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'''Dr. McNinja's Inner Voice''': ''(You're not a dark and troubled soul. You're a doctor who wants to be [[Batman]].'') }}

 

 

The story unofficially <ref>The author recommends starting with "Meet the Doctor" rather than this one due to [[Early Installment Weirdness]].</ref> begins with the eponymous [[Omnidisciplinary Scientist|omnidisciplinary]] [[Morally-Ambiguous Doctorate|doctor]] who is also a [[Ninja]] discovering that the [[Writing Around Trademarks|McBonald's restaurant chain]] has created a burger bearing his name. Naturally, he solves this copyright infringement by battling Donald McBonald himself.

"So What IS A McNinja?'' introduces the Doctor's family, who are very disappointed with him for not becoming a professional ninja. The McNinjas' origins are revealed, and of course there are [[Pirate|pirates]].

 

 

"D.A.R.E. To Resist Ninja Drugs and Ninja Violence" begins with McNinja facing a hard choice: Will he help his father defeat 80's action movie star Frans Rayner and his army of drug-enhanced ninja [[Mooks]]? Or will he help the clone of Benjamin Franklin create a medicine to cure death?

What's interesting about the comic is Hastings' sheer commitment to [[Planet Eris|utter weirdness]]. <s>Every</s> <s>[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/14p15 Almost every]</s> [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/14p16 Every] bizarre twist gets a completely straight reaction from the cast, and can have repercussions that stretch over multiple chapters. The overall effect is like a geodesic dome of absurdity, where every time the authors throw in a killer weatherman or cyborg bears or zombie Ben Franklin re-enacting the "Thriller" music video with situationally-appropriate lyrics, the plot becomes that much more believable. In the words of Chris Hastings, "[[Rule of Cool|Dr. McNinja lives in a world that operates like a Mortal Kombat stage]]." (but Cumberland, Maryland ''is'' a real place), so if you're a stickler for scientific and historical plausibility and blow a gasket whenever you see [[You Fail Physics Forever|Hollywood Physics]], ''please stay far away from this webcomic''.

 

* [[Acceptable Targets]]: Diabetics, [[In-Universe]], as far as the doctor is concerned. [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/3p2 They're] [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/3p5 always] [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/3p24 whining].

* [[Action Mom]]: Mitzi, a rare example who is ''entirely willing'' to sacrifice her children if necessary, although in the specific example in question it was to save him from a [[Fate Worse Than Death]].

* [[Affably Evil]]: Dracula.

* [[All Myths Are True]]: And ''will'' show up in the current arc if they get so much as a passing mention.

* [[Alt Text]]: Musings on the story, a pithy phrase, the punchline to the strip or even [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/15p44 little] [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/15p46 stories] are all stuck in here. It can generally be assumed that even if the strip itself does not contain a joke, the [[Alt Text]] will. Chris will also bitch about how hard pirate hats are to draw whenever there are pirates, because perspective is difficult with their odd shape. He hates trees too.

* [[Apocalypse How]]: Class 4 or 5 in the fourth time line. [[Played for Laughs]].

* [[Arch Nemesis]]: Amusingly, the "Birdosaurus" has become this for the Doc.

* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: Sean calling Gordito out [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/10p24 here]

** {{spoiler|Sparklelord}} is described as a combination of "Genghis Khan, Adolf Hitler, atomic bombs and Seabiscuit."

* [[As the Good Book Says...]]: "Physician, heal thyself!"

* [[As You Know]]: "[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/23p29/ Oh. Thanks for catching us all up on that. We all knew it. But thanks.]"

* [[Author Avatar]]: Ron Wizard, Hasting's ''[[City of Heroes]]'' character, is King Radical's court magician.

* [[Awesome but Impractical]]: {{spoiler|Frans Rayner}} has a bionic laser eye, which is incredibly lethal. Unfortunately it lacks an external power source, and so burns his own calorie reserves for fuel. Even ''one'' shot is enough to render him unable to fight.

* [[A Wizard Did It]]: What the [[Alt Text]] to the July 1st, 2011 news entry/fill-in comic implies.

