Dudley's (New, Improved) Dungeon

< Mar 8th, 2009 >

winn

The energy vortex      
engulfs you!           
   ------------        
   |  -- ...  ---      
   |     .@v    |      
   |     ...    |      
   --           |      
    -----     ---      
        --    |

@ "Yes, finally!"

Apply?                 
G - a tinning kit      
                       
         /-\           
         |@|           
         \-/

b - a battery          
                       
   ------------        
   |  -- ...  ---      
   |     .@.    |      
   |     ...    |      
   --           |      
    -----     ---      
        --    |

@ "EUREKA!"

Apply? b - a battery   
                       
   ------------        
   |  -- ...  ---      
   |     .@.    |      
   |     ...    |      
   --           |      
    -----     ---      
        --    |

Insert into Sting? [yn]
                       
   ------------        
   |  -- ...  ---      
   |     .@.    |      
   |     ...    |      
   --           |      
    -----     ---      
        --    |

@ "Yes!"

Sting faintly glows    
blue.                  
   ------------        
   |  --..... ---      
   |    ..@..   |      
   |    .....   |      
   --    oo.    |      
    ----- o   ---      
        -- o  |

@ "Uh-oh!"

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Everything works better with science!

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8 Comments

#1	ToonyMan	Sun, 8 Mar 2009 01:21:05
SCIENCE!!!!!
#2	DrSunglass	Sun, 8 Mar 2009 04:25:54
I was at first a bit unclear as to how tinning the vortex worked from inside, but obviously you just scoop some up and close/solder the lid. (If a panel had shown him killing the vortex, it would've made more immediate sense.) That said, this is an excellent reference to the past, and I love that. It's pretty funny on its own merits, too. "EUREKA!" may have been a bit much, though. Last edited: Sun, 8 Mar 2009 04:26:28
#3	Quint	Mon, 9 Mar 2009 05:13:38
Vortices don't corpses, do they? This would be the only way to do it, I think. Also, wasn't the battery joke done before, in the old DD?
#4	anther	Mon, 9 Mar 2009 16:00:30
There was probably something about a battery, but I don't remember anything like this.
#5	DrSunglass	Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:57:46
For the record, the old joke was that batteries hadn't been invented yet, and thus Sting was useless.
#6	danirijeka	Wed, 6 May 2009 12:55:01
Science: it works!
#7	Anonymous	Tue, 6 Sep 2011 22:37:44
#3: No, that one involved turning it into a vacuum cleaner.
#8	Kernigh	Fri, 25 May 2012 18:20:54
In an earlier comic, Sting required batteries: http://www.nicolaas.net/dudley/index.php?f=20040618

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