Freeze-frame
Posted on May 7, 2014 by David M Willis

521 thoughts on “Freeze-frame”

  1. Jen Aside

    …DID NOT SEE THAT COMING

    1. Ahighfunctioningsociopath

      Oh god.
      “And the mice boys are no longer age appropriate.” – Joyce

      1. Led

        Ha, good thing this ain’t Pokemon or Avatar or something, or there’d already be several pages about how this is a shipping hint or not (some fandoms are seriously rabid about that stuff).

        1. Stagnant

          Non-canon shipping on DoA is sort of a moot point because of the canon shipping. And canon rule 34.

        2. Kyranthewalker

          Well in an alternate universe with aliens, and such being the norm they did get together. Though this is a totally different universe with no such connection.

        3. Jenn

          Ha! I wondered if this was a re-run or a re-boot.
          Now I know. Cool.

    2. Plasma Mongoose

      Actually I thought of that as a possible twist but I didn’t think Wiliis would go there.

      1. Tunaro

        HOW. HOW THE HELL COULD YOU POSSIBLY SEE THIS COMING???

        1. Jen Aside

          By being Willis? Or able to look over his shoulder?

        2. Plasma Mongoose

          I recall similar plot twists like this on some TV shows but I would be buggered if I can name those show off hand.

        3. Oberon

          How I met your mother kinda does this with Robin having been a short lived teen pop star.

        4. TheSuicidalGiraffe

          LETS GO TO THE MALL!!!!…
          TODAY!

          She was also in a Learning TV show set in space that was full of sexual innuendos and she also did another music video…

          Sad that the show is almost if not already over, idk i never kept up with it enough

        5. showler

          It’s over. Except for the people remixing the ending because they can’t accept what the writers wrote.

        6. Mrimm

          You’ve got a typo there. It’s spelled, “because the writers got it wrong”.

        7. anonymous

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuijU_evnMg&list=PLsxxNh73eTu8Budxmiqlh7V0rlYECsBEX

        8. SHAZAM

          I felt the very ending wasn’t great. I was ok with most of the rest of the finale, but yeah

        9. Darkflame

          More like the writers desperately doing a 180 turn in a few minutes to match what they wrote (and filmed) years ago.
          Kudos for planning so far in advance, but it would have been nice if the inbetween bit match up. Watch the “TheRobin” next to the ending and some characters would seem positively insane.

          That said, Sparkles will forever be comedy gold.
          Also, in my head cannon, Avengers/SHIELD is set in the same universe. Fury has the Sparkle tapes as leverage if he ever needs it.

        10. Caffienated

          P.S. I Love You.

        11. Stephanie

          Something Positive did a version of this, when PeeJee met a boy from a kid’s show she remembered watching. Let us hope this goes better.

        12. TFC

          Oh god yeah, that dude was a bastard.

        13. killerbeareater

          Sword art online? that was a VERY twist (not so) ending

        14. Allcool-dontcare

          Just how ironic he said the same line as the kid who says it…:starts clapping slowly and slowly increase in speed:

        15. Beige

          Walky did talk although he knew about the show when joyce brought it up before.

        16. Kinoko

          He seems pretty shocked. I’m guessing he doesn’t remember. Otherwise, I feel like he would have passionately avoided the entire subject.

        17. showler

          Either he doesn’t remember or he didn’t realize he ever appeared on camera.

        18. Ghola

          I’m guessing he just doesn’t remember being on it. Before you hit like.. ten, you tend ot gloss over a lot of the weird crap in your childhood. Hell, I was on Bozo’s Circus as a contestant (Fucking bucket four…) and didn’t remember it until my sister pulled the tape out.

        19. Richie

          Or it could be a repressed memory; pretty understandable…

        20. anonymous

          Bozo’s Circus and Hymmel the Hymnal could both be repressed memories, really.

        21. GaiusTavarusMagnus

          it could be a lost twin brother that neither he nor his sister remember

        22. das-g

          Nah, that kid in the video looks nothing like Beef.

        23. Jen Aside

          That would be a triplet, though??

          [or “multiple” to be numerically inspecific]

        24. aipom45

          Yeah I thought the chapter title referred to Joyce instead of Walky

      2. Paul Indrome

        I wish I’d said something yesterday. Because I TOTALLY saw that coming. It was a rare moment of clairvoyance…

        1. Yet_One_More_Idiot

          For a moment there, I actually thought that it was meant to be a young Sal masquerading as a mouse-boy… xD

        2. Chris

          Whoa whoa whoa…
          Spoiler gravatar is spoiler?
          If it is Sal, Joyce has a new BFF! And/or GBF.
          http://www.dumbingofage.com/2011/comic/book-1/04-the-bechdel-test/puton/
          (Different acronym than GBF Ethan.)

    3. newllend

      Called the SHIT out of this!

      1. Jen Aside

        Walky: “Why… was this not on my IMDb page?! I could have prevented them from seeing it!!”

        1. Jen Aside

          HYMMEL THE HUMMING HYMNAL BD/DVD COMBO
          heartwarming musical entertainment for the whole family
          – over fifty hymns to sing or hum along with
          – New International or King James Version audio options
          – perfect for distracting you from the dark secret you now hold over your neighbor
          – ideal for blackmailing your obnoxious “friends” who completely forgot they cameoed as mice boys

        2. newllend

          What would Joyce have to gain out of blackmailing him anyway, what would she make him do? What doe’s he have that she doesn’t…wait

        3. bibulb

          Oh, come on.

          She can stream all of D&MM on Netflix. She doesn’t need his copies.

        4. bibulb

          Or his man-dangle.

        5. newllend

          I was thinking that AND Dorothy.

        6. newllend

          I was thinking that AND Dorothy.

        7. Deanatay

          At least it’s not sparkly. Or rubber.

      2. caesaria82

        omg you did actually, just went back to check lol. You have amazing talents.

    4. Aisling

      LMAO… that last panel is the best. xD

  2. Code

    Win.

  3. JebJeb

    Karma is swift, Walky.

    1. Tunaro

      And cruel. And kinda adorable.

      1. KingMabel

        And expensive sometimes.

        1. David Herbert

          Wonder how much money his parents got for that.

        2. KingMabel

          Not enough for the therapy he needs now.

        3. StClair

          30 dollars?

    2. Yotomoe

      And Patient

      1. PsychokineticEX

        Karma’s got a motherfucking schedule for everyone.

    3. Aizat

      I’m guessing that’s not Walky in the video. If that really is Walky, he would’ve either stopped Dorothy from watching it or got out of the room as fast as he can.

      1. jeffepp

        Let’s see, not Walky, looks like Walky. Who as a small child would look like Walky? Almost as if he had a twin…

        1. Ancestral Hamster

          It’s his twin brother Beef! 😀

        2. Whittier

          Beef Walkington. I see what you did there. ☺

        3. RedWarlock

          Nope, Walkyverse Beef ‘n’ Sal were swapped at birth. They thought Walky was the runty twin of the pair.

        4. anonymous

          Maybe you saw what Willis did there? o.o

      2. caesaria82

        He clearly doesn’t remember. For some reason we are as yet unaware of but which will surely be emotionally traumatic in one way or another, this is DoA after all.

        1. Mattyos

          and here we have one of the more than likely predictions based off of the fact that it’s willis we’re talking about here

        2. Prior Semblance

          Well apparently he does at least partially remember because he said the line from the show before it was said in the show.

        3. Ghola

          Hymnal has a special way to make swiss cheese for all the mouse boys.
          Now walky and joyce will have something else in common, sexual assault!

  4. sps48

    Bwa hahahahaha!!

