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| title = Keyed | | title = Keyed | ||
| image = keyed.png | | image = keyed.png | ||
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| titletext = I was sure he was just getting revenge, but then he did the same thing to Carrie Underwood. Then he mailed me a scone. I think I'm giving up dating. | | titletext = I was sure he was just getting revenge, but then he did the same thing to Carrie Underwood. Then he mailed me a scone. I think I'm giving up dating. | ||
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | This comic is a take on one of the typical revenge tactics in dating and in life, which is one person "keying" the car of another. To "key" a car is to drag a key across the side of the car, sometimes multiple times, ruining the paint job. Instead, our friend [[Beret Guy]] painted a really detailed key on the side of | + | This comic is a take on one of the typical revenge tactics in dating and in life, which is one person "keying" the car of another. To "key" a car is to drag a key across the side of the car, sometimes multiple times, ruining the paint job. Instead, our friend [[Beret Guy]] painted a really detailed key on the side of the car in his version of "keying" a car. |
− | The | + | The image text is a reference to the song "{{w|Before He Cheats}}" by {{w|Carrie Underwood}}, which is a revenge song which details (via {{w|Before He Cheats#Background|wikipedia}}) Carrie Underwood imagining her boyfriend hanging out and flirting with a "bleach-blonde" girl, shooting pool, buying her a drink, dancing, and hoping to "get lucky" with her. In retaliation, she commits several law-breaking actions including vandalizing his customized four-wheel drive vehicle by scratching its side with a key, carving her name into its leather seats, smashing the headlights with a {{w|Louisville Slugger}} baseball bat and slashing all four tires. She hopes that this will make him "think before he cheats" again. |
− | + | The scone is a reference to [[452: Mission]] and [[677: Asshole]]. Oh Beret Guy, never change. | |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[Ponytail and Cueball are walking along | + | :[Ponytail and Cueball are walking along] |
− | :Ponytail: I broke up with him yesterday | + | :Ponytail: I broke up with him yesterday |
− | :Cueball: That weird guy with the beret? | + | :Cueball: That weird guy with the beret? Did he take it okay? |
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− | :Ponytail: He seemed upset. He went out to my | + | :Ponytail: He seemed upset. He went out to my car- |
− | :Cueball: | + | :Cueball: uh oh |
− | :Ponytail: | + | :Ponytail: -and spent the whole night painting a really detailed key on the side |
− | :Cueball: .. | + | :Cueball: ..wait what? |
− | :[Image of Beret Guy painting a giant key on the side of a car | + | :[Image of Beret Guy painting a giant key on the side of a car] |
− | :Ponytail: Then he woke me up to ask what I thought of it. | + | :Ponytail: Then he woke me up to ask what I thought of it. He looked really proud. |
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:Cueball: I ... is he playing revenge mind games? | :Cueball: I ... is he playing revenge mind games? | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
+ | [[Category:Comics featuring Beret Guy]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
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