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** [[AltText He then proceeded to do the same thing to]] [[Literature/{{Carrie}} Carrie Underwood]] [[AltText and mail Ponytail a scone.]]

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** [[AltText He then proceeded to do the same thing to]] [[Literature/{{Carrie}} Carrie Underwood]] Music/CarrieUnderwood [[AltText and mail Ponytail a scone.]]
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* PersonWithTheClothing: Despite having NoNameGiven, everyone seems to have settled on calling him some variant on "Beret Guy" or "Beret Existentialist".

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* PersonWithTheClothing: Despite having NoNameGiven, everyone seems to have settled on calling him some variant on "Beret Guy" or "Beret Existentialist". Cueball just calls him "that weird guy with the beret".

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%%* AuthorAvatar

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%%* AuthorAvatar* AuthorAvatar: He is by far the character most likely to get Randall Munroe's own opinions put in his mouth.



%%* TheEveryman

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%%* TheEveryman* TheEveryman: As a result of being used as the default character for strips that don't require someone remarkable.



%%* LovableNerd

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%%* LovableNerd* LovableNerd: He's a physics major and very enthusiastic about science and random trivia, in addition to being something of a NiceGuy and easy enough to get along with that even Black Hat Guy likes him.



%%* [[TheEveryman The Everygirl]]

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%%* * [[TheEveryman The Everygirl]]Everygirl]]: Essentially a female version of Cueball, so she ends up coming across as this.



* LaughablyEvil: He'll recklessly endanger lives and manipulate people's emotions, but it's always in the service of comedy.



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%%* TokenEvilTeammate* TokenEvilTeammate: Especially before his girlfriend turned up. His role in the comic is that, if ever a joke requires someone to be comically villainous, he is the one they go with.



%%* TheAntiNihilist:

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%%* TheAntiNihilist:* TheAntiNihilist: [[https://xkcd.com/167/ His philosophy]], apparently.



%%* BlitheSpirit

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%%* BlitheSpirit* BlitheSpirit: His CloudCuckooLander worldview seems to be somewhat infectious. Possibly due to his RealityWarper tendencies.



* HumanoidAbomination: Just reread the other tropes listed here. He's an immortal reality-warper with infinitely long concealed wings and a thoroughly alien mindset, who happens to look like a normal dude with a beret.



%%* {{Keet}}

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%%* {{Keet}}* {{Keet}}: He's very energetic and literally enthusiastic about everything, whether he can understand it or not.



%%* NiceHat:
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%%* PersonWithTheClothing

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%%* NiceHat:
%%* NoNameGiven
%%* PersonWithTheClothing
* NiceHat: He wears a white beret, as a signifier of his unusual quirkiness.
* NoNameGiven: He's never named in the strip.
* PersonWithTheClothing: Despite having NoNameGiven, everyone seems to have settled on calling him some variant on "Beret Guy" or "Beret Existentialist".



%%* ThePhilosopher

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%%* ThePhilosopher* ThePhilosopher: If a strip requires someone to wax philosophical, it will generally use the Beret Guy for that role.




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* WingedHumanoid: They're ''infinite'' wings, too. But he usually keeps them hidden for whatever reason.



%%* DarkMistress
%%* DistaffCounterpart
%%* ForTheEvulz

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%%* DarkMistress
%%* DistaffCounterpart
%%* ForTheEvulz
* DarkMistress: To Black Hat Guy. Their courtship mostly involved exchanging clever cruelties, and now that they're together they focus their cruelties on everyone else.
* DistaffCounterpart: Functionally a female version of Black Hat Guy.
* ForTheEvulz: Like her paramour, she never really seems to gain anything from her actions other than a sense of satisfaction at having beaten people.



%%* NiceHat

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%%* NiceHat* NiceHat: Just like Black Hat Guy's except it's white.



%%* PersonWithTheClothing
%%* {{Socialite}}

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%%* PersonWithTheClothing
%%* {{Socialite}}
* PersonWithTheClothing: Again, he's known primarily by his hat because he doesn't have a canon name.
* {{Socialite}}: He has strong views on wine, art and culture, he has expensive tastes, and he spends all his time wandering around having high-minded conversation with no indication that he's ever had an actual job.



