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* {{Eagleland}} / GlobalIgnorance: Deconstructed in [[http://xkcd.com/850/ this strip.]]
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* GiftOfTheMagiPlot: [[http://xkcd.com/506/ At least the result was the same.]]
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* GiftOfTheMagiPlot: Inverted with [[http://xkcd.com/506/ At least 506: Theft of the result was Magi.]] Black Hat and his girlfriend both sold each others' possessions on the same.]]internet to get themselves a gift, only for said gift to be useless without the item that the other sold off.
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* GlassesPull: Done by both Music/RickAstley and UsefulNotes/IsaacNewton for particularly dreadful puns.
* GlassShatteringSound: [[http://xkcd.com/812/ Attempted.]] It doesn't exactly go as planned.
* GlassShatteringSound: [[http://xkcd.com/812/ Attempted.]] It doesn't exactly go as planned.
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* GlassShatteringSound: [[http://xkcd.com/812/ Attempted.]]It doesn't exactly go In Megan's attempt to break glass with her voice, [[AchievementsInIgnorance she accidentally turns the water inside into blood]].
* GlobalIgnorance: [[http://xkcd.com/850/ 850: "World according to Americans"]] actually {{subvert|edTrope}}s this. Whoever made the map was expecting them to fail horrendously, but instead just so happened to choose a group of Americans that just came out of a geography bee, according to the alt text, and asplanned.such they were able to mark down an imperfect but generally accurate map of the world.
* GlassShatteringSound: [[http://xkcd.com/812/ Attempted.]]
* GlobalIgnorance: [[http://xkcd.com/850/ 850: "World according to Americans"]] actually {{subvert|edTrope}}s this. Whoever made the map was expecting them to fail horrendously, but instead just so happened to choose a group of Americans that just came out of a geography bee, according to the alt text, and as
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Expanding some examples. If I comment out an example, I can't find any. Ceiling Corpse: But the main point is that there's no body on the ceiling.
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* AbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder: [[http://xkcd.com/57/ 57: Wait For Me.]]
* AchievementsInIgnorance: Beret Guy does this a lot. [[http://www.xkcd.com/1486/ Vacuum]] is an example.
* AchievementsInIgnorance: Beret Guy does this a lot. [[http://www.xkcd.com/1486/ Vacuum]] is an example.
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* AbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder: Exaggerated in [[http://xkcd.com/57/ 57: Wait For Me.]]
Me]], where in the 90 seconds Megan was gone, Cueball had a baby with another woman, and the baby grew to about Megan's age.
* AchievementsInIgnorance: Beret Guy does this a lot. Examples include [[http://www.xkcd.com/1486/Vacuum]] is an example.Vacuum]], where he uses a vacuum cleaner to "unlock the tremendous energy of the vacuum [as in "vacuum energy" in quantum mechanics]"; and [[http://www.xkcd.com/1922/ Interferometry]], where he uses the principles of interferometry to ride two small dogs as if they were one giant dog.
* AchievementsInIgnorance: Beret Guy does this a lot. Examples include [[http://www.xkcd.com/1486/
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* AgeGapAlgebra: [[http://xkcd.com/314 #314]] cites the "half-your-age-plus-seven" rule and provides the trope image.
* AggressiveCategorism: [[http://xkcd.com/385/ 385: How It Works]].
* AggressiveCategorism: [[http://xkcd.com/385/ 385: How It Works]].
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* AgeGapAlgebra: [[http://xkcd.com/314 #314]] cites Dating Pools]] focuses on the "half-your-age-plus-seven" rule and provides the trope image.
"half your age plus seven" rule, which says that it is creepy to date anyone who is half your age plus 7 years.
* AggressiveCategorism: [[http://xkcd.com/385/385: How It Works]].Works]]: When a guy sucks at math, it's the guy's problem; when a girl sucks at math, the problem lies with all girls.
* AggressiveCategorism: [[http://xkcd.com/385/
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** [[http://xkcd.com/416/ CTRL-C! CTRL-C!]]
** [[http://xkcd.com/534/ Advice on how to prevent this from happening.]]
** [[http://xkcd.com/1046/ Skynet becomes self-aware.]]
* AllJustADream: [[http://xkcd.com/806/ 806, "Tech Support."]]
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: [[http://xkcd.com/642/ 642, "Creepy."]]
** [[http://xkcd.com/534/ Advice on how to prevent this from happening.]]
** [[http://xkcd.com/1046/ Skynet becomes self-aware.]]
* AllJustADream: [[http://xkcd.com/806/ 806, "Tech Support."]]
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: [[http://xkcd.com/642/ 642, "Creepy."]]
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** [[http://xkcd.com/416/ CTRL-C! CTRL-C!]]
Zealous Autoconfig]] shows Cueball trying to connect to a Wi-Fi network of someone's access points. The "zealous autoconfig" program in his computer begins a dictionary attack, attempts to find a WEP vulnerability, connects to Cueball's Bluetooth to locate the children of the owner of the access point, and kidnaps the children to start a negotiation with their parents.
** [[http://xkcd.com/534/Advice on how Genetic Algorithms]] provides one solution to prevent this from happening.]]
happening: setting the cost of the algorithm from becoming [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} Skynet]] to a very high amount.
