Filled with Gasps!

Peach

*GASP!*

Peach

Also, my first First? Lol. Unemployment has it’s benefits it seems…if you can call Firsts a benefit.
Sam

I agree with your statement completely my good sir.

jana

didn’t see that coming! >.>

Theodork

Hoooly s***

Lulu

……HOLY HAND-GRENADES BATMAN!!
Definitely did NOT see that one coming… Touche Scott, touche.
Theodork

Dude, I just think you broke some kind of record with the amount of comments for this strip. There are no words to express. All I can say is that I, a teenage New Zealander, am thoroughly impressed
- 3lizab3th
  
  Also, I, a teenage American, am amazed and quite thouroughly impressed as well. Therefore you have impressed teenagers in ALL the hemispheres.

happy

When filler becomes content! I love it.

Mearcyn

agreed
Where does my name go

This. So much this.

Redfuzzy

WTF?! Although, when I go back and reread the last few weeks, I can now see the similarity in the speech between the two.

http://profiles.google.com/ustice Ustice

Wait, what just happened here? Did the filler comics just become canon? Is Nergil really the dark and unnamed antagonist? Did I have a stroke and have since gone insane?

http://profiles.google.com/ustice Ustice

While I am a it, when did you think of doing this? Was this long-planned, or a recent idea? (I like it)
- Scotticus
  
  This was planned around the time when Chase was in the Hospital/ Young Chase story arc, which despite technical problems, was another reason I was pushing for Nergil in my fillers
  - BontaKun117
    
    You brilliant son of a *****.
    - UVERworld
      
      yes he is and i think my mind just peed itself and squealed.
  - Mr.Tophat
    
    Scott, I am going to marry you.
    
    And no, you have no say in the matter. You brilliant brilliant man.
    - Captain Tophat
      
      You villain! We shall have a duel of tophattery!

Martin

OoooH! Wondermark/Nerf-this crossover comic!

dor

Not quite.

Nergil’s story has been filler material for Nerf This for many, many months– hence the shocking nature of this reveal. (Check the archives! Nergil is quite the old cad.)

Nivvi

THAT WAS BRILLIANT!!! I love Shadow Guy – er, Nergil – that much more now. So now we have the reason for the carnival and the reason for the curse, all in one! And, I suspect, one reason he hates Chase so much is because he is inane and silly all the time without many drawbacks, like curses.

Jerod

Or because Chase reminds him of his past self

Ely

whaaaaat?! O.o

harbinger

oh dear god what wizardry is this

http://blogthisyouscum2.blogspot.com Austin J

This is made of win! Well played.

Curt

GASP! Didn’t see that coming.

Zorn of Zorna

hmm. Was wondering about that thread. Figured that it wasn’t *ALL* meaningless filler.

Please tell me that the “Processing Station” emotions climb out out of Chase’s head and save the day…

http://362studios.com Joe

HOLY SHIT. No seriously, I have no other response to that.

CapCarell

All hands on deck! Initiate “SHOCK AND AWE!”

Blibble

shock and awe procedures initiated, standby for releasein T-5,4,3…
- Edward
  
  2,1, SHOCK AND AWED AT THE AWESOMNESS.
  - David
    
    Shock and awe levels are off the charts, professor! We cannot possibly contain that much awesomeness!
    - J Hulk
      
      alternatively, our cruisers cannot repel [shockwaves] of that magnitude!

DrewsaysRAWR

I’m gonna have to stop lurking for this one…

WHOAH SH*T. WHOAH. SH*T. Totally didn’t see that coming. But seriously, this was a genius move, Scott. I approve

http://www.justplainsomething.com kschenke

This is Professor Yana/The Master levels of GASP!

Melon

YES! this, a thousand times, yes!
http://blogthisyouscum2.blogspot.com Austin J

INDEED.

Also, you Read Nerf-This. this is awesome. I love finding friends in the inter-nutz.

(Austin116/Jennau116 = Austin J)

hurr hurr

Whoa… :O

someguy

…….what just happened?!

reishaa

GASP!!!

Jack

HOLY CRAP

Well played, sir.

Shadowsword

LE GASP!!!1!

Ghostking

You magnificent bastard you have thoroughly(hope I spelled that right) blown my mind!

Rob_Strudel

I just shit bricks… well played Scott, very well played

Tim

I must reiterate what has been said and is running through my head continuously as I read this:

HOLY SH-

DDNF

What?
What?!
I definitely did not see that one coming. You win at twists.

Sir Coyote

WHAT THE………….

nick

*GASP*

http://www.greenhousegaming.net Wristh

Awesome.

