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*'''NOTE:''' The above is what is seen when viewing the comic on xkcd.
*To experience the interactivity of the game, visit the {{xkcd|1975|original comic}}.
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**But it is just the starting point of an interactive comic experience, which begins when you ''Right Click'' the comic.<br>
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**To experience the interactive content, click [https://xkcd.com/1975/ here].
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**See an example of what happens in the [[#Trivia|Trivia section]] below.
  
 
==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
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{{incomplete|Created by A FIRST BASEMAN NAMED NATURALLY. Lots of explanations and menus missing. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}
 
This was the eighth [[:Category:April fools' comics|April fools' comic]] released by [[Randall]]. The previous April Fool's comic was not from the year before as there was no such comic [[1818:_Rayleigh_Scattering#No_April_Fools.27_Day_comic_in_2017|released in 2017]]. Instead, the previous one was [[1663: Garden]], scheduled for released Friday, April 1st, 2016, but in the end released on [[1663:_Garden#Monday_4th_of_April_release|Monday April 4th]] 2016. The next was [[2131: Emojidome]] released on Monday, April 1st, 2019.  
 
This was the eighth [[:Category:April fools' comics|April fools' comic]] released by [[Randall]]. The previous April Fool's comic was not from the year before as there was no such comic [[1818:_Rayleigh_Scattering#No_April_Fools.27_Day_comic_in_2017|released in 2017]]. Instead, the previous one was [[1663: Garden]], scheduled for released Friday, April 1st, 2016, but in the end released on [[1663:_Garden#Monday_4th_of_April_release|Monday April 4th]] 2016. The next was [[2131: Emojidome]] released on Monday, April 1st, 2019.  
  
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ADVENT.EXE> A text-based adventure game. If played correctly, you can win, unlocking 'Save'>'Save image' from the beginning menu, which links to [https://xkcd.com/1975/v6xso1_right_click_save.png].  
 
ADVENT.EXE> A text-based adventure game. If played correctly, you can win, unlocking 'Save'>'Save image' from the beginning menu, which links to [https://xkcd.com/1975/v6xso1_right_click_save.png].  
  
The first scene allows you a choice between exploring a dark cave or a castle. If you explore the cave first you get the following description: "It's pitch black. You're likely to be eaten by a grue". This is a reference to a text adventure game called [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zork Zork], where [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grue_(monster) Grues] are monsters who dwell in the dark and eat human explorers, making it impossible to explore dark areas. The same description often appears when you enter a dark area without a light source in Zork and other related games. This has previously been mentionned in [[91: Pwned]].
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The first scene allows you a choice between exploring a dark cave or a castle. If you explore the cave first you get the following description: "It's pitch black. You're likely to be eaten by a grue". This is a reference to a text adventure game called [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zork Zork], where [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grue_(monster) Grues] are monsters who dwell in the dark and eat human explorers, making it impossible to explore dark areas. The same description often appears when you enter a dark area without a light source in Zork and other related games.
  
 
If you ignore the warning and go deeper, you are given one more warning ("You're deep in a cave. Something, possibly this very sentence, tells you it would be dangerous to go any further"). If you ignore that too and keep going, you fall into a pit. Several options are given to try and rescue yourself (or alternatively "resign to your fate" or deny you are in a pit [You also may try to cause a distraction by saying "Look behind you! A three-headed monkey!" This may be a reference to the Curse of Monkey Island, where Guybrush Threepwood distracts characters by saying the same line.]) but all lead to "you've been eaten by a grue". Being eaten by a grue seems to be an irreversible condition - if you exit the context menu and enter ADVENT.EXE again, you are given no options and are told again that "you've been eaten by a grue". Apparently only refreshing the page cancels that.
 
