Editing Lack of Visible Body Parts

Many [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] characters '''lack certain body parts''' that most people in the real world would have.  Despite this, they can still do the things that everyday people are capable of.  However, they do take note of their unusual structures.

== Arms ==
[[Image:Armlesssleeve.PNG|thumb|Homestar's invisible arms?]]
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A number of characters (most notably [[Homestar Runner]]) do not appear to have visible arms, but are commonly seen manipulating objects as though they had limbs.  This is sometimes called out directly by various characters, and occasional references are made to this fact.  The specific method by which "armless" characters can manipulate objects and their surroundings has never been fully revealed.

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== Coach Z's Face ==
[[Image:Horrendousspitter.PNG|thumb|Horrendous Spitter]]
Various references are made to parts of [[Coach Z]]'s face that are not visible to the viewer:

*[[A Jorb Well Done]] {{--}} When [[Marzipan]] is trying to teach Coach Z how to say "job", she tells him to make his mouth into an "O". Coach Z also blows his whistle.
*[[The Luau]] {{--}} Coach Z, [[Bubs]], and [[Pom Pom]] are seen eating marshmallows. (Additionally, Pom Pom also does not appear to have a mouth, and Bubs's mouth appears to be a solid wall of teeth.)
*[[The Best Decemberween Ever]] {{--}} Coach Z is seen drinking [[Listerine]].
*Email [[couch patch]] {{--}} Coach Z [[Puking|pukes]] in the couch rip.
*[[Scrolling Shooter Games Menu]] and [[Stinkoman 20X6]]{{--}} In the former, [[Z Sabre]] appears to speak by wiggling his eyebrow. At the end of the latter, just right before the credits start, having survived the destruction of Mecha-Trogador and his fortress's resulting destruction, he suddenly gains a mouth.
*[[Happy Fireworks]] {{--}} Coach Z says he once shoved an M-80 up his nose.
*[[Fall Float Parade]] {{--}} Coach Z claims to have "fairly good teeth".
*Email [[secret recipes]] {{--}} Coach Z eats and spits out Sour Cream and The Cheat hair in spite of having no visible mouth. 
*Email [[narrator]] {{--}} Coach Z claims a napkin has his "snot balls" on it, and Bubs tells him he doesn't even have a nose.
*[[Sbemail 150?!?]] {{--}} [[Strong Sad]] mentions wanting to pour black [[coffee]] over Coach Z's head so it "continually streams down his mouthless face". (This later happens in an [[alternate universe]] Easter egg.)
*Email [[trading cards]] {{--}} One of Coach Z's [[Trading Cards|cards]] portrays him [[spitting]].
*Email [[cliffhangers]] {{--}} [[The Thnikkaman]] tells Coach Z, "I'll render you toothless!"
*[[Sbemail 169 Deleted Scene]] {{--}} Besides a round nose, a mouth on Coach Z's face is present in the "storyboards".
*[[Xeriouxly Forxe]] {{--}} [[Zoach C]] seems to have a visible mouth.
*[[A Decemberween Mackerel]] {{--}} Coach Z says that lighting the [[telephone pole]] had cured him of chronic athlete's tongue the year before.
*[[Haunted Photo Booth]] {{--}} Coach Z claims the ghost in the pictures looks like one of his famous sneezes.
*[[The Wraparound]] {{--}} Coach Z mentions his "invisible mouth" in his rap.
*[[Halloween Hijinks]] {{--}} In the Lowjinxerol commercial, Coach Z again blows his whistle, and blobs cover the lower part of his face to prevent him from discussing his "creepy middle-aged ailments". His X-ray shows no facial features other than his eyes.
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== Strong Bad's Nose ==
[[Image:Strongbad sunscreen.PNG|thumb|Sunscreen!]]
Similarly, references are occasionally made to [[Strong Bad]]'s nose, even though he does not appear to have one.

