well, 3 months of reruns are almost done. (i Hope) but, for all big Nate fans, you PROBABLY KNOW (like i said yesterday), that this arc has a SECOND part, aprox. 2 or three weeks after the first. so what do you think? will the second arc appear, or not?
Ew… A saliva sample mixed with cat poop and lord knows what other things Spitsy has been eating… Hopefully Nate uses gloves before doing getting the saliva sample….
In panel 1, Francis has his hands in his pocket which signifies that he is casual about this endeavor. Nate’s smile and raised eyebrows hint that he is excited. The green background and tree in the background shows that this is outside which means that they are most likely near spitsy. The second panel shows skepticism by Francis with a raised eyebrow and unique background colors. The third panel is setting up the punchline of the joke, which is that a saliva sample would be easy to get, considering that Spitsy drools a lot. This could hint to him being a poodle, since poodles are known for excessively drooling. Panel four goes with the joke, and has a blue oval spotlighting Nate and Francis with a white background which is common in comic strips when a character is saying something obvious. In this case, it’s with Spitsy’s excessive drooling which makes it easy to get a saliva sample for a dog DNA test. This goes with a surprise factor of a joke, because with most dogs it would be relatively difficult to get a saliva sample easily. The surprise factor is a commonly used trick in big nate, and is a key element of humor. Many people recognize is of one of the “3 elements of humor”, which goes Incongruity, surprise, and recognition.
I am crediting http://www.miltontimmons.com/ElementsofHumor.html for this piece of trivia, although you can find an interesting page of it on Wikipedia, I don’t consider it a credible source, but I’ll link it in case you want to see it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surprise_factor This article talks about how knowing a punchline before being told it can nullify a joke’s surprise factor, thereof making it less funny.
Synchro StardustDragon almost 7 years ago
8/10, I’ve stopped making Yugioh References for Now Until we get a new arc Then I’ll do Yugioh References and Nate Come On and get YOUR game on!
mef.ajulo almost 7 years ago
Why is this a rerun?Lincoln,you need to stop the reruns.Like if u agree
MR. STAPLES almost 7 years ago
well, 3 months of reruns are almost done. (i Hope) but, for all big Nate fans, you PROBABLY KNOW (like i said yesterday), that this arc has a SECOND part, aprox. 2 or three weeks after the first. so what do you think? will the second arc appear, or not?
Rachel_E almost 7 years ago
It’s definitely not going to be a problem. ;)
Onyx almost 7 years ago
This is irrelevant to the strip but the world’s last male northern white rhino died and left two females to save the subspecies from extinction
Ed_Bickford creator almost 7 years ago
When i was a kid we had a St. Bernard and believe me…there would be no problem getting DNA from that slobber machine.
Silica Gel almost 7 years ago
Ew… A saliva sample mixed with cat poop and lord knows what other things Spitsy has been eating… Hopefully Nate uses gloves before doing getting the saliva sample….
LINK_O_NEAL almost 7 years ago
I think getting Spitsy to drool might be to much of a problem.
hev1 almost 7 years ago
Spitsy is not a good representative for the whole dog population; his hobbies are way too unorthodox.
banjinshiju almost 7 years ago
Will there be any canine DNA from Spitsy?
The Mind Flayer almost 7 years ago
me too.
The Mind Flayer almost 7 years ago
Horray! Big Nate: Silent But Deadly is here! Odd…. something smells………
no234ab almost 7 years ago
Am I one of the only old readers here left?
no234ab almost 7 years ago
Also, I really think this is the end of Big Nate. The series is literally dead in quality.
SimonSays almost 7 years ago
In panel 1, Francis has his hands in his pocket which signifies that he is casual about this endeavor. Nate’s smile and raised eyebrows hint that he is excited. The green background and tree in the background shows that this is outside which means that they are most likely near spitsy. The second panel shows skepticism by Francis with a raised eyebrow and unique background colors. The third panel is setting up the punchline of the joke, which is that a saliva sample would be easy to get, considering that Spitsy drools a lot. This could hint to him being a poodle, since poodles are known for excessively drooling. Panel four goes with the joke, and has a blue oval spotlighting Nate and Francis with a white background which is common in comic strips when a character is saying something obvious. In this case, it’s with Spitsy’s excessive drooling which makes it easy to get a saliva sample for a dog DNA test. This goes with a surprise factor of a joke, because with most dogs it would be relatively difficult to get a saliva sample easily. The surprise factor is a commonly used trick in big nate, and is a key element of humor. Many people recognize is of one of the “3 elements of humor”, which goes Incongruity, surprise, and recognition.
I am crediting http://www.miltontimmons.com/ElementsofHumor.html for this piece of trivia, although you can find an interesting page of it on Wikipedia, I don’t consider it a credible source, but I’ll link it in case you want to see it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surprise_factor This article talks about how knowing a punchline before being told it can nullify a joke’s surprise factor, thereof making it less funny.
Sterozen102 over 5 years ago
Go to May 20th 2011
Rexmizar over 2 years ago
Noice