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| - | [[Image:newerstrongsad.PNG|thumb|"Each day we die a little more..."]]
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| - | [[Image:Babyss.PNG|thumb|Not sitting next to The Diapersmith.]]
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| - | == Biography ==
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| - | '''Strong Glad''' is the youngest of [[the Brothers Strong]]. He stands somewhere between [[Strong Bad]] and [[Strong Mad]] in height, and has large, elephant-like feet he calls "[[soolnds]]", (in the past, poachers have apparently offered large sums of money to obtain Strong Glad's feet). His body is round and two shades of grey — a lighter grey from the waist up, a darker grey from the waist down. For some reason however, [[Coach Z]] thinks he is yellow.{{ref|1}} Strong Glad's body makes the sound of a inflated rubber ball when hit — and according to Strong Glad, it is hit often. In [[One Two, One Two]], it is hit in rhythm. His head is white and has an odd lump on the top, referred to as a "disturbing soft-serve flip" by Strong Bad in [[keep cool]] (a trait shared by [[Mr. Bland]]). It is unclear whether or not he has teeth. Strong Bad claims that he does not, but Strong Glad was seen brushing his teeth in [[narrator]]. He is usually very calm and soft-spoken, although he has become [[Hyperactive Strong Glad|hyperactive]] on occasion (at least once under the influence of [[Coffee|caffeine]]), and he has also temporarily (albeit ''involuntarily'') become a boisterous [[radio|radio DJ]] once or twice. The phrase "covered bridges" seems to be able to put him in some type of trance, as seen in "Fall Float Parade". He also has some sort of reaction to sunlight overexposure, causing him to become uncharacteristically happy,{{ref|2}} even if he did not enjoy it (at one point, he actually asks to be shot).
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| - | Strong Glad's main defining characteristic is his chronic depression — his high levels of intelligence and creativity are almost always overshadowed by it. His many interests include listening, books, listening to books, calligraphy, safety, being alone, arts, crafts, and arts [[b/w]] crafts. He has outstanding penmanship, often writing poetry, which he then recites at his own "poetry slams". Strong Glad is seen using both his right and left hands to write and play the guitar, implying that he is [[Left Handedness|ambidextrous]]. He has been seen practicing [[Wikipedia:T'ai Chi Ch'üan|T'ai Chi]]. Strong Glad also enjoys playing board games, and he seems to enjoy going to science-fiction and fantasy conventions, as seen in [[different town]] and [[TrogdorCon '97]]. He has an [[Strong Glad's iPod|iPod]], and he occasionally updates his [[Strong Glad's Lament|blog]] from time to time. Strong Glad's highly philosophical view on life has creeped out other characters more than once, most notably Strong Bad and [[Marzipan]]. Strong Glad may have a crush on Marzipan; he has occasionally lied to Marzipan just so he could spend time with her, as in [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 10.2]]. However, he might just be trying to make friends with anyone he can.
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| - | Strong Glad has a love-hate relationship with his brother Strong Bad. It appears that the two [[The Secrets That I Keep|got along quite well]] when they were younger, but nowadays, Strong Glad suffers almost constant [[Strong Bad and Strong Glad's Relationship#Strong Bad Hurting Strong Glad|abuse]] from Strong Bad. In particular, Strong Bad has quite a list of [[Nicknames#Strong Glad|names]] he has used to insult Strong Glad. Strong Glad has also been the subject of numerous practical jokes by Strong Bad, Strong Mad, and [[The Cheat]], ranging from being drilled a new navel by [[Lil' Strong Bad]] to being used as a [[The Stunt Double|stunt double]] for the [[Dangeresque (film series)|Dangeresque]] movies, to even having [[Wikipedia:wildebeest|wildebeest]] [[Wikipedia:pheromones|pheromones]] washed into his laundry. In turn, Strong Glad holds a very low opinion of his brother and considers him to be a clueless weirdo. However, evidence from "The Secrets That I Keep" suggests that even though Strong Glad insults Strong Bad, he also looks up to him and misses the days when they got along. He seems to retain some degree of brotherly love toward Strong Bad: when the Tandy 400 exploded in the email [[gimmicks]], Strong Glad sincerely asked Strong Bad if he were all right, and wrote a letter wishing him well while Strong Bad was [[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon|incarcerated]]. However, he also stated that his brother's absence caused him to feel far happier with himself than usual, and turned Strong Bad's computer room into his tai chi space. He was also eager to help Strong Bad with his 150th email in [[Sbemail 150?!?]], and even managed to provide the background music for Strong Bad's [[Strong Bad Email Intros|email intro]] in [[alternate universe]].