*In numerous toons, Strong Bad makes a sniffing noise.
*Email [[autobiography]] {{--}} In his autobiography tape, Strong Bad claims that "milk and cookies shot out my nose!"
*Email [[big white face]] {{--}} Strong Bad acts like he's holding his nose when near [[The Poopsmith]].
*Email [[alternate universe]] {{--}} [[Stinkoman]] calls Strong Bad "big nose", then refers to his nose.
*Email [[old comics]] {{--}} The [[The Castlefunnies|Castlefunnies]] characters, including Strong Bad, are all drawn with large noses.  
*[[Sick Day]] {{--}} Strong Bad asks [[The Paper]] if he could blow his nose on it.
**He also claims he can't smell anything, and blows his nose using re-reused tissues.
*Email [[keep cool]] {{--}} Strong Bad has smeared sunscreen where his nose would appear.
**In [[yes, wrestling]], he wears sunscreen in the same spot as one of the Wild Vacationers.
*[[Sbemail 169 Deleted Scene]] {{--}} Strong Bad and Coach Z are drawn with small, round noses.
*Email [[web comics]] {{--}} The Strong Bad-like character in the GamerJox webcomic is drawn with a nose.
*Email [[licensed]] {{--}} During one scene Strong Bad and The Cheat are drawn with human noses.
*[[Rotten Eggs]] {{--}} Strong Bad and Strong Sad can smell the rotten Easter egg in the couch, despite their lack of noses.
*[[The Homestar Runner Gets Something Stuck In His Craw]] {{--}} Strong Bad refers to [[Tiny-Handed Strong Bad]] as "Strong Bad with sort of a nose".
*Email [[email thunder]] {{--}} Strong Bad pretends to rub his "nose" as he says "Sniff, not totally disgusted..."
**He pantomimes wiping his nose again in email [[independent]].
*[[Homestar Runner Goes for the Gold]] {{--}} Homestar mentions "wipe your nose" as one of the things his discovery will do to Strong Bad.
*[[@StrongBadActual]]: March 21, 2017 {{--}} All the [[Puppet Character Variations|puppet characters]], including Strong Bad, get generic puppet noses in celebration of World Puppet Day.
*[[2022 Costume Pack Now Available]] {{--}} Strong Bad's updated costume gets a "human nose" upgrade.
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==Strong Bad's Hair==
[[Image:Strong Bad Comb.PNG|thumb|Lookin' good for the ladies]]
Strong Bad sometimes acts as though he has hair, despite the fact that his head is a Mexican wrestling mask.  He pointed out in [[haircut]] that he has no hair.
*Email [[gimmicks]] {{--}} The [[Tandy 400]]'s [[explosion]] causes what seems to be Strong Bad's hair to spike up.
*Email [[marzipan]] {{--}} Strong Bad combs the top of his head before talking to Marzipan.
*[[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]] {{--}} Strong Bad wears a hairnet.
*[[One Two, One Two]] {{--}} Strong Bad wears a shower cap.
*Emails [[looking old]], [[concert]], [[Accent]] {{--}} Strong Bad wears a towel on his head.

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== Marzipan's Legs ==
[[Image:Marzipan With Boot.png|thumb|"Well, don't tell anybody, but... I don't really have legs."]] 
While sometimes Marzipan does not appear to have legs, a few other toons claim otherwise.

