Editing 1350: Lorenz

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'''NOTE: The above is the first panel of an interactive comic.'''

{{incomplete|All images has not been described under themes (and may never be if Randall creates new)}}

For a collection of images that appear in this comic, see [[1350: Lorenz/Images]]. These will also be described below under themes.

This is an interactive and dynamic comic with a possible first picture shown on top of this page. The picture is always the same but the order of the sentences A/B/C/D is done by random. The result of all the interactions by the people would lead to a {{w|Crowdsourcing|crowd-sourced content}}. In honor of {{w|April Fools' Day}} the comic was posted a day early, on Tuesday instead of the usual Wednesday. This also means that if anyone feels this comic is too silly... Randall can call ''April fool''.

The title 'Lorenz' is referring to {{w|Edward Norton Lorenz}} who among other subjects was famous for {{w|Chaos theory}} and the {{w|Butterfly effect}}.  

The title text is a reference to that the story line of this comic does include all of the user submitted dialogue and updates over time based on statistics of users clicks and hence will in nature be chaotic. In this manner it is a reference to the butterfly effect, a phrase coined by Edward Lorenz to describe how a small initial change can lead to wide variations in outcome in a chaotic system.

This comic is an example of a {{w|Choose Your Own Adventure}} story as mentioned in the title text.

===Functionality and bugs===

The reader is initially presented with only one panel where Knit Cap Girl (Megan?) is sitting in front of her computer. The reader is given multiple choices concerning what exactly Knit Cap Girl (Megan?) is thinking. Upon choosing any option, a second panel appears, to give continuity to the story. Each new panel may have a new set of options or just the button "Continue" to see the next panel without making any choice in particular. Eventually, one may reach a dead end in which the story is interrupted and reader is presented with a text box to suggest how it should continue. Some of the suggestions given should eventually become available as new options.

It appears that new panels may be generated by Randall in near real time as user suggestions to dialog is submitted. The dialogue options are likely based on click-through rates and hence will change over day based on which choices are clicked most using {{w|A/B_testing|A/B measurement techniques}}.  This will mean that the most popular choices for dialogue line will prevail as the statistics build up. In some cases, dialogue line options do not depend on the continuity of the storyline followed, suggesting that some parts of the story are planned. For example, do several of the storylines involve one of the two main characters waking up and for instance telling the other character, “I had the strangest dream…” or even reliving the dream again. This may be due to common submissions across storylines as well.

Normally, there is a total of 4 options to make: a/b/c/d. Their order changes constantly. Sometimes, there are 3 or fewer options, with the text box to suggest an alternative option. Sometimes, a given panel actually has 5 or more available options, although even in this case only 4 options appear at a time. Refreshing the comic changes randomly which of the available options are visible and which are hidden. As of April 2nd 2014, the existence of 5 or more options seems to occur only in a few rare cases, including the first panel itself.

Each panel has a "permalink" button which generates a unique URL for all the choices made by the reader — so a reader can save the chosen choices to compare them to other ways going through the selections. On the final panel the reader can enter an own statement, which is shown on screen but can't be saved by a permalink. The reader has to do a screen shot by himself.

{{w|HTTP cookie|Cookies}} and {{w|Javascript}} are required to see this page properly. Without cookies, the next panel will not render; attempting to load the page in the UNIXKCD terminal or loading the page without Javascript will just get you the [[1349|previous comic]].

====Buttons====

Instead of clicking with the mouse you can move more quickly through the panels using the keyboard:

* Up/Down - navigate options

* Enter/Right - choose option after navigating with Up/Down

* Left - go back one panel

* a/b/c/d - choose any option directly

====Bugs====

Since this interactive comic relies on many servers in the background to provide the response to the reader's actions there are some problems reported here:

*In the worst case the entire comic doesn't render at all as expected — it just shows the previous comic [[1349: Shouldn't Be Hard]].

*When selecting a sentence A/B/C/D the server does not respond on that selection.

*The servers responsible to provide the pictures are down.

*In the first week after the comic was released, if a response lead to a panel where two characters speak at the same time, it was impossible to proceed past the first speech bubble. This was subsequently fixed.

As a consequence of these bugs many readers do not understand how this interactive comic works.

