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Rig Rug

"Now with 30% less raids by the Feds!"

Rig Rug is a game mentioned throughout Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triungulate. If an item is used on the rug in the triungulate version of Dangeresque Roomisode 1: Behind the Dangerdesque, Dangeresque will say he doesn't need to rig the rug with that, but that he would like to play some Rig Rug.

The game plays a major part in Dangeresque Roomisode 2: The Intersection of Doom & Boom, in which a suspiciously Homeschool Winner-like silhouette can be seen through a bar window, playing the game on an arcade machine. Dangeresque tells them to press the Player 2 button on the stage select screen, which shuts the game off and alerts the Feds. This is necessary to shut off all the power in the bar, allowing the electrician (played by Strong Sad) to finish repairing a fuse.

In the postgame sequence of Dangeresque Roomisode 3: Keep My Enemies, Loser, Dangeresque Too can find the home console version of Rig Rug, giving a description of the game: "Help Handyman Jorge renovate vintage homes by tearing up rugs before the evil General Contractor-Bot blands things up with beige paint and wall to wall carpeting." Handyman Jorge is depicted as a bearded human with a backwards green cap.

On September 9, 2023, the @StrongBadActual account posted a video of a playable Rig Rug that was considered for a future Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triungulate update.

The game has a pixelated style resembling the games of Videlectrix, but their logo is absent from the box, leaving their involvement unconfirmed. The title is a reference to Namco's Dig Dug.

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Jez Swanson

"It all started with a brave little tweet!"

BounceBot

Jez Swanson is a software engineer, and the main programmer of Stinkoman 20X6's level 10 update. He is also credited alongside the Brothers Chaps for level 10 development and additional music.

In September 2017, the @StrongBadActual Twitter account posted an animated GIF of "Stinkoman level 10 relic[s]" featuring multiple enemy sprites. Jez Swanson (@jezzamonn) responded to this Tweet, volunteering to code the rest of the game, to which @StrongBadActual replied "You better watch out or Videlectrix gone hire you! How do you feel about Actionscript 1.terrible?". Swanson replied that he was familiar with ActionScript, and went on to become the official programmer of level 10.

In April 2018, Jez Swanson made a GIF of Stinkoman punching a picture of Bubs (referencing the next april fools thing). @StrongBadActual Tweeted the GIF, thanking Swanson and telling him to "get back to work on level 10".

Upon the level's release in December 2020, @StrongBadActual gave a "huge shoutout to [Jez's] incredible patience, programming, development, and actionscript archaeology".

The player character from Swanson's Flash game BounceBot can be found as an unused enemy within the files of Stinkoman 20X6's level 10 update.

External Links

• Jez Swanson's website

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Colin McInerney

"I spotted this incredibly HAMdsome pig in @tbbgco's game All Hams On Deck!"

Colin McInerney is a game designer and developer who has collaborated with The Brothers Chaps on multiple occasions.

In September 2018, Strong Bad Tweeted at Owlchemy Labs (McInerney's studio at the time) proposing a "VR train-dropping simulator". McInerney (@ColinMcInerror) responded, asking Strong Bad to contact him for any more questions, and suggesting a VR StrongBadZone. Strong Bad responded with StrongBadZone 3D models.

McInerney designed and programmed the VR game Eye, Eye, Cap'n! in 24 hours for the VR Austin Jam in November 2018; Matt Chapman provided the voice for Cap'n Capman, whose name alludes to "Chapman". @StrongBadActual promoted the game, noting the voice's similarity to Old-Timey Strong Bad. In Owlchemy Labs' 2019 game Vacation Simulator, Matt is again listed among the voice cast. In January 2020, and again in September 2020, @StrongBadActual promoted No Hams On Deck, a mobile game by McInerney's new studio The Bread & Butter Game Co. In this game, Matt's voice clips from Eye, Eye, Cap'n are re-used, and Mike Chapman voices Hog Bad, a pig who looks like Strong Bad.

In October 2020, Colin appeared as a guest on the Homestar Runner fan podcast "Come On, Fhqwhpods!", on the episodes for Where's The Cheat? and band names.

