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Revision as of 23:00, 22 July 2016

This is a work in progress I'm working on a table listing all figures in the comic 1000: 1000 Comics after having added pictures like those on this page: 1000: 1000 Comics/Numbered images. I will return asap with the table so it will be possible to start the explanation of each figure.--Kynde (talk) 14:44, 21 July 2016 (UTC)

Explanation

  • There will eventually be a numbered list of the 1000 small drawings/characters from 1000: 1000 Comics.
    • Relevant categories for comics, characters and items can be added to the main page.

Table of 1000 characters

# Section Character Animal Object Reference Description Transcript Explanation
1 One in 1000 Cueball Cueball standing alone The very first character is of course the standard everyman Cueball, and no matter how one would count, this character would be the first encountered!
2 One in 1000 Megan Megan standing turned right hand up towards Cueball 3 Megan and Cueball 3 interact, she lifts her hand and he points at her.
3 One in 1000 Cueball Cueball standing left pointing with an arm at Megan 2 Megan 2 and Cueball interact, she lifts her hand and he points at her.
4 One in 1000 Woman with black hair Woman with wide black hair standing right The hairdo is much wider at the shoulder than Megan’s so it cannot be her or any other known characters. She may be looking down at Cueball 7.
5 One in 1000 Megan Megan standing alone right
6 One in 1000 Cueball Cueball standing alone right leaning
7 One in 1000 Cueball Cueball standing alone left looking up He may be looking up at the woman 4.
8 One in 1000 Hairy Hairy standing alone left The hair is not as thick as normal for Hairy, spikier.
9 One in 1000 Cueball Lectern Cueball standing alone left behind a lectern with a microphone Cueball is addressing some audience not shown.
10 One in 1000 Cueball Cueball standing alone right
11 One in 1000 Megan Reference to a comic? Megan prone right drifting up as shown with three lines Megan seems to be floating up into the air. Could be that Cueball 12 and 13 are looking after her?
12 One in 1000 Cueball Cueball standing alone right looking up He may be looking up at the Megan 11 floating together with Cueball 13?
13 One in 1000 Cueball Cueball standing alone left looking up He may be looking up at the Megan 11 floating together with Cueball 12?
14 One in 1000 Person with black on top Person with a black half sphere on the head left looking down What is on the head? This may be either a military or other kind of helmet, or a special hairdo, and could be both male and female?
15 One in 1000 Megan Heart? Megan standing alone right with a heart floating in front of her Is it a heart or a bird? Assuming it is a heart in front of Megan it could be in relation to her love for the spectacled guy 16 to her right.
16 One in 1000 Guy with glasses Guy with glasses (round) and no hair standing right Like Cueball with round glasses. Megan 15 to his left may have a crush on him if that is a heart in front of her? See also 42 where he has square glasses.
17 One in 1000 Cueball Cueball standing alone right leaning He may be looking at Ponytail 18 spinning in her office chair.
18 One in 1000 Ponytail Officechair Reference to a comic? Ponytail sitting right arms out. She is spinning around in an office chair as shown with several circling lines Ponytail: Wheeee Is this not part of a comic maybe with another person? Ponytail is having fun spinning around in her office chair so fast she yells out loud. Maybe Cueball 17 is looking at her, maybe he gave her a push?
19 One in 1000 Cueball Cueball standing alone left
20 One in 1000 Ponytail Ponytail standing alone right
21 One in 1000 Cueball Something in his hand Cueball standing alone making wavy arms and holding something in his hand towards left What his he holding. What is the name for what he is doing with his arms? Is there a reference to a comic? Cueball is making the common movement with his arms making them seem to wiggle up and down. He is holding an object towards the left.
22 One in 1000 Cueball Cueball standing alone left
23 One in 1000 Megan Megan standing alone right
24 One in 1000 Megan Megan standing alone left
25 One in 1000 Cueball Cueball standing alone left Maybe Cueball 30 waves at him.
26 One in 1000 White hat dome shaped Comic: 603: Idiocracy White hat dome shaped standing alone right with an unusual domes hat This version of White Hat is the one from 603: Idiocracy. It is used more than once in this comic, so here he will not be listed as White Hat.
27 One in 1000 Cueball Cueball standing right towards short haired woman 28 Cueball looking at woman 27.
28 One in 1000 Woman with short black hair Woman with hair like Megan on the head but stop above neck standing left towards Cueball 27 The woman looking at Cueball 28 has much shorter hair than Megan.
29 One in 1000 Woman with hairbun white Woman with hair bun white standing alone right This is not Hairbun as she has dark hair. This white hair bun woman is used more than once (see already in 43).
30 One in 1000 Cueball Cueball standing alone right waving with the arm to the right He may be waving upwards towards Cueball 25.
31 One in 1000 Guy with a hat locomotive shaped Locomotive hat Guy with a hat shaped like a locomotive and no hair standing right Any references to comics? Could be that this guy was a model train enthusiast? Seems like this hat is related to the hat on 65.
32 One in 1000 Cueball Cueball standing alone right
33 One in 1000 Mrs. Roberts Laptop, owen mittens, baking plate Comic: 341: 1337: Part 1 Mrs. Roberts standing alone left with an oven-mitt on her hand to the left that holds a bun tray from the oven and in her other hand she holds down her laptop Mrs. Roberts trademark image, almost as the one from her character page and directly a link to Leet (1337).
