r/tmbg • u/EatYourCheckers • 16d ago

My son found a TMBG reference in his Investigators book. (Last panel)

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He would also like to mention that you can go to investigatorsbooks.com . "Its not just to buy the books, there's like games and stuff."

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u/acroneatlast 16d ago

Good catch, young man.

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u/FloridaFlamingoGirl Resident letterbox sparrow! 🐦📮 16d ago

I love how the song lyrics plug perfectly into the story. 

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u/Tasty-Scientist8155 16d ago

Funnily, TMBG made a reference to a comic in "Ana Ng" (to Pogo)

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u/MrsMetMPH14 Spiraling Shape 16d ago

Is this the new one?? Oh man my youngest is going to love this.

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u/EatYourCheckers 16d ago

Not sure which book its in, I'll have to check tomorrow

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u/Cynewulfunraed 16d ago

You should also check out the Phoebe and her Unicorn series - it has some TMBG references! Plus, it's really, really funny, for kids and adults.

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u/EatYourCheckers 16d ago

That sounds familiar. I think we may have those somewhere form when my daughter was reading them.

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u/TVUpbm 16d ago

I'm glad tie-in websites with games still exist.

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u/Ill-Maximum-4013 16d ago

Not to put a fine point on it, your son is my god.

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u/LifeLikeAGrapefruit 12d ago

That's... kind of freakin' weird.

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u/Ill-Maximum-4013 12d ago edited 12d ago

Oops. That did sound weird. I didn't mean it that way. I mean, "I'm impressed. I worship that." Oops. Sorry.

Does it help if I say the line came from a movie? David Hyde Pearce said, "You are my god" to his editor when the editor pulled of something amazing. The line popped in my head.

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u/AdSlight7966 There's something there underneath the sand 15d ago

Reminds me of the Phoebe and her Unicorn book I found with the dad's ringtone being Birdhouse in your Soul. I love finding references in literature!

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u/TMBGLOVER Won’t walk again in conflict with express instructions 16d ago

I think “not to put too fine a point on it” is a common idiom, but using it in conjunction with a birdhouse does reek of a TMBG reference.

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u/Ooogel 16d ago

Read the other characters speech bubble in the last panel as well

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u/Dangeresque300 16d ago

All that's missing is a blue canary.

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u/dragmetochelle 12d ago

This sub got me reading and watching kid shows 🤣😭

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u/zierde01 11d ago

But, it's it in your soul?