Minor characters

Minor characters who do not appear often enough to warrant having their own pages. See also List of characters.

Characters formerly listed here

The following characters were formerly listed here but have now their own pages. Old discussions may link to this page when referring to them.

• Amanda
• Arthur
• Bloodgrem
• Carol Brown
• Catalina
• Agent Cranium
• Dex
• Diane
• George
• Dr. Germahn
• Sensei Greg
• Jerry
• Lisa
• Liz
• Lucy
• Melissa
• Noah
• Rhoda
• Dr. Sciuridae
• Sirleck
• Dame Tara
• Taurcanis Draco
• Mr. Tensaided
• Tony
• Principal Verrückt
• William and Gillian
• Agent Wolf

Minor characters described on other pages

The following minor characters are described in other pages:

• For Susan's Logic, Curiosity, Nature and Nurture see Susan#Susan's mind
• For Noriko Verres see The Verres
• For Mrs. and Mr. Dunkel and Brownie see The Dunkels
• For Akiko and Mr. Kitsune see The Kitsunes
• For the French aberration, the spider aberration, Gullet, Scarf and the koala aberration see Aberration#Known aberrations
• For Mrs. and Mr. Pompoms see The Pompoms
• For Travis and Unusagi see Lucky Bunny Bounty Show#Show Characters
• For Mr. Brown see The Browns

Mr. Alephnull

"It reeks of mystery."
—EGS Main Story Comic for 2007-12-17

Mr. Alephnull is the math teacher at Moperville South High School; he tried to solve the mystery of Grace and Ellen with math, apparently getting the correct result by accident. Later, he taught Grace how to answer a scantron test. He first appeared in the EGS Main Story Comic for 2007-12-17.

Alice

"You somehow manage to get paid for being a doofus. You've gotta respect that!"
—EGS:NP Comic for 2004-08-27

Alice is Dr. Germahn's receptionist and niece. She seems apathetic towards her work and coworkers, although this may simply be the result of boredom. She "respects" Amanda for getting paid for being a klutz. She first appeared in the EGS Sketchbook Comic for 2003-02-28.

Andrea

"I am in search of Avalon."
—EGS Main Story Comic for 2013-10-20

Elliot met a female griffin asking for direction once. It speaks a lot about what he experienced that he didn't considered it weird. Tedd commented that in retrospect, it was probably noteworthy.

Her wife Dame Tara revealed that her name is Andrea. She was supposed to investigate something described as an "energy clog", and was supposed to return in week. She first appeared in the EGS Main Story Comic for 2013-10-21.

• Other appearance - EGS Sketchbook Comic for 2013-10-27
• Name Andrea - EGS Main Story Comic for 2015-11-25
• Has a bad sense of direction - EGS Main Story Comic for 2015-11-30
• Could easily defeat a hippo - EGS Main Story Comic for 2015-12-02
• Explains a lot - EGS Main Story Comic for 2016-03-11

Andy Debtman

Andy Debtman is the host of the series "Man Engulfs Food". When he is about to eat the "Pancake Mount Doom" meal, Grace becomes the fourth person to complete eating it in 25 years. He first appeared in the EGS Main Story Comic for 2010-05-12. He is inspired by Adam Richman.

Archie

Archie is young Ellen's love interest in the Second Life dreams that resulted from Nioi's nose-beep. He is a greater chimera, and has antennae in the back, which Kaoli thinks is weird. When Ellen and Archie grew older in the second life dimension, they got into a relationship. Second Life Ellen slept with Archie, despite the fact that he, as a greater chimera, has no interest in sex. This made our Ellen realise she was still uncomfortable about being attracted to men, and led to her decision to pursue a relationship with Nanase in the main dimension. He first appeared in the EGS Main Story Comic for 2004-09-13. He might also be an alternate version of Noah, as both are blond seyunolu with antennae coming out of the back of their heads (both of which have been described as "pigtails").

Assistant Director Liefeld

"I'm promoting you to head of paranormal diplomacy."
—EGS Main Story Comic for 2010-01-19

Assistant Director Liefeld is an extremely beefy man who works in the same government agency as Mr. Verres. He recently promoted Mr. Verres to "head of paranormal diplomacy", which is an office that hadn't previously existed. He first appeared in the EGS Main Story Comic for 2010-01-19.

