Chapter Sixteen:
*Title - This is a play off the intro to Dragnet.
*I5: While Chuck's new trenchcoat doesn't last through the chapter, it's some consolation to know that he'll get a replacement in TNS8.
*I7: Devil Dice was a game in which a small creature walked and pushed six-sided dice around to mix and match like faces and was one of Joe's favorite and addictive video games to play when he first moved into his own apartment.
*I9: Besides the shying away from Rina, this is the first really good indicator that something is up with Kyle. However, Kyle's oddities know no bounds, so it may very well seem like Kyle just being Kyle.
*II4: This is another nod to Chuck's natural luck.
*III1: And this is another nod to Joe's poor targeting skills.
*IV4: She-Hulk's big news, though they won't find out from her personally, is that the judge in their hearing was fake.
*VII2: Harold "Haywire" Danforth is the other prisoner and is from the multiverse dimension known as Earth-712. Normal continuity in Marvel comics is Earth-616. This Story version is Earth-619. The Age of Apocalypse was Earth-295. The Days of Future Past storyline takes place in Earth-811. And Earth-1218 would be the multiverse dimension that we call the real world where everything like this only happens in comic books. Not that most of this is pertinent, but it helps fill some space.
*IX1: This scene and description is almost verbatim from the last few moments before the Age of Apocalypse took effect. In summary, a time traveler goes back into the past to kill Magneto before he becomes powerful and inadvertanly kills Professor X. While that happens in the past, the M'Kraan Crystal (the nexus of all realities) emits a crystaline wave which covers the entire universe freezing everything in place. With all of reality coming to an end, one of the last scenes shown is Rogue grabbing Gambit and kissing him - an act that previously had been avoided due to her powers.
*X1: This, again, is pretty much word for word the textual description of the aftermath of the M'Kraan Crystal wave before it shatters to reveal the new reality.
Villains defeated by Chuck: 5
Villains defeated by Kyle: 8
Villains defeated by Joe: 14
Chapter Seventeen:
*Title: For a very brief time, the Marvel and DC Universe's characters were combined or "squooshed" together to form an amalgam universe with such characters as Dark Claw (Batman + Wolverine), Super Soldier (Superman + Captain America), or teams such as the JLX (Justice League + X-Men).
*I3: This scene is reminescent of the Back to the Future scenes where Marty wakes up thinking his experience was a dream and bolting awake upon realizing something is terribly off.
*I6: Marty's mother in the past mistakes the Calvin Klein name on his underwear to be Marty's actual name.
*I19: Joe covers the bases here except for his difficulty in Mister Mxyzptlk, one of Superman's nefarious baddies who comes from the Fifth Dimension and yet never lets the sunshine in.
*II2: William Tockman - the Clock King is a full DC character. Green Peacemaker is a combination of Green Arrow and Peacemaker, both from the DC Universe. ArrowHead is a combination of Speedy (DC) and Warheads (Marvel).
*II4: Flaming Queen is the amalgamation of Firestorm (DC) and White Queen (Marvel)
*II5: Cherries Jubilee = Cherry Bomb + Jubilee.
*II8: High Wire is Haywire plus some random drug user from Chuck or Joe's brain.
*II11: Somewhere, lightyears away, Kyle is his normal self. However, his doppelganger is the one who finds himself combined with one of the worst Green Lanterns of all time.
*II16: Superman Revenge Squad + Anticools.
*III2: Quacksilver = Howard the Duck + Silver Scarab + Quicksilver; Scarlet Mitch = Scarlet Witch + Terrifying Mitch + Scarlet Skier
*III3: Hazard +the Whizzer (yes, he wore a yellow costume)
*III4: Two-Face + Mr. Negativity (Dismay)
*III5: Psychic "New-God" Powers + No Powers Boy; Asgard + Apokalips
*III6: Touch-N-Go + Mr. Hyde + Skinhead
*III8: Mac Gargan + Arnim Zola; Gwen Stacy + Lois Lane
*III9: Lois Lane clone + Mauler; the joke tie-in here is one of Joe and Chuck's classmate's from highschool was Lainey Mahler who was often the recipient of taunting that she was, in fact, not really herself but a clone.
*IV2: Despite the fact that they are currently in an amalgam world, the fact that the Negative Zone touches every dimension means that once he absorbs the indestructable dice into his hands, they will stay with Mr. Negativity from here on out.
*V3: Shocker + Magna Khan
*V5: White Wine = White Witch + Lorelei
*V11: Manslaughter + Ferro V + Roughhouse
Villains defeated by Chuck: 8 (this Chapter - Quacksilver, Scarlet Mitch, Slaughterhouse-Five)
Villains defeated by Kyle: 8
Villains defeated by Joe: 16 (this Chapter - Laney Mauler, White Wine)
Chapter Eighteen:
*I1: The device Joe picks up here will be revealed in TNS23 to be an energy storage/retransmission unit which now houses Access' energy wave.
*IV1: Indeed they shall. In fact, the entire story-arc from Chapters 40-49 revolve around Dr. Doom's plan.
*VI-XIII: This dream sequence and song is reminiscent of the Green Acres television theme and intro.
*XIV6: That's $600 for those wanting to do the Marvel-our universe conversion.
