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1648: Famous Duos

2016-02-27T00:53:49Z

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{{comic
| number = 1648
| date = February 26, 2016
| title = Famous Duos
| image = famous_duos.png
| titletext = The Romeo and Butt-Head film actually got two thumbs up from Siskel and Oates.
}}

==Explanation==
{{incomplete|Needs to be expanded; Needs more for the main explanation and more info on what the combos would mean to people compared to the originals. It would be great if the cycles below was updated to fit with the table, so Thelma and Louise was 1 in both (and all the other numbers in the cycles thus also increased by one.) More wiki link in the first table.}}

In popular culture (the term is loosely used in this case) there are many '''famous duos''', such as {{w|Calvin & Hobbes}} (six-year-old boy and his toy tiger, from the cartoon strip with the same name) or {{w|David & Goliath}} (future King of Israel and giant, from the Book of Samuel, Old Testament). In this table, [[Randall]] describes a fictional parallel universe where the same names are used in different combinations -- instead of Calvin, it is now Thelma (from the movie ''{{w|Thelma & Louise}}'') who is paired up with Hobbes, and Calvin is instead paired of with the King, from ''{{w|Anna and the King}}''. In all cases the one mentioned first on the list is also mentioned first in our universe, so it is always of the form Calvin and the King, never Calvin and Anna. There are 24 duos, and all 48 partners are mentioned (they go through four [[#Cycles|cycles]]).

The humor of this comic comes from the ridiculousness of the pairings, and the reader's imagination of the stories that are created with the pairs. See the whole [[#List of real duos|list of real duos]] as well as the [[#List of alternative duos|list of alternative duos]] below.

In the title text, alternative movie ''Romeo and Butt-Head'' is mentioned, the fifth entry on the list. This is a combination of the famous {{w|Shakespeare}} play "{{w|Romeo and Juliet}}", which was filmed (among other times) as ''{{w|Romeo + Juliet}}'' in 1996 with {{w|Leonardo DiCaprio}} and {{w|Claire Danes}} in the leading roles. {{w|Butt-Head}} is the less stupid one in the duo from the animated TV series ''{{w|Beavis and Butt-Head}}'' (and a {{w|Beavis and Butt-Head Do America|film}}). As Romeo and Juliet is one of the best known love stories and Butt-Head is one of the most disgusting teens ever depicted on the big screen, the combination could create disturbing pictures in people's heads (especially of teenage girls).

In the alternative universe this movie has been released, and here it gets the best possible review of two thumbs up from Siskel and Oates. {{w|Gene Siskel}} was paired with {{w|Roger Ebert}}, when they reviewed movies as the famous duo {{w|Siskel and Ebert}}. They were widely known for the "thumbs up/thumbs down" review summaries, with their best combined review being ''Two Thumbs Up''.

In the alternative universe Siskel gives the film a (surprising) thumbs up, but Ebert has been replaced with Oates, who also approves of the film. This is a reference to John Oates of {{w|Hall & Oates}}, an American musical duo from Philadelphia.

There also exists a comedy duo named {{w|Garfunkel and Oates}}, formed by Riki Lindhome and Kate Micucci, who chose the "Garfunkel and Oates" name by combining the second names from Hall & Oates and {{w|Simon and Garfunkel}} (who are both mentioned in the main comic). Although this exact combo would not be possible in the XKCD version, as it takes the second names from two duos rather than the first name from one and the second name from another, there may definitely be a deliberate reference to this group as well which has taken the parallel universe idea into our universe.

