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| Multiplex #182: A Match Made in Heaven, Part Three | [[Neil is at the manager's station. A walkie-talkie rests on the counter, transmitting Brian and Gretchen's conversation.]]
/ < http://multiplexcomic.com/strip/182 |
| Multiplex #183: A Match Made in Heaven, Part Four | [[Back in the hallway with Gretchen and Brian.]]
/ Brian: [[wide-eyed and open-mouthed]] Gretchen, how could you do this to me?! We had something special!
/ Gretchen: It was called "sex," Brian, and it's really not that special. / [[Neil appears on the scene, a stern expression on his face.]]
/ Gretchen: Michael Clayton was a great movie, by the way. I know it's been out for a while, but you should really check it out...
/ Neil: Brian, you're fired. / Gretchen: ...at some other movie the--UNNH!
/ [[Sunny charges in, still screaming, and slugs Gretchen in the face.]]
/ Sunny: AAAAHHHHH!!!! / [[Sunny turns to Brian and punches him in the face too. Neil looks away.]]
/ Brian: Nnh? / Gretchen: [[getting to her feet]] I want her fired!
/ Sunny: Come on, Brian! Turn your other cheek!
/ Neil: For what? I didn't see anything. / Neil: Oh, and didn't I tell you to run your little "zine" by me before you hand it out on theater property? [[Neil jerks his thumb in the direction of the main lobby.]] Consider this time your official warning. Now get back to work.
/ Brian: Somebody get her off me! / [[Gretchen runs into the break room. Her face is bruised. Angie is standing on a chair holding a wire for the security monitor.]]
/ Gretchen: I need to see the security tapes now... / [[Gretchen glares at Angie angrily, her eyes closing down to slits, fists clenched.]]
/ Angie: Hang on. It's been off for a few minutes. One of the wires came loose or something! http://multiplexcomic.com/strip/183 |
| Multiplex #184: A Match Made in Heaven, Part Five | [[Allen and Gretchen are in the manager's office. Gretchen's left cheek is still bruised.]]
/ Allen: Did he tell you how much he stole before you turned on your radio?
/ Gretchen: He just said "over $3000." / [[Allen looks down angrily.]]
/ Allen: Damn.
/ Gretchen: I know! That's like $10 every night he worked! / Allen: You should just leave that part out when you explain this to the cops, when they get here.
/ Gretchen: Excuse me? / Allen: The manager's going to go apeshit about this--but if, say, Brian "never said" how much he stole, it could go better for both of us.
/ [[Gretchen crosses her arms and narrows her eyes.]]
/ Gretchen: You and Brian? / Allen: You and me. Brian's gonna get off easy already: he'll say he was lying, he stole nothing, and we'll only be able to prove a fraction of what he stole from us. He didn't get away with it this long by just taking it out of his drawer. We'd notice, for God's sake. / [[Allen waves his finger in a circle and rolls his eyes.]]
/ Allen: If the boss never hears "over $3000," we'll "assume" it wasn't much, Brian's already been fired, and everybody's happy.
/ Gretchen: And how is me covering for you better for me...? / Allen: [[leaning forward]] As assistant manager, I can help you out in a lot of ways, Gretchen.
/ Gretchen: This better not get pervy, Allen! / Allen: [[mildly exasperated]] Little girl, please. For starters, I can get Neil off your scrawny ass about the Multiplex Examiner.
/ [[Gretchen raises an eyebrow.]]
/ Gretchen: ...I'm listening. http://multiplexcomic.com/strip/184 |
| Multiplex #184: December 2007 Multiplex Examiner | [[Part of a pink Multiplex Examiner issue, tacked up to the board upstairs. It has two columns, with a picture of Brian, sporting a couple of visible bruises on his face, one eye puffed up half-closed, is being led away by an angry-looking security guard. The caption reads: "Bruised from his beating, Brian goes bye-bye."]] / December 2007 Multiplex Examiner vol. 2, no. 6 / Not So Smart After All...
/ by Gretchen Queen / In a shocking turn of events worthy of The Usual Suspects, Brian Roberts was overheard admitting to having "pretended to be stupid" in order to steal without suspicion from the Multiplex 10, leading to his dismissal and subsequent arrest.
/ Matching statements from three witnesses verify his confession: "I did it so I could steal from here and not draw suspicion." Brian, however, denies any wrongdoing, saying the overheard conversation was a joke gone awry. / While the exact amount of his alleged theft is unknown, estimates indicate that it may be around four hundred dollars, a misdemeanor. Multiplex 10… / [[The second article reads:]] / Vicious Alleged Assault on Examiner Reporter
/ by Gretchen Queen / Although no relationship between the two events has been established, immediately after Mr. Roberts confession, Multiplex 10 usher Sunny… http://multiplexcomic.com/strip/184_me |
| Multiplex #185: Considering the Source | [[Out in the lobby, Kurt is working at box office. Jason walks up.]]
