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| major_characters = [[Mike]], [[Paulo]], [[Lucy]], [[Daisy]]
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| minor_characters = [[Tess]], [[Sue]], [[David]], [[Gym Teacher (High School)]], [[Katie]]
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| locations = [[Roseville High School]]
| collected_in = [[Bittersweet Candy Bowl: Volume One|Volume One]], [[Bittersweet Candy Bowl: Omnibus 1|Omnibus 1]]
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It takes [[Paulo]] a whole week to notice [[Mike]] has stopped wearing his scarf, mostly because he's used to wiping his nose on it. The story of where it went involves an angry mob, raw eggs, and some very guilty friends.
== Synopsis ==
Gym class finds [[Paulo]] sick and sneezing through warm-ups. He reaches absentmindedly to wipe his nose on [[Mike]]'s scarf and grabs nothing but air — Mike hasn't worn the thing all week. Mike starts to explain what happened to it, then works out the truth mid-sentence: "So you've been using it to '''WIPE YOUR SNOT?!'''"<ref name=":c24p1">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c24/p1}}</ref>
A flashback shows where the scarf went. An angry mob once beat and egged Mike over having "messed around with two girls by mistake". He dumped the egg-soaked scarf in his locker and simply never took it home.<ref name=":c24p2">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c24/p2}}</ref>
Back in the present, Mike refuses to go fetch it for Paulo's nose. [[Tess]] leans in with a tissue and a flirty offer instead, giving him a spurting nosebleed. Caked in blood and snot, Paulo shambles zombie-style after a horrified [[Daisy]].<ref name=":c24p2" /> She begs [[Lucy]] to stop him, and Lucy obliges with a single punch that puts him out cold.<ref name=":c24p3">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c24/p3}}</ref> Paulo, as it happens, was not the only culprit. [[David]] confesses eagerly, [[Sue]] admits she used the scarf on sticky cafeteria food, and Daisy sheepishly owns up to loving how soft it feels on her nose.<ref name=":c24p3" />
Flashback "cases" lay out the rest of the evidence. The worst is David's, who once burned his hand on a spilled beaker in science class and wiped the smoking thing clean on Mike's scarf. The fumes knocked Mike out on the spot.<ref name=":c24p4">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c24/p4}}</ref>
[[File:c24_p4_panel9.png|alt=David grins and holds up his smoking, fur-stripped hand, shouting "GOOD AS NEW!!", while Mike lies collapsed on the table foaming at the mouth.|thumb|David's approach to chemical burns leaves a little to be desired.]]
Back in the gym, Mike learns that the lab incident actually landed him in the hospital. He snaps with an "'''I HATE YOU ALL!!'''" and storms off to run his laps. Tess remarks that she wouldn't be surprised if Mike kills them all one day.<ref name=":c24p4" />
== Trivia & observations ==
* Paulo's spurting nosebleed at Tess's flirting is a deliberate anime nod. Veronica's commentary crows, "LOOK AT THAT NOSEBLEED JUST LIKE IN ONE OF MY JAPANESE ANIMES".<ref name=":c24p2" />
* The chapter as presented is a redraw of the original pages. Veronica's commentary on the punch page recalls that in the original run, the blood and snot kept jumping between Lucy's left and right hand, forcing several rounds of editing and rescanning.<ref name=":c24p3" />
* Mike's "I HATE YOU ALL!!" is word-for-word what Lucy said to the group back in [[Enter High School]].<ref name=":c24p4" /><ref name=":c21p2">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c21/p2}}</ref>
* This is only the second appearance of the gym teacher, who debuted running the dodgeball class in [[A Difficult Choice]].<ref name=":c22p5">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c22/p5}}</ref>
* The original artwork of the chapter's first page was later sold through the BCB store as part of the "Best Buds" original-pages pack, paired with the first page of [[Buddy System]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bittersweetcandybowl.tumblr.com/post/121311960916/how-popular-are-the-original-pages-packs-in-the|title=Oliver on original page pack sales|date=2015-06-12}}</ref>
== Related chapters ==
* '''[[A Difficult Choice]]''': The flashback restages the cheater mob from this chapter, where Paulo turned the whole school against Mike over the Sandy reveal, baseball bat and all.<ref name=":c22p4">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c22/p4}}</ref>
* '''[[Left Behind]]''': Mike's scarfless streak ends here, when Tess gives him a new orange-and-yellow scarf. Paulo marks the occasion by summoning the cheater mob all over again.<ref name=":c26p6">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c26/p6}}</ref>
* '''[[Unrequited]]''': The abandoned scarf turns up again much later, still sitting dirty in Mike's locker. It's even drawn in its original blue, standing apart from the chapter's coloring.<ref name=":c51p2">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c51/p2}}</ref>
* '''[[Feline Filibuster]]''': Lucy revives this chapter's central gag by loudly blowing her nose on Mike's scarf at the lunch table.<ref name=":c60p2">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c60/p2}}</ref>
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{BCB chapters}}
[[Category:Chapters]]
[[Category:Volume One]]
[[Category:Omnibus 1]]

