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raccoon » neu 3 years ago
man, i can not stop laughing.
fakedaisies » pro 1 years ago
Me either. The one-two punch of the horrifying pancake and Philippe's rictus of terror and devastation just kills me. Onstad is really good at capturing that all-encompassing crushing disappointment that kids set themselves up for with too-high expectations.
dpauldin » pro 3 years ago
one of the all timers.
rowboat » pro 2 years ago
Best stand-alone strip.
ringwoodcomics » neu 2 years ago
Oui.
rowboat » pro 9 months ago
Two years later and I still think this.
woodenteeth » neu 3 months ago
For a sturdy longitudinal study of your comic tastes please submit an additional response in approximately 1.5 years.
gkiyo » neu 2 years ago
Dang, man, what kind of educational system do you come from where literacy is middle school material?
rowboat » pro 2 years ago
The guy one year removed from high school got routed by the guy still in high school.
greenkoolayd » neu 1 years ago
stop crying like a pussy.
vulpes-aurum » neu 9 months ago
A-BLOO-BLOO! BLOO BLOO-BLOO!
edthehead » neu 1 weeks ago
Dancing Goth Ray makes this comment.
slalvation » neu 2 years ago
Oh sorry I forgot that you aren't supposed to reply to things in an open forum unless they were directed at you.

It means don't take yourself so seriously, is all.
c_dizzle » neu 2 years ago
Gonna have to agree with salvation:
Achewood comment thread %u2260 pretentious ego-flexing soap-box.

You're wasting space.
c_dizzle » neu 2 years ago
(foot-in-mouth)
Somebody lame me for failing to assume that the 'does not equal' sign would not show up properly in above comment.
slalvation » neu 2 years ago
Assuming that you were trying to use the actual sign and not just doing what I'm about to do, " =/= " is a popular alternative.
soticoto » neu 2 years ago
[IMGS OFF]