/ Kurt: Jason! How's it going, man?
/ Jason: Nnh. I'm beat. Is it cool if I watch something? [[looks around]] Becky's not around, is she? / Kurt: She's up in booth tonight. You're safe.
/ Jason: Good. Man, I haven't seen many new movies since I quit. What's good these days, Kurt? / Kurt: No Country for Old Men starts off awesome, but the ending sucks ass. The Mist is okay, but has some boring parts. / Kurt: [[brightly.]] Beowulf was frickin' incredible...Hitman is awesome.
/ Jason: [[brow furrowed thoughtfully]] So I'll want to go see either No Country for Old Men or The Mist, hm? / [[Whitey is ticketing. Jason calls across the lobby to him.]]
/ Jason: Hey, Whitey! No Country or The Mist?
/ Whitey: No Country for Old Men is the worst movie I ever seent! That ending is stupid, homes! / Jason: [[smiling] No Country it is.
/ Kurt: This place isn't the same since you quit, dude. There's all this drama, constantly...I miss talking about movies with you, buddy! Come back, already.
/ [[Jason chuckles.]]
/ Jason: Queer. / [[Jason looks over at the manager's station. Neil peers over the counter.]]
/ Jason: Whoops, sorry. I didn't see you there, Neil.
/ Neil: You're fired. http://multiplexcomic.com/strip/185 |
| Multiplex #186: No Ending for Young Men | [[Inside a theater, the credits for No Country for Old Men have just begun. The screen reads: "Directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen."]]
/ Theater-goer #1 (from off-panel): What the hell? That's the end?
/ Jason: Wow...that was brilliant.
/ Theater-goer #2 (from off-panel): It just stopped! / Theater-goer #3: I want my money back!
/ Theater-goer #4: [[gesturing angrily]] Maybe they put the movie together wrong at this theater. / [[Jason points a finger at the departing customer and shouts after him. Angie, who is cleaning up the theater, looks at him.]]
/ Jason: You watch your mouth, good sir! Our projectionists would never let an incorrectly made-up film be screened! / Angie: Hi, Jason.
/ Jason: God damn. Did I die and wake up in a Sergio Leone flick? It's like I've lost all my peripheral vision. / Jason: [[walking out of the row]] Er, hi, Angie. What's up?
/ Angie: I dunno. Same old stuff. / [[Angie is suddenly dressed as Go Go Yubari from Kill Bill, à la her Halloween costume.]]
/ Angie: How've you been? Kurt told me you were working at some comics shop now. Which one? I love comics. / [[Angie appears as her normal, uniformed self again. Jason walks past her, staring ahead blankly, as if shaking off a daze.]]
/ Jason: I'm sorry. I...have to go...go.
/ Angie: Um... / [[Angie calls after him, hands on hips, confused.]]
/ Angie: How've you been? Kurt said you worked at some comics shop now? I love comics? http://multiplexcomic.com/strip/186 |
| Multiplex #187: Straight to Breakfast | [[Jason walks up to the box office, as Kurt looks back at him over his shoulder. It's snowing outside.]]
/ Jason: No Country was totally genius! The ending was a masterstroke.
/ Kurt: You're a masterstroke, cockfag. / [[Jason looks over at the empty manager's station.]]
/ Jason: Where's Neil when you say that stuff? / Kurt: This is No Country for Old Men. Josh Brolin finds a ton of money, and Javier Bardem wants to get it back and kill him...And so Josh Brolin runs from him and-- / [[Kurt is silent. He stares at Jason to underscore his point.]] / Jason: [[sighs, rolling his eyes]] Okay, so it's a little bit anti-climactic. / Kurt: It's all build-up, and then Tommy Lee Jones has a cup of coffee.
/ Jason: [[holds out his right hand]] Yet another gunfight wouldn't be a decent ending, either! / [[Kurt leans in excitedly.]]
/ Kurt: No, it would have been a decent climax. It would have been a climax!
/ Jason: That would have been like every other crime thriller ever made. This ending's original. / [[Kurt frowns, and Jason rolls his eyes again.]]
/ Kurt: If "originality" means cutting out the most interesting fifteen minutes of a story, then I don't want any. http://multiplexcomic.com/strip/187 |
| Multiplex #188: Race Cards and Poker Faces | [[The theater crew is gathered in the break room — Whitey, Becky, Calvin, Franklin, Sunny, Angie, Kurt, Melissa, and Gretchen among them. There's a cake on the table. Melissa is sitting on the edge of the table. Franklin beams.]]
