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He's a leather-clad ninja librarian moving from town to town, helping folk in trouble. She's a beautiful communist femme fatale with someone else's memories. They fight crime!
He's a frequent Metafilter poster! He's a keen recognizer of double posts! They fight crime!
posted by Zed at 9:06 AM on September 2, 2011 [19 favorites]
posted by Zed at 9:06 AM on September 2, 2011 [19 favorites]
It's an eight-year old double post! The original link is dead! It's not a crime!
posted by Curious Artificer at 9:09 AM on September 2, 2011 [6 favorites]
posted by Curious Artificer at 9:09 AM on September 2, 2011 [6 favorites]
Apparently, this crime thing, they fight it?
posted by blue_beetle at 9:12 AM on September 2, 2011
posted by blue_beetle at 9:12 AM on September 2, 2011
***Adds "keen recognizer of double posts" to resume.***
Can I use you as a reference, Zed?
posted by Rangeboy at 9:12 AM on September 2, 2011 [1 favorite]
Can I use you as a reference, Zed?
posted by Rangeboy at 9:12 AM on September 2, 2011 [1 favorite]
"He's an unconventional hunchbacked paramedic for the 21st century. She's an enchanted Bolivian former first lady who dreams of becoming Elvis. They fight crime!"
posted by Nomyte at 9:12 AM on September 2, 2011
posted by Nomyte at 9:12 AM on September 2, 2011
Can I use you as a reference, Zed?
If he assents, you know you have to list it as "Zed said, baby. Zed said."
posted by Celsius1414 at 9:15 AM on September 2, 2011 [6 favorites]
If he assents, you know you have to list it as "Zed said, baby. Zed said."
posted by Celsius1414 at 9:15 AM on September 2, 2011 [6 favorites]
I'm just going to link to the fleshed-out version of the random TV premise I got from this sitcom generator when it was linked on MeFi here. I think AMC could make a decent run at it.
posted by Rock Steady at 9:16 AM on September 2, 2011
posted by Rock Steady at 9:16 AM on September 2, 2011
I'm sorry, but I won.
He's a notorious guitar-strumming farmboy living undercover at Ringling Bros. Circus. She's a brilliant psychic pearl diver on her way to prison for a murder she didn't commit. They fight crime!
posted by dubitable at 9:16 AM on September 2, 2011 [1 favorite]
He's a notorious guitar-strumming farmboy living undercover at Ringling Bros. Circus. She's a brilliant psychic pearl diver on her way to prison for a murder she didn't commit. They fight crime!
posted by dubitable at 9:16 AM on September 2, 2011 [1 favorite]
This is freaking great. Find a way to add cat videos to it and you'll be raking in the dough.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 9:18 AM on September 2, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 9:18 AM on September 2, 2011 [1 favorite]
"He's an oversexed amnesiac messiah trapped in a world he never made. She's a cold-hearted extravagent femme fatale from Mars. They fight crime!"
posted by Celsius1414 at 9:19 AM on September 2, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by Celsius1414 at 9:19 AM on September 2, 2011 [1 favorite]
***Adds "keen recognizer of double posts" to resume.***
How in the world did you recognize a double from nearly ten years ago before you were even a member?
posted by stroke_count at 9:22 AM on September 2, 2011
How in the world did you recognize a double from nearly ten years ago before you were even a member?
posted by stroke_count at 9:22 AM on September 2, 2011
I am extremely disappointed that this is not in fact a comic about a leather-clad ninja librarian.
posted by desjardins at 9:28 AM on September 2, 2011 [13 favorites]
posted by desjardins at 9:28 AM on September 2, 2011 [13 favorites]
How in the world did you recognize a double from nearly ten years ago before you were even a member?
Uh, because I'm awesome?
No, I was a committed lurker for five or six years before I joined, and I knew I'd seen this ages ago. So I knew there was at least a 80-90% chance I'd seen it here.
posted by Rangeboy at 9:31 AM on September 2, 2011
Uh, because I'm awesome?
