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| title    = Snow Tracking
 
| title    = Snow Tracking
 
| image    = snow_tracking.png
 
| image    = snow_tracking.png
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| titletext = I suppose that's more accurately a hare dryer.
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| titletext = I suppose thats more accurately a hare dryer.
 
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==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
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This comic is a guide to recognizing various animals by their footprints. However, the comic typically detours into strange, ridiculous or pop-culture-referencing footprints. In order:
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Moose and Squirrel is a reference to the {{w|Rocky and Bullwinkle}} series of cartoons.
  
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*The first panel is nothing special. Just a regular cat.
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[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/longcat Longcat] is a internet {{w|meme}} from pictures of cats all stretched out that make them look very tall (or long).
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*"Moose and squirrel" is a reference to the cartoon ''{{w|Rocky and Bullwinkle}}''. Rocky and Bullwinkle were a flying squirrel and a moose, respectively, and were frequently referred to as "moose and squirrel" by the show's antagonist Boris Badenov.
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*[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/longcat Longcat] is an internet {{w|meme}} from pictures of cats all stretched out that make them look very tall (or long).
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Mouse riding Bicycle is a reference to {{w|Ralph S. Mouse}}, a series of novels by {{w|Beverly Cleary}}.
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*"Mouse riding Bicycle" is a reference to ''{{w|Ralph S. Mouse}}'', a series of novels by {{w|Beverly Cleary}}.
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*The hair dryer has melted an irregular region around the rabbit. The title text is a pun on the Rabbit with a hair dryer frame, possibly an homage to {{w|Looney Tunes}}, where shows with {{w|Bugs Bunny}} would often contain a pun on the {{w|Leporidae|closely related term}} of "hare".
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The title text is a pun on the Rabbit with a hair dryer frame.
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*{{w|Legolas}} is a reference to the character in the ''{{w|Lord of the Rings}}'' trilogy of books and movies. Legolas, as an elf, was so light-footed he could walk on top of snow, while the other races in his party were forced to trudge through it.
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*The "Bobcat on pogo stick" panel is a possible reference to the character Bonkers D. Bobcat from {{w|Bonkers (TV series)}}
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{{w|Legolas}} is a reference to the character by the same name in the {{w|Lord of the Rings}} trilogy of books and movies.
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*The "Knight" panel is a {{w|chess}} reference, as the tracks move just like the knight piece in chess.
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*The "kid with..." panels are a reference to ''{{w|Calvin and Hobbes}}'', a comic strip written by Bill Watterson. In it, Calvin has a pet tiger named Hobbes, and sometimes, a cardboard box that "transmogrifies" him to something else. In this panel we see tiger prints, meaning that Calvin became a tiger like Hobbes.
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Knight is a {{w|chess}} reference as the tracks move just like the knight piece in chess.
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*The same cardboard box is now tipped on its side instead of upside down in the last panel. Now it functions as a duplicator, making multiple copies of whatever is in it. Calvin goes into it, duplicates himself, and they walk and duplicate again, and the cycle repeats.
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*{{w|Prius}} is a reference to current events in which Toyota Prius's pedals have allegedly malfunctioned causing accidents. [http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/04/business/global/04prius.html]
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The two "Kid with" frames are a reference to {{w|Calvin and Hobbes}}.
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*The {{w|Higgs Boson}} is an {{w|elementary particle}} which, at the time this strip was posted, had not yet been officially discovered (there had been detections at the Tevatron with 4 sigma certainty since the early 2000s). It was tentatively detected in March 2013 in the {{w|Large Hadron Collider}}. The “prints” in the snow in this case humorously resemble the tracks made by elementary particles following a collision of the kind used to search for the Higgs boson in a {{w|particle collider}}.
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{{w|Prius}} is a reference to current events in which Toyota Prius's pedals have allegedly malfunctioned causing accidents. [http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/04/business/global/04prius.html]
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The final frame is the {{w|Higgs Boson}} which is an {{w|elementary particle}} which has recently been detected in the {{w|Large Hadron Collider}}.
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{{Incomplete}}
  
 
==Transcript==
 
==Transcript==
 
:BACKYARD SNOW TRACKING GUIDE
 
:BACKYARD SNOW TRACKING GUIDE
  
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:[Each panel contains an overhead view of tracks through the snow, with a caption indicating the apparent source.]
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:((Each panel contains an overhead view of tracks through the snow, with a caption indicating the apparent source))
  
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:[Standard paw prints through the snow.]
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:[Standard paw prints through the snow]
 
:CAT
 
:CAT
  
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:[Large split-toe tracks and smaller rodent tracks.]
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:[Large split-toe tracks and smaller rodent tracks]
 
:MOOSE AND SQUIRREL
 
:MOOSE AND SQUIRREL
  
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:[Cat prints, but with more space between the pairs of prints.]
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:[Cat prints, but with more space between the pairs of prints]
 
:LONGCAT
 
:LONGCAT
  
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:[Two similar careening tire tracks.]
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:[Two similar careening tire tracks]
 
:MOUSE RIDING BICYCLE
 
:MOUSE RIDING BICYCLE
  
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:[Longer tracks, with a large melted ring surrounding a point in the middle of the frame.]
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:[Longer rodent tracks, with a large melted ring surrounding a point in the middle of the frame.]
 
:RABBIT STOPPING TO USE HAIR DRYER
 
:RABBIT STOPPING TO USE HAIR DRYER
  
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:[No visible tracks.]
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:[No visible tracks]
 
:LEGOLAS
 
:LEGOLAS
  
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:[Single deep holes with cratering.]
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:[Single deep holes with cratering]
 
:BOBCAT ON POGO STICK
 
:BOBCAT ON POGO STICK
  
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:[Round prints that suddenly turn to the right halfway into frame.]
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:[Round prints that suddenly turn to the right halfway into frame]
 
:KNIGHT
 
:KNIGHT
  
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:[Human footprints up to a square melting pattern, turning into animal prints.]
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:[Human footprints up to a square melting pattern, turning into animal prints]
 
:KID WITH TRANSMOGRIFIER
 
:KID WITH TRANSMOGRIFIER
  
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:[Human footprints up to a rectangular melted area, which are then doubled to another rectangular area, which are then doubled again up to another rectangular area, which are then doubled.]
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:[Human footprints up to a rectangular melted area, which are then doubled to another rectangular area, which are then doubled again up to another rectangular area, which are then doubled...]
 
:KID WITH DUPLICATOR
 
:KID WITH DUPLICATOR
  
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:[Right curve on a road, with tire tracks careening out of frame.]
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:[Right curve on a road, with tire tracks careening out of frame]
 
:Out of Frame Garden Owner: MY VEGETABLE GARDEN!
 
:Out of Frame Garden Owner: MY VEGETABLE GARDEN!
 
:PRIUS
 
:PRIUS
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:HIGGS BOSON
 
:HIGGS BOSON
  
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== Trivia ==
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{{comic discussion}}  
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* A section of this comic, along with its title text, is used as the image for {{tvtropes|AltText|Alt Text}} on TV Tropes.
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{{comic discussion}}
 
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[[Category:Calvin and Hobbes]]
 
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[[Category:Bobcats]]
 
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[[Category:Animals]]
 
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[[Category:Kids]]
 
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[[Category:Physics]]
 
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[[Category:LOTR]]
 

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