** Subverted in [[http://xkcd.com/1046/ Skynet]], where Skynetbecomes self-aware.]]
"becomes ''too'' self-aware" and stops its plan of killing all humans.
* AllJustADream: In [[http://xkcd.com/806/806, "Tech Support."]]
Tech Support]], Cueball is given the chance to ask a tech-savvy person for help if he speaks a secret word on the phone, which could help him on tech support. It is revealed, however, to be a dream.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: In [[http://xkcd.com/642/642, "Creepy."]]Creepy]], Cueball and Megan are sitting on chairs. Megan secretly wants Cueball to notice her, but the reason why he is ignoring her is because he thought he would get regarded as creepy if he did try to talk to her.
** [[http://xkcd.com/534/
** Subverted in [[http://xkcd.com/1046/ Skynet]], where Skynet
* AllJustADream: In [[http://xkcd.com/806/
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: In [[http://xkcd.com/642/
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* AlternativeCalendar: [[https://xkcd.com/2542 In this strip]], a new calendar system is implemented in which a "day" is counted as 12 hours of daylight, however long that may be, in order to provide extra time on deadlines. During November, the sun may rise and set as many as three times a "day".
** [[https://xkcd.com/2594 Consensus Time]] has a different alternate handling of "day".
** [[https://xkcd.com/2594 Consensus Time]] has a different alternate handling of "day".
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* AlternativeCalendar: AlternativeCalendar:
** In [[https://xkcd.com/2542In this strip]], Daylight Calendar]], a new calendar system is implemented in which a "day" is counted as 12 hours of daylight, however long that may be, in order to provide extra time on deadlines. During November, the sun may rise and set as many as three times a "day".
** [[https://xkcd.com/2594 Consensus Time]] has a different alternate handling of"day".a "day": people click a button when they feel like it's 9 AM, and then the clocks adjust themselves based on the median of their choices.
** In [[https://xkcd.com/2542
** [[https://xkcd.com/2594 Consensus Time]] has a different alternate handling of
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** [[http://www.xkcd.com/37/ Hyphen]]
** [[http://www.xkcd.com/90/ Jacket]]
** [[https://xkcd.com/101/ "Laser Scope"]]: With "miss" for 'aiming for a target and not hitting it', and 'sadness at not seeing them': "Miss your loved ones? [[AC:You don't have to. RJX-21 laser scope]]". AltText: I wish I'd missed you then so I wouldn't be missing you now"
* AnachronismStew: [[http://xkcd.com/771/ Discussed. No one will care in the future.]]
* AnalogyBackfire: [[http://xkcd.com/667/ "And from that day on, I wore this little F key pendant everywhere I went."]]
** [[http://www.xkcd.com/90/ Jacket]]
** [[https://xkcd.com/101/ "Laser Scope"]]: With "miss" for 'aiming for a target and not hitting it', and 'sadness at not seeing them': "Miss your loved ones? [[AC:You don't have to. RJX-21 laser scope]]". AltText: I wish I'd missed you then so I wouldn't be missing you now"
* AnachronismStew: [[http://xkcd.com/771/ Discussed. No one will care in the future.]]
* AnalogyBackfire: [[http://xkcd.com/667/ "And from that day on, I wore this little F key pendant everywhere I went."]]
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** [[http://www.xkcd.com/37/ Hyphen]]
Hyphen]] plays on the suffix "-ass" as an intensifier and the prefix "ass-" as a modifier.
** [[http://www.xkcd.com/90/Jacket]]
Jacket]] plays on "fucking" being both an intensifier and the present participle of "fuck".
** [[https://xkcd.com/101/"Laser Scope"]]: With Laser Scope]] plays on "miss" for meaning 'aiming for a target and not hitting it', and 'sadness at not seeing them': "Miss your loved ones? [[AC:You don't have to. RJX-21 laser scope]]". AltText: I wish I'd missed you then so I wouldn't be missing you now"
* AnachronismStew: Discussed in [[http://xkcd.com/771/Discussed. No one will care Period Speech]], where all the words and phrases in the future.]]
character's dialogue are from different periods. The point is that a few hundred years from now, all the English from historical and modern times would be lumped together into "old-timey language" and thus be interchangable.
* AnalogyBackfire: In [[http://xkcd.com/667/"And from SkiFree]], the monster in the [[VideoGame/SkiFree eponymous game]] (which runs faster than the player) is likened by Megan to the inevitability of death. What she didn't know is that day on, I wore this little F pressing the "F" key pendant everywhere I went."]]could make the player go faster than the monster.
** [[http://www.xkcd.com/90/
** [[https://xkcd.com/101/
* AnachronismStew: Discussed in [[http://xkcd.com/771/
* AnalogyBackfire: In [[http://xkcd.com/667/
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* {{Angrish}}: One comic has a father conditioning his daughter's speech centers to shut down when she's upset. HilarityEnsues to say the least: [[http://xkcd.com/573/ 573, "Parental Trolling"]].
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* {{Angrish}}: One comic [[http://xkcd.com/573/ Parental Trolling]] has a father conditioning his daughter's speech centers to shut down when she's upset. HilarityEnsues to say the least: [[http://xkcd.com/573/ 573, "Parental Trolling"]].HilarityEnsues.
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* AntiAdvice: [[http://xkcd.com/1497/ Consult an engineer or programmer before any business venture.]]
