Death

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For the personification of death, see Grim Reaper.

"Oh, he looks so peaceful."

There are numerous references to the subject of death. These range from a character's death or near-death, to imagining or behaving as though a character has died. As in many cartoons, when a character dies, the death is usually impermanent — the character may reappear alive, often with no explanation. However, in the Homestar Runner universe, death is kept mainly as a running gag that nearly every cartoon today has, and is no exception in that sense. Usually, death is an empty threat that Strong Bad and several other main characters use, and, possibly excluding Strong Bad's computers, no main universe character has remained dead forever.

[edit] Appearances

[edit] Bubs

Email pom pom — Bubs mentions having "almost died the 15th time".
Sample of Style — Mike Chapman rips the cardboard tube that "produces" Bubs's voice. Matt Chapman says that they will have to kill off Bubs, "just like Homeschool Winner". A picture of Bubs's grave then appears.
Email unnatural — Strong Bad frequently suggests that they kill the rampaging King Bubsgonzola Supreme.
Doomy Tales of the Macabre — Bubs gets his head bitten off by his concession stand after the latter turns into his head.

[edit] Charlemagne

Homestar Ruiner — Strong Bad claims that the wilted plant on the main floor of the house of Strong is Charlemagne, Strong Sad's plant. He goes on to explain that it had previously been in good health, but decided to commit suicide when Strong Sad began talking to it. Strong Sad denies this, to which Strong Bad replies, "That's not what the note said!"
Strong Badia the Free — Strong Bad still claims Charlemagne committed suicide, but says "If only we'd read his journal, we might have seen the signs..."
Baddest Of The Bands — Strong Bad now says, "We like to keep the Charlemagne's rotting remains around in hopes he'll one day rise from the grave!"
8-Bit is Enough — Strong Sad throws Charlemagne to Trogdor, in hopes of getting him out of the house. Notably, Strong Sad claims that Charlemagne “went out a true hero”, suggesting that, in his mind, the plant wasn’t entirely dead.

[edit] The Cheat

Email caper — Strong Bad sings a song saying how he is so glad that The Cheat is not dead.
Email bedtime story — The Cheat's vitals are tested after being bug-bombed in order to go to sleep. Strong Bad also says "If we're lucky, The Cheat will wake up alive the next morning".
Date Nite — Strong Bad suggests drowning Marzipan and The Cheat.
Doomy Tales of the Macabre — The Cheat is accidentally eaten by Strong Mad while shoveling candy into their mouths. Strong Bad, however, claims this is no big deal and actually happens about four times a day and is how they give The Cheat baths.
Skills of an Artist LIVE!!‎ — Strong Bad draws a cross-section of The Cheat, saying "This Cheat is so dead" after being sliced with a Cold Ones bottle.

[edit] Cheat Commandos

Cheat Commandos — Firebert is shown killing two Blue Laser Minions by blowing up a cliff above them, sending rocks crashing down on top of them. (Coach Z similarly "kills" five Blue Laser Minion action figures by using Reinforcements's Justice Rocket Backpack Rocket Rocket to send a pie plate crashing down on them.)
Shopping For Danger — Crackotage remarks that Reynold would "prob'ly die" if he went on a mission with the rest of them, later heading back to base "to make sure Reynold isn't dead".
Let us give TANKS! — All of the main Commandos (except Reynold) are ostensibly killed in a nuclear explosion at the Blue Laser Cottage, along with the Blue Laser Commander and at least two Blue Laser Minions. The commander of the Green Helmets asks Gunhaver for air support in a battle because of the "heavy losses" they're suffering.
Blue Laserdisc Challenge — There are several different ways for the Blue Laser Commander to die by his own booby traps if the player chooses incorrectly, such as being eaten by a monster or cut in half by a bladed pendulum.
Cheat Commandos: Two Part Episode: Part 2 — Gunhaver accidentally shoots Flashfight while assuming he's wearing the bullet proof vest from Part 1. It is unknown if the shot killed him.

