Editing 1350: Lorenz

*To experience the interactivity of the game, visit the {{xkcd|1350|original comic}}.

This was the fifth [[:Category:April fools' comics|April fools' comic]] released by [[Randall]]. The previous April fools' comic was  

[[1193: Externalities]] from Monday April 1st, 2013. The next was [[1506: xkcloud]] released on Wednesday April 1st, 2015. This comic was posted a day earlier than normal (on Tuesday instead of Wednesday) to honor {{w|April Fools' Day}} of 2014.

These issues with computers is generally a reference to the [[#Computer problems|computer problem themes]] that precedes both the burning of the laptop and the ocean storylines, as [[Knit Cap]] tries to install [[:Category:BSD|BSD]]; and when it fails, she takes her friend [[Hairy]] with her in the fall, the water, space or into a Pokémon fight (as they are the two main character of this comic). Also [[Cueball]] (as a politician vs. another politician with hair) and [[White Hat]] have small appearances, but only in a small section of particular storyline. Only few others interact directly with the main characters in the rest of the possible stories.

Other themes that are recurring in xkcd are [[:Category:Politics|Politics]], [[:Category:Pokémon|Pokémon]], [[:Category:Boomerangs|Boomerangs]] and [[:Category:Dinosaurs|Dinosaurs]]. Dinosaurs enter the comic in the form of the green talking T-rex from {{w|Dinosaur Comics}}: a clip-art-based webcomic that uses the same artwork with different captions for every strip. This particular [https://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=2420 ''Dinosaur Comics''] has a title text that actually refer to [[Randall]] and xkcd, and the comic has previously appeared on xkcd in [[145: Parody Week: Dinosaur Comics]].

A way to combine more than one storyline is to let characters wake up from a dream or a nightmare, as can be seen in the [[#Dreams|Dreams theme]] (and dreams are also a [[:Category:Dreams|recurring topic]]). Here, it can even get recursive, so there can be dreams within dreams. One of the ways to wake from a dream is, of course, by encountering a dinosaur that tries to step on your house (with you inside). Another is in reference to the possible rocket trip that may take the characters into space: see the [[#Space|Space theme]] (another [[:Category:Space|recurring topic]]).

There are a few other topics that are covered by Randall himself, but many others will be referenced in the text in the comic. However, since most of the options the users have is in itself created by user input (including naming the characters different names), any reference made by the text is not considered part of Randall's work and thus only sporadically be mentioned below under the [[#Themes|themes section]] and not be included as a category. Here is an example with a [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:d8856ae6-bafb-11e3-8001-002590d77bdd permalink] where the last comment, in the ocean with a shark, references {{w|Malaysia Airlines Flight 370}} that disappeared less than a month before this comic was released [and has yet to be found years later]. But this is a user input, not Randall's.  

Some of the idea of this comic was used again in the next year's April Fools' comic [[1506: xkcloud]], where user input also generated a very complex comic, and the concept of permalink was used again. This comic was the first time that [[Knit Cap]] has a main part to play.

:[The comic starts with two panels. In the top panel we see Knit Cap sitting at a desk in front of her laptop typing. There is a speech line up to a gray but empty speech bubble.]

:[The order of the up to four options are random and changes every time you begin again (or even go back to a previous frame). This means that the a–d in the transcript is not the same next time. In some few panels there are even more than four options. To see the fifth you have to reload, then you may find this fifth option next time. The first panel is one of those with five options.]  

The reader is initially presented with only one panel, where [[Knit Cap]] is sitting in front of her computer. The reader is given multiple choices concerning what exactly Knit Cap is thinking. Upon choosing any option, the chosen text will appear where her gray speech bubble was (which will disappear), and then a second panel appears to the right to give continuity to the story. Each new panel may have a new set of options, or just the button "Continue", to see the next panel without making any choice in particular. Eventually, one reaches a dead end in which the story is interrupted, and the reader is presented with a text box to suggest how it should continue. Some of the suggestions given should eventually become available as new options.

It appeared that Randall created new panels in near real time, as user suggestions to dialog were submitted around the release of the comic.  

This text can (now) be found under the [https://xkcd.com/1350/info.0.json official transcript] at xkcd:

A "{{w|permalink}}" is a portmanteau of "permanent-link". Each panel has a "permalink" button which generates a unique URL for all the choices made by the reader — so a reader can save the chosen choices to compare them to other ways going through the selections. The permalinks do only save the chosen options, not the order or the visible options in the image where the permalink is recorded, so it is not possible to save a copy where the options are only in the same order as they are in the 1/120 version shown at the top. Also, if you go back in the story from a permalink, you can risk that when passing back through a panel with five options, the option you just got back from is no longer available as it is the option randomly not shown this time.

{{Notice|Preferably there should be [[#Permalink|permalinks]] that shows all the possible images below, but sadly this can not the case, as many images are no longer accessible by "playing" the comic game. Only if someone saved a permalink in the beginning of the comic's "life" will it be possible to see examples of all images in a story line. If you do have some of these old permalinks saved, please fill in for any missing images here below. There are also notices in the relevant sections which have not all been streamlined, so they are built up in the same way and with as many permalinks as are available at the moment.}}

**As of April 2016, there are 149 different images, which are all described here below.

**To avoid this section becoming extremely long, all the tables under each section have been collapsed, and can be opened by clicking the link [show].

**Try only to refer to anything that can be backed up with a permalink.

*Knit Cap sits at her laptop saying something either to himself or (maybe) to Hairy.  

*You choose what she says from four options written below the panel: and thus, starts this interactive and dynamic comic.  

**Originally, on April 1st, there were only four choices; this quickly increased to six, but eventually ended up on five options.  

**By reloading the page, you will eventually get the fifth also.

**[https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:9b96fda0-bb48-11e3-804b-002590d77bdd Knit Caps with question marks].

**[https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:2ed958de-badf-11e3-8001-002590d77bdd Hairy walks in].

**[https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:718ad9a6-bc6e-11e3-800f-002590d77bdd Live debate].

*It doesn't work, so now Knit Cap tries to write something on Hairy's laptop from a paper (a manual?) she holds in her hand.  

**See this [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:2ed958de-badf-11e3-8001-002590d77bdd example] with all the images shown in this section, including the blow torch option mentioned below).  

*Knit Cap tries to write something on Hairy's laptop from a note (manual?) she has in her hand while Hairy watches.  

*In this storyline, it doesn't work and Knit Cap takes revenge on her laptop:

*Knit Cap becomes so upset with her laptop that she decides to melt it using a blowtorch

**See this [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:2ed958de-badf-11e3-8001-002590d77bdd example] with all images shown here, the one also used above for the [[#Computer problems|Computer problems]].

**See this [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:bd44a816-bae5-11e3-8001-002590d77bdd example], where the burning first takes place after a dream after a rocket launch.

*In this storyline, it goes really wrong, and the Ocean scene appears right after this:

*Usually, they get to this point directly from the starting point, but the story can also return here after a dream.