No, I was a committed lurker for five or six years before I joined, and I knew I'd seen this ages ago. So I knew there was at least a 80-90% chance I'd seen it here.
posted by Rangeboy at 9:31 AM on September 2, 2011
I'm sorry, but it's "together, they fight crime!"
posted by The Tensor at 9:45 AM on September 2, 2011 [4 favorites]
posted by The Tensor at 9:45 AM on September 2, 2011 [4 favorites]
Tensor is right.
posted by adamrice at 9:46 AM on September 2, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by adamrice at 9:46 AM on September 2, 2011 [1 favorite]
He's a talented green entertainer raised in a swamp by frogs, she's a blonde beauty pageant-winning karate expert. Together they fight crime?
posted by blue_beetle at 9:54 AM on September 2, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by blue_beetle at 9:54 AM on September 2, 2011 [1 favorite]
He's an unconventional amnesiac messiah on the wrong side of the law. She's a cynical nymphomaniac fairy princess with the power to bend men's minds. They fight crime!
posted by Salvor Hardin at 9:59 AM on September 2, 2011
posted by Salvor Hardin at 9:59 AM on September 2, 2011
The Tensor is so right that now it's ruined for me.
posted by not that girl at 10:33 AM on September 2, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by not that girl at 10:33 AM on September 2, 2011 [1 favorite]
I know the guys who made this! If anyone's interested, here's why it moved: Alasdair's journal
posted by FritoKAL at 10:33 AM on September 2, 2011
posted by FritoKAL at 10:33 AM on September 2, 2011
There's a great game or two in there.
"He's a fast talking pirate grifter whom everyone believes is mad. She's a vivacious gold-digging barmaid who don't take no shit from nobody. They fight crime!"
Easy, Johnny Sparrow and Willie Scott. Next!
"He's a scrappy misogynist card sharp from the Mississippi delta. She's a manipulative tempestuous nun from a different time and place. They fight crime!"
Uh, um, maybe I'm not nerdy enough for this.
posted by hat_eater at 10:34 AM on September 2, 2011
"He's a fast talking pirate grifter whom everyone believes is mad. She's a vivacious gold-digging barmaid who don't take no shit from nobody. They fight crime!"
Easy, Johnny Sparrow and Willie Scott. Next!
"He's a scrappy misogynist card sharp from the Mississippi delta. She's a manipulative tempestuous nun from a different time and place. They fight crime!"
Uh, um, maybe I'm not nerdy enough for this.
posted by hat_eater at 10:34 AM on September 2, 2011
And calling Jack Sparrow Johnny Sparrow was an intentional in-joke.
posted by hat_eater at 10:37 AM on September 2, 2011
posted by hat_eater at 10:37 AM on September 2, 2011
I'm a police detective being treated for multiple personality disorder. I'm a mental patient who sometimes thinks he's a police detective. I fight crime!
posted by gauche at 10:37 AM on September 2, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by gauche at 10:37 AM on September 2, 2011 [2 favorites]
He's a short-sighted Catholic dwarf with nothing left to lose. She's a cold-hearted paranoid mechanic with an evil twin sister. They fight crime!
Can someone write the pilot episode for this one?
posted by ennui.bz at 10:47 AM on September 2, 2011
Can someone write the pilot episode for this one?
posted by ennui.bz at 10:47 AM on September 2, 2011
He's a scrappy misogynist card sharp from the Mississippi delta. She's a manipulative tempestuous nun from a different time and place. They fight crime!
Bat Lash and Maria Von Trapp.
posted by Zed at 10:50 AM on September 2, 2011 [2 favorites]
Bat Lash and Maria Von Trapp.
posted by Zed at 10:50 AM on September 2, 2011 [2 favorites]
He's a Nobel prize-winning zombie astronaut with a robot buddy named Sparky. She's a blind junkie nun from a secret island of warrior women. They fight crime!
Yes.
posted by brundlefly at 11:03 AM on September 2, 2011
Yes.
posted by brundlefly at 11:03 AM on September 2, 2011
He's an oversexed arachnophobic grifter She's a hard-bitten antique-collecting single mother with an evil twin sister. They fight crime!
I think I've seen this. Maybe on the WB, back in the day.
posted by GenjiandProust at 11:15 AM on September 2, 2011
I think I've seen this. Maybe on the WB, back in the day.
posted by GenjiandProust at 11:15 AM on September 2, 2011
He's a fiendish playboy grifter who hangs with the wrong crowd. She's a mentally unstable nymphomaniac lawyer on the trail of a serial killer. They fight crime!
This sounds awesome.
posted by never used baby shoes at 11:19 AM on September 2, 2011
This sounds awesome.
posted by never used baby shoes at 11:19 AM on September 2, 2011
He's an ungodly amnesiac hairdresser whom everyone believes is mad. She's a beautiful paranoid opera singer in the witness protection scheme. They fight crime!
posted by torisaur at 11:21 AM on September 2, 2011
posted by torisaur at 11:21 AM on September 2, 2011
I'm a police detective being treated for multiple personality disorder. I'm a mental patient who sometimes thinks he's a police detective. I fight crime!
