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| − | | first_appearance = [[24: Godel, Escher, Kurt Halsey]] | + | | first_appearance = [[24: Godel, Escher, Kurt Halsey]] or [[6: Irony]], see the [[#Trivia|trivia]] |
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:''For Cueball's girlfriend, see [[Megan]].''</noinclude> | :''For Cueball's girlfriend, see [[Megan]].''</noinclude> | ||
| − | '''Cueball''' is a [[stick figure]] character in [[xkcd]]. He is distinguished from other characters by having no distinguishing features (including no hair or hat). The name is unofficial but used here. Like other [[xkcd]] characters, Cueball doesn't necessarily represent the same character from comic to comic. Instead, he represents a generic {{w|everyman}}. In several comics, there are [[:Category:Multiple Cueballs|multiple Cueballs]], any of whom can be called Cueball | + | '''Cueball''' is a [[stick figure]] character in [[xkcd]]. He is distinguished from other characters by having no distinguishing features (including no hair or hat). The name is unofficial but used here. Like other [[xkcd]] characters, Cueball doesn't necessarily represent the same character from comic to comic. Instead, he represents a generic {{w|everyman}}. In several comics, there are [[:Category:Multiple Cueballs|multiple Cueballs]], any of whom can be called Cueball. |
| − | ==Name== | + | There was at one point a [[explain_xkcd:Community_portal/Proposals#Merge_Cueball_.26_Rob|community portal discussion]] of what to call Cueball and what to do in the case of a comic with more than one Cueball. Nothing much came of it - the standard practice is to name the main protagonist (the one with the funniest/defining part) as Cueball and then name the other(s) friend etc. If it is impossible or unnecessary to discern any of them from the other, then none should be called Cueball. Clarity of the explanation and ease of understanding should be carefully considered when making this judgement. |
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| + | Early [[xkcd]] comics featured Cueball-style characters who occasionally included facial features (e.g., [[18: Snapple]]), since [[Randall Munroe|Randall]] hadn't standardized his character design early in the comic's run. | ||
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| + | Several of the [[:Category:Cancer|comics about cancer]] have Cueball representing Randall himself. | ||
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| + | == Name == | ||
The character is never actually referred to as Cueball in [[xkcd]]; the name was developed by early contributions to [[explain xkcd]]. It refers to the visual similarity of Cueball's head to a {{w|billiard ball}}. Randall's transcripts usually refer to the character as "Man 1", and so on, although he has at one time referred to him as ''not terry'' in his [http://xkcd.com/989/info.0.json official transcript] for [[989: Cryogenics]]. A few comics give a Cueball character a name, but only one name, [[Rob]], appears several times ([[:Category:Comics featuring Rob|13 in total]]) for a Cueball. The [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/explain_xkcd:Community_portal/Proposals#Merge_Cueball_.26_Rob debate] mentioned above was mainly about whether all other Cueballs should be retroactively renamed "Rob". Following the same logic that resulted in the "Cutie" character (the female version of Cueball) being renamed Megan, an argument can be advanced for renaming Cueball as Rob. As it stands, however, it seems the community has not agreed with this logic. | The character is never actually referred to as Cueball in [[xkcd]]; the name was developed by early contributions to [[explain xkcd]]. It refers to the visual similarity of Cueball's head to a {{w|billiard ball}}. Randall's transcripts usually refer to the character as "Man 1", and so on, although he has at one time referred to him as ''not terry'' in his [http://xkcd.com/989/info.0.json official transcript] for [[989: Cryogenics]]. A few comics give a Cueball character a name, but only one name, [[Rob]], appears several times ([[:Category:Comics featuring Rob|13 in total]]) for a Cueball. The [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/explain_xkcd:Community_portal/Proposals#Merge_Cueball_.26_Rob debate] mentioned above was mainly about whether all other Cueballs should be retroactively renamed "Rob". Following the same logic that resulted in the "Cutie" character (the female version of Cueball) being renamed Megan, an argument can be advanced for renaming Cueball as Rob. As it stands, however, it seems the community has not agreed with this logic. | ||
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| + | == Trivia == | ||
| + | The first comics to be released using Cueball and stick figures was not number 6, [[6: Irony]] but [[24: Godel, Escher, Kurt Halsey]] because of the release order on [[LiveJournal]], see details in the trivia for both [[6:_Irony#Trivia|Irony]] and [[24:_Godel,_Escher,_Kurt_Halsey#Trivia|Godel, Escher, Kurt Halsey]]. | ||
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