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| − | :''For a list of comics, see [[:Category:Comics featuring Cueball|Comics featuring Cueball]].'' | + | <noinclude>:''For a list of comics, see [[:Category:Comics featuring Cueball|Comics featuring Cueball]].'' |
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:''For the named Cueball, see [[Rob]].'' | :''For the named Cueball, see [[Rob]].'' | ||
| + | :''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. 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. Several of the [[:Category:Cancer|comics about cancer]] also have Cueball representing Randall himself. | |
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| − | '''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. | ||
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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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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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Latest revision as of 08:57, 24 August 2023
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| First appearance | 24: Godel, Escher, Kurt Halsey |
| Appearances | 1758 |
- For a list of comics, see Comics featuring Cueball.
- For the named Cueball, see Rob.
- For Cueball's girlfriend, see Megan.
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 everyman. In several comics, there are multiple Cueballs, any of whom can be called Cueball. Early xkcd comics featured Cueball-style characters who occasionally included facial features (e.g., 18: Snapple), since Randall hadn't standardized his character design early in the comic's run. Several of the comics about cancer also have Cueball representing Randall himself.
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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 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 official transcript for 989: Cryogenics. A few comics give a Cueball character a name, but only one name, Rob, appears several times (13 in total) for a Cueball. The 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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