FOLIE A DEUX: Toxic Couples in CIR by Rich Vernadeau

There are a number of couples presented over the 34 seasons of CIR, all with certain similarities. The first couple introduced are Woody the Wood Pulp Boy and Flashy (also the first nonhuman couple), who relationship is intense and volatile and they are united against a common enemy: mankind. Prior to Woody and Flashy, it is brought out that Judy Vincenni and Senator Quent had a relationship but this is not fully explored in CIR (it is touched upon more fully in Mergatroid The Early Years). The second couple presented in Uncle Frank and Aunt Sookie, a couple who have lasted 40 years but who end in separation and divorce. Imogene Slowkowski and Les Tomac become a couple and marry (but ultimately also end up breaking up their marriage). Eric Neidermyer, the Mergatroid serial killer, becomes involved with a blind girlfriend, Doreen Thompson. Although not a couple per se, Sharon Cielo and Blatson the artist team up together until his untimely demise at the hands of the Mergatroid serial killer, and Sharon Cielo soon after becomes involved with Le Chance (a vampire) who transforms her into a vampire as well. A more traditional couple presented is Lt Skitters and his wife Helen, whose marriage appears more stable than many of the other couples presented.