Presidents
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**These characters appear later in [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 10]]. | **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. | *[[Puppet Jam: President's Daughter]] — Homestar and They Might Be Giants make a song about the president's daughter. | ||
| - | *[[An Open Forum]] — | + | *[[An Open Forum]] — The background is made up of Abraham Lincoln heads. |
*[[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]]. | *[[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]]. | ||
[[Category:Inside Jokes]] | [[Category:Inside Jokes]] | ||
Revision as of 19:44, 24 June 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 and as a possible shape for the SBLOUNSKCHED! Bar in candy product.
- 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 is made up of Abraham Lincoln heads.
- Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 13.2 — William Henry Harrison and James Garfield are mentioned by Old-Timey Strong Bad.