/ Everyone: Happy birthday, Franklin!
/ Sunny: Hey, wait. It was Angie's birthday on Thursday! / Sunny: Oh well, I guess you two have to share.
/ [[Franklin's face falls.]]
/ Melissa: [[disappointed]] Angie, they always expense cakes for our birthdays! We could've had free cake twice! / [[Franklin scowls. Melissa eyes the cake.]]
/ Franklin: Hey, this is crap, guys--I want my own birthday. Why do I gotta share mine with her? Anybody else have a birthday around now? / Calvin: Me? November 18.
/ Franklin: Oh, why not? Let's just have all the minorities celebrate together.
/ [[Angie smiles inconspicuously as Sunny looks at her with a worried expression. Melissa sneaks a finger toward the frosting.]] / Franklin: Why don't we do Christmas today too, since Jesus was a minority--right, Calvin--?
/ [[Angie bursts out laughing and covers her mouth with her hand. Melissa sticks a fingerful of frosting into her mouth.]]
/ Angie: HAHAHAHA! / Calvin: [[smiling]] Oh, I get it. You're messing with me...
/ Franklin: [[punching Angie gently]] Dammit, Angie.
/ Angie: I'm sorry, I'm sorry! http://multiplexcomic.com/strip/188 |
| Multiplex #189: This Perfect Christmas Holiday | [[Jason and Kurt are in a theater; Kurt is wearing a Santa hat. Onscreen, a black man and child are standing against a snowy backdrop with pine trees. The man's sweater has a picture of a reindeer and reads "I've got a NEED for SPEED." It looks oddly familiar…]]
/ Black Man: I swear, Malcolm, I'll learn the true meaning of Christmas this year if it's the last thing I do!
/ Malcolm: Fo sho! / Caption: One hour and a half later...
/ [[The credits are rolling. Kurt and Jason look at each other.]]
/ Kurt: Wait a second...was there anything distinctive in that Christmas flick besides the fact that the cast is black?
/ Jason: Snoop did "Ho Ho Muthafuckin' Ho" for the soundtrack? / [[Kurt and Jason turn back to the screen.]]
/ Kurt: Works for me! This movie was awesome!
/ Jason: Hell yeah. http://multiplexcomic.com/strip/189 |
| Multiplex #190: Afraid to Dye | [[A darkened hallway, outside a theater showing "I Am Legend." Distant voices come from inside. A small rectangular object appears to be taped to the wall by the door, barely visible.]]
/ Melissa (from inside, unseen): Oh, jeez, I just saw something move...
/ Melissa (from inside, unseen): Kurt, I know you're in here...I Am Legend isn't even a zombie movie! / Melissa (from inside, unseen): They were vampires in the book, and they're just goofy mutants in this! You can attack me when Diary of the Dead comes out and I have clean black pants at home. I've got to open tomorrow. I won't have time to do laundry!
/ < http://multiplexcomic.com/strip/190 |
| Multiplex #191: OMG WTF Hobbit!!! | [[Kurt is at the manager's station, looking at the computer.]]
/ Kurt: Holy shit! / [[Kurt looks up at where Jason would normally stand.]]
/ Kurt: Dude, they're-- / [[Kurt sighs.]]
/ < http://multiplexcomic.com/strip/191 |
| Multiplex #192: Jason and the Poster for the New Indiana Jones Movie | [[Kurt is talking on the phone at the manager's station.]]
/ Kurt: Hey, Jason. Were you gonna come in tonight after work?
/ Jason: I wasn't planning to, why? / Kurt: I've got something I want you to see.
/ Jason: If I drive all the way there in this crappy ass weather, and it's your cock, I'm gonna kick you in it. / [[Kurt raises an eyebrow.]]
/ Kurt: Oh, come on. Would I do that to you...?
/ Jason: Yes. And so would I. / Caption: Soon...
/ [[Jason arrives, wearing a "Yee Ha Burger" uniform.]]
/ Jason: Alright, whatcha got?
/ Kurt: [[holding a movie poster tube suggestively protruding from the area of his crotch]] Myyy cock. / [[Jason sets his coat on the counter and begins taking the movie poster out of its cardboard tube. He is stroking it gently with one hand.]]
/ Jason: I already know what this is... / [[Jason unrolls the poster, revealing it to be the poster for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (painted by poster legend Drew Struzan).]]
/ Kurt: Merry Christmas, Tex. Now git along thar 'fore anyone sees I done gave 'er to ya...