* [[Ax Crazy]]

* [[Back-to-Back Badasses]]: '''[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/17p77 DOC AND THE DANE: TWIN FISTS OF FURY]'''

* [[Badass Bookworm]]: How can a ninja doctor not be one? {{spoiler|His brother Sean is also one of these, though he's still hiding it from his parents.}}

* [[Brick Joke]]: The "Birdosaurus" that the Doctor off-handedly punched keeps coming back at the most inconvenient times. It's getting close to being a [[Running Gag]].

** Acknowledged by the Doc himself, [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/21p83/ here ]

* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]: The Doctor. The man is a great doctor, but he'll wear a ninja mask the whole time he's treating you. As an aside, he has even "disguised" himself as another doctor with the mask still on. The administrators of the hospital in question have gotten tired of this routine.

* [[Captain Ersatz]]: [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/23p28/ Dr. McLuchador]. {{spoiler|1=Somewhat justified as he is actually McNinja in disguise, and the real McLuchador died a while ago}}.

** Frans Rayner, whose perfect body control allows him to move around weak points in his body {{spoiler|and survive a fall onto rocks from lethal heights by rerouting vital organs out of the way}}.

** Also, {{spoiler|[[Bruce Lee]]}}, who ''jumped to the Moon.''

* [[Chase Scene]]: But of course.

* [[Chekhov's Gag]]: Too many to count, but [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/17p29 this] deserves special mention. (Don't spoil it if you haven't already read up to there - it's the sort of joke that takes ''years'' to mature.)

** In the alt text of [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/17p80 this page] it alludes to making Doc's brother the protagonist once Doc is dead. Cut to the current arc where {{spoiler|Doc is thought to be dead...}}

** A character invented as an alternate explanation of something McNinja said in the alt text [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/15p44/ here] and [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/15p46/ here] becomes something real [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/21p41/ here].

** In the [[Alt Text]] of [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/14p50/ this page], Hastings comments "I think I'll have [the birdosaurus] stalk Doc forever now." Sure enough, [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/21p76/ four books later]...

* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: Very frequent. If, early on in an arc, an ability is explained or an obstacle brought up that forces the protagonists to take a different route to solving their problems, you can bet the ability will be required and the obstacle will have to be dealt with in spite of all efforts to the contrary.

* [[Clean Cut]]: [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/14p39 Subverted] and lampshaded.

* [[Clingy MacGuffin]]: The evil horsie.

** On the other hand, {{spoiler|1=Old McNinja's}} clones show brief signs of individuality before they get slaughtered. But again, they were made with inferior cloning technology which is why they were both less clever than the doctor {{spoiler|and Old}} as well as [[Made of Plasticine]]

* [[Code Name]]: The McNinja family. Dan and Mitzi have since gone back to their original names; Sean's is "Dark Smoke Puncher."

* [[Conservation of Ninjutsu]]: A law of nature in the arc [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/17p66 "An Army Of One"]

** It was also referenced [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/8p18 years earlier] in a throwaway gag involving ninja zombies, but nonetheless established as a real force in the McNinja universe.

* [[Continuity Nod]]: At [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/2p30 one point] in "So What Is A McNinja?" Doctor McNinja attacks a crew of pirates in the dark and [[Gory Discretion Shot|(presumably)]] cuts off their faces. In "D.A.R.E To Resist Ninja Drugs and Ninja Violence" he encounters pirates with peg faces, noting they must have been among the ones he fought.

** And of course, we can't forget [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/5p50 this strip]. Particularly, the alt text, which lists a specific other strip. Which one? Naturally, [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/4p19 the one where he CALLED the exact method of death he'd deliver to the] [[Big Bad]].

* [[Cool Pet]]: Yoshi the velociraptor.

* [[Cool vs. Awesome]]: Oh my yes. When your protagonist is as cool as Doc, your antagonists have to be pretty good to keep pace.

* [[Deadly Doctor]]: McNinja himself.