===Themes===

====Computer====

| Knit Cap Girl sits at her laptop saying/thinking something. You choose what from four options and thus starts the interactive and dynamic comic. Originally on April the 1st there where only four choices, but this has increased since. But you always have four to choose from when you begin.

! Computer problems<br>[[Image:lorenz - laptop 1.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - laptop 2.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - laptop 3.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - laptop 4.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - laptop 5.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - laptop 6.png]]

| Knit Cap Girl's laptop has an unspecified problem. Hairy walks in and they attempt to fix it by connecting his laptop with hers. There are two outcomes possible:

* He fails so badly that they end up randomly floating in the ocean (with or without circling sharks - a reference to [[349: Success]] see below.)

* It doesn't work so now Knit Cap Girl tries to write something on Hairy's laptop from a paper (a manual?) she holds in her hand. This also fails and the story continues with a blowtorch scene - see below:

! Blowtorch<br>[[Image:lorenz - laptop 7.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - laptop 8.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - laptop 9.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - laptop 10.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - laptop 11.png]]

| Knit Cap Girl becomes so upset with her laptop that she decides to melt it using a blowtorch - a clear reference to the comic from the day before this one: [[1349: Shouldn't Be Hard]]. After this they walk out of the building.

====Political debate====

! Debate<br>[[image:lorenz - debate laptop.png]]<br>[[image:lorenz - debate 1.png]]<br>[[image:lorenz - debate 2.png]]<br>[[image:lorenz - debate 5.png]]<br>[[image:lorenz - debate 4.png]]<br>[[image:lorenz - debate 3.png]]<br>[[image:lorenz - visit.png]]

| Knit Cap Girl uses har laptop to watch a debate online between the Politician 1 (on the left) and the Politician 2 ([[Cueball]], on the right), the subject and the actual conversation of which varies according to the storyline. Eventually one of two things can happen:

* Politician 1 is going down on one knee - either to pray or as in a suggestion to ask the other to marry him...

*Politician 1 vows to end the "war on Christmas" if elected.

*Politician 1 praises his adversary and supports his economic plan.

*Politician 1 questions Politician 2's project of tying multiple birds to a car as fuel replacement, which would require some method to make the birds take off in unison. The solutions mentioned for this topic are given here as an example:

**Opening and closing an umbrella near them (a reference to {{W|Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade}}).

**Using a predatory bird to the car to scare them

**Putting resources in the hands of bird educators for the purpose of training them

**Employing fiscal hawks.

If the Politician 1 points out some problem with the reasoning, often the solution proposed by the Politician 2 would be doing the same in a larger scale or saying he completely agrees with everything the other says...

In the end, Hairy walks in to Knit Cap Girl and points out something happening near which may or may not involve birds (or what ever was the subject) which could be a direct result of Politician 2's project. Again all this could be user input!

====Miscellaneous====

! Relativistic encounter <br> [[Image:lorenz - rocket 16.png]]

| The space rocket meets another space rocket that asks a question about relativity, the same one that appeared in [[Choices: Part 2]]. The other space rocket will shoot and destroy the main rocket if the question isn't answered satisfactory. Otherwise the two rockets fly past each other.

! Space planet<br>[[image:lorenz - rocket 21.png]]

| Eventually the space rocket meets a guy on a very tiny planet which most likely is a reference to {{w|The Little Prince}}. This could also be a reference to the asteroid 4942 Munroe, then it would be Randall on the rock.

! Dreams<br>[[File:lorenz - wake up 1.png]]

| Sometimes, Knit Cap Guy or Hairy find themselves waking from a dream, suggesting that all prior events were just part of they dreaming. This may happen after either:

*They fall in the big hole outside Knit Cap Guy's house

*The rocket is shot down by the other spacecraft.

*Knit Cap Guy also wakes up after watching the debate.

Often, the dream loops upon itself, as a character wakes up multiple times in the same storyline.

When Knit Cap Guy wakes it is with the head to the left and the cap lying on the end of the bed. Hairy has his head to the right.

! Salesman<br>[[image:lorenz - sale 1.png]]

| Hairy meets [[White Hat]], a salesman with a small stand. Often this happens after waking from a dream.

====Ocean====

| Knit Cap Girl tries to write something on Hairy's laptop from a note she has in her hand. Hairy watches. This image is also used in the computer problem theme above. But this time it goes really wrong and the Oncean scene appears right after this:

| Knit Cap Girl and Hairy are floating in the ocean, with or without sharks. A clear reference to [[349: Success]]. Sharks have been the subject of several other comics.  