/ Jason: Now that is a frickin' movie poster, man. http://multiplexcomic.com/strip/192 |
| Multiplex #193: The Death of Franklin, Part One | [[Outside the theater, Calvin and Franklin are rolling up snowmen. There are already several tiny snowmen built, and a small house.]]
/ Calvin: I can't believe I'm getting paid to build a snowman display! This is the best job ever! / [[Franklin rolls a huge snowball in the direction of Calvin's current work. Calvin freaks out.]]
/ Franklin: MWAH HA HA! / [[Franklin crushes a handful of snowmen. Calvin's expression turns from shock to anger.]]
/ Franklin: Ha ha ha!
/ Calvin: Aw, man. Come on, Franklin. Those took me forever! / Franklin: Hey, look at it this way, you can...
/ Franklin: keep...
/ [[Franklin kneels by his snowball and starts to close his eyes, apparently in pain.]]
/ Calvin: Hey, Franklin. You okay? / Calvin: FRANKLIN?!
/ [[Franklin falls to the ground, convulsing and quivering.]]
/ Franklin: Aw hell...nngh
/ < http://multiplexcomic.com/strip/193 |
| Multiplex #194: The Death of Franklin, Part Two | [[Franklin lies in the snow and trembles. Calvin peers at him over the giant snowball.]]
/ Calvin: [[quietly]] ...Franklin?
/ Franklin: Nnnnh / Calvin: [[running for the theater]] Crap! Crap! Crap! / [[Inside the theater, Calvin rushes up to Kurt at the manager's station.]]
/ Calvin: Kurt, Franklin's having a seizure or something! Call an ambulance!
/ Kurt: [[pointing at Calvin accusingly]] I told Allen we could only have one black guy working here at a time! This is all your fault! / Calvin: [[eyes narrowed]] Kurt, I'm being serious! We were just building snowmen, and then he fell over, and he's twitching a lot!
/ Kurt: Snowmen...? I know what to do. I'll be right over there.
/ Kurt: Go make sure that he can breathe okay while I call an ambulance. / [[Outside, Kurt arrives on the scene, pulling on his jacket. Calvin kneels by Franklin's twitching form.]]
/ Kurt: How is he...?
/ Calvin: He's breathing fine, I think.
/ Franklin: Nnh? / [[Kurt kneels down by Franklin.]]
/ Kurt: Franklin, can you hear me? "Ick, that was mediocre! That size is no good for a star, but it'll do for stardust... / Kurt: "Well, you'll get your stardust today, but shape up next time!"
/ [[Calvin stares at Kurt in disbelief.]] / Kurt: You're at work. You were having a Katamari Damacy flashback again.
/ [[Franklin stops convulsing. Calvin is displeased.]]
/ Franklin: Nnh? / [[Calvin starts to stand up, pissed.]]
/ Calvin: Man, screw you guys. / [[Calvin storms away. Franklin opens an eye. Kurt gestures towards him.]]
/ Kurt: No, wait! He's just completely paralyzed except for one eye!
/ [[This is a reference to "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly."]] http://multiplexcomic.com/strip/194 |
| Multiplex #195: Oh My God | [[Franklin puts a spiky head onto a full-sized snowman with a flashlight tied to its raised arm. A crowd of miniature snowmen stands before it, one of which appears to have a tiny video camera taped to its little twig arm. Kurt stands on, watching.]]
/ Franklin: I don't know, Kurt. Calvin can't take a joke.
/ Kurt: He will learn to take a joke... / Franklin: Hmmm. Much anger in him.
/ Kurt: Well, we can't keep doing it to Melissa. She's so used to it by now that it's no fun anymore. / Franklin: Yeah, I've heard that ab--ow
/ [[Kurt punches him lightly in the stomach.]]
/ < http://multiplexcomic.com/strip/195 |
| Multiplex #196: Dun dun dun... | [[In the breakroom, Gretchen is reading a magazine when Calvin walks in.]]
/ Calvin: Hey. You're Gretchen, right? You do that newspaper thing?
/ Gretchen: That's me. Calvin, right? I've seen you around. / [[Calvin pulls up a chair.]]
/ Calvin: Do Franklin and Kurt mess with anybody else besides me?
/ Gretchen: All the time. It means they like you. They're like ten year olds flirting. / Calvin: [[sitting down]] They ever do that stuff to you?
/ Gretchen: Um...no. / [[Calvin leans back in his chair.]]
/ Calvin: Well, whatever. If that's how they act to their friends, they can kiss my ass.
/ Gretchen: [[perks up]] Oh...really? http://multiplexcomic.com/strip/196 |
| Multiplex #197: All Look Same | [[Kurt is at the manager's station. Angie, with her hair in a ponytail and without her make-up, is working the box office. From the lobby side of the manager's station, Chase eyes Angie.]]
