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Catsuits

by David Willis on June 8, 2012 at 12:01 am
  • 03 - Totally Babies

└ Tags: alfred, ethan, leslie, manny, robin desanto, sexmasters

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  1. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    June 8, 2012 at 12:03 am | # | Reply

    Whoops!

    • Jen Aside
      Jen Aside
      June 8, 2012 at 12:03 am | # | Reply

      [ps SEXY CATSUITS are they rubber? I bet they're rubber]

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        June 8, 2012 at 12:07 am | # | Reply

        But do they have sex-nipples?

        • alex
          alex
          June 8, 2012 at 12:18 am | # | Reply

          not that i see. and believe me, i’m looking.

        • Bekah
          Bekah
          June 8, 2012 at 12:21 am | # | Reply

          Everyone has sex-nipples under their clothes.

          • Bekah
            Bekah
            June 8, 2012 at 12:21 am | # | Reply

            P.S.

            Sex-nipples is going to enter my daily lexicon.

            • Plasma Mongoose
              Plasma Mongoose
              June 8, 2012 at 12:31 am | # | Reply

              OMG WHAT HAVE I DONE? :O

              • Ancestral Hamster
                Ancestral Hamster
                June 8, 2012 at 2:29 am | # | Reply

                What you intended all along … creating more fetish-fuel for the youth of the internet! :D

                • Plasma Mongoose
                  Plasma Mongoose
                  June 8, 2012 at 5:01 am | #

                  Well in that case… I’m happy then.

            • Shade
              Shade
              June 8, 2012 at 1:11 am | # | Reply

              I prefer to use the words vernacular and diction personally. IT’s more fun.

              • Bekah
                Bekah
                June 8, 2012 at 3:44 am | # | Reply

                “Lexicon” has an X in it. Words with Xs in them make me think of sex.

                • begbert2
                  begbert2
                  June 8, 2012 at 10:34 am | #

                  Lexicon is fetishing underage superman villians.

                • Cody B
                  Cody B
                  June 8, 2012 at 10:44 am | #

                  This is the best defense I’ve ever seen used in debate.

                • begbert2
                  begbert2
                  June 8, 2012 at 10:46 am | #

                  And diction is what Leslie does.

                • Hewlett
                  Hewlett
                  June 10, 2012 at 5:28 pm | #

                  Thus, a sensible man possesses both a Lexicon and a Sexicon, to cover all their bases. Also, perhaps a Texicon, for those words pertaining to Texas and Texans contained therein.

        • Madd
          Madd
          June 8, 2012 at 4:29 am | # | Reply

          I’m sure Robin always remembers to turn on the headlights.

      • Garth
        Garth
        June 8, 2012 at 12:08 pm | # | Reply

        Vinyl.

        • Random NPC
          Random NPC
          June 8, 2012 at 1:05 pm | # | Reply

          Scratch.

          • Regalli
            Regalli
            June 8, 2012 at 9:13 pm | # | Reply

            DJ P0N-3?

  2. arjay2813
    arjay2813
    June 8, 2012 at 12:04 am | # | Reply

    at least from that point he can meet the normal friends, i guess

    • arjay2813
      arjay2813
      June 8, 2012 at 12:04 am | # | Reply

      if you’re into that thing…

    • Darth
      Darth
      June 8, 2012 at 12:04 am | # | Reply

      Are you trying to imply that ANYONE in this comic is normal?

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        June 8, 2012 at 12:08 am | # | Reply

        Leslie’s probably closest to normal. And she’d currently wearing a catsuit and grabbing the poor guy’s knees.

        Not that I’d mind having catsuit wearing lesbians tackle me, but I imagine it isn’t Manny’s cup of tea.

        • Bekah
          Bekah
          June 8, 2012 at 12:22 am | # | Reply

          Robin’s not a lesbian. She’s straight with an exception.

          • Doctor_Who
            Doctor_Who
            June 8, 2012 at 12:29 am | # | Reply

            That’s even better.

          • Foxfire
            Foxfire
            June 8, 2012 at 12:38 am | # | Reply

            With at least two exceptions. At that point it starts to slide into bisexuality.

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            June 8, 2012 at 12:42 am | # | Reply

            The opposite of an exception is an inception.

            • Doctor_Who
              Doctor_Who
              June 8, 2012 at 12:56 am | # | Reply

              Lesbian Inception sounds like a porno spoof. The zero gravity scene would be interesting.

            • Shade
              Shade
              June 8, 2012 at 1:18 am | # | Reply

              For no reason I read that as inquistion.

              No body expects the Lesbian Inquistion!

              • Leorale
                Leorale
                June 8, 2012 at 1:44 am | # | Reply

                But oh, how they wish for it.

