Coach Z
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Biography
Coach Z is the "coach" of Homestar Runner and the gang. He has a strong Upper Midwestern accent which sometimes gets him into trouble. He almost never says a negative comment to anyone. He often offers more encouragement than is needed; he says "You can't just rush into the score zone" so often that it has lost its meaning. He is a fan of hip-hop and rap music, particularly the Wu-Tang Clan. Coach Z has already released one single, "These peoples try to fade me," which was on Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits. His solo album is entitled "The Z Is All Up Ins", featuring the smash hit "Hip-Hop Dance". It has been implied that he has a crush on Marzipan, and has on several occasions left inappropriate messages on her answering machine, including one occasion where he was drunk. He seems to frequently make jokes and references about pants, as seen in super powers, lunch special, secret recipes and A Folky Tale. It's questionable whether he is wearing a green body suit or simply has green skin. He seems to have mental problems, as he has had delusions of talking to his parents on a disconnected telephone. He also has serious money troubles and this has led to his eletricity being cut off for a year.
- Domicile: Coach Z's Locker Room
- Debut: "Where My Hat Is At?"
- Complete Filmography
 Coach Z's emblem |
 Youthful days |
 Hatless |
Coach Z's Accent
The primary factor in his hilarity, Coach Z's Upper Midwestern accent has made him into a very quotable character.
Phonetic Sounds Affected
The most commonly mispronounced sounds are long /e/ (i.e. The Cheat) and the short /o/ (job), which both come out as a "or" or "aer" ("The Chort", "jaerb").
List of mispronounced words
- Job – Jorb, Jaerb, Jarb
- The Cheat – The Chort
- Treat – Trort
- Jujjyfruits – Jorgyfruits, Jearjyfrorts, Jorjyfrorjy, George Foreman
- Awful – Orful
- Toilet – Turlet
- Bomb – Baermb
- Swedish Fish – Swordish Feirsh
- Chips – Chorps
- Fhqwhgads – Forhorgalingrads
- DELETED – DELORTED
- Did – doird
- Problem – praeblem
- Real – rerl
- Decemberween – Decemberworn
- Mouthwash – mouth-warsh
- Five – farve
- Locker – laker
Inconsistencies
Evidence has suggested that Coach Z's accent may be bogus:
- After saying "trick or trort" in 3 Times Halloween Funjob, Bubs got on his case and he said it correctly. If given "Swedish Fish," said as "Swordish Forsh," Bubs gets on his case again and Coach Z says "It's a crowd-pleaser."
- Coach says "jorb" in boring (really), despite the fact that he has learned how to say "job".
- Coach says both "The Cheat" and "The Chort" in the same sentence in mascot.
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Character Video Transcript
{Page Title: Drop Down and Gimme 20!!} {Places: Coach Z's Locker Room}
COACH Z: {not quite looking at the camera lens, more looking at the person who is holding the camera} Is that thing on? {turns to the camera lens} Hey there, ho there! I'm the Coach! The Coach Z, I'd guess you'd call me. Or plain old Coach is fine, seein' as I'm the only one around, so, probably no one else would answer to that. You say "Hey Coach!", and I'd say "Yeah?" or..."That's me!" or..."Hoo-hah!" {waves his arms in the air} Any one of those. There's rumors flyin' around that I sleep in one of these lockers {gestures to the lockers behind him}, but uh, that's just not true. I usually crash on this bench here. {gestures to the bench behind him} My back's not in real good condition. {Rubs Back} And now, I'd like to perform my hip-hop single, "These peoples try to fade me." {holds up a microphone, begins to sing} A one-two, a one-two—!
HOMESTAR RUNNER: {interrupting Coach Z} Sorry. We're all out of tape.
Fun Facts
- Coach Z's accent came from a depressing Midwestern voice that Matt and some friends would do in college.
- It was revealed in issue #21 of Wonkavision magazine that Coach Z is named for Craig Zobel.
Also known as...
- The Football Player (Old-Timey)
- 20X6 Coach Z (20X6)
- Renaldo (Dangeresque)
- Coach B
- Coach Zed
- Stoppy the Sign
Halloween Costumes
In each Homestar Runner Halloween special, Coach Z has dressed up as a rapper. (The Noid costume was not released.)
- Flavor Flav in Homestarloween Party.
- Humpty Hump in The House That Gave Sucky Treats.
- The Noid (not used in a 'toon, but seen on a secret page)
- Kid (from Kid 'n Play) in Pumpkin Carve-nival.
- Kool Moe Dee in 3 Times Halloween Funjob.
- Tupac in Halloween Fairstival.
- Theo Huxtable from The Cosby Show in Halloween Potion-ma-jig.
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