  5. Jackson

    And the title of the storyline makes sense.

    1. Jen Aside

      More like tweenage, tho?

      1. -Sentinel-

        Hard to tell on a drawing, but to me the kids look between five and ten, at most.

        1. gangler

          Think it’s gonna turn out this was a long-term part of his life? Like he started at five and didn’t get out of the game until he was seventeen?

        2. captainswift

          He can’t be too old, as he clearly didn’t recognize the show until he saw himself on it. So he was in and out of it before he had a lot of developed memory.

          Pooossibly, it was traumatic enough he blocked it out, but I doubt he made it all the way to 17 years of age without remembering ever doing it.

        3. gangler

          I wouldn’t say “clearly”. There are any number of reasons to be shocked here outside of complete ignorance of ever having been on the show.

        4. Deanatay

          I think it’s meant to mean that once a churchmouse, always a churchmouse. It’s not something you can walk away from – there’s video proof, which will come back to haunt you at the most inappropriate times. Like now. Walky is, currently, a teenage churchmouse. And from now on, no one will let him forget it.

        5. The Candyman

          He didn’t choose the mouse life..

    2. Dylam

      … wow. Good catch. You’re absolutely right.

    3. AgentKeen

      We all thought it was Joyce. We were so wrong…

  6. clodia

    YES. OMG I BET SHE HAD A CRUSH ON HIM TOO.

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      Now that would make for a fun to read plot point and most likely cause some epic Joyce reaction faces.

    2. Yotomoe

      I drew so much fanart of you, Walky. You were my favorite mouse.

    3. gangler

      She was four when last she watched it. Do four year olds have crushes?

      1. Jen Aside

        In this “programmed from birth” age? Sadly, yes =(

      2. 90percentgeek

        Actually, Gangler has a point. Joyce said she started watching them aged 4, and she and Walky are the same age (near enough) so he may not remember doing it (how much do you remember from age 4?).

        Either that or this is going to turn into a story about how Hymnal gave him a bad touch and he’s been repressing the memories for years.

        1. clodia

          Look at his face. He clearly doesn’t remember doing this show. Or if he does, it’s only now because of the evidence in front of him.

        2. Legasher

          I took his face to mean he was horrified at being caught. The two of them have seemingly watched several episodes without recognizing him. Maybe he was hoping to throw them off, but just ended up accidently pointing himself out.

        3. clodia

          I disagree. As other commenters below have said, I think he did these at such a young age that he has completely forgotten about them. Some memories lurk subliminally, as we see here. While I can see your interpretation, in my opinion, if he was trying to not tip his hand, he would have slunk out of the room the second he saw they were watching his secret shame.

        4. timemonkey

          If he remembered doing them then he likely would have spoken earlier when Joyce first started talking about them.

    4. Nick J.

      That would be the absolute bestest. Just, OMG.

  7. Sageress

    the plot thickens

  8. Tunaro

    It’s obvious where Sal’s issues come from now if this is the sorta thing her parents made their kids do.

    1. Jay Eff

      HOLY CHEESE WAS SAL A CHURCHMOUSE TOO.

      1. Jen Aside

        Double Shyamalan: It’s in fact Sal

        1. Gram91

          Naw, I believe she would have curlier hair back then.

        2. Yotomoe

          We can’t see enough of her hair to know if it isn’t curly!

        3. Jen Aside

          They did up the wrong twin and forgot and THAT’S why they like Walky better

      2. Tunaro

        I really, really, kinda hope so.

      3. timemonkey

        She was probably ‘too black’.

        1. chubsius

          That’s the twist! Walkey and Sal were probably like the Olsen twins in that they were picked for the show because they could sub for each other, but
          Walky was the standard lead because he could pass more for beige. Either that or that’s where Sal began straightening her hair because they needed her to pass for Walky at a moments notice.

    2. jeffepp

      Yup.

    3. Never Simple

      And you know, Walky’s mom in this universe seems to have just the right amount of manipulative controllingness to force or trick Walky into a mouse suit, and several years later SAY with certainty that he would be a doctor.

  9. Dennis

    Dayuuuummmmmm. Joyce is going to milk this forever

    1. Tunaro

      Assuming Walky doesn’t chuck himself outta a window in a moment of hysterical anguish, first.

  10. Mr. Random

    Third walkerton? Only explanation.

    1. Aizat

      Yeah…and now he’s the ruler of some space empire.

      1. Yotomoe

        Sal thought she was the least favorite but the 3rd Walkerton is in the basement somewhere begging for love.

        1. Aizat

          So..Sal’s the Havok to Walky’s Cyclops?

        2. Hanii Puppy

          Or the Cyclops to Walky’s Wolverine.

        3. timemonkey

          Always has been.

        4. nothri

          Although these days he’ll settle for food and water.

    2. LiaHansen

      Of course! They hid him away from the world because he was half-rat!

  11. Liza Lay

    This is amazing and potentially the best of twists.

  12. brionl

    Dun, Dun, DUNNNN!!!!!!

    1. John Madden

      http://dundundun.net

      For all your dramatic moment needs!

      1. Garth Wallace

        “This site has been archived or suspended.”

  13. Opus the Poet

    Who called it yesterday?

  14. Cholma

    And Dorothy and Joyce were never seen again. Walky mysteriously quit school a week later.

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      And Amazi-Girl was safe once more…

      1. nekobawt

        but sal wasn’t, having disappeared mysteriously under circumstances that were also mysterious and were profiled on the hit show “mysterious mysteries, starring mr. myster”

        yeah idk where i was going with that, it’s a mystery even to myself!

  15. Wonder Wig

    FREEZE! ZOOM! ENHANCE!

    1. Tunaro

      It’s a VCR, I don’t think they can do anything ‘sides play and rewind.

      1. Jen Aside

        Not true by far! It can also eat the tape and make it completely unrecognizeable.

      2. Plasma Mongoose

        If it was a Betamax or Super VHS, the freeze-frame would have been pretty good, normal VHS not quite so much.

      3. Yotomoe

        Clearly you forgot the awesome ability to watch it frame by frame. AKA my childhood.

        1. Jen Aside

          We had one that had the option to do this incredibly useless multiple frame advance [I don’t remember what it was actually called] where it shows the full viewing area for a few seconds in about 1/16th of the screen, then advances it to the next 1/16th while leaving the last frame in the first section, then so on… there were options to adjust how many frames it would show before advancing, from infinity [which meant basically watching the show at 1/16th size] to one [which meant basically watching the show over 16 sections, each section dropping a different 15 frames per 16].

          It was super-irritating to watch, and I don’t know for the life of me why anyone would voluntarily watch anything that way. At least “Picture in Picture” makes sense, if you want to see what’s on another channel while leaving the tape running.

  16. spaceinvader42

    Wow, Walky’s had the same haircut since he was, like, seven?

    1. PsychokineticEX

      He’s had the same haircut since the late nineties.

    2. Wack'd

      We only really know about the bangs. It’s possible his hair as a kid was less rectangular.

    3. gangler

      It probably just naturally grows like that. Sal spends hours reshaping her hair to her parents’ liking and Walky just wakes up in the morning looking pretty, maybe runs a comb through it.

      1. Julez

        Like Jared Padalecki!

  17. -Sentinel-

    Waaaait, isn’t Walky’s family Catholic? I thought this show was a Protestant thing, since Joyce was watching it as a child.

    1. Wack'd

      Didn’t Joyce say she was non-denominational or somesuch?

    2. Plasma Mongoose

      I believe most Christian shows tend to be very generalised in their Christian beliefs from what I recall back when I was young.

