Line #39 Funny/SuperSons


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3	!Issue #1
4	* The exchange between the boys as they make their stand.
5	-->'''Damian:''' It's time for '''[[ComicBook/{{Robin}} Robin]]''' and '''[[ComicBook/{{Superboy}} Superboy]]''' to take a stand!\
6	'''Jon:''' Why's your name first?\
7	'''Damian:''' I'm older.\
8	'''Jon:''' I'm taller.\
9	'''Damian:''' [[NoYou Shut up]].
10	* Talking about Damian's teaching credentials.
11	-->'''Damian:''' Oh, I have more than nerve, Jon, and I didn't make anything up. I could've had a doctorate in geology at seven years old.\
12	'''Jon:''' And why didn't you?\
13	'''Damian:''' Because my mother killed my professor and dumped him in the ocean.\
14	'''Jon:''' Ha, yeah right! ''[sees Damian's completely serious face and breaks into a cold sweat]'' [[ChangeTheUncomfortableSubject ...And when did you start driving huh, eight years old?]]\
15	'''Damian:''' ''[throws his teacher's mask at Jon's face]'' [[ImprobableAge Five, actually.]]
16
17	!Issue #2
18	* Damian's "wut" face after Jon sifts through 175 hours of security camera footage in about five seconds.
19	* The CuttingTheKnot moment.
20	-->'''Damian:''' Once we get up there I'll use my mini-acetylene and burn a--\
21	'''Jon:''' ''[points at the front door]'' Hey genius... ''details.''
22
23	!Issue #3
24	* Damian's reaction to having his bike wrecked while he was looking away.
25	-->'''Damian:''' ''[stunned]'' ...I just finished customizing it...
26	* The exchange when they're confronted by their duplicates after Jon spent the last three issues saying that they should get their dads' help.
27	-->'''Damian:''' I'll admit, maybe in retrospect we should have called our fathers.\
28	'''Jon:''' [[SarcasmMode That's nice to hear, thanks.]]\
29	'''Damian:''' I said '''maybe'''.
30	* There's something amusing about Damian's continual snooty demeanor as he rides on Jon's back and holds a robot's head as if he were examining a piece of art.
31
32	!Issue #4
33	* [[ServileSnarker Alfred's]] reaction to discovering Damian's absence:
34	-->'''Alfred:''' Hnn, at least when [[Characters/{{Robin}} Master Richard]] snuck out he had the decency to construct a pillow dummy.
35	* Jon cutting in as Lex begins hamming it up to Kid Amazo.
36	-->'''Kid Amazo:''' Underneath that armor he's just Lex Luthor! We can break him!\
37	'''Lex:''' You can't break me! I'm more than Lex Luthor. I am '''SUPER-'''\
38	'''Jon:''' ''[suddenly punches Kid Amazo in the face, shattering his visor]'' Nah, he had it right the first time!
39	* When Jon refuses to give Damian a piggyback ride back to Gotham, the Boy Wonder then reveals that he could've summoned a new bike whenever he wanted. [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther Looks like someone doesn't want to admit something]].
40	* The boys coming home to a very angry Alfred and Lois.
41	-->'''Lois:''' You boys had better start talking, '''''AND QUICK!'''''\
42	'''Alfred:''' ''[standing next to her with his arms crossed]'' I believe '''ditto''' is the operative word.
43
44	!Issue #5
45	* Jon's reaction to being told to climb up the Batcave's dinosaur's rear end. Alfred's reaction is even better.
46	-->'''Alfred:''' [[ARareSentence Hnn, I cannot believe my life has come to a place where I have to say this...]] Please step out of the dinosaur's... '''''buttocks.'''''
47	** Even funnier? You can see Robin and Superboy's capes sticking out of said dinosaur's "buttocks"!
48	* Alfred's complete deadpan to the boys' antics while treating them to dinner is golden.
49	* Batman basically pulling the "I'm Batman" excuse over who would win in a fight between him and Superman.
50	-->'''Superman:''' Who do you think would win if '''we''' fought?\
51	'''Batman:''' ''[pouring himself a glass of water]'' Me.\
52	'''Superman:''' But I'm stronger. And I can fly.\
53	'''Batman:''' Um, '''me.'''\
54	'''Superman:''' I think your cowl's too tight.
