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Adopt
Posted on July 31, 2013 by David M Willis

216 thoughts on “Adopt”

  1. AHR

    –carebear stare–

    1. Aizat

      Stare into your soul, that is.

      1. Witch [Soul] of Heart

        Actually, I believe they are staring at Sarah’s boobs.

        1. Ragingagnostic

          That’s EXACTLY what I was thinking…three tiny people at exact eye level with her breasts. Brrrrr….. (I’m shivering at the creepiness not motorboating!)

  2. thecanvashat

    SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

    1. Squall

      Ohmigod you read my mind!

      1. Toad

        Aw they’re all so tiny!

        1. Kennerly

          There is not enough hugs!

  3. Anna1090

    Count me in on that.

  4. Nono

    Dina’s Dad is the most adorable. Can we take him home?

    1. marr

      He is dressed like he should be named Ken and star in any and every Japanese Monster movie that includes children.

      1. NightmareWarden

        I thought he looked like a custodian…

        1. Mr. Random

          He looked more like a factory worker to me.

      2. The Candyman

        He’s a custodian at a factory who has a pet giant monster that he uses to save the universe.

        1. ALLxISxGONE

          Yes

        2. NightmareWarden

          By “monster” you meant “dinosaur”, right? Right?

        3. Bill M.

          Wait, you mean all the kaiju monsters aren’t dinosaurs that somehow survived extinction? … Wait, forgot about Mothra and Black Mothra (a.k.a. Battra). Make that “most of the kaiju monsters.”

        4. Micah

          Gojira wasn’t a dinosaur, he was mutated by radiation.

        5. mrelegos

          Also Destroyah

  5. Demon-Something

    I heard the Saruyama’s hat closet can be seen from space.

    1. Doctor_Who

      It crashed to earth 65 million years ago. Dina has never gotten over the guilt, and relentlessly pays homage to the poor creatures who died so that her bloodline’s congenital bald spot would never be made public.

      1. Tenn

        IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW! O_O

        *gets Cosmic Acquisition of Knowledge Montage*

  6. vsophi

    They all look really freaked out in the last panel.

    1. Yotomoe

      As apposed to the other two where they look like they are staring into the eye of god.

      1. Squall

        Or the Eye of Sauron.

        1. Ragnal

          Or the Eye of Tyr.

        2. Doctor_Who

          Or the Eye of Harmony.

        3. Aizat

          Or the Eye of Agamotto.

        4. Totz the Plaid

          The Hoary Hoasts of Hoggoth have taken to them, clearly.

        5. Raibean

          Or the Eyes of the Idol.

        6. NightmareWarden

          Or the Eye of Wdjat.

        7. Roz not Desanto

          Looks more like Sarah’s breasts.

        8. Squall

          It’s the EEEEEEYE of the TIIGER

        9. Totz the Plaid

          The Eye of Argon

        10. Plasma Mongoose

          The eyes have it.

        11. Far

          You mean there’s a Tyr in their eye?
          (sorry)

        12. AgentKeen

          More like Eye of DINO-sauron!

          Eh? Eh?

          …Sorry.

        13. Squall

          Godzilla vs Dino-Sauron!

        14. Lawzlo

          What, that Pterodactyl-guy from X-Men?

        15. Doctor_Who

          You mean Dinah Soar? Wasn’t she in the Great Lakes Avengers?

    2. Aizat

      Yeah, it’s like “oh crap, someone spotted us!”

      1. Kennerly

        The dark giant! It spoke!

      2. Roborat

        Stay absolutely still, her vision’s based on movement.

    3. ALLxISxGONE

      I dont know, to me Dina just looks embarrassed to have hurt parents there

  7. Yotomoe

    Willis needs to post that family with a transparent layer so we can put the Saurazu’s in all sorts of images.

    1. Baroncognito

      I think they would end up staring at Billie and Ruth first, but not this timeline’s Billie and Ruth.