    3. David M Willis

      Walky’s family is mostly areligious, but thought a Catholic school was a good idea for Sal, based on the general idea that religion is moral instruction and Sal needed some.

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        I don’t suppose that you were a character or extra in a Christian show when you were young by any chance were you Willis?

        1. David M Willis

          Ask Joel Watson about it.

        2. Jen Aside

          So it’s actually Joel Walkson?

        3. Eromer

          Oh……..oh.no….its a real thing!? I just watched psalty…..I….I couldn’t stop watching….I *sob* I couldn’t stop!

      2. ijp

        IT IS SAL!!!!!

    4. Heavensrun

      Actors get in front of a camera for money. ‘Nobody’ actors will get in front of almost -any- camera for money. This doesn’t necessarily have anything to do with Walky or his family’s religious beliefs.

      Now, if you’ll excuse me, (clear throat) BWHAAAAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA!!!!!

      1. gangler

        His family seems pretty well off. Could be it was just an excuse to get Walky out of the house and into an adorable mousey outfit.

      2. Bill

        And young kids will get on camera for nothing.  Bozo’s Circus, Kiddie Hour, Hymmel the Humming Hymnal — it’s all about boasting to your friends in school the next day that *YOU* were on TV!!

  18. madock345

    You see Walky, this is what happens when you live in a universe run by a sadist.

    1. KingMabel

      God?

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        Willis!

        1. PsychokineticEX

          You mean the Devil, right?

        2. Yotomoe

          All of the above?

        3. PsychokineticEX

          Pretty much.

        4. nothri

          The Cheese.

        5. Swerve

          Mortillus?

        6. Aizat

          Unicron?

        7. Swerve

          D-Void?

        8. Cephalo the Pod

          Spongebob!

        9. Jen Aside

          Beuller?

        10. Undrave

          More like… the Davil :p

    2. Aizat

      Maquis De Sade?

      1. Eebiot

        Willis is worse even than him.

        1. madock345

          Yeah, at least De Sade was content with torturing people that already exist, Willis creates people specifically to suffer, and then uses them to inflict suffering on the rest of us.

        2. Pat

          De Sade wrote fiction. It’s awful torture porn.

        3. Time Sage

          Well it is called Sadism for a reason.

        4. Rabid Rabbit

          Except for all the people he did invent to have tortured in a quite remarkable variety of ways in his novels.

          Of course, we’re apparently talking about the Maquis de Sade here, not the Marquis, so I guess we should actually be looking for some hero of the French resistance.

      2. Drakey

        Is the Maquis de Sade really into torturing Cardassians to get them out of Federation space?

        1. Cybersnark

          Which would be sad, because the Cardassians all call him an amateur.

  19. Fluffy

    …..WHAT.

    1. Tunaro

      THE. HELL.

      1. Ahighfunctioningsociopath

        IS A HUFFLEPUFF.

        1. Aizat

          They’re the Generic Guys of Hogwarts.

        2. Jen Aside

          DOING IN MY SHOW.

        3. Aizat

          IT’S IN THEIR CONTRACT.

        4. PsychokineticEX

          NOBODY READS THE CONTRACTS

        5. Charlie Spencer

          No, nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition. Although in this case, the S.I. would have been less surprising.

        6. clodia

          EXCEPT THE SLYTHERINS. THEY WROTE THE CONTRACTS.

        7. timemonkey

          Hufflepuff’s are particularly good finders.

  20. PsychokineticEX

    OH SHIT I WAS ALMOST RIGHT WITH MY WEEKS-AGO GUESS ON WHO THE CHAPTER TITLE APPLIED TO!!!! Damnit, was off by one Walkerton!

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      Well it’s still possible that the person in the freeze-frame could be Sal as I can imagine Walky and Sal looking a lot more alike when they were younger.

      1. ijp

        based on Willis’s commentary on the Walkerton’s religious belief’s I am one-hundred percent certain that is Sal.

        1. Kirby

          Sal didn’t go to Catholic School (as far as I can tell) until after she robbed the convenience store.

          Also, they’re boy mice and Walky just spit out the exact line from the program. I’m 99.99999999999999999999999999999999999% sure… It’s Walky.

        2. timemonkey

          The tags disagree with you. As does the timeline.

        3. Sabin

          Plus the fact that Walky subconsciously knew the next line on the show. Chances are that wasn’t just coincidence.

        4. 3oranges

          Good notice Sabin. I caught the odd repeated line, but despite the puzzled expressions, sort of ignored what it meant. Walky wasn’t just there but he remembers it on some level.

        5. Psycho

          Nah, I saw a preview pic of Child!Sal on Willis’s tumblr, she still had curly hair in that one. I’m 100% sure that is Walky.

  21. BlackIo

    And suddenly that chapter title makes perfect sense. Well played, Willis.

  22. ZuiyoMaru

    This is the best possible thing that could happen, and I say that with absolute sincerity.

  23. Kernanator

    No Walky. YOU were in Hymmel the Humming Hymnal.

    Walky: That’s not true. THAT’S IMPOSSIBLE!

    1. Wack'd

      Search the footage. You know it to be true.

    2. Cephalo the Pod

      And now I shall cut off your hand. The one you masturbate with.

      1. Arkantos

        Because he doesn’t need it anymore?

        1. Yotomoe

          That’s a myth. You always need it.

      2. Ancestral Hamster

        Oh, and get a haircut!

    3. Aizat

      Walky: That ain’t me….that’s my non-union Mexican counterpart, El Walkero.

  24. Well_Played

    I knew I saw a pig in the sky today.

    1. Aizat

      Well, the swines did flew a couple of years ago.

      1. CianM1301

        *slow clap*

  25. Jim

    What a tweest!

  26. motorfirebox

    Haha wow, it’s like an anti-sex tape.

    1. Wack'd

      …congratulations, that joke works on like five different levels. Have an internet.

      1. Tunaro

        Yeah, Walky ain’t gonna be showin’ up on Slipshine again for a while.

        1. Yotomoe

          Hymmel the Humming Hymnal performs a terrible music number.

        2. jeffepp

          Well, I suppose it would be hard to sound good when you have your mouth… Oh, never mind.

        3. Hanii Puppy

          “Walky performs a lonely wank, because Dorothy won’t perform a sex with him now unless he squeaks.”

        4. Kiggy

          AAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

        5. Ancestral Hamster

          Dorothy: Put on the costume, Walky!
          Walky: Nnno! It’s too weird! Too Humiliating!
          Dorothy: Put on the costume, Walky! Or you ain’t getting any! EVER AGAIN!
          Walky: Aaagh! *Puts on the costume*

        6. Jen Aside

          Next Slipshine:

          Walky Does a Fursuit

          [eew]

        7. fogel

          Dorothy: Say ‘chuu chuu’ Walky…
          http://www.ma3comic.com/strips-ma3/can_you_say_chuu

        8. Roborat

          I see I was not the only one thinking along those lines.

        9. Ancestral Hamster

          “You and me, baby, we ain’t nothing but mammals,
          So let’s do like they do it on the Discovery Channel!”

          Dorothy: Say ‘chuu chuu’ Walky
          Walky: ‘chuu chuu’
          Dorothy: I CAN”T HEAR YOU!
          Walky: ‘CHUU CHUU!’
          Dorothy: ‘MEEOOOOW!’
          Neighboring Rooms: What the hell?!

        10. Bill

          Dorothy:  “Come on, Walky, I wanna do it mousie-style.”

      2. MrSmiley

        I count 3:
        1) the tape is as embarassing as a sex tape but doing a “wholesome activity”
        2) the tape will probably stop Walky from having sex
        3) the tape is probably against sex
        4 & 5) ???