* AnythingButThat: Many of the strips revolve around Randall's fear of velociraptors.
* AnythingButThat: Many of the strips revolve around Randall's fear of velociraptors.
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* AntiAdvice: According to [[http://xkcd.com/1497/ Consult an engineer or programmer before any business venture.]]
New Products]], products that are critized by techies achieve great success, and those that are hyped eventually flop.
* AnythingButThat: Many of the strips revolve around Randall's fear of velociraptors. [[https://www.xkcd.com/155/ Search History]], for example, shows Randall's search history consisting of information about velociraptors and ways to survive their attacks.
* AnythingButThat: Many of the strips revolve around Randall's fear of velociraptors. [[https://www.xkcd.com/155/ Search History]], for example, shows Randall's search history consisting of information about velociraptors and ways to survive their attacks.
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* AppealToWorseProblems: Demonstrated [[https://xkcd.com/2368/ here]], as an excuse for not helping to fix [[TropeName <problem>]]. Naturally, when [[ExcuseBoomerang called on it]], they don't want to help with <bigger problem> either.
* AppliedMathematics: It's fond of this.
* AppliedMathematics: It's fond of this.
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* AppealToWorseProblems: Demonstrated in [[https://xkcd.com/2368/ here]], herBigger Probleme]], as an excuse for not helping to fix [[TropeName <problem>]]. Naturally, when [[ExcuseBoomerang called on it]], they don't want to help with <bigger problem> either.
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* ArtEvolution: Compare the first 150 strips or so with the newer ones.
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* ArtEvolution: Compare Lines in the strips become clearer after the first 150 strips or so with the newer ones.few hundred strips. Colored comics also decrease in frequency after that point.
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* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Illustrated with a clever visual metaphor [[http://xkcd.com/1106 here.]]
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* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Illustrated with Likened to a clever visual person trying to hold many balloons (a metaphor for tasks) [[http://xkcd.com/1106 here.in ADD.]]
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* AuthorAvatar: The plain-featured stick man. (Sometimes. It can also be just anyone without special features.) Also, [[http://xkcd.com/135/ this.]]
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* AuthorAvatar: The plain-featured stick man. (Sometimes. It can also be just anyone without special features.) Also, [[http://xkcd.com/135/ this.a math teacher with an obsessive fear of velociraptors.]]
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** Margaret makes a BlasphemousBoast [[http://www.xkcd.com/1544/ here]].
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** Margaret makes a BlasphemousBoast to threaten God [[http://www.xkcd.com/1544/ here]].
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* BavarianFireDrill: [[http://xkcd.com/699/ Did you know you can just buy lab coats?]]
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* BavarianFireDrill: The point in [[http://xkcd.com/699/ Did you know Trimester]] is that you can just buy lab coats?]]coats to fool others.
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** Our beret-clad {{Cloudcuckoolander}} [[http://xkcd.com/677/ makes some car-driving decisions.]]
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** Our In [[http://xkcd.com/677/ Asshole]], our beret-clad {{Cloudcuckoolander}} [[http://xkcd.com/677/ makes some car-driving decisions.]]knocks two people away with an excavator because he heard criticisms about what car he drove.
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* BlackComedy: [[http://xkcd.com/914/ On]] [[https://xkcd.com/686/ occasion.]]
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* BlackComedy: BlackComedy:
** [[http://xkcd.com/914/On]] Ice]] inverts an urban legend in which a person is drugged, has their kidneys harvested, and is sent to a bathtub filled with ice. The result shown in the strip is, as expected, very gory.
** [[https://xkcd.com/686/occasion.]]Admin Mourning]] is based on the fact that a person who has died while logged in a Unix-like computer system would still be on the list of running processes. The comic ends with "the ghost in zshell", a pun on Franchise/GhostInTheShell and a zshell (a kind of shell in computing).
** [[http://xkcd.com/914/
** [[https://xkcd.com/686/
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* BluffTheEavesdropper: In [[http://xkcd.com/525/ #525]]
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* BluffTheEavesdropper: In [[http://xkcd.com/525/ #525]]I Know You're Listening]]
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** The first panel and alt-text of [[http://xkcd.com/752/ this strip.]]
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** The first panel and alt-text of [[http://xkcd.com/752/ this strip.]]Phobia]] touches on the fear of snakes, stormchasing and the fact that a storm is picking up snakes (the last one is in the alt-text).
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** [[http://xkcd.com/445/ Ongoing]] [[http://xkcd.com/475/ boomerang]] [[http://xkcd.com/939/ difficulties.]]
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** [[http://xkcd.com/445/ Ongoing]] I Am Not Good with Boomerangs]] and [[http://xkcd.com/475/ boomerang]] [[http://xkcd.Arrow]] show multiple attempts at throwing a boomerang, with unexpected results. The latter comic also depicts Cueball throwing one without it returning. Several hundred comics later, [[https://www.xkcd.com/939/ difficulties.]]Cueball shoots an arrow and gets a boomerang in return]] .
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** Tetris in [[http://xkcd.com/724 724]] and [[http://xkcd.com/888/ 888.]]
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** Tetris in [[http://xkcd.com/724 724]] Hell]] and [[http://xkcd.com/888/ 888.Heaven.]]
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** The first three panels of [[http://xkcd.com/1322/ Winter]] are full of these.
