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The names of many items within the [[Homestar Runner universe]] will be given unusually long names where a simpler title would be acceptable.
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Many items within the [[Homestar Runner universe]] will be given '''unusually complex and descriptive names''' where a simpler title would be acceptable.
==Appearances==
==Appearances==
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*[[First Time Here?]] — Strong Bad mocks Homestar by introducing the site as "I'm a big moron who can't remember his lines dot com".
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*[[Mr. Shmallow]] &mdash; The toon advertises "[[Fluffy Puff Air-Puffed Sugar Delights]]".
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*Email [[car]] &mdash; [[Homestar]] describes that when you [[Spin My Buzzer|spin his buzzer]], it "plays the theme from ''[[Wikipedia:Night Court|Night Court]]'' starring [[Wikipedia:Richard Moll|Richard Moll]]".
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*[[Experimental Film]] ([[Experimental Film#Commentary Transcript|commentary]]) &mdash; At the part with the portrait with the "Our gracious host" caption, Strong Bad remarks, "More like 'Our I'll-murder-you-in-a-back-alley host'."
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*  NOTE TO ALL EDITORS:                                    *
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*[[Videro Games]] &mdash; Strong Bad says that video games provide a "veritable what-not-to-do of spelling and grammar".
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*  "Overdescriptive" is not the same as "a lot of words".  *
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*Email [[long pants]] &mdash; Strong Bad edits the email using his "electronic light-pen input high-tech expensive device".
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*  Make sure the name actually over-describes the object,  *
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*Email [[record book]] &mdash; Strong Bad's record book is entitled "[[Count Longardeaux's Book of Party Tricks, Redneck Jokes, and Worldly Records]]".
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*  rather than just being long. If the name is incredibly  *
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*[[Peasant's Quest Outtakes]] &mdash; Two of [[The Red and Blue Knights|The Blue Knight]]'s lines spoken as outtakes are, "More like, rather would be somewhere else, like fishing... off the pier... with my grandma," and "More like, rather wouldn't be standing here, and... I could be at home...in bed!"
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*  vague, it is in fact a Nondescript Noun, no matter how  *
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*[[Fall Float Parade]] &mdash; Coach Z describes Bubs as "Good old [his] favorite type o' guy who [he is] just all the time hangin' around and doin' stuff with, Bubs".
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*  long it is.                                              *
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**Later, when Strong Sad thought that his and Strong Bad's float theme was going to be "Celebrating our nation's covered bridges", Strong Bad corrects him by saying that the theme is "Sticking-you-in-a-fake-snowman-and-beating-you-senseless-with-nunchucks... covered bridges."
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*[[Thy Dungeonman 3]] &mdash; there is an area with no image that is "described" as [[Not X|not]] having items, people, etc.
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*Email [[theme song]] &mdash; Strong Bad mentions that his email show would include a "life-affirming pop-ballad type theme song".
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*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 12]] &mdash; [[The Ugly One]] exclaims, "Ow! My the fact that I was alive a second ago!"
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*[[First Time Here?]] {{--}} [[Strong Bad]] mocks [[Homestar Runner]] by introducing [[homestarrunner.com|the site]] as "I'm a big moron who can't remember his lines dot com".
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*[[KOT's VOQPCS!]] &mdash; The full title is "The King of Town's Very Own Quite Popular Cartoon Show!"
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*[[Mr. Shmallow (toon)|Mr. Shmallow]] {{--}} The toon advertises "[[Fluffy Puff Air-Puffed Sugar Delights]]".
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*Email [[yes, wrestling]] &mdash; Strong Bad describes a wrestling league with "the longest name in pro wrestling": [[AWMPSCE|All World Mid-Pro Shirtless Championship Entertainment]], or AWMPSCE (pronounced omp-ski).
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*Email [[theme park]] {{--}} Every hour at the main stage of [[Mount Ridesplace, USA]], there'd be a performance of "The [[Strong Sad]] Gets Decked Repeatedly Stunt Spook-tacular".
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*[[Toikey TV]] &mdash; [[Strong Bad]], [[Strong Mad]], and [[The Cheat]] are watching the 2007 Falling Asleep On The Couch Watching Football Bowl.
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*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 6]] {{--}} [[Cheerleader]] describes her jump as a "double double whipless mochaccino half caf".
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*Email [[winter pool]] &mdash; Strong Bad fills the pool with "Fluffy Puff Translucent Dessert Related Substance".
