We know that Cody's a fan of show tunes*, and his panel 1 dialogue suggests a song cue; you can almost hear the strings swelling in the background as he confesses to Owen his feelings for Summer. Owen's as surprised as the rest of us to witness this turn of events.
*As seen in this strip from 2009
Is this strip a rerun? Why are these guys wearing 2010 on their sleeves? Or are they home from college on spring break and decided to put on their old letter jackets and go harass some high school students?
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I nominate the face in panel 2 as the worst drawn face of the year. The so-called lips, one eye brow under the cap, the other a straight line across the very top of the eye, the thing that I guess is a nose. Then there is the yellow halo effect around Cody. But amazingly enough, the writing is even worse. Make this a nomination for the worse three panels of the year — so far. The scary part is that TBatCrazy can do worse.
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I nominate "that really stings to the core" as the least likely line a teenager would actually say for this week.
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"StinKs to the core", is more like it. As in, today's strip overall.
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Now if Owen's next words were, “But dude, she wears the same clothes every day!” or “ But dude, she could bench press you!” or “But dude, don't ya think her dad is the biggest asshole alive?” this could be pretty funny. But, alas, they will be more like “But dude, she's a fine young woman, a gritty success story and the very embodiment of modern-day femininity! She'd NEVER demean herself by dating mere peons such as us!” or something along those lines. So predictable, so implausible, so forced. Even the staunchest non-ironic die-hard FW fan must be rolling their eyes over this blatant Summer promotion TommyBats is trying so hard to sell this week.
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**** Ignore my post, I commented on the wrong comic. Boy, I'm dumb. ****
TFH sez: Louder and Indy, I put the links to today's strip and the older strip a little too close together. I've edited the post for clarity. Sorry for the confusion!
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In the real world:
"Summer Moore!!! Sick, dude. Even YOU can do better than that!!!"
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I'm actually a fan of Owen, as much as anyone can be a fan of any of the reprehensible cast of putzes that show up in this strip, so I'm totally on board with his disbelieving exclamation here. I am not on board, however, with his stupid hat. It's mid-April, man, stop leaning like a chullo.
My guess is that the hat is supposed make Owen the Crazy Harry of the late Act III student group. Owen is the Funky and the Crazy, Cody is the Les, Mallory Brooks is all of the Act I females, and there's no need for a new Bull because actual bullies with actual attempts at character development have been retconned out of existence.
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The first two posts confused me; thanks for explaining.
Cody is quickly becoming the most hated character in the strip. So, kudos in a way, Cody!
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"Gee, mom an' dad, how'd you meet?"
"Well, your dad was smartmouthing a bully and was about to get his ass kicked off. I stepped between them and scared the bully away."
"Please, God, let me be adopted."
"Your mom was so brave and strong! She saved me! She was my hero. I was instantly in love."
"…Hello? Child Services…?"
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Tommybutt shouldn't even TOY with the idea of these two getting together, especially under THESE circumstances. In addition to Cody's well deserved shame, what would you think Slumber thinks of Cody? Sure, she intervened against a bully on his behalf because it was the right thing to do, and for a skinny beanpole 105-pounder, she's apparently a real slamdunkin' asskickeroffer. But can a high school girl really fall for a guy she has to protect? That's not the natural order of things, never was, and never will be, and everybody knows it. So just stop with this nonsense.
Panel 2, "Thanks very much for that." Completely reminds me of humorless, uptight Goatee Boy throwing an estrogen-fueled snit when Flunky and Crazy laughed at him over having two women in love with him at the same time. Slap a cheesy 1990's relic goatee on Cody, mow his hairline back a bit, and you basically have Les.
I second the thoughts about Owen wearing that retarded looking hat – especially in April. Pretty sad when Bat Hack has two characters (Owen and Maddie) whose main functions are to be vehicles to move those hats around. And any character that relies on a silly hat to try to be "interesting" can't possibly be interesting.
Re: the flashback cartoon dealing with show tunes. I don't know who the other kids are. Are they bullies who think show tunes are gay? Are they theater students who want Cody to come out for the Spring musical? If they are bullies, how do THEY know what show the song is from???
And it's interesting to note that there are two or three Black kids in all of Wankerville High, and BatCracker makes one of them a thug. Has he always had a problem with his Negroes? Either shows them jackin' a skinny white kid if they are non-sympathetic characters, or transitions them into White Folks, in the case of (relatively) sympathetic characters like Cayla.
And if you have a good memory, you'll recall that one of the relatives at Cayla's family picnic was good ol' Al Roker. Is everyone from Ahia as backward as BatCrap?
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Oh, God, this just gets worse every day…
Cody is becoming Les Redux . Today's last panel is pure Les. The only advantages I can see for Sum' Mo' to get with Cody is that she already knows him inside and out, and that he's dominated enough by her superior masculinity so that, at her command, he'll stand outside the van and warn of any oncoming intruders while she conceives her soon-to-be-adopted son.
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"Is everyone from Ahia as backward as BatCrap?"
Hell no! That's why I like your use of Ahia – it's become code for "alternate universe Ohio," or "TomBat's stupid version of Ohio."
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Flummoxicated – Tomboy has done for Ahia what Lynn Johnston has done for Canaduh.
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This is a lesbian romance plotline that Batiuk copped out on, isn't it? Cause I don't recall any boys talking this way in high school, although I know a lot of girls who did.
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TheDiva–are we absolutely sure Cody is supposed to be a boy? I mean, when you compare him/her to Summer, the case could be made that this is still the lesbian romance storyline.
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are we absolutely sure Cody is supposed to be a boy? I mean, when you compare him/her to Summer, the case could be made that this is still the lesbian romance storyline.
I was thinking just the opposite, actually. This is leading up to a prom date between a milquetoast boy and a girl who exhibits no secondary female physical characteristics whatsoever and is much more of a man than he is.
But I realize that's absurd. This is going to end up with Cody and Owen going to the prom together, but they won't be homosexuals, so my prediction months ago will be accurate, and there will be no gloating on my part, since it was as predictable as a sunrise.
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Obviously Owen is in love with Summer too. Owen and Cody are going to have a fight for Summer's heart. They might be heartbroken if they find out Summer's really lesbian and has really been secretly involved with Keisha for some time.
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