now iām curious what were ur fav MP goofs !!! :0
ok i have a 10 image limit and some of these are multi-image jokes so iāll try to distill these as best i can. also these jokes are all from i think chapter 4 and later, where i really flourished my sense of humor more
1. marinaās high school crush/bff sharkwanda being a highly contentious contestant on a spoof of top model
this is specifically a spoof of the early seasons, which usually had an assessment within the first 2 or 3 episodes, including a weigh in. as much as i loved trashy tv, i always hated these moments so i thought it would be funny to have a literal shark and to have her be weighed against mostly average-sized humanoids because it would be ridiculous for anyone to expect a healthy shark to weigh the same amount as a human.
there were a couple other layers to this: george idolizing her as a strong, independent woman. georgeās brother freaking out because sharkwanda just ate a man on camera and no oneās overly bothered by this. george chastising him for not realizing it was obviously fake/over dramatized for the ratings (and not examining that then this moment of āself empowermentā would also be fake). and then also i named her after a fish named wanda. except sheās a shark named wanda. sheās also the most beautiful and popular girl in the world and she wins her season and becomes a very successful model.
2. the tinsley family thanksgiving outfits. actually their themed outfits in general. i think shit like this is super cute and funny. i also just enjoy writing siblings who rib each other lovingly.
also the part of this where georgeās mom has three eyes (sheās psychic) and her dad has no eyes, so her brother has two eyes and for all intents and purposes looks human, but he is a full blooded monster. early on i had some ideas for an off shoot chapter about eli and his struggles with his identity (being a monster but not looking like one and not feeling at home in either community), but it got scrapped for time and also because it felt like too close a parallel to mixed race people who pass as white and thatās not my story to tell.
3. sharkwandaās cover (up) girl ad campaign during the superb owl half time show. some of this stuff was a bit on the nose, but thereās a line about sharkwanda finally having makeup that doesnāt melt off her face like hot cheese that i still like
4. this multi-strip joke where frannyās dad pulls a turkey out of a hat. just read it thereās nothing to explain lol
5. basically every part of the magic shop scene, but especially the part where percy meets frannyās dad for the first time during a very tense situation and frannyās dad is wearing a skeleton (this is a reference to ranma 1/2). and then also percy sits and thereās a whoopee cushion. itās incredibly awkward and not exactly haha funny, but it simultaneously cuts and adds to the tension in a way that is very monsterpop.
6. human!franny getting ben a dog toy as his secret santa gift (he doesnāt own a dog) and then dropping it and then it making a horrific, shrill squeak when it bounces
7. the whole situation with chadler, his horrible christmas outfit, the marshmallow gun, and him taking sexy santa ben as prisoner.
8. ben, killed by glitter, soon to be avenged by his crush comrade (or not)
9. george being gifted a framed painting of a photo of herself, asleep during class, which she later carries into an actual museum and gets in trouble for because a guard thinks she stole a piece of art
this has been very long but i hope u enjoyed it