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* [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0202.html "Stop oppressing my people,]] [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0779.html you enthnocentric bitch!"]]

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* [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0202.html "Stop oppressing my people,]] culture,]] [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0779.html you enthnocentric bitch!"]]
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* [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0202.html "Stop oppressing my people,]] [[ From [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0779.html you enthnocentric bitch!"]]

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* [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0202.html "Stop oppressing my people,]] [[ From [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0779.html you enthnocentric bitch!"]]
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* From [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0779.html #779]] to [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0202.html #202]]. Watch out for what the people with the lead sheet say!

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* [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0202.html "Stop oppressing my people,]] [[ From [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0779.html #779]] to [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0202.html #202]]. Watch out for what the people with the lead sheet say!you enthnocentric bitch!"]]
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* In [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1233.html 1233]], Durkon jabs Roy with his tendency to use TalkingIsAFreeAction, and using [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1143.html Thor's comment to Durkon about how the Order]] [[WeDoTheImpossible seems to manage impossible tasks]]:
-->'''Roy:''' Though in my defense, it's hard to discuss these things with someone who's charging you with an axe.\\
'''Durkon:''' Aye, aye, if thar's one thing anyone could say aboot Roy Greenhilt, it's tha he's nev'r manag'd ta fight an' talk at tha same time. \\
'''Roy:''' No, it's not that. It's just--\\
'''Durkon:''' [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1005.html 'E never, say, deeply interrogat'd]] [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1006.html a vampire's inner motivations]] [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1009.html while swordfightin' wit' 'im]] [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1010.html on tha floor o' tha Godsmoot.]]
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* In [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1232.html #1232]], Thor notes Durkon still seems to never have the right spells prepared, such as using up all four Sending spells by accident in [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0733.html #733]] and not having Control Winds ready in [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0837.html #837]].
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* In [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1231.html #1231]], Thor uses the special ringtone he set for [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1148.html Durkon's Commune]].
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* In [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1228.html #1228]], O-Chul recalls his attempts to destroy the Gate in Azure City, which happened all the way back in [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0448.html #448]].

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* In [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1228.html #1228]], O-Chul recalls his attempts to destroy the Gate in Azure City, which happened all the way back in [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0448.html #448]]. Serini then asks if he can vow someone else never used his sword to destroy a Gate; [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0462.html O-Chul can't promise that either.]]
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* In #1128, O-Chul recalls his attempts to destroy the Gate in Azure City, which happened all the way back in #448.

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* In #1128, [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1228.html #1228]], O-Chul recalls his attempts to destroy the Gate in Azure City, which happened all the way back in #448.[[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0448.html #448]].
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* "[[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1230.html That's His Bad]]": Elan states that he has to recall previous events considering it's before the final battle and they don't have much time to reminisce. He recalls the time when [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0004.html he tried to bluff the ogre and Roy told him he hated him]], [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0127.html the time where he tried to become a wizard and V yelled at him]], and the time where [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0124.html Belkar tried to kill him for free EXP]]. He then comments about how the previously mentioned Order members were kind of mean to him, to which Roy and Belkar apologize for how they treated Elan in the past.

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* "[[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1230.html That's His Bad]]": The strip is a ContinuityCavalcade all its own -- Elan states that he has to recall previous events considering it's before the final battle and they don't have much time to reminisce. He recalls the time when [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0004.html he tried to bluff the ogre and Roy told him he hated him]], [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0127.html the time where he tried to become a wizard and V yelled at him]], and the time where [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0124.html Belkar tried to kill kill/defeat him for free EXP]]. He then comments about how the previously mentioned Order members were kind of mean to him, to which Roy and Belkar apologize for how they treated Elan in the past. V notes [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0128.html s/he immediately apologized]] to Elan.

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* A subtle one, but [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0444.html #444]] has Durkon happy that Roy had a "good and worthy" death, just like an honorable dwarf; Haley doesn't feel the same way. [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1166.html A couple hundred strips later]], the dwarves cheer Kandros dying an honorable death; Haley doesn't feel the same way.

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* A subtle one, but [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0444.html #444]] has Durkon happy that Roy had a "good and worthy" death, just like an honorable dwarf; Haley doesn't feel the same way. [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1166.html A couple hundred strips later]], the dwarves cheer Kandros Kandro dying an honorable death; Haley doesn't feel the same way.



* In #1128, O-Chul recalls his attempts to destroy the Gate in Azure City, which happened all the way back in #448.

