There’s an earlier gag where Leela closes her eye and someone (I think Fry) says “Why’d you close your eye?” She sighs and gets out a fake eye, then closes her real one so they can tell she’s supposed to be winking.
It’s the only way they’ll get any validation of how clever they think their plan is. What’s the point of pulling off the perfect crime if nobody knows about it? 😛
Maxim #2.5: Be sure that all foes, not just the main party, have been defeated. This includes, but is not limited to, off-screen assassins, small yappy dogs, dragoons who carry Wyverns around in their pocket for no reason, allies of your cause who are actually brainwashed and so are liable to break free and save everyone, and any nearby cavalry. You may freely gloat before killing your former second-in-command who is attempting to kill you, as long as you do so quickly.
Maxim #2.6:This does NOT include the world, an entire nation (though it may include all of their royalty), or members of a C-plot against you.
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Where have I heard this gag before? I want to say “Futurama” but that seems too obvious.
(The “blinking one eye” thing, not the “ignoring the villain’s diatribe” trope.)
It’s still funny, of course. (I’m not one of those tards who thinks a joke is bad just because it’s been made before.)
You’re experiencing deja view. You think you’ve seen this sight gag before.
I think you’re thinking of the episode in which Leela has a second eye installed by a good plastic surgeon and has to practice blinking.
(Now you know: and Knowing is Half the Battle(tm).)
There’s an earlier gag where Leela closes her eye and someone (I think Fry) says “Why’d you close your eye?” She sighs and gets out a fake eye, then closes her real one so they can tell she’s supposed to be winking.
I think they did it in the second Futurama movie in the scene where they’re in jail
https://theinfosphere.org/Fulcrum_County_Prism
it is so sad and yet hilarious that their first villain is a ignorable pathetic loser. I love it!
just recently found your strip and I went back and read the whole thing. Love it! 😀
Ah, the incompetent posturing villain. A necessary staple of all good D&D send-ups. For where would we be without an idiot in a cloak? Excellent.
Also, WHERE IS CUBE
Why do villains have to spend 20 minutes catching the heroes up on there evil plan?
It’s the only way they’ll get any validation of how clever they think their plan is. What’s the point of pulling off the perfect crime if nobody knows about it? 😛
Well if I would be evil ovwerlord, i would definitely want to brag about it. Especially to heroes that have come to their doom 🙂
/hmm, too much GMing for me :)/
Maxim #2: “The proper time for bragging is after your foes have been completely defeated.”
Maxim #2.5: Be sure that all foes, not just the main party, have been defeated. This includes, but is not limited to, off-screen assassins, small yappy dogs, dragoons who carry Wyverns around in their pocket for no reason, allies of your cause who are actually brainwashed and so are liable to break free and save everyone, and any nearby cavalry. You may freely gloat before killing your former second-in-command who is attempting to kill you, as long as you do so quickly.
Maxim #2.6:This does NOT include the world, an entire nation (though it may include all of their royalty), or members of a C-plot against you.
They are secretly very lonely.