Mango Silencer / Shpff / Goodbye Lana
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Mango Silencer, otherwise known as Shpff or Goodbye Lana, refers to a memorable scene from the Marvel comic series All-New Ultimates in which minor character Poey Ponsor is murdered, with his killer using a mango as a silencer.
Origin
The scene originates from the fourth issue of the series All-New Ultimates published by Marvel Comics. The issue was released on June, 2014. It was written by Michel Fiffe and penciled by Amilcar Pinna.[1] The context of the scene (shown below) sees minor character Poey Ponsor, a drug dealer and boyfriend of lead character Bombshell (Lana Baumgartner), getting killed by an unidentified assailant, who is later in the issue identified as a member of the drug gang Serpent Skulls. In the previous issue, Poey had shown Lana to a warehouse where the Skulls kept their supply. They were trailed by Lana's fellow New Ultimate, Spider-Man (Miles Morales), which resulted in a skirmish that saw the warehouse destroyed. After he hangs up from calling Lana to say goodbye, Poey begs for his life and is murdered. His killer uses a mango as a silencer, resulting in the onomatopoeia "Shpff."
On June 27th, 2014, the panel was uploaded to was first featured on 4chan's /co/ board (shown below).[2]
Spread
The panel did not start becoming a meme until late 2020, when users on /co/ and /k/ began to mock the panel and turn it into an exploitable. On December 28th, a /co/ anon[3] posted an edit of the infamous scene which removed the gun (shown below).
![Anonymous Mon 28 Dec 2020 04:58:08 No.119935892 View Reply Original Report [533 / 157 / 264] Quoted By: >>119935906 >>119935909 >>119936460 >>119936499 >>119936598 >>119937016 >>119938403 >>119940137 >>119940155 >>119940172 >>119940850 >>119941046 >>119941940 >>119942432 >>119943969 >>119944672 >>119945629 >>119946007 >>119947122 >>119957473 >>119959370 >>119968402 >>119981137 Reminder that this happened. Anonymous Mon 28 Dec 2020 04:59:22 No.119935906 Report Quoted By: >>119936229 >>119936598 >>119968048 >>119935892 Does he know that won't work? Anonymous Mon 28 Dec 2020 04:59:35 No.119935909 Report Quoted By: >>119936346 >>119936944 454KIB, 1041x1600, silencer.jpg >>119935892 View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO + Someone needs to edit out the gun. Anonymous Mon 28 Dec 2020 05:41:29 No.119936229 Report Quoted By: >>119936598 >>119935906 Yeah I genuinely can't figure out how a mango is supposed to be significantly structurally different from a head. Like what is even the thought process here? View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO + l-dont-want-to-edit.jpg, 568KIB, 1041x1600 Anonymous Mon 28 Dec 2020 05:56:02 No.119936346 Report Quoted By: >>119936362 >>119936375 >>119936386 >>119936388 >>119936405 >>119936446 >>119936458 >>119936944 >>119937359 >>119938150 >>119938215 >>119939948 >>119940185 >>119940223 >>119941540 >>119942286 >>119942686 >>119942736 >>119944897 >>119945284 >>119945993 >>119946223 >>119947206 >>119947310 >>119948448 >>119949301 >>119953377 >>119955690 >>119956256 >>119956785 >>119957712 >>119959105 >>119961877 >>119962351 >>119963559 >>119967541 >>119967578 >>119968227 >>119974229 >>119975858 >>119981030 >>119982494 >>119935909](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/010/532/bdb.png "The Legendary Mango Thread")
This post inspired others to make edits of the scene, photoshopping the mango into other comic panels (examples shown below).
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Fwocka
Fwocka refers to a compilation of panels from Punisher: War Journal (Vol. 2) #12 (by Matt Fraction and Ariel Olivetti, released on 2007)[4] featuring the Punisher (Frank Castle) admiring and using a gun that shoots knives created by supporting character Stuart Clarke. The onomatopoeia "Fwocka" is used comedically on /k/ and /co/ to point out bizarre and cartoonish weaponry.
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External References
[1] Marvel Database – All-New Ultimates Vol 1 4
[2] /co/ – oh really?
[3] /co/ – Edit out the gun
[4] Marvel Database – Punisher War Journal Vol 2 12
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