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by peterbr
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So here's my question - that bit after the credits with Limb, does that basically just throw the whole defense of the Monarch out the window, by implying he was doing exactly what the Guild was accusing him of doing? That's the way I read it, and thought it hilarious. Excellent episode.

May. 31, 2008, 5:14pm

by Phil
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I think so. The "twist" at the end is something I need to see it again to understand fully in terms of its implications.

Dr. Girlfriend's defense was that Phantom Limb wasn't nearly stupid enough not to recognize The Monarch later on, so it's his fault that he was continue to operate as an unauthorized supervillain.

But yeah, after the credits, it certainly does seem that Phantom Limb WAS stupid enough, and somehow believed that the huge, hulking Manotaur was the same person as the skinny little beanpole he encountered years earlier.

But it's clear that he "became" the Monarch for the sake of winning Dr. Girlfriend, not to make Venture's life hell. (He tried doing that before his transformation anyway.)

May. 31, 2008, 8:04pm

by Amaziah Nazarian
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Did you see the phantom limbs robo-hand? I wonder how he was fixed. Also let's not forget that the Monarch was raised by butterflies! It was his destiny!

May. 31, 2008, 10:26pm

by Phil
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I didn't notice the robo-hand! But I chalk it up to the small window I had to watch it through...hopefully I would have noticed on Sunday on television.

I did notice his face was all scarred up, but I assumed it was a bandage or something.

And yeah, good point about him "becoming" the Monarch way back when he was a child. But I guess there's no reason to believe he was doing so with villainous purposes...he may have just wanted to be a butterfly, rather than a villain with a butterfly theme.

Well...whatever. It was a great episode, and a hell of a good kickoff to what is probably going to be a very heavy, very confusing season.

Jun. 1, 2008, 12:12am

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