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| - | Strong Glad's troubled relationship with Strong Bad seems to have affected his social interaction habits with the rest of the community of [[Free Country, USA]]. He is generally reclusive and has only a few friends — his best friend appears to be [[Homsar]], and he plays Jenga with The Cheat on Tuesdays. Early in the site's history, [[Homestar Runner]] even counted Strong Glad as a friend, and still shows some signs of friendship towards him. He is often overlooked and ignored when he [[In Search of the Yello Dello New Version|has an idea]], and he is sometimes even [[Death#Strong Glad|believed to be dead]]. Despite all of this, he serves as a loyal officer in the [[Homestarmy]], temps at an unnamed computer company with Strong Bad and Homestar, and even has a [[Strong Glad Lookalike Contest]] held in his honor/insult each year.
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| - | Strong Glad seems to be the most rational of the characters, and often seems to react perplexedly to the others' cartoonish antics. He can often be found patiently correcting another's apparent mistakes, such as in [[TrogdorCon '97]] and [[technology]], or [[Happy T!|entirely uncomprehending]] of the nonsensical events around him. He was even featured as the sole "[[Bear Holding a Shark]] Skeptic" in [[myths & legends]].
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| - | There may be more to him than meets the eye, however. Twice so far Strong Glad has done things that are not in line with his usually calm temperament: He [[rough copy|threw snowballs]] at Strong Bad, being [[Strong Bad and Strong Glad's Relationship#Strong Glad's Revenge|physically violent]], and he had a long bout of maniacal laughter when it was revealed that he was behind the whole [[DNA Evidence]] event.
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| - | *'''Domicile:''' [[House of the Brothers Strong]]
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| - | *'''Debut:''' [[Super NES]]
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| - | *[[:Category:Strong Glad Filmography|Complete Filmography]]
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| - | ==Sources==
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| - | #{{note|1}} [[Fall Float Parade]]
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| - | #{{note|2}} [[Happy Hallow-day]]
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| - | ==Tunes==
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| - | Strong Glad listens to the following musicians/music groups, according to his [[Strong Glad's Lament|blog]]:
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| - | *[[Wikipedia:Angelo Badalamenti|Angelo Badalamenti]]
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| - | *[[Wikipedia:David Bowie|David Bowie]]
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| - | *[[Wikipedia:Will Oldham|Bonnie "Prince" Billy]]
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| - | *[[Wikipedia:Godspeed You! Black Emperor|Godspeed You! Black Emperor]]
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| - | *[[Wikipedia:Jerry Goldsmith|Jerry Goldsmith]]
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| - | *Mr. Mom - ''Original Motion Picture Soundtrack''
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| - | *[[Wikipedia:Peter Murphy (musician)|Peter Murphy]]
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| - | *[[Wikipedia:Pet Shop Boys|Pet Shop Boys]]
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| - | *[[Wikipedia:The Promise Ring|The Promise Ring]]
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| - | *[[Wikipedia:The Smiths|The Smiths]] (probably [[Wikipedia:Morrissey|Morrissey]] as well)
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| - | *[[Wikipedia:Matthew Sweet|Matthew Sweet]]
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| - | *[[They Might Be Giants]]
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| - | *[[Wikipedia:Thursday (band)|Thursday]]
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| - | *[[Wikipedia:Suzanne Vega|Suzanne Vega]]
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| - | *[[Wikipedia:Tom Waits|Tom Waits]]
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| - | *Butch Willis
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| - | *[[Wikipedia:Neil Young|Neil Young]]
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| - | *[[Wikipedia:Frank Zappa|Frank Zappa]]
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| - | Judging from the "[[Wikipedia:Boys Don't Cry (album)|Boys Don't Cry]]" silhouette poster of [[Wikipedia:Robert Smith (musician)|Robert Smith]] on his wall, Strong Glad also apparently listens to [[Wikipedia:The Cure|The Cure]]. Also, some of his Halloween costumes suggests that he enjoys [[Wikipedia:Talking Heads|Talking Heads]] and [[Wikipedia:Devo|Devo]].
