2131: Emojidome - Revision history

SomebodyElse: /* Explanation */ just linking characters' names

2026-05-13T13:37:20Z

‎Explanation: just linking characters' names

Qwertyuiopfromdefly: fixed number

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Chronotix: /* Dynamic comic transcript */

2026-01-31T13:06:32Z

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FaviFake: removed Category:April Fools' Day comics using HotCat

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removed Category:April Fools' Day comics using HotCat

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FaviFake: New template!!! Take a look, it has a new navigation bar to browse the April Fools' comics in order, and much more info!

2025-05-11T22:05:37Z

New template!!! Take a look, it has a new navigation bar to browse the April Fools' comics in order, and much more info!

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FaviFake at 17:28, 9 May 2025

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FaviFake at 17:03, 25 February 2025

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 ==Explanation==
-The interactive comic began at noon ET (16:00 UTC) on April 1, 2019, and ended a day later. In it, users were shown two emojis and voted for their favorite before the time ran out. 512 different emojis were paired against each other in a cup or {{w|Bracket (tournament)|bracket}} system, with only one winner. Brackets, like the one in this comic, for finding the best emoji, are a recurring theme in xkcd. It is also relevant for this time of year, and two years ago in 2017, the first comic in April, [[1819: Sweet 16]] from April 3rd was a bracket, referencing {{w|March Madness}}. The {{w|2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|2019 version}} of the {{w|National Collegiate Athletic Association}} {{w|College basketball}} national championship tournament began March 19th and ends April 8th 2019. So this comic could also be said to reference this, although it is not so explicit here. Earlier Randall made another large and "silly" bracket in [[1529: Bracket]] (which someone then actually made into an online voting system, just like in this comic).
+The interactive comic began at noon ET (16:00 UTC) on April 1, 2019, and ended a day later. In it, users were shown two emojis and voted for their favorite before the time ran out. 512 different emojis were paired against each other in a cup or {{w|Bracket (tournament)|bracket}} system, with only one winner. Brackets, like the one in this comic, for finding the best emoji, are a recurring theme in xkcd. It is also relevant for this time of year, and two years ago in 2017, the first comic in April, [[1819: Sweet 16]] from April 3rd was a bracket, referencing {{w|March Madness}}. The {{w|2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|2019 version}} of the {{w|National Collegiate Athletic Association}} {{w|College basketball}} national championship tournament began March 19th and ends April 8th 2019. So this comic could also be said to reference this, although it is not so explicit here. Earlier [[Randall]] made another large and "silly" bracket in [[1529: Bracket]] (which someone then actually made into an online voting system, just like in this comic).
 The title is a reference to the movie ''{{w|Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome}},'' which had the tagline:  "Two men enter. One man leaves." The "Thunderdome" in the film is a gladiatorial arena where conflicts are resolved by a duel to the death. In the final round, the Milky Way emoji (🌌) won against the Hedgehog emoji (🦔). The comic was updated to show the result.

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 {{series
 | series        = April
-| number        = 10
+| number        = 11
 | date          = April 1, 2019
 | days_late     =

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 :Vote Vote
-:[From the buttons colored hearts are released, often in bundles, and then they wave up across the emoji who's button they emanated from.]
+:[From the buttons colored hearts are released, often in bundles, and then they wave up across the emoji whose button they emanated from.]
 :[Below the buttons there is and indicator showing how long the current battle is open for further votes. In the example the text is:]

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 {{TOC}}The {{xkcd|2131|original comic}} links to a [https://xkcd.com/2131/emojidome_bracket_round_of_128.png image of the results].
 ==Explanation==
 Brackets - like the one in this comic, for finding the best emoji - are a recurring theme in xkcd. It is also relevant for this time of year, and two years ago in 2017, the first comic in April, [[1819: Sweet 16]] from April 3rd was a bracket, referencing {{w|March Madness}}. The {{w|2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|2019 version}} of the {{w|National Collegiate Athletic Association}} {{w|College basketball}} national championship tournament began March 19th and ends April 8th 2019. So this comic could also be said to reference this, although it is not so explicit here. Earlier Randall made another large and "silly" bracket in [[1529: Bracket]] (which someone then actually made into an online voting system, just like in this comic).
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-[[Category:April fools' comics]]
+[[Category:April Fools' Day comics]]
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 [[Category:Comics with color]]

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 ==Explanation==
-This was the ninth [[:Category:April fools' comics|April fools' comic]] released by [[Randall]]. The previous fools comic was [[1975: Right Click]] from Sunday April 1, 2018. The next became [[2288: Collector's Edition]], which was delayed two days and released on Friday April 3, 2020.
+This was the ninth [[:Category:April fools' comics|April fools' comic]] released by [[Randall]]. The previous fools comic was [[1975: Right Click]] from Sunday April 1, 2018. The next became [[2288: Collector's Edition]], which was delayed two days and released on Friday April 3, 2020. The interactive comic began at noon ET (16:00 UTC) on April 1, 2019, and ended a day later. In it, users were shown two emojis and voted for their favorite before the time ran out. 512 different emojis were paired against each other in a cup or {{w|Bracket (tournament)|bracket}} system, with only one winner. See more below under [[#How it worked|How it worked]].
 Brackets - like the one in this comic, for finding the best emoji - are a recurring theme in xkcd. It is also relevant for this time of year, and two years ago in 2017, the first comic in April, [[1819: Sweet 16]] from April 3rd was a bracket, referencing {{w|March Madness}}. The {{w|2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|2019 version}} of the {{w|National Collegiate Athletic Association}} {{w|College basketball}} national championship tournament began March 19th and ends April 8th 2019. So this comic could also be said to reference this, although it is not so explicit here. Earlier Randall made another large and "silly" bracket in [[1529: Bracket]] (which someone then actually made into an online voting system, just like in this comic).

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 | titletext = Thank you to the xkcd April 1st volunteers/commentators, including @Chromakode, Kevin, @Aiiane, Patrick, Kat, Reuven, @cotrone, @bstaffin, @zigdon, schwal, Stereo, and everyone who voted!
 }}
-*The comic is a link to a [https://xkcd.com/2131/emojidome_bracket_round_of_128.png image of the results].
+{{TOC}}The {{xkcd|2131|original comic}} links to a [https://xkcd.com/2131/emojidome_bracket_round_of_128.png image of the results].
 ==Explanation==
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 :[Finally at the bottom of the comic below the scroll-able version of the past bouts, there was a link to images of the brackets, beginning with the full long one of all 512 emojis, and the zooming in and out, plus updating with results along the way. The link was a text that explained what the link was for. In the current example the link text, which is link blue, was:]
 :Full bracket for today's comic (round 3).
 ==== Round 1====
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 ==Trivia==
-* The [https://github.com/xkcd/kurita source code] for the comic was released on GitHub.
+The [https://github.com/xkcd/kurita source code] for the comic was released on GitHub.
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