El Goonish Shive Timeline
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This timeline is based on information provided by El Goonish Shive's author, Dan Shive, and is intended to make it easier to both get a sense of how the plot and the characters have progressed since the comic started.[1] On February 2, 2010, Shive acknowledged the timeline in part 3 of the fourth in-comic Q&A session. In the commentary he declared that, short of finding a flaw somewhere, he considers it canon.[2] By looking at the days given with the dates, one can conclude that the comic takes place in 2013, as this is the only year with the right approximate technology where, for instance, May 24th and march 29th are Fridays. 2002 has the correct day-date pairings, but the technology used in the comic isn't consistent with technology available at the time; this being a fictional universe, of course, it cannot be ruled out. 2019 also fits with the established days, but it is unlikely the technology levels would still match up.
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| Date | Weekday | Description | From | To | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| More than 18 years before March 9 | Original Grace Sciuridae dies in car crash; Dr. Sciuridae replaces male human donor DNA with DNA from his daughter in Grace's egg. | EGS Comic for 2004-03-12 | → | EGS Comic for 2004-03-12 | |
| Many years before the start of the comic | Noriko continually checks Tedd's power level until Adrian tells her to stop scaring the child. | EGS Comic for 2012-07-20 | → | EGS Comic for 2012-07-20 | |
| 2 years before March 10 | Friday | Terra and Magus duel, Magus is banished to the Spiritual plane of the Main Universe. Chaos gives DGB agents a cryptic warning about him. | EGS Comic for 2007-01-01 | → | EGS Comic for 2007-01-12 |
| October 7 of previous year | Sunday | Eric yells at Sensei Greg and calls him a fraud. | EGS Comic for 2010-08-18 | → | EGS Comic for 2010-08-18 |
| January 25 | Friday | Goo created, fought for the first time. | EGS Comic for 2002-01-28 | → | EGS Comic for 2002-02-10 |
| January 26 | Saturday | Sarah, Tedd and Elliot go to the movies. Enter Grace. | EGS Comic for 2002-02-11 | → | EGS Comic for 2002-02-23 |
| January 27 | Sunday | Elliot and Sarah meet Grace. Sarah and Grace go clothes shopping. | EGS Comic for 2002-02-25 EGS Comic for 2002-03-15 | → → | EGS Comic for 2002-03-10 EGS Comic for 2002-03-25 |
| January 28 | Monday | Elliot takes Sarah to martial arts class. Much awkwardness. | EGS Comic for 2002-03-26 | → | EGS Comic for 2002-05-24 |
| January 29 | Tuesday | Tedd V5's Elliot. Elliot and Sarah officially start going out...I believe. | EGS Comic for 2002-05-25 | → | EGS Comic for 2002-06-18 |
| January 30 | Wednesday | Elliot goes to School as Ellen. Elliot and Tedd travel to PTTAOLUTASF. Ellen created. Abraham awakens from his statue. | EGS Comic for 2002-06-19 EGS Comic for 2008-05-26 | → → | EGS Comic for 2002-08-29 EGS Comic for 2008-05-30 |
| January 31 | Thursday | The goo fight, and the resolution of "Sister" | EGS Comic for 2002-08-30 | → | EGS Comic for 2003-02-21 |
| February 2 | Saturday | Justin and Nanase at the comic shop. | EGS Comic for 2003-03-03 | → | EGS Comic for 2003-03-12 |
| February 7 | Thursday | Lady Mysterious | EGS Comic for 2003-03-13 | → | EGS Comic for 2003-03-31 |
| March 1 | Friday | Night Out, Parts 2 and 3 | EGS Comic for 2003-05-12 | → | EGS Comic for 2003-08-05 |
| March 2 | Saturday | Tam eh Tedd and Painted Black (Busy day!) | EGS Comic for 2003-08-18 | → | EGS Comic for 2004-07-02 |
| March 3 | Sunday | End of Painted black / Sleepy Time | EGS Comic for 2004-07-05 | → | EGS Comic for 2004-10-20 |
