Comic 71

Lord Moulinex awakens

Link: Comic 71

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Title: toast-al annihilation

Date: May 6, 2005

Summary: Steve is briefed on the ongoing appliance wars.

Cast: Steve, Toaster, Lord Moulinex, Vacuum

Onomatopoeias used: "CH-A-NGE!", "CRIK"

"Fin" style: Letters morphing a la robots

Number of panels: 12

Transcript

Panel 1

Steve approaches a toaster with a slice of bread to toast.

Panel 2

Toaster CH-A-NGE!'s
Toaster: "Yaaaa!"

Panel 3

Toaster: "Listen carefully - we don't have much time! I come from a race of sentient robots, locked in a bitter civil war that has raged across the kitchen for eons."
Toaster: "Now the evil Lord Moulinex has all but wiped out my kind... I am my people's last hope!"

Panel 4

Toaster: "Take this and guard it well."
The Toaster hands Steve a device.
Toaster: "It is the Omega Quadrant, the one object that can defeat Lord Moulinex. If it is destroyed all hope is lost!"

Panel 5

A Vacuum and a Blender appear.
Toaster: "Oh no..."

Panel 6

Toaster: "Lord Moulinex!"
The Vacuum and Blender (Lord Moulinex) CH-A-NGE!
Lord Moulinex: "Seize him!"
Vacuum: "Grrr"

Panel 7

Toaster: "Remember what I said! You are our only hope!"
Lord Moulinex: "Take him to... the disintegration chamber!"
Toaster: "NOOOO!"

Panel 8

Toaster is now off screen.
Toaster: "AIEEEE!"

Panel 9

Steve and Lord Moulinex look at each other.

Panel 10

Lord Moulinex: "Nice place you have here."
Steve: "Thanks."

Panel 11

Lord Moulinex CH-A-NGE!'s back into a blender.

Panel 12

Steve breaks the Omega Quadrant with a CRIK sound.
Steve: "Oops."

Fun Facts

• Not only are toasters faeries, but also sentient robots.

References

• Moulinex is a home electronics company in France.

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