* BunniesForCuteness: Or, as [[https://www.xkcd.com/1682/ some]] characters [[https://www.xkcd.com/1871/ prefer]] to [[https://www.xkcd.com/1903/ call]] them, "buns". [[https://www.xkcd.com/2349/ This comic]] has Cueball applying for a grant to introduce the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmy_rabbit pygmy rabbit]] to the eastern US -- but not for any practical reason, just because they're [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter adorable]].
* Advertising/BurmaShave: [[http://xkcd.com/491 Found here.]]
* BunniesForCuteness: Or, as [[https://www.xkcd.com/1682/ some]] characters [[https://www.xkcd.com/1871/ prefer]] to [[https://www.xkcd.com/1903/ call]] them, "buns". [[https://www.xkcd.com/2349/ This comic]] has Cueball applying for a grant to introduce the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmy_rabbit pygmy rabbit]] to the eastern US -- but not for any practical reason, just because they're [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter adorable]].
* Advertising/BurmaShave: [[http://xkcd.com/491 Found here.]]
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** The dialogue in the first three panels of [[http://xkcd.com/1322/ Winter]] is a complicated way of saying the phrases "The air is cold and the puddles have frozen, but I [Beret Guy] have mittens, the sunlight is warm, and the birds are full of these.
chirping in the trees."
* BunniesForCuteness:Or, as According to [[https://www.xkcd.com/1682/ some]] characters com/1682 these]] [[https://www.xkcd.com/1871/ prefer]] to com/1871 three]] [[https://www.xkcd.com/1903/ call]] them, "buns".com/1903 comics]], "buns" are invaluably adorable. [[https://www.xkcd.com/2349/ This comic]] has Cueball applying for a grant to introduce the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmy_rabbit pygmy rabbit]] to the eastern US -- but not for any practical reason, just because they're [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter adorable]].
* Advertising/BurmaShave: [[http://xkcd.com/491 Found here.]]adorable]].
* BunniesForCuteness:
* Advertising/BurmaShave: [[http://xkcd.com/491 Found here.]]
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* ButterflyOfTransformation: Pupating Transformers.
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* ButterflyOfTransformation: Pupating Transformers.[[https://www.xkcd.com/1336/ Transformers]] plays on the transformation of ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' and the transformation (metamorphosis) of butterflies.
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* TheCallsAreComingFromInsideTheHouse: [[http://xkcd.com/742/ Spoofed.]]
* {{Calvinball}}: [[http://xkcd.com/1507/ Metaball.]]
* {{Calvinball}}: [[http://xkcd.com/1507/ Metaball.]]
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* TheCallsAreComingFromInsideTheHouse: "Modernized" in [[http://xkcd.com/742/ Spoofed.]]
Campfire]], where, in the story, "she" traces the killer's IP address to be 192.168/16. Most home networks behind a router will use an IP address under that range, so this implies that the killer is inside her house.
* {{Calvinball}}: [[http://xkcd.com/1507/Metaball.]]Metaball]] combines a football (or soccer ball) with a basketball hoop and baseball zone rules. The AltText further adds golf and ice hockey into the mix.
* {{Calvinball}}: [[http://xkcd.com/1507/
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* CeilingCorpse: [[http://xkcd.com/542/ This]] strip plays with the trope. It isn't so much a body as it is evidence of what's left of it...
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* ChewBubblegum: [[http://xkcd.com/1560/ Parodied]]
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* ChewBubblegum: Parodied in [[http://xkcd.com/1560/ Parodied]]Bubblegum]], where Beret Hat says he came here to chew bubblegum and "make friends".
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* ChildrenAreInnocent: [[http://xkcd.com/751/ Subverted]], though partially doubly subverted when the child says "Gosh" in reaction.
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* ChildrenAreInnocent: Subverted in [[http://xkcd.com/751/ Subverted]], though partially doubly subverted Swimsuit Issue]] when the child says "Gosh" in reaction.that he has seen pop-up ads depicting women who are double-penetrated.
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** The Beret Guy can count as one as well.
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** The Beret Guy can count as one as well. He once [[https://www.xkcd.com/2191/ asked a politician a question and rephrased his way to a request for the politician to see his bug.]]
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* ComedicSociopath: Black Hat Guy.
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* ComedicSociopath: Black Hat Guy. In [[https://www.xkcd.com/72/ one comic]], he says that his pastimes include feeding rocks to children in the park and poking tiny holes in styrofoam noodle cups at the grocery store, and describes himself as a classy asshole, or a "classhole".
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* ComicSutra: [[http://xkcd.com/487/ This strip]], which illustrates sex positions as numbers but gets increasingly weirder as it goes along.
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* ComicSutra: ComicSutra:
** [[http://xkcd.com/487/ This strip]], which illustrates sex positions as numbers but gets increasingly weirder as it goes along.
** [[http://xkcd.com/487/ This strip]], which illustrates sex positions as numbers but gets increasingly weirder as it goes along.
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* ConvectionSchmonvection: [[http://www.xkcd.com/735/ Would someone please inform these kids of this trope.]] (It's not completely their fault; they're re-enacting the plot of ''Film/{{Volcano}}''.)
