Editing 442: xkcd Loves the Discovery Channel

This comic is a parody of the {{w|Discovery Channel}} commercial showing various clips of people singing a song with the chorus line [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=at_f98qOGY0 'Boom De Yada']. The comic is divided into a grid of 4 panels by 6 panels, most depicting a character or situation from a previous xkcd strip. In each panel is written a part of a song similar to the song from the Discovery Channel commercial.

The campaign from the {{w|Discovery Channel}} was not called "Boom De Yada," but "I Love the World". The title "xkcd Loves the Discovery Channel" is in reference to this.

 

:A reference to comic [[162: Angular Momentum]], where [[Megan]] spins in a circle to "rob the planet of angular momentum."

:A reference to comic [[413: New Pet]], where Megan and [[Cueball]] turn an {{w|EEE PC}} into a household pet.

:A reference to comic [[239: Blagofaire]], where someone from the far future believes that many people blogged from high-altitude balloons whilst wearing red capes and goggles. The flying character may be [[Cory Doctorow]], who is mentioned in the comic as the only blogger to actually do this, and who also appeared in comic [[345: 1337: Part 5]] in this guise.

:Likely a reference to comic [[152: Hamster Ball]], though there are [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Hamster_Ball multiple comics] featuring human-sized {{w|Hamster ball|hamster balls}}.

:A reference to Randall's own hobby of [http://xkcd.com/kite/ kite photography], as well as comic [[235: Kite]].

;Panel 13 ''I love the whole world'' (Map of the internet.)

:A reference to xkcd's recurring joke of dating the female character's sister, which spans several comics including [[49: Want]], [[279: Pickup Lines]], [[317: That Lovin' Feelin']], and [[408: Overqualified]].

 

The title text continues the song, self-referentially. Self-reference is a reoccurring theme in {{w|Douglas Hofstadter|Douglas Hofstadter's}} books, notably ''{{w|Gödel, Escher, Bach}}'', which Randall refers to directly in [[24: Godel, Escher, Kurt Halsey]]. Later, Hofstadter has been referenced in other comics, such as in the title text of [[555: Two Mirrors]] and [[608: Form]], plus, of course, in [[917: Hofstadter]]. Self-reference as a form of humor was also [[:Category:Self-reference|explored before]], but most famously in the later [[688: Self-Description]].

:[The comic is in parody of the Discovery Channel commercial showing various clips of people singing a song with the chorus line "Boom De Yada."]

:[The comic is divided into a grid of 4 panels by 6 panels, each depicting a character or situation often from a previous xkcd strip.]

:[In each panel is written a part of a song similar to the song from the Discovery Channel commercial.]

:Panel 1:

:[Megan spinning around.]

:Panel 2:

:[Megan laying on floor tinkering with an EEE PC hamster ball robot.]

:Panel 3:

:[Beret Guy standing in bakery holding a loaf of bread in each hand, a sign with "PIE!" in background.]

:Panel 4:

:[Cory Doctorow in goggles and a red cape flying superman-style.]

:Panel 5:

:[Cueball running in a large hamster ball.]

:Panel 6:

:[Depiction of internet sludge (4chan b-Random)]

:Panel 7:

:[Cueball and Megan immersed in playpen balls.]

:Panel 8:

:[Mass of playpen balls with speech "I put on my robe and wizard hat" originating from it.]

:Panel 9:

:[Black Hat taking a present from a kid with a party hat.]

:Panel 10:

:[Diagram showing RSA fingerprint authentication between two people.]

:Panel 11:

:[Cueball and Megan in bed covered by a red sheet.]

:Panel 12:

:[Cueball hanging from a kite string holding a camera.]

:Panel 13:

:[Map of the internet.]

:Panel 14:

:[Cube with a red spider on top.]

:Panel 15:

:[Two people sword-fighting on rolling office chairs.]

:Panel 16:

:[Classroom with two students and Miss Lenhart.]

:Panel 17:

:[Cueball saying "Barack me Obamadeus!" to another man speaking energetically at a podium.]

:Panel 18:

:[Cueball holding a schematic diagram of a transistor in front of his crotch.]

:Panel 19:

:[Cueball and Megan in bed, Cueball saying "There ''must'' be taft slash fiction."]

:Panel 20:

:[Cueball speaking to Megan.]

:Panel 21:

:[Roller coaster with Cueball in the front car holding a chess board and thinking about a move.]

:Panel 22:

:[Beret Guy standing in the midst of leafless trees.]

:Panel 23:

:[Megan doing the MC Hammer slide towards Cueball.]

:Panel 24:

:[Cueball and Megan on an electric skateboard.]

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