STARTOFF and the Plant Ball! :D | October 23, 2012

by Joe

Thank you so much for continuing to vote for Green Pixel 5 times daily for the StartOff competition! http://startoff.ca/vote As I write this, we’re in 3rd place, we’ve been 1st for a good stretch of time, and we have over 10,000 votes! Let’s get back to #1! The competition ends on October 31 so I should be able to get 1 or 2 more scenes up before then. But please don’t wait for a new scene to vote, you can vote everyday! :D

Thank you for the plant brain ball names too! There were a lot of great ones but I managed to pick my favourite five:

– Gorb – Short for “Green Orb”, this clever name is simple and makes sense!
– Lilly – Is the plant a male or female? Neither? Does it matter? This is a very fitting name for a plant :D
– Pan – the Greek god of nature, this name is quite flattering for a vine-spitting plant ball! I like it :D
– Florence – A very cute name for a plant! Sounds very friendly and the plant -is- very friendly… right?
– Bill – Scrufflebeck got such a complicated name, let’s keep this one short and sweet :D

Vote for your favourite name here in the forums and the winner will be the plant brain ball’s name (can’t wait to not have to type “plant brain ball” anymore :D)! Voting will close when the next scene is up.

And please, please vote for Green Pixel FIVE TIMES DAILY for the StartOff competition! http://startoff.ca/vote We’re almost done! :D

Enjoy Scene 3 – “Breakfast With Jake”!

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HarrowedMind
HarrowedMind
11 years ago

So if anyone still had any doubts about Annika being Joe’s sister, they probably have fewer now ( he remembers his real name?). Didn’t expect to make it first. Big deal.
I don’t know about the plant’s name, though. I’ll give it a thought. Althought I know Joe would most likely head towards the Gorb part more than anything else.

Tio Ba
Tio Ba
11 years ago

next chapter:

Jake: wait a min. Joe?!

kappabird
kappabird
11 years ago

OH MAN I was about to be so mad and then you finally let us know her brothers’ names. Great comic!

Guest
Guest
11 years ago

Annika, Annika, wherefore art thine brother?

Silverware
Silverware
11 years ago

Wha!

Maximillionysis
Maximillionysis
11 years ago

I was about to sock someone when I thought you were going to leave the other brother’s name as a cliffhanger for another episode. I was literally thinking “OH COME ON! IT’S SO OBVIOUS WHO IT IS! AND YOU’RE GONNA DO -THAT- TO US??” But then she said it and I thought “Oh… she said it… nevermind…”
Anyway, great page as ever, dat sibling-ness. I wonder what will happen if/when they see eachother.

Raven
Raven
11 years ago

Woot! 1st!…Really love this! Keep it up!

Raven
Raven
11 years ago

Crap.. :|

Leviticus
Leviticus
11 years ago

I TOTALLY SAID IT FIRST! LOOK ALLLL THE WAY BACK.

Delta Pangaea
Delta Pangaea
11 years ago

Called it.

Leviticus
Leviticus
11 years ago

And great job Joe, I havent seen any since the start of the summer, just finnished catching all the way back up. I love this webcomic soooo much.

Qozux
Qozux
11 years ago

Thank you for finally giving that to us, Joe! I think most of us have been expecting it, but it’s nice to finally get a little resolve after so much cliff hanging.
Early congratulations on the Startoff win. Looks like you’ll end up in the top 3 for sure.

Random Guy
Random Guy
11 years ago

And then it turns out his real name is Joey or Joenathan and she only calls him Joe as a nickname and OUR Joe isn’t actually her brother. :D

Laserhead
Laserhead
11 years ago

FINALLY, I KNEW IT!!!!!!!!!! and thank you so much for not just ending it after Marie cut in, I would’ve gone ballistic and woken up all my roommates… XD

Lil' T
Lil' T
11 years ago

@Random Guy: Yeah, that’s definitely something Joe would do.
@Joe: Well, thanks for confirming our suspicions! Even though it was a long time coming…

ILuvScruffy
ILuvScruffy
11 years ago

Finally she says “Joe”!
I hope she unites with him somehow soon!

And it might help him with remembering his past life!

ILuvScruffy
ILuvScruffy
11 years ago

Sorry for double post but i needed to.

But, Random Guy, is it likely for a person’s relative to have the same name and resemblance of the person at the same time?

bobsickle
bobsickle
11 years ago

INB4 Joe only walks around town with his bandanna on and never actually sees Annika himself.

Rasmus N
Rasmus N
11 years ago

now, really? after you’ve made sit and wonder for so long? well, at least im sure now.

BloodWolf7
BloodWolf7
11 years ago

And here I was, starting to think that Author Joe got was just getting a kick out of his little run around with Annika and Joe. Finally, somn a bit firmer to grasp on to. But still, it’s not proof is it?

@bobsickle Let’s not give any ideas now, shall we?

NeoWarrior
NeoWarrior
11 years ago

Andrius and Joe?
AS in Andy the zompyre and Joe the supermind?

