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| major_characters = | | major_characters = [[Lucy]], [[Yashy]], [[Mike]], [[Daisy]], [[Paulo]], [[Chirpy]] | ||
| minor_characters = | | minor_characters = [[David]], [[Sue]], [[Amaya]], [[Three Weird Girls]] | ||
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| 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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A lazy afternoon of cloud-watching lives up to the chapter's title. [[Yashy]] confesses her crimes into the wrong ear, [[Lucy]]'s deafness finally gets an explanation, and the whole gang's cat breeds get names. Well, almost the whole gang's. | |||
== Synopsis == | |||
Lucy is sprawled on a hill watching the clouds, and Yashy takes her spaced-out silence as a golden opportunity to confess everything at once. The missing birthday money? That was her, not [[Blur]], and she spent it on a harmonica. The April Fools' hose down Lucy's locker was her too, pinned on [[Mike]]. Mike storms in mid-confession, furious, only to realize Lucy hasn't heard a word of it. He wiggles her left ear by way of explanation: "Widdle Woocy's left ear can't hear a thing~" Yashy immediately tries another taunt, picks the hearing side, and gets clobbered for it.<ref name=":c9p1">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c9/p1}}</ref> | |||
[[Chirpy]] asks why Lucy's ear doesn't work, and Lucy explains it's genetic. Deafness runs in her family, and she figures she lucked out with only the one bad ear. Since it has something to do with blue eyes, Chirpy and Yashy conclude that Yashy's blue eyes doom her too, and the pair dissolve into a sobbing hug before Lucy can finish her sentence. It's a blue-eyed white cat thing, as she eventually manages to clarify. Lucy adds, rather proudly, that she's a Khao Manee, "descendant of the royal cats of Siam". Yashy asks if she can have a poison apple, and lies beaten on the ground shortly after.<ref name=":c9p2">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c9/p2}}</ref> | |||
[[File:c9_p1_panel15.png|alt=Mike wiggles Lucy's left ear and says "Widdle Woocy's left ear can't hear a thing~".|thumb|Mike demonstrates Lucy's deaf ear.]] | |||
As for Mike, he turns out to be a Korat rather than the Russian Blue everybody assumed. Yashy celebrates the news by imagining him in full Russian costume, complete with the [[Three Weird Girls]] singing "Ra-Ra-Rasputin~ ♪". [[Daisy]] wanders over and admits she'd always pegged him as a British Blue Shorthair, on account of him being such an intellectual. Her own answer is half Selkirk Rex, which she says makes her feel like a dinosaur.<ref name=":c9p3">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c9/p3}}</ref> | |||
Daisy's other half is part Ragamuffin, which she's embarrassed to admit. Mike hesitates for a long, uncomfortable moment, then blushes and calls it cute. Daisy is over the moon. Lucy and Yashy blush and frown behind her, and Yashy sums up the mood with her usual grace: "'''A WHORE LIKE YOU CANNOT BE SO ADORABLE!!'''"<ref name=":c9p3" /> | |||
[[Paulo]] turns up last and announces he's a Somali, a breed that resembles a fox, and adds that his dad is kind of lion-ish-looking anyway. Lucy and Daisy are briefly awestruck, at least until Mike snaps them out of it. When Paulo tries flirting with Lucy, she pounds him flat and declares, "This is '''my''' guilty pleasure."<ref name=":c9p4">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c9/p4}}</ref> | |||
