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		<title>433: Journal 5</title>
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&lt;div&gt;{{comic&lt;br /&gt;
| number    = 433&lt;br /&gt;
| date      = June 6, 2008&lt;br /&gt;
| title     = Journal 5&lt;br /&gt;
| image     = journal_5.png&lt;br /&gt;
| titletext = 'Pick you up at eight?' 'Nine. I've got to re-mine the driveway.'&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Explanation==&lt;br /&gt;
In [[Journal]], [[Black Hat]] explains to [[Cueball]] that a hobby of his is to pretend to write in a journal while on the subway, acting embarrassed if anyone sees. He then proceeds to silently scorn the person once they give him any kind of reassurance.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In [[Journal 2]], however, [[Danish]] sees through his ruse. She counteracts it by proving that she understands him, and attempts to resign him to the fact that he will never see her again, thus robbing him of the satisfaction of a proper social connection. She leaves, taking his hat in the process. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Initially stunned, he at last regained his hat in [[Journal 3]], the trademark of his personality and attitude, leaving him with the upper hand.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
(In [[412: Startled]] he's shown more easily startled than usual, possibly due to Danish setting him on edge and cracking his façade.)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In [[Journal 4]], however, he is overcome with emotions, to the extent that he has even taken his black hat off while sitting head in hand on a bench, wondering in the title text why he would feel any emotions when he has a hat.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Now, in [[Journal 5]], Black Hat parks his car and soon finds himself on the doorstep of Danish's house. He comes to tell her that he gives up and that she wins, because he just has to know who she is. This is very uncharacteristic of Black Hat. He then tries to tell her that he thinks they understand each other's personalities and that this means something to him. He is obviously smitten with her on some level. But all she does about this initially is use her remote control to set off the mines she installed in the driveway where Black Hat's car is parked.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
But, even in his state of love, Black Hat had spotted these mines and moved them to her garage. So when Danish sets them off, she destroys her own garage (and possibly her car) instead of Black Hat's car. When he tells her about moving them, she is impressed and acknowledges this by saying ''Touché''. Maybe this is when she also begins to respect him in her own weird manner.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Black Hat can foresee that it will be a tricky relationship with their sadistic personalities crashing together, but when Danish gives him the option to go find a ''non-crazy girl'', he promptly states that this doesn't interest him at all.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In the title text, it seems that neither of them is deterred by this obstacle, and their relationship begins when Black Hat tells her that he will pick her up at eight, although she does ask for one more hour, so she can booby-trap the driveway again before he comes back at nine. This did not seem to harm their future relationship, as in most of the later [[:Category:Comics featuring Danish|comics with Danish]] she is mainly shown together with Black Hat, sometimes even in a clearly romantic setting, like in [[515: No One Must Know]], from where she got her name.&lt;br /&gt;
And thus the relationship is born between Black Hat and Danish.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The whole &amp;quot;[[:Category:Journal|Journal]]&amp;quot; story is:&lt;br /&gt;
*[[374: Journal]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[377: Journal 2]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[405: Journal 3]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[432: Journal 4]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[433: Journal 5]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Transcript==&lt;br /&gt;
:[Black Hat parks his car.]&lt;br /&gt;
:''PARK''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:[Black Hat knocks at door.]&lt;br /&gt;
:''KNOCK KNOCK''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Black Hat: Hi.&lt;br /&gt;
:Danish: Hi.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Black Hat: I give up. You win. I have to know who you are.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Black Hat: We understand each other. I can't let that slip away—&lt;br /&gt;
:''beep'' [from device in Danish's hand.]&lt;br /&gt;
:''BOOM''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Black Hat: What was that?!&lt;br /&gt;
:Danish: Remote mines under your car.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Black Hat: Oh, those? I moved them to your garage before knocking.&lt;br /&gt;
:Danish: Touché.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Black Hat: ...This relationship is going to be tricky.&lt;br /&gt;
:Danish: There's still time to leave and find a non-crazy girl.&lt;br /&gt;
:Black Hat: Not even ''slightly'' interested.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{comic discussion}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Journal|05]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Comics sharing name|Journal]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Comics featuring Danish]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Comics featuring Black Hat]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Romance]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Hyperxkcdfan</name></author>	</entry>

	<entry>