| March 4 | Monday | Red Alert, Magic Comic Shop and Not a Date at the Mall | EGS Comic for 2004-10-22 | → | EGS Comic for 2005-01-05 |
| March 5 | Tuesday | Party Recruiting | EGS Comic for 2005-01-07 | → | EGS Comic for 2005-03-07 |
| March 6 | Wednesday | School Uniforms announced. | EGS Comic for 2005-03-09 | → | EGS Comic for 2005-03-28 |
| March 7 | Thursday | Susan and Nanase conspire. | EGS Comic for 2005-03-30 | → | EGS Comic for 2005-04-06 |
| March 8 | Friday | Uniform pickup. | EGS Comic for 2005-04-08 | → | EGS Comic for 2005-04-23 |
| March 9 | Saturday | Grace's Birthday Party. | EGS Comic for 2005-04-25 | → | EGS Comic for 2006-09-29 |
| March 10 | Sunday | Aftershocks from Grace's Birthday Party. | EGS Comic for 2007-01-15 | → | EGS Comic for 2007-05-16 |
| March 11 | Monday | Grace and Ellen's first day of school at Moperville South (and The Susan Pants Rebellion). | EGS Comic for 2007-05-23 | → | EGS Comic for 2008-05-23 |
| March 12 | Tuesday | Abraham arrives in Moperville, Elliot wakes up female, Tedd joins Susan's rebellion. Elliot fights the Bloodgrem, Magic and Awakenings explained. | EGS Comic for 2008-06-02 | → | EGS Comic for 2009-03-10 |
| March 13 | Wednesday | Nanase's makeover revealed, Abraham attacks Moperville South, Nanase gets burnt-out, uniform policy discontinued. | EGS Comic for 2009-03-12 | → | EGS Comic for 2010-01-21 |
| March 20 | Wednesday | T-Minus The Demon Ally | EGS Comic for 2010-04-07 | → | EGS Comic for 2010-04-09 |
| March 21 | Thursday | T-Minus Dark Allegiance | EGS Comic for 2010-08-09 | → | EGS Comic for 2010-08-13 |
| March 30 | Saturday | Elliot and Tedd experiment with Elliot's powers. Ellen transforms into Brownie. | EGS Comic for 2010-03-01 | → | EGS Comic for 2010-03-15 |
| March 31 | Sunday | Elliot ventures into Swedekea and meets Noah. | EGS Comic for 2010-03-17 | → | EGS Comic for 2010-04-05 |
| April 1 | Monday | The Earthquake. | EGS Comic for 2010-04-12 | → | EGS Comic for 2010-04-12 |
| April 2 | Tuesday | Susan and Catalina go to Salty Crackers Comics. Elliot transforms into Sarah with mixed success. | EGS Comic for 2010-04-14 | → | EGS Comic for 2010-04-26 |
| April 3 | Wednesday | Sarah and Susan meet to plan the trip to check on the artifact, and decide they need Grace to come with them. | EGS Comic for 2010-04-28 | → | EGS Comic for 2010-04-28 |
| April 4 | Thursday | Sarah, Susan, and Grace set off on their road trip. That night Susan explains her powers, what happened in France, and discovers an unusual interaction of her spell with one of Nanase's fairy dolls. | EGS Comic for 2010-04-30 | → | EGS Comic for 2010-06-11 |
| April 5 | Friday | Sarah, Susan, and Grace find the artifact and meet Jerry. Susan has an angst-triggered Awakening, and regains the ability to summon the hammers as her first new spell. Jerry finds out about the France incident and pledges to help Susan, then completes his death. | EGS Comic for 2010-06-14 | → | EGS Comic for 2010-08-02 |
| April 6 | Saturday | Susan and Nanase meet in Susan's bedroom to demonstrate Susan's fairy. | EGS Comic for 2010-08-05 | → | EGS Comic for 2010-08-05 |
| April 7 | Sunday | Greg contemplates his teaching anime-style martial arts. | EGS Comic for 2010-08-18 | → | EGS Comic for 2010-08-18 |
| April 8 | Monday | Elliot wakes up to find that his clothes transformed into a superheroine costume while he was sleeping. Sensei Greg tells the ASMA students that he is shutting down the dojo. | EGS Comic for 2010-08-20 | → | EGS Comic for 2010-09-03 |
| April 9 | Tuesday | Elliot visits Justin at the comic shop, they fight the fire summon and Elliot discovers his superheroine spell. The fight is recorded and the videos spread virally. Carol is revealed to be Sarah's sister. Arthur, reveals magic is real on national television. | EGS Comic for 2010-09-06 | → | EGS Comic for 2010-12-17 |
