I actually planned Steven’s costume and what he’s doing at the party after watching some Freakazoid again recently. I didn’t even know CandleJack had become a meme. And that said meme was already dead.
For those who haven’t seen the episode? Bam!
And yep, now Ginger is the female player character from Pokémon Black/White.
And hey! Art’s back! There will be quite the post on Wednesday with him and his costume.
Ugh, I you have no idea how much I hate that god damn meme. Some people are not able to get it in their head that it was never funny.
Look at it this way… I’m sure there have been many things in your life that you thought were funny, but others did not. Didn’t make you wrong. And people who like the whole Candlejack thing, for whatever reason… well, they’re not wrong either.You can’t really say something was never funny just because you didn’t find it so.
Like Jim said, humor is perceptive and tastes vary between people.
Also, like I said in the news post, I didn’t even know there was the meme when I first wrote this storyline and I felt screw it. I’m doing it more for the Freakazoid reference than the meme reference.
Besides, it’s not quite the meme. Notice that people aren’t disappearing mid-sentence?
I can see how it could be funny initially, just as a simple joke, like: “Hey, don’t use Candle Jack’s name otherwise he’ll..” representing a person getting taken. I don’t know, I’d do it myself, up until it’s beaten to death by everyone else doing it!
oooh, nice new costume for ginger. should have known. have a nice day
Yeah, I thought it was kind of obvious so I’m a little surprised nobody tried to guess it. She wears Pokémon player costumes so well, it’s a little weird.
Also, thanks! You have a good day too!
Not to detract from how good Ginger looks, am I the only one who thinks that Touko’s shorts are cut a bit short? I’ve got no problem with them personally, but these games are meant for children, after all. Sure Misty’s anime look was less than modest, but this new girl’s hot pants make Daisy Dukes’ look church-appropriate.
Whatever. NoA will probably change them. At least they better. They went out of their way to replace the slots in HGSS with that retarded card game (I still don’t get that one. How are little kids going to get past casino security?), I would imagine that they have the common sense to remove something that actually WILL piss parents off.
The player characters in Black/White are apparently suppose to be about 14/15 instead of 10. I think that’s part of it. I think it’s also that a lot of the Pokémon audience is older now. We who have been playing since the first game are 12 years older than when we started with Pokémon, and even the newer players are getting older, so the bulk of the audience now is well over ten. So having older characters make them “easier to relate to” for the players (also helps gives credence to a lot of their adventure).
That said, yeah the shorts are short, but you have to think of the style of the age group and the fact the Pokémon universe will exaggerate aspects of style. (Although some real people younger than the character are in fact wearing shorts shorter than that and that’s much more disturbing to me.)
Maybe Nintendo will lengthen them or not. That’s up to them. Parents get mad about anything and everything these days. It helps keep them busy. For me, at least it’s a better fucking outfit than Kotone in HG/SS…
Am I the only person who liked Lyra’s outfit? Other than the fact her overworld sprite had a hat bigger than her head?
FREAKAZOID!! that show was far too advanced for its time. also, it should have been released for the 18-25 age bracket, who would have appreciated it far more than 8-year-olds.
Worst part was that WB was told this and ignored it. Their (and our) loss.
well, par for the course.
I forgot about freakazoid entirely. the guy with the white stripe in his hair with blue skin, right? and he wore a red jumpsuit with black gloves I think. I could be wrong though, this is entirely out of memory.
YOU MUST GO WATCH IT NOW
Scream.
CANDLEJACK! The one time I ever loved 4chan was when my favorite hooded weirdo who abducts people who say his name became a meme! Between the pokemon references, and now this, (and Wil Wheatons Fruit Fucker shirt) you’ve just joined my bookmarked comics! You join the ensemble cast of Penny Arcade, Megatokyo, Precocious, PvP, Flaky Pastry, Gunnerkrigg Court and Jefbot!