#2.005: Nice Hat

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1. alex b.
   Posted October 5, 2012 at 4:33 AM | Permalink

   “black as midnight on a moonless night”

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2. Jake
   Posted October 5, 2012 at 2:36 AM | Permalink

   Ummm.. Twin Peaks??

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3. fishamaphone
   Posted September 30, 2012 at 11:42 AM | Permalink

   Am I the only one kinda hoping that Mr. Sheriff prefers to be called “The Captain?”

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4. Raen
   Posted September 28, 2012 at 4:21 PM | Permalink

   …suddenly I’m wondering whether the sheriff isn’t Basil from the future, trying to save Mary Elizabeth.

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5. DeNarr
   Posted September 28, 2012 at 8:18 AM | Permalink

   Is it just me, or does the sheriff look more like Basil than Basil does?

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   • Archivist
     Posted September 28, 2012 at 9:47 AM | Permalink

     It’s the hat.

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   • John Troutman
     Posted September 28, 2012 at 10:12 AM | Permalink

     He’s the NEGA-BASIL.

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   • AsimovSideburns
     Posted September 28, 2012 at 1:39 PM | Permalink

     THAT’S why he looks so familiar!

     …maybe they’re cousins, and Basil is here at his request, and this is just witty banter!

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   • continuity
     Posted September 28, 2012 at 6:48 PM | Permalink

     The sherriff does indeed look more like Basil than Basil does. And Basil sounds more like Sporkman than Basil. Conspiracy theorists, take it away…

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6. The Temporal Detective: Profesor Templeton
   Posted September 28, 2012 at 5:53 AM | Permalink

   I though he and Wendy were talking in code when the bolded words were: Morning, Wendy! now murder

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7. AsimovSideburns
   Posted September 28, 2012 at 5:12 AM | Permalink

   Question: he doesn’t say NEW sheriff, and they’re obviously meeting for the first time. Did Basil just move to this town?

   If so, what about Amanda, Andie, and Josh? Are they still in Seattle?

   INCONVENIENT QUESTIONS.

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   • John Troutman
     Posted September 28, 2012 at 10:12 AM | Permalink

     I suppose it could be taken either way in the second panel, but Basil’s referring to himself as having only been there a week.

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     • AsimovSideburns
       Posted September 28, 2012 at 1:32 PM | Permalink

       Ah, that makes sense.

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     • Too Old To Be Cool
       Posted September 28, 2012 at 5:08 PM | Permalink

       Actually, I took it to mean that WENDY had only been at the job for a week and already knew Basil’s name. That’s some GOOD customer service right there.

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       • John Troutman
         Posted September 28, 2012 at 5:10 PM | Permalink

         This is what happens when I run out of room for more words per panel.

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         • Too Old To Be Cool
           Posted September 28, 2012 at 8:39 PM | Permalink

           Can you squeeze in an “I’ve” after “It is!”? That should clear up the confusion.

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8. AsimovSideburns
   Posted September 28, 2012 at 2:02 AM | Permalink

   Have we seen this guy before? He looks oddly familiar.
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   I can already sense this is going to be an antagonistic relationship, not a cooperative one. Kinda sucks for Basil. Sucks more for the Sheriff.

   HOLY CRAP. Unless you give him a name, I’m going to start calling him Sheriff Nottingham.

   (You know you want to)

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   • BeetlesBane
     Posted September 28, 2012 at 11:35 AM | Permalink

     If we continue Temporal Detective‘s theory of bold words = coded message, Basil tells us in the last panel that the name is “Sheriff Nice.”

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9. Ezra
   Posted September 28, 2012 at 1:58 AM | Permalink

   Wow, Basil is _cool_ now.

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10. Jared
    Posted September 28, 2012 at 12:25 AM | Permalink

    Basil has gone total BAMF.

    I love it.

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