Cookies and punching and new hats of fox fur Using my skills as a ninja and boxer Tea that a swamp-lady magic'ly brings These are a few of my favorite things
Watching iCarly and kissing a Cajun Cute dog commercials when I'm not rampagin' Voodoo that you do, it makes my heart sing These are a few of my favorite things
I'm a zombie. Keep me calm, be- Cause my rage is rad You'd best keep them coming, my favorite things Or else I will hurt you bad!
Oh yeah, time for cookies and some punchin'! Coo-oo-oo-oo-ookies and punchin'!
Dude I am having such a day! Look at the zombies as they lurch our way ... Time for mindless fightin', oh boy! Then I'll be bitin' a Chips Ahoy!
We're watchin' the horde go by, With that greenish glow in their eye ... I wanna punch 'em as they go, And then I'll munch on an Oreo!
I got a twinkle in my eye because the Cypress She-e-e gave me tea! Her zombie horde ... so nice and mindless, Now she's got 'em all lined up for me!
I'll give 'em Nutter-Butter uppercuts! Nutter-Butter uppercuts! Let me pu-u-u-u-unch 'em, Come on, for all of our viewers, And Mallomar chewers! Time for punchin' ...
Rob (rrreed) says:
UNITY SMASH PUNY HUMANS ZOMBIES!
(TUNE: "Monster Mash", Bobby "Boris" Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers)
We were on a mission down in New Orleans, When our eyes beheld the strangest of scenes ... The zombies were lurching down the street, And Unity's ready to lay down a beat ...
Now she can smash! The zombie girl can smash She's much too rash! But Sweetheart says that's rash ... She wants to thrash That Remy guy she'll thrash And she can smash! She'll roar and zombie smash!
Now Unity wants to act in a manner Similar to that guy Bruce Banner ... Sweetheart tells her to gather intel, While she and Tip follow the Cypress smell ... So she can't smash! The zombie girl can't smash That's much too rash! 'Cause Sweetheart says that's rash ... She wants to thrash That Remy guy she'll thrash But she can't smash! But she can't zombie smash!
The undead were headed our way Led by dear Mrs. May, Onlookers say, "There's something You don't see every day."
Now Remy's our expert on voodoo stuff, So go and get him, and get a bit rough! We'll meet you out at the wishing place ... (And don't waste time with kissy-face!)
Then you can smash! Then you can zombie smash! The place you'll trash! The Cypress you can trash And bash and thrash! And do it with panache, Then you can smash! Then you can zombie smash!
For reference, the first panda incident was during Sweetheart's rampage; the second panda incident was the paper-serving bit at the beginning of Come Swing From My Branches.
Tip and Sweetheart heading out into the wild, Fol-low-ing undead whose forms have not been filed! Unity, she wants to go; Sweetheart, though, is saying no! Patchwork girl says, "This is so Unfair!"
Lurching to the bayou, forty-seven strong ... Let me tell you why you cannot come along! You do not know how to act Delicately or with tact! City Morgue, you should go back To there!
'M sayin' no, you're staying, 'cause this job will take finesse! 'M sayin' no, you're staying, 'cause this job will take finesse! We'll figure out this Cypress mess! Bad girl, no! Sit, sta-a-ay! Bad girl, no! Sit, sta-a-ay!
Tip has got his trusty Alice, Tucked within his bra ... We hear the zombies going, "GRAAaaaAAAaaaAAAaaahhh, GRAAaaaAAAaaaAAAaaaAAAHHH!"
This will take diplomacy and common sense ... Girl, do you recall the panda incidents? Little guy got hammered flat, Ended up as someone's hat; Big one got beat up, and that Is why ...
'M sayin' no, you're staying, 'cause this job will take finesse! 'M sayin' no, you're staying, 'cause this job will take finesse! We'll figure out this Cypress mess! Bad girl, no! Sit, sta-a-ay! Bad girl, no! Sit, sta-a-ay! Bad girl, no! Sit, sta-a-ay ...
It's obvious there's more than just those 2 panda incidents - neither one of THOSE involved rebuilding an animal shelter!
