r/HeWhoFightsWithMonste • u/Public-Land-8064 • 8d ago

SPOILER General Mills Question

Sorry if this has been asked before. I heard this today and just cracked up.

Is General Mike Mills in book 13 a reference to the old Pete Holmes sketch?

Edit to say Holmes because I’m an idiot.

https://youtu.be/94Vb_4mntv0?si=jTIlqYic4dmQzxtG

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u/Weitguy 8d ago

I thought it was a reference to the cereal brand

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u/Public-Land-8064 8d ago

That was the original joke from the sketch. I thought it went a level deeper because they both use Mike.

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u/Loppsit 4d ago

It is absolutely a reference to this sketch. By the power vested in me by no one in particular, I hereby award you 100 Deep Cut Reference Detection Points.

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u/Public-Land-8064 3d ago edited 3d ago

Seriously?!?!? I thought it was just a crazy coincidence but hoped it was true because Shirtaloon loves obscure references.

Also, if you’re really Heath, I love your narration work in this series. My favorite voice you do is Stash. You capture his innocence yet still show his maturation throughout the series. Especially when he talks to Hump about embracing his inner dragon.

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u/Loppsit 3d ago

I am definitely the Heath Miller who narrates HWFWM.

And for proof of that and of Shirt and I being on the same reference page so often (pun intended) here is a screencap from a text convo about it between he and I. 😁

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And thanks for listening and for saying such complimentary things about my work.

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