Three giant squids appear and a lone shark seems disturbed. Maybe the squids killed the sharks leaving the blood in the last of these images?

|Knit Cap Girl and Hairy starts to swim out of the shark free ocean and finally reaches a beach - see [[349: Success]].

====Leaving the bulding====

! Leaving<br>[[Image:lorenz - going.png]]

| In some storylines the two characters leaves the building. Either with the laptop intact (like after the politic debate) or with a fused laptop (see computer problems theme). In either case they encounter one of the following scenarios when they come out the door:

! Empty lawn<br>[[Image:lorenz - away.png]]

| Sometimes nothing is outside the bulind except the pawement they walk upon there is just an empty lawm. See [http://xkcd.com/1350/#p:b69f6096-b9f0-11e3-8009-002590d77bdd this example] for both of the first two pictures here. From this point they can move on to walk past stuff - see below.

! Huge hole on the lawn<br>[[image:lorenz - hole.png]]

| There is a huge hole in the ground just outside of the building. The two characters always end up falling into it and one of them awakes from a night mare - see [http://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:8440e346-bb16-11e3-8004-002590d77bdd this example]. See below about dreams.

! Rocket on the lawn<br>[[Image:lorenz - rocket 1.png]]

| There is a space rocket on the lawn outside the building - see [http://xkcd.com/1350/#p:ffa26ce0-bade-11e3-8001-94de80a03a29 this example]. See below about dreams and space travel.

====Walking====

! Starting the walk<br>[[Image:lorenz - away.png]]

| When there is nothing outside the building the walk begins. It can though begin in other ways, but that is usually longer into a complicated story. The walk begins with Knit Cap Girl and Hairy walking together, but they also often walks alone as will be shown below.

!Walking past<br>[[Image:lorenz - tree.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - gap.png]]

|Knit Cap Girl and Hairy walks together past the following items:

*A tree

*A gap in the ground - which Knit Cap Girl jumps over, much like in a pit from Mario brothers.

!Walking together<br>[[Image:lorenz - dark.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - walking.png]]

|The two characters are seen walking together from different perspectives.

!Arguing<br>[[Image:lorenz - discuss.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - hairy leaves.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - knit cap leaves.png]]

|Knit Cap Girl and Hairy stops their walk to have an argument. Then either she or he leaves the other by walking back the way they came.

!Alone - Girl<br>[[Image:lorenz - walk 5.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - walk 6.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - walk 8.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - walk 1.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - walk 2.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - walk 3.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - walk 4.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - walk 9.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - thinking.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - bird gift.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - bird money.png]]

|Knit Cap Girl walks alone. This is not necessarily because of the argument! She is seen walking alone in many different poses and perspectives. At one point she is thinking - this does not have to be while alone! At some point a bird passes over her carrying a gift. It then returns - now with a money note in its beak.

!Alone - Guy<br>[[Image:lorenz - meanwhile.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - walk 7.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - walk 10.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - thinking 2.png]]

|Hairy is seen walking alone. This is not necessarily because of the argument! He is seen walking alone in two poses. At one point he is thinking - this does not have to be while alone! In one story line the ''meanwhile'' image appears before this walk like in [http://xkcd.com/1350/#p:aee5abf0-bb29-11e3-8004-002590d77bdd this example].

====Dreams====

! Falling<br><br>[[Image:lorenz - hole.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - falling.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - aaa.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - aaa 2.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - rocket 9.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - wake up 5.png]]

| In several storylines one of the characters wakes up from a dream. One of the most obvious dreams is the one about falling - in this case both characters falls into a big hole outside the building they are leaving - as shown here in [http://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:20698602-bbb1-11e3-801c-002590d77bdd this example] where first one then the both characters awake from the same falling dream.  

In the case - with the hole - one (or either as shown above) of the characters wakes up from the nightmare - but it can be after any of the three black pictures shown here. The other two pictures (not included in the first example) can be seen in [http://xkcd.com/1350/#p:ba285dea-baa3-11e3-801c-002590d77bdd this example].(The total black picture is also sometimes used in the space theme).  

Below are several other situations where a dream will or may occur. The hole situation here is one where it will turn out to be a dream. This is not always the case.