		<id>https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=432:_Journal_4&amp;diff=337470</id>
		<title>432: Journal 4</title>
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&lt;div&gt;{{comic&lt;br /&gt;
| number    = 432&lt;br /&gt;
| date      = June 4, 2008&lt;br /&gt;
| title     = Journal 4&lt;br /&gt;
| image     = journal_4.png&lt;br /&gt;
| titletext = Man, this emo shit was supposed to be for people who didn't have hats.&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Explanation==&lt;br /&gt;
In Journal 1, [[Black Hat]] explains to [[Cueball]] that a hobby of his is to pretend to write in a journal while on the subway, acting embarrassed if anyone sees. He then proceeds to silently scorn the person once they give him any kind of reassurance.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In Journal 2, however, [[Danish]] sees through his ruse. She counteracts it by proving that she understands him, and attempts to resign him to the fact that he will never see her again, thus robbing him of the satisfaction of a proper social connection. She leaves, taking his hat in the process. Initially stunned, in Journal 3 he at last regained his hat, the emblem of his personality and attitude, leaving him with the higher ground.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Now,precipitously, Black Hat has found himself to be in love with Danish, even though this counters his whole worldview. As stated in the title text, he somehow believed that he was immune to such feelings. What is he to do? And why is he in love? And how?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The title text indicates that Black Hat had previously believed that his hat signified, or even caused, immunity from emotional sensitivity (usually depicted in his [[classhole]] behavior). The meaning of Black Hat's hat is not specified, but it is clearly something important to him. More evidence of the hat's adumbrative meaning can be seen in [[455: Hats]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The whole &amp;quot;[[:Category:Journal|Journal]]&amp;quot; story is:&lt;br /&gt;
*[[374: Journal]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[377: Journal 2]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[405: Journal 3]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[432: Journal 4]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[433: Journal 5]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Transcript==&lt;br /&gt;
:[Black Hat sits slumped over on a bench, holding his hat in one hand, displaying his thin hair, while resting his cheek on his other arm.]&lt;br /&gt;
:Black Hat: S&amp;lt;big&amp;gt;i&amp;lt;/big&amp;gt;GH&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{comic discussion}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Journal|04]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Comics sharing name|Journal]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Comics featuring Black Hat]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Comics with lowercase text]] &amp;lt;!-- i --&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Hyperxkcdfan</name></author>	</entry>

	<entry>
		<id>https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=405:_Journal_3&amp;diff=337468</id>
		<title>405: Journal 3</title>
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				<updated>2024-03-15T02:52:53Z</updated>
		
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&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;{{comic&lt;br /&gt;
| number    = 405&lt;br /&gt;
| date      = April 2, 2008&lt;br /&gt;
| title     = Journal 3&lt;br /&gt;
| image     = journal 3.png&lt;br /&gt;
| titletext = Oh, and, uh, if the Russian government asks, that submarine was always there.&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Explanation==&lt;br /&gt;
In [[374: Journal]], [[Black Hat]] explains to [[Cueball]] that a hobby of his is to pretend to write in a journal while on the subway, acting embarrassed if anyone sees. He then proceeds to silently scorn the person once they give him any kind of reassurance.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In [[377: Journal 2]], however, [[Danish]] sees through his ruse. She counteracts it by proving that she understands him, and attempts to resign him to the fact that he will never see her again, thus stripping him of the satisfaction and confidence of a proper social connection. She decamps, abducting his hat in the process. (We also explored the fact that she might be even better than Black Hat. But Black Hat shows his true power and ingeniosity.)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Initially vanquished, Black Hat seems to have quickly recovered and tracked Danish down, even to the extreme fringes of the Earth. He tells Danish that although she was able to read him impossibly adequately she blundered one &amp;quot;inconsequential&amp;quot; detail. We are led to believe that this is some mistake in the disguising of her tracks, but then he explains that it was simply how much he values his hat. It may also be the possibility that Black Hat placed a tracking device of some sort on his hat. This way he trampolines her wrath back at her. She thought that he would agonise the loss of her - the only person who understands him - but he subdues her ego when claiming that he likes his hat (implicitly saying that he doesn't care for her). The series continues in [[432: Journal 4]]. He leaves, taking “her hat&amp;quot; from her.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The title text continues the theme of Black Hat's supernatural ability to troll and to deftly dodge the consequences: If Black Hat stole a military submarine, said military is probably going to be hot on his tail, but he writes it off with: &amp;quot;just tell them it was always here,&amp;quot; as if it is no big deal. Black Hat will even be blamed for stealing the submarine in [[496: Secretary: Part 3]]. However, since this is (presumably) the American Senate reviewing him, it may be that he simply has stolen two submarines. It is also possible that the submarine is the American submarine and the title text refers to the Russian Government because their current location is in their territory, and he is shifting any reason for the submarine being there away from himself.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
