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Roll call
Posted on December 5, 2011 by David M Willis

177 thoughts on “Roll call”

  1. David Herbert

    She’s a teleporter. The dinosaurs gave her the ability.

    1. darcos0

      i was thinking the hat.

    2. Tucker

      Dina used TELEPORT.

      Dina has been returned to your party.

      That’s how she got there. Inside of balls, with a packed up boner shirt.

    3. Tucker

      But then there’s the question of the backpack… Perhaps it was already inside the shrinking and expanding balls of storage?

    4. AndrewFoose

      She learned it from the T-Rex from Jurassic Park.

    5. Aisling

      She got swept up in the stampede obviously :p

  2. Mkvenner

    Where the F*** did Wally get the mcnuggets?

    1. Freeholder

      If he had them on the bus they’re probably all gross and slimy by now…

    2. JK9000

      He actually just keeps a box stashed inside his hoodie pretty much 24/7.

    3. Plasma Mongoose

      I’m not sure that you are ready to know that answer yet.

      1. Wandering Meme

        NO $#!+, THERE SHE WAS…

    4. Chrisby

      I see they’ve finally started putting Mcdonald’s Expresses on buses now….

      1. Mkvenner

        *Crazy Eye Twitch* What!?

        1. Plasma Mongoose

          The McMobile is McDonalds way of making sure that there is no place left on Earth you can escape from them.

        2. Rowen Morland

          Didn’t they have toto give up on Iceland?

        3. Plasma Mongoose

          Toto as in the dog or the band?

        4. marr

          Pretty sure they have McDonalds in Iceland, they have KFC for certain. Though they either import the chicken or it is really puffin.

        5. Wandering Meme

          I know i’m lovin’ it! My gall bladder is cryin’ for mercy though

    5. Undrave

      The question you should ask yourself is… why don’t the mcnuggets get a tag?

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        I have a feeling that Willis might just do just that quite soon.

    6. Wackd

      Who’s Wally?

      1. Mkvenner

        You Win 10,000 Internet for being the first person to notice that!

        1. MarcinMN

          Dang, I could have won. I noticed but just didn’t bother to say anything! =P

        2. Rowen Morland

          I’m afraid we need to take back 9,999 of those internets because you didn’t aske “where’s”.

        3. Joe H

          He’s probably American.
          We know Wally as ‘Waldo.’

        4. Joe H

          Or Canadian.
          Almost forgot our bros up North.

        5. omegaultima

          speak for yourself, you’re the first person I’ve seen ever refer to Waldo like that…….dang it, now I want to find my Waldo books.

    7. Andrew Colunga

      Chickens may not have nuggets but Walky sure does!

    8. John

      Made them materialize with MIEND POWERZ!

    9. Valdrax

      A2A-space.

    10. a99steaksauce

      Walky will always have mcnuggets wherever he goes… Always. Just dont ask how.

    11. tahrey

      fitty fo’ ten dolla!

  3. Plasma Mongoose

    “I dub thee Boner Girl.”

    1. Freeholder

      May your rein be long and full of hardship.

      1. Ryune

        Good sir, might I award you an internet?

      2. a99steaksauce

        May her kingdom never come upon hard times.

        1. Freeholder

          Ahh there it is. Thank you good sir, I wanted to fit the word hard in there but couldn’t quite get it right.

        2. lightsabermario

          You couldn’t quite fit it in?

        3. Wandering Meme

          “THAT’S WHAT SHE SAID!”

        4. TheGrammarLegionary

          CARLOS!

        5. Tucker

          And may her reign be devoid of hard decisions.

          May she promote hard science.

          May she use HARDen to up her defense whenever necessary.
          If it becomes too taxing to use harden, may be be awarded…

          …wait for it…

          Here it comes! A PP UP!

        6. Wandering Meme

          And her valleys never beset by bandits…

      3. Rognik

        And a bridal cut close to the jib. Unless, of course, you meant “reign”, in which case Dina is most definitely not horse-like.