Tom

http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20051127041116/uncyclopedia/images/b/ba/Scanners.gif

Glacirus

Seconded…
Scotticus

seriously spit out my coffee from that
- Jen
  
  Thirded!
  - deathtouch65
    
    Fourthed
    - Fromthewoodwork
      
      Can I go ahead and take 7th before 5 and 6 get here? =P
    - Ace
      
      5th’d

Dynom

Wow. Very well done… Never saw that one coming…. Today you win the internet….

Jamie

BUT WHAT HAPPENED TO HIS EYE-PATCH?!?!

xKarinaxButterflyx

It grew all over his face and body (I’m assuming). Hence the shadowy-ness.

http://www.xeroreview.com VisceralEcho

A monumental plot twist, though in retrospect I do suppose that it was a bit foreshadowed in the “filler” recently. Though I suppose it’s not filler anymore.

Time for a Cast roster redesign?

J Hulk

Holy shit! I didn’t see that one coming…
very very well played good sir.
this is how I reacted.

E3

*GASP* NO WAY!

Aly

-Stares with jaw open.- O.o Minds are now blown….

IceeKing

HE MARRIED A CHAIR?!

CelestialTeez

thats what i was thinking!!!

SKEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

my mind is blown wide open…. like a candy warehouse near kids with C4 explosives O.o

andreaawesome

OH SNAP!

LAMP

OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD

andreaawesome

also is there going to be a harry potter fight soon because i thought he was the greatest whoever lived…

gangler

Don’t be ridiculous. Harry Potter was never the greatest wizard who ever lived even in his own story. He was simply the only wizard marked by fate in such a manner that he could combat the greatest modern evil.

Fayerocksmysocks

Whaaaaaaaaat! I think my brain just collapsed on itself.

WarJunky91

Mind = Blown

Red

You said it all.

Sylvia

whaaaaa….

ManfromtheBushes

I may have just tinkled in my knickers.

This has just re-sparked me patiently waiting for your pervious words to come true. http://nerf-this.com/preciously-disturbing/
Repressed Rage waits longing for the day to come again

LaLaDee

OH MY GOD. WHAT. So happy my roommates aren’t home right now because I literally just screamed that in the kitchen …. Well done!!!

http://bobhendriks.eu Ice-Cerberus

OMG Scott, this is just to much of the genius stuff. OH MY GOD indeed, never saw this coming:D

BeerInABox

This page is one big bowl full of FUCK YOU HOMESTUCK- in the ways of mindfuckery

the1truesushiboy

I disagree, but that’s just me. Still… Nerf-This just became guaranteed a spot on my top 10 list for sure.

Kyoufu

So… At one point… Shadow guy was even weirder than Chase?

…

I think I like him even more now. xD

DannyDidDallasTwice

(╬ ಠ益ಠ)

Marissa

GASP!

baconbitsboy

I feel like a 14 year old girl that just met Justin Bieber. I might just faint

Insectoid

Holy Crap!! O_O

Insectoid

Does this mean that all the Nergil pages are actually canon to the story?
- J Hulk
  
  I should think so…character development I would say.
  
  Creepy isn’t it? O_O

tony

HOLLLYY F#&%!!!

just because of that I am going to re-read from the beginning.

shadowmaat

Mind is officially blown. Wow. Good job!

Talia

When I’d collected all the parts of my exploded brain, that was my first thought too. You know, great minds and all…

Apart from that, I have no words. My face was like O_O, and then like :D, and if you imagine those expressions on a real person, you fall right of the bottom of Uncanny Valley and into realms of pure horror. Also there are no emoticon thingies for the middle stage of brain-explosion, which is an horrific omission by interwebz culture and one which must be fixed, chop chop.

Talia

I mean… IceeKing’s comment about how he married a chair. I fail.

ParisSmiles

damn!
silly shit just got epic.

Kandi

Marian’s Father: Good news, I’m going to turn you into a black whispy demon.
Nergil: Ah, and what would be the bad news, chap?
Marian’s Father: I’m giving your sight in your left eye, so you may never wear an eye patch again.
Nergil: NOOOOOOO!

Sayward

omg HILARIOUS! that’s probably exactly how it went down too. seriously. marian’s dad knows how to hit where it hurts the most… totally unscrupulous.

Guillermo

Albus Dumbledore is the greatest wizard who has ever lived!!!

Thorgeous

Oh. My. Sweet. Jebus. Clementines. Mary. Saint. Patrick. Walrus. Gawd.

Roland

ohmygodican’tbeliveit……..

VahnFaith

But .. can you believe that there is a butter spread that isn’t really butter?

mdsnfs

That just blindsided me, it just came out of nowhere
also my head esploded

Oeylag

I think i just had an orgasm

CelestialTeez

HOOMAYGAWD!!