55	* Superman's realization after he gives Jon and Damian the go ahead to adventure and fight crime together.
56	-->'''Superman:''' Now I just need to sell that to Lois.\
57	'''Batman:''' Good luck with that, Kent.
58
59	!Issue #6
60	* Jon might have superpowers, but he still answers to his mom like any other kid.
61	-->'''Lois:''' Do you have your cellphone, Jonathan?\
62	'''Jon:''' ''[exasperatedly]'' Yes, Mom. I already told you, like a hundred times.\
63	'''Lois:''' Don't get short or I'll turn your Super-Butt around.\
64	'''Jon:''' Sorry, Mom.
65
66	* Jon also fails at the "but Damian's dad let's him do it" excuse.
67	-->'''Lois:''' Remember, back by 10 P.M. on the dot.\
68	'''Jon:''' ''Aww'', come on, it's '''''Friday'''''-- Damian's dad let's him stay out all night.\
69	'''Clark:''' Damian's dad dresses like a bat and gets hit twenty-eight times every night. So maybe not the best argument.\
70	'''Jon:''' ''[as his mom kisses him on the forehead and passes him a "Super Snack"]'' ''Aw'', okay, fair point, Dad.\
71	'''Lois:''' ''[smiling]'' My hero.
72
73	* Damian being TheComicallySerious as he accosts a man for jaywalking with a dog. Jon is completely unfazed at this point.
74	-->'''Damian:''' Stop transgressor! ''[grabs man by collar]'' Jaywalking is where it starts! Next thing you know you're knocking over liquor stores in Gotham Heights and working for pennies for scuzz like '''''Two-Face!''''' In '''my''' city, we don't put up with this!\
75	'''Jon:''' ''[playing with the man's dog]'' Sorry about my friend, he's wound a bit too tight.\
76	'''Damian:''' In '''my''' city, I stop crime at its- ''[gets shoved aside by Jon]''\
77	'''Jon:''' Cross at the corners, mister. Keep your dog safe.
78
79	* Starfire continuing the RunningGag of the boys being mistaken for siblings despite knowing very well that they aren't.
80	-->'''Starfire:''' Hi Robin... Is this your big brother?\
81	'''[[HeightAngst Damian]]:''' You very well know he's not, Starfire!
82
83	!Issue #7
84	* The Titans complaining about getting their butts kicked again while snarking at each other's expense.
85	-->'''Starfire:''' Well, that was embarrassing.\
86	'''Beast Boy:''' Oh, you mean getting our heads handed to us by three unknown weirdos? Sounds ''[[SarcasmMode totally normal to me Starfire.]]''\
87	'''Raven:''' '''[[EmbarrassingFirstName Garfield]]''' ''is'' being sarcastic, yes?\
88	'''Aqualad:''' Beast Boy's always a laugh-riot. Minus the laughs.
89
90	* After Damian is rapidly aged by Time Commander, he begins suffering from all of the ailments typically associated with the elderly, including poor bowel control.
91	-->'''Starfire:''' ''[about Damian using the bathroom]'' Again?\
92	'''Aqualad:''' You've ''seen'' those old people in commercials, right?
93
94	* Damian's poor attempts to maintain some semblance of authority in his current state.
95	-->'''Damian:''' ''[to Jon while leaving the bathroom]'' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Not. A. Word.]] Titans! Time to go! We know where they are, and this time we're-- "tt" ''[goes back into the bathroom]'' Not. A. Word.\
96	'''Jon:''' ''[busts out laughing as the door slams]''
97
98	* Jon's equally poor attempts to maintain his secret identity are nothing short of laughable.
99	-->'''Jon:''' "S"? What "S"? [[BadLiar I'm just a regular kid... that Robin happens to know.]]\
100	'''Beast Boy:''' We know who you are. [[ClarkKenting Your secret identity]] [[LampshadeHanging is more obvious than mine...]] and I'm '''''[[LockedIntoStrangeness green!]]'''''
101
102	* Jon's surprise to Damian letting him come along.
103	-->'''Jon:''' You really don't mind?\
104	'''Damian:''' Right now, I'm way too old to care.
105
106	* Damian feels his age as he tries to keep the privilege of yelling [[AvengersAssemble "Titans Together!"]] Also a CallBack to the jaywalking exchange mentioned above, with Damian cutting off Jon mid-sentence by shoving him aside.