! Dinosaur<br><br>[[Image:lorenz - dinosaur 1.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - dinosaur 2.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - dinosaur 3.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - dinosaur 4.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - wake up 1.png]]

| A Dinosaur enters the comic (see more about these same images under the Dinosaur theme). If the comic goes on long enough these four images will appear and after the last the character awakes from the nightmare. It may be only Knit Cap Girl as she is the one seen fully in the fourth image. Examples where this is the second dream can be seen [http://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:5e94d028-bb7d-11e3-8012-002590d77bdd here] and [http://xkcd.com/1350/#p:ffa26ce0-bade-11e3-8001-94de80a03a29 here]

! Evil spaceship<br>[[Image:lorenz - rocket 15.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - rocket 16.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - rocket 17.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - rocket 18.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - rocket 22.png]] <br>[[Image:lorenz - rocket 23.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - wake up 5.png]]

| During a space travel the rocket passes another space ship. If a failed communication occurs the space ship turns around and shoots down the rocket. At this point it turns out it was just a nightmare and one of the characters wake up (maybe only Hairy?). See [http://xkcd.com/1350/#p:ffa26ce0-bade-11e3-8001-94de80a03a29 this example]. In the last picture before waking we see an image from the flight simulator program Kerbal Space Program (KSP) with the rockets off - see the KSP theme.

! Rocket launch<br>[[Image:lorenz - rocket 7.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - rocket 8.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - rocket 11.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - wake up 1.png]]

| These last two dreams are not really nightmares, and as opposed to the three above, where the characters always wake up, this is not necessary in this one and the next. But in this case Knit Cap Girl (maybe also Hairy) wakes up during the Rocket launch - see [http://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:8440e346-bb16-11e3-8004-002590d77bdd this example]. In the last picture before waking we see an image from the flight simulator program Kerbal Space Program (KSP) with the rockets on - see the KSP theme.

! Politic debate<br>[[Image:lorenz - debate 1.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - debate 2.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - debate 4.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - wake up 1.png]]

| In this dream, that is not so much a nightmare that it will always be a dream (like the first three) Knit Cap Girl (maybe also Hairy) wakes up after a silly political debate - see [http://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:ea25460c-baf3-11e3-8001-002590d77bdd this example].

====Kerbal Space Program====

!Engines on<br>[[Image:lorenz - rocket 11.png]]

|These pictures are from the flight simulator program {{W|Kerbal Space Program}} (KSP). An example of the image in the comic can be seen [http://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:8440e346-bb16-11e3-8004-002590d77bdd here]. In this case the liftoff with the engine on turns out to be just a dream. But the image can also precede a space travel going into deep space - as the travel shown below. See more on the this under the space theme.

!Engines off<br>[[Image:lorenz - rocket 23.png]]

|Here we see an image with the engines off. See this [http://i.imgur.com/UofvQ.png image] from KSP where the rocket engines are not on. This image is usually shown after the spaceship is shut down and it turns out it was just a dream - see [http://xkcd.com/1350/#p:ffa26ce0-bade-11e3-8001-94de80a03a29 this example]. See more on the this under the space theme.

====Dinosaur====

! Dinosaur Comics<br>[[Image:lorenz - dinosaur 1.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - dinosaur 2.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - dinosaur 3.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - dinosaur 4.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - wake up 1.png]]

| The green T-rex from {{w|Dinosaur Comics}} (a clip-art-based webcomic that uses the same artwork with different captions for every strip.) interrupts the story and proceeds to talk about his tiny arms or other subjects. In the end, he stamps on the house the main characters are in. If it gets this far one of the characters will wake up from a dream- It may be only Knit Cap Girl as she is the one seen fully in the fourth image. Examples where this is the second dream can be seen [http://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:5e94d028-bb7d-11e3-8012-002590d77bdd here] and [http://xkcd.com/1350/#p:ffa26ce0-bade-11e3-8001-94de80a03a29 here]. See more under the dream theme.

====Boomerang====

! Finding Boomerang<br>>[[Image:lorenz - boomerang 1.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - boomerang 2.png]]

| Knit Cap Girl finds a boomerang on the ground and may express her feelings about it. The other images listed below, may come more or less in any order and any number of times. She may comment on it again after cathing it. She may also put it down. See below also for examples of story lines.

