The following is a list of the storylines (the delimitation is subjective and edge cases occur) found in the main section of El Goonish Shive, grouped by the storyline groups under which they are listed.
- El Goonish Shive
- Introductions
- The Goo
- Shade (most of the storyline)
- Q&A 1
- Shade (continued)
- Relations (beginning)
- April Fools Week
- Relations (most of the storyline)
- Catnip
- Sister
- New And Old Friends
- Flipping Cardboard
- Lady Mysterious
- II slooF lirpA
- Squirrel Diplomacy
- Lunchtable Revelations
- Night Out
- Part 1: Martial Arts Crew
- Part 2: Elliot's Crew
- Part 3: Ellen's Crew
- The Morning After
- Q&A 2
- Tam Eh Tedd
- Painted Black
- Guest Comics 1
- Shadows After Dark
- Sleepy Time
- Second Life
- The Child Left Behind
- Red Alert
- Before The Party
- Moping Squirrel
- Intro to South
- Before The Party, core (Party Recruiting, Even More Recruiting, Party Fashion)
- Family Reunion
- Grace's Birthday Party
- Guest Comics 2
- The After Party (Q&A 3)
- Hidden Genesis
- Hidden Genesis
- The After Party (not listed on the site but named in page titles)
- In The Shadows
- The New Students
- Susan Draws The Line
- Squirrel In The Classroom
- Sister II (multiple more or less unrelated subplots)
- Q&A 4
- Bringing Silly Back
- Indiana Elliot and the Temple Of Swedish Furniture
- T-Minus The Demon Ally
- Hammerchlorians
- T-Minus Dark Allegiance
- New And Old Flames
- Q&A 5
- 9001% Serious
- One Way Road
- Legends Of Celida
- Death Sentence
- What Is Love
- Summer
- The End Of Spring
- Power Fantasy
- Rocks Fall Nobody Is Hired
- Nepotism
- Hair
- By The Numbers
- Duel Of The Discs
- There Be Whales Here (part 1)
- There Be Whales Here Pt 2
- There Be Whales Here Pt 3
- The Dawn
- End Of An Era
- Family Tree
- Q&A 6
- Identity
- Summer Moments
- Pandoras Box
- Squirrel Prophet
- So A Date At The Mall
- Question Mark (originally posted in the NP section)
- Q&A 7
- Sister 3 - Catspaws
- The New World
- The Legend of Diane
- The Secret of Sam
- Q&A 8
- Title Pending/Reflections
- Balance
- Part 1
- Part 2 (including part 2-B)
- Part 3
- Part 4
- Part 5
- Part 6
- Parts 7, 8 and 9
- The Road Ahead
- Brother, Father
- Our Future
- Recruitment
- Layers
- Hope
Canonicity[]
Most, but not all main story lines are canonical, with the following exceptions:
- Introductions, is out-of-continuity.
- April Fools Week is non-canon.
- Q&A 1 is Q&A.
- II slooF lirpA is non-canon.
- Squirrel Diplomacy is questionably canon.
- Q&A 2 is Q&A.
- Painted Black includes Special Features, which are more like Q&A.
- The first page of Grace's Birthday Party is Q&A-like.
- Q&A 3 is Q&A.
- Q&A 4 is Q&A.
- Q&A 5 is Q&A.
- Q&A 6 is Q&A.
- Question Mark includes one page from Question Mark Pt 2, which is Q&A-like.
- Q&A 7 is Q&A.
- Q&A 8 is Q&A.
- Guest Comics are, well, guests' comics and completely non-canon.
Correspondence to timeline[]
Story lines may take place over multiple in-universe days and overlap as the following graphic illustrates:
Terminology[]
- See also: Structural Nomenclature
This wiki used to refer to the storyline groups as "story arc" based on usage in commentary for of EGS Main Story Comic for 2012-03-05, which refers to Summer as a story arc and The End of Spring as a story line. On the other hand EGS Main Story Comic for 2016-06-22 refers to Squirrel Prophet and So A Date At The Mall as arcs, the commentary of EGS Sketchbook Comic for 2011-03-29 refers to 9001% Serious as a grouping of storylines and the commentary of EGS Main Story Comic for 2014-03-07 referred to Pandoras Box as a group of storylines.