Talk:Rob

647: Scary has the distinction of being the first comic to call Rob by his name in the transcript instead of saying "Man:".

This is despite the fact that the earlier comic 632: Suspicion also calls Rob by his name in the transcript (and of course 276: Fixed Width uses it as well, albeit in an unconventional format). Is this some reference to explainxkcd history that I'm not aware of? - jerodast (talk) 14:31, 3 December 2012 (UTC)

Nope. That's a mistake that you may fix. Thanks for finding that! Davidy²²[talk] 14:33, 3 December 2012 (UTC) has

Robert and Little Bobby Tables

Aren't Robert and Little Bobby Tables a.k.a. Robert'); DROP TABLE students;-- in Comic 327: Exploits of a Mom the same person? --92.203.102.185 10:31, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

No, Robert'); DROP TABLE students;-- is a child: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/5/5f/Little_Bobby_Tables.PNG

And Rob is an adult: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/838:_Incident --FaviFake (talk) 09:33, 5 July 2023 (UTC)

Last Initial?

In comic 838, we see Rob's *nix username as robm. I assume that would be a last initial... but in any case, should we include it in the wiki as additional information about him?

At first I thought "Rob" might be a nickname for Randall, and the M would be for Munroe, but multiple comics mention a "Robert" (for which "Rob" is an obvious nickname,) and 2584: Headline Words reveals that Randall and Rob are different people. PDesbeginner (talk) 22:01, 14 September 2025 (UTC)

Rob vs. Cueball

I get a vague sense that Rob is the name Randall gives to Cueball when it is appropriate for Cueball to have a name in that context. Am I the only one? QuarterNotes (talk) 22:40, 8 December 2018 (UTC)

No, I thought the same thing. After all, he doesn't give Cueball any other name (except Robert'); DROP TABLE students;--) FaviFake (talk) 09:33, 5 July 2023 (UTC)