                • Kryss LaBryn
                  Kryss LaBryn
                  June 8, 2012 at 3:38 am | #

                  Our greatest weapon is fear– and surprise– wait–

                • mickeyten
                  mickeyten
                  June 9, 2012 at 2:20 am | #

                  …I’ll come in again.

              • Salenstormwing
                Salenstormwing
                June 8, 2012 at 11:13 am | # | Reply

                OH MY!

            • Garth
              Garth
              June 8, 2012 at 12:08 pm | # | Reply

              BWOMMMMMMM

      • gangler
        gangler
        June 8, 2012 at 10:45 pm | # | Reply

        Maybe Ethan is like Mike and has a secret second life where everybody is normal.

  3. Darth
    Darth
    June 8, 2012 at 12:04 am | # | Reply

    Sexmasters would make an awesome band name.

    • ShadowWing Tronix
      ShadowWing Tronix
      June 8, 2012 at 12:12 am | # | Reply

      Please, there are probably 50 of them practicing in their garage all over the country.

    • KiZeR
      KiZeR
      June 8, 2012 at 8:27 am | # | Reply

      Combine any word with “master” increases its awesomeness. Let us not forget Ro0bin’s forgotten dream to become Mrs. Killmaster.

      • Roborat
        Roborat
        June 12, 2012 at 3:48 pm | # | Reply

        So the word “mastermaster” will implode into a singularity of awesomeness, then.

    • N0083rP00F
      N0083rP00F
      June 8, 2012 at 8:33 am | # | Reply

      Sexmasters makes me think, for some strange reason based on word association, of a new line of transformers …… 0.0 ….. Pass the mind bleach please before plasma says something.

      • ShadowMaskPrime
        ShadowMaskPrime
        June 8, 2012 at 9:31 am | # | Reply

        We already had Sexmasters, but Japan went with the name: Kiss Players.

    • Salenstormwing
      Salenstormwing
      June 8, 2012 at 11:14 am | # | Reply

      Band names are so overplayed. TUMBLRS! That’s where the real money is at now.

      Sexmasters.tumblr.com

      I’m sort of scared to check to see if it actually exists though….

      • das-g
        das-g
        June 8, 2012 at 9:34 pm | # | Reply

        From rule 34, it follows that it does exist. The 404 page though says it doesn’t. But raccoonsexdungeon.tumblr.com does, so for sexmasters, it might change, too.

  4. Arison
    Arison
    June 8, 2012 at 12:04 am | # | Reply

    This was the only acceptable outcome, really.

  5. Wonder Wig
    Wonder Wig
    June 8, 2012 at 12:04 am | # | Reply

    What does the “O” on their catsuits stand for?

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      June 8, 2012 at 12:08 am | # | Reply

      O-varies

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      June 8, 2012 at 12:09 am | # | Reply

      “OMG I cannot believe that I’m wearing this”

    • Ter
      Ter
      June 8, 2012 at 12:12 am | # | Reply

      I bet it’s a call out to Girly by JoshL.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        June 8, 2012 at 12:17 am | # | Reply

        <3

    • Kisai
      Kisai
      June 8, 2012 at 12:21 am | # | Reply

      Probably the zipper grabber.

      As for realism, when I worked for a certain company, catsuits were often flagged as prohibited “adult” items because you can see certain details through them. Particularly true if they aren’t black.

      One needs to ask where in Walmart Robin found one, let alone two. The only ones they could possibly have are the fishing waders version.

      • Bekah
        Bekah
        June 8, 2012 at 12:25 am | # | Reply

        Pretty sure she had them on her already, without having to leave the hospital that they’re still at, waiting for the MikeSpawn to get off the bus.

        Why did Robin have a pair of catsuits? Why wouldn’t Robin have a pair of catsuits?

      • Valdrax
        Valdrax
        June 8, 2012 at 12:29 am | # | Reply

        In the prostitute aisle. Duh.

    • Bekah
      Bekah
      June 8, 2012 at 12:25 am | # | Reply

      “Oh hey! Look at my boobs!”

  6. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    June 8, 2012 at 12:05 am | # | Reply

    “Crazy woman on my back, I see you found my slipped disc.”

  7. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    June 8, 2012 at 12:05 am | # | Reply

    ya know…this is how most of Robins plans seem to turn out

  8. DanielleM
    DanielleM
    June 8, 2012 at 12:06 am | # | Reply

    They know each other already:) (I mean know each other-know each other I know they’ve already been introduced) I love how Robin just apparently has sexy catsuits she carries around with her. Either that or they sell them in the hospital gift shop.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      June 8, 2012 at 12:09 am | # | Reply

      hey, I never leave home without a sexy catsuit (perhaps several if my buddies are along)

    • Garth
      Garth
      June 8, 2012 at 12:11 pm | # | Reply

      What makes you think she had them with her? She probably just ran home, got them, and ran back.

