2747: Presents for Biologists - Revision history

162.158.74.48: /* Explanation */

2024-09-19T13:05:19Z

‎Explanation

FaviFake: Added Oxford comma for clarity

2023-07-06T13:06:28Z

Added Oxford comma for clarity

172.71.242.195: /* Transcript */ As bad as serial 'and's.

2023-07-06T10:18:48Z

‎Transcript: As bad as serial 'and's.

FaviFake: According to Science Girl, she's different from Hairbun when she's clearly a child. Also, Hairbun says Hairbun's hair can look like Science Girl's. Look at the images in the character page

2023-07-06T10:09:25Z

According to Science Girl, she's different from Hairbun when she's clearly a child. Also, Hairbun says Hairbun's hair can look like Science Girl's. Look at the images in the character page

172.71.178.50: /* Explanation */ 'Sensitive people trained to listen for the second comma find themselves quite stranded by that kind of thing. They feel cheated and giddy. In very bad cases, they fall over.' - Lynne Truss

2023-06-15T13:05:41Z

‎Explanation: 'Sensitive people trained to listen for the second comma find themselves quite stranded by that kind of thing. They feel cheated and giddy. In very bad cases, they fall over.' - Lynne Truss

172.71.178.50: /* Explanation */ Close paren (noting that that's four paren-asides in one paragraph...), and a minor rephrasing (though maybe yet more rearrangement is necessary).

2023-06-14T02:57:56Z

‎Explanation: Close paren (noting that that's four paren-asides in one paragraph...), and a minor rephrasing (though maybe yet more rearrangement is necessary).

Tromag at 15:21, 13 June 2023

2023-06-13T15:21:39Z

Xurkitree10: /* Explanation */

2023-03-29T17:57:46Z

‎Explanation

Jellyfish dave: /* Explanation */ link to the other James Bond

2023-03-14T15:10:19Z

‎Explanation: link to the other James Bond

172.70.90.253: /* Explanation */

2023-03-13T11:16:01Z

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 The title text reveals that Hairbun has identified at least some of the species represented in the pit and points out that a lot of them are non-venomous. While that might seem mildly reassuring, the way she phrases it implies that she's also identified venomous varieties in there. Moreover, she can also guess which species the villain mistook them for and offers help in correctly finding and selecting venomous species in the future. Her unprompted willingness to do this suggests that she's genuinely so enthusiastic about snakes that it overwhelms any fear for her own safety.
-The scientific implications of Bond villain traps were also referenced in [[123: Centrifugal Force]].
+The scientific implications of Bond villain traps were also referenced in [[123: Centrifugal Force]], which also features Black Hat.
 ==Transcript==

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 ==Transcript==
-:[James Bond, drawn as Hairy, and Hairbun are hanging upside down from ropes attached to one of their ankles. Underneath them is a pit with many snakes. Hairbun is pointing down, while Black Hat to the left is operating a lever. Bond is yelling at Black Hat, indicated by lines emanating from his head. Hairbun is also yelling, but that is in the direction of the snakes beneath them. There seems to be many snakes in the pit, at least eight heads can be seen, and there are also snakes whose heads are not visible. At least six snakes are partly outside the pit. They have different patterns of spots, shades and stripes.]
+:[James Bond, drawn as Hairy, and Hairbun are hanging upside down from ropes attached to one of their ankles. Underneath them is a pit with many snakes. Hairbun is pointing down, while Black Hat to the left is operating a lever. Bond is yelling at Black Hat, indicated by lines emanating from his head. Hairbun is also yelling, but that is in the direction of the snakes beneath them. There seems to be many snakes in the pit, at least eight heads can be seen, and there are also snakes whose heads are not visible. At least six snakes are partly outside the pit. They have different patterns of spots, shades, and stripes.]
 :Bond: You won't get away with this!
 :Hairbun: Ooh! Ooh! That one is a new species for me!