    2. Anywhere

      Yes! So they can stare at various people without looking them in the eyes.

      1. Toad

        Yes, instead they can all stare at their boobs, as they are doing here.

    3. Bronze Knight

      OK here ya go.

      http://knightofbronze.tumblr.com/post/56976615795/still-recovering-form-surgery-and-im-bored-as

      1. VZG

        I can’t even decide what kind of image I want to put that into or would, if my computer would cooperate.

        1. VZG

          There was supposed to be some kind of separation in there, but I utterly bungled that.

  8. Squall

    I LOOOOVE those hats

  9. Kelly

    I love it!

  10. Darwin

    There is only a single, three-letter word to describe this comic: yay.

    1. Doctor_Who

      hat

      1. Aizat

        See.

      2. Yotomoe

        eye

        1. Totz the Plaid

          Tin.

        2. Plasma Mongoose

          Moe.

        3. Yotomoe

          yes?

        4. Jenny Creed

          Rar!

        5. Notebooked

          Win.

        6. Jenny Creed

          Woo

        7. Jenny Creed

          Also, vim.

        8. Josh

          But(ts)

  11. Sir Robin

    Is Dina’s Mom wearing Dina’s old hat from the Walkyverse?

    1. Squall

      No, Dina’s hat was flat on top

      1. Sir Robin

        Damn, I was hoping that instead of dying in an explosion, she was actually teleported to a new dimension where she had a child she named Dina herself

        1. Squall

          That would make me cry manly tears of joy. I miss that Dina…

  12. Doctor_Who

    Anyone here watch Metalocalypse? I’m getting Toki vibes.

    Also, this is equal parts creepy and adorable. Like a little girl in a horror movie singing “la la la la la la” on an abandoned playground in the middle of the night.

  13. Yotomoe

    I hope there’s a a comic strip of just them copy pasted in like…every cooridoor of the campus and then dina goes “and that’s the end of my tour”.

    1. Logician

      Then they give her a tip, out of misunderstood social convention.

  14. Aizat

    See, I told you they are ninjas.

    1. Doctor_Who

      Rick is Dina’s adopted brother. He cannot be seen.

  15. EvergreenFir

    What an odd hat he has on…

    1. Squall

      A lot of non-American caps are like that. They’re flat on top and have short brims.

      1. EvergreenFir

        Never saw that type of hat in Japan

        1. Wonder Wig

          Reminds me of the post-man’s hat from Ocarina of Time or Majora’s Mask.

        2. Squall

          It’s popular in uniforms, I think. I got one at the world scout Jamboree, and I’ve seen them on military persons of various nationalities.

        3. David

          Pretty sure this strip takes place in Indiana!

        4. Squall

          Very observant, Willis. You’ll make detective yet.

        5. EvergreenFir

          Fair enough… was mostly commenting on the “non-American” comment as well as their nationality/heritage.

        6. Squall

          I say non-American, because Americans seem to prefer ball caps. Not flat topped army caps.

        7. Aizat

          Now that I think about it, the hat does looked like Scruffy’s hat.

    2. TheRealAllPurposeGuru

      That’s a worker’s cap. See ’em a lot in Chinese factories. Make ’em out of disposable paper or fabric and you get a painter’s hat.

      1. David

        You guys are weirdin’ me out with your analysis. It’s just how I draw ordinary baseball caps.

        1. Lawzlo

          You mean Dinah’s dad isn’t wearing a French gendarme’s kepi?! Zut alors!

        2. Sir Robin

          Dina’s Dad being part of the French Legion? Headcannon accepted

        3. Cholma

          I can’t believe I’m saying this, but you fail at baseball caps. It looks just like a typical flat top hat like others have mentioned. Make it camouflage and it would look like my old garrison cap from the Army.

        4. David

          I think it’s because that’s how baseball caps sit on my own head. My head is huge, and so they never actually reach into most of the cap, and so it gets flattened at the top.

          And, no, I am not great at hats.