*[[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]] {{--}} A rip in Marzipan's [[Wikipedia:Joey Ramone|Joey Ramone]] costume suggests that she has no legs, and a bulky, dress-shaped body.
*Email [[stand-up]] {{--}} Coach Z thanks Marzipan for her wonderful clogging.
*[[Where's The Cheat?]] {{--}} Whenever Marzipan is seen sitting, her skirt folds up as if she has knees, but in this toon she is lying on her couch and her skirt doesn't sag.
*[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 7.0]] {{--}} Bubs tells Marzipan that Coach Z got that kick in the crotch she sent him just fine.
*[[Main Page 17]] {{--}} [[Marzi-Mei]] has long, thin arms and legs.
**Starting with Stinkoman 20X6's level 10 update, Marzi-Mei is completely redesigned so that she is now wearing a one-piece jumpsuit sporting sleeves and pant legs that completely obscure her limbs underneath.
*Email [[date]] {{--}} Marzipan complains that [[Homestar Runner|Homestar]] won't stop kicking her in the shins.
**In the [[date#Commentary Transcript|DVD commentary]], she tells [[The Brothers Chaps]] she doesn't really have legs.
*[[That a Ghost]] {{--}} [[Old-Timey Marzipan]]'s [[:Image:Marzipan skeleton.png|skeleton]] shows bones throughout her skirt.
*Email [[record book]] {{--}} Marzipan holds the world record for the pole vault, an activity which would normally require both [[Lack of Visible Arms|arms]] and legs. In lieu of a picture, the record book shows a message reading "Surprisingly, No Photo Available".
*Email [[high school]] {{--}} High school Marzipan is portrayed with long, thin legs (though this occurs completely within Strong Bad's doodle memory).
*[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 14.2]] {{--}} Coach Z asks Marzipan to get ready for shin team tryouts.
*[[DNA Evidence]] {{--}} Bubs informs Marzipan that the cost of analyzing the [[DNA Evidence (running gag)|DNA evidence]] is "an arm and a leg". Marzipan then responds by telling him it's "not a problem".
*[[Fan Costumes '07]] {{--}} Strong Bad tells Homestar "You ''wish'' Marzipan had legs like that! Or... ''legs''."
*[[Kick-A-Ball]] {{--}} Marzipan is shown kicking the ball with a visible boot, but nothing attached to the boot, which implies that her legs are invisible. In fact, the area beneath the "skirt" is slightly visible, and nothing is seen underneath.
*[[Xeriouxly Forxe]] {{--}} M.Z. Pan has tentacles.
*[[A Decemberween Mackerel]] {{--}} Marzipan leaves a single, wide, unbroken trail in the snow.
*[[The House That Gave Sucky Tricks]] {{--}} One of the "scary shoes" is purple with a pattern similar to the bottom of Marzipan's dress, indicating that it likely belongs to her.
*[[Characters from Yonder Website]] {{--}} [[Character 5]] (Yonder Website Marzipan) "bends at the knees" by leaning over forwards.
*Email [[parenting]] {{--}} Marzipan raises herself up on her theoretical toes to tower over Homestar when insulting him in front of the "baby".

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== Ears ==
[[Image:Strong Sad with iPod.PNG|thumb|"I will never, ever, ever, ever, ever write a song about Sibbie."]]
None of the [[Characters#Main characters|main characters]] appear to have ears, yet they still act as though they do.