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      June 12, 2012 at 3:52 pm | # | Reply

      Everyone knows that a woman’s purse is a bag of infinite holding.

  9. Burns
    Burns
    June 8, 2012 at 12:06 am | # | Reply

    Huh, a first name basis already? Curiouser and curiouser.

    • Ragnal
      Ragnal
      June 8, 2012 at 12:54 am | # | Reply

      Well, they’ve met before.

      But the way they say “hi” to one another, it does make it seem like it’s not a surprise and they’ve been hanging around for some time, and we as readers had no idea.

      Oh, Willis, the things you do…

  10. General Tekno
    General Tekno
    June 8, 2012 at 12:06 am | # | Reply

    Ha. And I take it the plot twist is that he’s already seeing Manny.

  11. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    June 8, 2012 at 12:06 am | # | Reply

    Love the first two lines of dialog. I get the distinct impression that Leslie was genuinely surprised to look down and see a catsuit. When you’ve dated a woman with super speed you get used to stuff like that.

    “Hey, Robin, you realize that being broken up means you can’t just undress me whenever you feel like it anymore, right?”

    • MM
      MM
      June 8, 2012 at 12:22 am | # | Reply

      I suspect Robin’s an equal-opportunity costumer when the need arises.

  12. Aizat
    Aizat
    June 8, 2012 at 12:06 am | # | Reply

    The catsuits just made my day.

  13. Kensou
    Kensou
    June 8, 2012 at 12:08 am | # | Reply

    Yay for Arkham City influence.

  14. TemplarKnight
    TemplarKnight
    June 8, 2012 at 12:08 am | # | Reply

    Man, how come I’M never claimed by Sexmasters.

    Well, except for that one time, but it definitely wasn’t by women in cat suits, I can tell you that right now.

    • Hewlett
      Hewlett
      June 10, 2012 at 5:33 pm | # | Reply

      Man, you too? I guess there’s like, multiple charters of Sexmasters, like some sinister Global Sex Cabal.

      • Roborat
        Roborat
        June 12, 2012 at 3:53 pm | # | Reply

        Yea, it’s a franchise, like Curves, one in every town. A sexy, sexy franchise.

  15. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    June 8, 2012 at 12:10 am | # | Reply

    I thought faz and Wen were the only Sexmasters

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      June 8, 2012 at 12:31 am | # | Reply

      If the Sexmasters are superheroes, I bet Faz and Wen are their archenemies.

      Those two make sex infinitely less appealing.

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      June 8, 2012 at 1:47 am | # | Reply

      ::shudder::

    • Madd
      Madd
      June 8, 2012 at 4:24 am | # | Reply

      They’re the Nega Sexmasters

  16. Ter
    Ter
    June 8, 2012 at 12:11 am | # | Reply

    I actually laughed out loud at the end there.

  17. palaeoemrus
    palaeoemrus
    June 8, 2012 at 12:12 am | # | Reply

    Robin needs to be tased.

    • StClair
      StClair
      June 8, 2012 at 1:32 am | # | Reply

      You think that would do any good?

    • Madd
      Madd
      June 8, 2012 at 4:22 am | # | Reply

      I’m really tired, so I first read “Robin needs to be teased.” and then “Robin needs to be tasted.” before finally hitting on the actual spelling.

      P.S. Thank you, spellcheck and your little red lines, for making my post readable.

      • FlyingFish
        FlyingFish
        June 8, 2012 at 9:48 am | # | Reply

        Tasted, yes.

        Teased, no, because she would be oblivious to it.

  18. chaoticrambler
    chaoticrambler
    June 8, 2012 at 12:13 am | # | Reply

    I have the feeling that “Sexmasters” will be the next line of Transformers toys.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      June 8, 2012 at 12:14 am | # | Reply

      It’s a spin of of Kiss Players, but you can only buy it from specialty stores, and it’s banned in most countries.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        June 8, 2012 at 12:39 am | # | Reply

        I just hope the human females they need ain’t jailbait this time.

      • ShadowMaskPrime
        ShadowMaskPrime
        June 8, 2012 at 9:36 am | # | Reply

        I thought Kiss Players was banned from most Countries too, or was that the Fandom?

        • begbert2
          begbert2
          June 8, 2012 at 10:38 am | # | Reply

          I think it was the fandom – the fandom was banned from most countries.

          • Doctor_Who
            Doctor_Who
            June 8, 2012 at 11:21 am | # | Reply

            You can BAN a fandom?! Please tell me there’s a way we can apply this to Twilight.

            • Garth
              Garth
              June 8, 2012 at 12:19 pm | # | Reply

              A little late for that.

