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Rapier Tapir

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u/Aplakka 15h ago

Seems like "I didn't teach you any of that. Wow." is the exact opposite of "We purposely trained him wrong, as a joke."

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u/1-Pinchy-Maniac 10h ago

"I'm bleeding, making me the victor!"

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u/OpenSauceMods 5h ago

"Ha! Face to foot style, how do you like it?"

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u/that_1weed 6h ago

Fool, if I had taught you the new way you mightve stood a chance

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u/pointofgravity 16h ago

Monsieur, smoking is bad for you!

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u/soupalex 15h ago

i like that the trainer's name is left to the reader's imagination (i see what you did there (falchion falcon), although a little disappointed that rapier tapir didn't fight an épée bee or flail whale or morningstar-a capybara or something)

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u/Retlifon 15h ago

The three opponents are “en garde”, “pret”, and “allez”, which are the three things the judge says to start a fencing match. In English, “on guard”, “ready”, “go.”

The en-guardian is not on guard.

The pret-y-pus is not ready. 

The allez-gator says “let’s go”.

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u/Immediate-Goose-8106 14h ago

Nice.  Well done OP 

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u/OpenSauceMods 5h ago

Thank you for the extra context condiments in my swordwich

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u/WhatANiceNature 7h ago

Flail? Morningstar? What nonsense are you talking about? Those arent swords, you silly goose!

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u/soupalex 6h ago

handle… metal hurty bit… looks like a sword to me!

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u/gregorydgraham 4h ago

You’re like some sort of axe-lover

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u/Flamingo-Sini 3h ago

These whacking swords will never catch on

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u/VocalLocalYokel 14h ago

Perhaps the falchion falcon taught him too much.

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u/doomzday_96 13h ago

I like non-European yet explicitly French animals fighting with swords.

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u/Immediate-Goose-8106 14h ago

Am i the only one singing Bangles Walk like an Egyptian as a result if the final panel?

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u/blkwhtrbbt 11h ago

The Peregrine Falchion is a nice touch

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u/Just_Trade_8355 9h ago

I believed it’s pronounced Touché

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u/gregorydgraham 4h ago

I guessed Falchion Falcon but yours is better

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u/Meowcate 14h ago

Sacrebleu !

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u/gregorydgraham 4h ago

Champes-Élysées!

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u/Pyro-Millie 13h ago

This is so good XD

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u/-N0N 7h ago

That doesn't look like a tapir