/ Chase: Damn, Kurt, who's that?
/ Kurt: Huh? / [[Chase jerks his thumb in Angie's direction. Angie looks over in his direction.]]
/ Chase: That new hottie. Don't tell me you've been sitting here all morning and didn't even notice. Gay...
/ Kurt (devilishly): I guess so? You should go introduce yourself to her, Chase. / Angie: [[hands on hips]] God, I was running late this morning, okay?
/ Kurt: I'm sorry, have we met? / Angie: Oh, come on. Chase, I'm Angie. I can't look that different without make-up on.
/ Chase (whispering out the side of his mouth to Kurt): So, wait, there are two Asian chicks named Angie here now? That's gonna be really confusing... http://multiplexcomic.com/strip/197 |
| Multiplex #198: For the Good of Humanity | [[Kurt and Franklin approach Neil in the front lobby, each carrying one of two poster for the movie "Teeth."]]
/ Kurt: Hey, Neil. We have two posters for Teeth. Which one should we put up?
/ Neil (unsure): Those look like they're for completely different movies...What's it about? / Kurt: It's a horror-comedy about a girl who has teeth in her, uh--
/ Franklin: --tulips.
/ Neil: Huh? / [[Kurt and Franklin begin to amuse each other.]]
/ Kurt: She has fangs in her finger warmers.
/ Franklin: Grinders in her Grand Canyon.
/ Neil: What are you talking about? / [[Kurt and Franklin are clearly trying to out-do each other now.]]
/ Kurt: Nibblers in her nookie.
/ Franklin: Chompers in her chocha.
/ Neil: [[eyes narrowing]] ... / [[Kurt and Franklin start tearing up with laughter.]]
/ Kurt: Pearly whites in her oyster taco!
/ Franklin: The upshot is, it can eat itself, so you don't have to!
/ Neil: [[holds his hand out for the posters]] Give. Now. / [[Neil walks up to Lizzie, who is working concessions. Lizzie is confused.]]
/ Neil: Lizzie, I need to borrow your lighter for a minute. http://multiplexcomic.com/strip/198 |
| Multiplex #199: Ledgerdemain, Part One | [[Kurt is at the manager's station, checking the computer, as Neil walks by. It is roughly 5:35, according to the clock.]]
/ Kurt: Holy shit!
/ Neil: What?
/ Kurt: Heath Ledger just died! / Neil: What? How?
/ Kurt: I don't know yet. They just found him in Mary Kate Olson's apartment, naked, face down on the floor with pills "scattered around his body," like an hour ago. / Neil: [[one eyebrow raised skeptically]] Drugs? Really? Heath Ledger? No way. I mean, Brad Renfro was a fuck-up...
/ Kurt: I know, right?
/ Gretchen: What's going on? / Kurt: Heath Ledger died.
/ Gretchen (shocked): What? Really?
/ Kurt: Yeah, really. Man, I feel bad for his wife and daughter! / Gretchen: [[hands on hips]] Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams were never married. They were engaged, but they split up last August...
/ Kurt: Ain't It Cool News said they were. / Gretchen: Oh, well, duh. Go to a real news site, like TMZ.
/ [[Kurt and Neil stare at her incredulously.]] http://multiplexcomic.com/strip/199 |
| Multiplex #200: Ledgerdemain, Part Two | [[Kurt, Neil, and Gretchen are all at the manager's station. Whitey and Calvin walk up to join them.]]
/ Whitey: 'Ey, why y'all trippin'?
/ Calvin: Yeah, why so serious?
/ Gretchen: Um, Heath Ledger died.
/ Neil: [[under his breath, glancing off towards the back of the theater]] Oh crap. / Whitey: [[shocked]] What?
/ Calvin: [[sarcastically]] Oh, damn. My hopes for A Knight's Tale 2 are dashed.
/ Neil: Calvin, shut it. / Calvin: Excuse me? You can't make me care that Heath fucking Ledger is dead.
/ [[Calvin points at Neil, pissed. Neil frowns angrily.]]
/ Neil: Yeah, but you know what I can make you do? / Calvin: What?
/ Neil: [[pointing]] Go take down the Joker poster in the hallway. Now. / [[Calvin leaves, scowling. Gretchen and Neil watch him go. Gretchen smiles evilly.]]
/ Whitey: He rilly dead?
/ Kurt: Yeah, it's pretty sad. He was good. / Whitey: Sure, yeah. He was done wit tha Dark Knight, right? 'Cuz if they have to reshoot 'cuz o' this, I finna be pissed...!
