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Post by Knuckles on Feb 17, 2008 22:58:30 GMT
 Why does Espio get referred to as an Armadillo twice in Crimson Cobra Strikes Part two? I'm all confuddled.
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Post by madhair60 on Feb 17, 2008 23:01:58 GMT
Because he's an armadillo, duh.
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Post by Knuckles on Feb 17, 2008 23:25:52 GMT
Because he's an armadillo, duh. no that would be Mighty. Espio is a chameleon |
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Post by Kiwi on Feb 17, 2008 23:28:59 GMT
I think it's generally accepted as some kind of strange, bizarre mistake. I'm sure it's not Kitching's mistake, either, given that he's well aware of Espio being a chameleon because hey, Espio's main ability is his invisibility trick. Editor, perhaps?
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Post by Tom on Feb 17, 2008 23:57:41 GMT
probably Kitching's mistake. Just like "Professor" Kintobor and "Po"chacamac. Although such a mistake by the editor (who at least let this pass) wouldn't surprise me, I don't see any reason why she'd have changed the line if it originally said "chameleon".
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Post by Kiwi on Feb 18, 2008 0:06:03 GMT
I fail to see how Kitching could have made the mistake, though - he'd written Espio plenty of times previously and used his invisibility trick on several occasions. Who can just forget "this is what the character is, and this is what he can do" after writing them over and over? Only reasons I can think of, off-hand, are sleep deprivation and alcohol.
Professor Kintobor and Pochacamac are easier mistakes to make than a character's species and related abilities.
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Post by Charles on Feb 18, 2008 0:08:14 GMT
I fail to see how Kitching could have made the mistake, though - he'd written Espio plenty of times previously and used his invisibility trick on several occasions. He forgot how to spell Charmy's name in the same story. |
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Post by Pete on Feb 18, 2008 8:05:24 GMT
I think on occasion, I've said Espio the Armadillo without thinking about it. When you consider they were often written together, you might not think about it too much.
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Post by madhair60 on Feb 18, 2008 12:34:29 GMT
Because he's an armadillo, duh. no that would be Mighty. Espio is a chameleon I know |
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Post by Insector on Feb 18, 2008 12:35:13 GMT
That episode also makes several references to Espios's love of turnips.
What the hell.
I think someone must have filled in to do the dialogue that day.
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Post by Tom on Feb 18, 2008 18:13:59 GMT
I fail to see how Kitching could have made the mistake, though - he'd written Espio plenty of times previously and used his invisibility trick on several occasions. Who can just forget "this is what the character is, and this is what he can do" after writing them over and over? Only reasons I can think of, off-hand, are sleep deprivation and alcohol. This being the same Nigel Kitching who wrote in a script one issue after Chaos killed Johnny. (Just as well Richard Elson was paying attention that day, huh?) I love Nigel's writing, too, but at the end of the day he is, like the rest of us*, a fallible human being. (* Except for Smithy who towers over us like a behemoth.) |
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Post by Mambo's Here! Look Busy! on Feb 18, 2008 21:13:26 GMT
I fail to see how Kitching could have made the mistake, though - he'd written Espio plenty of times previously and used his invisibility trick on several occasions. He forgot how to spell Charmy's name in the same story. Im sure in Chaotix first appearance, he was referred to as "Charmee" and Im also sure it continued for a while... then I got confused when I saw Charmy mentioned somewhere else, cant remember where though... |
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Post by Smithy on Feb 19, 2008 10:32:31 GMT
(* Except for Smithy who towers over us like a behemoth.) [censored] you Tom you couldn't [censored]ing let it go could you. On a public forum too, nice work. |
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Post by Pombar on Feb 19, 2008 14:32:55 GMT
Colour me Confused
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Post by The Stiv™ on Feb 20, 2008 15:42:58 GMT
Does no-one remember actually bringing this up at Birmingham? He couldn´t remember writing it like....
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Post by Tom on Feb 20, 2008 16:24:37 GMT
I'm sure he'll be easily persuaded to dig up a decade-old script in order to prove that he made a minor mistake in it.
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Post by dk on Feb 20, 2008 18:34:59 GMT
This being the same Nigel Kitching who wrote in a script one issue after Chaos killed Johnny. (Just as well Richard Elson was paying attention that day, huh?) You make make a case for Chaos not knowing that Johnny had died as a result of his punch. |
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Post by Tom on Feb 20, 2008 19:01:12 GMT
True, but it wouldn't have read as well.
("You will be the first to die at the hands of Chaos!" "Really? Well, last I heard, you already killed Johnny, but obviously you got away too quickly to notice. So we'd be at least the second." "Hahaha, then you'll be the second to die at my hands. Isn't that even more scary.")
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Post by Samface on Feb 25, 2008 13:01:39 GMT
I thought I read somewhere that Pochamacac was a deliberately altered name because his personality was diametrically opposed to the games' Pachamacac?
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Post by Tom on Feb 25, 2008 13:46:40 GMT
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Post by Samface on Feb 25, 2008 15:01:29 GMT
Oh. He should've used my excuse.  |
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Why does Espio get referred to as an Armadillo twice in Crimson Cobra Strikes Part two? I'm all confuddled.