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* In #1128, O-Chul recalls his attempts to destroy the Gate in Azure City, which happened all the way back in #448.#448.
* "[[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1230.html That's His Bad]]": Elan states that he has to recall previous events considering it's before the final battle and they don't have much time to reminisce. He recalls the time when [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0004.html he tried to bluff the ogre and Roy told him he hated him]], [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0127.html the time where he tried to become a wizard and V yelled at him]], and the time where [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0124.html Belkar tried to kill him for free EXP]]. He then comments about how the previously mentioned Order members were kind of mean to him, to which Roy and Belkar apologize for how they treated Elan in the past.
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* In [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1225.html #1125]], Lien and O-Chul continued to try to one up each other as they did in [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1031.html #1031]].

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* In [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1225.html #1125]], #1225]], Lien and O-Chul continued to try to one up each other as they did in [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1031.html #1031]].
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* In [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1225.html #1125]], Lien and O-Chul continued to try to one up each other as they did in [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1031.html #1031]].

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* In [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1225.html #1125]], Lien and O-Chul continued to try to one up each other as they did in [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1031.html #1031]].#1031]].
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* One of the longest Call Backs: in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0025.html #25]], Elan assumes that since the less armor you wear, the less able enemies are to see you, if you're naked, you must be invisible. Years later in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0665.html #665]], Roy is resurrected and is completely naked -- Elan exclaims, "You're invisible!" Elan calls it back '''''again''''' in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1190.html #1190]], in which he says that he would have gone ahead with an invisible Haley and V, but it's too cold to be naked.

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* One of the longest Call Backs: Backs in the whole comic: in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0025.html #25]], Elan assumes that since the less armor you wear, the less able enemies are to see you, if you're naked, you must be invisible. Years later in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0665.html #665]], Roy is resurrected and is completely naked -- Elan exclaims, "You're invisible!" Elan calls it back to it '''''again''''' in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1190.html #1190]], in which he says that he would have gone ahead with an invisible Haley and V, but it's too cold to be naked.



* Also, [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0685.html #685]] to [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0171.html #171]]. (Belkar knows a guy who knows a guy).

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* Also, [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0685.html #685]] to [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0171.html #171]]. (Belkar knows In both, [[AmbiguousCriminalHistory Belkar]] "knows a guy who knows a guy).guy."



* One would be a sort of Call Forward, since it shows up in a prequel book. In [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0216.html this]] comic, Roy makes a throwaway comment about only getting a C- in his Attacks of Opportunity class. In ''[[Recap/TheOrderOfTheStickOnTheOriginOfPCs On the Origin of [=PCs=]]],'' that's the class Roy is studying for when his dad shows up to tell him about the Blood Oath against Xykon.

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* One There's one that would be a sort more of Call Forward, a CallForward, since it shows up in a prequel book. In [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0216.html this]] comic, Roy makes a throwaway comment about only getting a C- in his Attacks of Opportunity class. In ''[[Recap/TheOrderOfTheStickOnTheOriginOfPCs On the Origin of [=PCs=]]],'' that's the class Roy is studying for when his dad shows up to tell him about the Blood Oath against Xykon.



* From 256 back to 127: [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0256.html I, like, would never be caught dead in a]] [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0127.html stars-and-planets wizard robe]]

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* From 256 back to 127: [[http://www."[[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0256.html I, like, would never be caught dead in a]] [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0127.html stars-and-planets wizard robe]]robe]]."
* A pretty dark example in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0881.html #881]]: Belkar's pseudo-RousingSpeech to Roy explaining that [[spoiler:the Order needs to continue on despite Durkon's vampirization because if they just turn back now, [[SenselessSacrifice then he would've died for nothing]]]], is very similar to TheReasonYouSuckSpeech Xykon gave Redcloak in ''Start of Darkness'' where the EvilSorcerer invoked the SunkCostFallacy in order to keep Redcloak on his side [[spoiler:after Redcloak was forced to kill his own brother in Xykon's defense]]. Ultimately, both Xykon and Belkar are arguing using the same logic - "Keep on or we did this for nothing" - but for completely dissimilar goals.
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* In [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1225.html #1125]], Lien and O=Chul continued to try to one up each other as they did in [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1031.html #1031]].

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* In [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1225.html #1125]], Lien and O=Chul O-Chul continued to try to one up each other as they did in [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1031.html #1031]].
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* Roy [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1196.html about to tell]] Julia that he made his father [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0500.html swear an oath]] to never see any family members is a several hundred strip callback.

