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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
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− | + | {{incomplete|Comic needs to be referenced with recurring themes (megan loving kites, beret guy's weirdness, etc.). Title text is a master-stroke. :) }} | |
− | Beret Guy | + | In this comic, we see Megan and Beret Guy holding two skyward strings. Megan's string is connected to a kite, and she (like the reader) initially assumes that Beret Guy's string is as well-- only for it to be revealed that he is not holding a kite-string, but instead a leash for a small dog. This move on Randall's part is known as a 'Bait and Switch', a technique that relies on human intuition and pattern seeking in order to play a trick on the viewer. The 'bait' of the bait and switch is made possible by the lack of detail in XKCD-- it ought to be assumed that if a more realistic comic were to be drawn, we would spot the dissimilarities between a leash and a kite-string right away. The 'switch' portion of the bait and switch comes with the added humor of an unconventional dog that floats much like a kite instead of walking on the ground, so the joke comes by surprise and with little warning to the reader.<br> |
− | + | Beret Guy is fond of unconventional approaches to standard conventional issues. More detailed information about Megan and Beret Guy arriving soon, one hopes.<br> | |
− | + | The title text plays a subversion once more on the unsuspecting reader, with the kite being flown as expected-- albeit with an added payload of one beret-wearing human and flown by a small floating dog.<br> | |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[Zoom out of Megan holding on to a long line going up to a kite high | + | :[Zoom out of Megan holding on to a long line going up to a kite high op in he air. Beret Guy comes walking in from the right. He is also holding on to a line that goes up in the air with the same slope. But the top of it disappears outside the frame to the right.] |
:[Zoom in on Megan standing with a roll with the rest of the line, and the line for her kite goes up in the air between her and Beret Guy who has now almost reached her. He is just holding on to the end of the line, with only a small part of the line hanging down below his hands.] | :[Zoom in on Megan standing with a roll with the rest of the line, and the line for her kite goes up in the air between her and Beret Guy who has now almost reached her. He is just holding on to the end of the line, with only a small part of the line hanging down below his hands.] | ||
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:Beret Guy: Hey, Me too! | :Beret Guy: Hey, Me too! | ||
− | :[Beret Guy is looking up | + | :[Beret Guy is looking up a long his line and takes a better hold on the line.] |
:Beret Guy: I'll go get mine, once I finish walking my dog! | :Beret Guy: I'll go get mine, once I finish walking my dog! | ||
:[Beret Guy begins pulling the line down, rolling it up in one hand, while pulling at it with the other. The line vibrates under this extra tension, shown with lines above and below the line.] | :[Beret Guy begins pulling the line down, rolling it up in one hand, while pulling at it with the other. The line vibrates under this extra tension, shown with lines above and below the line.] | ||
− | :Beret Guy: C'mon boy! | + | :Beret Guy: C'mon boy! |
− | :[In a drawing without | + | :[In a drawing without fram, Beret Guy has pulled in his flying dog (a small white dog with black ears). It still hangs above head height, wagging it's tail happily. The line has now been rolled up and hangs from one of Beret Guys hands, while the other still pulls as the line going towards the dog in the sky.] |
:Dog: Arf arf arf | :Dog: Arf arf arf | ||
− | :[Beret | + | :[Beret Guys takes the dog under his arm, while holding the line in the other hand, and then he walks past Megan who turns to look after him while still holding on to her roll and line to her kite.] |
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Beret Guy]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Beret Guy]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Animals]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Kites]] | ||
[[Category:Strange powers of Beret Guy]] | [[Category:Strange powers of Beret Guy]] | ||
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