And when I awoke, I wasn’t sure whether I was a hockey quarterback/paranormal researcher who had dreamt he was a French emperor…or whether I was Napoleon who is dreaming he was Biff Boffenheimer.
This episode is humbly dedicated to the memory of Earl William “Madman” Muntz, who wasn’t mad.
And it serves, mostly, to assess the damage which the last two episodes have dealt to the sanity of our heroes – which does seem to be quite extensive. In that regard, the Queen’s plan seems to have worked… although she referred to “some” sanity loss, which she might actually have exceeded. And she probably hadn’t planned for the collateral damage to Snuka, but likely doesn’t care…collateral damage to Snuka is probably universally considered acceptable by now.
The reason why the damage exceeded the Queen’s forecast was likely the added effect of the “chocolate curtain”. While it hopefully succeeded in protecting the sanity of the audience from the view of the twins’ activities, it was bound to lead the people on the stage to doubt the integrity and true nature of their own universe even more. Neither the hailstorm of oddly labeled chocolate bars nor the twins’ aberrations are things that could happen in a sane and logical universe – both things happening in such short order clearly implies that their universe is terribly out of whack in even more than one way.
So, today’s take-away? Never scratch the surface. You can’t know what’s below it, and you likely don’t want to know.
More on Thursday.
Today’s mental hospitals aren’t filled with Napoleons.
Modern people don’t know who he was.
I had to learn about him in history class, but that’s partly because he (and his army) had a big effect on my country back then.
Don’t forget that Biff is currently the intelligent type (or ‘was’, looking at the last panel and the loss of glasses) which might have grantetd him some knowledge. Plus there is a thin connection like Lilytown at some point being in Canada -> French -> France -> Napoleon.
But yes, I guess today few people know him (at least outside Europe) and thus few people who can think they are him (or his reincarnation)
Well, 19th century mental hospitals weren’t actually filled with Napoleons, either…it was really just a convenient bit of pop-culture short-hand for delusions of any kind, based on Napoleon’s outstanding penchant for self-aggrandizement.
But I guess there’s no real modern-day equivalent of that…celebrity culture has reached the point where there are hundreds of people who easily outdo Napoleon in terms of self-aggrandizement, so there’s simply no single, obvious choice for the function. XD
He’s apparently summoned the Grande Armée from beyond the grave…
Thats an impressive and level sort of crazy.
Well, for several decades after Napoleon’s death, veterans of the Grande Armée put on a parade through Paris on the anniversary of his passing (May 5th)…with dwindling numbers and decreasing pacing, but reliably. With that kind of loyalty, it’s not too far-fetched that some of them would return even from beyond the grave if the Emperor called for them. XD
Or it’s an evolution of his magic power.
Biff’s, Muntz’s or Napoleon’s magic power? XD
All of above, maybe?