Number of Character Appearances IV

[Wrecan]

Oops! Fixed!

[TheWombatOfDoom]

How about something like "Spell-Blasted Draketooth's"?

[Chronos]

Until he dropped the pretext, Tarquin was considered disguised as Thog, and thus a representation of him. The fact that the disguise was not completely effective is not relevant: Nobody mistook Belkar's self-portrait in blood for the real thing, either, but it still counts as an appearance. And Tarquin's appearance in this strip is a flashback to before he dropped the pretext of the disguise, so I agree with Wrecan that this should count as an appearance for Thog.

Also, does Sir Thumb count as an appearance for Rich Burlew?

[Wrecan]

I also wonder if Sir Thumb should count as a Rich Burlew appearance. I am open to.opinions

[FujinAkari]

I also wonder if Sir Thumb should count as a Rich Burlew appearance. I am open to.opinions

I would say no, simply because it sets an awkward precidence. Sir Thumb is actually named within the strip itself, so changing its name for the purpose of the appearances thread seems like dangerous territory.

[TheWombatOfDoom]

I would say no, simply because it sets an awkward precidence. Sir Thumb is actually named within the strip itself, so changing its name for the purpose of the appearances thread seems like dangerous territory.

Such as Banjo the clown being an extention of Elan or the ninja-orc-I-can't-remember-the-name-of, depending on who was using it. They are their own character's despite it being a puppet. So yeah, I'm in the no as well.

[Wrecan]

Those are excellent points. Actually, I guess all the characters in the strip are extensions of Rich Burlew!

[martianmister]

Do we count Rich Burlew's appearance strip 146?

[Wrecan]

That is nor part of the strip

[Yana]

865: Belkar Bitterleaf, Durkon Thundershield, Elan, Haley Starshine, Hinjo, Niu (in sending), Roy Greenhilt.

Also, we have Thanh's first name now! "Ho Thanh"

Unless it happens to be a title. Thoughts?

[Chronos]

I think it's more likely to be a title, but I see no reason not to include it either way.

[Cizak]

Title? What kind of title would that be? I assumed it was his first name.

EDIT: Or it could be his surname, if the southern people use the same name system as Japan.

[Yana]

Title? What kind of title would that be? I assumed it was his first name.

EDIT: Or it could be his surname, if the southern people use the same name system as Japan.

http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0209.html

What is this Japan you speak of?

[Cizak]

http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0209.html

What is this Japan you speak of?

Saw that one coming a mile away when I wrote my comment.

[Wrecan]

Updated through 865
Belkar Bitterleaf, Durkon Thundershield, Elan, Haley Starshine, Hinjo, Niu (in sending), Roy Greenhilt

And I changed the name to "Ho Thanh"

[Fawkes]

http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0209.html

What is this Japan you speak of?

"Ho Thanh" is definitely a Vietnamese name, anyway.

[Yana]

866: Blackwing, Vaarsuvius.

[Wrecan]

Updated through 866
Blackwing, Vaarsuvius

[ti'esar]

Spotting this while browsing through W&XP: is the unnamed Haley personality fragment in the first panel of 382 (the one in red) listed anywhere? She would have two appearances: there, and in the final panel of 381.

[Wrecan]

Haley's Rogue-like Alter-Ego

[Wrecan]

Updated through 867
Belkar Bitterleaf, Durkon Thundershield, Elan, Haley Starshine, Mr. Scruffy, Roy Greenhilt

[Cizak]

Haley's Rogue-like Alter-Ego

She should have one more appearance.

[Wrecan]

And now she does!

[137beth]

Who will be the first non-OOTS member to break 100? Mr. scruffy seems like a safe bet, although it could just as easily be Nale.

[Wrecan]

I'm thinking that when (if) Mr. Scruffy is the number 1 non-OOTS character by at least 10 appearances, that he be added to OOTS. (Same for Blackwing if he ever makes it that far.)

[LuPuWei]

Until he dropped the pretext, Tarquin was considered disguised as Thog, and thus a representation of him. The fact that the disguise was not completely effective is not relevant: Nobody mistook Belkar's self-portrait in blood for the real thing, either, but it still counts as an appearance. And Tarquin's appearance in this strip is a flashback to before he dropped the pretext of the disguise, so I agree with Wrecan that this should count as an appearance for Thog.

Wait, then does Azure city Nale count as an appearance for Elan?

[Wrecan]

Yes. We counted him as Elan until his true identity was discovered.

[Wrecan]

Updated through 868
Belkar Bitterleaf, Giant Hellhound, Malack, Mr. Scruffy

[Cizak]

Let's play "How stupidly picky can you get?"!

Shaman Vurkle, Chief Grukgruk and Munhu is spelled without capital letters. I assume this is because the orcs talk without using them and thus, to them, their names "are" spelled without capital letters. However, mungu admits to being intruiged by capital letters, implying orcs actually would use them if they knew how to. Furthemore, Thog gets a capital T on the list. My point is, these three (and anyone I might've missed) should be spelled with capital letters, regardless of how they refers to themselves, since using capital letters actually is the correct way to spell a name. Or is the reasoning perhaps that we list the names we know them by, which is without capital letters in this case?

...yeah, sorry, I'm just being silly at the moment. I'll get back to my homework.

[Wrecan]

is the reasoning perhaps that we list the names we know them by, which is without capital letters in this case?

Bingo. For all we know, chief grukgruk learns capital letters and decides they're silly and sticks to lowercase.