[edit] Coach Z

Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective — Strong Bad claims that Coach Z's character, Renaldo, dies at the end of the film, days before retirement, much to Coach Z's displeasure.
8-Bit is Enough — Coach Z is "killed" over and over again by scorpions at the Halfathlon.
Dangeresque Roomisode 2: The Intersection of Doom & Boom — Fumbling disarming the bomb will get Dangeresque and Renaldo killed in an explosion before the scene is retconned.

[edit] Frank Bennedetto

Email army — Frank Bennedetto "dies" after being kicked by Strong Bad. He is later seen alive in Labor Dabor.
Email more armies — A memorial statue for Frank Bennedetto is seen. This may mean either that his death was real, or that his service in the Homestarmy was worthy of commemoration.
- Another memorial, a picture of Homestar over the defeated Bennedetto, is seen in Strong Badia the Free. Also, if a "Bennedetto" (any inanimate object) is drafted, Homestar will prevent the draft, saying "Hasn't that family suffered enough?" and the like.

[edit] Homeschool Winner

Sample of Style — Matt Chapman briefly talks about the time they killed Homeschool Winner off.
Email buried — Strong Bad draws a map that shows a skull that appears to belong to Homeschool Winner underneath Strong Badia.

[edit] Homestar Runner

Main Page 6 — Homestar is in Heaven.
Main Page 7 — Homestar is shown as an undead zombie.
Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 2.0 — Strong Bad as "Detective Everybody" said Homestar was shot 37 times (and killed) for being too stupid.
Email the show — Homestar says, "But it turned out I didn't die."
Where the Crap Are We? — Homestar guesses that he and Strong Bad are dead.
Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 14.2 — Homestar calls to say he is sinking in quicksand, and says that if Marzipan helps, he would be "really, really still alive".
Email the movies — Strong Bad instructs Homestar to die before firing his bazooka at him.
Email winter pool — Homestar instructs Strong Bad to preserve his body in red Jell-O when he dies.
A Death Defying Decemberween — Homestar performs a "death-defying" stunt. Bubs does not appear to expect Homestar to survive, as he gives him a sled that doubles as a headstone. Strong Bad tries to make sure that Homestar actually dies during his stunt.
Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective — Homestar's villain character, Uzi Bazooka, is killed in the film's climax.
I Killed Pom Pom — A preview for "next season" shows Pom Pom slicing Homestar in half, prompting a title card that reads, "I Killed Homestar."
The Homestar Runner Enters The Spooky Woods — Strong Bad scares Homestar to death.
Marzipan Beef Reverser — The bonus boss is a skeletal Homestar. A bonus deleted cutscene shows his skin melting off to leave him in this state.
- Strong-Play: Marzipan Beef Reverser — During the bonus boss battle, Strong Bad sings about Homestar being dead.

[edit] Homsar

Email homsar — Strong Bad "kills" Homsar with the Heavy Lourde at the request of Vinnie C. Although The Brothers Chaps intended at first for him to be killed, he was later revealed to be alive but seriously injured in Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 5.0. The Heavy Lourde is dropped on him again on the Homsar Main Page.
Email origins — Homsar and Marzipan are glued together and "left for dead" at The Stick, even though neither one actually dies.
Strong Badia the Free — Homsar claims he's ready to die side-by-side with Strong Bad.
Doomy Tales of the Macabre (Easter egg) — Strong Sad in his macabre tale crushes Homsar with a Heavy Gourd.
A Decemberween Mackerel — Homsar is seen dying at the end of the toon.
The House that Gave Sucky Tricks — Homsar is seen in a guillotine. The blade starts to drop just before the transition to the next scene.

[edit] Kerrek

Email interview — An Easter egg shows him after being "smote" by Trogdor.
Game TROGDOR! — When you reach the level 50 interlude, Kerrek is burninated by Trogdor.
Peasant's Quest — Kerrek is slain by Rather Dashing with his bow and arrow.