Yashy demands her own turn, gets told she's a hairless lizard, and huffs, "For your information, I'm a Golden Retriever!" [[David]] bounds in hoping someone can introduce him to this sultry sweet Golden Retriever, and comes over all dazed when he learns who it is. The chapter closes on [[Sue]] informing [[Amaya]] that she is such a Tabby, with a helpful arrow labeling Sue herself a European Burmese. Amaya says nothing at all.<ref name=":c9p4" /> | |||
== Trivia & observations == | |||
* Mike was originally written as a Russian Blue. Veronica's commentary explains she only discovered Korats while assigning everyone's breeds, after this page had already been penciled, so she erased and rewrote the dialogue ("Thank god I drew with pencils!"). Korats also happen to have really sensitive hearing.<ref name=":c9p3" /> Oliver reconfirmed the breed on Tumblr years later with a flat "He's a Korat!"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bittersweetcandybowl.tumblr.com/post/612247767512940544/hey-what-breed-is-mike-i-thought-he-was-a-korat|date=2020-03-11}}</ref> | |||
* The breeds named here stick around as shorthand for over a hundred chapters. In [[PDA]], Madison refers to Mike as "the Korat" and Paulo as "that IDIOT SOMALI BOY".<ref name=":c9p4" /><ref name=":c99p4">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c99/p4}}</ref> | |||
* Lucy's deafness is played for laughs here, but Veronica's commentary flags it as a trait that gets "explored more clearly in future chapters" and advises readers to watch "who is actually considerate to it".<ref name=":c9p2" /> | |||
* Yashy's poison-apple request is a Snow White reference, per Veronica ("think Snow White and soon you'll understand"), and the Three Weird Girls are singing Boney M.'s "Rasputin".<ref name=":c9p2" /><ref name=":c9p3" /> | |||
* The arrow labeling Sue a European Burmese is the only statement of her breed in the entire comic. Oliver's commentary notes that "the throwaway nature of the final panel here always makes me laugh".<ref name=":c9p4" /> | |||
* All four pages went up on the same day, and per Veronica's commentary, the pages seen today are digital redraws of the original pencil version.<ref name=":c9p3" /> | |||
== Related chapters == | |||
* '''[[Simple Pleasures]]''': Lucy's bad ear was already casual continuity in the comic's first chapter, where she reminds Daisy that she keeps telling her about it. "Show and Tell" is where the comic finally explains it. | |||
* '''[[The Burden of Parenthood]]''': This chapter has the earliest instance of Yashy screaming "WHORE!!!" at Daisy for getting close to Mike. Her outburst here is the same insult with a few more words attached. | |||
* '''[[Out of the Frame]]''': Sue's rant about "insecure Khao Manees or oblivious Korats" stealing the spotlight only makes sense because of the breeds named here. | |||
* '''[[New Year's Resolution]]''': Lucy's line about deafness running in the family pays off years later, when she complains about an aunt who has a deaf brother of her own. | |||
== 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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| Chapter | 9 of 127 (list of chapters) |
| Published | June 12, 2006 |
| Page count | 4 |
| Major characters | Lucy, Yashy, Mike, Daisy, Paulo, Chirpy |
| Minor characters | David, Sue, Amaya, Three Weird Girls |
| Collected in | Volume One, Omnibus 1 |
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A lazy afternoon of cloud-watching lives up to the chapter's title. Yashy confesses her crimes into the wrong ear, Lucy's deafness finally gets an explanation, and the whole gang's cat breeds get names. Well, almost the whole gang's.