/ [[Kurt and Neil's souls die.]] http://multiplexcomic.com/strip/200 |
| Multiplex #201: Ledgerdemain, Part Three | [[In the hallway, Calvin is standing on a stepladder and taking down a "Why So Serious?" Joker poster.]]
/ Sunny (from off-panel): Neil asked me to bring this poster to you, Calvin! / [[Sunny approaches, smiling, with a Vantage Point poster in hand.]]
/ Calvin: Hm? Oh, right. Thanks. / Sunny (curiously): Hey, I switched these posters around a few days ago, why did you take that out?
/ Calvin: Didn't you hear? Heath Ledger died. / Sunny: Oh, sad! 10 Things I Hate About You is the greatest movie! How did he die?
/ Calvin (stepping down from the stepladder and scowling): I don't know. I just made some crack about it, and Neil got mad. / Calvin: But...I mean, none of us knew him. Why should any of us give a shit that some gay actor died?
/ Sunny: Um. / Sunny (excitedly): He was only pretending to be gay in that one movie.
/ Sunny: He was a really good actor. http://multiplexcomic.com/strip/201 |
| Multiplex #202: Ledgerdemain, Part Four | [[Kurt is at the manager's station computer, reading news articles. The clock behind him shows that it is approximate 6:10 pm.]]
/ Kurt: Wait, it wasn't Mary Kate Olsen's apartment after all - yet there's no explanation how that rumor got started... / [[Later, the clock reads about 6:20.]]
/ Kurt: Huh? Now the CNN article quotes the medical examiner as saying the sleeping pills were not "scattered about" - they were all prescription medications in nearly full bottles, so a drug overdose isn't likely, after all... / [[Later, the clock reads 7:50.]]
/ Kurt: Now he wasn't even found on the floor?! The paramedics moved him to try to resuscitate him...? / Kurt (confused): Jesus Christ, is he even really dead...? / {{Presumably, Kurt actually worked a little in-between the first three panels.}} http://multiplexcomic.com/strip/202 |
| Multiplex #203: Ledgerdemain, Part Five | [[Jason walks into a theater, Angie and Calvin are cleaning up.]]
/ Jason: Hey, Angie.
/ Angie: Jason! Hi, did you come by to see a movie? / [[Jason points behind him. Calvin keeps cleaning.]]
/ Jason: Yeah, uh... Rambo.
/ Angie (surprised): Really?
/ Jason: It was awesome!
/ Angie: You liked it? / [[Jason puts his hands in his pockets.]]
/ Jason: What? I'm not a total movie snob...
/ Angie: Hey, are you gonna be around later, for the Jumper tech screening? There's a press thing tomorrow, so... / [[Jason looks pensive, Calvin suddenly looks up.]]
/ Jason: Uh... I thought that looked pretty good, but... ...you heard Sam Jackson died today, right? I'd just feel kind of weird—
/ Calvin (interrupting): WHAT? How!? / [[Close up on Jason, in mock surprise.]]
/ Jason: Turns out, he and Heath Ledger were totally gay for each other, and after Ledger died, Samuel L. just killed himself.
/ Angie [softly]: Oh, Lord. / [[Calvin glares at Jason.]]
/ Calvin: God damnit. Franklin and Kurt put you two up to this, didn't they? You tell— / [[Jason looks angry.]]
/ Jason: No, you. Listen: They're just proving a point. Even if you don't care that Heath Ledger died, other people do. / [[Calvin looks somewhat ashamed.]]
/ Jason: What if Samuel L. were actually dead? You seemed to care about him.
/ Jason: You don't have to like Heath Ledger — but you also don't have to be a dick about it, either. / [[Close up on Jason again.]]
/ Jason: And if you absolutely need to get your douche on about that kind of shit... do it on the internet like everyone else. / [[Calvin and Jason glare at each other, Jason's lip curling into a Sylvester Stallone-like scowl.]]
/ Calvin: Who are you?
/ Jason: ...Your worst nightmare. http://multiplexcomic.com/strip/203 |
| Multiplex #204: Brave New World | [[Franklin is knocking at door of the manager's office, upstairs.]]
/ Franklin: Allen?
/ Allen (through the door): Hang on a second.
/ [[Allen unlocks the door.]]
/ < http://multiplexcomic.com/strip/204 |
| Multiplex #205: He's Just Chicken | [[Kurt is at his desk. Angie, Becky and Melissa are standing by the desk.]]
/ Becky: Are you sure you don't need me to stick around?
/ Kurt: Dude, I trained you on booth! Of course I don't...
/ Becky: Okay... It's just you three tonight? / [[Kurt is being oddly, excessively defensive.]]