*Many characters wear glasses at some point, despite having no means of holding them up:
**[[Strong Bad]] and [[Homestar Runner]] wear sunglasses (or "[[cool shades]]") frequently, usually as [[Dangeresque (character)|Dangeresque]] and [[Dangeresque Too]], respectively.
**Several other characters have worn glasses or sunglasses at some point, such as [[Coach Z]], [[Strong Sad]], [[Marzipan]], [[Strong Mad]], [[The King of Town]], [[The Cheat]], [[Bubs]], [[Pom Pom]], [[Fightgar]], [[Cheerleader]], and [[The Poopsmith]].
**[[The Thnikkaman]], the [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Olda Boys|Olda Boys]], [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Fatty|Fatty]], and [[Gunhaver]] wear sunglasses as part of their outfit.
**[[Senor Cardgage]], [[Reynold]], [[The Ugly One]], [[Mr. Shmallow]], [[Cardboard Homestar]], [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Patchbeard|Patchbeard]], and the [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Band Name Boys|Band Name Boys]] wear glasses regularly.
*[[The Best Decemberween Ever]] {{--}} Strong Bad wears earmuffs.
*Email [[ghosts]] {{--}} Strong Bad wears fake ears as part of his ghost-detecting costume.
*Email [[sibbie]] {{--}} Strong Sad wears earbuds to listen to his [[Strong Sad's iPod|iPod]].
*Email [[impression]] {{--}} In a tape recording, Strong Sad tells Strong Bad to stop flicking his ear. 
*[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 9.2]] {{--}} On Message 1, Homestar re-listens to his old message from Marzipan under the tutelage of Pom Pom's keen ears.
*Email [[kind of cool]] {{--}} Senor Cardgage's silhouette is shown on a milk carton with ear outlines for ears that don't exist.
*Email [[extra plug]] {{--}} [[The Cheat]] puts his hands to both sides of his head as though covering his ears when walking near Strong Bad's loud [['Lectric Boots]]. He also uses [[The Cheat's Glowsticks|glowsticks]] to plug his ears.
*[[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]] {{--}} Bubs covers the space where his ears would be when Homestar attempts to sing for a stirring utensil.
*[[Fall Float Parade]] {{--}} Marzipan and Coach Z both wear earmuffs.
*Email [[alternate universe]] {{--}} [[Tiny-Handed Strong Bad]] attempts to dig to China with his ears.
*Email [[keep cool]] {{--}} Strong Bad mentions that, after eating, you must have an ear candling before re-entering the pool.
*[[Happy Hallow-day]] {{--}} Coach Z wears earrings as part of his costume, which seem to stick to the side of his face as opposed to piercing his skin.
*Email [[what i want]] {{--}} Strong Bad covers the part of his head where his ears would be while a [[Dancing Musical Nobot]] plays [[Everybody to the Limit]].
*[[Strong Badia the Free]] {{--}} Strong Bad claims he could make a better effigy of the [[King of Town]] with one arm tied behind his ear.
*[[Crystal Fortress]] {{--}} A [[Stylized Character Designs|stylized]] Strong Bad has ears.
*[[A Decemberween Mackerel]] {{--}} Marzipan again wears earmuffs.
*Email [[too cool]] {{--}} [[F-Sack]] claims [[Couch Z]]'s rapping was "the worst rhymes [he] ever had laid ears on", before remarking he's got no ears.
*[[Haunted Photo Booth]] {{--}} Bubs's [[wikipedia:Grunkle Stan|Grunkle Stan]] costume includes ears.
*[[Dangeresque Roomisode 3]] {{--}} Using the poison dart on the Armzipan statue has [[Killingyouguy]] declare "[he has] ears like a-" before realising he doesn't have ears.
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== Fingers ==
[[Image:If Bubs Had Thumbs.PNG|thumb|"That's right!"]]
Most of the main characters do not have visible fingers, but they still behave like they have them.
*Email [[the bird]] {{--}} Strong Bad, Pom Pom, and Homestar give the bird, even though none of them have visible fingers.
**Strong Bad proceeds to flip people off in [[Double Deuce|several toons]].
*Email [[fingers]] {{--}} Strong Bad attempts to put fake fingers on his boxing gloves so people stop asking how he types with boxing gloves on.
*Email [[origins]] {{--}} Strong Bad files his boxing gloves even though he has no fingernails.
*[[Lappynapped]] {{--}} The King of Town calls himself "Furious Fingers" for his supposed guitar skills in spite of not having any. 
*Email [[original]] {{--}} Bubs says "If I had thumbs, I'd be sticking 'em up my armpits right now!"
*Email [[business trip]] {{--}} Strong Bad checks off "Take off wedding rings" even though neither he nor Homestar have visible fingers.
*[[Blubb-O's Commercial]] {{--}} Bubs refuses to "slice [his] fingers thin" as presumably instructed by the [[Drive-Thru Whale]] in an Easter egg.
*[[Homestar Ruiner]] {{--}} When Strong Bad tries to talk to Marzipan after vandalizing her float, she replies that her mood ring is brown right now. Strong Bad then [[Fourth Wall Breaks|asks the audience]], "Should I tell her she doesn't have fingers?"
*Email [[coloring]], [[Baddest of the Bands]] {{--}} Strong Bad makes air quotes by wiggling his gloves on either side of his head.
*[[8-Bit is Enough]] {{--}} Strong Bad has manicures booked in spite of not having fingernails.
*[[Doomy Tales of the Macabre]] {{--}} Strong Sad gives Strong Bad human hands, and Strong Bad claims that he can't type with those "waggly-knuckled monstrosities" (his new fingers).
*[[Fish Eye Lens]] {{--}} Strong Bad refers to Coach Z's hands as "green mittens".
*[[2022 Costume Pack Now Available]] {{--}} A very disturbed Strong Sad draws attention to the fact that Coach Z has fingers and no one else seems to have noticed. 

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==Teeth==
[[Image:Homestarteeth.png|thumb|130px|"Teeth?"]]
It is debatable whether the characters have teeth (most notably [[Homestar]]). Most characters have not yet been shown with teeth.

