Longtime readers may recall that Sandstorm doesn’t respond well to Mondays.
“Pod person” is a nod to The Body Snatchers. There have been four movies based on the Body Snatchers novel. I leave it to you to decide which one I’m referencing.
It’s taken me 595 strips to sink so low as to make a fart joke, but I think this one is both apropos and sufficiently stinky to be worthwhile.
You’ve been waiting for this moment.
In case you’re not musically inclined, a romantic crescendo is the music that always seems to play when two characters finally kiss – lots of strings swelling up louder and higher, intended to make you go “awwwwww”.
“Sorry about that, Chief” is a nod to both the TV series and this summer’s movie Get Smart.
Tortoise may have an honest face, but it’s pretty clear he absolutely bamboozled Science Guy.
Science Guy is one of those brilliant, naive, pure scientists who doesn’t understand that people are going to use his greatest inventions for EVIL purposes.