Actually, it's pretty dang cool.  (cough - geek!)  It's not so cool if you stink at graphing.

This section has all the main graphs that pop up over and over in Calculus texts...

Know them and be a happy student...

Love them and be a happy geek!
 

First, here's a special line guy that you've probably seen before...  I call him

45 degreesLine Guy:
y = xGraph of a 45 degree line

And you probably already love Standard Parabola Guy:

y = x^2Graph of a standard parabola