Boomerangs are also featured in: [[445: I Am Not Good with Boomerangs]], [[475: Further Boomerang Difficulties]], [[939: Arrow]]

! Throwing Boomerang<br>><br>[[Image:lorenz - boomerang 3.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - boomerang 4.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - boomerang 8.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - boomerang 6.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - boomerang 9.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - boomerang 10.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - boomerang 5.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - boomerang 7.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - boomerang 11.png]]

| Knit Cap Girl throws the boomerang, and it flies back (and forth). This can go on for a while, and she may even [http://xkcd.com/1350/#p:08896f1c-bade-11e3-8001-94de80a03a29 lay it down and walk away]. However, more often than not she will end up with an accident:

! Accidents<br>[[Image:lorenz - boomerang accident.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - boomerang accident 2.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - boomerang accident 5.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - boomerang accident 6.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - boomerang rocket 1.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - boomerang rocket 2.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - boomerang boom.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - surprise.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - run.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - boomerang accident 3.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - boomerang accident 4.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - meanwhile.png]]

| These accidents are:

*Getting hit in the face - The two options here below are both featured in [http://xkcd.com/1350/#p:ee6b910c-bae5-11e3-8001-002590d77bdd this example].

**Knit Cap Girl getting hit in the face with the boomerang rebound (i.e. [[445: I Am Not Good with Boomerangs]])

**Knit Cap Girl fails to catch the boomerang and the rebound hit Hairy in the face off screen and he then enters the frame in the next image.  

*Hitting the space rocket from another story branch - see [http://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:ea25460c-baf3-11e3-8001-002590d77bdd this example].

*The boomerang crashing into something off panel - someone may shout back - see [http://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:fc34f46a-ba98-11e3-8008-002590d77bdd this example].

**In some cases the meanwhile image appears like in [http://xkcd.com/1350/#p:aee5abf0-bb29-11e3-8004-002590d77bdd this example].

====Pokémon====

! A wild Pikachu appeared<br>[[Image:lorenz - pikachu appeared.png]]

| Some of the storylines involve Pokémon battles featuring Pikachu, a very popular Pokémon. The battles are drawn in the style of the video games. (A trainer in the left-bottom corner facing the foe in the right-top corner, with a narration box below the scene and the trainer's Pokéballs visible, although some elements are missing, such as the level, gender and HP bar.) In this first image Pikachu the wild pokémon appeares. Then the fight begins:

! Pikachu's moves<br>[[Image:lorenz - pikachu abandonment.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - pikachu anguish.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - pikachu ant.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - pikachu extrude.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - pikachu faceless.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - pikachu friendship.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - pikachu granite.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - pikachu graph.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - pikachu ink cloud.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - pikachu radicality.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - pikachu theft.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - pikachu uplift.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - pikachu ethylene.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - pikachu blank.png]]

| Pikachu uses a number of different moves, though these are mostly made up and are not from the Pokémon games. Pikachu's moves are almost invariably remarked by the narrator as "It's not very effective...", but "It's super effective!" is also possible to appear. (see below)

In the video games, a move is "not very effective" when the opponent's type resists the attacking move's type and "super effective" when the opponent's type is weak to the attacking move's type.

 

* Abandonment - Pikachu disappears completely.

* Anguish ¤% - Pikachu is sad.

* Ant Colony - Pikachu is covered in ants.

* Faceless $ - Pikachu's face disappears.

* Friendship £ - Pikachu is on Knit Cap Girl's head, signifying they are now friends. Friendship, though not a move, is a game mechanic in the video games.

* Granite % - Pikachu is atop a block of granite.

* Graph Theory ¤ - The theory can be seen behind Pikachu

* Ink Cloud % - Pikachu is covered in ink. In the storyline Pikachu uses it, there is the option to "gather" the ink.

* Radicality £ - Pikachu is on a skateboard.

* Theft & - Pikachu wears Knit Cap Girl's hat. Pikachu seems to be using "Thief", a similarly-named actual move from the games, that is used to steal the foe's item and use it as its own.

* Uplift - Pikachu's head goes upward, separated from its body, showing a long, thick cable still connecting the head and the body.

* Ethylene Dichloride ¤ - Pikachu holds a glas with  Ethylene Dichloride - Nothing seems to happen, but Ethylene Dichloride is a toxic chemical, so there may be future consequences for the characters.  

