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10 Most Obscure Penny Arcade Characters

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In honor of the very first PAX East, and in gratitude for its geographical proximity, we have dedicated this week’s PowerGrid to the most obscure characters to ever appear in the comic.

And we don’t mean Twisp and Catsby, or Mr. Period, or Charles.  No.  Really obscure.  All of these characters have been in at least two comics, but most of them no more than that.  Some of them have had a legacy much larger than their list of appearances would suggest.  Some… not so much.

Cheeto has been around for a while, first showing up as a RPing buddy of Tycho in Gabe's first encounter with Dungeons and Dragons .  Now that Gabe is, himself, a Dungeon Master, one would... Read on...
In the early days, Cthulhu was just an innocent, hat-wearing bench-sitter, minding his own business and looking for a thirteen-letter crossword for " the black goat with a thousand young ." But... Read on...
I know what you're thinking.  The Merch has been in a TON of PA comics, come on!  He's even in the PA store, representing different prices of gift certificates.  This is true. ... Read on...
Jim was a former roommate of Gabe and Tycho, who perished in the tangle of cords behind the television while trying to hook up an N64 .  All indications are that if he had survived, he could... Read on...
Tonkatsu is the porcine, occasional companion of the Cardboard Tube Samurai , first appearing in Cardboard and Steel , when the CTS rescued him from some bandits.  Tonkatsu is also the name... Read on...
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