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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | This [[:Category:New Year|New Year comic]] plays out at what is | + | This [[:Category:New Year|New Year comic]] plays out at, what is probably, a {{w|New Year}} party thrown by [[Danish]]. (The previous New Year day comic in 2007 was also related to a wild party: [[364: Responsible Behavior]]). |
− | In the first panel, we see [[Black Hat]] telling [[Cueball]] that he has hired {{w|Rick Astley}} to show up at a party for a girl. | + | In the first panel, we see [[Black Hat]] telling [[Cueball]] that he has hired {{w|Rick Astley}} to show up at a party for a girl. Rickrolling is where one is redirected to a video of Rick Astley singing "{{w|Never Gonna Give You Up}}" via a weblink purporting to be something else. It was later extended to any situation where the song is used disruptively, such as during a party. When Cueball assumes Rick Astley is going to perform a live {{w|rickroll}}, Black Hat assures him that Rick is not actually going to sing. |
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− | + | We then see the girl in question (Danish, Black Hat's girlfriend) talking with [[Ponytail]], notice Rick Astley as he enters her party. Like Cueball, Danish expects Rick Astley is going to sing and rickroll her live, and when he does not, his presence causes her to hear the song in her head instead, and she flees the room screaming. Black Hat has essentially rickrolled her in her own mind. | |
− | When Ponytail asks Rick Astley | + | When Ponytail then asks Rick Astley what he did, he slowly [[:Category:Puts on sunglasses|puts on sunglasses]] and answers "that, my dear, is how I roll", which references both rickrolling and the [http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/115813/origin-of-how-we-i-roll|"that's how I roll"] meme. |
− | Although the identity of the girl Black Hat is pranking is not stated by [[Randall]] (he refers to her as Girl 1), | + | Although the identity of the girl Black Hat is pranking is not stated by [[Randall]] (he refers to her as Girl 1 but he has also never given an official name to "Danish" - that is an explain xkcd name), she may be Danish, Black Hat's girlfriend. Danish was introduced in the Journal storyline ([[377: Journal 2]]), some time prior to this comic. She does not act like Danish - however, Black Hat is a master and he could know that "not getting Rick rolled" would freak her out. |
− | The title text refers to the fact that | + | The title text refers to the fact that rickrolling first appeared in 2007 (on {{w|4chan}}) and became viral for over a year. Giving that this is a New Year comic it is this relevant to asks what meme will replace Rickrolling in the new year, 2009. Although [[Randall]] makes reference to the "[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/xzibit-yo-dawg Xzibit Yo Dawg]" and "[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/i-accidentally I accidentally...]" photocaptioning memes, {{w|memebase}} entries suggest the "Keep Calm and Carry On" meme may well have become the most popular (and most enduring, as of 2013) meme of 2009. |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
:Black Hat: And so I hired Rick Astley to show up at her party. | :Black Hat: And so I hired Rick Astley to show up at her party. | ||
− | :Cueball: And | + | :Cueball: And rickroll her? Isn't that a little...last year? |
:Black Hat: Ah, but he's not going to sing. | :Black Hat: Ah, but he's not going to sing. | ||
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:Danish: Just do it already! | :Danish: Just do it already! | ||
:[Danish runs off stage right.] | :[Danish runs off stage right.] | ||
− | :Danish: | + | :Danish: Aaaaaaaa |
:[Danish slams the door leaving Ponytail and Rick Astley] | :[Danish slams the door leaving Ponytail and Rick Astley] |