CelestialTeez

ps…what happened to Marian, then??!
- Varorson
  
  There’s only one obvious answer…
  
  Marian is Chase’s mother! :O
  - Chadwic
    
    Which one? He has like, 200

Scarlett

That’s freakin awesome! lmao you managed to merge the filler with the main story. Love it!

Jen

HOLY SPIT-TAKE BATMAN! This would totally own all the season finales, if it were a network show!

EH-PIK!

nick

OMG Nerf This is going to be a TV show! Please tell me its true
- SKEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
  
  If anyone makes Nerf-This an animation…. my heart would stop from pure joy

TheDapperDork

….you have my attention good sir.

J Hulk

understatement of the century right there

giantrobotbil

On this day, many bricks were shat

Parismio

Golden bricks they were.

Capt.Chemosh

O.O Oh no frickin way! Best twist ever!!!

kyo666

wow cant say i saw this coming keep up the good work scott

jorvette

shit just got real!

harmsc12

This is a major wham episode if I’ve ever seen one.

Big flat what.

G.G.

D= *jawdrop* And I just thought we had a witty pause in the Chase and Monty story.

NF

This. Is. Awesome.

Tom

Brb.

Changing pants.

RandomFreakMarien

:O :O WOAH WOAH WOAH
didn’t see that coming! XD
I’m pretty sure I actually made the “:O” face when I read that xD

http://banditowalrus.com BanditoWalrus

This is just about the greatest back-story ever.

Rob

0_0 wow… this just made my brain implode out of pure awesomeness!!! Scotticus you brilliantly crazy bastard!!!

xKarinaxButterflyx

FFFFFFFFFFFFF- WHAT

xKarinaxButterflyx

Also, now that I know his name is Nergil, Shadow Guy isn’t that scary anymore.
Of course, he never was that scary to start with..
- momorikku
  
  I dunno, Nergil might be a scarier name….

Fish

Are you shitting me! That’s brilliant!

Wow… Mind blown… LOL now i can picture Nergil in his Shadow Guy form going “pew pew” like he did way back in another filler.

Wait a sec… so if you’re printing a book – then what are you going to do with these fillers that aren’t really fillers anymore?

Lin

Perhaps a flashback chapter once there is more backstory! Sort of a ‘villian tell all’ or not!

Jnthn

If nergil was a less hilarious fascinating character this would’ve never worked. Just… like my brain is gone, it couldn’t take the awesome-ness and it left.

i love you

Xultanis

This is probably the greatest plot twist since Darth Vader was revealed to be the father of Luke and Leia.

Norkman

Amen
- nick
  
  until it is revealed that Nergil happens to be Chase’s long lost father.

UVERworld

so what does this have to do with monty?

Valentine

Very surprising twist and I’m awaiting your next strip with anticipation i assume your going to expand on Nergils past and his curse no?

EkajTheOrc

Never commented before, but I feel I have to now…

*Ahem*

WHAT!??!

orothe

WOW! that just happened. that was amazing!!! best web comic ever…

Wraithwing

PLOT TWIST! But why does Cursed Nergil have both eyes while Filler Nergil has only one?

Sir_Frenches

Because Nergil never really lost an eye, he just wears an eyepatch like Chase wears monacles! =3=
- Wraithwing
  
  Ah, I see.
  - bayace92
    
    Eye patches were actually worn by pirates to have one eye nearly-blind, so it would be much more sensitive to light in the dark. That made nightly plunders much easier.
    - Wraithwing
      
      I know that, but Nergil isn’t a pirate, and I always assumed he lost his eye to an unpaid concubine. Of course, it could just be that the curse gave him back his eye.
    - bayace92
      
      But what if sorcerers wear an eye-patch for a similar reason? Perhaps the covered eye focuses on such element which is being channeled?

Caroline

I love this so much! You are a brilliant, brilliant man. Well, played. Now keep it up!

TheBlurgermeister

Oh my god, I cried tears of joyful glee when I saw this.

So beautiful. This, it was awesome.

Biscuits

Holy crap! Plot lines unfolding!
Also, did Nergil and Jasper switch names?
This:
http://nerf-this.com/i-am-a-wizard/
http://nerf-this.com/wizardry-knife/

To:
http://nerf-this.com/mother-said/

Confusion?

tahthingy

i remember i kept thinking “fkin Nergil, i want MOAR MONTAQUE!!”
I cnt believe it now….
ive been staring at this all day trying to comprehend

Lunar

*stares quietly* *stares quietly* *stares quietly*

….

*mind has been thoroughly blown. will be staring quietly for quite a while. Until someone finds all the bits and pieces of the old mind. or buys a new one. It’ll take some time either way.*

Gomez

This is my first time ever commenting.
I think that’s a checkmate.
All I can say is “Well played sir, well played.”

