10:20The TV Show You Could Touch
Expectation Violation
- Everyone is taught not to draw on screens, so go ahead reads as a cheeky dare.
- You see it on a screen, and the title says a TV show was made to be touched.
- Cropped at the nose, the cartoon's eyes peek up at you.
Title
You Could Touch is a contradiction, since a TV show is something you only watch, and the past tense hints this really existed once.
Thumbnail
go ahead turns the title's fact into a dare aimed at the screen you're looking at, and the yellow star hair is the brightest thing in a dark frame.
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