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(I don't quite have strong opinions on this yet, but I think including the originals to serve as a comparison point would be good. Also a template would be good.) |
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What if we had quote boxes? Like at the top, or floating left/right Wikipedia-style... Ob'm know. I've added a lot to the tops of articles and sections (Oscar Wilde-style) and it might be nice to (a) standardize w/ a template (b) do something a little snazzier than blockquotes. Some rough style explorations made by editing notices: | What if we had quote boxes? Like at the top, or floating left/right Wikipedia-style... Ob'm know. I've added a lot to the tops of articles and sections (Oscar Wilde-style) and it might be nice to (a) standardize w/ a template (b) do something a little snazzier than blockquotes. Some rough style explorations made by editing notices: | ||
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| + | * The current quotes have been added for comparison. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 19:57, 1 July 2025 (UTC) | ||
| + | * If we turn this into a template, the image sizes are inconsistent: Matt's image is 60px, SB's is 24px, and SS's is 36px. I thought {{t|qotwheads}} could be of use but that's for [[Quote of the Week Character Heads|a completely different context]]. | ||
| + | ** Ah, the template I was looking for was {{t|head}} but that can't be used either. That said, I've made both head images 35px to see what they look like. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] | ||
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| + | =Shark-Tooth Bubs= | ||
| + | [[Image:Shark-Tooth Bubs.png|thumb|"I'm going to go throw up at your house!"]] | ||
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| + | ''From [[NYU Talk - 1 Mar 2005|"A Date with Homestar Runner" at New York University, 2005]]:'' | ||
| + | <blockquote>'''[[MATT CHAPMAN]]:''' We were getting these stuffed animals of The Cheat made. To show us that they were the right people for the job, this company in Hong Kong made some little six-inch plush dolls of our characters. Most of them they got pretty good! And then... Bubs they just completely misinterpreted.</blockquote> | ||
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| + | '''Shark-Tooth Bubs''' is a plush doll prototype of [[Bubs]] that sharply deviates from his character design. Rather than two [[mismatched eyes]], one black and one blue with a white ring, he has two black eyes and a large protruding white-ringed horn; his teeth are pointed and shark-like rather than rectangular. | ||
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| + | The plush toy was created by a company in {{w|Hong Kong}}, during the pre-production of the [[Kick The Cheat]] dolls. To demonstrate their ability to adapt [[The Cheat]] to three dimensions, the toy company produced sample plush dolls of [[Strong Bad]], [[Homestar Runner]], [[Marzipan]], and Bubs (the first two of which [[Puppet Character Variations#Not Quite Puppets|have also been shown]]). Though the first three were created largely on-model, the manufacturer "[[theme park#Commentary Transcript|misinterpreted pretty much everything]]" about Bubs's [[dumb animal characters|odd design]], resulting in the inclusion of [[fangs]] and a horn. | ||
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=Shark-Tooth Bubs= | =Shark-Tooth Bubs= | ||
[[Image:Shark-Tooth Bubs.png|thumb|"I'm going to go throw up at your house!"]] | [[Image:Shark-Tooth Bubs.png|thumb|"I'm going to go throw up at your house!"]] | ||
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The plush toy was created by a company in {{w|Hong Kong}}, during the pre-production of the [[Kick The Cheat]] dolls. To demonstrate their ability to adapt [[The Cheat]] to three dimensions, the toy company produced sample plush dolls of [[Strong Bad]], [[Homestar Runner]], [[Marzipan]], and Bubs (the first two of which [[Puppet Character Variations#Not Quite Puppets|have also been shown]]). Though the first three were created largely on-model, the manufacturer "[[theme park#Commentary Transcript|misinterpreted pretty much everything]]" about Bubs's [[dumb animal characters|odd design]], resulting in the inclusion of [[fangs]] and a horn. | The plush toy was created by a company in {{w|Hong Kong}}, during the pre-production of the [[Kick The Cheat]] dolls. To demonstrate their ability to adapt [[The Cheat]] to three dimensions, the toy company produced sample plush dolls of [[Strong Bad]], [[Homestar Runner]], [[Marzipan]], and Bubs (the first two of which [[Puppet Character Variations#Not Quite Puppets|have also been shown]]). Though the first three were created largely on-model, the manufacturer "[[theme park#Commentary Transcript|misinterpreted pretty much everything]]" about Bubs's [[dumb animal characters|odd design]], resulting in the inclusion of [[fangs]] and a horn. | ||
