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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | The comic deconstructs a | + | {{incomplete}} |
+ | The comic deconstructs a common idiom - "X called, they want their Y back." Usually, X is a year (like 2009 here), and Y is something very popular in that year that is seen as ridiculous in the present day. | ||
− | Here, [[Megan]] notices a Three-Wolf Moon | + | Here, [[Megan]] notices a Three-Wolf Moon t-shirt that [[Cueball]] apparently owns. The {{w|Three Wolf Moon|Three-Wolf Moon}} is a shirt of three wolves howling at the moon that reached meme status when several people posted ironic reviews giving it supernatural powers on {{w|Amazon}} around late 2008. |
− | + | Megan says the idiom, but before she can finish, Cueball takes it literally (that is, that the year 2009 actually called her) and admonishes for not telling them about {{w|2010 Haiti earthquake|the February 2010 earthquake in Haiti}} and {{w|2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami|the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan}}. The comic was posted shortly after the latter, so it is reasonable to assume that it was created as a response to the disaster. | |
− | + | The title text continues the idiom, implying the end of humanity and/or the world will come about in 2017. | |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
:[Cueball is at computer. Megan is standing behind him, looking at clothes on the floor.] | :[Cueball is at computer. Megan is standing behind him, looking at clothes on the floor.] | ||
:Megan: Is this a three wolf moon shirt? | :Megan: Is this a three wolf moon shirt? | ||
− | :Megan: Dude, 2009 called, and they- | + | :Megan: Dude, 2009 called, and they-- |
:Cueball: ''OH MY GOD!'' | :Cueball: ''OH MY GOD!'' | ||
:Cueball: ''DID YOU WARN THEM?'' | :Cueball: ''DID YOU WARN THEM?'' | ||
:Cueball: ''ABOUT HAITI AND JAPAN?'' | :Cueball: ''ABOUT HAITI AND JAPAN?'' | ||
− | :Megan: What? No, I- | + | :Megan: What? No, I-- |
:Cueball: You ''ASSHOLE!'' | :Cueball: You ''ASSHOLE!'' | ||
− | == | + | ==See also== |
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*[[102: Back to the Future]] | *[[102: Back to the Future]] | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] |