Beta Ellen

"Tedd, what're you doing? There are better ways for us to take advantage of your father being out of town..."
—EGS Main Story Comic for 2002-07-23

Beta Ellen is the alternate of Elliot in the "beta" dimension. She is not Ellen's alternate, since there is no male Elliot in the beta universe, so Beta Ellen was not created by the Dewitchery Diamond. She is in a relationship with Beta Tedd and first appeared in the EGS Main Story Comic for 2002-07-23.

Beta Tedd

Beta Tedd is Tedd's alternate in the "beta" universe. He is easily distinguished from regular Tedd by the fact that he wears square glasses. Beta Tedd informed the people in the main universe about the existence of Lord Tedd. He has some kind of device that allows for inter-dimensional communication. He is in a relationship with Beta Ellen and first appeared in the EGS Main Story Comic for 2002-07-22.

Bill

"Ha! Yu-Gi-Oh?! Dude, that's kid stuff! Why not play a man's game?"
—EGS Main Story Comic for 2003-03-06

Bill is a junior high student who hangs out with his friends (including Duck and Drake) to play collectible card games at Justin's store. He considers his "cleavage angel" magical gatherings card the closest thing he has to a girlfriend. He has witnessed Justin's illusion techniques, been at the movies at the same time as Tedd and Grace went, bought at least a couple packs of cards from fairy Nanase, and been at the store both when Sarah visited and when a fire summon attacked. He first appeared in the EGS Sketchbook Comic for 2003-02-28.

Mr. Bleuel

Mr. Bleuel is a physics teacher at Moperville South. He doesn't like Nanase because of her blatant disregard for the laws of physics. The character of Mr. Bleuel is a cameo for Darren "Gav" Bleuel, one of Keenspot's founders and author of the comic Nukees. He first appeared in the EGS Main Story Comic for 2005-04-19.

Chika

Chika is another scientist working at Germahn Labs. Dan was searching through various names when he discovered the Japanese name "Chika", which as far as he can tell, is pronounced almost exactly like the Spanish word "Chica", meaning girl. Plotting potential jokes that could play off of that, her name was chosen. She also has a watch that can redistribute shrink energy. She has "experimented" with her sexual preference, but the results are her business. She has a tendency to answer reader's questions prematurely without realizing it. She first appeared in the EGS Main Story Comic for 2010-01-26.

Commander Jaguar

Commander Jaguar was the leader of the military unit that was sent to clean up the mess after Damien's defeat. He is an imposing figure, and possesses a bladed tail. He first appeared in the EGS Main Story Comic for 2004-05-31.

Derek

Derek has been seen only once, with Diane as she eavesdrops on a conversation between Sarah and Nanase near the end of End of an Era Part 1. He's the only one of Diane's string of meaningless dates we've seen or identified as of yet. Clueless, he seems.

Dick

"This guy's as wacked out as that one crazy chick."
—EGS Main Story Comic for 2008-06-13

Dick is a student at Moperville North seen making fun of Tedd alongside Tony. He also made fun of Susan and didn't care what her name was; he was also not sorry after Tedd made his speech defending her. According to Dan, his name pretty much sums him up, and since it's an actual name some people have, Dan can get away with naming him Dick. He first appeared in the EGS Main Story Comic for 2006-08-07.

Drake

"NANASE IS HERE!!!"
—EGS Main Story Comic for 2003-03-05

Drake is a junior high student who hangs out with his friends (including Duck and Bill) to play collectible card games at Justin's store. He is a proud member of the Nanase fan club. He swooned at first seeing Melissa. Grace starting to work in the shop didn't escape his attention.

In the non-canon Fun at Work NP story arc he caught Grace at her change blindness experiments.

He first appeared in the EGS Main Story Comic for 2003-03-05.

Duck

"Oh, and thanks for the bikini peek, Nanase."
—EGS Main Story Comic for 2003-03-12

Duck is a junior high student who hangs out with his friends (including Bill and Drake) to play collectible card games at Justin's store. His unusual nickname is derived from the hat he wears that makes him look like a duck and once had the word duck on it. (no relation to the Demonic Duck) Duck has the habit of using the word "gay" as a derogatory term for anything he doesn't like or deems uncool. Upon discovering that Justin is gay, he apologizes for this, stating that people shouldn't be looked down upon just because they're different; the X-Men have taught him well.

