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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | This strip refers to '' | + | This strip refers to ''[[wikipedia:Jurassic World|Jurassic World]]'', the new ''[[wikipedia:Jurassic Park|Jurassic Park]]'' movie. [[White Hat]] explains that the movie's plot involves genetically engineering a better {{w|Tyrannosaurus Rex}}. [[Megan]] doesn't feel that the historic Tyrannosaurus can be improved upon, but White Hat insists they've created an even more terrifying, smarter T-Rex for this new movie. |
− | White Hat refers to | + | White Hat refers to T-Rex as "two decades old", at which point he has switched from talking about the plot line, to talking about the animation techniques that created the {{w|Jurassic Park (film)|T-Rex on-screen}} in 1993 vs. today. Clearly, in the computer animation world, we should be able to create something more convincing with modern technology. But Megan objects to this notion that T-Rexs are only 20 years old, staying with the line of thought that White Hat started with. |
− | In the final panel, White Hat introduces the | + | In the final panel, White Hat introduces the new T-Rex, who is immediately recognizable as the T-Rex from {{w|Ryan North|Ryan North's}} ''{{w|Dinosaur Comics}}''. The joke is that ''Dinosaur Comics'''s T-Rex is about as far from smart and scary as it is possible for a T-Rex to be. |
− | + | Characters from ''Dinosaur Comics'' also appeared in [[145: Parody Week: Dinosaur Comics]] and [[1350: Lorenz]] (see under [[1350:_Lorenz#Dinosaur|Dinosaur]]). | |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[White Hat | + | :[White Hat and Megan are walking together] |
:White Hat: In ''Jurassic World'', we've used genetic engineering to create a ''better'' dinosaur. | :White Hat: In ''Jurassic World'', we've used genetic engineering to create a ''better'' dinosaur. | ||
:Megan: Tyrannosaurus is the most charismatic animal that ever lived, and you think you'll ''upstage'' it? | :Megan: Tyrannosaurus is the most charismatic animal that ever lived, and you think you'll ''upstage'' it? | ||
− | :[White Hat | + | :[White Hat and Megan walks on] |
:White Hat: ''Tyrannosaurus'' was cool, but it's two decades old! | :White Hat: ''Tyrannosaurus'' was cool, but it's two decades old! | ||
:Megan: I think it's a ''little'' older than that. | :Megan: I think it's a ''little'' older than that. | ||
− | :[ | + | :[White Hat points up] |
− | :White Hat: We took | + | :White Hat: We took Tyrannosaurus and we ''improved'' it. Made it scarier, deadlier, smarter. |
− | : | + | :Look – there it is! |
− | :[White Hat ( | + | :[White Hat (without hat) and Megan stare up at a green Tyrannosaurus.] |
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
− | *In the last panel [[Randall]] | + | * In the last panel [[Randall]] has made the error of forgetting White Hats hat, thus drawing him as [[Cueball]]. Since Megan is still there it is obvious that it is a mistake. |
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
− | [[Category:Comics with | + | [[Category:Comics with colors]] |
[[Category:Comics featuring White Hat]] | [[Category:Comics featuring White Hat]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | ||
[[Category:Dinosaurs]] | [[Category:Dinosaurs]] | ||
− | [[Category: | + | [[Category:Jurassic_Park]] |