Template talk:Infobox Main Character

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[edit] RE: "First Appearance" vs "Debut"

Originally addressed to The Knights Who Say Ni:

In response to your edit summary question about the Main Character infobox — the first vs. debut delineation was already in place beforehand (see previous versions of The Poopsmith and Marzipan articles). I reckon the distinction was made for those few characters whose appeared in MLS was as unnamed, nonspeaking crowd-fillers before getting names in a later cartoon. Since the exact creation and release dates of the super-early stuff circa the year 2000 aren't particularly clear (see the confusion caused by the phrasing of "the first cartoon we ever made", "the first appearance of Marzipan", "the first cartoon that we ever put on the Homestar website" — heck, gfd put together a reasonably compelling argument that "TKOT" predates "MLS"), I'm not particularly sure how helpful or accurate the differentiation is. But I figured since it was already there I may as well carry it over, at least for now. -- Bleu Ninja 03:54, 23 December 2023 (UTC)