Comments on: Hiccup: August 1-6, 2005

By: linkhyrule5

linkhyrule5 — Thu, 08 Dec 2022 20:08:16 +0000

Actually, a gorillaphant sounds pretty awesome. I mean, assuming we ignore the square-cubed law in the name of mad genius. Gorillas already knuckle-walk, so the gait of a gorillaphant is easy to imagine: so now we’ve got a gorilla the size of an elephant, with a prehensile trunk probably even stronger than normal and, oh yes, venom.

Now imagine something like that rearing up to beat its chest…

By: Kitirena

Kitirena — Sun, 18 Sep 2016 19:34:45 +0000

@Artie: Try being a catgirl sometime. Not only do I have the normal drives of a human female, but once a month I go into heat like a cat, nyao.

On the other hand, this neat little fact does neatly explain why there are so many NSFW pics of catgirls on the internet, doesn’t it now?

By: Joyce Melton (halfelven)

Joyce Melton (halfelven) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:09:56 +0000

That? It's a flux capacitor accordion tube.

By: Ed Gedeon (eddurd)

Ed Gedeon (eddurd) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:09:55 +0000

I just confused myself, looking at the comments for the week ... did I write a filk and forget to post it? On Friday, I wrote a response to Kay's comment, claiming that one could improve on the original lyrics (since Dave wouldn't be content with bedding Helen just once in his lifetime). Apparently I forgot to actually post it (too many distractions that morning). ANYway ...

(TUNE: "Once In A Lifetime," Anthony Newley & Leslie Bricusse)

As often as I can,
I'll have sex with Helen!
Desirable Helen,
Who's totally mad!

We did it last evening,
And once more this morning!
Discovering parts
That I never knew girls had!

I feel like a love god!
A pure, golden love god!
I'll tell you about it,
As I buy us drinks!

She's calling me now, girl!
(She really likes cowgirl!)
As long as it lasts, as often as we can,
We're gonna mate like minks!

By: Pete Bleackley (pete_the_mad_scientist)

Pete Bleackley (pete_the_mad_scientist) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:09:54 +0000

Fan theory time:

Note that every gerbil Artie ever expressed an attraction to was female. Also, when first transmogrified, he was attracted to Mell, who doesn't fit his subsequent preference in humans. Artie's gerbil brain was used to only having to deal with those annoying hormones when exposed to the scent of female gerbil in heat. Now he's in human form, and having to deal with them all the time, his brain is doing some hasty rewiring to cope. In the process, it's wired his mate selection preferences up to "same sex".

By: Brian Rogers (billionsix)

Brian Rogers (billionsix) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:09:53 +0000

Yeah, well, Artie seems to have come to terms with the "constantly being in heat" by the time we see him again in Skin Horse.

By: John Lindsay (l_aine)

John Lindsay (l_aine) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:09:52 +0000

Obviously, it's a large economy-sized death-ray projector or a battle-capable laser cannon.

By: Ed Gedeon (eddurd)

Ed Gedeon (eddurd) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:09:51 +0000

(TUNE: "Heat Of The Moment", Asia)

When I was young, and in my gerbil form,
My old hormonal cycles were the norm ...
They were predictable and functional!
My thoughts were calm and clear (though rather dull) ...

But now my brain's inside a human shape!
I find myself reacting like an ape!
My body's making all these strange demands!
I get a constant message from my glands ...

'Cause it's the heat of the primates,
Making it hard to think straight!
It's the heat of the primates,
(Isn't it great?)

And now I hate the state that I am in!
Complain to Dave, who wears a constant grin!
Completely missed the point that I had made ...
He's so annoying when he's getting laid!

'Cause it's the heat of the primates,
The heat of the primates,
The heat of the primates,
(Isn't it great?)

By: Leon Arnott (l)

Leon Arnott (l) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:09:50 +0000

Saturday:

This is also a great episode. Artie's frantic, horrified outburst in panel 3 is funny enough to be the punchline proper, rather than drawing attention back to Dave's lack of sufferability.

By: Joe Glow (joe_glow)

Joe Glow (joe_glow) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:09:49 +0000

Artie's purpose! After all these years, I only just now made the connection. I've always read Dave's comment as a punchline, but in the context of the potential dystopian future and the much later strip addressing the same topic, it's actually pretty sinister.