Page 263 – TopGun
Nothing like a little girl talk and Tom Cruise to get Sabrina’s mind off the day’s earlier events. And a few other things like some junk food and margaritas to help take some of that edge off. And its working! Sabrina was truly miserable last update so this is a bit of a turnaround, at least until she starts thinking about it again. Even though Sun’s not here, I did add a Lost-style Easter Egg for her. Can you find it? Actually, it’ll show up in print, but it’s too small on the interweb. Â The Sun Easter Egg is that the girls are eating ‘Choco-Dip’ ice cream. Â You may remember from the Sun origin chapter that it’s the place where she used to work.
I really love what Lora’s done here, showing the human side of the Upstart girls and its refreshing having girls act like girls. Plus, the end of this update sets up the next one so perfectly. Someone’s look might just get freshend up a bit. 😉
Funny tidbit: When I first read the bit about the song, ‘Take My Breath Away,’ I thought I never heard it before. Â I couldn’t take it anymore and went to Youtube and recognized it after the first two seconds. Â Duh. Â I think Jessica Simpson covered it too. 😛
funny!! episode!!
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Panel 1: Brooke said “we can numb our brain!!” Brooke really have a numb brain.. numb brain, is it similar to numbskull? Â 😀 EHEHEH
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Panel 2: no anime Brooke? Blood +, Naruto, Bleach or Deathnote!! 🙁 Â Boooo to Brooke!
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Panel 3: I can’t figure that? ah? help? is it a thong?
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Panel 4: oh Top Gun!.. I played ‘Top Gun Anthem’ by Joe Satriani, a couple years ago..
I wonder who requested that Movie. they should watch ‘Transformer Generation 1’ or Gundam 00 or even Deathnote.. the only Tom Cruise movie I like.. is ‘Valkyrie’ love WW2 history.. Â not really in to ‘Top Gun’ sorry!
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Panel 5: is Brooke’s brain, all she know how to be sexy.. what do Brooke know other than, being sexy?
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The funny thing of the next episode.. is that Michael and Maddie arrived and saw the ladies.. or maybe Commissioner Gabrielle and Michael and saw the three upstarts.. hehehe!!
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I question.. a penthouse with a LCD High Definition TV and no Playstation 3.. is bad!!
Boooo to Brooke!
Whoa! Pizza, margaritas, popcorn, , chips, candy! Well I guess if you’re gonna break training ya might as well have fun at it and splurge. I was gonna ask why I wasn’t invited, but then thinking of all those calories to burn off makes it ok. And they can bond as they sweat it off together too LoL
But seriously, I like this scene. It’s on the mark and ummm fleshes out the characters
*ducks!
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I have one question.. how is Sun.. is Sun alone in the solar system? I mean in the upstart house? the danger is leaving a house.. is that when Sabrina and Krystin arrive in the upstart house.. all will be destroyed..The TV, bed sheet, couches, the trash will dumb in the pool. and vandalized the house..I don’t mean some one went in, I meant Sun doing it to the upstarts house, before going to stay at Damage Inc Penthouse?
Sun wouldn’t vandalize the Upstart house. That’s not in character for her. And I don’t know where the Sun Easter egg is, unless she’s the girl we only see the bust of in the picture above the bed.
I like the fact that this comic can have such good action, such good drama and then make me laugh with a nice little personal moment like this. Though I can’t lie and say I didn’t see fonzie and Sabu crashing the party with a little TLC.. I don’t think the arabian face buster would hurt as much with a pillow though *heh
I guess you can take the boy outa the wrestling but never the wrestling outa the boy 🙂
For the record, as my mother and sister-in-law were both in the Marines, I can tell you that being a woman on a military base is intimidating enough as it is. You want to look very business-like and not dressed like to encourage the large number of men who will want to hit on you, especially the really aggressive ones.
Hey guys, it turns out that the Sun easter egg is a bit too small for the web. Â It will probably show up in the print version though. Â The Easter Egg is the Choco-Dip Ice cream that the girls are eating. 😀
Ha ha MGC! Â ‘Numbskull.’ 😛 Â In panel 3, it could be anything. Â It might even be Michael’s!! Â Good point about Brooke’s vast sexy knowledge. Â It might be all that she knows but it has gotten her pretty far. I wouldn’t worry too much about Sun. Â We’ll be getting to her before too long. Â Darkmark’s got the right idea about Sun.
Hey Champ! Â Yeah, the rookie roomies needed some bonding time. Â Who knew that i’d be Brooke to facilitate it!
Darkmark! Â Yeah, that’d be pretty out of character for Sun. Â Sorry about the easter egg bit, its the Choco-Dip ice cream but its way too small on the web! Â The picture above the bed is of Brooke! Â Not so creepy, eh? XD
LOL Drew! Â We’d just need RVD to accompany Bill and Sabu and it’d be a whole new invasion! Â Glad you are enjoying the comic and the way we mix it up. Â Actually, it’s all Lora. Â She’s able to work in the action, comedy, drama and the quiet moments.
