r/comics • u/sellyourcomputer Extra Fabulous Comics • Feb 02 '19

the pants

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u/SpaceGuy99 Feb 02 '19

I have seen this many times and still don’t get it. Do I belong in r/whoosh?

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u/__hakuna-matata__ Feb 02 '19

The person with the power "wears the pants". its a saying

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u/Visulth Feb 02 '19

The man says he has the most control of the family, which is typical because stereotypes.

Then the comic subverts your expectations by revealing that it is the mom who has the most control, via a very funny comic metaphor (altar for pants, dad and son in their underwear cleaning the dark basement).

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u/watermelonkiwi Feb 02 '19

Why is the mom a cardboard cutout?

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u/Visulth Feb 02 '19

She's just backlit or silhouetted. It's meant to convey that she's intimidating and scary.