Batman

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Holy false climbing, Batman!

The Brothers Chaps have made many references over the years to the famous comic book enterprise Batman, or at least the campy television show version of it. They've professed in one of the DVD commentaries that they'd love to see the original Batman TV series released on DVD. This page lists some of the Homestar universe's more batty references.

Appearances

Toons

• Halloween Fairstival
  • Strong Bad dresses as "Cesar Romero as the Joker". Cesar Romero played The Joker in the '60s television series.
  • Strong Bad calls The Cheat and Strong Mad his "bad pennies," which is what the Joker's henchmen were called in the television series.
  • Strong Bad's greeting when you click on him at the end screen is "Hello kiddies, meet The Joker", a reference to The Joker's greeting in 'The Joker Goes To School'
• Where's The Cheat?
  • The Brothers Chaps do a version of the scene change in the television series, using Homestar Jr. instead of the Batman logo.
• Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon
  • The Cheat's henchman outfit may be a reference to the henchman outfits in the television show.

Strong Bad Emails

• i she be
  • Strong Bad says "Same Strong Bad time, same Strong Bad channel," a reference to "Same bat time, same bat channel," a line said after every episode.
• flag day
  • The Cheat's penny has the words "A Bad Penny" imprinted on it, the same phrase used by Strong Bad in Halloween Fairstival.
• ghosts
  • Another Batman scene change, this time with Strong Bad's mask instead of the Batman logo.
  • Furthermore, Strong Bad tells The Cheat to meet him up at "the Strong Bad cave," a joke on the oft-repeated line, "Quick! To the Batcave!"
• dangeresque 3
  • The scene where Dangeresque and Dangeresque Too "climb" the skyscraper is a parody of The Bat Climb.
• caper
  • A sleepy Homestar calls The Cheat "Batman."
• fingers
  • The announcer in the beginning parodies the announcer in the television series. See Commentary.
• no loafing
  • The No Loafing Sign parodies the same sign displayed by The Joker. See Commentary.
• long pants
  • Strong Bad makes mention of Adam West, the actor who portrayed Batman in the series.
  • The year the Paragraph Shortener was made in, 1989, is the same year the first Batman movie came out
• alternate universe
  • Strong Bad talks about a secret underground lair with secret underground gadgets, which is possibly a reference to The Bat Cave.

Other

• Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 10.2
  • Homestar calls himself "Batman" during a bad attempt at a prank call.
• Main Page 11
  • If you hover your mouse over "E-mail," the H*R logo is projected onto the night sky, similar to the Batsignal.

External Links

• Official site
• Wikipedia entry