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==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
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In reference to the recently released ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' movie, Randall has compiled an alphabetical list of Wikipedia article titles that, when stressed on the correct syllables, sound similar to theme song of the {{w|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series)|1987 cartoon series}}. Some of the items on this list (e.g. {{w|Ace Ventura: Pet Detective|''Ace Ventura: Pet Detective''}}) are drawn in the same style as the logo from that series.
  
This comic is a reference to the recently released {{w|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014 film)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie}}. It is a list of Wikipedia article titles that are in the same syllable-stress pattern as the first line of the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rS-qFdw-v_o theme song] of the {{w|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series)|1987 cartoon series}}.
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See also [[856: Trochee Fixation]], another comic dealing with a similar concept.
  
The list is compiled in alphabetical order from top to bottom, without respect to the left or right column. Some of the items on this list (e.g. ''{{w|Ace Ventura: Pet Detective}}'') are drawn as headlines in the same style as the logo from that series. These articles are not in alphabetical order with the surrounding small face text, but these headlines are in alphabetical order with the other headlines from top to bottom, without respect to the left or right column. Some of these phrases are not actually the titles of Wikipedia articles, but are redirects. For instance, the article on {{w|Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie}} redirects to {{w|Woody Guthrie}}, and {{w|Former Arctic Monkeys members}} at one time redirected to {{w|Andy Nicholson}}.
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==Trivia==
 
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Randall mistyped the word "album" as "alubm" in the title text
The syllable-stress pattern of this line is long-short-long-short-long-short-long-short, known in poetry as {{w|trochaic tetrameter}}. Randall has previously authored comics dealing with {{w|trochees}}, namely [[856: Trochee Fixation]] and [[1383: Magic Words]].
 
 
 
A similar idea was performed by {{w|Jimmy Fallon}} in 2001 at a [https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=jimmy+fallon+80s+medley concert for New York city] where he demonstrated singing "any 80's song" over the tune of {{w|MC Hammer}}'s song "{{w|U Can't Touch This}}".
 
 
 
The title text suggests an album of songs (''{{w|The Purple People Eater}}'', the aforementioned ''Ninja Turtles'' theme, ''{{w|Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini}}'' and the ''{{w|Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers}}'' theme), the title or primary refrain of which have a large number of verses in {{w|trochee|trochaic}} {{w|meter (poetry)|meter}}. Randall suggests that these refrains are so interchangeable that the lyrics of each could be sung to the melody of the song following it in the tracklist. Randall would title the album ''{{w|Linked List}}'' as each song would melodically reference the next song. The refrains of the songs, respectively are:
 
*"One-eyed, one-horned flying purple people eater"
 
*"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"
 
*"Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini"
 
*"Go go Power Rangers"
 
 
 
In 2019 a [https://twitter.com/wiki_tmnt Twitter feed was created] which identifies Wikipedia articles with this stress pattern and creates a matching graphic.
 
 
 
==The Wikipedia links==
 
 
 
There are 6 headlines and 9 other article links in each block next to a headline for a total of 60 wiki links:
 
 
 
;{{w|Ace Ventura: Pet Detective}}
 
:{{w|Biggest Loser: Second Chances}}
 
:{{w|Cayman Island blue iguana}}
 
:{{w|Central Texas pocket gopher}}
 
:{{w|Church of Jesus Christ Creator}}
 
:{{w|Climate change and meat production}}
 
:{{w|Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon}}
 
:{{w|Daylight saving time in China}}
 
:{{w|Denver Airport People Mover}}
 
:{{w|Easter Island spiny lobster}}
 
 
 
;{{w|Asian Human Rights Commission}}
 
 
 
:{{w|Edgar Allan Poe Museum}}
 
:{{w|Engine failure after take-off}}
 
:{{w|English as a second language}}
 
:<s>{{w|Former Arctic Monkeys members}}</s> (deleted)
 
:{{w|Fowler's Modern English Usage}}
 
:{{w|Georgia Game and Fish Department}}
 
:{{w|Golden-mantled howler monkey}}
 
:{{w|Greater Cleveland Film Commission}}
 
:{{w|Hairy flower chafer beetle}}
 
 
 
;{{w|San Diego City Council}}
 
 
 
:{{w|Harland David "Colonel" Sanders}}
 
:{{w|Human Tissue Resource Network}}
 
:{{w|Klondike-class destroyer tender|Klondike class destroyer tender}}
 
:{{w|Legal code of North Dakota}}
 
:{{w|Lesser knapweed flower weevil}}
 
:{{w|Lockheed Martin Atlas rocket}}
 
:{{w|Maple syrup urine syndrome}} (now renamed)
 
