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| − | Spoofing off of {{w|tornado chasers}} are these permafrost chasers, who are just like tornado chasers, but they are chasing very boring<sup>[[[285: Wikipedian Protester|''citation needed'']]]</sup> permafrost. {{w|Permafrost}} is a layer of ground that never thaws, unlike ground closer to the equator, where the ground freezes in winter and thaws in the spring. | + | Spoofing off of tornado chasers are these permafrost chasers, who are just like tornado chasers, but they are chasing very boring permafrost. {{w|Permafrost}} is a layer of ground that never thaws, unlike ground south of where they are at where the ground freezes in winter and thaws in the spring. |
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| − | The title text references the 1996 movie ''{{w|Twister (1996 film)|Twister}}'' about a crazy group of tornado chasers trying to drop a probe-releasing device named Dorothy (based on the real-life project {{w|TOtable Tornado Observatory|TOTO}}) into the heart of a tornado. However, much of the story was about Bill and his ex, both chasers, falling back in love, another chaser who is fighting Bill for research grants and fame, and a tornado that likes to chase people. [[Randall]] comments that the movie would have been better if they had lost all of the above except the tornadoes and the scientist, which is basically all you need for a good movie. And then he continues his musings by saying that tornadoes and scientists "are all you need for anything."
| + | Twister was a movie about a crazy group of tornado chasers trying to drop a probe releasing device named Dorothy (based on the real-life project {{w|TOtable Tornado Observatory|TOTO}}) into the heart of a tornado. However much of the story was about Bill and his ex, both chasers, falling back in love, another chaser who is fighting Bill for research grants and fame, and a tornado that likes to chase people. |
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| − | This seems to be the first comic mentioning tornadoes, but since then they have become a [[:Category:Tornadoes|recurring subject]] on xkcd, and in the next two tornado comics, [[640: Tornado Hunter]] and [[752: Phobia]], tornadoes and tornado chasers are actually featured.
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| − | :[A van (almost exiting the frame to the right) and a pickup truck behind the van are driving on a road where dust blows up behind the tires. There are three mountain peaks in the background. In the rear of the truck is a cylindrical-shaped object. Above the truck there are two frames with yellow background and text. The top frame is at the height of the mountains, the other just above the truck.] | + | :[Van and truck travel toward mountains.] |
| | :1,000 miles north of tornado alley | | :1,000 miles north of tornado alley |
| | :A new breed of scientists has emerged. | | :A new breed of scientists has emerged. |
| − | | + | :[Cueball with a laptop, Ponytail with a probe in the ground.] |
| − | :[At the base of a mountain (or glacier front) to the right, Cueball runs towards Ponytail (as shown with a curling line behind his raised leg). He is carrying a laptop in his arms, and he has a headset with antenna and microphone on. Ponytail is holding a probe in both hands, maybe drilling it into the ground. Grass and small rocks are drawn around them. At the top is another frame with yellow background and text.] | |
| | :Half researchers, half adrenaline junkies | | :Half researchers, half adrenaline junkies |
| | :Ponytail: What's the reading? | | :Ponytail: What's the reading? |
| | :Cueball: 3.9 meters down, gradient's off the charts! | | :Cueball: 3.9 meters down, gradient's off the charts! |
| − | | + | :[Truck driving very fast, man holding a radio up to his head.] |
| − | :[The pickup truck is shown in a zoom in from the side. Cueball is driving very fast, while holding a Walkie-talkie up to his head. The cylinder in the rear, from the first frame, now clearly turns out to be some kind of instrument with a small parabolic disc and a smaller antenna, and there are some labels and a text is written across it, although it is difficult to read. At the top is another frame with yellow background and text.] | |
| | :Risking everything for the thrill of the hunt | | :Risking everything for the thrill of the hunt |
| | :Cueball: The freeze line is shifting! We've never seen anything like it! | | :Cueball: The freeze line is shifting! We've never seen anything like it! |
| − | :Cylinder: Riwan
| + | :[4 - Barren field, mountains in background, woman holding large video camera up to tiny spot of grass.] |
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| − | :[Ponytail is holding a large video camera down towards a tiny spot of grass on the ground. She is standing in a barren field with one small mountain to the left and three small mountain peaks to the right in background. Behind her is a large box connected to a small radio with a long antenna. Cueball speaks to her over his walkie-talkie, his voice coming from the radio via a zigzag line. At the top is a final frame with yellow background and text.] | |
| | :Permafrost chasers | | :Permafrost chasers |
| | :Ponytail: I'm getting some great footage here! | | :Ponytail: I'm getting some great footage here! |
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| − | [[Category:Comics with color]] | |
| | [[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]] | | [[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]] |
| − | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
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