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| - | ==Lurking==
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| - | Strong Glad has often been identified as a lurker, or has been associated with lurking.
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| - | [[Image:Sbemail157.PNG|thumb|Deathly Pallor with "Lonely Lurker Attack"]]
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| - | *Email [[garage sale]] — [[Strong Bad]] describes "The Lurker", using Strong Glad as an example, as being "the shady night-manager at Stuckey's type, who shades around all day but never buys anything." Strong Bad also tells Strong Glad, "At least <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Senor Cardgage]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> bought something, ''lurker''!"
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| - | *[[Senorial Day]] — In an [[Easter egg]], Strong Glad says, "there's nothing like going out for a lonely lurk on a lovely spring night."
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| - | *Email [[trading cards]] — One of [[Homestar Runner]]'s cards is [[The Deathly Pallor]], which can perform the "Lonely Lurker Attack."
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| - | == Character Video Transcript ==
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| - | ''{'''Page Title''': Poetry Slam!!}'' ''{'''Place:''' [[Strong Glad's Room]]}''
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| - | ''{Open with a black screen.}''
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| - | '''Strong Glad:''' I don't wanna do a characters page!
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| - | '''MARZIPAN:''' Oh, come on, you can do it!
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| - | ''{The lens cap is removed, and Strong Glad appears as the camera focuses on him.}''
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| - | '''Strong Glad:''' I'm not really comfortable talking to a camera.
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| - | '''MARZIPAN:''' ''{offscreen}'' Just pretend like you're talking to me, or a wall, or a tree, or any of the other stuff that you usually talk to.
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| - | '''Strong Glad:''' Ohhhhhh! My name's Strong Glad and... I have two brothers that like to pummel me every hour, on the hour. I mostly sit in my room, and... listen to music, and write, ''{begins tracing his finger along the edge of the screen}'' and talk to walls or trees... ''{stops touching the edge of the screen}'' and wait to be pummeled... I guess I like board games more than most people. And by that I mean I like to play board games more than most people do. But by that I also mean I like board games more than I like most people. Like this one time, me and Hi-Ho Cherry-O! were playing The Game of Life, and I got a phone call from... Coach Z or somebody. And, I didn't answer it because I was having such a good time with playing this board game, against this other board game...
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| - | '''MARZIPAN:''' ''{off-screen, losing patience}'' Okay, I think that's enough, Strong Glad.
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| - | '''Strong Glad:''' And it got me to thinking, you know?
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| - | '''MARZIPAN:''' Okay, okay, I'm turning it off now.
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| - | '''Strong Glad:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Two lovers... collide...
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| - | ''{The camera stops.}''
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| - | == Fun Facts ==
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| - | * [[Matt Chapman]] has said that Strong Glad is the most difficult character to voice due to how delicate he sounds. If Matt strains his voice too much before recording, he actually can't do Strong Glad at all (which led to Mike substituting for Strong Glad's one word in [[cheat talk]]).
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| - | * Strong Glad [[Fourth Wall Breaks|breaks the fourth wall]] by saying he doesn't want to do a "character page", and by running his finger up and down the left border of the screen. The actual wall of his room is much further off to the side, as evidenced by the poster in the background.
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| - | * The odd lump on top of Strong Glad's head gives him a similar appearance to some of the secondary characters in [[Wikipedia:Casper the Friendly Ghost|Casper the Friendly Ghost]].
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| - | <!-- Please do not add a reference to the Zoloft mascot - the Zoloft bouncing head was designed well after Strong Glad's head, so this is a coincidence, not a reference. -->
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| - | * Strong Glad used to have an AOL Instant Messenger screenname of "depressio222". A fan registered the name, and after many questions as to why the Brothers Chaps had not reserved it beforehand, Strong Glad's IM changed to "depressio111117".
