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| Multiplex #308: Twilight of the Nerds | [[Angie and Jason pass in front of one of the theaters, showing Twilight.]]
/ Angie: Hey, Jason...are you up for a film tonight? / Jason: Anything but Twilight.
/ Angie: [[disappointed]] But it's like a superhero movie... / [[Sunny is working the concession stand, and Angie is wanting to see Twilight still.]]
/ Angie: But it was written by a Mormon!
/ Sunny: But aren't Mormons the kooky ones? / [[At the Manager's Station, Angie tries to talk Kurt into seeing the movie.]]
/ Angie: But it's a vampire movie?
/ Kurt: Oh no, I'm not falling for that again. [[He points at Jason.]] Jason got me to see that boring ass Swedish flick using that ruse the other night. / [[In a theater, Angie tries her luck with Chase.]]
/ Angie: But...Chase, Robert Pattinson is so hot!
/ Chase: And pasty, honey! My. God. Give him some self-tanner and maybe. / [[Back in the hall, Angie runs into Keith and pitches the movie.]]
/ Keith: Yeah, sure, it looks like a fun movie.
/ Angie: [[surprised]] But it's...uh...what...yes? / Angie: Oh, thank God! [[gesticulating]] I was like, "This movie made $70 million on opening weekend--why's everyone acting like I'm crazy for wanting to see it?" / [[Keith grins crookedly.]]
/ Keith: What's not to like? There's vampires, action, true love...
/ Angie: [[elated, nearly oblivious to Keith]] I know! It looks so good! http://multiplexcomic.com/strip/308 |
| Multiplex #332: Ding Dong, the Witch Is Dead | [[Upstairs, Sunny clocks in. Allen reaches the top of the stairs as .]]
/ Sunny: [[brightly]] Hi, Allen!
/ Allen: ...Sunny? I thought you had Thursdays off. / [[Having put away her time card, Sunny turns to face him.]]
/ Sunny: Oh, I skipped Bible Study tonight because Neil asked me to pick up a couple of Gretchen's shifts because she quit.
/ Allen: [[attempting to hide his concern]] She did? Huh. / [[Sunny thrusts out her hands excitedly, glad to have a "confidant."]]
/ Sunny: I know, it's like the best news ever! / Sunny: I almost wish she still worked here so she could write about that in her precious little Multiplex Examiner. http://multiplexcomic.com/strip/332 |
| Multiplex #333: Staff Meeting | http://multiplexcomic.com/strip/333 |
| Multiplex #336: Intervention | [[Franklin's residence. Jason and Kurt talking to an unshaven Franklin. Behind him, many computer screens.]]
/ Jason: ... so *officially*, you *weren't* fire for "theft" --
/ Kurt: -- meaning you're *eligible* for *rehire*!
/ Franklin: That's great, but I dunno.
/ Franklin: Between gold farming on WoW and mining veldspar in EVE, I've been making a couple large a month at home... / [[Jason and Kurt to each other:]]
/ Kurt: He's speaking some strnage language I've never *heard*.
/ Jason: I think he's gong *completely insane*... / Kurt: Franklin. *Have*. You *left*. Your *house*. This *month*?
/ Franklin: Not... exactly? / Kurt: Franklin, come with us if you want a life. The *ladies*, they miss you.
/ Franklin: *Ladies*? / Kurt: Whoa, you'd better show and shave before you smile at any ladies like *that*, or they're liable to *mace* you.
/ Franklin: My dwarf on WoW carries a mace... http://multiplexcomic.com/strip/336 |
| Multiplex #364: Suck It Up, Suck It Down | Jason: The theater has a *bar* in it, too...?
/ Devi: And in two weeks, the bar's going to start serving *Indian* food. / Jason: Is this *Heaven*?
/ Devi: Come on... / Jason: Waaait a second... Devi, you didn't tell me *anything* about this being a shameless rip-off of *Memento* intercut with some cheesball romantic comedy, plus music videos bizarrely stuck in every half-hour.
/ Devi: *Remake* of a shameless rip-off.
/ Jason: Even worse! You have lured me here under false premises! / Devi: The music's good, and there's great eye candy. And anyway, we've got *two and a half hours* left, so just deal with it. / Jason: Be right back. / -- / Jason: Ahhh... / -- / Jason: Say, this isn't so bad, after all. http://multiplexcomic.com/strip/364 |
| Multiplex #382: A Good Thrashing | Jason: ...anyway, I would never, under any circumstances direct a zombie...
/ Unknown woman: Excuse me, is Neil Ortiz here? / Kurt: Oh, he's upstairs giving it to one of the staff kids.
/ Jason: Yeah, I was just upstairs and could here it from down the hall. / Unknown woman: I'm sorry, what?
/ Kurt: One of the staff was acting totally queer, and Neil got all riled up and practically chased the kid upstairs to take care of business. / Neil: Just... act... like a normal person.
/ Chase: This is how I am!
