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| caption          = A close-up of Rob from [[782: Desecration]]
 
| caption          = A close-up of Rob from [[782: Desecration]]
 
| first_appearance = [[276: Fixed Width]]
 
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'''Rob''' is a stick figure in xkcd. Rob has no identifying features and appears as a [[Cueball]] character. He is one of the few of [[Randall]]'s characters to be given a name. Rob is specifically named in [[276: Fixed Width]], [[632: Suspicion]], [[647: Scary]], [[716: Time Machine]], and [[782: Desecration]]. [[647: Scary]] has the distinction of being the first comic to call Rob by his name in the transcript instead of saying "Man:". Also offscreen in [[1102: Fastest-Growing]].
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'''Rob''' is a stick figure in xkcd. Rob has no identifying features and appears as a generic [[stick figure]], visually indistinguishable from [[Cueball]]. He is one of the few of [[Randall]]'s characters to be given a name. Rob is specifically named in [[276: Fixed Width]], [[632: Suspicion]], [[647: Scary]], [[716: Time Machine]], [[782: Desecration]], [[838: Incident]], [[1102: Fastest-Growing]] and [[1168: tar]]. In [[276: Fixed Width]] his screen name appears as "rob".
  
 
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Rob had a relationship with a woman known as <emily> on IM. This ended tragically in [[276: Fixed Width]] when he told her the relationship was only for sex to keep the lines the same width. Two years later in 2009 he had a relationship of a few months with what ended up to be a spam bot. He discovered this when he asked the bot to pass a {{w|Turing test}}. This happened in [[632: Suspicion]].
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Rob had a relationship with a woman known as <emily> on IM. This ended tragically in [[276: Fixed Width]] when he told her the relationship was only for sex while he wasn't really paying attention to what he was writing; he just wanted their chat responses to line up nicely on the screen. Two years later, in 2009, he had a relationship of a few months with what ended up to be a spam bot. He discovered this when he asked the bot to pass a {{w|Turing test}}. This happened in [[632: Suspicion]].
  
 
In [[647: Scary]] we find that he has a nephew born after September 11, 2001, but by 2009 he was old enough to have discussions with Rob about it.
 
In [[647: Scary]] we find that he has a nephew born after September 11, 2001, but by 2009 he was old enough to have discussions with Rob about it.
  
 
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Revision as of 23:11, 24 January 2014

Rob

A close-up of Rob from 782: Desecration
First appearance 276: Fixed Width
Appearances 13

Rob is a stick figure in xkcd. Rob has no identifying features and appears as a generic stick figure, visually indistinguishable from Cueball. He is one of the few of Randall's characters to be given a name. Rob is specifically named in 276: Fixed Width, 632: Suspicion, 647: Scary, 716: Time Machine, 782: Desecration, 838: Incident, 1102: Fastest-Growing and 1168: tar. In 276: Fixed Width his screen name appears as "rob".

Relationships

Rob had a relationship with a woman known as <emily> on IM. This ended tragically in 276: Fixed Width when he told her the relationship was only for sex while he wasn't really paying attention to what he was writing; he just wanted their chat responses to line up nicely on the screen. Two years later, in 2009, he had a relationship of a few months with what ended up to be a spam bot. He discovered this when he asked the bot to pass a Turing test. This happened in 632: Suspicion.

In 647: Scary we find that he has a nephew born after September 11, 2001, but by 2009 he was old enough to have discussions with Rob about it.