Doop...

[malephoenix]

Who is Doop? What does he do? Is it a he? Why in the world do so many folks actually like Doop - I read X-Statix #1 and found what he did at the end to leave the taste of month-old milk in my mouth. Whole milk, at that.

I don't care which direction this thread goes in. I just want some definitive answers of powers, *what* he is, etc. as well as personal opinion input from other posters.

[The Sword Is Drawn]

Can. Of Worms. Opened. You. :D

The hardcore X-Statix fans love this guy.

I just see him as a bug eyed monster who gets on my nerves, and does really fit in any context away from X-Statix.

[TinMan]

I'm sure others could give more details, but in essence he is a floating green wad of space jizz that is both a giver and reciever, if you're pickin up what I'm puttin down. That and he's one of the most powerful beings EVER, incalcuable strength, stamina, agility, energy projection, etc.

[Jake V]

He's just a funny little green blob that used to hang around the X-Statix. The implication that he is ultra-powerful was mostly a joke, like most things having to do with X-Statix. A decent sense of humor is a requirement when dealing with Doop. He was never meant to be taken seriously, he's just a funny green guy that no one should be spending that much energy thinking about.

[TinMan]

The implication that he is ultra-powerful was mostly a joke, like most things having to do with X-Statix.

Not according to Marvel's character profile.

http://www.marvel.com/universe/Doop

[Jake V]

Not according to Marvel's character profile.

http://www.marvel.com/universe/Doop
WOW, A COMIC BOOK COMPANY IS MAKING A JOKE. I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.

seriously, its a joke. sorry you fell for it.

[TinMan]

WOW, A COMIC BOOK COMPANY IS MAKING A JOKE. I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.

seriously, its a joke. sorry you fell for it.

Honestly man, their character profile says so, even if it is a joke they're still considering it cannon whether the Fuggin green cumwad is dead or not! Even if he is a comedic character he can still be considered that powerful.

[unkiedev]

Comic books have to be so serious all the time. I think the biggest selling point to Doop was he was a bright green, nonsense talking, floating lumpy freak who hangs out and drinks beer with wolverine.

Some folks like their heroes a little abstract.

It was a refreshing character design for those of us that had to live through the liefeld/Lee 90’s comic years. If I NEVER see one more pair of spikey shoulder-pads it’ll be too soon!

He was silly, and funny, and neat to look at. He was the irreverent wet-blanket thrown on the ultra serious comic market. He was the media darling that comics needed.

Doop is good soup!

[Gaveedra 6]

I hope that from now on in X-Men, Lorna speaks in Doopspeak.

[The Sword Is Drawn]

I hope that Milligan's Daap/Lorna plot is abandonned and never refered to again.

[DDM]

Doop never served a plot in X-Statix; he was an empty deus ex machina, a plot device. Basically, Doop is whatever people want him to be because he was never developed as a true character.

[unkiedev]

Harsh, DDM...and doop had such nice things to say about you. ;)

[Hi-Fi]

Doop never served a plot in X-Statix; he was an empty deus ex machina, a plot device. Basically, Doop is whatever people want him to be because he was never developed as a true character.

So basically, he's Sage.

[R Krippler]

He's like the Martian from JLU :p . It's hilarious how he is better then anything in existence. I have never seen doop untill I read that profile at Marvel.com but now I want to read some X-Static. Any reconmendations.

[Dizzy D]

Doop never served a plot in X-Statix; he was an empty deus ex machina, a plot device. Basically, Doop is whatever people want him to be because he was never developed as a true character.

And which plot did he actually device? Which storyline did he suddenly resolve?

[Gaveedra 6]

By the way, DDM, you've used the phrase "deus ex machina" 19 times in the forums.

Another thing about Doop- He's meant to be kind of the poster child/icon for mutant pride, which is pretty hilarious in itself. When he was introduced, characters in lots of other Marvel books were seen owning Doop keychains, posters and toys and wearing Doop t-shirts. Molly in Runaways even made a reference to having a Doop poster just a few issues ago.