It perhaps may be significant that this comic includes the line &amp;quot;So, you found me after all&amp;quot;, given that the previous comic number [[404: Not Found]] was skipped, leading instead to an HTTP 404 Not Found error page.&lt;br /&gt;
The destiny of Black Hat is fully known in [[:Category:Journal|The Journal]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The whole &amp;quot;[[:Category:Journal|Journal]]&amp;quot; story is:&lt;br /&gt;
*[[374: Journal]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[377: Journal 2]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[405: Journal 3]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[432: Journal 4]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[433: Journal 5]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Transcript==&lt;br /&gt;
:[Two women ice-skating outside.]&lt;br /&gt;
:Ponytail: Wait up!&lt;br /&gt;
:Danish (wearing Black Hat's Hat): Skate faster!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:[Danish sees cracking ice.]&lt;br /&gt;
:''Crack Crack''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:[Danish on chunk of ice broken off.]&lt;br /&gt;
:''Crack Rumble''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:[Submarine dorsal fin emerging.]&lt;br /&gt;
:''AWOOGA''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:[Black Hat (without hat) coming out of hatch.]&lt;br /&gt;
:''CREAK''&lt;br /&gt;
:Black Hat: Hi.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Black Hat: That's my hat you're wearing.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Danish (wearing Black Hat's Hat(stolen in [[Journal 2]])): So, you found me after all.&lt;br /&gt;
:Black Hat (out of frame): You didn't make it easy.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Black Hat: You saw through me, all right. But not quite well enough.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Black Hat: Because if you wanted to stay lost forever, you made one mistake.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:[Black Hat climbing out of hatch.]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:[Black Hat sliding down a sheet of ice.]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:[Black Hat taking back his hat from Danish's head as he slides by on the ice.]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:[Black Hat skidding to a stop and putting hat back on his head.]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Black Hat: You took my hat.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Black Hat: I '''LIKE''' my hat.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:[Black Hat walking away.]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:[Danish left standing, feeling like Black Hat in [[Journal 2]].]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{comic discussion}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Journal|03]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Comics sharing name|Journal]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Comics featuring Black Hat]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Comics featuring Danish]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Hyperxkcdfan</name></author>	</entry>

	<entry>
		<id>https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=405:_Journal_3&amp;diff=337467</id>
		<title>405: Journal 3</title>
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				<updated>2024-03-15T02:50:50Z</updated>
		
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&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;{{comic&lt;br /&gt;
| number    = 405&lt;br /&gt;
| date      = April 2, 2008&lt;br /&gt;
| title     = Journal 3&lt;br /&gt;
| image     = journal 3.png&lt;br /&gt;
| titletext = Oh, and, uh, if the Russian government asks, that submarine was always there.&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Explanation==&lt;br /&gt;
In [[374: Journal]], [[Black Hat]] explains to [[Cueball]] that a hobby of his is to pretend to write in a journal while on the subway, acting embarrassed if anyone sees. He then proceeds to silently scorn the person once they give him any kind of reassurance.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In [[377: Journal 2]], however, [[Danish]] sees through his ruse. She counteracts it by proving that she understands him, and attempts to resign him to the fact that he will never see her again, thus stripping him of the satisfaction and confidence of a proper social connection. She decamps, abducting his hat in the process. (We also explored the fact that she is even better than Black Hat. But Black Hat shows his true power and ingeniosity.)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Initially vanquished, Black Hat seems to have quickly recovered and tracked Danish down, even to the extreme fringes of the Earth. He tells Danish that although she was able to read him impossibly adequately she blundered one &amp;quot;inconsequential&amp;quot; detail. We are led to believe that this is some mistake in the disguising of her tracks, but then he explains that it was simply how much he values his hat. It may also be the possibility that Black Hat placed a tracking device of some sort on his hat. This way he trampolines her wrath back at her. She thought that he would agonise the loss of her - the only person who understands him - but he subdues her ego when claiming that he likes his hat (implicitly saying that he doesn't care for her). The series continues in [[432: Journal 4]]. He leaves, taking “her hat&amp;quot; from her.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The title text continues the theme of Black Hat's supernatural ability to troll and to deftly dodge the consequences: If Black Hat stole a military submarine, said military is probably going to be hot on his tail, but he writes it off with: &amp;quot;just tell them it was always here,&amp;quot; as if it is no big deal. Black Hat will even be blamed for stealing the submarine in [[496: Secretary: Part 3]]. However, since this is (presumably) the American Senate reviewing him, it may be that he simply has stolen two submarines. It is also possible that the submarine is the American submarine and the title text refers to the Russian Government because their current location is in their territory, and he is shifting any reason for the submarine being there away from himself.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
It perhaps may be significant that this comic includes the line &amp;quot;So, you found me after all&amp;quot;, given that the previous comic number [[404: Not Found]] was skipped, leading instead to an HTTP 404 Not Found error page.&lt;br /&gt;
The destiny of Black Hat is fully known in [[:Category:Journal|The Journal]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The whole &amp;quot;[[:Category:Journal|Journal]]&amp;quot; story is:&lt;br /&gt;
*[[374: Journal]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[377: Journal 2]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[405: Journal 3]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[432: Journal 4]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[433: Journal 5]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Transcript==&lt;br /&gt;
:[Two women ice-skating outside.]&lt;br /&gt;
:Ponytail: Wait up!&lt;br /&gt;
:Danish (wearing Black Hat's Hat): Skate faster!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:[Danish sees cracking ice.]&lt;br /&gt;
:''Crack Crack''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:[Danish on chunk of ice broken off.]&lt;br /&gt;
:''Crack Rumble''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:[Submarine dorsal fin emerging.]&lt;br /&gt;
:''AWOOGA''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:[Black Hat (without hat) coming out of hatch.]&lt;br /&gt;
:''CREAK''&lt;br /&gt;
:Black Hat: Hi.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Black Hat: That's my hat you're wearing.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Danish (wearing Black Hat's Hat(stolen in [[Journal 2]])): So, you found me after all.&lt;br /&gt;
:Black Hat (out of frame): You didn't make it easy.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Black Hat: You saw through me, all right. But not quite well enough.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Black Hat: Because if you wanted to stay lost forever, you made one mistake.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:[Black Hat climbing out of hatch.]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:[Black Hat sliding down a sheet of ice.]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:[Black Hat taking back his hat from Danish's head as he slides by on the ice.]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:[Black Hat skidding to a stop and putting hat back on his head.]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Black Hat: You took my hat.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Black Hat: I '''LIKE''' my hat.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:[Black Hat walking away.]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:[Danish left standing, feeling like Black Hat in [[Journal 2]].]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{comic discussion}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Journal|03]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Comics sharing name|Journal]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Comics featuring Black Hat]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Comics featuring Danish]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Hyperxkcdfan</name></author>	</entry>

	<entry>
		<id>https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=377:_Journal_2&amp;diff=337466</id>
		<title>377: Journal 2</title>
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				<updated>2024-03-15T02:48:18Z</updated>
		
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&lt;div&gt;{{comic&lt;br /&gt;
| number    = 377&lt;br /&gt;
| date      = January 30, 2008&lt;br /&gt;
| title     = Journal 2&lt;br /&gt;
| image     = journal_2.png&lt;br /&gt;
| titletext = That's my hat! You took my hat!&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Explanation==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This comic is a direct sequel to [[374: Journal]], where [[Black Hat]] discusses his plan exactly as [[Danish]] describes it here, that is, he intends to display signs of interest in order to flatter a stranger only to hurt her by rejecting her when she responds.  In this case, the plan ricochets when Danish recognizes his plan before he has a chance to implement it.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Black Hat's tendency to act in enigmatic, and at times sociopathic, ways serves to give him a sense of superiority while at the same time keeping others distant enough that they can't hurt him. Danish not only recognizes that, she also calls him out on it. She recognizes his secret longing for connection to another, a connection that she could give should she choose to do so. Instead, she uses a more disingenuous version of his own ploy by laying bare his intentions and his desires before stripping him of his hat and confidence and herself from his life.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Danish proves she is equal to — or possibly even better than — Black Hat. His hat is an adumbration of his sociopathy and possibly a realisation that, in the completely hypothetical situation that Black Hat is just a character in a webcomic, no one would recognize him without his black hat.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The jarred Black Hat can bring his vast intellectual powers to say nothing more to an already-decamped Danish than “That’s my hat! You took my hat!”, making Danish far better at hurting others' feelings.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The whole &amp;quot;[[:Category:Journal|Journal]]&amp;quot; story is:&lt;br /&gt;
