# schlockmercenary.com/2019-12-24 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 25, 2019, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schlockmercenary-com-2019-12-24/845384 "2019-12-25T02:33:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [December 25, 2019, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schlockmercenary-com-2019-12-24/845384/1 "2019-12-25T02:33:02Z")
> **[Tuesday 24 December 2019](https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2019-12-24)** > > Daily strip for Tuesday 24 December 2019 Dammit, now I want to watch “MurderFinder & Meat-Puppet”! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2019, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schlockmercenary-com-2019-12-24/845384/2 "2019-12-25T14:40:42Z")
It’s not the first time [the show was mentioned in the strip.](https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2016-01-06) ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2019, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schlockmercenary-com-2019-12-24/845384/3 "2019-12-25T17:12:55Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > [Schlock Mercenary - Tuesday 24 Dec 2019](https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2019-12-24) > > Dammit, now I want to watch “MurderFinder & Meat-Puppet”! I don’t suppose you might want to provide _some_ information for those who are unable or unwilling to blindly follow a link and have _no clue_ what you’re talking about? ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2019, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schlockmercenary-com-2019-12-24/845384/4 "2019-12-25T17:16:54Z")
It’s not worth the effort. Two comic strips mention something called “Murderfinder & Meat Puppet.” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2019, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schlockmercenary-com-2019-12-24/845384/5 "2019-12-25T18:18:36Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I don’t suppose you might want to provide _some_ information for those who are unable or unwilling to blindly follow a link and have _no clue_ what you’re talking about? Depends if one is a fan of the webcomic “Schlock Mercenary”, which has been running daily since 2000 (I think). The reference is to a fictional show of the future that is sort of a takeoff of the movie “The Bone Collector”. And yes, I am a major fan of Sgt. Schlock and the rest of the merry band of mercenaries. ---
**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:** [December 26, 2019, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schlockmercenary-com-2019-12-24/845384/6 "2019-12-26T21:40:24Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I don’t suppose you might want to provide _some_ information for those who are unable or unwilling to blindly follow a link and have _no clue_ what you’re talking about? Schlock Mercenary is a web comic set approximately 1000 years in the future which follows the adventures of a band of galactic mercenaries, “Tagon’s Toughs”; one of whom is Sergeant Schlock, a “carbosilicate amorph” (basically the Blob only intelligent, and not a bad guy for someone who is a sociopath by human standards). As for the reference in question: > [@](#): > > Murderfinder and Meat-Puppet is a serial police procedural popular on the Unioc homeworld of Oth. It hinges upon several unlikely premises: a brilliant Unioc detective develops a rare and untreatable immune disorder, and must live in a sterile bubble. Her partner is a decidedly non-brilliant law enforcement officer promoted to detective out of nepotism, and most members of the department think it would be best for everyone if he met an untimely end. > > Because Murderfinder’s allergies prevent her from using a proper CSTR (a conceit which moves beyond unlikely and into the “unheard of” realm,) she uses a custom communications suite to partner very closely with Meat Puppet, who must collect clues, gather evidence, and not die, all while suffering the constant haranguing from a voice that almost never shuts up. > > Murderfinder and Meat-Puppet is entering its 18th season, and rumor has it that Season Eighteen will be the one where Meatpuppet finally steals back Doc Jabbernoth’s secret cure for Murderfinder’s illness, which was stolen during Season Twelve by the Optomafia Cabal. This, then, would allow Murderfinder to meet Meat-Puppet eye-to-eye. > > They probably won’t kiss, though. The writers need to save something for Seasons Nineteen through Twenty-four, which are all under contract. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2019, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schlockmercenary-com-2019-12-24/845384/7 "2019-12-26T23:17:42Z")
Yeah, I thought it kind of obvious that a thread with a title including “[schlockmercenary.com](http://schlockmercenary.com)” was about Schlock Mercenary, and the OP added his own commentary in addition to the link. We don’t expect everyone starting a thread about a work of fiction to give an introductory paragraph explaining the premise of the work. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2019, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schlockmercenary-com-2019-12-24/845384/8 "2019-12-26T23:23:47Z")
I’m sure that makes sense for those already familiar with something called “Schlock Mercenary” but that’s not everyone. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2019, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schlockmercenary-com-2019-12-24/845384/9 "2019-12-26T23:30:47Z")
It should be! 😃