107	-->'''Beast Boy:''' Welcome to the Titans, kid. Wanna do the honors?\
108	'''Jon:''' Really? ''[raises his fist in the air]'' Titans...\
109	'''Damian:''' ''[shoves Jon aside]'' I may be old, but I'm not ready to retire. Titans... um... nnn...\
110	'''Jon:''' Together?\
111	'''Damian:''' ''[after already being picked up by Starfire while the others fly through the air]'' Together!
112
113	* After being restored to his proper age, Damian still can't find time to celebrate.
114	-->'''Jon:''' Hey, you're you again!\
115	'''Damian:''' And you're ''you.'' Life is full of disappointments.\
116	'''Jon:''' Jerk.
117
118	* After Raven uses her abilities as TheEmpath to reveal Damian's hidden respect for Jon, Damian tries to burst Jon's bubble.
119	-->'''Damian:''' Don't get too cocky. Her father's a Satanic demigod. Just so you know.
120
121	* Jon copies Damian's snooty demeanor while bickering with him while Damian retorts with what amounts to a YourMom joke.
122	-->'''Damian:''' Sorry, Kent. You're still in training. We didn't even get through out first session tonight.\
123	'''Jon:''' ''[shouting]'' Again! No one asked you to train me!\
124	'''Damian:''' It was ''implied.''\
125	'''Jon:'''' No! You inferred wrongly!\
126	'''Damian:''' ''Implied!''\
127	'''Jon:''' Yeah, by who?!\
128	'''Damian:''' By your moth- agh! ''[gets grabbed by a mechanical tentacle]''
129
130	!Issue #8
131	* Damian is mistaken for being Jon's younger brother again.
132	-->'''Big Shot:''' ''[to Jon]'' Hurry--we need to leave before it returns. And tell your little brother to follow.\
133	'''Damian:''' Why does everyone assume if someone's taller they're older?\
134	'''Jon:''' And usually smarter.
135
136	* Jon cheerfully titles Damian the "Robin of Gotham, The Rope-Slinger" after a comment from Big Shot.
137	-->'''Big Shot:''' Hopefully your skillset includes more than just barking orders and shooting rope.\
138	'''Jon:''' Robin of Gotham--The Rope Slinger!\
139	'''Damian:''' I regret giving you a translator.
140
141	* The translation difficulties between the boys and the heroines of Eoroe.
142	-->'''Jon:''' ''[referring to Yggardis, the Living Planet]'' And you girls just live on him, like those birds that live on alligators?\
143	'''Hard Line:''' What's an alligator?\
144	'''Big Shot:''' And what's a bird?\
145	'''Damian:''' Sheesh.
146
147	* Damian's jerkwad BrutalHonesty is also hilarious even after it caps off the girls' TearJerker DoomedHometown story.
148	-->'''Damian:''' So how are '''you two''' here? Shouldn't you be dead with everyone else?\
149	'''Jon:''' ''[elbowing Damian]'' Hey--nicer tone man.
150
151	!Issue #9
152	* Damian's ears turn bright red when Big Shot and Hard Line give him a last hug before shoving him and Jon through the portal back to the main DC Universe.
153	* ''[[NotSoAboveItAll Superman]]'' gets in on the "teasing Damian over his height" gag.
154	-->'''Damian:''' Can I get a cup of coffee too, [[FanNickname Superdad?]]\
155	'''Clark:''' Stunts your growth. Jon says you need all the help you can get.[[note]]This is largely a popular myth perpetuated by social media, as no major peer-reviewed medical study has come to the conclusion that caffeine intake can stunt your growth. Given that [[GeniusBruiser Clark]] likely knows this, it's more likely to just be a playful jab at Damian.[[/note]]
156	* Damian has no power in the Kent household.
157	-->'''Clark:''' Can you guys hit the kitchen? A train just derailed in Philedelphia.\
158	'''Damian:''' I don't do dishes.\
159	'''Clark:''' You do here, son!
160	* Damian's pancake is so saturated with maple syrup that he just watches it fall apart with the plainest expression on his face.
161
162	!Issue #10:
163	* Even ''Batman'' has only so much patience for Damian.
