Kidball - Revision history

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2026-05-18T20:16:41Z

‎Personality

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‎Personality

GSLikesCats307 at 11:20, 18 May 2026

2026-05-18T11:20:08Z

GSLikesCats307 at 11:19, 18 May 2026

2026-05-18T11:19:46Z

82.132.212.205: I (and others?) will continue to put in the proper word, as a matter of style and convention.

2026-05-14T15:52:13Z

I (and others?) will continue to put in the proper word, as a matter of style and convention.

GSLikesCats307 at 10:13, 14 May 2026

2026-05-14T10:13:39Z

GSLikesCats307 at 16:29, 6 May 2026

2026-05-06T16:29:57Z

42.book.addict: we'll need someone to upload a Kidball image and flesh out the explanation

2026-02-01T01:40:57Z

we'll need someone to upload a Kidball image and flesh out the explanation

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{{Infobox character
| image = Kidball.png
| imagesize = 200px
| caption = '
| first_appearance = [[38: Apple Jacks]]
}}

<noinclude>:''For a list of comics, see [[:Category:Comics featuring Kidball|Comics featuring Kidball]].''</noinclude>

'''Kidball''' is a [[stick figure]] character in [[xkcd]]. His appearance is like a [[Cueball]], but as a child.

==Name==
The name "Kidball" is derived from Cueball, taking the suffix of Cueball's name and adding "Kid" as a prefix. See [[explain xkcd:Community portal/Proposals#New Character Proposal for Kid Cueballs|Proposals § New Character Proposal for Kid Cueballs]] for more info.

{{navbox-characters}}
[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Minor characters]]

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	==Personality==		==Personality==
−	Kidball somewhat lacks a distinct personality, mostly appearing as a 'filler character' for comics, perhaps with other children in classroom or play-based scenes. This is similar to their adult counterpart [[Cueball]], which they were for a long time just conflated due to being as much a child-sized 'everyman' (or even being [[735: Floor\|several such examples]], in the same comic). They even [[:Category:Multiple Cueballs\|used to be counted]] as a 'full' Cueball when used directly alongside an adult version, in situations where their obvious status as a child ~~was~~ set them out as most deliberately distinctive from any other character they appeared alongside. They rarely speak, with a few exceptions such as [[3132: Coastline Similarity]], where Kidball, not knowing about {{w\|continental drift}} states a belief that one continent [[2885\|plagiarized]] the other.	+	Kidball somewhat lacks a distinct personality, mostly appearing as a 'filler character' for comics, perhaps with other children in classroom or play-based scenes. This is similar to their adult counterpart [[Cueball]], which they were for a long time just conflated due to being as much a child-sized 'everyman' (or even being [[735: Floor\|several such examples]], in the same comic). They even [[:Category:Multiple Cueballs\|used to be counted]] as a 'full' Cueball when used directly alongside an adult version, in situations where their obvious status as a child perhaps set them out as most deliberately distinctive from any other character they appeared alongside. They rarely speak, with a few exceptions such as [[3132: Coastline Similarity]], where Kidball, not knowing about {{w\|continental drift}} states a belief that one continent [[2885\|plagiarized]] the other.

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	==Personality==		==Personality==
−	Kidball somewhat lacks a distinct personality, mostly appearing as a 'filler character' for comics with children~~, like~~ classroom scenes ~~- Similar~~ to their adult counterpart [[Cueball]]. They rarely speak ~~in comics for that reason~~, with a few exceptions~~, like in~~ [[3132: Coastline Similarity]], where Kidball, not knowing about {{w\|continental drift}} ~~believes~~ that one continent [[2885\|plagiarized]] the other.	+	Kidball somewhat lacks a distinct personality, mostly appearing as a 'filler character' for comics, perhaps with other children in classroom or play-based scenes. This is similar to their adult counterpart [[Cueball]], which they were for a long time just conflated due to being as much a child-sized 'everyman' (or even being [[735: Floor\|several such examples]], in the same comic). They even [[:Category:Multiple Cueballs\|used to be counted]] as a 'full' Cueball when used directly alongside an adult version, in situations where their obvious status as a child was set them out as most deliberately distinctive from any other character they appeared alongside. They rarely speak, with a few exceptions such as [[3132: Coastline Similarity]], where Kidball, not knowing about {{w\|continental drift}} states a belief that one continent [[2885\|plagiarized]] the other.

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 <noinclude>:''For a list of comics, see [[:Category:Comics featuring Kidball|Comics featuring Kidball]].''</noinclude>
-'''Kidball''' is a [[stick figure]] character in [[xkcd]]. His appearance is like a [[Cueball]], but as a child. He commonly appears in classrooms led by [[Miss Lenhart]] (or [[Randall|her substitute]], alongside other kids like [[Jill]]. Unlike [[Jill]] however, Kidball lacks a distinctive personality, and more often appears as a filler character in scenes with children, such as classroom scenes.
+'''Kidball''' is a [[stick figure]] character in [[xkcd]]. His appearance is like a [[Cueball]], but as a child. He commonly appears in classrooms led by [[Miss Lenhart]] (or [[Randall|her substitute]], alongside other kids like [[Jill]].
 ==Name==

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	==Name==		==Name==
	The name "Kidball" is derived from Cueball, taking the suffix of Cueball's name and adding "Kid" as a prefix. See [[explain xkcd:Community portal/Proposals#New Character Proposal for Kid Cueballs\|Proposals § New Character Proposal for Kid Cueballs]] for more info.		The name "Kidball" is derived from Cueball, taking the suffix of Cueball's name and adding "Kid" as a prefix. See [[explain xkcd:Community portal/Proposals#New Character Proposal for Kid Cueballs\|Proposals § New Character Proposal for Kid Cueballs]] for more info.
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		+	==Personality==
		+	Kidball somewhat lacks a distinct personality, mostly appearing as a 'filler character' for comics with children, like classroom scenes - Similar to their adult counterpart [[Cueball]]. They rarely speak in comics for that reason, with a few exceptions, like in [[3132: Coastline Similarity]], where Kidball, not knowing about {{w\|continental drift}} believes that one continent [[2885\|plagiarized]] the other.

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 <noinclude>:''For a list of comics, see [[:Category:Comics featuring Kidball|Comics featuring Kidball]].''</noinclude>
-'''Kidball''' is a [[stick figure]] character in [[xkcd]]. His appearance is like a [[Cueball]], but as a child. He commonly appears in classrooms led by [[Miss Lenhart]] (or [[Randall|her substitute]], alongside other kids like [[Jill]]. Unlike [[Jill]] however, Kidball lacks a distinctive personality, & more often appears as a filler character in scenes with children, such as classroom scenes.
+'''Kidball''' is a [[stick figure]] character in [[xkcd]]. His appearance is like a [[Cueball]], but as a child. He commonly appears in classrooms led by [[Miss Lenhart]] (or [[Randall|her substitute]], alongside other kids like [[Jill]]. Unlike [[Jill]] however, Kidball lacks a distinctive personality, and more often appears as a filler character in scenes with children, such as classroom scenes.
 ==Name==