| April 10 | Wednesday | Rhoda changes her look. George deduces Elliot is the superheroine and pressures Justin to tell him more. Justin eventually decides to feign ignorance. Noah tells Elliot of Melissa's history. Elliot talks with Justin about it then with Ellen. Grace decides to train with Greg. | EGS Comic for 2010-12-20 | → | EGS Comic for 2011-02-28 |
| April 11 | Thursday | Noah talks with Justin but is distracted by an apparently invisible magical creature and later admonished by Raven for not completing his intended goal. George backs off from Justin when he learns Elliot isn't Justin's boyfriend. Justin contemplates Melissa. | EGS Comic for 2010-12-28 | → | EGS Comic for 2011-03-30 |
| April 12 | Friday | Grace and Elliot find the summoner at the ASMA Dojo. Elliot chases the Bulldog Dragon to the comic shop. Noah fights it as the CLB and it chases him to the dojo. Grace knocks Dex out dismissing the summons. Carol interviews Party Elliot. Noah realizes who Grace is. | EGS Comic for 2011-04-01 | → | EGS Comic for 2011-06-22 |
| April 13 | Saturday | Justin and George talk about Thursday and Friday's events. Elliot and Sarah talk about Elliot's party animal socialite form. | EGS Comic for 2011-06-23 | → | EGS Comic for 2011-06-24 |
| April 15 | Monday | Justin promises Noah that he won't reveal his being the CLB. Justin and Melissa discuss their relationship. Raven recalls his conversation with Noah on Friday regarding Friday's events and speculates on Pandora's plan. It is revealed that Justin has a magic mark. | EGS Comic for 2011-06-27 | → | EGS Comic for 2011-07-01 |
| May 1 | Wednesday | Nanase and Ellen make plans for a movie date but Gerald interrupts them. Grace proclaims her need for romance and decides to go on a double date with Nanase and Ellen. Nanase and Ellen are reluctant but decide to go along. Grace tells Tedd they are going on a date on Friday. | EGS Comic for 2011-08-02 | → | EGS Comic for 2011-08-12 |
| May 2 | Thursday | Tedd tells Elliot about the Date and admits he is reluctant to spend time with Ellen and Nanase. Tedd talks to his dad about the date and Mrs. Kitsune orders Nanase to share her wisdom of relationships with Tedd. | EGS Comic for 2011-08-15 | → | EGS Comic for 2011-08-19 |
| May 3 | Friday | Tedd, Grace, Nanase, and Ellen go out on a date and meet Gary at the restaurant. They go to the bowling alley/arcade and Ellen and Tedd have a talk alone. Tedd stands up to Gerald. | EGS Comic for 2011-08-22 | → | EGS Comic for 2011-10-07 |
| May 4 | Saturday | Sarah and Susan play video games with Little Nase, Susan's fairy doll. Tedd is revealed to have a watch that can not only change his form but his clothes as well. | EGS Comic for 2011-10-10 | → | EGS Comic for 2011-10-21 |
| May 12 | Sunday | Rhoda discovers overturned dirt in the park, is chased by a giant boar and saved by Catalina. Ranger Simpson declares it will be destroyed if and when it is found. Raven offers to help save it. | EGS Comic for 2011-10-24 | → | EGS Comic for 2011-11-22 |
| May 13 | Monday | Grace tells Raven she wants to help him save the boar. Noah tells Raven that Grace is the one who defeated Damien and Grace convinces Raven to take her to save the boar by proving that she can shapeshift and talk to animals. | EGS Comic for 2011-11-24 | → | EGS Comic for 2012-01-12 |
| May 14 | Tuesday | Grace and Raven attempt to save the boar but fail and Raven shoots it dead. Raven buys Grace an apology ice-cream. Rhoda reads an article on the internet related to the boar's death, a magic mark is revealed to be on her back and she is shown to have enlarged the boar. | EGS Comic for 2012-01-12 | → | EGS Comic for 2012-02-10 |
