We used to eat at International House of Pancakes, very occasionally. The food was reliably mediocre. We have never eaten at IHOP, nor do I expect we ever will. It always evokes some cross between kangaroos and having to run for the restroom.
And for the rest of the world… who’ve probably never heard of it (I certainly hadn’t)… Thanks to Google/Wikipedia…
IHOP is an American multinational pancake house restaurant chain that specializes in breakfast foods. It is owned by Dine Brands Global—a company formed after IHOP’s purchase of Applebee’s, with 99% of the restaurants run by independent franchisees.
By my understanding of physics, acquired from watching a sitcom, time did not exist before the Big Bang (the theory/event not the sitcom). So perhaps we are witnessing the birth of the rat-verse.
There was a panel cartoon called “The Alumnae” that ran in my local paper. In one episode, DeEtte (the ditz) is saying to her snide companion, “What do you mean, Magda, Nature abhors a vacuum?” as a coconut drops from a potted plant onto her head.
So Magda saw the falling nut, made her comment, which DeEtte repeated before impact.
Goat’s comment is sorta meta, but so true! —Especially when Cartoon-Boy deliberately omits the little lines running up from the “halo” that indicate motion!
BE THIS GUY almost 3 years ago
It did a little hovering before it hit its target.
Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus Premium Member almost 3 years ago
I thought it was a CD.
John Smith almost 3 years ago
Oooo no!
sirbadger almost 3 years ago
The workman couldn’t resist spinning it.
Concretionist almost 3 years ago
We used to eat at International House of Pancakes, very occasionally. The food was reliably mediocre. We have never eaten at IHOP, nor do I expect we ever will. It always evokes some cross between kangaroos and having to run for the restroom.
fretlessman71 almost 3 years ago
I hop, you hop, we all hop for IHOP…..
ronaldspence almost 3 years ago
I hope he is okay..knocked him flat as a pancake!
tudza Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Should have used a thought bubble.
Cornelius Noodleman almost 3 years ago
International House Of Prayer. A real thing, look it up.
electricshadow Premium Member almost 3 years ago
I hop? No, I hurt…
jessie d. almost 3 years ago
Especially, if you be Stephan who is past is money.
Imagine almost 3 years ago
Ty gauging time in real life.
Even harder.
BasilBruce almost 3 years ago
Good thing he was only hit by the “O”; “I” would have impaled him.
TonysSon almost 3 years ago
IBOP
Qiset almost 3 years ago
He should have “hopped” out of the way.
baddawg1989 almost 3 years ago
So, is Pastis getting free pancakes for the product placement? ;-)
HMETALNYMETSVAL Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Cute!
AndreasMartin almost 3 years ago
But it’s legal for comical reasons.
Sanspareil almost 3 years ago
Rat suffered a halo-ostemy, halo-wed be his name!
A Common 'tator almost 3 years ago
And for the rest of the world… who’ve probably never heard of it (I certainly hadn’t)… Thanks to Google/Wikipedia…
IHOP is an American multinational pancake house restaurant chain that specializes in breakfast foods. It is owned by Dine Brands Global—a company formed after IHOP’s purchase of Applebee’s, with 99% of the restaurants run by independent franchisees.
Captain Colorado almost 3 years ago
The hazards of living in a comic strip!
Doug K almost 3 years ago
Did Rat just get pancaked?
cdward almost 3 years ago
That was oddly satisfying.
iggyman almost 3 years ago
Or soap operas , Goat!
iggyman almost 3 years ago
Rat got hot on the head with a washer, where is the dryer? Sorry!
juicebruce almost 3 years ago
Rat you finally got what you needed ;-)
Radish the wordsmith almost 3 years ago
I hop, you konk.
SALUDADOG almost 3 years ago
By my understanding of physics, acquired from watching a sitcom, time did not exist before the Big Bang (the theory/event not the sitcom). So perhaps we are witnessing the birth of the rat-verse.
Cameron1988 Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Well, Rat’s dead
Ellis97 almost 3 years ago
That’s what Rat gets for always putting Pig and Goat down.
Count Olaf Premium Member almost 3 years ago
It came with a couple of rubbery tasteless pancakes whether you ordered them or not.
Huckleberry Hiroshima almost 3 years ago
Oh Stephan Stephan Stephan.
proclusstudent almost 3 years ago
Talk about blantent 4th wall violations. At least they didn’t attact the 4th wall with an axe, as Larisa did.
pca Premium Member almost 3 years ago
The Heisenberg Principle at work.
wongo almost 3 years ago
Where does a one legged waitress work ? IHOP ! Bwa, ha, ha snort !
ChrisRiesbeck Premium Member almost 3 years ago
I’m reminded of how Buster Keaton would play with the inability to judge depth in movies to do all kinds of neat tricks in the plane of view.
Pgalden1 Premium Member almost 3 years ago
As in life, Goat, as in life….
jel354 almost 3 years ago
Rat did not leave that scene happily.
Spence12 Premium Member almost 3 years ago
In humor, timing is everything. Pastis couldn’t possibly know how long it takes us to read his dialogue.
Carl Rennhack Premium Member almost 3 years ago
At my most recent visit to IHOP, the pancakes were so thin they had only ONE side!
Ermine Notyours almost 3 years ago
A Rat named Stefan appears in today’s Mutts: https://comicskingdom.com/mutts/2021-11-13
Squoop almost 3 years ago
“Ouch!”, said the 4th wall.
Goat from PBS almost 3 years ago
Rat will never be an NFL receiver with plays like that.
Bradley Walker almost 3 years ago
There was a panel cartoon called “The Alumnae” that ran in my local paper. In one episode, DeEtte (the ditz) is saying to her snide companion, “What do you mean, Magda, Nature abhors a vacuum?” as a coconut drops from a potted plant onto her head.
So Magda saw the falling nut, made her comment, which DeEtte repeated before impact.
Comic strip time.
Bill LaRocque Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Clever. You have a very quick eye and hand.
WCraft Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Ah – IHOP. The place where you get an overpriced plate of grilled batter smothered in dark-colored corn syrup and whipped margarine.
AndromedaMike almost 3 years ago
So we’re going to do some tripping through space-time?
Ka`ōnōhi`ula`okahōkūmiomio`ehiku Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Nicely done.
Richard Perry almost 3 years ago
I wonder what recesses of Pastis’s mind this idea came from.
schaefer jim almost 3 years ago
As dumb as this toon is, I find it funny a few minutes of looking at it. Now a real side splitter. Thanks Steve!
willie_mctell almost 3 years ago
Time in comics and animated cartoons is pretty darned flexible. E. g. the falling off the cliff gag that involves walking on air.
RWill almost 3 years ago
Here’s Pastis, trying to get free food again.
mooncat542002 almost 3 years ago
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
knight1192a almost 3 years ago
So Rat’s going to sue IHOP.
Obi-Haiv almost 3 years ago
God, I love this strip! Having grown up on Peanuts and Calvin and Hobbes, Pearls is, to me, the best comic strip around these days.
Sisyphos almost 3 years ago
Goat’s comment is sorta meta, but so true! —Especially when Cartoon-Boy deliberately omits the little lines running up from the “halo” that indicate motion!
RetVet24 almost 3 years ago
Relative humor, great for the holidays. Think about it.
Comicfan (I can't think of a better name) almost 3 years ago
I wonder why there making an ihop there it doesn’t look like there’s even a street
JasonBall almost 3 years ago
This is incredibly clever. Well done, sir!
klapre almost 3 years ago
Worst looking halo I’ve ever seen