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6 | A comic trope in which either the two last panels of a strip each contain a {{punchline}}, or the last panel contains double the punchlines for double the fun. |
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8 | This sometimes takes the form of [[CrossesTheLineTwice crossing the line twice]]. The penultimate panel is often a sight gag or [[TheTake Take]], and if this is true, then the last panel may add a spoken punchline to this. Conversely, the spoken punchline may be in the penultimate panel with a WildTake or GrossUpCloseUp added as the second punchline. |
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10 | Related to EscalatingPunchline. For webcomics, AltText is frequently used as a way to convey the second punchline. |
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13 | !!Examples: |
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17 | [[folder:Comic Strips]] |
18 | * Often used in ''ComicStrip/PearlsBeforeSwine'', especially in the pun strips, in which the first punchline is [[{{Feghoot}} a contrived pun after a long setup]], with the second being someone, usually Rat, [[LamePunReaction reacting with annoyance]]. |
19 | * ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'': Bill Watterson was fond of these, with Hobbes adding another punchline on the far right of the last panel, often a mockery or lampshade hanging on what Calvin was saying. |
20 | %%* ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot'' is fond of this. |
21 | * ''ComicStrip/{{Doonesbury}}'' was the first newspaper comic strip to regularly use this, and was directly or indirectly the inspiration for most modern uses. |
22 | * The "two punchlines in last panel" variation is frequently seen in ''ComicStrip/CulDeSac''. |
23 | * In PoliticalCartoons an additional punchline / comment is sometimes supplied by an AuthorAvatar drawn in the last panel or in the bottom left. Currently satirized by Website/TheOnion's [[http://www.theonion.com/features/editorial-cartoon "Kelly"]]. |
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26 | [[folder:Web Comics]] |
27 | * Sometimes in ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'', as seen [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1812 here]]. In [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1557 one case]], a double punchline is given after a pair of {{Silent Scenery|Panel}} {{Beat Panel}}s. |
28 | * In an example from ''Webcomic/BobAndGeorge'', after [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/011209 Bob revives from unconciousness off panel]], when he actually appears in the penultimate panel of [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/011210 the next comic]], he is wearing a ridiculous girly costume. The final panel has him making a reference to [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/011031 the prior Halloween comic]], which is where the costume originated. |
29 | * ''Webcomic/CatAndGirl'' uses a fairly standard size format for its comics, but sometimes there will be an extra panel or two drawn in grey that adds a punchline. |
30 | %%* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' does this quite a lot. |
31 | * Many Webcomics (including ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'', ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' and ''Webcomic/{{Achewood}}'') will include secondary punchlines in hover-over AltText. ''Webcomic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'' and ''Webcomic/AmazingSuperPowers'' go a step further, including an entire bonus second-punchline panel. The former by hovering over a red button at the end of the strip, and the latter by clicking a hidden question mark at the comic's side. |
32 | * ''Webcomic/{{Achewood}}'' often has multiple punchlines strewn throughout the strip. |
33 | * ''Webcomic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'': There's an entire bonus second-punchline panel accessible by hovering over a red button at the end of the strip. Many of the main strips also have multiple punchlines, especially from the time before Zach started drawing voteys. Lampshaded in [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?id=547 this strip]], which had ''three'' punchlines in the main strip, and then got a votey drawn years later saying nothing but "Do you really want ''another'' punchline, you greedy bastard?" |
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