            • mickeyten
              mickeyten
              June 9, 2012 at 2:22 am | # | Reply

              Twilight fandom has already gone mainstream.

  19. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    June 8, 2012 at 12:13 am | # | Reply

    I notice that there’s a “Sexmasters” tag. Makes me think that there may be more comics where Robin tries to abduct random guys to make them screw Ethan.

    Doesn’t seem out of place in this comic. We’ve got Amazi-Girl, Spider-Car, and I-Knew-That-Before-Everyone-Else-Man. The Sexmasters are the prefect way to round out the Justice League of Shortpacked.

    “Halt evil-doer! I saw you steal that Elmo doll! Now I will forcibly introduce you to my gay friend Ethan!”
    “NOOOOOO!”

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      June 8, 2012 at 12:18 am | # | Reply

      The Shortpacked Justice League would be the best thing ever.

    • TARDIS With A Hat
      TARDIS With A Hat
      June 8, 2012 at 1:20 am | # | Reply

      You forgot Spidercar

      • Garth
        Garth
        June 8, 2012 at 12:20 pm | # | Reply

        Reading is FUN-damental!

  20. palaeoemrus
    palaeoemrus
    June 8, 2012 at 12:14 am | # | Reply

    Is this whole thing a Catseye reference?

    • HMRC4EVR
      HMRC4EVR
      June 8, 2012 at 12:26 am | # | Reply

      Oh my God an Amalgam Comics reference??!!

      Someone else does remember!

      You just made my day!

      • palaeoemrus
        palaeoemrus
        June 8, 2012 at 11:02 am | # | Reply

        I just did another “old people thing” didn’t I?

        “Remember straw boater hats and saddle shoes? Those were the days. And we had real egg cremes back then! And the street lights were gas! “

        • Wack'd
          Wack'd
          June 8, 2012 at 11:57 am | # | Reply

          Do you remember when the DC and Marvel continuities merged as part of a massive crossover event? Peprige Farms remembers.

          • HMRC4EVR
            HMRC4EVR
            June 8, 2012 at 3:37 pm | # | Reply

            I want to go to SDCC one year and in the DC Q&A ask “Which one of the new DC 52 Universes is the Amalgam Universe?” just to see how many blank looks I get from the DC staff on stage.

            • Wack'd
              Wack'd
              June 8, 2012 at 5:57 pm | # | Reply

              But…the Amalgam Universe isn’t its own universe. It’s a merging of Earth-1 (New Earth?) and Earth-616.

              • HMRC4EVR
                HMRC4EVR
                June 8, 2012 at 8:06 pm | # | Reply

                I know, but now that DC has all these universes floating around they could actually make one of them the Amalgam universe proper.

                • Wackd
                  Wackd
                  June 9, 2012 at 2:57 pm | #

                  But that would defeat the point…

        • Roborat
          Roborat
          June 12, 2012 at 3:55 pm | # | Reply

          Why, I remember when all we had were wood burning cats.

        • Master David Goodmen
          Master David Goodmen
          August 4, 2012 at 4:20 pm | # | Reply

          “the streetlights were gas”.  You would have to be over one hundred years old, then!  Early arc lamps came out in the nineteen hundreds; tungsten incandescent lamps in the twenties, and forties; vapor lamps in the fifties; so-called “solid-state” lamps in the 2010s. 
          (But who’s counting?)  :-)

  21. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    June 8, 2012 at 12:16 am | # | Reply

    …The counted the missing, one upon one!
    None upon none!
    And the hijinks were over before they begun!
    –apologies to the Monkees

  22. gangler
    gangler
    June 8, 2012 at 12:23 am | # | Reply

    I do love that in panel 4 Manny’s primary concern seems to be that he’s dropped his labcoat.

  23. AidenRyan
    AidenRyan
    June 8, 2012 at 12:34 am | # | Reply

    I’m sure someone has thought of this, but what are the odds that Mike and Ambers kid is powered?

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      June 8, 2012 at 12:36 am | # | Reply

      genetically speaking it’s probably 50% but that’s not assuming Alien powers are a dominant or recessive gene.

    • David Willis
      David Willis
      June 8, 2012 at 12:37 am | # | Reply

      50%.

      • gangler
        gangler
        June 8, 2012 at 12:45 am | # | Reply

        Oh wow, really? I assumed it was more like Skin Pigmentation where they could pretty much turn out anywhere on a sliding gradient than eye colour where they’d probably just get one of their parent’s eyes assuming they don’t both pass down a recessive gene,

        • vlademir1
          vlademir1
          June 8, 2012 at 4:18 am | # | Reply

          Well, considering 50% would likely be the average of a realistic probability spread and I can’t see the esteemed Mr. Willis sitting down and actually creating a realistic probability spread just for that… well, unless he intends to eventually segue into something new featuring the kids of 128 :D

          • N0083rP00F
            N0083rP00F
            June 8, 2012 at 8:40 am | # | Reply

            I was thinking more along the lines of PS238 (kudos to Aaron Williams)

      • ryan
        ryan
        June 8, 2012 at 8:27 am | # | Reply

        what are the odds that the baby is shiny?

