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%%* TheGame: [[http://xkcdsw.com/3646 #3646 plays it straight.]]

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* FourIsDeath: [[http://xkcdsw.com/3791 #3791 "I'm So Pseudorandom"]] has the Black Hat Guy spout a barrage of 4's at Hairy.
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%%* NotSoDifferent:
%%** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3134 #3134 "Normal"]].
%%** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3682 #3682 "Frequentist vs Bayes"]] [[PlayedForLaughs plays this for laughs]].
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%%* RealityEnsues:

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* AntiHumour: Many comics simply remove the punchline from the original material, and instead portray [[Administrivia/PeopleSitOnChairs completely mundane situations]].

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* AntiHumour: Many comics simply remove the punchline from the original material, and instead portray [[Administrivia/PeopleSitOnChairs completely mundane situations]].situations.
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* AntiHumour: many comics simply remove the punchline from the original material, and instead portray [[Administrivia/PeopleSitOnChairs completely mundane situations]].
** [[http://xkcdsw.com/1 #1 "Diet Coke and Mentos"]]
** [[http://xkcdsw.com/190 #190 "Gravity"]]
** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3061 #3061 "Diode"]]
** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3615 #3615 "Walk On By"]]

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* AntiHumour: many Many comics simply remove the punchline from the original material, and instead portray [[Administrivia/PeopleSitOnChairs completely mundane situations]].
** [[http://xkcdsw.com/1 #1 "Diet Coke and Mentos"]]
** [[http://xkcdsw.com/190 #190 "Gravity"]]
** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3061 #3061 "Diode"]]
** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3615 #3615 "Walk On By"]]
situations]].



** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3561 #3561 "Dadapol"]]
* BaitAndSwitch:
** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3556 #3556 "Shooting"]]
** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3582 #3582 "Kerning"]]
** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3639 #3639 "Forgot Miss Lenhart"]]
* BreadEggsMilkSquick: [[http://xkcdsw.com/3669 #3669 "Enlarged to Show Detail"]].
* ButterflyOfDoom: [[http://xkcdsw.com/3683 #3683 "Zeta and Butterfly"]] offers a literal example.

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** %%** [[http://xkcdsw.com/1 #1 "Diet Coke and Mentos"]]
%%** [[http://xkcdsw.com/190 #190 "Gravity"]]
%%** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3061 #3061 "Diode"]]
%%** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3615 #3615 "Walk On By"]]
%%** [[http://xkcdsw.
com/3561 #3561 "Dadapol"]]
* %%* BaitAndSwitch:
** %%** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3556 #3556 "Shooting"]]
** %%** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3582 #3582 "Kerning"]]
** %%** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3639 #3639 "Forgot Miss Lenhart"]]
* %%* BreadEggsMilkSquick: [[http://xkcdsw.com/3669 #3669 "Enlarged to Show Detail"]].
* %%* ButterflyOfDoom: [[http://xkcdsw.com/3683 #3683 "Zeta and Butterfly"]] offers a literal example.



** [[http://xkcdsw.com/45 #45 "Why Do You Love Me?"]]
** [[http://xkcdsw.com/366 #366 "Tapping"]]
** [[http://xkcdsw.com/526 #526 "Glass Necklace"]]
** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3688 #3688 "Rubber and Glue"]]
* DeconstructiveParody

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** %%** [[http://xkcdsw.com/45 #45 "Why Do You Love Me?"]]
** %%** [[http://xkcdsw.com/366 #366 "Tapping"]]
** %%** [[http://xkcdsw.com/526 #526 "Glass Necklace"]]
** %%** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3688 #3688 "Rubber and Glue"]]
* %%* DeconstructiveParody



* GenreSavvy:
** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3701 #3701 "Broomstick"]]
** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3693 #3693 "Scrabble"]]
* HypocriticalHumor:
** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3552 #3552 "Keming"]]
** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3575 #3575 "You And I Are Enemies Now"]]

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* %%* GenreSavvy:
** %%** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3701 #3701 "Broomstick"]]
** %%** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3693 #3693 "Scrabble"]]
* %%* HypocriticalHumor:
** %%** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3552 #3552 "Keming"]]
** %%** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3575 #3575 "You And I Are Enemies Now"]]



