Coach Z Evolution

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| [[Image:Sketchbook Eleven.PNG|150px]] || Early Coach Z sketches (and [[Bubs]] ones, too) || ??? || [[Sketchbook (museum)]] || N/A
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| [[Image:Sketchbook Eleven.PNG|150px]] || Early Coach Z (and [[Bubs]]) sketches || Unknown, likely 1999 or earlier|| [[Sketchbook (museum)]] || N/A
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| [[Image:FlashbackStyleCoachZ.png|150px]] || This is Coach "Zee"'s first design || 1999 || [[Where My Hat Is At?]]; ''[[flashback]]''; ''[[alternate universe]]''; ''[[The Homestar Runner Gets Something Stuck In His Craw]]''; ''[[Homestar Runner Goes For the Gold]]'' || N/A
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| [[Image:FlashbackStyleCoachZ.png|150px]] || Initial design, named "Coach Zee" || 1999 || [[Where My Hat Is At?]]; ''[[flashback]]''; ''[[alternate universe]]''; ''[[The Homestar Runner Gets Something Stuck In His Craw]]''; ''[[Homestar Runner Goes For the Gold]]'' || N/A
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| [[Image:OCPcoachz.png|150px]] || Coach Z's second design || December 1999 || [[Marshmallow's Last Stand]]; [[Old Characters Page]] || His colors have gotten lighter, he has more shading, his head is rounder, and the Z's shape and color has changed.
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| [[Image:OCPcoachz.png|150px]] || Second design, name simplified to "Coach Z" || December 1999 || [[Marshmallow's Last Stand]]; [[Old Characters Page]] || His colors have gotten lighter, he has more shading, his head is rounder, and the medallion is more detailed.
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| [[Image:coachz_evolution_card.png|150px]] || Coach Z's third design || 2000 || [[Character Cards]]; [[Dancin' Bubs]]; [[Yearbook Character Page]] (in photo) || He has darker colors, a thinner outline, rounder eyes, and his hat and medallion have changed colors.
| [[Image:coachz_evolution_card.png|150px]] || Coach Z's third design || 2000 || [[Character Cards]]; [[Dancin' Bubs]]; [[Yearbook Character Page]] (in photo) || He has darker colors, a thinner outline, rounder eyes, and his hat and medallion have changed colors.
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| [[Image:oldcoachz.png|150px]] || Coach Z's fourth design || 2000 || [[Theme Song Video]]; [[Homestarloween Party]] || His outline is colored and not just plain black, his medallion has changed color, his shading is gone, and his hat has lighter colors.
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| [[Image:oldcoachz.png|150px]] || Coach Z's fourth design || 2000 || [[Theme Song Video]]; [[Homestarloween Party]] || Outlines are darker colors rather than plain black. His medallion and hat colors have been adjusted. Body shadow has been removed and colors are flat rather than gradients.
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| [[Image:coach-z.png|150px]] || Coach Z's fifth design || 2000 || Toons from [[A Holiday Greeting]] to [[Date Nite]]; Main Pages [[Main Page 11|11]] and [[Main Page 23|23]]; various [[Strong Bad Emails]] from [[stand-up]] to [[mini-golf]] || His skin tone has become a slightly lighter shade, the Z appears to be polished, and his medallion has changed color again. He also has much more advanced shading and thicker and brighter outlines. The Z has a shadow on his body.
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| [[Image:coach-z.png|150px]] || Coach Z's fifth design || 2000 || Toons from [[A Holiday Greeting]] to [[Date Nite]]; Main Pages [[Main Page 11|11]] and [[Main Page 23|23]]; various [[Strong Bad Emails]] from [[stand-up]] to [[mini-golf]] || His skin tone has become a slightly lighter shade. The medallion has adjusted colors and now features a metallic shine, it also casts a shadow on his body. He is now drawn with thicker and brighter outlines, as well as shading across his entire body.
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| [[Image:New Coach Z Styles.PNG|150px]] || Coach Z's sixth design || 2003 || various [[Strong Bad Emails]] starting with [[impression]]; various toons starting with [[3 Times Halloween Funjob]] || His feet aren't as far apart. His medallion has been subtly redesigned and recolored, overall slightly darker without inner shading. The medallion now leaves a lighter shadow on his body than before, blending in with its other shading. His cap is less slanted, and the brim is smaller. His head is smaller, and his outlines no longer have gaps at his arms.
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| [[Image:New Coach Z Styles.PNG|150px]] || Coach Z's sixth design || 2003 || Various [[Strong Bad Emails]] starting with [[impression]]; various toons starting with [[3 Times Halloween Funjob]] || His stance is narrower. The medallion has been subtly redesigned and recolored, overall slightly darker without inner shading; it leaves a lighter shadow on his body than before, blending in with the body's other shading. His cap is less slanted, and the brim is smaller. His head is smaller, and his outlines no longer have gaps at his arms.
Between 2003 and 2007, this design was used interchangeably with the previous one.
Between 2003 and 2007, this design was used interchangeably with the previous one.
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| [[Image:Very Newest Coach Z.PNG|150px]] || Current design || 2022 || Starting in Email [[parenting]], || coach Z is seen in a slightly darker shade of green and with his right eye higher on his head and with more dynamic animation on his head. The brim also looks bigger.  
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| [[Image:Very Newest Coach Z.PNG|150px]] || Coach Z's current design || 2022 || Debuted in Email [[parenting]] || His eyeline is tilted, now aligned with his cap. His head and hat are slightly smaller.  
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[[Category:Character Evolution]]
[[Category:Character Evolution]]
[[Category:Coach Z]]
[[Category:Coach Z]]

Revision as of 21:48, 11 April 2022

This page tracks the evolution of Coach Z.

Image Info Created Appearances What's Changed?
Early Coach Z (and Bubs) sketches Unknown, likely 1999 or earlier Sketchbook (museum) N/A
Initial design, named "Coach Zee" 1999 Where My Hat Is At?; flashback; alternate universe; The Homestar Runner Gets Something Stuck In His Craw; Homestar Runner Goes For the Gold N/A
Second design, name simplified to "Coach Z" December 1999 Marshmallow's Last Stand; Old Characters Page His colors have gotten lighter, he has more shading, his head is rounder, and the medallion is more detailed.
Coach Z's third design 2000 Character Cards; Dancin' Bubs; Yearbook Character Page (in photo) He has darker colors, a thinner outline, rounder eyes, and his hat and medallion have changed colors.
Coach Z's fourth design 2000 Theme Song Video; Homestarloween Party Outlines are darker colors rather than plain black. His medallion and hat colors have been adjusted. Body shadow has been removed and colors are flat rather than gradients.
Coach Z's fifth design 2000 Toons from A Holiday Greeting to Date Nite; Main Pages 11 and 23; various Strong Bad Emails from stand-up to mini-golf His skin tone has become a slightly lighter shade. The medallion has adjusted colors and now features a metallic shine, it also casts a shadow on his body. He is now drawn with thicker and brighter outlines, as well as shading across his entire body.
Coach Z's sixth design 2003 Various Strong Bad Emails starting with impression; various toons starting with 3 Times Halloween Funjob His stance is narrower. The medallion has been subtly redesigned and recolored, overall slightly darker without inner shading; it leaves a lighter shadow on his body than before, blending in with the body's other shading. His cap is less slanted, and the brim is smaller. His head is smaller, and his outlines no longer have gaps at his arms.

Between 2003 and 2007, this design was used interchangeably with the previous one.

Coach Z's current design 2022 Debuted in Email parenting His eyeline is tilted, now aligned with his cap. His head and hat are slightly smaller.
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