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Awful Stench

by Paul Taylor on March 29, 2011 at 12:00 am
Story: Wapsi-Archive
Characters: Bud, Stinky
Location: Sand Bar

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Discussion (91) ¬

  1. vince
    March 29, 2011, 12:01 am | # | Reply

    D’awwwwwwww…?

  2. Faceless Minion
    March 29, 2011, 12:02 am | # | Reply

    Of course they’ve got a shoggoth as a pet. Why wouldn’t they?

    • ProleBoi
      March 29, 2011, 12:43 am | # | Reply

      Stinky the Shuggoth… he he he 🙂

      “still” alive…? How long’s it been since Bud last saw it?

      • shenron
        March 28, 2018, 10:53 am | #

        lanthis

    • SevenLetterWord
      March 29, 2011, 2:56 am | # | Reply

      That had better not be a shoggoth because if it is that implies Lovecraft may have been correct. Most of Lovecraft’s creations were far more dangerous than the three golems we have already or the calendar so casually introducing their existance would be a bad idea.

      • Uncle Rice
        March 29, 2011, 10:50 pm | #

        Maybe Lovecraft was just a spindoctor that over inflated the power of some super natural pets suffering from an inferiority complex.

      • unknownpoltroon
        March 29, 2011, 11:25 pm | #

        Never underestimate the destructive force of an angry short blonde chick.

      • Greywolf1963
        February 17, 2024, 5:30 pm | #

        Except Lovecraft lifted a great deal of his lore from other author of that time. Wikipedia has a lovely rabbithole you can spend many hours following the links that cover all the sources.

    • ChaoticBlues
      April 5, 2011, 4:07 pm | # | Reply

      Well, at least it’s not on her roof!

    • Senok13
      March 7, 2025, 2:28 pm | # | Reply

      Isn’t that a Kraken…?

  3. ShadOBabe
    March 29, 2011, 12:02 am | # | Reply

    Whoever it was that predicted this on the last page, kudos!! XD

    • Ray Radlein
      March 29, 2011, 1:26 am | # | Reply

      And I quote:

      “Who’s a good widdle sea monster? You are! Gooooood widdle sea monster! Skritchies!”

    • illiad
      March 29, 2011, 9:10 am | # | Reply

      me too! 🙂

    • Jim
      March 29, 2011, 10:30 am | # | Reply

      Yep. Spot on. I’m too lazy to go see who, but yes, scored on that call.

  4. Duessa
    March 29, 2011, 12:04 am | # | Reply

    Stinky! What did I tell you about eating small countries?!

  5. Kellisanth
    March 29, 2011, 12:05 am | # | Reply

    How old is this Ancient one???

  6. Danzier
    March 29, 2011, 12:13 am | # | Reply

    That’s the first cute octopud I’ve ever seen.

    • Atomic
      March 29, 2011, 1:06 am | # | Reply

      I was going to make a crack about Irish Eyes a-Smiling, but never mind…

    • Paula
      March 29, 2011, 1:36 am | # | Reply

      Paul does have a tallent for creating adorable critters out of the most unadorable creatures :p

      Either that or we be just a bunch of softies 😀

      • Sean Murphy
        October 1, 2017, 9:02 pm | #

        Yes.

    • Fairportfan
      March 29, 2011, 4:31 am | # | Reply

      It’s got eight?

      Its girlfriend(s) must be really happy…

      • G. Dupons
        March 29, 2011, 3:06 pm | #

        Maybe he has eight, but only one for mating you know. Male Octopuses have one tentacle which top is formed to transmite the sperms to the female.

        Back to the comic! What a twist in the storyline! Most expected a monster attack but the opposite happens. Well played with our expectations Paul!

  7. YakkoRex
    March 29, 2011, 12:15 am | # | Reply

    That is hilarious. I need to remember that line for use on my brother…

    • Danzier
      March 29, 2011, 12:26 am | # | Reply

      Which line? They’re ALL usefull on brothers…

  8. nerf-dweller
    March 29, 2011, 12:23 am | # | Reply

    Bud has a pet giant octopus? Who knew?

