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== Listed Trivia: ==
== Listed Trivia: ==
* [[Life Imitates Art]]: It's happened a few times.
* [[Life Imitates Art]]: It's happened a few times.
** After the strip [http://xkcd.com/481/ proposed a virus] that forces [[YouTube]] users to listen to their comment read back to them by a computerized voice before they can post it, [[YouTube]] implemented an auto-reader feature into the site. It eventually was removed.
** After the strip [http://xkcd.com/481/ proposed a virus] that forces [[YouTube]] users to listen to their comment read back to them by a computerized voice before they can post it, [[YouTube]] implemented an auto-reader feature into the site. It eventually was removed.
** The day after [http://xkcd.com/541/ this strip] ran, claiming that Randall has been banned from a number of conferences for making stupid presentations, including PyCon, the PyCon blog jokingly [http://pycon.blogspot.com/2009/02/randall-munroe.html confirmed that he was indeed banned].
** The day after [http://xkcd.com/541/ this strip] ran, claiming that Randall has been banned from a number of conferences for making stupid presentations, including PyCon, the PyCon blog jokingly [http://pycon.blogspot.com/2009/02/randall-munroe.html confirmed that he was indeed banned].
* [[Reciprocal Fiction Paradox]]: A really subtle one with [[Questionable Content]] and [[Xkcd]]. Marigold wears an xkcd shirt [http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1625 here], and [http://xkcd.com/574/ this] xkcd comic shows one of Hannelore's Twitter posts.
* [[Reciprocal Fiction Paradox]]: A really subtle one with [[Questionable Content]] and [[xkcd]]. Marigold wears an xkcd shirt [http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1625 here], and [http://xkcd.com/574/ this] xkcd comic shows one of Hannelore's Twitter posts.
* [[The Wiki Rule]]:
** ''[https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page explain xkcd]'' Their tagline is "Explain xkcd: It's 'cause you're dumb."
** [http://www.wikia.com/wiki/w:c:xkcd-time:XKCD_Time_Wiki XKCD Time Wiki] is dedicated to [http://xkcd.com/1190/ strip #1190], the [[w:Time (xkcd)|3099-panel story]] that won the 2014 Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story.


== Miscellaneous trivia and information ==
== Miscellaneous trivia and information ==
* [http://xkcd.com/954/ 954: Chin-Up Bar] takes place on a 70-meter long escalator, described as the "longest in the country" -- this appears to be a reference to the escalator at [[wikipedia:Wheaton (WMATA station)|Wheaton Metro Station]] in the Washington, DC Metro system. At the time of publishing (September 2011), this was, in fact, the longest single-span escalator in the Western hemisphere.
* [http://xkcd.com/954/ 954: Chin-Up Bar] takes place on a 70-meter long escalator, described as the "longest in the country" -- this appears to be a reference to the escalator at [[wikipedia:Wheaton (WMATA station)|Wheaton Metro Station]] in the Washington, DC Metro system. At the time of publishing (September 2011), this was, in fact, the longest single-span escalator in the Western hemisphere.

== xkcd is the [[Trope Namer]] for: ==
* [[Asbestos-Free Cereal]]
* [[Know Your Vines]]


== [[Image Source|All The Tropes pages illustrated]] by XKCD comics (links to the comics included) ==
== [[Image Source|All The Tropes pages illustrated]] by XKCD comics (links to the comics included) ==
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* [[I Know You're Watching Me]] ([http://xkcd.com/525/ comic])
* [[I Know You're Watching Me]] ([http://xkcd.com/525/ comic])
* [[Image Boards]] ([http://xkcd.com/495/ comic])
* [[Image Boards]] ([http://xkcd.com/495/ comic])
* [[Image Links Wiki]] ([http://xkcd.com/512/ comic])
* [[Image Links]] ([http://xkcd.com/512/ comic])
* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]] ([http://xkcd.com/282/ comic])
* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]] ([http://xkcd.com/282/ comic])
* [[Invisible Aliens]] ([http://xkcd.com/638/ comic])
* [[Invisible Aliens]] ([http://xkcd.com/638/ comic])
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* [[Layman's Terms]] ([http://xkcd.com/722/ comic])
* [[Layman's Terms]] ([http://xkcd.com/722/ comic])
* [[Long-Distance Relationship]] ([http://xkcd.com/352/ comic])
* [[Long-Distance Relationship]] ([http://xkcd.com/352/ comic])
* [[Lumper vs. Splitter]] ([https://xkcd.com/2518 comic])
* [[MacGyvering]] ([http://xkcd.com/444/ comic])
* [[MacGyvering]] ([http://xkcd.com/444/ comic])
* [[Magic Versus Science]] ([http://xkcd.com/373/ comic])
* [[Magic Versus Science]] ([http://xkcd.com/373/ comic])
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* [[What Is This Thing You Call Love?]] ([http://xkcd.com/55/ comic])
* [[What Is This Thing You Call Love?]] ([http://xkcd.com/55/ comic])
* [[Wiki Walk]] ([http://xkcd.com/214/ comic])
* [[Wiki Walk]] ([http://xkcd.com/214/ comic])
* [[Xkcd]] (natch) ([http://xkcd.com/303/ comic])
* [[xkcd]] (natch) ([http://xkcd.com/303/ comic])
* [[Ye Olde Butcherede Englishe]] ([http://xkcd.com/593/ comic])
* [[Ye Olde Butcherede Englishe]] ([http://xkcd.com/593/ comic])
* [[You Answered Your Own Question]] ([http://www.xkcd.com/852/ comic])
* [[You Answered Your Own Question]] ([http://www.xkcd.com/852/ comic])

Latest revision as of 19:21, 22 September 2021


Listed Trivia:

Miscellaneous trivia and information

  • 954: Chin-Up Bar takes place on a 70-meter long escalator, described as the "longest in the country" -- this appears to be a reference to the escalator at Wheaton Metro Station in the Washington, DC Metro system. At the time of publishing (September 2011), this was, in fact, the longest single-span escalator in the Western hemisphere.

All The Tropes pages illustrated by XKCD comics (links to the comics included)

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