The Cartoon Is On A Never-Ending Lupin
Boyfriend/Girlfriend, home, Illinois, Movies & TV, USA | Romantic | December 10, 2018
(There’s a cartoon series that I really like, and I’ve finally talked my girlfriend into watching it with me. Note that she’s really into cars, and I’m not. We get a few episodes in, and she’s enjoying the series, when we see the main character driving for the first time, and she sits bolt upright.)
Girlfriend: “Oh, my God! The car he’s driving! Do you know what that is?!”
Me: “Um… It’s an old car?”
Girlfriend: “That’s a Mercedes Benz SSK! That’s one of the rarest cars in the world! Less than 40 were ever made! Holy cow, I can’t believe they included that! That’s so awesome!”
(As she’s waxing poetic about the car, I remember what comes next in this episode, and freeze. Sure enough, only a minute or two after it appears onscreen, the driver crashes, and the cartoon car is totaled.)
Girlfriend: “…”
Me: “…”
Girlfriend: “NOOOOOOOO!”
Me: “They wreck that car about once per episode. You’re probably not going to watch this with me anymore, are you?”
Girlfriend: “It may do bad things to my blood pressure.”
(She did eventually watch more of it with me, but the car remains a running joke between us!)
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