709: I Am

Explain xkcd: It's 'cause you're dumb.
Revision as of 21:24, 4 December 2013 by 173.245.54.91 (talk) (Explanation: Some one missed a quote, causing a parsing error. That said, "The Bible" is properly rendered with no italics, so that was fixed too.)
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I Am
Great, LO-M. Do you speak Bocce? I'm supposed to find one that speaks Bocce.
Title text: Great, LO-M. Do you speak Bocce? I'm supposed to find one that speaks Bocce.

Explanation

In the Book of Exodus in the Bible, God announces his presence to Moses by way of a burning bush. The quotation in this comic is a combination of Exodus 3:14- "I am that I am", and Exodus 3:16-- "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob."

The punchline comes when God introduces "His counterpart, R2-D2"; theoretically, in the mind of the reader, God's voice would go from booming and sepulchral to snooty and British, much like the voice of C-3PO in Star Wars. C-3PO's programming forbids him to "impersonate a deity", according to his character in Return of the Jedi.

The reference to Bocce in the title text refers to a language that Owen Lars wanted his protocol droid purchase to be able to speak. C-3PO claimed that it was "like a second language to me." LO-M is a model of droid in the Star Wars universe that was made to compete commercially with 3PO droid like C-3PO (and sounds like "Elohim", a Hebrew word for "God".)

Transcript

[The Burning Bush of Exodus fame speaks to Moses, who is shielding himself with his arm, as if a great gust of wind is overtaking him.]
Bush: I AM THAT I AM, THE LORD YOUR GOD AND THE GOD OF YOUR FATHERS, OF ABRAHAM, OF ISAAC, AND OF JACOB.
[A droid comes into frame, Moses looks down at it.]
Bush: AND THIS IS MY COUNTERPART, R2-D2.
BLEEP BLOOP
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Discussion

The explanation leaps to the C3P0 explanation without even mentioning Ewoks. It might not make sense without mentioning Ewoks. And that's not a sentence I ever expected to ever type. 31.111.50.225 21:43, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

Added a mention of the Ewok reference. Yfmcpxpj (talk) 01:27, 2 August 2020 (UTC)

I thought Lars wanted to play bocce with c3po. This changes the whole series for me; the prequels are a parody. 173.245.56.191 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)

YES THEY ARE!!!!! THEY ARE FAKE!!!!! SilverMagpie (talk) 02:18, 19 November 2016 (UTC)

The prequels were Lucas trolling Star Wars' fan base. It just kept getting worse and worse. Jakee308 (talk) 19:47, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

Is Moses dabbing? 162.158.62.79 00:40, 29 March 2020 (UTC)

Lol, yes, in the 1st frame, Moses is dabbing...and in the 2nd frame, he's flossing. Yfmcpxpj (talk) 01:27, 2 August 2020 (UTC)