Kidball

Explain xkcd: It's 'cause you're dumb.
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Kidball

First appearance 38: Apple Jacks
Appearances 28
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[edit]

The name "Kidball" is derived from Cueball, taking the suffix of Cueball's name and adding "Kid" as a prefix. See Proposals ยง New Character Proposal for Kid Cueballs for more info.