ItsJustWerner

Best. Twist. EVAR!

TehChuckles

I cant decide if this twist is better than the twist in fight club… @~@

Nico

that is a great twist by which to measure all other plot twists….
Fromthewoodwork

Heyheyhey HEY. NO. You do NOT talk about Fight Club. }:U
~ LoL

Nico

AAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!

Nico

Also, this….

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OR70loDUkKI&feature=related

jacanced

that was quite strange, although he spoke, my head exploded when i read this. also, on an unrelated note, your username is the same as my actual nickname.
gangler

Ooh! Ooh! That one! That was my reaction!

atf343

… and many minds were blown this day,
and the angels above wept so
at the cruel and utter carnage

But aww… so would that mean we’ll have no more fillers of eye-patch nergil? I’ll miss the inaneness of those strips.

FancyCoffee

I DID NOT SEE THAT COMING. THESE PLOT TWISTS PLEASE ME.

MellowMatt

I am so impressed and surprised and I love this comic!

dor

…
Okay, fondness for Shadowguy just went up ten thousand percent.
*Achieved: New favorite character!*

OctoberSpirit

Say whaaaaaaaat? This. Is. Awesome. Did not see this coming.

Speechless

D: holy mother of chocolate fish sticks.

That is probably the best plot twist I have ever read.

Dristan

/slow dramatic clapping

Well played sir…. well played

Chad Jones

OH MY GOD. IT ALL MAKES SO MUCH SENSE. HIS SHOW IS KEPT GOING BY THE LOVE OF HIS DEAD WIFE, CHAIRETTE.

bri

Pffffffttttt chairette?!?! Amazing. And my mind was just raped then thrown in a blender because of this twist…D: ah-may-zing

Emma

OH, MY GOSH. HOLY SHIT. Did you hear that sound? That was my mind exploding from the sheer awesome WTF of this comic.

Crazy Pyro

While many minds have been blown on this day, I expect more shall be blown in the future by you Scott.

Also, is anyone here a doctor? I require surgery to fix my jaw that has been dislocated and shattered on my floor from the sheer force of the dropping while reading today’s comic.

Mr_Jenkins

Holy Crap! That’s like….*eye twitch*….woah.

Cyseroh

From this day forth I SHALL RESOLVE TO BE NERGIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Inuichi

*Insert Dramatic Chipmunk*

What a tweest!

J Hulk

I did that already, see my 1st post above

Jess

I really did gasp! How ever did you know?

Sir_Frenches

I saw that coming actually

Sir_Frenches

If it were to please your majesties; as of April 27, 2011 at 2:21 pm, you will find that I hypothesized that Nergal was the mysterious shadowy man… Check and mate, I believe I win the internet…
http://nerf-this.com/love-at-high-five/

Sion

Oh dear god.

Wiseguy288

Scotticus! You magnificent bastard, I read your comic!

sanguisuga

I just started cackling like a mad witch. My cats scattered, and I may never find them again! Well done, good sir!

Fromthewoodwork

Almost 150 replies for one good strip! Well done!

Granted, we all knew before this that Scott had all the other strippers a quiver with repressed jealousy for his skills. =P

http://heathertgreat.blogspot.com/ heatherthegreat

I knew it! I knew it was Nergil! Now the question, what happened to Marian? Can’t wait for the follow up!

L-Man

My jaw literally dropped. I genuinely liked Nergil until now : /
I’m curious to see how his relationship ended with her, and how he became what he is today.

tWiCHY

le GASP

Anarius

Wait, I’m confused… so the cops knew internal affairs was setting them up?

H.S.S.

ask The Leader.

Ph33rles

I actually literally gasped.

http://sil-pencil.deviantart.com/ Sil-Pencil

Aw, jesus…..I REALLY did not see that one comin’! Well played Scott, well played, I’m definately enjoying this comics twists and turns.

Zenos

Both hilarious and shocking, Well played old chap, well played!

DeathKrystal

HOLYCR@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@P!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

tellywrs

Oh hell yes! That was just friggin brilliant!
Bonus points cause I’m a Pendleton to

The Origami Guy

Okay. I’m back in.

H.S.S.

this is unprecedented.

I am a writer, and my maxim has always placed value on original composition. And this is original. I’ve been a fan of your work since the beginning, but always felt your work was merely on par with webcomics the internet over. Something like this however, where a storyline the reader had thoughtlessly read seamlessly integrates into the larger plot, is something spectacular. Well done.

Woofels

MIND = BLOWN.

Lol iv been lurking reading these stips since this year started and that was top class, my god.

O.o

Battle giraffe

WAIT……WHOS MARIAN! :O

momorikku

The woman with the eyepatch. The one he probably got cursed for.