164	-->'''Bruce:''' Son, even ''I'' get tired of your cynicism.
165	* Clark and Bruce banter about their day jobs after Damian talks about not needing to go to school.
166	-->'''Bruce:''' There's more to knowledge than knowing facts, Damian.\
167	'''Clark:''' ''Whoa!'' Who are you and what have you done with Batman!\
168	'''Bruce:''' It's ''your wife's'' influence. Maybe I'll become a journalist.\
169	'''Clark:''' Great, we'll switch places. Playboy billionaire can't be all that bad.
170	* Alfred takes a moment to poke fun at Damian's height while speaking with Batman about fixing his uniform.
171	-->'''Alfred:''' ''[talking about Damian's Robin uniform]'' I could only find this one, but it's cleaned, patched, and pressed. The boy has several, but luckily, at the rate he's growing, he'll be able to wear them for the next two decades.
172	* Alfred is also having none of the silent treatment from Batman.
173	-->'''Alfred:''' ''[handing the Robin uniform to Batman]'' Hmph. You're much ruder when you're dressed for work.\
174	'''Batman:''' Thank you.\
175	'''Alfred:''' Now was that so hard?
176	* The boys have a brief spat over what to name their new base.
177	-->'''Jon:''' Take a break from the doom and gloom for five minutes and ''check this out!'' I've already named it Superboy and Robin's...\
178	'''''FORTRESS OF ATTITUDE!'''''\
179	'''Damian:''' We are definitely '''''not''''' calling it that.
180	* The best thing about the Fortress of Attitude for Jon: the mini-fridge.
181	-->'''Jon''': [[MundaneMadeAwesome Is this heaven or what?!]]
182	* Jon gets his revenge from ''Issue #1'':
183	-->'''Jon''': This is a job for [[AC:Superboy]]![-...and Robin.-]\
184	'''Damian''': I hate you.
185
186	!Issue #12
187	* Jon and his dad's family dynamic while Damian tries to keep up his tough guy image.
188	-->'''Superman:''' How'd you get so smart?\
189	'''Jon:''' I guess by listening to you and mom all the time?\
190	'''Superman:''' ''All'' the time, hmm?\
191	'''Jon:''' Well, maybe most of the time.\
192	'''Damian:''' "tt" Tossing around all this sugar [[SickeninglySweet is turning me into a diabetic.]]
193
194	!Issue #13
195	* Jon is ''very'' proud of his "regular guy" act. In that he is ''very'' proud of the fact that he can complain about getting hit in the head with a ball.
196	* Damien is still attending school very much under protest.
197	-->'''Damien''': Tell father he will pay for this.\
198	'''[[ServileSnarker Alfred]]''': I tell him every day, as requested. His knees don't seem to knock as loudly as you assume they do.
199	* Jon, on the other hand, loves having his reluctant friend at his school.
200	-->'''Jon''': Meet you for lunch?\
201	'''Damien''': How about ''no?'' Does ''no'' work for you?\
202	'''Jon''': ''(waving happily)'' Great. See you at lunch.
203	* Talia al Ghul [[SharedFamilyQuirks shares her son's propensity]] [[DeadpanSnarker for snark.]]
204	-->'''Jon:''' He's not a weapon, he's my ''friend!''\
205	'''Talia:''' ''[to Damian about Jon]'' Does ''he'' have an off switch?
206	* When the two take out one of Talia's underlings:
207	-->'''Damien''': Hello again, Ezar…I always said you were too easily distracted.\
208	'''Jon''': Wait - you ''trained'' these guys? Is ''that'' why you always think I'm one of your students?\
209	'''Damien''': Shh. Don't be an Ezar.
210
211	!Issue #14
212	* Jon's totally nonchalant reaction to seeing members of the League of Assassins come after him.
213	-->'''Jon:''' ''[sitting on the ground and blowing on his hand after catching that bullet as his knees steam from the air friction]'' ''Man...'' that did ''not'' tickle. ''[assassins show up]'' Oh. Hey. I'm guessing League of Assassins? You may know a friend of mine.
214	* By contrast, Jon's face screams OhCrap when his mom finds him when he's supposed to be at home studying on a school night, just as he was in the middle of bragging to a Gothamite he saved. TL;DR, he's more scared of his ''mom'' than ''ninjas''.