If you ignore the warning and go deeper, you are given one more warning ("You're deep in a cave. Something, possibly this very sentence, tells you it would be dangerous to go any further"). If you ignore that too and keep going, you fall into a pit. Several options are given to try and rescue yourself (or alternatively "resign to your fate" or deny you are in a pit [You also may try to cause a distraction by saying "Look behind you! A three-headed monkey!" This may be a reference to the Curse of Monkey Island, where Guybrush Threepwood distracts characters by saying the same line.]) but all lead to "you've been eaten by a grue". Being eaten by a grue seems to be an irreversible condition - if you exit the context menu and enter ADVENT.EXE again, you are given no options and are told again that "you've been eaten by a grue". Apparently only refreshing the page cancels that.
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The well is a wishing well. Examining it allows for several options:
 
The well is a wishing well. Examining it allows for several options:
* Examine the sign - it reads "Dark! Narrow! Scary! Well of Three Features". This is a reference to [https://zeldawiki.wiki/wiki/Bottom_of_the_Well the well of three features] from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
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* Examine the sign - it reads "Dark! Narrow! Scary! Well of Three Features". This is a reference to [http://zelda.wikia.com/wiki/Well_of_Three_Features the well of three features] from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
 
* Wish for... - this one has a lot of options, some of which are links to comics or What If pages and some lead to further submenus:
 
* Wish for... - this one has a lot of options, some of which are links to comics or What If pages and some lead to further submenus:
 
** World peace - leads to the answer "I'm just a well, can you scale it down a bit?" and then back to the well menu; this option is from now changed to "Inner peace", which gives "A feeling of calm washes over you." and "Ommmmmm...", which also goes back to the well menu
 
** World peace - leads to the answer "I'm just a well, can you scale it down a bit?" and then back to the well menu; this option is from now changed to "Inner peace", which gives "A feeling of calm washes over you." and "Ommmmmm...", which also goes back to the well menu
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! C:\
 
! C:\
 
| '''Bookmarks/'''
 
| '''Bookmarks/'''
| Similar to Music/, Bookmarks/> Comics leads to a chain from which all comics prior to this comic except [[1974: Conversational Dynamics]] are titled and linked. For instance, he thus here recognizes his first April Fools' comic [[404: Not Found]], which cannot be found, as a real comic by linking to it. Bookmarks/> Secret> Enable Dark Web adds the 'Dark Web' option to the initial menu.
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| Similar to Music/, Bookmarks/> Comics leads to a chain from which many comics are titled and linked. Probably all comics actually. For instance, he thus here recognizes his first April Fools' comic [[404: Not Found]], which cannot be found, as a real comic by linking to it. Bookmarks/> Secret> Enable Dark Web adds the 'Dark Web' option to the initial menu.
 
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|-
 
! C:\
 
! C:\
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| V, S, M   
 
| V, S, M   
 
| https://xkcd.com/1746/
 
| https://xkcd.com/1746/
| Comic about making friends in a way that might attract some animals better than humans
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| A comic about making friends in a way that might attract some animals better than humans
 
|-
 
|-
 
! Animal Messenger  
 
! Animal Messenger  
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| V, S
 
| V, S
 
| https://xkcd.com/1278/
 
| https://xkcd.com/1278/
| Comic about using genetic engineering to change an animal (in this case a giraffe) shape
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| A comic about using genetic engineering to change an animal (in this case a giraffe) shape
 
|-
 
|-
 
! Animate Dead
 
! Animate Dead
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| V, S, M  
 
| V, S, M  
 
| https://xkcd.com/977/
 
| https://xkcd.com/977/
| Comic about map projections
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| A comic about map projections
 
|-
 
|-
 
! Augury  
 
! Augury  
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| V, S, M  
 
| V, S, M  
 
| https://xkcd.com/1518/
 
| https://xkcd.com/1518/
| Comic about awakening... badly to an alarm sound
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| A comic about awakening... badly to an alarm sound
 
|-
 
|-
 
! Bane
 
! Bane
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| V
 
| V
 
| https://xkcd.com/467/
 
| https://xkcd.com/467/
| Comic related to "two girls one cup", a well-known shock video which might make people wish they were blind after seeing it
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| A comic related to "two girls one cup", a well-known shock video which might make people wish they were blind after seeing it
 