===List of real duos===
*See the list of [[#List of alternative duos|alternative duos]] below.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
|+ Famous duos in this universe
|-
! scope="col" | Name
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | pairing
! scope="col" | Partner
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | From
! scope="col" | Name index
! scope="col" | Partner index
! scope="col" | Explanation
|-
| Thelma
| and
| Louise
| {{w|Thelma_%26_Louise|road trip film}}
| 1
| 3
|
|-
| When Harry
| Met
| Sally
| {{w|When_Harry_Met_Sally...|romantic comedy film}}
| 2
| 16
|
|-
| Batman
| and
| Robin
| {{w|Batman|comic book characters}}
| 3
| 4
|
|-
| Antony
| and
| Cleopatra
| historical figures
| 4
| 12
|
|-
| Romeo
| and
| Juliet
| {{w|Romeo_and_Juliet|Shakespeare characters}}
| 5
| 24
|
|-
| Bonnie
| and
| Clyde
| {{w|Bonnie_and_Clyde|historical figures}}
| 6
| 7
|
|-
| Pinky
| and
| the Brain
| {{w|Pinky_and_the_Brain|TV show}}
| 7
| 20
|
|-
| Simon
| and
| Garfunkel
| {{w|Simon_%26_Garfunkel|musical duo}}
| 8
| 22
|
|-
| Beauty
| and
| the Beast
| {{w|Beauty_and_the_Beast|fairy tale characters}}
| 9
| 10
|
|-
| Beavis
| and
| Butthead
| {{w|Beavis_and_Butt-Head|TV show}}
| 10
| 5
|
|-
| Rocky
| and
| Bullwinkle
| {{w|The_Rocky_and_Bullwinkle_Show|TV show}}
| 11
| 2
|
|-
| Abbott
| and
| Costello
| {{w|Abbott_and_Costello|comedy duo}}
| 12
| 17
|
|-
| Dr. Jekyll
| and
| Mr. Hyde
| {{w|Strange_Case_of_Dr_Jekyll_and_Mr_Hyde|book}}
| 13
| 15
|
|-
| Samson
| and
| Delilah
| {{w|Samson_and_Delilah|Biblical characters}}
| 14
| 11
|
|-
| Butch Cassidy
| and
| the Sundance Kid
| historical characters and famous movie
| 15
| 23
|
|-
| Bill
| and
| Ted’s Excellent Adventure and Bogus Journey
| movie series
| 16
| 6
|
|-
| David
| and
| Goliath
| Biblical characters
| 17
| 8
|
|-
| Sherlock Holmes
| and
| Dr. Watson
| {{w|Sherlock_Holmes|Arthur Conan Doyle characters}}
| 18
| 19
|
|-
| Jay
| and
| Silent Bob
| {{w|Jay_and_Silent_Bob|View Askewniverse characters (Clerks movies)}}
| 19
| 18
|
|-
| Anna
| and
| the King
| {{w|Anna_and_the_King|movie}}, based on Anna and the King of Siam
| 20
| 21
|
|-
| Calvin
| and
| Hobbes
| {{w|Calvin_and_Hobbes|comic series}}
| 21
| 1
|
|-
| Timon
| and
| Pumbaa
| {{w|Timon_and_Pumbaa|characters from the Lion King film series}}
| 22
| 14
|
|-
| Mary Kate
| and
| Ashley Olsen
| {{w|Mary-Kate_and_Ashley_Olsen|twin actresses}}
| 23
| 13
|
|-
| Mario
| and
| Luigi
| {{w|Mario_Bros.|video game characters}}
| 24
| 9
|
|}

===List of alternative duos===
*See the list of [[#List of real duos|real duos]] above.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
|+ Famous Duos in a nearby parallel universe
|-
! scope="col" | Duo name
! scope="col" | Explanation
|-
| Thelma and Hobbes
|
|-
| When Harry met Bullwinkle
|
|-
| Batman and Louise
|
|-
| Antony and Robin
|
|-
| Romeo and Butthead
|
|-
| Bonnie and Ted's excellent adventure
|
|-
| Pinky and Clyde
|
|-
| Simon and Goliath
|
|-
| Beauty and Luigi
|
|-
| Beavis and the Beast
| Beavis starts with the same letters as Beauty
|-
| Rocky and Delilah
|
|-
| Abbot and Cleopatra
|
|-
| Dr. Jekyll and Ashley Olsen
|
|-
| Samson and Pumbaa
|
|-
| Butch Cassidy and Mr. Hyde
|
|-
| Bill and Sally's Bogus Journey
|
|-
| David and Costello
|
|-
| Sherlock Holmes and Silent Bob
|
|-
| Jay and Dr. Watson
|
|-
| Anna and the Brain
|
|-
| Calvin and the King
|
|-
| Timon and Garfunkel
| Timon is put together with Garfunkel, which makes it a close match to Simon and Garfunkel.
|-
| Mary-Kate and the Sundance Kid
|
|-
| Mario and Juliet
|}

===Cycles===
There are four cycles. The longest starts with "Thelma" and ends with "Louise" as follows:

* First cycle: length 15
Thelma & Louise
Calvin & Hobbes
Anna & the King
Pinky & the Brain
Bonnie & Clyde
Bill & Ted
Harry & Sally
Rocky & Bullwinkle
Samson & Delilah
Timon & Pumbaa
Simon & Garfunkel
David & Goliath
Abbot & Costello
Antony & Cleopatra
Batman & Robin

This means, it starts with "Thelma", paired with "Hobbes" diagonally down, from "Hobbes" to "Calvin", who is paired with "the King" and so on, until "Batman" is paired with "Louise", completing the cycle.

