Editing 1000: 1000 Comics/1000 characters

<big>[[#Table of 1000 characters|''(jump to table)'']]</big>


Below is a brief explanation of the system used to sort the following table:

This table is a sortable, numbered list of the 1000 small drawings/characters from this comic, the numbering system of which can be found at [[1000: 1000 Comics/Numbered images]]. Relevant categories for all aspects of the comic have been added to the main page. Links are also located at relevant parts of the table. In this way, it is possible to find all [[Ponytail|Ponytails]] or [[White Hat|White Hats]] quickly, as well as all comics with straightforward references, transcripts, objects, or animals. This could include  when a character is suspected to be from a previous comic, where an object is unclear, or when the text of the transcript is unreadable. 

The first column gives the number from the [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/c/c7/1000_Comics_-_The_entire_comic_with_numbers.png numbered image]. However, given that this is a large image, and not easily over-viewed, then after the number there is a link to an image of the relevant section from the [[1000:_1000_Comics/Numbered_images#Explanation|thirteen sections]] the image has been divided into. The section link for the edits and last character in each section is written in '''bold''' for convenience. The “one" is one section, but the three “zeros" have been divided in top (T), right (R), bottom (B) and left (L), so for instance the second zero bottom is labeled: Zero 2 B.

The third column is a description of the character or picture. This column always begins with the name of a known character, or, if unknown, the gender, if this is clear. For known characters, a link will be given on the name. However, this link only appears on the first instance of this character. After this, it continues with a full description of the character, and anything correlated with the number on the list. The description always includes whether the figure is stand or are in some other position. It also details whether they are in a group or standing alone. Standing alone means that there are no interactions. The direction specified indicates the direction the face is turned or the direction the head points if lying down.

If the character is just standing alone and is well known (e.g. [[Cueball]]), there will be no explanation given. A number after the character mentioned in either explanation or description refers to the number in the table (e.g. instead of writing 'Ponytail no. 20', 
'Ponytail 20' is written. Comic references where the name is written in '''bold''' are for references where there is little to no doubt it is a reference to a certain comic. The transcript for images or characters where anything is written may be hard to read. The image may help make an educated guess. Animals and objects are often included along with the characters, but never alone. They are listed here for an easier reference.


==Table of 1000 characters==
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| [[Cueball]] standing alone
| The very '''first character in one''' is of course the standard everyman Cueball, and no matter how one would count, this character would be the first encountered!
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| [[Megan]] standing turned right hand up towards Cueball 3
| Megan and Cueball 3 interact, she lifts her hand and he points at her.
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| Cueball standing left pointing with an arm at Megan 2
| Megan 2 and Cueball interact, she lifts her hand and he points at her.
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| Woman with black hair wide standing right looking at Cueball 7
| The hairdo is much wider at the shoulder than Megan’s so it cannot be her or any other known characters. She may be looking down at Cueball 7. See also 171 and 325.
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| Cueball standing alone right leaning
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| Cueball standing alone left looking up at the woman 4
| He may be looking up at the woman 4.
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| [[Hairy]] standing alone left
| The hair is not as thick as normal for Hairy, spikier.
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| Cueball standing alone left behind a lectern with a microphone heading a hand up to his mouth
| Cueball is addressing some audience not shown. This is a typical setting for the public speaking comics, although there seems to be no situation where there is a microphone on the lectern when Cueball speaks.
| Category: [[:Category:Public speaking|Public speaking]]
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| Cueball standing alone right
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| Megan prone right drifting up as shown with three lines
| Megan seems to be floating up into the air. Could be that Cueball 12 and 13 are looking after her?
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| Cueball standing alone right looking up
| He may be looking up at Megan 11 floating together with Cueball 13?
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| Cueball standing alone left looking up
| He may be looking up at Megan 11 floating together with Cueball 12?
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| Character with a black half sphere on the head left looking down
| {{notice2|What is on the head?}} This may be either a military or other kind of helmet, or a special hairdo, and could be both male and female?
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| Megan standing right towards Guy 16 her head down with a white heart floating in front of her
| Megan seems to be in love with the spectacled guy 16 to her right, but he seems not to notice her. This may explain why her head is bent down.
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| Guy with glasses (round) and no hair standing right away from Megan 15 and her heart
| Like Cueball with round glasses. Megan 15 to his left may have a crush on him with the heart in front of her and her head down because he seems not to notice her. See also 42 where he has square glasses.
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| Cueball standing alone right leaning
| He may be looking at Ponytail 18 spinning in her office chair.
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| [[Ponytail]] sitting right arms out. She is spinning around in an office chair as shown with several circling lines
| Ponytail is having fun spinning around in her office chair so fast she yells out loud. Maybe Cueball 17 is looking at her, maybe he gave her a push? Could be that he is the one spinning in the referenced comic where the friction of office chair is correlated to how much work is being done. Too little friction an deveryone just spins in stead of doing any work. The next to sit in a chair is Cueball 340 (not counting the wheelchair in 49). Ponytail is also the first to sit on the ground in 185.
| Comic: '''[[815: Mu]]'''
| Ponytail: ''Wheeee''
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| Cueball standing alone left
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| Ponytail standing alone right
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| Cueball standing alone making wavy arms and holding something in his hand towards left
| {{notice2|What his he holding. What is the name for what he is doing with his arms? Is there a reference to a comic? Update: Named the dance and described the object. Looked for a reference to a previous comic, couldn't find anything but I'm not convinced I didn't miss something.  }} Cueball seems to be doing a variant of the wave dance move, although his version would be impossible to do in real life since it would require more joints than humans have. He is holding an object towards the left.
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| Cueball standing alone left
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| Megan standing alone right
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| Megan standing alone left
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| Cueball standing alone left
| Maybe Cueball 30 waves at him.
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| Guy with hat, white dome shaped standing alone right
| This version of White Hat is the one from Idiocracy. It is used more than once in this comic, so here he will not be listed as White Hat. See also 324.
| Comic: [[603: Idiocracy]]
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| Cueball standing right towards short haired woman 28
| Cueball looking at woman 27.
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| Woman with short black hair like Megan on the head but stop above neck standing left towards Cueball 27
| The woman looking at Cueball 28 has much shorter hair than Megan.
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| Woman with hair bun white standing alone right
| This is not Hairbun as she has dark hair. This white hair bun woman is used more than once (see already in 43).
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| Cueball standing alone right waving with the arm to the right
| He may be waving upwards towards Cueball 25.
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| Guy with hat locomotive shaped and no hair standing right
| {{notice2|Any references to comics?}} Could be that this guy was a model train [[878: Model Rail|enthusiast]]? Seems like this hat is related to the hat on 65.
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| Cueball&nbsp;standing&nbsp;alone&nbsp;right
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| [[Mrs. Roberts]] standing alone left with an oven-mitt on her hand to the left that holds a bun tray from the oven and in her other hand she holds down her laptop
| Mrs. Roberts trademark image, almost as the one from her character page and directly a link to {{w|Leet}} (1337).
| Comic: '''[[341: 1337: Part 1]]'''
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| Cueball standing alone left
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| Guy with sunglasses and no hair standing left
| The sunglasses are drawn so small that it is hard to see the left glass. Could be a headband… See other guys like this at 261, 349 and 638 and Hairbun 568 with sunglasses.
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| Ponytail standing left hands out towards a woolly sheep with spiral horns facing her while baaing
| Could be that it was a ram that charged at her but maybe she just reach out to pat the sheep as there are no speed lines to indicate movement. Could also be Mary after her little lamb got bigger. The reference to the Sheep comic may be dubious but this is the only sheep in this comic and he has a comic with that name...
| Comic: [[35: Sheep]]
| Sheep: Baaa
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| Megan standing alone
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| Woman with hair bun black, large and on top of her head with what appears to be two hairpins stuck into it standing alone right
| {{notice2|Is it hairpins in a hair bun? Any reference to characters drawn previously}} Even though this Megan like character has a hair bun it is much too different from Hairbun's to be her. See also similar women 38 and 427 with hairpins in hair bun.
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| Ponytail standing alone right
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| Hairy standing alone right
| First standard version of Hairy in the comic.
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| Cueball standing alone left
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| Guy with glasses (square) and no hair standing right
| Like Cueball with square glasses. See also 16 where he has round glasses.
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| Woman with hair bun white standing alone right
| This is not Hairbun as she has dark hair. This white hair bun woman is used more than once (see first appearance at 29).
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| Cueball standing alone left
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| Megan standing alone left arms up and out
| Megan holds her arms out like to embrace someone, but she seems to be standing alone.
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| Guy with glasses (round) and no hair standing left
| Like Cueball with round glasses. See also 42 where he has square glasses.
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| Megan standing alone
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| Cueball standing alone
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| Stephen Hawking with dark hair and dark glasses sitting in his wheelchair with a computer screen in front of him alone right looking down
| The image here is the last in the comic bearing the name, {{w|Stephen Hawking}}, as the title -he is downcast after the events in the comic and thus is looking down.
| Comic: '''[[799: Stephen Hawking]]'''
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| Cueball standing right towards Megan 51
| Cueball looking at Megan 51
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| Megan standing left towards Cueball 50
| Megan looking at Cueball 50.
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| Megan standing alone left
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| Megan standing alone left longer hair
| This Megan has somewhat longer hair, but not Danish length…
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| Cueball standing alone right
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| Cueball standing alone right leaning while pointing left
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| Cueball standing alone right with both arms up
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| Cueball standing left with a turtle to his right talking to him. Seems short
| There is also a turtle in [[636: Brontosaurus]]. Later a stack of turtles was used in [[1416: Pixels]]. It could also be a {{w|tortoise}} as the one drawn only 37 comics later in [[1037:_Umwelt#Black_Hat|Black Hat's version]] of [[1037:_Umwelt]]. This Cueball here looks short, maybe he is a kid?
| Comic: [[889: Turtles]]
| Turtle: Hey.
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| Megan standing alone right
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| Cueball standing alone
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| Cueball standing alone left
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| [[Beret Guy]] standing right looking up at the woodpecker flying away with a drill it holds in its claws in the wire
| A direct reference to the comic Woodpecker where Beret Guy gives a woodpecker an electric drill as a birthday present. The bird flies away with it as depicted here, although first after Beret Guy has left.
| Comic: '''[[614: Woodpecker]]'''
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| Megan standing right towards Cueball 63 and character 64 with her hands in front of her mouth
| {{notice2|The sex of 64 is unclear and makes this triangle 62-64 hard to analyze}} Seems like this Megan (with more loose hair than normal) is shocked to see Cueball 63 and the person 64 holding hands. Maybe she was in love with one of them and is shocked to see them together as a happy couple. Or if it is supposed to be two men she could at the same time be shocked that they are openly gay...
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| Cueball standing right holding hands with the person 64
| {{notice2|The sex of 64 is unclear and makes this triangle 62-64 hard to analyze}} Cueball holding hand with the person in 64 who could be a girl in which case Megan in 62 could be jealous, or it could be a guy in which case this could be a gay scene and that cold shock Megan (as well).
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| Character with short black hair with spikes in the front standing left holding hands with Cueball 63
| {{notice2|The sex of 64 is unclear and makes this triangle 62-64 hard to analyze}} Cueball 63 is holding hand with this person who could be a girl in which case Megan in 62 could be jealous, or it could be a guy in which case this could be a gay scene and that cold shock Megan (as well).
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| Guy with a hat city-sky-line shaped and no hair standing alone right
| {{notice2|Is the hat a city sky line or something else? Any references to comics?}} Seems like this hat is related to the locomotive hat on 31.
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| Woman with hair bun white hair black bun standing alone left. Her hair is short and white. The hair bun sits on top of her head it looks black but could be caused by two hairpins stuck into the bun
| {{notice2|Is it hairpins in a hair bun? Could also look like it is an antenna on her head. If so it may even be a man with an antenna cap? Any reference to characters drawn previously?}}As the hair is white, it is not Hairbun plus there are hairpins. See also similar women 38 and 427 with hairpins in hair bun.
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| Cueball standing alone left
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| Ponytail standing alone left
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| Soldier with helmet with camouflage pattern and machine gun barrel upwards standing alone left
| A soldier with arms ready like in the referenced comic, but with a different helmet.
| Comic: [[984: Space Launch System]]
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| Cueball standing alone right
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| Hairy standing alone very tall
| This version of Hairy has more curly hair than normally and he seems to be a head higher than the Cueballs around him.
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| Cueball standing alone right one arm bent at the elbow
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| Guy with beard, full, and black hair standing alone left
| First guy with a beard! Could be Joseph (father of Jesus) from the referenced comic. Another guy 470 also has as beard but not quite like Joseph
| Comics: [[992: Mnemonics]]
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| Cueball standing alone left with both arms up, seems short
| This Cueball here looks short, maybe he is a kid?
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| Guy with hair only around the neck standing alone left seems tall
| This could be [[Donald Knuth]] from [[342: 1337: Part 2]] or George from [[587: Crime Scene]]. The hair is the same. See similar guys at 269, 406, 516 and 608. See also Guy 411 with similar hair but different appearence.
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| Character with short black hair standing alone right
| Could be either sex, hair too short to be Megan, like the next Megan 77.
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| Megan standing alone left
| As this is clearly Megan the person 76 is clearly not Megan.
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| Cueball standing alone left
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| Ponytail standing alone left
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| Cueball standing alone left
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| [[Jill]] standing alone right
| It is size wise clearly a girl with hairdo like Jill. But so far the only known instance of Jill looking like this comes after this comic. But she was already in [[585: Outreach]]. Her first known appearance looking more like this was in [[1058: Old-Timers]] less than half a year later. But this exact feature was first used in [[1352: Cosmologist on a Tire Swing]].
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| Woman with long hair white standing alone right
| The first woman with long blonde hair in the comic.
