No. No no no no no. I refuse to acknowledge this. No. This is the least canon of all the canons past panel four. No. Just NO.
I'm serious. No. I don't care. I'm out. BYE.
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Okay, okay. Matt and Rat were characters in a bunch of comics I did for my Junior High newspaper. I had no idea what I was doing and even missed a few updates, and yet, in a textbook example of pulling a Homer*, I was still given some manner of trophy at the end of the year for it.
Expect more instances of me saying "no" in the next commentary.
* To succeed despite idiocy
Commentary added September 24th, 2002