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A dork
Posted on October 7, 2022 by David M Willis

285 thoughts on “A dork”

  1. Ana Chronistic

    There will be precisely 2469 more

    only HALF of them will be Mega Evolutions

    another half will be generated through AI image thievesgenerators

    not necessarily exclusive halves

    1. brionl

      ITYM Dynamax. That’s the new hotness. Mega Evolutions are old & borked.
      It will be a 10 ft tall Danny, and a 90 ft tall hat!

      1. The Other Mike

        90 foot hat? What is a Jager? Whoops, wrong webcomic.

        1. merbrat

          A verreh nize hat, tho.

        2. Clif

          Should be. It is the hat of the Emperor of all Dorks.

          And if DOA should last for a thousand years, his subjects will look back and say this was his finest hour.

      2. fireprincesslily

        We’re terastalizing now

        1. Psychie

          That’s what I came here to say, lol. Dynamaxing is confirmed to be explicitly a Galarian thing, at least until gamefreak changes it’s mind, and as such will not be showing up in future titles, at least until we get a SwSh remake in a decade or so.

        2. alongcameaspider

          And frankly other then the weird hats I think terastalizing is much more interesting, swapping types around seems like it has more strategic value then “just pump all the stats up”

        3. Bluesnake463

          Also, there are actually only 922 currently confirmed pokemon. 928 if you take into consideration that the starters are part of a three-stage evolution. But current leaks suggest the complete new Pokedex will place us above a thousand.

      3. Pablo360

        I find it hilarious that for the official format of competitive Pokémon, VGC doubles, Dynamax is the most balanced generational gimmick so far.

    2. Shade

      Wow Ana is out of touch, no one mega evolves anymore.

      1. Clif

        When you exist simultaneously throughout time and space, keeping track of these things can be difficult.

        1. Reltzik

          I exist normally in time and space, and keeping track of these things is difficult.

          …. also, I’m not particularly motivated to keep track of them.

        2. Ana Chronistic

          also I should be clear, I’ve played GO, Black, and Let’s GO Eevee!

          oh, and like I tried a demo of Snap once

          ‘sit

      2. Ana Chronistic

        *looks at Pokémon GO*
        Nope, they sure don’t

        1. Eric

          My FAV part of Mega Evolutions is how they tied it to community events until Mega Pidgeot, and the community cared so little the challenge was failed. Then my second favorite part is how, when Niantic realized no one was gonna pay money to farm energy they changed it to “can you maybe raid a mega once pleeeeaaase?”

  2. Doctor_Who

    Danny: “I am the one who dorks!”

    1. Leorale

      Danny’s the terror who flaps in the night! The forgotten password to the wifi of injustice! He is… Darkwing Dork!

      1. Yet_One_More_Idiot

        The Dork Knight!

      2. Freezer

        I am the emmisary from dork hell — Supida-Dan!

      3. ButWhyASpoon

        Daring dork of mystery,
        Champion of right,
        Swoops out of the shadows,
        Dorkwing owns the night.
        Somewhere some villain schemes,
        But his number’s up.

        (3-2-1) Darkwing Dork (When there’s trouble you call DW)
        Darkwing Dork (Let’s get dangerous)
        Darkwing Dork (Darkwing, Darkwing Dork!)

        Cloud of smoke and he appears,
        The master of surprise.
        Who’s that cunning mind behind
        That shadowy disguise?
        Nobody knows for sure,
        But bad guys are out of luck.

        ‘Cause here comes (Darkwing Dork)
        Look out! (When there’s trouble you call DW)
        Darkwing Dork (Let’s get dangerous)
        Darkwing Dork (Better watch out, you bad boys)
        Darkwing Dork!

        1. Someguy

          God I wish this comment system had likes

        2. Leorale

          yaaaay

    2. PirateTawnee

      It’s dorkin’ time!

    3. Marianne

      It’s-a me, Dorkio! Wahoo! ?

      1. RassilonTDavros

        I don’t know what Danny sounds like, but he would probably be a better Mario than Chris Pratt just because he’d actually put some effort into playing an actual character, instead of just reading lines in his normal voice for a paycheck.

    4. Lieutenant Dan

      He will dork four times.

    5. Booyahman

      Ask not for whom the hat dorks… It dorks for thee.

  3. anon

    aw, go danny

    1. Oz

      Danny got buffed by Sal standing by him, now he’s unstopable

  4. Lux

    You can see the fear growing in Sayid’s eyes by the end

    1. Doctor_Who

      Sayid: I have no idea why, but I’m turned on.

      Sal: Right? That’s how it happened with me too.

      1. Sean Smith

        If I could upvote comments, I would certainly upvote this one!

        1. Chris (the other one)

          Oh my gosh, there are so many in today’s comments I would upvote. So gosh darned many!

        2. Plain Marie

          You get an upvote, and you get an upvote, and darn near everybody gets an upvote!

  5. Kelli217

    Dork-o-rama!

    1. BarerMender

      The dork from York with torque in his pork.

  6. Caro

    Danny you’re gonna think back on this moment in several years and be unable to sleep from cringing at your past self

    1. Doctor_Who

      That’s part of growing up. It’s the people who look at themselves in, say, high school and don’t find that person embarrassing (coughJennifercough) who are losers.

      1. Laura

        Hmm, I think Jennifer was plenty embarrassed by her former self. E.g., “I never liked Billie.” Hence the name change and the fresh start with new friends.

