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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 517<br />
| date = <br />
| title = Marshmallow Gun<br />
| image = http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/marshmallow_gun.png<br />
| imagesize = <br />
| titletext = Except in reality crossing a stream of marshmallows would create a giant Bill Murray.<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
The "Don't cross the beams" and "Stay-Puft" lines come from GhostBusters.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
Narrator: I got this gun that shoots marshmallows.<br />
[A man removes a marshmallow gun from a box.]<br />
[Man shoots woman with marshmallow gun from offpanel.]<br />
<<POP POP POP>><br />
<<WHAP WHAP WHAP>><br />
<<POP>><br />
[Woman sighs]<br />
<<POP POP>><br />
[Woman removes a super soaker from desk drawer.]<br />
[Woman shoots offscreen man with super soaker.]<br />
Man: (offscreen) AUGH!<br />
<<FWOOSH>><br />
Man: (offscreen) Man, I forgot that was there.<br />
Narrator: The next day, everyone else got them too.<br />
[Woman and beret guy brandish marshmallow guns.]<br />
Woman: Hey noob! Eat stay-puft(R)!<br />
[Woman shoots marshmallow gun.]<br />
<<POP POP POP>><br />
[Man shoots marshmallow gun.]<br />
<<POP POP POP>><br />
[Woman and man shoot marshmallows into the air, crossing the streams of fire.]<br />
Beret Guy: (offscreen) No, don't cross the ~<br />
<<FOOM>><br />
<<ROAAAR>><br />
[Woman, Man, and Beret Guy are all standing with weapons pointed at the ground]<br />
Woman: Okay, this is bad.<br />
Offscreen: You're shooting what?<br />
{{title text: Except in reality crossing a stream of marshmallows would create a giant Bill Murray.}}<br />
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