/ Chase's radio: Hey, Neil? Someone's here to see you. / Kurt's radio: Can it wait a few minutes? Who is it?
/ Kurt (to the woman): Neil hates to be interrupted when he's reaming someone hard.
/ Kurt: Who can I say is here? / Woman: Norma Fiorelli.
/ Norma: I'm your new boss. http://multiplexcomic.com/strip/382 |
| Multiplex #395: Women Standing Together | Norma; Cut it out!
/ Norma; Clean the theater and move on. Two other movies are dropping in the next ten minutes! / Amy; It?s so good to have a woman assistant manager. We haven?t had one here since I?ve been here.
/ Norma; I?m not a woman manager; I?m just a manager. / Amy; Oh, of course! You should be recognized for your performance first, not for your gender. / Norma; Shirt.
/ Whitey; Aw, my bad. / Norma; Hm.
/ Norma; There are an awful lot of boys working here. / Amy; Too many, if you ask me. The guys here all just screw around and pull pranks on each other. It?s so unprofessional. / Amy; Sometimes this place feels like a total boys? club. The ?
/ Norma, Amy? / Norma; Don?t you have anything better to do than follow me around and suck up? http://multiplexcomic.com/strip/395 |
| Multiplex #396: Strong (Pass)words | Norma; And?save. / Computer pop up window text; Enter your user name and password to access the file server ?Multiplex 10?. / < http://multiplexcomic.com/strip/396 |
| Multiplex #397: Art to Heart | Kurt; Jason! Remember how I got all annoyed with you earlier tonight because you are a snobby asshole?
/ Jason; No?
/ Kurt; Well, I did? / Kurt; --so Melissa suggested I work out my frustrations constructively through art therapy, so I drew this. / Kurt?s Comic Kurt; DUDE WE HAVE TO SEE PANDORUM TONIGHT IT LOOKS SO FREAKIN? BAD ASS! / Kurt?s Comic Jason; SO FREAKIN? STUPID YOU MEAN AND YOU ARE STUPID FOR LIKING IT. / Kurt?s Comic Jason; IT JUST LOOKS LIKE THE REAVERS FROM SERENITY ALL OVER AGAIN. I SAID YOU?RE STUPID ALREADY, RIGHT? / Jason; You know how I keep telling you that watching so many horror movies is gonna warp your feeble little mind one of these days??
/ Kurt; I have more. http://multiplexcomic.com/strip/397 |
| Multiplex #404: Too Much Information | [[Lydia walks into the building, while Keith closes the door behind her.]]
/ Lydia: Uh... what is all that.
/ Keith: We were pulling a prank on your boyfriend. / [[Lydia and Keith talk while walking together.]]
/ Lydia: Oh. Delightful. But Jason isn't my boyfriend. We're just dating.
/ Keith: So... you're fine with him sleeping with that Devi girl, then? / Lydia: ...We're not exclusive.
/ [Keith adopts a snarled look on his face.]]
/ Keith: No, of course not. He doesn't even like you. / Keith: ...I mean, he wouldn't go around bragging about how much you're such a bitch and he's just using you for sex if he actually liked you. / [[Flashback. Jason and Lydia on the rooftop of the Multiplex 10 building. Lydia is wrapped in a green blanket.]]
/ Jason: My phone's downstairs. I think we're trapped here 'til the guys get out of their movie and I can yell down to 'em. / Lydia: So... are we supposed to have a big meaningful conversation about where our relationship is heading, or what? That's what they do on TV when stuff like this happens. / Jason: Or, we could just have sex. / [[Present.]]
/ Lydia, to Keith: Where is Jason at, you creepy little Martian, or whatever the hell you're supposed to be. / [[Keith hands Lydia an icepack.]]
/ Keith: He's upstairs in booth. Give him this icepack. He'll need it while you drive him to the hospital.
/ Lydia: What?! http://multiplexcomic.com/strip/404 |
| Multiplex #405: The Sound of Silence | Jason: Zo? uh? how wud yer day? http://multiplexcomic.com/strip/405 |
| Multiplex #408: She’s Angry | [[In the hallway outside of the restrooms]]
/ Jason: Angie broke up with /me/, you frickin' id--
/ Angie: --Jason. Shut up. Keith, come with me.
/ [[In the maintenance closet]]
/ Angie: Now. Not that it's /any/ of your business: I broke up with Jason -- ages ago -- because /I/ didn't want to date /him/ anymore -- and we're /friends/ now, because he didn't act like a freak about it.
/ Keith: You're still in love --
/ Angie: -- I have a /boyfriend/. and it's /not Jason/.
/ Keith: No. No. That's not true! That's /impossible/!
/ Angie: How would you know? Do you follow me home and state at me like you do every time we work together, to make sure I'm not /screwing/ anyone?
/ Keith: [[Sheepishly]] No?
/ Angie: ... You /scare/ me, Keith. I'm /sure/ you pushed Jason the other night. I'm terrified of what you're going to do next. Are you going to attack /me/?
