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| [[Image:pomfamily.png|thumb|Meet the Parents]] | | [[Image:pomfamily.png|thumb|Meet the Parents]] |
| Although most of the [[Characters|characters]]' '''parents''' are [[Unseen Characters|never seen]], they are sometimes mentioned. | | Although most of the [[Characters|characters]]' '''parents''' are [[Unseen Characters|never seen]], they are sometimes mentioned. |
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- | At the [[Flashforward 2006 Seattle - 28 Feb 2006|Flashforward 2006 Seattle]] public appearance, [[The Brothers Chaps]] revealed that [[Strong Bad Email|emails]] they receive asking about the characters' parents are one of the [[Flashforward 2006 Seattle - 28 Feb 2006#Pre-animation Process - 4:05 p.m.|groups of emails]] that are virtually certain ''not'' to be answered.
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| ==Appearances== | | ==Appearances== |
- | | + | *[[Isle of Pom]] - We see [[Pom Pom]]'s [[General and Fraulein Pom Pom|parents]]. |
- | ===[[Homestar Runner]]===
| + | *[[Homestarloween Party]] - [[Strong Bad]] admits that his mom helped him with his [[Homestarloween Party Costumes|costume]]. |
- | *[[Super NES]] and [[Theme Song Video]] {{--}} One of the lyrics to the song is "Homestar Runner, mom and dad". | + | {{stub}} |
- | *[[Secret Pages#Other Animations|Homestar's Yearbook]] {{--}} Homestar says, "Sign my yearbook! But don't use any [[swears]], because... my mom reads it."
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- | *[[Senorial Day]] {{--}} As part of his role in [[Bubs]]'s commercial, Homestar acts like Bubs is his father and dresses up as such.
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- | *[[Happy Hallow-day]] {{--}} Homestar Runner reminisces about pushing his grandma on a wheelchair through "the old town". This (most likely false) memory is stimulated by [[Coach Z]]'s unrealistic broken-wheelchair-on-cobblestone sound effects.
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- | *Email [[shapeshifter]] {{--}} Homestar doesn't want to talk to the "scarf from grandma", possibly implying that he thought that it was from his ''own'' grandmother.
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- | *[[79 Seconds Left]] {{--}} Homestar refers to himself as the [[Cow Lamp|Cow]] [[Tape-leg|Leg's]] daddy.
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- | *[[Fan Costumes '09]] {{--}} Homestar seems to believe that [[Strong Bad]] is his kid, after seeing a picture that shows a man dressed as Homestar, a woman dressed as Marzipan, and a small child dressed as Strong Bad.
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- | *{{Decemberweenvent Calendar|24}} {{--}} Homestar's Decemberweeve themed variant of [[Todaybor Day Is Labor Day]] sings about putting a piece of pizza under Grandma's tree.
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- | ===[[The Brothers Strong]]===
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- | *[[Homestarloween Party]] and [[2022 Costume Pack Now Available]] {{--}} [[Strong Bad]] admits that his mother helped him with his [[Homestarloween Party Costumes|costume]].
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- | *[[Strong Sad's Secret Styles]] {{--}} The birthday card that Strong Bad gave [[Strong Sad]] has "mom says I have to make you this kard <!--[sic]-->" written in it.
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- | *Email [[50 emails]] (DVD Commentary) {{--}} After wondering why Strong Bad has a [[fondue pot]], [[Matt Chapman]] suggests that it's his mom's. In mock fan obsession, he excitedly asks, "Oh man, what is his mom parent..ing like... today?"
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- | *Email [[cheatday]] {{--}} [[The Cheat]] reads one email asking what The Brothers Strong's parents look like, but he responds by threatening to [[The Cheat Gnawing|gnaw]] the email sender's face off (which apparently is his response to every email).
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- | *Email [[the facts]] {{--}} Strong Bad tells [[Strong Mad]] that "Mom says to keep it down 'cause baby [[Strong Sad]]'s sleeping."
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- | *[[The Screen Savers Interview - 24 Jan 2005]] {{--}} Joe from Pomona, California asks Strong Bad why we never get to see his parents. The question angers Strong Bad. Strong Bad later warns the host [[Wikipedia:Kevin Pereira|Kevin Pereira]] to never talk about his mother.
