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#1

ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

We had a thread like this in an earlier iteration of Halforums. I can't speak for anyone else, but it really helped me because I couldn't remember the name of Time Bandits (having only seen the last ten minutes of it as a kid) and Roundhouse, an old Nickelodeon/YTV show I used to watch.

Basically, this thread is for asking others if they can help you remember the name of a movie, a TV show, a comic, a book, a song, etc.

So here's one that should be easy enough. It was a recent movie, like this year. Just came out on video because I saw it at Jumbo Video the other day (oh yeah, there's a video store near me again, yay!). I remember seeing a trailer for it before. Basic concept is a writer who is writing the woman of his dreams and she actually comes out of his writing and into the real world.


#2

Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

ThatNickGuy said:
We had a thread like this in an earlier iteration of Halforums. I can't speak for anyone else, but it really helped me because I couldn't remember the name of Time Bandits (having only seen the last ten minutes of it as a kid) and Roundhouse, an old Nichelodeon/YTV show I used to watch.

So here's one that should be easy enough. It was a recent movie, like this year. Just came out on video because I saw it at Jumbo Video the other day (oh yeah, there's a video store near me again, yay!). I remember seeing a trailer for it before. Basic concept is a writer who is writing the woman of his dreams and she actually comes out of his writing and into the real world.
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Every romantic comedy ever starring an outcast yet deep and misunderstood writer, infatuated with a manic pixie girl.


#3

HCGLNS

HCGLNS

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1839492/


#4

LordRendar

LordRendar

Ruby Sparks?

Edit: Darn it.Ninjad.


#5

HCGLNS

HCGLNS

A Spiderman ninja? Awesome!


#6

ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

That's the one. Thanks. :)


#7

Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

You're welcome :p


#8

Yoshimickster

Yoshimickster

What's the name of that movie with a giant shark monster? Its like all Tokusatsu style and stuff, made in the nineties I think.

Also what was the name of that show about a bunch of middle school students who fought ghosts, and was made by the same team who did the "Life of Loopy" bits on "Kablam!" I miss "Kablam!"


#9

AshburnerX

AshburnerX

HCGLNS said:
A Spiderman ninja? Awesome!
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Spiderman as a Ninja? I dunno... but Spiderman VERSUS a Ninja? That's been done. Batman shows up for good measure!



#10

Covar

Covar

HCGLNS said:
A Spiderman ninja? Awesome!
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AshburnerX said:
Spiderman as a Ninja? I dunno... but Spiderman VERSUS a Ninja? That's been done. Batman shows up for good measure!
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spider-man-hyphen.jpg


#11

Yoshimickster

Yoshimickster

Its just not a conversation about Spider-man without Covar pointing out how to correctly spell his name.


#12

checkeredhat

checkeredhat

AshburnerX said:
Spiderman as a Ninja? I dunno... but Spiderman VERSUS a Ninja? That's been done. Batman shows up for good measure!

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HCGLNS said:
A Spiderman ninja? Awesome!
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MArvel Mangaverse Spider-man was actually the last of a clan of ninjas.



#13

Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

Mangaverse Spider-Man is like 80% head.


#14

bhamv3

bhamv3

Ravenpoe said:
Mangaverse Spider-Man is like 80% head.
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And that head is like 80% eyes.


#15

Gusto

Gusto

Ergo Manga Spider-man is 64% eyes.

QED.


#16

Yoshimickster

Yoshimickster

I saw the Linkara review of the first issue, it didn't look too good.


#17

LittleSin

LittleSin



#18

Yoshimickster

Yoshimickster


1:09 for those that can't wait. I have seen this movie at least 100 times.

Also, whats the name of that cartoon with the tiny dogs and cats who lived in a shoe box?


#19

PatrThom

PatrThom

Yoshimickster said:
What's the name of that movie with a giant shark monster? Its like all Tokusatsu style and stuff, made in the nineties I think.
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Do you mean this piece of trash?

Yoshimickster said:
Also what was the name of that show about a bunch of middle school students who fought ghosts, and was made by the same team who did the "Life of Loopy" bits on "Kablam!" I miss "Kablam!"
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You don't mean Codename: Kids Next Door, do you?
Yoshimickster said:
I have seen [Clerks] at least 100 times.
Also, whats the name of that cartoon with the tiny dogs and cats who lived in a shoe box?
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I have never seen Clerks, but did you mean The Littlest Pet Shop?

--Patrick


#20

Yoshimickster

Yoshimickster

PatrThom

No, no, and yes.