        5. Everyl

          I’m sitting in an airport in Japan as I type this, and I gotta say, that could pass for a worker’s cap – I can see several shop worker wearing hats very much like that from here. I’ve also spotted a handful of travelers in baseball caps, and I’ve gotta say, they really look a lot more flat-topped on real people than I’d expect. The mind’s eye is deceptive about things that everyone “knows.” So, I’d say Willis is drawing baseball hats better than we usually see baseball hats.

        6. Everyl

          I gotta say, pausing repeatedly to people-watch while typing makes me type “I gotta say” too much.

        7. Mr. Random

          It’s been pointed out I say ‘basically, actually, and technically’ a lot. It’s because I pause sometimes when I talk actually. I try to get my speech into text, so I guess they technically show up a lot too.

          And I just used two of them…

        8. Notebooked

          I use “Man”, “dang,” “Oh,” “Ah,” “Well,” and so on a lot at the starts of sentences. When I’ve got the sentence going I’m prone to using “Pretty,” “kinda”, “sort of”, “a bit” and all sorts of fraction words. Also “I suppose”, “I guess”, “probably”, “usually” and lots of words that make an opinion less personal.

          Man. I guess it must be pretty annoying.

        9. Squall

          WILLIS! You forgot the upward seams and the little button thing at the top. Funny story, that button thing once saved the life of a friend of mine. That’s a major part of what sets baseball caps apart.

        10. Notebooked

          I am intrigued with this story.

        11. Squall

          My friends and I had built a catapult. We were testing it out by launching rocks and other detritus. It was very effective. But the mechanism which holds the item to be launched was unstable. On on launch, the rock decided that it didn’t want to stay on the catapult and rolled off and fell onto the head of this friend. For some reason he was unscathed and hardly noticed that he was hit by a large rock the size of his head. So we took off his hat, and there was a noticeable dent in the button thingy! The rock had hit him on the cap-seam-holder-button-type-thing, saving his life!

        12. Notebooked

          Wow. Fascinating!

  16. Z3tto

    They’re staring into my soul.

  17. Luzahn

    Staaaares.

    1. Aizat

      Staaaaairrrsssss!

      1. RobHagen

        STAAAARSSS!

        1. Squall

          Staaaniiislaaaaas!

        2. Aizat

          BAAAAAAAAARRRRRSSSSSS

        3. Squall

          BEEEEEAAAAARRRSSSSS!

        4. Totz the Plaid

          BEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

        5. Aizat

          THIS IS NOT OVER!

        6. Squall

          SEEEEEEAAAAARSSSS!

        7. Kiggy

          FEEEEAAAAARRRRRRR

        8. Makkabee

          CHEEEEEER!!!

        9. Squall

          CHAAAAAAIIIIIRRRSSSS!

    2. The Candyman

      HAAAAIIRRRRS!!

  18. Bob

    I like how they all just shift their eyes without moving their heads. A nice touch.

    1. Aizat

      And they all stare at her with their soulless eyes. And I thought getting stared at by Rei Ayanami was uncomfortable.

  19. Aizat

    Wait, Dina’s dad’s name is Ryou? Hehehehe…unintentional Getter Rob reference.

    1. Yotomoe

      so can we say that…
      Dumbing of Age and Shortpacked have…
      RYOU and KEN?

      1. Aizat

        All we need is someone named Sho and it will be complete.

        1. Kamino Neko

          Ryu and Ryou are totally different words. ‘ou’ is a long ‘o’, not a ‘u’ like in the English word ‘you’.* (Heck…’ryu’ as in the middle character of ‘Shoryuken’ and ‘Ryu’, as in the name of one of the characters who uses Shoryuken are totally different words, too. So, of course, are Ken and ken.)

          * It’s weird how often I run into the assumption it is, actually – Ken Ichijouji of Digimon was pronounced ‘Ee-chee-joo-jee’ in a few episodes, and I’ve seen Goku’s name spelt Goukou a lot. (Gokuu would be a valid transliteration of his name…Goukou isn’t even close.)