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| Cueball standing alone right
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| Cueball standing alone right
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| Megan running alone left arms out hair hanging loose and curly behind her
| The first running character. There has been a floating and a spinning character, but the rest seems to be standing still. She is not clearly running towards any other character.
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| Hairy standing alone left with flat hair
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| Cueball standing alone right pointing one arm right and down
| The posture is almost identical with Cueball 89.
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| Cueball standing alone right
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| Cueball standing right pointing right at Cueball 90
| He points at and maybe accusing Cueball 90 of something since Cueball 90 has his arms crossed in front of his chest and looks away and down like he is insulted or angry, This Cueball posture is almost identical with Cueball 87.
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| Cueball standing right arms crossed in front of his chest looking down away from Cueball 89 who points at him
| Maybe Cueball 89 who points at this Cueball is accusing him of something since this one has his arms crossed in front of his chest and looks away and down from the other like he is insulted or angry.
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| Cueball standing alone left
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| Guy with helmet white with a strap under his chin no hair standing alone left, seems short
| Could be the Cueball with a bicycle helmet for skating from the referenced comic. This does not look like a soldier compared with 69. But could also be a soldier’s helmet as it looks like the one in [[984: Space Launch System]]. It could be a kid.
| Comic: [[579: The Race: Part 3]]
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| Cueball standing alone right
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| Megan standing alone left with less dark hair
| Megan’s hair is not quite so black as usual here.
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| Hairy standing alone left with very large hair
| Hairy's hair is maybe a little too wild to be the regular Hairy…
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| Hairy standing alone right with a bath towel around his waist
| Hairy has just gotten out of the shower, preparing for a date.
| Comic: '''[[761: DFS]]'''
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| Cueball standing alone left, seems short
| This Cueball here looks short, maybe he is a kid?
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| Megan standing alone right
| As this is clearly Megan the person 99 is clearly not Megan.
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| Character with short black hair standing alone right
| Could be either sex, hair too short to be Megan, like Megan 98 before.
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| Cueball standing alone left
| Of course number 100 would also be a Cueball…
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| Megan sliding on a snow board alone right hair standing out behind her
| {{notice2|Is it a character from a previous comic?}} As there are no wheels it cannot be a skateboard. The way she stands also does not fit with ski. Could be a surfboard, but where’s the surf…
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| 102
| Cueball standing alone left
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| 103
| Cueball standing alone right seems short
| This Cueball here looks short, maybe he is a kid?
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| Cueball standing alone right, very tall
| A very large version of Cueball.
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| Cueball lying down on his back alone left resting his head on his arms behind him
| The first character that lies down on the ground. See also lying Cueball 597, the second to lie down like this.
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| Cueball standing alone right
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| Hairy standing alone right flat hair
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| Hairy standing alone right large hair
| Almost an Afro hairstyle on this Hairy
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| Megan standing alone left wind blowing her hair back right
| Seems like she is facing a strong wind from the left.
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| Cueball standing alone right holding an item towards right looking like a short golf club
| {{notice2|What is Cueball holding and is this a reference to a comic?}} Cueball holds an item with a stick and a head. It looks like a golf club but seems too short. It also has the shape of a pipe but then it is too big.
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| Character with black hair and strange appearance floating above Hairbun 112
| {{notice2|What is this? Reference for comic?}} A strange appearance floats above Hairbun 112 (maybe interacting with her and the woman 113 whom Hairbun may be interacting with?) It could be a person lying down leaning on arms looking straight out. So only the arms and torso and head can be seen. Could be either sex.
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| [[Hairbun]] standing right maybe interacting with character 111 above her and with woman 113 to her right
| {{notice2|Is she interacting with 111 and 113 and if so is there a reference to a comic?}} The first instance of a woman with hair bun without pins. This is thus the first that can be described as Hairbun, but it is not the typical hair do for her. She may be interacting with the strange character 111 above her as well as with the freezing cloaked woman 113
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| Woman with black hair like Megan standing left in a long black cloak indicated to freeze or shake with nine wiggly lines around her
| {{notice2|Is she interacting with 112 and 113 and if so is there a reference to a comic? Freezing or shaking?}} This woman who could be a Megan freezing in spite of her clock may be interacting with Hairbun 112, and if she is interacting with character 111 then also with that person.
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| Megan standing alone left
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| Cueball standing alone left
| First of 6 Cueballs in a row.
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| Cueball standing alone right
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| 117
| Cueball standing alone left
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| 118
| Cueball standing alone right
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| Cueball standing alone left
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| 120
| Cueball standing alone left
| Last of 6 Cueballs in a row.
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| 121
| Woman with hair bun white standing alone right
| White hair so not Hairbun.
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| Cueball standing alone right
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| Megan standing alone left
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| Ponytail standing alone right
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| Guy with hat white that looks a little like a knit cap, but seems to go too high above his head no hair standing alone left looking up
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| This is the '''first character in the first zero''' - of course also a Cueball. Kites have been a recurring theme in xkcd but this comic [[235: Kite]] was the first and the kite looks the same. Wether the kite is flown also for Jill 134 is unclear.
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| {{notice2|Is it a character from a previous comic?}} Seems Cueball is holding a lit bomb ready to throw it (but not at anyone in particular in this comic). Seems like there is no situation where this happens in xkcd? A similar bomb is shown in [[968: Everything]] but Cueball is not carrying it and it is not lit. Cueball throws a smoke-bomb in [[486: I am Not a Ninja]] but it does not have a fuse or look like this.
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| Megan flying right with arms spread out swooping downwards at Hairy 140 with great speed indicated with two speed lines after her hands
| {{notice2|Is it a character from a previous comic?}} It is not certain that Megan is aiming at Hairy 140, but she aims at his position. Megan flying was shown in [[438: Internet Argument]] but she was not swooping down with great speed like here. Maybe she has imported antigravity from [[353: Python]]. Later Megan also flew without speed in [1416:_Pixels#Clouds|the clouds]] deep down in [[1416: Pixels]] and a similar [https://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-flying-fig.png flying Megan] could "[[https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/3/38/1663_garden_Blitz_Girls_UFO_taking_Megan_garden.png grow]] in [[1663: Garden]].
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| Character with short black hair standing alone left
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| Guy with knit cap with long top and pom-pom at the end, glasses, a cane and a west (or other clothing) standing alone left
| {{notice2|Is it another character from a previous comic?}} This could be a black and white version of Wally or Waldo (in the US) from the {{w|Where's Waldo}} books. Randall included the color version in [[980: Money]] (though without glasses, but with eyes which Randall never draws in regular comics, so maybe glasses was added since Waldo should not be drawn without?) Then there would also be a Where's Waldo in this 1000 comic released only 20 comics later.
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| Cueball standing alone right holding a briefcase by its handle in one hand
| Cueball is holding a briefcase in the handle. This could be related to the referenced comic where he arrives home to find Black Hat trying to cover up a murder.
| Comic: [[542: Cover-Up]]
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| Ponytail standing right with curly hair at her forehead. Seems to be looking at other woman with ponytail 157
| {{notice2|Is it a character from a previous comic?}} The curly hair at her forehead in unusual for Ponytail. She seems to be looking at another curly haired woman 157 with a dark ponytail. Maybe they belong together (in a comic?)
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| {{notice2|Is it a character from a previous comic?}} She seems to be looking at Ponytail 156 also drawn with curly hair at her forehead which is unusual for Ponytail. Maybe they belong together (in a comic?)
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| This Cueball seems to be shouting at Megan 159 maybe to stop her from spinning. This is not part of the comic that her spinning is related to. So maybe they are not connected.
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| This is a direct reference to the Angular Momentum comic but in that comic there was no shouting Cueball, but maybe he tries to make her stop before she throws up (see title text). Later the same spinning Megan was used in [[442: xkcd Loves the Discovery Channel]], but that was a call back to the other comic. See also Cueball 541 spinning.
| Comic: '''[[162: Angular Momentum]]'''
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| [[Danish]] standing alone right
| Danish can usually not be distinguished without her personality, but with this very long hair, much longer than Megan’s usually is, it is reasonable to assume it could be her. She looks quite a lot like the version of Danish in [[1014: Car Problems]] released a few weeks after this comic. Most of the comics she appears in were before 1000. See also Danish 373.
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| Cueball standing alone right, seems short
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| Woman with black hair wide standing right looking at Cueball 172
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| Cueball dancing alone right one leg lifted up and bend at the knee body bend forward, both arms out and two lines both in front of the knee and behind his back to indicate the dancing
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| Ponytail sitting on the ground alone right leaning back on one hand, while the other hand seems to be lifted to her face like she is speaking on a phone. One leg is almost straight the other lifted up
| Ponytail is the first person to sit on the ground, which she also does in 458 and 510. Previously Ponytail 18 was also seen sitting on a spinning office chair.
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| Aragorn with beard (full) and hair is standing alone right with his broken sword lifted up in one arm
| {{w|Aragorn}} from the {{w|Lord of the Rings}} was depicted like this in the referenced comic. Towards the end of LOTR the broken sword Narsil is reforged and handed to Aragorn.
| Comic: '''[[370: Redwall]]'''
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| Cueball standing alone left, seems short
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| Cueball standing left together with Cueball giant 200
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| Comic: '''[[68: Five Thirty]]'''
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| Cueball torso with outstretched arms fused together with a platform standing on its three spider-like legs which looks mechanical. He seems to encompass Cueball 2023 and 205 on either side of him
| {{notice2|Is it a character from a previous comic?}} Seems like someone made an experiment with Cueball putting his torso on top of some platform that is supported by (at least) three sharp ended legs. He is now part man part machine, but not like a typical cyborg... Seems like he holds his arms out to the two Cueballs on either side of him 203 and 205, maybe they are his servants or creators?
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| Cueball standing alone right
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| Cueball standing alone right
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| Woman with long hair white but maybe also a hair bun standing alone left
| {{notice2|Is it a character from a previous comic?}} The way the hair comes down to her shoulders make her look different from any normal characters. She also seems to have some kind of hair bun, which does not fit with the hair. The color seems to be white, but with features on her forehead.
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| Hairy standing right towards Megan 211 with a white heart floating between them
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| Megan standing left towards Hairy 210 with a white heart floating between them
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| Megan standing left showing a sign she is holding on a stick in one hand to Cueball 217 and Cueball 219
| Megan is the first to be listed of the ten characters that hold up small signs showing binary numbers, which form the shape of a heart if connected. As this heart begins at 0, and her sign is 2 (binary 10), she is the third of the ten, forming the left of the upper left part of the heart. As she is drawn it seems like both Cueball 217 and 219 looks at her sign.
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| Woman with dark hair that seems to fall behind her, maybe like a ponytail She holds up a sign above her head with both hands.
| This woman’s hair does not look like Megan’s, as it seems to fall only to her left side as if it has been collected in a ponytail. She is the second to be listed of the ten characters that hold up signs showing binary numbers, which form the shape of a heart if connected. As this heart begins at 0, and her sign is 1 (binary 1), she is the second of the ten, forming the right of the upper left part of the heart.
| [[1000: 1000 Comics#Connect the Dots|Connect the dots]] 1
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| Cueball falling sideways alone right having bounced on the visible grassy ground twice, as indicated with three curved lines, and he is now positioned head down, arms out and legs flailing up in to the letters A of the sound he makes while tumbling further right
| This Cueball represents ''The Man Who Fell Sideways'' from the referenced comic. The gravity pulls him wrongly along the ground thus he always falls, and only meet people when bumping into them, maybe the white haired character 222 is in for a surprise, but it doesn't seem like they are connected.
| Comic: '''[[417: The Man Who Fell Sideways ]]'''
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| Character with short white hair standing alone right holding up a sign above the head with both hands
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| Ponytail is standing alone right looking into a large telescope standing on a platform that almost coincides with the helmet of the guy 230 below, but seems to not have any connection
| In the referenced comic Ponytail looks into a much larger observatory like telescope to discover the Sun is dying. Seems like a mistake that this drawing overlaps with Guy 230 below. Actually hard to say if the platform is on his head or below the telescope as it seems the legs of the telescope goes below this platform instead of resting on it.
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| Guy with helmet white with a strap under his chin no hair standing alone right with what appears to be roller skates on his feet. Seems to be unstable as the movement lines indicate his feet are about to move apart. Is drawn so close to Ponytail 225 that the base of her telescope coincides with his helmet
| This guy wears roller skates, something never drawn in xkcd so far. Looks like the Cueball with a bicycle helmet for skating from [[579: The Race: Part 3]]. It also looks like the soldier’s helmet in [[984: Space Launch System]]. Seems like a mistake that this drawing overlaps with Ponytail 225 above. Actually hard to say if the platform is on his head or below the telescope as it seems the legs of the telescope goes below this platform instead of resting on it. Could be some kind of device attached to the helmet.
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| Cueball standing alone right holding a sign level with his torso, one hand coming from above and one from below to hold it
| This Cueball is the fourth to be listed of the ten characters that hold up signs showing binary numbers, which form the shape of a heart if connected. As this heart begins at 0, and his sign is 4 (binary 100), he is the fifth of the ten, forming the lower left of the upper left part of the heart.
| [[1000: 1000 Comics#Connect the Dots|Connect the dots]] 4
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| Guy with black hair going up in two spikes on each side of his head standing alone right
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| Woman with long curly white hair standing right towards Cueball 234. Seems to have something attached to both arms, that is disconnected from her hair that stops clearly above these items
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| Cueball standing left towards curly haired woman 233
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| Guy with Afro hairdo giant size standing alone right
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| Cueball standing right with a giant snail with a coiled shell with its head out displaying the two eyes tentacles. Its rear side is hidden behind Cueball. The snail seems to be moving right away from Cueball
| Cueball and his giant pet snail. The only snail drawn in xkcd so far seems to be a sea snail at the bottom of the seas to the right in [[731: Desert Island]].