        • Usayasha
          Usayasha
          June 8, 2012 at 4:51 pm | # | Reply

          Since they both speak English, the chance is 1/8192, or roughly 0.01220703125%

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      June 8, 2012 at 12:37 am | # | Reply

      I figure a 70% chance of Super Strength, and an 80% chance of being Immune to Criticism.

      • Shade
        Shade
        June 8, 2012 at 1:15 am | # | Reply

        That’s clower to the 90th percentile actually since both her parents have that dominant trait.

        • Shade
          Shade
          June 8, 2012 at 1:16 am | # | Reply

          *closer and obviously i ment the immunity to criticism.

          • Vincent
            Vincent
            June 8, 2012 at 1:08 pm | # | Reply

            Though that can mean recessive traits become more common if I recall correctly? I e a weakness to criticism.

    • Andrew
      Andrew
      June 8, 2012 at 2:03 am | # | Reply

      You I like I have been asking for months XD

  24. NinjaNick
    NinjaNick
    June 8, 2012 at 12:50 am | # | Reply

    Oh, you crazy sexmasters! XD

  25. Brasca1
    Brasca1
    June 8, 2012 at 1:00 am | # | Reply

    This might work out for both couples involved.

  26. Romanticide
    Romanticide
    June 8, 2012 at 1:09 am | # | Reply

    Good I love that last panel XD

    • |Agent
      |Agent
      June 9, 2012 at 3:41 am | # | Reply

      Man, your avatar never ceases to freak me out. In the cutest possible way.

  27. TARDIS With A Hat
    TARDIS With A Hat
    June 8, 2012 at 1:18 am | # | Reply

    My guess? Ethan and Manny were already friends off-screen for a while before this strip

    • Andrew
      Andrew
      June 8, 2012 at 2:04 am | # | Reply

      I am with you on that one man

    • Wack'd
      Wack'd
      June 8, 2012 at 11:58 am | # | Reply

      Makes sense. We rarely see anyone’s social life if it involves folks outside the store.

  28. Uniqueantique
    Uniqueantique
    June 8, 2012 at 2:17 am | # | Reply

    Manny has got to be the most laid back individual I’ve ever seen. He has 2 sexmasters on his back, and he notices that Ethan found an Alfred!

    • Ancestral Hamster
      Ancestral Hamster
      June 8, 2012 at 2:28 am | # | Reply

      Priorities, man, priorities. A toy collector keeps the eye on the prize!

      • Aydr
        Aydr
        June 8, 2012 at 3:13 am | # | Reply

        He’s also gay, that probably helps with the ignoring women in leather.

  29. GenericScreenName101
    GenericScreenName101
    June 8, 2012 at 2:36 am | # | Reply

    I wonder if Alred is really the first thing Manny noticed when he looked up?

  30. Laura
    Laura
    June 8, 2012 at 3:00 am | # | Reply

    Manny is unflappable.

    I like that.

    Ethan can dress him up like Agent Coulson and have fun watching him not be flapped by things.

    • The E-man
      The E-man
      June 8, 2012 at 11:08 am | # | Reply

      *starts weeping openly about Agent Coulson*

      WHY WOULD YOU MENTION HIM?
      WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

      *continues weeping*

      • Salenstormwing
        Salenstormwing
        June 8, 2012 at 11:15 am | # | Reply

        TOO SOON! IT’LL ALWAYS BE TOO SOON!

      • Garth
        Garth
        June 8, 2012 at 12:31 pm | # | Reply

        Curse you, Fury!

        • Laura
          Laura
          June 8, 2012 at 8:02 pm | # | Reply

          BWAHAHA! Had not seen that before. Thanks for sharing!

      • Laura
        Laura
        June 8, 2012 at 8:00 pm | # | Reply

        Shh…shh… Coulson lives, honey, Coulson lives.

        Or, at least, that’s the reality I’ll be laboring under. Fury is a lying prick who lies like a lying dog lying on a rug, and his secrets have secrets. There’s enough wiggle room to make it work (the cards as a lie being brought up at all, Fury being the one to say “the medics called it,” that big whatever-thing the medics are messing with when they get to Coulson. And if you watch that ending scene, there’s this guy who walks up the catwalk to Fury and hands Agent Hill a file as they pass each other. A slightly-balding man in a suit who’s too far away/fuzzy to make out properly…)

        Of course, this could all be the delusion of a fan who’s sat through one too many Joss Whedon deaths, but until I find out otherwise (and probably even then)…Schrödinger’s Coulson!

