Little Awesome Things/References

Jintor · June 2008

I'm surprised this isn't actually in existance just yet, but just post all the little things that you notice that are references to the strips and/or awesome.

1) Jim's head in the Detective Agency is pretty cool.
2) As is what happens if you roll a 20.
3) At least one time, a hobo called me pretty. Like a... like a racoon.
4) Wang's Chinese Food store is half-familiar, though I cannot identify exactly where from.
5) Twisp and Catsby supply baloons to Flying Pricks, or something.

This is all from memory, and my memory is shoddy as hell, so - post away!

Willeth · June 2008

Jintor wrote: »

I'm surprised this isn't actually in existance just yet, but just post all the little things that you notice that are references to the strips and/or awesome.

1) Jim's head in the Detective Agency is pretty cool.
2) As is what happens if you roll a 20.
3) At least one time, a hobo called me pretty. Like a... like a racoon.
4) Wang's Chinese Food store is half-familiar, though I cannot identify exactly where from.
5) Twisp and Catsby supply baloons to Flying Pricks, or something.

This is all from memory, and my memory is shoddy as hell, so - post away!

Wang's is from the strip about Mario's addition to Shines, I think.

There's quite a few more. An Kansas City Hotsteppers billboard on the Boardwalk, for example. And one of the clowns once demanded frozen treats.

devotfeige · June 2008

Jintor wrote: »

Wang's Chinese Food store is half-familiar, though I cannot identify exactly where from.

I was just going through the archives last night and burst out laughing when I realized what the window said: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2003/01/13/

I had thought it was just a general reference, not that the restaurant itself had cropped up in the comics before.

Adding to your list;
A hobo (or two) informed me that they had double majored in philosophy and drama.

Soups · June 2008

devotfeige wrote: »

Jintor wrote: »

Wang's Chinese Food store is half-familiar, though I cannot identify exactly where from.

I was just going through the archives last night and burst out laughing when I realized what the window said: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2003/01/13/

I had thought it was just a general reference, not that the restaurant itself had cropped up in the comics before.

Adding to your list;
A hobo (or two) informed me that they had double majored in philosophy and drama.

Thanks for the links! I was wondering where those references came from. They seemed familiar.

manaleak34 · June 2008

In Hobo Alley there are several newspapers which make refrence to an eggplant shaped like Abraham Lincoln

Willeth · June 2008

manaleak34 wrote: »

In Hobo Alley there are several newspapers which make refrence to an eggplant shaped like Abraham Lincoln

Oh wow, I forgot about that.

dark_porpoise · June 2008

If you read all of the newspaper headlines; Eggplant Lincoln goes to Washington, Eggplant Lincoln runs for president (I think), and Eggplant Lincoln elected President.

dark_porpoise · June 2008

One of the hobos said that "I like them shoes, give 'em to me." Which is a reference to GM Gabriel.

http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2005/01/10/

http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2005/07/22/

I loved it when the clowns asked for frozen treats, that is one of my favorites. That, double-majoring in philosophy and drama, and the Kansas-City Hotsteppers had me laughing.

Scuzzywuffit · June 2008

When talking about the Shithole, I think someone uses the line, "Poop...like...from a butt?"

squirly · June 2008

I think one of the monkey sounds (Some sort of laughter or so) is an exact one from a Monkey Island game. I giggle each time I hear it.

Willeth · June 2008

Oh - Gabir Motors is located on Desperation St.

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