In December 2020, Colin McInerney was credited as a playtester for the tenth level of Stinkoman 20X6. Strong Bad thanked him in a Tweet, proclaiming "No one else would have so bravely waded into testing a 15 year old web game for a dead media player!!"

He was credited as a Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triungulate programmer in August 2023. On his website, he elaborates: "I provided general Unity/programming assistance, and was responsible for creating a custom dialogue box manager that sat on top of Adventure Creator. This allowed me to re-add features like special graphics for thinking textboxes, positioning the little speech tags, and a bunch of other fun tweakable things to make sure the text boxes were buttery-smooth."

External Links

• Colin McInerney's website

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U.Z. Inu

U.Z. Inu is the composer credited for Stinkoman 20X6's tenth level. They contributed three tracks: the level theme (a remix of Stinkoman Level 1), Z Sabre's boss theme (a remix of the standard boss theme), and Mecha-Trogador's boss theme (a remix combining Stinkoman Level 1 and Trogdor). Curiously, while all of the other credited contributors were thanked in a Twitter thread following the level's release, U.Z. Inu has never been acknowledged outside of the game's credits sequence.

Connection to Toby Fox

The name "U.Z. Inu" is likely a play on the Japanese localized name for the Undertale character Annoying Dog (うざいイヌ, romanized as Uzai Inu), which is often depicted as the avatar of developer and composer Toby Fox. The music uses a lot of Toby's signature composition habits and instrumentation, as well as sharing the same instrument samples that he would use in music for his games.

Toby Fox is a fan of Homestar Runner, directly citing it as the inspiration for a scrapped attack in Undertale in which the player would have to jump over a row of buses. Most notably, his game Deltarune contains a music group known as the "Sweet Cap'n Cakes", a reference to Sweet Cuppin' Cakes; one of its members plays a song very similar to the demo that Casio Head Strong Bad plays.

At the time of level 10's release, no trace of U.Z. Inu could be found online. This changed in 2022, when U.Z. Inu was credited a second time; this time as composer and lyricist for "I'm Your Treasure Box" by Houshou Marine, a Japanese Vtuber which Toby has previously thanked for playing his game Undertale on stream. This song was made in collaboration with musician Camellia, who had collaborated with Toby Fox on multiple occasions.

The secretive nature of the U.Z. Inu alias has since lead to hoaxes, such as a Toby Fox imitator using the name to release fan-made Deltarune music.

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Rich Trott

"Also included, expanded alternate arrangements and remixes of these songs by the great Rich Trott (Palace Family Steak House)."

Rich Trott is a composer and playtester for Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triungulate.

Throughout December 2022, Rich Trott (@trott) would Tweet A Charlie Brown Christmas-style versions of the daily songs from the Decemberweenvent Calendar, most of which were Retweeted by @StrongBadActual. In May 2023, Strong Bad Tweeted a jazz/funk remix of the theme from Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon as a teaser for Dangeresque Roomisode 2: The Intersection of Doom & Boom; he then Retweeted Trott's remix of this song, and challenged him to "jazz-interpret" a "little song I made up as I was reading the instructions for this shelf". Trott responded with multiple covers of the song.

In August 2023, Rich Trott's Decemberweenvent Calendar covers of Stave It Off and Strong Bad is a Bad Guy were used in Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triungulate. The game's soundtrack was released later that month, containing 13 new arrangements of the music by Rich Trott, in addition to the two tracks that were used in the game.

External Links

• Rich Trott's Bandcamp page

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Tacos

Meat, cheese and vegetables collected together in a Mexican tortilla that makes a tasty treat.

