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<p>83.101.83.38: /* Explanation */</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 151<br /> | date = September 1, 2006<br /> | title = Mario<br /> | image = mario.png<br /> | titletext = Why would anyone ever, ever say that? Please, nobody ever say that.<br /> | imagesize =<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{w|One-upmanship}} is the act of surpassing another person. In this case, one female character is one-upping her friend's claim of being taken on a mountain hike with a claim that she was proposed to.<br /> <br /> Mario is the star of the {{w|Super Mario}} series. In the games, completing specific conditions causes a &quot;1-up&quot; to appear on screen, refering to an additional life. The comic relies on the homonym of the action of one-upmanship and the event of one-ups in Mario.<br /> <br /> [[Randall]] in the image text seems to imply that he finds it a pretty bad joke.<br /> <br /> {{Comic discussion}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]]</div>

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