%%* ContemplateOurNavels

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%%* ContemplateOurNavels* ContemplateOurNavels: She spends all her time in a chair, musing about how dark and depressing the world is.



%%* TheEeyore

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%%* TheEeyore* TheEeyore: Just as we've never seen the Beret Existentialist sad, we've never seen this woman happy.



%%* StrawNihilist

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%%* StrawNihilist
* StrawNihilist: Her sole function in the strip is to be a comedic exaggeration of the more depressive brand of nihilism.



%%* BadassCape

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%%* BadassCape* BadassCape: The main way he's distinguished from everyone else in the strip's art style is his cape. It's even in colour!



%%* TheCameo

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%%* TheCameo* TheCameo: An actual real celebrity who briefly turns up in one or two stories.

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* AffablyEvil: He's quite nice to those he considers friends...

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* AffablyEvil: He's quite nice to those he considers friends... and merciless to everyone else.


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* TheVietnamVet: [[https://xkcd.com/206/ Apparently]], he took part in [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Lai_Massacre the My Lai Massacre]].
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* AmbiguouslyBi: She's in a relationship with Cueball, but she's also apparently made out with her future self.

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* AmbiguouslyBi: She's in a relationship with Cueball, but she's also apparently made out with her future self.[[ScrewYourself a parallel version of herself]].
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* AmbiguouslyBi: She's in a relationship with Cueball, but she's also apparently made out with her future self.
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* TokenEvilTeammate

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* %%* TokenEvilTeammate
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* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Pastries.

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* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Pastries.
Scones.
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* WingedHumanoid[=/=]HumanoidAbomination: [[http://xkcd.com/1099/ Uh...]]

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* WingedHumanoid[=/=]HumanoidAbomination: [[http://xkcd.com/1099/ Uh...]]
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** [[AltText He then proceeded to do the same thing to]] [[Literature/Carrie Carrie Underwood]] [[AltText and mail Ponytail a scone.]]

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** [[AltText He then proceeded to do the same thing to]] [[Literature/Carrie [[Literature/{{Carrie}} Carrie Underwood]] [[AltText and mail Ponytail a scone.]]

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* CardCarryingVillain: Self-identifies as a “Classhole” – an asshole with class.

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* CardCarryingVillain: Self-identifies as a “Classhole” “classhole” – an asshole with class.



* HumanoidAbomination: See the RealityWarper section. Also, one What If? entry has him encouraging people to drop a mountain from so high it causes utter devastation. [[spoiler:I'M BACK. I DIDN'T DIE WHEN THE MOUNTAIN FELL. I WILL NEVER DIE.]]
%%* JerkAss: ...probably.
* NiceHat: [[http://xkcd.com/405/ He will find it.]]

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* HumanoidAbomination: See the RealityWarper section. Also, one What If? entry has him encouraging people to drop a mountain from so high it causes utter devastation. [[spoiler:I'M BACK. I DIDN'T DIE WHEN THE MOUNTAIN FELL. I WILL NEVER DIE.]]
%%* JerkAss: ...probably.
The AltText indicates that not only did he survive, he's immortal.
* JerkAss: He's a self-described "[[EvenEvilHasStandards classhole]]".
* NiceHat: [[http://xkcd.com/405/ He will find it.And if you steal it from him, heaven help you.]]



%%* PersonWithTheClothing

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%%* PersonWithTheClothing* PersonWithTheClothing: [[CaptainObvious Duh.]]



* RefugeInAudacity: Among others, he once turned a Senate chamber into a ball pool. While the senators were in it.

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* RefugeInAudacity: Among others, he once turned a Senate chamber into a ball pool.pit. While the senators were in it. [[ItMakesSenseInContext And proceeded to steal Tron Paul's light cycle and escape on Cory Doctorow's hot air balloon.]]



%%* TokenEvilTeammate

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%%* * TokenEvilTeammate



%%* TheAntiNihilist

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%%* TheAntiNihilistTheAntiNihilist:



* ContemplateOurNavels: He likes philosophy, although he's actually unusually energetic about it.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: [[http://www.xkcd.com/1115/ It's contagious.]]
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Insult him once, he'll take your criticism on board and change his habits. Insult him a second time, he'll ''hit you in the face with a digger''.
* TheFool: He is apparently quite successful as a businessman being out of touch with reality.