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* Roy [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1196.html about to tell]] Julia that he made his father [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0500.html swear an oath]] to never see any family members is a several hundred strip callback.callback.
* In [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1225.html #1125]], Lien and O=Chul continued to try to one up each other as they did in [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1031.html #1031]].
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* In [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1140.html #1140]], Durkon reminds Thor of the time, [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0007.html over a thousand strips previously]], when his automated prayer system almost gave Elan a colon tumor.

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* In [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1140.html #1140]], Durkon reminds Thor of the time, [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0007.html over a thousand strips previously]], when his automated prayer system almost gave Elan a colon tumor.tumor -- which had already received a CallBack in [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0040.html strip #40]].
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** Also in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1140.html #1140]], we see a sentient soda drink take revenge on a slice of pizza for a murder that was seen all the way back in [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0301.html #301]].
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* Roy [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1196.html about to tell]] Julia that he made his father swear an oath to never see any family members is a several hundred strip callback.

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* Roy [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1196.html about to tell]] Julia that he made his father [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0500.html swear an oath oath]] to never see any family members is a several hundred strip callback.
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** From [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0841.html #841]] all the way back to [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0012.html #12]]:
--->'''Haley:''' Do you want to go up a level, or down a level?\\

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** * From [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0841.html #841]] all the way back to [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0012.html #12]]:
--->'''Haley:''' -->'''Haley:''' Do you want to go up a level, or down a level?\\



*** The bit gets a lampshade in [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1188.html #1188]] when Elan tells Minrah that that particular WhosOnFirst gag is out of date.

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*** ** The bit gets a lampshade in [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1188.html #1188]] when Elan tells Minrah that that particular WhosOnFirst gag is out of date.
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-->'''Haley:''' Do you want to go up a level, or down a level?\\

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-->'''Haley:''' --->'''Haley:''' Do you want to go up a level, or down a level?\\
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*** The bit gets a lampshade in [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1188.html #1188]] when Elan tells Minrah that that particular WhosOnFirst gag is out of date.
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* Another call back of over 1100 strips: Haley points out in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1187.html #1187]] that Roy never got any sleep because [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0014.html he couldn't trust anyone]].

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* Another call back of over 1100 strips: Haley points out in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1187.html #1187]] that Roy never got any sleep because [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0014.html he couldn't trust anyone]].anyone]].
* Roy [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1196.html about to tell]] Julia that he made his father swear an oath to never see any family members is a several hundred strip callback.
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-->'''Rodriguez:''' [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0032.html Oh, and Blondie, keep your clothes on. Kids play this game.]]

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-->'''Rodriguez:''' -->'''Jones:''' [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0032.html Oh, and Blondie, Blondie: try to keep your clothes on. Kids play this game.]]
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-->'''Rodriguez:''' [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0032.html Oh, and Blondie, keep your clothes on. Kids play this game.]]
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-->'''High Priest:''' Wait a minute! I rolled a 22!

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-->'''High Priest:''' Wait a minute! minute, I rolled had a 22!
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* One of the longest Call Backs: in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0025.html #25]], Elan assumes that since the less armor you wear, the less able enemies are to see you, if you're naked, you must be invisible. Years later in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0665.html #665]], Roy is resurrected and is completely naked -- Elan exclaims, "You're invisible!" Elan calls it back ''again'' in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1190.html #1190]], in which he says that he would have gone ahead with an invisible Haley and V, but it's too cold to be naked.

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* One of the longest Call Backs: in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0025.html #25]], Elan assumes that since the less armor you wear, the less able enemies are to see you, if you're naked, you must be invisible. Years later in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0665.html #665]], Roy is resurrected and is completely naked -- Elan exclaims, "You're invisible!" Elan calls it back ''again'' '''''again''''' in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1190.html #1190]], in which he says that he would have gone ahead with an invisible Haley and V, but it's too cold to be naked.
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* One would be a sort of Call Forward, since it shows up in a prequel book. In [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0216.html this]] comic, Roy makes a throwaway comment about only getting a C- in his Attacks of Opportunity class. In ''On the Origin of [=PCs=],'' that's the class Roy is studying for when his dad shows up to tell him about the Blood Oath against Xykon.
** From [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0779.html #779]] to [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0202.html #202]]. Watch out for what the people with the lead sheet say!
** From [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0795.html #795]] to [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0114.html #114]].
** The comic tops itself yet again as of [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0789.html #789]] to [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0043.html #43]], with [[spoiler:the return of Zz'dtri.]]
** "[[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0800.html I may be in error, but I believe the appropriate proclamation is,]] [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0396.html 'Sneak Attack, bitch.']]"
** [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0478.html #478]] has V teaching Elan to create illusions of celestial creatures. In [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0805.html #805]], Elan demonstrates what he's learned with an illusionary celestial tree sloth.