* LamePunReaction: {{Exaggerated}} in [[http://xkcdsw.com/3711 #3711 "Words That End In -esolution"]]
* MoodWhiplash: [[http://xkcdsw.com/19 #19 "Rock Band"]].
** [[http://xkcdsw.com/1246 #1246 "Helping Valentine"]]
* NoodleImplements:
** [[http://xkcdsw.com/1679 #1679 "Parking"]]
* NotSoDifferent: [[http://xkcdsw.com/3134 #3134 "Normal"]].
** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3682 #3682 "Frequentist vs Bayes"]] [[PlayedForLaughs plays this for laughs]].
* OverusedRunningGag: called "micromemes".

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* %%* LamePunReaction: {{Exaggerated}} in [[http://xkcdsw.com/3711 #3711 "Words That End In -esolution"]]
* MoodWhiplash: %%* MoodWhiplash:
%%**
[[http://xkcdsw.com/19 #19 "Rock Band"]].
** %%** [[http://xkcdsw.com/1246 #1246 "Helping Valentine"]]
* NoodleImplements:
**
%%* NoodleImplements: [[http://xkcdsw.com/1679 #1679 "Parking"]]
* NotSoDifferent: %%* NotSoDifferent:
%%**
[[http://xkcdsw.com/3134 #3134 "Normal"]].
** %%** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3682 #3682 "Frequentist vs Bayes"]] [[PlayedForLaughs plays this for laughs]].
* OverusedRunningGag: called Called "micromemes".



* PrecisionFStrike: [[http://xkcdsw.com/3629 #3629 "Abieberlypse"]]
* RealityEnsues
** [[http://xkcdsw.com/359 #359 "Pop Culture"]]
** [[http://xkcdsw.com/375 #375 "Regular Expressions"]]
** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3614 #3614 "Fountain"]]
* RemixComic
** {{Subverted}} with [[http://xkcdsw.com/3238 "Mathspeak"]].

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* %%* PrecisionFStrike: [[http://xkcdsw.com/3629 #3629 "Abieberlypse"]]
* RealityEnsues
**
%%* RealityEnsues:
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[[http://xkcdsw.com/359 #359 "Pop Culture"]]
** %%** [[http://xkcdsw.com/375 #375 "Regular Expressions"]]
** %%** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3614 #3614 "Fountain"]]
* RemixComic
**
%%* RemixComic: {{Subverted}} with [[http://xkcdsw.com/3238 "Mathspeak"]].



* StrawFeminist: [[http://xkcdsw.com/3548 #3548 "Sucks at Math"]]
* StylisticSuck: It's not called "Making xkcd Slightly Worse" for nothing.

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* %%* StrawFeminist: [[http://xkcdsw.com/3548 #3548 "Sucks at Math"]]
* StylisticSuck: StylisticSuck:
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It's not called "Making xkcd Slightly Worse" for nothing.



* SurrealHumour:
** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3578 #3578 "Recognizing Squirrels"]]
** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3651 #3651 "TAS"]]
** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3696 #3696 "Not Scrabble"]]
* TemptingFate: [[http://xkcdsw.com/35 Here]].
* TheGame: [[http://xkcdsw.com/3646 #3646 plays it straight.]]
* TheWorldIsJustAwesome: Inverted. For example, [[http://xkcdsw.com/3121 "Science"]].
* TitleDrop: [[http://xkcdsw.com/3542 "Ruining 'Listen to Yourself'"]].

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* %%* SurrealHumour:
** %%** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3578 #3578 "Recognizing Squirrels"]]
** %%** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3651 #3651 "TAS"]]
** %%** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3696 #3696 "Not Scrabble"]]
* %%* TemptingFate: [[http://xkcdsw.com/35 Here]].
* %%* TheGame: [[http://xkcdsw.com/3646 #3646 plays it straight.]]
* %%* TheWorldIsJustAwesome: Inverted. For example, [[http://xkcdsw.com/3121 "Science"]].
* %%* TitleDrop: [[http://xkcdsw.com/3542 "Ruining 'Listen to Yourself'"]].



* WhatTheHellHero
** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3684 #3684 "Logic Boat"]] shows a completely silent example.
* YourMom:
** Look closely at [[http://xkcdsw.com/220 #220 "Fuck Grapefruit"]].