Right on, Ken! Â Just goes to show how pragmatic Sabrina can be when she wants to be though its still an interesting argument. Thank your mom and sister in law for their brave service!
Albone now that you mention the choco-dip icecream it all about jumps out at you in the last two pannels, and in Sun’s ring colors no less.
If the other girls were icecream flavors … what would they be..
Would it be too cliche for Sabrina to be Rocky Road? For the life of me I can’t think of a single “fake chest” flavor that brooke could be :D.
Brooke’s comment that the uniforms made Kelly Mcgillis look butch fed into my having recently read Tarentino’s discussion of the film. He claims it’s gay, so she’s pretending to be a boy to get Tom’s attention.
I am just wanting to note that TopGun took place on a Naval Airstation, NOT an Army Base.
Hey Drew, I’m glad that the easter egg is more clear now. XD Â Good question about other ice creams and the girls. Â I suppose Krystin might be vanilla right now, but she’ll evolve into ‘turtle’ ice cream. Â Booke? Â Red velvet cake ice cream, maybe? XD
LOL Gary!
Ronin, duly noted but you have to remember the person who’s speaking when she talks about ‘army’ uniforms. 😉
Well Kelly McGillis came out of the closet a few months ago… still doesn’t mean Top Gun isn’t about Maverick trying to get Iceman to ride his tail.
i dont care how often i see it, it will never stop being creepy that brooke has a picture of herself above the bed
“You can fly my wing any time” just took on a whole new meaning, thanks guys. But considering the …films Tarantino makes, I’d be reluctant to give too much credence to his theories on anyone else’s films. ;) In the meantime, I agree with T-M, Brooke’s goddess-sized portrait of herself is a little creepy. Is it one of those pictures where it looks like the eyes follow you wherever you go?
Seriously MGC. They are women wrestlers! Not otaku! Why would they watch anime. Don’t even try to mix anime world inside wrestling world. It’s not gonna work. And please don’t even mention “Kinnikuman”.
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The PS3 stuff might work though. Imagine Rival Angels wrestler playing Rumble Roses game.
I hope the little bickering about looking good between Brooke and Sabrina doesn’t escalate. Something so petty should just be dropped but I kinda have a bad feeling that it won’t be. I didn’t get to reply to the last one on Monday cause my work week sucked but I think its kinda nice of Brooke to offer her place to Sabrina to keep her away from Sun. Although in the end this could end up backfiring on everyone if the wrong person shows up…you know who I’m talkin about. lol
mike showing up would be bad but more than that i agree that the bickering about looking good isnt just gonna get dropped. Brooke believes shes always right on any topic but when it comes to looking good she honestly does believe she knows EVERYTHING. But brina isnt in a mood to back down.
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Folks, this pretty fight could get ugly
Picky, for it’s time, Top Gun was a great flick.
T-M, LOL! Â Michael knows how to butter Brooke up. Michael showing up definitely would be bad. Â You don’t think Lora would plan that, do you? Â You are right about Brooke always being right, but she knows a few ways to win arguments and it doesn’t matter if you’re male or female.
Cookie Ogre, I’m not sure if the eyes follow you everywhere, but it’s Brooke, so probably. XD
Ha ha PS2kid! Â I wouldn’t put it past Sun and Sabrina to play games like Final Fantasy, Fable and Rumble Roses. 😉
RAWF, it *could* escalate, but probably not what you might expect. Backfire you say? Â There’s definitely the threat of that and really, Brooke should know better. Â Hey, we did miss you on Monday, but we’re always glad to read your comments when you can post. 😉
its a picture of brooke, the eyes only follow mirrors
Of course they will not play RPG games like Final Fantasy or Fable. But why not Rumble Roses ? Its basically the same concept as Rival Angels. A wrestling federation consist of only women. But of course I can see that you are probably not going to put any kind of video games in your comic because of ………… umm, trademark or copyright issue I guess ?
T-M, Brooke is always watching!
PS2kid, I meant that those two would play FF and Fable. Â They’re hip. Â They would play Rumble Roses too, but naturally, they’d make CAW’s of themselves. 😛
Cookie Ogre: According to his PR background Tarantino waws a “successful” video sales clerk before he beacame a “great” director. If so (and we all know how likely that is) he probably is capable of representing any film as being of any genre, meaning or content. Rather than citing him, I was observing the synchronicity of that comment.
It always seemed that general management regarded the “Upstarts” as a temporary thing – those who could move into an established team would, the others would go solo or be dropped back. Given this, Sun’s taking the opportunity to move on was to be expected; however she might have handled getting ‘Brina to team with her against the York sisters better.
No worries, Gary. Even Uwe Boll thinks he’s great. His mother told him so, I’m sure. 😉
What do you mean by calling scientology a scary cult? It is most certainly not! Just cause we’re a minority religion doesn’t mean you can poke fun without hurting feelings! I do not take kindly to being called part of a scary cult. Did you just pick a minority at random? I feel very offended by this comic.
There are people that think any religion, including scientology is a scary cult. At Rival Angels, we are honest to the characters. Plus, if it helps, the Rival Angels characters aren’t real.
I just thought Sabrina would be better informed…