*XV10: No, his name is Harold Danforth, but at this point in writing, Joe didn't remember that Haywire actually had a name, so he made one up. Once he discovers the truth, he will rectify the problem in TOS23.
*XVI2: Haywire's heroic costume is green with a bunch of black squiggles on it. It also is partly designed to look the the famous Mystery Machine from Scooby-Doo cartoons which comes into play in TOS20. The van will also appear years down the line in TNS58 in the possession of Ben "Electric Youth" Brixton.
*XVII2: The friends he broke off with were the Squadron Supreme - that dimension's version of the Avengers, but less ethical and more keen on running the world....but good guys.
*XVIII5: Deerfield was originally chosen as a stopping point, not only because it fell between New York and Indianapolis, but also because it was thought to be the original home of the X-Men's Shadowcat. However, Shadowcat was from Deerfield, Illinois - not Ohio.
*XVIII14: Due to the fact many heroes and villains have codenames that are also common in everyday talk, the line "Ooooooh, *insert codename* is a good/bad guy," also became a frequently used line from TOS.
Villains defeated by Chuck: 8
Villains defeated by Kyle: 8
Villains defeated by Joe: 16
Chapter Nineteen:
*I2: This scene with Joe sending the emergency message is a take on Jean Grey's video message sent out about an inside traitor. This video message made it through to the future where its garbled and static result led to a mystery that lasted over five years - Who was the X-Traitor?
*I3: While the mystery was still in place, during a MRPG it was revealed that Kyle's character - the Apparation - was the X-Traitor. Kyle's response of not killing the damn dream is the same response his character gave to the revelation. For those who are wondering, it was revealed that Professor X in the guise of Onslaught was the true traitor.
*II4: You might think this is a reference to Futurama in which Bender is awoken after muttering "Kill all humans" to claim he was just having a wonderful dream. However, this chapter was written a good two years before that happened. Joe Faust - 1, Matt Groening - 0.
*III5: While Lila is an intergalactic rock star, she is originally from Earth and, more specifically, England. So it's not too inconceivable for her to be playing on her home planet. For her to play a small town in Ohio...well, we have to assume that there's a special reason she's there.
*III10: It continues to say a lot about Kyle's oddness that such a bizarre outburst only slightly confuses Joe.
*IV11: No worries here as the only action Chuck gets will be from an obscenely obese superheroine in TOS37. It's highly unpleasant.
*VIII4: The website kissthisguy.com covers a list of misheard lyrics submitted from over a thousand different songs - We Built This City, however, does not make the list. Perhaps it's only superheroes that don't catch the real line.
*X4: Guido Carosella aka Strong Guy begin his comic book career working as a bodyguard for Lila Cheney. He later joined up with the government run X-Factor until he suffered a massive heart-attack. During his healing process, he rejoined Lila for a period on tour.
*X6: Lila may be Rina's favorite singer, but Strong Guy is in Chuck's Top 5 favorite characters.
*X10: Franklin Hall gained powers over gravity after working on a scientific experiment involving teleportation.
*XI1: See. It also gave him the power to bend light so he can spy on women in the shower. Seriously, he did it to Tigra.
*XIII3: This is the third attribute of the Wonder Gloves (super strength and force blasts being the primary two). The fourth - the Typhoon Sphere - won't be shown until TOS24.
*XIII4: One of the first times the second line-up of X-Factor (which included Guido/Strong Guy) made their appearance, someone yelled out that same line. After a second bout of mistaken identity, Strong Guy noted that it would keep happening until they got their own line of action figures.
*XIV1: If all previous context hadn't given it away, here's the visual example that Kyle is no longer really Kyle.
*XV3: It's a sure sign that a codename is ridiculous when someone named Strong Guy mocks it.
Villains defeated by Chuck: 8
Villains defeated by Kyle: 8 (as it's not really Kyle, he doesn't get credit for Graviton)
Villains defeated by Joe: 16
Chapter Twenty:
*Title: A previous collaboration between Joe and Chuck around ideas for chapters of The Story led to a play off of Scooby-Doo.
*I2: Many of the times Graviton was defeated revolved around psychologically beating him as opposed to doing it in an all-out brawl.
*V1: For those stalker/fanatics, it's good to note that neither Joe nor his parents live at this address anymore; however, exterior photos may still be taken for those keen on having visual references.
*V3: Talula Baird was last seen way back in TOS1.
*V10: Despite the fact she was under a hypnotic effect at the time, Talula would have held onto those events in her subconscious. So while she may not recall everything that happened, she would have a vague since of trust around the trio.
*V12: At the time of writing, Joe was living downtown and to save money on laundry would drive down to his parents to have it done while visiting.
*VI2: Continuing with the Scooby-Doo theme, Milo is dressed similarly to Fred Jones, Kyle to Norville "Shaggy" Roberts, Rina as Daphne Blake, and Joe as Velma Dinkley. Yes, they all have last names. Tihs would leave Chuck in a plain brown jumpsuit to be closest to the full brown color of Scooby-Doo.
*VI4: Eric the Red first appeared as an agent for the Shi'ar empire. Both Cyclops and Magneto have also donned the guise of Erik the Red at different points as well.
*VII1: The most common "split-up" formation in the Scooby-Doo series is Fred & Daphne, Scooby & Shaggy, and Velma on her own.