        1. Freeholder

          I humbly surrender my awarded internet to you.

    2. Mkvenner

      Second!

      1. fellixe

        Affirmed!

    3. Wandering Meme

      WAITAMINUTE!
      …She has to take off her shirt first.

  4. Joraiem

    Yay Dina made it! Now, she magically needs a swimsuit in that backpack.

    Wait… when did Walky get the nuggets?

    1. iSaidCandleja-

      You don’t need a swimsuit for skinny dipping.

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        OOOOH! Fanservice!

      2. Joraiem

        Oh god just watch Joyce faint at that idea.

        1. Plasma Mongoose

          Poor Joyce, the idea might freak her out so much, she will block out the whole day and Dotty gets a “Get Out Of Church” card.

        2. Blob Marley

          But Dotty is one of the few people who would go anyway. She comes off as very Lawful Good.

        3. Plasma Mongoose

          What does that make Joyce and the others then?

        4. Rognik

          Joyce is also Lawful Good, just an opposing faction. Walky is Chaotic Good, Sal is Chaotic Neutral and I think Dorothy is a True Neutral

        5. begbert2

          I thought all true neutrals were supposed to be batshit insane?

        6. Michelle J Caboose

          No, that’s Chaotic Neutral.

        7. Avenger_Reloaded

          Walky struck me as Chotic Retarded.

        8. Wandering Meme

          Walky = CG (like minsk in baldur’s gate )
          Joyce = LG
          Sal = CN
          Dorothy = LG
          Sarah = NG (or LN cause of what happened with with her last roommate)
          Amber = not enough data
          Billie = N
          Amazi-girl= LG (like batman)
          I get that right?

        9. Michelle J Caboose

          Actually, Amazi-Girl would probably be closer to Neutral Good, since vigilantism is actually illegal. Unless alignments have changed dramatically with 4th Edition, Lawful characters have always been described as “obeying the laws of the land.”

          Ugh. I really have to stop being such a nerd…

        10. AndrewFoose

          Or Walky, since he’s the only guy among five girls.

        11. HiEv

          Wooo! Anime harem complete with swimsuit episode!

          ;-D

      3. Björn

        And considering Dina’s lack of social skills, she might actually not object to it.

    2. Valdrax

      Yeah, that! It’s the nuggets that threw me far more than anything else…

      1. Joraiem

        Come to think of it, I’m having a hard time imagining 50 nuggets fitting in that little box. Walky’s doing all kinds of sorcery right now.

        Unless the box is longer than it is wide I GUESS

  5. Michael

    Hijinks shall ensue.

  6. Ragnal

    Lisa Simpson.

    Yeah, that about sounds right. Aside from any environmental issues. I don’t think that was covered yet.

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      Now whenever Dotty talks, I will imagine her speaking in Lisa Simpson’s voice.

      1. NCP19

        Seconded

      2. MichaelHaneline

        If she sounds like that, then we need to have at least two cast members voiced by Tress McNeal.

        1. Plasma Mongoose

          Now imagine Walky voiced like Ralph Wiggum.

        2. tahrey

          I thought that was a legal minimum for any english language animation?

        3. Roborat

          I thought that was a legal requirement actually. Every animated show is required to have Tress McNeal as a voice actress.

  7. Andrew Colunga

    I’d sure like to get a piece of that!
    *looks at 50 piece Mcnuggets)

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      But does he have any sauce?

      1. Freeholder

        I finally get what that stain on his shirt is. Walky’s been saving some dipping sauce for the beach.

        1. Plasma Mongoose

          Ooooooh.. ewwwwwww!

        2. Tucker

          ColdMcnuggs need no sauce. They just need manliness! Oh… Walky gonna need some sauce.

  8. ParkRNDL

    There was a guy like that who used to hang out with us in high school. You’d be out somewhere with a bunch of people, and you’d notice this guy was there in the back of the car, but nobody ever remembered where you picked him up… he was just there. We used to call him the Extra Slice.

