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| titletext = On the other hand, poor Samara -- transcoded to FLV. No one deserves that. <br />
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==Explanation==<br />
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The Ring is a horror movie released in 2002 based off the Japanese movie Ringu. In it, you watch a video tape. When the tape is done, you would receive a phone call saying you will die in seven days. In the movie, the main character's son watches the tape. In the comic, he one-ups the movie by posting the video on YouTube for everyone to watch. However, I don't know if this was intentional, in the movie, if you made a copy of the tape and showed it to someone else, you would be safe. This is not what the comic implies- in fact, it is the opposite. <br />
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I am not sure what exactly the title text means. The girl in the video tapes (and the one that would call you) is named Samara. However, I am not aware of video formats and the like. (Feel free to edit this [I can't seem to be able to put in the image])<br />
==Transcript==<br />
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[Tall girl with a pony tail is speaking to a boy sitting in front of a TV with a black background and a white ring.]<br />
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Girl: You watched the tape?!<br />
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Boy: Yeah, sorry.<br />
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Girl: Now you'll die in seven days!<br />
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Boy (Now standing to face the girl): It's worse than that.<br />
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[TV is cut from the frame]<br />
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Girl: ...You didn't.<br />
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Boy: Yup.<br />
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[Both are now in front of a computer, the girl leaning in.]<br />
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Girl: Great, It's got 363,104 views already.<br />
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Boy: They kept Rickrolling me! It was only fair.<br />
{Title text: On the other hand, poor Samara -- transcoded to FLV. No one deserves that.}<br />
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