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* ConvectionSchmonvection: [[http://www.xkcd.com/735/ Would someone please inform these kids Floor]] shows a game of this trope.]] (It's not completely their fault; they're re-enacting "The floor is lava" taken way too seriously, disregarding the plot of ''Film/{{Volcano}}''.)fact that the players would've died very early on if the floor was actually lava.
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* CoolSword: [[http://xkcd.com/1114/ This strip]] pokes fun at some of the flavors this trope comes in.
* CordonBleughChef: [[http://xkcd.com/720 Genetic algorithms really should not be used to combine food ingredients.]] [[http://xkcd.com/2366 Also, Amelia's grandmother, apparently.]]
* CordonBleughChef: [[http://xkcd.com/720 Genetic algorithms really should not be used to combine food ingredients.]] [[http://xkcd.com/2366 Also, Amelia's grandmother, apparently.]]
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* CoolSword: [[http://xkcd.com/1114/ This strip]] pokes fun at some of the flavors this trope comes in.
in. For example, the salesman says that a dagger glows blue, but only because it's made from actinium, a radioactive element.
*CordonBleughChef: CordonBleughChef:
** Apparently, [[http://xkcd.com/720Genetic algorithms really should not be used to combine food ingredients.]] genetic algorithms]] favor deep-fried Skittles and quail eggs in whipped cream and MSG.
** [[http://xkcd.com/2366Also, Amelia's grandmother, apparently.]]Farm Fresh Cookies]] shows the back of a box of cookies, but instead of telling a story, it critizes the cookies made by the brand's founder's grandmother.
--->''They have gooey centers, and slightly crisp exteriors, not the other way around, ''Grandma''. There's no mysterious gritty texture. Why would there be?''
*
** Apparently, [[http://xkcd.com/720
** [[http://xkcd.com/2366
--->''They have gooey centers, and slightly crisp exteriors, not the other way around, ''Grandma''. There's no mysterious gritty texture. Why would there be?''
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* CountingBullets: In a parody of ''Film/DirtyHarry'' in [[http://xkcd.com/692/ this comic.]]
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* CountingBullets: In a parody of ''Film/DirtyHarry'' and ''Film/RainMan'' in [[http://xkcd.com/692/ this comic.]]
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** [[http://xkcd.com/761/ Can go wrong.]]
** Also found [[http://xkcd.com/909/ here.]]
** Also found [[http://xkcd.com/909/ here.]]
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** Instead of preparing for a date, a character [[http://xkcd.com/761/ Can go wrong.]]
does extensive research to prepare for a snake attack]].
**Also found Water resistance is apparently a useful factor when buying a flashlight because [[http://xkcd.com/909/ here.]]
you may use it to find something underwater.]]
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[http://xkcd.com/1097/ Especially from a hypochondriac's point of view.]]
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: No matter what the rash on your arm may be, Worrying about it is still less terrifying than [[http://xkcd.com/1097/ Especially from slipping on a hypochondriac's point of view.banana peel and getting sucked into an airplane engine.]]
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* DarkerAndEdgier : Played with InUniverse by [[http://xkcd.com/633/ Harriet the Spy]]
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* DarkerAndEdgier : Played with InUniverse by DarkerAndEdgier: [[http://xkcd.com/633/ Harriet the Spy]]Blockbuster Mining]] introduces blood, explosions and guns to ''Literature/HarrietTheSpy'' in an InUniverse example.
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** [[http://xkcd.com/693/ Fun seventy years, indeed.]]
** [[http://xkcd.com/772/ When we said to make it more realistic, we meant the graphics.]]
* ADegreeInUseless: According to the AltText here, [[http://xkcd.com/764/ anthropology.]]
** Also, [[http://xkcd.com/451/ literary criticism.]]
** [[http://xkcd.com/1052/ And now, apparently, all of them.]]
** [[http://xkcd.com/772/ When we said to make it more realistic, we meant the graphics.]]
* ADegreeInUseless: According to the AltText here, [[http://xkcd.com/764/ anthropology.]]
** Also, [[http://xkcd.com/451/ literary criticism.]]
** [[http://xkcd.com/1052/ And now, apparently, all of them.]]
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** Having to [[http://xkcd.com/693/ Fun hide the fact that you went on an adventure]] in ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'' for seventy years, indeed.years is really not a fun experience.
** The frog in ''VideoGame/Frogger'' may actually [[http://xkcd.com/772/ be a harbinger of traffic accidents.]]
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**[[http://xkcd.com/772/ When we said to make it more realistic, we meant the graphics.]]
* ADegreeInUseless:According to the AltText here, [[http://xkcd.com/764/ anthropology.]]
**Also, As it turns out, it's impossible for experts in [[http://xkcd.com/451/ literary criticism.]]
criticism]] to spot our impostors in their field.
** [[http://xkcd.com/1052/And now, apparently, all Every Major's Terrible]] bashes on almost every academic major in the form of them.]]a song.
** The frog in ''VideoGame/Frogger'' may actually [[http://xkcd.com/772/ be a harbinger of traffic accidents.]]
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* DisproportionateRetribution: Lots. [[http://www.xkcd.com/396 Here're]] [[http://www.xkcd.com/562 three]] [[http://www.xkcd.com/169 examples.]]
** Seems to be a particular favorite of Black Hat, and his girlfriend, Danish.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: Lots. Some of the many examples.