:{{w|Mighty Morphin Power Rangers|Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers}}
 
:{{w|Nablus mask-like facial syndrome}}
 
 
 
;{{w|Single payer health insurance}}
 
 
 
:{{w|Neo Geo Pocket Color}}
 
:{{w|New Year's Eve with Carson Daly}}
 
:{{w|Newton's second law of motion}}
 
:{{w|North Korean Workers Party}}
 
:<s>{{w|Orange County Business Council}}</s> (deleted)
 
:{{w|Over/under cable coiling}}
 
:{{w|Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater}}
 
:{{w|Places named for Adolf Hitler}}
 
:{{w|Proton-proton chain reaction}}
 
 
 
;{{w|Spotted giant flying squirrel}}
 
 
 
:{{w|Puerto Rican lizard-cuckoo}}
 
:{{w|Quantum vacuum plasma thruster|Quantuum vacuum plasma thruster}}<ref>See also [[1404: Quantum Vacuum Virtual Plasma]].</ref>
 
:{{w|Rocky Mountain spotted fever}}
 
:{{w|Royal Flying Doctor Service}}
 
:{{w|Russian Women's Fascist Movement}}
 
:{{w|Semi-active laser guidance}}
 
:{{w|Seven Brides for Seven Brothers}}
 
:{{w|Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows}}
 
:{{w|Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon}}
 
 
 
;{{w|Women science fiction authors}}
 
 
 
:{{w|Trailing suction hopper dredger}}
 
:{{w|Vector graphics markup language}}
 
:{{w|Viti Levu giant pigeon}}
 
:{{w|Voting rights in Puerto Rico}}
 
:{{w|William Henry, Duke of Gloucester}}<ref>Gloucester is pronounced /ˈglɒstər/ (gloster).</ref>
 
:{{w|Windows Vista startup process}}
 
:{{w|Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie}}
 
:{{w|Yaba monkey tumor virus}}
 
:{{w|Zack and Miri Make a Porno}}
 
 
 
===Notes===
 
 
 
<references/>
 
  
 
==Transcript==
 
==Transcript==
 
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WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE TITLES<br>
:[Caption above comic]
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With the right syllable stress pattern to be sung to the tune of the original ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' theme song<br>
:;WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE TITLES
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::With the right syllable stress pattern to be sung to the tune of the original ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' theme song
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{{w|Ace Ventura: Pet Detective|''Ace Ventura: Pet Detective''}} [in the style of the logo, with the following listed to the right]<br>
 
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{{w|Biggest Loser: Second Chances|''Biggest Loser: Second Chances''}}<br>
:[Six groups of Wikipedia article titles are written out. Each group contains ten titles. The first title of each group is drawn in the style of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles logo, where the final word of each title is drawn in bulbous green text in the shape of an arch, with the remaining words in white text on a red banner above the green text. The remainder of the titles in each group are arranged as a list in standard font next to the larger titles, alternating from right to left hand side going down the comic.]
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{{w|Cayman Island blue iguana}}<br>
 
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{{w|Central Texas pocket gopher}}<br>
:;''Ace Ventura: Pet Detective''
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{{w|Church of Jesus Christ Creator}}<br>
::''Biggest Loser: Second Chances''
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{{w|Climate change and meat production}}<br>
::Cayman Island blue iguana
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{{w|Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon|''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon''}}<br>
::Central Texas pocket gopher
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{{w|Daylight saving time in China}}<br>
::Church of Jesus Christ Creator
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{{w|Denver Airport People Mover}}<br>
::Climate change and meat production
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{{w|Easter Island spiny lobster}}<br>
::''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon''
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<br>
::Daylight saving time in China
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{{w|Asian Human Rights Commission}} [in the style of the logo, with the following listed to the left]<br>
::Denver Airport People Mover
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{{w|Edgar Allen Poe Museum (Richmond, Virginia)|Edgar Allen Poe Museum}}<br>
::Easter Island spiny lobster
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{{w|Engine failure after take-off}}<br>
 
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{{w|English as a second language}}<br>
:;''Asian Human Rights Commission''
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{{w|Former Arctic Monkeys members|Former ''Arctic Monkeys'' members}}<br>
::Edgar Allan Poe Museum
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{{w|Fowler's Modern English Usage|''Fowler's Modern English Usage''}}<br>
::Engine failure after take-off
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{{w|Georgia Game and Fish Department}}<br>
::English as a second language
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{{w|Golden-mantled howler monkey}}<br>
::Former ''Arctic Monkeys'' members
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{{w|Greater Cleveland Film Commission}}<br>
::''Fowler's Modern English Usage''
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{{w|Hairy flower chafer beetle}}<br>
::Georgia Game and Fish Department
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<br>
::Golden-mantled howler monkey
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{{w|San Diego City Council}} [in the style of the logo, with the following listed to the right]<br>
::Greater Cleveland Film Commission
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{{w|Harland David "Colonel" Sanders}}<br>
::Hairy flower chafer beetle
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{{w|Human Tissue Resource Network}}<br>
 
