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[[Image:Left_handy_SS.PNG|thumb|Strong Sad is <s>squirrel-handed</s> left-handed]]
[[Image:Left_handy_SS.PNG|thumb|Strong Sad is <s>squirrel-handed</s> left-handed]]
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Although only approximately 10% of the US population are '''[[Wikipedia:Left-handed|left-handed]]''', a large portion of the [[characters]] in the [[Homestar Runner universe]] appear to be either left-handed or [[Wikipedia:Cross-dominance|ambidextrous]] (even though some characters do not have [[Lack_of_Visible_Arms|visible arms]]). Since all 3 of [[The Brothers Strong]] are ambidextrous, it may be a trait that runs in the family. In fact, given how different they really are from each other, it may be the only trait they have in common.
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Although only approximately 10% of the US population are '''{{w|left-handed}}''', a large portion of the [[characters]] in the [[Homestar Runner universe]] appear to be either left-handed or {{w|Cross-dominance|ambidextrous}} (even though some characters do not have [[Lack of Visible Arms|visible arms]]). Since all three of [[The Brothers Strong]] are ambidextrous, it may be a trait that runs in the family. In fact, given how different they really are from each other, it may be the only trait they have in common.
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== Left-handed Characters ==
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== Left-Handed Characters ==
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* [[Pan Pan]]
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*[[Pan Pan]]
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* [[Rather Dashing]]
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*[[Rather Dashing]]
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* [[The Blacksmith]]
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*[[So and So]] (possibly; see below)
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* [[The Ugly One]]
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*[[The Blacksmith]]
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* [[What's Her Face]]
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*[[The Homestar Runner]]
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* [[The Cheat]]
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*[[The Ugly One]]
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* [[The Homestar Runner]]
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*[[What's Her Face]]
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*[[Mendelev and Dongolev]]
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*[[Homsar]]
==Ambidextrous Characters==
==Ambidextrous Characters==
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*[[Homestar Runner]]
*[[Senor Cardgage]]
*[[Senor Cardgage]]
*[[Strong Bad]]
*[[Strong Bad]]
*[[Strong Mad]]
*[[Strong Mad]]
*[[Strong Sad]]
*[[Strong Sad]]
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* [[Homestar Runner]]
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*[[Fightgar]] (possibly; see below)
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*[[The Cheat]]
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*[[Pom Pom]]
== Appearances ==
== Appearances ==
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*[[Egg Throwing Game]] &mdash; Strong Bad throws left-handed.
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*[[Egg Throwing Game]] {{--}} [[Strong Bad]] throws left-handed.
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*[[Homestar Runner|Homestar]] &mdash; plays the lute left-handed in [[Tis True, Pom Pom, Tis True]].
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*[[Tis True, Pom Pom, Tis True]] {{--}} [[Homestar Runner]] plays the lute left-handed.
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**However, in [[mini-golf]], he putts right handed.
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**However, in the email [[mini-golf]], he putts right-handed.
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*[[kids' book]] &mdash; one of the original characters, Gregor, is listed to be left handed.
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*[[Arcade Game]] {{--}} [[The Cheat]] plays [[TROGDOR!]] left-handed.
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*[[Under Construction]] &mdash; [[Pan Pan]] is shown "eating pudding with a spoon" left handed.
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*[[20X6 vs. 1936]] {{--}} [[The Homestar Runner]] plays the washboard left-handed.
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**Although [[Pan Pan]] uses chopsticks with his right hand on [[Main Page 17]], chopsticks are [[Wikipedia:Chopsticks|traditionally held in the right hand only]] even by the left-handed.
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*Email [[personal favorites]] {{--}} Pom Pom and [[Coach Z]] hold their knives in their left hands. Pom Pom later switches his to his right hand.
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*[[Peasant's Quest Preview]] &mdash; [[Rather Dashing]] holds the Trog-Sword left-handed.
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*Email [[funny]] {{--}} [[Bubs]] is eating [[french fries]] with computer ketchup left-handed.
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*[[old comics]] &mdash; In an easter egg, [[Strong Mad]] holds the [[Orange Bowl and Spoon#Orange Spoon|orange spoon]] with his left hand.
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*Email [[suntan]] {{--}} Strong Bad is seen writing with a [[permanent marker]] using his left hand.
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**He holds the X-acto knife right handed in [[dragon]].
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**He also does this in the emails [[couch patch]], [[car]], [[haircut]], and [[long pants]], and in [[Senorial Day]].