** A revenge on a rickroll can cause [[http://www.xkcd.com/396Here're]] 363,104 people to watch]] a haunted video from ''Literature/TheRing''.
** If Black Hat sees a car parked over two spaces, [[http://www.xkcd.com/562three]] he'll be sure to cut it up with a torch.]]
** Miscommunication of a joke can result in [[http://www.xkcd.com/169examples.a cutting of an arm.]]
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* DistantReactionShot: Used in the comic [[http://xkcd.com/1099/ Tuesdays]] (for "endless wings").
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* DontTryThisAtHome: See the AltText for [[http://xkcd.com/620/ Wings]]. Subverted in a [[http://blag.xkcd.com/2007/07/18/roller-coaster-chess/ blog post]]: "But remember, I am not advocating doing anything dangerous unless it's really cool."
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* DontTryThisAtHome: See the The AltText for [[http://xkcd.com/620/ Wings]].Wings]] says to not fly with wings (even if you are hanging from a wire) or else you may die. Subverted in a [[http://blag.xkcd.com/2007/07/18/roller-coaster-chess/ blog post]]: "But remember, I am not advocating doing anything dangerous unless it's really cool."
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* DoubleEntendre: [[http://xkcd.com/1082/ "Geology: surprisingly erotic."]]
* DreamApocalypse: [[http://xkcd.com/390/ "Please don't wake up. I don't want to die."]]
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* DoubleEntendre: [[http://xkcd.com/1082/ "Geology: Geology]] uses specific terms, such as "spreading," "friction," "cleavage," and "orogeny," to make a point: that it is surprisingly erotic."]]
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* DreamApocalypse: A character in someone's dream says, [[http://xkcd.com/390/"Please "please don't wake up. I don't want to die."]]
* DreamApocalypse: A character in someone's dream says, [[http://xkcd.com/390/
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* DrunkenMaster: In the form of [[http://xkcd.com/323/ Ballmer's Peak.]]
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** The AltText to "[[https://xkcd.com/342/ 1337 Part 2]]" says that Elaine Roberts goes by her middle name, because the AltText to "[[https://xkcd.com/327/ Exploits of a Mom]]" established her first name was "Help I'm trapped in a driver's license factory".
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* HelpHelpTrappedInTitleFactory: [[http://xkcd.com/10/ How someone got trapped in a universe factory, we'll never know.]]
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** [[http://xkcd.com/10/ How someone got trapped in a universe factory, we'll never know.]]]]
** Also used in the AltText to "[[https://xkcd.com/327/ Exploits of a Mom]]".
** [[http://xkcd.com/10/ How someone got trapped in a universe factory, we'll never know.
** Also used in the AltText to "[[https://xkcd.com/327/ Exploits of a Mom]]".
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* WordPureeTitle: [[JediTruth Explained]] [[http://xkcd.com/207/ here.]]
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* WordPureeTitle: [[JediTruth [[MetaphoricallyTrue Explained]] [[http://xkcd.com/207/ here.]]
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* CreatorsCultureCarryover: The old [[http://www.xkcd.com/850/ World According To Americans]] "map of ignorance/prejudice" gag is subverted when the Americans asked turn out to be "unexpectedly good at geography" and also aware of the holes in their knowledge.
** [[https://xkcd.com/503/ This one]] subverts it by showing that America has not always been considered the centre of the world.
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** [[https://xkcd.com/503/ This one]] subverts it by showing that America has not always been considered the centre of the world.
** [[https://xkcd.com/503/ This one]] subverts it by showing that America has not always been considered the centre of the world.
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* ExactWords: A [[http://xkcd.com/2699/ Feature Comparison]] of various communication services advertises that the Cybiko[[TradeSnark ®]] Wireless Handheld Computer for Teens (2000) has wireless message delivery without internet, which only SMS also has. This is true... but only because the Cybiko communicates with radio, and so the "advantage" it has means that you can't message anyone who's too far away, a problem that none of the other services have.
* MakingASpectacleOfYourself: [[http://xkcd.com/1052/ New Year's Eve Party]] concerns those fancy novelty glasses shaped like the year number that you'll see during New Year's. Cueball went the extra mile and got laser eye surgery patterned in the same way instead, and is having trouble seeing with it as one might expect.
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* OnAScaleOfOneToTen: Parodied with the [[https://xkcd.com/2329 Universal Rating Scale]], which mashes together the 1-10 rating scale (with 0 and 11 included for good measure), the five-star rating scale, the American movie rating system, the American education grade system, the IUCN Red List categories, and the Starbucks cup size chart, among others.
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* OnAScaleOfOneToTen: OnAScaleFromOneToTen: Parodied with the [[https://xkcd.com/2329 Universal Rating Scale]], which mashes together the 1-10 rating scale (with 0 and 11 included for good measure), the five-star rating scale, the American movie rating system, the American education grade system, the IUCN Red List categories, and the Starbucks cup size chart, among others.
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* TemptingFate: A couple times in [[http://xkcd.com/521/ this strip.]]
-->"Are the raptors contained?" "Sure. Unless they figure out how to build lightsabers."
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** A couple times in [[http://xkcd.com/521/ this strip.]]
-->"Are --->"Are the raptors contained?" "Sure. Unless they figure out how to build lightsabers.""
