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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
| − | A [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Bel%20Air Bel-Air] is an internet meme where a poster on a message board starts a post on a serious topic, but partway through the post switches to | + | A [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Bel%20Air Bel-Air] is an internet meme where a poster on a message board starts a post on a serious topic, but partway through the post switches to repeating the lyrics to the opening theme song of "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air", a 1990s sitcom starring Will Smith (previously known in his rapping career as the "Fresh Prince") as a street-smart teenager from West Philadelphia who has been sent to live with his affluent and stuffy Aunt and Uncle in Bel Air, Los Angeles by his mother as a consequence of a single altercation with a couple of no-good guys who were making trouble in his previous neighbourhood. |
| − | [[Megan]] in the comic reverses the traditional arrangement by starting the conversation with a recitation of the lyrics to said theme song, and then switching partway through to a very serious discussion of the status of their relationship culminating in a break | + | [[Megan]] in the comic reverses the traditional arrangement by starting the conversation with a recitation of the lyrics to said theme song, and then switching partway through to a very serious discussion of the status of their relationship culminating in a break up. |
The lyrics go like this: | The lyrics go like this: | ||
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:I'll tell you how I became ''the prince of a town called Bel-air'' | :I'll tell you how I became ''the prince of a town called Bel-air'' | ||
| − | The title ''RBA'' is an | + | The title ''RBA'' is an initialism for ''Reverse Bel-Air''. |
| − | The title text is | + | The title text is a play with the usual meaning of someone becoming an alcoholic (in this case because of the breakup), but in this case refers to the actual fact that Cueball had just started drinking (a glass of water) when Megan started talking to him. |
A similar (though less serious) play on the Bel-Air meme was later used in [[1059: Bel-Air]]. | A similar (though less serious) play on the Bel-Air meme was later used in [[1059: Bel-Air]]. | ||
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:The reverse Bel-Air only works once, so make it something unforgettable. | :The reverse Bel-Air only works once, so make it something unforgettable. | ||
| − | :[Cut to | + | :[Cut to dropped glass, drink spilled on ground.] |
:Cueball: ...wait, seriously? | :Cueball: ...wait, seriously? | ||
:Megan: Yeah. | :Megan: Yeah. | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | ||
[[Category:Songs]] | [[Category:Songs]] | ||
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