38: Apple Jacks - Revision history

42.book.addict at 01:43, 1 February 2026

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FaviFake at 10:20, 28 July 2025

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FaviFake at 10:13, 28 July 2025

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FaviFake: New template!!! Take a look, it has a new bottom navigation bar to browse the early xkcd comics in the original order, and a new style for the original title!

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New template!!! Take a look, it has a new bottom navigation bar to browse the early xkcd comics in the original order, and a new style for the original title!

DollarStoreBa'al at 16:08, 1 May 2025

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FaviFake at 16:10, 26 March 2025

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FaviFake at 07:54, 31 August 2023

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FaviFake: Moved the original title and quote (and added Wayback Machine links) from the trivia to the comic template because they are relevant to understanding the comic

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Moved the original title and quote (and added Wayback Machine links) from the trivia to the comic template because they are relevant to understanding the comic

FaviFake at 10:02, 29 July 2023

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 ==Transcript==
-:[Cueball is standing holding a bowl in his hand. His son is sitting on the floor playing video games.]
+:[Cueball is standing holding a bowl in his hand. His son Kidball is sitting on the floor playing video games.]
 :Cueball: Hey, these don't taste like apples!
-:Son: Fuck off, Dad.
+:Kidball: Fuck off, Dad.
 {{comic discussion}}
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+[[Category:Comics featuring Kidball]]

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 | date      = November 30, 2005
 | title     = Apple Jacks
-| ognumber =39
+| ognumber  = 39
-| ogtitle =Wednesday's Drawing - Apple Jacks
+| ogtitle   = Wednesday's Drawing - Apple Jacks
-| oglink =https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063441/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/#:~:text=Wednesday%27s%20Drawing%20%2D%20Apple%20Jacks
+| oglink    = https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063441/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/#:~:text=Wednesday%27s%20Drawing%20%2D%20Apple%20Jacks
-| ogprev =42
+| ogprev    = 42
-| ognext =43
+| ognext    = 43
 | image     = apple_jacks.jpg
 | titletext = There used to be these ads, see...<br><br>''<span class="plainlinks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063441/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/#:~:text=Wednesday%27s%20Drawing%20%2D%20Apple%20Jacks Original caption</span>]:'' Who else remembers those commercials?
 }}
-This was the thirty-nineth comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[42: Geico]], and the next one was [[43: Red Spiders 2]].
+This was the thirty-nineth comic [[LiveJournal|originally posted to LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[42: Geico]], and the next one was [[43: Red Spiders 2]].
 ==Explanation==

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 | ognext =43
 | image     = apple_jacks.jpg
-| titletext = There used to be these ads, see...<br><br><span class="plainlinks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063441/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/#:~:text=Wednesday%27s%20Drawing%20%2D%20Apple%20Jacks Original caption</span>]: Who else remembers those commercials?
+| titletext = There used to be these ads, see...<br><br>''<span class="plainlinks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063441/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/#:~:text=Wednesday%27s%20Drawing%20%2D%20Apple%20Jacks Original caption</span>]:'' Who else remembers those commercials?
 }}

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 }}
 This was the thirty-nineth comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[42: Geico]], and the next one was [[43: Red Spiders 2]].
 {{w|Apple Jacks}} is a breakfast cereal produced by {{w|Kellogg's}}. As the title text begins to explain, there was an ad campaign for the cereal in the 1990s that focused on someone (usually someone in authority like a parent) pointing out that Apple Jacks doesn't taste like apples, and one or more kids pointing out that it doesn't matter and that "we eat what we like". However, instead of laughing off his dad's comment and correcting him, as in the campaign, this son responds by simply saying "Fuck off, Dad.".

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+[[Category:First day on xkcd.com]]
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 ==Explanation==
-{{w|Apple Jacks}} is a breakfast cereal produced by {{w|Kellogg's}}. As the title text begins to explain, there was an ad campaign for the cereal in the 1990s that focused on someone (usually someone in authority like a parent) pointing out that Apple Jacks doesn't taste like apples, and one or more kids pointing out that it doesn't matter and that "we eat what we like."  However, instead of laughing off his dad's comment and correcting him, as in the campaign, this son responds by simply saying "fuck off, dad."
+{{w|Apple Jacks}} is a breakfast cereal produced by {{w|Kellogg's}}. As the title text begins to explain, there was an ad campaign for the cereal in the 1990s that focused on someone (usually someone in authority like a parent) pointing out that Apple Jacks doesn't taste like apples, and one or more kids pointing out that it doesn't matter and that "we eat what we like".  However, instead of laughing off his dad's comment and correcting him, as in the campaign, this son responds by simply saying "Fuck off, Dad.".
-This could be a commentary on today's youth being far less respectful, as the son is playing video games and seems annoyed at being interrupted, though this does not align with Randall’s public views. It may not be the first time the father has used the line, and the son is irritated by the repetition. It could also be saying that the response in the ads is unrealistic, and this is a much more realistic response.
+This could be a commentary on today's youth being far less respectful, as the son is playing video games and seems annoyed at being interrupted, though this does not align with Randall’s public views. It may not be the first time the father has used the line, and the son is irritated by the repetition. It could also be saying that the response in the ads is unrealistic, and this is a much more realistic response. The same ad campaign was referenced previously in [[27: Meat Cereals]] on a parody cereal labelled Scrapple Jacks. Cereal advertising would be referenced again in [[1470: Kix]].
-The same ad campaign was referenced previously in [[27: Meat Cereals]] on a parody cereal labeled Scrapple Jacks.
+The title text may be to help people get the joke. This is another of the early comics where [[Randall]] felt the need to explain the joke in the title text, see for instance [[30: Donner]].
 ==Transcript==
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 ==Trivia==
-*This was the 39th comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]].
+* This was the thirty-nineth comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[42: Geico]], and the next one was [[43: Red Spiders 2]].
-**The previous was [[42: Geico]].
+* Original title: "Wednesday's Drawing - Apple Jacks"
-**The next was [[43: Red Spiders 2]].
+* Original [[Randall]] quote: "Who else remembers those commercials?"
-*Original title: "Wednesday's Drawing - Apple Jacks"
+* This comic was posted on [[xkcd]] when the web site opened on Sunday the 1st of January 2006.
-*Original [[Randall]] quote: "Who else remembers those commercials?"
+** It was posted along [[:Category:First day on xkcd|with all 41 comics]] posted before that on LiveJournal as well as a few others.
-*This comic was posted on [[xkcd]] when the web site opened on Sunday the 1st of January 2006.
+** The latter explaining why the numbers of these 41 LiveJournal comics ranges from 1-44.
-{{Comic discussion}}
+{{comic discussion}}
 [[Category:Posted on LiveJournal| 39]]