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|-
 
! Branding Smite
 
! Branding Smite
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| V
 
| V
 
| https://xkcd.com/857/
 
| https://xkcd.com/857/
| Comic about a man making a famous phrase by Archimedes into a command with an ultimatum
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| A comic about a man making a famous phrase by Archimedes into a command with an ultimatum
 
|-
 
|-
 
! Commune  
 
! Commune  
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| V, S, M   
 
| V, S, M   
 
| https://xkcd.com/1816/
 
| https://xkcd.com/1816/
| Comic about language weirdness and puns
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| A comic about language weirdness and puns
 
|-
 
|-
 
! Compulsion
 
! Compulsion
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| V, S
 
| V, S
 
| https://xkcd.com/609/
 
| https://xkcd.com/609/
| Comic about TVTropes, which might create a compulsion to follow links and stay there for a long time
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| A comic about TVTropes, which might create a compulsion to follow links and stay there for a long time
 
|-
 
|-
 
! Cone of Cold
 
! Cone of Cold
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| V, S, M   
 
| V, S, M   
 
| https://xkcd.com/1903/
 
| https://xkcd.com/1903/
| Comic about "buns" (rabbits) which are woodland beings
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| A comic about "buns" which are woodland beings
 
|-
 
|-
 
! Contact Other Plane  
 
! Contact Other Plane  
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| V, S
 
| V, S
 
| https://xkcd.com/1774/
 
| https://xkcd.com/1774/
| Comic about food in supermarkets
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| A comic about food in supermarkets
 
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|-
 
! Create or Destroy Water
 
! Create or Destroy Water
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| V, S
 
| V, S
 
| https://xkcd.com/1618/
 
| https://xkcd.com/1618/
| Comic about trying to cure a pretty bad cold
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| A comic about trying to cure a pretty bad cold
 
|-
 
|-
 
! Dancing Lights
 
! Dancing Lights
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| V, S
 
| V, S
 
| https://xkcd.com/673/
 
| https://xkcd.com/673/
| Comic about "daylight saving time"
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| A comic about "daylight saving time"
 
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|-
 
! Death Ward
 
! Death Ward
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| V, S
 
| V, S
 
| https://xkcd.com/1575/
 
| https://xkcd.com/1575/
| Comic parodying the Christian poem "footprints" which is about divine favor
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| A comic parodying the Christian poem "footprints" which is about divine favor
 
|-
 
|-
 
! Divine Word
 
! Divine Word
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| V
 
| V
 
| https://xkcd.com/741/
 
| https://xkcd.com/741/
| Comic about content producing, some of which may be divine words
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|  
 
|-
 
|-
 
! Dominate Beast
 
! Dominate Beast
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| Transmutation
 
| Transmutation
 
| V, S
 
| V, S
| Another Monster Factory video, fabricating a character in Mass Effect
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| https://youtu.be/bn4x_BRqIpI?t=5m5s
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
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| V
 
| V
 
| https://what-if.xkcd.com/151/
 
| https://what-if.xkcd.com/151/
| What-If about fireflies
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|  
 
|-
 
|-
 
! Faithful Hound
 
! Faithful Hound
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| V, S, M  
 
| V, S, M  
 
| https://xkcd.com/1193/
 
| https://xkcd.com/1193/
| Comic that ends with a very large dog
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|  
 
|-
 
|-
 
! False Life
 
! False Life
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| V, S, M  
 
| V, S, M  
 
| https://youtu.be/8-3jDVTLdaQ
 
| https://youtu.be/8-3jDVTLdaQ
| Monster Factory video involving the game Second Life.
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|-
 
! Fear
 
! Fear
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| V, S, M  
 
| V, S, M  
 
| https://xkcd.com/1242/
 
| https://xkcd.com/1242/
| A chart comparing how scary things are
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|  
 
|-
 
|-
 
! Feather Fall
 
! Feather Fall
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| V, M  
 
| V, M  
 
| https://youtu.be/bWvyJ05TdC8?t=13m34s
 
| https://youtu.be/bWvyJ05TdC8?t=13m34s
| In this clip, the floor is removed, causing a lot of people to fall.
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|  
 
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|-
 
! Feeblemind
 
! Feeblemind
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| V, S, M  
 
| V, S, M  
 
| https://xkcd.com/574/
 
| https://xkcd.com/574/
| A comic about misinformed people, who could be described as acting feeble-minded.
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|  
 