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*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 8]] &mdash; [[What's Her Face]] plays the bass left-handed.
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*Email [[kids' book]] {{--}} One of the original characters, Gregor, is listed to be left-handed. Strong Bad vandalizes the book to make him "[[squirrel]]-handed".
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*[[Senorial Day]] &mdash; [[Senor Cardgage]] signs the football with his right hand, but winds up to throw it with his left.
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*Email [[army]] {{--}} Strong Mad holds his [[badminton]] racket in his left hand.
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*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 9]] &mdash; What's Her Face holds the spoon left-handed when she is eating staple sauce.
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*[[Under Construction]] {{--}} [[Pan Pan]] is shown "eating pudding with a spoon" left handed.
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**In this same issue, [[The Ugly One]] holds a [[Big Knives|Big Knife]] with her left hand when she carves "BFF" into the tree.
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**Although he uses {{w|chopsticks}} with his right hand on [[Main Page 17]], chopsticks are traditionally held in the right hand only, even by the left-handed.
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*[[highschool]] &mdash; Homestar plays the bass left-handed.
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*[[Cheat Commandos (toon)]] {{--}} Fightgar fires a laser gun at offscreen enemies in both directions, appearing to change hands from right to left back to right as he does so.
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*[[alternate universe]] &mdash; [[Strong Sad]] plays a classical [[Strong Sad's Guitar|guitar]] left-handed.
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**This scene is re-used in an Easter egg in [[virus]], with the gun replaced with Homestar's leg.
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*[[senior prom]] &mdash; [[The Blacksmith]] appears to be left handed, since the snare drum is on the right hand side of the drum set.  
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*Email [[dangeresque 3]] {{--}} Strong Bad plays racquetball left-handed.
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*[[redesign]] &mdash; Strong Bad holds his spear in his left hand and his shield in his right.
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*[[Peasant's Quest Preview]] {{--}}
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*[[keep cool]] &mdash; Strong Bad raises his left hand, inviting the viewer to "give [him] five". Strong Sad later uses his left hand to grab a spoonful of hoisin sauce off his head and eat it.
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**[[Rather Dashing]] holds the Trog-Sword left-handed.
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*[[trading cards]] &mdash; Strong Bad uses his left hand to draw himself bench-pressing dinosaurs on a sticky note.
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**He also pulls his bow string back with his left hand while killing the [[Kerrek]].
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**Despite this, Strong Bad is seen drawing right-handed in both [[3 Wishes]] and [[comic]].
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*Email [[old comics]] {{--}} In an Easter egg, [[Strong Mad]] holds the [[Orange Bowl and Spoon#Orange Spoon|orange spoon]] with his left hand.
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*Strong Bad is seen using a [[Permanent Marker|left-handed marker]] in emails [[suntan]], [[couch patch]], [[car]], [[haircut]], and [[long pants]]. It was also later seen in the holiday toon [[Senorial Day]].
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*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 8]] {{--}} [[What's Her Face]] plays the bass left-handed.
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*[[narrator]] &mdash; Strong Sad is seen eating his Rogan Josh pot pie with his spoon in his left hand.
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*[[Senorial Day]] {{--}} [[Senor Cardgage]] signs the football with his right hand, but winds up to throw it with his left.
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*[[space program]] &mdash; The Cheat throws the CD case at Homestar using his left arm.
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*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 9]] {{--}}
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*[[coloring]] &mdash; When The Cheat is manufacturing a "lemon laser", he is holding the soldering iron in his left hand.
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**What's Her Face holds the spoon left-handed when she is eating staple sauce.
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*[[funny]] &mdash; Bubs is eating french fries with computer ketchup left handed.
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**[[The Ugly One]] holds a [[Big Knife]] with her left hand when she carves "BFF" into the tree.  
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*[[rough copy]] &mdash; The Cheat is throwing water balloons at Homestar left handed.
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*Email [[space program]] {{--}} The Cheat throws the CD case at Homestar using his left arm.
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*[[portrait]] &mdash; While stuck in the frame, Strong Bad is painting left handed.
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*Email [[portrait]] {{--}} While stuck in the frame, Strong Bad is painting left-handed.
