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0023 - Ray and Pat in, "Road Trip," Pt. 7

Ramathustra Ron's martini with a "twist" begins paying in spades. We see more deeply into Pat's Rod Huggins rabbit hole. We are left with the unshakeable feeling that perhaps, just perhaps, Led Zeppelin was real after all. Can you imagine?!

(Art credit for David the Gnome and his wife Lisa: David el Gnomo, from BRB Internacional and Televisión Española.) 

0023 - Ray and Pat in, "Road Trip," Pt. 7 0023 - Ray and Pat in, "Road Trip," Pt. 7

Comments

Been a while since the last time Todd ran for president! Everyone loves a comeback story.

Oppido

We thought he was a monster then... watch out!

Tacocat

I mostly remember the TV series playing on Nickelodeon. If I'm not careful, the theme song will worm its way into my brain and lodge there indefinitely.

Jay Y

I feel like there is a verrrrrrry specific slice of raised-in-the-80s-by-hippie-parents demographic that instantly recognized the gnomes because that stupid book was inevitably somewhere in the house.

Doctor Memory

Last panel is a perfect note of vague foreboding, because I’m pretty sure Pat’s locked in that room & is about to get down to the real darkness

Walter Biggins

To the surprise of nobody that knows him, Ray's ego remains alive and well

kdusjjdhxksj

Perfection.

John Robinson

Wow. That first panel alone was worth the price of admission.

Chris Gumprich

Am I reading this right? Pat was so sad at the end of War Games, when WOPR decides not to unleash nuclear annihilation, that he summons that scene as he's trying to fabricate some kind of personal trauma?

Jon

With just the barest hint of a Boston accent, perhaps.

Mightyclaw

Ray's also got soft-serve ears now, though the significance of this is harder to divine.

Oppido

Oh no, does Pat have a cluster B personality disorder too? Due to the lack of eyebrows and presence of his 'interesting enjoyment' mouth shape, I am going to assume Ray is having a nice time.

Julie (HiDeeHoGal)

Pat's "bush league shit" is the Square One I'm still struggling to internalize after a year in therapy.

Oppido

Am I the only one who heard a distinct change in Ramathustra Ron's voice for the next-to-last panel? Like a shift from "hushed, reserved, very slightly British, Chakra People" tones to "full-voiced, the grifter drops the façade, distinctly American" harshness.

John Robinson

Pat's bush league shit pass it on

emitydna

I didn't remotely expect to find Ramathustra Ron to be a sympathetic character, but I suppose Pat just brings that out in everyone who isn't Pat.

Zen Window

Chris is venturing into Little Nemo territory in that first panel. I'd be serving Pat a jailhouse bologna sandwich on white bread and reminding him it's good enough fare for Nice Pete. I guess we need to wait for next week to get to the part that makes sense.

J Hardy Carroll

Pat is gonna go full Judas after that beatdown

Yelahneb Unicornucopiax

He has Ramses and alcoholism; the rest is first-world problems.

blair

“Oh, balls.” Exactly the sentiment felt by anyone immediately prior to any interaction with Pat.

Jay Williams

Rod isn't even crying because of the physical pain, he's just that upset over the betrayal and this being the only conceivable solution to preserve his honor.

Jay Y

The density of Pat's assholishness is such that he has to start from this kind of basic shallow end just to prepare him for the abyss that is the deep end

Matthew Harris

Ray doesn’t really do trauma. Not his style.

A Cloth Map

Pat and Ray a truly underrated pair for a storyline. Would love to get a Roast Beef/Todd adventure next perhaps…

Meadow Green

Man, I feel bad for Pat. He finally gets to the core of some of his issues, only to be told nobody cares. Bet he comes out of this at new levels of prick.

EndgamerAzari

Lol, Pat's heroic dose results in extremely diminished returns inside the mind of someone so pent up.

Benzy

Ramathustra Ron is simultaneously Not Wrong about Pat's trip but also An Asshole about it.

Vijnananath

Damn Jimmy Bananas, you ain’t have to kill the guy

chili sunrise

Oh dang. Been got by the funnies again.

Linus Lee

My two cents: where Pat screwed up was by doing the chessboard thing

Lonesome Cowpoke

Never knew I needed David the Gnome on my Achewood but yeah that’s awesome

Aaron J. Rushton


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