Superheroes as manatees

July 29, 2012 9:46 AM

Poor Martian Manatee Hunter never gets any love from the mainstream. Deviantart contributor Joel Micah Harris has created a series of pictures of superheroes as manatees.

Captain Amanatee

Green Lanatee
The fastest manatee alive
Aquamanatee
Wonder Womanatee

Batmanatee
Iron Manatee
Supermanatee
Spider-Manatee
The Martian Manatee Hunter

posted by running order squabble fest (19 comments total)

Oh the huge manatee!
posted by The Whelk at 9:49 AM on July 29, 2012 [2 favorites]

I was going to ask, "Why?" But the answer is obviously "Why not?"
posted by cjorgensen at 9:51 AM on July 29, 2012 [5 favorites]

Manatee of manatees, saith the preacher, all is manatee.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 10:02 AM on July 29, 2012 [1 favorite]

Metafilter: I was going to ask, "Why?" But the answer is obviously "Why not?"
posted by Fizz at 10:12 AM on July 29, 2012

This is what I have been waiting for all my life.
posted by ChuraChura at 10:22 AM on July 29, 2012 [1 favorite]

Manatees are the Pugs of the sea.
posted by sourwookie at 10:24 AM on July 29, 2012 [1 favorite]

Heh, like cjorgensen, I looked, then said "Of course."

I just sent Supermanatee to the folks working on Man of Steel, I doubt they'll make the change this late in the project, but Cavill isn't THAT good looking.
posted by HuronBob at 10:37 AM on July 29, 2012 [2 favorites]

Anyone else suspect that the fastest manatee alive still isn't really all that fast?
posted by .kobayashi. at 11:03 AM on July 29, 2012 [6 favorites]

The Silver Surfer would obviously need to be a Stellar Sea Cow.

Also DC? This is why red kryptonite exists.

"Oh no! Red kryptonite in the bottom of that lagoon! I wonder what freakish effect it will have on me this time?"

"That kelp... so appealing... I can't help myself from diving in and eating some!"

ZEE ZEE ZEE

Front cover: Lois Lane - "SOB! I can't believe my boyfriend is a SUPER-MANATEE!"
posted by benzenedream at 11:09 AM on July 29, 2012 [4 favorites]

I love this. Thank you.
posted by small_ruminant at 11:46 AM on July 29, 2012

Now magining a special issue of whatever comic wherein we see events unfold in an alternate dimension where the world is run by intelligent manatees.

I would read that.
posted by snorkmaiden at 12:09 PM on July 29, 2012

These were fantastic! Although I feel obliged to mention the Venture Brothers' Dr. Dugong.
posted by spiderskull at 12:12 PM on July 29, 2012 [1 favorite]

It should be Martian-manatee Manhunter, actually.
posted by Chuckles at 12:17 PM on July 29, 2012

Or, you know, Martian-manatee Manatee hunter, if you prefer...
posted by Chuckles at 12:18 PM on July 29, 2012

In related news, Jason Viola is retiring his Herman the Manatee webcomic with a storyline in which he hasn't been hit by a boat in months.
posted by oneswellfoop at 12:46 PM on July 29, 2012

It's kind of odd to see the Wonder Womanatee without the usual, um, sex appeal.

Unless, I guess, you'rea a manatee. Then I guess she's smokin' hot.
posted by localroger at 2:58 PM on July 29, 2012 [1 favorite]

These were fantastic! Although I feel obliged to mention the Venture Brothers' Dr. Dugong.
posted by spiderskull at 3:12 PM on July 29

MeFi's own Jonas Venture, Jr.?
posted by Strange Interlude at 8:23 PM on July 29, 2012

I want them as life-sized soft toys so much. (Except Aquamanatee should lose the blond toupee, he looks cute as he is!)
posted by Alnedra at 6:52 AM on July 30, 2012

This is brilliant.
posted by xedrik at 9:57 AM on July 30, 2012