If this is so, Annika ain’t human!

The Mysterious Stranger
The Mysterious Stranger
11 years ago

Hahahahahahaha…..damn that was good one……first you were going to reveal her brothers name…..then boom, someone interrupted and I got mad…I was OMFG cmon really? Then you revealed it, I was like hahahahahha nice joe :D

Expiredz
Expiredz
11 years ago

Jake said she looks familiar and Her other brother’s name is Joe… >:O is this for real?!?!?

MrBester
MrBester
11 years ago

Is Marie’s surname Wolowitz (c.f. Big Bang Theory)?

Shadowsamurai
Shadowsamurai
11 years ago

Oh man that’s one of the few things on this world I guessed correctly.

Curty
Curty
11 years ago

Knew it from the beginning!

Pseudonym_
Pseudonym_
11 years ago

Watch, a new Joe is going to be introduced JUST to mess with us.

Pseudonym_
Pseudonym_
11 years ago

@NeoWarrior
Don’t give Author Joe any ideas! We just found out her brother, and you are making it over complicated!

Frizzlecrank
Frizzlecrank
11 years ago

Florence.

illeatyourself
illeatyourself
11 years ago

Oh WOW. And here I pretty much JUST SAID that it’s more likely to be that other girl that showed up from the other colony. But then again, perhaps it could be a different Joe… Ya know, with your twists and turns in this story (and I gotta say, you do an incredible job with them!), I wouldn’t be surprised if it was the wrong Joe. ;)

illeatyourself
illeatyourself
11 years ago

And by the way, since I’m a bit of an indecisive guy, I am going to say that my favorite names for the plant are Gorb, Pan, and Bill, all because they fit except for Bill which is just funny in my opinion. XD

Just saying
Just saying
11 years ago

You introduce way too many characters and try to make just as many plots at once. It’s getting hard to follow the story (especially if you don’t post anything for some time), and some of the stuff is… well, a bit boring, to be honest. This scene is a good example – sure, it’s nice to finally find out that the girl is (probably) Joe’s sister, but do we really have to spend so much time on not-so-interesting characters as Scott? Just saying: this comic has a lot of potential and could be one of the best, but sometimes I just feel like watching a soap opera. And that’s not very good, is it?

Solidman
Solidman
11 years ago

I really hoped he would burst back in screaming; “JOE?”

Wayne Mangham
Wayne Mangham
11 years ago

Bah my names were better than those,am not voting for any lol im on strike till Spongeball Plantpants finds his way into this comic.

/defiant strop :P

Mario561
Mario561
11 years ago

i knew it, i freaking knew it

zach
zach
11 years ago

I KNEW IT!!!! OMG I AM SO HAPPY RIGHT NOW!

Spencett
Spencett
11 years ago

JJOOOOOOOOOOOEEEEEEEE

avstron
avstron
11 years ago

I started to say “Joe stop playing with us, we want to know!” But then… will it be the same Joe?

Not going to say
Not going to say
11 years ago

for all of you who for some reason aren’t voting, use Joe finally admiting that Joe (minor joke, stop with the annoyed stares) is annika’s sister as an excuse

Dr.krillin
Dr.krillin
11 years ago

Finally you said it!!, i’m voting everyday for you five times, because this comic deserves it

Pseudonym_
Pseudonym_
11 years ago

One last thing, Joe(Author Joe), please, we all love your plot twists, but keep Joe(Powerfist) as Anika’s sister. I’m begging you, we all want to see this happen.

Genome Robi
Genome Robi
11 years ago

Am I a bit late with the name thing? But I came up with V.I.N.E but I didn’t know where to put it (turns out to be in the comments -_-) So we should call it VINE or Very Intelligent Neuro Emplacement. ;)

Anna M. Hamilton
Anna M. Hamilton
11 years ago

AND IN ZE NEXT EPISODE, ANNIKA’S JOE IS DEAD OR ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COUNTRY (Or a zompire by now and plotting to get to New Hammerstone and going ballistic.)

Blackmoon845
Blackmoon845
11 years ago

Gotta fo with either Pan or Bill for the plant orb. Pan more than Bill though, simply because Bill doesn’t have much reasoning behind it, other than it’s funny and simple. Pan, though, the Orb is the spokesman for all plants, much like Pan was. And also, I think you’ll end up winning the vote off thing. You have all these adoring fans who can take a minute or two out of their day to click a button 5 times.

Sk8terdude254
Sk8terdude254
11 years ago

I punched my laptop when Marie interrupted. I’m sad now… But, that seemed too simple… Will it even be the same Joe?

The Khan
The Khan
11 years ago

Didi anyone else notice that when the Lieutenant was walking about his sister dieing his Avatar looked way too happy. :P

markd
markd
11 years ago

whaaaaaaaaatttttt!!!???????????? mind blown srsly

ColdPop
ColdPop
11 years ago

i really thought that it would end without saying her second brother’s name…

Frankie
Frankie
11 years ago

Teehee, I can tell this is going to be some trick or something.