HomestarRunner.com: PAY PLUS!
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"Finally At Last!!!"
Oh no! HomestarRunner.com is now a subscription site!
Cast (in order of appearance): Homestar Runner, Senor Cardgage, Strong Bad, The Cheat, Strong Sad's head, Strong Mad, Frank Bennedetto, Sterrance, Vector Strong Bad, Stinkoman, Rather Dashing {silhouetted}, Eh! Steve, The Wheelchair, Prime Time, Keyboard Strong Bad, The Worm, Sherlock, Mr. Shmallow, Cheerleader, So and So, What's Her Face, The Ugly One, The Man with the Huge Mouth
Places: The Field, Strong Bad's Basement, Computer Room, Bubs' Concession Stand
Date: April 1, 2005
Page Title: Finally At Last!!!
Contents |
Fun Facts
Explanations
- The entire April Fool's site is a parody of the preview pages on many pay-sites on the Internet: the trial videos, the free tour that ends with a sign-up page, the tacky design and layout, and the "streaming video game feeds" all mimic said pages.
- A recent trend for entertainment sites on the Internet, especially games, are to be free for users for a few years or so then the owners will initiate a pay-to-play policy. The monthly fees can be paid well in advance. This may be why this April Fool's joke was done: to fit the trend of the Internet for entertainment.
Trivia
- After the false message about 6 to 8 weeks delivery, the page always directs you to Main Page 19, The Show.
- Pressing '7' on the keyboard (or the numeric keypad) during the trial game will toggle the gray 'TRIAL VERSION' message. If it's onscreen, it will vanish. If it's not onscreen, it will appear. Holding down the 7 key rapidly toggles the message on and off. The 7 key has no effect at any other time.
- The screenshots on the first page show:
- The screenshots on the second page show:
- Strong Bad at the Tandy 400 with Sterrance (from animal) in the foreground.
- Strong Bad destroying a city (à la Godzilla).
- Strong Bad in front of Bubs' Concession Stand, which has gained Bubs' eyes and mouth.
- The third page has:
- A screenshot from StrongBadZone with the quote "A SPLODE IS A LOT".
- The boxes for the Videlectrix games Planet, Alert! and Spaceshipper.
- The sprite of Stinkoman from Stinkoman 20X6.
- A screenshot from RhinoFeeder.
- A screenshot from the Videlectrix game Rabbit Algebra.
- In the "Trap Door" sample, the Floppy Disk Container contains a disk called 'Hunt the Wumpus'; a simple game designed to test artificial intelligence programs.
Remarks
- None of the screenshots on the first two pages are from actual toons or emails. The StrongBadZone screenshot contains a quote not found in the game.
- Strong Bad is seen with the Tandy 400 in one of the screenshots, with Sterrance from the email animal even though that was a Lappy 486 era email.
- Saying that a new Sweet Cuppin' Cakes episode will come out every week may be poking fun at the fact that Sweet Cuppin' Cakes almost never gets any new episodes.
- Cheerleader's shirt saying "sperld rott'n" is possibly a reference to the Wheelchair's accent.
- Mr. Shmallow having a webcam seems impossible because the internet wasn't created until the 1990's.
Goofs
- Pressing the back button while watching the "Let's see a clip!" preview on page 2 will not make the Clip close, but it does close if you go back to page 2. This does not work if you hit "Show me more, sir!" or on any other of the previews.
Inside References
- When your ship is destroyed in the trial game, the message "YOUR HEAD A SPLODE" appears, with "head" changing to "ship" a split-second later. This is an obvious reference to StrongBadZone.
- All the sprites in the trial game come from the secret games on Strong Bad's Message Bored.
- The "cred" card shown on page five belongs to Lem Sportsinterviews, who is a member of the Superfied Credit Union. This is a reference to the credit card email and to the Downloads page.
