Atom manga gutbuster moments

[dannavy85]

For those who've seen enough of the Atom manga, what are the little gut buster moments of Tezuka comedy that you like?

Mine is from the last Atom manga issue Tezuka did in the 1980's involving the boy Atlas. His creator and Skunk came up with this idea that he should be able to destroy Atom by tricking him into a showing off contest of skills and power...

The skill he was supposed to get Atom with? taking a wiz!

That's right, Atlas taking a nitro Glicerine "wiz" and blowing Atom to bits.

Well our boy bots engage in this youthful power match and as expected Atlas tries to do his business, but Atom stops him....

"No! You shouldn't do it here, it is unsightly. Use a bathroom." Atom tells Atlas so Atlas flies back to the castle, takes a wiz and blows both Skunk and his creator sky high.

I can't help laugh every time I read it.

[jeffbert]

Originally posted by dannavy85@Jul 14 2004, 10:16 AM
For those who've seen enough of the Atom manga, what are the little gut buster moments of Tezuka comedy that you like?

Mine is from the last Atom manga issue Tezuka did in the 1980's involving the boy Atlas. His creator and Skunk came up with this idea that he should be able to destroy Atom by tricking him into a showing off contest of skills and power...

The skill he was supposed to get Atom with? taking a wiz!

That's right, Atlas taking a nitro Glicerine "wiz" and blowing Atom to bits.

Well our boy bots engage in this youthful power match and as expected Atlas tries to do his business, but Atom stops him....

"No! You shouldn't do it here, it is unsightly. Use a bathroom." Atom tells Atlas so Atlas flies back to the castle, takes a wiz and blows both Skunk and his creator sky high.

I can't help laugh every time I read it.

I myself thought that was funny, and created a thread called Little Atlas's 8th power, in which I discussed it. Giant Uran shares that type of humor, as does an incident in which Atom, having travelled back in time poses as a statue (somewhere in #6-#8). However, the one where Cobalt says, "Humans sure are weird", referring to their taking enegy orally is also quite a hoot!

[Dragonrider1227]

Originally posted by dannavy85@Jul 15 2004, 12:16 AM
For those who've seen enough of the Atom manga, what are the little gut buster moments of Tezuka comedy that you like?

Mine is from the last Atom manga issue Tezuka did in the 1980's involving the boy Atlas. His creator and Skunk came up with this idea that he should be able to destroy Atom by tricking him into a showing off contest of skills and power...

The skill he was supposed to get Atom with? taking a wiz!

That's right, Atlas taking a nitro Glicerine "wiz" and blowing Atom to bits.

Well our boy bots engage in this youthful power match and as expected Atlas tries to do his business, but Atom stops him....

"No! You shouldn't do it here, it is unsightly. Use a bathroom." Atom tells Atlas so Atlas flies back to the castle, takes a wiz and blows both Skunk and his creator sky high.

I can't help laugh every time I read it.

That's funny! Has this been translated? I've neve seen it.
My personal favorite funny moments are when they break the fourth wall. In other words, they do things that hint that they know they're in a manga. Like when Mustachio heard something in an alley, and when he looked, he saw that piggy thing and kicked it away saying "HEY! THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PANEL! YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSE TO BE HERE!"