Roy interrogates Thog about Thog's long history of murdering and killing. Unsurprisingly, Thog does not exhibit a great deal of remorse or even awareness of his deeds.
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Transcript[]
- Panel 1
Tarquin sits with Elan and Haley in his box at the arena.
Tarquin: Oh man, I have been looking forward to this one.
Elan: THOG?? Here?
Haley: Oh crap.
- Panel 2
Cut to Thog on the arena floor. Roy is entering the panel from stage right.
Thog: thank you, tiny people on benches! thog loves you all! thog—
- Panel 3
Roy takes Thog unawares, striking him on the head with his sword, "CLONK!"
- Panel 4
Cut back to Tarquin's box.
Tarquin: You know this clown?
Elan: Yes! he works for Nale!!
Tarquin: Yeah, I know he did. The prefects picked him up on the street, and I’ve been trying to kill him ever since.
- Panel 5
Tarquin: But once he won the first two or three bouts I threw his way, I couldn’t just slit his throat in the night, you know? He’s a crowd favorite.
Tarquin: It’s weird, no matter how many people he kills, the audience still thinks he’s lovable.
- Panel 6
Cut back to the arena floor.
Thog: talky-man! hello, talky-man!
Roy: Hello, Thog.
Thog: thog will always treasure thog’s adventure with talky-man. it featured non-traditional panel layout.
- Panel 7
Roy: Do you remember the earth fairy you killed right under my nose?
Thog: yes. thog remember thog had to power attack to cut through—
Roy: Shut up!
- Panel 8
Roy: Did you know that she was one of my girlfriend’s best friends here on this plane?
Thog: no, but thog thankful for update on talky-man’s relationship status.
- Panel 9
Cut back to Tarquin's box.
Tarquin: I’ve got pretty high hopes for this new guy, though. I think he’s got what it takes to win.
Elan: Haley, if Thog is alive, then—
Haley: I know.
- Panel 10
Cut back to the arena floor.
Roy: How about all the cops you killed in Cliffport? Do you remember them?
Thog: thog says, “fudge the police!”
Roy: What about the dozens of citizens you killed to lure them there?
Thog: actually, thog hazy on that. did thog kill them off-panel?
- Panel 11
Roy: “Hazy”??
Roy: Bad news for you, then. Bad guys not remembering their evil deeds is something of a pet peeve of mine.
Thog: really? do you walk it and groom it and feed—
Roy: A PEEVE IS NOT A TYPE OF DOG!!
Thog: shucks.
Trivia[]
- Tarquin's aside about Thog works on two levels, both in-universe and as an ironic description of the readership of this strip's opinion of the character of Thog.
- Thog's referece to "thog's adventure with talky-man" in the sixth panel is to #51, Stupid Isn't Always Cute. Roy also adds that Thog killed the Fairy Earth Sigil Guardian, one of Celia's best friends, in that strip.
- In panel ten, Thog makes a bowdlerized reference to the 1988 N.W.A protest song, F*** tha Police [Which will remain bowdlerized in this wiki, to protect young audiences, WARNING, ADULT CONTENT].
- Roy's pet peeve stems from Xykon not remembering who Roy is or that Xykon killed Fyron Pucebuckle. The bit is a running gag that is first established in #110.
- Finally, Thog's misunderstanding of "pet peeve" is due to his well-known love of puppies, also established in #51.
- The title of this comic is the definition of what a peeve is. A pet peeve is a term for something that vexes or irritates someone personally.