The movie I'm thinking of had a costumed monster, this was before CGI was all the rage, and I think the monster had arms. And the ghost show I'm thinking of is definitely not Codename Kids Next Door, this show was in stop motion, and there was a bubblegum sprite.


#21

CynicismKills

CynicismKills

Phantom Investigators. Googled "Life with Loopy creator" and followed like two links from there on imdb.


#22

Yoshimickster

Yoshimickster

Oh yeah, IMDB! That is also a thing that I forget exists every now and again. Thank you.


#23

Charlie Don't Surf

Charlie Don't Surf

what's that thing that has the line "That's the beauty of it! It doesn't do anything!"


#24

CynicismKills

CynicismKills

Charlie Don't Surf said:
what's that thing that has the line "That's the beauty of it! It doesn't do anything!"
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Well golly, it could be anything.


#25

GasBandit

GasBandit

Charlie Don't Surf said:
what's that thing that has the line "That's the beauty of it! It doesn't do anything!"
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I suspect I've got it at home on my shelf, next to that episode of a reality tv show where that one person says they aren't there to make friends.


#26

PatrThom

PatrThom

LittleSin said:
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(was trying to find the King's Singers' version, this is an acceptable second)

--Patrick


#27

Yoshimickster

Yoshimickster

Whats the name of those toys with the really big legs that wobble about? I can never remember the name of that toy-line, its just incredibly forgettable.

I was also going to ask what was the name of that show with the teens who could turn into vampire truck robots, but I found out the name: Van Pires. The 1990s ladies and gentlemen!


#28

GasBandit

GasBandit

Yoshimickster said:
Whats the name of those toys with the really big legs that wobble about? I can never remember the name of that toy-line, its just incredibly forgettable.

I was also going to ask what was the name of that show with the teens who could turn into vampire truck robots, but I found out the name: Van Pires. The 1990s ladies and gentlemen!
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Weebles? As in they wobble but don't fall down?


#29

Yoshimickster

Yoshimickster

GasBandit said:
Weebles? As in they wobble but don't fall down?
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No these are newer, and Weebles don't have legs. Like, two seperate big legs that are kind-of like what Weebles have.


#30

Emrys

Emrys

I read the first part of a book that was out in the early 1990s. The protagonist was an engineer (or maybe doctor) who wound up in Dark Ages England with a backpack full of modern seeds (especially, wheat) and engineering books. I only read the first part of the book before I had to give it back so that's all I can remember. I also think it was a series but I could be wrong.
Any help?


#31

PatrThom

PatrThom

Doesn't ring any bells, but there have been many variations on Twain's Yankee in King Arthur's Court story. I would see if anyone has collected the different variations of the story online somewhere (beyond what Wikipedia knows).

--Patrick


#32

Yoshimickster

Yoshimickster

NECROD!

Its a video game about what I think was an anthropomorphic wizard hat who would go from level to level to take back his stolen flags. It was either for he Super Nintendo, or Sega Genesis. Either way, I loved playing it as a kid and I'd like to play it again.


#33

HCGLNS

HCGLNS

Emrys said:
I read the first part of a book that was out in the early 1990s. The protagonist was an engineer (or maybe doctor) who wound up in Dark Ages England with a backpack full of modern seeds (especially, wheat) and engineering books. I only read the first part of the book before I had to give it back so that's all I can remember. I also think it was a series but I could be wrong.
Any help?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlander_(novel) ?


#34

Gryfter

Gryfter

Emrys said:
I read the first part of a book that was out in the early 1990s. The protagonist was an engineer (or maybe doctor) who wound up in Dark Ages England with a backpack full of modern seeds (especially, wheat) and engineering books. I only read the first part of the book before I had to give it back so that's all I can remember. I also think it was a series but I could be wrong.
Any help?
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http://www.amazon.com/Cross-Time-Engineer-Adventures-Conrad-Stargard/dp/0345327624


#35

strawman

strawman

Apparently the first three books are available as a single ebook volume from baen:

http://www.baenebooks.com/p-80-conrad-stargard-the-radiant-warrior.aspx

$10 isn't bad for three scifi books circa 1994.


#36

Dave

Dave

Didn't he go back to Poland in that one? Man, I haven't read that series in forever!

And Yoshi, I have no bloody clue as that game!


#37

Yoshimickster

Yoshimickster

Its all-right, I can't even find it on google because I have no way of describing it properly! It haunts me.


#38

Dave

Dave

When you google it, surf images, not sites. You'll see it before you remember the name by reading it.


