1 | * ActorAllusion: |
2 | ** One of the videos in "[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/thesearemycheeks.html Jack Valenti's Movie Ratings System]]" depicts Creator/JulieAndrews teaching moviegoers about an updated MPAA seal, and the "Suggested For Mature Audiences" box. Peter refers to the video as, "one trailer starring [[Film/MaryPoppins Miss Poppins]] that parents could miss by going to the snack bar." |
3 | ** The "[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/bored/tvguideads13.html Fall 1989]]" installment of "The Ancient Lost Art of ''TV Guide'' Advertising" includes [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/bored/tvguideads13-11.jpg a promo]] for a TV movie called ''Brand New Life''. The promo shows Creator/BarbaraEden, of ''Series/IDreamOfJeannie'' fame, carrying seven little people on a silver platter, so Peter admits that he'd only watch the movie if Eden's character magically shrunk people. |
4 | ** The [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit46.html review]] of ''Cricket on the Hearth'' instructs, "...make room for Danny Thomas", before he appears as the special's host (and one of its voice actors), as a reference to the sitcom ''Make Room For Daddy'', which starred Thomas. |
5 | ** "[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/otherpeople/libbyspineapple.html Sabrinas Trough Time III]]" refers to Creator/WayneKnight as "Dennis Nedry", the name of his ''Film/JurassicPark'' character, when he [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/otherpeople/libbyspineapple34.jpg appears]] in a Frosted Cheerios commercial. |
6 | * AttentionDeficitCreatorDisorder: As of 2018, the site has four ongoing comics all created by Peter, along with humorous articles added every so often. He also has to edit the publication, ''BANG! Magazine''. |
7 | * CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: |
8 | ** Doubling as WrongfullyAttributed, "[[http://platypuscomix.com/hollywood/loveishard.html Love is Hard]]" refers to this feedback from an ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' story meeting as "the smartest thing [Michael Eisner] ever said in his life," even though Jeffrey Katzenberg actually gave it (as shown in [[https://youtu.be/afqrFqn7PJg?t=425 one of the DVD bonus features]]): |
9 | ---> "I can see why he likes her. But I can't see why she likes HIM." |
10 | ** Peter's [[http://platypuscomix.com/otherpeople2/maureen.html look]] at ''Marvelous Maureen'' theorizes that Darth Vader's unmasked appearance in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' inspired [[http://platypuscomix.com/otherpeople2/maureen2-3.jpg Gumbrayne's design]], even though ''[=RotJ=]'' wouldn't premiere for about another year. |
11 | ** In "[[http://platypuscomix.com/history/toysrus.html "The Platypus Comix Farewell Toys R Us Tour]]," Peter mentions that the only kids' programs on Saturday morning TV are by Litton Entertainment. This is false, as several Creator/{{Fox}} affiliates have the non-Litton block Xploration Station and some Creator/{{PBS}} stations air the Creator/PBSKids block on weekends. |
12 | ** Peter's [[http://platypuscomix.com/hollywood/watcher.html review]] of Disney's ''Film/TheWatcherInTheWoods'' expresses surprise that the 2017 made-for-TV adaptation would air on Creator/{{Lifetime}} rather than a channel owned by Disney... even though the Mouse House owned half of Lifetime thanks to their acquisition of Creator/{{ABC}}. |
13 | * CreatorBacklash: Peter won't avoid admitting his discontent with some of his old, discontinued series, such as ''Riot Act'' and ''Marin Meadow'' . |
14 | * InMemoriam: |
15 | ** Peter paid tribute to trailer voiceover Creator/DonLaFontaine with [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/people/donla.html a compilation]] of various videos he narrated, including some that he did aside from movie trailers. |
16 | ** The death of former Motion Picture Association of America president Jack Valenti motivated Peter to write about the evolution of [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/thesearemycheeks.html Jack Valenti's Movie Ratings System]]. |
17 | ** A few days after the untimely deaths of Ed [=McMahon=], Farrah Fawcett, and Music/MichaelJackson, Peter wrote [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/eulogyforalf.html a eulogy]] for...Series/{{Alf}}. [[spoiler:Which quickly was edited into a eulogy for Creator/BillyMays]]. |
18 | ** Occasions that called for banners include: |
19 | *** [[http://platypuscomix.net/top135.gif The death]] of Music/MichaelJackson. |