  9. Freeholder

    I wonder if Sal realizes how silly she looks wearing full leather on the beach. Honestly, I think she just has a kill bill fetish.

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      She would be doing us all a favour if she wore lather instead. 😀

      1. Ancestral Hamster

        I second that motion!

    2. lord of dance

      well i dont know how shes gonna change out of it. i don’t think locker rooms HAVE windows to climb through… lord knows how other people get in there

      1. Freeholder

        If memory serves, when windows fail her Sal goes through the roof.

        1. Tucker

          Memory does serve. I know exactly what scene you’re talking about.

        2. Freeholder

          In It’s Walky when she and Jason are breaking into Jason’s fathers base.

        3. Tucker

          Boom, that crazy ginger didn’t see it coming!

  10. Wackd

    It will take a good deal of effort for me to not now hear Dorothy’s dialogue in Lisa’s voice.

  11. agentksilver

    Haha, Lisa Simpson sounds right.

  12. fellixe

    My brain just cutesploded.

  13. TaZZerath

    … and they call me…. BULLETPROOF

  14. Locke

    Billie’s here to kick ass and chew bubble gum, AND SHE’S ALL OUT OF GUM.

    1. L

      “They live!” or “Duke Nukem”?

    2. ryan

      why is walky carrying a box that says OBEY?

      1. Bill M.

        I’m more concerned about the fact that a lot of people in the bank I just went into are trading pieces of paper saying “This is your God.”

  15. Romanticide

    Doesn’t matter how she got there, she will have fun 😀

    1. ryan

      she won’t if nobody tells her to.

  16. Henry

    Dina: “Where am I?”
    *Next panel* “And where are my pants?”

    Also, Walky apparently still has abductee powers even in this universe. At least as they apply to McNuggets.

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      “Pants? Where we are going, we don’t need pants!”

      1. Roborat

        You forgot to put on your sunglasses before you said that.

        1. das-g

          We won’t need sunglasses, either.

  17. andrew

    So it looks like dorathy wont be woke up on time

    1. NakedDumblydore

      You mean Brunette Dorothy.

      1. Tucker

        Amber needs no more Wow sauce. Er… brunette Dotty.

  18. Aizat

    Kinda saw this one coming.

  19. Freeholder

    I’m starting to think DoA Dina is one of the Silence from teh new Dr. Who. Everyone just forgets she exists when they aren’t looking directly at her.

    1. James

      One of the whatnow?

      1. Zababcd

        I don’t know, but something tells me we should kill them on sight.

        1. Freeholder

          The Silence were a new Dr. Who villain introduced in because some writer thought the Daleks had become ineffectual and wanted to come up with a new idea. They actually were a real neat idea, but were sort of ruined by Season 6.

        2. Tucker

          Something tells me that Deus Ex Machina will save us.

        3. Inarai

          Something tells me that someone missed the joke.

          *spots 2 tally marks on his arm*

          I also wouldn’t be surprised to see pieces of these comments missing tomorrow. Of course, how could I having forgotten they existed?

          *Now 7 tally marks on arm*

        4. Freeholder

          Wow now i feel ridiculously stupid ;p.

        5. Tucker

          Oh no, I just took a lovely Doctor Who reference, and went excessively high-brow with it. Because, you know, high-brow media references are fu-

          -spots 47 tally-

        6. Zababcd

          Seriously, why would anyone tally up to 47? Just write “LOTS”. They were very stubborn about the method they used.

        7. Tucker

          The tally’s happen progressively. I’m not exactly sure why I’m tallying.

          103? Oh my.

          I don’t think ….somebody…. likes references to Deus Ex Machina in Doctor Who plots.

          212

  20. Aizat

    Walky’s smile is the funniest thing I’ve seen today.

  21. NakedDumblydore

    When did Sal become den mother?