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| Cueball standing alone left, seems short
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| Mephistopheles standing alone right with horns, tail with arrow and a trident held before him in one hand
| The devil {{w|Mephistopheles}} has been used twice, but only in the referenced comic also with {{w|trident}}. He was first used in [[501: Faust 2.0] without trident.
| Comic: '''[[533: Laptop Hell]]'''
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| Cueball standing right towards Cueball 253
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| Woman with white hair but not a simple hairstyle standing right almost touching the sword tip of [[Richard Stallman]] 255
| The woman is not looking like any regular figures. But In the [[:Category:1337|1337 series]] Stallman 255 was helping [[Elaine Roberts]], daughter of the hacker [[Mrs. Roberts]]. This woman could be meant to represent Elaine, but the hair is not drawn in the same way as in the comic, although both are white haired, so maybe it is just a coincidence that the sword tip almost touches her?
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| [[Richard Stallman]] with beard and wild hair stands with two katana swords pointing right and left, the latter almost touching Woman 254
| [[Richard Stallman]] is a recurring character in xkcd, and he is always depicted with two {{w|katana swords}}. This depiction of Stallman is taken almost directly from the referenced comic in the Leet/[[:Category:1337|1337 series]]. He was first shown, also with swords, in [[225: Open Source]]. In the 1337 series he was helping [[Elaine Roberts]], daughter of the hacker [[Mrs. Roberts]]. The woman 254 could be meant to represent Elaine, but the hair is not drawn in the same way as in the comic, although both are white haired, so maybe it is just a coincidence that the sword tip almost touches her?
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| Guy with sunglasses and very thin black hair standing alone left
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| Guy with hair only around the neck standing alone left
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| Character with short black hair standing alone right
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| Guy with hat a peaked cap and a stick in one hand, and appears to only have one arm, the other ending in a black square next to his shoulder
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| Guy with spiky hair standing alone left, seems short
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| Character with black hair in a high dome on top of the head standing alone left
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| Megan standing alone right shaking a round object with black strings up and down as indicated with two lines above and below
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| Cueball swinging left on a rope as indicated with three lines behind his back while he is looking back over his shoulder at Megan 277
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| Megan standing alone right
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| Megan dancing alone left one arm up and one arm held out, one leg held up and bent completely at the knee, three double lines indicating movement of arms and legs
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| Cueball standing right in a very tight embrace arms with around, legs between each others and kissing Cueball 291 with a white heart over their heads
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| Cueball standing left in a very tight embrace arms with around, legs between each others and kissing Cueball 290 with a white heart over their heads
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| Cueball standing alone left
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| [[Blondie]] with very long white hair standing alone right
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| Boy with a hat, a fez, standing alone right
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| Cueball hanging in the air a little above the ground alone left arms stretched out, legs bend a little at the knee, shadow beneath him on the ground
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| Hairbun standing alone left with lots of hair also coming down her back
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| Guy in an open lab coat with wild long hair and glasses standing alone left with both arms raised up
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| Cueball inside a hamster ball is rolling right down a steep slope alone. He is at this moment face down, head to the right a little lower than his feet and arms out. The drawing is smaller than the others, so he is not a kid, just further away. The slope is also drawn and it continues with two more lines to indicate that it is long behind Megan 316 and stops in front of the feet of Cueball 317, without they are involved. Behind the hamster ball there are two lines to indicate the rolling motion. Above the Hamster ball is a word that is not easily readable
| {{notice2|What is the word above the hamster ball?}} Hamster ball is a recurring theme in xkcd, see the referenced category, and was first featured in [[152: Hamster Ball]], but this scene with Cueball rolling down a hill is not from any comic. The only scene with something falling down (a stair) in a hamster ball was a robot in [[413: New Pet]]. However, much later in [[1608: Hoverboard]], there was a [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/5/53/1608_0987x1075y_Hamsterball_bowling.png scene with a girl] running downhill inside a hamster ball.
| Category: [[:Category:Hamster balls|Hamster balls]]
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| Megan standing alone right
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| Character with something black on the head, seems short
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| Guy with hat, white dome shaped with wide brim standing alone left
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| Comic: [[603: Idiocracy]]
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| Woman with black hair wide standing alone right
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| [[White Hat]] standing alone right
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| Cueball standing alone left, with a face that almost has a heart shape, rather than round
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| Cueball wearing a mask with a long nose and a strip around his neck standing alone right
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| Guy with hat black bowler standing alone right
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| Cueball standing alone left looking down at his hand which holds something small and slim like a smartphone
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| Cueball standing alone right, seems short
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| Character with short curly standing alone left
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| Character with short white hair standing alone right
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| Cueball sitting alone left leaning back in an armchair legs straight in front of him
| There are several comics with Cueball sitting in an armchair but in the references comic Cueball is seen sitting in a very similar position having been watching {{w|The Matrix}}. Previously only Ponytail 18 has been seen sitting in a chair (an office chair).
| Comic: [[566: Matrix Revisited]]
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| Cueball standing right towards Cueball 344 who is holding up a present
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| Woman with white hair and pigtails standing alone
| {{notice2|Is it a character from a previous comic?}} There have been two girls with pigtails in xkcd, the first was a parody not in the style of xkcd in [[142: Parody Week: Megatokyo]], and the other is a girl in [[573: Parental Trolling]], with dark hair.
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| Guy with sunglasses standing alone left
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| [[:Category:Comics featuring Cory Doctorow|Cory Doctorow]] in his cape and googles are flying swooping head first downwards and left alone with his cape out behind him and two speed lines along the edges of his cape
| This is the typical representation of Cory Doctorow, who is featured twice in this section of this first zero (see 398 as well). Cory Doctorow has been shown in several comics and this flying version is from the referenced comic. Normally his cape is drawn in red, but there is no color in this comic.
| Comic: '''[[442: xkcd Loves the Discovery Channel]]'''
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| Cueball standing alone leaning right, seems short
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| Guy wearing some kind of black head gear standing alone seems like the top of the head can be seen in the middle, so it could just be a head band.
| {{notice2|Is it a character from a previous comic? What is it on his head?}} A guy is wearing something on his head. Is it a hat, is it hair is it a hairband. Given that some of the head seems to be visible at the top maybe that. Could also be two large horns a little like Mephistopheles 251, but not at all like him. Could also be a crown with two peaks on either side, which the head gear may look to have, and that would be able to go low enough to show the top of the head.
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| Woman with long black hair generally much larger in all directions than Megan’s
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| Danish standing alone left
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| Cueball sitting right on the ground straight back supported with on one hand behind him, while the other hand resting on the knee of one leg which is lifted up and bend at the knee getting close to his head. Maybe he rests his chin on his arm on the knee. The other leg is almost straight out but bends a little at the knee. Maybe Megan 376 is looking down on him.
| This Cueball is the second person to sit on the ground. Previously Ponytail 185 also sat on the ground, and later Cueball 439 and Cueball as Rob 602 will sit on the ground as well. Cueball 340 sat in an armchair.
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| Megan standing left maybe looking down on sitting Cueball 375
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| Cueball standing alone left, seems tall
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| Cueball standing alone right
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| Cueball standing alone left, seems short
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| Cueball standing alone right
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| Megan standing right is holding a hand out to a sitting squirrel, it looks big she looks short
| This Megan here looks short, maybe she is a kid? She seems to reach out to maybe pad the squirrel which is drawn almost exactly as in [[776: Still No Sleep]] but here it is with Cueball. Squirrels are a recurring theme as shown in the reference.
| Category: [[:Category:Squirrels|Squirrels]]
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| Megan standing alone left, seems short
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| Cueball standing alone left
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| Character with short loose hair standing alone
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| Cueball standing alone, seems short
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| Guy with black knit cap standing alone right
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| Cueball dancing alone left one leg slightly lifted and crossing over the other leg on the ground body bend slightly both arms out and one is higher up and three times two lines at his arms and behind his back indicate the dancing
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| Ponytail standing alone right
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| Ponytail standing alone right, seems short
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| Hairy standing alone left
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| Cory Doctorow in his cape and googles standing left, left arm lifted up
| This is the typical representation of Cory Doctorow, who is featured once before in this section of this first zero (see 355 as well). Cory Doctorow has been shown in several comics and this version is probably from the first depiction of him in the referenced comic , which is actually not of him but of a guy trying to look like him, Normally his cape is drawn in red, but there is no color in this comic.
| Comic: '''[[239: Blagofaire]]'''
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| Boy looking like Cueball standing right, seems like he is holding a snake in its tale shaking it by the tail so it flows out from his arm snaking in the air
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| Megan standing alone right, may be looking toward the guy 406
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| Guy with hair only around the neck standing alone left, maybe looking at Megan 405
| This could be [[Donald Knuth]] from [[342: 1337: Part 2]] or George from [[587: Crime Scene]]. The hair is the same. The first Guy with hair like this was 75. See also 411 just above him, which does not really look like this guy but same style of hair. He may be looking at Megan 405 even though there is some distance between them.
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| Guy with hair only around the neck standing alone right, head is very thin
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| Guy with hair short white and spiky standing alone left
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| Megan standing alone right, may be looking toward the Cueball 414
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| Cueball standing alone left, may be looking toward the Megan 413
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| Guy with glasses (square) and hair black standing alone right
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| Woman with hair bun white standing alone right
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| Hairbun standing alone left
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| Ninja dressed in black with black cloth around his head so only a small part of the face is visible and a broad and curved sword in hand standing alone right
| There have been several references to {{w|ninjas}} before this comic. But in neither of these does they look much like this one with this particular curved sword. First time with ninjas was in [[225: Open Source]] and there is also one in the first comic of [[820: Five-Minute Comics: Part 2]]. Cueball has also noted that [[486: I am Not a Ninja]].
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| Cueball standing alone
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| Cueball standing alone right
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| Woman with hair bun black, large and on top of her head with what appears to be two hairpins stuck into it standing alone right looking down arms out
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| Cueball standing alone right, seems short
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| Cueball standing alone left balancing (or dancing) on one leg with the other lifted up and bend by the knee arms out
| {{notice2|Could it be that he is about to kick the squirrel above the smoke of Cueball 439?}} Seems like this Cueball is balancing on one leg, but could also be that he is dancing. However, a few others that clearly danced had lines to indicate movement, which is not the case here.
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| Character with short dark hair standing alone left
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| Cueball standing alone right arms out, seems short
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| Cueball standing alone left pushing with both arms, one leg lifted behind him, on the hilt of a sword that is just protruding out of a large stone. The stone has a jagged edge to the left, and is a bit lower where the sword is pushed in. Sound effect and lines to show the pushing is drawn over Cueballs hands
| {{notice2|Is it a character from a previous comic?}} This is clearly a reference to the sword in the stone ({{w|Excalibur}}). The legend says that whoever pulls on the {{w|hilt}} of that sword, to get it out of the stone will be the king of England. However, either Cueball is desperate not to get that honor, or he is the one that is about to place it there making it hard to get out. There seem to be now direct reference fro before this comic, but much later a comic titles exactly [[1521: Sword in the Stone]], references a situation where a person getting the sword declines the honor after reading about England. Read the explanation for that comic on more about the sword. There are however what appears to be the hilt a sword sticking out of a stone in right pile in the second panel of [[968: Everything]]. Maybe it is this stone Cueball has prepared for Megan in that comic.
| Other: {{w|Excalibur#Excalibur_and_the_Sword_in_the_Stone| Sword in the Stone}}
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| Cueball standing alone right arms out on top of a balance board looking like a skateboard with only one large wheel in the middle. Four times two movement lines on either side of Cueball and the wheel shows he is balancing and not moving
| {{notice2|Is it a character from a previous comic?}} Cueball is using a {{w|balance board}} (and not a one wheeled skateboard) and is managing to hold the balance even though movement lines indicate that he shifts left and right on the board. There have been many comics with skateboards or electrical skateboards, but seems like there are none with a balance board.
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| Boy with hair like hairy, standing alone left
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| Cueball sitting on the ground right straight back supported with on one hand behind him, while the other hand resting on the knees which are lifted up is holding the pipe he is smoking. The smoke rises straight but then seems to hit a shelve above it on top of which sits something that looks like a squirrel, but could also be licking flames. Maybe together with Cueball 440
| {{notice2|Is it a character from a previous comic? What is happening here? Does the smoke support a shelve with a squirrel or is it flames above the smoke? Do Cueball try to smoke out the squirrel? Do this belong with the Cueball 440 or is the squirrel a part of Cueball 430 trying to kick it?}} This is a very difficult situation to decipher. Best guess at the moment is that Cueball is tired of the squirrel sitting above him and is trying to smoke it out. [[:Category:Squirrels|Squirrels]] are a recurring theme and in [[382: Trebuchet]] a trap to get rid of squirrels are mentioned, although more effective than smoke in getting rid of them. It is unclear if there is any relation with Cueball 440 with his plant but they are closer together than most other characters, but maybe that is just the smoke and the plant's fault and not the two figures? This is the second Cueball sitting on the ground, the first being 375.
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| Cueball standing right with a potted plant behind him. It is a thin stem with a few leafs. At the top it reaches Cueballs shoulders and bends towards him. He stands close to Cueball 439
| {{notice2|Is it a character from a previous comic? Has he any relation to the Cueball 439? Is it a potted plant?}} Looks like Cueball is standing with his plant looking away from Cueball 439. It is unclear if there is any relation with Cueball 439 with his pipe and smoke but they are closer together than most other characters, but maybe that is just the smoke and the plant's fault and not the two figures? There is a potted plant in the office in [[393: Ultimate Game]]. Later a more similar potted plant next to a kid looking away (like Cueball here) was [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/3/3e/1608_1033x1095y_The_rotary.png seen in the rotary] inside the Destroyer in [[1608: Hoverboard]].