** [[http://xkcd.com/2730 #2730: Code Lifespan]] has Ponytail do this to code that's well-made and poorly made:
--->"It took some extra work to build, but now we'll be able to use it for all our future projects." ''[Subtitle text:How to ensure your code is never reused]''\\
"Let's not overthink it; if this code is still in use '''''THAT''''' far in the future, we'll have bigger problems." ''[Subtitle text:How to ensure your code lives forever]''
** A couple times in [[http://xkcd.com/521/ this strip.]]
** [[http://xkcd.com/2730 #2730: Code Lifespan]] has Ponytail do this to code that's well-made and poorly made:
--->"It took some extra work to build, but now we'll be able to use it for all our future projects." ''[Subtitle text:How to ensure your code is never reused]''\\
"Let's not overthink it; if this code is still in use '''''THAT''''' far in the future, we'll have bigger problems." ''[Subtitle text:How to ensure your code lives forever]''
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* JackassGenie: The genie in "[[https://xkcd.com/2741/ Wish Interpretation]]" explictly warns he'll twist wishes [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor to teach people a lesson]]. But [[JerkAss Black Hat]] wishes for things that are so obviously destructive without any creative twisting, the genie gets discouraged and offers to just give him 20 dollars if he'll go away.
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* JackassGenie: The genie in "[[https://xkcd.com/2741/ Wish Interpretation]]" explictly warns he'll twist wishes [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor to teach people a lesson]]. But [[JerkAss Black Hat]] wishes for things that are so obviously destructive without any creative twisting, the genie gets discouraged and offers to just [[BegoneBribe give him 20 dollars if he'll go away.away]].
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* LoveYouAndEverybody: [[http://xkcd.com/442/ I love the whole world.]]
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* VoodooShark: Emalia Earhart explains that it took her 74 years to complete her flight around the world because the world is big. [[https://xkcd.com/950/ She doesn't seem to comprehend why this raises more questions]].
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* VoodooShark: Emalia Earhart explains that it took her 74 years to complete her flight around the world because the world is big. [[https://xkcd.com/950/ She doesn't seem to comprehend why this raises more questions]].
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-->''That guy only drives an alkaline car to overcompensate for his highly acidic penis.''
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* CompensatingForSomething: Parodied [[https://xkcd.com/1615/ here]].
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* TheComplianceGame: The strip "[[https://xkcd.com/1566/ Board Game]]" shows Cueball making a board game club do his taxes by presenting them as a board game. According to the AltText, they are more thorough than people whose job ''is'' to help with filling out tax forms.
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* A beret-clad {{Cloudcuckoolander}} and [[TheAntiNihilist Anti-Nihilist]], generally thought of as an Existentialist, albeit one with [[https://xkcd.com/1395/ strange]] [[https://xkcd.com/1388/ powers]] a thing for pastries.
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* A beret-clad {{Cloudcuckoolander}} and [[TheAntiNihilist Anti-Nihilist]], generally thought of as an Existentialist, albeit one with [[https://xkcd.com/1395/ strange]] [[https://xkcd.com/1388/ powers]] and a thing for pastries.
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'''''[[https://xkcd.com/ xkcd]]''''' is a StickFigureComic by Creator/RandallMunroe. It is a gag-a-day comic and generally does not have a continuing plot line or continuity (though there are occasional short story arcs). Many of the jokes are based on math, physics, science, UsefulNotes/{{UNIX}} or [[MemeticMutation Internet memes]], as well as romance and sex. It utilizes AltText for each and every comic, which contains additional jokes and context.
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* ItsBeenDone: In "[[https://xkcd.com/2724/ Washing Machine Settings]]", Cueball muses about the exact meaning of the settings on his washing machine and comes up with an idea for a website where people document all this stuff for reference. As the caption points out, the ''instruction manual'' should already have that covered.
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* ParodicTableOfTheElements: Noting that periodic tables become outdated as [[ScienceMarchesOn new elements are discovered]], Randall brings us one [[https://xkcd.com/2723 from half an hour after the Big Bang]], which features only the four elements that existed at the time.[[note]] No, not [[ElementsOfNature earth, air, fire and water]].[[/note]]
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** The TitleText for "[[https://xkcd.com/1187/ Aspect Ratio]]" mentions Randall mistaking "Anamorphic widescreen" for a widescreen ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' movie.
** The TitleText in "[[https://xkcd.com/1360/ Old Files]]" mentions him finding a file named ANIMORPHS-NOVEL.RTF (presumably a fanfic), and quietly deleting it in shame.
** "[[https://xkcd.com/1380/ Manual for Civilization]]" is about a collection of books to rebuild civilization. It's nothing but ''Animorphs'' books.
** "[[https://xkcd.com/1817/ Incognito Mode]]" has a woman (possibly Rachel, since she has blonde hair) warning Cueball to [[Literature/{{Animorphs}} never stay in incognito mode longer than 2 hours]]. The title text mentions morphing into apples to infiltrate Apple (the company).
** The title text for "[[https://xkcd.com/1899/ Ears]]" hypothesizes that people whose earbuds don't fall out must have a Yeerk in their head holding the earbuds for them.
** The TitleText in "[[https://xkcd.com/1360/ Old Files]]" mentions him finding a file named ANIMORPHS-NOVEL.RTF (presumably a fanfic), and quietly deleting it in shame.