Don't worry Saint: Your mother still loves you, unless she is dead.
songbirdspectre » neu 2 years ago
i was amazed by your level of bastardness.
rowboat » pro 2 years ago
Yeah. You're a fucking bastard. And not even a real one. Just a fake-ass internet one. Saint, whatever differences we've had in the past, and however lame I truly do find your comments, I want you to know that I do not endorse anything said by this man-child.
slalvation » con 2 years ago
Oh my fucking god. End this stupid argument now. I keep thinking I've got something interesting in my inbox and it's just you people still screaming ineffectually at each other back here.
rowboat » pro 2 years ago
While I do sympathize, it appears as though you, yourself, entered into this drama. Be more careful. Anyway, this should be the end of it, as I totally just ruined soticoto's life up there.
slalvation » neu 2 years ago
But that was a long time ago, and this Soticoto fellow got involved long after the fact. I'd already washed my hands of it when he decided to add his two cents.
soticoto » neu 2 weeks ago
The real irony is that two years later, I came back and chubbied all of Saint's posts... once again proving that I don't have to dislike something to spontaneously attack it.
rowboat » pro 2 years ago
I know you are, but what am I?
rowboat » pro 2 years ago
Oh no. My stupid response to soticoto looks like a stupid response to you, now. Anyway, I won't add to this anymore. Apologies.
saint » neu 1 years ago
Yay.
freerhi » neu 9 months ago
cock piss partridge
gunsofray » neu 1 years ago
you're cool.
or not.
mrsmuckles » neu 2 years ago
*cough*<i>hypocrite!</i>*cough*
mrsmuckles » neu 2 years ago
Wait, that's not BBCode... Aww man, I really suck.
i_love_kate » neu 2 years ago
This is one of the most depressing sections of AssetBar history.
waddlerz » neu 2 years ago
touche
dusty » pro 2 years ago
yes for a time, i was very worried that the discussion page here was turning into a regular forum. It wasn't anywhere near as bad as say, youtube commentors, but though i hate to say it, it was getting nearly as bad as a college message board.
farqussus » neu 1 years ago
stfu fag
lolsworth » neu 1 years ago
Jesus Christ there are not enough lames on this Earth for you
johnnyrocker » neu 1 years ago
How would someone make it to middle school without learning to read? Seems to me that passing the 6th grade would require some basic literacy.
saint » neu 4 months ago
YOU WOULD THINK
chrisb » neu 3 years ago
Disappointment is the only truly shared human emotion
laserblade » neu 2 years ago
Or, as the case may be, stuffed otter emotion.
internnumber1 » neu 3 years ago
God, Teodor just does not get Phillipe sometimes. That pancake is like if Mickey showed up on 'CSI'; left in a gutter after he tried to pull a double cross in a crack deal and took a lead pipe to the face for it.
juancarlos » pro 3 years ago
It looks like good ol' Mickey after rabid dogs ate his face off. All hella eating through straw, all having to wear a huge costume Mickey head to avoid scaring Pluto. Donald not returning his calls.
mattylite » neu 2 years ago
Thank you internnumber1 and juancarlos! After scrolling through one of those message board catfights that for some reason are hard not to read every uncomfortable word of, you rewarded me with two hilarious comments in a row!. Is so funny. Is so good.
sp1derbaby » pro 2 years ago
I wasn't expecting to laugh so soon after the series of rants above and was unwisely sipping my coffee. CRT monitors sure were easier to clean.
aelindil » neu 1 years ago
That never happens on Antiques Roadshow!
thommy_h » pro 3 years ago
Something very similar happened to me when my girlfriend made me a cake for my birthday. Her vague warnings didn't prepare me for what was eventually produced.
combustache » neu 2 years ago
Did she try to make you a mickey mouse cake?
tekende » pro 2 years ago
what...what was it
smilebuddha » neu 2 years ago
Did she sit on it? 'Cause that would have been _hot_.
untilyouaresonude » pro 3 years ago
Teodor is pretty good at letting Phillipe down.
untilyouaresonude » neu 3 years ago
Also, the second imagined mickey pancake looks a bit like Jack Lemmon
laserblade » neu 2 years ago
Nobody's perfect.
jamers » pro 3 years ago
Remember the pocket pen? Small!
rotating-dog » neu 3 years ago
Looks small! IS SMALL!!
juancarlos » pro 3 years ago
I find that's what most 20-somethings do best, they're poison to a child's innocence.
aliiis » neu 1 years ago
If only he had not told him it was going to be a Mickey Mouse pancake, and just made a normal pancake, it would have been o.k.
It would have been o.k.
nurdbot » pro 3 years ago
Oh man, I love watching Phillipes hopes crumble in the panel before the last. Does that make me as bad as Liebot?
stuntman » pro 2 years ago
tis phillipe's ghost jumping out of his body.
scorpio_nadir » neu 1 years ago
Liebot doesn't love it. He just does it because of his programming. So you're worse.
Well, maybe he is programmed to love it too. dunno.
epicurus » pro 3 years ago
Exremely awesome and very true.
crinklebat » neu 3 years ago
This strip breaks my heart. Whenever I start idealizing childhood I read it and remember why it sucked. At least now imperfection doesn't shock and horrify me.
boswelljn » pro 3 years ago
Phillippe's imagination is my favorite.
djwhiterabbit » neu 3 years ago
phillipe lied to téodor.
morganization » neu 3 years ago
teodor's shorts and shoes change when hes standing on that bench
zem » neu 2 years ago
that's his cookin' getup
paco » neu 3 years ago
panel 6!!
darkwaffle » pro 3 years ago
Teodor, how could you. How could you.
wittyname » pro 2 years ago
This is the saddest thing.
julia » pro 3 years ago
The horror-movie pancake would make me cry, too
mcwee » pro 3 years ago
Oh Christ, do I love Phillippe and this strip. People are now staring at me for laughing alone in the cafe with a laptop. I'm that guy.
twohundredninety » neu 2 years ago
Damn, I'm that guy, too! Hi, me!
hyetal » neu 2 years ago
I yearn to be that guy.
slalvation » neu 2 years ago
I've also been the one sitting alone in a cafe with just my iPod (which I'm pretty sure no one could see), laughing hysterically. It's less fun.
slalvation » con 2 years ago
The first part of that comment vanished mysteriously.
hendetta » pro 3 years ago
I never understood the second-best pancake having a French accent.
excusemesenator » neu 3 years ago
In case you haven't noticed, Phillipe has a slightly strange imagination.
lechatbotte » neu 2 years ago
So, are you a member of the sub-genius, or just a fan of Bob?
trollcollins » neu 2 years ago
I guess, in Phillipe's mind, the French are necessarily ugly and slightly deformed, else why would they speak that way?