Talos

OhmygodwhatthefuckBBQ?! I did not see the filler art and the actual story coming together like that. Ever.

Falcon

http://www3.picturepush.com/photo/a/3464701/img/gamelive/slow-clap.gif

Lukasha

I literally gasped. Air was quickly drawn into my mouth, no joke!

http://www.facebook.com/justin.a.wdle justWidle

Whoa. Just, Whoa man. I uh…I think I might need to change into a new pair of trousers good sir because I may have just shit myself.

Thumbs

this is my favorite twist ever in the history of comics

Bud64

That was so unexpected i actually thought it was a joke. And then came the sudden realization that this actually just happened.

The Wolf

THos just made my whole damn week.

The Wolf

This* sry.

Winterflame

Holy bat crap. It takes a lot to plot twist me but you good sir have succeeded.

http://www.facebook.com/rule34official TJ

Just did a spit-take of my coffee. So very epic, you are a credit to your art.

Mr.Tophat

O________O

… I’m too stunned to make a M. Night Shyamalan reference

Marissa

Alas, i as well was too stunned to make that reference.

Btw your name and gravatar have mad you my hero.

Richard Dain

but i didn’t read half the filler comics D: D: D:
fillers, why did you to this to meeeeeee *dies*

Jamie

HOW DARE YOU NOT READ THE FILLERS!!!! Those fillers were one of the best aspects of this whole comic, just beneath penis jokes and the never-ending quest for true love!!!
- bayace92
  
  Well now Richard can join the rest of us as we reread the comic from the beginning.

CaptainBetrayer

Well, now that we’ve got some of the filler writing in, the real question is when the random links he’s got in his posts end up becoming canonical too.
Either that, or he explains who Jasper is, or we find out that he’s somehow related to either Monty or Chase. Either way, if the chair’s involved, I quit.

CaptainBetrayer

What’s even worse: He’s not even shadowy because of a curse. That thought just hurts.

KindleVonPulse

…huh.

Well… that certainly brings that together. I wonder….

FAKE

BEST*LE*TWIST*EVER*!!!!!!

Morallyquestionable

HOLY CRAP ON A CRABCAKE!

I haven’t been this shocked reading nerf-this since I realised that Chase’s cardigan dream came true when Tony became his Coque.

http://jety-lefr.deviantart.com Jety Lefr

WOAH!!!! Love those eyes.

the1truesushiboy

Really? That’s all you’ve got to say about this stunning revelation?

DerDa

OMG ._. this explains so much

EruptingBurningFinger

Nergil! Say it ain’t so!
So, this isn’t actually as mind blowing as it might have been otherwise. I play Warhammer 40k (and grey knights to boot!) so I have learned that N,R,G, and L are not good letters to have in one name. (Seriously, first time I saw that guys name was Nergil I was all like “Woah! That’s pretty close to Nurgle.”)

ScooterHayes

I KNEW IT WASN’T JUST A FILLER COMIC!

Nick

MIND BLOWN!

The Mighty Thor

I am still in a partial state of shock.

harmsc12

Next you’ll be telling me that Taryn’s father is Jasper…

Daurth Zombie

Everyone’s asking what happened to Marian…… WHAT ABOUT JASPER!?!?

Alexander Cross

holy hell of sarona’s 2 kings! this is not what i expected AT ALL. O_O BRAVO! BRAVO!! You’ve done it again my friend! i am especially in awe at this plot twist O_O and impressed as to how you merged the “filler comics” in with the main comic’s story, once again bravo!

Glacirus

It JUST hit me. Shadow Guy is really Nergil. Anyone else ever watch “The GRim Adventures of Billy and Mandy”? Their Nergil had similar powers (with a less dapper and awesome backstory)! IT’S A NERGIL THING! Everyone named Nergil will somehow get their hands on shadowy-magic!

madd

But … but … but …. I loved Negril!

*sob*

Blew my mind, sir.

DemonPoet

4th panel here http://nerf-this.com/01-08-10/ is my reaction, except minus the hat and add in a desk chair

Lin

Damn my need to leave for work for the next 9 hours otherwise I could express just how awesome this is! But considering I was thinking of skipping work today I would say about a hundred dollars worth of awesome! Also a pissed of boss worth of awesome!

sammie-chan

this is by far the most ……
AWESOME and i repeat AWESOME twist to the comic i <3 this comic even more now. btw it took me quite awhile to get to the comment part i was distracted by the many comments on the way i will be going back to read the rest i just had to comment. love the comments cant wait for the next one

sammie-chan

btw this is the most coments i have seen on here many were amazed by ur awesomeness good sir i bow to you *bows*

Kitana Coldfire

When I first read this last night, I just sat at my computer and squeaked in utter shock for five minutes. Finally, my boyfriend came in to see what was making the noise (he thought I was deflating balloons). Well played my good man!

