856: Trochee Fixation - Revision history

Maxcodes: added Category:Comics featuring Kidball using HotCat. Fixed the transcript, where Kidball in panel 5 was mistaken for Jill.

2026-02-15T03:11:02Z

added Category:Comics featuring Kidball using HotCat. Fixed the transcript, where Kidball in panel 5 was mistaken for Jill.

FaviFake at 10:26, 28 July 2025

2025-07-28T10:26:47Z

135.180.121.168: /* Explanation */

2025-06-10T04:24:47Z

‎Explanation

1234231587678 at 17:51, 10 February 2024

2024-02-10T17:51:38Z

172.71.222.246: Removing duplicate category and adding relevant one.

2023-12-12T23:56:14Z

Removing duplicate category and adding relevant one.

FaviFake at 10:38, 16 August 2023

2023-08-16T10:38:46Z

FaviFake: To me she looks like Jill, with the small bun. Feel free to revert my edit if you disagree, it isn't clear by the way she's portrayed

2023-07-08T09:15:30Z

To me she looks like Jill, with the small bun. Feel free to revert my edit if you disagree, it isn't clear by the way she's portrayed

Mushrooms: added category

2023-01-27T09:09:57Z

added category

PoolloverNathan: Category creation (mass edit)

2022-12-08T23:48:32Z

Category creation (mass edit)

Theusaf: Reverted edits by Donald Trump (talk) to last revision by CRLF

2022-05-26T19:57:59Z

Reverted edits by Donald Trump (talk) to last revision by CRLF

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 :The warning signs appear in childhood:
-:[Jill is sitting in front of a TV.]
+:[Kidball is sitting in front of a TV.]
-:Jill: Yeah! Mighty teenage morphin' ninja power mutant turtle rangers!
+:Kidball: Yeah! Mighty teenage morphin' ninja power mutant turtle rangers!
 :Social reinforcement focuses the fixation on a few dozen words.
 :Cueball (off-panel): Is there a cure?
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 [[Category:Multiple Cueballs]]
 [[Category:Bobcats]]

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 [[Category:Comics featuring Jill]]
 [[Category:Language]]
-[[Category:Kids]]
+[[Category:Comics featuring children]]
 [[Category:Multiple Cueballs]]
 [[Category:Bobcats]]

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 Megan proceeds with the trocheeotomy, but luckily it does not have the intended effect. Though the previous trochees have been forcefully and unkindly removed, Jill immediately generates new ones: "BAN-jo," "TUR-tle," "JET-pack," "FER-ret," and so on. The correct way of removing the fixation would be to alter {{w|mesolimbic pathway}}. Megan, not realizing this, succumbs to attempting to removing her trochee fixation via cranially applied brick. Depending on how hard Jill is hit with the brick she may have memory loss and potentially forget all the trochees she knows, but if this method is carried out, she will have significant brain damage and will likely start fixating on trochees that she hears.
-There are references to {{w|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles}} and {{w|Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers}}, both of which are examples of actual, trochaic TV show titles. Additionally, there is a reference to sci/fi author {{w|Neal Stephenson}} who has written {{w|Snow Crash}}, {{w|Anathem}} and many other books.
+There are references to {{w|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles}} and {{w|Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers}}, both of which are examples of actual, trochaic TV show titles. Additionally, there is a reference to sci/fi author {{w|Neal Stephenson}} who has written {{w|Snow Crash}}, which features this kind of programming as a major plot point, and many other books.
 "Jetpack ferret" could be a reference to [[20: Ferret]], although the ferret in question only had wings.

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 A {{w|trochee}} is a type of poetic {{w|foot (prosody)|foot}}. A foot is a measure in poetry; it consists of stressed beats and unstressed beats. A trochee is a foot that consists of one stressed beat followed by an unstressed beat. "Trochee" itself is an example of this as you stress the first syllable and don't stress the second syllable ("TROH-kee".)
-Trochee fixation is supposedly caused by people experiencing rushes of {{w|dopamine}} when they hear or speak trochees during their youth. Due to the rush of dopamine, they become more fixated on trochees. In the endless quest for dopamine, they continue to search for trochees (typically on the internet) while also producing more places to encounter trochees meaning more fixation for others with the disorder. [[Megan]] proposes a "radical trocheeotomy" which appears to be a type of {{w|psychosurgery}} due to the erasing of memory. [[Cueball]] misinterprets Megan's intent as a "{{w|tracheotomy}}", which he mistakenly believes to be a removal of the Jill's vocal cords, of which he is in favor.
+Trochee fixation is supposedly caused by people experiencing rushes of {{w|dopamine}} when they hear or speak trochees during their youth. Due to the rush of dopamine, they become more fixated on trochees. In the endless quest for dopamine, they continue to search for trochees (typically on the internet) while also producing more places to encounter trochees meaning more fixation for others with the disorder. [[Megan]] proposes a "radical trocheeotomy" which appears to be a type of {{w|psychosurgery}} due to the erasing of memory. [[Cueball]] misinterprets Megan's intent as a "{{w|tracheotomy}}", which he mistakenly believes to be a removal of [[Jill]]'s vocal cords, of which he is in favor.
 Megan proceeds with the trocheeotomy, but luckily it does not have the intended effect. Though the previous trochees have been forcefully and unkindly removed, Jill immediately generates new ones: "BAN-jo," "TUR-tle," "JET-pack," "FER-ret," and so on. The correct way of removing the fixation would be to alter {{w|mesolimbic pathway}}. Megan, not realizing this, succumbs to attempting to removing her trochee fixation via cranially applied brick. Depending on how hard Jill is hit with the brick she may have memory loss and potentially forget all the trochees she knows, but if this method is carried out, she will have significant brain damage and will likely start fixating on trochees that she hears.