#39

Gryfter

Gryfter

Dave said:
Didn't he go back to Poland in that one? Man, I haven't read that series in forever!
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Yeah, Poland before the Mongols invade. Wasn't sure if this was the one Emrys was talking about but it sounded pretty close.


#40

Yoshimickster

Yoshimickster

Did that too, and I STILL can't find it! Its ridiculous, I remember exactly how it looks but I can't for the life of me remember the name! A walking red wizards hat(or just a pointy guy) fights monsters to get back his favorite flags in each level but by the end of each he sees that its not his flag but a pair of boxers! You'd think a whacky game like that would be easy to find but NOPE!


#41

CynicismKills

CynicismKills

Yoshimickster said:
Did that too, and I STILL can't find it! Its ridiculous, I remember exactly how it looks but I can't for the life of me remember the name! A walking red wizards hat(or just a pointy guy) fights monsters to get back his favorite flags in each level but by the end of each he sees that its not his flag but a pair of boxers! You'd think a whacky game like that would be easy to find but NOPE!
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Plok.



#42

Yoshimickster

Yoshimickster

YES! Thank you, this has been bugging me for weeks!


#43

Emrys

Emrys

Gryfter and stienman, that's the series I was looking for. I love you both.


#44

figmentPez

figmentPez

A while back, I think about a decade ago, I read a webcomic that I can't seem to recall the name of. The only thing I remember for sure was that whenever the artist missed an update he'd put in the same filler image, a self-portrait blowing bubbles in his milk. Other things I think I remember about it: characters glowing either blue or red when powered up, possibly a succubus character (though I'm sure it wasn't Sinfest), and I think it started out as a different concept than what it eventually became (though that's like half of all webcomics).


#45

Yoshimickster

Yoshimickster

I FOUND IT!
This is probably one of the weirdest action figure lines I have ever seen. Including those guys that turn into rocks.


#46

figmentPez

figmentPez

Yoshimickster said:
This is probably one of the weirdest action figure lines I have ever seen. Including those guys that turn into rocks.
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I don't find that very weird. Then, I grew up with bug people riding around on giant bugs (with motorized wings!), robotic cars who fought evil plant cars with tentacle attachments, ghost action figures that were half hollowed out so they could have holograms for faces and torsos (and they had glow-in-the-dark weapons), bugs that had clear sections filled with red liquid so that when you tilted them it looked like they were sucking blood (yeah, that's all they did, and there were dozens of them), Popples and who knows what else my memory has shut out for my own protection.

Ah, the 80s, full of so many crap-tastic toys.


#47

CynicismKills

CynicismKills

figmentPez said:
A while back, I think about a decade ago, I read a webcomic that I can't seem to recall the name of. The only thing I remember for sure was that whenever the artist missed an update he'd put in the same filler image, a self-portrait blowing bubbles in his milk. Other things I think I remember about it: characters glowing either blue or red when powered up, possibly a succubus character (though I'm sure it wasn't Sinfest), and I think it started out as a different concept than what it eventually became (though that's like half of all webcomics).
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Life of Riley?


#48

figmentPez

figmentPez

CynicismKills said:
Life of Riley?
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Yup, that's the one. Damn, that comic is even weirder than I remember.


#49

ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

There was a game I used to love playing as a kid on my cousin's very old computer. It might've been an Amiga or Atari or Commodore 64. I honestly don't know.

Anyway, it was a platforming kind of game, set up in some ways similar to Donkey Kong, only more complex. You had to collect...something around each level, jumping over fire and dodging bullets shot from off screen. But every time you collected a whatever-it-was, the level would change in some way. Ladders would suddenly be broken or fixed and the location of the fires would change.

I think it had the word "Jumping" in there somewhere, but I can't remember that, either. This was DECADES ago. Anyone have an idea?


#50

GasBandit

GasBandit

ThatNickGuy said:
There was a game I used to love playing as a kid on my cousin's very old computer. It might've been an Amiga or Atari or Commodore 64. I honestly don't know.

Anyway, it was a platforming kind of game, set up in some ways similar to Donkey Kong, only more complex. You had to collect...something around each level, jumping over fire and dodging bullets shot from off screen. But every time you collected a whatever-it-was, the level would change in some way. Ladders would suddenly be broken or fixed and the location of the fires would change.

I think it had the word "Jumping" in there somewhere, but I can't remember that, either. This was DECADES ago. Anyone have an idea?
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Sounds kind of like Jumpman


#51

ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

GasBandit said:
Sounds kind of like Jumpman
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That's it! Thanks!


