#pluto penguin

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PLUTO PENGUIN & BERT!

This is my rough draft for the opening of a comic series I wanna write someday!

Transcript under the cut!

PAGE ONE.

A shot of the Earth, as seen from space.

NARRATOR: 1955-1975. “The Space Race”

We see Laika the space dog.

NARRATOR: In humanity’s fervour to land among the stars, many unethical experiments were conducted. Many of these are a matter of public record…

In what appears to be a laboratory of sorts, several penguins are suspended in tubes, pods with labels with their names on. Shadow obscures most of the details, but the labels indicate the penguins are named after celestial bodies, with the two closest to us being Neptune and Pluto.

NARRATOR: …Some are not.

We see a hero-shot from below of the penguin labelled ‘Pluto,’ still suspended in his pod.

NARRATOR: This is the story of Pluto! A Penguin who was sent into the stratosphere.

We see Pluto in his pod, half-submerged in a lake on an unknown planet.

NARRATOR: Though he survived the trip, he underwent a cosmic mutation! This granted him human-like intelligence and atmospheric adaptability, among other abilities.

A close-up headshot of Pluto, staring straight at the viewer, a serious expression adorning his face. We can just see the neckline of an astronaut suit that he is wearing (sans helmet).

NARRATOR: Now he wanders the cosmos in search of adventure. He is…

Below Pluto’s neckline appears the series logo, and his name: PLUTO PENGUIN. And below that… RRRIP!

A one-eyed alien with long noodle-y arms ‘tears’ the bottom of the panel away, thus revealing himself in a very cheerful manner.

BERT: And I’m Bert!

PAGE TWO.

The Chapter Title in all caps across the top of the page: “PLUTO PENGUIN AND BERT: GET THE JOB DONE”

Pluto Penguin and Bert stand side-by-side, looking directly ahead, Pluto with a concerned expression, Bert looking more surprised.

BAM! We see what they are looking at - two posters on a wall with drawn sketches of their faces. In the artists renderings Pluto appears very serious and Bert bears a gormless smile.

PLUTO: Y’know… They would almost be flattering… If it weren’t for…

Doom! The bottom of each poster contains the phrase ‘WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE. 50,000 Solars Reward.’ (The ‘Solars’ currency unit is depicted by the symbol Ø)

Pluto deftly swipes both posters off the wall with his wing. In this shot we see him from behind see that he is wearing a jet pack.

PLUTO: Okay, that’s those taken care of. We can hope they were the only ones. Best to just get in and out, do the job, and try to keep a low profile.

Pluto returns to the position in which we first saw him, though Bert is no longer next to him.

PLUTO: The last thing we want to do is draw any attention to ourselves. Got that Bert? … Bert?

Pluto turns and sees that Bert is gone, his expression one of comical abject terror, as he stares at the missing space where Bert should be. He exclaims in alarm:

PLUTO: YAAGH!

END OF PAGE.

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Bert

Bert is from the planet Pluto and is the clumsy but well-meaning sidekick of Pluto Penguin. He, like all Plutonians, can stretch his body in order to reach places that others might find difficult to get to.

His power(s): Elasticity, Super Strength

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Having multiple OCs in the same world is great. It’s like, this one is a symbol of how rage and grief can intertwine and never truly leave you. This one is a shining beacon of deliberate optimism in a world so cynical. This one fights to protect those who can’t protect themselves. This one’s a penguin in space.

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Pluto Penguin! (and Bert)

Rough sketch of Pluto’s origin story, narration below, best read in a 1950’s newscaster voice:

“1955-1975. The Space Race. In humanity’s fervour to land amongst the stars, many unethical experiments were conducted. Some of these are a matter of public record.

Some are not.

This is the story of Pluto, a penguin who was sent into the stratosphere. Though he survived the trip, he underwent a cosmic mutation, granting him powers such as atmospheric adaptability and human-level intelligence!

Now he wanders the cosmos in search of adventure. He is… Pluto Penguin!”

*Bert, an alien, rips away the bottom of the final panel, revealing himself and cheerfully chiming in with one last piece of information*

“And I’m Bert!”

**I slightly edited the transcript to flow a little better, but it’s all the same gist.

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Very late to the party for this, but here’s a rough sketch of my OC’s, Pluto Penguin & Bert, in the Barbie meme

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quick OC Sketches while it’s quiet at work

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Pluto AKA Pluto Penguin

Pluto was the name of an emperor penguin sent into space by scientists during an illegal experiment. He actually landed on the Dwarf Planet that was his namesake and absorbed some cosmic gasses that mutated him, causing him to grow to the size of a human, be able to speak any language, be able to breathe in any planet’s atmosphere and have superior human-level intellect. With the help of a native Plutonian named Bert, he fixed the rocketship that brought him there. Now he and Bert travel from planet to planet, fighting crime.

His power(s): Super Intelligence, Atmospheric Adaptability, Universal Translation