El Goonish Shive character statistics

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Ever wanted to know which character appeared the most often if the webcomic El Goonish Shive? Whether Tedd or Elliot appears most often in a sketchbook comic? How much time Ellen spends in her V5 form? Then you've come to the right place! This page lets you know how often each character appeared in what forms in the story, EGS:NP and sketchbook sections. And that's not all: we've also got a handy comic list that you can filter by character and form, and links to Shiveapedia for some of the characters.

What constitutes an appearance?

I consider a character to have appeared in a comic if he or she (or both) is at least partially visible in one of the panels, or has off-screen dialogue. Appearances in fantasy sequences or thought-bubbles are also counted, as well as silhouetted appearances (if I know for certain who the obscured character was). Minor and one-shot characters are included pretty much on my whim.

A form is considered canon only if it was used in the main story comics (or an explicitly canon EGS:NP story), and not in a fantasy sequence or thought-bubble. A character can appear in multiple forms in a single comic, so the form appearance counts may add up to more than the character's appearance count.

If you notice a mistake, please let me know by leaving a comment on my blog.

How often are the statistics updated?

Unfortunately, I have long since fallen far behind with updating the statistics, and it's not likely this will be corrected any time soon. For now, the existing statistics are still available for reference.

The statistics are currently up-to-date for:

Jump to character: Select a character Ellen Elliot Grace Justin Nanase Sarah Susan Tedd Abner Agent Cranium Agent Wolf Amanda American Tourist Andrea Andy Debtman Anonymous Mugger Arthur J. Arthur Arthur's assistant Ashley's dad Assistant Director Liefeld Beta Ellen Beta Tedd Bill Brownie Bus Driver Candy Shop Owner Charlotte Coach Commander Jaguar Demetrius Demonic Duck Derek Dex Dex's fairy DGB Security Guard Diane's evil side Diane's good side Dick Doomed movie renter Dr. Germahn Dr. Physics Professor Dr. Sciuridae's colleague 1 Dr. Sciuridae's colleague 2 Dr. Sciuridae's superior Duck Duck's friend DVD store clerk EGS-Con registration woman EGS-Con security woman Elijah Eric Female soldier Female Teacher 1 Female Teacher 2 Fox Gary George Lucas Gerald Grace Sciuridae Guidance Counselor Helena Hired Goon History teacher (Moperville South) Hospital Intern Hungry villager Interdimensional whale Jeremy Jerry Jim Tolkiberry Jimmy Jogger Junior High Teacher Kindergarten boy Kindergarten girl Larry Lavender Lisa Little Nase Liz Liz's boyfriend Lucy Luke Magic emissary Mall goblin Mark Matt Matt Cohen Matt's friend Max Melissa Mr. Alephnull Mr. Bleuel Mr. Pompoms's mistress Mr. Raven Mr. Tensaided Mr. Verres' Colleague Ms. Sun Narc 1 Narc 2 Panicked Schoolgirl Park Ranger Simpson Phill Physics student 1 Physics student 2 Physics student 3 Plot twist lady Police officer Principal Verrückt Principal Washington PTTAPUTASF Guard Random Student Rat Rhea Rhoda Rich Rick Sam Sandi Science Teacher Shadow summon Silent Bob Silver Age man Specialist Steve Stompalope Student council member 1 Student council member 2 Susan's curious side Susan's logical side Susan's nature Susan's nurture Talk show host Tara Terra The Playah Tom (the good one) Tom's friend Tony's Friend Tour Guide Travis Unusagi Uryuom soldier Victor Von Hip Abraham Bloodgrem Boar Damien Diane Fire summon French "vampire" General Shade Tail Goo Lord Tedd Magus Pandora Sirleck Spider aberration Taurcanis Draco Tengu Tom Tony Voltaire Akiko Archie Ashley Carol Catalina Dr. Sciuridae George Gillian Guineas Hedge Kaoli Mr. Brown Mr. Dunkel Mr. Guyur Mr. Kitsune Mr. Pompoms Mr. Verres Mrs. Dunkel Mrs. Kitsune Mrs. Pompoms Nioi Noah Noriko Verres Sensei Greg Vlad William Abraham Lincoln Alice Bard Bruno the Bandit Chika Dan Darren "Gav" Bleuel Djinn Firesheep Fooker Furniture salesman Gypsy Woman Ian McDonald Jamie Robertson Joe England John Troutman Lord Nosferatinx Magical Hair Manipulation Fairy 1 Magical Hair Manipulation Fairy 2 Maritza Campos Melonpool Minion Miss Sensorshep MUD teacher Mulder Pirate cosplayer Scully Scurvy Pirate Ghost Shoplifter Sporkman Steve Troop Tanooki Teague Tiffany Ross Writer's Block Writer's Sphere Yuri

