BMW Lighter

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First appearance

The BMW Lighter is a handheld naphtha-type fire starter. It prominently displays the logo of BMW, an abbreviation of “Bayerische Motoren Werke” (Bavarian Motor Works), a German company and manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles. When the lighter was first introduced on Homestar Runner, a "real world" BMW lighter was unavailable as The Brothers Chaps attest to on the DVD commentary for "dragon." There are now several styles of BMW lighter available.

It resembles a Zippo brand lighter, a kind of lighter that flips open and lights with the flick of a wheel.

A variation on this gag appears in portrait: Homestar Runner uses a SAAB Lighter.

Appearances

• Email guitar - Strong Bad holds it up at the end. As an Easter egg, it will scorch The Paper.
• Email dragon - Strong Bad uses it to burn Strong Sad's very good drawing of a dragon.
• Email privileges - First it is mentioned on the list of "Medallion Gold Plus Club" privileges, where it is referred to as a "Beamer Lighter." ("Beamer" is a general slang term for a BMW.) Then it actually appears in an Easter egg, in which The Cheat uses it to torch Homestar's guitar magazines.
• Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon - The Cheat uses it to light the bundle of Fthoom-Bang bottle rockets.
• Email pom pom - Strong Bad uses the lighter during his attempt to poke Pom Pom with a pin while he's on fire.
• other days - Strong Bad uses it to burn up Bubs' letter. Here it is first refered to as "BMW".
• Email long pants - The Cheat uses the lighter to burn Homestar's Daisy Dukes.
• Real-Live E-Mails - Strong Bad uses a real one to literally burn his new DVD.

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Saab variation