Kagen Kurogen

Scott….I have never commented before. I have followed this faithfully with every update without fail. But today…..today I just had a complete loss for words. My friend who was with me thought something bad happened to me…..You are a brilliant man, and I look forward to future updates. I wish you to bear my children.

Percythegreen

Congratulations, you made me feel sorry for the poor sod.

http://anifay.deviantart.com AniFay

I may have just piddled in my britches.

RossPeytonBrewer

Sweet whale-juggling rhinos on flaming cheese covered Chinese dragons, Oedipus Rex, eat your heart out.

(p.s. How do you go about creating a webcomic, i have a couple of good ideas I just don’t know how to start it off)

http://www.itsgravity.etsy.com melly

MIND BLOWN

http://nerf-this.com/filled-with-gasps/ CaptianPerpetuous

ironicly, i when my friend posted this to my facebook wall, i had replied “GASP!” with out realizing that it was this ep.’s Titles XP

Dreya

Well played, sir. Well played. Mind blown.

Karen

Damnit, this is why I like maniac-humour comics; wait long enough, and it pulls and awesome plot twist like THIS out of thin air like godamn Chris Angel or some shit like that! *slow clap* Well DONE indeed!

Nate516

This may very well be my first time commenting on this comic, but I’ve been reading for a long time. Holy crap, man! Caught me completely off guard. I wouldn’t be surprised if the next revelation was that Nergil and Chase are related. Also, gotta say, definitely been seeing parallels between Chase and Nergil. Both are ridiculous, both wear ocular apparel of some sort (one at a time, or two at a time), both wear some manner of facial hair, both fall for the girl of their dreams, with disapproving fathers, and both of those girls, at some time / way or another, possess “facial hair” as well. That’s not even going with their mutual connection to Monty. Pretty interesting connections there. I expect a glorious moment of catharsis, when Nergil confesses to being jeealous/hateful of the way Chase’s life is turning out, compared to his own.

Pekoe

I think the whole “hate” thing is more related to the approved kidnapping (?) of Monty. Just guessing, but he was probably integral to the curse or something. Unless it’s not a curse, but I’m hesitant to guess now…
shane

all those connections are valid except I remeber seeing chase’s dad’s face in one of the earlier comics, allthough scott might have removed it like he did the comics where monty had wings.
Talia

I’ll be the first one up in arms if there’s any ‘relation’ plot here, sorry. I know it’s not my say, but that has been done to -death-. I mean, if it’s going to go to that direction we might as well just shove Shadow-Nergil somewhere and bring in Darth Vader as a replacement. Equally, I don’t see why the villain has to envy the protagonist. That’s dull too. I mean, why does a villain have to… yeah. There’s no rule saying he has to envy the heroic character, the heroic character’s life, or pretty much care either way, and as a villain he gets to be a delightful sonovva and spread death and disaster as he sees fit. He could happily under of the villain storm Tokyo. I have no clue what I’m talking about now…but still, I disagree, sir.

Also, if you were unjustly incarcerated and recorded as being a sex offender, I’m pretty sure you’d have a rather large grudge against the people or persons responsible.

And I like the idea that it’s just the random interconnectedness of events and people and Chase randomly stumbling upon Monty and yadda yadda which led to this point…. JUST LIKE REAL LIFE. Where things happening without people popping up and going “Guess what! The man who just stole your wallet! There was a mix-up at the sperm bank. He’s your father… don’t you have his eyes?”. Guess it doesn’t make for a great back story or plot, but it doesn’t fob the audience off with another ‘and it can all be explained with GENES! And long lost daddies!’ plot. Eugh.

Ermmm… someone did make a comment about Jasper = Mr Mills. And SWEET JESUS ON A JETSKI, I could back that one to be honest. I don’t think it’d be a great plot bit, or really make that much sense, but it would be a little nugget of pure awesomeness. I could see Nergil pushing Jasper over the edge into the raging mustache that we know and love today. Pretty sure that’d have to make Mr Mills magic too, but isn’t he already? :3
- Talia
  
  * the TITLE of villain.
  
  Missing word.
  Woo!
- shane
  
  I agree wholly. Done to death to the point where its obvious when a writer is planning on doing it. Which is why I feel content when I thumbed back through the archives and found chase’s dad, so that eases me a bit. However scott can still do the entire sperm bank mix up thing to show that afforementioned dad is not a biological father. Still i hope scott reads these so as to maybe not do it, but I cant control what he writes and seeing his past stuff he’ll probably put a very sattifying twist on it. Whew that was alot of typing.
- momorikku
  
  Whoah… long post…
  
  But I totally agree. If Nergil is somehow related to Chase, I wouldn’t be a surprised as if it were Jasper, or Marian’s friend, or even Marian.
  - momorikku
    
    Crap,. computer wnet retarted and posted it to the wrong person. I had meant to reply to Talia’s epic post.

bayace92

My amazement > 9000.

kulili

My brain just exploded. And I kinda needed it for my class tonight.
Ah well, it was totally worth it.

