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| - | | [[Wikipedia:Paula Abdul|Paula Abdul]] || [[different town]] || As Moderately Hot Homsar, Homsar's line during Strong Bad's fantasy is, "I'm forever your girl," a quote from the 1989 song and album titled "Forever Your Girl" by Paula Abdul.
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| - | | [[Wikipedia:AC/DC|AC/DC]] || [[Pumpkin Carve-nival]]; [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 7.0]] || Homestar Runner and Strong Bad (disguised as Homestar) dress as the band's leader [[Wikipedia:Angus Young|Angus Young]]; on the Easter egg of the answering machine, Homestar sings ''[[Wikipedia:Back in Black|Back In Black]]'' and then comments on Angus' "schoolboy outfit".
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| - | | [[Wikipedia:The Beatles|The Beatles]] || see [[The Beatles]] || see [[The Beatles]]
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| - | | [[Wikipedia:Frank Black|Frank Black]] || [[Jibblies 2]] || A tarot card is labeled ''[[Wikipedia:The Cult of Ray|The Cult of Ray]]'', Frank Black's 1996 album, and includes the peculiar looking head from the album cover.
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| - | | [[Wikipedia:David Bowie|David Bowie]] || [[Halloween Fairstival]] ||Strong Sad dresses as David Bowie; more specifically, as he appears on the cover of his album [[Wikipedia:Aladdin Sane|Aladdin Sane]].
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| - | | [[Wikipedia:The Brothers Johnson|The Brothers Johnson]] || [[comic]] || In the Easter egg, the band's album ''Winners'' is visible.
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| - | |[[Wikipedia:Phil Collins|Phil Collins]] || [[Stinkomanual]] || Description of the Bendini Sisters lifts a line from the song "In The Air Tonight"
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| - | | [[Wikipedia:The Cure|The Cure]] || [[Fan Costume Commentary]] || In the final picture, Strong Bad claims the person dressed as Strong Sad to be a "dumpy [[Wikipedia:Robert Smith|Robert Smith]]". Smith is actually the lead singer and front man of The Cure. In addition, Strong Sad has a poster for the band's album ''Boy's Don't Cry'' on his wall.
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| | | [[Wikipedia:Daft Punk|Daft Punk]] || [[The Cheat Theme Song]] || The scene with the line "The Cheat is in the house" is reminiscent of the Daft Punk music video "One More Time." | | | [[Wikipedia:Daft Punk|Daft Punk]] || [[The Cheat Theme Song]] || The scene with the line "The Cheat is in the house" is reminiscent of the Daft Punk music video "One More Time." |
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| - | | [[Wikipedia:Sananda Maitreya|Terrence Trent D'Arby]] || [[3 Times Halloween Funjob]] || Coach Z mistakes Strong Bad's costume as being Terrence Trent D'Arby.
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| - | | [[Wikipedia:De La Soul|De La Soul]] || [[monster truck]]; [[big white face]] || In "monster truck", Homestar's line, "Let's do this like Brutus," is from the band's album ''[[Wikipedia:De La Soul Is Dead|De La Soul Is Dead]]'', which itself is a reference to the track "Bring The Noise", where the phrase, "We can do this like Brutus," is spoken by Flavor Flav; In "big white face", Strong Bad refers to [[The Poopsmith|the Poopsmith]] as "doodoo man," which references track 14 of "De La Soul Is Dead" by featuring a fictional DJ who refers to himself as the "doodoo man."
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| - | | [[Wikipedia:Death Cab for Cutie|Death Cab for Cutie]] || [[Main Page 21]]; [[alternate universe]] || In both mentioned appearances (and when "[[Games]]" is rolled over on Main Page 21), the drum riff heard appeared about four years earlier in the beginning of Death Cab For Cutie's song "Photobooth." The version that appears here, however, is slower than the band's version and lacks the reverb that the other version has.
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| - | | [[Wikipedia:El DeBarge|El DeBarge]] || [[3 Times Halloween Funjob]] || Homestar mistakes Strong Bad's costume as being El DeBarge.
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| - | | [[Wikipedia:Devo|Devo]] || [[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]] || Strong Sad dresses as a member of Devo.
