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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | {{incomplete|Created by an Escape room. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | |
+ | Randall is trying to create the "greatest {{w|escape room}} game of all time". | ||
− | The six | + | The top six panels show a stylized version of various options where people try to get in or out of rooms: |
− | * | + | * Escape rooms: An escape room is a type of puzzle/adventure game where people are locked in the room (discounting emergency exits) and have a certain amount of time to solve the puzzles and leave. |
− | * {{w|Heist film|Heist movies}}: In heist movies, the thieves are trying to get in | + | * {{w|Heist film|Heist movies}}: In heist movies, the thieves are initially outside of the room they are trying to get in to steal what's inside. |
* ''{{w|Home Alone}}'' (1990): This refers to the first movie in a franchise, where the home that the burglars tried to rob was protected by someone from the inside, Kevin McCallister (also mentioned in the title text). | * ''{{w|Home Alone}}'' (1990): This refers to the first movie in a franchise, where the home that the burglars tried to rob was protected by someone from the inside, Kevin McCallister (also mentioned in the title text). | ||
− | * The Battle of Winterfell: This refers to the {{w|The Long Night (Game of Thrones episode)|3rd episode}} of the 8th season of ''{{w|Game of Thrones}}'' | + | * The Battle of Winterfell: This refers to the {{w|The Long Night (Game of Thrones episode)|3rd episode}} of the 8th season of ''{{w|Game of Thrones}}''. Here the dead tried to enter the {{w|keep}} (the middle room in the picture), but the keep already contained a crypt, with the dead inside, who could also try to leave that internal "room" as well. |
− | * ''{{w|Inception}}'' (2010): | + | * ''{{w|Inception}}'' (2010): This refers to the movie ''Inception'' where the protagonists could not only enter the dream world of others but while in those dreams could continue this again (entering the dream of someone inside the dream, etc.). ''Inception'' can be categorized as a "heist" movie, as the main characters are thieves who steal information from their victim's subconscious. |
− | * ''{{w|Divine Comedy|The Divine Comedy}}'' (1320): This refers to {{w|Dante Alighieri|Dante}}'s work - in particular its first part ''{{w|Inferno (Dante)|Inferno}}'', which depicts Hell as nine concentric circles. {{w|Purgatorio|Purgatory}} and {{w|Paradiso (Dante)|paradise}} are similarly concentric, but they are not likely to need to be escaped. | + | * ''{{w|Divine Comedy|The Divine Comedy}}'' (1320): This refers to {{w|Dante Alighieri|Dante}}'s work - in particular its first part ''{{w|Inferno (Dante)|Inferno}}'', which depicts Hell as nine concentric circles. {{w|Purgatorio|Purgatory}} and {{w|Paradiso (Dante)|paradise}} are similarly concentric, but they are not likely to need to be escaped. |
At the end, Randall proposes a combination of all of these things, and also combining it with others, to form the "greatest escape room game of all time": | At the end, Randall proposes a combination of all of these things, and also combining it with others, to form the "greatest escape room game of all time": | ||
− | + | * ''{{w|The Truman Show|Truman Show}}'': This refers to a movie, where the protagonist - unknown by him - was living in a constructed reality show. | |
− | + | * Kevin McCallister's house/subconscious: Refers to the 8-year-old boy who is the main character in the movie ''Home Alone'' who protects his home from the burglars. | |
− | + | * {{w|Styx}}: Refers to a deity and a river in Greek mythology that forms the boundary between Earth and Underworld ("Hades"). It is necessary to cross the river Styx to enter and exit the Underworld. | |
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The title text refers to [https://www.thedailybeast.com/home-alone-is-so-much-better-if-kevin-mccallister-is-dead this article], which claims that Kevin McCallister is dead, and is actually a ghost. | The title text refers to [https://www.thedailybeast.com/home-alone-is-so-much-better-if-kevin-mccallister-is-dead this article], which claims that Kevin McCallister is dead, and is actually a ghost. | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
+ | {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | ||
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:[Seven different room scenarios are shown with characters attempting to get inside or outside, each with a label below them.] | :[Seven different room scenarios are shown with characters attempting to get inside or outside, each with a label below them.] | ||
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:Heist movies | :Heist movies | ||
− | :[ | + | :[Cueball, presumably representing Kevin, standing in the middle of a room while two people are trying to enter.] |
:''Home Alone'' (1990) | :''Home Alone'' (1990) | ||
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:''The Divine Comedy'' (1320) | :''The Divine Comedy'' (1320) | ||
− | :[At the bottom a more complicated combination of various rooms shown in gray, with arrows labeled with question marks showing escape routes for two characters in black. | + | :[At the bottom a more complicated combination of various rooms shown in gray, with arrows labeled with question marks showing escape routes for two characters in black.] |
− | + | :[Labels of various rooms and obstacles in gray:] | |
+ | :Truman Show | ||
+ | :Bank | ||
+ | :Room | ||
+ | :Vault | ||
+ | :The dead | ||
+ | :Kevin McCallister's house | ||
+ | :Kevin McCallister's subconscious | ||
+ | :Styx | ||
+ | :Dante's Inferno | ||
:[Label in the bottom in black:] | :[Label in the bottom in black:] | ||
:My plan for the greatest escape room game of all time | :My plan for the greatest escape room game of all time | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Hairy]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Hairy]] | ||
[[Category:Multiple Cueballs]] | [[Category:Multiple Cueballs]] | ||
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