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* WhatTheHellHero
**
%%* WhatTheHellHero: [[http://xkcdsw.com/3684 #3684 "Logic Boat"]] shows a completely silent example.
* YourMom:
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%%* YourMom: Look closely at [[http://xkcdsw.com/220 #220 "Fuck Grapefruit"]].
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* AntiHumour: many comics simply remove the punchline from the original material, and instead portray [[PeopleSitOnChairs completely mundane situations]].

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* AntiHumour: many comics simply remove the punchline from the original material, and instead portray [[PeopleSitOnChairs [[Administrivia/PeopleSitOnChairs completely mundane situations]].
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X Meets Y isn't supposed to get crosswicks.


* XMeetsY: Many comics combine material from several different source strips, resulting in surreal punchlines.
** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3097 #3097 "Axiom of Choice"]]

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** [[http://xkcdsw.com/1 #1 "Diet Coke and Mentos"]]



** [[ ""]]

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* DeconstructiveParody



* InvertedTrope: The remix comics' attitute to science and mathematics is often completely contrary to the original. For example, [[http://xkcdsw.com/3051 #3051 "Connected"]].



* DeconstructiveParody
* InvertedTrope: The remix comics' attitute to science and mathematics is often completely contrary to the original. For example, [[http://xkcdsw.com/3051 #3051 "Connected"]].



** [[ ""]]



* StrawFeminist: [[http://xkcdsw.com/3548 #3548 "Sucks at Math"]]



* StrawFeminist: [[http://xkcdsw.com/3548 #3548 "Sucks at Math"]]


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* UpdatedRerelease: [[http://xkcdsw.com/2433 #2433 "2009 Christmas Special"]] takes the original webcomic's [[http://xkcd.com/521/ 2008 Christmas special]] and finishes it.
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* FourIsDeath: [[http://xkcdsw.com/3791 #3791 "I'm So Pseudorandom"]] has the Black Hat Guy spout a barrage of 4's at Hairy.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: {{Averted}}. The comic has never actually ''stopped'' being weird.
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''[[http://xkcdsw.com/ Making xkcd Slightly Worse]]'' is a RemixComic of... well, Webcomic/{{xkcd}}.

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-> "It's time to find that little piece of magic that makes xkcd so special, and kill it."
--> --[[http://forums.xkcd.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=22741 Official xkcdsw thread]]

''[[http://xkcdsw.com/ Making xkcd Slightly Worse]]'' is a RemixComic of... well, Webcomic/{{xkcd}}.
to Webcomic/{{xkcd}} what ''Webcomic/SquareRootOfMinusGarfield'' is to ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}''.

!! XKCDSW contains examples of:


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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: {{Averted}}.
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** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3682 #3682 "Frequentist vs Bayes"]] [[PlayedForLaughs plays this for laughs]].



** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3097 #3097 "Axiom of Choice"]]

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** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3097 #3097 "Axiom of Choice"]]Choice"]]
* YourMom:
** Look closely at [[http://xkcdsw.com/220 #220 "Fuck Grapefruit"]].
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* LamePunReaction: {{Exaggerated}} in [[http://xkcdsw.com/3711 #3711 "Words That End In -esolution"]]
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** [[http://xkcdsw.com/1246 #1246 "Helping Valentine"]]

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** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3561 #3561 "Dadapol"]]



** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3556 #3556 "Shooting"]]
** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3582 #3582 "Kerning"]]



** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3693 #3696 "Scrabble"]]

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** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3693 #3696 "Scrabble"]]#3693 "Scrabble"]]
* HypocriticalHumor:
** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3552 #3552 "Keming"]]
** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3575 #3575 "You And I Are Enemies Now"]]


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* PrecisionFStrike: [[http://xkcdsw.com/3629 #3629 "Abieberlypse"]]


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* StrawFeminist: [[http://xkcdsw.com/3548 #3548 "Sucks at Math"]]


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** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3578 #3578 "Recognizing Squirrels"]]

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* BreadEggsMilkSquick: [[http://xkcdsw.com/3669 3669 "Enlarged to Show Detail"]].

