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The Moderator:
I would like to take this small occasion to thank two of our regular forumgoers, HarJit and Illjwamh, for going above and beyond to make the forums a good place. HarJit for their unceasing work with the Greasemonkey scripts to improve the forums and Illjwamh for patient dedication with sharing statistics and character appearances. I have pinned the Greasemonkey thread for ease of access. Illjwamh's Crazy Counting Guy thread, of course, is already pinned.
Once again, thank you both.
~tOH.

It doesn't matter if this work is an act of inspiration or insanity.
It is appreciated and enjoyed.
And it lets me direct my obsessive tendencies elsewhere.

Up next is 2006. There is no 2007, so I'll be taking a break.
 
Susan: 16
Sarah: 13
Melonpool: 8
Troutman: 5
Sporkman: 3
Susan's Logic: 1
Susan's Curiosity: 1
 
NP TOTAL COUNT:

Up next is 2006. There is no 2007, so I'll be taking a break.
 
Susan: 16
Sarah: 13
Melonpool: 8
Troutman: 5
Sporkman: 3
Susan's Logic: 1
Susan's Curiosity: 1
 
NP TOTAL COUNT:

One thing I didn't mention last time: once I'm caught up, I won't be updating this one all the time, just every once in a while. This thread would get too cluttered otherwise.

2005: (Bold equals new character)
Dan: 23
Tanooki: 14
Noah: 11
Dr. Cox Genie: 4
Amanda: 1
Dr. Germahn: 1
Greg: 1
 
NP TOTAL COUNT:

Because I'm a madman. A very bored madman.

Introducing...
 
The Official EGS:NP Character Count!
This count will not differentiate between canon and non-canon appearances, as that's too much work and I just want to have fun, dang it. It will, like the main count, keep track of each year's totals, however. This might be tricky, as I'm pretty sure there are a few years in there that have no NP at all, but we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.
Also, I will not be highlighting any "main characters", as the very nature of NP lends itself to highlighting lesser used characters, or whomever Dan feels like drawing at the moment. I'll probably still do tiers, however. More to help me keep track of things than for any real aesthetic reason.
 
Let's start with 2004:
 
Tedd: 30
Grace: 26
Sarah: 24
Elliot: 20
Nanase: 17
Justin: 16
Amanda: 15
Ellen: 13
Susan: 8
Dr. Germahn: 5
Tess: 4
Tiffany: 4
Dark Sarah: 4
Alice: 4
Lisa: 4
Whiteshirt Elliot: 3
Bill: 3
Melissa: 3
Jeremy: 2
Dan: 2
Duck: 2
Drake: 2
Shop Monster: 2
TC: 1
Minion: 1
Noah: 1
Travis-san: 1
Unusagi: 1
 

Up next is 2006. There is no 2007, so I'll be taking a break.
 
Susan: 16
Sarah: 13
Melonpool: 8
Troutman: 5
Sporkman: 3
Susan's Logic: 1
Susan's Curiosity: 1
 
NP TOTAL COUNT:

Geez, as if I weren't already crushing on Susan enough...

Well, you could always go do counts for the NP and Sketchbooks if you're bored....  :-)

Fri. Jun. 23, 2017
Tedd: 690
Pandora: 87
 
FULL COUNT:

One more before I go to bed for the night. 2005:
 
New Characters Introduced
Susan's Curiosity
Susan's Logic
Demitrius
Helena
Magus
Matt Cohen
Mr. Bleuel
Lisa
 
Characters Returning After Not Appearing for More than a Year
Dr. Germahn (2003)
Goo (2002)
Tony (2003)
"Ronin" (2002)
 
This Year's Count
Elliot: 65
Tedd: 63
Grace: 59
Susan: 54
Sarah: 47
Nanase: 44
Justin: 42
Ellen: 40
Jeremy: 13
Hedge: 10
Vlad: 9
Demitrius: 8
Guineas: 7
Helena: 7
Magus: 6
Principal V.: 4
Greg: 4
Demonic Duck: 3
Dr. Sciuridae: 3
Susan's Curiosity: 3
Matt Cohen: 3
Mr. Verres: 2
Second Life Ellen: 2
Second Life Kaoli: 2
Second Life Archie: 2
Second Life Tedd: 2
Susan's Logic: 2
Dr. Germahn: 1
Amanda: 1
Goo: 1
TC: 1
Tony: 1
"Ronin": 1
Brownie: 1
Melissa: 1
Mr. Bleuel: 1
Lisa: 1
 
Full Count:

I always did have fun doing this.
Might I be so bold as to request a sticky?
 