*[[374: Journal]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[377: Journal 2]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[405: Journal 3]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[432: Journal 4]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[433: Journal 5]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Transcript==&lt;br /&gt;
:[Black Hat and Danish are sitting in a train across from each other. Black Hat is writing in a journal.]&lt;br /&gt;
:Black Hat: ''blush''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Danish: I see what you did there.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:[Danish stands up.]&lt;br /&gt;
:Danish: You were trying to open me up so you could hurt my feelings.&lt;br /&gt;
:Danish: You like to hurt people.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:[Danish walks closer.]&lt;br /&gt;
:Danish: Well, I like to hurt people too. And you know what?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:[Danish is in Black Hat's face.]&lt;br /&gt;
:Danish: *whispering* ''I'm better at it than you.''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Danish: I'm about to hurt you more than you could ever hurt me.&lt;br /&gt;
:Danish: See, I just saw right through you.&lt;br /&gt;
:Danish: Alone of all the people you'll ever meet, I understand you-&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:[Danish strikes Black Hat's hat so it falls off.]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:[Black Hat is surprised.]&lt;br /&gt;
:[Danish catches Black Hat's hat and self-dons it]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Danish: -and you'll never see me again.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:[Danish exits frame left.]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:[Black Hat sits alone on the train and puts his arms down.]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Trivia==&lt;br /&gt;
* This is the first xkcd comic featuring [[Danish]].&lt;br /&gt;
* After this comic was posted, Black Hat would not appear in another comic until [[Journal 3]], implying Black Hat stopped his usual antics whilst trying to track down Danish and get his hat back.&lt;br /&gt;
* This comic used to be [https://web.archive.org/web/20220125023401/https://store.xkcd.com/products/signed-prints available as a signed print] in the xkcd store before it was [[Store|shut down]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{comic discussion}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Journal|02]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Comics sharing name|Journal]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Comics featuring Black Hat]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Comics featuring Danish]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Comics with xkcd store products]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Comics with lowercase text]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>1100: Vows</title>
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&lt;div&gt;{{comic&lt;br /&gt;
| number    = 1100&lt;br /&gt;
| date      = August 27, 2012&lt;br /&gt;
| title     = Vows&lt;br /&gt;
| image     = vows.png&lt;br /&gt;
| titletext = So, um. Do you want to get a drink after the game?&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==Explanation==&lt;br /&gt;
This comic is a joke parodying wedding ceremonies and {{w|American Football}} plays intended to misdirect or fool the opponents about what is really happening.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
A standard misdirection play involves the offense misdirecting the defense into thinking that the play being executed is actually a different play: for example, a {{w|American_football_positions|passing play}} could actually be a running play, or that a ball being run left is actually being run right, or that a {{w|field goal}} or {{w|Punt_(gridiron_football)|punt}} end up being attempted to get a {{w|Down_(gridiron_football)|down}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In this comic, [[Cueball]] is about to get married to Amy, a girl looking like [[Megan]], but the bride interrupts the ritual by saying that she doesn't want to get married. The bride then reveals herself to be a Cueball-like man and after questioning reveals that the relationship and the wedding was an elaborate con to get the advantage on the football field. &amp;quot;Amy&amp;quot; turns out to be a player for the opposing team and he had a football on his person. He then proceeds to run the ball in for a touchdown. This clearly constitutes the ''greatest high school football misdirection play of all time''. {{cn}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Randall]] takes the deception in a misdirection play to the next, virtually impossible level; it is unlikely that a relationship could develop to the point of marriage within the time-frame of a football game, with &amp;quot;the groom&amp;quot; not noticing that Amy was in fact a football player, or that he was standing on the football field.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The title text indicates that, in spite of the deception, &amp;quot;the groom&amp;quot; still has feelings and is not ready to give up the relationship (or at least he would like to share a beer with the opposing team like after a friendly game). Alternatively, as it is unclear who is speaking, &amp;quot;the bride&amp;quot; may have also developed feelings for &amp;quot;the groom&amp;quot; and is now awkwardly asking for a date after deceiving &amp;quot;the groom.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Misdirection Plays===&lt;br /&gt;