        • artemi
          artemi
          June 9, 2012 at 10:24 am | # | Reply

          Dude. I’m sorry to say, Coulson is as dead as Wash was.

          I know, it’s hard, but you just have to accept it. It was never going to work with out someone to Avenge.

          • Laura
            Laura
            June 9, 2012 at 12:22 pm | # | Reply

            Yup, they had someone to avenge. Hence the whole “let me go grab Coulson’s cards out of his locker and wipe some blood on them” lie.

            Him not actually being dead doesn’t change that. If anything, it adds more conflict to a potential sequel. The Avengers already don’t trust Fury (with the exception of Black Widow and Hawkeye). Finding out that he lied about Coulson could easily be what sparks them to sever any ties with SHIELD.

  31. Aydr
    Aydr
    June 8, 2012 at 3:12 am | # | Reply

    this comic was perfect.

  32. Kryss LaBryn
    Kryss LaBryn
    June 8, 2012 at 3:44 am | # | Reply

    Oh look. Ethan showed up before the baby popped out and hasn’t irreparably harmed his friend and his friendship with his horrible deviant toy-collecting ways.

    Cool. Cool cool cool.

    • Sir Robin
      Sir Robin
      June 8, 2012 at 6:05 am | # | Reply

      Meanwhile, Amber had her baby offscreen

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        June 8, 2012 at 1:39 pm | # | Reply

        Does that mean Robin and Leslie’s apparent “get Ethan a boyfriend” addiction is just as terrible as his toy addiction?

        Meanwhile, Mike decided not to come because there was a show he wanted to watch. But Uncle Faz could make it, and will be the first thing Amber’s kid will see upon birth.

        She will probably try to climb back in.

      • Kryss LaBryn
        Kryss LaBryn
        June 8, 2012 at 5:12 pm | # | Reply

        Ha ha, I thought of that later. “Where the hell were you guys??” “Oh, um… right here? See, Robin couldn’t find the bathroom, and then, uh, then we ran into Ethan, and then we came back. Hi!”

        • Doctor_Who
          Doctor_Who
          June 9, 2012 at 12:34 pm | # | Reply

          “Also we put on catsuits for some reason I’ll think of later.”

  33. Tenn
    Tenn
    June 8, 2012 at 3:57 am | # | Reply

    I only saw the top half of panel 1 before scrolling down, so I read it as:

    Robin: “‘Cuz we’re fuckin’ rad, that’s why!”
    Leslie: “I’m pretty okay without that last part.”
    As in “I’m okay with just fucking.”

    I don’t know if it’s sad or awesome that it makes just as much sense that way.

    Also, last panel is begging 4chan for a crudely drawn penis between Ethan’s crotch and Manny’s mouth. (Or vice versa. I mean, we’re talking 4chan.)

  34. AndysDrawings
    AndysDrawings
    June 8, 2012 at 4:05 am | # | Reply

    Dude’s in good shape.

    • LiC
      LiC
      June 8, 2012 at 5:48 am | # | Reply

      I’m guessing after the last time Manny got tackled by Ethan’s friends at the comedy club, he’s spent a bit of time working out.

  35. maarvarq
    maarvarq
    June 8, 2012 at 6:25 am | # | Reply

    What a shame that the sight of Leslie and Robin in sexy catsuits is wasted on these two :-)

  36. John
    John
    June 8, 2012 at 7:06 am | # | Reply

    If I didn’t know any better I would think Ethan had a personal life that he was able to keep secret, or at least quiet about to his Nosiest-of-Nosy friends…

    Though Amber probably knew already.

  37. Verielle
    Verielle
    June 8, 2012 at 7:54 am | # | Reply

    Sexmasters? O-o

  38. Ethan Shuster
    Ethan Shuster
    June 8, 2012 at 8:22 am | # | Reply

    “Gettin’ dudes together an’ watchin’ them touch weiners.”

    This has likely been brought up before, but a woman into watching gay dudes together is a much rarer thing than a man interested in seeing two women together, right? And much rarer is it?

    • Andrusi
      Andrusi
      June 8, 2012 at 8:56 am | # | Reply

      A cursory evaluation of Mega Man X fandom suggests that it is not particularly rare at all, actually.

      • ShadeTail
        ShadeTail
        June 8, 2012 at 11:24 am | # | Reply

        Also Harry Potter, Kingdom Hearts, and much much more.