        1. Ancestral Hamster

          6. Profit!!!

        2. Mal

          4) In another universe, actual sex tapes did terrible things to Joyce while she was in college. I’m not going into more details, but this being an anti-sex tape makes sense.
          5) Not long ago in this universe, Joyce was fixated on the details of sex. After seeing Walky in this tape, sex is going to be the furthest thing from her mind.

  27. Stephen Bierce

    I like a man with a future/I like a woman with a past/You don’t believe that/She said to faces in the crowd/Yesterday I was fascinated by somebody else…

    1. Stephen Bierce

      And no wonder Amazi-Girl won’t be exposed. This is a MUCH better newspaper front page story. Yes it is!

      1. CianM1301

        Holy crap you’re right!

      2. Deanatay

        I wonder what the leader will be? (Hint: I Was A…)

  28. Gram91

    Oh man, I needed this laugh. Now I can get through my last all nighter for the semester.

  29. Profnekko

    Willis if Walky’s face doesn’t remain locked in that pose for at least 4 more panels there’s gonna be trouble you hear?

    1. HoshiHikara

      We need a gravatar of that face. We need one for reasons.

  30. Cephalo the Pod

    HAHA! YES! This is the best twist in this entire comic yet!

    I came in expecting typical arguing between Joyce and Walky, and I got this.

    1. newllend

      I’m so glad we got this instead.

  31. Wack'd

    Oh. Oh god.

    This is the Dumbiverse’s version of “Walky and Joyce met when they were tiny and forgot because reasons”, isn’t it.

    That’s incredible.

    1. David M Willis

      *gold star*

      1. saltchocolate

        Wow. I’m impressed . . . with both of you (for different reasons). Wow. ! !

      2. Jen

        Wowzers! Now I’m starting to wonder if Willis’s long plan is to have some of the relationships and such end up in the same place as the other universe — basically a “the more everything changes, the more it stays the same.” Of course, that would kill my theory that this is the universe that Head Alien talked about, how there was only one universe/reality in which Joyce and Walky didn’t get together and in that one, Walky is a doctor and he and Dorothy end up together.

        1. David M Willis

          We saw that universe you mentioned already. Dorothy and Walky first met in high school, as they did in the Walkyverse. The only difference between it and the Walkyverse was that Walky applied himself. There were still aliens, Joyce was still a year older, and it happened fifteen years ago. This is definitely not that universe.

        2. Jen

          Oh! Good to know. Thanks for the clarification Willis. There are so many universes bouncing around that I get a bit lost sometimes. 🙂

        3. someguywithakatana

          Wait, when he said that, did he mean that he’d been to literally every universe and there was only one where Joyce and Walky didn’t end up together, or that Joyce and Walky ended up together in every universe that he visited, and he hadn’t been to them all.

          Because depending on which, that’s a pretty major spoiler, come to think of it.

        4. Anderhail

          I realize I am replying to this months after the fact, but I wonder if the Head Alien ever managed to successfully visit the Dumbiverse, or if the closest his influence could ever get, due to its distance from Walkiverse Prime (which I just like the sound of) was to be a fictional character that was simply an echo of his plans. Hilariously though, I think he has succeeded in one aspect. He is more popular amongst his common foes here than he ever was in any of the other universes. Just a fun theory that I don’t think will be seen, but feel like posting anyway. I am kinda hoping this universe is too far down the path that it can’t physically accept the supernatural or high sci-fi elements from other universes, like the drama tag, alien invaders, or even be a recipient of dimensional travel. Though it would be kinda cool if other dimensions could view, though not interact with, the dumbiverse.

    2. Kernanator

      This is the best twist on a Walkyverse concept yet.

    3. Yotomoe

      It’s Destiny.

      1. Kamino Neko

        Looks more like Delerium to me.

        1. Tunaro

          Nah, those faces? That’s true Despair, right there.

        2. Strain Of Thought

          Walky thought he knew his reality, but now he’s trapped and unable to wake from a terrible Dream.

        3. Kamino Neko

          Soon to be resolved with Death and Destruction.

        4. Alex

          And thus will start Joyce’s Desire.

        5. Jonathan S.

          Man, these jokes are just Endless…

    4. Cephalo the Pod

      …
      How much more have I missed?!

    5. newllend

      More please I want more.

    6. LeslieBean4Shizzle

      Oh my.

      And thus did the Walky/Joyce ship sail once again.

  32. Darchias

    What a tweest!

    1. Joebo

      This is why I should read the comments before commenting myself…

      1. Nunc Pro Tunc

        Happens

  33. Cattleprod

    Obviously, this is a switched-at-birth scenario and that’s Walky’s *actual* twin sibling he’s never met. He knew the line before it was said due to a psychic twin bond.

  34. Joebo

    What a tweest!

  35. arank11

    Willis, tonight I drink to your Jedi powers of comedy

    1. newllend

      TO WILLIS!

    2. indignostudios

      I will drink to drinking!

  36. Calibus

    BUM BUM BUUUUUUUUUUM

  37. Mkvenner

    *slow clap*
    Well played Mr. Willis, well played.

  38. HMRC4EVR

    Okay, I guess I’m missing the obvious here.

    We’re assuming the Churchmouse in question is Walky? If so, why is he shocked? He doesn’t remember doing that?

    1. licoricepencil

      Well, he looks like he’s about four, so it’s very likely that he wouldn’t remember. I certainly don’t remember much from when I was four.

      1. Packy

        In all his universes, Willis subjects four-year-old Walky to experiences so traumatic he doesn’t remember them as an adult.

    2. RaijinK

      He coulda just blocked it from his memory.

    3. Sam

      Because people can forget stupid things they did as a kid.

      1. Yotomoe

        I forget stupid things I did when I was 15.

        1. jeffepp

          I wish I could forget the stupid things I did when I was 15.

        2. Kamino Neko

          Agreed.

          Pretty much the entirety of ages 12-16 would be good, to be honest.

        3. PsychokineticEX

          I sort of have to forget, I’d be a self-loathing mess MORE often than usual if I remembered every specific dumb thing I did.

        4. SHAZAM

          I wish I could forget most of the stuff I did between 11 and 16 (I was kind of creepy/stalkerish for a while…

        5. Kernanator

          I wish EVERYONE could forget what I did in high school.

        6. Jen Aside

          I think I could do with forgetting everything before like last month.

        7. timemonkey

          I forget stupid things I did an hour ago.

      2. Aizat

        Trust me…you can’t forget because your brain will never let you forget. Try to sleep at night and BAM! Flash back to that one stupid thing you did.

        1. timemonkey

          But when you’re that young you won’t realise it’s dumb for a decade or two so you safely forget.

      3. Swerve

        Chromedome does that to himself all the time. We… we find that kind of worrying actually. He performs mnemosurgery on himself, deleting painful memories, rather than allowing system degradation and low-grade engex to dull the pain like the rest of us. Damn. I thought Chromedome had gotten over Rewind’s death, but I think running into Prowl, back during our life and death struggle to save all of space-time, has just made his grief worse. Or maybe it’s because we let Bluestreak join up. I knew we should never have let anyone who looks like Prowl onto the “Lost Light”!

        Now me, I forget lots of stuff. I forget where I put my toolkit, whether I put my Autobadge on, what my current assignment is, to go to target practice, or how many Rodimus Stars I was awarded. I never forget any of Blurr’s speed records, how to distill engex, the molecular density of over 3,000,000 alloys, or Nautica’s phone number. 😉

        1. SHAZAM

          So how did shooting Rung work out for you?

        2. Swerve

          Why does everyone keep dredging up that old shame?!? It’s not like Rung’s head wound was fatal, and he eventually recovered! That’s more than the over a dozen dead Decepticons Misfire’s shot through friendly fire over the millenia can say!

