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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
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− | + | This comic is a play on various possible alternatives for the last word in the phrase "Kid tested, mother approved," the slogan for {{w|Kix (cereal)|Kix}}, a children's breakfast cereal. This slogan is meant to imply that kids enjoy the cereal, and it is healthy to eat, as a mother would be concerned about her kids' health. This comic may be a commentary about brainstorming sessions of a marketing team. | |
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− | The | + | The comic shows a brainstorming session designed to determine the most effective way to complete the slogan. Several words (ranging from the not-so-appealing to potentially vulgar) have already been deemed inappropriate for the slogan, which is evident from the fact that they are {{w|Strikethrough|stricken out}}. |
− | + | # '''Selected''', uses the definition of approved found in the real slogan. That the mother has determined that Kix is fit to eat, and therefore healthy. There also seems to be an attempt at near rhyme with "tested", something not evident in the real slogan. | |
+ | # '''Perfected''', was likely inspired by the first option, selected. As selected and perfected rhyme and do not change the meaning of the slogan, the first option likely triggered a person in the brainstorming session to find a similarly positive word. This slogan implies that one or more mothers were involved in the cereals formulation and/or development, and therefore it is healthy. | ||
+ | # '''Not notified''' relates to the world of experimental research and clinical trials, and suggests that the people getting the kids to test the cereal did not obtain {{w|informed assent}}, pediatric assent or pediatric consent, which would generally involve notifying and getting permission from both parents. | ||
+ | # '''Watching helplessly''' suggests that the mother was forced to watch helplessly during the test, which we might assume she not only doesn't approve of, but considers dangerous, e.g. due to fears of {{w|sugar addiction}} (Kix has 3 grams of sugar per serving, though for a breakfast cereal that is relatively low). | ||
+ | # '''Infected''' suggests that there was some infectious agent in the Kix, and the kid acquired it and passed their infection to their mother; or that the mother was the one who put the infectious agent in there. This may be inspired by option one and two as infected rhymes with both selected and perfected, and by the third option as the slogan shares the same meaning as the third. This may be intended to show the group dynamic of the brainstorming session, or that one person keeps insisting on rhyming. | ||
+ | # '''Consumed''' could mean that the kid tested the product and didn't want to eat it, but the mother also tasted it and finished it off. It could also mean that the mother was consumed, by either the child or the cereal. | ||
+ | # '''Fucker''' modifies the meaning of mother by creating the compound word motherfucker. The slogan is now in the {{w|vocative case}}, as in: "[this has been] Kid Tested, motherfucker!". This last option appears to be a so called "elephant" - a ponderous ending of a joke that contrasts with rather refined and mild humor of the former options. | ||
− | + | The title text conflates the "Kix test" with college entrance exams like the {{w|SAT (test)|SAT}}'s or the {{w|ACT (test)|ACT}}'s. This is yet another definition of "Kid tested" as in "The kid has been tested on a given subject." | |
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+ | To avoid such ambiguity, the authors of the actual slogan could have used a hyphen between the words, i.e. "kid-tested", but this was not done. | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[Ponytail, Megan, and Cueball are standing around a whiteboard | + | :[Ponytail, Megan, and Cueball are standing around a whiteboard. The whiteboard on easel reads:] |
− | : | + | :'''Kix''' |
− | : | + | :<u>Slogan ideas</u> |
:Kid Tested, Mother... | :Kid Tested, Mother... | ||
− | + | :<font color="red"><strike>Selected</strike> | |
− | :<font color="red">< | + | :<strike>Perfected</strike> |
− | :< | + | :<strike>Not notified</strike> |
− | :< | + | :<strike>Watching helplessly</strike> |
− | :< | + | :<strike>Infected</strike> |
− | :< | + | :<strike>Consumed</strike> |
− | :< | + | :<strike>Fucker</strike></font> |
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]] | ||
− | [[Category: | + | [[Category:Comics with color]] |
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