201. Hired Goon

Status: alive

	Story	EGS:NP	Sketchbook	Total
Appearances	1			1
First appeared	2003-08-13			2003-08-13
Last appeared	2003-08-13			2003-08-13

This goon was hired by Dan to put the "Goon" in "El Goonish Shive".

Read about Hired Goon at Shiveapedia

202. Guidance Counselor

Status: apathetic

	Story	EGS:NP	Sketchbook	Total
Appearances	1			1
First appeared	2007-06-12			2007-06-12
Last appeared	2007-06-12			2007-06-12

This counselor at Moperville South is a bad example for guidance counselor's everywhere.

203. Grace Sciuridae

Status: dead, killed in a car crash

	Story	EGS:NP	Sketchbook	Total
Appearances	1			1
First appeared	2003-10-10			2003-10-10
Last appeared	2003-10-10			2003-10-10

The original Grace was the daughter of Dr. Sciuridae. She was killed in a car crash at age eighteen.

Read about Grace Sciuridae at Shiveapedia

204. Furniture salesman

Status: selling furniture

	Story	EGS:NP	Sketchbook	Total
Appearances		1		1
First appeared		2010-02-03		2010-02-03
Last appeared		2010-02-03		2010-02-03

You don't want to anger this salesman, lest he sick the Ottomans on you.

205. Fooker

Status: server

	Story	EGS:NP	Sketchbook	Total
Appearances			1	1
First appeared			2005-07-19	2005-07-19
Last appeared			2005-07-19	2005-07-19

Fooker is a character from the webcomic General Protection Fault, who made a cameo in a sketchbook comic because of problems with a Keenspot server named after him.

206. Female Teacher 2

Status: teaching

	Story	EGS:NP	Sketchbook	Total
Appearances	1			1
First appeared	2002-09-06			2002-09-06
Last appeared	2002-09-06			2002-09-06

One of the teachers at Moperville North.

207. Female Teacher 1

Status: teaching

	Story	EGS:NP	Sketchbook	Total
Appearances	1			1
First appeared	2002-06-19			2002-06-19
Last appeared	2002-06-19			2002-06-19

This teacher at Moperville North was assigned the task of introducing Elliot's cover story when he was attending school as a girl during the Sister storyline.

208. EGS-Con registration woman

Status: alive

	Story	EGS:NP	Sketchbook	Total
Appearances		1		1
First appeared		2006-07-21		2006-07-21
Last appeared		2006-07-21		2006-07-21

This woman really believes in labeling things properly, much to Susan's annoyance.

209. DVD store clerk

Status: selling DVDs

	Story	EGS:NP	Sketchbook	Total
Appearances		1		1
First appeared		2004-05-20		2004-05-20
Last appeared		2004-05-20		2004-05-20

This store clerk doesn't appreciate the ritual of saying farewell to one's allowance, as practiced by Nanase, Ellen and Justin.

210. Dr. Sciuridae's superior

Status: dead; killed by Damien

	Story	EGS:NP	Sketchbook	Total
Appearances	1			1
First appeared	2004-02-20			2004-02-20
Last appeared	2004-02-20			2004-02-20

One of Dr. Sciuridae's superiors, this man could not be convinced that the lycanthrope project would not work.

211. Dr. Sciuridae's colleague 2

Status: dead; killed by Damien

	Story	EGS:NP	Sketchbook	Total
Appearances	1			1
First appeared	2004-02-20			2004-02-20
Last appeared	2004-02-20			2004-02-20

One of the scientist assigned to work on the lycanthrope project together with Dr. Sciuridae.