#52

fade

fade

What was that game where you were a delivery boy who lands on top of an office building, and you have to make your way down floor by floor past the defense systems? It was in an isometric display.


#53

Shawn

Shawn

I remember seeing a scene from a movie where there are three people in what looks like a space pod that has crashed onto a planet. One of them is suddenly pulled through the dirt and out of the hatch. The others try to save him, but only manage to save his severed hand. The remaining two leave the pod shortly after, and I think they come across some humanoids roasting their friend over a fire.
Been bugging me for a long long time.
Ring any bells?


#54

evilmike

evilmike



#55

Shawn

Shawn

Why thank you.


#56

HCGLNS

HCGLNS

In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets during the end scene (banquet) dinner, who is the witch sitting next to Snape? (Character name and actress)


#57

AshburnerX

AshburnerX

HCGLNS said:
In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets during the end scene (banquet) dinner, who is the witch sitting next to Snape? (Character name and actress)
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This one?


That's Madam Irma Pince, Head Librarian. She's played by Sally Mortemore.


#58

Yoshimickster

Yoshimickster

There is this movie I saw a video sleeve of when I was a kid with what looked like a giant shark monster. Can't remember the name for the life of me.


#59

PatrThom

PatrThom

Yoshimickster said:
There is this movie I saw a video sleeve of when I was a kid with what looked like a giant shark monster. Can't remember the name for the life of me.
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Sharknado?
Sharktopus?
Jurassic Shark?
MegaShark v. Crocosaurus?
Gatorshark v. Zombie Cheerleaders?
Sooooo many it could be.

--Patrick


#60

Yoshimickster

Yoshimickster

No, this was made in the 90s or 80s. It was like a tokusatsu movie.


#61

evilmike

evilmike

Yoshimickster said:
No, this was made in the 90s or 80s. It was like a tokusatsu movie.
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Any chance it was older?



#62

Yoshimickster

Yoshimickster

No, it wasn't a Gammera flick I think it was a straight up single monster film.


#63

ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

There was an indie game that was released a few years ago. Don't think it ever made it to Steam or anything. It was, in fact, free. Might still be for all I know.

Anyway, the big pull for the game was the morality of it. It was a side-scrolling action game similar in someways to Flashback or Out of this World. Except, if you didn't kill any of the enemies, but rather avoided them, they would start to hesitate...and then not attack at all unless you provoked them. It became part of the story, too.

But yeah, I can't for the life of me remember the name of it. Does this ring a bell for anyone?


#64

AshburnerX

AshburnerX

ThatNickGuy said:
There was an indie game that was released a few years ago. Don't think it ever made it to Steam or anything. It was, in fact, free. Might still be for all I know.

Anyway, the big pull for the game was the morality of it. It was a side-scrolling action game similar in someways to Flashback or Out of this World. Except, if you didn't kill any of the enemies, but rather avoided them, they would start to hesitate...and then not attack at all unless you provoked them. It became part of the story, too.

But yeah, I can't for the life of me remember the name of it. Does this ring a bell for anyone?
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Iji.

It should be noted that shield kills didn't count as kills for the "don't kill anyone" thing, which is basically what made it possible.


#65

ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

That's the one. Thanks. :)


#66

figmentPez

figmentPez

Help me remember the name of a game I played a demo for way back, I think it was in the i486 days, but I could be off. The gameplay was similar to Solar Jetman, you played as a jet-pod and had to deal with gravity. Beyond that it was slightly different, in this game the object was to find a nuke, and then haul it back to the surface before it exploded. (Though in later levels there were bosses to square off against, too.) The gameplay was 2D, and the graphics were sprites that were pre-rendered ray tracing.


#67

GasBandit

GasBandit

I have no idea. Doesn't ring a bell in the slightest.

I too, however, have an old game I can't remember the name of. In fact, because I was so young playing it, I can barely remember much of the game. It was a text based adventure with a graphical window above the text to crudely render the scene for you. This was back in the early DOS days. I don't remember much about the game but I do remember very early in the game you find a girl lying on an altar in a trance, and in another room there is a pentagram on the floor made out of salt, but the game calls it a "pentacle" and you can take some of the salt.

I've been scouring abandonware sites all afternoon, but can't find it either. It's starting to drive me bonkers.


#68

AshburnerX

AshburnerX

GasBandit said:
I have no idea. Doesn't ring a bell in the slightest.