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* One would be a sort of Call Forward, since it shows up in a prequel book. In [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0216.html this]] comic, Roy makes a throwaway comment about only getting a C- in his Attacks of Opportunity class. In ''On ''[[Recap/TheOrderOfTheStickOnTheOriginOfPCs On the Origin of [=PCs=],'' [=PCs=]]],'' that's the class Roy is studying for when his dad shows up to tell him about the Blood Oath against Xykon.
** * From [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0779.html #779]] to [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0202.html #202]]. Watch out for what the people with the lead sheet say!
** * From [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0795.html #795]] to [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0114.html #114]].
** * The comic tops itself yet again as of [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0789.html #789]] to [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0043.html #43]], with [[spoiler:the return of Zz'dtri.]]
** * "[[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0800.html I may be in error, but I believe the appropriate proclamation is,]] [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0396.html 'Sneak Attack, bitch.']]"
** * [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0478.html #478]] has V teaching Elan to create illusions of celestial creatures. In [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0805.html #805]], Elan demonstrates what he's learned with an illusionary celestial tree sloth.
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''WebComic/TheOrderOfTheSick'', as a LongRunner, has indulged in many, ''many'' call backs and {{Continuity Nod}}s.

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''WebComic/TheOrderOfTheSick'', ''WebComic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', as a LongRunner, has indulged in many, ''many'' call backs and {{Continuity Nod}}s.
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''WebComic/TheOrderOfTheSick'', as a LongRunner, has indulged in many, ''many'' call backs and {{Continuity Nod}}s.