** Dr. McLuchadore is a more villainous example. Though he means well, his patients tend to end up worse off from his treatments, either due to toxic medicine or "unconventional" wrestling-based methods of applying it.

* [[Death in All Directions]]: In the tennis temple. the [[Alt Text]] snarks "clearly he dies on the next page".

* [[Death Is Cheap]], but not necessarily easy. Lampshaded in the comic itself, where it complains about resurrections making death meaningless.

* [[Depraved Dwarf]]: Dr. Knickerbockers.

* [[Determinator]]: Gordito, who grew his mustache out of sheer willpower. Later subverted when it's revealed that he grew it out of ''panic'', and uses it to hide his insecurities under a badass facade. He finally ends up [[Becoming the Mask]], however.

* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: In "Judy Gets A Kitten", Chris notes in the [[Alt Text]] that he doesn't even know if kittens even prop themselves up against the side of the cage as their shown, and he drew it [[All Animals Are Dogs|as if it were a dog]].

* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]]: Doc [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/20p68 laying down the law] on a Nasaghast.

* [[Evil Overlord]]: {{spoiler|Sparklelord.}}

* [[Exact Words]]:

'''Dr McNinja's Message''': Dracula, please fire your moon laser at this precise location. }}

* [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]: His family name is McNinja. He's a doctor. These are his adventures. Any other questions?

** The cover of the fourth book has the doctor posing on his motorcycle with his shirt unbuttoned, showing off a patch of his chest hair.

* [[Fantastic Racism]]: Dan seems to have some prejudices against gorillas.

* [[Fantasy Kitchen Sink]]: Zombies, ghost wizards, vampires, resurrected Ben Franklin ''and'' Hitler, drugs that confer ninja skills, Headless Horsemen, superheroes, a disease that turns you into Paul Bunyan, and cloned dinosaurs, thieving lobsters and a mafia led by a radical dirtbiker (...and a world-ending Mayan tennis machine. Seriously.)

** Of note: the radical dirtbiking mafia leader looks suspiciously like ''The Burger King'', though [[Word of God]] states that the inspiration of King Radical was actually [[Mario Kart|King Boo on a Dirtbike.]]

** Even King Radical utters it [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/23p32/ upon seeing the return of the McNinja Burger.] Justified in that {{spoiler|1=Dr. [[McNinja]] is supposedly dead, in his/everyone's/Donald McBonald's mind.}}

* [[Fluffy the Terrible]]: What is the identity of the strange motorcycle that appears to brainwash the people riding it, and manipulated the Doc into {{spoiler|bisecting the last rider}} and {{spoiler|destroying the last known supply of True Dew}}? A unicorn. Named Sparklelord. Also...

* [[Footnote Fever]]: The dinosaur-riding banditos speak English with a sprinkling of Spanish, which is always translated in footnotes. Even when the meaning is clear. Even when the word appears multiple times in the same ''panel''.

** [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/3p33 The editor helpfully explains the meaning of "policía" four times.]

* [[Genre Savvy]]: The Doctor himself.

** Gordito also shows his savviness as early as the D.A.R.E arc, and doubles as [[Tempting Fate]] on Franklin's part.

'''Gordito''': Oh '''please''' keep talking. }}

* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/10p3 This exchange] between Doc's former mentor and his gorilla receptionist

'''Benjamin Franklin''': It might be spelled with a 'B'. }}

* [["Get Out of Jail Free" Card]]: '''BASE!'''

** Additionally, the Doctor's standard expression of surprise or dismay is the exceedingly mild "Oh my goodness."

* [[Gratuitous English]]: The Great Dane himself, Frans Rayner, especially in the older days.

'''Dan McNinja''': Frans, I can't wait to see how much worse your horrible English will be once your skull is concave. It'll be ''hilarious.'' }}

* [[Gratuitous Spanish]]: Parodied with the paleontologist banditos.

* [[Hypercompetent Sidekick]]: Judy, the gorilla receptionist.

** And Gordito:

** The [[Mummy]] that accompanies Archibald King of the Hoboes, which grants him immortality and protects him from assassination attempts.

