# Now that's what I call a dead Robin **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 30, 2008, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-what-i-call-a-dead-robin/451204 "2008-05-30T22:45:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-what-i-call-a-dead-robin/451204/1 "2008-05-30T22:45:20Z")
My brain decided to change [the Dead Parrot sketch](http://www.mtholyoke.edu/~ebarnes/python/dead-parrot.htm) into the Joker trying to trade in a dead Jason Todd, after the original came up on shuffle. I see the store owner as either Superboy-Prime or Bat-mite. I feel bad now. Joker: I’ll tell you what’s wrong with it, my lad. He’s dead, that’s what’s wrong with it! Owner: No, no, he’s uh… he’s resting. Joker: Look, mate, I know a dead robin when I see one, and I’m looking at one right now. Owner: No no he’s not dead, he’s, he’s resting! Remarkable bird, isn’t it? Beautiful plumage! Joker: The plumage don’t enter into it. He’s stone dead. This is an EX-ROBIN! Please share my shame. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-what-i-call-a-dead-robin/451204/2 "2008-05-30T23:06:17Z")
Jason: OK, why the @#$% am I nailed to this perch? ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-what-i-call-a-dead-robin/451204/3 "2008-05-30T23:18:34Z")
… And curse you, not-quite-so-dead-as-once-thought Robins and Monty Python have infected my head. Stephanie: I’m not dead! I feel happy! Sadly, I can’t find the image of Batgirl and Robin meeting the Spanish Inquisition… ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-what-i-call-a-dead-robin/451204/4 "2008-05-30T23:55:10Z")
[QUOTE=Tengu] … And curse you, not-quite-so-dead-as-once-thought Robins and Monty Python have infected my head. Stephanie: I’m not dead! I feel happy! Sadly, I can’t find the image of Batgirl and Robin meeting the Spanish Inquisition… [/QUOTE] ([Contains Spoilers](http://community.livejournal.com/scans_daily/5538641.html). Happy happy Spoilers. And Robins. ) ---
**Author:** ![bathsheba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@bathsheba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bathsheba)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2008, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-what-i-call-a-dead-robin/451204/5 "2008-05-31T03:41:20Z")
“Batman, we could have been killed!” “Or worse, Robin!” ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2008, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-what-i-call-a-dead-robin/451204/6 "2008-05-31T03:58:02Z")
This forces one to ponder one of the great unanswered questions. If Batman was attacked by the Spanish Inquisition, would he be prepared? ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2008, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-what-i-call-a-dead-robin/451204/7 "2008-05-31T18:18:47Z")
Now I’m trying to picture the “UFOs turn Englishmen into Scotsmen” skit redone as a Doctor Who episode, only my nuerons (oops, there it goes again) keep blowing like fuses in a ninety-year old house. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2008, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-what-i-call-a-dead-robin/451204/8 "2008-06-01T10:54:12Z")
Joe Quesada: “Now go avay or I shall taunt you a second time-ah!” ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2008, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-what-i-call-a-dead-robin/451204/9 "2008-06-01T11:59:54Z")
“There’s another dead Robin on the landing, dad!” “Is it Dick Grayson or Jason Todd?” “How can you tell?” “Tattooed on the back of the neck!” ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2008, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-what-i-call-a-dead-robin/451204/10 "2008-06-01T15:11:04Z")
Poor Brave Sir Robin.