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* ContemplateOurNavels: He likes philosophy, although he's actually unusually energetic about it.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: [[http://www.xkcd.com/1115/ It's contagious.contagious, too.]]
** He also does things occasionally incomprehensible to other people. For example, when Ponytail broke up with him, he spent the ''entire night'' painting a key on the side of her car, and woke her up to ask her what she thought, beaming with pride.
-->'''Cueball:''' I... is he playing revenge mind games?
-->'''Ponytail:''' I genuinely can't tell if he remembers that we broke up.
** [[AltText He then proceeded to do the same thing to]] [[Literature/Carrie Carrie Underwood]] [[AltText and mail Ponytail a scone.
]]
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Insult him once, he'll take your criticism on board and change his habits. Insult him a second time, he'll ''hit ''smack you in the face with a digger''.
an excavator''.
* EldritchLocation: [[https://www.xkcd.com/1293/ His]] [[https://www.xkcd.com/1812/ business]].
* TheFool: He is apparently quite successful as a businessman despite being completely out of touch with reality.



* LiteralMinded: Often how his {{Cloudcuckoolander}} tendencies manifest (ie. "Keying" Ponytail's car [[http://xkcd.com/1030/ by painting a very detailed key on the side of it]]).

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* LiteralMinded: Often how his {{Cloudcuckoolander}} tendencies manifest (ie. "Keying" "keying" Ponytail's car [[http://xkcd.com/1030/ by painting a very detailed key on the side of it]]).



** He can do [[http://xkcd.com/1099/ this]].
** He can inflate your laptop [[http://xkcd.com/1395/ by blowing into the power cord]].
** And how else do you think he would make money, [[http://xkcd.com/1032/ given this behavior]]?
** And he can [[http://xkcd.com/1293/ draw soup from a wall socket]]. ''WE HAVE FOUND A NEW [[Literature/TheBible MOSES]].''

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** He can do Apparently, he has [[http://xkcd.com/1099/ this]].
infinite wings]].
** He can inflate your a laptop [[http://xkcd.com/1395/ by blowing into the power cord]].
** And how else do you think he would make money, He's somehow a businessman, despite the fact that [[http://xkcd.com/1032/ given this behavior]]?
** And he can [[http://xkcd.com/1293/ draw soup from a wall socket]]. ''WE HAVE FOUND A NEW [[Literature/TheBible MOSES]].''
his cards just say "This is my business card"]], [[https://www.xkcd.com/1493/ his customers don't seem to exist]], and [[https://www.xkcd.com/1772/ his company literally doesn't do anything]].
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* CynicismCatalyst: [[http://xkcd.com/792/ Apparently]] something that happened in March of 1997.

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* CynicismCatalyst: [[NoodleIncident Whatever happened]] in [[http://xkcd.com/792/ Apparently]] something that happened in March of 1997.1997]], it caused him to, by his own admission, "not believe in much of anything anymore."



!!Beret Existentialist

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!!Beret Existentialist!!"Beret Guy"

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* AuthorAvatar

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* %%* AuthorAvatar



* FanNickname: Given because his blank, hairless, hatless head looks like, well, a cueball.
* TheEveryman

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* FanNickname: Given because his blank, hairless, hatless head looks like, well, a cueball.
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* LovableNerd

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* %%* LovableNerd



* [[TheEveryman The Everygirl]]

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* %%* [[TheEveryman The Everygirl]]



%%* ManicPixieDreamGirl



* ManicPixieDreamGirl



* JerkAss: ...probably.

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* %%* JerkAss: ...probably.



