Presidents
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*[[Puppet Jam: President's Daughter]]— Homestar and They Might Be Giants make a song about the president's daughter. | *[[Puppet Jam: President's Daughter]]— Homestar and They Might Be Giants make a song about the president's daughter. | ||
*[[An Open Forum]]— the background has Abraham Lincoln heads. | *[[An Open Forum]]— the background has Abraham Lincoln heads. | ||
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| + | *In [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 13.2]], [[Wikipedia:William Henry Harrison|William Henry Harrison]] and [[Wikipedia:James Garfield|James Garfield]] are mentioned by [[Old-Timey Strong Bad]]. | ||
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Revision as of 14:37, 27 February 2006
United States Presidents are mentioned and seen various times in the Homestar Runner universe, in particular presidents Martin Van Buren and Abraham Lincoln. This is perhaps a nod to They Might Be Giants, who frequently use presidents as a theme in their music.
Appearances
- Fluffy Puff Commercial— Pressing "l" will make a silhouette of Abraham Lincoln's head appear.
- In Everybody to the Limit, this same silhouette is used. Also, pictures of John F. Kennedy and his brother Robert appear in the music video.
- Kick the Can— In one of the tapes, The Homestar Runner's shirt has the words "herbert hoover?" on it.
- Fortune Cookies— One of the "fortunes" reads "Hey, it worked for Taft."
- Email old comics— a quote from President Truman on the King Castlefunny Pencil Moistener reads "Everybody's going to need one!"
- The Cheat's Character Video— The Cheat throws a bust of Van Buren at the camera.
- This bust later appears taped on The Proud Anselmo in space program.
- Experimental Film— Homestar Runner is playing a game with presidents on the ATM.
- Halloween Potion-Ma-Jig— Homestar does a bad impression of Ronald Reagan.
- 2 emails— Strong Bad puts a sticky note on the computer reading "Van Buren".
- Teen Girl Squad Issue 5— George Washington and Abraham Lincoln appear, along with Henry Rollins. They are the "cool or famous" people who take So and So parasailing with them.
- These characters appear later in Teen Girl Squad Issue 10.
- Puppet Jam: President's Daughter— Homestar and They Might Be Giants make a song about the president's daughter.
- An Open Forum— the background has Abraham Lincoln heads.
Honorable Mentions
- In Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 13.2, William Henry Harrison and James Garfield are mentioned by Old-Timey Strong Bad.