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** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3687 #3687 "Logic Boat"]] offers the correct solution.
** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3699 #3699 "Nothing to Offer"]] just shows the original quote verbatim.
* BaitAndSwitch:
** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3639 #3639 "Forgot Miss Lenhart"]]
* BreadEggsMilkSquick: [[http://xkcdsw.com/3669 3669 #3669 "Enlarged to Show Detail"]].Detail"]].
* ButterflyOfDoom: [[http://xkcdsw.com/3683 #3683 "Zeta and Butterfly"]] offers a literal example.



* GenreSavvy:
** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3701 #3701 "Broomstick"]]
** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3693 #3696 "Scrabble"]]



* NoodleImplements: [[http://xkcdsw.com/1679 #1679 "Parking"]].

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* NoodleImplements: NoodleImplements:
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[[http://xkcdsw.com/1679 #1679 "Parking"]]."Parking"]]


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* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: very often on the cynical end.


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* SurrealHumour:
** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3651 #3651 "TAS"]]
** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3696 #3696 "Not Scrabble"]]


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* TheGame: [[http://xkcdsw.com/3646 #3646 plays it straight.]]


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* WhatTheHellHero
** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3684 #3684 "Logic Boat"]] shows a completely silent example.
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** [[http://xkcdsw.com/526 #526 "Glass Necklace"]]
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* AntiHumour: many comics simply remove the punchline from the original material, and instead portray completely mundane situations.

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* AntiHumour: many comics simply remove the punchline from the original material, and instead portray [[PeopleSitOnChairs completely mundane situations.situations]].



* BreadEggsMilkSquick: [[http://xkcdsw.com/3669 "Enlarged to Show Detail"]].

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* BreadEggsMilkSquick: [[http://xkcdsw.com/3669 3669 "Enlarged to Show Detail"]].
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** [[http://xkcdsw.com/190 #190 "Gravity"]]

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** [[http://xkcdsw.com/190 "Gravity"]]
** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3061 "Diode"]]
** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3615 "Walk On By"]]

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** [[http://xkcdsw.com/190 "Gravity"]]
com/3061 #3061 "Diode"]]
** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3061 "Diode"]]
** [[http://xkcdsw.
com/3615 #3615 "Walk On By"]]



** [[http://xkcdsw.com/45 "Why Do You Love Me?"]]
** [[http://xkcdsw.com/366 "Tapping"]]
** [[http://xkcdsw.com/526 "Glass Necklace"]]
** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3688 "Rubber and Glue"]]

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** [[http://xkcdsw.com/45 #45 "Why Do You Love Me?"]]
** [[http://xkcdsw.com/366 #366 "Tapping"]]
** [[http://xkcdsw.com/526 "Glass Necklace"]]
** [[http://xkcdsw.
com/3688 #3688 "Rubber and Glue"]]



* InvertedTrope: The remix comics' attitute to science and mathematics is often completely contrary to the original. For example, [[http://xkcdsw.com/3051 "Connected"]].
* MadScientist: [[http://xkcdsw.com/950 #950]]

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* InvertedTrope: The remix comics' attitute to science and mathematics is often completely contrary to the original. For example, [[http://xkcdsw.com/3051 "Connected"]].
* MadScientist: [[http://xkcdsw.com/950 #950]]
#3051 "Connected"]].



* NotSoDifferent: [[http://xkcdsw.com/3134 #3134 "Normal"]].



** [[http://xkcdsw.com/189 #189 "The Difference"]] and its many variants.

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** [[http://xkcdsw.com/189 #189 "The Difference"]] and its many variants.com/359 #359 "Pop Culture"]]



** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3614 #3684 "Fountain"]]

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** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3614 #3684 #3614 "Fountain"]]



** {{Subverted}} with [[http://xkcdsw.com/3238 #3238 "Mathspeak"]].

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** {{Subverted}} with [[http://xkcdsw.com/3238 #3238 "Mathspeak"]].



* TemptingFate: [[http://xkcdsw.com/35 #35]].
* TheWorldIsJustAwesome: Inverted. For example, [[http://xkcdsw.com/3121 #3121 "Science"]].
* TitleDrop: [[http://xkcdsw.com/3542 #3542 "Ruining 'Listen to Yourself'"]].

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* TemptingFate: [[http://xkcdsw.com/35 #35]].
Here]].
* TheWorldIsJustAwesome: Inverted. For example, [[http://xkcdsw.com/3121 #3121 "Science"]].
* TitleDrop: [[http://xkcdsw.com/3542 #3542 "Ruining 'Listen to Yourself'"]].