Latest revision as of 10:03, 29 July 2026

Wardrobe Malfunction
Chapter24 of 127 (list of chapters)
PublishedSeptember 25, 2006 (2006-09-25)
Page count4
Major charactersMike, Paulo, Lucy, Daisy
Minor charactersTess, Sue, David, Gym Teacher (High School), Katie
LocationsRoseville High School
Collected inVolume One, Omnibus 1
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It takes Paulo a whole week to notice Mike has stopped wearing his scarf, mostly because he's used to wiping his nose on it. The story of where it went involves an angry mob, raw eggs, and some very guilty friends.

Synopsis

Gym class finds Paulo sick and sneezing through warm-ups. He reaches absentmindedly to wipe his nose on Mike's scarf and grabs nothing but air — Mike hasn't worn the thing all week. Mike starts to explain what happened to it, then works out the truth mid-sentence: "So you've been using it to WIPE YOUR SNOT?!"[1]

A flashback shows where the scarf went. An angry mob once beat and egged Mike over having "messed around with two girls by mistake". He dumped the egg-soaked scarf in his locker and simply never took it home.[2]

Back in the present, Mike refuses to go fetch it for Paulo's nose. Tess leans in with a tissue and a flirty offer instead, giving him a spurting nosebleed. Caked in blood and snot, Paulo shambles zombie-style after a horrified Daisy.[2] She begs Lucy to stop him, and Lucy obliges with a single punch that puts him out cold.[3] Paulo, as it happens, was not the only culprit. David confesses eagerly, Sue admits she used the scarf on sticky cafeteria food, and Daisy sheepishly owns up to loving how soft it feels on her nose.[3]

Flashback "cases" lay out the rest of the evidence. The worst is David's, who once burned his hand on a spilled beaker in science class and wiped the smoking thing clean on Mike's scarf. The fumes knocked Mike out on the spot.[4]

David grins and holds up his smoking, fur-stripped hand, shouting "GOOD AS NEW!!", while Mike lies collapsed on the table foaming at the mouth.
David's approach to chemical burns leaves a little to be desired.

Back in the gym, Mike learns that the lab incident actually landed him in the hospital. He snaps with an "I HATE YOU ALL!!" and storms off to run his laps. Tess remarks that she wouldn't be surprised if Mike kills them all one day.[4]

Trivia & observations

  • Paulo's spurting nosebleed at Tess's flirting is a deliberate anime nod. Veronica's commentary crows, "LOOK AT THAT NOSEBLEED JUST LIKE IN ONE OF MY JAPANESE ANIMES".[2]
  • The chapter as presented is a redraw of the original pages. Veronica's commentary on the punch page recalls that in the original run, the blood and snot kept jumping between Lucy's left and right hand, forcing several rounds of editing and rescanning.[3]
  • Mike's "I HATE YOU ALL!!" is word-for-word what Lucy said to the group back in Enter High School.[4][5]
  • This is only the second appearance of the gym teacher, who debuted running the dodgeball class in A Difficult Choice.[6]
  • The original artwork of the chapter's first page was later sold through the BCB store as part of the "Best Buds" original-pages pack, paired with the first page of Buddy System.[7]

Related chapters

  • A Difficult Choice: The flashback restages the cheater mob from this chapter, where Paulo turned the whole school against Mike over the Sandy reveal, baseball bat and all.[8]
  • Left Behind: Mike's scarfless streak ends here, when Tess gives him a new orange-and-yellow scarf. Paulo marks the occasion by summoning the cheater mob all over again.[9]
  • Unrequited: The abandoned scarf turns up again much later, still sitting dirty in Mike's locker. It's even drawn in its original blue, standing apart from the chapter's coloring.[10]
  • Feline Filibuster: Lucy revives this chapter's central gag by loudly blowing her nose on Mike's scarf at the lunch table.[11]

References

  1. ↑ Chapter 24: Wardrobe Malfunction, page 1
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Chapter 24: Wardrobe Malfunction, page 2
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Chapter 24: Wardrobe Malfunction, page 3
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Chapter 24: Wardrobe Malfunction, page 4
  5. ↑ Chapter 21: Enter High School, page 2
  6. ↑ Chapter 22: A Difficult Choice, page 5
  7. ↑ "Oliver on original page pack sales". 2015-06-12.
  8. ↑ Chapter 22: A Difficult Choice, page 4
  9. ↑ Chapter 26: Left Behind, page 6
  10. ↑ Chapter 51: Unrequited, page 2
  11. ↑ Chapter 60: Feline Filibuster, page 2
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