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*There are several comics that almost share their name with at least one other comic.
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**Sometimes this is because they are related in a [[:Category:Comic series|direct series]], where it is just a number (part number) that changes, though this is not the case with all series.  
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**But a few comics actually share the exact same name, without being directly in a series (sorted after oldest pair, i.e. the 2nd comic's age):
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***[[786: Exoplanets]] and [[1071: Exoplanets]].
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****Both images were originally named <tt>exoplanets.png</tt>. When the second one was published this broke the first one, which was then renamed <tt>exoplanets_2010.png</tt>.
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***[[60: Super Bowl]] and [[1480: Super Bowl]].
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****No images broke because one ends in <tt>.jpg</tt> and the other in <tt>.png</tt>.
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NOTE FOR EDITORS: This category is different from the most comic categories, since it sorts comics by name instead of sorting them in chronological order by default using the "DEFAULTSORT" tag hidden in the comic card template.
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***[[827: Business Idea]] and [[1721: Business Idea]].
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****When the latter was released the image file and the comic title where the same and there was a conflict on xkcd (and on this site, [[1721:_Business_Idea#Trivia|see more here]]).
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****The first original comic was then renamed [[827: My Business Idea]] by Randall. He had to rename both the image file and the comic title to fix the conflict on xkcd.
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**And at least six other pairs of comics only differ in that one of the titles is plural:
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To add new comics in the right order in this category, use the {{distinguish}} template. It's easy! See the template documentation for more details:
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***[[1027: Pickup Artist]] and [[1178: Pickup Artists]].
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***[[518: Flow Charts]] and [[1195: Flowchart]].
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***[[235: Kite]] and [[1614: Kites]].  
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***[[441: Babies]] and [[1650: Baby]].
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***[[1373: Screenshot]] and [[1863: Screenshots]].
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***[[716: Time Machine]] and [[1203: Time Machines]].
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*All comics that thus share name with only up to one different character are listed here.  
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***The plural form changes more than just adding an "s", like for "baby" vs. "babies",
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</noinclude>These comics have identical or similar names, varying by a few characters. Sometimes, this is because they are part of a [[:Category:Comic series|comic series]], where often the only difference is the episode number of the comic. A few comics share the exact same name without being part of a series<noinclude>, such as:
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***A word is split in two words in one comic's name and not the other like "flow charts" vs "flowchart", where also the plural is changed.
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*[[786: Exoplanets]] and [[1071: Exoplanets]]. Both images were originally named <code>exoplanets.png</code>. When the latter was published, this broke the former on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com], so it was renamed <code>exoplanets_2010.png</code>.
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*Finally, there is a series of new year comics with the year changing to match the new year's number.
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*[[60: Super Bowl]] and [[1480: Super Bowl]]. No images broke because the first one is a {{w|JPG}} file and the second one is a {{w|PNG}} file.
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*[[827: Business Idea]] and [[1721: Business Idea]]. When the second comic was released, the image file and the comic title were the same and there was a conflict both on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com] and [[1721:_Business_Idea#Trivia|on this site]]. Randall renamed the first comic [[827: My Business Idea]] and the comic image <code>my_business_idea.png</code>.
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There are also other pairs of comics where the only difference is that one of the titles is plural:
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*[[235: Kite]] and [[1614: Kites]],
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*[[441: Babies]] and [[1650: Baby]].
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*[[518: Flow Charts]], [[1195: Flowchart]], and [[1488: Flowcharts]].
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*[[561: Well]] and [[3004: Wells]].
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*[[716: Time Machine]] and [[1203: Time Machines]].
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*[[1027: Pickup Artist]] and [[1178: Pickup Artists]].
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*[[1256: Questions]] and [[1448: Question]].
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*[[1373: Screenshot]] and [[1863: Screenshots]].
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*[[1490: Atoms]] and [[3050: Atom]].
 
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Latest revision as of 11:10, 3 August 2025

Not to be confused with Comic series.

These comics have identical or similar names, varying by a few characters. Sometimes, this is because they are part of a comic series, where often the only difference is the episode number of the comic. A few comics share the exact same name without being part of a series, such as:

There are also other pairs of comics where the only difference is that one of the titles is plural:

Pages in category "Comics sharing name"

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