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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!''']] | [[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]]). | "'''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 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. | ||
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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. | 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. | ||
==External links== | |||
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSlPIBvQ3zU ''DULL SURPRISE!!!''] | |||
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Revision as of 02:42, 17 March 2007
"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 Mystery Science Theater 3000's showing of the movie Alien from L.A., where Mike Nelson was playing the "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.