Out of the cerebellum of babes . . .
cousinted » pro 3 years ago
Well, there's another story for the therapist.
monsterboy » pro 3 years ago
Truelly one of the best one dayers!!
steerpike66 » neu 3 years ago
Philippe's eyes. His EYES! Oh God.

I wonder what such a hideous pancake would say in Philippe's nightmares?

Answers here please.

lereya » neu 3 years ago
"Philippe... master.... the machine is ready, master..." @_o
jyuu » neu 3 years ago
nnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
darqhermit » neu 3 years ago
you...can...still...love...me...
tbtabby » pro 2 years ago
I know where you got that line from.
darqhermit » neu 1 years ago
Anyone who knows where that line comes from deserves hella chubbies in my book.
Also, I win. Yay.
paperboy_2000 » neu 2 years ago
What?... what is it?...oh no... Bring me a mirror!
charchar » neu 2 years ago
whatever you do, don't move
echidnaboy » neu 2 years ago
K... kill... meeee......
mr_lostman28 » neu 2 years ago
Philippe... I am a prostitute.
wittyname » neu 1 years ago
Braaaaaaains.
tekende » neu 1 years ago
I...am NOT AN ANIMAL!
steerpike66 » pro 3 years ago
I just noticed the peremptory KLANK with which Theodor dumps this monstrosity in front of Philippe. Perfect.
aliiis » pro 1 years ago
it is the KLANK of shattered dreams
molesticide » pro 3 years ago
penultimate panel is brilliantly silent
excusemesenator » pro 3 years ago
One of the best EVER.
evolume » neu 3 years ago
this is also my all-time favorite achewood strip.
afronaut » neu 3 years ago
So Phillipe thinks that anything that doesn't turn out exactly right is automatically french?
professoryes » pro 2 years ago
I saw the horrid monstrosity, Philippe's face, and my eyes bulged. My mouth's corners slipped to the bottom of my chin. Then I gave it a five.
boheeka » neu 2 years ago
i'm reminded of my father's desperate attempts to draw donkey kong with toaster struedel icing.
tekende » neu 2 years ago
I know exactly what that means, and yet it sounds so dirty.
dasilodavi » neu 2 years ago
The child has such high expectations.
endoftheworld » neu 2 years ago
I thought of this strip at the Safeway last night when I saw, in the freezer section, a box of frozen hamburger patties shaped like Mickey's head. What the hell did cows ever do to us?
newwavepony » pro 2 years ago
The best part of Mickey burgers is that on the box, Mickey is grilling them. He is shaping meat into the shape of his own head and then cooking it.
lechatbotte » neu 2 years ago
But did he find the secret cow level?
zapatos » neu 2 years ago
Oh please, those burgers aren't made from cows.
belgand » neu 1 years ago
Esta carne es de rata!
pa_ass_nts » neu 2 years ago
Beastie Boys? In my alt-text?
rowboat » pro 2 years ago
Is it? I just thought it like a nursery rhyme. I guess that could be said of a lot of hip hop.
saru » neu 2 years ago
It's more likely than you think.
fjak » neu 2 years ago
in phillipe's dreams, in a perfect world, the fork is right next to the plate so that one could immediately dig in to that delicious god damn mickey mouse pancake.

in a perfect world...
stuntman » neu 2 years ago
also perfect pancakes do not require a napkin, as they are not messy.
paperboy_2000 » pro 2 years ago
Note that the horror-show Mickey-cake has a notch taken out of its left ear, just like Todd. Teodor should have smeared the nose with powdered sugar to further the resemblance.
stuntman » neu 2 years ago
To Mickey Mouse: This is the body on drugs.
charchar » neu 2 years ago
Oh my god, the teeeeeeeth.

(I want to see what I can make BBcode do.)
hyetal » pro 2 years ago
I hate to be the guy that just quotes comics, but.