*[[Super NES]], Email [[old comics]], [[Exaggerations]], [[Career Day]], [[Crystal Fortress]] {{--}} Strong Bad is [[Stylized Character Designs|stylized]] with teeth.
*Email [[replacement]] {{--}} When Strong Bad asks Bubs what to do with Strong Sad if he sees him watching TV, Bubs says to "kick him in the teeth", to which Strong Bad replies that he may not have teeth.
*[[Senorial Day]] {{--}} Homestar tries to pass himself off as Bubs' "own flesh and blood" by drawing teeth on his underbite. 
*Email [[death metal]] {{--}} After watching a preview video of [[Taranchula]]'s song "The Decoupage", Strong Bad says he feels like he needs to brush his teeth.
*Email [[underlings]] {{--}} When Strong Bad tells Homestar he has cilantro stuck between his teeth, Homestar says "teeth?" as if he is shocked by the idea that he has any, even though he was shown to have huge teeth in [[theme song]] (though this could be imaginary). In [[dictionary]], Strong Bad confirms this by using a dictionary to knock out one of Homestar's teeth, which is still enormous. 
*Email [[concert]] {{--}} Strong Sad and Strong Bad are shown brushing their teeth.
*[[Jibblies 2]] {{--}} Strong Bad's Beetlejuice costume comes with a set of green teeth floating in his mouth.
*[[Baddest of the Bands]] {{--}} Bubs advises Strong Bad that "lying through your teeth" is a good way to get people to accept a security jacket.  Strong Bad asks if "lying through your rectangular mouth" would also work, to which Bubs responds, "Yeah, I suppose that'd work, toothless."
*[[Strong Bad Classics!]] {{--}} Strong Sad has apparently had his wisdom teeth removed "again".
*[[Fan Costumes 2015]] {{--}} Strong Bad mentions that he has a dentist, despite his lack of teeth.
*[[The Actions You Can Do (video)|The Actions You Can Do]] {{--}} Homestar Runner is stylized with teeth.
*[[Marzipan Beef Reverser]] {{--}} Teeth demarcations are visible on the skeletal Homestar’s skull.
*[[Main Page 28]] {{--}} Narrator Strong Bad mentions that [[Character 1]] will probably get a Caraway seed stuck in his teeth later.

==Other==
[[Image:Mam15pernt2.png|thumb|Marzipan's questionable surgery]]
*[[The Hornblower]] can play a fanfare despite the fact that he lacks a visible mouth.
*[[In Search of the Yello Dello]] {{--}} In one scene, Homestar has toes. This is seen when Coach Z is talking and he says "Thanks, Coach!".
*Email [[winter pool]] {{--}} Pom Pom is seen wearing sunscreen on the spot where his nose would be.
*[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 15.2]] {{--}} Calls from [[The King of Town]] and a [[Questionable Services|questionable]] surgeon reveal that Marzipan had a large nose prior to a questionable surgery. The Cheat also presumably tells Marzipan to blow up her nose.
*[[Homestar Ruiner]] {{--}} While hiding in the air vent in [[The King of Town's castle]], Strong Bad points out, "It's a good thing Strong Mad doesn't have a neck, or he might be able to look up."
*[[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]] {{--}} [[Dangeresque (character)|Dangeresque]] claims that he has caught various objects with his "<nowiki>*</nowiki>ahem*, teeth" and is working on a yellow belt in "catching throwing stars with [his] eyelashes, wink wink".
*[[Xeriouxly Forxe]] {{--}} Most of the characters gain body parts that weren't originally there.
*[[Fan Costumes 2015]] {{--}} [[Humidibot]]'s lid/head opens as if on a hinge, but is unconnected to his main body.
*[[Haunted Photo Booth]] {{--}} Bubs's Grunkle Stan costume includes a nose.
*[[Fan 'Stumes 2021]] {{--}} The King of Town and Homestar Runner both express excitement to finally have nostrils.
*Email [[parenting]] {{--}} Because Homestar does not have a visible nose, he wears a clothespin on his chin at one point.
*[[Decemberweenvent Calendar]] {{--}} Most of the [[Decemberweenvent Calendar Character Variations|designs]] give characters body parts that weren't originally there.

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==See Also==
*[[How do you type with boxing gloves on?]]
*[[Lack of Visible Arms]]
*[[Pants]]

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