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"[This comic] is [brilliant! Very funny!]" - The New York Times *
"[Top Hat Man] ... owns!" - MC Chris *
"[A must read for all in need of] a [good laugh!]" - Wired Magazine *
"[Read Top Hat Man,] savvy?" - Captain Jack Sparrow *
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: T H E S E Q U E L :
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: - THM2: Episode 3: Top Hat Man Meets the Elite Hackers
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: - THM2: Episode 2: Top Hat Man and the Disappearing Act
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: - THM2: Episode 1: Top Hat Man Meets the Chronopractors
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: T H E O R I G I N A L M I S T A K E :
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: - THM: Episode 10b: Bland Finale
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: - THM: Episode 10a: Anybody Home?
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: - THM: Episode 9: Encounter with a Third Kind
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: - THM: Episode 8: One False Step
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: - THM: Episode 7: Prime Time
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: - THM: Episode 6: My Top Hat Man
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: - THM: Episode 5: Journey Through the Center of the Earth
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: - THM: Episode 4: Fly Me to the Moon...
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: - THM: Episode 3: Oh My, I Seem to be a Pie!
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: - THM: Episode 2: The Warez Aliens
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: - THM: Episode 1: The Game World
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* Words contained in brackets are inserted for fabricaction purposes only,
and are not actually contained in the original quotation.
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Episode 8: One False Step
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==|<=-) \_____/ - gosh... my ears are really
| stuffed up... I cant hear very well...
Um... please pardon my asking...
but you have ears?
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==|<=-o \_____/ - Yes. Of course I do!
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Right. Um... where are they?
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==|<=-o \_____/ - I'm not detailed enough
| to show ears... you
| don't have any, either...
I see...
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==|=-) \_____/ -really?
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hey Pie! guess what? i won a top hat fashion contest!
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==|=-D \_____/
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yeap! lemme tell you all about it...
------------------>Meanwhile..<------------------------
Sombrero Man! I've invented major machine!
it can teleport you to any place! just press
a button... POOF! you've gone ten thousand miles away!
in an instant!
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C|>=-D >8-D
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AWESOME! but I dont really want to go ten thousand miles away...
but that's the best part! you can teleport to ANY place you want!
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C|>=-D >8-D
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HAHAHA!! THE WORLD IS MINE!!!
I shall lead you to it!
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C|>=-) >8-D
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?
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C|=-O <8-o
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well, thats cool, but wheres the teleporter?
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but... but that is the teleporter!
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C|<=-D <8-O
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oh! yeah... I knew that... a bit smaller than I expected...
what's the five mean?
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\5/
it stands for teleporter of course!!!
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C|>=-D <8-o
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um... yeah... well enough talk!
TELEPORTER, TAKE ME TO TOP HAT MAN!!!
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\5/
*" no! do not! stop! stop!
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C|<=-D >8-O
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why? It's working fine!
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\5/
" it is too late...
******* <8-(
*POOF!*
*******
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==|=-O \_____/ -goodbye!
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well, I have to go now... I think I might just
frame this top hat! It's a beauty, alright...
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C|<=-O -AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!
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!? _______
==|<=-O \_____/
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C|<X-O<=-O \_____/ !
| """
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squished top hat
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( ) ( ) _ ( )
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| ! _______
C|<=-O<=-O \_____/ !
| """ ******
*>8-O* POOF!
******
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| _______
C|<=-|<=-| \_____/ ...
| """
>8-|
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sombrero man! you forget to say the vertical coordinates!
it defaults to five miles above the earth's surface!
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sheepish smile |
| V _______
C|<=-)=-D HAHAHAHA! \_____/ HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
| """
| >8-D
um... yeah... I knew that...
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(") (") (")
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| _______
C|<=-)=-| \_____/
| """
>8-|''''''''''''''
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come on! lets go... before you do anything else so stupid...
(this is SO embarrassing!)
------------------>Later...<----------------------
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>=-| \_____/
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Pie! remember how SM said that he had a teleporter?
he could conquer the world with that kind of power...
you're right! we should do something...
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I'll have to go... INCOGNITO! I'll sneak into their base and
destroy the teleporter! you stay here, Pie. you can keep track
of my position at a computer.
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--|>=-) - there! I shall be called, skinny hat man (SHM). hows that sound?
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awesome! that sounds great, Petite Hat Man.
--|>=-| - NO! Skinny Hat Man!
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Spindily Hat Man! Hey, that sounds even better!
--|>=-( - NOOOOOOOOOO! Skinny Hat Man!
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Spiny Hat Man? Your hat doesnt look very spiny. Maybe Spine Hat Man...
--|<=-( - ach... make up whatever funny name you want... I don't care
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take back whatever money I want? SURE! THANKS!
----------------> Later at one of Sombrero Man's bases... <-------------------------
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| | |
| | C|>=-D
| | | --|>=-)
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
___________
| |
| |
| | I'm Skinny Hat Man, and I'd like
| | | to join forces with you!
| | C|>=-D |
| | | --|>=-D
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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| |GROOVEY, baby! but today is "Disco Friday".
| |we dont plan any fiendish schemes today!
| | so come in and DISCO!
| | | |
| | C|>=-D
| | | --|>=-)
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----------------------->Inside....<-------------------------
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o o o o o o o o o o o o
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'' | '' - |#| -
'' C|=-D '' / | \
'' | '' '' --|=-D '' _|_
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o o o o o o o o o o o o
* * *
* *
*
* \ _ / *
| - |#| -
C|=-| / | \
| '' --|=-| '' _|_
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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Hmm... I recognize (oh noes!) Um, you see...
your dancing... you I'm Skinny Hay Man (SHM)
dance like THM!! it's the HM in our names
that makes me dance like him...
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o o o o o o o o o o o o
* * *
* *
*
* \ _ / *
| - |#| -
C|=-D / | \
| '' --|=-) '' _|_
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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Oh I see!
phew! I was afraid I was being tricked!
------------------>In the "Planning Room Of Planning Doom"...<------------------
ok... lets see... Evil Assistant,
why dont you read the minutes!
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C|>=-) >8-) --|>=-)
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12:30 AM
ahh! good. now to take over the world!
Evil Assistant, show mister Skinny Hat Man
the evil invention.
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C|>=-) >8-) --|>=-)
|
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\5/
>8-D --|>=-O - GROOOOOOVY!
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here it is, The Teleportation Device!
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>8-| --|<=-D - oops...
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um... its no longer Disco Friday... we disco'ed passed midnight
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\5/
<8-O oh no! --|>=-D
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HAHA! but im really Top Hat Man incognito!
Top Hat Powers, GO!!!!!!!!!!!!
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------------------------------>Much Later...<------------------------------
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time machine destroyed, now back to home!
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but I forgot where is home...
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Pie... come in! I need to know where I am!
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(|\_____/|)
\ -/
10-4 THM! you're on earth!
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==|>=-)
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got my bearings, Pie! I'm on my way!
---------------->The End!<------------------------------
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