Quote Originally Posted by Haluesen View Post
That is pretty clever because yeah, that is how she first appeared. However...
No it is not. Her first appearance is in this strip, second last panel. It's not a last panel joke. In fact, it's not a joke at all; it's an expanatory panel, just like the one immediately above it.

I should note that not all last panels have last-panel jokes. First of all, there has to be a joke in it, and some don't have any. Secondly, even when there is a joke, it may not be what should be condsidered a last-panel joke. There's usually some kind of fourth-wall breaking in them, and not all jokes in last panels do that. Kish above gave a more explicit name for them: "fourth-wall-breaking last-panel punchline". Unfortunately, that's too much of a mouthful for everyday conversation.

Here's some examples of last-panel jokes:

  • 918 anyone think Director Lee's inbox will to be an important plot element in the future?
  • 206 and 389 think any of the stuff Elan and Thog have in those panels will ever show up again?
  • 748 Belkar's been knocked back to Basic D&D, yet strangely enough, it doesn't seem to be permanent, or even ever mentioned again.