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*Email [[old comics]] {{--}} At the end, Strong Bad goes off to start the "Who Put [[Pasta Salad]] in [[Strong Mad]]'s Underdrawer Drawer Scare of '04".
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*Email [[pet show]] &mdash; [[The King of Town]]'s pet is an "As Seen on TV Low-Fat Cooking Device".
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*Email [[long pants]] {{--}} Strong Bad edits the email using his "[[X-Pensive White|electronic light-pen input high-tech expensive device]]".
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*[[Blubb-O's Commercial]] &mdash; One of the products is the Attempt-At-Competing-With-National-Coffee-Chains Premium Mocha-Chip Meltshake.
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*[[Commandos in the Classroom]] {{--}} [[Reynold]] makes an "inappropriate peer-to-teen choice behavior".
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*[[The Homestar Runner Gets Something Stuck In His Craw]] &mdash; also mentioned in [[flashback]]; Strong Bad "hints" at a book entitled "The Strong Sad Wets Yonder Bed".
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*[[Fall Float Parade]] {{--}} When Strong Sad thought that his and Strong Bad's [[The 4Tst Annual Fall Float Parade|float]] theme was going to be "Celebrating our nation's covered bridges", Strong Bad corrects him by saying that the theme is "Sticking-you-in-a-fake-snowman-and-beating-you-senseless-with-nunchucks... covered bridges".
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*Email [[specially marked]] &mdash; Strong Bad claims that cereals with sound effects in the name are "guaranteed to have a nice, big, reach-your-nasty-unwashed-hand-straight-to-the-bottom-of-the-box toy in it".
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*Email [[death metal]] {{--}} Strong Bad mentions the [[Half-Hour Death Metal Dungeon Hour]].
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*[[SBCG4AP_Dev_Blog#21_May_2008|SBCG4AP Dev Blog - May 21, 2008]] &mdash; Strong Bad thinks that concept art should be called "Pile on the Floor Under the Smelly Guy with the Glasses' Desk Amidst Several Months' Worth of Empty Cans of Bull Honkey Art".
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*Email [[myths & legends]] {{--}} Strong Bad mentions the "Homes with Rollercoasters in Them Network".
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*[[Homestar Ruiner]] &mdash; Strong Bad must compete in the "Free Country USA Triannual Race to the End of the Race" (FCUTRER) to win the "Free Country USA Triannual Race to the End of the Race Silver Trophy of Ultimate Destiny" (FCUTRERSTUD).
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*Email [[senior prom]] {{--}} The email opens with an intro for "The King of Town's Very Own Quite Popular Cartoon Show!!". A [[The King of Town's Very Own Quite Popular Cartoon Show|proper episode of the show]] was released at a later date under the same name.
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*[[Strong Badia the Free]] &mdash; The King of Town tells [[The Poopsmith]], after placing Strong Bad under house arrest, that he needs to "go collect on [his] new Pour-a-Bag-of-Jellybeans-Down-My-Gullet tax".
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*Email [[keep cool]] {{--}} While Strong Bad discusses what games to play, [[Bubs]], upon seeing Strong Mad on the diving board, exclaims, "Looks like we should be playin' 'Keep Strong Mad off the freakin' high dive for Pete's sake, man'!"
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*[[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]] &mdash; Dangeresque threatens Uzi Bazooka with "a bullet from my Nunchuk Gun pierc[ing] your flesh causing internal injuries and bleeding which, if left unchecked, could cause you to die!"  
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*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 12]] {{--}} [[The Ugly One]] exclaims, "[[Ow! My X!|Ow! My the fact that I was alive a second ago!]]"
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*Email [[hremail3184]] &mdash; Strong Bad consistently refers to "those blast-wavy Saturn rings that've become so popular lately".
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*Email [[business trip]] {{--}} The Cheat gets promoted to "Junior Executive Of [[Not X|Not Having To Go On Pointless Business Trips]]".
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*Email [[imaginary]] &mdash; Coach Z's imaginary friend is "Real Live Actual Mr. Blangcaster Next Door".
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*Email [[yes, wrestling]] {{--}} Strong Bad describes a wrestling league with "the longest name in pro wrestling": [[AWMPSCE|All World Mid-Pro Shirtless Championship Entertainment]], or AWMPSCE (pronounced omp-ski).
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*Email [[dictionary]] &mdash; Strong Bad's dictionary is entitled "[[Count Longardeaux's Jerktionary|Count Longardeaux's Strong Badian Jerktionary Fo' My Own Words!]]" The alternate name is equally overdescriptive: "Count Longardeaux's Strong Badian talkwords for saying from your mouth".
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*[[Toikey TV]] {{--}} Strong Bad, Strong Mad, and [[The Cheat]] are watching the 2007 Falling Asleep On The Couch Watching Football Bowl.
