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==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
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[[Cueball]] has obtained a gun that shoots {{w|marshmallows}} and promptly decides to shoot at [[Megan]]. Having taken the first few hits without much reaction, she sighs and then brings out her {{w|super soaker}}, which was first used on her in [[220: Philosophy]] (and later reappears in [[2334: Slide Trombone]]), and soaks him with it.  
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[[Cueball]] decides to shoot marshmallows at Megan, who promptly silences him by using a super soaker (first seen in [[220: Philosophy]]). The next day, everyone shoots marshmallows at each other in the office.  Someone realizes the "streams" of marshmallows are about to cross, and shouts a warning, but they cross anyway, which results in a giant Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man appearing. Both of these are references to the movie, {{w|GhostBusters}}, in which crossing the ghost-capturing streams was "bad" and in which an ancient spirit took the form of a giant Marshmallow Man  (though this did not happen in the movie as a result of crossing the streams).  The Stay-Puft man sees what they are shooting and is justifiably upset, which Megan realizes is "bad."
  
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The next day, everyone has such guns and starts shooting marshmallows at each other. We see [[Beret Guy]] and Megan who confront Cueball, saying ''Hey, {{w|noob}}! Eat {{w|Stay Puft Marshmallow Man|Stay-Puft®}}!'' This is like saying ''eat lead'' when threatening someone with a regular gun, since Stay Puft is a fictional brand of marshmallows from the ''{{w|Ghostbusters}}'' movie. (Of course, it's also a reasonable thing to say, since marshmallows are good to eat.){{actual citation needed}} These statements and many like them appear in many first-person shooter games with chat.
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The title text is a further GhostBusters reference, as Bill Murray was one of the stars of that movie. The text puts forward the idea that if you were to fire marshmallows and cross the streams, the inverse would happen and an enormous Bill Murray would appear.
  
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Beret Guy realizes that the "streams" of marshmallows are about to cross and shouts a warning, but it is too late and they cross anyway. This results in something gigantic appearing with a <big>'''Foom'''</big> <small>Roaaar!</small> off-screen. It roars at the three friends. Megan looks up and states that ''this is bad'' as the giant shouts ''You're shooting what?'' Presumably the crossing marshmallow beams have recreated the {{w|Stay Puft Marshmallow Man}} from ''Ghostbusters''. In the movie, crossing the ghost-capturing streams from the {{w|Proton packs|proton packs}} was "{{w|Proton pack#Crossing the streams|bad}}." But in the end, in which an ancient spirit took the form of this giant Marshmallow Man, the monster was destroyed as a side effect of crossing the streams.  The Stay-Puft man sees what they are shooting and is justifiably upset.
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==Transcript==
  
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The title text is a further ''Ghostbusters'' reference, as {{w|Bill Murray}} was one of the actors in the movie. Since the crossing of the streams of the proton packs by Bill Murray and the other Ghostbusters is related to the destruction of the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man in the movie, the crossing of the marshmallow streams in the comic does the opposite and summons an enormous Bill Murray.
 
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==Transcript==
 
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:[A box above the first frame:]
 
 
:I got this gun that shoots marshmallows.
 
:I got this gun that shoots marshmallows.
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:[Cueball removes the red marshmallow gun from a box.]
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:[Cueball removes a marshmallow gun from a box.]
  
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:[Cueball shoots at Megan with marshmallow gun from offscreen.]
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:[Cueball shoots at Megan with marshmallow gun from offpanel.]
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:Pop pop pop
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:''POP POP POP''
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:Whap whap whap
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:''WHAP WHAP WHAP''
  
 
:[Megan facepalms.]
 
:[Megan facepalms.]
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:Pop
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:''POP''
 
:Megan: Sigh.
 
:Megan: Sigh.
  
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:''POP POP''
 
:[Megan removes a super soaker from desk drawer.]
 
:[Megan removes a super soaker from desk drawer.]
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:Pop pop
 
  
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:[Megan shoots Cueball (offscreen) with the super soaker.]
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:[Megan shoots offscreen on Cueball with super soaker.]
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:Cueball (offscreen): Augh!  
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:Cueball (offscreen): AUGH!  
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:''Fwoosh''
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:''FWOOSH''
 
:Cueball (offscreen): Man, I forgot that was there.
 
:Cueball (offscreen): Man, I forgot that was there.
  
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:[A box above the first frame of the second part of the comic:]
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:[The next day, everyone else got them too.]
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:The next day, everyone else got them too.
 
 
:[Megan and Beret Guy brandish marshmallow guns.]
 
:[Megan and Beret Guy brandish marshmallow guns.]
 
:Megan: Hey, noob! Eat Stay-Puft®!
 
:Megan: Hey, noob! Eat Stay-Puft®!
  
 
:[Megan shoots a marshmallow gun.]
 
:[Megan shoots a marshmallow gun.]
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:Pop pop pop
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:''POP POP POP''
  
 
:[Cueball shoots a marshmallow gun.]
 
:[Cueball shoots a marshmallow gun.]
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:Poppop pop
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:''POP POP POP''
  
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:[Megan and Cueball shoot marshmallows into the air, crossing the streams.]
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:[Megan and Cueball shoot marshmallows into the air, crossing the streams of fire.]
 
:Beret Guy (offscreen): No! Don't cross the—
 
:Beret Guy (offscreen): No! Don't cross the—
  
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:[Between the last two frames is a wide gap with the following text:]
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:''FOOM ROAAAR''
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:'''Foom'''
 
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:Giant monster (offscreen): Roaaar!
 
  
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:[Megan, Cueball, and Beret Guy are all standing with weapons pointed at the ground looking up.]
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:[Megan, Cueball, and Beret Guy are all standing with weapons pointed at the ground.]
 
:Megan: Okay, this is bad.
 
:Megan: Okay, this is bad.
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:Giant monster (offscreen): '''You're shooting <u>what</u>?'''
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:Offscreen: '''You're shooting <u>what</u>?'''
  
 
{{comic discussion}}
 
{{comic discussion}}
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[[Category:Comics with color]]
 
 
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
 
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
 
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]
 
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]
 
[[Category:Comics featuring Beret Guy]]
 
[[Category:Comics featuring Beret Guy]]
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[[Category:Food]]
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[[Category:Comics with color]]
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[[Category:Ghostbusters]]
 

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