Anyway, 2004!
New Characters Introduced:
Specialist Steve
Commander Jaguar
Mr. Pompoms
"The Woman"
Second-Life Ellen
Second-Life Mrs. Dunkel
Second-Life Kaoli
Second-Life Archie
Second-Life Tony
Second-Life Tedd
Noah
Diane
Rhoda
Lucy
 
Returning Characters Who Did Not Appear Last Year
Principal V
Greg
Demonic Duck
 
This Year's Count:
Grace: 78
Ellen: 56
Nanase: 45
Elliot: 42
Damien: 32
Vlad: 30
Hedge: 30
Guineas: 27
Tedd: 22
Dr. Sciuridae: 19
Susan: 15
Sarah: 13
Justin: 11
Mr. Verres: 9
Nioi: 9
Second-Life Ellen: 7
Second-Life Kaoli: 6
Jeremy: 5
Commander Jaguar: 5
Second-Life Tedd: 4
Noah: 4
Brownie: 3
Specialist Steve: 3
Diane: 3
Mr. Pompoms: 2
Principal V: 2
TC: 2
Mr. Guyur: 2
Second-Life Archie: 2
Rhoda: 2
Lucy: 2
Amanda: 1
Greg: 1
Demonic Duck: 1
Gen. Shade Tail: 1
Melissa: 1
Mrs. Pompoms: 1
"The Woman": 1
Second-Life Mrs. D.: 1
Second-Life Tony: 1
 
Full Count:

2003!
New Characters introduced:
Brownie
Duck
Bill
Drake
Melissa
Dan
Minion
Mr. Tensaided
Mrs. Pompoms
Dr. Sciuridae
Mr. Brown
William
Gillian
Mr. Guyur
Original Grace
Nioi
 
This year's count:
Elliot: 102
Tedd: 88
Ellen: 85
Grace: 79
Nanase: 73
Sarah: 71
Susan: 61
Justin: 48
Mr. Verres: 29
William: 25
Gillian: 25
Hedge: 19
Damien: 13
Brownie: 12
Jeremy: 11
Dan: 8
Mrs. Dunkel: 7
TC: 6
Guineas: 6
Duck: 6
Mr. Dunkel: 5
Dr. Germahn: 4
Amanda: 4
Bill: 4
Dr. Sciuridae: 4
Nioi: 4
Tony: 3
Melissa: 3
Vlad: 2
Gen. Shade Tail: 2
Lord Tedd: 2
Mr. Tensaided: 2
Drake: 2
Minion: 2
Mr. Brown: 2
Screaming Girl: 1
Mrs. Pompoms: 1
Mr. Guyur: 1
Original Grace: 1
 
Full count:

That's amazing.
 
Reminds me of Diane telling Nanase that half the school has seen her floating around.

That's amazing.
 
Reminds me of Diane telling Nanase that half the school has seen her floating around.

Get that barn door closed people!

Yeah, 2002 is all over the place in terms of "continuity" and "canon," especially in terms of fourth wall acknowledgement or awareness. In "Introductions" there's no fourth wall whatsoever; Tedd, Elliot and Sarah are fully aware they're webcomic characters and the former two frequently talk to us directly, and no editorial distinction is made between the strips in which Dr. Germahn appears by himself (or with just Amanda) and the one in which he interacts with Tedd and Elliot. With "Goo," the fourth wall goes up and stays up, except for "Q&A #1," "April Fools Week" and the occasional filler strip Dan never got around to putting in the Sketchbook section. :-) But then we have moments like this, and the above-mentioned Rat and Matt, where the fourth wall goes down and then back up and then down and AAAUGH DIZZY ~_~
...Where was I? Oh yeah, and that's not even including all the 2002 stuff that, while fourth-wall compliant, is still very weird in light of later characterization and plot. Like Elliot (in "Introductions") being just as much of a perv to Sarah as Tedd is, and having a noticeably erotic repartee with Nanase in "Relations, Pt. 2," in contrast to later arcs where he's so sexually inhibited he can't fantasize even about a total stranger without feeling guilty and Sarah feels starved for intimacy while dating him ("We're still virgins!"). Or Susan coming on to FV5ed Elliot in "Sister" (before Dan redrew and rewrote the last two panels). Or Greg's mania in his first appearances throughout "Relations, Pt. 2," as opposed to his calmer, more rational personality afterward. And so forth. All part of the comic's natural growing pains!