After over hearing Nanase talk about her girlfriend, Duck told his friends that the dream of dating Nanase was over but something magical had taken its place. Grace starting to work in the shop didn't escape his attention.

In the non-canon Fun at Work NP story arc he caught Grace at her change blindness experiments.

He first appeared in the EGS Sketchbook Comic for 2003-02-28.

Elijah

Elijah is one of students on party in Family Tree. He's big fan of the "Teen girl detectives" (that is, Nanase and Ellen). He occasionally does a fanboyish squee. He first appeared in the EGS Main Story Comic for 2013-05-31.

Eric

"This dojo is nothing but lies!"
—EGS Main Story Comic for 2010-08-18

Eric is a former student of the ASMA Dojo. He had an argument with Sensei Greg about the effectiveness of the training in achieving magical abilities. He later returned and confronted Greg, intending to spar with him in an effort to settle the score with him, but was interrupted by the appearance of a fire summon. He ran screaming from the dojo upon the arrival of Dex. He first appeared in the EGS Main Story Comic for 2010-08-18.

Felix

"I sound so cute!"
—EGS:NP Comic for 2017-03-01

Felix is a friend of Kitty's, who Kitty talked to after losing track of Rhoda and Catalina, and then accidentally turned Felix into catgirl. Felix didn't object and in fact had wanted just that: Pandora stated that Felix "is less into transforming people and is more just a trans woman" and then probably gave Felix her own mark. Felix first appeared in the EGS:NP Comic for 2017-02-27.

Firesheep

Firesheep appeared in series of "filler" sketchbook entries before Ellen's flawless victory on Karaoke singing. The first filler says "Comic delayed on account of fire sheep", the second contains the Demonic Duck riding it and the third is a strip about Ellen threatening Dan if he dare make another sheep filler ... which he does.

Gary

"Phew! Well, ain't that a boost to my fragile ego!"
—EGS Main Story Comic for 2011-08-29

Gary is an ex-boyfriend of Nanase who works at a restaurant. He thought Nanase dumped him because he was too geeky, but Nanase later claimed to him that it was entirely because she was a lesbian. He first appeared in the EGS Main Story Comic for 2011-08-29.

Gerald

"Bully?! I am not a bully!
I just tell it like it is."
—EGS Main Story Comic for 2011-09-29

Gerald is a student who goes to Moperville South. He is an ex-boyfriend of Nanase and resents her for being a lesbian. Nanase went on a couple of dates with him. According to her, he likes arguing and dresses gothically and androgynously to verbally fight. Tedd interpreted Nanase's description of Gerald positively, describing him as "like a Venus flytrap that catches bullies" until meeting him and yelled at him for being a jerk. He first appeared in the EGS Main Story Comic for 2011-08-02.

Mr. Guyur

Mr. Guyur was an uryuom scientist attached to Project Lycanthrope who had a unique physical abnormality which allowed him to produce viable uryuom eggs without the aid of another of his kind. These eggs were consequently used to create Grace and her brothers. Mr. Guyur (whose name translates as 'tail') was eventually murdered by Damien. Damien's callous disregard for Guyur, the latter of whom Grace considers her uryuom father, caused her to attack Damien at the climax of the Painted Black arc. He first appeared in the EGS Main Story Comic for 2003-09-10.

Grace Sciuridae

Grace Sciuridae is the name used to refer to the "original" Grace, the daughter of Dr. Sciuridae. She was killed in a car crash at the age of eighteen. Her blood was used to replace that of a strong male human that was to be used in the creation of Shade Tail, resulting in Grace who adopted her full name and who Grace considers her human mother. She first appeared in the EGS Main Story Comic for 2003-10-10.

Hanma

Hanma is an Immortal who first appeared in the non-canon story Goonmanji 2, but was repeatedly mentioned to be canon herself and shown in the EGS Main Story Comic for 2018-07-30.

She is young, although not as freshly reset as Zeus, who she greatly admires for The Hammers - "Hanma" is supposed to be Japanese for "hammers". She reset to isolation, then happened upon an anime convention and found purpose in Japanese pop culture.

Heka

"And I would love to call your kind by your preferred name, but seeing as you've gone with "immortal" as though you were the only ones, you remain fairies to me."

Heka is the name or possibly the title/role/job description of the guardian of the library Pandora tried to look for answers about Tedd and the Magic change in.

