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<noinclude>:''For a list of comics, see [[:Category:Comics featuring Cueball|Comics featuring Cueball]].'' ...aracter design early in the comic's run. Several of the [[:Category:Cancer|comics about cancer]] also have Cueball representing Randall himself.

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...comics are posted every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and are accompanied by a [[Title text|title text]], serving as Randall's commentary. ...nes in some comics suggest that Randall may have erased gridlines in these comics. In 2012, Randall revived the blue grid as a background image for ''[[what

...e>explanets.png</code>) was the same for the two comics. This was resolved by renaming this comic's image, adding the year of its release to the title: < ...e number of this comic ([[786: Exoplanets]]) is the same number of planets featured in the comic [[1071: Exoplanets]] (786 planets) with the same title. It isn

...|300px|right|thumb|Logo by [[User:Alek2407]], made transparent and resized by [[User:Omega]].]] * [[List of all comics]] - the main series of numbered comics that usually come out thrice a week

...as the third [[:Category:April fools' comics|April fools' comic]] released by [[Randall]]. The previous fools comic was [[880: Headache]] from Friday Apr ...es which comic they actually see. As a result, there are actually multiple comics that went up on April Fools' Day, although only one is seen.

...to show off in a creative way using in-group jargon. The comic is narrated by [[Cueball]] as seen in part 2 comic, but that Cueball is not shown here, bu ...and not over the usual schedule of three comics a week. These are all the comics in [[:Category:1337|1337 series]]:

...is her shoulder-length black hair which characterizes her as female. Other characters with more distinctive personalities have been created and are used where ap ...and have been created by this wiki for ease of reference in explaining the comics.

...and each node has a loop. The mouseover text has two hundred and forty-two characters. ...d have to be considered. This comic might be inspired by [https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2007-07-05 SMBC].

...to separate different periods of the action. Here, this has been subverted by the frame becoming a character, the main protagonist, and sole survivor of ...r of Calvin and Hobbes (which it is known that Randall has been influenced by), requiring lengthy negotiations due to the printing technology of the time

...uld therefore be largely guesswork. The comic features the well-known xkcd characters getting involved in a strange fight with cyborgs and raptors on Christmas E ...ce to the famous book series ''{{w|The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy}}'' by {{w|Douglas Adams}}. It appears there as God's Final Message to His Creatio

...s that suggested names should meet. These include stipulations such as "16 characters or less", "preferably one word", being "pronounceable (in as many languages ...e to {{w|SQL injection}}, riffing off of [[327: Exploits of a Mom]], which featured a schoolboy named <code>[[Robert'); DROP TABLE Students;--]]</code>. The i

...as the fifth [[:Category:April fools' comics|April fools' comic]] released by [[Randall]]. The previous April fools' comic was ...omly (and there can be more than four). The result of all the interactions by the readers led to the generation of {{w|Crowdsourcing|crowd-sourced conten

<noinclude>:''For a list of comics, see [[:Category:Comics featuring Hairbun|Comics featuring Hairbun]].''</noinclude> ...sarily represent the same person from comic to comic. She is distinguished by her hair, set up in a bun. She can have several variations of her hair styl

...arious Internet groups have speculated on who would win in a fight between characters from different films. It may be relevant that the film {{w|Batman v Superma ...on or similar given names or surnames. Some adjacent brackets are "segued" by someone like Jeff Daniels, who segues from a bracket of "Jeff"s into a brac

...lude>:''For a list of comics, see [[:Category:Comics featuring Spice Girls|Comics featuring Spice Girls]].''</noinclude> ...ce". With their "girl power" mantra, they redefined the girl-group concept by targeting a young female fanbase. They led the teen pop resurgence of the 1

...ich has been most [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1ZdMOMUgXE prominently featured] in the movie {{w|Back to the Future Part II}}. {{w|Marty McFly}} traveled ...er stuff that has often been featured in xkcd as well as many of the other comics.

...{w|David & Goliath}} (famous past King of Israel and giant, {{w|Biblical}} characters from the {{w|Book of Samuel}} in the {{w|Old Testament}}). (See the [[#Triv ...the most disgusting teens ever depicted on the big screen (only overtaken by {{w|Beavis}}), the combination could create disturbing pictures in people's

...the seventh [[:Category:April fools' comics|April fools' comic]] released by [[Randall]]. The previous fools comic was ...embles the game comic [[1608: Hoverboard]], than the previous April Fools' comics.

...en do not have valid Wirth syntax; they randomly mix objects and syntactic characters, and the brackets and braces are not properly nested or paired. ...s, any number of flags can be used in any order, and flags can be followed by argument (such as "AVIGNON" in this example).

...om the third zero. The table has been updated to include room for all 1000 characters, so it will be possible to easily continue with the explanation of each of ...mpleted the descriptions for characters 647-1000; however, for many of the characters, verification and/or alternate explanations might be necessary. I will cont

...gh, follow up on the previous global warming comic: [[1379: 4.5 Degrees]]. By having readers scroll through millennia of slow-paced natural changes, Rand ...le who claim that this is not happening, or at least that it is not caused by any human actions, called {{w|Climate change denial|climate change deniers}

...disks to trick the computer into writing more data on them than specified by the manufacturer. With punchcards on the other hand, the holes themselves e ...echnique in his paper, it would be impossible to discover the hacked login by examining the official source code for either the login or the compiler its

...w|The Chronicles of Narnia}} by {{w|C. S. Lewis}}. In the books, the child characters use different portals to get into the alternative dimension/world of {{w|Na ...g their trash there{{Citation needed}}. He would probably try to stop this by any means necessary, including coming up through a trash chute into another

...passwords harder to remember (leading people to create huge security risks by [https://arstechnica.com/security/2015/04/hacked-french-network-exposed-its ...ithms that are computed by machines. They don't have any effect when used by humans in passwords, except for maybe making it harder to remember. In addi

...ving this by providing for a single character encoding for all the various characters used in the world's languages. ...ho worked for Xerox in the 1980s. He has a beard and may be the character featured in the first and third panels.