* Second cycle: length 4
Romeo & Juliet
Beavis & Butthead
Beauty & the Beast
Mario & Luigi

* Third cycle: length 3
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen
Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid

* Fourth cycle: length 2
Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson
Jay & Silent Bob

Assigning an index starting with 0 (= Thelma & Louise) to 23 (= Mario & Luigi), they can be written as:

(0, 20, 19, 6, 5, 15, 1, 10, 13, 21, 7, 16, 11, 3, 2)
(4, 9, 8, 23)
(12, 22, 14)
(17, 18)

==Transcript==
:[Caption above the panel:]
:Famous Duos in a nearby parallel universe

:[A list with 24 duos with a gray “and" between the two names (in one case it is a “met") and three times there is a gray word before (once) or after (twice) the names. The list is centered with the “and" in the middle disregarding the length of the names on each side:]
:{|
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | Thelma
| and
| Hobbes
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | When Harry
| met
| Bullwinkle
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | Batman
| and
| Louise
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | Antony
| and
| Robin
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | Romeo
| and
| Butthead
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | Bonnie
| and
| Ted's excellent adventure
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | Pinky
| and
| Clyde
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | Simon
| and
| Goliath
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | Beauty
| and
| Luigi
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | Beavis
| and
| the Beast
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | Rocky
| and
| Delilah
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | Abbot
| and
| Cleopatra
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | Dr. Jekyll
| and
| Ashley Olsen
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | Samson
| and
| Pumbaa
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | Butch Cassidy
| and
| Mr. Hyde
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | Bill
| and
| Sally's Bogus Journey
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | David
| and
| Costello
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | Sherlock Holmes
| and
| Silent Bob
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | Jay
| and
| Dr. Watson
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | Anna
| and
| the Brain
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | Calvin
| and
| the King
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | Timon
| and
| Garfunkel
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | Mary-Kate
| and
| the Sundance Kid
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | Mario
| and
| Juliet
|}

{{comic discussion}}

[[Category: Charts]]

1648: Famous Duos

2016-02-27T00:53:00Z

Constantsaxophones: added mario, the brain references

{{comic
| number = 1648
| date = February 26, 2016
| title = Famous Duos
| image = famous_duos.png
| titletext = The Romeo and Butt-Head film actually got two thumbs up from Siskel and Oates.
}}

==Explanation==
{{incomplete|Needs to be expanded; Needs more for the main explanation and more info on what the combos would mean to people compared to the originals. It would be great if the cycles below was updated to fit with the table, so Thelma and Louise was 1 in both (and all the other numbers in the cycles thus also increased by one.) More wiki link in the first table.}}

In popular culture (the term is loosely used in this case) there are many '''famous duos''', such as {{w|Calvin & Hobbes}} (six-year-old boy and his toy tiger, from the cartoon strip with the same name) or {{w|David & Goliath}} (future King of Israel and giant, from the Book of Samuel, Old Testament). In this table, [[Randall]] describes a fictional parallel universe where the same names are used in different combinations -- instead of Calvin, it is now Thelma (from the movie ''{{w|Thelma & Louise}}'') who is paired up with Hobbes, and Calvin is instead paired of with the King, from ''{{w|Anna and the King}}''. In all cases the one mentioned first on the list is also mentioned first in our universe, so it is always of the form Calvin and the King, never Calvin and Anna. There are 24 duos, and all 48 partners are mentioned (they go through four [[#Cycles|cycles]]).

The humor of this comic comes from the ridiculousness of the pairings, and the reader's imagination of the stories that are created with the pairs. See the whole [[#List of real duos|list of real duos]] as well as the [[#List of alternative duos|list of alternative duos]] below.

In the title text, alternative movie ''Romeo and Butt-Head'' is mentioned, the fifth entry on the list. This is a combination of the famous {{w|Shakespeare}} play "{{w|Romeo and Juliet}}", which was filmed (among other times) as ''{{w|Romeo + Juliet}}'' in 1996 with {{w|Leonardo DiCaprio}} and {{w|Claire Danes}} in the leading roles. {{w|Butt-Head}} is the less stupid one in the duo from the animated TV series ''{{w|Beavis and Butt-Head}}'' (and a {{w|Beavis and Butt-Head Do America|film}}). As Romeo and Juliet is one of the best known love stories and Butt-Head is one of the most disgusting teens ever depicted on the big screen, the combination could create disturbing pictures in people's heads (especially of teenage girls).