*VII2: Beginning in 1972, "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?" became an hour length show called "The New Scooby-Doo Movies" and featured famous guest stars such as those mentioned here, the Three Stooges, and even Batman & Robin.
*VIII6: Another common aspect of the show was finding clues which led the Scooby gang to believe that harm had befallen another character.
*IX2: Yet another staple was the secret passage behind a bookshelf.
*IX3: Velma, who was also extremely near-sighted, frequently had her glasses fall off and would utter these lines.
*X2: Due to the fact that it was a children's show, nobody was ever physically attacked. The monster or bad guy would just wave his arms in the air and everyone would freak out and run away. Joe makes an excellent point here that it's pretty ridiculous.
*X5: "Jenkies" is Velma's catchphrase, often used when she discovers something of importance.
*X13: Believe it or not, there have been almost a dozen different Scooby-Doo theme songs. Lyrics to the New Scooby-Doo Show (which Joe claims is his favorite of all the lyrics) goes:
We got it all together for a brand-new show.
Scooby Doo is here and away we go.
While Scooby Doo is running from a spooky ghost
Shaggy is doing what he does the most.
Hey c'mon get get involved, until the mystery is solved.
Hang around for Scooby Doo
Awwwww, Heh Heh Heh!
That's my pal!
Scooby-Dooby-Doo!
*XI1-10: Not only in Scooby-Doo but in other comical farces, the use of a multi-entranced hallway chase scene becomes more convoluted with groups being split up, chasers becoming chasees, and the sudden emergence of comical transports. If you're wondering how it can happen, remember the secret passages...
*XI11: The villain is frequently planned to be taken down by a complex trap but inevitably slips, trips, or falls off of something simple to be captured.
*XI13: A good rule of thumb with the Scooby-Doo series is that the person to show up after the person in distress is the same as the person behind the mask.
*XI14: The unmasking is then followed by the explanation of how and why the person did it.
*XI15: Which is then followed by the villain uttering these famous lines.
Villains defeated by Chuck: 8
Villains defeated by Kyle: 8 (as it's not really Kyle, he doesn't get credit for Mr. Weasselly)
Villains defeated by Joe: 16
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Saturday, August 1, 2009
The Original Story 11-15: Annotized
Chapter Eleven:
*I2: That would be Mephisto in disguise.
*I14: See, Kyle isn't the one who is readily dismissed.
*II2: Chuck seldom acknowledges the accomplishments of his friends but with a combination of being saved and healed by pulling a fast one on the God of Lies is enough to earn Joe a small compliment.
*III6: This phrase originated in the 1600's as an abbreviated form of "God's blood" (as well as "Od's bones", "Od's wounds", and more). It'd be less dramatic if Loki had appeared and said "WTF, mate?"
*III12: The sixth ring of Hell is reserved for heretics who are trapped in flaming tombs and use the encroaching steam to make a mean cappuccino.
*IV1: SCIENCE TIME! Sound frequency is measured by the quantity of sound waves occurring over time. Higher frequency, such as Humbug's glove, emit waves tightly packed. By slowing time around her, Rina essentially decreases the frequency to her perception resulting in a much less annoying and disabling level.
*V1: The Uni-Power is an extra-dimensional force that possesses people (normal and super-powered) during a time of crisis and transforms them into Captain Universe. While exposed, they possess a myriad of powers which include superhuman strength, flight, Uni-Vision (microscopic vision,vision, and telescopic vision), telekinesis, enhanced senses, a psychic awareness of imminent danger, molecular rearrangement of organic and inorganic matter, transmutation of elements, the ability to fire bursts of energy and concussive force, and hypnosis.
*V1: While the guys *technically* count Kyle's open wish from Loki, his possession by the Uni-Power will be Kyle's first official point of omnipotence.
*VI3: It can never be reiterated enough that Joe doesn't particularly care for small children - especially those that beat the crap out of him.
*VII2: Chuck's use of Kyle's line is the first time it is used in a manner other than a cry of terror.
*VII3: Oldest trick in the book.
*VII4: "Ba-ha!" is actually the catchphrase of the IRL Kyle Reeser.
*VII7: First use of "Oh damn" by a villain. At this point, I think enough notes have been made around this phrase that you can take whatever notes about it you want in the future and leave me out of it.
*VIII1: While a good psychology paper could be written surrounding the idea of Joe having to pick out his own psychological flaws, it's worth noting that the final line stems from a point IRL where Joe and Chuck were watching Single White Female. At one point, Bridget Fonda's character comes home and checks her answering machine which notes "You have *no* new messages," at which point Chuck added "*No*one loves you." Also, watching Single White Female together does not make Joe and Chuck a couple.
*X2: This is just a fun image to picture (Galactus spraying juice out of his nose, not Kyle getting shot across several galaxies....although that's pretty fun too)
*X5: While this line is fairly insignificant by itself, TNS would inadvertently give Kyle a quirk about verbal redundancies.
*XI3: What Kyle is yet unaware of the fact that an infinitely minute trace of the omnipotence that is the Uni-Power will remain in his system.
*XI4: Women are often attracted to power, and as Kyle was, seconds before, arguably the most powerful man on the planet, you can't fault Rina for falling for him.