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| + | {{clear}} | ||
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| + | = Easter egg = | ||
| + | ==Decompiled Flash Easter Eggs== | ||
| + | ''From [[Georgia Tech - 26 Apr 2007|a 2007 talk at the Georgia Tech library]]:'' | ||
| + | <blockquote>'''MATT CHAPMAN:''' People are poking around, they decompile our Flash files and look at stuff. So we've started adding a few things here and there for the nerds that do that stuff. [[Senorial Day|There's one]] where these two Homestars appear {{--}} like, it appears that there's two Homestars, you can barely see the edge of his feet on that side of the frame, that's in the actual cartoon. But then, to make it consistent in the universe, one of them has a mustache. But you only see it if you decompile the Flash thing and be like, ''"Oh, that's Homestar with a mustache."''</blockquote> | ||
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| + | === Appearances === | ||
| + | [[Image:By strong bab age 5.PNG|thumb|Who actually made all those fence drawings...]] | ||
| + | *All [[Halloween Teasers]] {{--}} The teasers feature messages hidden behind the [[silhouettes]] of the [[characters]], visible upon attempting to view the [[Halloween costumes]] with a Flash decompiler (presuming that they are obscured versions of the full image). | ||
| + | *Email [[different town]] {{--}} Marzipan has a secondary hairdo when decompiled. | ||
| + | *Email [[myths & legends]] {{--}} When the ancient fence drawings are viewed outside the border, the words "by strong bab age 5" can be found. | ||
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*Email [[different town]] {{--}} Marzipan has a secondary hairdo when decompiled. | *Email [[different town]] {{--}} Marzipan has a secondary hairdo when decompiled. | ||
*Email [[myths & legends]] {{--}} When the ancient fence drawings are viewed outside the border, the words "by strong bab age 5" can be found. | *Email [[myths & legends]] {{--}} When the ancient fence drawings are viewed outside the border, the words "by strong bab age 5" can be found. | ||
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| + | =Abdi LaRue= | ||
| + | [[Image:Compy Some Kinda Robot.PNG|thumb|Roll that beautiful email footage!]] | ||
| + | ''From a [[@StrongBadActual]] Tweet from [[@StrongBadActual Tweets 2020#1250876792174514176|16 April 2020]]:'' | ||
| + | <blockquote> | ||
| + | Abdi is real! An early fan I actually had to ask to specifically email me because nobody knew I had an email address yet! | ||
| + | </blockquote> | ||
| + | In 2001, '''Abdi LaRue''' made [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] history as the first of hundreds to have an email personally answered by [[Strong Bad]]. Future [[Strong Bad Email]]s would make brief tribute to this unknown figure. | ||
{{clear}} | {{clear}} | ||
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{| style="padding: 1em; background: Beige;" | {| style="padding: 1em; background: Beige;" | ||
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| - | |style="padding-right: 10px;" | [[File:qod 2 - strong bad.PNG| | + | |style="padding-right: 10px;" | [[File:qod 2 - strong bad.PNG|35px|Stro Bro]] |
| "Abdi is real! An early fan I actually had to ask to specifically email me because nobody knew I had an email address yet!" | | "Abdi is real! An early fan I actually had to ask to specifically email me because nobody knew I had an email address yet!" | ||
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{{clear}} | {{clear}} | ||
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| + | =Inconsistencies within the Homestar Runner universe= | ||
| + | :'''''Comment:''' this one uses {{t|canonquote}} under the hood!'' | ||
| + | {{clear}} | ||
| + | [[Image:Strong Badia Bubs' Stand.PNG|thumb|Is Bubs' right? Or is it left?]] | ||
