MT Issue 34: Page 4
Author_Ninja on April 17, 2010
Mika is, Ironically, scared of ghosts. Yes, she can see them, and except for the occasional real ghost she's seen (most of them friendly spirits or ghost rats following the Doc), mostly she just saw creepy auras. But before she went all grey gothic, she was almost identical to Kyoko in style and personality. They were both Ganguro girls http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganguro before the attack warped Mika's perceptions. Why else do you think they were best friends? Mika, during her preteen and early teenage years LOVED cute things, the color pink, and HATED horror movies.
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And I want to set the record straight. Deathtrap is not, I repeat NOT based on Project Satan from Futurama. I didn't even remember that episode until people started comparing the two, and even then I had to look it up before remembering. Yes, the origin where he's built from evil parts is similar, but damned if I remembered that scene. Saw that episode once, maybe twice.
Deathtrap is actually from a character I created two years ago name Jimbo, from an online pokemon role-playing group I belonged to called the Pokemon Combat Academy.
http://sidpanda39.deviantart.com/art/Team-Trauma-Jimbo-161236090
He was a suicidal ghost pokemon who was killed driving his car, which then became part of him in the form of a terrifying flying ghost car. Since I felt the ghost car idea was a bit too far-fetched even for Mob Ties, I changed the backstory a bit so that he was built from evil parts.
So, if comparing him to the Futurama character will help you like Deathtrap more, then feel free to compare the two. I just wanted to bring Deathtrap into the Mob Ties storyline because I wanted to make Curry a get-away-driver, and Deathtrap is such an interesting vehicle.
Of course…I'm showing my age here, but if he's based off of anything, it's Doomie the Dragster of Doom from the Beetlejuice cartoon. Most of you kids won't even know what I'm talking about.
Uallsuk2 at 10:07PM, Aug. 13, 2010
My God I love this car.
Elkian at 7:20PM, July 29, 2010
I thought she LIKED horror.
Burnerblaze at 2:04PM, April 20, 2010
EveryOne into the pool!
Dethfan at 1:30AM, April 20, 2010
Wuh-Oh! JEL summoned Beetjuice!
DJLink at 10:06PM, April 19, 2010
No way your style of comedy beats futurama hands down XD!
JEL625 at 9:10PM, April 19, 2010
BEETLE JUICE!! XD man i miss that one
JEL625 at 9:10PM, April 19, 2010
BEETLE JUICE!! XD man i miss that one
JEL625 at 9:10PM, April 19, 2010
BEETLE JUICE!! XD man i miss that one
Greyman at 8:32PM, April 19, 2010
Curry as the get-a-way driver? Ah, I can see it now: The goons exit a bank carrying bags of money, then spot Curry waiting in Deathtrap. Deathtrap revs ominously and light glints menacingly off the headlights. The goons drop the loot and run away screaming.
Kaeoz Crimson at 8:17PM, April 19, 2010
The skull on the bottom right is probably Jimbo's.
jninjashadow at 12:44PM, April 19, 2010
Damn, haven't thought of Dommie in years... now I can't stop seeing a resemblance
devvo at 11:10AM, April 19, 2010
:o Curries mad
Author_Ninja at 7:04AM, April 19, 2010
I'm not quite that old, Indybot.
Indybot at 1:35AM, April 19, 2010
Don't forget "The Car," circa 1977!
Author_Ninja at 12:03AM, April 19, 2010
I know. Still, this is a Parody comic. So, Project Satan, Herbie, Wheelie, the Chopper Gang, Kitt, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Doomie, Benny the Cab, Rickety Rocket (I hate to even use this as an example), Every character from Cars, the Transformers....There's a lot of different living and/or talking cars to Parody. Enough that Deathtrap can get his own 'Genre' wallpaper.
tHEfOOL at 11:55PM, April 18, 2010
i never said being like project satan was a bad thing, i loved that car/episode
Dudewise at 11:15PM, April 18, 2010
Blood-bath/hot tub in trunk? Damn, this car just keeps getting better and better!
Author_Ninja at 11:11PM, April 18, 2010
I watch a lot of Bones. I'm not exactly happy with the entrails, but yeah, Mika seeing her own half-drowned empty-eyed maggoty corpse floating in blood filled with skulls? All in all I'm pleased with the imagery.
Kaeoz Crimson at 10:55PM, April 18, 2010
Oh, and the maggoty corpses were a nice touch. Very creepy. That'll probably go up on the Nightmare Fuel TvTropes page later.
Kaeoz Crimson at 10:54PM, April 18, 2010
It's time for an attitude adjustment, Death Trap, and when Curry adjusts your attitude, he does it with the BIG wrench.
Mr Kaos at 9:49PM, April 18, 2010
Poor Mika.. xD Well seemly Curry will teach the Deathtrap some manners. xD
Author_Ninja at 9:47PM, April 18, 2010
I said MOST. I detect I have a large audience of younger folks who read Mob Ties, but I know I've got some fellow Old School readers out there. Doomie was the bomb. I love that cartoon.
CZGrey at 9:44PM, April 18, 2010
Don't Forget AN that I'm almost the same age as you are pal. And I LOVED DOOMIE!