“You learn to tune Marty’s screams of pain out.”
It’s Color Theory Episode 44.
This is the first episode since his debut Ivan has extended dialogue. Martin continues to have dialogue in all of his appearances.
This is the fourth episode and the second in a row to feature a character in their youth. In this case, it’s Ivan.
This is the first appearance of Bowie in It’s Color Theory and of Admiral overall. Both only appear via fantasy. Tyler’s brother is also mentioned for the first time.
Sky’s revealed to be able to fly.
Martin and Tyler’s series-wide feud, while technically starting in “Super Dee Duper Powers”, is cemented here.
No Orange Drewmans appear, nor do any of the core six characters. Violet is indirectly mentioned by Ivan as “The boss”.
While Ivan being a fanboy of in-series celebrity Bowie was a plot point since the original continuity, it was only brought up once due to Ivan debuting in Rough Sketch’s final season and Ivan’s general lack of screen time. The height difference between the two is partially a carryover from Ivan (and most of the cast in general) being children at the time, Ivan in particular being weirdly small. Bowie’s silhouette isn’t a stylistic choice; this incarnation of him is actually just twice Ivan’s height.
Amber’s a slightly more orange shade as of this episode.
The song Ivan wrote is actually the beginning of the “with lyrics” version of theme song prepared for if a network is desperate enough to green light this for a show when I inevitably pitch the comic. It was originally going to be “I Just Wanna See You Grow”, his original personal leitmotif that came around when I mangled Steven Universe’s theme song and “Giant Woman” together in my head.
Ivan’s flashbacks/fantasy sequences were originally going to cut to Noah’s high school experiences with his band, where it would show Rudy and two random side characters as part of it. Whitney would’ve also appeared, confirming the three to have grown up in the same district. The whole sequence was scrapped to avoid taking too much attention away from Ivan. Amber’s offhand remark about her (and presumably Eloise) going to Noah’s school is a nod to this.
Noah’s band in and of itself is a callback to Rough Sketch, where he roped Gordon, Bryan, and Martin into starting one. Said band will be formed in the second volume of this continuity, Martin being replaced by Geneva due to Martin no longer being magenta in this incarnation.
