Line #14 Trivia/PlatypusComix


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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