  20. OkamiKing

    I expected for Dina to have ONE loud family member….. You win this time Willis.

    1. Mr. Random

      Who said she was an only child? IW! Dina was an orphan if I remember correctly. So, she could have ten siblings. Just imagine going over to visit. Actually, that’d make a good horror movie. They just, stare. The doors locked. They won’t stop! They. Just. Keep. STARING!

    2. VZG

      Her mother is secretly humming at a frequency most humans cannot here. Soon, they will be surrounded by irritated dogs.

  21. Wonder Wig

    Triple boob stare.

    1. Yotomoe

      Dina doesn’t see boobs. She stares straight through your chest into your soul.

    2. Squall

      Wait, which one has three boobs?

      1. Aizat

        The lady at the bar on Mars.

        1. Squall

          Ah yes of course. Good ol’ Marcy. She makes the best graveltini this side of Jupiter.

        2. james

          I don’t know the ones on Nimbus three are good too.

          Plus they got that Alien Cat-girl thing going on.

      2. John

        Eccentrica Gallumbits.

        1. Squall

          The Triple Breasted Whore of Eroticon Six!

  22. Squall

    “Yessss. The little hatssssss.” Obligatory quote.

  23. KingMabel

    YES!!! The moment about 30% of us have been waiting for!!

  24. Sir Robin

    How did Sarah escape getting Joe’d by Joe’s Dad?

    1. Zap Rowsdower

      She is stealthy like a ninja when it comes to avoiding Shennanigans and she isn’t morally conflicted about doing so.

      1. AgentKeen

        Or about using her special Testicular Torsion move if needed.

    2. Aizat

      Simple, she yelled out “Look, there’s a sexy naked chick offering free pies.”

    3. Yotomoe

      Sarah is immune to ALL manners of Joes.

      1. Aizat

        Not even Sloppy Joes?

      2. Bob

        So Sarah is the ultimate Cobra agent?

        1. Makkabee

          I’ll be in my bunk.

        2. Makkabee

          *imagines Sara Cosplaying as The Baroness*

          I’ll be in my bunk.

        3. Doctor_Who

          I’m mentally giving her a terrible Russian accent as we speak.

    4. Dean

      She didn’t, she’s just headed back to her room to shower.

  25. Gottawonder

    I like Sarah’s reaction to them.

  26. Potatamoto

    Did…did Sarah just say her parents are dead?

    1. Aizat

      I just imagine an image of Sarah slapping Robin while yelling “MY PARENTS ARE DEAD!”

      1. Totz the Plaid

        No, she just wishes her family would shut up.

      2. Potatamoto

        Even if it’s justified, slapping a Congresswoman is gonna get her in a lot of trouble.

        1. Squall

          Wait what? Are you thinking of Roz?

        2. Squall

          OOOOOOHHH

      3. VZG

        She and Ruth should start a club. With Batman.

  27. Ancestral Hamster

    The Saruyamas seem frightened. Is it because a college campus is not their natural habitat? Sarah should take them to the Seregetti and release them into the wild. *Cue “Born Free”*

    Unrelated Indiana News
    The Mesker Park Zoo has gotten its first Red Panda.
    http://www.courierpress.com/news/2013/jul/30/xcp/

    1. Aizat

      “And here we see the Saruyamas outside of their natural habitats. They stand still in silence as to not draw the attention of their natural born predators and avoid awkward moments of communication with other humans.”

      1. Ancestral Hamster

        “Though normally a pacifistic species, a Saruyama can attack ferociously when science is questioned.”

        1. Dicrel Seijin

          “Oh, and here now, a young female has attracted the attention of a family unit. Watch as the family unit shifts their attention to the young female. Will she be adopted into the family unit? Or will she be pounced upon and mercilessly devoured alive?” *Waits in anticipation.*

    2. The Lurker

      So when will the Green Lanterns arrive?

