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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
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This comic is a reference to the recently released {{w|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014 film)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie}}. It is a list of Wikipedia article titles that are in the same syllable-stress pattern as the first line of the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rS-qFdw-v_o theme song] of the {{w|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series)|1987 cartoon series}}. | This comic is a reference to the recently released {{w|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014 film)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie}}. It is a list of Wikipedia article titles that are in the same syllable-stress pattern as the first line of the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rS-qFdw-v_o theme song] of the {{w|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series)|1987 cartoon series}}. | ||
| − | The list is compiled in alphabetical order from top to bottom, without respect to the left or right column. Some of the items on this list (e.g. ''{{w|Ace Ventura: Pet Detective}}'') are drawn as headlines in the same style as the logo from that series. These articles are not in alphabetical order with the surrounding small face text, but these headlines are in alphabetical order with the other headlines from top to bottom, without respect to the left or right column. Some of these phrases are not actually the titles of Wikipedia articles, but are redirects. For instance, the article on {{w|Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie}} redirects to {{w|Woody Guthrie}}, and {{w|Former Arctic Monkeys members}} | + | The list is compiled in alphabetical order from top to bottom, without respect to the left or right column. Some of the items on this list (e.g. ''{{w|Ace Ventura: Pet Detective}}'') are drawn as headlines in the same style as the logo from that series. These articles are not in alphabetical order with the surrounding small face text, but these headlines are in alphabetical order with the other headlines from top to bottom, without respect to the left or right column. Some of these phrases are not actually the titles of Wikipedia articles, but are redirects. For instance, the article on {{w|Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie}} redirects to {{w|Woody Guthrie}}, and {{w|Former Arctic Monkeys members}} redirects to {{w|Andy Nicholson}}. |
The syllable-stress pattern of this line is long-short-long-short-long-short-long-short, known in poetry as {{w|trochaic tetrameter}}. Randall has previously authored comics dealing with {{w|trochees}}, namely [[856: Trochee Fixation]] and [[1383: Magic Words]]. | The syllable-stress pattern of this line is long-short-long-short-long-short-long-short, known in poetry as {{w|trochaic tetrameter}}. Randall has previously authored comics dealing with {{w|trochees}}, namely [[856: Trochee Fixation]] and [[1383: Magic Words]]. | ||
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*"Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" | *"Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" | ||
*"Go go Power Rangers" | *"Go go Power Rangers" | ||
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==The Wikipedia links== | ==The Wikipedia links== | ||
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:{{w|Engine failure after take-off}} | :{{w|Engine failure after take-off}} | ||
:{{w|English as a second language}} | :{{w|English as a second language}} | ||
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:{{w|Fowler's Modern English Usage}} | :{{w|Fowler's Modern English Usage}} | ||
:{{w|Georgia Game and Fish Department}} | :{{w|Georgia Game and Fish Department}} | ||
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:{{w|Lesser knapweed flower weevil}} | :{{w|Lesser knapweed flower weevil}} | ||
:{{w|Lockheed Martin Atlas rocket}} | :{{w|Lockheed Martin Atlas rocket}} | ||
| − | :{{w|Maple syrup urine syndrome}} | + | :{{w|Maple syrup urine syndrome}} |
:{{w|Mighty Morphin Power Rangers|Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers}} | :{{w|Mighty Morphin Power Rangers|Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers}} | ||
:{{w|Nablus mask-like facial syndrome}} | :{{w|Nablus mask-like facial syndrome}} | ||
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:{{w|Newton's second law of motion}} | :{{w|Newton's second law of motion}} | ||
:{{w|North Korean Workers Party}} | :{{w|North Korean Workers Party}} | ||
| − | : | + | :{{w|Orange County Business Council}} |
:{{w|Over/under cable coiling}} | :{{w|Over/under cable coiling}} | ||
:{{w|Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater}} | :{{w|Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater}} | ||
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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| − | + | [Caption above comic:] | |
| + | :'''WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE TITLES''' | ||
| + | :With the right syllable stress pattern to be sung to the tune of the original ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' theme song | ||
| − | + | [Six groups of Wikipedia article titles are written out. Each group contains ten titles. The first title of each group is drawn in the style of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles logo, where the final word of each title is drawn in bulbous green text in the shape of an arch, with the remaining words in white text on a red banner above the green text. The remainder of the titles in each group are arranged as a list in standard font next to the larger titles, alternating from right to left hand side going down the comic.] | |
| − | : | + | :'''''Ace Ventura: Pet Detective''''' |
::''Biggest Loser: Second Chances'' | ::''Biggest Loser: Second Chances'' | ||
::Cayman Island blue iguana | ::Cayman Island blue iguana | ||
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::Easter Island spiny lobster | ::Easter Island spiny lobster | ||
| − | : | + | :'''Asian Human Rights Commission''' |
::Edgar Allan Poe Museum | ::Edgar Allan Poe Museum | ||
::Engine failure after take-off | ::Engine failure after take-off | ||
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::Hairy flower chafer beetle | ::Hairy flower chafer beetle | ||
| − | : | + | :'''San Diego City Council''' |
::Harland David "Colonel" Sanders | ::Harland David "Colonel" Sanders | ||
::Human Tissue Resource Network | ::Human Tissue Resource Network | ||
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::Nablus mask-like facial syndrome | ::Nablus mask-like facial syndrome | ||
| − | : | + | :'''Single payer health insurance''' |
::Neo Geo Pocket Color | ::Neo Geo Pocket Color | ||
::''New Year's Eve with Carson Daly'' | ::''New Year's Eve with Carson Daly'' | ||
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::Proton-proton chain reaction | ::Proton-proton chain reaction | ||
| − | : | + | :'''Spotted giant flying squirrel''' |
::Puerto Rican lizard-cuckoo | ::Puerto Rican lizard-cuckoo | ||
| − | ::Quantuum | + | ::Quantuum vacuum plasma thruster |
::Rocky Mountain spotted fever | ::Rocky Mountain spotted fever | ||
::Royal Flying Doctor Service | ::Royal Flying Doctor Service | ||
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::Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon | ::Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon | ||
| − | : | + | :'''Women science fiction authors''' |
::Trailing suction hopper dredger | ::Trailing suction hopper dredger | ||
::Vector graphics markup language | ::Vector graphics markup language | ||
