In the comic ''

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'' #1, a story titled "Walt Flanagan's Dog" appears and tells the adventure of

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having an encounter with

Walt Flanagan Walter Flanagan (born October 23, 1967) is a former comic book store manager, reality television personality, podcaster, and comic book artist. Flanagan is a long-time friend of Kevin Smith, and (according to Smith's book ''Silent Bob Speaks'') i ...

's dog, Krypto.

Plot

While

deal outside RST Video,

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calls the cops on them. The duo leaves and ends up smoking marijuana with

's dog (Flanagan and Steve Dave are practicing strip comic book trivia at the time). The dog gets a " stoner boner" and chases them around

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after Silent Bob pokes it. By the time the dog calms down, it is dawn. Jay and Bob then decide to go to the Eden Prairie Mall for an

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In the Askewniverse

Chronologically, "Walt Flanagan's Dog" is the earliest story to take place in the

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. It leads into ''

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'' which takes place before ''

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''.

Askewniverse references

* The comic features a strip where there is an ambulance in front of the local

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. This is a reference to Julie Dwyer's death, which is mentioned in ''

'', ''

'' and ''

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''. *

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is talking to Veronica, his girlfriend from ''Clerks'', on the phone in the beginning of the comic. They discuss a game show at the Eden Prairie Mall, a reference to ''Mallrats''. * In ''Mallrats'', Jay refers to the events of the comic after being chased by Lafours, saying he is "faster than Walt Flanagan's dog". * One of the usernames on an early internet message board shown in a flashback in ''

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'' is "Walt Flanagan's Dog". * One of the usernames on an internet message board shown in ''

Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back ''Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back'' is a 2001 American satirical stoner buddy comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith, the fifth to be set in his View Askewniverse, a growing collection of characters and settings that developed out of ...

'' is "Walt Flanagan's Dog". * While not technically in the Askewniverse, the View Askew film ''Vulgar'' contains the line "Only humans can be heroes, right? Well tell that to Walt Flanagan's Dog". View Askewniverse comics Oni Press titles {{comics-stub