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| date = November 16, 2005 | | date = November 16, 2005 | ||
| title = Barrel - Part 5 | | title = Barrel - Part 5 | ||
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| image = barrel_part_5.jpg | | image = barrel_part_5.jpg | ||
| − | | titletext = Too good not to happen. | + | | titletext = Too good not to happen. |
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
| − | This | + | This gives a happy ending to the [[:Category:Barrel|Barrel series]]. The flying ferret is from [[20: Ferret]]. The humor is derived from the juxtaposition of two unlike elements - in this case, the contemplative and even dark nature of the Barrel series being resolved through the timely intervention of a comical flying mammal. |
| − | + | The series is probably inspired by the novella {{w|The Little Prince}} by {{w|Antoine de Saint-Exupéry}}. [[Randall]] is well known to be a fan of this book. | |
| − | This is the last in a six-part series of comics whose parts were randomly published during the first several dozen strips. The series features [[Barrel | + | Somewhere between the release of the first ferret comic in October 2005 and the re-release of that comic (and all the other from [[LiveJournal]] in 2005) on New Year's Day 2006 on the new xkcd site, Randall's brother's ferret died - as given by the new RIP comment in the title text. The sad comment in the title text of [[25: Barrel - Part 4]] ":(" implying harm to the boy along with this RIP comment may imply that the boy has died and joined the ferret (in flying to Heaven). However, this line of reasoning only makes sense if the ferret actually died before the release of the Part 4 comic at the end of October and this comic, which were released in the middle of November 2005, 1½ month before the new title text were made public. |
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| + | This is the last in a six-part series of comics whose parts were randomly published during the first several dozen strips. The series features a [[:Category:Barrel|character]] who is not consistent with what would quickly become the [[xkcd]] [[stick figure]] style. The character was in a barrel in part 1-3. | ||
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| + | After Randall released the full [http://liveweb.archive.org/web/20070207052159/http://www.xkcd.com/barrel.html The Boy and his Barrel] story on xkcd it has been clear that the original [[Ferret]] story should also be included as part of the barrel series. | ||
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| + | The full series can be found [[:Category:Barrel|here]]. But below they are listed in the order Randall has put them in his collection linked to above: | ||
* [[1: Barrel - Part 1]] | * [[1: Barrel - Part 1]] | ||
* [[20: Ferret]] | * [[20: Ferret]] | ||
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* [[25: Barrel - Part 4]] | * [[25: Barrel - Part 4]] | ||
* [[31: Barrel - Part 5]] | * [[31: Barrel - Part 5]] | ||
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
| − | :[ | + | :[Boy floating on piece of driftwood in ocean.] |
| − | :[ | + | :[Zoomed out view of boy floating on piece of driftwood in ocean.] |
| − | :[ | + | :[Ferret with airplane wings and tail above the ocean.] |
| − | :[ | + | :[The empty ocean.] |
| − | :[ | + | :[Flying ferret carrying the boy to safety.] |
| − | :[ | + | :[Ocean with ferret carrying boy in distance, sun on the horizon.] |
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
| − | This | + | *This was the 33rd comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]]. |
| + | **The previous was [[28: Elefino]]. | ||
| + | **The next was [[32: Pillar]]. | ||
| + | *This comic kept its original title: "Barrel - Part 5" | ||
| + | **The first since [[16: Monty Python -- Enough]] (called "Support Surreal Humor" originally) that had a title without mentioning the week day. | ||
| + | **Also the last until the comics began being released also on xkcd (the second of these [[46: Secrets]], nine comics later). | ||
| + | *Original [[Randall]] quote: "The [[Ferret|ferret]] got to fly, in the end!" | ||
| + | **The link took the reader to the first ferret comic. | ||
| + | *This comic was posted on [[xkcd]] when the web site opened on Sunday the 1st of January 2006. | ||
| + | **It was posted along [[:Category:First day on xkcd|with all 41 comics]] posted before that on LiveJournal as well as a few others. | ||
| + | **The latter explaining why the numbers of these 41 LiveJournal comics ranges from 1-44. | ||
| + | *One of the original drawings drawn on [[:Category:Checkered paper|checkered paper]]. | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
| − | [[Category: | + | [[Category:Comics posted on livejournal| 33]] |
| − | [[Category:First day on xkcd | + | [[Category:First day on xkcd]] |
[[Category:Checkered paper]] | [[Category:Checkered paper]] | ||
[[Category:Comics with color]] | [[Category:Comics with color]] | ||
| − | [[Category: | + | [[Category:Barrel|06]] |
[[Category:Comics sharing name|Barrel 06]] | [[Category:Comics sharing name|Barrel 06]] | ||
| − | [[Category: | + | [[Category:Ferret]] |
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