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| [[Image:boardelectrix.PNG|150px|Boardelectrix logo]] || [[Family Resemblence]], [[geddup noise]] || '''Boardelectrix''' (which sounds suspiciously like [[Videlectrix]], though any connection is unknown) is a board game company. They currently have two known games, "Jurvy-Skat" and "THE SHOW! STUPID HOME EDITION!" | | [[Image:boardelectrix.PNG|150px|Boardelectrix logo]] || [[Family Resemblence]], [[geddup noise]] || '''Boardelectrix''' (which sounds suspiciously like [[Videlectrix]], though any connection is unknown) is a board game company. They currently have two known games, "Jurvy-Skat" and "THE SHOW! STUPID HOME EDITION!" | ||
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Ol' Fatty's is the company that manufactures the "whisper quiet" 'Lectric Boots, featured in extra plug. Strong Bad mail-ordered these boots. |
 | Family Resemblence, geddup noise | Boardelectrix (which sounds suspiciously like Videlectrix, though any connection is unknown) is a board game company. They currently have two known games, "Jurvy-Skat" and "THE SHOW! STUPID HOME EDITION!" |
 | Discount Flashback Warehouse was introduced in the email "flashback". This business, run by Strong Bad, deals in flashbacks at low prices. You can get flashbacks from "this season, last season, even stuff (he) just made up!". At some point in '04, there was a special sale in the Homestar Runner Store, "Strong Bad's Weekend Bargains." On the page explaining the sale, it said, "I'm like Discount Bargains Warehouse over here," obviously a reference to the DFW. |
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Discount Flashback Warehouse
Discount Flashback Warehouse was introduced in the email "flashback". This business, run by Strong Bad, deals in flashbacks at low prices. You can get flashbacks from "this season, last season, even stuff (he) just made up!".
At some point in '04, there was a special sale in the Homestar Runner Store, "Strong Bad's Weekend Bargains." On the page explaining the sale, it said, "I'm like Discount Bargains Warehouse over here," obviously a reference to the DFW.
Freshley's
Freshley's is a Free Country, USA shoe company. The box for Freshley's shoes is white with the words "Freshley's" written in orange. According to Strong Bad, the name is appropriate, because they are "about the freshest shoes you can imagine." It is unknown if they are related to Mrs. Freshley's pastries. The logo resembles that of the Shaw's grocery chain, as well as the logo for FreshDirect, an online grocery purveyor.
Appearances
- Debut: anything
- time capsule
Kertified Klown Kare
Rodeo and Tragic Clown Hot Dogs are not accepted.
List of provided services
- Pie Injuries
- Giant Foot Problems
- Wacky Malaria
- Grease Paint Poisoning
Styles Upon Styles
Styles Upon Styles is a high-class clothing manufacturer that furnishes Strong Bad's wardrobe. Strong Bad bought clothes from Styles Upon Styles for a photo session with Pom Pom in the email modeling. Their slogan is, "Steep prices and trees!"
Appearances
Superfied Credit Union
A credit card company in Free Country, USA. First mentioned in the Strong Bad Email credit card, when Strong Bad forwards a scam email to Homestar Runner, signing it 'Superfied Credit Union'.
On the Downloads page, it is possible to see Lem Sportsinterviews' credit card from the Superfied Credit Union. On the back, it reads 'This is a magnificent card. Superfied Credit Union is THE NAME in magnificence. Of crads, at least. I mean cards.' Sportsinterviews' credit card makes another appearance in HomestarRunner.com PAY PLUS!
Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 10.2 has an Easter egg involving a call from Marzipan's credit card company. It is not stated whether this is Superfied Credit Union or not.
Strong Bad's School Of Barbzerdry
Strong Bad's School Of Barbzerdry is an academy specializing in Barber Wizardry, or "Barbzerdry" for short. The aformentioned business was first mentioned in the Strong Bad Email "haircut", in which Strong Bad laments the lack of potential customers in Free Country, USA.
The school's advertisement, viewable via an Easter Egg in the email, says:
specializing in: -elixirs -faeries -high top fades absolutely NO: -cuts -butts -coconuts Strong Bad's School Of Barbzerdry
Galoob
Galoob is the company that makes Fluffy Puff Marshmallows, as evidenced by the page title of the Meet Marshie cartoon.
Galoob is a real company, a division Hasbro called "Lewis Galoob Toys, Inc." They manufacture Micro Machines, among other things. They used to make a line of "video game enhancement" devices called Game Genies which would allow Nintendo and Sega players to enter cheat codes and change the settings of their favorite games. They have no formal association with The Brothers Chaps or Homestar Runner.
