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by Hammerstein
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I totally thought Action man was going to die of a stroke when climbing the stairs or during the brawl. Didn't Orpheus say he had two years left, like, two years ago?

Jul. 27, 2008, 11:10am

by Trashcan Man
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I thought the same thing. I would have to imagine he's not long for this world.

I'm still quite curious about the circumstances of Jonas Sr.'s death. So far, we have casual mention of Guild involvement, and that Team Venture (sans Dr. Entmann, who was already stuck in the bomb shelter) got him killed (probably through some negligence or misadvanture. Presumably, Operation "Rusty's Blanket" began shortly thereafter, since Team Venture couldn't be trusted to watch over Rusty.

Oh, and one for the notes:

Scarantula. Cara is face in Italian. sCARAntula. Get it. It's as clever as the explanation for where the 8 legs come from.

Jul. 28, 2008, 12:16am

by Phil
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It's actually Scara-MAN-tula. Which isn't meant to discredit your theory. In fact, you're probably exactly right. But sticking that excess "man" in there makes it a perfect name to go along with the rest of the Venture world.

Jul. 28, 2008, 12:59am

by haux
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ok, but why the extra fingers on his right hand? and i think i saw that that hand was covered in hair on the back.

Jul. 28, 2008, 3:14am

by H
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Basically, it's all due to the Bond villain he is a reference to, Francisco Scaramanga of "The Man With The Golden Gun", played by Christopher Lee. He is Italian, hairy and has a third nipple instead of an extra digit. Oh, and Herve Villachaise as his henchman, that's funny.
The extra finger may be a reference to Count Rugen of The Princess Bride though.

Jul. 28, 2008, 5:40am

by haux
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yeah, i got the bond stuff. and i'm familiar that TMWTGG had the supernumerary nipple, which JS is clearly sporting on his chin (and, after a 3rd watching, i realize that JSs fingers are at his eyes because he is trying to portray japanese eyelids in his extra-fake disguise).

(and, yeah, Tattoo playing Knick-knack in the Bond was awesome)

and Count Rugen merely had one extra finger, and it was an important detail of his character. if there was some kid stalking him, with talk of "the man with 8 fingers on his right hand (and a spider tattoo on his face), who killed my father. prepare to die", i'd be more likely to believe that reference.

so, i'm not satisfied with your explanation, H. i think the extra fingers are something else, and something else specific - not just "well, he's a mutant supervillain, of course he's got weird extra fingers."

DH and JP are usually more deliberate in their subtlety than just random extra fingers, or a spare nipple weirdness translated to extra fingers (when there is a perfectly good Scaramanga spare nipple gag going on already).

mmmm.....
nipple gag.
lot worse things to be gagged with.
"get me my nipple gag and pussy whip! i need to exercise some Discipline!"

Jul. 28, 2008, 7:27am

by H
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Fine by me. I think I had trouble coun ting how many extra fingers he had on my computer anyway.

Jul. 28, 2008, 7:37am

by Amun-Ra
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I hadn't noticed the extra fingers, but might I suggest he has eight?

Jul. 28, 2008, 3:52pm

by H
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And Toby Huss is great anyway, whether it's live action or animation. Big fan of his.

Jul. 28, 2008, 8:28am

by RhinOx
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I think Saramantula is derived from Scaramouche, a character from a story set during the french revloution, he was a drunken actor and swords master, who wore a mask due to his disfigured nose/face.

Remember the line from Bohemian Rhapsody 'Scaramouche, scaramouche will you do the fan-dan-go...'

Jul. 28, 2008, 4:36pm

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