** After using it, ("not very effective") Pikachu may make remarks about the move using the blank version of the image from below (the following text are users suggestion):

*** This is still better than all the lightning crap.

* Blank text box ¤£% - for user input

**The below items are (probably) not with a certain picture but text that users have suggested appear in the blank picture at the bottom of this section:

***In one storyline, after Pikachu uses a number of moves, it says: "Now I only have Struggle left. Tie?" In the Pokémon games, when a Pokémon runs out of PP (Power Points, the energy required to use each of its moves) for all its moves, it may only use Struggle, a weak move, indefinitely reusable, that harms not only the opponent but the user as well.

** The Discrete Metric

 

Here are some examples of battle (please help include links to all moves):

* ¤ [http://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:81c9e8c8-ba1d-11e3-8018-002590d77bdd 4 different moves]

* % [http://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:f203d1c6-ba22-11e3-801a-002590d77bdd 5 different moves]

* £ [http://xkcd.com/1350/#p:8737f5b4-ba92-11e3-8008-002590d77bdd 3 different moves]

* $ [http://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:feaa5d4e-bbd2-11e3-802c-002590d77bdd faceless move]

* & [http://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:b8fe0a3c-bb52-11e3-8001-002590d77bdd theft move]

*One narration line is "Where's Twitch when I need help?", a reference to {{w|Twitch Plays Pokémon}} which was also covered by comic [[1333: First Date]].

*Another narration line is: "Google Maps didn't warn me of this.", a reference to [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YMD6xELI_k Google Maps: Pokémon Challenge].

*Other remarks from Pikachu or about Pikachu can be seen in [http://xkcd.com/1350/#p:e8cf1df0-bbd4-11e3-802e-002590d77bdd this example]

** Pikachu: Aren't you going to catch me? It's not difficult, I promise... Please? [Knit Cap Girl and Hairy ignore him and go away)

*** You were walking in tall grass! You asked for it!

*** Please... Tame me! I want to party on days other than Thursday.

**** [Hairy remarks] Y'know, if we catch a Pikachu, we would never [sic] to pay our electric bills again.

*Pokémon mentioned other than Pikachu:

** Charizard (In one storyline, "Go Charizard" is one usable move in battle)

! Not effective<br>[[Image:lorenz - pikachu not very effective.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - pikachu end 1.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - pikachu end 2.png]]

|Normally after a few failed attempts - where the result is given as ''It's not very effective'', there is an uncomfortable silence as the Pikachu says "Um..." Then it talks to Knit Cap Girl and Hairy and as they then walk away past the Pókemon, Pikachu is left in the tall grass and has time to make a final remark. See [http://xkcd.com/1350/#p:9a86363c-bb53-11e3-8001-002590d77bdd this example] where they walk away only to meet another wild Pikachu.

! Super effective<br>[[Image:lorenz - pikachu super effective.png]]<br> [[Image:lorenz - pikachu fainted.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - pikachu dead 1.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - pikachu dead 2.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - pikachu dead 3.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - pikachu dead 4.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - pikachu dead 5.png]]

|Rarely, a suggested move knocks Pikachu out. This is states as ''It's super effective'' (sometimes this image comes right after the one with ''It's not very effective''. The result is that Pikachu faints. Knit Cap Girl and Hairy looks at the fainted (not dead) Pikachu who lies facedown in the grass. Then Knit Cap Girl ''pokes'' the pókemon and they walk past him out of the tall grass like in [http://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:feaa5d4e-bbd2-11e3-802c-002590d77bdd this example].

==Transcript==

:[The comic starts with a single panel presenting four options by random order among these below.]

:*These stupid tiles... I'll just play one more game.

:*Oh. Hey. There's some kind of political thing going on.  

:*Refresh... No new email... Refresh... No new tweets... Refresh...

:*Let's see if BSD is any easier to install nowadays.

:*Hurry! We're in talks with Facebook.

:*Gravity. Lots of it.

:[The reader can choose an option and the text appears at the panel.]

:[The next panels are shown after each selection until it comes to an end where the reader can suggest the last line spoken.]

*Although impossible to finish it has been tried to make a complete '''[[1350: Lorenz/Transcript|interactive transcript]]'''.

*'''The all time longest comics by panel - top three'''.