...although that seems like a leap. In any event, this is another early Black Hat strip that, for the first time, explicitly sets out that he goes out of his
...s the soup mix to become the soup/broth. By poking holes in the cup, Black Hat ensures that someone pouring boiling water in the cup would have it leak al
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In [[374: Journal]], [[Black Hat]] explains to [[Cueball]] that a hobby of his is to pretend to write in a j
...explored the fact that she might be even better than Black Hat. But Black Hat shows his true power and ingeniosity.)
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In Journal 1, [[Black Hat]] explains to [[Cueball]] that a hobby of his is to pretend to write in a j
...at in the process. Initially stunned, in Journal 3 he at last regained his hat, the emblem of his personality and attitude, leaving him with the higher gr
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In [[Journal]], [[Black Hat]] explains to [[Cueball]] that a hobby of his is to pretend to write in a j
...of the satisfaction of a proper social connection. She leaves, taking his hat in the process.
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[[Black Hat]] has strapped {{w|James Bond}} to a centrifuge and claims that the {{w|Cen
;Observers' point of view (Black Hat, us, etc.)
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...me. The committee members are obviously surprised, and they question Black Hat, trying to get him to reveal his motives. He then cryptically replies that
...ven Internet trolls via his sociopathic ways. This would explain why Black Hat was nominated as Internet secretary. These are all the comics in [[:Categor
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*In the title text of [[163: Donald Knuth]], [[Black Hat]] reveals that he broke into [[Donald Knuth]]'s house through the skylight
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...ven Internet trolls via his sociopathic ways. This would explain why Black Hat was nominated as Internet secretary. These are all the comics in [[:Categor
...llow bloggers no matter what, and Ron Paul wants the nomination that Black Hat, a blogger, is getting.
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...fied to be in the position they have been appointed to. Of course, [[Black Hat]] is not the cleanest of characters, so Congress has a lot of reservations
...ven Internet trolls via his sociopathic ways. This would explain why Black Hat was nominated as Internet secretary. These are all the comics in [[:Categor
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...ve to be on-scene. To thwart the media (and probably everyone else), Black Hat has built a {{w|moat}} around his apartment building. The second reporter i
...ven Internet trolls via his sociopathic ways. This would explain why Black Hat was nominated as Internet secretary. These are all the comics in [[:Categor
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...ven Internet trolls via his sociopathic ways. This would explain why Black Hat was nominated as Internet secretary. These are all the comics in [[:Categor
:[Black Hat looks away from his computer at the ringing phone.]
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...never become a functional car again.{{Citation needed}} But at least Black Hat finally has space for his own car!
...one referenced in [[496: Secretary: Part 3]], where it is shown that Black Hat '...completely disassembled a car' because 'It was parked across two spaces
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...e orientation, vibration and GPS etc.). This is actually amazing and White Hat assumes she is overwhelmed and ask her if the development is changing too f
...yper technological future like in ''{{w|Blade Runner}}''). She tells White Hat that she has decided to {{w|Cryopreservation|cryogenically freeze}} herself
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:[Merlin with pointy hat and long white beard is sitting in a couch with the remote, watching TV whi
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Cueball's friend, [[White Hat]], is concerned about the matter of personal integrity, comparing this prop
:[Cueball and White Hat are walking.]
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...find something that is used to find other things. Cueball interrupts Black Hat before he can make the obvious joke. The same comic technique is used later
:[Black Hat sits on a couch, reading a book. Cueball is approaching him from behind the
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...huttle}} launch system. In the first frame, [[Cueball]] is showing [[Black Hat]] something about the SLS, possibly a video on his phone or other portable
...rogram. The unfortunate reality of Operation Paperclip, and one that Black Hat aims to make people uncomfortable with, is that a significant number of ex-
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...rds ending in "-gry," rather than the phrase "the English language." Black Hat does not seem to agree that this riddle is clever.
...nguage that end in '-gry,'" and by doing so has ruined any chance of Black Hat determining the correct answer; now, "three words" can't refer to the corre
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...rips in motion. Ralphie, the student in the second panel with the backward hat, was another student who often asked these questions. The students in the c
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...etting up a trap to get back at these ne'er-do-wells. To top it off, Black Hat plans to put up a sign warning passers-by to not smash the pumpkin. This wo
Black Hat, rather unconvincingly, insists that his pumpkin is suffering from chest pa
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...system, where the 70-meter (230-foot) escalator is. It's clear that Black Hat knows it is the longest and that this is the reason he has chosen this exac
...and intentions.) After this they reach the top and once they get off Black Hat quickly turns around and locks the bar in place at about waist height (i.e.
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...Robert in the table in [[596: Latitude]] was Bobby but given that [[Black Hat]] has never had any relation to him in the other comics, and that [[Rob]] h
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...ter inert. Elaine is bending in the knees, knife at the ready. Both bowler hat men, still holding their swords as before, but no hands up, have turned to
...in front of him and one over his head also pointing towards the two bowler hat med. They are standing normally, looking back at Stallman. The MPAA man nea
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...'t need these assholes.'' In the meantime, Cory Doctorow throws the bowler hat guys out and orders them never to "darken our comment threads again."
