Rip Haywire by Dan Thompson for January 15, 2017
Transcript:
Rip Haywire: Well, we found our treasure! Some kind of magical cat totem. TNT: Well, it should be worth a few million views on youtube. Let's get outta this horrible cave! Dragon: GRRRRRRROAR! Cat: Who me? Dragon: AWW. Bird: Wow, this thing is powerful. TNT: I'll take a vicious dragon over a cute cat any day! Voice 1: This magical cat totem we found has the power to make any action, no matter how vile, seem adorably cute! Voice 2: Nonsense. Woman: You know you can't carry loaded bazookas in the backseat of a car, righ, Haywire? Cat: Who me? Woman: Heck, just make sure to keep your grenades in the trunk and we'll call it good! TNT: Rip, using cats, even magical ones in a sin against the universe! Cat: Who me? Rip Haywire: Ah, nevermnd! Hey, let's go watch the "Garfield" Movies!
Jack Cole’s “Plastic Man” comic had examples of persuasion used for evil: a siren whose singing was irresistible, a kid so cute he melted everyone’s heart (almost), and a villain whose mournful puss just made everybody give him whatever he asked for.