T-Rex: "I'd like you to meet my friend," Sherlock Holmes announced. "He's another out-of-copyright character!" Then he dramatically pulled back the stage curtain to reveal...
T-Rex: ...POPEYE THE SAILOR MAN??
T-Rex: "I yam what I yam!" Popeye said, eating a bunch of spinach (which was canned for some reason?) that made his muscles bigger (for another reason?). "And I yam still protected by copyright in the United States!" Popeye said. "As you know, the copyright regime which governs work-for-hire stipulates - "
Dromiceiomimus: "The United States"?
T-Rex: A fictional country! It's a little thing called "worldbuilding"?
T-Rex: It's what actual authors do, WHICH IS WHY I'M DOING IT??
Utahraptor: Ah.
T-Rex: So check out this rad backstory I invented: the "United States" has a super-long copyright period because a hundred years ago, my original character "Walter Disney" created his OWN character, one "Michael 'Mickey' Mouse", which -
Utahraptor: TOO LONG; DON'T CARE; JUST WANT TO HEAR ABOUT POPEYE PUNCHING SHERLOCK
T-Rex: Oh crap I almost forgot about that part!! After he stopped explaining about copyright, Popeye punched Sherlock Holmes! "Elementar-- eeeee!" yipped Sherlock as he was punched mid-word.
Off panel: Yaaaaay
T-Rex: I knowwww