          Long story short, I apologized to Rung, and he accepted my apology. If anything, he was more annoyed by my constant attempts to figure out his alt-mode.

        3. SHAZAM

          Yeah sorry that was a little more jerky than I intended.
          Know Misfire personally do you?

          So having seen the Alt Mode, you have no clue what it could be?

      4. StClair

        But here’s the thing (seriously, for a moment) – if we could forget doing those stupid things, we’d probably do them again. (Some people do. Over and over.)

        Pain hurts, but it’s also a great teacher.

  39. newllend

    OH MY GOD YES! YES! Can’t believe I’m saying this but thank you Willis.

  40. Safgaftsa

    It’s Walky!

    1. Phroggonalog

      It’s Walky!

  41. timemonkey

    And thus it is revealed that Walky is part of the problem.

  42. John Madden

    WHAT A TWIST!

  43. JessWitt

    Wow, juicy stuff right here. Walky’s eyes are about to explode in that last panel.

  44. Bo Lindbergh

    Well, they should have zero problems getting him to shut up about it now.

  45. Ridureyu

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

  46. Darwin

    No. Flipping. Way. I will laugh forever now.

    1. Jen Aside

      Tempted to change my avatar now =3

      1. Mass Confusion

        Too late

        1. Jen Aside

          Yeah, ShaggyDonahugh beat me to it

        2. anonymous

          His name doesn’t even have a pun in it! FORFEIT THE GRAV, SHAGGY!

        3. ShaggyDonahugh

          mm. No, I rather like it. Maybe soon ^_^

  47. Lou

    I realize it’s probably Walky but it could be Sal too right?

    1. Aizat

      Could be…

      1. Astraea

        No, he’s wearing a hoodie. It’s Walky. (Heh, mythology gag)

        1. Aizat

          Yeah…and the next strip would be just Joyce and Walky. Like that’s going to happen.

    2. Will

      So “Sal” tag, so it’s not Sal. It’s Walky!

      Also notice Walky recognized the show, and (unconsciously) knew precisely what was going to be said next word from word, because he. was. there.
      Compare to Dorothy, who had no idea about who Hymnel is.

      1. Will

        *NO Sal tag. Sorry.

  48. licoricepencil

    Willis, it is of my opinion that Walky’s face in the last panel is the best face you have ever made of all time.

    1. cmd1095

      I disagree, that is possibly the best face any webcomic artist has made ever

  49. Packy

    *applause*

  50. Mass Confusion

    Walky’s face is absolutely priceless…… and my new gravatar

  51. ridtom

    Well I saw that coming a mile away. /sarcasm

  52. March

    And suddenly, the Blackmail Scales have tipped in Joyce’s favor.

  53. Karfsma778

    Alt Text- Why hello Elan, when did you get here?

  54. Yotomoe

    really? 81 comments in 15 minutes? ugh… So discouraged to comment now…

    1. Aizat

      At least you get to read it. I can barely read it.

    2. Mal

      Tell me about it. I usually don’t get to the comic until it’s been pawed over for 14 or 15 hours.

    3. Plasma Mongoose

      That’s only slightly faster than normal.

    4. newllend

      Your getting slow buddy

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        Old age does that to people.

  55. otusasio451

    It’s so surprising, it gave Walky scleras.

  56. JepMZ

    AWWWW! now i am instantly disappointed that Mike wasn’t that cute at that age.

    1. Jen Aside

      http://itswalky.deviantart.com/art/Young-Mike-and-cat-177597881

      1. Phroggonalog

        A+

  57. Neonix

    Holy crap.

  58. Ragnal

    *Little squeaks of air coming out of my open mouth while my jaw lies on the floor*

    1. Yotomoe

      I had a horrific mental image.

      1. newllend

        Scared to ask.

      2. Mass Confusion

        Was yours akin to a zombie without a jaw, too?

        1. Sambo

          Excellent gravatar xD

  59. Khaner

    Here, we see the beginning and ending of Walky’s acting career.

  60. Daniel Jacobs

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA *breath* HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

    1. newllend

      Hahahahahahah*weez*hahahaha

  61. Arkantos

    Noooo. BAHAHAHAHAHAHAhaha… ah man I needed that.

  62. Aizat

    Well, I’m awake now.

  63. Maycroft

    Willis, you magnificent bastard.

    1. Rybridge

      Pretty sure that’s his middle name. 🙂

      1. Deanatay

        Mr. David Magnificent Bastard Willis, we salute you.

    2. jeffepp

      I read your comic!

  64. Darth Cariss

    Good twist!

    1. Aizat

      I don’t see anyone dancing.

  65. DailyBrad

    Little Walky is adorable, even in his nightmare costume

  66. Kernanator

    Anyway, I am rocking back in my chair, laughing and clapping like an idiot. I never saw this coming and it is A-MAZ-ING.

  67. Tom Speelman

    Joycereaction.gif

  68. Morty

    DRAMATIC REVEAL

    1. Aizat

      SURPRISED REACTIONS!

      1. newllend

        OVERWHELMING SHOCK!

        1. CianM1301

          LOUD NOISES!

        2. Bilfred

          CAPITAL LETTERS!

        3. clodia

          EXCITED RESPONSE!

        4. Gadgeteer Smashwidget

          SOME SWOONING!

        5. Kirakirarose

          SWOOSHING NOISE AS CHARACTERS RUN IN FEAR

  69. Jack Finch

    Are. You. Kidding Me?

  70. Izumi Ryu

    Am I the only one thinking that’s too cute…

  71. Swerve

    Wow! What a twist! I totally did not see that coming! That last panel is definitely worth losing 10 shanix! Whoops, gotta go, there’s some weird coffin floating outside the ship! Later!

  72. Bilfred

    Walky’s reaction was the same as mine.

  73. Ucchan

    AAAAAAAAAAAHHH! XD

    1. Aizat

      SAVIOR OF THE UNIVERSE!

  74. Sam

    ……. what a twist!

  75. Gram91

    Let’s see, wearing a hoodie, same complexion, same hair. Man Walky, there really should be a limit to laziness.

  76. newllend

    Only way to make this better is if Sal was in there two and does something completely flat out EMBARRASSING.

    1. David

      Chastity Churchmouse has arguably a full-face mask. The unnatural pink of her face and arms is counterpointed by a dark neck. Hymmel has mauve arms, so obviously arms may be covered by pantyhose when different color is desired.

      Now I’ll readily agree this is a stretch. But it would explain Sal flipping eventually…

      1. nekobawt

        if sal were chastity churchmouse, she was a VERY well-developed child, going by how young walky looks in that freeze frame.

        1. TFC

          I knew a girl in swimming class…she began developing at 9.

  77. caesaria82

    Hahahahaha omg, plot twist. And storyline title reveal! I love everything. Perfection.

  78. Salmo

    I just legit started hyperventilating.

  79. cmd1095

    Walky’s face… greatest facial expression in a cartoon ever

    1. newllend

      Walky:http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw2sex1mJNI

    2. NF

      That’s the first time we’ve seen Walky horrified, isn’t it?

  80. IncandescentFlame

    I did NOT see that coming.

    Clever Willis.

  81. Nick J.

    Now THAT is what I call a twist! DUN DUN DUNNNNN indeed 😀

  82. caesaria82

    I am so excited/scared/excited to find out the story behind bb!Walky being in this show and why he doesn’t remember. I mean, his parents clearly never mention it anymore or he would know, even if he doesn’t actively remember it from being too young. The explanation is gonna be emotionally traumatizing for all of us, isn’t it?

