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| major_characters = [[Daisy]], [[Mike]], [[Lucy]], [[Yashy]]
| minor_characters =
| minor_characters = [[Paulo]], [[David]], [[Sue]], [[Amaya]], [[Katie]], [[Stacy]], [[Three Weird Girls]]
| locations =
| locations = [[Roseville Middle School]]
| collected_in = [[Bittersweet Candy Bowl: Volume One|Volume One]], [[Bittersweet Candy Bowl: Omnibus 1|Omnibus 1]]
| collected_in = [[Bittersweet Candy Bowl: Volume One|Volume One]], [[Bittersweet Candy Bowl: Omnibus 1|Omnibus 1]]
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[[Daisy]] has been put in charge of the Spring Dance, which means polling the whole class on music, and finding out exactly which girls want to dance with [[Mike]]. [[Yashy]] has strong opinions about the second part, and she delivers them from the sky.
== Synopsis ==
Daisy gathers her classmates together to announce that she's planning the Spring Dance, and she wants everyone's music suggestions for the playlist. Mike sighs that the farewell dance came so soon, and [[Lucy]] can't believe eighth grade is almost over. The suggestions are all over the map. [[David]] is wildly excited about Weird Al until [[Paulo]] mocks him for it, at which point he backpedals into wanting something raunchy instead. Daisy dutifully takes it down: "Okay, one for generic crappy rap music. Next?" [[Sue]] and [[Amaya]] vote romantic, Paulo wants something to grind to, and [[Katie]] and [[Stacy]] are firmly Team Justin Timberlake. Then Daisy turns her full adoring attention on Mike, while Yashy fumes from Lucy's arms about her "Flea fetish."<ref name=":c7p1">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c7/p1}}</ref>
Daisy moves on to interview Mike and Lucy personally. She swoons over Mike's answers (he settles on smooth jazz, which is apparently very smart of him). Lucy, meanwhile, shrugs that she doubts she'll even be going to the dance. That's all Daisy needs to hear, and she starts angling for the newly unclaimed Mike on the spot. Yashy is having none of it, and the two bicker over Mike while he cowers in a corner. When he begs them to stop fighting over him, Lucy sets him straight. "Who said we're fighting over you? Weirdo." His only other option, she adds, is dating Yashy, which would make him a "great big pedophile". Mike flees, with Daisy hot on his heels.<ref name=":c7p2">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c7/p2}}</ref>
[[File:c7_p3_panel9.png|alt=Yashy divebombs from above shouting "SUPAHH CHOP!!" and hits Sue on the head as Mike yelps in surprise.|thumb|Yashy manages Mike's dance card from the air.]]
Sue and Amaya are next in line, having heard that Lucy is staying home. Mike barely gets to protest that the dance is still two months away. Then Yashy drops out of the sky and flattens Sue with a "'''SUPAHH CHOP!!'''" She declares that Mike won't be dating "either of you losers," because there's only one person he'd ever want to dance with: "She '''IS''' gonna say yes one day, I can assure you!" Mike blushes and says nothing. Lucy then wanders in, completely misreads the scene, and tells Yashy to quit hitting on Mike because he doesn't date kids. Sue is disturbed, Mike is livid, and Yashy keels straight over.<ref name=":c7p3">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c7/p3}}</ref>
Paulo has a simple fix for all this girl trouble. Mike should just say yes to everybody and enjoy the harem. Mike objects that Lucy would never be part of it, since "She doesn't like me that way..", and Paulo and David both instantly volunteer to take her instead. Mike's comeback lets slip that David is already into someone else, which David insists is a secret. In the end, Mike decides the right thing to do is turn everybody down.<ref name=":c7p4">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c7/p4}}</ref>
Mike delivers the bad news to Sue, Amaya, and a heartbroken Daisy all at once. He barely finishes before the [[Three Weird Girls]] pop up behind him to try their luck anyway, and all three of them are wearing helmets. Yashy's follow-up "'''UPPAH CUT!!!'''" bounces right off. Paulo keeps pushing the polyamory angle until Daisy innocently asks whether his time with Alegria didn't leave him daydreaming about that "one special girl" he could spend his life with. Paulo is mortified beyond words. Mike groans that this day is getting too damn stressful. "Sure is, pedo," says Lucy.<ref name=":c7p4" />
== Character dynamics ==
