Editing 1529: Bracket

A {{w|Bracket (tournament)|tournament bracket}} shows the planned series of matchups in a tournament. In this comic Randall has shown a plan for a tournament between a wide range of cultural icons, both real and fictional, based mostly on similarities in their names. Various Internet groups have speculated on who would win in a fight between characters from different films. It may be relevant that the film {{w|Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice}} is soon to be released where the two eponymous {{w|superheroes}}, {{w|Batman}} and {{w|Superman}}, fight against each other.

The individual starting pairings are generally based on common or similar given or surnames. Some adjacent brackets are "segued" by someone like Jeff Daniels who segues from a bracket of "Jeff"s into a bracket of "Daniels"es. The bracket itself is fairly arbitrary. Most initial matchups are pairs, although several are trios and there's a quadruplet in the Russels group, while a single entry, Beyoncé, is given a first- and second-round {{w|bye (sports)|bye}}. Most of the participants in the tournament are people with a few exceptions. {{w|Shallots}} (small onions), {{w|scallops}} (bivalve mollusks), and {{w|scallions}} (green onions) are similar sounding foods, therefore may be confusing for some individuals (perhaps including [[Randall]]). The final grouping on the lower right of the bracket features a several retail stores and a film.  

The [[title text]] is probably referring to {{w|Dr. Dre}}, particularly as a reference to his 2001 song "{{w|Forgot About Dre}}". Alternatively, the title text could simply be a reference to the large number of pop culture personas that include the word "Doctor", such as {{w|Dr. Who}}, {{w|Gregory House|Doctor House}}, {{w|Mehmet Oz|Dr. Oz}}, {{w|Phil McGraw|Dr. Phil}}, {{w|Dr. Watson}}, {{w|Emmett Brown|"Doc" Brown}}, {{w|Dr. Seuss}}, {{w|Dr Pepper}}, {{w|Doctor Doom}}, {{w|Zoidberg|Dr. Zoidberg}}, and {{w|List of fictional doctors|many others}}.

The names and other entries in the bracket are:

{| class="wikitable sortable"

|{{w|Lance Armstrong}}

|Cyclist

|{{w|Stretch Armstrong}}

|Action figure

|Race car driver

|rowspan="2"|{{w|Jeff Daniels}}

|rowspan="2"|Actor in ''Dumb and Dumber''

|{{w|Jack Daniels}}

|Alcoholic beverages

|Director of ''{{w|Citizen Kane'' and known for his {{w|The War of the Worlds (radio drama)|radio-play}} of {{w|H. G. Wells}}' ''{{w|The War of the Worlds}}''

|{{w|George Orwell}}

|Author of ''{{w|Nineteen Eighty-Four}}'' and ''{{w|Animal Farm}}''

|{{w|Wells Fargo}}

|Bank and stage coach company

|Actor in ''John Carpenter’s Escape from L.A.'', ''The Thing'', ''Fast & Furious 7''

|{{w|Richard Simmons}}

|Host of exercise program

|rowspan="2"|{{w|Gene Simmons}}

|rowspan="2"|Musician, known from ''KISS''

|rowspan="2"|Actor

|{{w|Alan Parsons}}

||Musician

|{{w|Alan Partridge}}

|Fictional radio character

|Senator known for anti-communist witch-hunt

|colspan="2" rowspan="2"|Eugene <nowiki>*</nowiki>

|colspan="2" rowspan="3"|<nowiki>*</nowiki> Wilde*

|{{w|Gene Wilder}}

|Actor in ''Bonnie and Clyde'', ''Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory''

|{{w|Olivia Wilde}}

|Actress in ''Tron: Legacy'', ''Her''

|rowspan="2"|{{w|Oscar Wilde}}

|rowspan="2"|Writer

|{{w|Jack Nicklaus}}

|Golf player

|rowspan="2"|{{w|Jack Nicholson}}

|rowspan="2"|Actor in ''One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest'', ''The Shining'', ''The Bucketlist''

|colspan="2" rowspan="3"|<nowiki>*</nowiki>ichol* / *ickel*

|{{w|Ryan Adams}}

|Singer

|{{w|Bryan Adams}}

|Singer

|{{w|Colin Firth}}

|Actor, ''Pride and Prejudice'', ''Love Actually''

|rowspan="2"|{{w|Colin Farrell}}

|rowspan="2"|Actor in ''Daredevil'', ''In Bruges'', ''Total Recall''

|colspan="2" rowspan="2"|J<nowiki>*</nowiki> * *itt (three names)

|{{w|Joseph Gordon-Levitt}}

|Actor

|{{w|Jennifer Love Hewitt}}

|Actress in ''Garfield: The Movie'' <!-- Nothing else really -->

|rowspan="2"|Actor, ''Community''

|rowspan="2"|{{w|Donnie Wahlberg}}

|rowspan="2"|Singer, ''{{w|New Kids on the Block}}''

|rowspan="2"|{{w|Mark Wahlberg}}

|rowspan="2"|Actor in ''The Departed'', ''The Other Guys''

|{{w|Philip Pullman}}

|Author

|rowspan="2"|{{w|Bill Pullman}}

|rowspan="2"|Actor in ''Spaceballs'', and ''Independence Day''

|{{w|Bill Paxton}}

|Actor in ''Apollo 13'', ''Aliens''

|colspan="2" rowspan="2"|Ghostbusters/SNL alums

|{{w|Ginger Rogers}}

|Actress known for dancing with {{w|Fred Astaire}}

|Mister/Fred Astaire/Rogers

|Confusing reference to {{w|Fred Rogers}} (host of children's show, popularly known as "Mister Rogers") and to {{w|Fred Astaire}} (Dancer, actor, and singer)