* [[I Am One of Those, Too]]: Subverted -- Sean calls Gordito out on his inner geekiness, only to backpedal rapidly as he realizes he has just revealed his own.

* [[Improbable Aiming Skills]]: [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/10p8 Where do you think Gordito got it from?]

** (No.)

* [[Insane Troll Logic]]: The Axe Cop crossover proves that, yes, there are some things too crazy to make sense even in this comic.

'''McNinja:''' Just... Just protect the book, okay? }}

 

'''Dr. McNinja''': ...that math does not work out ''at all.'' }}

** [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/2p35 BAD MATH PROVES A POINT!]

* [[Light Is Not Good]]: {{spoiler|Sparklelord.}}

* [[Like You Would Really Do It]]: [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] by the [[Alt Text]] on [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/14p52 this page]. And then on [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/17p80 this one] too, for good measure.

* [[Load-Bearing Boss]]: [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/14p62 Inverted]: ''losing'' to the giant robot causes everything to fall apart.

* [[Loan Shark]]: [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/13p27 Lampshaded and mocked].

* [[Masked Luchador]]: Dr. McLuchador.

* [[Mayincatec]]: The Inocktec in "Death Volley": an ancient, generically-South-American people who invented the game of tennis and whose "tennis temple" houses a device (supposedly) capable of destroying the entire world.

* [[Meat-O-Vision]]: Implied [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/10p37 here] [[Alt Text|("What Ben sees is a man with dreadlocks made of fried chicken legs.")]]

* [[Mecha-Mooks]]: The Inocktec temple guards.

* [[Nerd in Evil's Helmet]]: Dark Smoke Puncher.

* [[Newspaper Dating]]: [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/17p29 Parodied.]

* [[Never Found the Body]]: [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/17p53 Uh oh.]

* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: Mitzi accuses Gordito of this when he knocks out a possessed Dark Smoke Puncher rather than shooting him, ostensibly making her kill him instead. Gordito [[Take a Third Option|takes a third option]], however.

* [[Nightmare Fuel]]: An in-universe [[Real Life Writes the Plot]] example in Dr. Knickerbockers, the [[Slasher Smile|crazy smiling]], [[Evil Laugh|evil laughing]] midget doctor. Apparently [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/4p40 a similar being haunts Kent Archer's nightmares], making it grievously difficult for him to ink pages in which Knickerbockers appears.

** [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot]] ''[[No Kill Like Overkill|Monkey Clown BANDITO]]'' '''''[[No Kill Like Overkill|WEREWOLVES!]]''''' Well, not in that order.

** Also, {{spoiler|[[Samus Is a Girl|ex-girlfriend]]}} [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/14p17 robot commando temple guards.]

* [[Noodle Incident]]:

'''Dan:''' Well, we'll never be sure, but I don't think he'd just call. }}

* [[No Name Given]]: [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] with "''Now I know you've never been to my office, so you've never seen the degree that hangs by my desk. So I will let you know -- it's made out to ''Dr.'' McNinja, not ''Judas'' McNinja.''"

** Later [[Hand Wave|handwaved]] when {{spoiler|talking to his clone, "''You never told anybody our name, did you? 'Cause, you know... [[Noodle Incident|The wizard]].''"}}

* [[No One Could Survive That]]: {{spoiler|Despite glaring Death in the face, Frans Rayner survived falling off of a cliff and landing on sharp rocks. When the rocks pierced his head, he ''swallowed half of his brain'' to prevent damage to it}}.

* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: Dark Smoke Puncher, who tries to hide his [[Gadgeteer Genius]] tendencies and general geekery behind a facade of bad slang and acting cool.

* [[Off-Model]]: "[[Alt Text|So long, pirate ship I drew slightly differently in every panel.]]"

** King Radical provides a priceless example [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/15p38 here].

** Happens three times in a row: Once with [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/20p76 a space dinosaur] and twice more with [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/20p77 Doc] [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/20p78 and Chuck].

* [[Old Shame]]: Issue One Half. It's on the site, even listed in the archives, but the reader is ''begged'' not to actually read it first.