* PersonWithTheClothing

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* %%* PersonWithTheClothing



* TokenEvilTeammate

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* %%* TokenEvilTeammate



* TheAntiNihilist

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* %%* TheAntiNihilist



* BlitheSpirit

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* %%* BlitheSpirit



* {{Keet}}

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* %%* {{Keet}}



* NiceHat:
* NoNameGiven
* PersonWithTheClothing

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* %%* NiceHat:
* %%* NoNameGiven
* %%* PersonWithTheClothing



* ThePhilosopher

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* %%* ThePhilosopher



* DarkMistress
* DistaffCounterpart
* ForTheEvulz

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* %%* DarkMistress
* %%* DistaffCounterpart
* %%* ForTheEvulz



* NiceHat

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* %%* NiceHat



* PersonWithTheClothing
* {{Socialite}}

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* %%* PersonWithTheClothing
* %%* {{Socialite}}



* [[TheEveryman The Everywoman]]
* FanNickname: "Ponytail"
* OddFriendship: With Megan
** VitriolicBestBuds

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* %%* [[TheEveryman The Everywoman]]
* FanNickname: "Ponytail"
*
%%* OddFriendship: With Megan
** VitriolicBestBuds
Megan



* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Rob ponders what could have been if he were with her instead of Megan, and vice versa.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Rob ponders what could have been if he were with her instead of Megan, and vice versa.%%* VitriolicBestBuds



* [[spoiler: TheBusCameBack: No really. In "Click & Drag" he's drawn as a bald stick figure like everyone else, but he's there, go as far right as you possibly can before you get to the flat blackness. He has a balloon now.]]

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* [[spoiler: TheBusCameBack: No [[spoiler:No really. In "Click & Drag" he's drawn as a bald stick figure like everyone else, but he's there, go as far right as you possibly can before you get to the flat blackness. He has a balloon now.]]



* TheWoobie

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* TheWoobie



* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness



* ContemplateOurNavels

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* %%* ContemplateOurNavels



* TheEeyore

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* %%* TheEeyore



* StrawCharacter
* StrawNihilist

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* %%* StrawCharacter
* %%* StrawNihilist



* BadassCape

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* %%* BadassCape



* TheCameo

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* %%* TheCameo



* TheCameo

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* %%* TheCameo
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* NiceGuy: He's almost always the most optimistic and friendly person in the strip, if a bit off his rocker.
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* NoNothingKnowItAll: In one strip he's convinced to look up what he's saying (that normal matter contains anti-quarks) on his phone, and immediately convinces himself that he hadn't been saying that at all; his ''actual'' point was...

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* NoNothingKnowItAll: KnowNothingKnowItAll: In one strip he's convinced persuaded to look up what he's saying (that normal matter contains anti-quarks) on his phone, and immediately convinces himself that he hadn't been saying that at all; all, his ''actual'' point was...
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* NoNothingKnowItAll: In one strip he's convinced to look up what he's saying (that normal matter contains anti-quarks) on his phone, and immediately convinces himself that he hadn't been saying that at all; his ''actual'' point was...
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* AffablyEvil: He's quite nice to those he considers friends...\

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* AffablyEvil: He's quite nice to those he considers friends...\

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* {{Badass}}: [[http://xkcd.com/933/ THIS]].



* AffablyEvil: He's quite nice to those he considers friends...
* {{Badass}}: The best example in the comic. When his future girlfriend stole his hat, he [[{{Determinator}} tracked her down]] and ''hijacked a nuclear submarine'' to get it back.
** To be honest, there are really too many examples to put here. Like when he rode a lightcycle belonging to Tron Paul to escape his hearing to become secretary of the internet. [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext We don't know either.]]

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* AffablyEvil: He's quite nice to those he considers friends...
* {{Badass}}: The best example in the comic. When his future girlfriend stole his hat, he [[{{Determinator}} tracked her down]] and ''hijacked a nuclear submarine'' to get it back.
** To be honest, there are really too many examples to put here. Like when he rode a lightcycle belonging to Tron Paul to escape his hearing to become secretary of the internet. [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext We don't know either.]]
friends...\



* BadAss
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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}

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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}{{Cloudcuckoolander}}: [[http://www.xkcd.com/1115/ It's contagious.]]
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* UnholyMatrimony: With his girlfriend.

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* UnholyMatrimony: With [[http://xkcd.com/432/ With]] [[http://xkcd.com/433/ his girlfriend.
girlfriend.]]
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** [[http://xkcd.com/412/ What?]]
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* NiceHat

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* NiceHatNiceHat: [[http://xkcd.com/405/ He will find it.]]



* NiceHat: [[http://xkcd.com/405/ He will find it.]]

