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This is truly a madhouse. And I'm the lunatic running it. I've spent three years wondering if I should be proud or ashamed.

So, it's a band? What's so funny about that?

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When he teleports, Dr. Manhattan is transferring himself/Laurie/matter/cows.

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"Ah, walking into a field of flowers. Nothing says 'I'm going to rip your f*cking head off' like walking into a field of flowers!"--MadWorld

actually, i´m pretty sure than dan thinks more of the dos passos novel "manhattan transfer"; the band takes their name after this. see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Transfer_(novel)
in the novel, if i remember correctly, the "manhattan transfer" is a ferryboat that one of the protagonists uses to enter and leave new york.

obviously, either way it´s only funny when you are already familiar with the expression, so you can recognize it when dan uses it. it´s just a small clever pun, not a laugh-out joke.
same as, say, talking about some radical new dance style and calling it "apocalypso now".

Either way, it works. Thanks for the tip-off about the book!
I tend to think of the band first because I've choreographed to Manhattan Transfer music before, and the laughing fit I had from re-imagining the lyrics of "Boy From New York City" (delightful MT cover of the Ad Libs) in the context of Jon's origin scared my fiance'.

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"Ah, walking into a field of flowers. Nothing says 'I'm going to rip your f*cking head off' like walking into a field of flowers!"--MadWorld

Even without the band or the book, if you are taking public transportation and need to end up in Manhattan, you might ask for a Manhattan transfer.

I wouldn't call this sort of thing an Easter Egg though... it's just an example of the subtle and rich layers of humor and meaning that Moore and Gibbons ladled into the telling. It isn't hidden... it's just that you can't get every layer without an enormous set of cultural experiences. Just think... there could be yet another layer or two on this tiny throwaway remark to be discovered... including some that Moore never intended.

Major Easter Eggs I found:

