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<div>#REDIRECT [[115:_Meerkat]]</div>Ideas&Quoteshttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=115:_Meerkat&diff=13603115: Meerkat2012-09-26T15:15:19Z<p>Ideas&Quotes: </p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 115<br />
| date = June 14, 2006<br />
| title = Meerkat<br />
| image = meerkat.jpg<br />
| imagesize = <br />
| titletext = Gorilla, yes. Adorable golden retriever, yes. But it says nothing about meerkats.<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
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The situation is a reference to [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AnimalAthleteLoophole Animal Athlete Loophole], where some animal joins a sports team and predictably saves the day. The other team (i.e. the bad guys) don't like it, but since there isn't a specific rule against it, it has to be allowed.<br />
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In this particular situation, Randall uses both an animal (meerkat) and sport (rugby) that haven't been used in a Animal Sports Movie before. The title text references "Funky Monkey"(?) and "Air Bud", as now the rules have been changed to explicitly stop gorillas and golden retrievers from playing.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
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:[A meerkat wearing a hat and shirt, and two guys in the background supposedly on a rugby field]<br />
:You have to admit--there&#39;s no rule on the books saying a meerkat can&#39;t play rugby.<br />
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 114<br />
| date = June 14, 2006<br />
| title = Meerkat<br />
| image = meerkat.jpg<br />
| imagesize = <br />
| titletext = Gorilla, yes. Adorable golden retriever, yes. But it says nothing about meerkats.<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
<!-- Replace this line with the explanation! --><br />
The situation is a reference to [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AnimalAthleteLoophole Animal Athlete Loophole], where some animal joins a sports team and predictably saves the day. The other team (i.e. the bad guys) don't like it, but since there isn't a specific rule against it, it has to be allowed.<br />
<br />
In this particular situation, Randall uses both an animal (meerkat) and sport (rugby) that haven't been used in a Animal Sports Movie before. The title text references "Funky Monkey"(?) and "Air Bud", as now the rules have been changed to explicitly stop gorillas and golden retrievers from playing.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
<!-- The transcript can be found in a hidden <div> element on the xkcd comic's html source, with id "transcript".<br />
-- Tip: Use colons (:) in the beginning of lines to preserve the original line breaks. <br />
-- Any actions or descriptive lines in [[double brackets]] should be reduced to [single brackets] to avoid wikilinking<br />
-- Do not include the title text again here --><br />
:[A meerkat wearing a hat and shirt, and two guys in the background supposedly on a rugby field]<br />
:You have to admit--there&#39;s no rule on the books saying a meerkat can&#39;t play rugby.<br />
{{comic discussion}} <br />
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