        1. cbwroses

          Jennifer says she didn’t like the Name Billie.
          She loved being the popular girl.
          She still loves being the popular girl.
          And now she THINKS she is again.
          And as for being an alpha bongo problem solver, she said that part never changed.

    2. Suzi

      I dunno, I’m kinda proud of Danny here. He’s finally blossuming into his final evolution: Dorkosaurus.

      1. UrsulaDavina

        Dorkosaurus Rex

      2. Laura

        Like how Sal encouraged Joyce to “Own the *FUDGE* out of it” by being the best walking sweater vest museum she could be. (Or words to that effect.)

      3. Vanessa

        I’m so proud of both of them here. Why not learn in to it and fly that dork flag high? It’s fun.

    3. june gloom

      He may be cringe, but he is free.

    4. Axel

      maybe even several hours

    5. DailyBrad

      He shouldn’t, this is one of his finest moments. Sayid was being a dick, and Danny owned it.

    6. Svankensen

      Why exactly would he be ashamed of that? Guy was a dick, got told back in a brutal way.

    7. Twig

      I hope he doesn’t. This is freaking awesome. Some of the best of him I’ve seen in this whole strip I think. I hope he remains cringe and free forever. I hope he continues to become better and better at it.

    8. Yotomoe

      I hope not. I WISH I had the balls to say this shit.

      1. powerpowerpow

        Yeah. This is a Crowning Moment of Danny, and for maybe the first time, not in a bad way. He stood by who he is, and refused to let someone else make him feel bad about it. And the two of em stood by one another and had each other’s backs.

        And besides, this is Danny we’re talking about. In several years, he’ll think back to this moment and start trying to sing all the Pokémon that gave come out since, and that’ll probably be more effective than counting sheep in helping you fall asleep.

        1. Gigafreak

          Bruh, you don’t need to name the whole Pokédex to help a kid sleep. You only need to sing one name over and over. Here, Batman will demonstrate. https://youtu.be/4B6bG3Q8lTA

        2. The Wellerman

          Childhood memory unlocked ?

          Thanks Gigafreak!!!

        3. Axel

          I love this, but I didn’t know what it was going to be so I initially pictured him singing “Pikachu,” and for some reason, to the tune of “Silver Bells”

        4. Wizard

          Gee, thanks, now I got that in my head.

    9. Decidedly Orthogonal

      Maybe. Though everyone else looking back on it will think he was a huge dork, but an admittedly bad-ass one.

    10. notapaladin

      And several years after that, re-reflect on this moment and realize how flippin’ awesome it was!

    11. 3oranges

      “I knew the exact number. Why didn’t I say the exact number?”

  7. Sirksome

    The king has spoken.

    1. Doctor_Who

      Vivat Dorkus Rex.

      1. Reltzik

        Dorkus on his throne.

  8. shadowcell

    one for the dork lord on his dork throne

    1. brionl

      Hats for the hat god, ukes for the uke throne.

      1. Proxiehunter

        I think the uke throne would rather have semes.

        1. nerdpants

          WELL done. *clap*

  9. Passchendaele

    “and then maybe I’ll do some fortnite dances, see how you like *that*”

  10. not someone else

    God. There would be, too.

  11. The Wellerman

    Dorkus Gym Leader vs. Music Gym Leader!!!!

    Who will win?!?!? ??

    *plays “Pokémon Kanto Elite Battle” on hacked muzak*

  12. Pocky

    Guess Sal’s soon to become Queen Drokus.

    1. Chris (the other one)

      Wouldn’t that be Queen Consort Dorkus? (sigh, we Colonists have learned waaaay too much about the Royals lately.)

  13. cbwroses

    And you will know my name is The DORK when I lay my sick ukulele skills upon thee!

  14. Kitschensyngk

    GIVE THE LADY HER ROOM EXTENSION

    YOUR DORK KING COMMANDS IT

  15. Well_Played

    I’m so proud of Danny right now. Show that dork pride!!!

  16. newlland(Henryvolt)

    2 points for confidence, -1 for lack of being witty.

    But for real though I wouldn’t take that pokemon threat lightly.

    1. UrsulaDavina

      Still a net positive

  17. Sirksome

    I doubt Danny actually knows the English names of all the current Pokémon. Dude would have to breakout bulbapedia on his phone. And that would take time and make the moment awkward.

    1. Masumi

      He only needs to know enough for Sayid to give up

      1. cbwroses

        If Sayid is actually able to call him out on the correct names, then I think that would be a case of the pot calling the kettle a dork.

        1. TulipKitten

          Froakie, Frogadier, Greninja, um… Celebrex!

        2. Jon S.

          For alll of me, that could be absolutely correct.

    2. AbacusWizard

      Yes, but that actually works to his advantage, because the only thing dorkier than singing a ukulele-accompanied song about pokemans that you wrote yourself is singing a ukulele-accompanied song about pokemans that you are currently making up on the fly while reading bulbapedia on your phone.

    3. Dr. Sharks

      I have been playing pokemon since blue version and am eagerly lapping up all the reveals for the upcoming scarlet and violet versions as they happen (gonna go for violet, if only because Ceruledge calls out to me like I’m an edgy goth teenager again.)
      That said, I still occasionally forget the names of some of them. There are just too many now. Like, if you showed me a picture of Glameow (and I hadn’t just scrolled through the list looking forgettable ones) I would probably not be able to tell you its name.

      1. Taffy

        You don’t have all 1200 Pokémon memorizsd and prepared in the front of your mind at all times? But what if somebody wants to ask you about Stereopteryx’s base Defense stat? You’d be completely unprepared.

