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| date = July 22, 2015 | | date = July 22, 2015 | ||
| title = Spice Girls | | title = Spice Girls | ||
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| titletext = The Earth's five major mass extinctions were the Posh Extinction, the Sporty Extinction, the Scary Extinction, the Ginger Extinction, and the Baby Extinction. | | titletext = The Earth's five major mass extinctions were the Posh Extinction, the Sporty Extinction, the Scary Extinction, the Ginger Extinction, and the Baby Extinction. | ||
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
[[Cueball]] and [[Megan]] are apparently playing a game in which they name all of the elements in some category. Cueball asks Megan to name all of the {{w|Spice Girls}}, a pop group whose nicknames were | [[Cueball]] and [[Megan]] are apparently playing a game in which they name all of the elements in some category. Cueball asks Megan to name all of the {{w|Spice Girls}}, a pop group whose nicknames were | ||
| − | *Posh Spice ({{w|Victoria Beckham}}) | + | * Posh Spice ({{w|Victoria Beckham}}) |
| − | *Sporty Spice ({{w|Melanie C|Melanie Chisholm}}) | + | * Sporty Spice ({{w|Melanie C|Melanie Chisholm}}) |
| − | *Scary Spice ({{w|Mel B|Melanie Brown}}), | + | * Scary Spice ({{w|Mel B|Melanie Brown}}), |
| − | *Ginger Spice ({{w|Geri Halliwell}}) | + | * Ginger Spice ({{w|Geri Halliwell}}) |
| − | *Baby Spice ({{w|Emma Bunton}}) | + | * Baby Spice ({{w|Emma Bunton}}) |
Instead, Megan winds up making up names by tacking "Spice" onto words from other, completely unrelated categories: | Instead, Megan winds up making up names by tacking "Spice" onto words from other, completely unrelated categories: | ||
| − | *First guess: The {{w|Sense#Traditional senses|five human senses}}: | + | * First guess: The {{w|Sense#Traditional senses|five human senses}}: Hearing, Vision, Smell, Touch, and Taste. |
| − | *Second guess: The {{w|Kübler-Ross model|five stages of grief}}: | + | * Second guess: The {{w|Kübler-Ross model|five stages of grief}}: Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, and Acceptance. |
| − | *Third guess: The {{w|Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse}}: | + | * Third guess: The {{w|Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse}}: War, Famine, Plague, and Death. |
| − | *Fourth guess: Words that are phonetically similar to the actual names: | + | * Fourth guess: Words that are phonetically similar to the actual names: Pog (Posh), Story (Sporty), Sarah (Scary), Gender (Ginger), and Baleen (Baby). |
| − | This seems to be a continuation of [[1417: Seven]], where Megan asks Cueball to name the seven dwarfs. Apparently Megan confuses | + | This seems to be a continuation of [[1417: Seven]], where Megan asks Cueball to name the seven dwarfs. Apparently Megan confuses sets of five similarly to how Cueball can't distinguish between different sets of seven. |
The title text has the correct "first" names of the Spice Girls, but replaces the "Spice" part of their names with "Extinction" to associate them with {{w|Extinction event#Major extinction events|Earth's five mass extinctions}}. The [http://www.endangeredspeciesinternational.org/overview.html five actual worst mass extinctions] are: | The title text has the correct "first" names of the Spice Girls, but replaces the "Spice" part of their names with "Extinction" to associate them with {{w|Extinction event#Major extinction events|Earth's five mass extinctions}}. The [http://www.endangeredspeciesinternational.org/overview.html five actual worst mass extinctions] are: | ||
| − | *The | + | * The Ordovician-Silurian extinction, |
| − | *The | + | * The Late Devonian extinction, |
| − | *The | + | * The Permian-Triassic extinction, |
| − | *The | + | * The End Triassic extinction, and |
| − | *The | + | * The Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction. |
Randall previously referenced the Spice Girls in [[1511: Spice Girl]] (more specifically, using "Which Spice Girl Are You?" as an example of online personality quizzes). | Randall previously referenced the Spice Girls in [[1511: Spice Girl]] (more specifically, using "Which Spice Girl Are You?" as an example of online personality quizzes). | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Spice Girls]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Spice Girls]] | ||