**See this [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:3df213b4-ba4f-11e3-8037-002590d77bdd example].

**Three giant squids appear, and a loan shark seems disturbed.  

**[https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:9b96fda0-bb48-11e3-804b-002590d77bdd Zero and one shark]

**[https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:9b6e3082-bb48-11e3-804b-002590d77bdd Three sharks]

**[https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:310127b6-bbb3-11e3-801c-002590d77bdd Squids and blood].

*Knit Cap and Hairy start to swim out of the shark free ocean.

*Finally reaches a beach — see [[349: Success]] again.

**Here is an [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:30f53d98-bbb3-11e3-801c-002590d77bdd example] where they reach the beach and walk on.

*Usually, they get to this point directly from the starting point, but the story can also return here after a dream.

**See this [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:31c6e414-bab0-11e3-8029-002590d77bdd example], where they even leave the laptop afterwards.

*An online debate between two politicians; one has hair and is on the left, and the other ([[Cueball]]) is on the right. This debate is shown on Knit Cap's laptop screen.

**The subject and the actual conversation of which varies according to the storyline, but it always begins with the hairy politician speaking and then Cueball replying.

**This may be the end of the conversation, but sometimes there is a picture where each politician speaks in the same image

**There may even be two (or more?) images in a row where both politicians speak in the same image

***See this [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:f6b4b374-bd25-11e3-802c-002590d77bdd example].

**They fight each other: Cueball using a {{w|lightsaber}} (or something that looks like a {{w|Magic sword|holy sword}}) and the hairy politician using his bare fists  

***See this [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:ba7794b6-bafb-11e3-8001-002590d77bdd example].

**The hairy politician is goes down on one knee — either to pray or as in a suggestion to ask the other to marry him...  

***See this [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:ea25460c-baf3-11e3-8001-002590d77bdd example].

*Subjects debated are the most likely user suggestions, and so any references made are not from Randall (even though they would have been used in xkcd before).

**Here below are some of the subjects already up on April the 1st:

**The hairy politician accuses Cueball of having never liked {{w|Firefly}} see [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:bf86fba8-baed-11e3-8001-002590d77bdd this example]).

**The hairy politician vows to end the "war on Christmas" if elected (see [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:ea25460c-baf3-11e3-8001-002590d77bdd this example]).

**The hairy politician praises his adversary and supports his economic plan (see [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:ba7794b6-bafb-11e3-8001-002590d77bdd this example]).

***This is possibly a reference to {{w|Monty Python and the Holy Grail}}, where two swallows tied together to a coconut with a string try to lift it, but unlikely.

***Opening and closing an umbrella near them (a reference to {{w|Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade}}). (see [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:df6d1952-bc0f-11e3-8037-002590d77bdd this example]).

***Using a predatory bird to the car to scare them (see [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:ef2c870e-baea-11e3-8002-002590d77bdd this example]).  

***Putting resources in the hands of bird educators for the purpose of training them (see [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:bfaccbe4-ba98-11e3-8008-002590d77bdd this example]).

***Employing {{w|Alan_Seabaugh#Fiscal_Hawk|fiscal hawks}}. (see [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:4996daf6-baf4-11e3-8001-002590d77bdd this example].)

**If the hairy politician points out some problem with the reasoning, often the solution proposed by Cueball would be doing the same in a larger scale or saying he completely agrees with everything the other says. (see some of the above examples).

*In the end, either:

***See [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:4996daf6-baf4-11e3-8001-002590d77bdd this example].  

**Knit Cap wakes up, as it turns out it was just a bad dream (see [[#Dreams|Dreams]] below).

***See [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:ea25460c-baf3-11e3-8001-002590d77bdd this example].  

*Both of these last two images have also been used in other storylines.

***See this particular [https://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=2420 ''Dinosaur Comics''] where the title text actually refers to Randall and xkcd.  

***See this [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:4e66ab6e-bae1-11e3-8001-002590d77bdd example] with only these three T-rex images.

*In the end, the dinosaur stamps on the house where the main characters are inside; Knit Cap covering and Hairy escaping.

**This is thus Randall's own picture but with the foot, seemingly taken from the T-rex, scaled up to fit the size.  

**Usually, the dinosaur story gets to this point before the characters [[#Leaving the building|leaves the building]].

***But when they do so, in other storylines, it is a completely different building they walk out of

***See this [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:f2b12f1e-bbae-11e3-801c-002590d77bdd example] where Hairy wakes up.

***Here are two examples where when Knit Cap wakes up, the dinosaur dream is the second dream from which she awakens:

****After the [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:5e94d028-bb7d-11e3-8012-002590d77bdd hole dream]

****After the [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:ffa26ce0-bade-11e3-8001-94de80a03a29 rocket dream].  

****The characters have thus left the other building first, but then again both buildings turned out to be part of a dream.  

***Either directly after the first image

***Or after the [[#Political debate|politic debate]].  

**Or with a melted laptop (see the [[# Blowtorch|Blowtorch theme]]).  

***See this [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:bd44a816-bae5-11e3-8001-002590d77bdd example] where they leave the house twice, once first with the laptop intact and secondly after burning it.

*Sometimes nothing is outside the building except the pavement they walk upon; there is just an empty lawn.  

**See [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:b69f6096-b9f0-11e3-8009-002590d77bdd this example] where the laptop is burned.

*From this point they will continue walking past different landscapes: see the [[#Walking|Walking theme]].

*Sometimes there is a rocket on the lawn outside the building: see the [[#Rocket launch|rocket launch]] theme.

**See [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:ffa26ce0-bade-11e3-8001-94de80a03a29 this example] with the computer intact and no political debate.

**The two characters always end up falling into it and one of them awakes from a nightmare: see more below about [[#Dreams|dreams]].

**See [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:8440e346-bb16-11e3-8004-002590d77bdd this example] with the computer intact and no political debate.

**See [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:718ad9a6-bc6e-11e3-800f-002590d77bdd this example] with the computer intact after political debate.  

**The most direct way to start the walk is when the two characters are [[#Leaving the building|leaving the building]] and finding nothing out on the lawn.  

***See this [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:8737f5b4-ba92-11e3-8008-002590d77bdd example], where the first ''walking together'' image appears after the house and a new walk begins after Pikachu with both the ''passing'' images.  

***See [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:30f53d98-bbb3-11e3-801c-002590d77bdd this] and this [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:310127b6-bbb3-11e3-801c-002590d77bdd example], where a ''walking together'' and a ''passing'' image appear respectively after they come out of the ocean.

***But such a walk can start directly with a zoom-in on one of the characters thinking.  

***See this [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:81c9e8c8-ba1d-11e3-8018-002590d77bdd example], where leaving the house is replaced with Knit Cap thinking and then finding Pikachu.  

***As it turns out, she was still with Hairy and they continue the walk together after, but if the story stops before the last Pikachu picture, it would not be clear that Hairy was still there.

**Walks can also start from different starting point where only one of them are walking.

****See this [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:b94d8be4-bb47-11e3-804b-002590d77bdd example] where she runs away.

