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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | This comic is essentially a set up for a pun: | + | This comic is essentially a set up for a pun: 'underground' can mean 'under the ground' ('buried in the dirt') or 'non-mainstream.' In this case, [[Ponytail]] is whining that she had been doing paleontology before {{w|Jurassic Park}} kicked Paleontology into the mainstream with living reproductions of dinosaurs, thus apparently undermining the hard word paleontologists had done. In other words, this comic is also poking fun at 'hipsters.' |
− | + | The title text refers to both the phenomenon called '{{w|jumping the shark}}' and the controversy having the Brontosaurus's name changed to '{{w|Apatosaurus}},' despite the 'Brontosaurus' already having made a name for himself in the mainstream. [[636: Brontosaurus]] also references the Brontosaurus name change. An apatosaurus also appears in [[15: Just Alerting You]], and [[650: Nowhere]]. | |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[Cueball and Ponytail in a museum, near a reconstructed dinosaur fossil | + | :[Cueball and Ponytail in a museum, near a reconstructed dinosaur fossil.] |
:Ponytail: Man, paleontology sucks these days. | :Ponytail: Man, paleontology sucks these days. | ||
:Cueball: Why? | :Cueball: Why? | ||
− | :Ponytail: | + | :Ponytail: Jurassic Park came out 15 years ago. |
:Cueball: So? | :Cueball: So? | ||
:Ponytail: Today's grad students got into dinosaurs after seeing it as kids. They don't care about fossils. Brats. | :Ponytail: Today's grad students got into dinosaurs after seeing it as kids. They don't care about fossils. Brats. | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]] | ||
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