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==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
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[[Cueball]] is confusing {{w|NEXUS (frequent traveler program)|NEXUS}}, a [https://www.cbp.gov/travel/trusted-traveler-programs/nexus USA and Canada border control pre-screening program], with [http://ferngully.wikia.com/wiki/Hexxus Hexxus], the villains from the animated film ''{{w|FernGully: The Last Rainforest|FernGully}}''.
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CueBall is confusing Nexus (a [https://www.cbp.gov/travel/trusted-traveler-programs/nexus USA and Canada border control pre-screening programme]) with Hexxus (the [http://ferngully.wikia.com/wiki/Hexxus villains] from an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FernGully:_The_Last_Rainforest animated film series]).
  
Trusted traveller programs like Nexus allow people who match certain criteria to apply for a membership and subsequently save time when boarding airplanes or crossing borders via use of expedited lanes.
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The title text is confusing Cisco (a telecoms & tech brand) with:
 
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* The artist {{w|Sisqó}} who performed 'Thong Song'
FernGully is a story set in an Australian rainforest inhabited by fairies including Crysta, who accidentally shrinks a young logger named Zak to the size of a fairy. Together, they rally the fairies and the animals of the rainforest to protect their home from the loggers and a malevolent pollution entity, Hexxus. Hexxus has previously been mentioned in [[1750: Life Goals]] as an especially hard-to-spell word and in [[1767: US State Names]] (as a replacement for Texas).
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* The Cisco Kid is a character created by O. Henry in the short story "The Caballero's Way."
 
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* Benjamin Sisko the commander of a space station in the Star Trek Universe (Deep Space Nine)
The title text is confusing {{w|Cisco Systems|Cisco}} (a telecoms & tech brand which has a line of switches called {{w|Cisco Nexus switches|Nexus}}) with:
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* Ciscoes (freshwater whitefish)
* The artist {{w|Sisqó}} who performed '{{w|Thong Song}}'
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* Kuzko (teenaged Incan emperors)
* {{w|The Cisco Kid}}, a character created by {{w|O. Henry}} in the short story "The Caballero's Way"
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* Sisto (Brak's brother)
* {{w|Benjamin Sisko}}, commander of a space station in the Star Trek Universe (''{{w|Deep Space Nine}}'')
 
* {{w|Cisco (fish)|Ciscoes}} (freshwater whitefish)
 
* [http://emperorsnew.wikia.com/wiki/Kuzco Kuzco], teenaged Incan emperor in ''{{w|The Emperor's New Groove}}''
 
* [http://brak.wikia.com/wiki/Sisto Sisto], brother of Brak in ''{{w|The Brak Show}}''
 
 
* {{w|Crisco}} (vegetable-based shortening)
 
* {{w|Crisco}} (vegetable-based shortening)
  
 
==Transcript==
 
==Transcript==
:[Megan and Cueball walking through an airport.]
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:Sign: Apply for NEXUS Save time at the border
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:[Megan and Queball walking through an airport.]
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:Sign: Apply for Nexus Save time at the border
 
:Megan: Maybe we should sign up for this.
 
:Megan: Maybe we should sign up for this.
:Cueball: No way. I refuse to have anything to do with Nexus after what they did to FernGully.
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:Queball: No way. I refuse to have anything to do with Nexus after what they did to Ferngully.
  
 
{{comic discussion}}
 
{{comic discussion}}
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]
 
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
 
[[Category:FernGully]] <!--hexxus-->
 
[[Category:Aviation]]
 

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