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| − | This comic is essentially a set up for a pun: 'underground' can mean 'under the ground' ('buried in the dirt') or 'non-mainstream.' In this case, [[Ponytail]] is whining that she had been doing paleontology before {{w|Jurassic Park} kicked | + | This comic is essentially a set up for a pun: 'underground' can mean 'under the ground' ('buried in the dirt') or 'non-mainstream.' In this case, [[Ponytail]] is whining that she had been doing paleontology before {{w|Jurassic Park}} kicked Paleontology into the mainstream with living reproductions of dinosaurs, thus apparently undermining the hard word paleontologists had done. In other words, this comic is also poking fun at 'hipsters.' |
The title texts refers to both the phenomenon called '{{w|jumping the shark}}' and the controversy having the Brontosaurus's name changed to '{{w|Apatosaurus}},' despite the 'Brontosaurus' already having made a name for himself in the mainstream. | The title texts refers to both the phenomenon called '{{w|jumping the shark}}' and the controversy having the Brontosaurus's name changed to '{{w|Apatosaurus}},' despite the 'Brontosaurus' already having made a name for himself in the mainstream. | ||
Revision as of 02:32, 3 May 2013
| Paleontology |
 Title text: Dinosaurs totally jumped the ichthyosaur when they got rid of Brontosaurus. |
Explanation
This comic is essentially a set up for a pun: 'underground' can mean 'under the ground' ('buried in the dirt') or 'non-mainstream.' In this case, Ponytail is whining that she had been doing paleontology before Jurassic Park kicked Paleontology into the mainstream with living reproductions of dinosaurs, thus apparently undermining the hard word paleontologists had done. In other words, this comic is also poking fun at 'hipsters.'
The title texts refers to both the phenomenon called 'jumping the shark' and the controversy having the Brontosaurus's name changed to 'Apatosaurus,' despite the 'Brontosaurus' already having made a name for himself in the mainstream.
Transcript
[Cueball and Ponytail in a museum, near a reconstructed dinosaur fossil.] Ponytail: Man, paleontology sucks these days. Cueball: Why? Ponytail: Jurassic Park came out 15 years ago. Cueball: So? Ponytail: Today's grad students got into dinosaurs after seeing it as kids. They don't care about fossils. Brats. [A woman in a hat exploring a barren landscape.] Ponytail: Before they had living dinosaurs handed to them by Hollywood, I was out in Texas digging up Arcocanthosaur teeth. Cueball: So, you were into dinosaurs when they were still underground? Ponytail: Exactly!
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