My Little Pony is rather dark too, if you pay attention to the original. Technicolor horses and twelve-year old girl vs centaur Satan. Demonic goat necromancer eating peoples’ souls. All-devouring purple sludge that sings in infinite-part (dis-)harmony.

G.I. Joe got enemies that could be fought. My Little Pony picked up all the eldritch horrors that had to be deus ex machina‘d away (except the one that was diabolus ex machina‘d away to make room for the metaphorical Bigger Fish).

I always thought she wore a sweatshirt or sweater over a tank-top, myself…

Now that I know, I want her to take the shirt off, nyao!

(Yes, I know I’m a bad kitty…)

It’s easy to forget, but in most situations where Mell and Helen are alone together, they’re really quite dear friends.

The two most interesting parts of this strip are that A) the Narbonic Labs elevator has a doorbell, and B) the Narbonic Labs elevator is roomy enough for Artie to be entirely out-of-shot in panel 2. (Well, all that furniture had to fit in there somehow, I guess.)

Helen could’ve solved a lot of problems by turning the hamsters into a furry beverage right here, though.