Villains defeated by Chuck: 4 (this Chapter - Scavenger)
Villains defeated by Kyle: 6 (this Chapter - Galactus, Memphisto)
Villains defeated by Joe: 13 (this Chapter - No Powers Boy, Mr. Negativity)
Chapter Twelve:
*Title: Here, a duel reference to the training Joe and Chuck will do around his Negative Zone hands as well as Kyle's first ever attempts at a date.
*I4: 'All these things are true' used to be a favorite IRL response to several obvious statements.
*I11: It's a testament to Chuck's adaptation to the MU that he has more interest in shopping bags that the acquisition of a flying vehicle.
*I15: Kyle and his DC-fandom take the 'Batman' route of naming things.
*I18: The only ever times the vehicle is referenced again in TOS is in TOS15 and TOS18 where Rina and Joe respectively call it the Supercoolmobile.
*I20: As comic book code dictates, hot female heroes and villains have to be scantily clad. This outfit is even more revealing that her old Timeslip uniform.
*I21/22: 'Ungh' or 'Ugnh' in TOS depicts sexual arousal. Remember this for later, kids.
*I29: This jokes stems from a MRPG in which after inquiring about why Unstable Molecule Fabric had to be cut with a laser and being informed that it couldn't be cut by normal scissors, Charles Bailey made the excellent observation: "So, what, now we're invulnerable to scissors?"
*I34: And it's a good thing too, the extra outfits will come into use in TOS24.
*II5: Considering the trio got the Pogo Plane on the second day of being in the MU, that means Reed Richards never inquired about getting it back for the intermittent five days. Of course, between staving off threats and being bogged down in his scientific work, you can forgive him for not being concerned about the status of a million dollar piece of equipment he had handed off to three guys he'd known for less than a day who had no ties or obligations to anything in the world.
*III1: The Cosmic Cube is a man-made device which is capable of making any wish the wielder has come true. However, being man-made also makes it somewhat easy to destroy, as it has been on a number of occasions before being rebuilt again later.
*III1: At the time TOS was written, the Red Skull was destroyed in battle with Captain America, and his essence was trapped inside the remains of a Cosmic Cube, which R.S. (the only "real" mind in the place) subconsciously molded into a recreation of Nazi Germany.
*IV1: Located on the 65th floor within Rockefeller Center, the Rainbow Room is one of the most upscale places one can go to. Kyle and Rina's date probably took up a large chunk of what was leftover of the Fantasticash.
*V8: When launching an attack on a friend under the notion of training, it's a good idea to make sure they are somewhat aware of what is going on so they don't get hurt.
*V11: Dammit, what did we just say? However, this does put into perspective Joe's lack of aim - something which will be corrected in TOS37.
*VI3: Joe refers to Rina in TOS and TNS several times as a 'slut'. Kyle...well, despite all inferences, he's still a man.
*VII3: The end result of the Red Skull's creation would look very similar to a Rubik's Cube with the white face being replaced by black.
*IX5: With his eyes closed at the time, Chuck would not have realized that he actually extended the Negative Zone energies from his hands to surround the cables that ensnared him to destroy them.
*IX6: As of current writings (up to TNS63), Mr. Negativity has still yet to fully develop that ability, but his future self that shows up in TNS46 does.
*X3: While Joe is often able to use his unearthly Marvel knowledge to save the day, Kyle's incredible bizarreness gets him by in many a scenario.
*XI4: These mini-explosions are the precursors to larger pseudopods of energy that will later be dubbed Nega-Blasts, the signature attack of Mr. Negativity.
Villains defeated by Chuck: 4
Villains defeated by Kyle: 7 (this Chapter - thugs)
Villains defeated by Joe: 13
Chapter Thirteen:
Title: Mathematically, anything multiplied by itself is squared. Multiplied a third time, it's cubed.
*I5: Captain America is generally seen as the most loved and respected hero. However, the guys, at best, treat him as well as a door-to-door salesman.
*I8: After the Fantastic Four and Avengers were thought destroyed by the villainous Onslaught, the Masters of Evil took on the guise of a new superheroic team - the Thunderbolts. The ultimate goal was to gain the trust of the public and government so they could gain access to Avengers and S.H.I.E.L.D. files which could then be sold to other villains.
*I9: While Reed Richards is accustomed to all kinds of extra-dimensional beings and occurrences, there is still no knowing what the results would be upon discovery that their identities did not exist.
*I19: It's a testament to Joe's ability to be a total dick that he can get that kind of reaction from Captain America. It's equivalent to having Santa Claus run up and kick you in the balls.
*II1: It's important to note that it's a German accent as the wording could be easily mistaken for Russian or Transylvanian.
*II2: It's still better than "Not in the face!" or "Leeeeerooooyyyyy Jeeennnnnkinnnnsssss!"
*II6: The exclamation point really does the job in expressing the surprise at Kyle's accomplishment of catching an object.
*II6: Kyle is adept at solving Rubik's cubes. This skill earns him control over the Cosmic Cube and gives him his next bout of omnipotence.
*III2: The Avengers do, in fact, put the Supercools right in TOS37. Admittedly, it takes twenty-one of them to do it, and they didn't even cross the line.
Villains defeated by Chuck: 4
Villains defeated by Kyle: 8 (this Chapter - Red Skull)
Villains defeated by Joe: 13
Chapter Fourteen:
*Title: This is a reference to the dance/song in which the participant has to lean backward and go underneath a horizontal bar with the bar being lowered each round.