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| Woman with lots of spikes in her hair on the back of her head standing alone left
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| Cueball with antenna on his head standing right towards Cueball three arms 443
| {{notice2|Is it a character from a previous comic? What is it on his head? Maybe it should not be listed as Cueball if it is hair or a hat?}} This Cueball seems to have a small antenna on his head. Could also be a single hair? Maybe this freak belongs together with the three armed Cueball 443?
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| Cueball standing alone left all three arms out, hands on the two arms to the left. Maybe together with Cueball 442
| This is the Cueball clock with three arms from panel five in the referenced comic. He even has the same position and hands on two (though not all three) arms. He may be together with the other freak Cueball 442 with antenna on his head?
| Comic: '''[[68: Five Thirty]]'''
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| Woman with hair long and loose standing alone right with a scarf around her neck hanging down her back. She holds her arms up to keep it over her throat as she makes a sound like she is freezing
| {{notice2|Is it a character from a previous comic?}} This woman is not Megan. Her hair is different and looks weird over her head. Maybe it should look like some kind of hat? She obviously freezes with the sound and the scarf. Although this is not Megan, Megan is seen here with a scarf: [[726: Seat Selection]]. Possibly from comic [[511: Sleet]].
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| Character with short white hair standing alone left, seems short
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| Woman with hair short black and with a bump in the neck standing alone left, seems short
| This woman here looks short, maybe she is a kid? Her hair is short compared to Megan and there is a small hair bun like bump in the neck, but it does not really look like a hair bun and not at all like Hairbun. See also similar woman 481.
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| Guy with hair or some kind of hat standing alone
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| Cueball standing alone left
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| Hairy standing alone right, with thin hair
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| Cueball standing alone right looking down
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| Megan standing alone left with hair flowing behind her
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| {{notice2|Guy with thick hair is either standing with some sword hanging up his back, or it is part of the chair he is sitting in. His hands are toward what appears to be a bird bath with a duck in it}}
| {{notice2|Is it a character from a previous comic? Hopefully it is because it is impossible to see what happens here. What is the thing in front of him? Is he standing with sword or sitting in a chair?}} It looks like a [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/e/e8/1663_garden_Cueball_talks_to_deer_duck_in_birdbath.png duck in a birth bath] in front of this person who either have a sword or sits in a chair? Seems small too, but would be even smaller if sitting on a chair.
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| Cueball standing alone right holding the remote control for a radio controlled toy helicopter flying up as indicated with two lines above and below
| {{notice2|Is it a character from a previous comic?}} Cueball is playing with his radio-controlled helicopter. One of those was also shown later in [[1110: Click and Drag]] where Beret Guy [https://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/1n1e.png chases it with a butterfly net].
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| Boy with party hat with a strap under the chin. Around him lies confetti on the ground
| This is one of the kids from the Malaria party in the referenced comic. The hat and the items on the ground are taken directly from the comic.
| Comic: '''[[51: Malaria]]'''
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| Ponytail sitting on the ground alone right leaning back on one hand, while the other hand rest on her bend knees
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| Cueball is floating alone above a pentagram with lit candles at its points
| Cueball has summoned himself from a parallel universe in a ritual using a pentagram (5-pointed star) and burning candles.
| Comic: '''[[105: Parallel Universe]]'''
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| Character with dark hair, maybe down the back, maybe short standing alone right
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| Boy with hair short black standing alone right arms up holding something in the arm to the left, maybe a ball
| {{notice2|What is in his hand}} Clearly this is a kid holding some object, could be a ball he is about to pass?
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| Woman with black ponytail standing alone left
| This is not Ponytail as she has white hair. There is a similar woman in [[882: Significant]]. Later a girl looking very much like this was [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/d/d0/Garden_Stilt_walker.png seen on stilts] in [[1663: Garden]].
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| Guy with hat black beret and black beard only on his chin standing alone right smoking a pipe, smoke coming out and drifting up beginning with a round black cloud and then above two white clouds
| {{notice2|Is it a character from a previous comic? Is he supposed to look French?}} There are some smoking pipe in xkcd (see for instance [[923: Strunk and White]]) but none with smoke like this and no only looking anything like this black beret guy.
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| Guy with hat black but much larger than Black Hats although similar shape, but soft in the middle standing alone right. A large wing is hanging out from the hat on the left side
| {{notice2|Is it a character from a previous comic?}} This winged hat seems to be related to the locomotive hat. There seems to be only one wing, and with the white ends it seems like it is feathers, although there is some bat wing over the drawing. Maybe a joke on the phrase ''{{w|A feather in your cap}}'' but no with an entire wing instead?
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| Cueball standing alone left with a large head and a camera or a mask held in front of his face with both hands
| {{notice2|Is this from a previous comic? Is it a big camera he is holding or a mask?}} Unclear what Cueball is holding in front of his head. The head seems rather large, maybe a drawing mistake due to the camera or mask he is holding up to his head?
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| Guy with beard, full, and black hair standing alone right
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| Guy with pumpkin face with slits for eyes and a curvy mouth standing alone right
| This is one of the pumpkin men from the referenced comics 6th panel.
| Comic: '''[[68: Five Thirty]]'''
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| Cueball standing alone right
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| Cueball standing alone right while bending in the knees leaning over them back bend arms stretched out for balance
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| Boy looking like Cueball standing right seems like he is holding a branch in one end so it hangs out in the air to the right. At the end there is a split in two parts.
| {{notice2|Is it a branch or a snake like in 404 and does it refer to a previous comic?}} This boy child (much shorter than regular Cueballs) seems to be holding a branch out, but it is not clear how he holds this or if it is a branch? See similar boy with snake 404.
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| Cueball running alone right towards something that gives off smoke with a sound. Seems like he is holding a bow and maybe he has just shot an arrow at the smoking object, the arrow missing hitting the ground with a sound
| {{notice2|Is it a character from a previous comic? Quite unclear what happens here?}} Best guess is that something is being aimed at by Cueball's bow and arrow but he misses the target (he burns his shot) and the target burns releasing smoke while hissing.
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| Woman with hair short black and with a bump in the neck standing alone left, seems short
| This woman here looks short, maybe she is a kid? Her hair is short compared to Megan and there is a small hair bun like bump in the neck, but it does not really look like a hair bun and not at all like Hairbun. See also similar woman 447.
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| Cueball standing right speaking to a butterfly that flies in front of him with two times two lines around the wings away from Cueball and one two times one line close to Cueball
| This is a direct reference to the referenced comic where real programmers use butterflies and it turns out e-macs has a command that does this which begins with C-x as Cueball says, and then continues to give this sentence: ''C-x M-c M-butterfly.''
| Comic: '''[[378: Real Programmers]]'''
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| Megan standing alone right, rather long hair
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| Cueball standing alone right
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| Blondie standing alone left
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| Boy looking like Cueball standing alone
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| Guy with hair short white and spiky standing alone left
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| Megan standing right looking slightly down at Cueball with Boombox 493
| This is the named Megan from the referenced comic, hair even drawn a little different like in that comic. She listens to Cueball 492's music from his Boombox.
| Comic: '''[[159: Boombox]]'''
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| Cueball standing left holding a playing boombox high up over his head in both hands, playing music for Megan 492
| This is Cueball with the boombox playing for Megan 492 from the referenced comic. The music playing is a reference to the title text, as it is not ''Ice Ice Baby''.
| Comic: '''[[159: Boombox]]'''
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| WOPR (War Operation Plan Response) supercomputer, a box with a lid and a black line below this (looking like a Xerox machine) with its name written in front of the panel talking to Boy 495
| This is the sentient {{w|AI}} in the form of the WOPR (War Operation Plan Response) computer from the movie {{w|WarGames}} talking with a boy 495. The boy should then represent David played by {{w| Matthew Broderick}} (see also boy 495). It wants to play a game and in the movie this almost results in nuclear war where the only winning move is not to play. A similar AI has been featured in [[601: Game Theory]] where it analyzed love like the WOPR analyzed nuclear war. It determines that you always lose in love even if you say no to playing! This is the only one of the 1000 characters that has no human shape what so ever- But that it's an independent intelligence cannot be doubted, and hence it must be seen as one of the 1000 characters.
| Movie: {{w|WarGames}}
| WOPR: Would you like to play a game?<br>Boy 495: No.<br>On WOPR: WOPR
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| Boy looking like Cueball standing left talking with the WOPR 494
| If this is the boy from the movie {{w|WarGames}} talking with the WOPR (War Operation Plan Response) computer, then his name is David Lightman and he was played by {{w|Matthew Broderick}}. In the movie WOPR asks David he would like to play a game and they end of playing a game of Global Thermonuclear War which almost leads to this in real life. Either this is after so David is cleverer or it is another clever boy, because he simply declines the offer of the WOPR. He could also have played tic-tac-toe but then no one would win, but also no one would lose as shown here [[832: Tic-Tac-Toe]]. If he dared he could have played the strip version of Global Thermonuclear War as mentioned in the title text of [[696: Strip Games]].
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| Cueball standing alone right looking up while throwing two objects into the air, one a round shape the other a snake shape
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| Woman with black hair and safety glasses standing alone right leaning back while holding an Erlenmeyer flask (a conical laboratory flask) up in the air in one outstretched hand
| {{notice2|Is this a scene from a previous comic?}} Cueball is seen holding a similar flask up in [[520: Cuttlefish]].
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| Boy looking like Cueball standing alone right
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| Jill with Ponytail standing alone right arms held out from her body
| This is the early version of Jill from [[585: Outreach]].
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| Boy with hair like Hairy
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| Girl with hair like Danish
| Clearly a kid much smaller than the adult Danish. There is a whole group of kids here, see the previous three and 490 as well.
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| Cueball standing alone looking right while holding a gun out in his arm to the left (where there is no one nearby)
| {{notice2|Is this a scene from a previous comic?}} Cueball also holds a gun like this, but looking the same direction and pointing it on another Cueball in [[68: Five Thirty]].
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| Cueball standing alone left looking down at a large gravestone on a big base. There are three patches of grass around the stone
| {{notice2|Is this a scene from a previous comic?}} Gravestones has been used several times, also with this shape but not with Cueball standing in front of it. See [[584: Unsatisfied]], [[599: Apocalypse]] and [[736: Cemetery]].
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| 504
| Cueball standing alone right holding a trumpet up to his mouth with both hands blowing a flower out of the other end of the instrument
| {{notice2|Is this a scene from a previous comic? Is it a trumpet or is it a large opening for a gun shooting the flower out?}} Seems like the items Cueball holds in front of him send a flower out, either when he blows into it, or fires it. Depending on if this is a trumpet or a gun?
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| [[Black Hat]] standing alone left
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| Hairy running alone left with his arms up
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| Cueball standing alone left with a head that seems more egg shaped, with the tip up
| This is the '''first character in the second zero right''' - again a Cueball, but one of those with a peculiar shaped head. Here the head is more egg shaped.
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| Astronaut in a spacesuit standing alone left
| {{notice2|Is it a character from a previous comic?}} A spacesuit, which there seems to be no one of in the first 1000 comics?
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| Ponytail sitting on the ground alone right leaning back on one hand, while the other hand is resting on her knee which is lifted up, the other leg also bend but less. Seems like the ground is rough beneath her, and both one arm and one leg seems to rest on small rocks
| This is the third Ponytail to sit straight on the ground, the first being 185.
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| Skeleton walking right towards Cueball 512 with his sword and Megan 514. The bones are clearly not joined together, the black eye sockets almost protruding from the skull. It has its arms held out
| {{notice2|Is it a character from a previous comic?}} Seems like Cueball 512 is facing this skeleton with his sword in a valiant attempt to defend Megan 514 who’s looking on the skeleton. The idea of being able to fight a skeleton is mentioned in the title text of [[1587: Food Rule]]. It could be a coincidence as they are not very close. There seems to be no skeletons drawn in the first 1000 comics? Even though this is not a living creature (but an undead) it is obviously counted as one of the 1000 characters.
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| Cueball standing left brandishing a sword behind him to the right as he faces the skeleton 511 walking towards him with its arms out. Maybe he protects Megan 514
| It could look like Cueball is waiting to take a swing with his sword at the skeleton 511 walking his way with its arms out, a valiant attempt to defend Megan 514 looking on the scene. The idea of being able to fight a skeleton is mentioned in the title text of [[1587: Food Rule]]. It could be a coincidence as they are not very close. Seems like Cueball only holds a sword in [[68: Five Thirty]], but it doesn't really look like that sword.
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| Woman with hair long and white standing alone right arms out. Seems like some sort of very long ponytail hangs down below her waist
| {{notice2|Is it a character from a previous comic? What's with the hair down the back?}} The "ponytail" down to below her waist seems strangely shaped, very thin and uneven. Could also be some sort of scarf, as there is a large black area around the neck, which could also just be hair?
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| Megan standing left looking up at skeleton 511, being protected by sword Cueball 512
| Megan seems to be part of the skeleton 511 vs. Cueball 512 scene. Maybe Cueball is defending her from the walking skeleton with his sword. It could be a coincidence as they are not very close.
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| Cueball is abducted by an alien spacecraft looking like the typical flying saucer. It is sucking him up in a tractor-beam while he hangs suspended arms out and one leg bend
| {{notice2|Is this a scene from a previous comic?}} This is a reference of a typical alien abduction where a {{w|flying saucer}} uses a {{w|tractor beam}} to suck a human (Cueball) up into the space craft for further investigation and [https://vimeo.com/107376483insertion of anal probes] etc. Or just for practice - see [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkYcK3z5Go4 Lifted]. Seems like there are no flying saucers in the first 1000 comics? Could be that Cueball 522 sees this scene and reacts by taking his hand to his mouth? The spaceship is not seen as an individual character, as it is not alive or conscious (like the AI in the WORP 494).
