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Jeff1203 · 03/19/2008, 11:18 pm

Just was a little confused about how the thought of . . . . . . . Stinky's . . . . . . . . . would shock Agent Superball. After three run throughs of the game trying to pick up on why it is so, I couldn't find a thing. He only mentions what kind of things would shock him once (and you can't get that line again). I never used the walkthrough in my first run through, I got past it by accident. After looking at it now, there wasn't any explanation on it, just that it would shock him. So far every puzzle in the game made sense to me in some twisted way except this one. Could someone please enlighten me?

ShaggE · 03/19/2008, 11:28 pm

Stinky's is an unhygenic diner with bad food. The funny comes from the fact that the President having an affair doesn't shock Superball, but his taste in food does.

MaxFan · 03/19/2008, 11:33 pm

Seems to me when Sam read the letter when it was on the wall, it said they were meeting at Stinky's. So, if the letter contained the information, why'd Sam then need to tell Superball? Still funny, though.

Chuck · 03/20/2008, 12:02 am

It wasn't that the puzzle was convoluted, it was that the joke didn't carry through.

It was the intention to set up that Superball believes that the President is above reproach, the greatest man who ever lived, etc. So he'd be shocked to learn that the President was having an affair. The twist that he doesn't care about the affair, but is upset that he'd eat at Stinky's, is where the comedy comes in. Or, I guess, the confusion.

wisp · 03/20/2008, 01:10 am

whooo...i got it the first time. guess that make me pretty smart, huh?

billyboy12 · 03/20/2008, 01:12 am

I think the basic joke is (like most Superball jokes) that Superball is unmovable and emotionless. Most people would be shocked by the uh... "Colorful" contents of the letter, but not Superball. But for some odd reason, one thing that does shock him is dining in at Stinkey's.

Randulf · 03/20/2008, 03:03 am

Indeed, the reason that Superball stood guard was that the Pres was in the War Room, watching TV while Bosco's Mom is busy sampling his body fluid.

RyanMon · 03/20/2008, 12:46 pm

...unless Ms. Bosco never actually got the president's "spit" and quite possibly the only reason Bosco is who he is would be because of all this time travel stuff (and that Sam and Max got the pres' spit so that Bosco could actually exist). Ah, you gotta love time travel paradoxes.

Jeff1203 · 03/21/2008, 01:38 pm

Oh that was it Chuck. I totally overlooked that part. The whole "he's so pure" idea fills in that gap now making the original intention of the letter have some meaning now. Much more believable.

Sammy · 03/29/2008, 08:36 pm

Is there any way opening the war room?

AussieEvil · 03/29/2008, 09:28 pm

Not unless there's a war going on.

wisp · 03/31/2008, 12:51 am

..or you're playing 104.

flipperthepriest · 03/31/2008, 02:14 pm

All will be revealed in 205. Thanks to his mysterious past, superball is closer to the new stinky than any of you guessed. Thats why he was so shocked not so much at the fact the president was going to stinkys, but that stinkys was even mentioned is what really shocked him.

wisp · 04/02/2008, 01:59 am

...would explain his jobs for a malevolent cult, and undead nightclub...and of course the us government.

03/19/2008, 11:18 pm	#1
Jeff1203 Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: San Diego Posts: 15	About shocking Superball...? Just was a little confused about how the thought of . . . . . . . Stinky's . . . . . . . . . would shock Agent Superball. After three run throughs of the game trying to pick up on why it is so, I couldn't find a thing. He only mentions what kind of things would shock him once (and you can't get that line again). I never used the walkthrough in my first run through, I got past it by accident. After looking at it now, there wasn't any explanation on it, just that it would shock him. So far every puzzle in the game made sense to me in some twisted way except this one. Could someone please enlighten me?

03/19/2008, 11:28 pm	#2
ShaggE Deep Mushroom Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 3,316	Stinky's is an unhygenic diner with bad food. The funny comes from the fact that the President having an affair doesn't shock Superball, but his taste in food does. __________________ "This grass feels funny. It feels like... pants." - Kirby A song. Also a song.

03/19/2008, 11:33 pm	#3
MaxFan THE END IS NIGH! Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Southern California Posts: 510	Seems to me when Sam read the letter when it was on the wall, it said they were meeting at Stinky's. So, if the letter contained the information, why'd Sam then need to tell Superball? Still funny, though. __________________ The end is always nigh.

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03/20/2008, 12:02 am	#4
Chuck Cajun Zombie Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Location: Location: Posts: 360	It wasn't that the puzzle was convoluted, it was that the joke didn't carry through. It was the intention to set up that Superball believes that the President is above reproach, the greatest man who ever lived, etc. So he'd be shocked to learn that the President was having an affair. The twist that he doesn't care about the affair, but is upset that he'd eat at Stinky's, is where the comedy comes in. Or, I guess, the confusion.

03/20/2008, 01:10 am	#5
wisp annoying...and ignored Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: somewhere, Germany Posts: 1,142	whooo...i got it the first time. guess that make me pretty smart, huh?

03/20/2008, 01:12 am	#6
billyboy12 Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 36	I think the basic joke is (like most Superball jokes) that Superball is unmovable and emotionless. Most people would be shocked by the uh... "Colorful" contents of the letter, but not Superball. But for some odd reason, one thing that does shock him is dining in at Stinkey's.

03/20/2008, 03:03 am	#7
Randulf Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 341	Indeed, the reason that Superball stood guard was that the Pres was in the War Room, watching TV while Bosco's Mom is busy sampling his body fluid.

03/20/2008, 12:46 pm	#8
RyanMon Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Boulder, CO Posts: 54	...unless Ms. Bosco never actually got the president's "spit" and quite possibly the only reason Bosco is who he is would be because of all this time travel stuff (and that Sam and Max got the pres' spit so that Bosco could actually exist). Ah, you gotta love time travel paradoxes.

03/21/2008, 01:38 pm	#9
Jeff1203 Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: San Diego Posts: 15	Oh that was it Chuck. I totally overlooked that part. The whole "he's so pure" idea fills in that gap now making the original intention of the letter have some meaning now. Much more believable.

03/29/2008, 08:36 pm	#10
Sammy Sam's Doggleganger Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Inside a giant manatee Posts: 194	Is there any way opening the war room?

03/29/2008, 09:28 pm	#11
AussieEvil Let's get scratchin'... Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 78	Not unless there's a war going on.

03/31/2008, 12:51 am	#12
wisp annoying...and ignored Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: somewhere, Germany Posts: 1,142	..or you're playing 104.

03/31/2008, 02:14 pm	#13
flipperthepriest toastin' mah postin' Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Hobitton Posts: 204	All will be revealed in 205. Thanks to his mysterious past, superball is closer to the new stinky than any of you guessed. Thats why he was so shocked not so much at the fact the president was going to stinkys, but that stinkys was even mentioned is what really shocked him.

04/02/2008, 01:59 am	#14
wisp annoying...and ignored Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: somewhere, Germany Posts: 1,142	...would explain his jobs for a malevolent cult, and undead nightclub...and of course the us government.