*I12: The Magenta Knight and Occam's Razor will both appear again in TOS30.
*II1: This should actually be Nuevo Sol, but in Joe's defense it's in the 2099 series, and very few people gave a shit about that line of books.
*II2: This is also Joe's normal tone.
*II2: Technically, Occam's Razor states that given multiple theories, the simplest one is the most preferred given all things taken into account.
*III1: The two fight in TOS30 shortly after Chuck first wears the NegaBands which greatly enhance his powers. Despite the fact that this occurs chronologically later for Chuck, time has no meaning in Limbo, so it's still all good.
*III5: Chuck's trajectory will take him past Kyle and his group in TNS50.
*IV1: Changing the wording in the bubbles of a particular comic book, Joe IRL replaced Psylocke's battle cry, using her psionic knife, in a scene to "Eat hot psionic death!" This led to a sequence of jokes that included the punchline of "Eat hot (insert noun/adjective) death!"
*V1: The gentleman thanking Chuck here IRL ended up being referred to as "The Man in Limbo" and would be the longest running mystery of TOS. The best anecdote relates to Joe, Chuck, and Kyle playing a game of Supercoolopoly. Both Chuck and Joe were making offers to get a particular property of Kyle's which culminated in Joe offering to reveal to Kyle who "The Man in Limbo" was which put Chuck into coniptions.
*V2: SPOILER! It will be revealed in TOS50 that the person Chuck meets is Mold aka Terraform - the character Chuck played in MRPG. As he's a creation of Chuck's mind, he would naturally be the only one able to recognize him.
*VI: While it seems redundant, this is the same scene as in TOS8 but from Rina's perspective.
*VIII2: The little red ball Kang has is a Chronal Equipment Storage Unit aka CESU which he uses to summon forth his arsenal of weapons from a pocket dimension. As Joe will note later, it's pretty sweet.
*IX1: This is the first of several timejumps back and each time Joe will have his arm broken in a different matter.
*IX3: Each jump also results in a different person or persons being killed.
*X1: Gamorra appears here from TOS8 as explained in the follow-up sentences.
*XI & XII: While this appears to come from nowhere, this is the after affect of XVI. Remember, it's Limbo so time doesn't matter much.
*XIII1: Rina can explain it away as much as she wants, but that doesn't help that this is overall a really confusing and fucked up chapter.
*XVI3: Chuck is the math guy. Joe is the English guy. They're both really nice guys but also enjoy being dicks to each other.
*XVI9: Keanu Reeve's character in "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure" gets out of tricky situations by giving himself mental reminders for the future to get things to help get them out of the situation, take them back in time, and set it up for himself in the past.
*XIX1: This is a reference to South Park's Kyle & Stan's lines of "Oh my God, they killed Kenny!" "You bastards!".
*XX1: Technically, the Guardians of Time (actually called the Timekeepers) only jump in to alter chronal events to ensure their own survival, but even the most tolerant and patient parent will eventually snap when their kids keeping fucking stuff up.
*XX1: The memory wipe will also eliminate Mr. Negativity's knowledge of who The Man in Limbo is. However, as Carl Jung would note, the unconscious will house that information deep within.
Chapter Fourteen (again): The movie Clue was filmed with three different endings for the theaters to show randomly. Upon release for purchase, all three endings were played back to back with the time being reset to a splitting off point for the varient possibilities.
Villains defeated by Chuck: 5 (this Chapter - Occam's Razor)
Villains defeated by Kyle: 8
Villains defeated by Joe: 13
Chapter Fifteen:
*I1: Two things Chuck's father knew about Joe IRL: 1) he's gay and 2) he loves Dr. Pepper.
*I6: Joe is insistent throughout TOS that the trio find jobs. The closest anyone gets, though, is a job offer from Emma Frost in TOS43.
*I7: Joe is an English major and an excellent writer; however, it will eventually become evident that he has trouble describing Timeslip's speed bursts beyond "lightning speed" in TOS.
*I17: From this point until Joe smashes his CESU in TNS5, it becomes the standard method from which Joe turns into The Scavenger. It definitely beats out changing in a telephone booth or dropping your pants at a luxurious restaurant.
*II3: For those who like to note that money can't buy happiness, it's at least shown here that money can lighten the mental burden of being trapped in another dimension.
*III3: As far as can be determined, Kyle Reeser IRL has never swooned. However, Kyle Reeser IRL has never had anyone as hot and scantily dressed as Rina Patel show romantic interest in him. But really, who has?
*IV3-5: There's a myriad of lines throughout TOS that were so enjoyable that they were frequently repeated IRL. However, the back and forth exchange was probably the most frequently used due to the common occurrence of noting that something was cool.
*V3: The alien shapeshifting Skrulls have secretly switched the normal judge and bailiffs here with members of their own race - let's see if anyone notices.
*VI3: This is the point where Joe acquires the Sunsword. For those of you keeping track at home, that makes 3 items he has scavenged from defeated foes and 3 items given/loaned to him by other heroes.
*VII1: During the short period that Chuck and Kyle are apart from each other, Kyle is replaced by a Skrull - Elyk, who will later be revealed as a human shapeshifter - Doppleganger, who will later be revealed (in TSQ) to actually be a human-Skrull hybrid who gets great gas mileage. The REAL Kyle, which will be explained further in TOS21 was taken for testing due to his repeated encounters with omnipotence.
