Fun with Acronyms/Comic Books: Difference between revisions

Line 7:

{{quote|'''Gray Hulk:''' Ah, M.O.D.O.K. The Mental Organism Designed Only for Kick-ball.

'''M.O.D.O.K.:''' Yes, it—''Hey!'' That's not what it stands for!}}

*** In another episode, however, he says the "K" stands for "Kick-butt."

:* In another episode, however, he says the "K" stands for "Kick-butt."

** A.I.M. has a splinter group called R.A.I.D. or Radically Advanced Ideas in Destruction.

:* A.I.M. has a splinter group called R.A.I.D. or Radically Advanced Ideas in Destruction.

* ''[[Captain America (comics)|Captain America]]'' had quite a few foes like this:

** One '70s-era story had him battling the '''C'''ommittee to '''R'''estore '''A'''merica's '''P'''rinciples, a [[No Celebrities Were Harmed|thinly-veiled]] vesion of the '''C'''ommittee to '''RE'''-'''E'''lect the '''P'''resident (see below). Assemble the acronym yourself, and remember that "to" doesn't count...

Line 79:

* The [[Kingdom of Loathing]] comic mentions the '''F'''amiliar '''U'''nderground '''C'''ommunity of the '''K'''ingdom. Jill lampshades it: "What a long name... weird how they never came up with a clever acronym."

* ''[[The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers]]'' featured a group of rednecks known as '''A'''mericans '''S'''ecretly '''S'''erving '''H'''igher '''O'''rder '''L'''aw '''E'''nforcement '''S'''ubservience. Yeah, you can figure that one out.

* After being vague as possible about just what happened on [[Spider-Man|Peter and MJ's]] wedding day in the new timeline that the [[One More Day]] [[Cosmic Retcon]] caused, Marvel announced that a new storyline and sequel of sorts to One More Day would be released. As One More Day was considered to be an ~~absoulte~~ train wreck with the whole Peter and MJ were now never married thing and served as a vechile to do little more than break up the pairing, this was a bit of a hot button topic. The story in question was called '''O'''ne '''M'''oment '''I'''n '''T'''ime. [[Word of God]] said it was intentional. The fandom was not amused (especially not so when the story turned out to be, if possible, even crappier than One More Day).

* After being vague as possible about just what happened on [[Spider-Man|Peter and MJ's]] wedding day in the new timeline that the [[One More Day]] [[Cosmic Retcon]] caused, Marvel announced that a new storyline and sequel of sorts to One More Day would be released. As One More Day was considered to be an absolute train wreck with the whole Peter and MJ were now never married thing and served as a vechile to do little more than break up the pairing, this was a bit of a hot button topic. The story in question was called '''O'''ne '''M'''oment '''I'''n '''T'''ime. [[Word of God]] said it was intentional. The fandom was not amused (especially not so when the story turned out to be, if possible, even crappier than One More Day).

* ''[[PS238]]'' has [http://ps238.nodwick.com/comic/2017-08-04/ OOPS] ("[[MacGuffin|Objects of Overwhelming Power and Significance]]").