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Very rarely it happens that a comic found on xkcd has no [[Title text|title text]]. Two of those below are from the [[:Category:Extra Comics|Extra Comics]] category and are part of the [[:Category:A Smarter Planet|A Smarter Planet]] comic series.  
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It's rare for an [[xkcd]] comic to lack a [[Title text|title text]]. Among those, most are [[:Category:Extra comics|extra comics]] or are part of the [[:Category:A Smarter Planet|A Smarter Planet series]]. Only three of the numbered comics have lacked title text, likely due to these comics being a new kind of interactive comic where title text isn't included as an option. The comic [[404: Not Found]] doesn't have a title text because it's a 404 error page. There are also some comics that [[:Category:Multiple title texts|have more than one title text]].
  
So far only two of the "real" numbered comics have missed a title text. The fact that both [[1506: xkcloud]] and [[1525: Emojic 8 Ball]] do not have a title text is likely due to the fact that they are a "new" type of [[:Category:Interactive comics|interactive comic]] where title text is not an option.
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{{Quote|I do occasionally fix typos and things but to my knowledge none of the comics were ever missing a tooltip. It's all in a database (overbuilt, I know) and I think I would have noticed an empty field. More likely someone was just confused by their browser's erratic tooltip display behavior. Sometimes you have to do little incantations (or mouse over a link and then back onto the picture) to get them to appear.|[[Randall Munroe]]|{{w|Talk:Xkcd/Archive_1#All but one...|Source}}}}
 
 
The comic [[404]], although considered a real legitimate comic by [[Randall]]{{Citation needed}}, is not always considered as a true comic, but just the error page for a page not found and was the first [[:Category:April fools' comics |April Fools']] joke of xkcd.
 
  
 
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Latest revision as of 19:59, 8 May 2025

It's rare for an xkcd comic to lack a title text. Among those, most are extra comics or are part of the A Smarter Planet series. Only three of the numbered comics have lacked title text, likely due to these comics being a new kind of interactive comic where title text isn't included as an option. The comic 404: Not Found doesn't have a title text because it's a 404 error page. There are also some comics that have more than one title text.

I do occasionally fix typos and things but to my knowledge none of the comics were ever missing a tooltip. It's all in a database (overbuilt, I know) and I think I would have noticed an empty field. More likely someone was just confused by their browser's erratic tooltip display behavior. Sometimes you have to do little incantations (or mouse over a link and then back onto the picture) to get them to appear.

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Pages in category "No title text"

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