Nondescript Nouns
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Nondescript Nouns are simply generic nouns used where either a proper noun or a more specific common noun is expected. This has occurred numerous times in the Homestar Runner universe.
Appearances
- Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 5.0 — Homestar says that he represents "Distinguished Businessman".
- This line appears again in An Open Forum.
- Email dullard — During the demonstration for "Method 3", Homestar tries to discuss last night's episode of "Popular Reality Show" with Strong Bad.
- Email vacation — Strong Bad sends postcards from such locations as "That Clock" and historic "Over There".
- Email comic — Strong Bad creates Teen Girl Squad, giving the main characters the nondescript names Cheerleader, So and So, What's Her Face, and The Ugly One.
- Email english paper — In an Easter egg we see a parody of eBay called Some Type of Online Auction.
- Lookin at a Thing in a Bag — Homestar and the viewers never find out for sure what Strong Bad and the others were pretending was the "thing in a bag".
- Teen Girl Squad Issue 4 — So-and-So carries a "Subject" textbook. Cheerleader asks Quarterback out.
- Email different town — At the end of the email, Strong Bad says "I'm gonna go... Place." Then, in an Easter egg, you can see a postcard from Place.
- Email crying — At the end of the email, Strong Bad says he has "a food...in the oven."
- Email other days — Homestar brags about his frag count in "Online Gaming".
- Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 11.2 — Strong Bad, under the alias "Bob Statesman", claims to be running for the office of "Elected Official".
- Stinkoman 20X6 — One of the game's bosses is called "An Ice Machine".
- Biz Cas Fri 1 — Homestar tries to persuade Strong Bad to go to "Beach Themed Restaurant".
- Email modeling — There is a map which shows the locations of "Place" and "Land".
- Puppets on the Road — Shark-Tooth Bubs says that a regular stand has "a food" for sale.
- TrogdorCon '97 — In an Easter egg, Strong Bad suggests someone wear "like five or six... more clothes...."
- Exaggerations — The picture that cycled through various puns in the original Marshmallow's Last Stand simply reads "a joke" in the Exaggerations.
- Teen Girl Squad Issue 11 — So and So is forced to take a summer job at Shirt Folding Store.
- Email cliffhangers — Coach Z and Homestar Runner accuse themselves of being the Thnikkaman and stealing the Lappy 486, respectively, and try to cover it up by talking about "sports team".
- Email the chair — After Strong Bad and Strong Sad each get hurt while trying out Le Restige and the Styleron Ecochair, each person exclaims, "I can't feel my parts."
- Email strong badathlon — An announcer on the television announces the upcoming "Cute little girl from sit-com sings patriotic song." Strong Bad acts as though he knows exactly which little girl is singing.
- Teen Girl Squad Issue 12 — Boy 1 and Boy 2 are talking about "band name".
- Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 14.2 — Strong Bad uses a robotic voice and claims to be "Nadine Automated Menu Burger" calling from "Trusted Financial Institution".
- Drive-Thru — The Drive-Thru Whale describes the week's toy as "brown". When this upsets The Cheat, Strong Bad exclaims that they must be out of "blue ones". Later, in an easter egg, Strong Bad asks for a "blue one" for The Cheat.
- Teen Girl Squad Issue 13 — Momkins says, "Listen, I'll be at a place until a time. My cell phone number is some numbers. The baby needs stuff."
- Email mini-golf — One of the places that Strong Bad calls out the name of is called "That Paintball Place Down the Street".
- Email hygiene — A pennant on the wall during the hygiene video reads "A sport!".
