History Webcomic / Xkcd

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** The Beret Guy can count as this as well.

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* YourBrainWontBeMuchOfAMeal: [http://xkcd.com/397/ When]] Zombie [[HardOnSoftScience Feynman]] wants brains after explaining how ''MythBusters'' are true science:

--->We did not invent the algorithm. The algorithm consistently finds Jesus. The algorithm killed Jeeves.[[hottip:*:In context, possibly a reference to the search engine rather than the [[Literature/JeevesAndWooster hypercompetent valet.]] The algorithm is {{banned in China}}. The algorithm is from Jersey. The algorithm constantly finds Jesus. This is not the algorithm. This is close.\\

--->We did not invent the algorithm. The algorithm consistently finds Jesus. The algorithm killed [[JeevesAndWooster Jeeves]]. The algorithm is {{banned in China}}. The algorithm is from Jersey. The algorithm constantly finds Jesus. This is not the algorithm. This is close.\\

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--> '''Person''': Try the physics lab next door.
--> '''Zombie Feynman''': I said BRAINS. All they've got are string theorists.

* WomenAreWiser: The women usually play the more sensible part in the comic.

* CloserToEarth: The women usually play the more sensible part in the comic.

* AGodAmI:
** [[http://xkcd.com/676/ 676: The result of realizing how much computing power is available to the average person]].
** [[http://xkcd.com/505/ 505: Speculating that a deity might be creating the universe out of boredom.]]
* AGoodNameForARockBand: [[http://xkcd.com/119/ 119: Averted.]]

* [=~Godwin's Law~=]: Referenced and parodied in [[http://www.xkcd.com/261/ this strip.]] Also, the suggested [[http://xkcd.com/528/ a screen consisting entirely of Hitler's face with flashing eyes]] would be [[TakeThat preferable to Vista]].

xkcd is part of the documentation for ''goto'' on the [[http://fi.php.net/manual/en/control-structures.goto.php PHP website]], and was mentioned [[http://asset.soup.io/asset/0453/8747_0991_800.png as a ticket in a changelog]].

* [[DarthWiki/{{Ptitlew9bltta3dv6n}} So Bad It's Horrible]]: [[invoked]] [[ConversationalTroping Conversed]] [[http://xkcd.com/653/ here]].

* AbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder: [[http://xkcd.com/57/ Wait For Me]]
* AcceptableTargets: In-universe string theorists, liberal arts majors, [[http://xkcd.com/610/ Objectivists]], [[http://xkcd.com/590/ typographers]] and [[http://xkcd.com/114/ computational linguists]]. Also, [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs Velociraptors]].
* AffectionateParody: [[http://xkcd.com/141/ Parody Week]], whose strips don't really make fun of anything and, in some cases, could actually have been used by the regular cartoonist except for the artwork. It turns into a deconstruction of parody with the author halting his {{Megatokyo}} parody because he feels sorry for the writer. The author also stops a later PennyArcade parody because he respects the writers too much (with the respect transitioning to HoYay and then SlashFic before he finishes.)
* AggressiveCategorism: [[http://xkcd.com/385/ How It Works]].

** [[http://xkcd.com/676/ The result of realizing how much computing power is available to the average person]].
** [[http://xkcd.com/505/ Speculating that a deity might be creating the universe out of boredom.]]
* AGoodNameForARockBand: [[http://xkcd.com/119/ Averted.]]
* AIIsACrapshoot: [[http://xkcd.com/416/ CTRL-C! CTRL-C!]]

!!''xkcd'' is the TropeNamer for:
* AsbestosFreeCereal
* KnowYourVines
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