Buddy Cops

A Southie AI - now that is scary.

Chris Heg

I kinda like it as a 4th wall-breaking running gag. It’s a great comedic yet subtle touch that a bunch of people will probably overlook.

LaPrimaNerda (Sarah Davis)

Or its just Jacques didnt put a lot of effort into making the squiggle uniform.

tamtheotter

it's sharpie used over a non newtonian fluid, it keeps reshaping itself. If that answer doesn't work then it's just good old magic

Luis Padilla López

Ok, so it's Sharpie, but how does it keep moving?

Timothy Mann

Isn't it canon they can just downcycle their cpus for that? :) Come to think of it, I remember pintsize using bad video drivers to get high...

David Howe

They're probably 'drinking' recreational one-use software or AC charge with a weird frequency that disrupts the function of their CPUs and gives them a mild alcohol-like buzz.

Ben Russell-Gough

My cats sit with me all the time....

Legion

I just imagine its like futurama.

Legion

Got to wonder now - what are they drinking, and do robots have their own bars where they drink 3-in-1 or something?

David Howe

Get a cat, then try to have an online life. You'll get plenty of attention from your cat... or at least, your keyboard will. :p

Daryl Sawyer

Spoken like someone who has never had a cat companion who cares about them.

Geo (Overand)

hey man, don't fuckin' diss cats

Waffliesinyoface

sorry, but "get a cat" is the WORST advice to give someone that's lonely; cats don't give two shits about you, all they care is "is there food in the bowl?"... now, "get a dog", that, THAT would be worthy advice (and honestly, I'd expect that from you, Jeph, considering Shelby and all)

Matt

O'Malley doesn't "golf" - he "plays golf" which is impersonating all the worst antics he sees on TV. Putting divots all over the driving range, throwing clubs, screaming at his (robo) caddie, driving a golf cart while (robo)drunk. The groundskeepers hate the drama, but O'Malley always comes back at the end of a "session" to help clean up the mess and he tips them, which the humans golfers never do.

Richard

Wait, if he's #1 Robot Dad and he's got an "open relationship with his job," ... the horror, the horror.

Elf Sternberg

Why am I reminded of those "hacked" anti-smoking PSAs? <a href="https://youtu.be/qbCyPBZYdWk" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/qbCyPBZYdWk</a>

Unanimous D

Well they have USB ports instead of flask mouths so I'm thinking they may be either lithium-ion batteries to top up the ol' power cells after a long shift or a portable drive full of auto-deleting recreational .exe files.

Ben Russell-Gough

I don't Do Twitter, but I might just haveta start if stuff like that is there.

Churchill (formerly TeaBear)

Those things they're drinking from must be Leyden Flasks. :D Also, have we seen Roko in a beat-cop uniform before?

Summer Sudbrink

I'm torn between the loving and fearing the idea that Bubbles ends up dating cop bot. My heart is mostly committed to the direction of the Bubbles and Faye plot. But - the idea of Bubbles and cop bot....

SARA J DAVIS

For those wondering if we've seen this cop before: <a href="https://twitter.com/jephjacques/status/806290985282076672" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/jephjacques/status/806290985282076672</a>

Peter Jensen

I would totally watch a buddy cop series starting O’Malley and Punchbot.

Will Weaver

ROKO'S A SOUTHIE! This makes me happy on so many levels.

TwoRavens

Robot Cop bar? Love it and love Roko's Irish accent when she gets angry. So perfect.

Vince Averello

Roko Basilisk of the Boston Basilisks?..ooooh

Tim Williams

Terrible ASS-GOLF partners, if you please.

That person always makes me think: I know clouting him / her / it into next week is illegal. But WHY? :(

If O'Malley was one day away from retiring, I suspect Roko would have killed him in panel 4.

David Paul

Broad Scots works too.

Sam Johnson

I suspect that she is into it on a fantasy level but not a practical level.

Ben Russell-Gough

Jeph, please give us Punchbot and O'Malley, terrible golf partners.

Dean Reilly

With this strip, Jeph is reminding us that 'buddy' doesn't mean 'friend', it's 'the asshole who is always on your case but you're not allowed to hit because they're always jolly and jokey about it'.

Ben Russell-Gough

Are they "drinking" from USB power banks? I have so many follow on questions about intoxicating 5V power...

... Wait. What if she IS into it? God help her

Stoodmuffin

He says that she has a Boston accent but I couldn't help reading that as having an Irish accent.

Maybe she didn't read his profile and just swiped right because Pint-size looked like a smaller, cuddly O'Malley

gatherer818

Oh that reminds me, what happened to the robot tattoos?

Bob Hannent

Nah, just a common chassis type.

Ben Russell-Gough

It's a bar; Faye and Bubbles are unlikely to go in there. However, I do think it is quite possible that Faye and Claire may decide to 'help' and drag Marten and Bubbles into the mess without even bothering to ask consent.

Ben Russell-Gough

No, when she's upset, she forgets to hide her accent.

Ben Russell-Gough

I think that O'Malley's moustache may be a back-projection of a randomised sine wave on his face plate. That's why it's continually changing.

Ben Russell-Gough

Yeah, here's the thing: We've seen this in Momo too; that some Synthetics actually do have developed something analogous to a sex drive. Maybe it's because they're surrounded by humans, whose culture seems sex-mad but some of them do seem to want to have that close and total intimacy with someone.

Ben Russell-Gough

If Bubbles and Faye wander in tomorrow, and Bubbles intervenes on Roko's behalf... Ok. There's my suggestion for the next Fables reef for all the shippers out there. And I can almost guarantee that if Jeph doesn't do something similar, what he WILL do is going to be worse... After all, he feeds off our tears of suffering... :)

Wait, does that robocop look like Punchbot? Does he have a side gig?

Brad Knowles

Pintlisk. It makes it sound like some sort of Basilisk variant.

Lucanid Landman

I don’t know why, but for some reason my read O’Malley’s dialogue in the voice of Cliff from “Cheers”.

That final panel accent tho ^_^

Iron Stache?

Scott Kenney

It may be a sharpie mustache, but he's got the mustache spirit.

LazyLich

Wow this really is starting to resemble that scene from Brain Candy. I half expect O'Malley to enter the restroom only for a hundred dudes barreling out. And is it just me or did Roko slip into a New England accent? Maybe it's what's in that drink of hers.

Brent Catherman

So... are the "drinking" from USB thumb drive thingies?

Random Jones

Officer Stache is one week short of retirement, isn’t he?

Summer Sudbrink

Sooo.. . Pint-lisk or Rok-size?

Andrew Tate

My thoughts exactly.

Brian English

punch bots brother?

Drakoo Dreamer

I'm pretty sure you wouldn't want to get crumbs in there

Fart Captor

Roko's list of weird freaky shit she's into - holding hands

Waffliesinyoface

Does she become Bostonian when she's upset??

Dylan T

For a moment I thought that was Pintsize in a uniform with a fake moustache drawn on . At least I wasn't wrong about the moustache.

Cleo Schmitz

Is o'malley punch bots cousin?

Kyle Major

Art (and mustache) by Robo-Dali?

Captain Button

Roko is adorable when she blushes

Nicholas Lopez

Or maybe lighter fluid.

Abhayakara

Minor typo - should be "an oiled-up fuck weirdo". But good job! Love this one :) Is Basilisk going to be a regular character now? I sure hope so!

Stevie C-K

Sprays!

Greg Matyola

I want the groundkeepers story

Bagge

She’s the opposite of hulk. I like her more when she’s angry!

Andrew

Are they drinking 3-in-1 oil?

Gary Walker