Occasionally, especially at the high school level, extreme misdirection plays are attempted where teams try to misdirect the opposing team into thinking that a play is not even being run. Good examples of that can be found on YouTube, such as this [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkA3nxuMJoM &amp;quot;wrong ball&amp;quot; trick], or that [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UIdI8khMkw &amp;quot;five more yards&amp;quot; trick]. Despite conforming to the rules of the game, these are considered to be dirty tricks and usually only work in little league football.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Transcript==&lt;br /&gt;
:[A bride in full wedding dress, that looks like Megan, and Cueball with a bow-tie as the groom stand next to each other. Each has a hand outstretched toward the other.]&lt;br /&gt;
:Officiator (off panel): Do you take this man to be your lawful wedded husband?&lt;br /&gt;
:Bride(Amy): ...No.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:[Cueball steps back in surprise. The bride removes a wig to reveal that she is in fact a Cueball-like man.]&lt;br /&gt;
:Groom: ''What? Amy!?''&lt;br /&gt;
:Man: I'm not Amy. None of this was real. You're back in senior year. It's the big game.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:[Cueball puts his hands to his head in confusion. The man holds up an American football, still holding the wig in his other hand.]&lt;br /&gt;
:Cueball: What ''is'' this!?&lt;br /&gt;
:Man: ''The greatest high school football misdirection play of all time.''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:[Cueball puts his hands to his mouth as the man in the wedding dress begins to run backwards, away from him holding up the ball.]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:[Cueball remains frozen in horror as the man turns and dashes toward the goalpost in the distance.]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{comic discussion}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Multiple Cueballs]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Wedding]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:American football]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>Little Bobby Tables</title>
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| image      = Little Bobby Tables.PNG&lt;br /&gt;
| imagesize  = 200px&lt;br /&gt;
| caption    = '&lt;br /&gt;
| first_appearance = [[327: Exploits of a Mom]]&lt;br /&gt;
| fix = yes&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;noinclude&amp;gt;:''For a list of comics, see [[:Category:Comics featuring Robert'); DROP TABLE Students;--|Comics featuring Robert'); DROP TABLE Students;--]].''&lt;br /&gt;
:''For Robert'); DROP TABLE Students;--'s sister, see [[Help I'm trapped in a driver's license factory Elaine Roberts]].''&lt;br /&gt;
:''For Robert'); DROP TABLE Students;--'s mother, see [[Mrs. Roberts]].''&amp;lt;/noinclude&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''Robert'); DROP TABLE Students;--''', also known as '''Little Bobby Tables''', is a [[stick figure]] character in [[xkcd]]. He is the youngest son of elite hacker [[Mrs. Roberts]] and [[Help I'm trapped in a driver's license factory Elaine Roberts]] is his older sister. His full name is known to cause problems with some computers. When he was first enrolled in school in [[327: Exploits of a Mom]], it exploited a vulnerability in the parsing of students' names into the school's student database resulting in the school losing all the student records for the year.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Appearances==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Adult Bobby Tables.PNG|thumb|200px|Robert'); DROP TABLE Students;-- as an adult from [[884: Rogers St.]]]]&lt;br /&gt;
Within the five comics he is referenced, he is only drawn three times. The first two are in the [[:Category:1337|1337 series]] where he is drawn as a Cueball-like kid. But then he also appears as a young man with long curly hair in [[884: Rogers St.]]. Here it is only the title text that reveals that this is Bobby, that, and the fact that [[Randall]] in the official transcript does not mention the gender, but only that it is a person. &lt;br /&gt;
Here is how he looks in that comic:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
There have been suggestions that the Robert in the table in [[596: Latitude]] was Bobby but given that [[Black Hat]] has never had any relation to him in the other comics, and that [[Rob]] has, it seems more likely that the Robert is Rob.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Name==&lt;br /&gt;
