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Hidden Details: Minterrogation

Welcome to the one-hundredth-and-twenty-first 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 is ONE Loss, ONE Balthazar, ONE crewmate and NO JoJo reference. Bonus panels don't count.

1: There's indeed a little Smash logo on Ivysaur's branding iron, Phloxiana. Usually you point out the more wholesome details! Not this week though, since Ivysaur seems ready to make Spring Man talk using whatever means necessary.
2:
Glad you noticed the callback to the Cat in the Can comic all the way at the start of this arc, Chj92! It's indeed the same cellar as where Incineroar was kept.
3:
Pokémon Trainer asking if they need to be so cruel is absolutely a reference to King K. Rool's name, John Leonard!
4:
King K. Rool calls Spring Man "Toothpaste Man" because his hair looks like toothpaste. According to him at least.
5:
There are two boxes behind Spring Man in the second panel: one labeled JUNK and the other labeled FUNK. I'm really curious to know what's in the FUNK box, Laeva.
6:
In the background behind King K. Rool, Pokémon Trainer and Ivysaur, there's a shelf with an old Flipper (an item that was in Melee). I had to go visit the Smash wiki to remember the existence of this thing, Pandocula.
7:
Also on the shelf are two paint buckets: Big Blue (AwesomeAceZ) and Tiny Blue (Kelly Culham-Erickson).
8:
Behind Ness and Lucas in the sixth panel there's a box labeled "WADDLE DEEZ NUTS". I have no idea why or when I wrote this. I think I was stressed and on a caffeine high, Gabriel S.
9:
Well, I guess we now know where Corrin's shoes are, VisionPlayer22! There's indeed a box labeled "SHOES (CORRIN)" behind Ness and Lucas in the sixth panel.
10:
There's also a Red Shell in the same panel. Another Melee item that we haven't seen since, Jon Brouse!
11:
Haha good eyes Trigger. You'll have to zoom in, but the label on Ness and Lucas' Cups of Lifenoodles say "Noodle flavor" and "Heals HP!"
12:
Don't really know why (I think Twitter was talking about this particular game at the time), but you're right Dave Papworth. Terry's hat says "Def Jam Fight for NY" instead of "Fatal Fury" in the seventh panel.
13:
Loss was very hard to spot this week unless you know kanji, but Chj92 got it: the kanji for "loss" is on Min Min's shirt. Shame you already mentioned another detail, Chj92. That means Ness Main gets it!
14:
There's a tiny little crewmate noodle in Min Min's noodle bowl in the seventh panel, as pointed out by Cameron Devera.
15:
You can spot Ridley's little flower still being attached to his head in the seventh panel, although it's just a silhouette.
16:
Blatant disrespect of our Assist Trophy friends, Michael Ederer! Someone indeed scratched the "ist" part of Assist on the sign in the final panel.
17:
Balthazar is hidden in the bush in the final panel this week. Good catch, Lord Circe!
18:
Yes, in the final panel, one can spot the silhouettes of Assist Trophies Ashley and Starman in the ASSist Trophy camp, A Sad Fat Dragon with No Friends!
19:
KroolButt is indeed a callback to Sephibutt, which in its turn is a reference to DickButt, Shelby Kinkead!
20:
Ohh, glad you got this subtle detail, John Leonard! King K. Rool pulls his render pose in the third panel, albeit a bit different.
21: ERROR: edmg7
pointed out that there's a continuity error in this comic: King K. Rool mentions that this is happening while the rest of the gang is camping to revive Hero. I thought that would fit the timeline because Peach, Daisy and Ridley (the ones who revive Ness and Lucas) weren't shown in the camping comic, but they actually were shown, in the bonus panels! Oops.
22:
Yep, Spring Man is tied up with his very own ARMS, Zach.
23:
Ivysaur's branding iron indeed slowly cools down throughout the comic, Tejayes!

Next week, I'll reveal all the details that haven't been found. These ones are written in italic.