****See this [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:ee6b910c-bae5-11e3-8001-002590d77bdd example] where she hits himself.

***After the ''meanwhile'' image (where Hairy's walk alone can begin).

****See this [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:aee5abf0-bb29-11e3-8004-002590d77bdd example].

*So, the walking images from below can also appear or reappear in other ways — taking longer however — into a complicated story, as with the Pokémon example above with two walks: one earlier, one later.  

**This mainly happens for Knit Cap when they are together (?).

***See this [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:55a9e1ae-baa3-11e3-8017-002590d77bdd example].

***But this can also happen when she is alone, as seen in this [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:b9575048-bb47-11e3-804b-002590d77bdd example].

**This only seems to happen for Hairy when he walks alone (?).

***See this [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:aee5abf0-bb29-11e3-8004-002590d77bdd example].

**See this [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:a012d55a-bf3c-11e3-8001-002590d77bdd example] where they get past.

*A gap/pit in the ground which Knit Cap jumps over — much like in a pit from Mario brothers — while Hairy looks down speaking.

**See this [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:97c42da2-bb01-11e3-8004-002590d77bdd example].

**Also see this [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:8737f5b4-ba92-11e3-8008-002590d77bdd example], that has both images at the end.

**See this [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:52e63998-bb3b-11e3-8002-002590d77bdd example], with all three walking together.

***See this [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:8737f5b4-ba92-11e3-8008-002590d77bdd example], with the image that has Hairy in front.

***See this [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:81c9e8c8-ba1d-11e3-8018-002590d77bdd example], with Hairy behind.

***See this [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:30f53d98-bbb3-11e3-801c-002590d77bdd example], with the silhouette image.

*At one point, while they are walking together, a zoom-in of Knit Cap's head shows she is thinking

**See this [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:8737f5b4-ba92-11e3-8008-002590d77bdd example].

**As it turns out, she was still with Hairy and they continue the walk together after, but if the story stops before the last Pikachu picture it would not be clear that Hairy was still there.

***See also this [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:55a9e1ae-baa3-11e3-8017-002590d77bdd example], where she thinks twice on the same walk.

***See also this [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:bf610654-bb43-11e3-804b-002590d77bdd example], where she thinks two images in a row.

***This image can also appear while Knit Cap walks alone: see below.

***There also an image with a zoom-in of her head showing she is thinking.  

***See this [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:b9575048-bb47-11e3-804b-002590d77bdd example], where she is walking alone with the "thinking" image coming at the very end.

***In this example, seven of the images from this section are used; only the last normal walking image above the ones that contain birds and the two with birds are missing.

**At some point a bird passes over him carrying a parcel. It then returns, now with a money note in its beak.  

***See this [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:d09d6e40-bbd3-11e3-802e-002590d77bdd example].

****The birds could be a reference to Amazon's plans for using drones to deliver packages. (Something referred to later, for instance in [[1523: Microdrones]].)

****In that example, the text is most likely a reference to {{w|Monty Python and the Holy Grail}}, where it is discussed if two swallows could carry a coconut to explain their presence in England.  

***In most other cases, only one of the bird pictures are shown like in these examples:

****The picture of the bird with a parcel can be seen in this [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:b94af780-bb47-11e3-804b-002590d77bdd example] and this [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:79bfc3d8-baa3-11e3-8017-002590d77bdd example] at the end.

****The picture of the bird with money can be seen in this [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:b94d8be4-bb47-11e3-804b-002590d77bdd example] and this [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:7b3383ae-baa2-11e3-8012-002590d77bdd example] at the end.

****In this [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:50d05aa2-baa1-11e3-800d-002590d77bdd example], the story continues after the bird with the parcel.

****In this [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:7448daea-ba97-11e3-8007-002590d77bdd example], the bird with the parcel comes twice.

****In this [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:4e6dc4d8-bb01-11e3-8003-002590d77bdd example], the bird with the parcel is shown twice in a row.

****In this [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:7fc6e57a-baeb-11e3-8002-002590d77bdd example], the bird with money is shown twice in a row.

**The image where she is standing without saying anything may only be seen in the [[#Boomerang|boomerang theme]] (?). That image will thus (so far at least) not be shown here.

**At one point a zoom in of her head shows she is thinking — this does not have to be while alone!  

***See this [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:aee5abf0-bb29-11e3-8004-002590d77bdd example], with the first four images from this section.

***It seems that this image only appears before Hairy's alone walk (?).

**There are '''still-missing examples''' of him walking alone without this image first.

***An [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:0cec96b0-bb15-11e3-8004-002590d77bdd example] with the silhouette images of Hairy alone.

***See this [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:2a2d5f80-badd-11e3-8001-002590d77bdd example] with only the start of the fight.

***See this [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:b8c820a2-bb61-11e3-800e-002590d77bdd example] with only the start of the fight.

*Then one of them leaves the other by walking back the way they came.

**See this [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:b65f48a8-bbc1-11e3-802c-002590d77bdd example], where Knit Cap is walking away.

**See this [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:588c9fd6-bbdb-11e3-8033-002590d77bdd example], where Hairy is walking away.

**Examples are missing for both walking along — i.e. a storyline that actually shows that at least one of them continue to walk alone afterwards.

**[https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:bf610654-bb43-11e3-804b-002590d77bdd Tree].

**[https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:4b2b6f7e-ba92-11e3-8004-002590d77bdd Jumping over pit].

**[https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:75c1569a-bae7-11e3-8002-002590d77bdd Thinking].

**[https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:b8c820a2-bb61-11e3-800e-002590d77bdd Failed rocket launch].

{{Notice|Why are one of the Pokéballs square, and why do three of the moves done by the Pikachu knock the '''Pikachu''' out?}}

*Some of the storylines involve Pokémon battles featuring {{w|Pikachu}}; a very popular {{w|Pokémon}}.

**Pokémon have often been [[:Category:Pokémon|featured in xkcd]].

**A trainer in the bottom-left corner faces the foe in the top-right corner, with a narration box below the scene and the trainer's {{w|Pokéballs}} visible.

***Some elements are missing here, such as the level, gender and HP bar.

*In this first image, Pikachu the wild pokémon appears. The fight then begins.

*The Pokémon storyline always begins during a walk where the two characters are together.

**It can definitely happen after those images, so typically shortly after they [[#Leaving the building|leave the building]].

***It can occur after a [[#Dreams|dream]]:

****See this [httpsttp://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:97c42da2-bb01-11e3-8004-002590d77bdd example] that begins with a hole dream and then reaching the Pikachu after the thinking image.

***The thinking image can occur without them being together, but mainly it has been used as part of their walks together, and this will always be the case in the Pokémon story as they both are there if the moves are effective.

***They can meet more than one Pikachu, but the story then returns to one of these images before it happens again:

****See this [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:9a86363c-bb53-11e3-8001-002590d77bdd example] that begins after walking past a "three" first and then later where Knit Cap thinks before the next attack.