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|-
 
! Find Familiar  
 
! Find Familiar  
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| V, S, M  
 
| V, S, M  
 
| https://xkcd.com/413/
 
| https://xkcd.com/413/
| Comic talking about a new pet (that is actually a computer). A familiar is an animal, similar to a pet, that serves a master, usually the magic user that summoned it.
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|  
 
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|-
 
! Find Steed
 
! Find Steed
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| V, S
 
| V, S
 
| https://xkcd.com/1651/
 
| https://xkcd.com/1651/
| After the events of the comic, you would have to sort through the pile of cars to find your own; Your car here being the "steed" of the spell.
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|-
 
! Find the Path
 
! Find the Path
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| V, S
 
| V, S
 
| https://xkcd.com/1195/
 
| https://xkcd.com/1195/
| This comic itself is a trap!
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|  
 
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|-
 
! Finger of Death
 
! Finger of Death
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| V, S
 
| V, S
 
| https://what-if.xkcd.com/117/
 
| https://what-if.xkcd.com/117/
| A What-If about death.
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|-
 
! Fire Bolt
 
! Fire Bolt
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| V, S
 
| V, S
 
| https://youtu.be/ujADg0nWqCw?t=15m51s
 
| https://youtu.be/ujADg0nWqCw?t=15m51s
| A discusion of Curiosity's landing gear, including its heat shield.
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|-
 
! Flame Blade
 
! Flame Blade
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| V, S, M  
 
| V, S, M  
 
| https://xkcd.com/961/
 
| https://xkcd.com/961/
| Strangely, not used for Continual Flame, despite the title.
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|-
 
! Flame Strike
 
! Flame Strike
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| V, S, M  
 
| V, S, M  
 
| https://xkcd.com/673/
 
| https://xkcd.com/673/
| This is a comic about the sun, which can be described as a flaming sphere.
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|-
 
! Flesh to Stone
 
! Flesh to Stone
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| V,S,M  
 
| https://xkcd.com/1409/
 
| https://xkcd.com/1409/
| Might be a penis joke on the "hours since watching porn" query.
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|-
 
! Floating Disk  
 
! Floating Disk  
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| V, S, M  
 
| V, S, M  
 
| https://what-if.xkcd.com/50/
 
| https://what-if.xkcd.com/50/
| What-If on boating. A boat can - generously - be described as a floating disk.
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! Fly
 
! Fly
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| V, S, M  
 
| V, S, M  
 
| https://xkcd.com/353/
 
| https://xkcd.com/353/
| A comic where a Python user gains the power of flight.
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! Fog Cloud
 
! Fog Cloud
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| V, S
 
| V, S
 
| http://twitter.com/karlthefog
 
| http://twitter.com/karlthefog
| The twitter account for a fog cloud.
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|-
 
! Forbiddance  
 
! Forbiddance  
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| V, S, M  
 
| V, S, M  
 
| https://xkcd.com/782/
 
| https://xkcd.com/782/
| A comic about breaking forbidden taboos and paying the consequences.
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|-
 
! Forcecage
 
! Forcecage
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| V, S, M  
 
| V, S, M  
 
| https://xkcd.com/1142/
 
| https://xkcd.com/1142/
| A Faraday cage could be described as a force-cage.
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|-
 
! Foresight
 
! Foresight
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| V, S, M  
 
| V, S, M  
 
| https://xkcd.com/1876/
 
| https://xkcd.com/1876/
| A comic about using one's foresight to extrapolate trends.
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|-
 
! Freedom of Movement
 
! Freedom of Movement
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| V, S, M   
 
| V, S, M   
 
| https://youtu.be/sCOwRahm0so?t=1m8s
 
| https://youtu.be/sCOwRahm0so?t=1m8s
| Jet boots and forging your own path both enable freedom of movement
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|-
 
! Freezing Sphere
 
! Freezing Sphere
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| V, S, M  
 
| V, S, M  
 
| https://what-if.xkcd.com/121/
 
| https://what-if.xkcd.com/121/
| A What-If about freezing a lot of things at once.
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|-
 
! Gaseous Form
 
! Gaseous Form
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| V, S, M  
 
| https://what-if.xkcd.com/146/
 
| https://what-if.xkcd.com/146/
| This What-If is about Jupiter, a gas giant.
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! Geas
 