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 ==Transcript==
-:[James Bond, drawn as Hairy, and Hairbun are hanging upside down from ropes attached to one of their ankles. Underneath them is a pit with many snakes. Hairbun is pointing down, while Black Hat to the left is operating a lever. Bond is yelling at Black Hat, indicated by lines emanating from his head. Hairbun is also yelling, but that is in the direction of the snakes beneath them. There seems to be many snakes in the pit, at least eight heads can be seen, and there are also snakes whose heads are not visible. At least six snakes are partly outside the pit. They have different patterns of spots, shades, and stripes.]
+:[James Bond, drawn as Hairy, and Hairbun are hanging upside down from ropes attached to one of their ankles. Underneath them is a pit with many snakes. Hairbun is pointing down, while Black Hat to the left is operating a lever. Bond is yelling at Black Hat, indicated by lines emanating from his head. Hairbun is also yelling, but that is in the direction of the snakes beneath them. There seems to be many snakes in the pit, at least eight heads can be seen, and there are also snakes whose heads are not visible. At least six snakes are partly outside the pit. They have different patterns of spots, shades and stripes.]
 :Bond: You won't get away with this!
 :Hairbun: Ooh! Ooh! That one is a new species for me!

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 ==Explanation==
-In this strip, [[Black Hat]] is a supervillain subjecting '{{w|James Bond}}' (drawn as [[Hairy]]) to a death trap.  The James Bond film franchise (particularly in it's early years) had a reputation for villains capturing James (often alongside a {{w|Bond Girl|female companion}}) and placing him or them in overly complex death traps, rather than simply shooting them (which, of course, consistently allows Bond to engineer an escape).
+In this strip, [[Black Hat]] is a supervillain subjecting '{{w|James Bond}}' (drawn as [[Hairy]]) to a death trap. The James Bond film franchise (particularly in its early years) had a reputation for villains capturing James (often alongside a {{w|Bond Girl|female companion}}) and placing him or them in overly complex death traps, rather than simply shooting them (which, of course, consistently allows Bond to engineer an escape).
-In this scenario, the trap consists of slowly lowering Bond and his companion into a pit of venomous snakes. The intent, presumably, being that the very common fear of snakes, combined with a likely slow and painful death from the snakebites, would kill them in a particularly gruesome way.  However, Bond's companion in this strip is is [[Science Girl]]. Rather than being frightened, she's fascinated by the various species of snakes represented there, including one she hasn't seen before, and asks to be lowered ''faster'', so she can observe it more closely before she loses sight of it.
+In this scenario, the trap consists of slowly lowering Bond and his companion into a pit of venomous snakes. The intent, presumably, being that the very common fear of snakes, combined with a likely slow and painful death from the snakebites, would kill them in a particularly gruesome way. However, Bond's companion in this strip is [[Hairbun]]. Rather than being frightened, she's fascinated by the various species of snakes represented there, including one she hasn't seen before, and asks to be lowered ''faster'', so she can observe it more closely before she loses sight of it.
-The caption reveals that Science Girl is a biologist, and comments that many things that would be considered elaborate death traps in fiction (such as a giant pit full of different kinds of snakes), would be a good gift for a biologist.
+The caption reveals that Hairbun is a biologist, and comments that many things that would be considered elaborate death traps in fiction (such as a giant pit full of different kinds of snakes), would be a good gift for a biologist.
-The title text reveals that Science Girl has identified at least some of the species represented in the pit, and points out that a lot of them are non-venomous. While that might seem mildly reassuring, the way she phrases it implies that she's also identified venomous varieties in there. Moreover, she can also guess which species the villain mistook them for, and offers help in correctly finding and selecting venomous species in the future. Her unprompted willingness to do this suggests that she's genuinely so enthusiastic about snakes that it overwhelms any fear for her own safety.
+The title text reveals that Hairbun has identified at least some of the species represented in the pit and points out that a lot of them are non-venomous. While that might seem mildly reassuring, the way she phrases it implies that she's also identified venomous varieties in there. Moreover, she can also guess which species the villain mistook them for and offers help in correctly finding and selecting venomous species in the future. Her unprompted willingness to do this suggests that she's genuinely so enthusiastic about snakes that it overwhelms any fear for her own safety.
-The scientific implications of Bond villain traps was also referenced in [[123: Centrifugal Force]].
+The scientific implications of Bond villain traps were also referenced in [[123: Centrifugal Force]].
 ==Transcript==
-:[James Bond, drawn as Hairy, and Science Girl are hanging upside down from ropes attached to one of their ankles. Underneath them is a pit with many snakes. Science Girl is pointing down, while Black Hat to the left is operating a lever. Bond is yelling at Black Hat, indicated by lines emanating from his head. Science Girl is also yelling, but that is in the direction of the snakes beneath them. There seems to be many snakes in the pit, at least eight heads can be seen, and there are also snakes whose heads are not visible. At least six snakes are partly outside the pit. They have different patters of spots and shades and stripes.]
+:[James Bond, drawn as Hairy, and Hairbun are hanging upside down from ropes attached to one of their ankles. Underneath them is a pit with many snakes. Hairbun is pointing down, while Black Hat to the left is operating a lever. Bond is yelling at Black Hat, indicated by lines emanating from his head. Hairbun is also yelling, but that is in the direction of the snakes beneath them. There seems to be many snakes in the pit, at least eight heads can be seen, and there are also snakes whose heads are not visible. At least six snakes are partly outside the pit. They have different patterns of spots, shades, and stripes.]
 :Bond: You won't get away with this!
-:Science Girl: Ooh! Ooh! That one is a new species for me!
+:Hairbun: Ooh! Ooh! That one is a new species for me!
-:Science Girl: Hey, can you lower me faster? It's getting away!
+:Hairbun: Hey, can you lower me faster? It's getting away!
 :[Caption below the panel:]
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 [[Category:Comics featuring Black Hat]]
 [[Category:Comics featuring Hairy]]
-[[Category:Comics featuring Science Girl]]
+[[Category:Comics featuring Hairbun]]
 [[Category:Biology]]
 [[Category:Animals]]
 [[Category:Fiction]]