| May 24 | Friday | Elliot and Sarah watch a movie set in Paris. Sarah expresses her desire to visit Paris and Elliot expresses his dislike of traveling. | EGS Comic for 2012-03-05 | → | EGS Comic for 2012-03-05 |
| May 28 | Tuesday | Matt Cohen asks Susan out but she rejects him. Mr. and Mrs. Dunkel tell Ellen she can enjoy her summer but tell Elliot to get a job. Sarah asks Tedd if she can be his lab assistant. | EGS Comic for 2012-03-06 | → | EGS Comic for 2012-03-28 |
| May 29 | Wednesday | Susan mulls over her approach to dating and Elliot asks her about the possibility of working in the Video Rental Store. | EGS Comic for 2012-03-30 | → | EGS Comic for 2012-03-30 |
| May 31 | Friday | Nanase and Ellen babysit Nanase's little sister, Akiko. Akiko expresses interest in lesbianism but it is deduced to probably be a phase. Nanase tells Ellen she wants to have kids some day and is open to using uryuom technology but hesitant to involve Tedd to achieve it. | EGS Comic for 2012-02-13 | → | EGS Comic for 2012-03-02 |
| June 7 | Friday | Sarah dreams about having magic. She goes to Tedd's house and tests a watch. Elliot fails his job interview, but gets the job anyway because Susan tells Tensaided that Elliot knows Cheerleadra. Grace acquires a job working with Justin at the comic shop. Sarah and Tedd fiddle with Nanase's hair and Tedd reveals to Sarah that he's Magically Impaired. | EGS Comic for 2012-04-02 | → | EGS Comic for 2012-07-20 |
| June 11 | Tuesday | Elliot's first day working at the video rental shop. Catalina reveals to Susan that she has a date and Susan becomes lonely. | EGS Comic for 2012-07-30 | → | EGS Comic for 2012-08-07 |
| June 13 | Thursday | Susan calls Sarah hoping to arrange a movie date but Sarah says she is busy. | EGS Comic for 2012-08-09 | → | EGS Comic for 2012-08-09 |
| June 14 | Friday | Susan realizes she might have given Elliot some not-totally-correct advise concerning video rentals on the 11th, and they make a lunch date. Magickal Cards Tournament at the comic shop. Grace reveals she has never seen Star Wars; Justin challenges Tensaided for the right to burrow Tensaided's Star Wars Laser Discs. | EGS Comic for 2012-08-10 | → | EGS Comic for 2012-10-05 |
| June 15 | Saturday | Sarah turns into a Catgirl at Tedd's house, voluntarily. Susan and Elliot watch Citizen Kane and possibly other movies. Sarah reveals to Grace her relationship problems. | EGS Comic for 2012-10-15 | → | EGS Comic for 2012-11-23 |
| June 17 | Monday | Elliot and Susan argue about movies at work, driving customers to watch those movies. Susan tells Elliot to call Sarah. | EGS Comic for 2012-11-26 | → | EGS Comic for 2012-12-12 |
| June 20 | Thursday | Tedd discovers he can disenchant himself. Susan and Elliot watch movies at Tedd's house and film reviews for them. Nanase and Ellen chase a mall goblin. | EGS Comic for 2012-12-14 | → | EGS Comic for 2013-01-18 |
| June 30 | Sunday | Tedd uses his gauntlet to discover the "whale" in the basement; it telepathically tells him that there is an overabundance of background magic energy in Moperville that is gradually spreading out. Tedd is revealed to be a "far more dangerous rarity" than a spellcaster. Tedd vows to do something with the info the "whale" gave him. | EGS Comic for 2013-01-21 | → | EGS Comic for 2013-02-01 |
| Six months after June 30 | Unknown | Tedd shovels snow, vowing to take action about the spread of magic "any day now." | EGS Comic for 2013-02-01 | → | EGS Comic for 2013-02-01 |
| December 23 | Monday | Justin, Susan, Elliot, and Tedd hang out in Tedd's basement. | EGS Comic for 2013-02-04 | → | Present comic and present (in universe) |
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ http://forums.keenspot.com/viewtopic.php?f=69&t=101878&start=75#p3293331
- ↑ EGS Comic for 2010-02-02 ("Time Keeps On Shrinking")