    And why aren’t I more surprised?

    • Fatuncle
      March 29, 2011, 5:03 am | # | Reply

      Well, actually, not an octopus – they don’t have the fin on the head. It’s something else, and the back story on this relationship ought to be interesting.

      • Valkeiper
        April 20, 2020, 9:25 am | #

        Yes, it certainly is.

  9. Bucc-i
    March 29, 2011, 12:42 am | # | Reply

    Naughty tentacles!

    • Dusty668
      March 29, 2011, 3:54 am | # | Reply

      Soooo, time for the minikilt, and crinkly socks, hai?

  10. Kramegame
    March 29, 2011, 12:46 am | # | Reply

    totally called it. that was my first guess. also you guys were right about her smelling him and not just feeling his gaze.

    • Kramegame
      March 29, 2011, 12:51 am | # | Reply

      also bud in the second panel is… well i don’t know how to describe it, but lets just say i wish i were Stinky right now…

  11. Jay-Em
    March 29, 2011, 12:54 am | # | Reply

    Whaddayaknow..some people called it!..

    • DJ
      March 29, 2011, 1:52 am | # | Reply

      Like ME! 😀

      I’m now wondering where she (they?) got him from. I’m thinking it has something to do with the Lanthis / Atlantis story line.

  12. jordinyc
    March 29, 2011, 12:59 am | # | Reply

    IKA MUSUME!

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinryaku!_Ika_Musume

    • Fairportfan
      March 29, 2011, 4:32 am | # | Reply

      Fixed link. (I think.)

  13. Toraush Naull
    March 29, 2011, 1:05 am | # | Reply

    How did I know Bud would have a pet Kraken

    • Bizarro
      March 29, 2011, 4:58 pm | # | Reply

      And from where was it released?

      • Kramegame
        March 29, 2011, 9:17 pm | #

        Lanthis of course

      • Toraush Naull
        March 31, 2011, 5:05 pm | #

        are you sure its not one Ray Haryhousens left overs 😛

  14. stephy1aq
    March 29, 2011, 1:07 am | # | Reply

    Yuck “Creature from the Black Lagoon” run for the hills!

  15. NOTDilbert
    March 29, 2011, 1:08 am | # | Reply

    In the last panel, is Stinky channeling Bill the Cat? Ppbbbbbbt…….

  16. RSinAustin
    March 29, 2011, 1:31 am | # | Reply

    Yay! Tentacles finally appear in Wapsi Square lol

    Seriously, can’t wait to hear the story behind Stinky

  17. Paula
    March 29, 2011, 1:35 am | # | Reply

    I presume they met when tepoz had them since he was the only one who let them out once in a while (least from what i recall)
    Wonder if bud knew nemo 😀

  18. Cherishbloom
    March 29, 2011, 2:26 am | # | Reply

    I don’t even wanna know.

  19. diTaykan
    March 29, 2011, 3:10 am | # | Reply

    Okay. Now it’s cute.

  20. ReceptionGirl
    March 29, 2011, 4:49 am | # | Reply

    My first thought: *squeeee* Cthutulu!!!
    It’s awesome, thank you

  21. Dafydd
    March 29, 2011, 4:51 am | # | Reply

    Monica has a dog, Tina and Amanda have cats, Shelly has a cop, Katherine has a fish…

    I suppose it’s only fair.

    • Fatuncle
      March 29, 2011, 6:18 am | # | Reply

      “…Shelly has a cop…”

      Good one!

      • Kramegame
        March 29, 2011, 3:50 pm | #

        Don’t forget Jin has a little girl.

    • Paula
      March 29, 2011, 7:06 am | # | Reply

      And Brandi has her flies 😀

  22. kaibyo
    March 29, 2011, 6:23 am | # | Reply

    Absolutely LOVE the sound effects!!! I mentally envision him as sounding like an eldritch combination of an enormous frog, a seriously annoyed mule and tub farts.

