Things that are tagged breaking the 4th wall
- NARRATOR: At the hospital, Johnny gets a bandage for his head and spills his proverbial guts to Monique.
JOHNNY: …so that’s the whole story, all I really wanted to do was ask you out…
- MONIQUE: Johnny, don’t you know that if you would’ve just asked me, I would’ve said yes in the first place?
- JOHNNY: What a storybook romance! And all conveniently wrapped up in 24 panels!
MONIQUE: Yes, only walking off into the sunset could be more romantic…
JOHNNY: No problem! Cue sunset!
- MONIQUE: Impressive.
JOHNNY: Yep, that’s pretty much me, comic strip star, people jumping at my every word….
- NARRATOR: Consider if you will: an average Duke student. His name: Johnny Williams.
NARRATOR: He is normal in every respect. He IS the status quo.
- NARRATOR: Why then has he been chosen to start in a big budget daily comic?
- A pause.
- JOHNNY: Well?!
NARRATOR: Hold on… I’m thinking…
- NARRATOR: Two characters, both alike in dignity…
- NARRATOR: In fair li’l Durham, where we lay our scene…
Note: End of lame Shakespeare parody…
- NARRATOR: One, a human. The other, a bat. Both equally marketable as potential Happy Meal toys.
- NARRATOR: And so, a strip is born, and with it, new hope. Hope for a brighter future.
JOHNNY: One with easier orgo tests…
MO: Ay, there’s the rub…