Rob (rrreed) says:
Well… KLNG …there… KLNG…was…KLNG …the… KLNG …brick… KLNG …wall(s)… KLNG …Unity… CRASH …pickaxed her way through to reach Sweetheart after her Lavender-Infused "Vanilla Therapy" Lowfat Steamed Milk with Rainbow Jimmies Rampage…
@danadavo: Well, after the fight with the panda to which rrreed refers, Sweetheart *does* tell Unity, "Go spackle those holes." That seems to imply that Sweetheart and Unity helped out at least a little with rebuilding the shelter.
(Sorry, I don't know how to put a link in these comments. The strip in question was from August 29, 2008; the URL is http://www.webcomicsnation.com/shaenongarrity/skinhorse/series.php?view=archive&chapter=32019 .)
Rob (rrreed) says:
@andy4hire—you have to go into your Webcomics Nation preferences, turn on the advanced text editor, and be prepared to type some basic HTML for anything other than plain text. And remember to close all your tags! I forgot to close an italics tag, once, and every comment on the page past that point until some other commentor closed the tag in his post was in italics.
(TUNE: "Pack All Your Troubles In Your Old Kit Bag", George and Felix Powell)
U-ni-ty is a friendly bioweapon With a smile, a two-tone smile ... She's upset, Sweetheart said she can't be helpin' For a while, a little while ... Zombie on an errand we will send, She wants to be here! Sweetheart tries to reassure her friend With some bull that sounds sincere ...
You carried Tip's designer Prada bags, That's good, good, good! He's got a lot because he stays in drag, Our boss said he could! Take the whole darn wagon load, That's more than ten men would! So, you carried Tip's designer Prada bags, That's good, good, good!
It occurred to me earlier but I never got around to mentioning it: The fox's hide that Unity used to make that hat didn't have time to cure properly. It's liable to get very smelly very soon, if it isn't already. Unless Unity has some sort of special bioweapon preservative? Maybe licking it clean acts to retard decay? I can't decide if that'd be a boon or a bane for the fur industry; cheap, fast, eco friendly preservatives vs. "I've got zombie spit on my head... and I know what comes next."
(This may be the antihistamines talking.)
Adam (10-0-0-1) says:
So Unity is clearly the kid in this oddball of a sort of family argument, but is Sweetheart the mom or dad? and what does that make Tip? and lets kill that line of thought before it goes any further.
Sweetheart says ... go get help ... Why does she treat me like a weak little whelp? Cut a swath ... through New Orleans ... She knows I'm strong as a platoon of Marines!
Can't go see the Cypress, much to my dismay ... Brush aside annoying things that get in my way!
I'm trying hard now, why can't she see? All she does, though, is yell at me! I'm really working, di-li-gent-ly ... All she does, though, is yell at me!
Gotta kowtow ... to that bow-wow ... Dumb ol' dog says I don't pay attention now! I say I'll try ... but she'll just scoff ... Stupid friggin' buzzkill, where does she get off?
Wading through the crowd here, I don't break a sweat; Remy says there's hostiles but I ain't seen 'em yet!
I do my best now, it's plain to see! All she does, though, is yell at me! Using my skill set, vi-o-lent-ly ... All she does, though, is yell at me!
Gotta kowtow ... to that bow-wow ... Dumb ol' dog says I don't pay attention now! I say I'll try ... but she'll just scoff ... Stupid friggin' buzzkill, where does she get off?
Dave's remark is making me wonder: that dividing line that runs down the center of Unity's face? Does that line... um... continue, y'know, all the way down and around?
Would someone please bash my head with a rock so it just... STOPS wondering?
Michael Kimmitt (punditusmaximus) says:
Yeah, it's best not to let that sort of thing stay in your head.
I don't think we've seen conclusive evidence that they're not sentient, they just seem non-verbal at present. Sweetheart definitely thought, talkative or no, that they qualified as potential clients, which would seem to indicate they have legal rights and can sign forms and such.
It could just be that they need coffee. Lots of people are a bit off when they first wake up. Has anyone tried giving these Zombie-like People some caffeine?
I don't think we've seen conclusive evidence that they're not sentient, they just seem non-verbal at present. Sweetheart definitely thought, talkative or no, that they qualified as potential clients, which would seem to indicate they have legal rights and can sign forms and such.
It could just be that they need coffee. Lots of people are a bit off when they first wake up. Has anyone tried giving these Zombie-like People some caffeine?
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