Comic 59

Panic! Action! Narrow escapes!

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Title: Rupert hits the town - part 4

Date: March 25, 2005

Summary: Rupert the cockroach grows to gigantic proportions and starts destroying the city.

Cast: Beaver, Steve, Rupert T. Roach, Innocent bystander

Onomatopoeias used: "G-R-O-W!", "WHACHUNK!", "BREAKK!"

Number of panels: 4

Transcript

Panel 1

Beaver and Steve watch Rupert T. Roach G-R-O-W! enormously.
Rupert: "What a disconcerting sensation..."

Panel 2

Rupert looks down on Beaver and Steve in triumph.
Rupert: "Ha-Ha! And so, you diminitive dimwits, it would seem the tables have been turned! The shoe, as they say, is upon the proverbial 'other foot'!"
Steve: "I think he wants to be our friend..."

Panel 3

Beaver grabs Steve's arm and drags him away as a giant leg of Rupert WHACHUNK!'s into the floor next to them.
Beaver: "Run!"

Panel 4

Outside: Beaver and Steve observe Rupert BREAKK!ing a building and destroying the city.
Beaver: "Oh no! He's destroying the city! We've got to do something!"
Steve: "Consider the benefits of a rural lifestyle?"
Rupert: "Take that oh cankerous construct of my oppressors"
Innocent bystander: "Aaah! A giant cockroach with a persecution complex... My greatest fear!"

Fun Facts

None.

References

~This is possibly a reference to Godzilla or some Godzilla-like concept. ~This is NOT a reference to <a href="http://www.shrunkenheadman.com/animation/">Stoopid Movie</a>, but worth checking out for comparison anyhow.

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