This is the saddest thing.
oishii » neu 2 years ago
This strip is simultaneously heartbreaking and hilarious.
clintisiceman » pro 2 years ago
God. Philippe's mouth. He needs to sort that out.
scorpio_nadir » neu 1 years ago
The mouth of shattered expectations, where Life tells you you are mortal and will die unfulfilled.*


* See Edwell's avatar.
aelindil » pro 2 years ago
But if it really looked like Mickey, would he be able to bring himself to eat it? It'd be the cracked crab all over again.
evilernieuk » pro 2 years ago
I Love the dissapointment of Philippe.
stuntman » neu 2 years ago
you bastard!
evilernieuk » neu 2 years ago
I know I shouldn't but I do, is something wrong with me?
xiaomimi » neu 2 years ago
Today's Blogs

Mr. Bear: Flustered redux.
Onstad: Weekend plans.
tslothrop » pro 2 years ago
In terms of his facial expression - this incident looks to be Philippe's scar of scars.....
comrade_tom » neu 2 years ago
The second pancake is portrayed by Jean Reno.
phy » neu 2 years ago
Eh, pardon, Philippe, [url=http://www.poetv.com/video.php?vid=23362]thees was actually pretty bad[url].
phy » neu 2 years ago
Fucknuggets. Go terrify yourselves, kids.
erutangis » neu 2 years ago
In this strip, we discover that Phillippe's arms are giant french fries.
fuzzyshoo » pro 2 years ago
The horror.. the horror..
inthetunk » pro 2 years ago
I cannot stop laughing at the pancake.
expellens » neu 2 years ago
Man, Tacodor really knows how to undersell a pancake failure. It's not turning out exactly right....

Oh god. The off-center pineapple mouth. The maple syrup slobber. The broken blue-berry eye... Make the pain go away, damn you!
mangecoeur » neu 2 years ago
He made Mickey Mouse after his horrible car accident
tripperday » neu 2 years ago
It's what a cruel Japanese mother would put in her child's bento box.
zapatos » neu 2 years ago
Cottage Cheese eyebrows? Pineapple slice mouth? Hardly any syrup? Fuck that pancake.
zapatos » neu 2 years ago
cottage cheese? were they really bad at making cheese, or using milk before the stamped date?
belgand » neu 8 months ago
I think it's whipped cream actually.
zapatos » neu 8 months ago
VAH-MITT
kikineko » neu 1 years ago
Well I would cry too if Mickey Mouse was that ugly.
scorpio_nadir » neu 1 years ago
So would Walt. And millions of kids.
greyfield » pro 1 years ago
This is the winter of our discontent.
applebed » neu 1 years ago
[IMGS OFF]

Have some heart, Phillippe - the Disney waffle iron may have produced more fetching Mickeys, but it electrocuted people too!
tonyhighwind » pro 1 years ago
Phillippe is actually hell of delighted with french Mickey. It is a delightful spin on an old classic for him.
aljazeera » neu 1 years ago
Even the silverware is imperfect to Philippe. The pancake has been such a disappointment.
ouroboros » pro 1 years ago
the one that got me hooked.
carlyle » neu 1 years ago
That simplistic look of dreamy optimism of a good breakfast in panels three and four are just precious.
poppechan » pro 1 years ago
Oh, wow. I wish I hadn't been eating while I read this. Now there's noodles and broth everywhere.

Stupid laughter.
rayonatoilet » pro 11 months ago
The best part is that Philippe is far more excited about the second, French imaginary pancake than the first, "Pretty close" one.
fresco » neu 9 months ago
"Nooooo!"
griffypoo » neu 6 months ago
The alt text makes this one for me. Good ol' Beastie Boys.
angekfire » neu 4 months ago
I just need to know...what was going to make the black parts of the non-car-accident Mickeys?
nans » neu 3 months ago
Beef muscle meat can be 000-180 cut into steak, roasts or short ribs. Some cuts are processed (corned beef or beef jerky), and trimmings, usually mixed with meat from older, leaner cattle, are ground, minced or used in sausages. The blood is used in some varieties of blood sausage. Other parts that are eaten include the 000-217 oxtail, tongue, tripe from the reticulum or rumen, gland (particularly the pancreas and thymus) referred to as sweetbread, the heart, the brain chmm exam (although forbidden where there is a gre exam danger of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, BSE), the liver, the kidneys, and the tender testicles of the 000-258 bull (known in the US as calf fries, prairie oysters, or Rocky Mountain oysters). Some intestines are eaten as-is, but are used more often as natural sausage casings. The lungs and the udder are considered unfit for human consumption in the 000-232 US. Beef bones are used for making beef stock.


soticoto » pro 2 weeks ago
I never mentioned before...
This IS one of the greatest Achewood strips.
One of those truly worthy of a 5.

It is a grievous insult to the grandeur of this strip when posters with no indoor voice proclaim far lesser offerings to be worthy of a 5.
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