  28. RobHagen

    Does a headscarf count as a hat?

    1. Totz the Plaid

      Close enough.

    2. Squall

      Of course it does! They are stylish, easy to wear, and keep your head warm. What else do you need from a hat?

      1. mrman643

        I like shorts, they’re comfy and easy to wear

        1. begbert2

          On your head?

    3. Yotomoe

      hmmm. Well it’s headwear. it’s a subsection of hat.

    4. Mr. Random

      HAT
      Noun
      1. A shaped covering for the head.
      2. Used to refer to a particular role or occupation of someone who has more than one.
      A head scarf is a hat in accordance with definition 1. So has the dictionary spoken.

      1. Makkabee

        I disagree– headscarves aren’t shaped in the sense that the definition above implies — they don’t have a stable shape conforming to a head like a deerstalker or fedora does. Even forage caps, which have crowns that flop all over the place, still have a stable base.

        Oh, and since this is the internet, insert random pointless and misspelled insult that only detracts from my argument here — must maintain proper web etiquette, after all.

        1. Squall

          Don’t be dissin’ the headscarves!!!

        2. Mr. Random

          Thank you for following proper procedure, Makkabee. And may I say your appearance looks positiviely undistinguishing through the misplaced invisible webcam in your home.

          Headscarves are shaped. They shape themselves to the head of the person. Nowhere in the definition does it say the shape must be maintained off the wearer’s head. If it is “given a particular shape or form” then it can be considered, shaped.

          Closing insult. Of course, since I have thus far insulted your appearance, I beleive I shall use this to insult your intelligence… Stupidhead….
          I apologize, I am not adept at insults. Please, instead, peer into this box I have prepared and visulaize a scathing insult yourself.

          [“‘”‘”‘””‘””‘””””””””””””””””‘””‘”””'”]

        3. inkwell

          The use of the deerstalker and the fedora as examples brings to mind Sherlock Holmes and Neal Caffrey, so thank you very much. 🙂

  29. LimeTH

    Their line of sight is low enough that it looks like they’re all staring at her boobs.

    1. Yotomoe

      You’re not the first to point that out.

  30. Kernanator

    Hi Dina!

    1. Yotomoe

      Hi Haruka!

      1. Aizat

        Hi Ryou!

      2. Totz the Plaid

        Hi Ryou!

        1. Yotomoe

          Ryou is indeed loved.

        2. Aizat

          Every Ryou is loved. Ryo Saeba is one of them.

  31. Frogboy

    I am well aware that Willis has just established their names as Ryou and Haruka, but in my mind their names will always be Taro and Mayu.

  32. nothri

    Okay, that’s pretty damn adorable. Thank you Willis!

    ……Something about what I just said feels off. I think it is the lack of damnation wishing.

  33. Regalli

    … I’m gonna make Dina’s shirt in Animal Crossing to go with the Dina hat I made there.

  34. Taurin

    I like how none of the Saruyamas make eye-contact. They all just look TOWARD Sarah.

    1. Arkadi

      And she’s totally OK with that.

  35. Kiggy

    :))

    This bosrd needs animated smilies

    Anyway, ROTFLMAO

  36. Wallace Homewracker Wells

    Yep, I’ll take Dina’s dad.

  37. Tone Biggles

    Their eye-level makes this all rather awkward and somewhat inappropriate.

  38. Ziaheart

    Dina’s dad is reminding me of the Grave of the Fireflies. He’s making me feel things that’s not compatible with this strip. I just want to hug him to death.

    1. Makkabee

      That’s how a lot of people in their family have died — it’s why they’re so quiet and withdrawn now. All the speculation about Asberger’s Syndrome is completely off-base — it’s a deliberate defense mechanism to avoid the death-hugs.

      1. begbert2

        “That’s how a lot of people in their family have died” – my mind returned “radiation sickness and starvation.” And that their silence is a defense mechanism to avoid getting close to people and risking losing them in a repeat of the ungodly horror that befell the rest of their formerly-large family, now reduced to three.