*IX4: Being an alien (or a hybrid who has been brainwashed to think he's an alien), Elyk has no romantic interest in a human. Apparently, Skrulls aren't as open-minded in the romance department as Captain Kirk.
*XII4: Annotator's Note: I had never heard of that expression before, and in all honesty, have yet to hear it outside of The Story.
*XIII11: At this point, Rina's hugged Chuck, kissed Kyle, and gotten in bed with Joe....is there any wonder Joe calls her a slut?
*XIV2: For casting of the Supercools movie, Macauly Culkin was cast for the role of Dungeonmaster.
*XV5: No matter how much you dislike someone or hate their species, the idea of an unbridled spending spree can bring people together.
*XVI5: As far as can be told, the Dungeonmaster has yet to make any further appearances.
Villains defeated by Chuck: 5
Villains defeated by Kyle: 8
Villains defeated by Joe: 14 (this Chapter - Dungeonmaster)
*I2: That would be Mephisto in disguise.
*I14: See, Kyle isn't the one who is readily dismissed.
*II2: Chuck seldom acknowledges the accomplishments of his friends but with a combination of being saved and healed by pulling a fast one on the God of Lies is enough to earn Joe a small compliment.
*III6: This phrase originated in the 1600's as an abbreviated form of "God's blood" (as well as "Od's bones", "Od's wounds", and more). It'd be less dramatic if Loki had appeared and said "WTF, mate?"
*III12: The sixth ring of Hell is reserved for heretics who are trapped in flaming tombs and use the encroaching steam to make a mean cappuccino.
*IV1: SCIENCE TIME! Sound frequency is measured by the quantity of sound waves occurring over time. Higher frequency, such as Humbug's glove, emit waves tightly packed. By slowing time around her, Rina essentially decreases the frequency to her perception resulting in a much less annoying and disabling level.
*V1: The Uni-Power is an extra-dimensional force that possesses people (normal and super-powered) during a time of crisis and transforms them into Captain Universe. While exposed, they possess a myriad of powers which include superhuman strength, flight, Uni-Vision (microscopic vision,vision, and telescopic vision), telekinesis, enhanced senses, a psychic awareness of imminent danger, molecular rearrangement of organic and inorganic matter, transmutation of elements, the ability to fire bursts of energy and concussive force, and hypnosis.
*V1: While the guys *technically* count Kyle's open wish from Loki, his possession by the Uni-Power will be Kyle's first official point of omnipotence.
*VI3: It can never be reiterated enough that Joe doesn't particularly care for small children - especially those that beat the crap out of him.
*VII2: Chuck's use of Kyle's line is the first time it is used in a manner other than a cry of terror.
*VII3: Oldest trick in the book.
*VII4: "Ba-ha!" is actually the catchphrase of the IRL Kyle Reeser.
*VII7: First use of "Oh damn" by a villain. At this point, I think enough notes have been made around this phrase that you can take whatever notes about it you want in the future and leave me out of it.
*VIII1: While a good psychology paper could be written surrounding the idea of Joe having to pick out his own psychological flaws, it's worth noting that the final line stems from a point IRL where Joe and Chuck were watching Single White Female. At one point, Bridget Fonda's character comes home and checks her answering machine which notes "You have *no* new messages," at which point Chuck added "*No*one loves you." Also, watching Single White Female together does not make Joe and Chuck a couple.
*X2: This is just a fun image to picture (Galactus spraying juice out of his nose, not Kyle getting shot across several galaxies....although that's pretty fun too)
*X5: While this line is fairly insignificant by itself, TNS would inadvertently give Kyle a quirk about verbal redundancies.
*XI3: What Kyle is yet unaware of the fact that an infinitely minute trace of the omnipotence that is the Uni-Power will remain in his system.
*XI4: Women are often attracted to power, and as Kyle was, seconds before, arguably the most powerful man on the planet, you can't fault Rina for falling for him.
Villains defeated by Chuck: 4 (this Chapter - Scavenger)
Villains defeated by Kyle: 6 (this Chapter - Galactus, Memphisto)
Villains defeated by Joe: 13 (this Chapter - No Powers Boy, Mr. Negativity)
Chapter Twelve:
*Title: Here, a duel reference to the training Joe and Chuck will do around his Negative Zone hands as well as Kyle's first ever attempts at a date.
*I4: 'All these things are true' used to be a favorite IRL response to several obvious statements.
*I11: It's a testament to Chuck's adaptation to the MU that he has more interest in shopping bags that the acquisition of a flying vehicle.
*I15: Kyle and his DC-fandom take the 'Batman' route of naming things.
*I18: The only ever times the vehicle is referenced again in TOS is in TOS15 and TOS18 where Rina and Joe respectively call it the Supercoolmobile.
*I20: As comic book code dictates, hot female heroes and villains have to be scantily clad. This outfit is even more revealing that her old Timeslip uniform.
*I21/22: 'Ungh' or 'Ugnh' in TOS depicts sexual arousal. Remember this for later, kids.