****See this [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:feaa5d4e-bbd2-11e3-802c-002590d77bdd example], which has the silhouette image.

****See this [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:0f6483ac-baee-11e3-8001-002590d77bdd example], which has the walking together image with Hairy in front.

*Pikachu uses a number of different moves, although these are mostly made up.  

***This is included as the last image in this section, as it comes in between all these non-effective moves.  

***It can lead on, as seen below.

**But "It's super effective!" appears occasionally.

***This will always lead on from "It's not very effective...", as can be seen at the bottom.

**In Pokémon, a move is:

**See below for examples.

***The examples below are marked with "¤", "$", "£" etc., and the moves are similarly marked to indicate in which examples they appear.

*****A move that sometimes can result in a move past Pikachu will, in another storyline, not give the same result.

*****For instance, the examples marked with "¤" and "&" below both use ''graph theory'', and only in the first example is it super effective. But in the other it is not the last move.

**{{w|Abandonment (emotional)|Abandonment}} ^~@ — Pikachu disappears completely.

**{{w|Anguish}} ¤%~ — Pikachu is sad.

**''{{w|Ant Colony}}'' ~ — Pikachu is covered in ants.

**''{{w|1,2-Dichloroethane|Ethylene Dichloride}}'' ¤= — Pikachu holds a glass with Ethylene Dichloride

***Nothing seems to happen, although Ethylene Dichloride is a toxic chemical, so there may be future consequences for the characters. The next panel does say "was it diluted?" however.

**''{{w|Extrude}}'' + — Pikachu's head moves away from his body as his neck becomes long and malleable.

**'''[https://www.dictionary.com/browse/faceless Faceless]''' $@ — Pikachu's face disappears.

**{{w|Friendship}} £= — Pikachu is on Knit Cap's head, signifying they are now friends.  

***Friendship, though not a move, is a game mechanic in the video games.

**{{w|Granite}} % — Pikachu is atop a block of granite.

**'''{{w|Graph Theory}}''' ¤& — The theory can be seen behind Pikachu  

**{{w|Ink|Ink Cloud}} %+@ — Pikachu is covered in ink.  

***In the storyline Pikachu uses it, there is the option to "gather" the ink.

**'''[https://da.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=radicality Radicality]''' £ — Pikachu is on a skateboard.

**''{{w|Theft}}'' &@ — Pikachu wears Knit Cap's hat.  

***Pikachu seems to be using "Thief", a similarly named actual move from the games, which is used to steal the foe's item and use it as their own.

**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/uplift Uplift] §@ — Pikachu's head goes upward, separated from its body, with a long, thick cable still connecting the head and the body.

*Finally, there is a blank text box for '''user input''' ¤£%@&~+

***In Google Maps it was easy to capture Pokemons @  

****The two above are referencing the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YMD6xELI_k Google Maps: Pokémon Challenge].

***Was is diluted? ¤  

**The examples below are marked with "¤", "$", "£", etc.

:::@ [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:d5bba698-badf-11e3-8001-002590d77bdd 9 different moves] — including four user inputs and ending on '''theft''' (28 panels, '''record length''' although not passing all the way by Pikachu).

:::= [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:9a86363c-bb53-11e3-8001-002590d77bdd 2 different moves] — ending both on '''Ethylene Dichloride''' and later on '''Friendship''' (26 panels, '''moving past''' Pikachu and then '''returning for another fight'''; ending with the empty image for the user to fill in).

:::+ [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:47fe85d0-bbbd-11e3-801c-002590d77bdd 3 different moves] — including a user input and ending on '''extrude''' (20 panels, '''moving past''' Pikachu).

:::§ [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:97c42da2-bb01-11e3-8004-002590d77bdd 1 move only] — ending on '''uplift''', and then followed by an empty image for the user to fill in (21 panels, not getting to the end, but only one here coming to Pikachu '''through a dream''').

:::~ [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:0f6483ac-baee-11e3-8001-002590d77bdd 5 different moves] — including two user inputs and ending on '''ant colony''' (19 panels, not passing all the way by Pikachu).

:::% [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:f203d1c6-ba22-11e3-801a-002590d77bdd 5 different moves] — including two user inputs and ending on '''granite''', and then followed by an empty image for the user to fill in (17 panels, not getting to the end).

:::^ [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:2f0612e0-bbd7-11e3-8030-002590d77bdd 1 move only] — ending on '''abandonment''', and then followed by an empty image for the user to fill in (9 panels, not getting to the end).

:::& [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:b8fe0a3c-bb52-11e3-8001-002590d77bdd 3 different moves] — including a user input and ending on '''theft''' (15 panels, not passing all the way by Pikachu, and ineffective despite graph theory being included before the end, which is effective in another example see below).

:::¤ [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:81c9e8c8-ba1d-11e3-8018-002590d77bdd 5 different moves] — including two user inputs and ending on '''graph theory''' (24 panels, but no new text after poking the Pokémon).

:::£ [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:8737f5b4-ba92-11e3-8008-002590d77bdd 3 different moves] — including a user input and ending on '''radicality''' (22 panels, with '''one line of text after poking''' the Pokémon).

:::$ [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:feaa5d4e-bbd2-11e3-802c-002590d77bdd 1 move only] — ending on '''faceless''' (17 panels, but no new text after poking the Pokémon).

*Normally after a few failed attempts — where the result is given as ''It's not very effective'' — there is an uncomfortable silence as the Pikachu says "Um..."  

**Then it talks to Knit Cap and Hairy from the tall grass.

**They ignore the remark and walk away past the Pokémon. The Pikachu is left in the tall grass looking after them and has time to make a final remark which they also seem to ignore.

***[https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:81c9e8c8-ba1d-11e3-8018-002590d77bdd Theft], on the ninth move!

***[https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:0f6483ac-baee-11e3-8001-002590d77bdd Ant colony], on the fifth move.

***[https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:b8fe0a3c-bb52-11e3-8001-002590d77bdd Theft], on the third move.

***[https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:47fe85d0-bbbd-11e3-801c-002590d77bdd Extrude], on the third move.

***[https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:9a86363c-bb53-11e3-8001-002590d77bdd Ethylene Dichloride], on the first move! But first after burning the laptop. After this move they walk away only to meet another (or the same) wild Pikachu for another unfinished fight.

****"I used to be better at chemistry".

****"Wait. I can install you BSD".  

*****"Come back! I don't like it here in the tall grass!", see this [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:33d9e268-baa3-11e3-8017-002590d77bdd example].  

*****"Wait, you can't flee from a trainer battle!", see this [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:372bbc40-ba97-11e3-8006-002590d77bdd example].

*****"No really guys, I can still remember most of it", see this [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:6a2b3ca0-baa7-11e3-801e-002590d77bdd example].

****In another line out, it says: "This is still better than all the lightning crap."

*****See this [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:62d0439e-baaf-11e3-801f-002590d77bdd example], where there are no follow-up lines.

****There are several endings to this particular storyline, and in another storyline, they do not meet the second Pikachu, but lines are still spoken.