He seems to be immortal but of a different kind than Immortals as he calls them fairies. He first appeared in the EGS Main Story Comic for 2017-04-03 but is better visible on the next page.

Hired Goon

"Grunt."
—EGS Main Story Comic for 2003-08-13

The Hired Goon is a goon Dan hired to settle the confusion about the comic's name once and for all by putting the "Goon" in "El Goonish Shive". The bunnies were not convinced, however. He first appeared in the EGS Main Story Comic for 2003-08-13.

Jim Tolkiberry

Jim Tolkiberry is the proprietor of Salty Crackers Comics and Justin's uncle. He interviewed Grace for a job at his store, and told her the story of how he hired Justin. His mustache is quite the conversational piece. He first appeared in the EGS Main Story Comic for 2012-05-25.

John Troutman

John Troutman is the author of the webcomic Classic Sporkman. After going to the Veronica Mars panel at EGS-Con, he is found by Sarah who asks for his help in finding Susan. After an initial failure, he is given a detective hat by the Teague, leading to him being able to track her down. He then pulls out a puppet summons Sporkman to stop the fight. His work later becomes a movie, (reviewed by Elliot and Susan) that he reluctantly relinquished creative control over and hates but at least he's a millionaire now. He first appeared in the EGS:NP Comic for 2006-08-12.

Kaoli

Alpha Kaoli is the duplicate of Nioi, and, like Ellen, she was created by the Dewitchery Diamond. Like with Ellen, Nioi also bestowed a "Second Life" on Kaoli (presumably also via a magic nose beep) to age her soul so it would match her body. She had been putting off helping Kaoli because she didn't want her to experience the second life alone, and Ellen provided the solution. So far her only appearance is in the EGS Main Story Comic for 2006-05-05.

Second Life Kaoli is a very kind, friendly person, and made friends with Second Life Ellen right off the bat. She first appeared in the EGS Main Story Comic for 2004-09-06.

Kitty

"I swear, there were two shrunk cat girls running around!"
—EGS:NP Comic for 2017-02-27

Kitty is a girl who is obsessed with catgirls, and chased Rhoda and Catalina (while they were shrunk, disguised and catgirls) in the EGS:NP storyline Escape From The Mall part 3. After Rhoda shook her off, she was marked by Pandora, and accidentally transformed her friend Felix into a catgirl. She first appeared in the EGS:NP Comic for 2017-01-04.

Lavender

"For the last time, Agent Wolf, I am not an alien."
—EGS Main Story Comic for 2007-04-11

Lavender is an uryuom who is the personal assistant of Mr. Verres at the DGB. Agent Wolf thinks she's an alien, but that's clearly nonsense. There is some evidence that she has a particular interest in Mr. Verres. She is able to change colors ... and evidently Dan didn't settle on her canon default color scheme until after first drawing her in color. She first appeared in the EGS Sketchbook Comic for 2006-12-04.

Mark

Mark is a rat-like figure and a character from one of Dan's old comics from before El Goonish Shive. One consolation though: he did make at least this character chart.

Although this information does not appear in EGS, it is known that his name is Mark, and that he is one of "three evil rat things", though none of them were actually evil. In the words of Dan himself:

"His only defining characteristic was being zany and dressing like a hippy for some reason... originally, they all dressed in midieval [sic] garb for some reason. His one brother was a fencer, and the other was deathly afraid of bananas. I'm not sure why they were a mixture of reptiles and rats as opposed to just being rats, but there's a lot about those three that didn't make much sense. Oh, and they were trapped on a tropical island after escaping from an anphromorphic [sic] Cobra. It's POSSIBLE that he was designed shortly after seeing "Alladdin" [sic] EDIT: Oh, and the fencer was a noble rat named "Clifford", and his other brother was "Banana", named for what he feared most. Evidently he'd been scared of bananas since birth or something."

He first appeared in the EGS Main Story Comic for 2002-05-31.

Matt and Rat

"I'm Rat; to my left is Matt. So, you're the hacks who are the stars of the comic that is rightfully ours?!"
—EGS Main Story Comic for 2002-05-30

Matt and Rat were stars of one of Dan's previous comics. Currently they are students at Moperville North, and seemed to be the only characters permanently aware of the fact that they are in a comic, but some time after their last appearance, they got treated for their shared psychosis and became productive members of society, no longer having the distinction of being aware of their fictional nature. They first appeared in the EGS Main Story Comic for 2002-05-30.