* Double one from the prequel book ''Start of Darkness'', when we see [[spoiler:Redcloak's family visiting the Monster in the Darkness. Redcloak's youngest nephew has a [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0389.html Julio Scoundrél]] toy, and the [=MitD=] has a [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0474.html plush dragon]].]]
* One of the longest Call Backs: in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0025.html #25]], Elan assumes that since the less armor you wear, the less able enemies are to see you, if you're naked, you must be invisible. Years later in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0665.html #665]], Roy is resurrected and is completely naked -- Elan exclaims, "You're invisible!" Elan calls it back ''again'' in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1190.html #1190]], in which he says that he would have gone ahead with an invisible Haley and V, but it's too cold to be naked.
* Belkar and Miko enter Shojo's throne room via SuperWindowJump. 150-odd strips later, [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0447.html Xykon comes in through a different window]], and the first one is still boarded up.
* [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0449.html #449]] to [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0277.html #277]]. "Only the honor of a paladin is unbreakable."
* [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0486.html #486]] to [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0039.html #39]] and [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0456.html #456]].
* In [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0535.html #535]] villains from a [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0229.html filler arc]] make a cameo.
* In [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0003.html #3,]] Haley mentions how she dislikes the color of her lime green Boots of Speed. These Boots are also spoken of in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0573.html #573,]] feature in a flashback in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0608.html #608,]] and in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0675.html #675,]] she has them dyed brown.
* [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0182.html Black dragons seem to]] [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0638.html have a taste for elf]].
* From [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0683.html #683]] all the way to [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0087.html #87]].
* Also, [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0685.html #685]] to [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0171.html #171]]. (Belkar knows a guy who knows a guy).
* Another extremely long Call Back -- from [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0705.html #705]] all the way back to [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0326.html #326]] with hydra-burgers.
* [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0714.html #714]] to [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0178.html #178]].
* [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0747.html "Do you need, like, 200-foot-tall flaming letters or something?"]] [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0759.html Apparently so.]] Double-example considering [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0750.html what was being used for the fire.]]
* [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0723.html When Elan meets his father,]] note the ''Franchise/StarWars'' references. [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0760.html When Elan]] [[CallingTheOldManOut calls out the old man]], [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0763.html and also here,]] note the ''Star Wars'' parallels.
* From [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0766.html #766]] to [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0090.html #90]] ("I've got a 4!") and to [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0130.html #130]] with the "elveny boots".
* One would be a sort of Call Forward, since it shows up in a prequel book. In [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0216.html this]] comic, Roy makes a throwaway comment about only getting a C- in his Attacks of Opportunity class. In ''On the Origin of [=PCs=],'' that's the class Roy is studying for when his dad shows up to tell him about the Blood Oath against Xykon.
** From [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0779.html #779]] to [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0202.html #202]]. Watch out for what the people with the lead sheet say!
** From [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0795.html #795]] to [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0114.html #114]].
** The comic tops itself yet again as of [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0789.html #789]] to [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0043.html #43]], with [[spoiler:the return of Zz'dtri.]]
** "[[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0800.html I may be in error, but I believe the appropriate proclamation is,]] [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0396.html 'Sneak Attack, bitch.']]"
** [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0478.html #478]] has V teaching Elan to create illusions of celestial creatures. In [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0805.html #805]], Elan demonstrates what he's learned with an illusionary celestial tree sloth.
* A shorter one, but in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0727.html #727]], Roy's hunch back in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0691.html #691]] pays off...
* Redcloak's confrontation with Tsukiko in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0830.html #830]] is similar to [[spoiler:Xykon's confrontation with Dorukan in ''Start of Darkness'', with a one character exploiting a seemingly powerful one's weaknesses, giving a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to them, and then killing them ignominiously.]]
** From [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0841.html #841]] all the way back to [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0012.html #12]]:
-->'''Haley:''' Do you want to go up a level, or down a level?\\
'''Roy:''' Don't start with that.
* From [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0535.html #535]] to [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0226.html #226]] and [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0229.html #229]]. Apparently the inn's employees and the assassins had a good reason to assume that Roy was the King of Nowhere.
* From [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0170.html #170]] to [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0073.html #73]]. Thor must really like tall tankards of beer.
* Another extremely long one: from [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0868.html #868]] (appropriately named "Unleash the Fury") all the way to [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0140.html #140]].
* In [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0890.html #890]], Roy mentions that he's tried to take careful notice of time passing since his resurrection, no doubt as a result of completely losing track of it [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0499.html in the afterlife]].
* From 256 back to 127: [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0256.html I, like, would never be caught dead in a]] [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0127.html stars-and-planets wizard robe]]
* Roy's [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0808.html knowledge of architecture and engineering]] comes in handy [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0895.html again]].
-->'''Roy:''' This pillar doesn't look load-bearing to me.
* From [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0905.html #905]]:
-->'''Elan:''' This is just like the [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0692.html cactus fight]] all over again!
* The title of comic #907, [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0907.html "Always Hiring"]] is a callback to [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0446.html comic #446]], where Xykon says this.
* In [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0637.html comic #637]], the IFCC are watching V versus the Black Dragon on a plasma HDTV -- specifically, a blood-plasma Hell-Damned Television. In [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0914.html comic #914]], the TV gets smashed... and bleeds.
* Tarquin [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0917.html refers to Roy's potential replacement in the Order]] as [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0112.html Rob Redblade]].
* [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0836.html Elan's plan]] [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0930.html comes to fruition.]]
* [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0936.html Elan remembers what happened]] [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0069.html the first time he met Nale.]]
* [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0987.html Wrecan and Veldrina needing the last Teleport Orb]] [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0677.html reminds Vaarsuvius and Blackwing of that time]] [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0679.html they squabbled with a wizard over remaining diamond dust.]]
-->'''Vaarsuvius:''' I believe I am experiencing what is commonly referred to as ''déjà vu''.\\
'''Blackwing:''' Darn, I left my sombrero on the ship.
* "[[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1011.html But as a certain half-orc once said,]] 'Talky man talk too much'"
* In [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1080.html #1080]], Elan recalls a previous conversation they had about random encounters, which is pretty impressive given [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0145.html how long ago that was]].
* [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0084.html Strip #84]], Durkon tells Hilgya how his mother told him what it means to be a dwarf, in a rather tragically humorous way. [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1129.html Strip #1129]], we finally get the context. [[spoiler:It's a lot more tragic and far less humorous.]]
* In [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1140.html #1140]], Durkon reminds Thor of the time, [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0007.html over a thousand strips previously]], when his automated prayer system almost gave Elan a colon tumor.
* A subtle one, but [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0444.html #444]] has Durkon happy that Roy had a "good and worthy" death, just like an honorable dwarf; Haley doesn't feel the same way. [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1166.html A couple hundred strips later]], the dwarves cheer Kandros dying an honorable death; Haley doesn't feel the same way.
* Another call back of over 1100 strips: Haley points out in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1187.html #1187]] that Roy never got any sleep because [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0014.html he couldn't trust anyone]].

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