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** [[http://xkcdsw.com/190 "Gravity"]]



** [[http://xkcdsw.com/366 "Tapping"]]
** [[http://xkcdsw.com/526 "Glass Necklace"]]



* MoodWhiplash: [[http://xkcdsw.com/19 "Rock Band"]].
* NoodleImplements: [[http://xkcdsw.com/1679 "Parking"]].

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* MadScientist: [[http://xkcdsw.com/950 #950]]
* MoodWhiplash: [[http://xkcdsw.com/19 #19 "Rock Band"]].
* NoodleImplements: [[http://xkcdsw.com/1679 #1679 "Parking"]].



** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3614 "Fountain"]]
** [[http://xkcdsw.com/375 "Regular Expressions"]]

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** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3614 "Fountain"]]
com/189 #189 "The Difference"]] and its many variants.
** [[http://xkcdsw.com/375 #375 "Regular Expressions"]]Expressions"]]
** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3614 #3684 "Fountain"]]



** {{Subverted}} with [[http://xkcdsw.com/3238 "Mathspeak"]].

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** {{Subverted}} with [[http://xkcdsw.com/3238 #3238 "Mathspeak"]].



* TemptingFate: [[http://xkcdsw.com/35 Here]].
* TheWorldIsJustAwesome: Inverted. For example, [[http://xkcdsw.com/3121 "Science"]].
* TitleDrop: [[http://xkcdsw.com/3542 "Ruining 'Listen to Yourself'"]].

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* TemptingFate: [[http://xkcdsw.com/35 Here]].
#35]].
* TheWorldIsJustAwesome: Inverted. For example, [[http://xkcdsw.com/3121 #3121 "Science"]].
* TitleDrop: [[http://xkcdsw.com/3542 #3542 "Ruining 'Listen to Yourself'"]].



** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3097 "Axiom of Choice"]]

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** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3097 #3097 "Axiom of Choice"]]
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** [[http://xkcdsw.com/375 "Regular Expressions"]]
* RemixComic
** {{Subverted}} with [[http://xkcdsw.com/3238 "Mathspeak"]].
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''[[http://xkcdsw.com/ Making xkcd Slightly Worse]]'' is a RemixComic of... well, Webcomic/{{xkcd}}.

* AntiHumour: many comics simply remove the punchline from the original material, and instead portray completely mundane situations.
** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3061 "Diode"]]
** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3615 "Walk On By"]]
* BreadEggsMilkSquick: [[http://xkcdsw.com/3669 "Enlarged to Show Detail"]].
* CruelTwistEnding: Often done to romance comics.
** [[http://xkcdsw.com/45 "Why Do You Love Me?"]]
** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3688 "Rubber and Glue"]]
* DeconstructiveParody
* InvertedTrope: The remix comics' attitute to science and mathematics is often completely contrary to the original. For example, [[http://xkcdsw.com/3051 "Connected"]].
* MoodWhiplash: [[http://xkcdsw.com/19 "Rock Band"]].
* NoodleImplements: [[http://xkcdsw.com/1679 "Parking"]].
* OverusedRunningGag: called "micromemes".
** "Well, it's better than Vista."
** "Listen. I wouldn't worry about that."
** "I've never been so turned on in my life" appears in the most bizarre of circumstances.
* RealityEnsues
** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3614 "Fountain"]]
* StylisticSuck: It's not called "Making xkcd Slightly Worse" for nothing.
** Original xkcd's [[http://uni.xkcd.com/ command-line interface]] has an EvilTwin in [[http://cli.xkcdsw.com/ SW-DOS]], which as the name suggests, is modeled after MS-DOS — TheAllegedCar of operating systems.
* TemptingFate: [[http://xkcdsw.com/35 Here]].
* TheWorldIsJustAwesome: Inverted. For example, [[http://xkcdsw.com/3121 "Science"]].
* TitleDrop: [[http://xkcdsw.com/3542 "Ruining 'Listen to Yourself'"]].
* XMeetsY: Many comics combine material from several different source strips, resulting in surreal punchlines.
** [[http://xkcdsw.com/3097 "Axiom of Choice"]]

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