies Traced your trail of loot They don't think it's cute that you're so plucky!
Have you seen the SWAT team piggies In their army boots And the anti-terror piggies Wearing hazmat suits They might only shoot you - if you're lucky!
In the skies are piggies swarming Watching what goes on all around In their eyes you see a warning What they need's some global warming!
Everywhere there's UN piggies Toting piggy nukes Time to make those boring piggies Put up their piggy dukes Get ready, Institute
I agree with Carl; "pigs" would be more appropriate for late 60's - early 70's (hey, I was there).
(TUNE: "Guys And Dolls", Frank Loesser)
When you hear a guy Shouting, "Reach for the sky!" Then you'll soon sic some science upon those pigs! When you're being chased, and the chase never stops, Then, as sure as an ace, The guys who give chase Are probably cops! When you fight The Man With a sinister plan That includes sexy lingerie, shoes, and wigs ... Won't be scared, won't be beaten; You're attackin' and not retreatin'! As you shout, "You''ll be eatin' some Science, pigs!"
Is anyone else worried that all those presumably heavily armed people (and I include TigerLily in that category) are dangerously close to Tip's whole wardrobe? If something should go wrong...I'm not sure Tip could recover.
Sorry to disagree but "Piggies" was entirely appropriate for character and the situation. Tigerlily is EXACTLY the sort of person who would call cops "piggies."
And it's the funniest thing she could say besides. :)
"Coppers" is obviously what a 1930s-style gangster mad scientist would say. Somebody invent a 1930s-style gangster mad scientist.
M Mishalak (mishalak) says:
A spark of flame danced in the eyes of Dr. Uther MacKenna , not at all figuratively since he'd just set the police car alight with his Naphtatic Coil Gun. "Eat elemental combustion coppers!" he shouted before laughing hysterically. This was fine living, sirens wailing, a warm weapon of dubious safety in his hands, and a henchman plucking at his sleeve saying something about escaping with the loot.
Rob (rrreed) says:
@Shaenon — Hmmm… tricky, since one must simultaneously avoid the stereotypical "Nazi mad scientist working for/with/in a fifth column group" that became popular in movie serials of the day, from what I've seen.
Still, the idea of The Untouchables crossed with Narbonic has a certain je ne sais quoi!
Nazi mad scientist gangsters are okay if what they're doing is SAVING HITLER'S BRAIN! Have yinz seen that movie? They actually save Hitler's entire head, which spends the whole time looking freaked out. I guess that's a reasonable reaction.
At some point, my comic Smithson was going to include a 1930s gangster warlock. Smithson had a lot of material I never got around to introducing before I put it on hiatus.
Hey, look, what we got here? Some fine deadly force! Resorting to violence is par for the course! These folks ain't polite like the crew of Skin Horse! Hey, look, what we got here? Some fine deadly force!
Hey, look, what we got here? A squad full of brute! With Englebright too, from the Mad Institute! They calmly ask questions, just after they shoot! Hey, look, what we got here? A squad full of brute!
Hey, look, what we got here? I'm talkin' some jive! I swear you're not taking Doc Wilkin alive! I'll start talking smack, and then downward I'll dive! Hey, look, what we got here? I'm talkin' some jive!
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