[Brian888]

WOW, A COMIC BOOK COMPANY IS MAKING A JOKE. I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.

seriously, its a joke. sorry you fell for it.



Doop was able to throw down with Thor, and he only had the back-up brain in his butt at the time. He's plenty powerful.

[Mitsaso]

Share the Doop-love, darlings!! :D

[Gaveedra 6]

Doop was able to throw down with Thor, and he only had the back-up brain in his butt at the time. He's plenty powerful.
The pure hilarity of even just this very statement is a testament to the greatness of the Doop phenomenon.

[malephoenix]

Wow. 18 replies and still the most defining thing I've discovered is a lotta folks like him and a lotta folks don't.

Which is he? Space jizz or a mutant? If he's space jizz, how can he be the poster child for mutant pride? If he's a mutant, what happened that he looks like that instead of looking like a man?

(Is this one of those Chuck Norris things that you're either a fan of or you're not, but there's no real rhyme or reason?)

[Mitsaso]

Uhmmmm... TinMan provided you with the character's profile, and you're still not covered? Unless you didn't see it.

There you go: http://www.marvel.com/universe/Doop

[Michael P]

By the way, DDM, you've used the phrase "deus ex machina" 19 times in the forums.

Another thing about Doop- He's meant to be kind of the poster child/icon for mutant pride, which is pretty hilarious in itself. When he was introduced, characters in lots of other Marvel books were seen owning Doop keychains, posters and toys and wearing Doop t-shirts. Molly in Runaways even made a reference to having a Doop poster just a few issues ago.
She had a stuffed Doop toy, too.

[fishtaco]

So basically, he's Sage.Even when the story is centered around her?

That make sense.

[Tommy]

Doop was a cold war weapon that was so powerful he basically ended the cold war. But he also has some sort of a family (they mentioned the X-Statix headquarters had a spare room built for his relatives) and that is where Daap comes in.

Doop has powerful energy projection powers, psychic powers, time manipulation powers, has an entire dimension inside of himself, is strong enough to throw down with Thor, and is worthy enough to wield Mjollnir, and is apparently a priest. Also he can make people gay.

Doop is the shit! He is just adorable.

[Gaveedra 6]

Wow. 18 replies and still the most defining thing I've discovered is a lotta folks like him and a lotta folks don't.

Which is he? Space jizz or a mutant? If he's space jizz, how can he be the poster child for mutant pride? If he's a mutant, what happened that he looks like that instead of looking like a man?

(Is this one of those Chuck Norris things that you're either a fan of or you're not, but there's no real rhyme or reason?)
He's apparently some sort of cold war superweapon engineered by the Soviets. His origins could be from outer space, but he strongly identifies as a mutant, so I bet he's X-gene positive even if his origins are somewhat other-worldly. Kinda like Vulcan may turn out to be in XMDG.

He's basically everything awesome you could imagine for a superhero packaged in the body of a floating green potato.

No more ridiculous than say, Phoenix I, II or III. Just with added irony.

[TheWolfOfAsgard]

He's the result of a Galactus allergy attack!

[gorthon616]

He's the result of a Galactus allergy attack!

Dear God that would be sweet. Snot that was bestowed the power cosmic. I hope someone at the Marvel offices is reading this....

[Twigglet]

Doop is the best character ever.

[Gaveedra 6]

He's the result of a Galactus allergy attack!
Hahahahahhhaaa. OMG, thats funny.
"I...HUNGERrrrrrrraaaAAAAACHOOO!
This world gives me Hayfever. Herald, find me another!"

[Novaya Havoc]

Doop never served a plot in X-Statix; he was an empty deus ex machina, a plot device. Basically, Doop is whatever people want him to be because he was never developed as a true character.
Like, about, 90% of Claremont heroines?

I liked Doop. And I liked that Milligan brought it into X-Men. <shrug>

EDIT: Oops. Hi-Fi beat me to it. :D

[Ryan Day]

Doop is just a fun, cool, silly character. He's everymutant, and the quintessential "mutant hero with a dark, dark past." He had many secrets, a dark side, and used to hang out with Wolverine.

And probably one of the more interesting character designs at Marvel for the past 10 or 15 years. Mike Allred rocks.