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 [[Category:Kids]]
 [[Category:Multiple Cueballs]]
-[[Category:Kids]]
+[[Category:Bobcats]]

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 [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
-[[Category:Comics featuring Magan]]
+[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]
 [[Category:Comics featuring Jill]]
 [[Category:Language]]

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 ==Explanation==
 A {{w|trochee}} is a type of poetic {{w|foot (prosody)|foot}}. A foot is a measure in poetry; it consists of stressed beats and unstressed beats. A trochee is a foot that consists of one stressed beat followed by an unstressed beat. "Trochee" itself is an example of this as you stress the first syllable and don't stress the second syllable ("TROH-kee".)
-Trochee fixation is supposedly caused by people experiencing rushes of {{w|dopamine}} when they hear or speak trochees during their youth. Due to the rush of dopamine, they become more fixated on trochees. In the endless quest for dopamine, they continue to search for trochees (typically on the internet) while also producing more places to encounter trochees meaning more fixation for others with the disorder. [[Megan]] proposes a "radical trocheeotomy" which appears to be a type of {{w|psychosurgery}} due to the erasing of memory. [[Cueball]] misinterprets Megan's intent as a "{{w|tracheotomy}}", which he mistakenly believes to be a removal of the girl's vocal cords, of which he is in favor.
+Trochee fixation is supposedly caused by people experiencing rushes of {{w|dopamine}} when they hear or speak trochees during their youth. Due to the rush of dopamine, they become more fixated on trochees. In the endless quest for dopamine, they continue to search for trochees (typically on the internet) while also producing more places to encounter trochees meaning more fixation for others with the disorder. [[Megan]] proposes a "radical trocheeotomy" which appears to be a type of {{w|psychosurgery}} due to the erasing of memory. [[Cueball]] misinterprets Megan's intent as a "{{w|tracheotomy}}", which he mistakenly believes to be a removal of the Jill's vocal cords, of which he is in favor.
-Megan proceeds with the trocheeotomy, but luckily it does not have the intended effect. Though the previous trochees have been forcefully and unkindly removed, the girl immediately generates new ones: "BAN-jo," "TUR-tle," "JET-pack," "FER-ret," and so on. The correct way of removing the fixation would be to alter {{w|mesolimbic pathway}}. Megan, not realizing this, succumbs to attempting to removing the girl's trochee fixation via cranially-applied brick. Depending on how hard the girl is hit with the brick she may have memory loss and potentially forget all the trochees she knows, but if this method is carried out she will have significant brain damage and will likely start fixating on trochees that she hears.
+Megan proceeds with the trocheeotomy, but luckily it does not have the intended effect. Though the previous trochees have been forcefully and unkindly removed, Jill immediately generates new ones: "BAN-jo," "TUR-tle," "JET-pack," "FER-ret," and so on. The correct way of removing the fixation would be to alter {{w|mesolimbic pathway}}. Megan, not realizing this, succumbs to attempting to removing her trochee fixation via cranially applied brick. Depending on how hard Jill is hit with the brick she may have memory loss and potentially forget all the trochees she knows, but if this method is carried out, she will have significant brain damage and will likely start fixating on trochees that she hears.
 There are references to {{w|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles}} and {{w|Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers}}, both of which are examples of actual, trochaic TV show titles. Additionally, there is a reference to sci/fi author {{w|Neal Stephenson}} who has written {{w|Snow Crash}}, {{w|Anathem}} and many other books.
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 ==Transcript==
-:Girl: Robot ninja! Pirate doctor laser monkey! Narwhal zombie badger hobo bacon kitty captain penguin raptor Jesus!
+:Jill: Robot ninja! Pirate doctor laser monkey! Narwhal zombie badger hobo bacon kitty captain penguin raptor Jesus!
 :Megan: We'd been seeing this brain damage for years, but only recently did our linguists identify the pattern behind it.
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 :The warning signs appear in childhood:
-:[Child sits in front of TV.]
+:[Jill is sitting in front of a TV.]
-:Child: Yeah! Mighty teenage morphin' ninja power mutant turtle rangers!
+:Jill: Yeah! Mighty teenage morphin' ninja power mutant turtle rangers!
 :Social reinforcement focuses the fixation on a few dozen words.
 :Cueball (off-panel): Is there a cure?
-:[Girl is reclining under a big machine pointed at her face.]
+:[Jill is reclining under a big machine pointed at her face.]
 :Megan: We're about to try a radical trocheeotomy.
 :Cueball: Rip out her vocal chords? I'm in favor.
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 :''kachunk bzzzZZZZZZ''
-:[Girl is waking up.]
+:[Jill is waking up.]
-:Girl: ...GzZhRmPh ...
+:Jill: ...GzZhRmPh ...
-:Girl ...banjo turtle!
+:Jill:...banjo turtle!
-:Girl: Jetpack ferret pizza lawyer! Dentist hamster wombat plumber turkey jester hindu cowboy hooker bobcat scrapple!
+:Jill: Jetpack ferret pizza lawyer! Dentist hamster wombat plumber turkey jester hindu cowboy hooker bobcat scrapple!
 :Megan (off-panel): Sigh.
 :Megan: Time for plan B.
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 {{comic discussion}}
 [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
-[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]
+[[Category:Comics featuring Magan]]
 [[Category:Language]]
 [[Category:Kids]]
 [[Category:Multiple Cueballs]]
 [[Category:Kids]]

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