Maverick Quickie-Shinji's Leap Year Peanuts surprise I guess

Oh hell...... what the hell...... It's a leap year and it only happens every 4 years.

Funny how a leap year also happens to be the year when U.S Elections occur but oh well.

This is not a full post but rather a filler because I'm once again having writer's block as well as have to go to work at the airport cafe the day I'm posting this.

AND DUE TO THE LEAP YEAR OF COURSE.

Anyway, here's the money shot shown below.

The year was 2014. It was fast approaching the 20th Anniversary of the Evangelion Franchise and of course, the year the series takes place.

I saw this image from this game called GIRLFRIEND OF STEEL, a visual novel released for WINDOWS 95, Sega Saturn, and Sony PlayStation.... only in Japan though.

And then I saw some forum posts back then talking about this screenshot where someone mentions that Shinji looks like a PEANUTS character on the whiteboard.

However, if memory serves me right, the forum post was mostly someone providing the following caption:

"QUESTION ASUKA, WHY DO I LOOK LIKE THAT CHARLIE BROWN KID?"

Doesn't really look like it exactly but the hair is a dead giveaway.

For those who need a refresher, here's what Charlie Brown looks like

Many years later, I stumbled upon this 4-strip comic which I think was from Facebook.... or was it Pinterest... anyway, the style of the poses and I think the mouths are more akin to Peanuts.

The theme was on Friendship but in different character perspectives.

My guess is that whoever drew this fan comic certainly thought the forum post was funny and is also a PEANUTS fan so he/she drew it.

My personal favorite is the one with TOJI beating the shit out of Shinji because according to him, fighting back is what being friends is about.

Considering that Shinji does punch Toji back in both the TV anime and the Rebuild movies, the friendship is returned in favor. 

One last thing to discuss. 

I vaguely remember someone else on that forum also said this whiteboard drawing of Gendo Ikari looks like DILBERT.

I don't have a strip or a screenshot from the DILBERT animated series to compare this drawing to so here's what DILBERT really looks like

But if I do see the resemblance, the caricature looks more rounder and it looks like Gendo stole WALLY'S glasses.

"Hey those aren't my glasses Gendo Stole. If he stole them, he can't see through them because my glasses are OPAQUE."

This is MAVERICK MARTINEZ ARCHIVE'S first leap year post for me so I guess I have the opportunity to make the most of this leap day. 

We won't get another leap year until 2028, assuming I'm still active on this blog that's for sure.