    4. anon

      serenaded with a pokemon list might be some other nerd’s woo-ing dream too lol

      i love pokemon tho i have a bad memory, prolly couldn’t even list the first 150 even with the pokerap being iconic back in teh day lol

  18. Yeet

    I realise Sayid probably isn’t going to punch him but that’s uncomfortably intense and close to get about a non-issue.

    Even if the threat itself has all the impact of a stray piece of tissue paper.

    1. cbwroses

      Eh. Sayid is being insulting to a guy he doesn’t know, both by calling him a dork (that Danny happens to wear his corniness on his chest is something Sayid didn’t know) and by doubting that Danny could be with Sal.
      A little push back isn’t too surprising.

      1. Yeet

        Oh for sure, but if someone gets that close in my experience usually there’s some external reason we can’t talk normally or things are about to get physical.
        One way or another.
        I equally doubt Sayid is going to break the tension by kissing him though.

        1. BarerMender

          We’ve seen the arms on Sayid. He could easily knock Danny’s jaw loose.

        2. PirateTawnee

          Or give really good hugs.

        3. Leorale

          Yesss this one
          http://www.lefthandedtoons.com/1603/

        4. Leorale

          I mean, he physically could, but unless there’s something in the patreon strips where Sayid is prone to violence and bullying, I don’t think that’ll happen.

          Unless Sayid is a whole lot dumber and more violent than I think he is, this interaction ought to be firmly in the realm of “well that did not go as expected, this got weird, I throw my hands up in disgust, goddamn CS-majors” rather than “oh nice that guy is smaller than I am, let’s beat him up in front of his girlfriend, that’s definitely the guy I want to be”.

    2. Sirksome

      I think it’s fine. Comedically over the top. Sayid was also being a tiny bit of a gatekeeping dick.

      1. Meagan

        Yes.

  19. cbwroses

    Danny is giving me the urge to watch Shrek the Musical.

  20. Katerly

    I love how he went from worried this dude would start something, to honestly not wanting all the pokemon sung to him. It’s a valid threat!

  21. Chris Ashtear

    Hes a good egg.

  22. Vicky

    I want to see the math of those pokemon numbers. Last I checked, there are not over 1,000 pokemon. That may change next month with the new game, but the series is still short of a 1,000 at this point unless he is counting regional variants, pokemon go costume variant, unown variants, male/female variants, etc.

    1. David M Willis

      I future proofed the number of Pokemon. In one more month, this number’ll be current.

      1. AbacusWizard

        *taps side of head* Modern problems require modern solutions

      2. Pearl

        By the time he’s done, there really will be more.

    2. Regalli

      905 unique numbered Pokemon, plus 16 Pokemon have been formally shown off in Gen IX but are as yet unnumbered (and note that this doesn’t include evolutions for the starters or any potential sightings of new Pokemon in the 14-minute trailer that dropped today,) and 55 regional forms. So without regional variants, 921, with them, 976, but I feel pretty confident there’s going to be at least 25 more Pokemon for Scarlet and Violet and regional variants are functionally different Pokemon given they have different designs, different typing, and sometimes different evolutions. Plus, singing the regional variants’ names is ridiculous and funny enough to add to the threat.

      1. powerpowerpow

        Knowing Danny he might even sing the Mega Evolutions and Gigantamax forms separately.

      2. egg egg

        Don’t forget the variations of Unown!

        1. Pearl

          Ierukana Neo did that

  23. UrsulaDavina

    I mean new version(s) pokemon is coming out this November and the way time works in this comic it is very possible Danny’s threat could come to pass.

  24. Regalli

    This is the best threat I have ever heard.

    I’m assuming Danny’s including regional variants in this, since strictly speaking we’re only at like 924 confirmed including the Gen IX Pokemon (and even that’s assuming the standard three-stage evolutions for our starters, otherwise it’s just 918,) and so I’m pretty sure there’s no STRICT confirmation we’re breaking 1,000 a month from now just on unique numbered Pokemon, but that’s pedantic and there’s no way they’re making it another full generation without hitting quadruple digits even if they manage to go just shy in this one.

    … Yes this was entirely an aside to pedantically nerd flex. What of it.

    1. King Daniel

      Per Willis right above, the cited number is future-proofed. Same idea as was behind Walky talking about “the first ‘Spider-Man 3′” when Spider-Man: No Way Home was still a few months away.

      1. King Daniel

        Or for a non-pop-cultural example, the new IU Computer Science building started appearing in Dumbing of Age, based off of computer-rendered concept art, before it officially opened in real life. 😛

      2. Regalli

        Oh, I 100% assumed that, there’s a CHANCE they don’t hit 1000 by the numbers this time but even if they do they’ll break it the next gen and that’s, like, three years tops. Probably fairly early in the dex, at that.

        1. BarerMender

          I’m totally slack-jawed that grown men and women know and argue about the number of Pokemon. I had a stepson who was nuts for Pokemon when he was ten and was over it when he was eleven.

        2. The Wellerman

          Grown NBs too!!!

          What, you’ve never heard adults argue about games like Football and Basketball in the same vein?

        3. Clif

          BarerMender, I weep for your demographic, whatever it may be.

        4. Taffy

          ok boomer

        5. Chris (the other one)

          Gen 1 came out in like 1996. Let’s say you were 8 then. you’d be 34 now, I think (I am REALLY bad at simple math). I would guess that that is older than a lot of the commenters here (but only a guess.)

          And it’s still going on today with new gens…

        6. Opus the Poet

          They would be 34, 8+26. you mathed good.