I too, however, have an old game I can't remember the name of. In fact, because I was so young playing it, I can barely remember much of the game. It was a text based adventure with a graphical window above the text to crudely render the scene for you. This was back in the early DOS days. I don't remember much about the game but I do remember very early in the game you find a girl lying on an altar in a trance, and in another room there is a pentagram on the floor made out of salt, but the game calls it a "pentacle" and you can take some of the salt.

I've been scouring abandonware sites all afternoon, but can't find it either. It's starting to drive me bonkers.
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It sounds like an ICOM simulations game, so my guess is Uninvited, mainly because I don't remember such a scene from Shadowgate. Are you sure it was on DOS and not a Mac?

If it WAS one of these games, I know that former developers for the company have bought the rights to all their old games and are releasing updated re-releases of them on iOS, starting with the Sherlock Holmes series (which is already out) and Shadowgate (which is coming out next).


#69

GasBandit

GasBandit

AshburnerX said:
It sounds like an ICOM simulations game, so my guess is Uninvited, mainly because I don't remember such a scene from Shadowgate. Are you sure it was on DOS and not a Mac?

If it WAS one of these games, I know that former developers for the company have bought the rights to all their old games and are releasing updated re-releases of them on iOS, starting with the Sherlock Holmes series (which is already out) and Shadowgate (which is coming out next).
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Nope, it wasn't uninvited or shadowgate, though it was sort of similar. There was no point and click, graphics were amberchrome (though it might have supported cga, I don't know), everything was typed into a text parser ("Go west" "get girl" "get salt" etc). It predates shadowgate by quite a bit. I'm thinking probably 1982-1984ish. Other games I remember playing at that time period were flightmare, sopwith, alleycat, etc.


#70

AshburnerX

AshburnerX

If it's that old, I probably wouldn't know. However, Wikipedia does have a list of all games published during that period. Maybe it will help.


#71

Yoshimickster

Yoshimickster

There is a game I heard talk of when I was a lad, it was where you had a gun that shot animals. Like you'd aim the gun at some mook and then a bear or something would launch out of it. Playstation I think.


#72

Shawn

Shawn

Yoshimickster said:
There is a game I heard talk of when I was a lad, it was where you had a gun that shot animals. Like you'd aim the gun at some mook and then a bear or something would launch out of it. Playstation I think.
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I don't know about a bear, but the South Park game on the 64 allowed you to shoot cows.


#73

figmentPez

figmentPez

figmentPez said:
Help me remember the name of a game I played a demo for way back, I think it was in the i486 days, but I could be off. The gameplay was similar to Solar Jetman, you played as a jet-pod and had to deal with gravity. Beyond that it was slightly different, in this game the object was to find a nuke, and then haul it back to the surface before it exploded. (Though in later levels there were bosses to square off against, too.) The gameplay was 2D, and the graphics were sprites that were pre-rendered ray tracing.
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Figured it out, a game called Terrafire.


#74

Shawn

Shawn

I'm trying to think of the name of a movie.
The details I remember:
It's a TV special (or of the same quality. Was probably on Disney a few times in the late 80s early 90s)
For some reason I remember Fred Savage being in it as the main character, but I don't see it on his IMDB.
The plot involved a young boy being fascinated with Trolls. So much so, that despite everyone telling him it's a stupid idea he goes looking for them anyway. I remember a scene where he goes to a Library getting info on trolls, and the librarian basically just laughs at the concept, but tells him if they do exist he'd find them under a bridge. Eventually he does find a "Troll" who turns out to be some human-looking guy. The troll takes him to an underwater world where all the fantasy creatures live in peace. Then the troll starts dying or something and is saved by the power of love or what not. You know. Classic crappy kids movie.


#75

HCGLNS

HCGLNS

Boy who loved trolls, circa 1984.


#76

Shawn

Shawn

HCGLNS said:
Boy who loved trolls, circa 1984.
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Thankya.


#77

Yoshimickster

Yoshimickster

Whats the name of that web comic, with a bunch of mostly white people working in a retail environment and when they aren't making niche pop culture jokes they are engaged in drama so depressing that you need 50 CCs of cat videos just to stay happy?


#78

AshburnerX

AshburnerX

Yoshimickster said:
Whats the name of that web comic, with a bunch of mostly white people working in a retail environment and when they aren't making niche pop culture jokes they are engaged in drama so depressing that you need 50 CCs of cat videos just to stay happy?
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Shortpacked? It's definitely Shortpacked if Transformers jokes keep popping up.


#79

Gusto

Gusto

Don't worry Yoshimickster , I see what you did there.


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