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| title    = Ducklings
 
| title    = Ducklings
 
| image    = ducklings.png
 
| image    = ducklings.png
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| titletext = DUCKLOOP'D?
 
| titletext = DUCKLOOP'D?
 
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==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
The comic shows an elaborate plan. The mother and her ducklings will always walk in a line. The ducklings will either follow their mother, or the duckling in front of them.
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The comic shows an elaborate, albeit useless, plan.
  
[[Cueball]] scares the mother duck, so she starts running away, her children following her in a line. Then [[Megan]] snatches the mother duck, leaving the first duckling to start following the last duckling, causing the ducklings to walk in a loop. Hence the caption at the end - "Operation: Duckling Loop." However, eventually the ducklings will probably realize something has gone wrong,{{Citation needed}} and break the loop.
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A duck and her ducklings walk somewhere. [[Cueball]] scares the mother duck, so she starts running away, her children following her in a line. Then [[Megan]] snatches the mother duck, leaving the ducklings confused and walking around in a loop. Hence the caption at the end - "Operation: Duckling Loop."
  
This behavior occurs naturally in real life with creatures that are less smart than ducks, such as sheep and ants (the phenomenon is called an {{w|ant mill}}).
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The title text refers to a meme called "Duckrolled", where one would post a link to [http://www.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS9ZqD3N_DuAvMnN9Pl5k4Km6HCdCFXCLs3Gi4uJhge1ytfG3_qUgNU4To a picture of a duck on wheels.] It became much more famous in its later incarnation as the {{w|Rickroll}}.  
  
The title text refers to a meme called "Duckrolled", where one would post a link to [http://www.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS9ZqD3N_DuAvMnN9Pl5k4Km6HCdCFXCLs3Gi4uJhge1ytfG3_qUgNU4To a picture of a duck on wheels.] It became much more famous in its later incarnation as the {{w|Rickroll}}.
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==Transcript==
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:[A mother duck and her ducklings.]
  
==Transcript==
 
:[A mother duck and her six ducklings.]
 
:[Cueball is in front of the line of ducks, and Megan is behind.]
 
 
:Megan: Ready?
 
:Megan: Ready?
 
:Cueball: Ready.
 
:Cueball: Ready.
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:Cueball: ROAR! BOO!
 
:Cueball: ROAR! BOO!
  
:[The mother duck is frightened, and turns back. Her six children follow.]
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:[The mother duck is frightened, and turns back. Her children follow.]
  
:[Megan snatches the mother duck with a yoink.]
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:[Megan snatches the duck with a yoink.]
 
:Duck: QUACK!
 
:Duck: QUACK!
  
:[The six ducklings are now trapped in a circle of sorts.]
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:[The ducklings are now trapped in a circle of sorts.]
  
 
:OPERATION: DUCKLING LOOP
 
:OPERATION: DUCKLING LOOP
  
{{comic discussion}}
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{{comic discussion}}  
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
 
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
 
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]
 
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]

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