  83. ijp

    It’s SAL!!!!

    I’m quoting Willis from up in the comments section here:

    “Walky’s family is mostly areligious, but thought a Catholic school was a good idea for Sal, based on the general idea that religion is moral instruction and Sal needed some.”

    …and Joyce’s hero worship of Sal goes off the charts with this reveal.

    1. Null Set

      Joyce isn’t catholic, and the message in the videos isn’t catholic.

      1. ijp

        the conversation in its entirety.

        Sentinel-
        May 7, 2014 at 12:03 am | # | Reply

        Waaaait, isn’t Walky’s family Catholic? I thought this show was a Protestant thing, since Joyce was watching it as a child.

        Wack’d
        Wack’d
        May 7, 2014 at 12:06 am | Reply

        Didn’t Joyce say she was non-denominational or somesuch?
        Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        May 7, 2014 at 12:15 am | Reply

        I believe most Christian shows tend to be very generalised in their Christian beliefs from what I recall back when I was young.
        David M Willis
        David M Willis
        May 7, 2014 at 12:19 am | Reply

        Walky’s family is mostly areligious, but thought a Catholic school was a good idea for Sal, based on the general idea that religion is moral instruction and Sal needed some.
        Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        May 7, 2014 at 12:26 am | Reply

        I don’t suppose that you were a character or extra in a Christian show when you were young by any chance were you Willis?
        David M Willis
        David M Willis
        May 7, 2014 at 12:43 am | Reply

        Ask Joel Watson about it.

    2. caesaria82

      He also gave a gold star to the ‘joyce and walky met when they were little’ assumption though. I am honestly not sure. I think it’s Walky probably and he forgot it for reasons. But if it’s Sal I’ll make sure to congratulate you on your convictions 🙂

      1. ijp

        …damn your right he did.

        I’m still 90… no 80% sure it’s Sal.

        Imagine Joyce’s hero worship now. It’s too perfect.

        1. caesaria82

          I just don’t know, man, he quotes it verbatim before it happens on screen, as if through some repressed memory shenanigans. It’s him. I think. OH GOD NOW I’M CONFUSED TOO ^^

        2. garaden

          I’d say no. I was raised Catholic* and this seems too vague for Catholicism. They like their symbolism industrial-strength, preferably with actual, physical symbols involved.

          *-ish, our pastor said things like “think for yourself, use a condom, and feel free to send the Archdiocese angry letters about me”

        3. fudo81

          … Are you serious? How do you explain Walky being able to quote that line perfectly?

    3. White Rice

      I’m pretty sure Sal didn’t get shipped off to catholic school until her teen years, after the gas station incident. Not 100% sure, but pretty sure (let’s say 85%, that’s a solid level of sure)

      1. Kamino Neko

        It’s mentioned in her biography on the cast page. You remember correctly.

    4. Kamino Neko

      How, exactly, does that lead to ‘Sal’?

      She came from that exact same environment. If you’re thinking she did this while away at school…that is not a teenager, nor had Sal knocked over several convenience stores before she turned 10.

  84. Reltzik

    …. so, Walky’s secret shame is safe with Dorothy, right?

    1. John

      Yesterday the girl told a whole table full of people about the picture Danny drew when he was eight of him and Joe holding hands while riding a dragon. No one’s secret shame is safe with her.

    2. Deanatay

      Sorry, but for this storyline (I Was A Teenage Churchmouse) Willis has made it clear – ALL SECRET SHAMES WILL BE REVEALED.

      ALL OF THEM.

      TO DOROTHY.

  85. TheRealAllPurposeGuru

    Dorothy is humping a little mouse-christian.

    1. David

      Chastity Churchmouse will never be the same to Joyce after that.

  86. wynne

    The aliens are back. I’m calling it.

  87. NoneOfYourConcern

    Is this mouse-child Sal or Walky?
    SOMEBODY TELL ME!!!!!!!!!

    1. ijp

      my money’s on Sal.

      Imagine Joyce’s hero worship now.

      1. Mango

        I think if you reread the entire conversation in it’s proper context, the only reason catholic and sal are brought up is because the question related to sal and catholic school (or rather, sal went to catholic school = her family is catholic, as a counterpoint to walky in protestant video = family is protestant? contradiction??) . It’s pretty obvious to me that this only tells us that walky’s parents would let him act in a protestant tv show because they are areligious and figure it would be good for walky, much like they figured catholic school would be good for sal.

    2. David

      Look at the hairdo and the (involuntary?) regurgitation of phrasing. I would not be surprised when this was when Sal decided she’d rather switch over to the dark side. At any rate, we’ve seen young Sal and she was way curlier.

  88. Ridureyu

    I laughed until I started coughing. Then I coughed for a while.

  89. newllend

    Wait…”I was a teenage churchmouse.” It all makes since now.

    1. Rybridge

      Good call.

    2. David

      Doesn’t look teenage to me, but then it could be the makeup.

  90. motorfirebox

    Have you ever been so shocked that you grew sclera in your previously horrible, only-pupils eyes?

  91. Regalli

    BEST. PLOT TWIST. EVER.

  92. TheStranger

    Willis, you magnificent bastard.

  93. Marisa Mockery

    This is the most wonderful comic ever. Walky being a jerk and then get getting a true comeuppance in two panels? Oh, Walky, I love it when you eat your words. This will be gold.

  94. indignostudios

    I love it wen something is so perfect that I start involuntarily grinning like an idiot.

  95. Pyr05

    BUSTED!

  96. MightionNY

    …What.

    Now I know what a BSOD’ed Windows 95 (first edition!) PC feels like.

  97. Quasi

    I laughed for so long… this was truly great.

  98. MightionNY

    …well, the title of this book makes a lot more sense now. Yes, I just noticed that.

  99. Kas

    This is easily the best twist ever.

  100. Tim

    One would think that the chapter title “I Was a Teenage Churchmouse” would refer to Joyce, but nope.

    Also: all the good one does is God’s fault, but not the bad stuff? That sucks. Isn’t that kinda what threw Miranda Lawson into a mini-depression in ME2?

  101. John

    It’s actually that hoodie-dress chick from Sarah’s class.

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      Sure, why not! ^_^

    2. Deanatay

      Too white.

      Is that racist?

      1. Gadgeteer Smashwidget

        It’s not racist, so long as you’re just using skin color as physical description and not assuming that people have pre-defined personalities based on that color.

        1. David M Willis

          alternately, if you have to ask if something is racist the answer is always yes

        2. Havoc

          That seems like a weirdly arbitrary standard to hold, considering the answer to that particular question in this case is “no”.

        3. fogel

          If you say “I’m not a racist BUT…” then you are about to say something racist OR JUST AMAZINGLY CONFUSED IN A RACISTY DIRECTION. Except that I experienced the greatest exception ever. A few years back I was walking my dog in the Park and got into a conversation with a guy about dogs when he suddenly said “I’m not a racist BUT I think that what Michael Vick did was wrong.” He did it with such earnest, deadpan deliver that i nearly fell off the bench laughing. For anyone who hasn’t realized it, he is black and I think he just got a kick out of turning that kind of sh:t into a joke, seeing how many white folks got it, and enjoying it with those who do. I’ve told that story to well meaning “liberals” who it makes all confused and concerned. I’m not a racist BUT there still are an awful lot of white folks in this country having a hard time catching up. (Am I allowed to say that? I misplaced my White Man’s Handbook.)

  102. Kiggy

    Well played,Willis.

  103. Cal

    I actually considered it a possibility, but figured Walky wouldn’t be happy to see the show if that were the case.

    Didn’t consider that he would have been too young to remember.