In the alternative universe this movie has been released, and here it gets the best possible review of two thumbs up from Siskel and Oates. {{w|Gene Siskel}} was paired with {{w|Roger Ebert}}, when they reviewed movies as the famous duo {{w|Siskel and Ebert}}. They were widely known for the "thumbs up/thumbs down" review summaries, with their best combined review being ''Two Thumbs Up''.

In the alternative universe Siskel gives the film a (surprising) thumbs up, but Ebert has been replaced with Oates, who also approves of the film. This is a reference to John Oates of {{w|Hall & Oates}}, an American musical duo from Philadelphia.

There also exists a comedy duo named {{w|Garfunkel and Oates}}, formed by Riki Lindhome and Kate Micucci, who chose the "Garfunkel and Oates" name by combining the second names from Hall & Oates and {{w|Simon and Garfunkel}} (who are both mentioned in the main comic). Although this exact combo would not be possible in the XKCD version, as it takes the second names from two duos rather than the first name from one and the second name from another, there may definitely be a deliberate reference to this group as well which has taken the parallel universe idea into our universe.

===List of real duos===
*See the list of [[#List of alternative duos|alternative duos]] below.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
|+ Famous duos in this universe
|-
! scope="col" | Name
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | pairing
! scope="col" | Partner
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | From
! scope="col" | Name index
! scope="col" | Partner index
! scope="col" | Explanation
|-
| Thelma
| and
| Louise
| {{w|Thelma_%26_Louise|road trip film}}
| 1
| 3
|
|-
| When Harry
| Met
| Sally
| {{w|When_Harry_Met_Sally...|romantic comedy film}}
| 2
| 16
|
|-
| Batman
| and
| Robin
| {{w|Batman|comic book characters}}
| 3
| 4
|
|-
| Antony
| and
| Cleopatra
| historical figures
| 4
| 12
|
|-
| Romeo
| and
| Juliet
| {{w|Romeo_and_Juliet|Shakespeare characters}}
| 5
| 24
|
|-
| Bonnie
| and
| Clyde
| {{w|Bonnie_and_Clyde|historical figures}}
| 6
| 7
|
|-
| Pinky
| and
| the Brain
| {{w|Pinky_and_the_Brain|TV show}}
| 7
| 20
|
|-
| Simon
| and
| Garfunkel
| {{w|Simon_%26_Garfunkel|musical duo}}
| 8
| 22
|
|-
| Beauty
| and
| the Beast
| {{w|Beauty_and_the_Beast|fairy tale characters}}
| 9
| 10
|
|-
| Beavis
| and
| Butthead
| {{w|Beavis_and_Butt-Head|TV show}}
| 10
| 5
|
|-
| Rocky
| and
| Bullwinkle
| {{w|The_Rocky_and_Bullwinkle_Show|TV show}}
| 11
| 2
|
|-
| Abbott
| and
| Costello
| {{w|Abbott_and_Costello|comedy duo}}
| 12
| 17
|
|-
| Dr. Jekyll
| and
| Mr. Hyde
| {{w|Strange_Case_of_Dr_Jekyll_and_Mr_Hyde|book}}
| 13
| 15
|
|-
| Samson
| and
| Delilah
| {{w|Samson_and_Delilah|Biblical characters}}
| 14
| 11
|
|-
| Butch Cassidy
| and
| the Sundance Kid
| historical characters and famous movie
| 15
| 23
|
|-
| Bill
| and
| Ted’s Excellent Adventure and Bogus Journey
| movie series
| 16
| 6
|
|-
| David
| and
| Goliath
| Biblical characters
| 17
| 8
|
|-
| Sherlock Holmes
| and
| Dr. Watson
| {{w|Sherlock_Holmes|Arthur Conan Doyle characters}}
| 18
| 19
|
|-
| Jay
| and
| Silent Bob
| {{w|Jay_and_Silent_Bob|View Askewniverse characters (Clerks movies)}}
| 19
| 18
|
|-
| Anna
| and
| the King
| {{w|Anna_and_the_King|movie}}, based on Anna and the King of Siam
| 20
| 21
|
|-
| Calvin
| and
| Hobbes
| {{w|Calvin_and_Hobbes|comic series}}
| 21
| 1
|
|-
| Timon
| and
| Pumbaa
| {{w|Timon_and_Pumbaa|characters from the Lion King film series}}
| 22
| 14
|
|-
| Mary Kate
| and
| Ashley Olsen
| {{w|Mary-Kate_and_Ashley_Olsen|twin actresses}}
| 23
| 13
|
|-
| Mario
| and
| Luigi
| {{w|Mario_Bros.|video game characters}}
| 24
| 9
|
|}