...n, since the sword is almost touching the skin on his throat. He wears his hat, but the sword lies behind him, out of reach, even though he is leaning bac
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In this comic, [[Black Hat]] is giving all the hotels he has stayed at, likes, and wants to stay in ag
...ld want to profit as much as they could before it was all destroyed. Black Hat uses this to explain his own reasoning: his actions don't determine what ot
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...acter who has hair (not to be confused with [[Hairy]]) suggests to [[Black Hat]] that he is wasting his life on the Internet, and they should go explore t
:[Black Hat and Not-Hairy are talking in a room with a computer on.]
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...o announces that it has had its windshield smashed with a golf club. Black Hat is, of course, holding a golf club, frustrated at the owner’s revolting a
:[Black Hat is holding a golf club and speaking into a P.A. system.]
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..., Ponytail in front followed by Cueball, Megan and a man with some kind of hat (could be Beret Guy, but only half of his head is shown so it is not clear)
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:[A soldier with a green military hat, with an black emblem on the front, is sitting in an office chair typing at
*This is the only comic so far to feature a soldier using such a green Hat.
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...n carrying around the violin for this eventuality (not unlike what [[Black Hat]] does in [[757: Toot]]), or perhaps he uses this sarcastic expression ofte
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:[Teenager playing with phone walks in background. White Hat and Megan are in the foreground.]
:White Hat: See, that's the problem with the MTV generation— No attention span.
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...gue for the entire month of November. Since it was Black Hat's idea, Black Hat probably suffers the same consequences.
:[Black Hat and Cueball sit in a room.]
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*This comic is referred to in [[368: Bass]], where [[Black Hat]] mentions in the title text that he is annoyed by "the guy upstairs with t
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...ng up for women everywhere. (This makes sense when you consider that Black Hat tends to pursue Randall's thoughts in a more controversial way, see [[86: D
:[Black Hat stands in the entrance to a room. The door has been broken down. A surprise
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...awn off-screen. A faint outline suggests the whitespace above the 'x' is a hat, with the brim extending into the upper part of the 'E'. Two speech bubbles
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:[Cueball and White Hat are walking towards the benches.]
:White Hat: Do you ever put your phone away and just take a moment to breathe and be a
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...ternal dominance and is still a national hero to the Czech people. [[Black Hat]] is supplying {{w|disinformation}} to unsuspecting carolers, either to shu
...the carolers may be a family. The man and woman are confused by what Black Hat has said, and the girl is looking to the adults, perhaps gauging their faci
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...so he continues the logic and realizes that one who has one ''more'' black hat must be proportionally dangerous to him.
...This movement and the accompanying line could also be interpreted as Black Hat being physically pushed away, like two negative or two positive poles of a
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[[Knit Cap]] is called ''knit hat guy'' in the [http://xkcd.com/1112/info.0.json official transcript]. There
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[[Black Hat]] and [[Danish]] are trying to clean up the mess that some bloody murder mo
...about to arrive just when they are finishing the clean up. But then Black Hat realizes that the ceiling has also been stained (by the violent murder...)
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...ll and Megan are in a weapon store talking to a bearded salesman wearing a hat.]
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...[690: Semicontrolled Demolition]], and in [[496: Secretary: Part 3]] Black Hat claims the Twin Towers never actually collapsed. Chemtrails are mentioned a
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...[29: Hitler]], in which there is clear reference in the title-text to "the hat guy". This is the first indication we have that Randall had begun contempla
...rpart [[Danish]]; the philosophical and surreal [[Beret Guy]]; and [[White Hat]] who is often given a fatal flaw or annoying tendency.
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...ure of the news shows the logo of LulzSec, a man wearing a monocle and top hat.]
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:[A man with a black hat and a beard sits mounted on a horse at the top of the hill, lance at the r
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..., followed by an exponential rise in cell phone usage in the 2000's. Black Hat reverses the correlation/causation fallacy, and comically comes to the conc
The title text refers to the way Black Hat holds the laptop in panel 2. Being that Cueball (and Randall, for that matt
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[[White Hat]] is analyzing a movie about movies when Cueball compares White Hat's description of the movie to masturbatory {{w|Omphaloskepsis|navel-gazing}
...od as another reality metaphor, passing the "conversational ball" to White Hat, or acting like Michael Jordan by playing basketball.
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This is so far the only comic featuring the Brown Hat character.
:[The web continues in this one. A man with a brown hat and a case is drawing it.]
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...gn hanging from a string put over a peck in the wall above the desk. White Hat examines the glass, holding it up in his hand and looking at it with a magn
:[Scene 16: White Hat, only, grinds the glass on a grindstone he has put on his desk, pieces of g
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...s is the first strip to feature [[Danish]] without a connection to [[Black Hat]].
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