34 One in 1000 Cueball Cueball standing alone left
35 One in 1000 Guy with sunglasses Guy with sun glasses and no hair standing left The sunglasses are drawn so small that it is hard to see the left glass. Could be a headband…
36 One in 1000 Ponytail Sheep Comic: 35: Sheep Ponytail standing left hands out towards a wooly sheep with spiral horns facing her while baaing Sheep: Baaa Could be that it was a ram that charged at her but maybe she just reach out to pat the sheep. Could also be Mary after her little lamb got bigger. The reference to the Sheep comic may be dubious but this is the only sheep in this comic and he has a comic with that name...
37 One in 1000 Megan Megan standing alone
38 One in 1000 Woman with hairbun black and high Hairpins? Woman with hair bun but otherwise like Megan. The hair bun is large and on top of her head with what appears to be two hairpins stuck into it standing alone right Is it hairpins in a hair bun? Any reference to characters drawn previously Even though this Megan like character has a hair bun it is much too different from Hairbun's to be her.
39 One in 1000 Ponytail Ponytail standing alone right
40 One in 1000 Hairy Hairy standing alone right First standard version of Hairy in the comic.
41 One in 1000 Cueball Cueball standing alone left
42 One in 1000 Guy with glasses Guy with glasses (square) and no hair standing right Like Cueball with square glasses. See also 16 where he has round glasses.
43 One in 1000 Woman with hairbun white Woman with hair bun white standing alone right This is not Hairbun as she has dark hair. This white hair bun woman is used more than once (see first appearance at 29).
44 One in 1000 Cueball Cueball standing alone left
45 One in 1000 Megan Megan standing alone left arms up and out Megan holds her arms out like to embrace someone, but she seems to be standing alone.
46 One in 1000 Guy with glasses Guy with glasses (round) and no hair standing left Like Cueball with round glasses. See also 42 where he has square glasses.
47 One in 1000 Megan Megan standing alone
48 One in 1000 Cueball Cueball standing alone
49 One in 1000 Stephen Hawking Wheel chair with computer screen Comic: 799: Stephen Hawking Stephen Hawking with dark hair and dark glasses sitting in his wheelchair with a computer screen in front of him alone right looking down The image here is the last in the comic bearing the name, Stephen Hawking, as the title -he is downcast after the events in the comic and thus is looking down.
50 One in 1000 Cueball Cueball standing right towards Megan 51 Cueball looking at Megan 51
51 One in 1000 Megan Megan standing left towards Cueball 50 Megan looking at Cueball 50.
52 One in 1000 Megan Megan standing alone left
53 One in 1000 Megan Megan standing alone left longer hair This Megan has somewhat longer hair, but not Danish length…
54 One in 1000 Cueball Cueball standing alone right
55 One in 1000 Cueball Cueball standing alone right leaning while pointing left
56 One in 1000 Cueball Cueball standing alone right with both arms up
57 One in 1000 Cueball Turtle Comic: 889: Turtles Cueball standing left with a turtle to his right talking to him. Seems short Turtle: What does it say? If it is the turtle from the comic it is probably about to say You're a turtle! But it is it seems impossible to see what it says? There is also a turtle in 636: Brontosaurus. Later a stack of turtles was used in 1416: Pixels. It could also be a tortoise as the one drawn only 37 comics later in Black Hat's version of 1037:_Umwelt. The Cueball here looks short, maybe it is a kid.
58 One in 1000 Megan Megan standing alone right
59 One in 1000 Cueball Cueball standing alone
60 One in 1000 Cueball Cueball standing alone left
61 One in 1000 Beret Guy Woodpecker Comic: 614: Woodpecker Beret Guy standing right looking up at the Woodpecker flying away with a drill it holds in its claws in the wire A direct reference to the comic Woodpecker where Beret Guy gives a woodpecker an electric drill as a birthday present. The bird flies away with it as depicted here, although first after Beret Guy has left.
62 One in 1000 Megan Megan standing right towards Cueball 63 and character 64 with her hands in front of her mouth The sex of 64 is unclear and makes this triangle 62-64 hard to analyze Seems like this Megan (with more loose hair than normal) is shocked to see Cueball 63 and the person 64 holding hands. Maybe she was in love with one of them and is shocked to see them together as a happy couple. Or if it is supposed to be two men she could at the same time be shocked that they are openly gay...
63 One in 1000 Cueball Cueball standing right holding hands with the person 64 The sex of 64 is unclear and makes this triangle 62-64 hard to analyze Cueball holding hand with the person in 64 who could be a girl in which case Megan in 62 could be jealous, or it could be a guy in which case this could be a gay scene and that cold shock Megan (as well).
64 One in 1000 Character M/W with black hair Character with short black hair with spikes in the front standing left holding hands with Cueball 63 The sex of 64 is unclear and makes this triangle 62-64 hard to analyze Cueball 63 is holding hand with this person who could be a girl in which case Megan in 62 could be jealous, or it could be a guy in which case this could be a gay scene and that cold shock Megan (as well).
65 One in 1000 Guy with hat city sky line shaped City sky line hat Guy with a hat shaped like a city sky line and no hair standing alone right Is the hat a city sky line or something else? Any references to comics? Seems like this hat is related to the locomotive hat on 31.
