[0027] Major Mistake
└ posted on Thursday, 22 January 2009, by Novil
Cloud, one of Sandra’s schoolmates, was first mentioned in this strip, but not actually shown. So, now you can see what he is looking like. Cloud is one of the main supporting characters of Sandra and Woo and will appear frequently in future strips.
- Ralph: Bad news for you, wimp. I’ve lost my mp3 player.
- Cloud: Oh, I’m sorry for you. But why is that bad news for me?
- Ralph: Cause I’m gonna take your instead, dimwit!
- Peter: Uh-oh, Ralph, as if it weren’t stupid enough to threaten Cloud… Haven’t you seen that he’s carrying a sword?
- Ralph: Moron! That’s not a sword; that’s only a plastic knife from the cafeteria!
- Ralph: Enough talk! Now hand over your mp3 player before things get ugly around here!
- Ralph: “Only” was maybe the wrong word…
Okay, a few nits to note. If I remember right, Cloud was male (per the prior strip – panel #3 Woo refers to Cloud as “him” without being corrected) and the person threatened is female. The strip infers the girl did all the damage. Who is the girl? And where is the word “only” used before the final panel?
@Cairn:
Where is it implied that the person being bullied is female? He looks a bit feminine, yeah, but other than that there is no reference to Cloud being a girl. Thus, the constant use of “he” and “him” is accurate.
“Only” comes from “that’s only a plastic knife” in panel 2.
He’s not feminine looking … he’s just a bishonen!
I stand corrected. Funny thing is, if this were real life, guess which kid would be in trouble? Can you say “Cloud?” Bullies are acceptable, even as thieves. Kids using weapons get expelled. Even in self defense. Weird, but true.
Just found this from an ad on Sandusky. Nice comic. Read through the archives and looking forward to more.
@Captain Awesomesauce: (sounds like you might be a Sheldon fan), question, whats bishonen? Not in my dictionary. Does it mean young boy?
“Funny thing is, if this were real life, guess which kid would be in trouble? Can you say “Cloud?””
Yeah. But wouldn’t it be also a bit of a comic stereotype if it’s Cloud who gets into serious trouble now? Ozy and Millie has done this more than once. Maybe there will be such a storyline sometime in the future, but this time there will be no follow-up strip(s). Maybe Ralph is just too embarrassed about his defeat to talk to anybody about it.
Imagine a real sword 😮
The FF reference is obvious, but the whole thing looks way to anime’ish for me. And I avoid anime’ish comics like the plague. Back to the Woo! 😛
(Seriously though, I enjoy the comic enough and I will be reading it till it stops. But anime and FF just aren’t my thing ;))
Hnnn~ Reminds me of school. In a matter of facts, 5 days ago.
Still, gotta love the small pose of Cloud holding that plastic knife.
I used a spoon… No knives around.
Niiiiiice. I like this “Cloud” kid. I get the feeling he’s going to fit in well with the current cast.
@ lynnskay: “Bishonen” is a Japanese word that essentially means “beautiful boy”. Wikipedia or tvtropes.org both have good descriptions if you want to know more.
soo thats the cloud you mention it before XD
…Oh-la-la! XD I like the kid-he seems to have accepted the fact that FF-obsessed parents can be worth the trouble. I’m happy that he’s one of the supporting characters! 😀 But now I wish this were updating everyday! XD Can you at least make more strips of amazing swordmanship? XD I’ll save every one of them!
Well, anyway, keep up the good work and see you next tuesday! 😀
I used to play the card game “Spoons” as a child. (Look it up in Wikipedia) One day we ran out of the plastic spoons we were using and went with plastic knives instead — to similar results!
NEVER underestimate plastic knives!
Susan
Lynnskay: Google is your friend…
Also the only person on the web with a feminine-sounding name of their own not to have a favourite “bishie”? 😀
/sexism_blog
Also, is that sushi he’s eating, or a sausage?
Protip, kids: Don’t leave your mp3 out on the bench. Some dude at my high school was desperate enough to steal a £5 tape walkman I had… in the days of CD discmans… it’s just an unneccesary risk.
“Also, is that sushi he’s eating, or a sausage?”
Looking at my large original, I can confirm that he’s eating a sausage. Makes also more sense since it’s a meal he’s gotten from the school cafeteria.
Plastic Knife Omnislash!
His name is Cloud, he has mad skillz, and an Edward Elric haircut.
Epic lolz. :3
Could would be in trouble IF he got caught. Given that this is an obvious case of bully karma I am sure none of the kids saw anything. Bullies tend to start things when teachers aren’t around.
