Line #48 ComicBook/PinkChickens


1	-> '''Dolly:''' Just think, Mustard! We've left our dull lives behind and are headed for new and exciting careers as Space-Babes!
2	-> '''Mustard:''' I don't wanna be a Space-Babe. I wanna be a [[TitleDrop Pink Chicken]].
3	-> '''Dolly:''' [[TitleDrop Pink Chickens]][[superscript: [[TradeSnark TM]]]] it is then! [[NoFourthWall Just don't blame me if it doesn't sell.]]
4	-->-- Episode 1: "Spoooog!"
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6	'''Pink Chickens''' is an Australian comic created by Patrick A. Reid[[note]]Patrick Alexander[[/note]]. It ran in the Australian kid's magazines Mania (from 2001 to 2002, when a parent complained and "spoiled everything for everyone") and Krash (2005-2006), coming to a total of 14 "episodes". The comic has since been hosted on the official Pink Chickens website, [[http://www.pinkchickens.chickennation.com which can be found here]]. According to said website, the current status of the comic is "WHO KNOWS!" - Mr. Alexander saying that he wants to complete the comic, but also that he "...may not be capable of finishing it (or willing to finish it) in its current form."
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8	The comic mainly follows the adventures of [[AlliterativeName Dolly Douglas]] and Mustard Custard, with two episodes (5 and 10) following Beaver-B of The Baddy-Beavers/Throttle-Me-Beavers (alphabetically-named beavers who like to play Badminton). It blends at-times surreal/"silly" humour with a fairly well-established plot.
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11	!!This work contains examples of:
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13	* AbhorrentAdmirer: Blernk towards Mustard.
14	* {{Animorphism}}: A page in episode 13 has "the characters you've come to know and tolerate" drawn as penguins "due to stuff".
15	%%* {{Animesque}}
16	* ArtShift: Basil's comic in episode 4 and the Lice panels.
17	* BilingualBonus:
18	** Some of Mucus and Pidgie's lines in Episode 10 are in Japanese.
19	--> '''Mucus:''' 私は魚です！[[note]]I'm a fish![[/note]]
20	--> '''Pidgie:''' ワンワン！[[note]]Wanwan![[/note]]
21	** The Baddy-Beaver's war cry in Episode 5
22	--> Soy un alce importante![[note]]Spanish for 'I am an important moose/elk'[[/note]] Muerte a todos los molletes![[note]]Spanish for 'Death to all the muffins/Kill all the muffins!'[[/note]] Os nabos comeram meus pastéis![[note]]Portuguese for 'The turnips ate my crayons!'[[/note]] Ich bin ein furry vampire![[note]]German for 'I am a furry vampire'[[/note]] Ich sauge saft![[note]]German for 'I suck juice'[[/note]] Café con pan![[note]][[EvenTheSubtitlerIsStumped ???]][[/note]]
23	** The shoelace cross-stitch that Dolly holds up in one panel in episode 8 reads ばか (Japanese for "idiot").
24	* CallingYourAttacks:
25	--> PRETTY DRAGON FAIRY STAR CLOBBERING THING!! [[AC:[[DoomyDoomsOfDoom of doom!]] ]]
26	--> MAGICAL FANCY TIGER WISH HURTING MOVE!! [[AC:[[RunningGag of doom!]] ]]
27	* CatGirl: Dolly inexplicably becomes one for episode 13.
28	* DrugsAreBad: the [[SpoofAesop aesop]] derived from the IAteWhat situation below.
29	* FingerInTheMail: Trevor the alien says he's going to remove Dolly and Mustard's feet in revenge because they have stolen his spaceship, and to demonstrate his threat shows [[http://www.pinkchickens.chickennation.com/comic/index.php?start=27 the cut and mounted feet of Mustard's parents]].
30	* FunetikAksent: The Baddy-Beavers.
31	* FunnyBackgroundEvent: Many.
32	** Basil being hit out of one panel and into a later one (and into Mustard) in episode 3.
33	* MundaneMadeAwesome: At one point [[Myth/NorseMythology Thor]] randomly appears and begins to use Mjollnir, which is... a completely normal hammer, treated as if it were some mystical artifact. Dolly isn't pleased and [[YourHeadAsplode makes Thor's head blow up]] with her thoughts, even if she ''probably'' didn't ''mean it''...
34	* NoFourthWall
35	--> '''Dolly:''' Brrrrr! No panel border! That's spooky.
36	* NonSequitur:
37	** So many.
38	--> '''Mr. Custard:''' So I said to the boss: "Dang froogie-poop, sir! Gimmie the gosh-jiminy cookie-nut before I blow your head up! '''Arrr!! I'm a pirate!'''
39	--> '''Mrs. Custard: CITRUS FRUIT!! CITRUS FRUIT!!'''
40	** "We interrupt this comic to annoy you! [...] It's an Arctic Neen!"
41	* OnlySaneMan: Basil and Victor.
42	* ShoutOut: Several.
43	--> "But you see, this is no ''ordinary'' wardrobe! ''This'' wardrobe is a gateway to the magical land of [[Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia Nanria]][[superscript: [[TradeSnark TM]]]]! [...] Yes, Nanria! A magical land of only two metres by one metre by one and a half metres! Nanria: Where it is always dark and smells suspiciously like a musty old cupboard."[[note]][[AC: Dolly: sold! ]][[/note]]
44	--> "And make sure they tape Seachange! It's the Creator/ShaunMicallef wacky out-takes special!"
45	** [[spoiler: [[BigBad Regius Flartus]]]] has a Garfield plush and a poster for Music/LinkinPark and Creator/NikkiWebster in his room.
46	** In a few pages Basil wears [[ComicBook/{{Transmetropolitan}} Spider Jerusalem's]] spectacles.
47	** Dolly and Mustard escaping from certain death in the vacuum of space before being picked up by another spaceship, as well as the space restaurant and Thor's unexplained appearance, could be considered Shout Outs to ''Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy''.
48	* SlasherSmile: Some of Dolly's smiles are positively creepy.
49	* StartMyOwn: In episode 4, Basil tries to start his own comic, [[WriterOnBoard The]] '''[[AuthorAppeal Sensible]]''' [[AuthorFilibuster Adventures]] [[{{Anvilicious}} of]] [[AuthorTract Basil!]] [[MartyStu The]] ''[[MartyStu Handsome]]'' [[MartyStu Goldfish.]]
50	* TakeThat: [[spoiler: [[BigBad Regius Flartus]]]] has a K-Zone (a rival magazine of Mania and Krash) poster in his room - and right across from a poster of Satan.
51	* TalkingWithSigns: Frupert uses this as his only form of communication "on-screen", so to speak.[[note]]It should be noted that he might not be entirely mute - Dolly says that they will not leave the ship until he says Goodbye to it. She does end up leaving, though she might have left without him saying it.[[/note]]
52	* TradeSnark
53	--> "The shoes are Red[[superscript:TM]] and were designed by Somebody[[superscript:TM]] [...] This panel brought to you by Mutual Hatred[[superscript:TM]]
54	* UnsoundEffect: Many throughout the series.
55	--> "DOOR-OPENING AND RAMP-EXTENDING SOUND EFFECTS!!"
56	--> "Zʊʃ!"[[note]]This ''could'' be interpreted as writing in the International Phonetic Alphabet, in which case it would be pronounced as 'zoosh' where the 'oo' sound is much shorter than usual[[/note]]

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