Foxtrot

FoxTrot is a daily American comic strip by cartoonist Bill Amend, which began syndication on April 10, 1988. It centers around the daily life (which isn't all that normal) of the Fox family. In addition to typical "family" humor, the strip has many stories built around fandom, nerdiness and Internet culture. It is syndicated by Universal Press Syndicate.

Places in FoxTrot

Uncle Ralph's Cabin is a typical camping spot for the Fox family. The location of the cabin is never explicitly stated in the comics, even relative to where the Fox's live. However, one could assume it is fairly isolated, because the family seems to have a long drive and one time when Roger locked his keys in the car, Paige worried they would be stuck forever since they couldn't contact anyone. There is a lake where the family can swim and go fishing. Jason often tries to trick Paige into believing that there are frightening creatures in the water.

Related Topics:
Swim - Fishing

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Fun-Fun Mountain is an amusement park. It almost seems to be a parody of Disneyland (obviously, "mountain" is to "universe" as "land" is to "world", so this is probably a parody of the smaller of the two American Disney resorts, and Fun Fun Universe is of the bigger). There is a Hall of Vice Presidents exhibit (similar to the Hall of Presidents), and a sign in the park labels a mosquito "Mickey Mosquito," which sounds similar to Mickey Mouse. There are roller coasters, including the Drop-O-Death, a log ride, whirling coffee cups, and a fun house. The food is expensive. For example, Andy bought a snow cone for $20.00.

Related Topics:
Amusement park - Disneyland - Mickey Mouse

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The Fox family once went on a two-week camping trip to Cactus Flats, a desert community in Arizona. According to a pamphlet, Cactus Flats was the home of the Muckatoo Indian tribe until the whole tribe died of heat stroke. The desert is also home to various snakes (including rattlesnakes), lizards, scorpions, spiders such as tarantulas and black widows, and mountain lions as well as mosquitos.

Related Topics:
Arizona - Heat stroke - Snake - Rattlesnake - Lizard - Scorpion - Spider - Tarantula - Black widow - Mountain lions - Mosquito

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Fun-Fun Universe is another amusement park that seems to be a parody of the Walt Disney World Resort. There is a hotel that is connected to the actual amusement park by unirail, a glass-bottomed boat, and a "sky-tube." The rides mentioned include a log ride and several roller coasters. A very important roller coaster is the Voodoo Mountain Bobsled Ride. This ride is supposedly closed down every morning, but only for show. That way, riders will be "scared to death not only by the ride, but by the dread that the thing wasn't built very well." Like Fun-Fun Mountain, the food for sale at the park is very expensive. Roger's Chili Fun-Fun Burger and fries cost him $41.00.

Related Topics:
Unirail - Roller coaster - Fun-Fun Mountain

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On another one of the family's camping trips, the Fox's camped at Skeeter Falls. According to Roger, Skeeter Falls is an eight-hour drive from their house. It is 100 miles (160 km) away from the nearest city and the grounds are 400,000 acres (1600 km²) large. The falls gets their name from the mosquitoes that live there. Skeeter Falls has the most mosquitoes per unit area of any place in the world during August. There is also a geyser that erupts every 24 hours, at 3:38 am, as well as rivers, mountains, and "200-foot" (60 m) trees. While the Fox family was camping there, a bear came into their campsite and ate their food.

Related Topics:
Mosquitoes - Geyser

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Camp Bohrmore is a eight week co-ed summer science camp. The camp contains waterfalls, hiking trails, a redwood grove, a T-1 line in every cabin, computers, lasers, and a paleontology lab. This is also where Jason and Marcus met Phoebe and Eugene Wu. Morton Goldthwait served as camp counselor to Epsilon cabin which included Jason, Marcus, and Eugene. Eileen and Phoebe would often try to play tricks on Marcus and Jason. Jason and Marcus were also rivals with Eugene. They wanted to beat Eugene in the Camp Bohrmore Science Contest. Jason and Marcus also tried to sabotage Eileen and Phoebe's project to get revenge, but their plan backfired, as they destroyed their own project. At the end of camp, they made a truce with Eileen and Phoebe, and eventually joined their friendship club.

Related Topics:
Redwood - Laser - Paleontology - Phoebe - Eugene - Morton Goldthwait - Sabotage - Truce

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Boonhurst is a small town. Roger went there to finish a business deal (which began one of the longest storylines in the strip, running for seven weeks). It apparently isn't very developed, as Roger asked Pembrook if they had finished paving the runway yet. When Roger missed his flight, he also had to go through several connections. His entire trip was Chicago to Dallas to Los Angeles to Atlanta to Portland to Denver to Charlotte to Boonhurst. Boonhurst is likely a reference to the town of Bentonville, Arkansas, headquarters of Wal-Mart.

Related Topics:
Bentonville - Arkansas - Wal-Mart

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The Isles of Fun-Fun Caribbeanny Resort is an artificial Caribbean resort, probably a parody of the real-life Caribbean Beach Resort in Walt Disney World. They reproduced island life with "state-of the-art water park technology." The resort has special Caribbean-themed rooms, such as the Limbo Suite, which features a low ceiling, and the Muzak in the elevators is Calypso. There are many Caribbean activities as well, such as snorkeling, body boarding, voodoo doll puppetry, and steel drum lessons. In fact, the resort even schedules fake hurricanes, which is why all the walls in the hotel are fastened with Velcro. However, many aspects of the resort are fake. The steel drum music at the beach consists of a staff person playing the synthesizer. Unfortunately for Andy and Roger, the staff person playing accidentally hit bagpipes instead. Also, there is a backdrop at the edge of the artificial ocean, which has chlorine. In this place, Andy had the worst time ever.

Related Topics:
Caribbean - Resort - Water park - Limbo - Muzak - Calypso - Snorkeling - Voodoo - Puppetry - Hurricane - Velcro - Bagpipes

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