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Hidden Details: Big Boy Battle

Welcome to the one-hundredth-and-seventieth episode of the Hidden Details blog!

Have you found some obscure reference or detail in this comic? A JoJo reference? A sneaky little Loss? A callback to a previous comic? Let us know what you've found in the comments! Every detail that has been found will be added to the list below. Once everything has been found, this comic will officially be marked with "all details found".

Link to the comic for your convenience

Please only comment with ONE hidden detail or reference!

There's one Loss, one Balthazar, one Miep and one crewmate. Bonus comics don't count.

1:
This week's crewmate is visible in one of Mechavroom's fingers in the second panel! Good eyes, GoGoForIt.
2:
I definitely count it, Tolis. All the moves in the comic are wrestling moves, and the suplex in the second panel happens to be one of Incineroar's moves in Smash!
3:
The previous week's Loss is still visible on Mechavroom's leg in the second panel, as mentioned by Trigger. But since it's flipped I don't count it as "the" loss of this comic.
4:
The Team Star logo on the flag on Mechavroom's shoulder briefly changes to a Cool S in the second panel, as mentioned by Calvin Barbanell!
5:
In the fourth panel, we can see a little Miep drawing behind Ortega in his cockpit. Good eyes, Generic Hero.
6:
In the same panel, one can spot a health bar in Penny's cockpit, like BenjaMan64 did. It shows that the Mechavroom is indeed in bad shape.
7:
Huh. I was like "ジョジョ"? What are you talking about, Zanreo? But then I noticed that Penny's sweater indeed sports the JoJo logo. Intern snuck that one in without me noticing.
8:
Atticus speaks in his typical Shakespearean English in the fourth panel.
9:
We can spot a tiny little distraught Giacomo at the bottom of the fourth panel, too!
10:
In the fifth panel, among all of the Gogoats grappling Incineroar, there's also a sole Chansey silhouette visible. Not sure where it got the vine, A Sad Fat Dragon with No Friends.
11:
All the trainers on Gogoats in the fifth panel are ones that have appeared in the previous comic where I showed Team Star recruiting all the new trainers who got duped by Icineroar and the gang.
12:
Even the hungry Happiny is visible behind the girl trainer in the same panel!
13:
It's not a Wooper, Spirit of Gotham, but a random trainer being crushed by Incineroar in the fifth panel. Poor kid.
14:
In the seventh panel, there's a little Baltabun-shaped shape being launched by Mechavroom and Incineroar crashing into the ground.
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And of course, as is tradition, the JoJo "To Be Continued" arrow makes another appearance.
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And finally, this week's loss is visible in the dirt in the final panel. Found by Cameron Devera.

Next week around this time, I'll reveal all the details. The ones that have not been found will be marked italic.

Hidden Details: Big Boy Battle

Comments

I think it might be Baltabun?

Generic Hero

How fitting that the Heel Pokemon was done in by an elbow drop.

Jon Brouse

The way Mechavroom defeats Incineroar is similar to his Z-Move/Final Smash

Pokedude14

I have no idea. I assumed it might be a reference to some meme I hadn't seen.

Lord Circe

A lil bit, but then how the vine

A Sad Fat Dragon with No Friends

Looks kind of like a Wooper to me.

Lord Circe

Plan B explains why they met at Ruchbah base specifically, as I'm pretty sure it is the only one anywhere near a lighthouse.

Lord Circe

On panel 2 is clear that incineroar is doing his back grab attack on mechavroom

Fighting Master

Crewmate on one of Mechavroom's fingers in the second panel

GoGoForIt

Damn, I spotted that one myself and was hoping to put it here

GoGoForIt

In panel 5, there is a small lad who isn't a gogoat using a rope to tie down GMax Incineroar

A Sad Fat Dragon with No Friends

Is Incineroar being tied down supposed to be a Gulliver's Travels reference?

edmg7

If you look closely, the Loss in Mechavroom's left leg is still visible in the second panel, but it's upside down

Trigger

This might be a bit of a stretch but incinear grappling mechavroom in the second panel is based on his smash back throw

Tolis

ジョジョ(Jojo) on Penny's sweater

Zanreo

The Health Bar behind Penny in Panel 3 is based on that of the Pokémon games, even getting red as health becomes too low.

BenjaMan64

Cool S is on a banner next to the mech's pilot seat

Calvin Barbanell

There's a Miep behind Ortega on a piece of paper

Generic Hero

Looks like Incineroar landed on a wooper 😦

Spirit of Gotham

There’s a dirt loss in the final panel!

Cameron Devera


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