===List of alternative duos===
*See the list of [[#List of real duos|real duos]] above.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
|+ Famous Duos in a nearby parallel universe
|-
! scope="col" | Duo name
! scope="col" | Explanation
|-
| Thelma and Hobbes
|
|-
| When Harry met Bullwinkle
|
|-
| Batman and Louise
|
|-
| Antony and Robin
|
|-
| Romeo and Butthead
|
|-
| Bonnie and Ted's excellent adventure
|
|-
| Pinky and Clyde
|
|-
| Simon and Goliath
|
|-
| Beauty and Luigi
|
|-
| Beavis and the Beast
| Beavis starts with the same letters as Beauty
|-
| Rocky and Delilah
|
|-
| Abbot and Cleopatra
|
|-
| Dr. Jekyll and Ashley Olsen
|
|-
| Samson and Pumbaa
|
|-
| Butch Cassidy and Mr. Hyde
|
|-
| Bill and Sally's Bogus Journey
|
|-
| David and Costello
|
|-
| Sherlock Holmes and Silent Bob
|
|-
| Jay and Dr. Watson
|
|-
| Anna and the Brain
| The Brain desires to take over the world; the King is ruler of his domain.
|-
| Calvin and the King
|
|-
| Timon and Garfunkel
| Timon is put together with Garfunkel, which makes it a close match to Simon and Garfunkel.
|-
| Mary-Kate and the Sundance Kid
|
|-
| Mario and Juliet
| Mario would have no issue with balconies.}

===Cycles===
There are four cycles. The longest starts with "Thelma" and ends with "Louise" as follows:

* First cycle: length 15
Thelma & Louise
Calvin & Hobbes
Anna & the King
Pinky & the Brain
Bonnie & Clyde
Bill & Ted
Harry & Sally
Rocky & Bullwinkle
Samson & Delilah
Timon & Pumbaa
Simon & Garfunkel
David & Goliath
Abbot & Costello
Antony & Cleopatra
Batman & Robin

This means, it starts with "Thelma", paired with "Hobbes" diagonally down, from "Hobbes" to "Calvin", who is paired with "the King" and so on, until "Batman" is paired with "Louise", completing the cycle.

* Second cycle: length 4
Romeo & Juliet
Beavis & Butthead
Beauty & the Beast
Mario & Luigi

* Third cycle: length 3
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen
Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid

* Fourth cycle: length 2
Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson
Jay & Silent Bob

Assigning an index starting with 0 (= Thelma & Louise) to 23 (= Mario & Luigi), they can be written as:

(0, 20, 19, 6, 5, 15, 1, 10, 13, 21, 7, 16, 11, 3, 2)
(4, 9, 8, 23)
(12, 22, 14)
(17, 18)

==Transcript==
:[Caption above the panel:]
:Famous Duos in a nearby parallel universe

:[A list with 24 duos with a gray “and" between the two names (in one case it is a “met") and three times there is a gray word before (once) or after (twice) the names. The list is centered with the “and" in the middle disregarding the length of the names on each side:]
:{|
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | Thelma
| and
| Hobbes
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | When Harry
| met
| Bullwinkle
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | Batman
| and
| Louise
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | Antony
| and
| Robin
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | Romeo
| and
| Butthead
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | Bonnie
| and
| Ted's excellent adventure
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | Pinky
| and
| Clyde
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | Simon
| and
| Goliath
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | Beauty
| and
| Luigi
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | Beavis
| and
| the Beast
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | Rocky
| and
| Delilah
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | Abbot
| and
| Cleopatra
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | Dr. Jekyll
| and
| Ashley Olsen
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | Samson
| and
| Pumbaa
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | Butch Cassidy
| and
| Mr. Hyde
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | Bill
| and
| Sally's Bogus Journey
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | David
| and
| Costello
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | Sherlock Holmes
| and
| Silent Bob
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | Jay
| and
| Dr. Watson
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | Anna
| and
| the Brain
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | Calvin
| and
| the King
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | Timon
| and
| Garfunkel
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | Mary-Kate
| and
| the Sundance Kid
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | Mario
| and
| Juliet
|}

{{comic discussion}}

[[Category: Charts]]