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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
| − | A | + | A "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 |
:Now this is the story all about how | :Now this is the story all about how | ||
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The title ''RBA'' is an acronym for ''Reverse Bel-Air''. | The title ''RBA'' is an acronym for ''Reverse Bel-Air''. | ||
| − | The title text | + | The title text could be the beginning of Cueball's future ''RBA''. |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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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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