Matthew William Cohen

"Well, that certainly wasn't my intention."
—EGS Main Story Comic for 2012-03-16

Matthew is the Student Body President of Moperville North, who appears to have developed a crush on Susan after her outburst following the announcement of the new school dress code. On May 27, he asked her out on a date. He is named after Matt Groening, David X. Cohen, and Billy West. He delivers pizza despite being only 17 (as of Grace's birthday, at least), a single year under the age requirement for delivering things by car. He first appeared in the EGS Main Story Comic for 2005-03-18.

Mayberry Melonpool

Mayberry Melonpool is a puppet Melotian and titular character of Melonpool by Steve Troop. He ends up talking to Susan at EGS-Con 2006, where they quickly get into a fight over which version of Star Trek is better. Their fight is stopped by Sporkman. He first appeared in the EGS:NP Comic for 2006-08-08.

Minion

Minion is Dan's uryuom minion; the duties of a minion are strikingly similar to those of an Administrative Assistant, but with higher pay. Minion is dry-witted, level-headed, and usually a foil to whatever weirdness Dan has going on. He first appeared in the EGS Main Story Comic for 2003-04-02.

Panicked Schoolgirl

"I just saw an evil monkey at Moperville North High School!!"
—EGS Main Story Comic for 2008-08-04

The Panicked Schoolgirl (also known as the Screaming Blonde Girl) is a student of Moperville North. She is not someone you want to be anywhere near in a crisis. Quick to panic, she'll manage to cause the crowd to run around in blind panic in just seconds. She has animal control on speed dial; raccoons sometimes get in her attic. She may have been the Theater Clerk's only catch. She first appeared in the EGS Main Story Comic for 2002-10-12.

Phil

Phil is one of Carol Brown's (or possibly Channel 4 News') cameramen, along with Steve (who's only had off-screen dialogue). Or possibly Steve's replacement. Phil is not to be confused with another one-off named character named Phill (2 "l"s). He first appeared in the EGS Main Story Comic for 2015-10-23.

Dr. Physics Professor

Dr. Physics Professor is unspecified professor probably from Moperville. He was twice noted to be crying, seemingly because he had sensed things that were physically impossible - namely, the existence of a fire summon which was identified as solid fire that doesn't burn and that fire summon being extinguished by water despite not being actually on fire. Later, he commented on the Taurcanis Draco incident. Dan says the professor sort of looks like he's dressed as the Eleventh Doctor from Doctor Who which was unintentional.

Mr. Pompoms's mistress

Mr. Pompoms' mistress was a woman whom a very young Susan found her father cheating on her mother with. The fact that Mr. Pompoms' mistress is a blonde is a large factor in Susan's decision to dye her hair.

Since her appearance in a flashback in the After Party is titled "The Other Woman With Susan's Face," there is a possibility she could be Diane's birth mother (but evidently not Susan's). On the other hand, memory is fallible and Susan has gone to great lengths for most of her life not to look like the woman she found with her father. She first appeared in the EGS Main Story Comic for 2004-08-13.

Rick

Rick on left, Elijah on right.

Rick is a college student who has known Diane and her adopted sister Rhea for a long time, at least since Diane was six. He is gay and, his partner is most likely Elijah, another college student. His first appearance was in the EGS Main Story Comic for 2013-05-31.

Rhea

Rhea is Diane's adoptive older sister. After Ellen and Nanase solved the mystery of the Haunted Locker Room, she invited them to her New Year's party. She first appeared in the Family Tree story line in the EGS Main Story Comic for 2013-05-08.

To continue the theme with naming Rhoda, Lucy and Diane after characters from sitcom, she was named after the actress who played Diane's coworker, Carla, on Cheers.

Ronin

"Ronin" is the not yet named friend of Tony shown several times with him, trying to be politically correct but apparently missing the point of why people are supposed to be politically correct. In Identity, someone using the screen name "Ronin and some numbers" wrote an unbelievably long comment without a single spelling or punctuation error under one of internet video reviews Susan and Elliot had made, starting the rumor that Elliot was gay. Characters - mainly Sarah - tried, without success, to find the identity of the person, but at the end of the storyline it was shown that it had been this not yet named friend of Tony. He first appeared in the EGS Main Story Comic for 2002-09-23.