66 One in 1000 Woman with hairbun white hair black bun Hairpins? Woman with hair bun standing alone left. Her hair is short and white. The hair bun sits on top of her head it looks black but could be caused by two hairpins stuck into the bun Is it hairpins in a hair bun? Could also look like it is an antenna on her head. If so it may even be a man with an antenna cap? Any reference to characters drawn previously?As the hair is white, it is not Hairbun.
67 One in 1000 Cueball Cueball standing alone left
68 One in 1000 Ponytail Ponytail standing alone left
69 One in 1000 Soldier with helmet Machine gun Comic: 984: Space Launch System Soldier with camouflage helmet and machine gun barrel upwards standing alone left A soldier with arms ready like in the referenced comic, but with a different helmet.
70 One in 1000 Cueball Cueball standing alone right
71 One in 1000 Hairy Hairy standing alone very tall This version of Hairy has more curly hair than normally and he seems to be a head higher than the Cueballs around him.
72 One in 1000 Cueball Cueball standing alone right one arm bent at the elbow
73 One in 1000 Guy with black hair and full beard Comics: 992: Mnemonics Guy with black hair and a full beard standing alone left First guy with a beard! Could be Joseph from the referenced comic.
74 One in 1000 Cueball Cueball standing alone left with both arms up, seems short The Cueball here looks short, maybe it is a kid?
75 One in 1000 Guy with hair only around the neck Guy with hair only around the neck standing alone left seems tall This could be George from 587: Crime Scene, but to call it a reference to that comic may be stretching it?
76 One in 1000 Character M/W with black hair Character with short black hair standing alone right Could be either sex, hair too short to be Megan, like the next Megan 77.
77 One in 1000 Megan Megan standing alone left As this is clearly Megan the person 76 is clearly not Megan.
78 One in 1000 Cueball Cueball standing alone left
79 One in 1000 Ponytail Ponytail standing alone left
80 One in 1000 Cueball Cueball standing alone left
81 One in 1000 Science Girl Science Girl standing alone right It is size wise clearly a girl with hairdo like Science Girl. But so far the only known instance of Science Girl looking like this comes after this comic. But she was already in 585: Outreach. Her first known appearance looking like this was in 1058: Old-Timers less than half a year later.
82 One in 1000 Blonde woman Blonde woman with long hair standing alone right The first woman with long blonde hair in the comic.
83 One in 1000 Cueball Cueball standing alone right
84 One in 1000 Cueball Cueball standing alone right
85 One in 1000 Megan Megan running alone left arms out hair hanging loose and curly behind her The first running character. There has been a floating and a spinning character, but the rest seems to be standing still. She is not clearly running towards any other character.
86 One in 1000 Hairy Hairy standing alone left with flat hair
87 One in 1000 Cueball Cueball standing alone right pointing one arm right and down The posture is almost identical with Cueball 89.
88 One in 1000 Cueball Cueball standing alone right
89 One in 1000 Cueball Cueball standing right pointing right at Cueball 90 He points at and maybe accusing Cueball 90 of something since Cueball 90 has his arms crossed in front of his chest and looks away and down like he is insulted or angry, This Cueball posture is almost identical with Cueball 87.
90 One in 1000 Cueball Cueball standing right arms crossed in front of his chest looking down away from Cueball 89 who points at him Maybe Cueball 89 who points at this Cueball is accusing him of something since this one has his arms crossed in front of his chest and looks away and down from the other like he is insulted or angry.
91 One in 1000 Cueball Cueball standing alone left Could be the Cueball with a bicycle helmet for skating from the referenced comic. This does not look like a soldier compared with 69. But could also be a soldier’s helmet as it looks like the one in 984: Space Launch System.
92 One in 1000 Guy with helmet white Comic: 579: The Race: Part 3 A guy with a white helmet with a strap under his chin no hair standing alone left, seems short Could be the Cueball with a bicycle helmet for skating from the referenced comic. This does not look like a soldier compared with 69. But could also be a soldier’s helmet as it looks like the one in 984: Space Launch System. It could be a kid.
93 One in 1000 Cueball Cueball standing alone right
94 One in 1000 Megan Megan standing alone left with less dark hair Megan’s hair is not quite so black as usual here.
95 One in 1000 Hairy Hairy standing alone left with very large hair Hairy's hair is maybe a little too wild to be the regular Hairy…
96 One in 1000 Guy with strange appearnce Something held in front of the body A guy with either a small black hat or a little hair is standing alone with one arm a little out to hold on to something hanging down in front of him What is on his head and what is in front of him. Reference to a comic? The items he holds in front of him seems to be transparent but distorts his body behind it so it seems to wave forth and back before reaching the legs. Could be he is having a towel around his body and it is the junction of the two ends of the towel that makes it look like the body is visible behind it. This would better explain why the leg to the right is not visible above the bottom of the towel...
97 One in 1000 Cueball Cueball standing alone left, seems short The Cueball here looks short, maybe it is a kid?
98 One in 1000 Megan Megan standing alone right As this is clearly Megan the person 99 is clearly not Megan.
99 One in 1000 Character M/W with black hair Character with short black hair standing alone right Could be either sex, hair too short to be Megan, like Megan 98 before.