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| - | *Strong Glad was originally going to sound like [[Wikipedia:Michael Stipe|Michael Stipe]], but it was quickly rejected.
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| - | == Variations ==
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| - | *[[Sickly Sam]] ([[Old-Timey]])
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| - | *[[Hot Tub]] ([[Dangeresque (film series)|Dangeresque]])
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| - | *[[The First Decemberween]] ([[A Decemberween Pageant|Decemberween]])
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| - | *[[Lil' Strong Glad]]
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| - | *[[Saddy Dumpington]]
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| - | *[[The Deathly Pallor]]
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| - | *[[Anonymous]]
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| - | *[[Trading Cards|Prancibald]] ([[trading card]])
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| - | *[[Other Character Variations#2046|2046 Strong Glad]] ([[your funeral]])
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| - | === [[Halloween Costumes]] ===
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| - | *[[Wikipedia:Mikhail Gorbachev|Gorbachev]] in [[Homestarloween Party]].
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| - | *[[Wikipedia:Andy Warhol|Andy Warhol]] in [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]].
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| - | *Vyvyan (from [[Wikipedia:The Young_Ones (TV_series)|The Young Ones]]) in [[Pumpkin Carve-nival]].
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| - | *[[Wikipedia:David Byrne (musician)|David Byrne]] in [[3 Times Halloween Funjob]].
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| - | *[[Wikipedia:David Bowie|David Bowie]] in [[Halloween Fairstival]].
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| - | *[[Wikipedia:Devo|Devo Member]] in [[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]].
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| - | *[[Wikipedia:Tony Clifton|Tony Clifton]] in [[Happy Hallow-day]].
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| - | ==Quotes of the Week==
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| - | {{qotwstart}}
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| - | *{{qotw|"I can't remember cereal, I can't remember TV. Is it football season yet? I don't even watch football. I hate football but I'll play football. Run you over in football..."|[[caffeine]] outtake|Mirror:ss_caffeine.mp3}}
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| - | *{{qotw|"Strong Bad, did you put Montelbon pheromones..?"|[[what I want]] outtake|Mirror:ss_montelbon.mp3}}
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| - | *{{qotw|"Tonight is my night to play Caaardinal Sins."|[[Where's The Cheat?]]|mirror:ss_cardinalsins.mp3}}
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| - | *{{qotw|"Your computer room is now my tai chi space. And it doubles as my chai tea space, too!"|[[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]] outtake|Mirror:ss_chaitea.mp3}}
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| - | *{{qotw|"Uh, Strong Bad, were you just first basin' it with that piece of loose leaf?!"|[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 10]]|Mirror:ss_looseleaf.mp3}}
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| - | *{{qotw|'''As [[The Deathly Pallor]]''': "We got another 50 minutes straight of music free commercials comin atcha! Don't you touch that- zabbitablough!"|[[radio]] outtake|Mirror:ss_wa3d.mp3}}
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| - | *{{qotw|"Marzipan, Marzipan!!!"|[[caffeine]]|Mirror:ss marzipan.wav}}
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| - | *{{qotw|"I don't like food anymore"|[[2 years]]|Mirror:ss foodanymore.mp3}}
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| - | *{{qotw|"Oh, some animal died."|A parody of Homestar's line in [[impression]]|Mirror:ss_animal.wav}}
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| - | ==See Also==
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| - | *[[Strong Glad Evolution]]
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| - | *[[Strong Glad Smiling]]
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| - | *[[Hyperactive Strong Glad]]
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| - | *[[Strong Glad Other Costumes|Other Costumes]]
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| - | *[[Nicknames#Strong Glad|Nicknames]]
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| - | *[[Strong Glad's Lament]]
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| - | == External Links ==
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| - | *[[HR:vcr_ss.html|watch Strong Glad's character video]]
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| - | *[[HR:vcr_ss.swf|view the Flash file for Strong Glad's character video]]
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| - | *[mailto:depressio@homestarrunner.com Email Strong Glad] ([[depressio#Easter Eggs|note]])
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| - | *[[HR:sadjournal/index.html|See Strong Glad's Blog]]
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| - | *[[HR:sadjournal/wonderyears.html|Fond Reminiscences]]
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