*I29: This jokes stems from a MRPG in which after inquiring about why Unstable Molecule Fabric had to be cut with a laser and being informed that it couldn't be cut by normal scissors, Charles Bailey made the excellent observation: "So, what, now we're invulnerable to scissors?"
*I34: And it's a good thing too, the extra outfits will come into use in TOS24.
*II5: Considering the trio got the Pogo Plane on the second day of being in the MU, that means Reed Richards never inquired about getting it back for the intermittent five days. Of course, between staving off threats and being bogged down in his scientific work, you can forgive him for not being concerned about the status of a million dollar piece of equipment he had handed off to three guys he'd known for less than a day who had no ties or obligations to anything in the world.
*III1: The Cosmic Cube is a man-made device which is capable of making any wish the wielder has come true. However, being man-made also makes it somewhat easy to destroy, as it has been on a number of occasions before being rebuilt again later.
*III1: At the time TOS was written, the Red Skull was destroyed in battle with Captain America, and his essence was trapped inside the remains of a Cosmic Cube, which R.S. (the only "real" mind in the place) subconsciously molded into a recreation of Nazi Germany.
*IV1: Located on the 65th floor within Rockefeller Center, the Rainbow Room is one of the most upscale places one can go to. Kyle and Rina's date probably took up a large chunk of what was leftover of the Fantasticash.
*V8: When launching an attack on a friend under the notion of training, it's a good idea to make sure they are somewhat aware of what is going on so they don't get hurt.
*V11: Dammit, what did we just say? However, this does put into perspective Joe's lack of aim - something which will be corrected in TOS37.
*VI3: Joe refers to Rina in TOS and TNS several times as a 'slut'. Kyle...well, despite all inferences, he's still a man.
*VII3: The end result of the Red Skull's creation would look very similar to a Rubik's Cube with the white face being replaced by black.
*IX5: With his eyes closed at the time, Chuck would not have realized that he actually extended the Negative Zone energies from his hands to surround the cables that ensnared him to destroy them.
*IX6: As of current writings (up to TNS63), Mr. Negativity has still yet to fully develop that ability, but his future self that shows up in TNS46 does.
*X3: While Joe is often able to use his unearthly Marvel knowledge to save the day, Kyle's incredible bizarreness gets him by in many a scenario.
*XI4: These mini-explosions are the precursors to larger pseudopods of energy that will later be dubbed Nega-Blasts, the signature attack of Mr. Negativity.
Villains defeated by Chuck: 4
Villains defeated by Kyle: 7 (this Chapter - thugs)
Villains defeated by Joe: 13
Chapter Thirteen:
Title: Mathematically, anything multiplied by itself is squared. Multiplied a third time, it's cubed.
*I5: Captain America is generally seen as the most loved and respected hero. However, the guys, at best, treat him as well as a door-to-door salesman.
*I8: After the Fantastic Four and Avengers were thought destroyed by the villainous Onslaught, the Masters of Evil took on the guise of a new superheroic team - the Thunderbolts. The ultimate goal was to gain the trust of the public and government so they could gain access to Avengers and S.H.I.E.L.D. files which could then be sold to other villains.
*I9: While Reed Richards is accustomed to all kinds of extra-dimensional beings and occurrences, there is still no knowing what the results would be upon discovery that their identities did not exist.
*I19: It's a testament to Joe's ability to be a total dick that he can get that kind of reaction from Captain America. It's equivalent to having Santa Claus run up and kick you in the balls.
*II1: It's important to note that it's a German accent as the wording could be easily mistaken for Russian or Transylvanian.
*II2: It's still better than "Not in the face!" or "Leeeeerooooyyyyy Jeeennnnnkinnnnsssss!"
*II6: The exclamation point really does the job in expressing the surprise at Kyle's accomplishment of catching an object.
*II6: Kyle is adept at solving Rubik's cubes. This skill earns him control over the Cosmic Cube and gives him his next bout of omnipotence.
*III2: The Avengers do, in fact, put the Supercools right in TOS37. Admittedly, it takes twenty-one of them to do it, and they didn't even cross the line.
Villains defeated by Chuck: 4
Villains defeated by Kyle: 8 (this Chapter - Red Skull)
Villains defeated by Joe: 13
Chapter Fourteen:
*Title: This is a reference to the dance/song in which the participant has to lean backward and go underneath a horizontal bar with the bar being lowered each round.
*I12: The Magenta Knight and Occam's Razor will both appear again in TOS30.
*II1: This should actually be Nuevo Sol, but in Joe's defense it's in the 2099 series, and very few people gave a shit about that line of books.
*II2: This is also Joe's normal tone.
*II2: Technically, Occam's Razor states that given multiple theories, the simplest one is the most preferred given all things taken into account.
*III1: The two fight in TOS30 shortly after Chuck first wears the NegaBands which greatly enhance his powers. Despite the fact that this occurs chronologically later for Chuck, time has no meaning in Limbo, so it's still all good.
*III5: Chuck's trajectory will take him past Kyle and his group in TNS50.
*IV1: Changing the wording in the bubbles of a particular comic book, Joe IRL replaced Psylocke's battle cry, using her psionic knife, in a scene to "Eat hot psionic death!" This led to a sequence of jokes that included the punchline of "Eat hot (insert noun/adjective) death!"