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{{w|Klondike-class destroyer tender|''Klondike'' class destroyer tender}}<br>
:;''San Diego City Council''
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{{w|Legal code of North Dakota}}<br>
::Harland David "Colonel" Sanders
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{{w|Lesser knapweed flower weevil}}<br>
::Human Tissue Resource Network
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{{w|Lockheed Martin Atlas rocket}}<br>
::''Klondike''-class destroyer tender
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{{w|Maple syrup urine syndrome}}<br>
::Legal code of North Dakota
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{{w|Mighty Morphin Power Rangers|''Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers''}}<br>
::Lesser knapweed flower weevil
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{{w|Nablus mask-like facial syndrome}}<br>
::Lockheed Martin Atlas rocket
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<br>
::Maple syrup urine syndrome
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{{w|Single-payer health insurance}} [in the style of the logo, with the following listed to the left]<br>
::''Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers''
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{{w|Neo Geo Pocket Color}}<br>
::Nablus mask-like facial syndrome
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{{w|New Year's Eve with Carson Daly|''New Year's Eve with Carson Daly'' }}<br>
 
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{{w|Newton's second law of motion}}<br>
:;''Single payer health insurance''
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{{w|North Korean Workers Party}}<br>
::Neo Geo Pocket Color
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{{w|Orange County Business Council}}<br>
::''New Year's Eve with Carson Daly''
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{{w|Over/under cable coiling}}<br>
::Newton's second law of motion
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{{w|Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater}}<br>
::North Korean Workers Party
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{{w|Places named for Adolf Hitler}}<br>
::Orange County Business Council
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{{w|Proton-proton chain reaction}}<br>
::Over/under cable coiling
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<br>
::Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater
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{{w|Spotted giant flying squirrel}} [in the style of the logo, with the following listed to the right]<br>
::Places named for Adolf Hitler
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{{w|Puerto Rican lizard-cuckoo}}<br>
::Proton-proton chain reaction
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{{w|Quantum vacuum plasma thruster|Quantuum vacuum plasma thruster}} [sic]<br>
 
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{{w|Rocky Mountain spotted fever}}<br>
:;''Spotted giant flying squirrel''
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{{w|Royal Flying Doctor Service}}<br>
::Puerto Rican lizard-cuckoo
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{{w|Russian Women's Fascist Movement}}<br>
::Quantuum [sic] vacuum plasma thruster
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{{w|Semi-active laser guidance}}<br>
::Rocky Mountain spotted fever
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{{w|Seven Brides for Seven Brothers|''Seven Brides for Seven Brothers''}}<br>
::Royal Flying Doctor Service
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{{w|Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows|''Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows''}}<br>
::Russian Women's Fascist Movement
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{{w|Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon}}<br>
::Semi-active laser guidance
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<br>
::''Seven Brides for Seven Brothers''
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{{w|Women science fiction authors}} [in the style of the logo, with the following listed to the left]<br>
::''Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows''
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{{w|Trailing suction hopper dredger}}<br>
::Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon
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{{w|Vector graphics markup language}}<br>
 
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{{w|Viti Levu giant pigeon}}<br>
:;''Women science fiction authors''
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{{w|Voting rights in Puerto Rico}}<br>
::Trailing suction hopper dredger
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{{w|William Henry, Duke of Gloucester}}<br>
::Vector graphics markup language
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{{w|Windows Vista startup process}}<br>
::Viti Levu giant pigeon
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{{w|Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie}}<br>
::Voting rights in Puerto Rico
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{{w|Yaba monkey tumor virus}}<br>
::William Henry, Duke of Gloucester
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{{w|Zack and Miri Make a Porno|''Zack and Miri Make a Porno''}}<br>
::Windows Vista startup process
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<br>
::Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie
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Title text: My upcoming alubm, 'Linked List', has covers of 'The Purple People Eater', the Ninja Turtles theme, 'Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini', and the Power Rangers theme, with every song played to the tune of the next.
::Yaba monkey tumor virus
 
::''Zack and Miri Make a Porno''
 
 
 
==Trivia==
 
*Randall mistyped the word "album" as "alubm" in the original title text but it was fixed later.
 
*He did not correct the word Quantum, which is mistyped Quantuum in the comic.
 
  
 
{{comic discussion}}
 
{{comic discussion}}
  
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