In {{w|SQL}}, commands are terminated by semicolons &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;;&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; and data is often quoted using single quotes &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;'&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;. Commands may also be enclosed in parentheses &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;(&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; and &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;)&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;. Data is stored in tables of similar items (e.g., &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;Students&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;) and individual entries are &amp;quot;rows&amp;quot; in the table. To delete an entire table (and every row of data in that table), you use the command &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;DROP&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; (e.g., &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;DROP TABLE Students&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;). The &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;--&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; represents the start of a {{w|Comment_(computer_programming)#SQL|SQL comment}} which ensures that the rest of the command is ignored so an error will not occur.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The exploited vulnerability is that the single quote in the name input was not properly &amp;quot;escaped&amp;quot; by the software. Thus, when the name is embedded into some SQL statement, the quote is erroneously parsed as a closing quote inside that statement, rather than being parsed as part of the name. Lack of such escaping is a common SQL vulnerability; this type of exploit is referred to as {{w|SQL injection}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The name Bobby Tables inspired a website, [http://bobby-tables.com/ bobby-tables.com], a guide for beginning programmers to learn the right way to avoid SQL injection in their code. It appears in [[1253: Exoplanet Names]] as one of the suggested planet names.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Example of SQL injection===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
A typical, unsecured SQL command vulnerable to SQL injection would be something like:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 database.execute(&amp;quot;INSERT INTO Students (name) VALUES ('&amp;quot; + name + &amp;quot;');&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
where &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;name&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; is a variable which is filled with the name to be inserted into the database. With a regular name, this would result in the following SQL command to be sent to the database system:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 INSERT INTO Students (name) VALUES ('Elaine');&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
However, with Little Bobby Tables's full name, the SQL command would be:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 INSERT INTO Students (name) VALUES ('Robert'); DROP TABLE Students;--');&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Or, if split after each &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;;&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 INSERT INTO Students (name) VALUES ('Robert');&lt;br /&gt;
 DROP TABLE Students;&lt;br /&gt;
 --');&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The first command inserts the name &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;Robert&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; into the database as in the first example. The second command however completely deletes the table &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;Students&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;. The remainder &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;--&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; is a comment to prevent syntax errors with the apostrophe and the closing parenthesis from the target command that the exploit code otherwise would have no use for.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Real life occurrences===&lt;br /&gt;
In 2017, a Swiss group called their book &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;script&amp;gt;alert(&amp;quot;!Mediengruppe Bitnik&amp;quot;);&amp;lt;/script&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; to make e-commerce websites display an hackneyed pop-up as soon as the book name loads. [https://i.imgur.com/Dd4XN7d.png It immediately worked on several sites] and to this day, [https://www.tomlinsons-online.com/p-16381221-scriptalertmediengruppe-bitnikscript.aspx some websites] are still affected.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In 2019, a person chose a vanity license plate that said &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;NULL&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; and subsequently [https://www.wired.com/story/null-license-plate-landed-one-hacker-ticket-hell/ received thousands of dollars in fines from random vehicles] for which the license plate was unavailable. Some database programmers somewhere along the way failed to consider the difference between the string &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;NULL&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; and the value {{w|NULL}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In 2020, the British corporate register [https://forum.aws.chdev.org/t/cross-site-scripting-xss-software-attack/3355/8 accepted a registration] for &amp;lt;code&amp;gt; “&amp;gt;&amp;lt;SCRIPT SRC=&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;TTPS://MJT.XSS.HT&amp;gt; LTD&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;, which was soon officially renamed to &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;THAT COMPANY WHOSE NAME USED TO CONTAIN HTML SCRIPT TAGS LTD&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; to avoid a cross-site scripting problem.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{navbox-characters}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Characters]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Minor characters]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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