* '''Mike and Lucy:''' Nothing romantic between these two has ever been said out loud. Up to now it's all been hints, like Mike going weak when Lucy hugs him.<ref name=":c2p4">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c2/p4}}</ref> Yashy changes that on his behalf, declaring that Lucy is the only one Mike would ever want to dance with and swearing she'll say yes one day.<ref name=":c7p3" /> Mike doesn't deny it, and privately he's already resigned to Lucy not feeling the same way.<ref name=":c7p4" /> Nothing actually shifts between the pair on panel, but the crush is now out in the open.
* '''Mike and his admirers:''' Daisy's pursuit of "Mikie" is nothing new, but Lucy bowing out of the dance opens the floodgates. Sue, Amaya, and finally the Three Weird Girls all make a play for Mike before the day is out.<ref name=":c7p3" /><ref name=":c7p4" /> Rather than lead anyone on, Mike turns the whole field down, and Daisy takes it the hardest.<ref name=":c7p4" />
* '''Paulo and the group:''' Paulo spends the chapter playing the crude harem advocate, and Daisy's Alegria question punctures the act completely. The group learns that his stint as a doll-father left him dreaming of "one special girl" to spend his life with.<ref name=":c7p4" />
== Trivia & observations ==
[[File:Tumblr bittersweetcandybowl 172571380783 0.png|thumb|Veronica's 2018 sketch recreating the chapter's "plop" panel.<ref name=":tumblr2018">{{Cite web|url=https://bittersweetcandybowl.tumblr.com/post/172571380783/on-the-last-panel-of-page-3-of-prom-preparation|date=2018-04-04}}</ref>]]
* Veronica's commentary notes the chapter's first page was drawn in a brand-new notebook dedicated to BCB, and that this is where she decided the comic would be an ongoing series rather than one-off gags.<ref name=":c7p1" /> Years later, she said she "always sorta felt like the comic 'started' on Prom Preparation."<ref name=":tumblr2015">{{Cite web|url=https://bittersweetcandybowl.tumblr.com/post/132366869582/im-wanting-to-start-getting-into-flash-animations|date=2015-11-01}}</ref>
* That same page is the oldest BCB page whose original art still exists. The originals before it were damaged in a flood and thrown out, and they survive only as low-quality 2006 scans.<ref name=":c7p1" />
* Asked whether Yashy falling over at the end of the Sue scene was a Condorito reference, Veronica said she didn't directly intend one, "but I'm sure I was super inspired by it!"<ref name=":tumblr2018" />
* Per Veronica's commentary, Mike's fangirl squad is a running joke rather than a crowd of girls madly in love with him: "They'll be a bit sad, but it's not the end of the world."<ref name=":c7p3" />
* This chapter contains the first appearances of Amaya, Katie, Stacy, and the Three Weird Girls.<ref name=":c7p1" /><ref name=":c7p4" /> It's also the only time Sue shows any romantic interest in Mike.<ref name=":c7p3" />
* All four pages went up on the same day, 23 March 2010.<ref name=":c7p1" />
== Related chapters ==
* '''[[The Burden of Parenthood]]''': This is where Alegria comes from. She's the screaming baby doll from the Sex-ed project, and Paulo bonded with her hard enough to cry when he had to give her up — which is exactly why Daisy's question lands the way it does.<ref name=":c5p3">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c5/p3}}</ref><ref name=":c5p7">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c5/p7}}</ref>
* '''[[Farewell, Middle School]]''': The Spring Dance planned here happens entirely off-panel, and that chapter shows it only in flashback. Mike never went, and Daisy confronts him about it.<ref name=":c18p1">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c18/p1}}</ref>
* '''[[Puppy Love]]''': That chapter replays this one's setup on a larger scale, with Mike again mobbed by admirers and again rejecting the whole field, far less kindly the second time.<ref name=":c13p1">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c13/p1}}</ref>
* '''[[Unfulfilled Fantasy]]''': The pining Yashy voices here gets its fuller context in that chapter, where Mike sorts out his feelings for [[Sandy]] against his bond with Lucy.<ref name=":c17p4">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c17/p4}}</ref>
* '''[[Unfit for Education]]''': Sue made her actual first appearance there, and it established Yashy's habit of attacking anyone she takes issue with. The helmets on this chapter's last page suggest her reputation precedes her.<ref name=":c4p3">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c4/p3}}</ref>
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{BCB chapters}}
{{BCB chapters}}
[[Category:Chapters]]
[[Category:Chapters]]
[[Category:Volume One]]
[[Category:Volume One]]
[[Category:Omnibus 1]]
[[Category:Omnibus 1]]