See what I mean? This already-funny variant would be even funnier if it ended, "Together, I fight crime!"
posted by The Tensor at 12:02 PM on September 2, 2011 [1 favorite]
See what I mean? This already-funny variant would be even funnier if it ended, "Together, I fight crime!"
posted by The Tensor at 12:02 PM on September 2, 2011 [1 favorite]
Warnes Starcoat owes me 500 tillion for the Ambretti job.
Mages don't like thier spell books snaffled and his penchant for hiding in the Tap room is putting a serious hurt on my illusionary resources.
5000 platnum to the person who gets me a sphere of annihilation, 1000 extra for the talisman.
posted by clavdivs at 1:08 PM on September 2, 2011
Mages don't like thier spell books snaffled and his penchant for hiding in the Tap room is putting a serious hurt on my illusionary resources.
5000 platnum to the person who gets me a sphere of annihilation, 1000 extra for the talisman.
posted by clavdivs at 1:08 PM on September 2, 2011
He's an immortal moralistic ex-con searching for his wife's killer. She's a feisty tomboy doctor with a knack for trouble. They fight crime!
This is so nearly the plot to Blade it's not funny. In fact, the more I look, the more I suspect I've already watched.
posted by ninazer0 at 4:23 PM on September 2, 2011 [1 favorite]
This is so nearly the plot to Blade it's not funny. In fact, the more I look, the more I suspect I've already watched.
posted by ninazer0 at 4:23 PM on September 2, 2011 [1 favorite]
it's a fun writing exercise... (the following was not computer-generated)
He's a red-headed internet troll with a complete collection of Weird Al bootlegs, a room full of high-end Apple equipment and Mathowie's celphone number. She's a lesbian librarian with an un-ironic ten-speed bicycle, a perfect attendance record at ComicCon and a pet capybara. Together, they ghost-write books for Republican presidential candidates.posted by oneswellfoop at 5:07 PM on September 2, 2011 [1 favorite]
He's a stage hand for the Conan O'Brien show and the only male member of a Roller Derby team. She's a designer for Mattel Toys who has five acres of broccoli growing behind her house. Together, they sell antiques on eBay.
He's a dead ringer for David Duchovny who bags groceries at Trader Joes and posts 30 times a day on Reddit. She's an unemployed aerospace assembly worker with a Realtor's license, a grown son in Israel who isn't Jewish and a mole on her left knee. Together, they go to Disneyland three times a year.
He's a 72-year-old retired Bond Trader with diabetes and a twitch. She's a video game tester having a secret affair with a white NBA player. Together, they've never met.*
He's an ethnic haiku-writing mathematician who's always hungry for pork chops. She's a patriotic teenage skeptic who can't find her keys. They have blogs!.
posted by gleuschk at 6:48 PM on September 2, 2011
posted by gleuschk at 6:48 PM on September 2, 2011
odinsdream: "Trapped in a world he never made" was the tagline of Howard The Duck.
posted by murphy slaw at 8:01 PM on September 2, 2011
posted by murphy slaw at 8:01 PM on September 2, 2011
posted by hat_eater
You know what you have to do now, right?
posted by obiwanwasabi at 6:18 AM on September 3, 2011
You know what you have to do now, right?
posted by obiwanwasabi at 6:18 AM on September 3, 2011
He's a maverick small-town vagrant who hangs with the wrong crowd. She's a provocative streetsmart bodyguard descended from a line of powerful witches. They fight crime!
I swore I actually watched this once.
He's a hate-fuelled gay sorceror on his last day in the job. She's a plucky renegade snake charmer from beyond the grave They fight crime!
He's a witless alcoholic senator who knows the secret of the alien invasion. She's a vivacious cat-loving former first lady with a song in her heart and a spring in her step. They fight crime!
Can these be on right after each other please?
posted by The Whelk at 8:57 AM on September 3, 2011 [1 favorite]
I swore I actually watched this once.
He's a hate-fuelled gay sorceror on his last day in the job. She's a plucky renegade snake charmer from beyond the grave They fight crime!
He's a witless alcoholic senator who knows the secret of the alien invasion. She's a vivacious cat-loving former first lady with a song in her heart and a spring in her step. They fight crime!
Can these be on right after each other please?
posted by The Whelk at 8:57 AM on September 3, 2011 [1 favorite]
But, can they get along as roommates?
posted by Apocryphon at 12:22 AM on September 4, 2011
posted by Apocryphon at 12:22 AM on September 4, 2011
You know what you have to do now, right?
Pass the ketchup.
posted by hat_eater at 12:18 PM on September 4, 2011
Pass the ketchup.
posted by hat_eater at 12:18 PM on September 4, 2011
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