This reminds me of the first game in the Mother series (a.k.a. EarthBound Zero). The first weapon of the physically most powerful character in the game is nothing more than a mere butterknife.
Which he promptly uses to mince rampaging alien robots into clouds of fine particles.
I was actually following S&W a while back, but I lost track. Rest assured, this time the track will be kept and guarded fiercely.
Looks more like a ‘Zidane’ to me.
Ah, well.
@velixsoil, now I see it too.
Hmm… I wish I could keep a straight face and calmly beat the crap out of a bully with objects from my cafeteria. Instead I go into a blind rage that ends with me crying (for reasons unknown even to me), the kid either bloody or beaten (I just broke his nose I swear it wasn’t on purpose), and both of us getting suspended. And after beating a bunch of bullies to near unconciousness they still don’t learn that I may be a pudgy, feminine nerd, but I can beat them down anyday (I’m not a girl I’m just less masculine than other guys ex. I dislike sports and like shojo and chick books… don’t judge me).
Anyways great comic keep it up… now I’m gonna go read the rest… or fall asleep whichever comes first.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA! >8D
That was funny. :3
LOL the roleplaying kid acting like it was a sword.
is there any damage besides the clothes?
Now that was cool! 🙂
“Uh on”?
I don’t think in any literature I’ve ever seen anyone beat up a stronger opponent with a plastic knife before. Until now. xD
corporal punishment
Cloud used his Limit Break. XD
aww.. cloud dosent have the iconic chocobo hair.
I’ve had two people in my high school years that tried to bully me. They both failed miserably.
Rule No. 1 don’t bully the kid sitting alone at a table with nobody around him, he is likely psychotic
Rule No. 2 don’t yell in his ear while he is resting or you will likely get stabbed by whatever nearest sharp object he can find.
The first one tried to embarrass me in front of a cafeteria of around 70+ students by claiming out loud that i was trying to touch his privates. That didn’t go so well for him, after telling him off I heard the whole damn cafeteria cheering and I was like did we have a pep rally today or something but then i realized everyone was looking at me XD Also people started calling him a fag after that… No offense intended to homosexuals.
Situation two i was sitting head on desk waiting for class to be over and some guy walks up to me and yells in my ear. I stabbed him with my pen immediately and he freaked out saying I stabbed him. Teacher ignored it and I went on to the next class, the next day i heard people around me talking about how I stabbed a kid and not to mess with me.
Maybe they were just messing with me or something but nobody ever bothered me again after those two events. wait….should I be proud of that? XD
HAHA, the guy with the black hair looks like a chubby Murdoc Niccals! 😀
A new awesome Cloud is born! X3
@CairnDestop — That kid just took down someone 2-3x his size with a plastic knife. I don’t want to know what he could do with classroom supplies or, powers forbid, an actual weapon. Would you be stupid and/or brave enough to send him to detention? For that matter, if Ralph reported this to you, would you even believe him?
@Shakey2 — Welcome, fellow psycho! I sliced through a jock’s cheek (extended his mouth by a few inches on one side) with a spork once after he shoved me into my lunch. We should exchange combat techniques sometime.
Look’s like Cloud *puts on sunglasses* cut that bully down to size.
[YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!]
reminds me of why peps don’t screw with me any more, but i had a broom stick.
wow, looking at this, and other comics, were Sandra and Cloud based off Berry and Tasuku from Tokyo Mew Mew? they look almost exactly the same!
Link to a picture: http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs11/i/2006/173/d/0/Berry_und_Tasuku_by_OniGiri999.jpg
Cloud’s OP :I
Dude, I don’t think I’ll ever underestimate a plastic butter knife again. Although those things don’t work well for cutting, apparently, they CAN be used for kicking bully butt. If only I could see the action!
It’s official. Cloud’s a bad a**.
Going by the results that was a perfect Omni-slash, but he needs to lose the bangs before his hair gets anymore of a Sephiroth look.
@ Cairn Destop:
I severely doubt Cloud would have received more than detention. Even if he had to appeal to the school board, the principal would have quite a hard time explaining that the “weapon” was in fact supplied by the cafeteria staff.
@ tahrey:
I had a coat stolen from under my seat. It was a family airloom.
looks like he dispensed some plastic omni-slashery
In the hands of mere mortals, it is known as the Disposable Plastic Knife. In the hands of Cloud, it is the Ultimate Weapon!
Burn all the bullies!
Cloud: Haunting bullies since 2009.