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[Mantonio]

Dude, that's EMERIL!

What?  Emeril isn't French!  (But then again, neither is Mickey penis or Popeye)

nor is he a pancake.

I like Teodor ok, i guess, but:

What in the name of Spatula was he THINKING?

HOW CAN YOU FUCK UP A PANCAKE THAT BAD?  I mean, he's a supposed good cook, is he not?

It looks like a novelty pancake that was left out in the gutter overnight.

How can he cook it, make it, and look at it, AND THEN LOOK AT PHILLIP, and then GIVE THE THING TO PHILLIP?

i mean, how can he do it in a not-related to a comic strip way.

Well, it's not like Philippe's guardian's don't have a history of causing him hella trauma.  Maybe if those child services people weren't so busy getting mad rutty with Ray all the time, Philippe would have a better life.

[agnes]

Is it possible he did it on purpose? If you have cooking skills at Teodor's level of madness, then it seems like you'd have to try to make something that hideous. Was he tormenting Phillipe for his own grim amusement?

[V-Adore]

To be fair to Teodor, it is possible to be a good cook without having any skill at novelty pancakes. Maybe Teodor's dark secret is that he can't make a novelty pancake that doesn't look like someone stomped on it and called it mean names, perhaps as some sort of karmic retribution for being able to make risotto so good that it could make Baby Jesus weep tears of joy.

Otherwise, he was probably just preoccupied. Teodor really appears to have stepped into the "big brother" role, and I don't think he was intentionally yanking Philippe's chain as he might have in days long past.

As for the panel swipe -- you're right that it's not the exact same panel, but unless I'm missing my guess, the base linework of Philippe in the bed is an exact or near-exact replica. Maybe I'm all split on green, though.

[AugustWest]

Maybe Teodor's dark secret is that he can't make a novelty pancake that doesn't look like someone stomped on it and called it mean names,

Wow!  That is one hella obscure dark secret.

[Steve Hogan]

In Teodor's defense, most Mickey penis pancakes are nightmare inducing.

[side_show]

This makes me suspicious:

http://www.scott.k12.ky.us/southern/cookbook/mickeypenispancakes.htm

Submitted by: Chris

I suppose you need "a cookie for the noise" because of all the screaming Phillipe does.  A cookie always make me feel better if there's too much noise.

Also, when I used to work at Wal-Mart, we always got these in for X-mas:

http://www.ekitchengadgets.com/micmouswafma.html

[andalucia]

That is a great recipe, especially the direction to use half a pineapple for the mouth.

[Bozack]

Was he tormenting Phillipe for his own grim amusement?

"His Own Grim Amusement" is my new band. Our first album will be called Oed' und leer das Meer.

[Lane]

Is the alt text supposed to be a Beastie Boys reference?

[Bozack]

I assume so. I mean....four and three and two and one, and when I'm on the mike, this sucker's done!

[Howdy Moody]

I'm a cynical jerk, and very little makes me laugh..but oh, poor Philippe!  I think anytime I need a break from the world, all I have to do is look at today's strip one more time!
Philippe is the greatest character of all time.  I like him better than Jesus.
H.M.

[arkabee]

maybe it is that Teodor is a cooking idiot savant: able to make the bestest dishes with little or no effort, but utterly unable to short order cook to save his mother's soul from the grim reach of our evil lord satan?

i mean, when i was in high school and quite literally unable to walk 5 feet without stumbling from my sheer inability to even understand the concept of coordination, i worked in a restaurant.

First i was a dishwasher, and was promoted in turn to busboy, prep cook, and then short order cook.

In addition to making "the world's largest pancake, we bet you can't eat the whole thing and if you do we'll induct you into the pancake hall of fame! [1]" i had to make my share of Mickey penis Head Pancakes.

now, making them (while being wrong on many levels, including the amount of sugar surpassing a couple of Bowls of Captain Crunch, but then these sons of bitches give their babies Mt. Dew in baby bottles, so, *shrug*, they are FUN to cook/make) is not difficult.

The key to them when cooking on a grill surface, is flipping them.  i used the two spatula technique.  this time period is of utmost importance, as this is the prime formative period for the Mickey penis Head Pancake.  This is the time when it will get all fucked up in the head, since it's still gooey.

Once finished grilling, you simply set the plate ontop of it, and spatula/flip and oila!

add garnish to taste^hfinish the visage of the penis.

so, Teodor probably did not make it on a full grill, most likely in a flat skillet thing.  but, that would be MUCH easier to flip on.

so. maybe i should stop thinking about it.

--
[1] i'm sure it was not literally the world's largest pancake, i'm sure there were bigger, but this was in the town that hosts (or hosted, haven't been there in a long while) the snow-mobile derby hall of fame.

[V-Adore]

maybe it is that Teodor is a cooking idiot savant: able to make the bestest dishes with little or no effort, but utterly unable to short order cook to save his mother's soul from the grim reach of our evil lord satan?

My guess would be no. After all, in the cookbook he shows us how to make the Flavor Burger, which is basically just short-order food but better. Shit, I can cook a Flavor Burger.

See, I think what's screwing these Micky penis pancakes up is the necessity for full facial features. The pineapple half for a mouth is particularly intimidating and unnerving, in my opinion. It's like a miniature version of the Uncanny Valley effect.

[jough]

I like how the last panel is a blatant swipe from the first Philippe's Mom strip.

I thought you meant he reused the exact same panel. But yeah, pretty close.

[V-Adore]

I like how the last panel is a blatant swipe from the first Philippe's Mom strip.

I thought you meant he reused the exact same panel. But yeah, pretty close.

Oh, excuse me, I didn't notice the other arm. Or the pillow line.

Great is my shame and sadness.