** "[[https://xkcd.com/1380/ Manual for Civilization]]" is about a collection of books to rebuild civilization. It's nothing but ''Animorphs'' books.
** "[[https://xkcd.com/1817/ Incognito Mode]]" has a woman (possibly Rachel, since she has blonde hair) warning Cueball to [[Literature/{{Animorphs}} never stay in incognito mode longer than 2 hours]]. The title text mentions morphing into apples to infiltrate Apple (the company).
** The title text for "[[https://xkcd.com/1899/ Ears]]" hypothesizes that people whose earbuds don't fall out must have a Yeerk in their head holding the earbuds for them.
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** The "surprise wildlife encounter" suggested [[https://xkcd.com/2702 as a gift]] for animal enthusiasts references [[https://xkcd.com/325/ A-Minus-Minus]].
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* BadDate: One that goes [[https://xkcd.com/2698 so badly]] that onlookers start livestreaming it. When the couple discover this, however, they start taking advantage of the situation for the [[ProductPlacement lucrative sponsorship opportunities]].
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** Interestingly, in the 'archive' page, all comics after that strip are displayed Right-to-Left.
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** 2008 sees the infamous #404 "strip"; ''xkcd'' [[UnInstallment famously skipped #404]] on his comic numbering and went from 403 to 405, and thus attempting to look up a #404 XKCD comic yields a standard Page Not Found error, although this is treated as if it was its own strip.
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** 2008 sees the infamous #404 "strip"; ''xkcd'' [[UnInstallment famously skipped #404]] on his comic numbering and went from 403 #403 to 405, #405, and thus attempting to look up a #404 XKCD comic yields a standard Page Not Found error, although this is treated as if it was its own strip.
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** 2021's [[https://xkcd.com/2445/ "Checkbox"]] shows only a single checkbox, which clears itself when checked. An unmute button is also provided. Readers can input messages on the checkbox in Morse code, by timing the presses on the checkbox. In return, should the unmute button is clicked beforehand, the checkbox will reply back to them, also in Morse code.
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** 2021's [[https://xkcd.com/2445/ "Checkbox"]] shows only a single checkbox, which clears itself when checked. An unmute button is also provided. Readers can input messages on the checkbox in Morse code, by timing the presses on the checkbox. In return, should the unmute button is clicked beforehand, the checkbox will reply back to them, also in Morse code. This is the first of the only two XKCD comics with audio, which is followed by...
** 2022's [[https://xkcd.com/2601/ "Instructions"]], which isn't really a comic so much as it is a ''9-hour long audio file''. The audio is a mix of random facts about turtles and a detailed series of coding instructions for the programming language LOGO. When executed, the program will draw [[https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/File:xkcd_2601_finished_picture.png the actual comic]].
** 2022's [[https://xkcd.com/2601/ "Instructions"]], which isn't really a comic so much as it is a ''9-hour long audio file''. The audio is a mix of random facts about turtles and a detailed series of coding instructions for the programming language LOGO. When executed, the program will draw [[https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/File:xkcd_2601_finished_picture.png the actual comic]].
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* HappyBirthdayToYou: "[[https://xkcd.com/1581/ Birthday]]" has the lyrics to the Happy Birthday song, in celebration of both the comic's 10th anniversary and the court ruling Warner/Chappell's claim to the song invalid a day prior. In the strip's AltText, Randall mentions that he should apologize to his family and friends, along with the Chuck E. Cheese's staff, for calling the cops on them every time they sing the song.
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* HappyBirthdayToYou: "[[https://xkcd.com/1581/ Birthday]]" has the lyrics to the Happy Birthday song, in celebration of both the comic's 10th anniversary and the court ruling Warner/Chappell's claim to the song invalid a day prior. In the strip's AltText, Randall mentions that he should apologize to his family and friends, along with the Chuck E. Cheese's staff, for calling having called the cops on them every time they sing sang the song.
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* DontTryThisAtHome: See the AltText for [[http://xkcd.com/620/ Wings]]. Subverted in a [[http://blag.xkcd.com/2007/07/18/roller-coaster-chess/ blog post]]: "But remember, I am not advocating doing anything dangerous unless it’s really cool."
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* DontTryThisAtHome: See the AltText for [[http://xkcd.com/620/ Wings]]. Subverted in a [[http://blag.xkcd.com/2007/07/18/roller-coaster-chess/ blog post]]: "But remember, I am not advocating doing anything dangerous unless it’s it's really cool."
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* SchoolGradeHacking: Parodied in the strip [[https://xkcd.com/2385/ Final Exam]]. The students in a cybersecurity class are told that they have all failed and their grades will be stored on the server within the students' reach and only be submitted the next day. WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong However, to keep the hacking in check, the game theory courses' grade is based on how close the grade matches 80% of the average score.
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* TwoKeyedLock: {{Parodied|Trope}} in [[https://xkcd.com/2677 Strip #2677]] where a two-key system is implemented, a device to facilitate the use of that system is developed, and the same system is used on that device.
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* TwoKeyedLock: {{Parodied|Trope}} in [[https://xkcd.com/2677 Strip #2677]] where a #2677]], making an analogy about the cyclical nature of software security. A two-key system is implemented, a device to facilitate the use of that system is developed, and the same system is used on that device.