[Jellobay]

Doop is the best character ever.

Twi, your cool and all, but seriously ... best ever. ;)

[Brian M.]

I think Doop should head up the Hellfire Club. He should also be in charge of Otherworld and the Omniverse. Roma just isn't doing it for me anymore.

[Mitsaso]

Doop should be the new Phoenix host.

[Gaveedra 6]

Doop should be the new Phoenix host.
I just said that in X-Cres! :p

[Mitsaso]

I just said that in X-Cres! :p
Now that I think about it, Doop's healing factor would just expell the Phoenix from his system. :p

[Tommy]

Plus Doop gets all the best one liners in X-force/X-Statix

[The Sword Is Drawn]

I think Doop should head up the Hellfire Club. He should also be in charge of Otherworld and the Omniverse. Roma just isn't doing it for me anymore.

Are you deliberately trying to piss me off? :D

I hate that little green dump. He's freckin' stupid. And just because they did a similar thing with Man-Thing doesn't mean Doop should get the same approach.

If they ever reveal that Doop is secretly Merlin in another of his weird guises I will not be happy...

[Beast]

Are you deliberately trying to piss me off? :D

I hate that little green dump. He's freckin' stupid. And just because they did a similar thing with Man-Thing doesn't mean Doop should get the same approach.

If they ever reveal that Doop is secretly Merlin in another of his weird guises I will not be happy...
I knew I liked you for a reason. :)

[Jake V]

Are you deliberately trying to piss me off? :D

I hate that little green dump. He's freckin' stupid. And just because they did a similar thing with Man-Thing doesn't mean Doop should get the same approach.

If they ever reveal that Doop is secretly Merlin in another of his weird guises I will not be happy...
What's it like to go through life completely devoid of a sense of humor?

[mr sinister]

So basically, he's Sage.
thank you for my daily laugh. :D

[Sharcque]

Doop is.

That is all.

[Valmore]

Doop is "Pood" backwards, which is what Doop is - the result of when Galactus Pood in the bowels of space after eating some bad Taco Bell building.

[Dr Manolis Dooplove]

doop is a sex icon! and he swings both ways, as revealed very recently ;)

[The Sword Is Drawn]

What's it like to go through life completely devoid of a sense of humor?

I was being tongue in cheek, eejit! :D

[unkiedev]

Doop ABSOLUTELY should run the hellfire club, especially with all the Illuminati hoakum going on.

And I also liked all the mutants wearing Doop merch and stuff. Wolvie once doned a Doop T-shirt, if I recall.

[Brian M.]

What's it like to go through life completely devoid of a sense of humor?


I believe Doop should take over CC and write Uncanny. It would be perfect the man who has mind controlled plots every 2 arcs is now mindcontrolled? I know there is some irony in that.

[Twigglet]

I believe Doop should take over CC and write Uncanny. It would be perfect the man who has mind controlled plots every 2 arcs is now mindcontrolled? I know there is some irony in that.

Why do you think Uncanny has been getting better reviews recently?

Yeah, that's right.

[Neolucifer]

By the way, DDM, you've used the phrase "deus ex machina" 19 times in the forums.

Dont you know already that DDM is himself a Deus Ex Machina , whose plot purpose is to call X editors incompetent people , and to point out that JQ is the evilest EIC ever , on a daily basis ? :p


Anyway i hate doop , sorry cant feel another way .
Anyway i think that Doop/X statix fans are a bit too condescending for their own sake . Some , not everyone , act as if liking Doop was the symbol of some superior/special elite , while the haters are just as cold as a mr Sinister and just dont get an indeniable humor .

In my case , i love comedy and humor , in comics and every medium (i love Deadpool for christ sakes !!! one of the apostle of non-sensical and goofy Marvel characters) , i just dont find Doop , the green mutant pooh , fun in any kind of way .
I'll only confess liking "the I heart mutant" one shot he featured in ... yet it doesnt remain something i'll forever remember .

[Brian M.]

Wait a minute...George Bush is evil...Joe Q is evil...there must be some connection...we'll just make Doop EIC and President.