/ Kurt: Yes! Who else would want to see Diary of the Dead with us? I mean... who else wants to see it? You and Jay could join! / Becky: No, Jay and I wanted to celebrate Valentine's Day? You guys should, too.
/ Melissa (sarcastically): Dating Kurt, every day is like Valentine's Day. / [[Becky waves.]]
/ Becky: Well, anyway, see you at home, Melissa. Bye!
/ [[Melissa walks around to the other side.]]
/ Melissa: I'll be staying at Kurt's tonight, so... uh...
/ Angie: Bye, Becky!
/ Voice (from behind desk, very softly): AAGH / [[Melissa stares at Kurt, who sits with a sheepish expression. Angie glances down.]] / [[Jason is revealed to be hiding under Kurt's desk.]]
/ Melissa: "Whoa-ho-ho. What's going on down there?" Jason, you're pathetic.
/ Kurt: If I don't get holiday sex 'cause of you, you're not my best friend any more. http://multiplexcomic.com/strip/205 |
| Multiplex #206: Ripping a New One | Melissa: Kurt, Angie. Excuse us, please.
/ Angie: Okay...
/ Kurt: Uh... let's go watch the movie, Ang.
/ Jason: Don't leave me alone with her, Kurt! / Kurt: Sorry, dude. You're on your own.... / Melissa: You know, I've tried to be Switzerland about you and Becky, 'cause you're both my friends. But I'm done now. / Melissa: Becky misses you, you asshole. You were her only close friend, other than me. I know she was mad at you after you tried to kiss her - but how long did you seriously think she could stay mad about that? / Jason: She didn't talk to me for a month after that, Liss.
/ Melissa: And so you told her you loved her, and when she didn't immediately leave Jay for you, you quit, and you never spoke to her again? / Melissa: Do you even know how much that hurt Becky? Or is that what you wanted? / Jason: Of course not. I care about her, Melissa...
/ Melissa: No, I care about her. That's why I'm yelling at you about this. / Jason: Do I not get to have feelings here, too? What if I didn't want to see her?
/ Melissa: Then don't come here. That's what really upsets me, Jason: that you have the nerve to come here and hide from her. / Melissa: One more thing. What is going on between you and Angie? / Jason: What? Nothing. We're friends.
/ Melissa: Where have I heard that one before... / Melissa: Oh right. About Devi! / Jason: Angie and I are friends.
/ Melissa: Well, until you grow some balls and talk to Becky, we are not. Go home. http://multiplexcomic.com/strip/206 |
| Multiplex #207: Multiplex 10 Is About to Explode! | Kurt: Jason! Did you hear?
/ Jason: What?
/ Kurt: Warner Brothers is doing a live-action film of one of your favorite Japanese cartoons! / Jason: Are you talking about Robotech? I hate Robotech - and that's old news, Kurt.
/ Kurt: No, it's not Robotech, dude, it's -
/ Franklin: - wait, give him a hint! / Franklin and Kurt: Tetsuooo! Kanedaa! / Franklin and Kurt: Tetsuooooo!! Kanedaaa!! / Franklin and Kurt: Tetsuoooooo!!!
/ Jason: I get it, I get it. It's Aki-
/ < http://multiplexcomic.com/strip/207 |
| Multiplex #208: Oscar Watch 2008, Part One | [[Jason is watching the Oscars and marking off a copy of his voting ballot. The winners' names are read throughout the strip.]]
/ Voice (from TV): Alexandra Byrne. Elizabeth: The Golden Age.
/ Voice (from TV): Brad Bird, Ratatouille. / [[Kurt tries to peek at Jason's ballot. Jason holds it away from his view.]]
/ Voice (from TV): The Mozart of Pickpockets.
/ Voice (from TV): Christopher Rouse. The Bourne Ultimatum. / [[Jason looks at this ballot nervously.]]
/ Voice (from TV): Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton.
/ Voice (from TV, running off-panel): Stefan Ruzowitzky, The Counterfeiters. / [[Kurt again tries to look at Jason's ballot.]]
/ Voice (from TV): "Falling Slowly." Once.
/ Voice (from TV): Diablo Cody, for Juno. / [[Jason stares at his ballot, dumbfounded.]]
/ Voice (from TV): …Daniel Day-Lewis. There Will Be Blood!
/ Voice (from TV): Joel and Ethan Coen. No Country for Old Men. / [[Jason stares at the TV in astonishment as Kurt finally peeks at his ballot.]]
/ Voice (from TV): …No Country for Old Men!
/ Jason: I… got all of them! http://multiplexcomic.com/strip/208 |
| Multiplex #209: Oscar Watch 2008, Part Two | [[Jason howls triumphantly at the sky, in the lobby.]]