        7. MegaBee

          I feel bad for you if you’re being serious.

        8. Dr. Sharks

          I’m 35, married, stable career, homeowner, and my spouse and I both still love Pokemon. They’re fun little fighty animal friends. It’s cool to enjoy things now in the year of our lord 2022.

        9. Regalli

          I only just came back ’cause it’s time for a new strip, and I am bemused by this. I mean it’s not really a point of arguing. My counting regional variants as functionally different Pokemon is probably a fringe position and I wouldn’t even say it counts except in terms of development time. Hell, I wasn’t even arguing, I was just being pedantic for the heck of it because I like sharing Pokemon facts given even half an opportunity and have Bulbapedia’s “List of Pokemon by National Pokedex Number” as one of my permanent bookmarks.

          Yeah, some people grow out of it, some people don’t, and I happen to be one of those people who saw the anime when it first came out and they were like five and allowed it to take root deep in my brain and now it’s a thing for me like dinosaurs are to Dina. For about the same reasons.

          It’s not actually that rare.

    2. zims

      He’ll throw in some Digimon, Sayid will never know the difference

  25. RassilonTDavros

    Danny wins. DORKTALITY.

  26. DailyBrad

    I love these two.

    Sayid seems usually okay, but a dickweed here.

  27. Nono

    It could be worse, he could have threatened to complete Pokerap.

  28. BBCC

    Hell yeah, Danny! Might as well own it

    1. Cyntalan

      Absolutely. Owning the stink is the best way to deal with name calling. Completely takes the power away.

  29. AbacusWizard

    my pokemans, let me sing you them

    1. Opus the Poet

      There was a Gary Larson comic where the parents gave the kid a Polkaman for Christmas, but Google couldn’t find it so I’m going to assume it never made it to the internets.

  30. Steve C.

    This makes me happy.

  31. alongcameaspider

    Calling it now Sal is weirdly turned on by this display and can’t decide if she likes the fact that Danny aggressively owning his own dorkiness is a turn on for her

    Also his confidence here wins Sayid’s respect

    1. Miri

      Also, it wins Sal’s respect and Sayid is weirdly turned on…

      1. Sajuuk-Khar

        Both, yes, both is good.

    2. James Thurber

      > Sal is weirdly turned on by this display

      aren’t we all

  32. Throwatron

    i am so fucking turned on right now holy shit dannyyyyyyyy

    1. Sajuuk-Khar

      The dude has found his swag and he has got no mercy

  33. Switchchris

    I now have respect for danny, this might make up for all the Dannying he has done in the past in my eyes.

  34. Laura

    Garrhh. I think COVID has permanently altered my perception of how human beings interact.

    It’s hard for me to fathom getting up in anyone’s face like that, inches away, no mask, and understand it as anything less than a potential assault with a germ weapon. Like playing Russian roulette *at* someone without warning and without their consent.

    Because you never know who could have an asymptomatic infection. And you never know whom you could unknowingly infect. Even with the vaccines, you never know what underlying conditions they or their close ones might have, that could make an airborne infection fatal or permanently disabling to them.

    Especially with a threat to sing at someone: singing is such a high-risk activity. Singing at someone could be particularly dangerous.

    *Sigh.* My favorite community chorus just went back to in-person only singing, after having been online for almost three years now. Good-bye online chorus. I’ll miss you. It was fun to sing with you, while it lasted.

    Kirtan has gone back to in-person, too. So tempting to go sing indoors with them, throw caution “to the wind,” as it were. And yet. Still scared.

    I know Danny didn’t intend getting in Sayid’s face as a potentially deadly intimate assault. I know the strip doesn’t intend to convey that. It’s just hard for me to see it as anything but that, because that’s how I would feel, if anyone spoke so close to my face like that.

    Darn kneejerk mirror neurons!

    1. Leorale

      Yeah, trauma is a thing!
      I know that you know that the DoA universe doesn’t have Covid. But yeah, understandable reaction is understandable.
      Sorry about losing your online chorus.

      1. Laura

        Thanks, Leorale.

        I dunno — I guess, since nobody’s ever worn a mask in DOA, I do understand from that, that there’s supposed to be no COVID in the Dumbiverse (either that or it’s just Indiana). Kind of makes it hard to future-proof the story, though.
        Because COVID and other airborne infectious diseases aren’t going away. This is not a blip, after which we will “go back to normal” and someday feel insouciant about breathing in each other’s faces again. That past is gone.

        Hum. Tomorrow I’ll get my pneumonia vaccine and feel better. Fingers crossed. Thanks for caring.

        1. Mano308gts

          I rather tend to disagree about your assessment- the vast majority of people seem already to be ‘back to normal’, with regards to mask usage, personal space, etc. I work in a school with optional masking, and only about three people regularly choose to wear masks, the rest of the folk there choose to wear a mask only while symptomatic (with what are most probably generic-brand colds).

          Danny seems well within the norm even in the post-Covid world.

        2. egg egg

          It’s really on a state by state and county by county basis. The safety of being “back to normal” is completely imaginative. If I hop counties or state lines, I can go from being in a green county to a red one within 20 minutes. And since anyone from that red area can easily go into a green area without a mask… well, at least it’s not 28 Weeks Later.

          Get your updated covid boosters and keep wearing your masks. We’re still not even close to “post-covid world.”

        3. Joy

          That’s horrifying, personal space is important and I don’t want people close enough to me for me to smell their breath unless we’re already on kissing terms.

