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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
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+ | [[Cueball]] is an evil villain who rules over a "Doom Island", where in addition to commanding minions and detaining prisoners, he keeps sharks to threaten said prisoners, his enemies, and the world with. When a prisoner escapes the island, he orders to "release the sharks" after him, much like one would send dogs if the prison was on land. However this does not work at all, since the sharks are simply too happy to be free, and are not at all attached to their master (or to any kind of mission) as dogs can be. | ||
− | + | This comic plays with the "[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SharkPool Shark Pool]" action movie trope from the 70s and 80s, where evil villains use sharks to kill off enemies (e.g. in ''[[wikipedia:The Spy Who Loved Me (film)|The Spy Who Loved Me]]'' or ''[[wikipedia:Thunderball (film)|Thunderball]]''), a somewhat unpractical idea; this was also reprised in 2010 with ''[[wikipedia:Despicable Me|Despicable Me]]'', where the (comical) villain has a shark in his lair that unrealistically acts as a guard dog. Since the very idea of a guard shark is not really practical, [[Randall]] suggests here that the real reason the villain raises sharks is simply that he likes them, and sending them after a fugitive is a pretense to actually help with declining shark populations in the oceans (effectively turning Doom Island into a marine biology center, as the minion suspects). He maintains the whole "guard sharks" idea as a cover-up, to avoid damaging his villainous image with a soft side for animals. The title text also plays on the idea that he can't go pet his sharks openly, and therefore pretends to "inspect [the] shark cages" again, as well as dismissing his minion's doubts by yelling at them, as does any typical villain. | |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[Cueball is sitting | + | :[Cueball is sitting in a throne.] |
− | : | + | :Offscreen: The prisoner escaped and is swimming toward the mainland! |
:Cueball: ''Release the sharks.'' | :Cueball: ''Release the sharks.'' | ||
− | : | + | :Offscreen: Yes, sir. |
− | : | + | :Offscreen: The sharks are swimming away. |
:Cueball: They're escaping, too? Send sharks after them! | :Cueball: They're escaping, too? Send sharks after them! | ||
− | : | + | :Offscreen: Now ''those'' sharks are swimming away. |
:Cueball: '''''More sharks.''''' | :Cueball: '''''More sharks.''''' | ||
− | : | + | :Offscreen: ...Sir, what's going on? |
:Cueball: Prisoners, of course! Can't let 'em escape! | :Cueball: Prisoners, of course! Can't let 'em escape! | ||
− | : | + | :Offscreen: Sir, are you trying to turn Doom Island into a marine biology center? |
− | :Cueball: ''Shark populations are in | + | :Cueball: ''Shark populations are in decline—'' *ahem* I mean, the world must fear us! |
− | + | :Offscreen: Right... | |
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
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