/ Jason: I know all! This is now a scientific fact. And I have proof!
/ Franklin: Proof? What, your ballot? / [[Jason points to some plaques hanging in the manager's station.]]
/ Jason: No, my name on the plaque!
/ Calvin: You can't win our Oscar pool! You don't even work here! / [[Jason is dumbfounded. Kurt looks upset.]]
/ Kurt: Calvin's got a point, guys.
/ Jason: But —
/ Franklin: This is an office pool...
/ Whitey: Yeah, sorry, Jason. I think he right. / [[Jason is about to cry. Calvin walks over towards the plaques.]]
/ Jason: I don't even want the money. Keep the money.
/ Calvin: Give him his entry fee back, man.
/ Franklin: I guess that means...Kurt wins! / [[Calvin reads the plaques.]]
/ Calvin: Kurt, you've won for five years straight now? / [[Jason howls at the sky in protest as Becky and Jay walk into the Multiplex in the background, a couple of rented videos in tow.]]
/ Jason: NOOOOOOOOOO!!!
/ Kurt (smiling): Yeah, well, it just shows you exactly who knows more about movies around here. http://multiplexcomic.com/strip/209 |
| Multiplex #210: Second Verse, Same As the First | [[At the cinema, Jason (wearing a Spacebucks shirt) is arguing with Kurt over his rightful victory of the Oscar contest, when Franklin sees Becky and Jay have walked in.]]
/ Jason: Oh come on! I got more than you. Period! I should --
/ Becky: Hey, Franklin. I was picking up Jay, and I got curious how I did on the pool. / [[Jason is uncomfortable, while Kurt seems relieved by the chance of resolve.]]
/ Franklin: 9 out of 24.
/ Becky (thrilled): Wow, that's my best ever.
/ Jay: Yikes. / [[Everyone awkwardly looks away as Jason and Becky talk for the first time is a long while.]]
/ Jason: Hey, Becky.
/ Becky: Hi, Jason. / [[Still a bit uncomfortable, they start talking.]]
/ Jason: How've you been?
/ Franklin: I'm gonna stop standing between you.
/ Becky: I've been good. / [[Franklin goes away, leaving only Jason, Becky and Jay.]]
/ Jason: So, um.. what'd you two rent?
/ Bekcy: Fistful of Dollars and Yojimbo. We're on a good remake kick lately...
/ Jay: Last week was the two Solarises. / [[Becky smiles back at Jay, but he still feels left out of the conversation.]]
/ Jason: The second one wasn't a remake -- it was a readaptation of the book.
/ Becky: It wasn't very good either -- but the first one was great.
/ Jay (looking down): I like both. / [[Characteristically, Jason isn't just talking about movies here. Becky remembers why she used to like Jason; Jay notices.]]
/ Jason: Well... Fistfull and Yojimbo are both great. They're just different.
/ Becky: I'll see you soon, right? / [[Becky is leaving, and Whitey pops over Jay shoulder.]]
/ Jason: Yeah
/ Whitey: Old boy be mackin' on ya bitch, J.
/ {{That gentleman is chatting up your lady friend, Jay.}} http://multiplexcomic.com/strip/210 |
| Multiplex #211: Forgive and Forget | [[Calvin walks into the manager's office upstairs. Neil is at the computer there, in the middle of typing something.]]
/ Calvin: Hey, Neil. I've been meaning to talk to you.
/ Neil: Uh... okay? / [[Reverse angle. We see a framed photo with a family portrait of The Simpsons on the desk.]]
/ Calvin: The other night on the Oscars, I saw Heath Ledger in the dead people montage, and it really got me thinking... That Jason cat had a good point: I was being a jerk for no reason.
/ Neil (mumbling): Jason what? / Calvin: So, like, I know it'll be tough for me to live down, because I guess you guys think of me as the Angry Black Guy now...
/ Neil: We'd never say it like that. Too cliché. / [[Looking down at his feet.]]
/ Calvin: I'm sorry, okay?
/ Neil: It's okay, Calvin. I overreacted, too... I just had such a huge thing for Heath... / Calvin (smiling sheepishly): ... I bet you did.
/ Neil: You're catching on, Calvin. Maybe you'll fit in here, after all... / Calvin: ...That's what she said.
/ Neil: Don't quote TV shows. We're a movie theater, for God's sake. / [[Calvin corrects him. Neil frowns.]]
/ Calvin: That's from Wayne's World, actually. Not The Office. / [[Neil quotes The Apprentice back at him. Calvin smiles proudly.]]
/ Neil: You're fired. http://multiplexcomic.com/strip/211 |