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| Guy with hair only around the neck standing right maybe towards Jill 519
| This could be [[Donald Knuth]] from [[342: 1337: Part 2]] or George from [[587: Crime Scene]]. The hair is the same. The first Guy with hair like this was 75. Although the appearance of the girl 519 he may be facing is that of Jill, there are some similarities with her and [[Elaine Roberts]] as she appears together with [[Donald Knuth]] in the mentioned comic...
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| Ponytail standing alone left
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| Jill with bun and ponytail, standard appearance, standing left maybe towards Guy 516
| Although this is the standard appearance of Jill she may be facing Guy 516 which may be [[Donald Knuth]] from [[342: 1337: Part 2]] . In that comic, [[Elaine Roberts]] is as a young girl drawn with ponytail (white though) so there are some similarities between a scene in that comic.
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| Boy looking like Cueball with arms out standing right towards Cueball 521
| {{notice2|Is this a scene from a previous comic?}} Clearly a kid much smaller than Cueball normally is. Seems like he is explaining something to Cueball 521 who scratches his head for that reason.
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| Cueball standing left scratching his head with a small black cloud(?) over his head as he tries to understand what the boy 520 is showing him
| {{notice2|Is this a scene from a previous comic?}} Cueball is reacting to the boy showing him something, scratching his head. The black cloud over his head may indicate that he doesn't comprehend what the boy wishes to show him or that he does but is dismayed.
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| Cueball standing right looking up, hand to his mouth, maybe because he sees the alien abduction of Cueball 515 above him?
| Could look like he was reacting to the alien abduction scene 515 as he looks that way and has his hand to his mouth.
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| Cueball standing alone right looking at something he holds in his hand lifted up in front of his face something small and slim like a smartphone
| {{notice2|Is it a smartphone in his hand or something else?}} Could be that Cueball holds a smartphone, but it is not clear. Cueball in [[864: Flying Cars]] also holds a smartphone but not in the same position as this Cueball. That was more the case for Cueball 335.
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| Old man with a white hat (looking a bit like a beret, but could also a sailor cap seen from the front) and a cane standing alone left
| This is not an old version of Beret Guy but the old version of Cueball from the referenced comic, as he would look if he turned and stared straight out of the panel. The cap at on his sailor hat would then look like the middle part of the hat does here, which makes it look like Beret Guy’s beret. The cane and the wrinkles that match those from the comic, is helping prove this.
| Comic: '''[[572: Together]]'''
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| Cueball standing alone left
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| Hairy standing alone left with high hair and long face
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| Cueball standing left talking to the ants in the ant hill by his feet
| {{notice2|Is this a scene from a previous comic?}} Cueball is thankful to the ants. There have been many mentions of ants in xkcd, but not seem to fit this picture. See for instance the later comic [[1610: Fire Ants]], but also the much referenced comic [[68: Five Thirty]] has an ant in the last panel. A [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/d/d2/1608_1078x1095y_Ant_Queen_in_Destroyer.png giant ant queen] was inside the Destroyer in [[1608: Hoverboard]].
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| Cueball standing alone right
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| Megan standing alone right
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| Ponytail standing alone right
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| Guy with black hair and a bald patch on the top of his head standing alone right
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| Cueball standing alone left
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| Hairy standing alone right
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| Hairy standing alone left
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| Cueball standing right towards boy 538 holding a large axe in both hands with the head towards the boy
| This Cueball interacts with the boy 538, which again is a reference to the boy being an {{w|troll (internet)|internet troll}} that was slain in the referenced comic. Although there it was not as a real life {{w|troll}}, and not by an axe. See more on 538.
| Comic: '''[[591: Troll Slayer]]'''
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| Boy with hair and lots of pimples standing left facing the axe wielding Cueball 537
| This is the pimpled boy that {{w|troll (internet)|trolls}} {{w|Stephenie Meyer}} in the referenced comic. She then slays him using her {{w|Twilight (novel series)|Twilight novels}} as her weapon of choice. Given that it is the boy who is the troll slain, it makes sense here to put this little boy in front of a Cueball 537 with an axe big enough to slay real {{w|trolls}}.
| Comic: '''[[591: Troll Slayer]]'''
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| Hairy standing alone left
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| Megan standing alone right hair blowing out behind her
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| Cueball spinning around on one leg facing right alone doing a pirouette with arms held together over his head one leg up and bend close to his body and three circle lines left and right of his body and around the leg that supports him
| {{notice2|Is this a scene from a previous comic?}} Cueball is performing a {{w|Turn_(dance_and_gymnastics)#Pirouette|pirouette}}. It is not similar to the scene in [[162: Angular Momentum]] referenced by spinning Megan 159.
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| Cueball standing alone right
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| Cueball standing alone right
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| Girl sleeping drawn in silhouette alone with her head to the left snoring as indicated with a sound
| This drawing can be a little confusing since the end of it, is very close to guy 545's face and could even be seen as smoke coming from him. But the snoring sound gives it away as the [[7#Trivia|very first drawing]] Randall released on the [[:Category:First_day_on_LiveJournal|very first day]] of releasing comics on [[LiveJournal]] from [[:Category:Posted on LiveJournal|before]] he began posting on xkcd.com (where it then got number 7 for some reason?) So of course it should be included in this comic. Given that she is not even closely related to the stick figures constituting the rest of the 1000 characters she had to be drawn like this in silhouette to make her blend in. But it would be easy to misinterpret the drawing, but the three ''zzz'' helps a lot. Those were not included in the original drawing. The comic that later received the number 1 spot on xkcd is also here as [[Barrel Boy]] 643 at the bottom in the same side of this zero.
| Comic: '''[[7: Girl sleeping (Sketch -- 11th grade Spanish class)]]'''
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| Guy with hat black, high and round standing alone left
| {{notice2|Is it a character from a previous comic?}} This is clearly not Black Hat (as the next character 546) as the hat is not square but rounded and higher.
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| Black Hat standing alone, with a more massive hat than usual
| Although this must be described as Black Hat, as opposed to the guy 545 before this with a rounded black hat, the hat seems more massive broader and higher than the usual style of Black Hat.
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| Cueball hanging alone left in one arm from the string of a white balloon rising up. That he is up in the air is indicated with a shadow on the "ground" beneath him
| There seems to be no direct reference to a comic with such a Cueball, although a Cueball like kid is lifted in a balloon string, but not by the balloon, in [[121: Balloon]]. It more resembles the opening frame in [[1110: Click and Drag]], but that was first released more than eight months later (and the balloon there was black).
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| Megan standing right towards Cueball 549 on stilts
| It is not clear if she is with Cueball 548, but they are very close and she looks straight at him.
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| Cueball walking on stilts towards left while looking right. The stilts are broader at the ground. He may be together with Megan 548
| {{notice2|Is this a scene from a previous comic?}} It seems like Megan 548 is looking at him, but it is unclear if they belong together. There also seems to be no comic with Cueball walking on stilts like this, but in [[482: Height]] there is a Cueball walking on the world’s tallest stilts. Much later two game comics showed persons on stilts, [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/8/89/1608_1038x1095y_Hamsterball_and_stilts_room.png inside] the Destroyer in [[1608: Hoverboard]] and as a [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/0/0c/1663_garden_One_color_Between_Light_yellow_and_yellow_First_thing_stilts.png grown item] in [[1663: Garden]].
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| Guy with hat black peaked cap standing alone right
| Looks like one of the often occurring police officers usually drawn with a black peaked cap, a police cap. Mostly these caps are though also drawn with a white emblem, but that might have been too small here. See for instance [[617: Understocked]].
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| Cueball standing right towards woman 552
| Seems like he is facing woman 552.
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| Woman with white hair long and loose, could be Blondie but might be in a ponytail, standing left towards Cueball 551
| It could be both Blondie and Ponytail, but at first it looks like long white hair that hangs loose down her back. She seems to be facing Cueball 552.
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| Woman with white hair in a bun with a ponytail below it standing alone left
| {{notice2|Is it a character from a previous comic?}} This is not a standard hairstyle in xkcd.
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| Cueball standing alone left
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| Megan driving left on a Segway alone, three lines behind her indicates her motion and speed also clear as her hair flows somewhat back
| {{notice2|Is this a scene from a previous comic?}} Megan drives a {{w|Segway PT}}. There seems to be no comics where this happens, but Segway is referenced both in the description of people who likes the {{w|Dymaxion map|Dymaxion projection}} in [[977: Map Projections]] as well as in the title text of [[296: Tony Hawk]].
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| Guy with hat baseball cap standing with Cueball 558 both looking right
| There are not many wearing baseball caps in xkcd. There was on in the background of [[954: Chin-Up Bar]]. One was shown long after in [[1221: Nomenclature]], it could almost be those two from that comic that this guy and Cueball 557 should represent, but the other guy is also wearing a hat in the comic. Also it cannot be a reference as it is a later comic.
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| Cueball standing with Guy 557 both looking right
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| Cueball standing alone arms up
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| Cueball standing alone right holding an octopus out in one arm
| This is the biologist from the referenced comic.
| Comic: '''[[435: Purity]]'''
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| Cueball standing alone left
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| Cueball driving left on an electric skateboard having the radio control remote in his hand. Behind him are three lines next to the antenna of the control (and there are no wires) so this is either indication of speed or radio waves. The skateboard is driving slightly downwards and Cueball stand still on the middle. The two next "girls" 563-564 are running after him
| This is a clear reference to the referenced comic. The [:[Category:Electric skateboard|electric skateboard]] here (a recurring theme in xkcd) seems to have radio control, as there is no wire to the board as in the comic. But the two "girls" 563-564 running after him is two of the three chicks in the comic that cheered Cueball when he got to his destination.
| Comic: '''[[139: I Have Owned Two Electric Skateboards]]'''
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| Ponytail running left after Cueball 562 and his skateboard
| Ponytail is running, together with Megan 564, after Cueball 562 because he is so cool with his electric skateboard, a clear reference to the comic where both "girls" also admire Cueball on his gadget.
| Comic: '''[[139: I Have Owned Two Electric Skateboards]]'''
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| Megan running left after Cueball 562 and his skateboard
| Megan is running, together with Ponytail 563, after Cueball 562 because he is so cool with his electric skateboard, a clear reference to the comic where both "girls" also admire Cueball on his gadget.
| Comic: '''[[139: I Have Owned Two Electric Skateboards]]'''
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| Guy with Afro hairdo normal size standing alone right
| {{notice2|Is it a character from a previous comic?}} A more normal Afro hair than on 236, like 248.
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| Hairbun with sunglasses standing alone left
| This is how {{w|Trinity (The Matrix)|Trinity}} from {{w|The Matrix)} is drawn in the referenced comic. First guy with sunglasses see 35.
| Comic: [[566: Matrix Revisited]]
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| Cueball standing alone right
| This is the '''last character in the second zero right''', and again a Cueball.
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| 570
| Guy with extremely spiky hair standing alone right
| {{notice2|Is it a character from a previous comic?}} This is the '''first character in the second zero bottom''', for once an unnamed character. This hair reminds of some kind of {{w|Punk fashion}}.
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| Cueball standing right towards Cueball 572
| Seems like he is looking at Cueball 572.
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| Cueball standing left towards Cueball 571
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| Cueball standing alone right
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| Cueball standing alone right holding one arm slightly out right
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| Cueball standing alone left arms a little of balance bending in one leg
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| Cueball falling headfirst down alone left while flailing with his arms and legs as indicated with two lines on either side, and four lines above him indicate the speed of the fall
| {{notice2|Explanation missing}}
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| Cueball standing alone right
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| Guy with hair in a Mohawk standing alone right
| {{notice2|Is it a character from a previous comic?}} This guy seems to sport a {{w|Mohawk hairstyle|Mohawk}}.
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| Hairy standing alone left
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| Girl with long black hair standing alone right holding her arms up
| Clearly a girl much shorter than the adults around her. Hari style could be like Megan’s, but it's hard to see for the raised arms
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| Cueball standing alone doing the arm wave
| {{notice2|Is this a scene from a previous comic?}} Cueball is doing the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CPtOe3GVwk arm wave], hip-hop style…
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| Ponytail standing alone right
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| Cueball standing alone left
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| Jill with small bun at the base of her neck and hair hanging down behind it standing alone right holding up a model rocket in one hand
| {{notice2|Is this a scene from a previous comic?}} There seems to be no comics where anyone holds up such a rocket. It is the standard version of a rocket that can be used for space launch.
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| 586
| Character with short dark hair standing alone right
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| Cueball standing alone left
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| Woman with a ponytail dark standing right looking at Genie 589
| Seems like this woman has just rubbed the lamp of the Genie 589 and is now ready to make a wish. A similar {{w|genie}} was drawn in the referenced comic, although together with Cueball. Genies have been mentioned several times in xkcd, see more in the referenced comic. See also woman 157 with dark ponytail.
| Comic: '''[[152: Hamster Ball]]'''
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| Genie rising smoke like out of an oil lamp standing on the ground facing left towards Woman 588. The genies body materializes out of the smoke getting more solid from the waist up. It has its arms held into its sides. On its head it has a turban.
| It seems that woman 588 has just rubbed the lamp from where the Genie protrudes and it now ready to fulfill her wishes. A similar {{w|genie}} was drawn in the referenced comic, although together with Cueball. Genies have been mentioned several times in xkcd, see more in the referenced comic. In the referenced comic Cueball wishes for a hamster ball, and gets one. See Cueball 618 inside his hamster ball just below and left of here.
| Comic: '''[[152: Hamster Ball]]'''
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| Cueball standing right towards Megan 591 with a white heart floating between them
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| Megan standing left towards Cueball with a white heart floating between them
| A couple in love as indicated with the heart between Megan and Cueball 590. See also similar Hairy/Megan couple 210-211.
