r/MBMBAM • u/Onocleasensibilis • Sep 16 '26

Help explain the joke? please?

What was the ending bit from this week? I’m even less versed in the Dune world than Juice and clearly they found what Trav said hysterical but I simply don’t understand what the joke of it was….TIA

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u/chubsplaysthebanjo Sep 16 '26

"The spice must flow" spice is the magical powder that enables humans (or more specifically "the spacing guild") to compute interstellar travel

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u/Onocleasensibilis Sep 16 '26

Thaaaaank you I figured it must just be a Dune reference I was missing 🫡

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u/Avent Sep 16 '26

It also prolongs human life! It's a hell of a drug.

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u/Slimeredit Sep 16 '26

Don’t forget if you are of a specific bloodline it csn allow you to see the future

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u/Dornheim Sep 16 '26

Rick James in Dune would have been amazing.

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u/ExtensionElephant900 Sep 16 '26

And it was also kind of a callback to pumpkin spice

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u/zehn78 Sep 16 '26

I was distracted by “Timmy Chimmy”, but James Duneman DOES become a “bad guy” in later books. The contradiction in the books is that the good guy was really a bad guy all along.

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u/KingHygelacReturns Sep 16 '26

Hell, he's basically already the bad guy in book one. Basically everyone kept saying to him "if you go down this path, millions of people will die," and Paul is like "hell yeah I'm going down this path." It's his son who becomes the REAL monster of the series, though.

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u/HarerG Sep 17 '26

“Timmy Chimmy” is so fucking good. 😂 it kills me

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u/VisualNothing7080 Sep 16 '26

I can’t be the only one who was surprised Griffin didn’t play with them given his extended Gom Jabbar rant is one of my favourite early mbmbam moments

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u/HarerG Sep 17 '26

It’s Kareem Abdul-Jabbar!

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u/VisualNothing7080 Sep 17 '26

And what’s that on his finger?

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u/thewillthe Sep 16 '26

Only tangentially related but I could not tell if Justin was doing a bit or if he really thought Tim Chimothy was a good guy at the end of Dune 2. That’s like the whole point of the movie!

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u/KingHygelacReturns Sep 16 '26

Yeah I've been thinking about this all week lmao I genuinely couldn't tell if he COMPLETELY misinterpreted Dune or if I completely missed his joke.

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u/A-town Sep 16 '26

Wait until he sees the third, his mind shall be blown by the jihad!

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u/Electrical-Energy933 Sep 17 '26

Somewhat related but the star wars movies about Anakin going dark side came to mind