| 8-Bit Theater | |
| Episode 187 | |
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| Second sign of madness: Answering yourself | |
| The Great Compromiser | |
| Date Published | Saturday, August 17th, 2002 |
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There are bigger things to worry about than Fighter and Black Belt's lives, like who is going to win that bet!
Cast Appearing[]
- Red Mage Statscowski
- Thief
- Black Mage Evilwizardington
- White Mage
- Black Belt
- Creep
- Black Mage's evil side
- Black Mage's atrociously evil side
- Black Mage's inner scrutiny
Setting[]
- In a forest, on the way to Pravoka
- Black Mage's conscience
Script[]
| Red Mage | Four minutes, twenty seconds. Gettin' nervous? |
| Thief | Nope. You? |
| Red Mage | (out of frame) Me neither. |
| Thief | (out of frame) You should be. |
| Red Mage | (out of frame) You should be. |
| White Mage | That's it! |
| White Mage comes out of hiding. | |
| White Mage | What are you dolts doing! You're just standing around while Black Belt is getting digested! |
| Thief | I thought he was doing pretty good. |
| Red Mage | Yeah. |
| Cut to Black Belt still halfway inside the Creep's mouth. | |
| Black Belt | I can't feel my arms. |
| Creep | Squak |
| White Mage | Well he's not, and he's not, and he could really use your help! So why don't you settle this insipid bet and start being heroes for once! |
| Close up on Black Mage, with White Mage's nagging in the background. | |
| White Mage | Blah blah blah, moral outrage, blah blah blah cold hearted blah blah (...) vile blah blah (etc.) |
| Cut to Black Mage's conscience. | |
| Black Mage | So what's the compromise, guys? I am tired of this inner-monalogue. |
| Black Mage | DO IT! |
| Black Mage | (inner-scrutiny) Isn't this an inner dialogue? There is more than one of us, after all. |
| Black Mage | Who the hell is that?! |
| Black Mage | Oh, that's just your inner-scrutiny. He's supposed to double check what you're thinking before you say anything so you don't look like a jack-ass or moron. You usually don't pay any attention to him. |
| Black Mage | That explains so much of my life. |
| Cut to the forest. | |
| Red Mage | The main problem, WM, is that the creep monster is just way too gross for us to get within attacking range of it. |
| Close up of a Nintendo Power magazine. | |
| Red Mage | Besides, according to a very reliable source, creeps are vulnerable to fire magic. I've only got Ice and you use White magic. |
| Back to Black Mage's conscience. | |
| Black Mage | Anyway, the compromise is a simple one. |
| Black Mage | Lay it on me. |
| Black Mage | You ignore Fighter, and while we're waiting for him and Black Belt to die, you hit on White Mage! |
| Black Mage | I likes me the sound of that compromise! |
| Black Mage | DO IT! |
| Black Mage | ... I am. |
| Black Mage | DO IT. |
| Black Mage | Well if you'd shut up about it, I would! |
| Back to the forest. | |
| White Mage | Maybe, just maybe, if we all work together, we can defeat this creepin creepy creep. |
| Black Mage | Self-narrating back to... consciousness. |
| Black Mage comes to. | |
| Red Mage | Awesome. It's been way more than five minutes. I won the bet. |
| Thief | Yup. It's a shame you didn't bother to say what we were betting. You win nothing. |
| Black Mage | Bet's on the what now? |
| Red Mage | Darn Thief and his clever loop holes. Darn him. |