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| - | | [[Wikipedia:Digital Underground|Digital Underground]] || [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]] || Coach Z dresses as Humpty Hump, the band's leader.
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| - | | [[Wikipedia:Dokken|Dokken]] || [[band names]]; [[different town]] || Strong Bad suggests this as a possible name for the email sender's band; In "different town", during Strong Bad's fantasy of how he would change the website, he envisions Marzipan's guitar as "Mr. Scary", which George Lynch used during his run with the band.
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| - | | [[Wikipedia:Bob Dylan|Bob Dylan]] || [[Main Page 6]]; [[personal favorites]]; [[privileges]]; [[Weclome Back]] || When "[[Email]]" is rolled over, [[Strong Bad]] is seen singing Dylan's song, [[Wikipedia:Knockin' on Heaven's Door|"Knockin' On Heaven's Door"]] before he falls through the clouds; In "personal favorites", "Forever Young" in Zebbadee's Easter egg email is a reference to the 1973 Bob Dylan song that became a hit for Rod Stewart in 1988; In "privileges", Homestar is trying to get The Cheat to buy some subscriptions so he can so he can go to Acapulco, which is a reference to Dylan's album ''The Basement Tapes''; In "Weclome Back", the ''Freewheelin' Eh! Steve'' album cover is a reference to Bob Dylan's early album, ''[[Wikipedia:The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan|The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan]]''. In addition, "Eh! Steve's Dream" is a reference to the Dylan song [[Wikipedia:Bob Dylan's Dream|"Bob Dylan's Dream"]].
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| - | | [[Wikipedia:Enuff Z'nuff|Enuff Z'nuff]] || [[band names]] || Again, Strong Bad mentions this as a possibility for a name for the email sender's band.
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| - | | [[Wikipedia:The Fifth Dimension|The Fifth Dimension]] || [[Main Page 8]] || When "[[Toons]]" is rolled over, Strong Bad is seen in a hot-air balloon done in his likeness as he sings the band's song, [[Wikipedia:Up, Up and Away (song)|"Up, Up and Away"]].
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| - | | [[Wikipedia:50 Cent|50 Cent]] || [[extra plug]] || The way Strong Bad pronounces 'da club' throughout the email is a reference to 50 Cent's hit single 'In Da Club', where he rounds off the 'u' in the word 'club' the same way.
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| - | | [[Wikipedia:The Four Tops|The Four Tops]] || [[sugarbob]] || Strong Bad says, "Sugarbob, funky bunch," a reference to The Four Tops' song, [[Wikipedia:I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)|"I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)"]].
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| - | | [[Wikipedia:Peter Frampton|Peter Frampton]] || [[making out]]; [[The Best Decemberween Ever]]; [[Strong Bad's Room Main Page]] || see [[Peter Frampton]]
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| - | | [[Wikipedia:The Furious Five|The Furious Five]] || [[Homestarloween Party]] || Coach Z comments on the Furious Five, specifically either the original leader, [[Wikipedia:Grandmaster Flash|Grandmaster Flash]], or Flash's replacement, [[Wikipedia:Grandmaster Melle Mel|Grandmaster Melle Mel]].
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| - | | [[Wikipedia:Vince Guaraldi|The Vince Guaraldi Trio]] || [[comic]] || In the Easter egg, the group's album ''[[Wikipedia:A Boy Named Charlie Brown|A Boy Named Charlie Brown]]'' is visible.
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| - | | [[Wikipedia:Guns N' Roses|Guns N' Roses]] || [[monster truck]]; [[3 Times Halloween Funjob]] || In "monster truck", the KFC-style chicken bucket says KnF'nC refers to this band in that it used the acronym "GnF'nR" during the [[Wikipedia:Use Your Illusion I|Use Your Illusion]] era.; In "3 Times Halloween Funjob", Homsar dresses as [[Wikipedia:Slash (musician)|Slash]], a former member of the band.
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| - | | [[Wikipedia:Heart (band)|Heart]] || [[different town]] || During Strong Bad's fantasy of how he would change the website, he envisions Marzipan as having a blond hairdo similar to Nancy Wilson's.