    2. Taffy

      I just wish people would get their shit together long enough to actually get this to even a slightly manageable level. I’m exhausted from this stupid plague, I’m sick of people being shitbags about it because a diet pill salesman told them it was “fake”, and I’m even getting low on patience for the whole “basic human proximity is bad” taboo. I haven’t left the house for more than a couple hours (and then only for groceries or to pick up takeout) in almost 2 years, and it’s doing weird shit to my entire fucking psyche. And I live in a VERY Repub-infested town, so it’s not like the people here can even be reasoned with, so I’ve just given up trying to do more than my own personal bare minimum job of wearing a mask and keeping a distance, because there’s no point wasting the energy on people who literally want me dead anyway. Like, I used to have empathy for the people making this a continued issue, but now I’m struggling to even consider them people, and that’s probably not a good thing.

      1. Laura

        I hear ya!

  35. Kravis

    It’s like “they” always said…

    Gotta sing ’em all!

  36. Dara

    This time, I am the one hacking the PA system.

  37. Bicycle Bill

    No, Danny!  Not the nuclear option!!

  38. Samantha

    OKay but this is cute and super adorable and I love this a lot like a lot a lot. I really think these two work so well. I like how happy they make eachoter and why did I not know Sal was a music major.

  39. Sajuuk-Khar

    PLOT TWIST: Sayid is absolutely into this shit, he has beautiful dark twisted fantasies about the Dork Lord of CS Majors domming him to the Pokérap

    The BDG version

    1. Reltzik

      ….. so you’re saying he WON’T be granting the room extension.

    2. Dr. Sharks

      “SKRRRRELP!” and “Porygon Porygon-Z, Porygon-2 Ribombee” are going to live rent-free in my head for years.

    3. deliverything

      For anyone who’s unfamiliar with it: https://youtu.be/2cT6ULpScZA for the full lecture version (33 minutes, 23 seconds) or https://youtu.be/rJTeVOOFMHM for just the song (9 minutes, 6 seconds).
      Caveat: it has only 812 pokémon.

  40. Yotomoe

    I love Danny. I said it.
    I
    Love
    This
    Man.
    I would bury myself for Danny.

  41. ADLegend21

    ngl that’s kinda hot of Danny.

  42. anonymsly

    Danny and Sal are beautiful. That is all.

    1. Icalasari

      They are Dumbing of Age’s Power Couple and I hope nothing breaks them apart permanently

  43. Yotomoe

    Speaking of Pokemon, the new direct has shown that Gamefreak is finally doing crossgenerational evolutions again. Which is great cuz some Pokemon desperately need them. What pokemon do you want to have an evolved form?

    For me it’s Castform.
    Garbage stats, Garbage movepool, It’s ability doesn’t even have a form for SANDSTORM and the ability is literally the only thing going for it. And that’s not even mentioning Terrains. If there is any pokemon that would benefit infinitely from an evolution it’d be Castform.

    1. The Wellerman

      Castform’s shape always makes me laugh ?

      Let’s hope it at least retains that advantage in battle

    2. Icalasari

      Legends: Arceus already showed they were doing that. The success just told them, “Ok yeah keep going in this direction”

    3. Nono

      Dewgong. Water/Ice is rough enough as is, but it doesn’t have bulk like Walrein or boosting power like Cloyster.

      1. Yotomoe

        Yeah I could see that. Plus Dewgong’s design is a bit…basic. I’m a bit conflicted cuz I almost like how basic it is, but I absolutely wish you could push it a bit more.

      2. Needfuldoer

        Also known as the Manatee?

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXm1ICO8Nec

        1. Chris (the other one)

          Wow, thanks for that. I’ve just managed to get lost in Manatee/Dugong history videos….

    4. Schpoonman

      I just want Archeops without Defeatist.

    5. Dr. Sharks

      From gen1, Dodrio. Stats are bad, typing is overrepresented, no good abilities, movepool is meh, design is nobody’s favorite. Give it a glow-up. I saw some fanart of an evo where the body became the head and the heads became hair, making it sort of a combination of a Stolas demon and Medusa, which I thought was pretty cool.

      1. Yotomoe

        I could see that. Dodrio is a normal/flying type that’s whole gimmick is “It’s fast”. Which most normal/flying types already are.

  44. Plonker

    He went with not just embracing his dorkiness, but to even revel in it. I did not see that coming.

    Didn’t see Sal’s reaction coming, either, and her’s was even from before Count Dorkula there revealed himself to the world.

    Well played, Willis. Well played.

  45. bagge

    Amber just got very hot in her pants and she knows exactly why

    1. Opus the Poet

      Don’t you mean she just got “pants euphoria”? Someone call Dina to explain.

  46. Icalasari

    I

    Did Danny just turn Danning It Up into a weapon of unbelievable power?

    1. Mo

      This is it. The comment I was looking for.

    2. Taffy

      A weapon to surpass Metal Gear.

    3. Roborat

      Apparently it was very effective.

  47. G127

    In a couple of years Sayid will feel quite embarassed about this, for still calling people dorks in college. That’s just sad. I found the rest of the interaction quite wholesome.

    1. zee

      I mean, Danny is a dork. Whether affectionate or derogatory, calling Danny a dork is just stating observable fact

  48. Dr. T

    God damn! How did this go so right??!

    Loving this, I am!

  49. Proto

    Danny finishes the original Pokerap while Sayid writhes in pain on the floor

    “Why do you know that? It’s older than you are!”

    1. Taffy

      If the acceptability standard for knowing a song is “not older than yourself”, we’re fucked.

