Main Page 8

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Revision as of 21:37, 15 July 2007

Wouldn't you like to ride in my beautiful balloon?

Homestar Runner is upside down and falling through the sky.

Cast (in order of appearance): Homestar Runner, Strong Bad, The Yello Dello

Places: The sky

Icon: Clouds

Page title: "What's so great about Homestar Runner?"

Button Effects

• Toons — A hot air balloon made in the likeness of Strong Bad's head passes, with Strong Bad riding in it. Strong Bad sings, "Would you like to ride in my beautiful balloon?"
• Games — A zeppelin on fire passes by.
• Characters — Homestar stops falling, with a "SCREECH!" braking noise.
• Downloads — The star on his shirt starts to peel off. When you move your cursor away from the button, his star returns to its original position.
• Store — He starts falling up.
• Email — The Yello Dello flies by.

Fun Facts

Trivia

• The Yello Dello is also falling at the same speed as Homestar.
• This is the first main page to have Homestar in his regular clothes.
• Relative to the clouds, Strong Bad's hot air balloon is actually sinking pretty quickly.
  • Also relative to the clouds, the zeppelin is falling incredibly quickly.
• If you move over the Toons button and then quickly move to the store button, Strong Bad's balloon will appear to be falling straight down while Homestar is flying straight up.

Goofs

• Sometimes when Homestar stops falling, the propeller on his hat is still blurred.
• When Strong Bad is singing, his lips aren't moving.
• Homestar's propeller is the propeller from his old design.

Inside References

• The page title "What's so great about Homestar Runner?" may be a reference to the page title of Main Page 1, "What's not to love about Homestar Runner?"

Real-World References

• The zeppelin on fire is a reference to the Hindenburg.
• "Would you like to ride in my beautiful balloon?" is a line from "Up, Up and Away" by the group The Fifth Dimension.

External links

• go to Main Page 8
• view the Flash file for Main Page 8