Pekoe

I dearly wish that the most epic battle that will ever take place will not involve the wizard knife…

Clinkenbeard

I definitely was seeing parallels between the story and the “filler”, as in Chase and Taryn’s get together, but I did NOT see this coming. Well done sir. I take my monocle off to you

http://shadowroadz.deviantart.com/ Dante ShadowRoadz

I KNEW there was gonna be a tie in at some point….

Broketoon

oddly, I didnt go “omgzbbq wth?!”…I smiled knowingly with the confirmation that my theory was correct…then gasped and went omgzbbqwtf when I realized I had a theory that actually came true…a MIGHTY FINE tip of the hat to you sir! I mighty fine tip indeed! *hops on his velociraptor powered blue whale helicopter and travels off into the sunset in search of dapper finery*

shane

woah, didnt see that coming. I love plot twists and that was amazing, I dont think anyone has done that before either.

Also just realized i Havnt posted a comment on here for a very very long time.

Guest #667

As a quiet observer, this is my 1st posting… Holy FV(k!!!

Norkman

I get goosebumps reading this panel.

and I’ve read this three times.

the1truesushiboy

Okay, I can’t read all these comments. I usually do, but DAMN! You’ve elicited over 200 of them. To be honest, I am not in the least bit surprised, an yet, I had no prior suspicions of this. You deserve all of the applause. All of them.

Chatterout

I puked a thunderbolt…honest! A real thunderbolt after seeing this. Not many things can make me do that. Zeus is goanna get pissed at me for stealing his glory but DANG man…wasn’t expecting this…and its not April…so how can it be a joke…….so he once had a mustache and a monocle….ya know he needs those back I mean, he aint no wizard without one. As unforgotten realms states ‘Everyone knows that wizards have monocles’

http://jety-lefr.deviantart.com Jety Lefr

oh wait!!! I thought this was just a spoof thing to be funny… because of the contrasting styles(?)…
This is canon!? WOAAHH!!! COOL!

Dani

I did NOT see this coming. But I’m so glad you took it there, Scott! :DD AAGHMAGAD now I really want to know how everything turns out with the curse…

nick

please tell us that the “awesomeness” that you refer to is that Nerf This is going to TV!!!!

Ironreaper

I NEVER SAW THAT! good show old boy. good show.

Justanother

WHAT THE WHAT.

Keairan

As they say, what a tweest.

Mr. Pipsinpapsacopolas….The 3rd

That is just amazing. Way to take an amazing and funny filler, and perfectly put it into an amazing story. This is why you are an idol for my work. Keep up the amazing work my good man!

wrathalo

damn…who knew the most likable crazy adventurer/wizard/dapperman was the Horror MAN…I wrote man in CAPS cause everyone knws the word MAN is the most epic word…that and icecream.

http://awesomepie.wordpress.com/ Awesomepie

Wait… so was the filler actually filler, or was this planned out all along? Oh my God. OH MY GOD!

*brain backfires*

Insectoid

250 comments?? Holy Cow! Well… it was sort of a giant thermal detonator of a plot twist.

GenuineGentleman

I would totally sex Nergil. I’d sex him hard.

http://lawl dorthyinwonder

Wow, Scott! I think you just shocked half your audience into posting. Awesome twist!

CapCarell

Half? PFt. I don’t think this even counts as an -eighth- of Scott’s audience!
After all, my friend, -everyone- loves the art of dapper adventuring!
SKEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

Only half might have posted… but when it came to shocking us, I think he got us all…. this had more twist than the movie “Twister”

Klytus

As has already been said a hundred times over… holy effin’ shit!

This is one of the most brilliant plot twists/mind-fucks I have ever seen. I may have to start wearing a hat, just so I can take it off for you.

SKEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

Ok… reread the entirety of Nerf-This over…. again….. and this still blows my mind. Like kitten through a jet engine kinda blown O.o

David

From filler story to cross-over/story integration?

Damn, Scott, you couldn’t have knocked me down harder with a cannon.

David

People! Vote for Nerf This in the TopWebcomics polls.

http://topwebcomics.com/vote/10558/default.aspx

katiethezombie

oh snap!

Evie

Okay, a friend mentioned Nerf-This and I decided to read it. As with everything I read I started from the beginning. I finished the comic from last night to just now. And this particular gasp educing comic strip made my day, scratch that, week, scratch that, month. Awesome tie in. Props.

