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==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
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A {{w|wind turbine}} ''uses wind to rotate its blades in order to generate electricity''. It is visually very similar to an (electric) {{w|Mechanical fan|fan}} which however does the exact opposite: it ''uses electricity to rotate its blades in order to generate wind''. The complementary nature of these two machines was previously highlighted in [[1119: Undoing]].
 
  
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The punchline of this comic is a {{w|pun}} on the other meaning of the word "{{Wiktionary|fan}}" which qualifies someone as liking or supporting something (here, an idea). [[Megan]] suggests to have the turbine blow air at her so she could lift off with a kite, something which would be conceivable with a huge fan, but is impossible here precisely because the turbine is not a fan and therefore can't generate wind. So the ({{w|Anthropomorphism|anthropomorphically}}-speaking) turbine's response is twofold: 1) it's a turbine and not a huge fan, which makes the idea impossible, and 2) probably for this very reason, it doesn't like the idea - i.e. it is not a fan of the idea.
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In this comic, Megan is speaking to a {{w|wind turbine}} (a literary device known as apostrophe) having an unrealistic ability to respond to her, which is personification.
  
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The title text alternatively suggests building a makeshift {{w|trebuchet}}. The idea is that when the kite's string gets tangled in the turbine's blades, the kite will be spun around and it will fling the attached rock (this setup is more similar to a {{w|Trebuchet#Traction trebuchet|traction trebuchet}} than to the more common counterweight trebuchet).
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A wind turbine is a mechnanical device that generates power via kinetic energy produced from the turning of its blades by the wind, and converts it into electricity. A wind turbine is visually very similar to a {{w|mechanical fan|fan}}, whose fan blades spin via electrical (or other) power in order to move air (i.e. create wind) to provide a cooling effect. In this way, a fan is essentially the opposite of a wind turbine.
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The punchline of this comic is a {{w|pun}} which plays on a second meaning of the word "{{w|Fan (person)|fan}}" as a colloquial short form for "fanatic" - someone who is a fanatic about something (e.g. a football team, a band, etc.).
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Megan suggests that the wind turbine blow air at her so that she can use a kite to lift off the ground. When Megan asks what the turbine thinks of the idea, the turbine's response is both literal (it is a turbine, not a fan and therefore can't blow air) and colloquial (saying "I'm not a fan" of an idea that one does not like or support the idea).
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Wind turbines have been used in earlier comics: In [[556: Alternative Energy Revolution]] the Turbine is also alive but somewhat more dangerous than just being ironic... And in [[1119: Undoing]] Cueball understood the difference between them and a fan...
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The title text contains an alternative suggestion to build a makeshift {{w|trebuchet}}. A trebuchet is a type of catapult. The [http://youtu.be/MTWsmZta6AE setup described] would not resemble the widely known counterweight trebuchet, as the energy rotating the arm and flinging the rock would not be from a raised counterweight. It would rather be more similar to a traction trebuchet.
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Trebuchets has been the subject of these two comics as well: [[382: Trebuchet]] and [[1160: Drop Those Pounds]], and was also part of the story in [[1190: Time]].
  
 
==Transcript==
 
==Transcript==
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:[Megan is talking to a wind turbine.]
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:[Megan is talking to a giant wind turbine.]
 
:Megan: I'll hold up a big kite, and you blow air at me until I lift off!
 
:Megan: I'll hold up a big kite, and you blow air at me until I lift off!
 
:Megan: What do you think of that idea?
 
:Megan: What do you think of that idea?
 
:Wind turbine: I'm not a huge fan.
 
:Wind turbine: I'm not a huge fan.
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==Trivia==
 
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*In [[556: Alternative Energy Revolution]] the wind turbines are also alive, but somewhat more dangerous than just being ironic.
 
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*In [[1119: Undoing]], Cueball highlights the differences between a wind turbine and a fan.
 
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*Trebuchets has been the subject of the comics [[382: Trebuchet]] and [[1160: Drop Those Pounds]], and they were also part of the story in [[1190: Time]].
 
  
 
{{comic discussion}}
 
{{comic discussion}}
 
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]
 
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]
 
[[Category:Trebuchet]]
 
[[Category:Trebuchet]]
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[[Category:Puns]]
 
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[[Category:Kites]]
 
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[[Category:Wind turbine]]
 

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