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*[[DNA Evidence]] &mdash; Strong Sad writes left handed with a fountain pen, but switches to his right hand halfway through, and then back to his left hand.
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*Email [[high school]] {{--}} Homestar plays the bass left-handed.
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*[[Arcade Game]] &mdash; The Cheat plays [[TROGDOR!]] left handed.
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*Email [[narrator]] {{--}} [[Strong Sad]] is seen eating his Rogan Josh pot pie with his spoon in his left hand.
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*[[20X6 vs. 1936]] &mdash; [[The Homestar Runner]] plays the washboard left-handed.
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*Email [[alternate universe]] {{--}} Strong Sad plays a classical [[Characters' Instruments#Strong Sad's Instruments|guitar]] left-handed.
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*[[mini-golf]] &mdash; [[Coach Z]] is playing "cack-handed": he has a right-handed stance, but his left hand is on the bottom.
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*Email [[senior prom]] {{--}} [[The Blacksmith]] appears to be left-handed, since the snare drum is on the right hand side of the drum set.  
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*Email [[redesign]] {{--}} Strong Bad holds his spear in his left hand and his shield in his right.
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*Email [[keep cool]] {{--}}
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**Strong Bad raises his left hand, inviting the viewer to "give [him] [[High Fives|five]]".
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**Strong Sad later uses his left hand to grab a spoonful of hoisin sauce off his head and eat it.
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*Email [[trading cards]] {{--}} Strong Bad uses his left hand to draw himself bench-pressing dinosaurs on a sticky note.
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**Despite this, Strong Bad is seen drawing right-handed in both [[3 wishes]] and [[comic]].
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*Email [[cliffhangers]] {{--}}
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**Strong Bad holds the Big Knife in his left hand.
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**When Coach Z reaches for [[the Thnikkaman]]'s shades, he reaches with his left hand.
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*Email [[retirement]] {{--}} Strong Bad swings the [[pickaxe]] with his left hand.
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*Email [[coloring]] {{--}} When The Cheat is manufacturing a "[[laser lemon]]", he is holding the soldering iron in his left hand.
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*[[Why Come Only One Girl?]] {{--}} One of the proposed designs of [[The Hurricane]] has her playing guitar left-handed.
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*Email [[unnatural]] {{--}} When Strong Bad and The Cheat are having tea, the handle of the cup on Strong Bad's side is angled as if it was held by the left hand.
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*Email [[rough copy]] {{--}}
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**The Cheat is throwing water balloons at Homestar left-handed.
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**Strong Bad and The Cheat alternate which hand they hold their guns in.
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*[[DNA Evidence]] {{--}} Strong Sad writes left handed with a fountain pen, but switches to his right hand halfway through, and then back to his left hand.
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*Email [[mini-golf]]  
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**Coach Z is playing "cack-handed": he has a right-handed stance, but his left hand is on the bottom.
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**Also, The Cheat putts right-handed.
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*Email [[pizza joint]] {{--}} The Cheat writes [[The Pizz]]'s sign left-handed.
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*Email [[pet show]] {{--}} The Cheat throws a {{p|l=http://www.bugeyedmonster.com/toys/starbird/ Milton Bradley Starbird}} and peels potatoes with his left hand.
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*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 14]] {{--}} So-and-So's "armor" goes on her left hand/arm when she calls out for a number 2 pencil.
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**However, she is later shown using a pencil with her right hand (albeit as a spear).
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*Email [[email thunder]] {{--}} The Cheat plays the flute left-handed.
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*[[Kick-A-Ball]] {{--}} Homestar and Pom Pom are seen pitching the ball with their left hands.
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*{{postref|1519568200165376002|27|Apr|2022}} {{--}} Strong Bad claims that The Cheat's [[Powered by The Cheat|animation]] corrected [[They Might Be Giants]]' drawing by "making Homsar play [guitar] lefty".
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Current revision as of 15:49, 21 December 2022

Strong Sad is squirrel-handed left-handed

Although only approximately 10% of the US population are left-handed, a large portion of the characters in the Homestar Runner universe appear to be either left-handed or ambidextrous (even though some characters do not have visible arms). Since all three of The Brothers Strong are ambidextrous, it may be a trait that runs in the family. In fact, given how different they really are from each other, it may be the only trait they have in common.

[edit] Left-Handed Characters

[edit] Ambidextrous Characters

[edit] Appearances

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