        I sad now.

  39. Kingtute6

    Can I please become part of Dina’s family it’s the perfect family for me so quiet and peaceful I love it.

  40. AsimovSideburns

    I was going to say that they should pull out a door to hide behind, but aren’t they technically already hiding behind the ELEVATOR doors?

  41. gangler

    Sarah and Tom Servo should get together and talk about how much they love the quiet.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0x7yWXJl1g

  42. Makkabee

    So hat-wearing is genetic in the Dumbiverse then? Is it a dominant or recessive trait? If Dina were to breed with a non-hat wearer, would their children be hatted or hatless?

    Or is hat-wearing a trait like height or eye color that can yield intermediate results? Would their children have a taste for very small hats like those miniature top hats that women into steampunk sometimes sport?

    1. Doctor_Who

      Steampunk Dina sort of sounds like the coolest thing ever.

  43. Z

    I demand an entire storyline set at a Baseball game (They still play Baseball right? I’m… I’m not a sports person.) just to force Willis to learn how to draw the hats right!

  44. zomgvampires

    I literally just made a “squee” noise at this strip. So excited to see Dina’s parents! Probably the only thing that makes me happy today despite health issues being dumb with me.

  45. Spazman

    It’s…….It’s Walky Dina!

    *sniff*

    1. ProjectXa3

      Kudos on the icon!

  46. Notebooked

    I assume Dina’s family has evolved an elaborate system of blinking-based communication, so as to not break the silence and attract predators.

  47. brionl

    Am I the only one that’s hearing the Muzak remix of Girl from Ipanema?
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inb1NxdoKNc

  48. Sir Robin

    She just avoided a Joe’ing, but judging by where all their eyes went, I think Sarah is in for a Saruyama’ing

  49. Tomas

    I’m guessing Dina saw Joyce wearing her monster-face shirt, assumed that they were in style, and put her own monster-face shirt on. To be popular and stuff.

    1. Hoboturtle

      It appears that Dina and Joyce secretly respect each other dearly.

  50. Kintrex

    …If I marry Dina, they will become my parents. This is my plan for achieving my dream life.

  51. Ellie

    I’d be right there with Sarah if I could get some peace and quiet too.

  52. Vree

    “My dark secret is…My parents were extras. It runs in the family.”

    You know those people with the wall eyed stare who stand in the background of a panel while the hero does something important? Yeah. That’s us.

    And we are always the ones to get killed so that the real heroes can get some plot development.

    (Dina’s mom is wearing her old hat. Neat.)

  53. VZG

    Are they secretly from the Alliance, or did Haruka knit all those hats herself? [/Firefly logic]

  54. VZG

    Also, I bet they’re all wishing there was another door in there to hide behind.

  55. Kitty

    I like to think they’re all standing there thinking about dinosaurs.

  56. ProjectXa3

    Seriously, I thought her last name used to be Sazaru or something.

    1. Phillip Wilde

      It was Sarazu in It’s Walky!, but in DoA her last name is Saruyama. Willis has explained his reasons for the change (i.e. Saruyama still works with the dinosaur pun with the added benefit of being an actual Japanese surname, which Sarazu is not.)

  57. Foxhack

    … why are they all staring at Sarah’s chest?

    1. Makkabee

      The answer to that is obvious.

    2. LiveWire

      How can you tell if the mathematician you are talking to is extroverted?
      He’s talking to YOUR shoes…

  58. tunasammich

    Hahaha I love Sarah

  59. tahrey

    This is quite possibly the best comic. THE BEST.

    I mean this one particular strip.

  60. Maycroft

    They must come from the same probe…

  61. SgtNumnum

    I’m disapointed there aren’t more of them,that’d be funny, especially if one wasn’t as awkward as the others

  62. LiveWire

    For some definition of “hat.”

  63. DarkoNeko

    Her mouth’s up there, folks.

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