215	-->'''Lady:''' ''[to Jon]'' For a boy your age, the way you handled these guys was ''amazing!''\
216	'''Jon:''' Well, evil beware when your name's--\
217	'''Lois:''' '''''Superboy.''''' ''[cue OhCrap face from Jon]''
218	* Jon tries to dodge his mom's passive-aggressive questions while keeping his identity a secret.
219	-->'''Lois:''' What brings ''you'' to Gotham, Superboy?\
220	'''Jon:''' I'm just uh... visiting from Metropolis.\
221	'''Lois:''' Same here, ''what a coincidence''.\
222	'''Jon:''' There was a problem, so I just decided to uh... help. I'm not really Superman, this is an old shirt I found ... in the er... gar... bage.\
223	'''Lois:''' Uh-huh. So who ''are'' you supposed to be?\
224	'''Jon:''' ...Um... a friend?\
225	'''Lois:''' ''[gives Jon a "you're dead when we get home" smile]'' Nice to know. Well, good luck in Gotham, "friend." Don't stay out too late. I'm '''''sure''''' you have a mother worrying about you somewhere. ''[Jon flies out of there as fast as he can]''
226	* Jon dropping the tied up assassins right on top of Talia while she's in the middle of her [[EvilGloating Evil Gloating]].
227	* Jon wants to learn how to use a sword so he can be "Super-Ninja-Jedi-Boy".
228	-->'''Jon:''' So, with all your training, can you teach him how to use a sword?\
229	'''Damian:''' '''''No.'''''\
230	'''Jon:''' I was thinking I would look totally cool with a huge red-and-blue sword with like, a small "S" on the hilt.\
231	'''Damian:''' Absolutely not.\
232	'''Jon:''' I'm ''serious'', think about it. "Look up in the sky, it's a bird, it's a plane, it's '''[[NinjaZombiePirateRobot Super-Ninja-Jedi-Boy!]]'''"
233	* Damian's response is no-less fun.
234	-->'''Damian:''' Tell you what. You teach me how to fly, and I'll teach you how to use a sword.\
235	'''Jon:''' Aw, come '''''on''''', that's not fair.
236
237	!Issue #15
238	* There's a takeout joint in Metropolis that's so good that a Lexcorp scientist named Dr. Weller wants to marry the stir-fry noodles. Just one page later, Jon is in a submarine eating the same noodles.
239	-->'''Dr. Weller:''' I think I want to marry these noodles.\
240	'''Jon:''' Damian, I'm never going to get married, but when I do, it's going to be to these noodles.
241	* Both Batman and Jon have just stopped caring about Damian's IneffectualLoner act.
242	-->'''Damian:''' I had you on mute. How did--\
243	'''Jon:''' Your dad taught me how to ''override'', dude. He said you mute people a lot.\
244	'''Damian:''' The ''[grunts as he continues to bench press]'' two of you together are worse than the ''Injustice League'', I swear.
245	* Damian is annoyed with how social Jon is. Jon replies by using his SuperStrength to mess with Damian.
246	-->'''Jon:''' ''[stepping out of a pod]'' Hey, I thought you were going to wait for me after school?\
247	'''Damian:''' You take too long talking to teachers.\
248	'''Jon:''' I like making conversation.\
249	'''Damian:''' I know... nnn... It's the fourth-most-annoying thing about you. Fifty... ''[exerting himself more]'' Fifty... What the hell is... ''[looks to his left to see Jon pressing down on the barbell with one finger]''\
250	'''Jon:''' You okay, little guy?\
251	'''Damian:''' Very... gnn... funny. ''[clearly trying very hard]'' Move your noodle fingers away from me...
252
253	!Issue #16
254	* Jon just can't turn off being raised well, even in the middle of a battle.
255	-->'''Damian''': We did it! Multiplexing disrupted! You have eight seconds before it's able to reengage.\
256	'''Jon''': And you catch Mr. Cyborg!\
257	'''Damian''': You know he can't hear you being so respectful, right?
258	* The one exchange that pretty much sums up Batman and Superman's respective philosophies towards being on a hero team.
259	-->'''Jon''': Wait a sec, your dad has plans to destroy his teammates?\
260	'''Damian''': [[CrazyPrepared Just in case.]] Yours doesn't?\

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