Back in the Saddle, Again

[pierski]

A friend of mine called me earlier this week. He told me that he was playing Super Smash Bros. Melee and wondered something. He wondered why if Yoshi is Mario's friend does he still wear a saddle. Easy enough. Yoshi is mentally challenged (that's why I went for the freakish look in panel two). One too many punches to the back of his head caused some serious brain trauma. And as a result he thinks that its fun to carry overweight plumbers on his back.

Seriously, I think it's nothing more than obsolete character design that unfortunately has become a recognizable trait of said character. He had a saddle, but no longer needs a saddle, but looks odd without the saddle. So they do their best to make Yoshi look normal, but at the same time to not draw a lot of attention to saddle. Take a look at Super Smash Bros. Brawl. It looks less like a saddle and more like a turtle shell. That's my opinion at least.

[Greiver]

OMG I have always wondered if they were friends, too many punches to the head would fuck yoshi up pretty bad.

Nice panel by the way

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[freakdood]

When I first playedd Super Mario World I thought his saddle was a shell... And i didn't realise he had arms...

The follies of youth...

Edit: You little bitch... Damn you!

[General WX]

That was pretty fucked up, sir. I like it!

Now I'm going to go eat so much breakfast it's not even going to be funny.

[evilspacehopper]

This comic would be funny even without dialogue...

Mario's riding Peach I see....

[pierski]

Originally she was just going to be on the ground with the saddle in the air. But I thought Mario sitting on her the entire time they are having the conversation made it work better.

[maniacs r us]

Slightly disturbing but still funny

[Zaron]

Do I spy a Ren and Stimpy reference?

[zayus1979]

In my mind Mario is a rapant speciest, Yoshi couldn't possibly be his freind, as he's a dinosaur and lower on the evolutionary scale, a beast of burdan with limited intellegence. I imagine he even sees the Toads as lower then his allmighty humanity, and I imagine Mario's daughter would be disowned for dating one. His ongoing genocidal rampage against Goombas and Koopas should be proof enough.

[pierski]

Do I spy a Ren and Stimpy reference?

Good call! I was wondering if anyone was going to get that.

Do ya have any walrus protectors?

[Barrett]

His ongoing genocidal rampage against Goombas and Koopas should be proof enough.

He doesn't kill them! He just sort of jumps on their head.


Kinda like curb-stomping, really.

[hybridial]

Kinda like curb-stomping, really.

And that's really pleasant

[Gato]

I always wondered what Yoshi's opinion was on getting punched in the head and forced to eat a large menagerie of things.

[Valentine]

Do I spy a Ren and Stimpy reference?

Good call! I was wondering if anyone was going to get that.

Superior reference of the same sort as the lyrics are the same as the title also