    Shades of Lio and Ishmael!

    • Laurel Rhaen
      March 29, 2011, 9:01 am | # | Reply

      “Tub farts” – from self-aeration or when the tushie slides down the porcelain?… doesn’t matter… great sound!!! ^_^

      • kaibyo
        March 29, 2011, 9:54 am | #

        Especially when it’s from a kinda cheap tub made of sheet steel and enamel. It has a kinda echoing resonance. Can’t get that from one of the old types or a well made porcelain tub. My sister had one of those cheap tubs and the noises it could make when you just got in were very interesting! Her toilet could sound like lift-off at Cape Kennedy, at times.

      • Jay-Em
        March 29, 2011, 10:53 am | #

        Heh..Our toilet and antique bath had the same noisy presence. The fact that the metal bathtub was also encased in a hardwood box, made it act like a subwoofer, and fairly often resulted in a loud:”HEY!!!” from the livingroom..

        ( actually “bubbling away” made even better noises, always ending in a nice “rrrengngngn!!’ from the metal beams in the hall. My ‘sis was the best at that.. 😆 )

      • kaibyo
        March 29, 2011, 2:51 pm | #

        Yep! So was hers!!When you flushed the toilet and drained the tub at the same time, the harmonics, clangings and bangings were awesome!! The Blue Man Group would have jealous! I think if she had flushed, drained the tub AND the sink at the same time it would’ve caused a black hole somewhere in the universe. So much for that multimillion $$$ collider in Europe!

  23. ziggy78eog
    March 29, 2011, 7:36 am | # | Reply

    Well of course Bud knows an Eldrich Horror, born from the depths. Why would she not?

  24. The Old Wolf
    March 29, 2011, 9:06 am | # | Reply

    Hahaha, I called it. It’s nice to be right once in a blue moon…

    • Jay-Em
      March 29, 2011, 10:58 am | # | Reply

      True dat!. Unless it’s about predicting disasters, management muck-ups and/or “company restructures”. Then being often right might lead to a rather depressing outlook on life… 😛

  25. TheDoctor
    March 29, 2011, 9:16 am | # | Reply

    The Heartwarming story of a Golum….and her Squid.

    • jae
      March 29, 2011, 10:35 am | # | Reply

      “Golem”, not “Golum”. Golum is the creepy creature in Lord of the Rings. Just sayin’…

      • Jay-Em
        March 29, 2011, 11:00 am | #

        Nope. One “L” short (if we’re going to be totally a**lly retentive)

  26. Leak
    March 29, 2011, 9:20 am | # | Reply

    Would that be Girl Stinky or Grandpa Stinky? 🙂

  27. TheDoctor
    March 29, 2011, 9:21 am | # | Reply

    (too fast on the Post Button. Forgot:) Cue ‘Lassie theme’, Bud: “What is it, Stinky? You say Timmys in the well (again) and the Barns on fire?!?”

  28. Radio365
    March 29, 2011, 10:03 am | # | Reply

    …. My guess about the future series of events was wrong. I must be reading Wapsi Square.

    Aint it cute? a girl and her … sea monster?

  29. Swede
    March 29, 2011, 10:07 am | # | Reply

    I, for one, was completely surprised by the turn this story just took, and I’m not ashamed to admit it. I was expecting something horrible to happen. Thanks for this heart-warming surprise, Paul. You’re really good at the surprising-the-readers-with-an-unexpected-twist thing. Never a dull moment reading Wapsi Square!

  30. Swede
    March 29, 2011, 10:13 am | # | Reply

    I have to add that I’m very impressed by the uncannily deductive powers of such readers as managed to predict this turn of events.

    • Fairportfan
      March 29, 2011, 3:04 pm | # | Reply

      Some of us have been practising out-thinking the artist here (and at Pibgorn) for years.

      And writing about it, sharing our guesses.

    • Wyvern
      March 29, 2011, 5:38 pm | # | Reply

      It’s a matter of wild mass guessing (Tropes warning there, BTW). If fans make enough guesses, at least one of them will probably hit close to the mark.