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* NiceHat: [[http://xkcd.com/405/ He will find it.]]NiceHat:
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* NiceHat

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* NiceHatNiceHat: [[http://xkcd.com/405/ He will find it.]]
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* StealthPun: She's an ''armchair philosopher''.
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* BlondesAreEvil: On occasion
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* PetTheDog: He was once caught speaking all lovey-dovey to his girlfriend – although he did immediately murder the guy who caught him. His version of WhiteKnighting in [[http://xkcd.com/322/ this strip]] is also strangely cute. And he has a journal filled with things he'd say to girls “if he was nice like [Cueball]”.

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* PetTheDog: He was once caught speaking all lovey-dovey to his girlfriend – although he did immediately murder the guy who caught him. His version of WhiteKnighting white knighting in [[http://xkcd.com/322/ this strip]] is also strangely cute. And he has a journal filled with things he'd say to girls “if he was nice like [Cueball]”.
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* StrawCharacter: His usual role in the strip is to make logical fallacies to help advance Randall's point.

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The newest addition to the recurring cast, since she entered a relationship with Black Hat Guy. Distinguished by her long, wavey, dark hair. Essentially a female Black Hat Guy.

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The second newest addition to the recurring cast, since she entered a relationship with Black Hat Guy. Distinguished by her long, wavey, dark hair. Essentially a female Black Hat Guy.




!!White Hat Guy
The newest addition to the recurring cast, a figure occasionally seen talking with Cueball. Distinguished by his hat, which resembles that of Black Hat Guy but is white instead of black. Seems well-meaning but pretentious.

* {{Foil}}: In most strips he appears in, he pretty-much serves as someone Cueball can argue with so as to get across a point Randall wants to make.
* NiceHat
* PersonWithTheClothing
* {{Socialite}}
* WineIsClassy: Doesn't understand how Cueball can drink cheap wine.

!!Blonde Girl/"Ponytail"
A recurring character. Used sometimes as a RecurringExtra, or a female companion to Megan. Is sometimes implied as Rob's ex.

* BlondesAreEvil: On occasion
* [[TheEveryman The Everywoman]]
* FanNickname: "Ponytail"
* OddFriendship: With Megan
** VitriolicBestBuds
* LoveTriangle: She has one with Rob and Megan in a few strips.
* PsychoExGirlfriend: Is sometimes this to Rob
* [[TheSmartGuy The Smart Girl]]: Usually either she or a character who looks very much like her can be seen working on science projects, or even as Megan's doctor.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Rob ponders what could have been if he were with her instead of Megan, and vice versa.



!!White Hat Guy
A figure occasionally seen talking with Cueball. Distinguished by his hat, which resembles that of Black Hat Guy but is white instead of black. Seems well-meaning but pretentious.

* {{Foil}}: Has so far appeared in four strips, and in all of them he pretty-much serves as someone Cueball can argue with so as to get across a point Randall wants to make.
* NiceHat
* PersonWithTheClothing
* {{Socialite}}
* WineIsClassy: Doesn't understand how Cueball can drink cheap wine.




!!Blonde Girl/"Ponytail"
A recurring character. Used sometimes as a RecurringExtra, or a female companion to Megan. Is sometimes implied as Rob's ex.

* BlondesAreEvil: On occasion
* [[TheEveryman The Everywoman]]
* FanNickname: "Ponytail"
* OddFriendship: With Megan
** VitriolicBestBuds
* LoveTriangle: She has one with Rob and Megan in a few strips.
* PsychoExGirlfriend: Is sometimes this to Rob
* [[TheSmartGuy The Smart Girl]]: Usually either she or a character who looks very much like her can be seen working on science projects, or even as Megan's doctor.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Rob ponders what could have been if he were with her instead of Megan, and vice versa.
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* CynicismCatalyst: [[http://xkcd.com/792/ Apparently]] something that happened in March of 1997.

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A recurring character. Used sometimes as an {{Extra}}, or a female companion to Megan. Is sometimes implied as Rob's ex.

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A recurring character. Used sometimes as an {{Extra}}, a RecurringExtra, or a female companion to Megan. Is sometimes implied as Rob's ex.

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