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- | *Email [[the chair]] {{--}} After ripping his mask off, Strong Bad holds up an alleged picture of his parents, although it is obscured by the new high-backed [[Le Restige|chair]]. However, using a Flash decompiler reveals that the picture is blank except for the message "[[nice try]] dodongo".
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- | *Email [[mini-golf]] {{--}} When the [[Drive-Thru Whale]] says, "Pour gravel on your stump please, ma'am," Strong Bad asks, "Did you just tell my mom to pour gravel on her stump?"
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- | *Email [[slumber party]] {{--}} Strong Bad mentions that Strong Sad used to get picked up early from the slumber parties they used to have in [[Basement of the Brothers Strong|their own basement]] because he missed their mother.
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- | *Email [[environment]] {{--}} Strong Bad is seen typing up a list of mother-approved synonyms of "butt".
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- | *Email [[buried]] {{--}} Strong Bad believes his parents are aliens.
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- | *Email [[shapeshifter]] {{--}} Strong Bad mentions having the power to turn into "presents your grandma's knitted for you", and later transforms into a scarf from his grandmother, whom he refers to as "G-moms".
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- | *Email [[rated]] {{--}} Strong Bad admits that Coach Z kind of looks like his mother.
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- | *Email [[specially marked]] {{--}} Strong Bad tells cereals that require a parent to write a check for the shipping and handling to "leave [his] mom out of this!"
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- | *[[Homestar Ruiner]] {{--}} Strong Bad tries to get Strong Sad to get out of his room by pretending to be their mother. Strong Sad replies, [[Homestar Ruiner Responses (House of Strong)#Strong Sad's Door|"You're not even my real mom!"]]
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- | *[[Strong Badia the Free]] {{--}} Strong Bad unfavorably compares the King of Town's castle to grandma's home.
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- | *[[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]] {{--}} Senor Cardgage acts as [[Dadgeresque]] ([[Dangeresque (character)|Dangeresque]]'s dad). Dangeresque also admits the stickanee flower he was showing to [[Cutesy Buttons]] was "for [his] mom".
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- | *[[Dangeresque Roomisode 1: Behind the Dangerdesque]] {{--}} Dangeresque mentions that his grandma used to air her whoozit out.
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- | *[[Compy Catalog]] {{--}} The Decemberween present in Strong Bad's imagination is given by either one of his parents.
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- | *[[Later That Night...]] {{--}} Strong Bad tells Homestar, "You leave my father out of this!"
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- | ===Other Main Characters===
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- | *[[Old Characters Page]] {{--}} [[The King of Town]]'s bio states that he is [[Marzipan]]'s father. For much of the site’s history, this was the only such concrete reference on the site. The Brothers Chaps have since reported in interviews (such as the [[Club Aquatica Interview - 29 Oct 2003|Club Aquatica interview]]) that this was an idea they had early in the site's development but have since abandoned. However, it was revisited in [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2]].
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- | *[[Pom Pom, Too]] {{--}} [[Pom Pom]]'s [[General and Fraulein Pom Pom|parents]] are seen in a photo.
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- | *Email [[interview]] {{--}} While demonstrating what an interview with [[Homsar]] would be like, Strong Bad as a Homsar puppet says, "I was raised by a cup of [[coffee]]!"
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- | *Email [[pom pom]] {{--}} Strong Bad writes a letter to Pom Pom's parents, addressing them as "General and Fraulein Pom Pom".
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- | *[[Homestar Presents: Presents]] {{--}} [[Coach Z]] pretends to be talking to his parents on a [[Disconnected Telephones|disconnected phone]].
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- | *Email [[garage sale]] {{--}} Coach Z claims that he is a mother.
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- | *[[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]] {{--}} Coach Z thinks Strong Bad is dressed up as Coach Z's hot mom.
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- | *[[Weclome Back]] {{--}} Strong Bad says, to a gathering of main characters, but to no one in particular, "What am I, your dad?"
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- | *[[Fan Costumes '06]] {{--}} Strong Bad thinks one of the costumes looks like The Cheat's hot mom.
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- | **He later mentions The Cheat's hot mom in [[Homestar Ruiner]].
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- | *Email [[fan club]] {{--}} Homsar states that he is the "son of a [[Wikipedia:Chipwich|Chipwich]]", and an Easter egg shows a picture of his "parents".
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- | *Email [[pet show]] {{--}} The King of Town berates the As Seen on TV Low-Fat Cooking Device by saying he's not its real father.