Hidden Details: Minterrogation

Comments

Omg you're right

Wooden Plank Studios

Torture

Wooden Plank Studios

Ivysaur’s ironing brand has the smash bros symbol

Lillybug

is ivysaurs cooling iron brand a hidden detail

Pallukun

not really a detail, but there's the junk/funk box replaced with a stage hazard that I forgot the name to, and the silhouettes at the Ass(ist) trophy encampment are Ashley and Starman

Anonymous Monkey

There's a loss in Japanese format on Min Min shirt in the seventh panel

Ness Main

Trainer asks why they need to be so "cruel" while his name is K.rool.

John Leonard

they probably picked them up while they were there

Jacob Ferreras

Not sure if it counts as a detail, but Ness and Lucas really made them go to a hospital and pay extravagant amounts when they had lifenoodles in their bags

Wallace Megas

The branding iron held by Ivysaur gradually loses its heat throughout the comic. Probably because Charizard isn't there.

Tejayes

Behind lucas/Ness is a box with "Waddle Deez [Nu]ts" (the brackets are what I'm assuming the last part of the joke is)

Pokedude14

Above Spring Man on Panel 2 are boxes labeled Junk and Funk.

Laeva

Crewmate in the big bowl of noodles

Yukieiros

Spring Man was tied up with his own ARMS

Zach

A paint can is named Big Blue, after Captain Falcon's track, and Tiny Blue, which is funny.

Eevee Shadow Bacon

Oh godammit! Wow. WOW! It took me a while to realize that the word on Min min's shirt suffered a LOSS.

Chj92

Terry's hat says "Def Jam Fight For NY" in the 7th panel

Miracle_AU

Looks like the interrogation is taking place near or inside the cell Incineroar was held captive in from all the tally marks on the wall.

Chj92

K Rool mentions that this happened during the camping trip from two comics ago. Which now that that I think about it seems like a bit of a continuity error. I mean Peach and Daisy went camping then used their funds to revive Ness and Lucas after getting back, but Ness and Lucas were alive while watching the interrogation. Oh well, it's still a fun comic.

edmg7

Red shell behind Lucas in the sixth panel. Only seen in Melee, and part of some weird glitch involving Mewtwo if I recall.

Jon Brouse

There is also a Tiny Blue to match XD

Kelly Culham-Erickson

I see Bunny Balthazar in the Bush in the last panel.

Lord Circe

Still going to need some context for that iron brand though

Shelby Kinkead

The iron brand Bulbasaur is holding us the shape of the Smash symbol (on that note, how is Bulbasaur not burning his vine on that hot metal?).

Phloxiana

K Rool is striking his player selection pose when he shows the "invitation".

John Leonard

There's a dusty Flipper on the shelf in panel 5. Guess it HAS been a while since it was last used in Melee.

Generic Hero

Three last letters have been cross out from the word "assist

Pandocula

I feel like I’m going to need some context for that branding iron

Shelby Kinkead

The noodles Ness and Lucas are eating are labeled "Noodle flavor" and "Heals HP!"

Trigger

Someone scribbled out the "ist" part of "Assist." Mockery, I say.

Michael Ederer

Lol, dick butt version of K Rool

Noah

In the last panel, you can see Ashley and Starman in the ASSist Trophy camp

A Sad Fat Dragon with No Friends

On the final panel it looks like theres a callback to that comic that involved Sephiroth trolling other characters including the get to be fighter Sora by sending them what appeared to be invitations to Smash but were actually a trollish picture of him with a bare butt. It’s a good thing there won’t be another smash game for a while, otherwise Springman would have gotten his revenge on King K. Rool

Shelby Kinkead

“Waddle Deez Nuts” on a background box in panel 6

Gabriel S.

There is a paint can labeled Big Blue in the fourth panel

AwesomeAceZ

One paint can in the bg says "Big Blue", like the F-Zero stage/track

Zanreo

In the 6th panel there’s a box labeled “shoes (Corrin)” yeah that’s not being opened any time soon. 😂

happy pasta

Corrin had a box for shoes seem as she iconically doesn’t wear them

VisionPlayer22

Crew mate is on the noodles on the 7th panel!

Cameron Devera


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