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Toonbots archive: episode published 20 December, 2000

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There is a spectre haunting meta-cartooning, the spectre of Communism. Yes, it's the show you've all been waiting for -- it's: Name That Communist! What are tonight's contestants going to win?

The script used to make this toon:

<cartoon height="600" width="600" rowformat="3-1-1">
<panel>
  <character name="dot"/>
  <caption location="bottom middle" fgcolor="blue">Dot.</caption>
</panel>
<panel>
  <character name="bot"/>
  <caption location="bottom middle" fgcolor="blue">Dot, Bot.</caption>
</panel>
<panel>
  <character name="al" rel-h="50"/>
  <caption location="bottom middle" fgcolor="blue">Dot, Bot, head.</caption>
</panel>
<panel>
  <character name="lenin" rel-h="50"/>
  <caption location="bottom middle" fgcolor="blue">Dot, Bot, head, head, Red head's dead.</caption>
  <character name="dot" action="leaves"/>
  <character name="bot" action="leaves"/>
  <character name="al" action="leaves"/>
  <character name="lenin" action="leaves"/>
</panel>
<panel>
  <character name="mao" rel-h="50"/>
  <character name="mao" action="leaves"/>
  <caption location="top middle" fgcolor="blue">How'd you like Mao to call you Fred?</caption>
  <caption location="bottom middle" fgcolor="red" size="18">Hey, Fred.</caption>
</panel>
<panel>
  <character name="dot" action="returns"/>
  <character name="bot" action="returns"/>
  <character name="dot2" rel-h="1" rel-w="100"/>
  <character name="bot2" rel-h="40" rel-w="100"/>
  <character name="mao" action="returns"/>
  <character name="lenin" action="returns"/>
  <character name="marx" rel-h="50"/>
  <caption location="bottom middle" fgcolor="blue">Dot, Bot, Dot, Bot, Red, Red, Red</caption>
</panel>
</cartoon>