...rite a given program, probably to achieve a trivial outcome, using as many characters as possible. Randall's approach to this in the code example shown in the co ...unctions. Python has no limit for function name length, and was previously featured in comic [[353: Python]].

...the collection of personal information of up to 87 million Facebook users by the political targeting firm Cambridge Analytica. ...r was sent back in time to prevent the birth of a human resistance leader, by killing his mother before he was born. In the movie, the Terminator looked

...r counterintuitive if you understand how they really work. The five people featured in this comic, all from different disciplines, are all aware of certain fac * [[Megan]], a {{w|botanist}}, is struck by the fact that trees are made in large part from air, as in the carbon dioxi

...n the launch version of the game had been announced, though with five more characters coming in 2019 as {{w|downloadable content}}. ...dy chosen and that they were not accepting further requests; all remaining characters would then be gradually released over the next three years, culminating in

[[Ponytail]] and other characters also fly in the background. The screen is explaining his options for shari ...seems to have a face and have very advanced AI, which can even be arrogant by assuming that it already knew the information about the “option in betwee

...ut the inherent dangers of highly radioactive material). This is reflected by Megan and Hairy treating Cueball's idea as a joke. ...emitted by plutonium-238 is relatively harmless, as it is quickly absorbed by surrounding material and turned to heat &ndash; but plutonium is still incr

...rd to tie everything together. Doris Kearns Goodwin, the sports journalist featured in "Baseball," was somehow ALSO a famous historian who wrote bestselling bi ...verse|universe}}, meaning that characters in one work can conceivably meet characters in another work via conventional travel, and sometimes such crossovers are

...ns it won't be modified like the rest of the comics. See the list of these comics [[#Comic-specific header text|here]] ...Amber], and [https://github.com/dyfrgi Michael Leuchtenburg] with physics by [https://rapier.rs/ Rapier].

...cted by the person's age, where they live, and how prominently the news is featured in their homes and surroundings. ...for the many students who saw it live, but Hairy subverts this expectation by clarifying that he saw it in 1995, nearly a decade after the explosion. He

It was, of course, released on [[:Category:Sunday comics|a Sunday]] (August 4th), becoming only the fifth comic to be released on a ...mics/disappearing_sunday_update.png image] (and its [https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/disappearing_sunday_update_2x.png 2x version]) was still on the xkcd image

...and [[:Category:Interactive comics|interactive]], and include [[:Category:Comics with animation|animations]]. Also, the [[Header text|header text]] changed ...t it. As such, despite its mass in principle being liftable by many of the characters, only Thor, God of Thunder (who is canonically worthy), is able to throw it

...was [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNdb03Hw18M very thoroughly homaged] by ''A New Hope''. The original trilogy of movies only had two Death Stars, b ...ulation among Star Wars fans as to the identity of her parents. Many major characters in ''Star Wars'' have unexpected heritages of great portent, most famously

...he year {{w|2020}}. It was the second of two [[:Category:New Year|New Year comics]] around the 2019-2020 New Year, after [[2248: New Year's Eve]]. ...rticularly in the latter half of the 20th century, eras were often defined by decades, such as discussing the social movements of the 60s, or the music o

...t turns out that it contains a water gun, which she uses to soak the other characters. It is unclear whether she has somehow hidden the water gun inside the trom In the second panel, she is priming the water gun by pumping air into it, following the sequence of pump actions used for the Su

Though relatively ancient by modern standards, {{w|SMS}} is supported by almost every mobile device (unless you're using a {{w|kosher phone}} or sti ...e both E2E encryption and are modern, but no intersections with "supported by everyone", and SMS is the only system in that category. So when choosing a

...agons)|alignment chart}}. Originally created as a way of categorizing game characters' motivations, the chart has three possibilities on each axis: lawful/neutra Eggs in America are traditionally sold by the dozen, with egg cartons consisting of 12 cups to hold them in place. A

A {{w|lightsaber}} is a fictional beam-like sword weapon used by members of the {{w|Jedi}} order and the {{w|Sith}} in the ''{{w|Star Wars}} ...5 Disney animated movie ''{{w|Lady and the Tramp}}'' where the two titular characters unintentionally kiss after sharing a strand of spaghetti. In the Old Repub

...ding combat with some unseen but presumably more battleworthy enemy vessel by fleeing into some form of 'space geography' that the heroes think, or hope, ...intending to establish exactly what ''kind'' of fictional scenario it is. By attempting to interact with the black hole in the most computationally inte

...is the 13th [[:Category:April fools' comics|April fools' comic]] released by [[Randall]], but 18 days late, see the [[2765:_Escape_Speed#Trivia|trivia s ...with a star outline will improve the performance of the spaceship, such as by making the engine more efficient or increasing the rate at which the fuel r