  104. ShaggyDonahugh

    BAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAAAAA!

    1. Thasvaddef

      Your Grav!

  105. Ben

    GAH! That was unforeseen. It cannot be unseen. Plus this neatly ensures that Walky stays silent. If he knows that Joyce/Dorothy can pull that freeze frame on demand if he squeals, then all will be good.

    1. Jen Aside

      I wonder if there’s a Kinko’s nearby that will blow up the frame for them to poster size XD XD XD

      [yes, Kinko’s has that ‘no copyrighted material’ clause—they’d just tell them to use the self-serve machines instead]

  106. Rybridge

    Oh how the Walky have fallen.

  107. Melvin Schlock

    http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Cro_ludesi/media/well-played-sir.jpg.html

  108. Acher4

    WTFCKKK?

    HAHAHAHHAHHAAHHAHAAHA!

  109. MrSirk

    I don’t know you can die from embarrassment but I think Walky’s willing to give it the old college try just for us.

  110. Kole

    BIGGEST FUCKING PLOT TWIST OF ALL TIME

  111. Vukodlak

    DUN DUN DUHHHHHH

  112. CianM1301

    Now THAT’S a plot twist! Eat your heart out, Shyamalan!

  113. Osaru Sensei

    DUN DUN DUUUUUNNN

    *insert dramatic hamster gif here*

  114. LiquidPoison

    And now the title of this chapter makes so much more sense.
    Well played Mr Willis.

  115. Glacirus

    So…we have Amber chasing down Sal as Amazigirl, while Walky’s own childhood shame/possible trauma is revealed to his girlfriend and Joyce…When will the two plot lines intersect, resulting in a hilariously ironic resolution as sitcoms dictate?

    1. David

      If those story lines join, it will be the work of an amberdexterous mouse master.

      There, I said it. Sue me.

    2. timemonkey

      Walky will go berserk, jump out the window and tear Amazi-Girl apart, shattering whatever remained of Amber’s sanity.

    3. Deanatay

      ALL SECRET SHAMES REVEALED!

  116. nagash1959

    Last time Walky saw Joyce make that face was May of ’04.

  117. David

    Oh no! Predexterous monkey-mousy!

  118. nothri

    That’s right. They should be talking about how all their good works are Disney working through them.

  119. ATN

    LE TWIST!

  120. Crumplepunch

    SPOILER:

    It’s actually Sal.

  121. David

    It would seem like little Walkmouse has practised pointing its tail at the ceiling.

  122. Bib

    I blame the memory loss on Aliens.

  123. Sir Robin

    And now Dorothy can never have sex with him again

    1. David

      But Joyce can.

    2. Roborat

      Or she will discover that she has a thing for furries.

  124. maxlines

    Walky got some ‘splainin’ to do.

  125. Willoughby Chase

    Confessions of a Teenage Christian Furry, by one D Walkerton.

    Maybe he was in it for the cheese?

    1. begbert2

      I think we just discovered why The Cheese is God.

      1. Gadgeteer Smashwidget

        um… that’s from the book “I Am the Cheese”, right?

  126. sunmaster57

    Maximum Wierdness!

  127. Jeeves

    Oh my god, PLEASE let it turn out that kid Joyce had a crush on kid Walky. I need it, I NEED IT LIKE HEROIN.

  128. thumb

    And right up until this strip, I thought the title was figurative. And was referring to Joyce.

  129. Jimmy

    That’s awesome.

  130. malisteen

    This is it. This is the best installment of Dumbing of Age, Slipshine porns included. You can retire the comic, Willis, you’re never going to top this.

  131. Shadow12000

    I CANNOT STOP SMILING! GUYS, I THINK I NEED PROFESSIONAL HELP!

    1. fogel

      Side effects may include …

  132. chase

    The look of absolute horror is priceless on his face.

  133. ZORK

    You know, I was expecting another strip about Amazi-Girl and Sal today, hoping we’d see what Amazi-Girl was plotting.

    But this, this is so much better.

  134. fogel

    Panels 1-3-5: Joyce & Walky’ s expressions in parallel-serial — in counterpoint to each other as each changes in reaction to what’s on the screen — that is fantastic: each expression, each pair of expressions, each change of expressions, the entire run. BRAVO!

  135. Deanatay

    Thanks, Willis. Now I have ‘Freeze Frame’ stuck in my head.

    Freeeze frame! Whooo!

  136. Jeremy

    kk, first off, at least now the storyline title makes sense, second off OH MY GOSH THAT IS HILARIOUS!!!!

  137. Acute Hedgehog

    Dun-dun-DUUUN.

  138. hof1991

    Bless you Willis. That doesn’t begin to balance all the “damn you”s, but its a start. I’ll be laughing for a week.

  139. That One Weirdo

    … Well, shit. I’m kinda hoping HE was hoping they wouldn’t notice. Otherwise it would mean he repressed the memory, and that can lead into “bad touch” territory.

    … I’ll show myself out.

    1. begbert2

      I’d say he clearly didn’t remember, because otherwise he would have fled the room at the sight of the show. No way would he set himself up for this knowingly.

      And the kind of upbringing that would result in this – whether it’s because his parents were fundys or merely thought of him as a rentable asset – is already bad touch territory, at a mental level.

  140. LordHaw

    Well, THAT made me laugh…at work…with my co-workers looking at me strangely 🙂
    That was an awesome twist!

  141. Oxyvolt

    I read this strip in a waiting room full of people and couldn’t stop giggling like crazy, earning me a lot of glances. I’m sorry, but… DAMN YOU, WILLIS! (Also bless you, because that twist was awesome and the reaction faces even more awesome.)

  142. FinalOwen

    I wonder if Chastity Churchmouse was responsible for the former vociferous nature of Joyce’s feelings on premarital hanky-panky, and if so, how knowing that one of Chastity’s ‘cute little mice boy’ helpers has since engaged in it will affect her.

    1. begbert2

      This show was doubtless only a single prong in a multi-forked attack on her psyche. A single show may be a brainwashing tool, but there’s lots more in addition to it.

  143. a4lbi

    TALK SHIT GET exposed?

  144. hack

    well that got real interesting real fast.

  145. The Steve

    Greatest cliffhanger ever!

    1. David

      Hitting rock bottom is the opposite of a cliffhanger.

  146. Al Schroeder

    All the good things Walky does is Willis working through him.
    (Sorry, couldn’t resist.)

    1. begbert2

      Yeah, as a writer I find there to be a weird conflict between the fact I’m trying to craft a semi-real world (ie: no discernible diety), and the fact that, well, I’m creating the thing. All my intelligent, insightful characters are atheists – and they’re all wrong!

      Of course, they’re right about there not being a benevolent, Christian god; I am the only kind of god that could exist in a world like ours: one that derives pleasure and amusement from his creations’ pain and conflict. So the character who somewhat jokingly cites her ill-fortune as evidence that there is a god and he’s an asshole is actually closest to the mark!

      1. Alex

        What does that mean for works that have a god or gods in story? Maybe that means no Christian should write a story with God in it, else they be putting themselves above God.

      2. Gadgeteer Smashwidget

        Whoa, what’s with the Atheist rant? Why would you go on to explain how your characters are all ‘right’ about there not being a benevolent, Christian God?

        1. David M Willis

          what

        2. anonymous

          All his Dorothy, you mean?
          And how is exposing Christian fundamentalism for its ludicrous practices any evidence that Christianity itself is flawed?
          And how would rejecting one religion entail his being an atheist?

        3. Heavensrun

          He’s responding to Begbert. OF course, he’s still missing the point that Begbert’s comment was about his characters being right about the benevolent christian God -within the confines of his fiction-. Whatever BB’s opinion on the matter in the real world, that’s not what he was voicing at the time.