    • Shadlyn Wolfe
      Shadlyn Wolfe
      June 8, 2012 at 9:19 am | # | Reply

      The yaoi genre is primarily aimed at women, so…probably not. I imagine it’s a lot like “women enjoy sex” – culturally we’re not supposed to talk about it, so a lot of people assume it isn’t true.

      What we like to see as humans often differs from what we like to do, and two men has the advantage of double eye candy. Not my personal thing, but I know many who disagree. *smile*

    • ShadowMaskPrime
      ShadowMaskPrime
      June 8, 2012 at 9:25 am | # | Reply

      And supposedly, people who read comics, and gamers, are kinda minorities too, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t still a lot of them.

    • Greenygal
      Greenygal
      June 8, 2012 at 11:18 am | # | Reply

      Speaking as someone who’s been in slash fandom since she was a teenager, no, it’s not especially rare or strange. One guy is hot, two guys are hotter; it’s easy math. There may be comparatively fewer women willing to *talk* about being interested, since our society is so screwed up about female sexuality, but that doesn’t mean they don’t exist.

    • David Willis
      David Willis
      June 8, 2012 at 2:09 pm | # | Reply

      Sometimes you gotta pay attention to the Internet, man.

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      June 10, 2012 at 12:39 pm | # | Reply

      Dude, why wouldn’t women be just as into two guys?

  39. Turkeycreaux
    Turkeycreaux
    June 8, 2012 at 8:22 am | # | Reply

    Man, if I had a nickel for every time girls in catsuits tried tackling me and told me I’ve been claimed by the Sexmasters…well, I’d have 4 nickels.

    TC

    • sinesofinsanity
      sinesofinsanity
      June 8, 2012 at 9:47 am | # | Reply

      I salute you sir

  40. ryan
    ryan
    June 8, 2012 at 8:30 am | # | Reply

    two questions:

    can these be the new work uniforms for robin and leslie?

    when is manny going to quit his job as hospital optometrist and start working at the toy store?

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      June 8, 2012 at 10:43 am | # | Reply

      Sounds like a sure pay raise to me, and an excellent use of a medical degree.

    • Wack'd
      Wack'd
      June 8, 2012 at 12:00 pm | # | Reply

      That last sentence made me laugh harder than the comic itself. Working at the store seems to be the only way to ensure you’ll last in this comic. Hell, Leslie ended up there eventually.

    • rick2tails
      rick2tails
      June 8, 2012 at 12:18 pm | # | Reply

      No!NO! this needs to be the outfits of the next statue! a 2 pack of Sexmasters! Please Mr.Willis!?!? ;)

  41. Deimir
    Deimir
    June 8, 2012 at 8:31 am | # | Reply

    The real question, Leslie, is why aren’t you always wearing catsuits?

  42. jimbo
    jimbo
    June 8, 2012 at 8:59 am | # | Reply

    ahahahaha watchin them touch weiners

  43. ShadowMaskPrime
    ShadowMaskPrime
    June 8, 2012 at 9:22 am | # | Reply

    This is a perfect comic which, like the Avengers Movie, makes it hard to choose a best bit. The Catsuits? The Questioning the Catsuits? The Answer? L&R being so close? That Lesile is playing along so completely with Robin, or at all? “Sexmasters!”? The cheesy lines? “SEXMASTERS”?! The shocking revelation? The last line?

  44. TheDoctor
    TheDoctor
    June 8, 2012 at 10:38 am | # | Reply

    Mrs.Peel, You’re needed.

  45. Krimson
    Krimson
    June 8, 2012 at 11:36 am | # | Reply

    Notice how Leslie had the outfit on and adjusted to fit BEFORE asking why she was wearing it.

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      June 8, 2012 at 3:47 pm | # | Reply

      My assumption is that Robin is the one that put it on her, faster than she could notice.

      • Rubicon Author
        Rubicon Author
        June 8, 2012 at 10:58 pm | # | Reply

        Perhaps said suit has intelligent fabric which automatically tailors itself to the wearer? Yeah, that’s the ticket!

  46. SonicBlueRanger
    SonicBlueRanger
    June 8, 2012 at 12:15 pm | # | Reply

    I have to make this joke I’m sorry for the lameness. Transformers Sexmasters!

    • Garth
      Garth
      June 8, 2012 at 12:33 pm | # | Reply

      You mean lateness. :P

  47. Garth
    Garth
    June 8, 2012 at 12:41 pm | # | Reply

    Sexmasters sounds like an organization for people to improve their public sex skills.

    • Kryss LaBryn
      Kryss LaBryn
      June 8, 2012 at 6:24 pm | # | Reply

      I completely misread that as “pubic sex skills”. XD

    • mickeyten
      mickeyten
      June 9, 2012 at 2:26 am | # | Reply

      They actually already have a program like that. It’s called kegel exercises.

