Dull surprise

2007-04-13T07:42:51Z

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[[Image:Lazarusdurr.jpg|thumb|right|This is supposed to be "shock and horror" as a supposedly-under-control [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] looms menacingly over [[Lazarus]], but in reality... '''DULL SURPRISE!''']]

"'''Dull surprise'''" has become a popular term in the ''Transformers'' fandom to sum up the expression range of a character when drawn by [[Pat Lee]] (or people who ape his style, like [[Rob Ruffolo]]).

The expression in question is a vapid, kind of empty look where you can just ''hear'' the character in question just going "Guuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" while waiting for the next neuron to fire.

The term originated in a skit from [[wikipedia:Mystery Science Theater 3000|Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'s showing of the movie [http://mst3k.wikia.com/wiki/Alien_from_L.A. Alien from L.A.], where Mike Nelson was playing the "[[wikipedia:Kathy Ireland|Kathy Ireland]] Fabulous Range Of Emotions Acting Guessing Game by [[Hasbro]]-bro-bro!", in which he had to guess the emotion the supermodel and attempted-actress was portraying in a scene... and the correct answer was invariably "''Dull surprise!!''".

While the MST3K episode that had the skit in question originally aired in November of 1993, and there's certainly a sizable Transformers/MST3K audience/fan crossover (speaking of ''dull surprise!!''), the term didn't really become a catchphrase in Transformers fandom until the era of [[Dreamwave]] comics began in 2002.

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