[edit] The King of Town

Halloween Fairstival — After seeing an X-ray of the King's heart, Strong Bad is content to "let the King die in peace".
Email original — Strong Bad suggests that the King has died twelve times, each time replaced with a new actor, at least one of which may have been an onion. In one Easter egg, Marzipan says that Strong Bad "just made all that stuff up", but another Easter egg shows a graveyard populated solely by Kings of Town I-XI ("Onion King of Town" replaces the grave for "King of Town IV").
Doomy Tales of the Macabre — Drowns in a cauldron of mutton stew.
Poker Night at the Inventory — The Heavy misunderstands Strong Bad when he asks if he can "take care of the King of Town" for him, thinking Strong Bad wants him to assassinate the King.
Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2 — The King of Town says he thinks he's dying.
Dangeresque Roomisode 3: Keep my Enemies, Loser — Perducci, as played by the King of Town is subject to four assassination attempts that he strong-arms Dangeresque into foiling. Deaths include a thrown knife to the back, a poison dart, a sniper shot and a sattelite crashing down on his head. In the end, Dangeresuqe escapes by poisoning Perducci's cocktail with the remaining poison in the dart, leaving it vague if Perducci will survive.

[edit] Marzipan

Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 6.0 — In a prank call pretending to be her doctor, Strong Bad tells Marzipan that she has only 2 weeks to live.
Email origins — Marzipan and Homsar are glued together and "left for dead" at The Stick, even though neither one actually dies. Strong Bad later comments on Marzipan's "considerable resistance to death".
Date Nite — Strong Bad suggests drowning Marzipan and The Cheat.
Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2 — In another prank call claiming to be from Grody Lab Results, Incorporated, Strong Bad tells Marzipan she's dying, or possibly already dead.

[edit] Old-Timey

Parsnips A-Plenty — Old-Timey Strong Bad falls off a cliff. He is later revealed to be in Hell in an Easter egg.
Sickly Sam buries himself alive on Tuesdays, and has numerous traits of an undead being, including a partially exposed skeleton.
That a Ghost — All of the main characters are reduced to skeletons, and Old-Timey Bubs pokes his head out of a grave asking Strong Man to "please keep it down".
Malloween Commercial — Mr. Shmallow's grave is seen in one scene.
Decemberween Short Shorts — Rumble Red is beheaded by Old-Timey Marzipan's machine, which she gave to him as a Decemberween present. Also, The Homestar Runner is forming a pile of dead rats.

[edit] The Paper

Email the paper — After The Paper breaks, Strong Bad is forced to apply a mercy killing with the BMW Lighter.
Email email thunder — Despite dying in the email mentioned above, The Paper returns for a brief moment. Shortly after its return, a spark hits it, thus causing it to burn.

[edit] Pom Pom

Main Page 7 — Pom Pom's ghost flies out of his grave.
Where's The Cheat? — Strong Bad calls Marzipan and pretends to be Homestar Runner, and he tells her that he got mad and killed Pom Pom.
Email pom pom — Kevin wonders what would happen to Pom Pom if he was poked with a pin. Strong Bad decides to try this, except that he would also be blindfolded and Pom Pom would be set on fire with the BMW Lighter. He believes that Pom Pom exploded in "a big fiery ball that was visible from space", when in reality he got a "severe pummeling" by Pom Pom. He even wrote Pom Pom's parents a letter of condolence.
Late Nite JengaJam Interview - 4 Oct 2007 — The Brothers Chaps talk about what would happen if they killed off Pom Pom.
Doomy Tales of the Macabre — Pom Pom gets blown up by The Poopsmith, eventually exploding.
I Killed Pom Pom — The entire toon revolves around Homestar mistaking a deflated inflatable pumpkin for a popped Pom Pom, and trying to cover up his apparent murder of him. At the end, he actually pops Pom Pom. A preview for "next season" reveals that he gets put back together, though.

[edit] The Sad Kids

Homestarloween Party — The kids are crushed by the short-circuited Visor Robot, and neither of them live.
Meet Marshie — The kids are crushed by the "Fluffy Puff Marshmallow" logo.
Mr. Shmallow (toon) — The kids are crushed when the shack's roof collapses.