[Brian M.]

Dont you know already that DDM is himself a Deus Ex Machina , whose plot purpose is to call X editors incompetent people , and to point out that JQ is the evilest EIC ever , on a daily basis ? :p


Anyway i hate doop , sorry cant feel another way .
Anyway i think that Doop/X statix fans are a bit too condescending for their own sake . Some , not everyone , act as if liking Doop was the symbol of some superior/special elite , while the haters are just as cold as a mr Sinister and just dont get an indeniable humor .

In my case , i love comedy and humor , in comics and every medium (i love Deadpool for christ sakes !!! one of the apostle of non-sensical and goofy Marvel characters) , i just dont find Doop , the green mutant pooh , fun in any kind of way .
I'll only confess liking "the I heart mutant" one shot he featured in ... yet it doesnt remain something i'll forever remember .


Deadpool/Doop pairing? Maybe you would like him then?

[TinMan]

Deadpool/Doop pairing? Maybe you would like him then?

And knowing Wade he'd probably sleep with Doop the space poop too! That'd be some nasty lookin sex, let me tell you what! :p

[unkiedev]

My favorite thing about Doop is he's a symbol of my elitest...hold on, what was that again? OH YEAH, The "symbol of some superior/special elite."

You're just jealous, Neolucifer, because you don't get my indelible humor...like Mr. Sinister. :confused: indeniable?

SPEAKING of which, did you know that Doop and Mr. Sinister are the same person and that's why they've never been seen in the same place as Spider-Man because they are ALSO Spider-Man?

hello?

[Gaveedra 6]

My favorite thing about Doop is he's a symbol of my elitest...hold on, what was that again? OH YEAH, The "symbol of some superior/special elite."

You're just jealous, Neolucifer, because you don't get my indelible humor...like Mr. Sinister. :confused: indeniable?

SPEAKING of which, did you know that Doop and Mr. Sinister are the same person and that's why they've never been seen in the same place as Spider-Man because they are ALSO Spider-Man?

hello?
Spider-Man and doop were both seen together once. So, perhaps it's just Sinister that is actually Doop.. Or perhaps Doop, clearly having quantum powers, can pop back and forth in time to pose as himself in various guises alongside Doop-propper.

[mr sinister]

why does everyone say i don't have a sense of humor? i laughed at the sage comment for christssakes! :D

[fishtaco]

Hate him. Horrible character, imo.

[unkiedev]

Sorry, Mr. Sinister. I thought people where talking about the ACTUAL Mr. Sinister, not a fellow poster. Shame, SHAME on you, neolucifur!

and thank you, Gaveedra 6. Usually when I spin into madness I get no replies.

-When did Spidey and Doop hang out?

[Gaveedra 6]

Sorry, Mr. Sinister. I thought people where talking about the ACTUAL Mr. Sinister, not a fellow poster. Shame, SHAME on you, neolucifur!

and thank you, Gaveedra 6. Usually when I spin into madness I get no replies.

-When did Spidey and Doop hang out?
X-Statix had a photo-op in New York City - I think it was the premier of the X-Statix movie or something. They got attacked by something or other. And spidey showed up to help. IIRC, Dead Girl commented that he looked "runty" in person.

[Neolucifer]

Was talking about both sinister ;) :D :p

Deadpool/Doop pairing? Maybe you would like him then?

No , but at the very least Wade should be on top ! :D

[Brian M.]

Was talking about both sinister ;) :D :p



No , but at the very least Wade should be on top ! :D


Ok I didn't mean pairing as in sexual. Team-up. Crossover. Doop and Deadpool #1. Not sexual. No sex. Zero sex between the two.

[Brian M.]

Hate him. Horrible character, imo.

If only Claremont had a hand in him.

[TheWolfOfAsgard]

If only Claremont had a hand in him.

SICK!!!!!


Oh wait you don't mean actually having a hand in him, right? Right??????:eek:

[Brian M.]

SICK!!!!!


Oh wait you don't mean actually having a hand in him, right? Right??????:eek:


...Your a sick man you know that?