      1. Proto

        I mean for most songs it’s fine but for something so niche, I’d consider it weird

        1. Taffy

          I guess I’m just destined not to understand.

  50. Needfuldoer

    Damn, Daniel!

  51. Bobcat

    Sajid: “…I’m strangely aroused now.”

    But seriously – Danny owning his dorkiness is life.

  52. Ophidiophile

    I find myself struggling to feel both admiration and disdain at the same time.

  53. Marvelman

    I have to admit I never saw this ship coming.

  54. The Jighole Man

    you are who you are, you can either live in agony over it, or enjoy it.

  55. foducool

    this is NOT an empty threat
    he’ll do it and it’ll happen

    1. Reltzik

      The credibility of the threat is what gives it power.

  56. GUIGUI

    D’aaaaaawwwwww…

  57. Lone Duck

    I’m friggin God Emperor Dorkus Atreides of the planet Dorkakkis, producer of the spice that enables the Spacing Guild to see that which only dorks can see.

  58. CianM1301

    Good, Danny. Don’t just accept your fate, REVEL in it.

  59. Florence

    Thank gosh, I was finding Sayids whole “dorks who play basic uke songs” thing annoying. Hate people who destroy fun people just cause it’s basic

    So happy for Sal and Danny

  60. JBento

    I love this strip.

    I love, like plenty of people have mentioned, that Danny has embraced who is, and I love that he’s being assertive (now we just need to see if this assertiveness remains when he needs it for himself).

    AND I also love that Sal is comfortable in publicly admitting she’s in this relationship.

    1. JBento

      These two have no shame about things they shouldn’t be ashamed of, and I’m HERE FOR IT.*

      *just so we’re clear, there are no typos in that sentence

    2. ValdVin

      Have we seen Sal put her hands on Danny before?

      1. JBento

        Not like this, but she put her hands on him when they kissed by the river.

        She’s also already put her face on him.

  61. Emmy

    I love Dumbiverse Danny so much. And it’s so cute that Danny and Sal get to be together in this universe. Maybe I should stop reading now before disaster strikes…

  62. Buli-buli

    This was the best possible response from either if them.

    Pokémon Rap on Ukelele? Sorry, a slow Pokémon Rap on ukelele.

  63. Rabisch

    That’s the coolest and fierce Danny ever! Sayid is rightfully frozen in fear thinking about a Pokemon storm… he teased the wrong dork! It’s beautiful to see Sal so lovely on Danny’s side.

  64. Inbar Fink

    I love how Sayid seems generally put-off by that threat, lol

    1. JBento

      It’s the threatening roar of the Dorkasaurus Rex, known to instill so much fear in its prey that they are paralysed as the great beast bears down on them and gives them a chastising talking-to.

  65. Sombrero

    Thoroughly adorkable.

  66. Lieutenant Dan

    Danny Dorko?

  67. someone

    Habeas Dorkus

  68. Abel Undercity

    Roll Intimidation at disadvantage? Double nat 20’s!

  69. Keith

    Go ahead, but if you do…I will sing the song that never ends. Starting with the original then moving through all musical variations since 536CE. With

  70. Stephen Nedland

    Don’t do it Danny, that is a war crime.

  71. Sharaku

    He’s not wrong.

    This is the 151st comment. This feels appropriate.

    1. Taffy

      Danny can have a little war crime, as a treat.

  72. notapaladin

    Yeeeesss, Danny.

    Give into it, let the dork flow through you.

    (Or whatever that paladin said.)

  73. Matt

    This strip makes me think that Danny and Sayid are pals and this has been a bit from the very beginning.

    I could definitely imagine describing a friend of mine in hyper-specific terms as a “hypothetical” dork in order to mess with him.

    Just a thought.

  74. Minkey93

    Truly. A more potent threat has never been uttered in the history of man.

  75. Lan

    This is a top Danny moment tbh

    1. Reltzik

      … which definition of “top” are you using?

      1. Azhrei Vep

        Were it me, the answer would be “Yes.”

  76. AHAHeSaid

    Ok, I’m like a 1.2 onthe Kinsey scale and that has got me kinda flustered. You go Danny!

    1. UnDrewsual

      Dude, same.

  77. John

    …All hail King Dorkus. Long may he reign!

  78. Longwing

    I think this is a flawless example of how “cool” is just a poorly defined derivation of “confident”. That rant is absolutely epic, but what really _sells_ it is his utter lack of apology. He doesn’t care what the desk guy thinks, and it’s the coolest he’s been in this entire comic.

  79. Frank M.

    In Dork culture, this is known as a “power move”

  80. Taigan

    This neatly threads the needle between being totally silly and actually kinda intimidating.

  81. vulcanodon

    That is some solid Dorkitude, Danny.

    1. vulcanodon

      Like, this is my favorite Danny strip ever

  82. ButWhyASpoon

    Danny could just be a winner in this, but that implies speaking to a wall, and not a reactive human being.

    We are overdue for some serious drama.

    The most violent of fights can start over something silly.

    Danny?

    Danny: “What?”

    KNIFE.

    1. thejeff

      Next strip, Sayid pulls out his PHONE.

      1. Taffy

        Is that a Dumbing of Age reference?

    2. Sajuuk-Khar

      Dogg we just had some serious drama

      If anything we’re overdue for some nice, lighthearted antics like we’re being shown here today, with God-Emperor Dorkimus Rex, Danny; Sayid’s “scared and horny” face, and glorious Sal/Danny couple power

      1. Taffy

        I do sometimes wonder if the Serious Interpersonal Stakes in this comic have just gotten us used to reacting to that sort of scenario, and as a side effect, when a more light-hearted one comes along we’re sorta just ready to react the same way.

