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Deadlock Clock: May 3rd 2020 at 11:59:00 PM
Spark9 Since: Nov, 2010
#1: Apr 22nd 2020 at 4:41:27 PM

The image is literally a hunt for a literal bird called a "snipe"... and that's not this trope. The trope is sending a newcomer to search for an object that doesn't exist, such as a "long weight".

From the webcomic section, this might work (last panel), or that one (panel 4+6).

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#2: Apr 22nd 2020 at 5:15:25 PM

The current is non-illustrative for sure. I don't get the trope immediately from 1.1, and 1.2 seems like it might be tough to put together with the speech balloons.

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#3: Apr 22nd 2020 at 8:39:10 PM

[up][up] It doesn't have to be something that doesn't exist. Just something ridiculously difficult if not impossible to do.

After all, Snipes are real birds. The only reason people are tasked to "hunt" snipes is that they are notoriously difficult to hunt (unless you're a sniper).

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#4: Apr 22nd 2020 at 11:10:48 PM

[up]Exactly. 1.1 might be a bit more illustrative than the current, but 1.2 is just Talking Heads.

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#6: Apr 23rd 2020 at 12:20:04 PM

1.1.

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#8: May 5th 2020 at 1:42:17 PM

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