| + | {{canonquote}} | ||
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| + | '''Inconsistencies''' large and small occur throughout the toons portraying the [[Homestar Runner universe]]. The [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] body of work is primarily created independently by [[The Brothers Chaps]], without use of a dedicated style guide or {{w|Script supervisor|continuity supervisor}}, allowing for discrepancies to accumulate over [[Timeline of Homestar Runner|the 20-plus years of production]]. | ||
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| + | Furthermore, Homestar Runner relies heavily on whimsical, surreal, and absurd humor. Much like comedic inspirations ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' or ''[[The Three Stooges]]'', toons are largely independent of one another; though some elements remain as constants, various minor facets of settings or characterization may be changed or ignored to better tell a joke or set a scene. Because Homestar Runner is not narrative-driven, complete consistency and total continuity are not goals and very minor inconsistencies are common between cartoons. The site's [[FAQ]] recommends that fans remember "[[TVTropes:Main/MST3KMantra|it's just a cartoon and you probably shouldn't worry about it]]." | ||
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=Inconsistencies within the Homestar Runner universe= | =Inconsistencies within the Homestar Runner universe= | ||
[[Image:Strong Badia Bubs' Stand.PNG|thumb|Is Bubs' right? Or is it left?]] | [[Image:Strong Badia Bubs' Stand.PNG|thumb|Is Bubs' right? Or is it left?]] | ||
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{| style="padding: 1em; background: Ivory;" | {| style="padding: 1em; background: Ivory;" | ||
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| - | |rowspan=2 style="padding-right: 10px;" | [[File:qod 3 - strong sad.PNG| | + | |rowspan=2 style="padding-right: 10px;" | [[File:qod 3 - strong sad.PNG|35px|I probably could...]] |
| "We're gonna play "Name That Inconsistency" later on if you want to join us." | | "We're gonna play "Name That Inconsistency" later on if you want to join us." | ||
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Revision as of 19:57, 1 July 2025
What if we had quote boxes? Like at the top, or floating left/right Wikipedia-style... Ob'm know. I've added a lot to the tops of articles and sections (Oscar Wilde-style) and it might be nice to (a) standardize w/ a template (b) do something a little snazzier than blockquotes. Some rough style explorations made by editing notices:
- Comments:
- The current quotes have been added for comparison. --Stux 19:57, 1 July 2025 (UTC)
- If we turn this into a template, the image sizes are inconsistent: Matt's image is 60px, SB's is 24px, and SS's is 36px. I thought {{qotwheads}} could be of use but that's for a completely different context.
Shark-Tooth Bubs
From "A Date with Homestar Runner" at New York University, 2005:
MATT CHAPMAN: We were getting these stuffed animals of The Cheat made. To show us that they were the right people for the job, this company in Hong Kong made some little six-inch plush dolls of our characters. Most of them they got pretty good! And then... Bubs they just completely misinterpreted.
Shark-Tooth Bubs is a plush doll prototype of Bubs that sharply deviates from his character design. Rather than two mismatched eyes, one black and one blue with a white ring, he has two black eyes and a large protruding white-ringed horn; his teeth are pointed and shark-like rather than rectangular.
The plush toy was created by a company in Hong Kong, during the pre-production of the Kick The Cheat dolls. To demonstrate their ability to adapt The Cheat to three dimensions, the toy company produced sample plush dolls of Strong Bad, Homestar Runner, Marzipan, and Bubs (the first two of which have also been shown). Though the first three were created largely on-model, the manufacturer "misinterpreted pretty much everything" about Bubs's odd design, resulting in the inclusion of fangs and a horn.
Shark-Tooth Bubs
Shark-Tooth Bubs is a plush doll prototype of Bubs that sharply deviates from his character design. Rather than two mismatched eyes, one black and one blue with a white ring, he has two black eyes and a large protruding white-ringed horn; his teeth are pointed and shark-like rather than rectangular.