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| Cueball standing right towards Ponytail 593
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| Cueball running right towards Cueball 595 holding a long stick in both hands over his head. Towards the end of the stick there is a broader part of the stick, but at the very end it is again as thin as the rest of the stick
| {{notice2|Is this a scene from a previous comic?}} Cueball seems to be in the process of attacking Cueball 595 with some kind of weapon. But it neither seems like a spear or an axe with the protrusion on the stick he is wielding neither looking like an axe head or it at the tip like on a spear?
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| Cueball standing left towards charging Cueball 594
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| Hairy standing alone left with very thin hair
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| [[Rob]] sitting alone right legs curled up to his body arms holding tight around them
| This is [[Rob]] from the referenced comic after his nephew has scared him with his fact of life. This is the third Cueball-like character sitting on the ground, the first being 375.
| Comic: '''[[647: Scary]]'''
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| This is Megan from the referenced comic after the LSD she has been given makes her believe that there are spiders all over her. The three arms on either side because of her flailing arms make this connection clear.
| Comic: '''[[790: Control]]'''
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| Cueball standing alone right eating an ice cream cone
| Seems like Cueball never eats an ice cream cone in the first 1000 comic but his daughter Jill does so next to him in [[585: Outreach]].
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| Hairy standing left brandishing two finger guns, one pointed at Cueball 606 the other held up in the air
| {{notice2|Is this a scene from a previous comic?}} Hairy has shaped both his hands into finger guns (which is thus one of the rare occasion where hands are shown). He seems to be pointing one of the hand guns towards Cueball 606.
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| Guy with hair only around the neck standing alone left something black under one hand
| This could be [[Donald Knuth]] from [[342: 1337: Part 2]] or George from [[587: Crime Scene]]. The hair is the same. See Guy 75, the first with this type of hair. The black dot under his hand seems to be a drawing mistake?
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| Seems like Cueball threatens Ponytail 613 with his {{w|lightsaber}}. This is a general reference to the {{w|Star Wars}} universe which is a recurrent topic on xkcd. Lightsabers are often referenced and drawn, but there is not really a particular scene that looks like this. Most closely comes the look of the lightsaber in the 6th comic from [[Five-Minute Comics: Part 4]] which was published by mistake. Also in one of the intentionally published comics in that series, [[820: Five-Minute Comics: Part 2]], are there lightsabers. Just three weeks prior to this comic a toy lightsaber was held by Cueball in [[991: Phantom Menace]]. Later a comic named after the weapon was published in [[1433: Lightsaber]] and they were displayed more than once in [[1608: Hoverboard]], both [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/b/bc/1608_1012x1078y_Bridge_on_the_Rebel_Blockade_Runner.png with Ponytail] and [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/2/20/1608_1006x1095y_Pinata_and_Cueball_with_lightsaber_at_top_of_hull.png with a kid] looking like Cueball.
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| Cueball driving a motorcycle alone right doing a wheelie, two movement lines at the back wheel showing the progress
| This is the {{w|Linux}} using Cueball from the referenced comic doing his {{w|wheelie}} stunt from the comic.
| Comic: '''[[272: Linux User at Best Buy]]'''
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| Megan standing right towards Cueball 616 pointing at him as he walks away
| Seems like this Megan might be accusing Cueball 616 of something and he just walks away from her. Could also be that she points at Hamster Ball Cueball 618 - as all those behind her in this general area looks at it.
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| Cueball walking right away from pointing Megan 615
| Seems like he is walking away from Megan 615 who points after him like she is accusing him of something. Could also just be that after being alerted to it by Megan pointing it out he walks towards at Hamster Ball Cueball 618 - as all other behind him in this general area looks at it.
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| Ponytail standing right touching Cueball 618's hamster ball
| Ponytail is either pushing, holding back or holding on to the hamster ball. See interpretations and details at Cueball 618.
| Category: [[:Category:Hamster balls|Hamster balls]]
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| Cueball standing right inside a large hamster ball waving his arm to the left up and down indicated with two lines above and below. He also waves his other arm forward right indicated with two small lines. The hamster ball is surrounded by characters 617-621 interacting with the ball
| This is by far the most complex scene in the entire comic. Hamster balls is a recurring theme in xkcd, see the referenced category, and was first featured in [[152: Hamster Ball]], where a genie delivers such a ball to Cueball as it is his one and only wish. That genie can be seen in 589. But this scene has some similarities also with [[211: Hamster Ball Heist]] where a rock-star (not Cueball) is being pushed around inside a hamster ball by several people like here, (but against his will, so it is not a direct reference that comic either). The four characters around this ball, Ponytail 617 left, Woman with black hair 619 on top, Megan 620 floating right and Cueball 621 lying to the right, are all interacting with it. There may be several other characters that "see" this scene, like Megan 615 that might point at this (rather than Cueball 616, who might walk towards it). And on the other side Megan 622 may also be looking on as does Cueball 623. Similarly Cueball 600 and 601 also looks that way as does Hairy 599 but he is quite far away, but all in that direction look towards the ball. It is hard to say exactly what happens with the ball, as it seems to stand still (no movement lines). But this can hardly be the case as Ponytail 617 seems to push (could be holding on), the woman 619 on top of the ball seems to walk left forcing the ball right, and Cueball 621 seems to have been knocked over by the ball. Megan 620 is the mystery as she seems to float/fly near the hamster ball. Of course if Ponytail tries to hold it, and Cueball inside is showing to stop and they have just hit Cueball 621 the hamster ball may just have stopped at this very moment. Another possible interpretation, where the ball is moving right, is that the three women respectively tries to get up, is on top and has been on top. So Ponytail will hold on to the ball, being dragged up as the ball moves, while the woman on top moves the ball and eventually she will, like Megan has just done, fall down the right side, this would mean that Megan is now falling towards Cueball. He could also just have fallen off like this, but as he holds on to his face it seems more like he has been hit in the face by the moving ball and knocked back on the ground.
| Category: [[:Category:Hamster balls|Hamster balls]]
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| Woman with hair black and large on top of her head walking left on top of Cueball 618's hamster ball while looking down while holding her arms back, the right arm mainly hidden behind her "high" hair, only the hand can be seen to the right of the hair
| This woman may have a hair bun, but it is hard to tell and she does not at all look like Hairbun. She seems to be walking left on the hamster ball which would be meaningful if it moved right, and she might thus stay on top, maybe even helping with moving the ball that way. See interpretations and details at Cueball 618.
| Category: [[:Category:Hamster balls|Hamster balls]]
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| Megan falling, floating or flying face towards left looking down along the side of Cueball 6187's hamster ball. One leg bent at the knee
| Megan is either one of those that flies come the see what the fuss is about, or rather she has just been on top of the hamster ball like woman 619 and has just fallen off on the way down to hit Cueball 621. See interpretations and details at Cueball 618.
| Category: [[:Category:Hamster balls|Hamster balls]]
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| Cueball lying on his back towards right face towards left supporting himself on one arm behind him and holding the other hand to his face looking up at Cueball 618's hamster ball looming over him. One leg is stretched the other bend at right angle at the knee
| Cueball seems to have been knocked over by the hamster ball although it is unclear if it rolls. If so he seems to have taken a hit in the face seeing as he holds a hand up to it. He may also have fallen off from on top of the ball. See interpretations and details at Cueball 618.
| Category: [[:Category:Hamster balls|Hamster balls]]
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| Megan standing left looking at Cueball 618's hamster ball
| This Megan has looser hair on her head than normally. It seems like she is looking at the hamster ball scene at Cueball 618.
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| Cueball standing left looking at Cueball 618's hamster ball
| Cueball seems to be looking at the hamster ball scene at Cueball 618.
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| Guy with hat with two tassels or horns and a full beard standing alone right
| {{notice2|Is it a character from a previous comic? And what kind of hat is this? In relation to the locomotive hat it could also be a hat showing a ship with two chimneys sinking...?}} A guy with a strange hat that either has two tassels or two horns.
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| Guy with hair only around the neck standing alone right - hair seems to be quite thick
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| Woman with long hair like Megan but thinner standing alone left or maybe looking at all the black hats on Black Hat 641 below her
| This woman’s hair has a white section in front, so although similar hair as Megan, it does not seem to be quite like her. She may be looking down at the black hats of Black Hat 641.
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| Guy with a long cloak below his Cueball like head standing right looking at Cueball throwing boomerang
| {{notice2|Is it a character from a previous comic?}} There seems to be some resemblance to a Jedi Knight like Obi-Wan Kenobi, the thought could be lead this direction with the lightsaber at Cueball 612 just above to the right. He may represent a coach for the boomerang throwing Cueball 630 next to him, who has been shown before to not be very good with boomerangs. Acting as a mentor for Luke Skywalkers lightsaber training was Kenobi’s task in Star Wars.
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| Cueball throwing a boomerang to the right so it rotates as indicated by a curling line. Two other lines show how he has swung his arm. Seems like the guy in cloak 629 is looking on
| Cueball has been shown to be quite hopeless in throwing boomerangs as has been shown in the referenced comic and its sequel, and boomerangs are a [[:Category:Boomerangs|recurring theme]] in xkcd. In this situation it seems like the cloaked guy 629 is supervising his throw. Maybe he is a mentor, looking a little like a Jedi knight form Star Wars, see interpretation at 629.
| Comic: '''[[445: I Am Not Good with Boomerangs]]'''
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| Cueball standing alone right looking up
| This Cueball is particularly not looking in the direction of Cueball 618 and his hamster ball to his right.
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| Cueball standing alone left
| This Cueball looks away from the nearby hamster ball at Cueball 618.
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| {{w|Lucy van Pelt|Lucy}}, from Peanuts drawn like Megan, standing right towards Charlie Brown 634 offering him an American football
| This is a reference to the comic strip ''{{w|Peanuts}},'' and the running gag where Lucy (drawn here as Megan) would hold the {{w|American football}} for lovable loser Charlie Brown, with his single hair on his head, thus drawn like Cueball with one hair in 634. He 'd come running at it full speed, only to have Lucy pull the football away at the last moment and send Charlie Brown crashing to the ground. This repeating scene was referenced in the title text of [[423: Finish Line]]
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| {{w|Charlie Brown}}, from Peanuts drawn like Cueball with a single hair, standing left towards Lucy 633 offering him an American football
| This Cueball's single hair together with the ball offered by Lucy 633 makes it clear that this is the Charlie Brown. See more in 633
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| Megan standing towards right, right up against a very thin sheet of material that Ponytail 636 holds up between them
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| Ponytail standing towards left holding a very thin sheet of material up in both hands between her and Megan 635 who stands flush up against this. She speaks an almost unreadable line
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| Cueball with a square head standing alone right
| This Cueball is drawn with a perfectly square face. This is related to the Cueball with a triangular face
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| Guy with sunglasses and no hair standing right
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| Cueball standing right towards Black Hat 641 with many hats, seems short
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| Black Hat standing left towards Cueball 639 and 640 with no less than seven black hats balancing on top of his head and each other. Maybe woman 627 is looking down at his hats
| This is a continuation of the scene from the referenced comic, where Black Hat meets another Black Hat but one with two hats. Solo Black Hat then retraces his steps away from this dangerous double Black Hat as if he just realized that his hat might soon be the third on top of the two other black hats. There is also another double Black Hat in this comic, but this one has already acquired five more than that so there are six ore hats than a normal Black Hat, seven in total. This may explain why there are so many Cueballs and so few Black Hats in this comic, since at least five, maybe six have lost their hat to this guy (and if six, then also seven with the other two hat guy). The two Cueball's looking at him 639-640 may have been Black Hat's a moment ago, when this one only had five hats...
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| [[Barrel Boy]] sitting in his barrel on the ocean with the horizon behind him
| This is the '''last character in the second zero bottom'''. This drawing is of Barrel Boy from comic no. 1 on xkcd, the first in the [[:Category:The Boy and his Barrel|The Boy and his Barrel series]]. Originally it was the [[1#Trivia|fifth drawing]] Randall released on the [[:Category:First_day_on_LiveJournal|very first day]] of releasing comics on [[LiveJournal]] from [[:Category:Posted on LiveJournal|before]] he began posting on xkcd.com (where it then was moved to number 1, for good reason, as it is a perfect little story of the unpredictability of life and also constitutes a series. So of course, he should be included in this comic. Given that he is not even closely related to the stick figures constituting the rest of the 1000 characters he had to be drawn like this without his eyes. The very first comic to be released, now [[7|number 7]], is also here as sleepy girl 544 further up in the same side of this zero.
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| Cueball standing right towards Hairy 645
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| Hairy standing left towards Cueball 644
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| A person with long hair, possibly Leibniz, standing left towards Megan 646
| Hair is intermediate between Newton's and Leibniz's; however, given the extra intentional lines in the character's hair, it is likely Leibniz.
| Comic: '''[[626: Newton and Leibniz]]'''
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| This is Joanna from the referenced comic that are ready to ban the poor guy 654 from the internet, under penalty of melting his computer with her "{{w|Electromagnetic pulse|EMP}} cannon".
| Comic '''[[322: Pix Plz]]'''
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| Boy with spiky hair and pimples standing left toward Ponytail 653, with arms raised above his head
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| Cueball standing alone, both hands holding a pole to the left with a sign on it
| This Cueball is the fifth to be listed of the ten characters that hold up signs showing binary numbers, which form the shape of a heart if connected. As this heart begins at 0, and his sign is 5 (binary 101), he is the sixth of the ten, forming the bottom point of the heart.
| [[1000: 1000 Comics#Connect the Dots|Connect the dots]] 5
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| Cueball with an eagle on his shoulder
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| Unusually messy Hairy stands alone
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| Cueball holding something
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| Cueball holding some object behind his back, standing alone
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| Guy with spiky hair standing alone, holding a sign in front of himself with his hands on the sides of it
| This character is the sixth to be listed of the ten characters that hold up signs showing binary numbers, which form the shape of a heart if connected. As this heart begins at 0, and his sign is 6 (binary 110), he is the seventh of the ten, forming the lower right of the upper right part of the heart.
| [[1000: 1000 Comics#Connect the Dots|Connect the dots]] 6
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| A young Cueball standing alone
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| 688
| A young character with a strange haircut looks at Cueball 687
| The scene between this and the previous character seems to involve a common theme among parents and teenagers, in which the teenager has a "phase" (indicated here by the peculiar hair) while the parent disapproves.
