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| title    = The Race: Part 3
 
| title    = The Race: Part 3
 
| image    = the_race_part_3.png
 
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| titletext = No, the best things about The Sarah Connor Chronicles were: (1) watching Sarah and Cameron try to pass for normal, and (2) Cameron throwing people and things through walls. Everything else was pretty secondary.
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| titletext = No, the best things about The Sarah Connor Chronicles were: (1) watching Sarah and Cameron try to pass for normal, and (2) Cameron throwing people and things through walls. Everything else was pretty secondary.
 
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==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
''{{w|Firefly (TV series)|Firefly}}'' was a television series aired by Fox in 2002 that got cancelled midway through, but it has a large fan base nowadays. The star of the show was Captain Malcolm (or Mal) Reynolds, played by [[Nathan Fillion]]. Other members of his crew were Kaylee (played by [[Jewel Staite]]), the ship's mechanic, Inara Serra (played by {{w|Morena Baccarin}}) was a Companion (or, as Mal would say: whore) that helped ''Serenity'' (the spaceship) gain a landing on many planets that otherwise would have nothing to do with Mal. River Tam (played by [[Summer Glau]]) was the seemingly crazy younger sister of Dr. Simon Tam (played by {{w|Sean Maher}}), and due to her latent psionic powers and the damage from the experiments she had undergone, she was known for making odd, out-of-context statements. Randall is a fan of ''Firefly'', and makes reference to it (and Summer Glau in particular) in various other comics - see under 'Categories' below.
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{{w|Firefly_(TV_series)|Firefly}} was a television series aired by FOX in 2002 that got cancelled mid-way through, but has a large fan base nowadays (for a more comprehensive explanation, see the Wikipedia page). The star of the show was Captain Malcolm (or Mal) Reynolds, played by {{w|Nathan Fillion}}. Other members of his crew were Kaylee (played by {{w|Jewel Staite}}) the ship's mechanic, Inara Serra (played by {{w|Morena Baccarin}}) was a Companion (As Mal would say: whore) that helped Serenity (the ship) gain a landing on many planets that otherwise would have nothing to do with Mal, River Tam (played by {{w|Summer Glau}}) was the seemingly crazy younger sister of Dr. Simon Tam (played by {{w|Sean Maher}}), as well as a few others.
  
When [[Cueball]] is introduced to the first two women, he learns that they behave in real life as on the Firefly show (Summer is strange and Jewel is a mechanical wizard) - this is why he begins to ask about Morena Baccarin, and also why the other two say "No." before he can finish the question "Is she really a ''prostitute''?". In the last panel, Kaylee apparently wired-up Mal's controller to broadcast on the frequency of Cueball's skateboard, so it took control of his board, where Mal's stood still. (Buy a few RC models ({{w|Radio-controlled model}}) to play with friends and inevitably this will happen. Where two controllers broadcast on the same frequency, so the two models are confused by the signals they receive.)
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In the last panel, Kaylee apparently wired up Mal's controller to broadcast on the frequency of [[Cueball]]'s skateboard, so it took control of his board, where Mal's stood still. buy a few RC models ({{w|Radio-controlled model}}) to play with friends and inevitably this will happen. Where two controllers broadcast on the same frequency, so the two models are confused by the signals they receive.
  
''{{w|Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles}}'' was a television series aired by Fox from 2008-09. Summer Glau played the role of Cameron, a Terminator; Cameron was played in a distinctly "strange" manner as a humanoid robot who finds much about humanity puzzling. Combined with her role as River Tam, the joke is that it wasn't Summer's characters who were eccentric, but that Summer Glau ''herself'' is actually just as strange and eccentric as she is shown to be on screen. Electric skateboards have been the subject of several other comics like [[139: I Have Owned Two Electric Skateboards]], [[409: Electric Skateboard (Double Comic)]] and a panel in [[442: xkcd Loves the Discovery Channel]].
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{{w|Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles}} was a television series aired by FOX from 2008-09. Summer Glau played the role of Cameron, a Terminator; Cameron was played in a distinctly "strange" manner as a humanoid robot who finds much about humanity puzzling.
  
