11: Barrel - Part 2 - Revision history

FaviFake: There's also nothing in the comics that nickname blondie "Blondie", yet we refer to her in that way. It is specifically called by randall "The Barrel Boy" later, so it's even confirmed

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There's also nothing in the comics that nickname blondie "Blondie", yet we refer to her in that way. It is specifically called by randall "The Barrel Boy" later, so it's even confirmed

92.17.62.87: Undo revision 386633 by BobcatInABox (talk) Imagine you don't know that he's (nick-)named Barrel Boy... There's nothing in the comic to label him that, only that he's "a boy in a barrel".

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Undo revision 386633 by BobcatInABox (talk) Imagine you don't know that he's (nick-)named Barrel Boy... There's nothing in the comic to label him that, only that he's "a boy in a barrel".

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FaviFake at 16:15, 5 June 2025

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FaviFake: See ogcaption of 25 — added Category:Comics edited after their publication using HotCat

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See ogcaption of 25 — added Category:Comics edited after their publication using HotCat

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-:[A boy sits in a barrel which is floating in an ocean.]
+:[Barrel Boy sits in a barrel which is floating in an ocean.]
-:Boy: none of the places i floated had mommies.
+:Barrel Boy: none of the places i floated had mommies.
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-:[Barrel Boy sits in a barrel which is floating in an ocean.]
+:[A boy sits in a barrel which is floating in an ocean.]
-:Barrel Boy: none of the places i floated had mommies.
+:Boy: none of the places i floated had mommies.
 ==Trivia==

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-:[A boy sits in a barrel which is floating in an ocean.]
+:[Barrel Boy sits in a barrel which is floating in an ocean.]
-:Boy: none of the places i floated had mommies.
+:Barrel Boy: none of the places i floated had mommies.
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 ==Trivia==
-After its release on [[LiveJournal]], the comic was edited to lighten the gridlines, as Randall explained in [[Barrel - Part 4]]'s original LiveJournal caption. He has said that he considers this cheating, but as he is "not destroying anyone's childhood", he doesn't feel as if he's "pulling a George Lucas".
+After its release on [[LiveJournal]], the comic was edited to lighten the gridlines, as Randall explained in [[Barrel - Part 4]]'s original LiveJournal caption. He has said that he considers this cheating, but as he is "not destroying anyone's childhood", he doesn't feel as if he's "pulling a George Lucas". Learn more about the change in [[25: Barrel - Part 4#Explanation|25: Barrel - Part 4's explanation]].
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 * [[25: Barrel - Part 4]]
 * [[31: Barrel - Part 5]]
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 :[A boy sits in a barrel which is floating in an ocean.]
 :Boy: none of the places i floated had mommies.
 {{comic discussion}}

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 ==Explanation==
-{{incomplete|Explain that this comic was edited. ([[25|see the original caption of part 4]].)}}As in the previous comic in the [[:Category:The Boy and his Barrel|The Boy and his Barrel series]], the boy is floating in the ocean inside a barrel. The previous comic made a point about the uncertainty of life; here, [[Barrel Boy]]'s lament at not finding a mother is pure sentimentality, as accentuated by the title text. According to Freud, the first stage of psycho-sexual development is the Oral Stage, which relates to a baby's relationship with its mother. The realization that 'mommy' cannot be found is the first point at which a person learns to stop trusting the world and realizes that the world is not always comforting and safe.
+As in the previous comic in the [[:Category:The Boy and his Barrel|The Boy and his Barrel series]], the boy is floating in the ocean inside a barrel. The previous comic made a point about the uncertainty of life; here, [[Barrel Boy]]'s lament at not finding a mother is pure sentimentality, as accentuated by the title text. According to Freud, the first stage of psycho-sexual development is the Oral Stage, which relates to a baby's relationship with its mother. The realization that 'mommy' cannot be found is the first point at which a person learns to stop trusting the world and realizes that the world is not always comforting and safe.
 This is the third in a six-part series of comics whose parts were randomly published during the first several dozen strips. The series features [[Barrel Boy]], a character that is different from what would quickly become the xkcd [[stick figure]] style. The full series can be found [[:Category:The Boy and his Barrel|here]]. After Randall released the full [http://liveweb.archive.org/web/20070207052159/http://www.xkcd.com/barrel.html The Boy and his Barrel] story on the site, it became clear that the original comic [[20: Ferret]] was also part of the series. The comics are listed in the order chosen by Randall:

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