* [[Omnidisciplinary Scientist]]: The Doctor and Ben Franklin II.

* [[Painting the Fourth Wall]]: [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/15p10 "WHCRUNCH"].

* [[Papa Wolf]]: Dan

* [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]: [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/17p55 Gordito has been] [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/17p68 donning a couple] lately.

** Also [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/3p10 here.] Keep in mind that our protagonist is already a doctor and is already dressed in full medical garb, so his disguise consists of ''a nametag.'' It is apparantly not the first time he's done this. To that particular doctor either.

* [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner]]: [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/2p40/ "We are on Eastern Pain Time, and it is Dan O'clock."]

* [[Preemptive Declaration]]: At the beginning of ''D.A.R.E To Resist Ninja Drugs And Ninja Violence'':

'''Dan:''' I have no idea. }}

* [[Pre-Mortem One-Liner]]

* [[Pyrrhic Victory]]: "Doc Gets Rad".

* [[Quip to Black]]: The Doctor pulls this off when he gets the opportunity to try out his new bike.

[[Alt Text]]: [[Lampshade Hanging|Then]] [[CSI: Miami|Horatio]] [[Lampshade Hanging|jumps out of the bushes and]] [[Memetic Mutation|puts on his sunglasses.]] }}

* [[Reality Ensues]]:

* [[Redshirt Army]]: The future rebels are [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/21p27 not terribly bright]. Lampshaded in the [[Alt Text]], where they're referred to as "La revolution incompetente."

* [[Refuge in Audacity]]: Especially when Sebastien [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/10p20 describes his favourite meal].

** Subverted two pages later, when the vampires are shown eating baked ziti. ''Innocent'' baked ziti.

* [[Repeating So the Audience Can Hear]]: Played abnormally straight in [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/20p40 this strip].

* [[Retcon]]: On January 30 2012, the return of the [[McNinja]] burger in-comic, Hastings went and changed all "[[McDonald's]]" references to "McBonalds" so that he wouldn't have any legal issues printing the book later, including a modified logo and renaming Ronald McDonald to Donald McBonald. The protest signs [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/0p4/ on this page] only had strokes added over the D's to change them to B's, rather than the letters being redrawn.

* [[Robot Me]]: [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/11p45 Here]

* [[Robotic Reveal]]: Played straight with {{spoiler|Robot Dracula}}, inverted with {{spoiler|Hortense}}

*** [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/2p9/ This strip] contains a recruitment pamphlet for the Foot Clan. The [[Alt Text]] lampshades it as well.

** The T-Rex in the last panel of [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/20p17 this strip] strikes a similar pose to the star of ''[[Dinosaur Comics]]'', and his one line pretty much sums up the comic in question.

*** And [[Word of God]] says that this timeline's version of T-Rex was the one who came up with {{spoiler|hunting humans on jetpacks for sport.}}

** [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/3p11 "It seems logical] to mistake me for Dr. McNinja, as we are both doctors and he in fact does the exact same thing I do. McNinja and I even go to the same barber... [[American Psycho|although I have a slightly better haircut."]]

** [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/13p27/ "Did you know that you can get a loan from a bank? It turns out that's how they make money."] [[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law|Not anymore they don't! Ha ha, the economy! - Ed.]]

** Doctor [[McNinja]] Finds a Raptor in his office! What does he do?

** [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/3p40/ There is no Jenny...] [[Alt Text|ONLY]] [[Ghostbusters|ZUUL!]]

* [[Shown Their Work]]: The [[Alt Text]] usually confirms what they've studied in regards to things such as blood transfusions or submarine classes.

** [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/9p6 Never forget the teachings of those whom you shoot in the face after they become zombies.] {{spoiler|In case you don't have the context for that, Gordito shot Ben Franklin after he became a zombie.}}

* [[Stable Time Loop]]: Sparklelord's fate. Also an [[Temporal Paradox|Ontological Paradox]], because of the question of what happens to his ''mass''.