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| - | | [[Wikipedia:House of Pain|House of Pain]] || [[A Jorb Well Done]] || At the beginning, to end the game, Coach Z says, "Pack it up, pack it in." The coach's line is a reference to lyrics from the band's song, [[Wikipedia:Jump Around|"Jump Around"]].
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| - | | [[Wikipedia:Ice T|Ice T]] || [[pizzaz]] || Strong Bad's closing line, "Canned or Dry, We Neva Die. Colors," is a reference to the song "Colors" by rapper Ice T, specifically, the line "The gangs of L.A. will never die, just multiply, colors".
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| - | | [[Wikipedia:Iron Maiden|Iron Maiden]] || [[3 Wishes]] || Strong Bad says that if he had horns, he would go on tour with a heavy metal band as their mascot and do battle with the lead singer, a reference to how the Iron Maiden [[wikipedia:Eddie the Head|mascot]] always fought with the band on stage.
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| - | | [[Wikipedia:Rick James|Rick James]] || [[gimmicks]] || Strong Bad's intro song is a reference to James' song, [[Wikipedia:Super Freak|"Super Freak"]].
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| - | | [[Wikipedia:Kid 'n Play|Kid 'n Play]] || [[Pumpkin Carve-nival]] || Coach Z dresses as Kid from Kid 'n' Play.
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| - | | [[Wikipedia:Kiss (band)|KISS]] || [[Main Page 9]]; [[local news]] || The band's logo appears when rolling over Characters; Strong Bad's intro tune sounds like the band's song, "Cold Gin", but with the word "Email" replacing the title.
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| - | | [[Wikipedia:Krokus (band)|Krokus]] || [[band names]]; [[sibbie]] || At the end of "band names", Strong Bad announces that on the next email, his guests stars would include the entire band; In "sibbie", Strong Bad says that his "focus is all... Krokused."
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| - | | [[Wikipedia:Led Zeppelin|Led Zeppelin]] || [[Main Page 9]]; [[pom pom]] || When rolling over Characters, the logos for the band members appears;Strong Bad refers to Pom Pom as "Led Zeppelin".
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| - | |[[Wikipedia:Gordon Lightfoot|Gordon Lightfoot]] || [[army]] || When Strong Bad refuses to join Homestar's [[Homestarmy|army]], the latter threatens the former, "We'll see if those trees you're always hugging save you when Gordon Lightfoot's creeping round your back stair," referencing the song "Sundown".
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| - | | [[Wikipedia:Bob Marley|Bob Marley]] || [[Happy Hallow-day]] || Marzipan says, "We be jammin'!" This is a lyric sung by Marley in his song, "Jammin'".
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| - | | [[Wikipedia:Metallica|Metallica]] || [[extra plug]], [[Halloween Fairstival]] || Strong Bad's email intro is a reference to part of Metallica's song, [[Wikipedia:Fade to Black (song)|"Fade To Black"]], from the band's album ''[[Wikipedia:Ride the Lightning|Ride the Lightning]]''. The sign in Pom Pom's scene in Halloween Fairstival is a possible reference to the song, [[Wikipedia:Creeping Death (song)|"Creeping Death"]], from the album ''[[Wikipedia:Ride the Lightning|Ride the Lightning]]''.
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| - | | [[Wikipedia:M.I.A. (artist)|M.I.A.]] || [[Happy Hallow-day]] || On the [[TV Time Toons Menu|Toons menu]], the description of this toon is "Ween night is M.I.A. Galang galang." [[Wikipedia:Galang|"Galang"]] is the most famous single by M.I.A.
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| - | | [[Wikipedia:Miami Sound Machine|Miami Sound Machine]] || [[3 Times Halloween Funjob]] || Bubs mistakes Strong Bad's costume as being Miami Sound Machine.
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| - | | [[Wikipedia:Mötley Crüe|Mötley Crüe]] || [[Halloween Fairstival]] || Homestar's jars of [[Witches' Brew|witches' brüe]] is a reference to the pronunciation of the band's word "Crüe" instead "Crew". It also features a heavy metal umlaut done in the band's style.
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| - | | [[Wikipedia:Motörhead|Motörhead]] || [[band names]] || At the end, Strong Bad announces that on [[studying|the next email]], his guests stars would include the band's leader, [[Wikipedia:Lemmy Kilmister|Lemmy Kilmister]].