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Prom Preparation
Chapter7 of 127 (list of chapters)
PublishedJune 3, 2006 (2006-06-03)
Page count4
Major charactersDaisy, Mike, Lucy, Yashy
Minor charactersPaulo, David, Sue, Amaya, Katie, Stacy, Three Weird Girls
LocationsRoseville Middle School
Collected inVolume One, Omnibus 1
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Daisy has been put in charge of the Spring Dance, which means polling the whole class on music, and finding out exactly which girls want to dance with Mike. Yashy has strong opinions about the second part, and she delivers them from the sky.

Synopsis

Daisy gathers her classmates together to announce that she's planning the Spring Dance, and she wants everyone's music suggestions for the playlist. Mike sighs that the farewell dance came so soon, and Lucy can't believe eighth grade is almost over. The suggestions are all over the map. David is wildly excited about Weird Al until Paulo mocks him for it, at which point he backpedals into wanting something raunchy instead. Daisy dutifully takes it down: "Okay, one for generic crappy rap music. Next?" Sue and Amaya vote romantic, Paulo wants something to grind to, and Katie and Stacy are firmly Team Justin Timberlake. Then Daisy turns her full adoring attention on Mike, while Yashy fumes from Lucy's arms about her "Flea fetish."[1]

Daisy moves on to interview Mike and Lucy personally. She swoons over Mike's answers (he settles on smooth jazz, which is apparently very smart of him). Lucy, meanwhile, shrugs that she doubts she'll even be going to the dance. That's all Daisy needs to hear, and she starts angling for the newly unclaimed Mike on the spot. Yashy is having none of it, and the two bicker over Mike while he cowers in a corner. When he begs them to stop fighting over him, Lucy sets him straight. "Who said we're fighting over you? Weirdo." His only other option, she adds, is dating Yashy, which would make him a "great big pedophile". Mike flees, with Daisy hot on his heels.[2]

Yashy divebombs from above shouting "SUPAHH CHOP!!" and hits Sue on the head as Mike yelps in surprise.
Yashy manages Mike's dance card from the air.

Sue and Amaya are next in line, having heard that Lucy is staying home. Mike barely gets to protest that the dance is still two months away. Then Yashy drops out of the sky and flattens Sue with a "SUPAHH CHOP!!" She declares that Mike won't be dating "either of you losers," because there's only one person he'd ever want to dance with: "She IS gonna say yes one day, I can assure you!" Mike blushes and says nothing. Lucy then wanders in, completely misreads the scene, and tells Yashy to quit hitting on Mike because he doesn't date kids. Sue is disturbed, Mike is livid, and Yashy keels straight over.[3]

Paulo has a simple fix for all this girl trouble. Mike should just say yes to everybody and enjoy the harem. Mike objects that Lucy would never be part of it, since "She doesn't like me that way..", and Paulo and David both instantly volunteer to take her instead. Mike's comeback lets slip that David is already into someone else, which David insists is a secret. In the end, Mike decides the right thing to do is turn everybody down.[4]

Mike delivers the bad news to Sue, Amaya, and a heartbroken Daisy all at once. He barely finishes before the Three Weird Girls pop up behind him to try their luck anyway, and all three of them are wearing helmets. Yashy's follow-up "UPPAH CUT!!!" bounces right off. Paulo keeps pushing the polyamory angle until Daisy innocently asks whether his time with Alegria didn't leave him daydreaming about that "one special girl" he could spend his life with. Paulo is mortified beyond words. Mike groans that this day is getting too damn stressful. "Sure is, pedo," says Lucy.[4]