    3. Taffy

      Is that an Annoying Orange reference?

      1. ButWhyASpoon

        Yes. Yes it is.

        1. Taffy

          I remember really liking the first few of those, back when they were coming out.

        2. ButWhyASpoon

          Hey Taffy! Taffy! You look salty!

        3. Taffy

          Y’know, that’s a common sentiment. I seem to have Resting Cope Face.

        4. JBento

          Really? You look like you have Resting Libra Face to me.

        5. Taffy

          That’s not my face, it’s my gender. Though I suppose since it’s in my grav it’s basically the same thing.

        6. JBento

          Your heart on your sleeve and your gender on your face, huh?

        7. Taffy

          As nature intended.

  83. Poppakat

    Go Danny! F yeah!

  84. Reaver

    Omg I need to take a break from this comment section, ya’ll are so ridiculously intense over the dumbest crap.

    Saiyd, implies he’s annoyed at rooms being taken up by non majors= He’s a huge jerk that needs to calm down and get over himself

    Danny up in someone’s PHYSICAL SPACE, demanding they extend his room because the guy dared to call him a *gasp* DORK?

    FUCK YEAH DANNY, YOU THREATEN THAT GUY! GET IN HIS FACE! Haha! YAY DANNY!

    I’ma come back in a few weeks, hopefully by then the frothing at the mouth zealots for their favorite characters who can never do any wrong (but any character slighting them in any way possible) have actually calmed the hell down.

    It’s a fun comic strip, I keep expecting fun discussion,but in the end it’s all just morality grandstanding and “My favorite character is great no matter what they do, but *INSERT CHARACTER HER* is literally a terrible person that can go eat dirt”

    It gets old and weary on the soul guys.

    Peace out for now

    1. Azhrei Vep

      I mean … he ‘threatened’ Sayid with singing at him. That’s just funny.

      It’s not like he’s offering the guy the violence he is not equipped to deliver on. He’s just standing up for himself in his own ridiculous, adorkable way.

      1. Reaver

        That’s not the problem, the comic is the problem, Saiyd is a horrible, rude, negging jerk, Danny is the pure, king dorkasorus maximus.

        It’s so “My side is better than your side” that it’s draining my guys

        1. Reaver

          That’s not the problem, the comments are the problem*

        2. JBento

          Sayid IS being a rude jerk, and Danny standing up for himself IS great.

          As it turns out, some sides are, indeed, better than others.

        3. Leorale

          Many people on here really super enjoy reading every comic strip like it’s an “Am I The Asshole” and meting out their judgments. If you’re in the mood for it then it’s fun, but if you aren’t in the mood for it, this can range from repetitive to exhausting. Totally legit to take a break from the comments for a bit.

    2. Buli-Buli

      Sayid spent the whole conversation negging Sal.

      One of the first things he mentions is hearing ukulele coming from her room. Then he, despite acknowledging his opinion is completely unsolicited, proceeds to insult ukulele players calling them all weirdos and incidentally gatekeep access to music resources.
      Despite having spent the entire conversation complaining about how overbooked the rooms are, he then tells Sal he’ll get her an extension anyway, while implying its because she’s too hot and/or cool looking to be associated with an “ukulele weirdo”. Despite knowing there was ukulele music coming from her room. He also insults ukulele players some more.
      Then, when Danny shows up, he puts Sal down for potentially being with him.

      Screw Sayid.

      1. Reaver

        He offered her a room extension because she’s an actual music major, and this is the kind of post I’m talking about, taking every mild slight, twisting it into a offense that deserves a smack back.

        Ya’ll have zero percent chill, as I said, peace.

        1. JBento

          If he can get her a room extenstion, then he could get ANYONE a room extension, regardless of whether they are “genuine” music majors (which he can somehow tell just by looking at her) or they just want to play some soundproofed ukulele (a sound that was somehow coming from just a single room despite Sayid claiming that the place is just LOUSY with ukulele players) about “comic book shit or whatever”.

        2. Sajuuk-Khar

          @JBento: Okay okay uh I want to preface this by saying that I think Reaver here is doing a particularly graceless flounce and it’s a very bad look for them, I am not on their side

          ALSO Sayid is clearly in the (super low-stakes, ridiculous) wrong here, I want to acknowledge that Danny is right to own him and it’s very funny

          HOWEVER *adjusts bow tie, pocket protector*, there was an EQUALLY funny bonus strip where Sayid chased out Danny and a whole herd of other nerds with ukeleles from the music rooms in a very comedic fashion, driving them before him all GET OUTTA HERE!

          So Sayid is probably just still salty on nerds from that, is all! It is truly, beautifully silly.

    3. Taffy

      It’s really cool and mature of you to call people “frothing at the mouth zealots” for their extremely mild and harmless comments. You’re making up a problem to be mad at so you can talk down to others, and I get that it’s sort of The Hobby here, but when most of us do it, it’s about the comic and not real people. Don’t be weird.

      1. Opus the Poet

        I’ll have you know I resemble that remark, it’s just I reserve frothing at the mouth for articles about street and road infrastructure safety, having been killed on a road about 2/3 of the way through my life. [Monty Python] I got better! [/Monty Python] The Best Thing I can say about being dead is nothing hurts, compared to being alive when if I don’t hurt I start wondering if I’m dead again.

