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[[File:Hurtslol.png|right|300px|thumb|This is S.]][[File:Aisatsu.png|right|300px|thumb|This is also S.]][[File:Metaphorlize.jpg|right|300px|thumb|This is NOT S. (it's typographics)]]'''S''' stands for '''superimpose'''. In [[Chiaki Konaka|Konaka]]'s [[Scenario Experiments Lain|scripts]], it was his way of indicating that a line was to be displayed on screen as text rather than spoken.  

[[File:Hurtslol.png|right|300px|thumb|This is S.]][[File:Aisatsu.png|right|300px|thumb|This is also S.]][[File:Metaphorlize.jpg|right|300px|thumb|This is NOT S. (it's typographics)]]'''S''' stands for '''superimpose'''. In [[Chiaki Konaka|Konaka]]'s [[Scenario Experiments Lain|scripts]], it was his way of indicating that a line was to be displayed on screen as text rather than spoken.  

For example, any line which appears onscreen with the psychedelic background that looks like someone just regurgitated all 31 flavors of Baskin Robbins:

For example, lines such as the following:

<blockquote>

<blockquote>

S: When you die? it really hurts, lol.

S: When you die? it really hurts, lol.

Lain: Hello, Navi.<br>S: Hello, Lain.

Lain: Hello, Navi.<br>S: Hello, Lain.

</blockquote>

</blockquote>

This second example is of particular note. The decision to emulate [[Apple Inc. references|John Sculley]]'s vision for Knowledge Navigator with the [[NAVI]]'s operating system meant that some lines marked S were spoken aloud rather than merely displayed on screen as originally intended. The result is that a mysterious character called S appears in the cast credits of some episodes, voiced by Mikiko Kurihara.

This second example is of particular note. The decision to emulate [[Apple Inc. references|John Sculley]]'s vision for Knowledge Navigator with the [[NAVI]]'s operating system meant that some lines marked S were spoken aloud rather than merely displayed on screen as originally intended. The result is that a mysterious character called S appears in the cast [[Episode 1 Credits|credits]] of some episodes, voiced by Mikiko Kurihara.