So there’s two big easter eggs in this strip: 1) Leo’s reaction in panel 2 is a nod to the Golden Age of Cartoons reactions, as can be seen in this youtube clip featuring the Big Bad Wolf; and 2) Frankie did this to a rat in an early strip entitled, “99 Problems.”
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Panel 1:
Leo the Boss: "‘Morning Jimmy. Anything new or noteworthy today?"
Jimmy the Nose: [while reading the paper] "Noteworthy? No. But there’s a bug in your office, so that’s new."
Panel 2:
Leo the Boss: "WHAT?!?"
Jimmy the Nose: "I’ve got it handled."
Jimmy the Nose: "FRANKIE, CODE 32!"
Panel 3:
[Frankie the Force tosses Carl Cockroach into the street.]
Leo the Boss: "‘Morning Jimmy. Anything new or noteworthy today?"
Jimmy the Nose: [while reading the paper] "Noteworthy? No. But there’s a bug in your office, so that’s new."
Panel 2:
Leo the Boss: "WHAT?!?"
Jimmy the Nose: "I’ve got it handled."
Jimmy the Nose: "FRANKIE, CODE 32!"
Panel 3:
[Frankie the Force tosses Carl Cockroach into the street.]
I feel something in the air . . .
Change?
I feel Tex Avery in the air, looking at the second panel!!