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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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*[[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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Sometimes this is because they are part of a [[:Category:Comic series|comic series]], where often the only part of the titles that changes is the episode number of the comic. A few comics share the exact same name, without being is a series, such as:
 
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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 renamed <code>exoplanets_2010.png</code>.
 
 
*[[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.
 
*[[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 first 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 second comic [[827: My Business Idea]] and the comic image <code>my_business_idea.png</code>.
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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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*[[235: Kite]] and [[1614: Kites]],
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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]].
 
*[[1027: Pickup Artist]] and [[1178: Pickup Artists]].
 
*[[1027: Pickup Artist]] and [[1178: Pickup Artists]].
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*[[1256: Questions]] and [[1448: Question]].
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*[[235: Kite]] and [[1614: Kites]].
 
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*[[1373: Screenshot]] and [[1863: Screenshots]].
 
*[[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"

The following 110 pages are in this category, out of 110 total.

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