        4. begbert2

          If that’s a rant, then you have very little experience with ranting. And/or the mere whisper of an atheistic ides sounds like a shout to you. But regardless, regarding the ‘rant’: it’s the Problem of Evil, son. Look it up. Short version: writers write what they want to see written. If there were a god writing reality, reality is a demonstration of the stories that the god likes to see play out.

          From which I can conclude that I like to see teenagers suffer, apparently. And thus my characters are right: the god of their universe is a cruel, capricious master, who is only perfect in the loosest of senses. Me!

  147. brumagem

    SECRET SHAMES FOR EVERYONE!! WHEEEEEEEeeeeeee@

    1. Deanatay

      Yep!

      Up next: Ethan’s roomie (can’t remember his name, of course) discovers Ethan’s gay, and has got the man-hots for him.

      1. Kirakirarose

        I’ll ship it.

  148. cj95

    Walky is a bit of jerk sometimes isn’t he?

    He tends to blow off most things in life, but whenever something ‘church related” comes up it brings out the inner a-hole

    1. Andiemus

      Maybe because his parents forced him to do stupid degrading things like this?

    2. OmegaDez

      I’d be like him too if I was witnessing such church-related nonsense.
      I’m glad to be from a non-religious part of the world. ^^

    3. begbert2

      From my outside perspective around 90% of church-related things consist of the religious people acting like assholes to everyone around them and not realizing they’re doing anything wrong. It tends to invite a certain amount of anger and scorn.

      1. cj95

        Oh…my bad.

        In that case its perfectly ok to treat people like this.

        😛

    4. Salmo

      This is literally a video designed to tell children they are worthless. He should be a b-hole about it.

  149. Kitschensyngk

    Either that’s just a coincidence or a memory that was until recently quite deeply buried.

  150. Uh

    We’re sure it’s Walky and not Sal, his (fraternal) twin sister? The only way to tell them apart consistently now is their gender-their bangs go either way, etc.

    1. David

      Oh, my money is on Chastity Churchmouse herself. Wears a face mask, dark neck, Mickey Mouse style gloves, curly hair… And is wearing an inconvenience store anybody would want to rob.

    2. 3oranges

      Sabin pointed out above: Walky said the next line before the book did.

      1. anonymous

        Before the book did… or before a certain Mouskateer did?

        1. begbert2

          Yeah, my assumption that part of the reason for the sudden desire to pause was hearing the line in his (prepubescentized) voice.

        2. 3oranges

          That makes the joke better, doesn’t it? Something about the way the show was going, it never occurred to me the children might get to speak.

        3. begbert2

          The (horrifying) clip somebody posted yesterday of the character Charity Churchmouse is based on singing also included kids speaking and participating in the show. So it’s definitely plausible.

  151. Cheryl

    KUh ku AAAAA OOOHH

  152. Mojo

    As someone who was once on Romper Room as a child, I feel his pain…

  153. Charles Phipps

    The source of Sal gone wrong is that she was not allowed to play the mouse, perhaps because she was not as light skinned. Which, I was going to make this a joke but that would be really sad and tragic.

    1. timemonkey

      Sal and Walky have the exact same skin tone. Walky is ‘whiter’ in behaviour only.

  154. Triniking1234

    Whoa whoa whoa.
    What the hell is this?

  155. OmegaDez

    DUN DUN DUN!!!

  156. Mickee C

    BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Oh thank you Mr Willis, that was a good’n.

  157. PlutoniumBoss

    Holy shucking fit.

  158. Arkadi

    Oh my god he’d supressed the memory! D8

  159. Synnerman

    We can see the whites of Walky’s eyes.

    Carrrie White moment in 3… 2… 1.

  160. KingStarscream

    Honhon, ze plot, eet theekens. *mustache twirl*

  161. ProjectXa3

    That is, indisputably, without a doubt, the single best possible outcome that could have ever come from the setup of the previous comic. Also, the chapter title now makes even more sense, which is good.

  162. Pinja

    Wow, was not expecting that.

    So brilliant.

  163. WaytoomanyUIDs

    Now it’s Walky’s turn to have a breakdown and attempt to rob a gas station

  164. anonymous

    Why must it be Sal or Walky? I think it’s a Mary Kate and Ashley thing; they switch off in their little mouse costumes.

    1. Jen Aside

      Mary Kate and Ashley switched off because they were focal characters for a show that required days of production per episode–(s/)he’s clearly an extra for something that couldn’t possibly have taken more than an hour or two to film.

      1. anonymous

        That’s still a long time for someone with Walky’s attention span.

  165. Roborat

    That. Was. Brilliant.

    Also, Sir Willis, your “latest” button isn’t working correctly for me (Explorer 11).

    1. Kelly

      >Explorer

      Well there’s your problem!

      1. Roborat

        I know, but it is my work computer, I am forced to use it.

  166. Black Drazon

    I love the faces. Dorothy is aghast, Walky is horrified. Joyce? Joyce has discovered POWER.

    1. Hoboturtle

      Joyce: I can now NEVER let this go!

  167. Sambo

    This is AMAZING

    I expect the next page to be copious amounts of laughter (mostly on Dorothy’s part)

  168. Sir Robin

    So what happens when Mike watches this?

  169. Sir Robin

    For those saying it is Sal … notice there is someone next to Walky wearing the same sweater and same size as him. I think THAT is Sal, both the kids are in this

    Or was that sweater uniform for all the “mice”?

    1. Jen Aside

      Uniform–unless they LITERALLY pulled kids off the street in their regular clothing, there’s no reason for extras to look distinct from each other in these kinds of shows =p

  170. demoncat_4

    and walky dark secret shame is finaly revealed. guess he will not be able to make fun of the show now. either that or its a walky from another dimension

  171. Tenn

    My first thought was “HOW COULD YOU FORGET SOMETHING LIKE THAT?!”

    My second thought was “HOW COULD YOU NOT?!”

  172. C.W. Roden

    Belt: Dun Dun Duuuuuuunnnn!

  173. Lone Wolf

    It’s moments like these that prove God, if He exists, is a spiteful bastard with a vindictive sense of humor.

  174. Phroggonalog

    BUT IS THERE A CHEST WINDOW?

  175. Ray

    …and suddenly we’re in….. REVELATIONS !!

  176. man in black

    Holy shit, it’s Walky

  177. Narf

    I was going to comment to say “DUN DUN DUNNNN” but the alt-text already said it, so I guess I don’t have to.

    Wait…

  178. QuietlyThundering

    Willis, you are a magnificent beast.

    1. Heavensrun

      Nice grav. ;p

  179. Tealjoy

    Nothing like kicking the ladder you’re standing on huh Walky?

  180. Bernhard

    Now I’ve got a certain song from the Eighties stuck in my head…

  181. Roborat

    Ladies and Gentlemen, now appearing for the first, and only, time. I give you: The whites of Walky’s eyes.

    1. tahrey

      I *KNEW* something was deeply wrong in this strip but I just couldn’t figure it out. Thanks for the help 😀

  182. Suzushiiro

    “I was a Teenage Churchmouse” needs to be the title of book 4, with the last panel here being the cover image.

  183. darchosis

    Holy J Geils Band Batman!

  184. tahrey

    *takes an only semi deliberate 6 month break from webcomics*
    *randomly ends up in this storyline because of something weird found during an email inbox clearout*

    …WORTH THE WAIT XD

  185. Anderhail

    No matter how many times I archive binge, this one makes me laugh just as much as the day it first showed up.

  186. DarkoNeko

    “NOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooon”

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