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[[Image:Original Book Cover.PNG|thumb|The book that started it all]]
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'''The Homestar Runner Enters the Strongest Man in the World Contest''' is the original children's book that started it all. The story is bizarre, but shows signs of the greatness to come. The archive in the [[Museum|museum]] includes the story plus some alternate cover ideas.
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The Homestar Runner, Pom Pom, Strong Bad, and three others enter the Strongest Man in the World Contest. "Whoever holds the most grapes, wins." Strong Bad tries to cheat with the help of a furry yellow animal, from that point aptly named The Cheat.
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Strong Bad later made a [[Strumstar Hammer|revised edition]] of the story in the email "[[kids' book]]." The book was also spoofed in the 100th email "[[flashback]]," which in turn inspired [[Main Page 20]].
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'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Pom Pom}}, {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, [[Mr. Bland]], [[The Robot]], {{Film|Señor}}, {{Film|The Announcer}}, [[The Grape Fairie]]
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== Background ==
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*In an [http://members.shaw.ca/kevinscott/Homestar/index.html interview], [[Mike Chapman]] tells how he and [[Craig Zobel]] started the story in 1996: 
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:"Just a story we made one afternoon, went to Kinko's, made about ten or fifteen copies of it, and kind of gave it to our friends, and that was it, really, for several years. We just did that in the summer. We were in college, and did it in a bored afternoon."
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== The Story ==
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| ''Homestar Runner is standing in an empty field'' || The original children's book that started it all. Here's the first cover. Notice at this point he's THE Homestar Runner. (July 96) || || [[HR:book1.html|View Page 1]]
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| ''Homestar is standing on an orange star background'' || The alternate, construction paper cover. A little less embarassing. (Sept 96) || supa punchtime! ||  [[HR:book2.html|View Page 2]]
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| ''Homestar is standing on a diamond-patterned background'' || The 'I'm just learning Photoshop' remix of the cover. (July 97) And now, onto the story... || Oh, Pollette! ||  [[HR:book3.html|View Page 3]]
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| ''Homestar is standing in front of a star'' || Everybody loves the Homestar Runner. He is a terrific athlete.  || big head, tiny legs ||  [[HR:book4.html|View Page 4]]
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| ''Homestar and Pom Pom are standing in a field'' || One day, his friend, Pom-Pom, asked him to enter the Strongest Man in the World Contest.  || pom-pom's beady eyes ||  [[HR:book5.html|View Page 5]]
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| ''Homestar and Pom Pom are lifting weights'' || The Homestar Runner agreed, and the two trained for days and days to become the strongest men in the world.  || pom-pom's beady eyes ||  [[HR:book6.html|View Page 6]]
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| ''Strong Bad and The Cheat stand next to Homestar and Pom Pom in the field'' || On the way to the contest, another competitor, Strong Bad, made fun of them. "I'm the very strongest! You guys are not very strong!"  || pom-pom's beady eyes ||  [[HR:book7.html|View Page 7]]
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| ''Mr. Bland, The Robot, and Señor stand in ovals on the background'' || The contestants: Mr. Bland, The Robot (last year's winner), Señor... || pom-pom's beady eyes ||  [[HR:book8.html|View Page 8]]
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| ''Pom Pom, Strong Bad, and Homestar also stand in ovals'' || ...Pom-Pom, Strong Bad, The Homestar Runner. || pom-pom's beady eyes ||  [[HR:book9.html|View Page 9]]
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| ''The Grape Fairie is flying over the contestants on a Bumble Bee, while The Announcer holds up a sheet of paper with the rules'' || Upon their arrival, the rules were explained: The Grape Fairie starts everyone off with twenty grapes, then adds one at a time. Whoever holds the most grapes, wins.  || pom-pom's beady eyes ||  [[HR:book10.html|View Page 10]]
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| ''The grape fairie is granting each contestant twenty grapes'' || The Grape Fairie granted each of them twenty grapes.  || pom-pom's beady eyes||  [[HR:book11.html|View Page 11]]
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| ''Mr. Bland's legs are seen under his pile of grapes with the caption "SQUISH"'' || Mr. Bland did not hold up.  || pom-pom's beady eyes||  [[HR:book12.html|View Page 12]]
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| ''The grape fairie is putting another grape on each pile of grapes'' || The Grape Fairie added another grape.  || pom-pom's beady eyes ||  [[HR:book13.html|View Page13]]
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| ''Señor is seen being squished under his grapes, with the caption "SPLURT"'' || Señor was NOT the strongest man in the world.  || havin a little trouble ||  [[HR:book14.html|View Page 14]]
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| ''Four grapes are seen on the ground by The Robot's  foot, and The Cheat is seen running away from an electrical socket with The Robot's plug on the ground'' || Suddenly, the Robot shut down and dropped his grapes. Homestar knew something was up.  || where's the plug? ||  [[HR:book15.html|View Page 15]]
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| ''Another grape is being added to the piles of the final three contestants'' || There were only three contestants left. Another grape was added.  || where's the plug? ||  [[HR:book16.html|View Page 16]]
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| ''Homestar is in the forground, noticing The Cheat helping Strong Bad hold his grapes in the background'' || Homestar noticed that Strong Bad was getting some extra help. "I will drop my grapes and uncover that CHEAT!"  || where's the plug? ||  [[HR:book17.html|View Page 17]]
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| ''Homestar's pile of grapes is on the ground, and Homestar is kicking The Cheat from under Strong Bad's pile, causing Strong Bad to wobble'' || The Homestar Runner yanked the cheat out from under the pile of grapes. "OH NO!" screamed Strong Bad.  || where's the plug? ||  [[HR:book18.html|View Page 18]]
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| ''Strong Bad is seen under his pile of grapes and Homestar is standing next to Pom Pom, who is still holding his grapes'' || Strong Bad was squished and Pom-Pom won.  || squisha squisha squisha ||  [[HR:book19.html|View Page 19]]
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| ''Homestar and Pom Pom are each wearing medals and are holding a trophy between them, while The Grape Fairie is flying in the background'' || Knowing that he could not have done it without The Homestar Runner's help, Pom-Pom shared the trophy.  || WORLD BEST ||  [[HR:book20.html|View Page 20]]
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== External links ==
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* [[HR:firstbook.swf|View the Flash file for the Original Book]]
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* [[HR:book1.html|View the old Original Book]]
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{{Museum}}
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[[Category: Early Work]]
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[[Category: Books]]
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Revision as of 01:43, 9 March 2006

Dr. Who and Tyler Too!

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