Character dynamics

  • Mike and Lucy: Nothing romantic between these two has ever been said out loud. Up to now it's all been hints, like Mike going weak when Lucy hugs him.[5] Yashy changes that on his behalf, declaring that Lucy is the only one Mike would ever want to dance with and swearing she'll say yes one day.[3] Mike doesn't deny it, and privately he's already resigned to Lucy not feeling the same way.[4] Nothing actually shifts between the pair on panel, but the crush is now out in the open.
  • Mike and his admirers: Daisy's pursuit of "Mikie" is nothing new, but Lucy bowing out of the dance opens the floodgates. Sue, Amaya, and finally the Three Weird Girls all make a play for Mike before the day is out.[3][4] Rather than lead anyone on, Mike turns the whole field down, and Daisy takes it the hardest.[4]
  • Paulo and the group: Paulo spends the chapter playing the crude harem advocate, and Daisy's Alegria question punctures the act completely. The group learns that his stint as a doll-father left him dreaming of "one special girl" to spend his life with.[4]

Trivia & observations

Veronica's 2018 sketch recreating the chapter's "plop" panel.[6]
  • Veronica's commentary notes the chapter's first page was drawn in a brand-new notebook dedicated to BCB, and that this is where she decided the comic would be an ongoing series rather than one-off gags.[1] Years later, she said she "always sorta felt like the comic 'started' on Prom Preparation."[7]
  • That same page is the oldest BCB page whose original art still exists. The originals before it were damaged in a flood and thrown out, and they survive only as low-quality 2006 scans.[1]
  • Asked whether Yashy falling over at the end of the Sue scene was a Condorito reference, Veronica said she didn't directly intend one, "but I'm sure I was super inspired by it!"[6]
  • Per Veronica's commentary, Mike's fangirl squad is a running joke rather than a crowd of girls madly in love with him: "They'll be a bit sad, but it's not the end of the world."[3]
  • This chapter contains the first appearances of Amaya, Katie, Stacy, and the Three Weird Girls.[1][4] It's also the only time Sue shows any romantic interest in Mike.[3]
  • All four pages went up on the same day, 23 March 2010.[1]

Related chapters

  • The Burden of Parenthood: This is where Alegria comes from. She's the screaming baby doll from the Sex-ed project, and Paulo bonded with her hard enough to cry when he had to give her up — which is exactly why Daisy's question lands the way it does.[8][9]
  • Farewell, Middle School: The Spring Dance planned here happens entirely off-panel, and that chapter shows it only in flashback. Mike never went, and Daisy confronts him about it.[10]
  • Puppy Love: That chapter replays this one's setup on a larger scale, with Mike again mobbed by admirers and again rejecting the whole field, far less kindly the second time.[11]
  • Unfulfilled Fantasy: The pining Yashy voices here gets its fuller context in that chapter, where Mike sorts out his feelings for Sandy against his bond with Lucy.[12]
  • Unfit for Education: Sue made her actual first appearance there, and it established Yashy's habit of attacking anyone she takes issue with. The helmets on this chapter's last page suggest her reputation precedes her.[13]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Chapter 7: Prom Preparation, page 1
  2. ↑ Chapter 7: Prom Preparation, page 2
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Chapter 7: Prom Preparation, page 3
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Chapter 7: Prom Preparation, page 4
  5. ↑ Chapter 2: Gaming Rivalry, page 4
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 . 2018-04-04 https://bittersweetcandybowl.tumblr.com/post/172571380783/on-the-last-panel-of-page-3-of-prom-preparation. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑ . 2015-11-01 https://bittersweetcandybowl.tumblr.com/post/132366869582/im-wanting-to-start-getting-into-flash-animations. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ↑ Chapter 5: The Burden of Parenthood, page 3
  9. ↑ Chapter 5: The Burden of Parenthood, page 7
  10. ↑ Chapter 18: Farewell, Middle School, page 1
  11. ↑ Chapter 13: Puppy Love, page 1
  12. ↑ Chapter 17: Unfulfilled Fantasy, page 4
  13. ↑ Chapter 4: Unfit for Education, page 3
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