! Geas
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| V
 
| V
 
| https://xkcd.com/1559/
 
| https://xkcd.com/1559/
| Geas gives the target a magical command that they must follow, a somewhat-common use of which is instructing someone to walk across a continent to get them out of the way.
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|-
 
! Gentle Repose  
 
! Gentle Repose  
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| V, S
 
| V, S
 
| https://youtu.be/_1jGnFt78H8?t=25m32s
 
| https://youtu.be/_1jGnFt78H8?t=25m32s
| Roachie is a radroach, a giant insect much like the kind that this spell creates.
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! Glibness
 
! Glibness
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| V
 
| V
 
| https://xkcd.com/707/
 
| https://xkcd.com/707/
| Glibness is both a spell that makes you more charismatic and the quality of being funny and insincere.
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|-
 
! Globe of Invulnerability
 
! Globe of Invulnerability
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| V, S, M  
 
| V, S, M  
 
| https://xkcd.com/1247/
 
| https://xkcd.com/1247/
| The warning message in this comic functions as a way of warding off viruses, warning the user of possibile attacks.
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|-
 
! Goodberry
 
! Goodberry
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| V, S, M  
 
| V, S, M  
 
| https://xkcd.com/1035/
 
| https://xkcd.com/1035/
| Goodberry summons a magical berry with as much nutritional value as a full day's food, much in the way that a soda has as much sugar as two or three Cadbury eggs.
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|-
 
! Grease
 
! Grease
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| V, S
 
| V, S
 
| https://what-if.xkcd.com/72/
 
| https://what-if.xkcd.com/72/
| The loneliest human had no connection to anyone else at the time, making them functionally invisible to the world.
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|-
 
! Greater Restoration
 
! Greater Restoration
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| V, S, M  
 
| V, S, M  
 
| http://www.maximumfun.org/shows/my-brother-my-brother-and-me
 
| http://www.maximumfun.org/shows/my-brother-my-brother-and-me
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! Guardian of Faith
 
! Guardian of Faith
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| V
 
| V
 
| https://xkcd.com/1934/
 
| https://xkcd.com/1934/
| The same comic as Dominate Beass. The security settings guard against thieves.
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|-
 
! Guards and Wards
 
! Guards and Wards
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| V, S, M  
 
| V, S, M  
 
| https://xkcd.com/1890/
 
| https://xkcd.com/1890/
| A guide to self-defense in specific situations.
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|-
 
! Guidance
 
! Guidance
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| V, S
 
| V, S
 
| https://xkcd.com/1028/
 
| https://xkcd.com/1028/
| A comic on communication and guiding others.
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|-
 
! Guiding Bolt
 
! Guiding Bolt
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| V, S
 
| https://xkcd.com/1160/
 
| https://xkcd.com/1160/
| Both a poster guiding people to join the trebuchet club, and the actual mechanism of aiming the trebuchet.
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|-
 
! Gust of Wind
 
! Gust of Wind
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| V, S, M  
 
| V, S, M  
 
| https://xkcd.com/1378/
 
| https://xkcd.com/1378/
| In this comic, a wind turbine is asked to create a Gust of Wind, but is unable to.
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|-
 
! Hallow
 
! Hallow
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| V, S
 
| V, S
 
| https://xkcd.com/218/
 
| https://xkcd.com/218/
| A comic where harm is caused to the patient by suggesting the heart is taken out and the ventricles are blown in
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|-
 
! Haste
 
! Haste
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*Here is an example of how the game looks when entered:
 
*Here is an example of how the game looks when entered:
 
[[File:1975_Right_Click_Systems_menu.png]]
 
[[File:1975_Right_Click_Systems_menu.png]]
*This is broken on iPadOS.
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*This is broken on IPad OS
  
 
{{comic discussion}}
 
{{comic discussion}}
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[[Category:Comics featuring Hairbun]]
 
[[Category:Comics featuring Hairbun]]
 
[[Category:Comics with audio]]
 
[[Category:Comics with audio]]
[[Category:Chronicles of Narnia]]
 
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