212. Dr. Sciuridae's colleague 1

Status: dead; killed by Damien

	Story	EGS:NP	Sketchbook	Total
Appearances	1			1
First appeared	2004-02-20			2004-02-20
Last appeared	2004-02-20			2004-02-20

One of the scientist assigned to work on the lycanthrope project together with Dr. Sciuridae.

213. Diane's good side

Status: in Diane's head

	Story	EGS:NP	Sketchbook	Total
Appearances	1			1
First appeared	2016-01-11			2016-01-11
Last appeared	2016-01-11			2016-01-11

This angel-like creature represents Diane's good side.

214. Diane's evil side

Status: in Diane's head

	Story	EGS:NP	Sketchbook	Total
Appearances	1			1
First appeared	2016-01-11			2016-01-11
Last appeared	2016-01-11			2016-01-11

This devil-like creature represents Diane's evil side.

215. DGB Security Guard

Status: alive

	Story	EGS:NP	Sketchbook	Total
Appearances	1			1
First appeared	2009-12-29			2009-12-29
Last appeared	2009-12-29			2009-12-29

This guard was guarding Abraham when he turned back to stone (Abraham, not the guard).

216. Derek

Status: friend of Diane

	Story	EGS:NP	Sketchbook	Total
Appearances	1			1
First appeared	2013-03-01			2013-03-01
Last appeared	2013-03-01			2013-03-01

Derek would really like to know what Diane is thinking, but that's private.

217. Candy Shop Owner

Status: selling candy

	Story	EGS:NP	Sketchbook	Total
Appearances	1			1
First appeared	2003-03-14			2003-03-14
Last appeared	2003-03-14			2003-03-14

The owner of the candy store is responsible for providing Moperville with much sought after candy. He (or she) does unfortunately have to deal with the occasional overly energetic customer such as Grace (disguised as Claire).

218. Bus Driver

Status: in the second life dimension

	Story	EGS:NP	Sketchbook	Total
Appearances	1			1
First appeared	2004-09-03			2004-09-03
Last appeared	2004-09-03			2004-09-03

This seyunolu is the school bus driver in Ellen's second life.

219. Bruno the Bandit

Status: crossover

	Story	EGS:NP	Sketchbook	Total
Appearances	1			1
First appeared	2004-07-30			2004-07-30
Last appeared	2004-07-30			2004-07-30
Show forms

Bruno the Bandit is a character from the eponymous comic by Ian McDonald, and he appeared in EGS in a guest comic written by that author. He was, of course, promptly turned into a girl.

220. Assistant Director Liefeld

Status: alive

	Story	EGS:NP	Sketchbook	Total
Appearances	1			1
First appeared	2010-01-19			2010-01-19
Last appeared	2010-01-19			2010-01-19

Assistant Director Liefeld is an extremely beefy man, who works in the same government agency as Mr. Verres.

Read about Assistant Director Liefeld at Shiveapedia

221. Ashley's dad

Status: unknown

	Story	EGS:NP	Sketchbook	Total
Appearances	1			1
First appeared	2013-12-26			2013-12-26
Last appeared	2013-12-26			2013-12-26

Ashley's dad let her read Ranma 1/2, and is therefore responsible for her interest in transformations, it seems.

222. Andy Debtman

Status: eater of food

	Story	EGS:NP	Sketchbook	Total
Appearances	1			1
First appeared	2010-05-12			2010-05-12
Last appeared	2010-05-12			2010-05-12

This proud eater was rather surprised that Grace was able to finish that huge pancake meal.

223. American Tourist

Status: smug

	Story	EGS:NP	Sketchbook	Total
Appearances	1			1
First appeared	2008-05-26			2008-05-26
Last appeared	2008-05-26			2008-05-26

This tourist thinks that Americans are much better than anyone else and only they can solve the world's problems. Thinks magic doesn't exist.

224. Abraham Lincoln

Status: famous president

	Story	EGS:NP	Sketchbook	Total
Appearances			1	1
First appeared			2006-02-20	2006-02-20
Last appeared			2006-02-20	2006-02-20

Former presidents don't appreciate it when Dan blames them for filler.

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