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I thought that there were two copies of her in the third panel because she succeeded in summoning herself in reality with the phrase 'pretentious asshole', much like a Calvin and Hobbes comic where he duplicates himself and then when Hobbes says the duplicate is really good, Calvin says "What do you mean? This guy is a total jerk!" {{unsigned|Gman314}}
 
I thought that there were two copies of her in the third panel because she succeeded in summoning herself in reality with the phrase 'pretentious asshole', much like a Calvin and Hobbes comic where he duplicates himself and then when Hobbes says the duplicate is really good, Calvin says "What do you mean? This guy is a total jerk!" {{unsigned|Gman314}}
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Yes, and no.  [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.223|108.162.219.223]] 01:57, 24 December 2013 (UTC)
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A bit of clarification would be nice – can the LHC really be summoned in the real Scribblenauts game? --[[Special:Contributions/162.158.114.40|162.158.114.40]] 22:48, 6 November 2017 (UTC)
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Uh...yeah? Why wouldn’t it be? [[Special:Contributions/172.69.34.24|172.69.34.24]] 19:14, 30 December 2020 (UTC)
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The joke in the third panel is that when summoning "pretentious asshole", that she summoned a clone of her self (the pretentious asshole), but the clone is unaware that the original is behind her and thinks Cueball was summoned.  Explanation should be updated.
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I agree that it is not immediately clear what is happening in the last panel, but the official [https://xkcd.com/637/info.0.json xkcd] transcript says that "the woman looks up". [[User:L-Space Traveler|L-Space Traveler]] ([[User talk:L-Space Traveler|talk]]) 11:38, 21 October 2022 (UTC)

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I thought that she was looking up and seeing Cueball in the room, rather than on the screen? 192.17.144.235 22:35, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

I thought that there were two copies of her in the third panel because she succeeded in summoning herself in reality with the phrase 'pretentious asshole', much like a Calvin and Hobbes comic where he duplicates himself and then when Hobbes says the duplicate is really good, Calvin says "What do you mean? This guy is a total jerk!" -- Gman314 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)

Yes, and no. 108.162.219.223 01:57, 24 December 2013 (UTC)

A bit of clarification would be nice – can the LHC really be summoned in the real Scribblenauts game? --162.158.114.40 22:48, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

Uh...yeah? Why wouldn’t it be? 172.69.34.24 19:14, 30 December 2020 (UTC)

The joke in the third panel is that when summoning "pretentious asshole", that she summoned a clone of her self (the pretentious asshole), but the clone is unaware that the original is behind her and thinks Cueball was summoned. Explanation should be updated.

I agree that it is not immediately clear what is happening in the last panel, but the official xkcd transcript says that "the woman looks up". L-Space Traveler (talk) 11:38, 21 October 2022 (UTC)