[edit] Señor and Mr. Bland

Email kids' book — In the Strumstar Hammer Easter egg, Strong Bad writes that Señor died after the grapes squished him.
Email origins — They were described by Strong Bad as "by far the most popular characters until they were crushed by a falling Bubs' Concession Stand." However, they manage to reappear in Strongest Man in the World.

[edit] Senor Cardgage

Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective — Senor Cardgage's character, Dadgeresque, is killed by Uzi Bazooka.
A Decemberween Mackerel — The toon consists of Marzipan helping Senor Cardgage, who claims he is dying.

[edit] Strong Bad

Main Page 6 — Strong Bad is in heaven.
Main Page 7 — Strong Bad rises from his grave.
Where The Crap Are We? — Homestar guesses that he and Strong Bad are dead.
Email replacement — Strong Bad's grave is seen at the end.
Email time capsule — An emailer asks Strong Bad how he can be "soooo awesome" if he's dead, and requests that he make a time capsule.
Biz Cas Fri 1 and Email bike thief — Strong Bad proclaims he would "rather die" than do the things Strong Sad and Homestar request.
Email your funeral — The email consists entirely of Strong Bad imagining what his funeral would be like.
Eggs — An egg in the likeness of Strong Bad's head smashes.
Email hiding — Strong Bad proclaims that he will carry the location of his hiding place "to the grave".
Place Ya Bets! — Homestar appears to be plotting Strong Bad's demise; however, he does not have any real weapon to use, other than red candles made to look like dynamite.
8-Bit is Enough — Strong Bad is killed by the scorpions if he has the scorpion food with him. However, he is revived by a checkpoint.
- Also, when Strong Bad comes too close to the Munchox, he will be hit by his tail and fall over, with a text box proclaiming his death. However, he gets up and simply ignores it.
Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triungulate — Dangeresque will be killed in the game over screens of Roomisodes 2 & 3 but reverses it with a slick edit.
- Dangeresque Roomisode 2: The Intersection of Doom & Boom — Dangeresque can get himself and Renaldo killed if he fumbles disarming the bomb.
- Dangeresque Roomisode 3: Keep my Enemies, Loser — Dangeresque will be killed by Killingyouguy should any harm come to Perducci, or he gives the Cocktail a terrible name.

[edit] Strong Bad's Computers

Email invisibility — Strong Bad throws out the Tandy 400, which then passes away in the trash can.
Email ghosts — The Tandy returns to haunt Strong Bad and The Cheat in ghost form.
Email virus — In order to stop the virus, Bubs "fixes" the Compy 386 by shooting it with a shotgun.
Biz Cas Fri 3 — The Corpy NT6 explodes.
Email retirement — The Tandy and Compy return from beyond the grave to kidnap the Lappy 486. They threaten to kill it using a magnet (causing it to display the Teal Screen of Near Death) unless they are allowed to check one last email. Strong Bad allows them to do so before destroying them both a second time.
Email environment — Marzipan holds a sign with "Lappy, Take the Dirt Nappy!" on it. There is a gravestone on this sign, with "RIP" on it.
Email hremail 3184 — Strong Bad blows up the Lappy.
Email sbemail 206 — The Compé is compressed into the Lappier.

[edit] Strong Sad

See also Strong Sad's Death

See also Strong Sad's Severed Head

Theme Song Video — Strong Bad ties Strong Sad to a wheel and throws a knife at him.
In Search of the Yello Dello Commentary — Strong Sad reveals that he himself dreams of his own death (over and over and over...).
The House that Gave Sucky Treats— Strong Sad claims he nearly died after eating too much colored chalk.
A Folky Tale — Strong Sad "faints", making Coach Z believe he killed him.
Email unnatural — Strong Sad paints a picture with the word "Death", instead of "Dial", on a bar of soap.
Decemberween Short Shorts — Strong Sad, as a glass Decemberween ornament, shatters when Strong Bad "bedazzles" him off the tree, although it is not known whether he died.
Strong Badia the Free —
- Strong Sad refuses to help Strong Bad burn the invisible fence, saying Strong Bad would end up burning the whole house down with him in it. Strong Bad admits that was the plan.
- When Strong Bad asks Strong Sad if he wants to die, Strong Sad considers the offer.
Where My Hat Is At? — Strong Bad and The Cheat attempt to drown Strong Sad in a pool after cementing his body in concrete.
@StrongBadActual tweet (18 Nov 2016) — One of Strong Bad's unused ideas for a prank call is pretending that Strong Sad had died, continuing the joke for several weeks while he's away at Mock U.N. Camp.