    1. begbert2

      She considers herself the only halfway-sensible person in the area.

      1. Moonshine McGee

        And it’s true, but not in the way she thinks it is.

  22. Asuka L.S.

    If Joyce is Pollyanna, does that mean that slowly but surely we’re all going to become joyous and grateful because of her influence?

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      Would Ruth be the Anti-Pollyanna then?

  23. KresyAntics

    Since when did Sal become the mother hen of the group?!? Did she claim that title when telling everyone “you don’t tell the cops boop” a few strips back.

  24. Chase

    I guess this means Amber’s not getting woken up at 2?

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      Nope, well not by Dina at least.

      1. Freeholder

        But her raid. 🙁 Hopefully she was DPS, otherwise her guild may struggle with finding a replacement.

  25. Kytan

    Now Dina will have to wake Amber up with the telepathic link all roommates share.

    1. NakedDumblydore

      I know you’re being sarcastic, but seriously, my roommates and I sometimes have the same dreams at night. It is seriously creepy.

  26. Jacob

    Is this the storyline where Dina meets the guy who drew the dino on the notes she mistakenly got?

  27. MarcinMN

    Heh, Lisa Simpson… That is kind of appropriate!

  28. NCP19

    Dina’s expression and gaze almost makes me feel like she’s asking me the same question. She can pierce through the fourth wall!

  29. curiouzkatt

    poor Dina, although it was expected.so aodrable. xD

  30. Shifty

    God, I love Dina! She’s gotta be the most adorable character.

  31. Kernanator

    You’ve been abducted by aliens Dina. This is their mothership.

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      If only Dina have some al-foil under her hat, she would have remained undetected.

      1. Kernanator

        No Walky, you are the aliens.

        1. iSaidCandleja-

          And then Walky was the Ch-

      2. thomas0comer

        Why do you insist on using a new avatar every ffffing day?

        1. Plasma Mongoose

          It’s in my contract!

  32. jeschr

    I have been reading to much LICD. I thought Walkie was holding a box of condoms.

    1. Zababcd

      In which case, the fact that he’s staring at Sal with a huge grin on his face could be a little disturbing.

    2. Freeholder

      McNuggets is Walky code for condoms. Blowing through 50 with a girl in a night is just standard game for him.

      1. fellixe

        And they stain on his shirt?

        Nevermind. Some things are best left unsaid.

    3. Roborat

      Yup, your not the only one.

  33. Zababcd

    When we first met Sal, she had her motorbike suit zipped up to the collar. Then she took it off. When she next put it on, it was zipped up, but not to the collar (as it appears in panel 4 here). Then she took it off again. Next time she put it on, it was zipped up to the collar – and it has remained that way up to, and including, panel 1 in this comic.

    Continuity up to this strip, but not in this strip. Maybe she was taking it off, to reveal the swimsuit underneath, when she noticed Dina and stopped abruptly?

    I just noticed the discrepancy in this comic and looked up the archive comics tagged with ‘Sal’. I haven’t always been staring at Sal’s chest, really.

    1. begbert2

      Perhaps it’s hot on the beach, and this was her concession to the temperature.

  34. Rognik

    Got a few random quotes in my head that seem to fit this scenario. They may or may not be paraphrasing:
    “Am I outside? I got lost…”
    “I think I was sitting beside you for the last 20 minutes. You sure you don’t remember me?”
    “I knew I shouldn’t have taken a left at Albuquerque.”

  35. Ter

    The whole time, I’m just wondering, “HOW DID NO ONE SEE HER IN THE BUS?!”

    1. begbert2

      Well, it is a bus. There are often persons on the bus you don’t know. It just they weren’t expecting any of those persons to follow them out of the bus and stand around with them afterwards.

      Have any of these people met Dina before?

      1. Jason

        Well, Dina was at Ruth’s dorm meeting on day 1 with Sal, Dorothy, and Billie.

