Bedtime Paradox
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About
Bedtime Paradox is an exploitable cartoon series based on a webcomic by K.C. Green in which a child tucked in bed asks his father to help him fall asleep by telling a "bedtime paradox," rather than a bedtime story. Since its original release as an issue of Green's Gunshow series in 2011, the webcomic has inspired many parodies and derivatives featuring alternative statements.
Origin
The original comic (below, left) was published by K.C. Green on his _ Gunshow[1] website on June 15th, 2011. More than two years later, on September 10th, 2013, Tumblr user claxdio-fx[4] posted the earliest known edit of "Bedtime Paradox" featuring another well-known paradox involving Pinocchio ("what would happen if Pinocchio said 'my nose will grow'") in substitute of the original conversation. Within two years, the post garnered over 1,000 notes.
![Will you tell me a bedtime... PARADOX? DAAADD I'm NoT sueepy yeT.me A BeoTmePARADox? WILL You Teuu IF You'Re NOT SLeepy yeT, THeN WHY ARe YoU LAYIN6 IN BeD? 0つ](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/155/862/78c.png)
![First known edit Papá, aún no Puedes tengo sueño. contarme una... dormir! ¡Paradoja de iQué pasaría si pinocho dice: "Me va a crecer la nariz"? O U](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/155/872/e14.jpg)
Spread
On May 12th, 2014, FunnyJunk[5] user fridayiminlove posted a compilation of five derivatives, drawing over 25,000 views and 533 points in about two years, as well as two blank templates[6] for easier captioning. On August 18th, Imgur[7] user Loppervintsy re-uploaded the FunnyJunk compilation to the image-sharing community, where it received more than 11,000 points and 600,000 views over the next two years.
Various Examples
![Does the set of those sets that do not contain themselves contain itself? Dad, I'm not feeling sleepy yet... Could you tell BEDTIME PARADOX? Does the set of all those sets that do not contain themselves contain itself? 0つ](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/155/878/717.jpg)
![Will Magneto be able to lift Thor's hammer? PARADOX? NOT SLEEPY YET ME A BEDTIME WILL MAGNETO BE ABLE TO LI THORS HAMMER 0づ CY jhonataskhanI Memedroid](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/155/877/5ab.jpg)
![What happens if Pinocchio says "my nose will grow"? Dad, I'm not feeling sleepy ye... Could you tell BEDTIME PARADOX? What happens if Pinocchio says "my ose will norw 齴 0つ](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/155/880/975.jpg)
![How can mirrors be real if our eyes aren't real? Dad, I'm not feeling sleepy yet. BEDTIME PARADOX? Could you tell how can mirrors e real if our eyes aren't real? 0つ](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/156/138/30c.png)
![Im Mudkipfucker and Im gonna r--- you now Daddy, is it safeNo, as long as to sleep yet? Is there anything Mudkipfucker exists,ws can do to stop if you closs your eyes you get rapecd Not at all, nothing stops a horny Mudkipfucker from r----- things him? WHY CANT YOU KILL HIM!!! Bocause that Black Hols he has for an ass, cats the f------ bullets 0つ What's that?Im Mudkipfucker Wanna know the worst part? and Im gonna r--- you now](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/156/139/f8e.jpg)
![no, f--- you, i also put laxatives and sleeping pills in your hot chocolate A BEDTIME could you tell me. PARADOX! Dad, I'm not eeling sleepy et.. no, f--- you, also I put laxatives and sleeping pills in your hot chocolate 0つ](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/156/143/003.jpg)
Template
![Bedtime Paradox Template](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/155/882/8d5.jpg)
![Bedtime Paradox Template BEDTIMIE PARADOX? Could you tell Dad, I'm not feeling sleepy yet. u U](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/155/884/71e.png)
Search Interest
External References
[1] Gunshow – Gunshow Comic Archive / Accessed August 5th, 2016
[2] Gunshow – Bedtime Paradox / June 15th, 2011
[3] Tumblr – Posts for claxdio-fx on September 9th, 2013 / September 9th, 2013
[4] Tumblr – First known edit / September 9th, 2013
[5] FunnyJunk – Bedtime Paradox Compilation
[6] FunnyJunk – Comments for Bedtime Paradox Compilation / May 13th, 2014
[7] Imgur – Bedtime Paradox Compilation / August 18th, 2014
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