History Blog / WhatIf

* MushroomCloud: The [[http://what-if.xkcd.com/1/ Relativistic Baseball]] produced one.

* GatlingGood: [[what-if.xkcd.com/21/ "Machine Gun Jetpack"]] eventually escalates from an AK-47 to a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gryazev-Shipunov_GSh-6-30 Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-6-30]], which if properly set up, can jump mountains.

-->''Before we go any further, I want to emphasize something:''
-->'''''I am not an authority on lightning safety.''' I am a guy who draws pictures on the internet. I like when things catch fire and explode, which means I do not have your best interests in mind.''
-->-- '''Randall''', on [[http://what-if.xkcd.com/16/ this page.]]

-->''disclaimer: i am a cartoonist. if you follow my advice on safety around nuclear materials you probably deserve whatever happens to you.'' [sic.]
-->-- '''AltText''' of the third picture on [[http://what-if.xkcd.com/29/ this page.]]

** The AltText for 21 of the planetary bodies, before being {{Lampshaded}} with [[https://what-if.xkcd.com/30/ you could have done just 10. you seriously could have done just 10.]]
* {{Pun}}: "...switching to [[StarWars Yoda]] Power probably isn’t worth the trouble—[[http://what-if.xkcd.com/3/ though it would definitely be green.]]"

* Pun: "...switching to [[StarWars Yoda]] Power probably isn’t worth the trouble—[[http://what-if.xkcd.com/3/ though it would definitely be green.]]"

* AltText: Just like {{xkcd}}, hovering your curser over the images reveals a humorous bit of text. However, this only started in the "[[http://what-if.xkcd.com/30/ Steak Drop]] update; initially, they were just descriptions of the images shown, though starting with "[[http://what-if.xkcd.com/19/ Tie Vote]]" they began being less serious.

* Pun: "...switching to [[StarWars Yoda]] Power probably isn’t worth the trouble—though it would definitely be green."[[http://what-if.xkcd.com/3/]]

* OverlyLongGag: [[http://what-if.xkcd.com/11/ Unit cancellation is weird.]]

* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: {{Invoked}} in "[[http://what-if.xkcd.com/18/ BB Gun]]".

* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: {{Invoked}} in "[[http://what-if.xkcd.com/18/ BB Gun]]'.

* AltText: Just like {{xkcd}}, hovering your curser over the images reveals a humorous bit of text. However, this only started in [[http://what-if.xkcd.com/28/ the "Steak Drop'' update]]; initially, they were just descriptions of the images shown.

* AltText: Just like {{xkcd}}, hovering your curser over the images reveals a humorous bit of text. However, this only started about halfway through; initially, they were just descriptions of the images shown.

* Pun: "...switching to Yoda Power probably isn’t worth the trouble—though it would definitely be green."[[http://what-if.xkcd.com/3/]]

* Pun: "...switching to Yoda Power probably isn’t worth the trouble—though it would definitely be green."[http://what-if.xkcd.com/3/]

* DontTryThisAtHome:

** And this one:

-->->''disclaimer: i am a cartoonist. if you follow my advice on safety around nuclear materials you probably deserve whatever happens to you.'' [sic.]

-->-- '''AltText''' of the third picture on [[http://what-if.xkcd.com/29/ this page]].

* CallBack[=/=]FantasticMeasurementSystem: In the course of [[http://what-if.xkcd.com/17/ "Green Cows"]], Munroe makes up the unit "megayodas" for energy, in reference to a previous entry [[[[http://what-if.xkcd.com/3/ on Yoda's energy output]].