100 One in 1000 Cueball Cueball standing alone left Of course number 100 would also be a Cueball…
101 One in 1000 Megan Snowboard Megan sliding on a snow board alone right hair standing out behind her Is it a character from a previous comic? As there are no wheels it cannot be a skateboard. The way she stands also does not fit with ski. Could be a surfboard, but where’s the surf…
102 One in 1000 Cueball Cueball standing alone left
103 One in 1000 Cueball Cueball standing alone right seems short The Cueball here looks short, maybe it is a kid?
104 One in 1000 Cueball Cueball standing alone right, very tall A very large version of Cueball.
105 One in 1000 Cueball Cueball lying down on his back alone left resting his head on his arms behind him The first character that lies down on the ground.
106 One in 1000 Cueball Cueball standing alone right
107 One in 1000 Hairy Hairy standing alone right flat hair
108 One in 1000 Hairy Hairy standing alone right large hair Almost an afro hairdo on this Hairy
109 One in 1000 Megan Megan standing alone left wind blowing her hair back right Seems like she is facing a strong wind from the left.
110 One in 1000 Cueball Short golf club? Cueball standing alone right holding an item towards right looking like a short golf club What is Cueball holding and is this a reference to a comic? Cueball holds an item with a stick and a head. It looks like a golf club but seems too short. It also has the shape of a pipe but then it is too big.
111 One in 1000 Chracther M/W with black hair and strange apperance Character with black hair floating above Hairbun 112 What is this? Reference for comic? A strange appearance floats above Hairbun 112 (maybe interacting with her and the woman 113 whom Hairbun may be interacting with?) It could be a person lying down leaning on arms looking straight out. So only the arms and torso and head can be seen. Could be either sex.
112 One in 1000 Hairbun Hairbun standing right maybe interacting with character 111 above her and with woman 113 to her right Is she interacting with 111 and 113 and if so is there a reference to a comic? The first instance of a woman with hair bun without pins. This is thus the first that can be described as Hairbun, but it is not the typical hair do for her. She may be interacting with the strange character 111 above her as well as with the freezing cloaked woman 113
113 One in 1000 Woman with black hair and cloack A woman with Megan like hair standing left in a long black cloak indicated to freeze or shake with 9 wiggly lines around her Is she interacting with 112 and 113 and if so is there a reference to a comic? Freezing or shaking? This woman who could be a Megan freezing in spite of her clock may be interacting with Hairbun 112, and if she is interacting with character 111 then also with that person.
114 One in 1000 Megan Megan standing alone left
115 One in 1000 Cueball Cueball standing alone left First of 6 Cueballs in a row.
116 One in 1000 Cueball Cueball standing alone right
117 One in 1000 Cueball Cueball standing alone left
118 One in 1000 Cueball Cueball standing alone right
119 One in 1000 Cueball Cueball standing alone left
120 One in 1000 Cueball Cueball standing alone left Last of 6 Cueballs in a row.
121 One in 1000 Woman with hair bun white Woman with hair bun white standing alone right White hair so not Hairbun.
122 One in 1000 Cueball Cueball standing alone right
123 One in 1000 Megan Megan standing alone left
124 One in 1000 Ponytail Ponytail standing alone right
125 One in 1000 Guy with hat white round and high Guy with a white hat that looks a little like a knit cap, but seems to go too high above his head no hair standing alone left looking up If this was a knit cap it would be closer to his head, so it seems like this white hat has a band around the rim and it quite tall over the head.
126 One in 1000 Cueball Cueball standing alone right
127 One in 1000 Guy with hat spikey or other head gear Sword or a cross? Guy with some kind of contraption on his head (looks spikey) and three lines behind it indicating sound? Is drawing a large oblong object towards left. He is alone. The object has a cross shape with a broad long part split with a line down the middle. The ground over which it is drawn is visible and the drawing makes a sound Object drawn: Scraape Is this Jesus or a warrior? Ref to comic? This could be a reference to Jesus carrying his cross to his own crucifixion. He then would have a thorn crown on his head and carry a very heavy cross. But although there do appear a cross shape it does not look like the normal cross. However is it is turned sideways the cross bar at the top could look short like here. It could also be a sword, maybe pulled from a stone, but why then the scraping along the ground? It also looks too wide a blade, but the line in the middle looks right. Then what has he on his head. The head gear may also look like a birds nest with an angry bird with wings over the head and beak towards right. The lines would then be its angry noises. Maybe at the scraping that disturbs it. This would fir with the locomotive hat 32 and the city skyline hat 65 above.
128 One in 1000 Cueball Cueball standing alone right
129 One in 1000 Cueball Cueball standing alone right
130 One in 1000 Megan Megan standing right leaning towards Woman with white hair bun 131 Seems like Megan is facing and interacting with the woman with hair bun 131 as she leans towards her and is already close by.
131 One in 1000 Woman with hair bun white Woman with hair bun white standing left with Megan 130 leaning towards her White hair so not Hairbun. Seems like Megan 130 lean over to her.
132 One in 1000 Cueball Cueball standing alone right

