Difference between revisions of "Kidball"
(I (and others?) will continue to put in the proper word, as a matter of style and convention.) |
|||
| Line 12: | Line 12: | ||
==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. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==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. | ||
Revision as of 11:19, 18 May 2026
| Kidball | |
|---|---|
 | |
| First appearance | 38: Apple Jacks |
| Appearances | 34 |
- For a list of comics, see Comics featuring Kidball.
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 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
The name "Kidball" is derived from Cueball, taking the suffix of Cueball's name and adding "Kid" as a prefix. See Proposals § New Character Proposal for Kid Cueballs for more info.
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 continental drift believes that one continent plagiarized the other.
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