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| - | | [[Wikipedia:Mudhoney|Mudhoney]] || [[comic]]; [[Sick Day]] || The single "You Stupid Asshole" appears in the "comic" Easter egg; page title for "Sick Day" references the song "Here Comes The Sickness"
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| - | | [[Wikipedia:Willie Nelson|Willie Nelson]] || [[Halloween Fairstival]] || Marzipan dresses as Willie Nelson.
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| - | | [[Wikipedia:Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] || [[Homestarloween Party]] || [[Homestar Runner]] dresses as [[Wikipedia:Kurt Cobain|Kurt Cobain]].
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| - | | [[Wikipedia:OutKast|OutKast]] || [[spring cleaning]]; [[autobiography]]; [[Halloween Fairstival]] || At the end of "spring cleaning", Strong Bad speaks in lyrics from the band's song [[Wikipedia:So Fresh, So Clean|"So Fresh, So Clean"]]. He says "I feel so fresh and so clean, clean..." He also says another of that song's lyrics at the very end: "Ain't nobody dope as me!"; An Easter egg describes the reviews of the tapes as being "[[Wikipedia:Hootie Hoo|Hootie Hoo]]", which is actually the name of a song by this band; At the end of "Halloween Fairstival", Coach Z thinks Pom Pom's Big Boy costume is actually Big Boi and he was considering going as the other half of the group, André 3000.
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| - | | [[Wikipedia:Elvis Presley|Elvis Presley]] || [[vacation]] || Strong Bad's intro song is a reference to Elvis' song, [[Wikipedia:Heartbreak Hotel|"Heartbreak Hotel"]].
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| - | | [[Wikipedia:Prince (musician)|Prince]] || [[Jibblies 2]] || Marzipan dresses as Prince circa his 1984 album and film ''[[Wikipedia:Purple Rain (album)|Purple Rain]]''. Homestar reference his 1985 hit "Raspberry Beret".
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| - | | [[Wikipedia:The Promise Ring|The Promise Ring]] || [[no loafing]] || The poster on Strong Sad's wall in the "appointment" Easter egg is of this emo band.
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| - | | [[Wikipedia:Public Enemy|Public Enemy]] || [[Homestarloween Party]] || [[Coach Z]] dresses as [[Wikipedia:Flavor Flav|Flavor Flav]], the comic relief member of this group.
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| - | | [[Wikipedia:Queen Latifah|Queen Latifah]] || [[Happy Hallow-day]] || Coach Z dresses as Queen Latifah.
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| - | | [[Wikipedia:Quiet Riot|Quiet Riot]] || [[the bet]] || Strong Bad tells Homestar to change his name to Kevin DuBrow if he fails to be cool, which does not happen, so Strong Bad was forced to spend the night at the King of Town's castle.
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| - | | [[Wikipedia:The Ramones|The Ramones]] || [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]] || [[Marzipan]] dresses as [[Wikipedia:Joey Ramone|Joey Ramone]].
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| - | | [[Wikipedia:Lionel Richie|Lionel Richie]] || [[3 Wishes]]; [[Homestar Runner#Character Video Transcript|Homestar Runner's Character Video]] || The "3 Wishes" intro is reference to a lyric to Richie's song, [[Wikipedia:Say You, Say Me|"Say You, Say Me"]]; "Lionel Richie" is one of the randomly-picked insults that Strong Bad calls Homestar during the latter's character video.
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| - | | [[Wikipedia:Kenny Rogers|Kenny Rogers]] || [[pom pom]] || Strong Bad's intro is a reference to Rogers' song, [[Wikipedia:The Gambler (album)|"The Gambler"]].
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| - | | [[Wikipedia:Sam the Sam and the Pharaohs|Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs]] || [[time capsule]] || Strong Bad calls the email sender "Shim Sham Sam", which is probably a reference to Sam the Sham.
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| - | | [[Wikipedia:Scorpions (band)|Scorpions]] || [[your friends]] || During the scene with Strong Bad torturing [[Homsar]] with scorpions, the scorpions come from a box that reads, "We are the scorpions!", which is the concert-opening cry of lead singer Klaus Meine.