      • Fairportfan
        March 29, 2011, 8:39 pm | #

        I think you misspelt “wild ass guessing”,,,

      • Wyvern
        March 30, 2011, 6:57 pm | #

        Would that be the ass pull? We can have that too!

  31. Jim
    March 29, 2011, 10:39 am | # | Reply

    Cuddly lookin’ critter.

    • Fairportfan
      March 29, 2011, 3:05 pm | # | Reply

      Well, it could certainly cuddle you.

  32. cahoots
    March 29, 2011, 10:51 am | # | Reply

    I know they’re supposed to be suction cup thingies, or whatever, but given the way Paul drew them, the first time I looked at the last panel I couldn’t help but see hundreds of pods with a startlingly large (considering the scale) insect in each one.

    Anyone else see that?

  33. Jay-Em
    March 29, 2011, 11:08 am | # | Reply

    “gurk, gurk, gurk” is actually a very good onomatpoeia.
    Just to aurally “visuallize” I said it a couple of times in my deepest voice… It sounds decidedly large-sea-critter-ish.. And as a reward I got great baffled stares from my collegues.

    Sadly my enjoyment of their bafflement was short-lived as one of my fellow techies looked at me, and immediately grabbed his iPad, exclaiming : “Yay..the new Wapsi-Square is up!!!.. 😆 😆

    • Kramegame
      March 29, 2011, 9:21 pm | # | Reply

      lmao almost as if he knew what you were looking at.

  34. kingklash
    March 29, 2011, 11:23 am | # | Reply

    Hooray! A new pet gets introduced!

  35. Julie
    March 29, 2011, 11:54 am | # | Reply

    Awwww! I want one!!! 🙂

  36. StJason
    March 29, 2011, 2:19 pm | # | Reply

    …cue swelling strings…

    Dooooo-DOOOOO… dooo-ti-dooooo-ti-doooooooooo!

  37. Page-Mistress
    March 29, 2011, 3:37 pm | # | Reply

    The kraken was her pet?

    • Kramegame
      March 29, 2011, 3:55 pm | # | Reply

      pet owners should have pets they can handle. Since Bud is well… Bud, she can handle a kraken.

    • Fatuncle
      March 29, 2011, 6:18 pm | # | Reply

      It might have been a mutual thing — Stinky found a very interesting toy he couldn’t possibly break, and Bud might have felt some kinship with the beast … seeing them as two monsters together.

  38. Kit Mayer
    March 29, 2011, 3:55 pm | # | Reply

    Bud KNOWS that Calamari calamity??? Well,who knew? :-/

  39. Kit Mayer
    March 29, 2011, 4:01 pm | # | Reply

    (And please people; don’t start ‘Kraken’ jokes about this either…) 😛

    • ShadOBabe
      March 29, 2011, 4:41 pm | # | Reply

      AhHA!!

    • Cherishbloom
      March 29, 2011, 5:37 pm | # | Reply

      http://plixi.com/p/87842059

      Sold Out.

    • Fatuncle
      March 29, 2011, 6:15 pm | # | Reply

      Hissssssss

    • bramble
      March 29, 2011, 7:56 pm | # | Reply

      Oh, come on, it’s obvious that you’re squidding. You’re just fishing for puns, aren’t you?

  40. Jon Sloan
    March 29, 2011, 6:32 pm | # | Reply

    And why does Bud’s reaction not surprise me at all?? 🙂

    • jwhouk
      March 29, 2011, 10:11 pm | # | Reply

      You’re new, aren’t you?

      Anyone who’s followed this comic for a while knows: NOTHING surprises us anymore.

  41. geekoncall
    March 29, 2011, 8:38 pm | # | Reply

    This body of water is reputed to be occupied by an aquatic monster.

    What is Loch Ness?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_reported_lake_monsters

  42. Stephen
    March 30, 2011, 2:14 pm | # | Reply

    WHAT?!?!

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