1:9:8 - "Obsolete Models a Specialty" outside Mason's place.
1:18:4 - "Doomsday Clock" newspaper headline.
2:2:7 - "Nepenthe Gardens" name of rest community. Nepenthe is a mythological drug of forgetfullness.
2:12:1 - Edward Blake's tombstone appears to say "coward" instead of Edward.
2:14:5 - "Gordon's Gin" possible reference to Gordian's Knot.
2:15:5 - "Home" graffito painted under Dr. Manhattan's feet.
3:1:3 - Magazine cover page "Missing Writer."
3:7:2 - "Nostalgia" bill board.
3:8:1 - "Gordian's Knot" lock company fixes Dan's door.
3:18:7 - "Fallout Shelter" sign on Institute for Extra Spatial Studies.
4:19:4 - Blake's Vietnamese lover is seen.
4:19:5 - Blake's Smile pin is seen.
5:1:4 - "Russians Invade Afghanistan" newspaper headline.
5:3:4 - "Gordian Knot Locks" labeled on Moloch's lock.
5:7:1 - Bhuddist poster has the same blood smear as the Comedian's Smile Pin.
5:18:2 - "Utopia Things to Come" sign foreshadows ending.
5:23:6 - Rorschach has broken Moloch's Gordian Knot Lock.
6:3:2 - The two shadows appear similar to Hiroshima Lovers.
6:8:6 - The two shadows appear similar to Hiroshima Lovers.
6:18:7-6:19:6 - Mannequins, fabric, sewing kit are seen. This shop possibly Kovacs' old garment job.
6:20-7 - Dogs' eyes are red.
6:21:4 - Dogs' eyes are blue.
6:Interchapter:Last page - Drawing of sex extremely similar to mask in 12:23:1.
7:1:1 - Archie has the same smear as the Comedian's Smile Pin.
7:14:1 - Advertisement for Nostalgia perfume.
7:18:3 - Sun has the same smear as the Comedian's Smile Pin.
8:1:2 - Bottle of Nostalgia perfume.
8:1:4 - Sally's remote control has a Frown, not a Smile.
8:9:5 - Calendar picture of a hawk.
8:10:5 - Headline "Honor is like the hawk."
8:13:2 - "Pale Horse" on jacket. Pale Green Horse of the Apocalypse brings death.
8:24:1 - Police break Drieberg's Gordian Knot Lock.
8:28:2 - Hollis killed by "In Gratium" statuette.
9:27:3 - Sun blocked by asteroid.
10:2:1 - Nuclear "football" actually football-shaped.
11:4:5 - Painting of Alexander cutting Gordian's Knot.
11:20:7 - Advertisement for "The Day the Eart Stood Still."
11:23:2 - "War?" newspaper headline.
11:28:11 - Bernard and Child's outline extremely similar to Osterman's pose when disintigrated.
12:1:1 - "Pase Horse" of the Apocalypse brought Death to everyone.
12:2:1 - "Krystalnacht" sign.
12:2:1 - "War?" newspaper headline.
12:3:1 - "One Way" street sign.
12:3:1 - "The Day the Earth Stood Still."
12:3:1 - Phonetic spelling of opium - OPIA M (the M is drawn in blood).
12:4:1 - Rorschach inkblot test on ground.
12:5:1 - Rorschach inkblot test on ground.
12:5:1 - "Promethean Cab Company" "Bringing light to the world."
12:5:1 - "Gordian Knot Lock" van.
12:6:1 - "GWAR" sign reads as "war."
12:6:1 - Cap to recharge station appears as Smile Pin.
12:6:1 - "The Veidt Method" back of the comic book.
(My favorite easter egg) 12:6:1 - The squid's blood traces out "Or Al Die."
12:7:2 - Hiroshima lovers in background.
12:8:3 - Laurie grabs te gun.
12:13:4 - Warning "I.F. Subrtractor" sign.
12:15:7 - Blood on Ozymandias' heart.
12:19:7 - Ozymandias stands infront of Alexander cutting the Gordian Knot.
12:21:1 - Ozymandias has blood on his hands.
12:22:7 - Shadows appear as Hiroshima Lovers.
12:23:1 - Mask appears similar to Kovacs' sex drawing
12:23:4 - Dr. Manhattan steps on a butterfly.
12:28:1 - "Peace on Earth" Christmas card.
12:30:5 - Nostalgia perfume in background.
12:31:1 - Russian restraunt name.
12:31:4 - New age graffiti.
12:31:5 - Magazine headline "New York Survivors."
12:31:6 - Swastika is painted over.
12:32:7 - Smile Pin.

idk if anyone has mentioned this, but...
when Laurie is crying over the squid massacre, her tear is shaped like the blood drop.

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More of a nod than an Easter Egg, but still very impressive.

http://www.vandaprints.com/image.php?id ... earch=true
Image by an 18th century artist Kitagawa Utamaro.
Look at the line of the man's eye and how it blends into his lover's hair.

Compare that to Chapter 7, page 28, panel 5. Dan and Laurie's post-coital snuggling.
http://www.panelsonpages.com/wp-content ... ip-sex.jpg

Amazing.

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XII.24.5-The blood steam goes past the hover craft pole and a stalagmite, along with the metal indents near the bottom of the pipe, completely representing the comedian's badge, which is the WATCHMEN symbol for a fallen hero.

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wow. *blinks twice*
wow.
okay....
that should just about close this thread.

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II.6.7

It looks like a Nostalgia bottle
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V.18.7 & X.9.3 -- Another rorschach similar blot. The, "My face" blot when it's not on his head.

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And this has been changed in the Motion Comic! Why? To avoid being called on the phone by lawyers from the estate of Charles Schulz? I would think this is "fair use", but warners just may not have felt like being hassled over it.

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!!! I gotta go home, get my book, and look for this!

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Took me a long time to read through this entire topic. Good work! It can be noted as well that "Watchmen", or "WM" for short, also has some fearful symmetry to the title: WM is sort of a reverse image of ityself, backwards and upside down, if you see what I mean. Ws and Ms, mirror image letters.


I've got some Beatles albums you all might want to take a look at, records to play backwards, I think you'll find some interesting things going on with "Paul"....

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