Editing 464: RBA

{{comic
| number    = 464
| date      = August 18, 2008
| title     = RBA
| image     = rba.png
| titletext = This is a story all about how I started drinking.
}}

==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 reciting the lyrics to the opening theme song of ''{{w|The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air}}'', a 1990s sitcom starring {{w|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-up.

The lyrics go like this:

:Now this is the story all about how 
:My life got flipped, turned upside down 
:And I'd like to take a minute just sit right there 
:I'll tell you how I became ''the prince of a town called Bel-air''

The title ''RBA'' is an acronym for ''Reverse Bel-Air''.

The title text is also an RBA, but one that diverges from the song lyrics much more quickly. It's a play on the phrase "started drinking." This phrase usually refers to someone becoming an alcoholic (in this case, it would be because of the break-up), 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]].

==Transcript==
:[Megan walks up to Cueball pouring himself a drink.]
:Megan: Now, this is a story all about how
:Megan: My life got flipped turned upside down
:Megan: And I'd like to take a minute
:Megan: Just sit right there
:Megan: I'll tell you how I became uncertain about our relationship. I think you just like having a girlfriend, it doesn't matter who.
:Megan: I think we should break up.
:The reverse Bel-Air only works once, so make it something unforgettable.
:[Cut to a dropped glass, the drink spilled on the ground.]
:Cueball: ...wait, seriously?
:Megan: Yeah.

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