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 ==Explanation==
-In this strip, [[Black Hat]] is a supervillain subjecting '{{w|James Bond}}' (drawn as [[Hairy]]) to a death trap.  The James Bond film franchise (particularly in it's early years) had a reputation for villains capturing James (often alongside a {{w|Bond Girl|female companion}}) and placing him or them in overly complex death traps, rather than simply shooting them (which, of course consistently allows Bond to engineer an escape).
+In this strip, [[Black Hat]] is a supervillain subjecting '{{w|James Bond}}' (drawn as [[Hairy]]) to a death trap.  The James Bond film franchise (particularly in it's early years) had a reputation for villains capturing James (often alongside a {{w|Bond Girl|female companion}}) and placing him or them in overly complex death traps, rather than simply shooting them (which, of course, consistently allows Bond to engineer an escape).
 In this scenario, the trap consists of slowly lowering Bond and his companion into a pit of venomous snakes. The intent, presumably, being that the very common fear of snakes, combined with a likely slow and painful death from the snakebites, would kill them in a particularly gruesome way.  However, Bond's companion in this strip is is [[Science Girl]]. Rather than being frightened, she's fascinated by the various species of snakes represented there, including one she hasn't seen before, and asks to be lowered ''faster'', so she can observe it more closely before she loses sight of it.

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	In this strip, [[Black Hat]] is a supervillain subjecting '{{w\|James Bond}}' (drawn as [[Hairy]]) to a death trap, similar to [[123: Centrifugal Force]] (presumably Bond managed to escape in that instance).		In this strip, [[Black Hat]] is a supervillain subjecting '{{w\|James Bond}}' (drawn as [[Hairy]]) to a death trap, similar to [[123: Centrifugal Force]] (presumably Bond managed to escape in that instance).

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 The caption reveals that Science Girl is a biologist. For her, the contents of this death trap would be happily considered a suitable present or experience gift, and apparently even the dire circumstances don't dampen the experience sufficiently to reduce her interest.
-The caption also mentions that there is a surprising amount of overlap between what would be "good presents for biologists" (like the ornithologist, James Bond?) and "things villains want to do to James Bond". Although we can only guess what other activities [[Randall]] is thinking of, shark tanks could be one of them, or maybe the crabs in Dr. No, which turned out not to be carnivorous and which Honey found "good company".
+The caption also mentions that there is a surprising amount of overlap between what would be "good presents for biologists" (like the ornithologist, {{w|James_Bond_(ornithologist)|James Bond}}?) and "things villains want to do to James Bond". Although we can only guess what other activities [[Randall]] is thinking of, shark tanks could be one of them, or maybe the crabs in Dr. No, which turned out not to be carnivorous and which Honey found "good company".
 The title text explains how Science Girl has expertly spotted that the supervillain included some less dangerous snakes, probably {{w|Coral snake#North American coloration patterns|in error}}. Ever the professional, she suggests the possibility of her advice to help him avoid these errors in the future and increase the deadliness of his scheme. She would need a short stay of execution to do so, but is apparently not particularly fazed by how things end up immediately afterwards.