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- | *[[A Death Defying Decemberween]] {{--}} Homestar and Marzipan go to Marzipan's parents' house at the end of the toon. Marzipan's mother, "Mrs. Marzipan", is apparently frequently divorced. Her current husband, Seth, is a philosophy professor.
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- | *Email [[independent]] {{--}} Strong Bad mentions Pom Pom's father, who apparently owns his own studio.
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- | *[[Fan Costumes '09]] {{--}} Strong Bad implies that Homestar and Marzipan's son would be Homsar.
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- | *[[I Killed Pom Pom]] {{--}} The King of Town says to [[The Poopsmith]], "Stop acting like my dad!"
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- | *Email [[parenting]] {{--}} Strong Bad, The Cheat, Strong Sad, Strong Mad, Homestar, and Marzipan are practicing being parents with bags of [[pudding]].
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- | ===Minor Characters===
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- | *[[Homestarloween Party]] {{--}} The [[Visor Robot]]'s brain is said to have belonged to [[the Sad Kids]]' father. | + | |
- | *Email [[army]] {{--}} Homestar tells [[Mrs. Bennedetto]] that her son, [[Frank Bennedetto|Frank]], [[Death|died]] in [[The Battle of Strong Badia|battle]].
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- | *[[The Li'l Brudder Show]] {{--}} [[Li'l Brudder]]'s parents are shown to be a unicycle and a [[dog]].
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- | *[[Let us give TANKS!]] {{--}} [[Reynold]] says that he is going to his [[Reynold's Parents' House|parents' house]] for Thanksgiving.
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- | *Email [[hygiene]] {{--}} Gene's "young and hot" mother buys his clothes, and lets him take the boat out when she has a 'grown-up' headache.
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- | *[[Limozeen Live (practice)]] {{--}} The corner of the advertisement reads, "Watch us practicing in our <s>parents'</s> basement". Also, a pop-up during the video reads, "We use acoustics and no drums when we practice so our mom can talk to her friend Gerdith" (the word "mom" gets replaced with "landlord" after a few seconds).
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- | *Email [[magic trick]] {{--}} The magician in the book apologizes to his mother after shoving a squirrel into his pants. Also, in an Easter egg, [[D n' D Greg]] tells Coach Z, "I'm gonna have to ask you to leave my parent's basement now."
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- | *[[Cheat Commandos: Two Part Episode: Part 1]] {{--}} At least one of the [[Blue Laser Minions]] calls [[Blue Laser Commander]] "Dad", which he apparently hates.
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- | *[[Kooky Moonlight]] {{--}} [[Teenage Character Variations#Teenage Homestar Runner|Teenage Homestar Runner]] sings that [[Teenage Character Variations#Teenage Marzipan|Teenage Marzipan's]] parents don't respect him as a man.
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- | *[[Stinkoman 20X6]] {{--}} In Level 10, Pan Pan has become the father to several babies (a hundred, if 1-Up is to be believed).
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- | *[[Dangeresque Roomisode 3: Keep My Enemies, Loser]] {{--}} [[Perducci]] says that he trusts [[Waitre D]] with his life, as well as Mama Perducci's sauce recipe.
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- | ===Teen Girl Squad===
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- | *[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 4]] {{--}} [[Cheerleader]] has "cool parents!".
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- | *[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 5]] {{--}} [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Olda Boys|Olda boy 2]] says "I miss my mom!"
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- | *[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 6]] {{--}} [[What's Her Face]] "wants a new stepdad!".
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- | *[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 8]] {{--}} [[So and So]]'s stepmother is seen, referred to as Mrs. So and So[[names ending in -erson|erson]]. The girls practice for the battle of the bands in Mrs. So and So-erson's closet. She tells the girls to "Shut your yaps!". Afterwards, she pours ranch dressing on The Ugly One.
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- | *[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 10]] and [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 15]] {{--}} [[The Ugly One]]'s father, [[Manolios Ugly One]], is seen.
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- | *[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 13]] {{--}} [[Tompkins]]' mother, [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Momkins|Momkins]], is seen. At the end, [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Timkins|Timkins]] points at one of the [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Policemen|policemen]] and says, "You're not my real father!"
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- | *[[Homestar Ruiner Teen Girl Squad|Homestar Ruiner]] {{--}} Giving the [[Cars|car]] to a girl will make her mention that her "real dad" bought it.