The plush toy was created by a company in Hong Kong, during the pre-production of the Kick The Cheat dolls. To demonstrate their ability to adapt The Cheat to three dimensions, the toy company produced sample plush dolls of Strong Bad, Homestar Runner, Marzipan, and Bubs (the first two of which have also been shown). Though the first three were created largely on-model, the manufacturer "misinterpreted pretty much everything" about Bubs's odd design, resulting in the inclusion of fangs and a horn.
Easter egg
Decompiled Flash Easter Eggs
From a 2007 talk at the Georgia Tech library:
MATT CHAPMAN: People are poking around, they decompile our Flash files and look at stuff. So we've started adding a few things here and there for the nerds that do that stuff. There's one where these two Homestars appear — like, it appears that there's two Homestars, you can barely see the edge of his feet on that side of the frame, that's in the actual cartoon. But then, to make it consistent in the universe, one of them has a mustache. But you only see it if you decompile the Flash thing and be like, "Oh, that's Homestar with a mustache."
Appearances
- All Halloween Teasers — The teasers feature messages hidden behind the silhouettes of the characters, visible upon attempting to view the Halloween costumes with a Flash decompiler (presuming that they are obscured versions of the full image).
- Email different town — Marzipan has a secondary hairdo when decompiled.
- Email myths & legends — When the ancient fence drawings are viewed outside the border, the words "by strong bab age 5" can be found.
Decompiled Flash Easter Eggs
Appearances
- All Halloween Teasers — The teasers feature messages hidden behind the silhouettes of the characters, visible upon attempting to view the Halloween costumes with a Flash decompiler (presuming that they are obscured versions of the full image).
- Email different town — Marzipan has a secondary hairdo when decompiled.
- Email myths & legends — When the ancient fence drawings are viewed outside the border, the words "by strong bab age 5" can be found.
Abdi LaRue
From a @StrongBadActual Tweet from 16 April 2020:
Abdi is real! An early fan I actually had to ask to specifically email me because nobody knew I had an email address yet!
In 2001, Abdi LaRue made Homestar Runner history as the first of hundreds to have an email personally answered by Strong Bad. Future Strong Bad Emails would make brief tribute to this unknown figure.
Abdi LaRue
In 2001, Abdi LaRue made Homestar Runner history as the first of hundreds to have an email personally answered by Strong Bad. Future Strong Bad Emails would make brief tribute to this unknown figure.
Inconsistencies within the Homestar Runner universe
- Comment: this one uses {{canonquote}} under the hood!
MATT CHAPMAN: There's no style guide. We don't have a continuity person working on set.
Inconsistencies large and small occur throughout the toons portraying the Homestar Runner universe. The Homestar Runner body of work is primarily created independently by The Brothers Chaps, without use of a dedicated style guide or continuity supervisor, allowing for discrepancies to accumulate over the 20-plus years of production.
Furthermore, Homestar Runner relies heavily on whimsical, surreal, and absurd humor. Much like comedic inspirations Looney Tunes or The Three Stooges, toons are largely independent of one another; though some elements remain as constants, various minor facets of settings or characterization may be changed or ignored to better tell a joke or set a scene. Because Homestar Runner is not narrative-driven, complete consistency and total continuity are not goals and very minor inconsistencies are common between cartoons. The site's FAQ recommends that fans remember "it's just a cartoon and you probably shouldn't worry about it."
Inconsistencies within the Homestar Runner universe
Inconsistencies large and small occur throughout the toons portraying the Homestar Runner universe. The Homestar Runner body of work is primarily created independently by The Brothers Chaps, without use of a dedicated style guide or continuity supervisor, allowing for discrepancies to accumulate over the 20-plus years of production.
Furthermore, Homestar Runner relies heavily on whimsical, surreal, and absurd humor. Much like comedic inspirations Looney Tunes or The Three Stooges, toons are largely independent of one another; though some elements remain as constants, various minor facets of settings or characterization may be changed or ignored to better tell a joke or set a scene. Because Homestar Runner is not narrative-driven, complete consistency and total continuity are not goals and very minor inconsistencies are common between cartoons. The site's FAQ recommends that fans remember "it's just a cartoon and you probably shouldn't worry about it."