Appearances

• Email 50 Emails — One of Homestar Runner's failed attempts at DELETED is "Del Taco", a restaurant.
• Email caper — The solution to the jumble is "Un Taco".
• Email rough copy — Strong Bad pays The Cheat in soft tacos for being his lawyer.
• Halloween Potion-ma-jig — One option has Homestar claim he ran into Tacoman, who Coach Z apparently has a rivalry with.
  • Homestar repeats this gag in Halloween Hide & Seek.
• Email pop-up — Strong Bad changes his email to read that the sender dreamed about a Strong Bad salad, and then a Strong Bad taco salad.
• Donut Unto Others — When Bubs points out that he is also selling doughnuts, Homestar suggests they could become a conglomerate like KFC-Taco Bell-Radisson-Texas Instruments-NASA.
• Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective — The Drive-Thru Whale advertises a "half-hearted taco meal". Dangeresque has to solve a puzzle using other Mexican food items, including a taco.
• 8-Bit is Enough — Strong Bad muses that he should not let The Cheat ride in the dryer on Tacos and Gravy night.
• Hremail 7 — One of the flavors of melonade is Taco Explosion.
• Disk 4 of 12 - World Games — When the palette changes for the bullfighting event, Strong Bad remarks that in Texas, they only see things in the taco seasoning spectrum, including guacamole, mole, cayenne and jalapeño.
• Dangeresque Roomisode 1: Behind the Dangerdesque (Triungulate version) — In his file cabinet of fast food takeout menus, Dangeresque keeps two actual tacos that he insists will save his life someday.

See Also

• Burgers
• Sandwiches

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Words Ending in -o

• In Search of the Yello Dello — The most rare and beautiful bird is called the Yello Dello.
• Homestar Runner Presents: Presents — Homestar calls Strong Bad "Strong-o Bad-o".
• Email lady fan — Homestar urges Strong Bad to exercise his buttweesimo.
• Punkin Stencils — Homestar calls The Jolly Dumple Tongue-o Drippo.
• Blubb-O's Commercial — The name of the fast food restaurant is called Blubb-O's.
• Halloween Safety — Homestar says dressing up as a Children Crossing sign is Ina-Pro-Pro.
• The Homestar Runner Enters the Spooky Woods — The Homestar Runner's gulps as gulpo and gulpamundo.
• Halloween Hijinks — Strong Bad suggests that the King of Town dressing up as King Ding Dong would be a no-brain-o.
• Fan 'Stumes 2021 — Deflato-head Strong Bad and decapitato-head Strong Sad each sold separately.
• Fan 'Stumes 2022 — Strong Bad's confirmation for doing that year's Twitter challenge is Provisional Accept-o and Roboto Accept-o.
• Dangeresque Roomisode 1: Behind the Dangerdesque —
  • The Wingzz Hutt offers Facemelto sauce.
  • If Dangeresque attempts to use the file cabinet key on his office door, he says he will fake-o solve-o The Chief's case-o first.
• Dangeresque Roomisode2: The Intersection of Doom & Boom — Talking to the Quickstart Guide, Dangeresque reminds it to float like Ms. Chlorino taught in the pool.
• Dangeresque Roomisode 3: Keep my Enemies, Loser —
  • A generic error message is Loopto Rodoopto.
  • The statue with two shields is named Homestarmero Duplicishield.

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The King of Town's Health Problems

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The King of Town is obsessed with food and eating, and does not have especially healthy habits.

• Some Stupid Turkey — The King of Town eats an entire Thanksgiving feast to the point where he is ready to puke.
• Halloween Fairstival — His remedy for hiccups is to feed them until they mature into liver failure. He also has a ham in place of his heart.
• Halloween Potion Ma-Jig — He and the Poopsmith are seeking out a ham sandwich he buried when he was nine. When Homestar describes how he found it, ate it, and felt like puking it back up, the King remarks that he wishes Homestar had.
• Email retirement — In his circus act as "Clogdor", his burps transform into fried eggs.
• Email record book — The King of Town eats a giant pile of salt for lunch. He claims that his "hiccups" are actually heart attacks.
• Email unnatural — When King Bubsgonzola Supreme rampages around and causes the ground to shake, bystanders believe the King of Town is getting his mega-physical.
• Email fan club — Strong Bad writes a story where the King of Town eats an entire pile of whatsit. The King of Town says he wishes it were fiction.
• Which Ween Costumes? — When Strong Bad asks if "Hundred and One" is the King's age or number of heart attacks, the King implies both are closer to triple that.
• Fan 'Stumes 2020 — Marshie encourages viewers to open their pores and let him into their hearts to clog up their veins. The King of Town volunteers readily.
• Halloween Hide & Seek — His jumps on a trampoline because he ate a chocolate bar too quickly and wanted to puke it up so he could savor it properly.
• Dangeresque Roomisode 3: Keep my Enemies, Loser — Perducci tearfully denies that his tears are made from olive oil.

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