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- | *[[Baddest of the Bands Teen Girl Squad Meets Limozeen|Baddest of the Bands]] {{--}} What's Her Face accuses [[Limozeen]] of being older than both her fathers.
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- | *[[Decomposing Pumpkins]] {{--}} [[Brainkrieg]] plays in their lead singer's mother's garage. The "plump kid" whose "mom did not give us good candy on [[Halloween]]" is revealed at the end to be their drummer.
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- | *[[@StrongBadActual]] {{--}} One post suggests that the robot detective Tech is also Tompkins' father.
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- | ==Other Relatives==
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- | *Email [[Family Resemblence]] {{--}} Strong Bad tries to envision Pom Pom's [[Pom Pom's Hypothetical Family|family]] "resembling" him (at least, to the same extent that Strong Bad's brothers resemble himself).
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- | *Email [[secret recipes]] {{--}} Strong Bad and Homestar reference several (possibly and/or definitely made-up) relatives: Strong Bad's "Great Uncle Pawdabber", his "Crazy Aunt Eulatherm", his mystifying "Poopaw", and Homestar's (definitely non-existent) "Stupid Uncle [[Egg]]".
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- | *Email [[bedtime story]] {{--}} Strong Bad says that he is The Cheat's "Dadbysitter".
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- | *Email [[secret identity]] {{--}} Strong Bad claims to have a secret second family and kids in Broiter Grove under the identity of "[[Vance Mudgeman]]". One of the children is supposedly named Jeffrey Beffrey Mudgeman. Strong Bad treats them firmly.
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- | *Email [[candy product]] {{--}} One line of Strong Bad's jingle says "Livin' in the gutter with grandma".
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- | *Email [[alternate universe]] {{--}} [[Senor Cardgage]] wants to adopt Strong Bad, but Strong Bad disappears before he can do so.
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- | *Email [[looking old]] {{--}} Strong Sad allegedly mistakes Strong Bad for their great-grandmother after he gets a "lace-lift".
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- | **[[A Death Defying Decemberween]] {{--}} Strong Bad asks The Cheat to injure him with a wooden board so he doesn't have to visit his great-grandmother. It is not known if they are the same person.
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- | *Email [[more armies]] {{--}} The [[On Point Kings]]' brochure mentions The Cheat's sister as one of their clients.
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- | *Email [[slumber party]] {{--}} Bubs mentions his cousins Louis and Harold, who are both deceased.
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- | *[[Happy Dethemberween]] {{--}} Marzipan reminds Strong Bad that [[The Thnikkaman|The Decemberween Thnikkaman]] is not better than her "hot cousin" [[Debra]].
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- | *[[Strong Badia the Free]] {{--}} Homsar performs an ancient ceremony his Uncle Chet taught.
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- | *[[Sbemail 200 Fakeout]] {{--}} Part of the error message says "Did you make a mistake when typing the domain? Did you grandma?"
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- | *[[Most in the Graveyard]] {{--}} After Bubs clears up that he and [[Coach Z]] are only distant relatives at the most, Coach Z comments, "So your sister and I can..." before Bubs proceeds to punch him. An outtake later featured as the [[Quote of the Week]] had Bubs saying, "Stay away from my sister!"
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- | *[[Hooked on Decemberween]] {{--}} Brainkrieg's song "If I Don't Get Video Games..." mentions "Crazy Uncle Edgar".
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- | *Email [[videography]] {{--}} Strong Bad suggests that recording [[Grandmaw Auntpaw]] falling down the stairs in her wheelchair would make Internet gold.
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- | *[[Fish Eye Lens]] {{--}} Strong Bad says that with a fish eye lens, "your mom" would say, "Those are some exceptionally smooth moves!"
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- | *[[The House That Gave Sucky Tricks]] {{--}} Strong Bad decides to use a [[Jibblies Painting]] of ''Somebody's Dad'' to scare people who enter [[St. Cadaverstump's Morgue-tuary]].
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- | *[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2]] {{--}} [[Homestar Runner]] mentions that [[Marzipan]] has a sister.
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- | ==See Also==
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- | *[[How do you type with boxing gloves on?]]
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- | *[[Draw Trogdor Again]]
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- | *[[Children]]
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- | *[[Hot Moms]]
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- | *[[Parents' Basement]]
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- | [[Category:Lists]]
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- | [[Category:Strong Bad Email running gags]]
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