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*[[Fan Costumes '09]] &mdash; Strong Sad suggests that the undeterminable costume is not "a really cool character dressed up as a super cool guy all the time character", among other suggestions, but "He's dressed up as an alternate drawing of an alternate version of a character from the Sketchbook!"
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*Email [[environment]] {{--}} The [[Lappy 486]] has an "environmentally compliant sticker compliance sticker".
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*Email [[winter pool]] {{--}} Strong Bad, Strong Sad, and Homestar fill the [[swimming pool]] with "[[Fluffy Puff Translucent Dessert Related Substance]]".
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*Email [[pet show]] {{--}} [[The King of Town]]'s pet is an "As Seen on TV Low-Fat Cooking Device".
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*[[Blubb-O's Commercial]] {{--}} One of the products sold at [[Blubb-O's]] is the Attempt-At-Competing-With-National-[[Coffee]]-Chains Premium Mocha-Chip Meltshake.
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*Email [[shapeshifter]] {{--}} Strong Bad claims the rules of shapeshifting limit his "Turn-Into-A-Bulldozer-Whenever-I-Wantity".
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*[[SBCG4AP]] {{--}} The game's full name is "Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People".
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*Email [[specially marked]] {{--}} One of the [[Breakfast Cereals from Specially Marked|cereals]] is named "Chocolate Breakfast Candy Bar Pops".
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*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 14]] {{--}} [[Cheerleader]] says, while looking at a picture of herself in the yearbook with a finch taped to her face, that "they scheduled school pictures for the same day as tape-a-dead-thing-to-your-face day."
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*[[SBCG4AP Dev Blog]] - [[SBCG4AP Dev Blog#21 May 2008|May 21, 2008]] {{--}} Strong Bad thinks that concept art should be called "[[Pile]] on the Floor Under the Smelly Guy with the Glasses' Desk Amidst Several Months' Worth of Empty Cans of [[Bull Honkey]] Art".
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*[[Homestar Ruiner]] {{--}} Strong Bad must compete in the "[[Free Country USA]] Triannual Race to the End of the Race" (FCUTRER) to win the "Free Country USA Triannual Race to the End of the Race Silver Trophy of Ultimate Destiny" (FCUTRERSTUD).
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*Email [[being mean]] {{--}} The greeting Strong Bad uses for one of Nice Dad's emails is "Hey 42-year-old online game playing man-child that still lives with his ex-wife's parents..."
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*[[Strong Badia the Free]] {{--}} The King of Town tells [[The Poopsmith]], after placing Strong Bad under house arrest, that he needs to "go collect on [his] new Pour-a-Bag-of-Jellybeans-Down-My-Gullet tax".
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*[[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]] {{--}} When Strong Bad types out the email at the beginning that he has finished the movie, he types the greeting as "Dear all the annoying morons who have been bugging me about it for four and a half years..."
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*Email [[hremail 3184]] {{--}} Strong Bad consistently refers to "those blast-wavy Saturn rings that've become so popular lately".
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** Additionally, one of Strong Bad's suggestions is "The coolest looking explosion [he] ever rigged in Strong Sad's org-ethnic breakfast pouch on a Tuesday".
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*Email [[imaginary]] {{--}} [[Coach Z]]'s [[imaginary friend]] is "[[Allegedly Real Things|Real Live Actual Mr. Blangcaster Next Door]]".
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*Email [[dictionary]] {{--}} Strong Bad's dictionary is entitled "[[Count Longardeaux's Jerktionary|Count Longardeaux's Strong Badian Jerktionary Fo' My Own Words!]]". The alternate name is equally overdescriptive: "Count Longardeaux's Strong Badian talkwords for saying from your mouth" for short.
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*[[A Decemberween Mackerel]] {{--}} One of the activities Homestar and [[Marzipan]] use to cram [[Senor Cardgage]] full of [[Decemberween]] cheer is "The Annual Lighting of the Lights Attached to [[Telephone Pole|a Pole]] in a Tree-Shaped Fashion".
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*[[The House That Gave Sucky Tricks]] {{--}} The name of Strong Bad's hypothetical haunted house attraction is called "[[St. Cadaverstump's Morgue-tuary|St. Cadaverstump's totally not just an old furniture warehouse Morge-Tuary]]".
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*{{postref|1160736280365457408|11|Aug|2019}} {{--}} In response to a Tweet showing the [[Shopify Store Other Items#Toys|Homestar Runner meeples]] being used in a ''{{wp|Die Hard}}'' board game, Strong Bad expresses hope that his meeple represented "''{{wp|Family Matters}}'' [[wikipedia:Reginald VelJohnson|Dad]] Who Sits In The Car and Has A Dead Guy Fall On Said Car".
==See Also==
==See Also==
*[[Nondescript Nouns]]
*[[Nondescript Nouns]]
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Current revision as of 05:11, 9 June 2023

"As Seen on TV"

Many items within the Homestar Runner universe will be given unusually complex and descriptive names where a simpler title would be acceptable.

[edit] Appearances

[edit] See Also

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