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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
| − | [[Cueball]] is going through the traditional | + | [[Cueball]] is going through the traditional loudspeaker-having person refrain about the government having control over our lives and uses the refrain "Wake Up Sheeple", which has been referenced [[202|at least]] [[496|two other]] [[610|times]] in xkcd. Sheeple is a {{w|portmanteau}} (another thing that is loved in xkcd) of "sheep" and "people" used as a derisive term to describe people who thoughtlessly wander through their daily lives going exactly where they are "herded" by the powers that be. |
| − | However, in this comic, | + | However, in this comic, "sheeple" are not that, instead are a race of half sheep/half person who have slumbered beneath the Earth for ten thousand years and are apparently going to destroy the human race. Repeating a specific phrase 3 times is the same as used in [[555: Two Mirrors]]. |
| − | The title text says the humans will be led "like lambs to the slaughter" which is a phrase that appears many times in older texts, the Bible as an example. The phrase means that someone or something would be led to its destruction without it thinking to escape from the disaster. The Sheeple are likely to take it amiss, because it indicates the uncaring frequency with which humans kill | + | The title text says the humans will be led "like lambs to the slaughter" which is a phrase that appears many times in older texts, the Bible as an example. The phrase means that someone or something would be led to its destruction without it thinking to escape from the disaster. The Sheeple are likely to take it amiss, because it indicates the uncaring frequency with which humans kill sheep. |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
:[Cueball yells into a megaphone.] | :[Cueball yells into a megaphone.] | ||
| − | :Cueball: Your government has turned against you! Corporations control your every thought! | + | :Cueball: Your government has turned against you! Corporations control your every thought! - Open your eyes! |
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| − | :[ | + | :[Head-on view of Cueball.] |
| − | :Cueball: Wake up, sheeple! Wake up, sheeple! | + | :Cueball: Wake up, sheeple! Wake up, sheeple! - '''WAKE UP, SHEEPLE!!''' |
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| − | :[In | + | :[In between two panels.] |
| + | :[The man takes the megaphone away from his mouth.] | ||
:''RUMBLE'' | :''RUMBLE'' | ||
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:[Close-up on the sheep-man's eye.] | :[Close-up on the sheep-man's eye.] | ||
| − | : | + | :TEN THOUSAND YEARS WE SLUMBERED... ''NOW WE RIIIIIIIISE'' baaaaaaa |
:[A clearly upset Megan goes up to Cueball, hands held out in front of her plaintively.] | :[A clearly upset Megan goes up to Cueball, hands held out in front of her plaintively.] | ||
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:Cueball: What? But I didn't— | :Cueball: What? But I didn't— | ||
:Out-of-frame #1: He awoke the Sheeple! | :Out-of-frame #1: He awoke the Sheeple! | ||
| − | : | + | :OOF #2: Heaven forgive us! |
| − | : | + | :OOF #3: All is lost! |
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