*****See this [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:93aeb59c-bce2-11e3-801e-002590d77bdd example].

*Below are some other transcripts of lines from user input and their references:

***Pikachu: "Aren't you going to catch me? It's not difficult, I promise... Please?" Knit Cap and Hairy ignore him and go away and may get the following responses.

****"Please! Jigglypuff keeps on drawing on my face!"

*****See this [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:e8dc6866-bbd4-11e3-8030-002590d77bdd example].

****"You were walking in tall grass! You asked for it!"

*****See this [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:e90d70be-bbd4-11e3-8030-002590d77bdd example].

****"Please... Tame me! I want to party on days other than Thursday".

*****Hairy remarks while walking away: "Y'know, if we catch a Pikachu, we would never to pay our electric bills again". (Note the missing "have".)  

*****See this [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:93b5fbea-bce2-11e3-801e-002590d77bdd example].

**Charizard (In one storyline, "Go Charizard" is one usable move in battle).

***See this [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:8737f5b4-ba92-11e3-8008-002590d77bdd example].

**Jigglypuff.

***See this [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:e8dc6866-bbd4-11e3-8030-002590d77bdd example].

**Magikarp.

***This always comes immediately the one with ''It's not very effective'' (which doesn't make sense).

***Knit Cap and Hairy looks at the fainted (not dead) Pikachu who is lying face-down in the grass.  

***Knit Cap then ''pokes'' the Pokémon and they walk past it.

***Then they continue through and out from the tall grass

**[https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:81c9e8c8-ba1d-11e3-8018-002590d77bdd Graph theory], on the fifth move.

**[https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:8737f5b4-ba92-11e3-8008-002590d77bdd Radicality], on the third move; with one line of text after poking the Pokémon.

***Hairy looking down the pit: "Now what?"

**[https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:feaa5d4e-bbd2-11e3-802c-002590d77bdd Faceless], on the first move!

*When they [[#Leaving the building|leave the building]], they may find a rocket on the lawn.  

**See this [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:f0ff797c-badd-11e3-8001-002590d77bdd example].

**Note that Hairy can be seen climbing up the ladder in the second image, and the door is slammed shut in the third (indicated with small lines).

*In some storylines, the rocket does not launch.

**Either it fails or they don't wish to go into space that day.  

**So the two characters climb out again.

***See this [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:4b2b6f7e-ba92-11e3-8004-002590d77bdd example], where they walk on and then have an argument.

***Note that after the door has been slammed shut, there is an image without the lines indicating the door is now shut (before they climb out again).

*If they do not climb out again, the rocket will launch towards space right after the door has slammed (without waiting for the image with the closed door).

**Sometimes an image from the flight simulator program {{W|Kerbal Space Program}} (KSP) will appear (see [[#Kerbal Space Program|KSP theme]]) instead of the black image.

***See this [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:8440e346-bb16-11e3-8004-002590d77bdd example], where the launch wakes up Knit Cap from a (second) dream. (See the [[#Dreams|dream theme]]).  

***See alto this [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:c9cfde56-bae6-11e3-8001-002590d77bdd example], where the launch wakes up Hairy.

**If the characters don't wake up here, the rocket will go into space (see [[#Space|space theme]]).  

***Before reaching space, a dark image will turn up.

***See this [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:ffa26ce0-bade-11e3-8001-94de80a03a29 example], where the space trip turns out to be a dream.

***The black picture is also used in the dream sequence with the hole just before they wake up.  

*When the [[#Rocket launch|rocket launch]] is successful, the rocket will go into space and a black image will turn up as evidence of this .

**See this [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:ffa26ce0-bade-11e3-8001-94de80a03a29 example].

!Flying over Earth<br>[[Image:lorenz - rocket 10.png]]

*After entering space, the rocket is always shown in an orbit over Earth.

*From Earth, the rocket flies into deep space.

***Exceptions are with those of The Little Prince and those after the attacking spaceship which will always end the space journey.

***See this [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:cccdb9ea-baf3-11e3-8001-002590d77bdd example], which contains all the images from this section, the two from above, and most of those from below (several of them at the same time). The first image is only used once right after Earth's orbit.

***See this [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:6322a5a2-ba97-11e3-8007-002590d77bdd example], where the first image is not included.

***See this [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:6490cc4a-b9f0-11e3-8009-002590d77bdd example], where the first image is used twice, but not to begin with.

**See this [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:cccdb9ea-baf3-11e3-8001-002590d77bdd example], where the image is used twice in a row.

*Passing {{W|Saturn}}, which has majestic rings.

**See this [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:cccdb9ea-baf3-11e3-8001-002590d77bdd example], where the image is used eight times.

!Spaceship<br>[[Image:lorenz - rocket 15.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - rocket 16.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - rocket 17.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - rocket 18.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - rocket 22.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - rocket 23.png]] <br>[[Image:lorenz - wake up 5.png]]

*The rocket encounters another spaceship, which asks a question about relativity.

*If the question is answered satisfactory, the two rockets will just fly past each other.

**See this [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:ccd0b334-baf3-11e3-8001-002590d77bdd example], where the ship passes the spaceship twice.

*If the answer to the spaceship is not acceptable, it will turn around after passing and shoot down the rocket.  

**The next image will be from the {{w|Kerbal Space Program}} (KSP) simulator, see the [[#Kerbal Space Program|KSP theme]].

***But in this case, it is an image where the rockets are turned off. (In the first KSP image, the rockets are turned on).

**The KSP image is followed by Hairy waking up from a dream (it seems that it can only be him): see the [[#Dreams|dream theme]].  

***Most of the images above, as well as this attack, are included in this [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:ffa26ce0-bade-11e3-8001-94de80a03a29 example]

***In this [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:6322a5a2-ba97-11e3-8007-002590d77bdd example], Hairy wakes up and starts to sing.

*Eventually, the rocket meets a guy on a very round asteroid.

**This is a reference to {{w|The Little Prince}}, which has been referenced before in xkcd in both [[2: Petit Trees (sketch)]] and [[618: Asteroid]], to be seen again in the planer "roads" of [[2712: Gravity]].

***See this [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:25743f70-baee-11e3-8001-002590d77bdd example].

*They both appear in a sequence leading to a [[#Dreams|dream]], see below:

*The rocket launch turns out to be just a dream.  

**One of the two characters wake up in their bed.  

***See this [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:8440e346-bb16-11e3-8004-002590d77bdd example], where Knit Cap awakens.

***See this [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:c9cfde56-bae6-11e3-8001-002590d77bdd example], where Hairy awakens.

***It seems that this image cannot precede a journey into space.

*After the other rocket shoots the original rocket, we see a KSP image with the engines off.  

**See this [https://i.imgur.com/UofvQ.png image] from KSP, where the engines are off.  

**After that image, it turns out it was just a dream. Only Hairy is seen to awake from this dream.

***See this [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:ffa26ce0-bade-11e3-8001-94de80a03a29 example].

! Waking up<br>[[Image:lorenz - wake up 1.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - wake up 5.png]]

*Sometimes, Knit Cap or Hairy find themselves waking from a dream, suggesting that all prior events were just dreams.  

