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[[Beret Guy]] has mixed up the purpose of a {{w|Time travel|time machine}} and a {{w|time capsule}}. | [[Beret Guy]] has mixed up the purpose of a {{w|Time travel|time machine}} and a {{w|time capsule}}. | ||
| − | Beret Guy claims he has been subsisting on newspapers; newspaper clippings are a stereotype of time capsules. | + | Beret Guy claims he has been subsisting on newspapers; newspaper clippings are a stereotype of time capsules. So this comic is one more example of the [[:Category:Strange powers of Beret Guy|strange powers of Beret Guy]]. |
| − | Beret Guy mentions he got inside his "time machine" to attempt an assassination | + | Beret Guy mentions he got inside his "time machine" to attempt an assassination of {{w|Adolf Hitler}}. This is a common trope in speculative fiction, a way to try to prevent the second world war, and was also the theme of [[1063: Kill Hitler]]. |
Beret Guy traveled to the future before in [[209: Kayak]]. The concept of "traveling" through time was also used in [[630: Time Travel]]. | Beret Guy traveled to the future before in [[209: Kayak]]. The concept of "traveling" through time was also used in [[630: Time Travel]]. | ||
| − | + | Time machines have also been referenced in [[102: Back to the Future]], [[716: Time Machine]] and [[1203: Time Machines]]. | |
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| + | In the title text Beret Guy becomes afraid that he will now disappear because he has changed the future in a way so he would no longer exist. This fear comes into him because he losses his sight, but it turns out it was just his beret that fell into his eyes. The fear is of course baseless since he traveled forward not backwards in time, and you can only change the future (or the present) by going back in time, and then experience the difference by going back to your starting point later in time. | ||
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| + | A typical example would be to go back and kill you parents before you were born (or just prevent them from falling in love as in the movie {{w|Back to the future}}). This creates a paradox, where you will never be born, and thus seize to exist. Of course the paradox is that you could thus not have prevented your birth in the first place, if you did not already exist. | ||
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Revision as of 12:20, 16 December 2015
| Time Capsule |
 Title text: Oh no, I changed the future and now I'm disappearing! Wait, never mind, it was just my hat slipping down over my eyes. |
Explanation
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Beret Guy claims he has been subsisting on newspapers; newspaper clippings are a stereotype of time capsules. So this comic is one more example of the strange powers of Beret Guy.
Beret Guy mentions he got inside his "time machine" to attempt an assassination of Adolf Hitler. This is a common trope in speculative fiction, a way to try to prevent the second world war, and was also the theme of 1063: Kill Hitler.
Beret Guy traveled to the future before in 209: Kayak. The concept of "traveling" through time was also used in 630: Time Travel.
Time machines have also been referenced in 102: Back to the Future, 716: Time Machine and 1203: Time Machines.
In the title text Beret Guy becomes afraid that he will now disappear because he has changed the future in a way so he would no longer exist. This fear comes into him because he losses his sight, but it turns out it was just his beret that fell into his eyes. The fear is of course baseless since he traveled forward not backwards in time, and you can only change the future (or the present) by going back in time, and then experience the difference by going back to your starting point later in time.
A typical example would be to go back and kill you parents before you were born (or just prevent them from falling in love as in the movie Back to the future). This creates a paradox, where you will never be born, and thus seize to exist. Of course the paradox is that you could thus not have prevented your birth in the first place, if you did not already exist.
Transcript
- [Cueball and Ponytail have just dug out a time capsule. A shovel is stuck in the ground next to a heap of dirt on the right side of the hole they dug in the ground. Cueball is standing on the other side and Ponytail is in the hole, proceeding to lift up the lid of the box that makes up the time capsule.]
- Ponytail: All right, let's open the time capsule.
- [Slight zoom in on Ponytail and the box, of which Beret Guy comes out, revealing that he was inside all along.]
- Beret Guy: Hi!
- Ponytail: Where did you come from?!
- Beret Guy: The past! I traveled here in this time machine.
- [Frame widens to include Cueball, in the same position as in the first frame.]
- Cueball: How did you... get here from the past?
- Beret Guy: I dunno. I couldn't not.
- Cueball: But... what did you eat?
- Beret Guy: Newspapers, mostly.
- [Zoom in again on Ponytail and the box, Beret Guy still in it and now holding a hammer.]
- Beret Guy: Anyway, I'm here to kill Hitler.
- Ponytail: But he died long ago!
- Beret Guy: Oh, good! That was easy.
- Beret Guy: Want to get sandwiches?
- Beret Guy: Do you still have sandwiches?
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I wrote this comment in the past so it would be first. 108.162.237.86 (talk) 09:39, 16 December 2015 (UTC) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
- are you sure? sirKitKat (talk) 08:17, 16 December 2015 (UTC)
- I'm responding in the future! I hope it's not too much of a spoiler to reveal that this website still exists in the future.... 173.245.50.65 13:53, 16 December 2015 (UTC)
Is the "Do you still have sandwiches" line supposed to be a reference to the 2009 Star Trek movie? 108.162.221.42 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
- When considering if a phrase is a reference if you have to ask "is this a reference to X?", it's best to assume it's not a reference. Especially when it's an innocuous question or low value integer. -Pennpenn 108.162.250.162 22:41, 17 December 2015 (UTC)
Beret Guy's statement in the last line reminded me of time vultures... actually, aside from the "eating" part, he seems to have been pretty similar to one of these anyway. --141.101.79.37 18:50, 16 December 2015 (UTC)
How does the beret slip over his eyes? I thought he stapled it to his head. 198.41.242.243 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
- It's possible he hasn't done that at this point, or he removed the staples. 172.69.33.109 12:52, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
He should've been upside down in the capsule to travel back in time. Trust me, it works. Me[citation needed] 13:28, 1 September 1939 (UTC) Me[citation needed] 22:36, 8 September 2023 (UTC)
Pretty sure he’s only been in there for a week 1614. TenGolf MathHacker (talk) 14:06, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