[edit] Teen Girl Squad

The main characters in Teen Girl Squad are killed off nearly every episode in a variety of ways, yet they always come back alive in the next issue, and sometimes later in the same issue, as seen with Cheerleader in Teen Girl Squad Issue 7.
Teen Girl Squad Issue 10 (Easter egg) — What's Her Face suggests killing someone off for their tenth issue. Strong Bad is more than happy to comply, by killing all four at once.

[edit] Thy Dungeonman

See Thy Dungeonman II#Ways to Lose the Game

See Thy Dungeonman 3#Ways to Lose the Game

[edit] Videlectrix Mascot

At the beginning of Peasant's Quest, when the Videlectrix logo is shown, the mascot runs in with a sword, then trips and impales himself on it.
At the beginning of Where's an Egg?, when the Videlectrix logo is shown, the mascot shoots the logo with a gun, but the bullet ricochets back and kills him.

[edit] Other Characters

Homestarloween Party —
- Pom Pom's Girls are vaporized by the Visor Robot.
- Memories of the Visor Robot's former life move him to tears and short out his circuits.
- The Goblin is crushed by the short-circuited Visor Robot.
In Search of the Yello Dello New Version — During the mountain scene, Pom Pom aims his gun at the Yello Dello, but throws it away when Homestar says he wants to "take her alive".
Email ghosts — In an Easter egg, it is possible to "kill" the Bad Graphics Ghost by erasing all of its pixels.
3 Times Halloween Funjob — Marzipan's ficus plant, Credenza, dies when Homestar waters it with Yoo-Hoo while she's in Miami (though it is later revived at Strong Sad's seance).
Peasant's Quest — Rather Dashing can die in a variety of ways throughout the game. The most noteworthy of these is when he gets burninated by Trogdor at the end of the game. See Peasant's Quest Walkthrough#Ways to Die for a complete list.
Email for kids — Strong Bad becomes enraged with his child audience and threatens to kill them and all their dogs.
Stinkoman 20X6 — In the first level's opening cutscene, after defeating Tampo, Stinkoman mentions having "killed" him.
Bug In Mouth Disease — Homestar is revealed to have shot Caleb Rentpayer. Although Caleb's death cannot be confirmed, Tuxworth remarked that he wasn't breathing in the previous episode.
The King of Town's Very Own Quite Popular Cartoon Show — The Multi-Function Dragon is killed when speared by The Knight in the "instant death" section of its chest.
Where's an Egg? — If the detective fails to find an egg, he is exiled to Siberia and the game ends with him turning into a skeleton.
Limozeen vs. sloshy — In a Limozeen: "but they're in space!" cartoon Easter egg, sloshy and their tour bus are destroyed by Limozeen.
Email slumber party — during the "older kids' slumber party", Bubs notes that at least two of his cousins are dead.
Marshie vs. Little Girl — Marshie calls Little Girl "the dead kid".
Email licensed — The outline of a murder victim can be seen outside Papa Cardgage's Puddin' Patch.
Email buried — Bubs tries to cover up the death of someone named Rich by burying his corpse in Strong Badia.
Baddest of the Bands — The Von Blaubloods are eaten by The King of Town on the stage of DÖI.
Email hremail 3184 — A paper is destroyed in the Lappy's explosion at the end of the email. Although it is not said which paper is killed, in the following email, both papers were replaced by the Envelope Paper.
Doomy Tales of the Macabre — After inflating Pom Pom until he explodes, The Poopsmith quickly asphyxiates on the poison gas that Pom Pom was apparently filled with.

[edit] See Also