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Found and implemented box coding to duplicate original 2012-vintage look.
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{{trope}}
{{fmbox|image=none|style=width: 50%;|text = ''{{color|#004488|Hi [[Robot Buddy]]! Do you want to tell the nice tropers about [[Speech Bubbles]]?}}'' }}
{{smallcaps|<<Affirmative, carbon-based friend. Speech Bubbles are floating text circles (or [[Odd-Shaped Panel|other shapes]]) that characters in [[Comic Books]] and [[Web Comics]] or other [[Newspaper Comics|dimensionally-challenged]] media use to communicate. That is all.>>}}▼
▲{{fmbox|image=none|style=width: 50%;|text = {{smallcaps|<<Affirmative, carbon-based friend. Speech Bubbles are floating text circles (or [[Odd-Shaped Panel|other shapes]]) that characters in [[Comic Books]] and [[Web Comics]] or other [[Newspaper Comics|dimensionally-challenged]] media use to communicate. That is all.>>}} }}
{{color|#004488|''Hold on there, Robot Buddy! There's just gotta be more to it than that!''}}▼
{{smallcaps|<<Perhaps Professor Verbose has more data on this topic.>>}}▼
▲{{fmbox|image=none|style=width: 50%;|text = {{color|#004488|''Hold on there, Robot Buddy! There's just gotta be more to it than that!''}} }}
{{color|#005500|Why indeed I do! Speech Bubbles aren't just generic circles or places to put words, but [[Metafictional Device|metafictional]] constructs that can be [[Painting the Medium|painted, shaped, and written different ways!]] [[Speech Bubbles Interruption|We can even superimpose them to show interruptions, if we were so rude as to interrupt!]]}}▼
{{smallcaps|<<This is illogical and serves no functional purpose.>>}}▼
▲{{fmbox|image=none|style=width: 50%;|text = {{smallcaps|<<Perhaps Professor Verbose has more data on this topic.>>}} }}
{{color|#005500|Oh, [[Straw Vulcan|silly Robot Buddy]]! Your logical mind hasn't noticed one of the greatest uses for Speech Bubbles. In fact, your own speech bubble is different from young Tommy's and my own.}}▼
{{color|#004488|''Whoa! That's cool! But, why are they different?''}}▼
▲{{fmbox|image=none|style=width: 50%;|text = {{color|#005500|Why indeed I do! Speech Bubbles aren't just generic circles or places to put words, but [[Metafictional Device|metafictional]] constructs that can be [[Painting the Medium|painted, shaped, and written different ways!]] [[Speech Bubbles Interruption|We can even superimpose them to show interruptions, if we were so rude as to interrupt!]]}} }}
{{color|#005500|Yes, it is indeed "Cool" Timmy! Differently shaped and even colored or [[Fonts|fonted]] bubbles are nature's way to help readers notice who's saying what more easily, as well as how they're feeling and even if they're robots, as your Robot Buddy's bubble shows. In fact, some species even use [[Rebus Bubble]]s at times!}}▼
{{smallcaps|{{color|red|>>Warning! Warning! Logic circuit malfunction! Switching to mode:}} [[Crush! Kill! Destroy!]]<<}}▼
▲{{fmbox|image=none|style=width: 50%;|text = {{smallcaps|<<This is illogical and serves no functional purpose.>>}} }}
{{color|#004488|Gee willikers, doc! Robot Buddy has gone berserk!}}▼
{{color|#005500|Yes, and if you'll notice, both your own and your robotic friend's speech bubbles have changed to show your excited emotions! Now, to hit the "Off Switch"...}}▼
▲{{fmbox|image=none|style=width: 50%;|text = {{color|#005500|Oh, [[Straw Vulcan|silly Robot Buddy]]! Your logical mind hasn't noticed one of the greatest uses for Speech Bubbles. In fact, your own speech bubble is different from young Tommy's and my own.}} }}
{{smallcaps|{{color|red|>>Crush! Kiiillll....}} deessstroooooy... >>}}▼
{{color|#004488|''That was a close one, doc! I've never been more scared in my short fictional life!''}}▼
▲{{fmbox|image=none|style=width: 50%;|text = {{color|#004488|''Whoa! That's cool! But, why are they different?''}} }}
{{color|#005500|That certainly was, Jimmy! Just remember that things can always get scarier! For example, some villains and monsters like to use black speech balloons and strange colored text. If I were to change my speech bubble just so, and highlight it with a mouse...}}▼
{{spoiler|'''[[Voice of the Legion|COWER, MORTAL! FOR WE]] [[Emotion Eater|SHALL FEAST ON THE TEARS OF THE INNOCENT,]] [[Evil Tastes Good|THE SWEETEST DRINK OF THE EARTH!]]'''}}▼
▲{{fmbox|image=none|style=width: 50%;|text = {{color|#005500|Yes, it is indeed "Cool" Timmy! Differently shaped and even colored or [[Fonts|fonted]] bubbles are nature's way to help readers notice who's saying what more easily, as well as how they're feeling and even if they're robots, as your Robot Buddy's bubble shows. In fact, some species even use [[Rebus Bubble]]s at times!}} }}
{{color|#005500|Billy? Where did you go? Oooh, tears!}}▼
▲{{fmbox|image=none|style=width: 50%;|text = {{smallcaps|{{color|red|>>Warning! Warning! Logic circuit malfunction! Switching to mode:}} [[Crush! Kill! Destroy!]]<<}} }}
▲{{fmbox|image=none|style=width: 50%;|text = {{color|#004488|Gee willikers, doc! Robot Buddy has gone berserk!}} }}
▲{{fmbox|image=none|style=width: 50%;|text = {{color|#005500|Yes, and if you'll notice, both your own and your robotic friend's speech bubbles have changed to show your excited emotions! Now, to hit the "Off Switch"...}} }}
▲{{fmbox|image=none|style=width: 50%;|text = {{smallcaps|{{color|red|>>Crush! Kiiillll....}} deessstroooooy... >>}} }}
▲{{fmbox|image=none|style=width: 50%;|text = {{color|#004488|''That was a close one, doc! I've never been more scared in my short fictional life!''}} }}
▲{{fmbox|image=none|style=width: 50%;|text = {{color|#005500|That certainly was, Jimmy! Just remember that things can always get scarier! For example, some villains and monsters like to use black speech balloons and strange colored text. If I were to change my speech bubble just so, and highlight it with a mouse...}} }}
▲{{fmbox|image=none|style=width: 50%;|text = {{spoiler|'''[[Voice of the Legion|COWER, MORTAL! FOR WE]] [[Emotion Eater|SHALL FEAST ON THE TEARS OF THE INNOCENT,]] [[Evil Tastes Good|THE SWEETEST DRINK OF THE EARTH!]]'''}} }}
{{fmbox|image=none|style=width: 50%;|text = {{color|#004488|''Waaaah!''}} }}
▲{{fmbox|image=none|style=width: 50%;|text = {{color|#005500|Billy? Where did you go? Oooh, tears!}} }}
{{examples}}
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