**Some situations will always result in a character waking up.

**Other situations will, in some storylines, only lead to a character waking up.

***In those storylines, there will always be another way to continue the story.

**Below are several situations where a dream will or may occur, described (and shown with the full sequence leading up to the dream displayed).

*Often a dream loops upon itself, as a character wakes up multiple times in the same storyline.

**Either from the [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:20698602-bbb1-11e3-801c-002590d77bdd same dream] or from [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:5e94d028-bb7d-11e3-8012-002590d77bdd different dreams].

**Sometimes, [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:ffa26ce0-bade-11e3-8001-94de80a03a29 each character] has different dreams in the same storyline.

***This means that the last to wake up has dreamt that they were the other character waking up before.

*The dream scenarios (together with the [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/8/80/lorenz_-_meanwhile.png ''meanwhile'' image]) would theoretically make it possible to connect all images into one long sequence.

**This has not been seen yet.

*One of the most obvious dreams is the one about falling, as in this case, where both characters fall into a big hole outside the [[#Leaving the building|building they are leaving]].

**Here is an [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:20698602-bbb1-11e3-801c-002590d77bdd example] of that, where one, then the other, character wakes up from the same falling dream.

*The hole situation will always turn out to be a dream from which one (or both, as shown above) of the characters wake up from the nightmare after falling into the hole.  

**They can wake up after any of the three black pictures shown here.  

**The other two pictures (which were not included in the first example) can be seen in [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:ba285dea-baa3-11e3-801c-002590d77bdd this example], where only Knit Cap wakes up.

**A situation with only Hairy waking can be seen in [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:2c6df10a-bb15-11e3-8004-002590d77bdd this example].

*The totally black picture is also sometimes used at the end of the [[#Rocket launch|rocket launch]].

**If the comic goes on for long enough, all four images with the green dinosaur will appear.

**When reaching the fourth image, where the dinosaur steps on the building, the story will always turn out to be a nightmare from which either of the characters may wake up from.

***See this [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:f2b12f1e-bbae-11e3-801c-002590d77bdd example], where Hairy wakes up.

***Here are two examples in which Knit Cap wakes up, where the dinosaur dream is the second dream from which she woke up from:

****After the [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:5e94d028-bb7d-11e3-8012-002590d77bdd hole dream]

****After the [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:ffa26ce0-bade-11e3-8001-94de80a03a29 rocket dream].  

**This dream is not really a nightmare, as opposed to the three above, where the characters always wake up.  

**During the take-off, after the rocket ignites, there are two possible images.  

***If the last image is black, the take-off succeeds.

***If the last image during take-off is from KSP (with the rockets on), the story always results in one of the two characters waking up waking up during the launch.

****See [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:8440e346-bb16-11e3-8004-002590d77bdd this example], where Knit Cap wakes after she has already awoken from the hole dream.

****See [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:c9cfde56-bae6-11e3-8001-002590d77bdd this] and [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:4e6cbc5a-bb01-11e3-8003-002590d77bdd this] example, where Hairy wakes up from the launch.

*During space travel, the rocket passes another spaceship.  

**If a failed communication occurs, the evil spaceship turns around and shoots down the rocket.  

**At this point, it turns out it was just a nightmare and one of the characters wake up. (Maybe only Hairy?)

***See [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:ffa26ce0-bade-11e3-8001-94de80a03a29 this example], where that continues to a dinosaur dream from where Knit Cap wakes up.  

**In the last picture before waking up, we see an image from the KSP with the rockets off.  

*In this dream (which isn't a nightmare), Knit Cap wakes up after a "political debate".

**See [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:ea25460c-baf3-11e3-8001-002590d77bdd this example].

*It is probably impossible that Hairy wakes up from this because he is not present when the debate starts.

! Waking up<br>[[Image:lorenz - wake up 1.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - wake up 5.png]]

*Sometimes, Knit Cap or Hairy find themselves waking from a dream, suggesting that all prior events were just them dreaming. (See the [[#Dreams|dream theme]].)

**After they wake, they stay in bed for a while and then go out into the world.  

*When they wake up:

**Knit Cap wakes up with her head to the left and the knit cap lying on the end of her bed.  

*Knit Cap wakes up with a ''Gasp''.  

***Maybe she even starts to sing; see below.

***After this, she may either lie down or leave bed.

****See this [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:f894ceb2-bae7-11e3-8002-002590d77bdd example], where she lies back down again and goes to sleep (and then finds a boomerang, see below).

****See this [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:8440e346-bb16-11e3-8004-002590d77bdd example] (where the bed is shown as empty before moving on), the first time yawning and the second singing.

**When she does get out of bed, she may either:

***Go out and find a [[#Boomerang|boomerang]] if she lies down again.

***Maybe he even starts to sing (see below).

***After this, he may either lie down or leave the bed empty.

****See this [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:ffa26ce0-bade-11e3-8001-94de80a03a29 example], where he leaves the bed empty and yawns (and then Knit Cap has another dream later).

****See this [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:f2b12f1e-bbae-11e3-801c-002590d77bdd example], where he lies back down again (and goes to meet the salesman: see below).

****Notice that Randall forgot to draw Hairy's hair as he lay down again.  

****Randall also forgot Hairy's hair in [[1028: Communication]] — see this [[1028: Communication#Trivia|trivia]].

**When he does get out of bed, he may either:

***Walk into Knit Cap at her laptop while yawning (if the bed was empty): see below.

***Go outside to meet [[White Hat]] the [[#Salesman|salesman]] if he lay back down again.

*After having sat up in bed with a gasp, either character may then begin to sing ''I woke up like this''.

**See this [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:8440e346-bb16-11e3-8004-002590d77bdd example] with Knit Cap (walking twice, singing the second time), where the bed is empty before moving on (both times).

**See this [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:6322a5a2-ba97-11e3-8007-002590d77bdd example] with Hairy where the bed is empty before moving on.

**See the [https://lyricsmusic.name/beyonce-knowles-lyrics/beyonca/flaweless.html lyrics here].

*Yawning Knit Cap gets back to her laptop and we are back to the first image.

**See this [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:20698602-bbb1-11e3-801c-002590d77bdd example], where both characters' yawning pictures appear after the same dream.

*Yawning Hairy walks in where Knit Cap is sitting at her laptop and tells her about his dream (?).

**See this [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:0bfb9832-baa7-11e3-801e-002590d77bdd  example], where both pictures from this section appears and they continue to walk out after.

**See this [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:20698602-bbb1-11e3-801c-002590d77bdd example], where both characters' yawning pictures appear after the same dream.

*After waking up with a gasp from a nightmare and then lying down again, he has chosen not to go to Knit Cap.

**Which is why the "lying down" image is included here.

**White Hat tries to sell something to Hairy.

*The last picture with the graph did not appear until much later than the rest (or was at least not found).