Sounds reasonable to me; I'll probably go with something like that.

Sounds reasonable to me; I'll probably go with something like that.

That probably depends upon what Dan does with them, but it could take several years to determine which pattern will emerge.
I can imagine several possibilities.  If Susan continues to use Li'l Nase as her go-to fairy for the important dramatic or comedic moments, Li'l Nase continues.
If one particular fairy becomes her familiar, that fairy is the new semi-character.
And if she rotates the lot, brings them up randomly, or uses them in a swarm most of the time, then Li'l Nase as a separate semi-character gets retired and "Susan's Fairies" is the new statistic.
Of course, that is just one set of options.

Damn. Another year like 2015 and I'll be officially expanding what I consider to be the "main cast".
*Please note that my opinions have no bearing on what is actually the main cast - only on how this list is presented.
 
Characters Introduced This Year
Dame Tara
Voltaire
Spider Vampire
 
Characters Returning After a Year or More
Jeremy (2013)
Demetrius (2010)
Helena (2011)
Fox (2009)
Carol (2011)
Matt Cohen's Pal (2012)
Rhea (2013)
Charlotte (2013)
Andrea (2013)
 
This Year's Count
Elliot: 93
Ashley: 84
Ellen: 39
Dame Tara: 38
Nanase: 34
Cheerleadra: 33
Diane: 30
Charlotte: 28
Justin: 14
Voltaire: 12
Tedd: 10
Grace: 9
Luke: 9
Sarah: 8
Mr. Tensaided: 8
Rhoda: 5
Helena: 5
Liz: 4
Catalina: 4
Pandora: 3
Susan: 2
Demetrius: 2
Fox: 2
Carol: 2
Andrea: 2
Mr. Verres: 1
Jeremy: 1
Matt Cohen's Pal: 1
Rhea: 1
Elijah: 1
Rick: 1
Good Tom: 1
Sam: 1
Spider Vampire: 1
 
*Ashley's count is the highest in any single year for a character outside the main cast. In fact, she has more appearances in this year alone than any other non-main character has in total, save two: Mr Verres, and Mr. Raven (whose all-time total beats her 2015 total by one).
**The above is actually incorrect, as it failed to take Diane's appearances from 2015 into account. Still, though...
 
Full Count

So you were boar-ed by it?
 
Sorry, couldn't resist....

One more before I go to bed for the night. 2005:
 
New Characters Introduced
Susan's Curiosity
Susan's Logic
Demitrius
Helena
Magus
Matt Cohen
Mr. Bleuel
Lisa
 
Characters Returning After Not Appearing for More than a Year
Dr. Germahn (2003)
Goo (2002)
Tony (2003)
"Ronin" (2002)
 
This Year's Count
Elliot: 65
Tedd: 63
Grace: 59
Susan: 54
Sarah: 47
Nanase: 44
Justin: 42
Ellen: 40
Jeremy: 13
Hedge: 10
Vlad: 9
Demitrius: 8
Guineas: 7
Helena: 7
Magus: 6
Principal V.: 4
Greg: 4
Demonic Duck: 3
Dr. Sciuridae: 3
Susan's Curiosity: 3
Matt Cohen: 3
Mr. Verres: 2
Second Life Ellen: 2
Second Life Kaoli: 2
Second Life Archie: 2
Second Life Tedd: 2
Susan's Logic: 2
Dr. Germahn: 1
Amanda: 1
Goo: 1
TC: 1
Tony: 1
"Ronin": 1
Brownie: 1
Melissa: 1
Mr. Bleuel: 1
Lisa: 1
 
Full Count: