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==Best Individual NPC Winners==
* '''1996 Best Individual NPC''' Three-way tie:
** The burin, in ''[[Frobozz Magic Support]]'' ([[Nate Cull]]; [[TADS 2]]).
** Evan, in ''[[Kissing the Buddha's Feet]]'' ([[Leon Lin]]; TADS 2).
** The Devil in ''[[Small World]]'' ([[Andrew Pontious]]; TADS 2).
* '''1997 Best Individual NPC''': Bob, in ''[[She's Got a Thing for a Spring]]'' ([[Brent VanFossen]]; [[Z-code]]).
* '''1998 Best Individual NPC''': The interrogator, in ''[[Spider and Web]]'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; Z-code).
* '''1999 Best Individual NPC''': Miss Sierra, in ''[[Varicella]]'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; Z-code).
* '''2000 Best Individual NPC''': Galatea, in ''[[Galatea]]'' ([[Emily Short]]; Z-code).
* '''2001 Best Individual NPC''': Yehoweh Porn, in ''[[Fallacy of Dawn]]'' ([[Robb Sherwin]]; [[Hugo]]).
* '''2002 Best Individual NPC''': Boldo in ''[[Lock & Key]]'' (Adam Cadre; [[Glulx]]).
* '''2003 Best Individual NPC''': Triage in ''[[Slouching Towards Bedlam]]'' ([[Daniel Ravipinto]] and [[Star Foster]]; Z-code).
* '''2004 Best Individual NPC''': Audrey in ''[[Necrotic Drift]]'' ([[Robb Sherwin]]; Hugo).
* '''2005 Best Individual NPC''': The storyteller in ''[[Whom the Telling Changed]]'' ([[Aaron A. Reed]]; Z-code).
* '''2006 Best Individual NPC''': Leela in ''[[The Elysium Enigma]]'' ([[Eric Eve]]; TADS 3).
* '''2007 Best Individual NPC''': The gnome in ''[[Lost Pig]]'' ([[Admiral Jota]] as "Grunk"; Z-code).
* '''2008 Best Individual NPC''': Violet in ''[[Violet]]'' ([[Jeremy Freese]]; Z-code).
* '''2009 Best Individual NPC''': Snow White in ''[[Alabaster]]'' ([[John Cater]], [[Rob Dubbin]], [[Eric Eve]], [[Elizabeth Heller]], [[Jayzee]], [[Kazuki Mishima]], [[Sarah Morayati]], [[Mark Musante]], [[Emily Short]], [[Adam Thornton]], and [[Ziv Wities]]; Glulx).
* '''2010 Best Individual NPC''': Dr Sliss in ''[[Rogue of the Multiverse]]'' ([[C.E.J. Pacian]]; TADS 3).
* '''2011 Best Individual NPC''': Grimloft in ''[[Cryptozookeeper]]'' ([[Robb Sherwin]]; Hugo).

==Best Individual NPC Winners and Finalists==
* '''1996 Best Individual NPC''': The burin, in ''<b>[[Frobozz Magic Support]]</b>'' ([[Nate Cull]]; [[TADS 2]]);<br>also Evan, in ''<b>[[Kissing the Buddha's Feet]]</b>'' ([[Leon Lin]]; TADS 2);<br>and The Devil in ''<b>[[Small World]]</b>'' ([[Andrew Pontious]]; TADS 2). (It was a three-way tie.)
** Finalist: Leo the Lemming, in ''[[Phlegm]]'' ([[Jason Dyer]]; [[Z-code]]).
** Finalist: Christopher Robin, in ''[[Ralph (by Schmidt)|Ralph]]'' ([[Miron Schmidt]]; Z-code).
* '''1997 Best Individual NPC''': Bob, in ''<b>[[She's Got a Thing for a Spring]]</b>'' ([[Brent VanFossen]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: The Stranger, in ''[[The Edifice]]'' ([[Lucian P. Smith]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: The Taco Junta girl, in ''[[I-0]]'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: The cow, in ''[[The Lost Spellmaker]]'' ([[Neil James Brown]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: The devil, in ''[[Sins Against Mimesis]]'' ([[Adam Thornton]]; Z-code).
* '''1998 Best Individual NPC''': The interrogator, in ''<b>[[Spider and Web]]</b>'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: Michael, in ''[[Anchorhead]]'' ([[Michael Gentry]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: The troll, in ''[[Enlightenment]]'' ([[Taro Ogawa]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: The wolf, in ''[[Mother Loose]]'' ([[Irene Callaci]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: Alley, in ''[[Photopia]]'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; Z-code).
* '''1999 Best Individual NPC''': Miss Sierra, in ''<b>[[Varicella]]</b>'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: Anatoly Domokov, in ''[[Exhibition]]'' ([[Ian Finley]]; TADS 2).
** Finalist: The wumpus, in ''[[Hunter, in Darkness]]'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: Princess Charlotte, in ''[[Varicella]]'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: Lyric/Echo, in ''[[Worlds Apart]]'' ([[Suzanne Britton]]; TADS 2).
* '''2000 Best Individual NPC''': Galatea, in ''<b>[[Galatea]]</b>'' ([[Emily Short]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: The King, in ''[[Augmented Fourth]]'' ([[Brian Uri]]; [[Z-code]]).
** Finalist: Melvin, in ''[[Being Andrew Plotkin]]'' ([[J. Robinson Wheeler]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: The alien, in ''[[Fail-Safe]]'' ([[Jon Ingold]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: Angel, in ''[[My Angel]]'' ([[Jon Ingold]]; Z-code).
* <b>2001 Best Individual NPC</b>: Yehoweh Porn, in ''<b>[[Fallacy of Dawn]]</b>'' ([[Robb Sherwin]]; [[Hugo]]).
** Finalist: Grant Stern, in ''[[Best of Three]]'' ([[Emily Short]]; [[Glulx]]).
** Finalist: The droke, in ''[[The Gostak]]'' ([[Carl Muckenhoupt]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: Space Moose, in ''[[Stiffy Makane: The Undiscovered Country]]'' ([[Adam Thornton]]; Glulx).
** Finalist: Cheryl, in ''[[The Weapon]]'' ([[Sean Barrett]]; Z-code).
* <b>2002 Best Individual NPC</b>: Boldo in ''<b>[[Lock & Key]]</b>'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; Glulx).
** Finalist: Emily in ''[[Earth and Sky 2: Another Earth, Another Sky]]'' ([[Paul O'Brian]]; Glulx).
** Finalist: Musculo in ''<b>[[Lock & Key]]</b>'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; Glulx).
** Finalist: Charles in ''[[The Temple]]'' ([[Johan Berntsson]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: Nebusan Sedonkawa in ''[[When Help Collides]]'' ([[J. D. Berry]]; Z-code).
* <b>2003 Best Individual NPC</b>: Triage in ''<b>[[Slouching Towards Bedlam]]</b>'' ([[Daniel Ravipinto]] and [[Star Foster]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: The bookseller in ''[[City of Secrets]]'' ([[Emily Short]]; Glulx).
** Finalist: Corvallis Oregon in ''[[Narcolepsy]]'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; Glulx).
** Finalist: Iona in ''[[Scavenger]]'' ([[Quintin Stone]]; TADS 2).
** Finalist: Galen in ''[[Shadows on the Mirror]]'' ([[Chrysoula Tzavelas]]; [[TADS 3]]).
* <b>2004 Best Individual NPC</b>: Audrey in <b>''[[Necrotic Drift]]''</b> ([[Robb Sherwin]]; Hugo).
** Finalist: Bob Finger in ''[[Future Boy!]]'' ([[Kent Tessman]]; Hugo).
** Finalist: Jacek in ''[[Gamlet]]'' ([[Tomasz Pudlo]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: Dr. Todd in ''[[The Great Xavio]]'' ([[Reese Warner]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: Xojo in ''[[Return to Ditch Day]]'' ([[Michael J. Roberts]]; TADS 3).
* '''2005 Best Individual NPC''': The storyteller in '''''[[Whom the Telling Changed]]''''' ([[Aaron A. Reed]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: Agrath in ''[[All Hope Abandon]]'' ([[Eric Eve]]; TADS 3).
** Finalist: Ralph in ''[[Flat Feet]]'' ([[Joel Ray Holveck]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: Val in ''[[Gilded]]'' ([[John Evans (Gilded author)|John Evans]] as "A Hazard"; TADS 2).
** Finalist: Cecilia in ''[[Vespers]]'' ([[Jason Devlin]]; Z-code).
* '''2006 Best Individual NPC:''' Leela in '''''[[The Elysium Enigma]]''''' ([[Eric Eve]]; TADS 3).
** Finalist: The butler in ''[[Aunts and Butlers]]'' ([[Robin Douglas Johnson]]; DHTML).
** Finalist: John in ''[[Legion]]'' ([[Jason Devlin]] as "Ian Anderson"; Z-code).
** Finalist: God in ''[[The Bible Retold]]'' ([[Justin Morgan]] and "[[Celestianpower]]"; Z-code).
** Finalist: The gargoyle in ''[[The Baron]]'' a.k.a. ''[[De Baron]]'' ([[Victor Gijsbers]]; Z-code; English and Dutch).
* '''2007 Best Individual NPC''': The gnome in '''''[[Lost Pig]]''''' ([[Admiral Jota]] as "Grunk"; Z-code).
** Finalist: Zoe in ''[[Child's Play]]'' ([[Stephen Granade]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: Gunwar in ''[[Treasures of a Slaver's Kingdom]]'' ([[S. John Ross]]; publisher: [[Cumberland Games]]; Z-code).
: ''(Note that there were only three nominations for Best Individual NPC in 2007.)''
* '''2008 Best Individual NPC''': Violet in '''''[[Violet]]''''' ([[Jeremy Freese]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: H.R. in ''[[Escapade!]]'' ([[Juhana Leinonen]]; Z-code).
** Finalist: Solemn Gertrude in ''[[Gun Mute]]'' ([[C.E.J. Pacian]]; TADS 3).
** Finalist: Your Pet in ''[[Snack Time!]]'' ("Hardy the Bulldog" and [[Renee Choba]]; Z-code).
* '''2009 Best Individual NPC''': Snow White in '''''[[Alabaster]]''''' ([[John Cater]], [[Rob Dubbin]], [[Eric Eve]], [[Elizabeth Heller]], [[Jayzee]], [[Kazuki Mishima]], [[Sarah Morayati]], [[Mark Musante]], [[Emily Short]], [[Adam Thornton]], and [[Ziv Wities]]; Glulx).
** Finalist: Lottie's mom in ''[[Broken Legs]]'' ([[Sarah Morayati]]; Glulx).
** Finalist: Progue in ''[[Blue Lacuna]]'' ([[Aaron A. Reed]]; Glulx).
* '''2010 Best Individual NPC''': Dr Sliss in '''''[[Rogue of the Multiverse]]''''' ([[C.E.J. Pacian]]; TADS 3).
** Finalist: Gaspar in ''[[The Bible Retold: Following a Star]]'' ([[Justin Morgan]]; Glulx).
** Finalist: Mariel in ''[[Mariel]]'' ([[Michael Baltes]]; Z-code; German).
** Finalist: The monkey-thing in ''[[Aotearoa]]'' ([[Matt Wigdahl]]; Glulx).
** Finalist: Muddy in ''[[Hoosegow]]'' ([[Ben Collins-Sussman]] and [[Jack Welch]]; Z-code).
* '''2011 Best Individual NPC''': Grimloft in '''''[[Cryptozookeeper]]''''' ([[Robb Sherwin]]).
** Finalist: Heather in ''[[Zombie Exodus]]'' ([[Jim Dattilo]]).
** Finalist: The puppy in ''[[Beet the Devil]]'' ([[Carolyn VanEseltine]]).
** Finalist: Zuleika in ''[[Taco Fiction]]'' ([[Ryan Veeder]]).

==Links==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XYZZY_Award_for_Best_Individual_NPC XYZZY Award for Best Individual NPC] at Wikipedia.
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