  48. Dave Reynolds
    Dave Reynolds
    June 8, 2012 at 1:24 pm | # | Reply

    Now I totally want to see Patrick Cox from Tax Masters standing off to the side being like “Hullo! I’m Patrick Cox from Sex Masters. Are you having trouble getting dates? Are you sexually repressed person with a geek hobby? We here at Sex Masters can help!”

    I dunno. It’s what I thought of. :P

  49. ensiform
    ensiform
    June 8, 2012 at 2:03 pm | # | Reply

    This is the greatest Shortpacked! ever.

  50. Paul
    Paul
    June 8, 2012 at 2:14 pm | # | Reply

    I get the feeling Ethan already knew Manny worked at the hospital. :P

  51. TheRealAllPurposeGuru
    TheRealAllPurposeGuru
    June 8, 2012 at 5:14 pm | # | Reply

    /allpurposeguru ships Leslie and Robin again…

  52. demoncat
    demoncat
    June 8, 2012 at 5:36 pm | # | Reply

    something tells me maybe ethan and manny have been a couple on the side .espicilly if he is willing to claim robin and leslie tackling him dressed in cat suits.

  53. T Campbell
    T Campbell
    June 8, 2012 at 7:56 pm | # | Reply

    This relationship can’t have gone too far without Leslie, Ethan’s co-worker and landlady, being aware of it.

    Nicely done, in that I didn’t see the twist coming at all. I figured there was *a* twist, but didn’t think it would involve Ethan being on top of things in any way.

    Now, I’ll be REALLY embarrassed if it turns out that the Alfred is FOR Manny. It’s ambiguous right now: “I see you’ve found an Alfred! I know how important that was to you, as you’ve been talking about it for weeks.” / “You found me an Alfred! Thanks, you’re a true friend with possible future benefits!” I’d still think that waiting around for it was the wrong call, but if it’s for someone else that’s at least a case of compassion vs. compassion.

    This is more relevant to the previous strip, but it’s touching to see how eager Robin is to re-create her glory days with Les. She may be slipping into her usual act of steamrolling ahead and letting Les try to keep up, and really there’s no reason she COULDN’T have made the “Sexmaster” a one-woman show. But when Les agrees to help her, it’s a joyous occasion.

    • DanielleM
      DanielleM
      June 8, 2012 at 9:41 pm | # | Reply

      “You found me an Alfred! Thanks, you’re a true friend with possible future benefits!” That is exactly how I want the next part of this conversation to go. In a perfect world everyone would talk like Anya from BTVS and life would be so much easier.

    • mickeyten
      mickeyten
      June 9, 2012 at 2:27 am | # | Reply

      “didn’t think it would involve Ethan being on top of things in any way.”

      In a double twist, it may involve Ethan being on top of things in several ways.

  54. Pickle
    Pickle
    June 8, 2012 at 8:29 pm | # | Reply

    Why did Robin have catsuits with her?

    • Regalli
      Regalli
      June 8, 2012 at 9:51 pm | # | Reply

      You mean you don’t keep spare catsuits on you at all times in case you randomly need one with no reason to believe you would?

      Weirdo.

    • JepMZ
      JepMZ
      June 9, 2012 at 4:12 am | # | Reply

      Robin can run really really fast, remeber? SHe didn’t had it with her. She fetched them, and then stripped Leslie and dressed her in less than a second without breaking her fingers.

  55. Raen
    Raen
    June 9, 2012 at 8:52 am | # | Reply

    I’m surprised he recognized Manny so quickly – doesn’t he still think he’s a prostitute?

    • Aydr
      Aydr
      June 9, 2012 at 2:50 pm | # | Reply

      They pretty clearly have been hanging out.

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      June 12, 2012 at 4:01 pm | # | Reply

      He recognized him instantly from that angle.

  56. Danny Bell
    Danny Bell
    June 10, 2012 at 10:15 pm | # | Reply

    That first panel is probably my favorite panel on this strip in over a year. Well done.

  57. JoeMerl
    JoeMerl
    June 11, 2012 at 11:14 pm | # | Reply

    Why doesn’t the “Wen” strip have a “sexmasters” tag? XD

  58. DragoonChris
    DragoonChris
    June 14, 2012 at 5:51 pm | # | Reply

    Shouldn’t Leslie be drooling that Robin’s in leather.

  59. lethargy
    lethargy
    July 15, 2012 at 1:15 pm | # | Reply

    XD I think this is my favourite Shortpacked strip ever.

  60. Master David Goodmen
    Master David Goodmen
    August 4, 2012 at 4:25 pm | # | Reply

         He bought it anyway!  And how ever does Manny see the toy is “an Alfred” when he is being sat upon, is bent over, and has a crazy lady around his legs?

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