“Texts from Avengers Tower” - 23. Catchphrase

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“Texts from Avengers Tower”
By Phoebe Roberts
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Summary: “There are a lot of great things about being on a close-knit team like the Avengers. The group text chains aren’t one of them.

A collection of funny conversations in text messages between the cast of the MCU.”

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Previous Texts:
1. Touchscreens
2. Neurosurgeon
3. Milk
4. Moon Dust
5. Aardvarks
6. Speech to Text
7. Adapting
8. Lucky
9. Trick
10. Shopping List
11. History
12. Plea
13. Mentionitis
14. Discretion
15. Sewing
16. Help
17. Smash
18. Wife
19. Principles
20. Plus One
21. Autocorrect
22. Components

This text: Barton home, Iowa, 2024. Kate Bishop to Clint Barton.

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23. - “Catchphrase”

Barton home, Iowa, 2024

KATE BISHOP
So I’ve been thinking about your branding problem

CLINT BARTON
Oh no

KATE BISHOP
And I’ve got a new strategy

CLINT BARTON
No you don’t

KATE BISHOP
One word
CATCHPHRASE

CLINT BARTON
No

KATE BISHOP
How about
BULLSEYE
Short sweet punchy

CLINT BARTON
No

KATE BISHOP
Maybe too on the nose?
How about
Straight and narrow or you get the arrow?

CLINT BARTON
And what am I supposed to do with these?
Yell them before I take my shot and give my position away?
Can’t say catchphrases when you’re dead

KATE BISHOP
Don’t blame me when the action figure people come and pass you over
Because you can’t give the marketing department shit

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Next text: 24. Protocols

Comments

[mneme]

Hehe!

In fairness, the "bullseye" one is reasonable to say -after- shooting someone. But neither of them are very good. :)

Am reminded a bit of Tiger & Bunny (an anime we've been netflixing recently), where superheroics are televised reality-show style (complete with a points system and sponsors footing the bill and occasionally calling the shots). One of the supporting characters, Blue Rose, has a very involved catchphrase ("my ice is a little bit cold, but your crime has been put completely on hold!"), and they have great fun with her both delivering it and getting tripped up on/by it and flubbing it in various ways.

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Haha, yeah, Blue Rose’s is definitely going to trip you up if you’re trying to say it in the thick on things. :-D At least “Bullseye” is only one word!