        1. Taffy

          Street and road safety are definitely worth that level of fervor, honestly. I get so fucking irritated trying to walk places since I can’t drive, because it’s like nobody cares about anyone but car owners. Like, I’m only 29, but I can still remember when things weren’t this fucking terrible for pedestrians.

  85. nothri

    Okay I have to admit it. Danny deciding to weaponize his inner nerd is kind of awesome.

    1. notapaladin

      You love to see it.

  86. Hof1991

    Going all Scott Pilgrim on him. Half expected Danny to pull a sword out of his chest. This doesn’t happen without Sal claiming Danny as hers. That’s when he levels up.

    Re:Pokémon. There are male/female variants too. As bi, Danny will definitely sing them both. And Pokémon players come in all ages. I’m retired and play.

  87. Sajuuk-Khar

    See, I remember the bonus strip where Sayid first chased off the herd of dorks and I desperately want this to be an anime rivals with boners for each other goofy low-stakes thing

    like can you IMAGINE

    1. Taffy

      Sitcom arch-nemesis with a bisexual twist, just in time for the 21st century.

      1. Sajuuk-Khar

        Yessssss, yes yes yes

  88. Taffy

    Based on Panel 2, I’m starting to think this relationship is in imminent quadruple jeopardy. Y’all might be onto somethin’ here.

    Also wait, did Sayid only just get here? Unless he showed up after they’d already gotten into the room, wouldn’t he have seen them go in together? I don’t know the layout of this building, but he looks like he’s at some flavor of check-in desk, which I assume would have a decent view of the rooms’ doorways, just for practical reasons. So, either he didn’t notice them go in (can’t expect omnipotence), wasn’t around when they got here (no omnipresence either), or he’s messing with them?

    1. Sajuuk-Khar

      Sayid is summoned by the sound of nerds on ukuleles, to dunk on them. It’s like a summoning bell in Bloodborne.

      Only this time, the Hunter became the hunted.

      1. Taffy

        So, Sayid is the red guy from all those “Invaded in Dark Souls clips? I admit to not having played those games, but I remember seeing red ghost-dudes pwning players.

        1. Sajuuk-Khar

          Yeah, exactly, Sayid would be red dude thinking UkuleleDanny is an easy kill (and then getting bonked into the stratosphere.)

          Also if you ever want to try the Soulsborne series (no judgement if they aren’t your thing, I get that) I highly recommend both Elden Ring (easier to pick up than earlier games, horse bff, open world, cool story) and Bloodborne (insanely cool lore/plot, action-packed combat, transforming weapons).

        2. Taffy

          I did try to play some Bloodborne a while back, but I sorta got frustrated by this asshole with a gattling gun who kept killing me, so I shut it off and kinda just didn’t pick it up again. The lore seems cool and I’d probably love to play some D&D in the world, though.

  89. Keulen

    Danny’s finally using his dork powers for good. Or maybe for evil? I’m not sure, but I love this anyway.

    1. Taffy

      Definitely for good. If he can’t use his newfound strength to help out his hot girlfriend, what’s the point of having them? It’s the classic Superman conundrum.

  90. Taffy

    Wait, I got one more.

    Danny, next strip: “Electrode, Diglett, Nidoran, Mankey, Venusaur, Rattata, Fearow, FUCK YOU.”

    1. Taffy

      And then the next panel is a beat for tension, and then the strip ends with Sayid laughing and suggesting they all go hang out at Galasso’s, everyone’s happy, the end.

      1. PB

        … best timeline

      2. Sajuuk-Khar

        I love this, I subscribe to it

      3. Opus the Poet

        Sounds cromulent to me! And “cromulent” is in the spell-checker dictionary, wild.

  91. Orange Lantern

    That was, without any single doubt in my mind, the proudest moment of both Danny and Sal.

  92. PB

    Huh! Is it weird that I’m proud of Dan right now?

  93. zee

    I love himmmmmm!
    God this couple is great. I’m realizing that if they had a kid it’d be my boyfriend. Sal’s looks and chill vibe with Danny’s whole dork ass personality

    1. Taffy

      Sexy dorks > Sexy non-dorks

  94. Daniel M Ball

    god damn. Sal gave Danny a Backbone transplant (implant?) or something??

  95. Alex

    This is the best possible way to react to being called a dork.

  96. Wereg

    Well dunk, this went far better than I expected. I hope Sayid’s not about to inflict violence on Danny, but Sayid doesn’t seem prone to violence so I’m not worried.

    Danny should probably not get in peoples’ faces like that because it’s a good way to get punched, but this is a fun reaction to being called a dork.

    1. JBento

      Sayid inflicitng violence on Danny right now sounds like a good way for Sayid to commit suicide by Sal.

      1. Taffy

        Yeah, she’s proven multiple times that she can and will clobber a dude twice her size and not think twice about it.

      2. Wereg

        You’re whole right, but I don’t know if Sayid knows this.

  97. Felian

    THAT IS THE BEST THREAT OF ALL TIMES, I LOVE IT.

  98. JessWitt

    This is the coolest Danny has ever been. Own your dorkness.

  99. Jammy

    Power play? I’m so confused.

  100. Mr. Random

    I know this is sorta supposed to be both dorky and cool.
    But….

    It just looks sad.
    I’d give it to him out of pity.

    1. Taffy

      I don’t follow. What part of this is sad?

  101. CardinalFan

    Danny trying to be the tough guy is absolutely adorable.

  102. brionl

    Dorko dei tutti dorki.

  103. Matt

    Ngl, this is the most attracted to Danny I’ve ever been.

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