This series was released on five consecutive days (Monday to Friday) and not over the usual schedule of three comics a week. These are all the comics in [[:Category:The Race|The Race series]]:
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All comics in "[[The Race]]" series:
 
* [[577: The Race: Part 1]]
 
* [[577: The Race: Part 1]]
 
* [[578: The Race: Part 2]]
 
* [[578: The Race: Part 2]]
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* [[580: The Race: Part 4]]
 
* [[580: The Race: Part 4]]
 
* [[581: The Race: Part 5]]
 
* [[581: The Race: Part 5]]
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This series was released on 5 consecutive days(Monday-Friday) and not over the usual Monday/Wednesday/Friday schedule.
  
 
==Transcript==
 
==Transcript==
:[Nathan, Cueball, and Summer Glau standing around with electric skateboards.]
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:[Malcolm/Nathan, Cueball, and Summer Glau standing around with electric skateboards]
:Nathan: Meet a few of my friends. This is-
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:Malcolm Reynolds: meet a few of my friends. this is-
:Cueball: Summer Glau! You were the best part of ''Chronicles''.
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:Cueball: Summer Glau! you were the best part of ''Chronicles''.
  
:Summer: I eat my bodyweight in food every 31 days. That's slightly faster than the human average.
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:Summer: I eat my bodyweight in food every 31 days. that's slightly faster than the human average.
  
:[Summer stares off into space.]
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:[Summer stares off into space]
  
:Nathan: Yeah, there's a reason she only plays strange roles.
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:Malcom: yeah, there's a reason she only plays strange roles.
 
:Cueball: Ah.
 
:Cueball: Ah.
 
:Summer (from below): I'm part of the floor now.
 
:Summer (from below): I'm part of the floor now.
  
:[They find Jewel Staite working on a skateboard's engine.]
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:[They find Jewel Staite working on a skateboard's engine]
:Nathan: And this is Kaylee.
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:Malcolm: and this is Kaylee.
:Jewel: My name is Jewel, Nathan.
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:Jewel: my name is Jewel, Nathan.
  
:Nathan: Kaylee—
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:Malcolm: Kaylee—
 
:Jewel: ''Jewel''.
 
:Jewel: ''Jewel''.
:Nathan: —Jewel is fixin' up my new board.
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:Malcolm —Jewel is fixin' up my new board.
:Jewel: Almost done!
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:Jewel: almost done!
  
 
:Cueball: So wait. Summer's actually weird, Jewel's actually a mechanical whiz...
 
:Cueball: So wait. Summer's actually weird, Jewel's actually a mechanical whiz...
 
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:Cueball: ...will Morena Baccarin be here? is she really a—
:Cueball: ...will Morena Baccarin be here? Is she really a—
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:Malcolm and Jewel: No.
:Nathan and Jewel: No.
 
  
 
:The racers set up
 
:The racers set up
:[Nathan and Jewel are to the far left of a full-width panel. Nathan is standing on his skateboard holding a controller. Cueball is on his skateboard which is careening out of control on the far right of the panel.]
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:[Nathan and Jewel are to the far left of a full-width panel. Nathan is standing on his skateboard holding a controller. Cueball is on his skateboard which is careening out of control on the far right of the panel]
:Nathan: Kaylee, I've been gunnin' the radio hand throttle thingy for a while, but it ain't movin'.
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:Malcolm: Kaylee, I've been gunnin' the radio hand throttle thingy for a while, but it ain't movin'.
:Jewel: Oh, I must've set it to the wrong frequency!
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:Jewel: oh, I must've set it to the wrong frequency!
:Cueball (riding around on haywire board): ''AAAAAAAA''
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:Cueball (riding around on haywire board): AAAAAAAA
  
{{comic discussion}}
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{{comic discussion}}  
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
  
[[Category:The Race]]
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[[Category:Comics featuring Jewel Staite]]
[[Category:Comics sharing name|The Race]]
 
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
 
 
[[Category:Comics featuring Nathan Fillion]]
 
[[Category:Comics featuring Nathan Fillion]]
[[Category:Comics featuring Jewel Staite]]
 
 
[[Category:Comics featuring Summer Glau]]
 
[[Category:Comics featuring Summer Glau]]
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[[Category:The Race| 3]]
 
[[Category:Firefly]]
 
[[Category:Firefly]]
[[Category:Electric skateboard]]
 

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