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| 689
| A character with a cap faces left
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| 690
| Cueball with earbuds stands alone
| Earbuds are later referenced in [[1899: Ears]].
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|  {{w|Headphones}}
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| 691
| A young Megan faces left
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| 692
| Hairy with a bowl cut stands right
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| 693
| Cueball stands alone
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| 694
| Character with distinctive hair faces right
| {{notice2|Is this a previous character? He doesn't match Captain Reynolds, but he's the only character that looks close as far as I can tell. Especially since River Tam is 696.}}
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| 695
| Cueball carrying a hobo bag
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| {{w|Hobo bag}}
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| 696
| River Tam ([[Summer Glau]]) stands left
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|  Comic: '''[[579: The Race: Part 3]]'''
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| 697
| Cueball with arms outstretched towards Megan 691
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| 698
| Cueball stands alone
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| 699
| Cueball standing alone, holding a sign above his head with both hands
| This Cueball is the seventh to be listed of the ten characters that hold up signs showing binary numbers, which form the shape of a heart if connected. As this heart begins at 0, and his sign is 0 (binary 0), he is the first of the ten, forming the central point at the cleft of the heart.
| [[1000: 1000 Comics#Connect the Dots|Connect the dots]] 0
| Sign: 0
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|  Sign 
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| 700
| Megan stands right towards Cueball 705
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| 701
| Megan looks down at Cueball 698
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| 702
| Cueball standing alone, holding a sign above his head with both hands
| This Cueball is the eighth to be listed of the ten characters that hold up signs showing binary numbers, which form the shape of a heart if connected. As this heart begins at 0, and his sign is 7 (binary 111), he is the eighth of the ten, forming the outer part of the upper right part of the heart.
| [[1000: 1000 Comics#Connect the Dots|Connect the dots]] 7
| Sign: 111
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|  Sign 
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| 703
| Cueball stands alone
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| 704
| Cueball stands right towards Megan 700
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| 705
| Cueball stands left
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| 706
| Blond Hairbun stands left facing Cueball 705
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| 707
|
|  Hairy wearing a labcoat, as a doctor?  Possibly Nathan Fillion/Captain Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds from [[:Category:The Race|The Race]].
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| 708
| Cueball stands alone
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| 709
| Cueball stands facing right towards Cueball 710
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| 710
| Cueball standing alone, holding a sign in front of himself, with both hands on the top of it
| This Cueball is the ninth to be listed of the ten characters that hold up signs showing binary numbers, which form the shape of a heart if connected. As this heart begins at 0, and his sign is 9 (binary 1001), he is the tenth of the ten, forming the left of the upper right part of the heart.
| [[1000: 1000 Comics#Connect the Dots|Connect the dots]] 9
| Sign: 1001
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|  Sign 
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| 711
| Megan looks down at Hairbun 706
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| 712
| Cueball standing alone, holding a sign to the right, with one hand on the top of it, and the other hand on the side of it
| This Cueball is the tenth to be listed of the ten characters that hold up signs showing binary numbers, which form the shape of a heart if connected. As this heart begins at 0, and his sign is 8 (binary 1000), he is the ninth of the ten, forming the right of the upper right part of the heart.
| [[1000: 1000 Comics#Connect the Dots|Connect the dots]] 8
| Sign: 1000
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|  Sign 
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| 713
| Cueball stands left
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| 714
| Cueball with a parrot on his arm
| This is the '''last character in the second zero'''.
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| Parrot
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| 715
| Cueball on a unicycle.
| {{notice2|Explanation missing.}} This is the '''first character in the third zero'''.
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|  {{w|Unicycle}} 
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| 716
| Ponytail with a baseball bat.
| {{notice2|Explanation missing.}}  Bat?
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| 717
| Cueball standing alone right
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| 718
| Cueball wearing a party hat
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| 719
| Another blond Hairbun, looking towards Cueball 722
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| 720
| A gorgon
| 
 Medusa, with multiple snakes hungry for mice?
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|  Snake 1: Mouse? Snake 2: Mouse? Snake 3: Mouse?
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| 721
| Megan standing alone left
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| 722
| Cueball running with a laptop
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| Laptop
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| 723
| Cueball bouncing a soccerball off his knee
| Soccer ball/association football ball?
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|  Soccer ball
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| 724
| Ponytail smoking a black pipe, looking at Cueball 715
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| {{w|Smoking pipe}}
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| 725
| A character in a white baseball hat stands right
| The hat is similar to the one from [[30: Donner]], but white instead of black
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| 726
| Cueball standing alone
| {{notice2|Explanation missing}}
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| 727
| Hairy looking left at Cueball 726
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| 728
| Hairy with spiky hair like Hairy 685 looks right at Cueball 729
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| 729
| Cueball standing alone left
| {{notice2|Explanation missing}}
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| 730
| Jill looking at Cueball 731's experiment
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| 731
| Cueball performing a Coke and mentos experiment, getting splashed in the face
| Comic: '''[[346: Diet Coke+Mentos]]'''
| Cueball: "Hi" Soda bottle: "Fwooosh"
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| Soda
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| 732
| Megan in a black belt carrying a sai in each hand, charging left towards Cueball 731
| A black belt is a symbol of prowess throughout a variety of fighting styles; karate seems most likely here, as Megan also has ''sai''s, weapons associated with karate.
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| 
|
|  {{w|Sai (weapon)}}
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| 733
| Cueball roasting marshmallows over a campfire via swords
| Cueball seems to have forgone the typical stick or skewer to roast his marshmallows in favor of swords. Likely related to Megan 732 in some way.
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|
|  Marshmallows, swords, campfire
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| 734
| Cueball standing alone right
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| 735
| Cueball with a pistol and a flag (?)
| In races, the firing of a pistol into the air and/or waving a flag starts a race; thus, this Cueball is likely primed to initiate a competition.
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|
|  Gun, flag
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| 736
| Cueball crouching slightly to the right
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| 737
| Cueball standing alone right
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| 738
| Cueball standing alone left
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| 739
| Ponytail standing alone right
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| 740
| Cueball standing alone left
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| 741
| Ponytail looking at Cueball 740
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| 742
| Cueball standing alone right
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| 743
| Blondie standing alone
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| 744
| Cueball appears to be wearing a black headband or black bandana
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| 745
| A character with incomplete hair looks at Cueball 744
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| 746
| Blondie looking down at Cueball 765
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| 747
| Cueball standing alone
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| 748
| Cueball standing alone
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| 749
| A character that is perhaps Jayne Cobb stands left
|
|  Comic: '''[[9: Serenity is coming out tomorrow]]'''
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| 750
| Hairy interacting with Cueball 751
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| 751
| Cueball interacting with Hairy 750
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| 752
| A character with curly hair kicking a soccer ball
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| 753
| Black Hat with a fan mounted on his hat
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| 754
| Cueball standing alone
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| 755
| A young character wearing a jester's hat
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| 756
| Cueball standing alone
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| 757
| Hairy standing alone
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| 758
| Hairy looking slightly down, maybe at Cueball 760
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| 759
| Hairy looking at #744
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| 760
| Cueball interacting with Megan 761
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| 761
| Megan interacting with Cueball 760
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| 762
| Cueball standing right
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| 763
| Cueball looking at Cueball 764
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| 764
| Cueball curled into the fetal position, balancing himself on extended arms
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| 765
| A triangular-headed Cueball with a pickaxe
|
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| {{w|Pickaxe}}
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| 766
| Megan with outstretched arms, standing alone
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| 767
| Cueball standing alone
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| 768
| Cueball standing left
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| 769
| Cueball looking at Cueball 770
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| 770
| Cueball shouting "Kitty!" at a cat
| {{notice2|Explanation missing}} This is probably a reference to [[231: Cat Proximity]]
|
|  Cueball: kitty!
| {{w|Cat}}
| 
|-
| 771
| Megan standing alone
|
| 
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| 772
| Cueball holding an Erlenmeyer flask
|
| 
| Flask: Help
|
|  {{w|Erlenmeyer flask}}
|-
| 773
| Cueball looking down at Megan 774
|
| 
| Cueball: ♥
|
|  Heart
|-
| 774
| Megan flying downwards
| A reference to [[445: I Am Not Good with Boomerangs]]
| Comic: '''[[445: I Am Not Good with Boomerangs]]'''
|
| 
| 
|-
| 775
| Cueball wears a mask around his eyes, presumably to preserve his identity
| While this mask has not explicitly been drawn in xkcd, it calls to mind either Westley's from {{w|The Princess Bride (film)}}, a recurring theme.
|
| 
|
|  
|-
| 776
| Cueball holding hands with Cueball 777
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| 
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| 777
| Cueball holding hands with Cueball 776
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| 778
| A character with some sort of headwear looking at Megan 779
|
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| 779
| Megan looking at #778
|
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|-
| 780
| A Ponytail suffering from trochee fixation
| 'Ron Paul' is actually not a trochee but a spondee
| Comic: '''[[856: Trochee Fixation]]'''
| Ponytail: Altavista Ron Paul!
|
|  
|-
| 781
| Megan standing left
|
| 
|
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| 782
| Megan looking to the left
|
| 
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| 783
| Blond Hairbun standing left
|
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| 784
| Cueball standing alone
|
| 
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|-
| 785
| A character with a knit cap looking at Cueball 786
|
| 
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|-
| 786
| Cueball, still fleeing his locust pursuers
|
|  Comic: '''[[797: debian-main]]'''
| Person: AAAAA
| {{w|Locust}}
| 
|-
| 787
| Cueball standing alone
|
| 
|
| 
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|-
| 788
| Cueball looking at Megan 774
|
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| 789
| Cueball standing alone
|
| 
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| 790
| Wayne Coyne, without a hamster ball
|
| 
|
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| 791
| Megan looking at the Pope 793
|
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| 792
| Hairy with a bit more hair than usual
|
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| 
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|-
| 793
| {{w|Pope}} standing alone right
| Pope from [[459: Holy Ghost]].  Note that the hat appears to be worn sideways.
|
| 
|
|  Pope's hat ({{w|Mitre}})
|-
| 794
| Cueball looking at Hairy 795
|
| 
|
| 
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| 795
| Hairy looking at Cueball 794
|
| 
|
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| 796
| Cueball standing alone right
|
| 
|
| 
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|-
| 797
| Cueball standing alone
|
| 
|
| 
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| 798
| Cueball standing left
|
| 
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|-
| 799
| Cueball standing alone
|
| 
|
| 
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| 800
| Dark-haired character looks right
|
| 
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| 
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| 801
| Hairy with a large bowl cut looking right
|
| 
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| 802
| Megan looking right
|
| 
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| 803
| Cueball looking left
|
| 
|
| 
| 
|-
| 804
| Danish looking at 803
| While judicion is practiced about the difference between Megan's/Danish's hair, this is almost certainly Danish.
|
| 
|
|  
|-
| 805
| Cueball standing right
| This is the '''last character in the third zero top''', another Cueball.
|
| 
|
|  
|-
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| 806
| Cueball standing left
| This is the '''first character in the third zero right''', again Cueball.
|
| 
|
|  
|-
| 807
| Megan interacting with Hairy 808
|
| 
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|-
| 808
| Hairy interacting with Megan 807
|
| 
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| 
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| 809
| Cueball standing alone
|
| 
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| 810
| Megan standing right
|
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| 811
| Cueball standing alone
|
| 
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| 
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|-
| 812
| Cueball appears to be looking slightly down at Megan 816
|
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| 813
| Cueball wearing boxing gloves
|
| 
|
| 
| Boxing gloves
|-
| 814
| Cueball standing alone
|
| 
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| 
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| 815
| Ponytail standing right
|
| 
|
| 
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|-
| 816
| Megan standing left
|
| 
|
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|-
| 817
| Hairbun that appears to use a sword as a hairpin
|
|  Later referenced in [[1856: Existence Proof]]
|
| 
| 
|-
| 818
| Cueball interacting with Hairy 819
|
| 
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| 
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|-
| 819
| Hairy interacting with Cueball 818
|
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| 820
| Shorter Cueball standing right
|
| 
|
| 
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|-
| 821
| Cueball looking at #822
|
| 
|
| 
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|-
| 822
| A character in cat-like headwear sits in a cardboard box
| {{notice2|Can anyone tell what the words on the box say?}}
|
| 
|
|  
|-
| 823
| Cueball looking at #822
|
| 
|
| 
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| 824
| Megan stands alone
|
| 
|
| 
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|-
| 825
| Ponytail looking at Cueball 831
|
| 
|
| 
| 
|-
| 826
| Cueball holding a laptop
| He appears to be holding the laptop similarly to Black Hat in [[925: Cell Phones]].