**Here is an [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:f2b12f1e-bbae-11e3-801c-002590d77bdd example] where Hairy meets White Hat, but not reaching the graph picture.

**Here is an [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:2c6df10a-bb15-11e3-8004-002590d77bdd example] that reaches the graph picture.

**Here is another [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:39dfd484-bb01-11e3-8003-002590d77bdd example] that reaches the graph picture.

***These two may be the only two pathways.

*After Knit Cap wakes up from a [[#Dreams|dream]] and then lies down in bed, she may (always?) go outside to find a {{w|Boomerang}} on the ground.  

**She picks it up and then expresses her feelings about it in a thought bubble.

***She may also pick it up following another image where she is just walking.

****See this [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:ee6b910c-bae5-11e3-8001-002590d77bdd example].

**The other throwing images, listed below, may come (more or less) in any order and any number of times.

***The aforementioned first two boomerang images may also reappear; therefore more than one accident can happen.

***She may also put it down and leave but may then also find it or another boomerang again later.

****This is the cause for the longest storylines almost always including the boomerang.

****Since this storyline only occurs after a dream, gives some of the longest storylines, and never usually gets on to any other stories (except a short story where Hairy walks alone), this has been placed last in this list.

*Boomerangs have been [[:Category:Boomerangs|featured in xkcd before]]. See in particular these that clearly reference them:  

*Knit Cap throws the boomerang, and it flies back to her, so she catches it.

***See this [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:08896f1c-bade-11e3-8001-94de80a03a29 example].

**It may also fly back and forth above him.  

***See this [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:84eb4738-bade-11e3-8001-94de80a03a29 example].

*However, more often than not, she will end up with an accident:

**Either character gets hit in the face.

***See this [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:ee6b910c-bae5-11e3-8001-002590d77bdd example], where both are hit.

***Knit Cap get hit in the face first, when the boomerang rebounds, then puts it down (only to pick up a new one later).

****See [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:ee6b910c-bae5-11e3-8001-002590d77bdd this example].

***Knit Cap then fails to catch the boomerang, the rebound hits Hairy in the face (off-screen), and she then enters the frame next image.

**Hitting a rocket taking off.

***See this [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:ea25460c-baf3-11e3-8001-002590d77bdd example].

**The boomerang crashes into something off-panel, someone may shout back, and Knit Cap runs away.  

***See this [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:fc34f46a-ba98-11e3-8008-002590d77bdd example].

***In some cases, this last accident is followed by the ''meanwhile'' image to make the story move on with Hairy walking along (which is mentioned in more detail at the bottom of the [[#Walking|Walking section]]).

****See this [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:aee5abf0-bb29-11e3-8004-002590d77bdd example].

****The story stops before she completely leaves the image (with the boomerang on the ground).

****See this [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:08896f1c-bade-11e3-8001-94de80a03a29 example], which has both situations.

**Leaving the boomerang after hitting himself in the face.

***See this [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:ee6b910c-bae5-11e3-8001-002590d77bdd example].

***See this [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:ea25460c-baf3-11e3-8001-002590d77bdd example].

***This image seems to belong with the ''meanwhile'' image, and the storyline goes on using that route, so, for sure, she is getting away from the boomerang.

****See this [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:aee5abf0-bb29-11e3-8004-002590d77bdd example].

**Hitting Hairy off panel, who then walks into the panel.

***There seems to be no story continuing from there.  

***I.e., this storyline never leaves the boomerang behind, but just stops.

****See this [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:ee6b910c-bae5-11e3-8001-002590d77bdd example].

::*There used to be a sixth option: "Gravity. Lots of it." However, it no longer appears.

*In one [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/File:lorenz_-_wake_up_7.png panel], Hairy is drawn in bed ''without'' his hair — see the [[#Waking up|Waking up]] pictures.

**The most common pictures are [https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/a1-2014/vS9UO5cGsw1hoDrrNLMSRg.png "Not very effective"], [https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/a1-2014/VegCGBEOFJCsFxJpbmvziQ.png Throwing], [https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/a1-2014/zHPHozjDXmCUy66bYVSRoQ.png Waiting] and [https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/a1-2014/ZNBJOG1e-vCfzdqKFHQ21A.png Leaving the House].

**The rarest pictures that can be found via permalink are [https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/a1-2014/VgSdMz8OAHQ8w5Ee432f5Q.png The Little Prince], [https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/a1-2014/0RW46RaD8RJDfTyBOTqlpw.png The beach] and [https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/a1-2014/OZZtCeXrnU0UskVTCUQf1Q.png An exponential chart].  

***As of late July 2021, there are several pictures from the complete list that no longer seem to be available — so not only are they rare, but they are also extinct in the comic if no one has a permalink to a comic where they appear.  

****2 pictures are listed as missing two years later, on April 1, 2016, and they can be seen under themes where notices have made it clear where they are.

****They are the one with Hairy walking alone seen in silhouette, and the one "after arguing" where Hairy is leaving.

*****The other 147 images are all accounted for.

*[https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:0cd52ed0-bb15-11e3-8004-002590d77bdd This one] has (simplified) Chinese characters in it. It would roughly translate to: "These sentences have no meaning. With no meanings, there is nothing to say. How do I arrange it into a haiku format then?" It is arranged in haiku: 5 syllables, 7 syllables, 5 syllables. In traditional Chinese characters, it would be "句子没有意。意也没有話不話。怎麼來俳句？"

*[https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:585ff20c-baf4-11e3-8001-002590d77bdd This one] also has Chinese characters in it. It would translate to "No" or "Not good"

*And [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:fb62f406-baa2-11e3-8015-002590d77bdd this one has French].

*[https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:461b8e7a-baeb-11e3-8002-002590d77bdd This example]] has two commas in a row, which is obviously wrong.

====The all-time longest comics by panel====

*# [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:ffa26ce0-bade-11e3-8001-94de80a03a29 77 panels] — Tiles, space/dinosaur double dream, boomerang, exploding rocket.

*# [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:84eb4738-bade-11e3-8001-94de80a03a29 73 panels] — Tiles, space/dinosaur double dream, boomerang.

*# [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:b9575048-bb47-11e3-804b-002590d77bdd 50 panels] — Tiles, double hole dream, boomerang, and exploding rocket

***But then this is the list of the longest comics with most panels as found so far.

**If you beat a record, please post the '''permalink''' here: https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:84eb4738-bade-11e3-8001-94de80a03a29

**Please note the themes included in the comic.  

##[https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:ffa26ce0-bade-11e3-8001-94de80a03a29 77 panels] — Tiles; two dreams, one by each character; space; dinosaur attack.

##[https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:b9575048-bb47-11e3-804b-002590d77bdd 50 panels] — Tiles; hole dream; boomerang; exploding rocket.

##[https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:718ad9a6-bc6e-11e3-800f-002590d77bdd 41 panels] — Political debate; hole dream; boomerang.