*V1: The gentleman thanking Chuck here IRL ended up being referred to as "The Man in Limbo" and would be the longest running mystery of TOS. The best anecdote relates to Joe, Chuck, and Kyle playing a game of Supercoolopoly. Both Chuck and Joe were making offers to get a particular property of Kyle's which culminated in Joe offering to reveal to Kyle who "The Man in Limbo" was which put Chuck into coniptions.
*V2: SPOILER! It will be revealed in TOS50 that the person Chuck meets is Mold aka Terraform - the character Chuck played in MRPG. As he's a creation of Chuck's mind, he would naturally be the only one able to recognize him.
*VI: While it seems redundant, this is the same scene as in TOS8 but from Rina's perspective.
*VIII2: The little red ball Kang has is a Chronal Equipment Storage Unit aka CESU which he uses to summon forth his arsenal of weapons from a pocket dimension. As Joe will note later, it's pretty sweet.
*IX1: This is the first of several timejumps back and each time Joe will have his arm broken in a different matter.
*IX3: Each jump also results in a different person or persons being killed.
*X1: Gamorra appears here from TOS8 as explained in the follow-up sentences.
*XI & XII: While this appears to come from nowhere, this is the after affect of XVI. Remember, it's Limbo so time doesn't matter much.
*XIII1: Rina can explain it away as much as she wants, but that doesn't help that this is overall a really confusing and fucked up chapter.
*XVI3: Chuck is the math guy. Joe is the English guy. They're both really nice guys but also enjoy being dicks to each other.
*XVI9: Keanu Reeve's character in "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure" gets out of tricky situations by giving himself mental reminders for the future to get things to help get them out of the situation, take them back in time, and set it up for himself in the past.
*XIX1: This is a reference to South Park's Kyle & Stan's lines of "Oh my God, they killed Kenny!" "You bastards!".
*XX1: Technically, the Guardians of Time (actually called the Timekeepers) only jump in to alter chronal events to ensure their own survival, but even the most tolerant and patient parent will eventually snap when their kids keeping fucking stuff up.
*XX1: The memory wipe will also eliminate Mr. Negativity's knowledge of who The Man in Limbo is. However, as Carl Jung would note, the unconscious will house that information deep within.
Chapter Fourteen (again): The movie Clue was filmed with three different endings for the theaters to show randomly. Upon release for purchase, all three endings were played back to back with the time being reset to a splitting off point for the varient possibilities.
Villains defeated by Chuck: 5 (this Chapter - Occam's Razor)
Villains defeated by Kyle: 8
Villains defeated by Joe: 13
Chapter Fifteen:
*I1: Two things Chuck's father knew about Joe IRL: 1) he's gay and 2) he loves Dr. Pepper.
*I6: Joe is insistent throughout TOS that the trio find jobs. The closest anyone gets, though, is a job offer from Emma Frost in TOS43.
*I7: Joe is an English major and an excellent writer; however, it will eventually become evident that he has trouble describing Timeslip's speed bursts beyond "lightning speed" in TOS.
*I17: From this point until Joe smashes his CESU in TNS5, it becomes the standard method from which Joe turns into The Scavenger. It definitely beats out changing in a telephone booth or dropping your pants at a luxurious restaurant.
*II3: For those who like to note that money can't buy happiness, it's at least shown here that money can lighten the mental burden of being trapped in another dimension.
*III3: As far as can be determined, Kyle Reeser IRL has never swooned. However, Kyle Reeser IRL has never had anyone as hot and scantily dressed as Rina Patel show romantic interest in him. But really, who has?
*IV3-5: There's a myriad of lines throughout TOS that were so enjoyable that they were frequently repeated IRL. However, the back and forth exchange was probably the most frequently used due to the common occurrence of noting that something was cool.
*V3: The alien shapeshifting Skrulls have secretly switched the normal judge and bailiffs here with members of their own race - let's see if anyone notices.
*VI3: This is the point where Joe acquires the Sunsword. For those of you keeping track at home, that makes 3 items he has scavenged from defeated foes and 3 items given/loaned to him by other heroes.
*VII1: During the short period that Chuck and Kyle are apart from each other, Kyle is replaced by a Skrull - Elyk, who will later be revealed as a human shapeshifter - Doppleganger, who will later be revealed (in TSQ) to actually be a human-Skrull hybrid who gets great gas mileage. The REAL Kyle, which will be explained further in TOS21 was taken for testing due to his repeated encounters with omnipotence.
*IX4: Being an alien (or a hybrid who has been brainwashed to think he's an alien), Elyk has no romantic interest in a human. Apparently, Skrulls aren't as open-minded in the romance department as Captain Kirk.
*XII4: Annotator's Note: I had never heard of that expression before, and in all honesty, have yet to hear it outside of The Story.
*XIII11: At this point, Rina's hugged Chuck, kissed Kyle, and gotten in bed with Joe....is there any wonder Joe calls her a slut?
*XIV2: For casting of the Supercools movie, Macauly Culkin was cast for the role of Dungeonmaster.
*XV5: No matter how much you dislike someone or hate their species, the idea of an unbridled spending spree can bring people together.
*XVI5: As far as can be told, the Dungeonmaster has yet to make any further appearances.
Villains defeated by Chuck: 5
Villains defeated by Kyle: 8
Villains defeated by Joe: 14 (this Chapter - Dungeonmaster)
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