Explanations

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Discussion

If you find any missing errors in the table please correct them or if it is a big operation please send a personal comment to me, maybe my original table can be mended easily? (well this is written before the table is even begun ;-) --Kynde (talk) 14:53, 21 July 2016 (UTC)

I thought it was pretty clear that 127 was supposed to be Cloud with his spiky hair and huge Buster Sword? 108.162.246.114 19:32, 7 October 2016 (UTC)

Definitely agreed on 127 being Cloud. We know Randall is a Final Fantasy fan, and Cloud has a pretty iconic look that is well represented here. 108.162.216.10 18:50, 4 January 2017 (UTC)borntowander

Wouldn't Occam's Razor suggest that a character with a gray hairbun is still Hairbun (though the person is evidently older)? Bitsofstring (talk) 20:35, 4 January 2017 (UTC)

Is this page really necessary? It seems like a big project with not much meaning. RamenChef (talk) 14:51, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

Is there a reason that there isn't a column for pictures of each mini-comic? It is pretty inconvenient to have to switch between the section page and this page.108.162.238.95

Just a thought but if you wanted to be able to sort them such that "A Red Text" comes to the top, might I suggest "AAH! Red Text!" 108.162.237.208 21:37, 3 August 2017 (UTC)

Amazing that we can say rigorously that this comic is exactly 87.1% explained. Sure (talk) 00:31, 1 September 2021 (UTC)

I think #594 might be a reference to comic 852 about pole vaulting. 172.70.134.144 23:19, 27 February 2023 (UTC)