Sandi

Sandi is a stereotypical blond girl who speaks in a valley girl accent. She is the girlfriend of Tony, and a member of Susan's feminist group. She left the group after it became unpopular and more demanding, but joined again when Tedd yelled at the students for not supporting Susan's attempts at uniform reform. She isn't unintelligent, but she appears to be very naive. She first appeared in the EGS Main Story Comic for 2008-05-07.

Science Teacher

Science Teacher is the teacher at Moperville North who was the one who instructed Tedd to create the goo that would come to life as the First Goo. He was also the one who suggested to Principal Verrückt to get the sprinklers fixed. He laughed at Elliot while he was female and at the latter's theory that teachers actually cared about their students, but was subdued when faced with Ellen's wrath. He was last seen outside the school shivering in the cold and annoyed at Principal Verrückt's obsession with murals to the exclusion of all else. He first appeared in the EGS Main Story Comic for 2002-01-28.

Second Life Tedd

Tedd's alternate in the Second Life Universe had self loathing issues when he first met Ellen. Ellen saw that he was lonely and invited him to play kickball and he did well at the game.

Tedd later had a crush on Ellen but Ellen was oblivious to this. When Ellen complained about Archie not wanting to date her Tedd explained her that Archie was likely asexual as many of greater chimeras, but only thing Ellen took from the explanation was that he would likely want to cuddle.

Shop Monster

The Shop Monster, also known as the Gypsy Woman, has appeared in two NP story arcs. She has large elf-like ears and a lizard-like tail, and has been seen to sport a mustache (presumably a disguise). In the first she knowingly sold Tedd a cursed game because she was greedy. In the second she sold Tedd a magic wand that seemingly did nothing from the perspective of its user and the people whom it affected but in fact warped reality.

Her shop stocks a variety of magical items, including a toothbrush that transforms one's teeth and jaws with every use, shrink soda, femme cola, furry juice and the cursed boardgame before she sold it to Tedd. A would-be shoplifter in her shop discovered she (the shoplifter) was stealing shrink soda the hard way. In her second appearance, she was selling discounted magic items at a table in the mall. The items, like the wand she sold Tedd, contained great power, but appeared to do nothing. She first appeared in the EGS:NP Comic for 2004-06-26.

Sporkman

Sporkman is a puppet superhero from the comic Classic Sporkman by John Troutman. He arrived at EGS-Con 2006 to stop the fight between Melonpool and Susan. A movie is made later named Sporkman Begins, which was apparently a betrayal to the source material. In the movie, Sporkman is "a billionaire playboy who is forced to use gamma radiation to turn himself into a half-spork superhero in order to dig his way out of a cave after he is trapped there by the mobster who murdered his parents". According to Susan and Elliot, it took itself seriously when it should've been funny, apparently making it even funnier. Susan's conclusion is that "It's bad. You should watch it." He first appeared in the EGS:NP Comic for 2006-08-29.

Steve Troop

Steve Troop is the creator of Melonpool from the comic of the same name and attendee of EGS-Con 2006. He is first heard in the EGS:NP Comic for 2006-08-17, but first appears in the EGS:NP Comic for 2006-09-02.

Ranger Simpson

Ranger Simpson is a park ranger for the Moperville Forest Preserve. He didn't like that Rhoda and Catalina found a feral hog in his park, but vowed he would not stop until it was destroyed. He first appeared in the EGS Main Story Comic for 2011-11-11.

Specialist Steve

Specialist Steve works under Commander Jaguar. When Vladia first gets her female body, she screams at him. He first appeared in the EGS Main Story Comic for 2004-05-28.

Sybil

Sybil is Arthur's secretary. She was present when Arthur was interviewed for TV. She suggested that they should orchestrate a paranormal incident to trigger a magic change. When Arthur was unconscious while the will of magic consulted him and the other seers Sybil was worried and called for an ambulance. After the events involving Magus at the PTTOLUTASF she said that Magus could be seen as a victim but when Arthur expressed his anger at him she offered to let him speak to Abraham. She first appeared in the EGS Main Story Comic for 2010-10-25.

Tanooki

Tanooki is a player character in RetroMud, the game Dan plays during Dan in the MUD. He plays as a raccoon because of the cool emotes. Tanooki is an EGS fan and joined Dan and later Noah to form a party. He first appeared in the EGS:NP Comic for 2005-07-05.