##[https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:ea25460c-baf3-11e3-8001-002590d77bdd 39 panels] — Political debate; politics dream; boomerang; exploding rocket.

##[https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:2ed958de-badf-11e3-8001-002590d77bdd 36 panels] — Tiles; hole dream; blowtorch laptop; rocket take-off dream.

##[https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:67605e86-bb1c-11e3-8004-002590d77bddd 36 panels] — Political debate; hole dream; Hairy gets hit in the face by boomerang.

##[https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:452c03fc-bb16-11e3-8004-002590d77bdd 35 panels] — Tiles; the hole dream; the shovel/blowtorch and then hole agan dream; boomerang.

##[https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:ba285dea-baa3-11e3-801c-002590d77bdd 28 panels] — BSD; hole dream that goes back to starting point.

##[https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:8440e346-bb16-11e3-8004-002590d77bdd 26 panels] — Tiles; two different dreams by the same character after hole and rocket.

##[https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:5e94d028-bb7d-11e3-8012-002590d77bdd 22 panels] — Tiles; two different dreams by the same character after hole and dinosaur attack.

##[https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:20698602-bbb1-11e3-801c-002590d77bdd 21 panels] — Tiles; the hole dream twice, once by each character.

###More than two dreams in one storyline have yet to be seen.

##[https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:ffa26ce0-bade-11e3-8001-94de80a03a29 77 panels] — Tiles; two dreams, one by each character; space; dinosaur attack.

##[https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:b9575048-bb47-11e3-804b-002590d77bdd 50 panels] — Tiles; double hole dream; boomerang; exploding rocket

##[https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:718ad9a6-bc6e-11e3-800f-002590d77bdd 41 panels] — Political debate; hole dream; boomerang.

##[https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:ea25460c-baf3-11e3-8001-002590d77bdd 39 panels] — Political debate (in a dream); boomerang; exploding rocket.

##[https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:defe5742-bb15-11e3-8004-002590d77bdd 35 panels] — Political debate (in a dream); Hairy gets smacked in the face by the boomerang.

##[https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:ee6b910c-bae5-11e3-8001-002590d77bdd 34 panels] — Political debate (in a dream); Knit Cap and then Hairy get smacked in the face by the boomerang.

##[https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:a1776988-ba41-11e3-8035-002590d77bdd 30 panels] — Tiles; rocket dream; boomerang hits Knit Cap in the face so she puts it down. She then picks up another one.

##[https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:ffa26ce0-bade-11e3-8001-94de80a03a29 77 panels] — Tiles; two dreams, one by each character; space; dinosaur attack.

##[https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:ccd0b334-baf3-11e3-8001-002590d77bdd 42 panels] — Tiles; spaaaace.

##[https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:6490cc4a-b9f0-11e3-8009-002590d77bdd 30 panels] — Tiles; rocket, which leads on to The Little Prince.

##[https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:25743f70-baee-11e3-8001-002590d77bdd 24 panels] — Tiles; zoom-in on The Little Prince.

##[https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:ffa26ce0-bade-11e3-8001-94de80a03a29 77 panels] — Tiles, two dreams one by each character, after space and dinosaur attack.

##[https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:5e94d028-bb7d-11e3-8012-002590d77bdd 22 panels] — Tiles; hole dream; dinosaur dream.

##[https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:a3298c92-baa1-11e3-800e-002590d77bdd 15 panels] — Tiles; dinosaur dream; boomerang hits him in the face.

##[https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:718ad9a6-bc6e-11e3-800f-002590d77bdd 41 panels] — Political debate; hole dream; boomerang.

##[https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:defe5742-bb15-11e3-8004-002590d77bdd 35 panels] — Political debate within a dream; Hairy gets smacked in the face by the boomerang.

##[https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:aee5abf0-bb29-11e3-8004-002590d77bdd 31 panels] — Political debate; explosive bananas. This includes the ''meanwhile'' image.

##[https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:2ed958de-badf-11e3-8001-002590d77bdd 36 panels] — Tiles; hole dream; blowtorch; rocket take-off dream.

##[https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:9a86363c-bb53-11e3-8001-002590d77bdd 26 panels] — BSD; blowtorch; moving past Pokémon twice

##[https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:97cbd552-bb01-11e3-8004-002590d77bdd  25 panels] — Tiles; hole dream; blowtorch.

##[https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:d5bba698-badf-11e3-8001-002590d77bdd 28 panels] — Tiles; Pikachu; a very long fight with 9 moves (none of which are effective).

##[https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:9a86363c-bb53-11e3-8001-002590d77bdd 26 panels] — BSD; blowtorch; moving past the Pokémon after an ineffective move; Pikachu talks; they move on only to meet a second Pikachu/

##[https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:81c9e8c8-ba1d-11e3-8018-002590d77bdd 24 panels] — Refreshing after no new email; long fight and an eventual 'Super Effective'; Megan pokes it.

##[https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:8737f5b4-ba92-11e3-8008-002590d77bdd 22 panels] — Tiles; moving past Pokémon; a 'Super Effective'; Megan pokes it.

##[https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:7546a2c8-bcdc-11e3-801e-002590d77bdd 22 panels] — BSD; short fight; an eventual 'not very effective'; Pikachu talks; they move on

##[https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:3df213b4-ba4f-11e3-8037-002590d77bdd 22 panels] — Tiles; dream, indirectly after launch; only one picture in the ocean at the end.

##[https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:30f53d98-bbb3-11e3-801c-002590d77bdd 13 panels] — BSD; longest going straight to the ocean sequence (four images); reaching beach and walking on (i.e. directly without dream).

##[https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:6ce3b122-ba3c-11e3-8035-002590d77bdd 28 panels] — Space dream; Hairy meets White Hat.

##[https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:39dfd484-bb01-11e3-8003-002590d77bdd 13 panels] — Tiles; hole dream; Hairy meets White Hat; they reach the chart scene (last picture that way).

#'These stupid tiles... I'll just play one more game.': [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:ffa26ce0-bade-11e3-8001-94de80a03a29 77 panels].

#'Oh, hey, There's some kind of political thing going on': [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:718ad9a6-bc6e-11e3-800f-002590d77bdd 41 panels]. (This is no longer among the starting options, so it cannot grow [meaning that this is the longest possible now].)

#'Let's see if BSD is any easier to install nowadays': [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:aad0a152-bae6-11e3-8001-002590d77bdd 29 panels].

#'Refresh ... No new email ... Refresh ... No new tweets ... Refresh ...': [https://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:81c9e8c8-ba1d-11e3-8018-002590d77bdd 24 panels].

#'Hurry! We're in talks with Facebook.': [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:441ba2fe-bc03-11e3-8034-002590d77bdd 13 panels] and also [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:ea9342a0-bc02-11e3-8034-002590d77bdd 13 panels] but two different dreams.

#'Gravity. Lots of it.': [https://xkcd.com/1350/#p:a069f950-bb01-11e3-8004-002590d77bdd 12 panels]. (This is also no longer among the starting options, so it cannot grow [meaning that this is the longest possible now].)