1511: Spice Girl

2015-04-13T12:57:01Z

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{{comic
| number = 1511
| date = April 13, 2015
| title = Spice Girl
| image = spice_girl.png
| titletext = Haha, you'll see!
}}

==Explanation==
[[Randall]] is making a statement against internet quizzes, such as [http://www.buzzfeed.com/lyapalater/which-spice-girl-are-you#.gbkv2p3jDX 'What Spice Girl Are You?']. If these quiz questions were being shouted (as they are by [[Cueball]] here) through a door in a post-{{w|Apocalypse|apocalyptic}} world at a charged time, in order to make sure the one you let in is not some {{w|Scary Spice|scary person}} but a merciful one, the stakes would be higher and each answer would be fraught with dangerous meaning. It would thus also be much more fun taking the quiz! In this comic [[Megan]] is preparing for the worst by loading her shotgun, while a, possibly dangerous, Spice Girl is knocking on their door.

The {{w|Spice Girls}} were a British pop girl group formed in 1994. It consisted of five girls who all had a spice girl nickname. The five girls are:
*{{w|Mel B}} (MB) is "Scary Spice"
*{{w|Mel C}} (MC) is "Sporty Spice"
*{{w|Emma Bunton}} (Em) is "Baby Spice"
*{{w|Geri Halliwell}} (G) is "Ginger Spice"
*{{w|Victoria Beckham}} (V) is "Posh Spice"

This explains the question by Cueball - it is likely he refers to Scary Spice as the one who started this war (also per the title text, see below). Which one would then be ''The Merciful One'' is not clear...

The title text refers to the [http://lyrics.wikia.com/Spice_Girls:Wannabe lyrics] from the Spice Girls' debut single, ''{{w|Wannabe (song)|Wannabe}}'' (Listen to ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJLIiF15wjQ Wannabe on YouTube]'') Here below is the relevant excerpt from the song where the letters in the last four lines refer to the spice girls as given above. This rap {{w|bridge (music)|bridge}} is sung by Scary Spice except for the line with Easy V which is sung by Ginger Spice:
:So here's a story from A to Z,
:You wanna get with me You gotta listen carefully
:We got Em in the place who likes it in your face
:You got G like MC who likes it on an
:Easy V doesn't come for free, she's a real lady
:And as for me, '''Haha, you'll see'''

These lyrics function as a little introduction to the then less well known girl group. The final line takes on a threat-like tone in this new context of the comic. And it doesn't help that it is Scary Spice who sings it.

The text may seem a little confusing to understand, especially the line that finishes ''on an''. According to another lyrics-site, which also has [http://genius.com/3134866 explanations] to some parts of the text, it means that G and MC likes it (sex) together with {{w|MDMA|ecstasy}} - as "On an E" is slang for being on ecstasy (see it used in this [https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090518130834AA0QdJD discussion]). They could not sing this directly, thus they inserted the "E" in the next line as '''E'''asy V, a line which is even sung by another spice girl, Ginger spice, where the rest of this {{w|bridge (music)|bridge}} is sung by Scary spice.

''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SQYLHWo8TA The Merciful One]'' could be a reference to the song with the same name by {{w|Zohar (band)|Zohar}}, another British music ensemble. This song is very slow and easy compared to ''Wannabe''.

==Transcript==
:[Cueball is trying to barricade a door with his own body (although it already has a bar in front of it). He is in a room that is deteriorating with Megan who is loading a shotgun while sitting behind some sort of box.]
:Knocking on the door: '''THUMP THUMP'''
:Cueball: '''Which Spice Girl are you?!'''
:Cueball: The merciful one, or the one who started this war?

:[Caption below the frame:]
:'''When I see those quiz titles, I like to imagine they're'''
:'''being shouted through a door in a postapocalyptic dystopia.'''

{{comic discussion}}
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1511: Spice Girl