Synopsis
Lucy is sprawled on a hill watching the clouds, and Yashy takes her spaced-out silence as a golden opportunity to confess everything at once. The missing birthday money? That was her, not Blur, and she spent it on a harmonica. The April Fools' hose down Lucy's locker was her too, pinned on Mike. Mike storms in mid-confession, furious, only to realize Lucy hasn't heard a word of it. He wiggles her left ear by way of explanation: "Widdle Woocy's left ear can't hear a thing~" Yashy immediately tries another taunt, picks the hearing side, and gets clobbered for it.[1]
Chirpy asks why Lucy's ear doesn't work, and Lucy explains it's genetic. Deafness runs in her family, and she figures she lucked out with only the one bad ear. Since it has something to do with blue eyes, Chirpy and Yashy conclude that Yashy's blue eyes doom her too, and the pair dissolve into a sobbing hug before Lucy can finish her sentence. It's a blue-eyed white cat thing, as she eventually manages to clarify. Lucy adds, rather proudly, that she's a Khao Manee, "descendant of the royal cats of Siam". Yashy asks if she can have a poison apple, and lies beaten on the ground shortly after.[2]
As for Mike, he turns out to be a Korat rather than the Russian Blue everybody assumed. Yashy celebrates the news by imagining him in full Russian costume, complete with the Three Weird Girls singing "Ra-Ra-Rasputin~ ♪". Daisy wanders over and admits she'd always pegged him as a British Blue Shorthair, on account of him being such an intellectual. Her own answer is half Selkirk Rex, which she says makes her feel like a dinosaur.[3]
Daisy's other half is part Ragamuffin, which she's embarrassed to admit. Mike hesitates for a long, uncomfortable moment, then blushes and calls it cute. Daisy is over the moon. Lucy and Yashy blush and frown behind her, and Yashy sums up the mood with her usual grace: "A WHORE LIKE YOU CANNOT BE SO ADORABLE!!"[3]
Paulo turns up last and announces he's a Somali, a breed that resembles a fox, and adds that his dad is kind of lion-ish-looking anyway. Lucy and Daisy are briefly awestruck, at least until Mike snaps them out of it. When Paulo tries flirting with Lucy, she pounds him flat and declares, "This is my guilty pleasure."[4]
Yashy demands her own turn, gets told she's a hairless lizard, and huffs, "For your information, I'm a Golden Retriever!" David bounds in hoping someone can introduce him to this sultry sweet Golden Retriever, and comes over all dazed when he learns who it is. The chapter closes on Sue informing Amaya that she is such a Tabby, with a helpful arrow labeling Sue herself a European Burmese. Amaya says nothing at all.[4]
Trivia & observations
- Mike was originally written as a Russian Blue. Veronica's commentary explains she only discovered Korats while assigning everyone's breeds, after this page had already been penciled, so she erased and rewrote the dialogue ("Thank god I drew with pencils!"). Korats also happen to have really sensitive hearing.[3] Oliver reconfirmed the breed on Tumblr years later with a flat "He's a Korat!"[5]
- The breeds named here stick around as shorthand for over a hundred chapters. In PDA, Madison refers to Mike as "the Korat" and Paulo as "that IDIOT SOMALI BOY".[4][6]
- Lucy's deafness is played for laughs here, but Veronica's commentary flags it as a trait that gets "explored more clearly in future chapters" and advises readers to watch "who is actually considerate to it".[2]
- Yashy's poison-apple request is a Snow White reference, per Veronica ("think Snow White and soon you'll understand"), and the Three Weird Girls are singing Boney M.'s "Rasputin".[2][3]
- The arrow labeling Sue a European Burmese is the only statement of her breed in the entire comic. Oliver's commentary notes that "the throwaway nature of the final panel here always makes me laugh".[4]
- All four pages went up on the same day, and per Veronica's commentary, the pages seen today are digital redraws of the original pencil version.[3]
Related chapters
- Simple Pleasures: Lucy's bad ear was already casual continuity in the comic's first chapter, where she reminds Daisy that she keeps telling her about it. "Show and Tell" is where the comic finally explains it.
- The Burden of Parenthood: This chapter has the earliest instance of Yashy screaming "WHORE!!!" at Daisy for getting close to Mike. Her outburst here is the same insult with a few more words attached.
- Out of the Frame: Sue's rant about "insecure Khao Manees or oblivious Korats" stealing the spotlight only makes sense because of the breeds named here.
- New Year's Resolution: Lucy's line about deafness running in the family pays off years later, when she complains about an aunt who has a deaf brother of her own.
References
- ↑ Chapter 9: Show and Tell, page 1
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Chapter 9: Show and Tell, page 2
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Chapter 9: Show and Tell, page 3
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Chapter 9: Show and Tell, page 4
- ↑ . 2020-03-11 https://bittersweetcandybowl.tumblr.com/post/612247767512940544/hey-what-breed-is-mike-i-thought-he-was-a-korat.
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