        1. begbert2

          Well, Dorothy and Billie anyway. I’m fairly certain that Sal evaded Ruth’s long arm.

  36. zenofben

    Lisa Simpson.

    Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!

    Excuse me.

    1. Digidestined of Trust (Tim)

      haha, yyyyup

  37. Zababcd

    I’m trying to match other DoA characters to characters from the Simpsons… Going through the DoA cast list in order:
    Joyce = Helen Lovejoy
    Sarah = … Maybe Marge?
    Billie = Sherri or Terri
    Walky = Ralph Wiggum (sorry, Walky)
    Sal = Armin Tamzarian (in his younger years)
    Dorothy = Lisa Simpson (established)
    Danny = Milhouse
    Joe = Disco Stu… or Duffman?
    Mike = Bart Simpson? Hank Scorpio? Herman? Snake?
    Ruth = Lindsey Naegle
    Ethan = Lenny or Carl. Probably Carl.
    Amber = Lisa with brown hair (from ep. 20, season 21, “To Surveil With Love”)
    Dina = ??? A mixture of Krusty the Clown and Wendell, maybe?
    Roz = Katja or Vicky. Probably Katja. 100 points if you recognise both of these names from the Simpsons.
    Amazi-Girl = Bartman.
    Becky = Maude Flanders. Because she’s Joyce’s friend, and we haven’t heard from her in a very long time.

    1. LauraS

      I thought we were supposed to pretend the whole Tamzarian thing never happened…

    2. Digidestined of Trust (Tim)

      I don’t see Mike as Bart Simpson

    3. Tucker

      If Mike had more presence, he could probably pull off being Bender.

      Matt Groening series Bending…woo! Like girders.

      1. Sir Robin

        Funny, because I always imagined Mike being voiced by John Dimaggio

  38. Alexx

    And so it was that Dina found herself in: THE LAND OF THE LOST!

  39. sarpiedon

    Wait, where’s Spider-Car…I mean Amber

    1. begbert2

      Asleep. With her ambulatory alarm clock rather far away from her.

  40. Todd

    I’m kind of curious why there’s no “older” returning students in this series?

    The fact there’s been a trend of ex-military veterans (just out of the recent two wars) who’ve gone back to higher education to “learn”. I’d be curious to see a few veterans put in this web comic as its about “college” life. Let them provide some wisdom to the main cast and be alternatives to the usual lets go see an advisor behavior that many n00bs in college do. Heck, even veterans get pawned and confused because they’re adjusting to civilian life. This could be webcomic gold.

    1. David

      Older or returning students are generally housed at a specific dorm building, Wilkie Hall, or its surrounding apartments. All of Dumbing of Age’s characters live on the third floor in Read Hall.

  41. ziggy78eog

    Poor Dina, she got caught in the stampede. Although, how no one noticed her on the bus, is beyond me.

    1. Jackson

      Well, she’s kind of quiet.

  42. Wix

    SQUEE! *glomps Dina*

  43. goatman95111

    That’s just hilarious, but Amber will have some difficulty waking up, unless someone calls or lets her know the time.

  44. Zem

    Marcie?

  45. Dr.Z

    In the immortal words of Dana Carvey:

    “…too cute…

    …can’t move…”

  46. wes

    YAY DINA

  47. Sporkaganza

    I believe in silver linings, and that’s why I believe in you.

    (Talk about obscure references. Man, what am I even doing?)

  48. NinjaNick

    I liked Dina’s blank face in the last panel. *squee*

  49. Dodeca

    Wait….How come Sal has a southern accent and Walkie doesn’t? Twins, right?

  50. Icalasari

    WALKY LOOKS LIKE AN ANIME CAT! O.O

    1. Icalasari

      Whoops, wrong comic

  51. Maycroft

    Amber is gonna be late for school today.

  52. John Madden

    A wizard did it.

  53. B.D

    I like to think that, if this were SRWZ, the others would be real robots and Dina is Baldios.

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