| Comic: '''[[925: Cell Phones]]'''
|
| 
| {{w|Laptop computer}}
|-
| 827
| Cueball pointing at Cueball 828
|
| 
|
| 
| 
|-
| 828
| Cueball looking at Cueball 827
|
| 
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| 
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|-
| 829
| Cueball standing left
|
| 
|
| 
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| 830
| Cueball standing alone
|
| 
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|-
| 831
| Cueball standing alone
|
| 
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| 
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|-
| 832
| Cueball looking at Hairy 833
|
| 
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| 
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| 833
| Hairy standing alone
|
| 
|
| 
| 
|-
| 834
| Cueball looking at Megan 835
|
| 
|
| 
| 
|-
| 835
| Megan hovering
| This Megan bears much more of a resemblance to the actual comic than the Megan from the second zero
| Comic: '''[[445: I Am Not Good with Boomerangs]]'''
|
| 
| 
|-
| 836
| Ponytail looking right towards Hairy 837
|
| 
|
| 
| 
|-
| 837
| Hairy looking at Ponytail 836
|
| 
|
| 
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|-
| 838
| A character in a knit cap looks left
|
| 
|
| 
| 
|-
| 839
| Cueball standing alone
|
| 
|
| 
| 
|-
| 840
| A Hairy with incredibly spiky hair
|
| 
|
| 
| 
|-
| 841
| Probably a stick-figure incarnation of 12-year-old Julia Stiles
|
|  Comic: '''[[130: Julia Stiles]]'''
|
| 
| 
|-
| 842
| Megan looking straight ahead
|
| 
|
| 
| 
|-
| 843
| Cueball standing right
|
| 
|
| 
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|-
| 844
| Cueball standing right
|
| 
|
| 
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|-
| 845
| Cueball standing alone
|
| 
|
| 
| 
|-
| 846
| Cueball standing right
|
| 
|
| 
| 
|-
| 847
| A Dallas Cowboys football player
|
|  '''''[[What If? (book)|What If?]]'']''' Richter 15
|
| 
| 
|-
| 848
| Cueball looking at football player 847
|
| 
|
| 
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| 849
| Jill standing alone
|
| 
|
| 
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| 850
| Cueball standing with his arms extended outwards
|
| 
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|-
| 851
| Cueball looking at Megan 855
|
| 
|
| 
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|-
| 852
| Cueball looking at Cueball 856
|
| 
|
| 
| 
|-
| 853
| {{w|Bill Gates}} standing alone
| He doesn't have a sword out-- clearly w|Richard Stallman isn't nearby.
| Comic: '''[[521: 2008 Christmas Special]]'''
|
| 
| 
|-
| 854
| Megan looking at Bill Gates 853
|
| 
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| 
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| 855
| Megan standing alone
|
| 
|
| 
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|-
| 856
| Cueball looking at Cueball 852
|
| 
|
| 
| 
|-
| 857
| Cueball looking at Cueball 856
|
| 
|
| 
| 
|-
| 858
| Cueball wearing a crown
|
| 
|
| 
| 
|-
| 859
| Hairy looking at Megan 860
|
| 
|
| 
| 
|-
| 860
| Megan 860 looking at Ponytail 862
|
| 
|
| 
| 
|-
| 861
| A Cueball that appears to be wearing [[Cory Doctorow]]'s goggles, or else Cory Doctorow without his xkcd trademark cape
|
| 
|
| 
| 
|-
| 862
| Ponytail looking at Ponytail 864
|
| 
|
| 
| 
|-
| 863
| A man with 80's-style hair and a mullet looks at Ponytail 864
| {{notice2|Any resemblance to a real person?}}
|
| 
|
|  
|-
| 864
| Ponytail looking at Ponytail 862
|
| 
|
| 
| 
|-
| 865
| Cueball looking at #863
|
| 
|
| 
| 
|-
| 866
| Cueball standing alone
| This is the '''last character in the third zero right''', another Cueball.
|
| 
|
|  
|-
| rowspan="68" | '''[https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/1/1c/1000_Comics_-_The_third_zero_in_thousand_Bottom_with_numbers.png Zero 3 B]'''
| 867
| Ponytail ice skating
| This is the '''first character in the third zero bottom''', a Ponytail this time.
|
| 
|
|  {{w|Ice skates}}
|-
| 868
| Cueball leaning his arm on a plasma globe
|
| 
|
| 
| {{w|Plasma globe}}
|-
| 869
| Cueball looking at a plasma globe
|
| 
|
| 
| {{w|Plasma globe}}
|-
| 870
| Wally looks left
| The striped knit cap resembles Wally's from {{w|Where's Wally?}}. This was previously referenced in [[980: Money]].
|
| 
|
|  
|-
| 871
| Small Cueball looks left
|
| 
|
| 
| 
|-
| 872
| Cueball looking at Wally 870
|
| 
|
| 
| 
|-
| 873
| Character with messy hair looks at Cueball 874
|
| 
|
| 
| 
|-
| 874
| Cueball looks at Cueball 875
|
| 
|
| 
| 
|-
| 875
| Cueball looking at Cueball 876
|
| 
|
| 
| 
|-
| 876
| Cueball stroking his chin, looking at Cueball 877
|
| 
|
| 
| 
|-
| 877
| Cueball looking at Cueball 876
|
| 
|
| 
| 
|-
| 878
| Cueball playing with a toy car
|
| 
| Cueball: Zoom!
|
|  
|-
| 879
| Cueball looking at Cueball 880
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| 880
| Cueball standing alone right
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| 881
| Cueball looking at Cueball 882
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| 882
| Cueball standing alone
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| 883
| Character with bangs
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| 884
| Two Black Hats
| The original multiple-hat stacking, humorously extrapolated by Seven Black Hats 641 in this comic
| Comic '''[[455: Hats]]'''
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| 885
| Cueball standing alone
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| 886
| Hairy with larger hair looks at Megan 887
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| 887
| Megan looks at Hairy 886
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| 888
| Hairy standing right
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| 889
| Cueball looking at Megan 890
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| 890
| Megan looking at Cueball 891
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| 891
| Cueball standing right, arm outstretched toward Megan 892
| Cueball from the 2nd last frame of comic [[442: xkcd Loves the Discovery Channel]], where Megan is also doing the M.C. Hammer slide.
| Comic: '''[[442: xkcd Loves the Discovery Channel]]'''
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| 892
| Megan M.C. Hammer-sliding right, away from Cueball 891
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|  Comic: '''[[108: M.C. Hammer Slide]]'''
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| 893
| Character with white hair
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| 894
| Cueball in a graduation cap and gown
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| 895
| Cueball's Lisp ancestor, no longer carrying parentheses
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| 896
| Cueball looking at Ponytail 911
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| 897
| Hairy playing with a gyroscope
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|  Comic: '''[[332: Gyroscopes]]'''
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| 898
| Cueball standing alone
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| 899
| Megan looking at Hairbun 900
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| 900
| Hairbun looking at Megan 899
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| Cueball looking up at Hairy 883
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| 902
| Blond girl with pigtails stands right
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| 903
| Ponytail looks at #902
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| Cueball standing alone
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| 905
| Cueball looking at Hairy 906
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| 906
| A Hairy that appears to have a mohawk, standing right
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| 907
| Hairy looking left
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| 908
| Cueball looking at Hairy 907
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| Cueball standing alone
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| 910
| Hairy standing right
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| Ponytail standing right
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| 912
| Cueball crouching, as if about to jump
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| 913
| Hairy looking at Cueball 912
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| 914
| Ponytail juggling four balls
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|  Reference to '''[[942: Juggling]]'''
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| Cueball being asked out/ proposed to by Megan 916
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| Megan asking out/proposing to Cueball 915
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| 917
| Blond Hairbun standing right
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| 918
| Cueball interacting with Ponytail 919
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| Ponytail interacting with Cueball 918
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| 920
| Cueball failing to wind up a yo-yo
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| 921
| Megan standing left of Cueball 923 and child 922, looking down at child
| Note Megan's and Cueball's positions are swapped.
| Comic: [[674: Natural Parenting]]
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| Child standing between Megan 921 and Cueball 923, with arms raised
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|  Comic: [[674: Natural Parenting]]
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| Cueball standing right of Megan 921 and child 922, looking down at child
| Note Megan's and Cueball's positions are swapped.
| Comic: [[674: Natural Parenting]]
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| 924
| Megan looking at Cueball 923
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| 925
| Cueball looking at Gandalf 932
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| 926
| Megan looking at Cueball 925
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| 927
| Cueball in a helicopter hat
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| 928
| Gnome Ann standing alone
| This is anachronistic, as Gnome Ann's comic was released over 700 comics after this was published. Perhaps her character had been in the making for a while...
| Comic: '''[[1704: Gnome Ann]]'''
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| Cueball looking at Hairy 913
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| 930
| Cueball standing left
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| 931
| Cueball looking at Cueball 925
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| 932
| Gandalf standing left
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|  Comic: '''[[760: Moria]]'''
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| 933
| Cueball with a large cut/stitch along his left cheek
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| 934
| Cueball looking at Gnome Ann 928
| This is the '''last character in the third zero bottom''', another Cueball.
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| 935
| Megan holding Cueball 936's hand
| This is the '''first character in the third zero left'''.
| Comic: '''[[943: Empirical]]'''
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| Cueball in a bow tie holding Megan 935's hand
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|  Comic: '''[[943: Empirical]]'''
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| 937
| Cueball looking up at Hairy 945
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| 938
| Cueball looking at the plasma globe
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| Cueball looking right
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| 940
| Death's boss looking at Cueball 939
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| Ponytail looking left at the ground
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| Cueball looking at dark-haired Ponytail 944
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| Cueball holding a balloon
| While Cueball appears to be adult-sized here, the reference comic clearly indicates that he is a child.
| Comic: '''[[121: Balloon]]'''
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| 944
| A dark-haired Ponytail, who appears to have caught Cueball 943's balloon in a cobweb
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| Hairy with rather messily-drawn hair
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| Cueball looking at Hairy 945
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| 947
| An ornately-dressed character stands alone
| Perhaps Inigo Montoya from ''The Princess Bride''
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| 948
| Cueball looking at Cueball 949
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| Cueball looking at Cueball 948
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| 950
| Hairbun standing right
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| Cueball looking at Ponytail 953
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| Cueball standing alone
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| Ponytail standing left
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| Ponytail standing right
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| 955
| [[Donald Knuth]] standing left
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| Comic: '''[[342: 1337: Part 2]]'''
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| 956
| Megan charging headfirst at Cueball 957
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| Cueball holding his arms out to preemptively hold Megan 956 back
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| 958
| Cueball spinning a hula hoop
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| Character with big dark hair standing right
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| 960
| Megan standing alone
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| 961
| Cueball holding a baseball in a pitcher's glove
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| 962
| Megan standing left
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| 963
| Character with sideburns standing alone
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| 964
| Ponytail knocked down by Cueball 966's staff, her sai knocked away
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| 965
| Cueball tumbling through the air in this four-person battle
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| 966
| Cueball with a staff, knocking down Ponytail 964 and about to face Cueball 967
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| 967
| Cueball swinging a cutlass at Cueball 966
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| 968
| Danish standing alone
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| 969
| Cueball looking at Megan 970
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| 970
| Megan extending a tape measure
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|  Comic: '''[[284: Tape Measure]]'''
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| 971
| Another Cueball with a distinctively triangular head
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| 972
| Cueball looking at character #979
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| 973
| Cueball stroking his chin, looking at Cueball 974
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| 974
| Cueball looking upwards
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| 975
| Morpheus from {{w|The Matrix}} standing alone
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|  Comic: '''[[566: Matrix Revisited]]'''
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| 976
| Character with wild blond hair
| {{notice2|Based on a real person?}}
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| 977
| Cueball looking at Megan 978
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| 978
| Megan looking at Cueball 977
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| 979
| Incredibly long-haired Megan-like character
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| 980
| Megan looking at character #979
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| 981
| Cueball looking at Megan 980
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| 982
| Two Berets Guy
| Given the strange powers of Beret Guy (see eponymous category page) and the [[455: Hats|relationship between Black Hat and Double Black Hat]], Two Berets Guy may be more powerful and even more optimistic and aloof. His playfully outstretched arms indicate the second part.
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| 983
| Cueball surrounded by three bats/birds.
| [[1004: Batman|just four comics]] after this one is a Batman-themed comic, and the animals surround him in a similar manner; it is more likely that they are bats.
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| 984
| Ponytail stands right
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| 985
| Cueball playing with a yo-yo
| He seems to be doing considerably better than Cueball 920.
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|  {{w|Yo-yo}}
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| 986
| Character with hairbun and ponytail stands left
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| 987
| Abalding character stands right
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| 988
| Megan stands left
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| 989
| Character with afro stands left
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| 990
| Cueball stands center
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| 991
| Cueball sledding down a slope
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| 992
| Jill standing alone
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| 993
| Cueball stands right
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| 994
| Cueball stands right
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| 995
| Megan Playing guitar
| This character has the same stance as in [[70: Guitar Hero]] but the same hair as the singer in the background. '''Cannot''' be [[Elaine Roberts]] due to wrong hair color.
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|  {{w|Guitar}}
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| 996
| Policeman stands left
| The next example of such a trapezoidal hat is [[1018: Good Cop, Dadaist Cop|eighteen comics later]], and isn't used in ''[[what if? (blog)|what if?]]'' until November.
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| 997
| Cueball stands right
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| 998
| Character in black beanie stands right
| Since they're looking directly at Medusa's head, they may be turned to stone.
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| 999
| Medusa stands left
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| 1000
| Character in curved top hat
| Identical to the time-traveller from [[2068: Election Night]]; the character must have been in the works for a long time (or, given the character's nature as a time-traveller, this may have been intended).   This is the '''last character in the third zero'''.
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==Transcript==
:[1000 characters, many of whom have appeared previously in other comics, are arranged to create the number "1000". Two more people stand in the foreground, commenting on the formation. There are several spoken words amongst these 1000, but the text transcribed here is only that which can be read from the small version, shown above.]
:1000
:Megan: Woooo!
:Cueball: Wow—Just 24 to go until a big round-number milestone!

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