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| - | | [[Wikipedia:Sex Pistols|Sex Pistols]] || [[sb_email 22]] || Strong Bad's suggested email closing "Nevermind the Bullocks" refers to a lyric from the band's controversial album, ''[[Wikipedia:Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols|Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols]]'', which, like this email, was banned in the U.K.
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| - | | [[Wikipedia:Sonic Youth|Sonic Youth]] || [[comic]]; [[Stinkomanual]]; [[Cool Things]] || The "Teen Age Riot" single appears in the "comic" Easter egg; Stinkomanual quotes a line from the song "Tunic (Song for Karen)"; page title for "Cool Things" is taken from the lyrics for "Kool Thing".
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| - | | [[Wikipedia:Talking Heads|Talking Heads]] || [[3 Times Halloween Funjob]] || [[Strong Sad]] dresses as the band's leader [[Wikipedia:David Byrne|David Byrne]].
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| - | | [[Wikipedia:James Taylor|James Taylor]] || [[for kids]] || On Homsar's show, ''[[Whaddaya Know, Haddi-man?]]'', the guitarist bears a striking resemblance to this folk singer, who would often appear on ''[[Sesame Street]]'' to sing educational songs.
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| - | | [[Wikipedia:TLC (band)|TLC]] || [[Pumpkin Carve-nival]] || Marzipan dresses as [[Wikipedia:Lisa Lopes|Left-Eye Lopes]].
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| - | | [[Wikipedia:The Treacherous Three|The Treacherous Three]] || [[3 Times Halloween Funjob]] || Coach Z dresses as band member Kool Moe Dee.
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| - | | [[Wikipedia:Tupac|Tupac]] || [[Halloween Fairstival]] || Coach Z dresses as Tupac.
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| - | | [[Wikipedia:Ike & Tina Turner|Ike Turner]] || [[autobiography]] || An Easter egg describes the tapes as being reviewed by Ike Turner.
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| - | | [[Wikipedia:Van Halen|Van Halen]] || [[Main Page 9]]; [[The Cheat Theme Song]]; [[band names]]; [[colonization]] || When rolling over Characters on Main Page 9, the band's logo appears; when the lyric "Who's gonna start a rock and roll band?" is shown, it is accompanied by a "The Cheat" symbol that looks like the logo for this band; In "band names", Strong Bad suggests this as a possible name for the email sender's band; In a "colonization" Easter egg, Strong Bad sings "Shanama, Shanama ho ho ho ho ho!" to the tune of the band's song, "Panama".
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| - | | [[Wikipedia:Whitesnake|Whitesnake]] || [[mile]] || Strong Bad's line before jumping the ramp over Bubs' 19 buses, "Here I go again on my own," is a reference to the first line of the chorus of "Here I Go Again", an '80s standard by Whitesnake.
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| - | | [[Wikipedia:The Who|The Who]] || [[vacation]]; [[theme party]]; [[Weclome Back]] || In [[vacation#Postcard 5|postcard 5]] of the "vacation" email, Strong Bad says, "Just a quick one while I'm away," which is a reference to The Who's song "A Quick One While He's Away."; In "theme party", there is an Easter egg that involves [[The Kinda Long-Haired Band]] singing The Who's song "Circles"; In "Weclome Back", Marzipan almost smashes [[Carol]] in the "Cool Tapes" scene, which is what [[Wikipedia:Pete Townshend|Pete Townshend]] made a habit of doing onstage.
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| - | | [[Wikipedia:Wu-Tang Clan|Wu-Tang Clan]] || [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]]; [[Pumpkin Carve-nival]]; [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 12.2]] || If you give Coach Z the Cherry Clan as his Halloween treat, he will compare them to the Wu-Tang Clan and he asks you if he can come in and listen to the group's song, ''[[Wikipedia:Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)|The 36 Chambers]]''; In "Pumpkin Carve-nival", the letter W in Coach Z's pumpkin entry is the symbol for the Wu-Tang Clan; Homestar's mention of a "Goatface Killa" is a reference to [[Wikipedia: Ghostface Killah|Ghostface Killah]], a member of Wu-Tang Clan.
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| - | | [[Wikipedia:Frank Zappa|Frank Zappa]] || [[suntan]] || In the instructions, the man's facial hair is similar to that of Frank Zappa.
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