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==Explanation==
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==Explanation=
  
 
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}}.
 
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}}.
  
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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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}} redirects to {{w|Andy Nicholson}}.
  
 
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]].
 
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]].
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*"Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini"
 
*"Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini"
 
*"Go go Power Rangers"
 
*"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==
 
==The Wikipedia links==
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:{{w|Engine failure after take-off}}
 
:{{w|Engine failure after take-off}}
 
:{{w|English as a second language}}
 
:{{w|English as a second language}}
:<s>{{w|Former Arctic Monkeys members}}</s> (deleted)
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:{{w|Former Arctic Monkeys members}}
 
:{{w|Fowler's Modern English Usage}}
 
:{{w|Fowler's Modern English Usage}}
 
:{{w|Georgia Game and Fish Department}}
 
:{{w|Georgia Game and Fish Department}}
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:{{w|Lesser knapweed flower weevil}}
 
:{{w|Lesser knapweed flower weevil}}
 
:{{w|Lockheed Martin Atlas rocket}}
 
:{{w|Lockheed Martin Atlas rocket}}
:{{w|Maple syrup urine syndrome}} (now renamed)
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:{{w|Maple syrup urine syndrome}}
 
:{{w|Mighty Morphin Power Rangers|Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers}}
 
:{{w|Mighty Morphin Power Rangers|Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers}}
 
:{{w|Nablus mask-like facial syndrome}}
 
:{{w|Nablus mask-like facial syndrome}}
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:{{w|Newton's second law of motion}}
 
:{{w|Newton's second law of motion}}
 
:{{w|North Korean Workers Party}}
 
:{{w|North Korean Workers Party}}
:<s>{{w|Orange County Business Council}}</s> (deleted)
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:{{w|Orange County Business Council}}
 
:{{w|Over/under cable coiling}}
 
:{{w|Over/under cable coiling}}
 
:{{w|Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater}}
 
:{{w|Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater}}
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:;''Spotted giant flying squirrel''
 
:;''Spotted giant flying squirrel''
 
::Puerto Rican lizard-cuckoo
 
::Puerto Rican lizard-cuckoo
::Quantuum [sic] vacuum plasma thruster
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::Quantuum vacuum plasma thruster
 
::Rocky Mountain spotted fever
 
::Rocky Mountain spotted fever
 
::Royal Flying Doctor Service
 
::Royal Flying Doctor Service

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