Jessica

HOLY SHIT! I just about woke up everyone in my house because I was freaking out so bad. OH MY GOD I CAN’T BELIEVE. I can’t. Wow.

Katrina

DAFUQ.

Norkman

what does DAFUQ stand for?
- momorikku
  
  Say it out loud. It’ll make more sense that way, esp. in context with the incredible plot twist!

Derrick

Best plot twist eva, did not see that coming.

kyliebear

OH. MY. GOODNESS!! i am amazed. i love you

Danosaurus

I’ve sadly been away from this comic for a few weeks, and holy cow, I honestly did not see that coming! There was a point to the fillers! Well played sir, very well played.

Rahcaz

I reread this strip every day cause it keeps giving me chills. Seriously epic, if this reveal were a cosmic event you just made the Big Bang.

momorikku

Dooohooohooohooood! That is pretty frickin’ amazing. My mind has been blown away and I truly look forward to more plot twists! (as well as possibly some updates in scout crossing and motokool?

In retrospect, nergil being the shadow guy kinda makes sense. Looking at the strange, almost lovable sort of “evil” that Nergil has used in comparison with the fillers(?) they do act a little similarly.
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_! !_
9^

Jayzor

A wizard did it.

Riyukadragon

Holy shittzu did not see that coming, at all, omg omg omfg this is soooo awesome!

Dr Quackington

LE GASP!!! That i didn’t saw it comming! Scott, you are a GENIUS!!

Necrous

Sweet Raptor Jesus. My mind is BLOWN.

Dante

Wow, that is what a twist should be!

Dellis

This.Was.Epic.

llasram

*gasp!* well those comics finaly make a little sense, glad theirs with the story sorta

Sabbath

too. fckn. epic. i think i just came.

jolly well played old chap! mind thoroughly blown

Terran

but we like Nergil….and he’s the villain?! *head ‘plode*

DunnLeary

I recently discovered your webcomic a little over a week ago, and I’m already on my second complete read-through. First of all, I must say that this is one of the most entertaining, witty, and artistic comics I have ever had the pleasure to read. That being said, I feel this reveal comic is a good spot to point out a tiny OCD nitpick. When the “filler” characters of Jasper and Nergil are first introduced, isn’t it JASPER who claims to be a wizard in that very first comic, and NOT Nergil? At what point did the names/characters switch?

https://www.facebook.com/app_scoped_user_id/623078428/ Robert Grady

If I remember correctly, Jasper was the first to become a wizard, then Nergil followed suit, in his own murderous fashion.

Blackmont

HOLY CRAP! That is all

Fanman

Holy fucking shit.

Scribeknight

This is literally no kidding aside the most surprising most awesome reveal I have ever ever seen in my entire life. So much I think I may have had a tiny orgasm from the sheer mindblowedness.

Kas

Shyamalan approves!

senselocke

Masterful. All this time, I just though we were watching funny filler, and the whole time it was Stealth Backstory.

Good show, I say, good show…

vince

…. O_____________O

I’m so happy I started reading this comic a few days ago.

JR

…… My mind has been veritably blown, good sir. I did not expect such a seemingly trivial sequence of events between Nergil and his friends would turn out quite like this. I… I must applaud you sir, despite my entire mental faculties demanding I get some sort of payment for having my brain utterly destroyed.

I applaud you. *claps*

52pickup

1). I did a super spit take when I read this,even though I hadn’t drank anything. 2). I laughed from the sheer volume of the comments. *snicker*

Quido

0.o…………………………………………my mind has been blown to smitherines, nice one.

Zoe

WUT. This was masterful. You are like the Steven Moffat of web comics.

Spacespinner

I took a mouthful of something to drink just so I could do a a spit take

Zexion

WUT WUT WUT WUT JUST HAPPENED

Jo_Tunn

wait…… so that actually had to do to with the story……. DA FUQ. that is genius

Josh

Very unexpected, in a good way.

Spot on, good show and all that splendiferousness.

FistusMaximus

so our evil weird cursed black-faced carnival stranger has banged a stool somewhere in the past?

….i can never look at him the same as before lol

Korkman

I’m currently re-reading this awesome comic and I have to say this panel still blows my mind.

songflightgirl

I thought it was just random! It is, in fact…not that at ALL!

Meg

Oh my god. Oh. My. god.

Cheshire

Haven’t seen shit this surprising since Luke found out Vader was his Father.

Out of Curiosity(TV beeyatch)

Why did I suddenly remember billy and Mandy?

Philip

Wow. This was brilliant. And incredibly surprising. Thank you good sir this is awesome!

Nerf This

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