History Webcomic / Xkcd

* AcceptableTargets: In-universe string theorists, liberal arts majors, [[http://xkcd.com/610/ 610: Object]][[http://xkcd.com/1049/ ivists]] (who treat everybody like assholes apparently), [[http://xkcd.com/590/ 590: typographers]] and [[http://xkcd.com/114/ 114: computational linguists]]. Also, [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs Velociraptors]].

* AcceptableTargets: In-universe string theorists, liberal arts majors, [[http://xkcd.com/610/ 610: Objectivists]], [[http://xkcd.com/590/ 590: typographers]] and [[http://xkcd.com/114/ 114: computational linguists]]. Also, [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs Velociraptors]].

* CreatorBreakdown: Recently, Monroe discovered that his fiancee has cancer. Coincidentally, [[http://xkcd.com/1048/ quite a few comics]] he wrote afterward touch on the subject.

* CreatorBreakdown: Recently, Monroe discovered that his fiancee has cancer. Coincidentally, quite a few comics he wrote afterward touch on the subject.

* DescriptionCut: Surely NathanFillion has [[http://www.xkcd.com/578/ better things to do these days]] than pretend to be [[Series/{{Firefly}} Mal Reynolds]]. Meanwhile, wearing a brown coat, "Name's Captain Reynolds, ma'am. * ahem* "Name's Captain Reynolds, ma'am." Made ''[[HilariousInHindsight even funnier]]'' by a certain [[ShoutOut episode]] [[Series/{{Firefly}} of]] ''{{Castle}}''

* AIIsACrapshoot: [[http://xkcd.com/416/ 416: CTRL-C! CTRL-C!]]

** In the first "1337" comic, one character poses the question, "How does she type with oven mitts on?" This is a reference to a frequently asked question on WebOriginal/HomestarRunner's Strong Bad emails, and possibly also a reference to his "training gloves" in the site's "In Search of the Yello Dello" toon.

*** It's not hate. It's [[http://xkcd.com/272/ shadenfreude]].

** He has also [[http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/cuttlefish.png declared war on chemists]], though that's more a grudging rivalry than a belittlement.

* TerribleTicking: [[http://xkcd.com/740 Unn-tss, unn-tss, unn-tss...]]

* [=~I'd Tell You But Then I'd Have To Kill You~=]: [[http://www.xkcd.com/707/ Well, kill you even sooner.]][[hottip:*:You'll be moved up from 49 of ~7 billion to 31 of ~7 billion.]]

* [[ZeppelinsFromAnotherWorld Zeppelins In Another World]]

** And now for 2012, the comic itself changes depending upon the web browser one views the comic with (as well as various other factors, such as location and operating system, but the web browser is the easiest to view the change with), with at least four different variations in Google Chrome, Windows Explorer, Moxilla Firefox, and Opera.

** And now for 2012, the comic itself changes depending upon the web browser one views the comic with, with at least four different variations in Google Chrome, Windows Explorer, Moxilla Firefox, and Opera.

Some say it has fallen to SeasonalRot in the past few years.

Has recently [[WebComicsLongRunners reached one thousand comics]][[hottip:*:As there was no comic #404 due to an InJoke, the actual 1000th comic is the 1001st as opposed to the milestone one]]. As the above-mentioned main character says, "Wow - just 24 to go until a big round-number milestone!"

** Inverted in the AltText: "Dot Tumblt Dot Com" would ''not'' make AGoodNameForARockBand, due to potential confusion about its website.

** The [[http://www.xkcd.com/887/ future predictions for 2100]] end with: "Rainforests mostly gone due to climate shifts", "All coral reefs gone" and "Gillette introduces [[UpToEleven 14 bladed razor]]".

Has recently reached one thousand comics. As the above-mentioned main character says, "Wow - just 24 to go until a big round-number milestone!"

* BurmaShave: [[http://xkcd.com/491 Found here.]]

* ScienceIsWrong: "No one told you because you're cute when you get into something."

* MundaneWish: Done in [[http://xkcd.com/152/ this]] strip.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome: In the xkcd-Verse, computer science is revered as if it were a martial art. The [[http://xkcd.com/341/ 1337]] story arc is a good example.