[TheWolfOfAsgard]

...Your a sick man you know that?


So therapist and the voices keep saying.

[Mitsaso]

I don't think Doop would be into fisting. :p

I mean, Claremont's hand would be transported into the pocket dimension inside of Doop, right?? :D

[Young Avenger]

Doop should be in the Illuminati. He'll be a more influencial member than Professor X or Doc Strange. Doop should be on Nextwave. Doop should write his own ongoing series. Doop should be Marvel's E-i-C

[Neolucifer]

Ok I didn't mean pairing as in sexual. Team-up. Crossover. Doop and Deadpool #1. Not sexual. No sex. Zero sex between the two.

Yeah sorry for the crappy joke , and well no .. why would i want to see a character i hate , precisely in a team-up with someone i love ? :p

[milhouse123321]

Doop for President... of the world

[streator]

i never read x-force post 115 or x-statix, but i have nothing against doop or those characters.
in fact, i've even considered hunting down those runs at some point.
i will say that the daap stuff in x-men recently was pretty crappy, though.
kind of a let down for what lorna saw that was supposed to be a "big deal".

i am willing to argue that most of the doop haters have never read an issue with him in it, though.

[SOBO]

Am I the only one who sees the character Doop and is reminded of Jack Burton in Big Trouble in Little China?

"Oh my god.
What is THAT?
Don't tell me!"

[Novaya Havoc]

If only Claremont had a hand in him.
Or a fist.

EDIT: God, why am I always 5 posts behind?

[TheWolfOfAsgard]

Am I the only one who sees the character Doop and is reminded of Jack Burton in Big Trouble in Little China?

"Oh my god.
What is THAT?
Don't tell me!"

And that thing at the end of Wierd Science that the jerk brother got turned into.

[Spirit of vengeance]

Doop is whack and sometimes funny and cool and sometimes just whack. I'm not sure if I love him but he is unlike any other character and that is rare.

Dan

[Twigglet]

Doop in Nextwave is the best idea I've ever heard.

[fishtaco]

If only Claremont had a hand in him.I probably wouldn't read it. It would depend on the artist and whatever else is going on in the book. I hate X-Statix.

[Hi-Fi]

I hate X-Statix.

That's so wrong!! It's just plain wrong!! I guess the pop art and the contemporary script scared you away, right?

[Novaya Havoc]

That's so wrong!! It's just plain wrong!! I guess the pop art and the contemporary script scared you away, right?

It's just too zany and unique and off the wall. With weird occurrences and strange locales, and wonky yet loveable characters.

Oh, wait. Isn't that what NEX and the (June) Exiles are trying to be? My bad.

[Hi-Fi]

It's just too zany and unique and off the wall. With weird occurrences and strange locales, and wonky yet loveable characters.

Oh, wait. Isn't that what NEX and the (June) Exiles are trying to be? My bad.

Zing...!! :D

[Demon Cleaner]

He's like the Martian from JLU :p . It's hilarious how he is better then anything in existence. I have never seen doop untill I read that profile at Marvel.com but now I want to read some X-Static. Any reconmendations.

Pick up the recent Dead Girl Series, then pick up as much x-statix as you can, starting with x-force 116. Also there's a doop/wolverine 2-parter that I personally think is great, though many might say its retarded.

[Doom Hammer]

Pick up the recent Dead Girl Series, then pick up as much x-statix as you can, starting with x-force 116. Also there's a doop/wolverine 2-parter that I personally think is great, though many might say its retarded.

Dead Girl is not friendly tonew readers. It's friggin' wierd.

And fishy, seriously, have you READ X-Statix?

[stealthwise]

Ennis and Milligan

Dillon and Allred

Six issues

Doop/Arseface team-up

I'd gladly pay $30 to see that happen

[RonnieThunderbolts]

Dead Girl is not friendly tonew readers. It's friggin' wierd.

And fishy, seriously, have you READ X-Statix?


I'd only flipped through X-Force during this run or X-Statix, and I love Dead Girl, so, I've got to disagree. I think its peachy, although it could be refered to as "Dr. Strange and Dead Girl."