* [[Stating the Simple Solution]]: The Doctor himself {{spoiler|[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/17p60 wonders why the not-quite-dead Frans Rayner doesn't just sic Mongo on him.]}}

* [[Stealth Hi Bye]]: Utilized to great effect by the good doctor [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/10p36 here.]

* [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]]: [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/21p29 Of the Soylent Green variety.]

* [[Switching to GEICO]]: Subverted

'''Dr. McNinja''': [[Jerkass|"You should be."]] }}

* [[Tap on the Head]]: Includes both the 'neck chop' and [[Pistol-Whipping]] variants. Still, you know... ''ninja''.

*** And {{spoiler|Gorilla + Bazooka > Mongo}}

* [[They Fight Crime]]: Played with [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/20p21/ here]:

* [[This Is Gonna Suck]]

* [[This Is Sparta]]:

'''Dr. McNinja''': "Please. Don't. ''Stabmeintheeyeballs.''" }}

* [[Throwing Your Sword Always Works]] (again, [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/8p27 Doctor. Ninja. Etc.])

* [[Toasted Buns]]: In one [[Bad Future]], a man using a jetpack has horribly burnt legs from the experience. The lack of safety is justified: as he was given the jetpack and [[Deadly Game|set loose by dinosaurs who were paying to hunt him for sport,]] one would assume jetpack safety to be the least of his worries.

* [[Totally Radical]]: Most of Sean's "cool" slang. Also the joke behind this priceless exchange:

'''Dr McNinja''': "That would be 'kick' ass." }}

** Let's not forget the patron saint King Radical.

* [[Traitor Shot]]: Lampshaded by "Victor the plumber" in [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/14p22 this comic].

* [[Trust Me I'm a Doctor|Trust Me, I'm A Doctor]]: "You know who" feels it is important every once in a while to remind people who are having discussions with him that he's a doctor, even while [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/4p41 arguing with Death.]

** Also, [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/14p67 awesomely firing a plumber.]

** The [[Alt Text]] makes this into a [[Running Gag]] by providing absurdly mundane explanations for characters acting in a dramatic manner. Example: [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/20p5 "I need to get MY SLIPPERS."]

* [[What Measure Is a Mook?]]: Subverted and played for gallows humor: The Doctor thinks (almost) nothing of occasionally killing security guards and drug-enhanced ninja mooks, and he gets chewed out for this, big time.

** And the church is probably cool with it, too!

* [[What Measure Is a Non Unique]]: Subverted when Doc insists that they save his clone ([http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/17p30 "He's just as much your son as I am!"]) {{spoiler|Then played straight to help Doc justify killing all of the clones to himself.}}

* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: In addition to the above,. [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/15p44 "You know you've been a pretty terrible doctor lately, right?"]

** And when McNinja learns that a future disaster he's asked to prevent (hyper-intelligent dinosaurs take over the Earth) is not a scheme of King Radical, and thus in that future King Radical's plans have failed, he suggests he might not be interested in preventing it. Gordito [[Sarcasm Mode|subtly]] shows his [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/20p21 disapproval].

** And when Doc distracts his brother, who is in the process of fighting dinosaurs.

* [[You Didn't Ask]]: {{spoiler|Why Dracula didn't use his moon base laser during the dinosaur invasion.}}

* [[You Fight Like a Cow]]: '''Dr. McNinja''': A properly executed pre-mortem one-liner is '''vital''' to our health.

* [[You Have to Burn the Web]]: Zelda thwarts the doctor again!

* [[Your Head Asplode]]: Happens to one of the steam-punkesque sky-pirates after being told that his sword is [[Awesome but Impractical]], his [[Goggles Do Nothing]] and his [[Anachronism Stew|Anachronism Stewed]] outfit bears [[Unfortunate Implications]]. Also, he dropped a sprocket and someone said Queen Victoria ''was stupid''.

** [[Word of God|The author]] thanked a David Malki! of [[Wondermark]] in the [[Alt Text]] for helping him make fun of [[Steampunk]].

* [[Young Gun]]: Gordito.

 

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