Not-Tengu

Monster form

Human form

Not-Tengu is a magic user responsible for the trouble caused in the Family Tree story line. He's first mentioned as Charlotte's source of information about Guardian forms. Later, he appears in person, surprising Charlotte by actually looking like his forum avatar - and not like an actual Tengu. This is the reason, given his actual name is unknown, he is referred to by the nickname Not-Tengu, even by Dan.

During Family Tree, he transforms most of the guests at a party to look like Nanase, taunts her and Ellen into attacking him, chases them when they flee and is ultimately defeated due to them consuming all available magic in the area and revealing his real, human form. Previously, he fought Noriko (who is Nanase's aunt and Tedd's mother), a legendary monster hunter with a long family history of fighting monsters and evil wizards. He first appeared in the EGS Main Story Comic for 2013-07-10.

Terra

"This is what REAL power is, Magus!"
—EGS Main Story Comic for 2007-01-01

Terra is a human from the same unspecified universe as Magus, alternate of Tedd. She was only seen in a duel between her and Magus and was surprised when he disappeared. The fight was Magus' attempt to prove that men are physically stronger than women (and that it matters in fights); they both started life as women but Magus changed his default form to male to be stronger. She first appeared in the EGS Main Story Comic for 2007-01-01.

Theater Clerk

"Ack! Da playah been played!!!"
—EGS Main Story Comic for 2002-07-12

The Theater Clerk or T.C. is a clerk at the movie theatre, and is a year younger than the main cast. T.C. thinks he's quite the ladies man, calling himself Da Playah, but, in truth, no sane Y-chromosome-lacking human being would even consider going out with him (nor Y-chromosome-possessing human beings, even if he would be interested). He may have gotten lucky with the Panicked Schoolgirl, but it's doubtful anything actually happened. He first appeared in the EGS Main Story Comic for 2002-02-14.

Bad Tom

"She is no longer the hammer queen. She is something more now."
—EGS Main Story Comic for 2014-01-23

The "bad" Tom is a student at Moperville North who tried to date Susan. It was later discovered that he's a manipulative deceptive jerk - partially from Ashley, partially by his own behavior towards Susan. Ashley dated him for two months, Susan figured him out in one day. He first appeared as a silhouette in the EGS Main Story Comic for 2013-10-14 but was first introduced in the EGS Main Story Comic for 2013-11-14.

Good Tom

"A puppy is in danger."
—EGS Main Story Comic for 2015-03-11

After creating "bad" Tom, Dan felt bad that he named him Tom as opposed to leaving him nameless and decided to introduce another Tom who would be his exact opposite and would be regularly saving puppies from danger. The "good" Tom appeared at end of the Identity story line as someone who was sorry to overhear Susan say "Tom is a jackass". Later he even has his "saving puppies" trait shown on panel, along with his ability to not get involved in Internet comments. He first appeared in the EGS Main Story Comic for 2014-02-18.

Later, his ability to sense when puppies are in danger was revealed to be due to a Mark from Pandora, but still, he yearned for it.

Victor Von Hip

"See, that's why censorship is evil, man. They think they're all protecting you from bad vibes with their censor bars and bleeps and pixilation, but it's really all just a freak out factory, man!"
—EGS Main Story Comic for 2008-04-16

Victor Von Hip is a student at Moperville South. He writes many pamphlets, the topics of which range from censorship to why he is the "Greek God of Pamphlets". From both his style of speech and style of dress, it can be assumed that he is a hippie. He first appeared in the EGS Main Story Comic for 2008-04-16.

Principal Washington

Principal Washington is the principal of Moperville South. He appears to be a bit more level-headed than Principal Verrückt, despite his students including magic users, female duplicates, part squirrels, and unnecessarily mysterious guys with strange hair. On top of that, he also has some strange characters in his staff! Originally his character had an eye patch and horrible scarring, but Dan decided against it. He first appeared in the EGS Main Story Comic for 2008-02-22 ("Why the Raven Has Perched").

Writer's Sphere

The Writer's Sphere is the exact opposite of the Writer's Block and apparently means you have too many ideas, instead of a lack thereof. Its appearance is that of a sphere that also has cat ears, paws, and tail. It first appeared in the EGS Sketchbook Comic for 2004-11-22.