20 | *** [[http://platypuscomix.net/top185.gif The breakup]] of Music/{{REM}}. |
21 | *** [[http://platypuscomix.net/top187.jpg The death]] of Creator/SteveJobs. |
22 | *** The death of UsefulNotes/OsamaBinLaden got a banner which looked more cheery than the ones listed above. |
23 | *** [[http://platypuscomix.net/top202.jpg The end]] of ''ComicStrip/CulDeSac''. |
24 | *** [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/top216.jpg The death]] of Creator/HaroldRamis. |
25 | *** [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/top231.jpg The death]] of Music/DavidBowie. |
26 | *** [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/top232.jpg The death]] of Music/{{Prince}}. |
27 | *** [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/top250.jpg The death]] of Creator/StanLee. |
28 | * LifeImitatesArt: "[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/miscellaneous/index.php?issue=14&pageType=index&seriesID=7 Nester and Wiiner # 2: No More Heroes]]," a story about CasualVideoGame production causing a decline in quality Creator/{{Nintendo}} games, ended with Nintendo making plans for [[ItsEasySoItSucks a game about breathing]]. Over a year later, Ubisoft announced plans for ''Innergy,'' a game about breathing. |
29 | * MilestoneCelebration: |
30 | ** The week of Platypus Comix's 10th anniversary brought the banner providing the current page image. |
31 | ** Peter displayed [[http://platypuscomix.net/top191.jpg this]] a few days after UsefulNotes/JoanOfArc's 600th birthday. |
32 | ** The website celebrated the 25th anniversary of ''Series/FreeSpirit1989''[[note]]the anniversary of when Creator/{{ABC}} televised the pilot, as opposed to when the show began its regular Sunday night airings[[/note]] with [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/top222.jpg this banner]], and a review of the last episode ABC aired, "[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/winniewedding.html Blast From the Past]]". |
33 | ** The website celebrated the 35th anniversary of ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' with [[http://platypuscomix.com/top259.jpg this banner]], and a [[http://platypuscomix.com/interactive/lahax.html list]] of {{Easter Egg}}s in the code for ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening''. |
34 | * MissingEpisode: Several of the oldest banners got deleted to save space. |
35 | * OneEpisodeWonder: "[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/miscellaneous/index.php?issue=7 Rice Cub]]" ends by asking the reader to tell Peter if he or she would like to read a sequel. Even though some people [[http://www.toonzone.net/forums/platypus-comix/190160-rice-cub-talkback.html answered]] that they would, Peter evidently never found the time to make one. |
36 | * RealLifeWritesThePlot: After Peter learned of the existence of [[http://www.kevhines.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi a website]] called "Platypus Comi'''cs'''," he wrote about his characters' reactions to the [[SimilarlyNamedWorks similarly named work]] and its debatably enjoyable content in "Riot Act # 2." |
37 | * RealitySubtext: Numerous examples, such as the ''Mulberry'' comic "Murphy's Lawn" (built up on Creator/BrittanyMurphy's death) and the ''Keiki'' comic "Beefer in the Time of Cholera" (set during the economic recession of the late 2000s). Peter also traditionally makes comics about Dan Blather covering the UsefulNotes/OlympicGames and Mulberry trying to influence the Presidential Election. |
38 | * ViralMarketing: |
39 | ** Some of the banners displayed in Fall and Winter of 2010 have [[http://platypuscomix.net/top162.jpg the number pi]] [[http://platypuscomix.net/top166.gif displayed]] for reasons that didn't seem very clear until New Year's Day 2011, when Paltridge released the first ''Princess Pi'' comic. |
40 | ** During the week of April 15-21, 2012, the banner featured a working countdown to midnight April 23 ET, at which time Peter Paltridge would make "the most important announcement in Platypus Comix history." Peter [[http://platypuscomix.net/top195.gif extended the countdown]], then [[http://platypuscomix.net/top194.jpg shortened it]], [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/top196.jpg then]] [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/projects/bang.html revealed]] that he plans to collect stories and comics for an independent publication: ''[[http://www.bangpdx.com/ BANG! The Entertainment Paper]]'' (later renamed). |
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