/ Keith: I would /never/...
/ Angie: [[Running away]] /Stay the Hell away from me, Keith!/
/ Norma: *ahem* This is where one of you says, "How long have you been standing there?" And then I say, "Long enough." Keith, I don't /allow/ this sort of behavior at my theaters. Mr Harris, please take Keith to get his things from upstairs. He is dismissed.
/ [[Mr Harris approaches]] http://multiplexcomic.com/strip/408 |
| Multiplex #422: Saved by the Belles | Jason: ?Clash of the Titans, Nightmare on Elm Street, Death at a Funeral?
/ Jason: ?Let Me In, Footloose? / Jason: ?Fantastic Voyage, Red Dawn, The Wolfman, The Karate Kid, The Crazies, Short frickin? Circuit, for God?s sake? / Jason: I mean, I don?t have a problem with remakes on principle, but in this day and age, all of them movies are available on ? / < http://multiplexcomic.com/strip/422 |
| Multiplex #424: Simply Irresistible | I know you?ve counted up a register. We have a couple of?
/ ?forms you need to fill out when you close, though. / They?re both up on the? um?
/ ?shelf, here: a recap sheet and a ? / ?closing procedure check?
/ Uh / Neil: ?Dios m?o! Lo siento mucho.
/ Ariela: Esta bien. / Neil: They?re so big.
/ Ariela: ?Si.
/ Neil: I?m gay.
/ Ariela: I can tell. http://multiplexcomic.com/strip/424 |
| Multiplex #441: Demons of the Inner Variety, Part Two | [[Lizzie and Jason sit in the projection booth, having a private conversation.]]
/ Lizzie: No one /talks/ about this stuff, but caffeine addiction really messes people up. If I couldn't get my coffee, I'd get headaches, be tired and depressed all the time. / Lizzie: It overworks your pancreas, decreases the effectiveness of your sleep, and causes your stomach to become more /acidic/. It even amplifies the effects of stress in your body. / [[Flashback to Lizzie unable to look at herself in the bathroom mirror. The shot is a reference to Requiem for a Dream.]]
/ Lizzie: When I finally made up my mind to quit, the withdrawal was pure /agony/. I fell off the bandwagon I don't know how many times. This things I /did/... / [[Lizzie and Jason speak in the projection booth.]]
/ Jason: How did you finally quit? / Lizzie: Everytime I had the urge to drink coffee, I'd smoke pot instead.
/ Jason: How did you cut back on the weed, then? / Lizzie: ...What do you mean? http://multiplexcomic.com/strip/441 |
| Multiplex #452: Crazies for You, Part Four | [[Melissa and Jason approach the door to Melissa's and Becky's apartment from the hallway of the building.]]
/ Melissa: I still can't believe we got away without getting drenched in fake blood!
/ Jason: I'm an excellent driver
/ Melissa's cell phone: < http://multiplexcomic.com/strip/452 |
| Multiplex #457: This Will End Badly, Part One | [[The enormous glass facade of the Multiplex in the early morning, the sky behind it bright and cloudless. A back end of a yellow taxi cab is visible at left.]] / [[Neil is at the manager's computer. The parking lot is empty, but there's a noise at the front...]]
/ < http://multiplexcomic.com/strip/457 |
| Multiplex #491: Past Tension, Part One | [[Neil is sitting behind the Multiplex desk and Max is standing to his left, also behind the desk.]]
/ Neil: What was Norma like when you worked with her before...? / Max: I was only there for a few months. Norma didn't like me a lot, because I slept with some of the supervisors...
/ Neil: "Some"? / Max: Two or four, depending on what counts. / Max: It's not as bad as it sounds. It was just one night. http://multiplexcomic.com/strip/491 |
| Multiplex #492: Past Tension, Part Two | [[Max and Neil continue their conversation that began in the previous strip. Neil is sitting behind the desk and Max is standing to his left, also behind the desk.]]
/ Neil: So why did Norma get the Multiplex 10?
/ Max: Because she's capable, wanted it, and it opened up. Why? You don't think you could've taken it over, do you...? / Neil: Why not? I was pretty much running the place by myself before Norma came here.
/ Max: You're twenty-five, Neil.
/ Neil: Okay, yeah. / Max: Give it a few more years. I've got four years on you and head office loves me, and I don't see myself getting a theater of my own for a while yet. / Max: Not that I'm complaining. I like a change of scenery now and again, or else I get bored quickly. {{connected bubble}} Do you even want to run a theater? / Neil: I don't know, but I don't know what else I'd do, either. {{connected bubble}} The only reason I still have this job is because I don't hate it enough to look for a better one. / Neil: Kind of like my boyfriend that way, come to think of it. / Max: Are you still with Daniel?
/ Neil: Have you started sleeping with men yet? / Max: Not yet. It keeps slipping down my to-do list, but keep the dream alive anyway, Neil.
/ Neil: I'm good at that. I'm a Cubs fan. http://multiplexcomic.com/strip/492 |