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by Thrainn
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Okay, first of all I loved this episode, it's so great to have Col. Gentleman back :D
But there is one thing about this episode that just irritates me so much and that is Humongoloids face!!

How can that be Dr. Entman?? They don't even have the same facial features. I know he could've gotten fatter when he got older but look at his eyes and his nose. What the hell??
http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/6844/humongoloidentmannkt8.jpg

Jul. 30, 2008, 2:09am

by Crimson
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When he was Humongoloid, Entman was suffering from Pituitary gigantism, which (according to Wikipedia (yes I know not the best source)) causes
"Soft tissue swelling visibly resulting in enlargement of the hands, feet, nose, lips and ears, and a general thickening of the skin
Soft tissue swelling of internal organs, notably the heart with attendant weaking of its muscularity, and the kidneys, also the vocal cords resulting in a characteristic thick, deep voice and slowing of speech
Generalized expansion of the skull at the fontanelle
Pronounced brow protrusion, often with ocular distension
Pronounced lower jaw protrusion with attendant macroglossia and teeth gapping"

thus the difference in facal features, how Jonas managed to cure him of those symptoms by simply shrinking him, I don't know

Jul. 30, 2008, 2:34am

by Thrainn
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Wow, Jackson thought of everything :O Thanks for the answer!

Jul. 30, 2008, 3:14am

by Dandy
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Interesting. Did anyone catch what he was saying to Jonas before Jonas told him to rest? And why were they doing CPR on him later on?

Jul. 31, 2008, 1:22am

by Phil
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I think it was something about having no feeling in his mouth...not unlikely he was having a heart attack.

I don't think Jonas cured him by simply shrinking him. If he had, Entmann would still have all the same problems he had as Humongoloid. (Gigantism is dangerous not because your body is huge, but because your organs are still very small. It's the ratio that's the problem; shrinking Entmann outright would preserve the ratio, and you'd just end up with a tiny little man still suffering from the now-ironic gigantism.)

The shrinkage may have been part of the treatment...but not the whole thing.

Jul. 31, 2008, 1:38am

by Olindoom
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I think it was something about that his tongue was too big for his mouth.

Jul. 31, 2008, 3:48am

by H
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He also said his heart hurt. I think this is an Amazing Colossal Man reference because the main character in that movie also had heart pains after his science gone wrong growth.

Jul. 31, 2008, 4:18am

by DeimosMasque
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Gigantism puts an amazing strain on the Heart, most people who end up with it die young and of heart failure which I believe is what the reference is.

But then again Amazing Colossal Man is a good reference too.

Jul. 31, 2008, 5:57pm

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