|{{w|Doctor Manhattan}}

|Character in Alan Moore's Watchmen

|{{w|Doctor Strangelove}}

|Character in a movie about nuclear war by {{w|Stanley Kubrick}}

|{{w|Doctor Strange}}

|Sorceror Supreme in Marvel Comics

|{{w|The Doctor (Doctor Who)|The Doctor}}

|Main protagonist of the science fiction series ''{{w|Doctor Who}}''

|{{w|Cory Doctorow}}

|Real person - [[:Category:Comics featuring Cory Doctorow| who has been in a number of xkcd comics]]

|{{w|Jerry Lee Lewis}}

|Rock and Roll singer

|{{w|Jerry Lewis}}

|Comedian and former chairman of charitable organization

|{{w|Chris Evans}}

|Actor, ''Captain America''

|{{w|Chris Hemsworth}}

|Actor, ''Thor''

|Actor, ''Star Trek''

 

|colspan="2" rowspan="3"|'S' Foods That Rhyme Assonantly

|{{w|Shallots}}

|Small onions

|{{w|Scallops}}

|Bivalve mollusks

|{{w|Scallions}}

|Green onions

|{{w|Tom Arnold}}

|Ex-husband of Roseanne Barr

|rowspan="2"|{{w|Arnold Palmer}}

|rowspan="2"|Golf player

|{{w|Amanda Palmer}}

|Singer/songwriter

|rowspan="2"|{{w|Paul Thomas Anderson}}

|rowspan="2"|Film maker

|{{w|Poul Anderson}}

|Science fiction author

|rowspan="2"|F* Drake

|{{w|Sir Francis Drake}}

|British explorer, 2nd to circumnavigate the Earth

|{{w|Frank Drake}}

|Astrophysicist, SETI pioneer

|{{w|Robert Van Winkle}}

|AKA Vanilla Ice, rapper

|rowspan="2"|{{w|Rip Van Winkle}}

|rowspan="2"|Fictional character

|{{w|The Body Shop}}

|Shop

|rowspan="2"|{{w|Bath and Body Works}}

|rowspan="2"|Shop

|{{w|Beyoncé}}

|Singer

==Transcript==

{{incomplete transcript|Neaten the format to make it more comprehensible.}}

:[A tournament bracket. The matchups are the following, on left-hand side and right-hand side:]

 

{| class="wikitable" style="background:transparent;border:none;width:100%;"

<br/>(1) Louis Armstrong and Neil Armstrong

<br/>(2) Lance Armstrong and Stretch Armstrong

<br/>(3) Jeff Gordan and Jeff Bridges

<br/>(4) Jeff Daniels and Jack Daniels

<br/>(5) Orson Welles and H.G. Wells

<br/>(6) George Orwell and Wells Fargo

<br/>(7) Kurt Russell, Russell Brand, Russell Crowe and Russell Simmons

<br/>(8) Richard Simmons and Gene Simmons

<br/>(9) Gene Hackman, Hugh Jackman and Alan Rickman

<br/>(10) Alan Parsons and Alan Partridge

<br/>(11) Jenny McCarthy, Joseph McCarthy, Eugene McCarthy and Eugene V. Debs

<br/>(12) Gene Wilder, Olivia Wilde and Oscar Wilde

<br/>(13) Oscar De La Renta and Oscar De La Hoya

<br/>(14) Jack Nicklaus and Jack Nicholson

<br/>(15) Phil Mickelson and Nicholas Nickelby

<br/>(16) Ryan Adams and Bryan Adams

<br/>(17) Chubby Checker and Fats Domino

<br/>(18) Colin Firth and Colin Farrell

<br/>(19) Will Ferrell and The Farrelly Brothers

<br/>(20) Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Jennifer Love Hewitt

<br/>(21) Danny Glover and Donald Glover

<br/>(22) Donnie Wahlberg and Mark Wahlberg

<br/>(23) Mark Ruffalo and Mark Shuttleworth

<br/>(24) Philip Pullman, Bill Pullman and Bill Paxton

<br/>(25) Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd

 

<br/>(26) Ginger Rogers and Fred Rogers|Mister/Fred Astaire/Rogers

<br/>(27) Mister Spock, Doctor Spock and Doctor Octopus

<br/>(28) Doctor Manhattan, Doctor Strangelove and Doctor Strange

<br/>(29) Dr. No, The Doctor and Cory Doctorow

<br/>(30) Jerry Lee Lewis and Jerry Lewis

<br/>(31) Jenny Lewis and Xeni Jardin

<br/>(34) Shallots, Scallops and Scallions

<br/>(35) Siouxie Sioux and Suzanne Vega

<br/>(36) Tom Arnold, Arnold Palmer and Amanda Palmer

<br/>(37) Wes Craven and Wes Anderson

<br/>(38) Paul Thomas Anderson and Poul Anderson

<br/>(39) Sir Walter Scott and Sir Walter Raleigh

<br/>(40) Sir Francis Drake and Frank Drake

<br/>(41) Van Halen, Van Morrison and Van Wilder

<br/>(42) Robert Van Winkle and Rip Van Winkle

<br/>(43) Rip Torn and Natalie Imbruglia

<br/>(44) The Body Shop and Bath and Body Works

<br/>(45) Bed Bath and Beyond and Beyond Thunderdome

<br/>(46) Winner of 44 and winner of 45

<br/>(47) Winner of 46 and Beyoncé

[Those are later interconnected:]

 

<br/>(48) Winner of 1 and winner of 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

<br/>(85) Winner of 70 and winner of 80

 

<br/>(86) Winner of 81 and winner of 74

<br/>(87) Winner of 82 and winner of 83

 

<br/>(88) Winner of 84 and winner of 85

 

<br/>(89) Winner of 86 and winner of 87

 

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