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| - | [[Image:logo.png|right|200px|The Homestar Runner logo]]
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| - | '''Homestar Runner''' (often abbreviated as '''HR''', '''HSR''' or '''H*R''') is primarily an animated [[Flash]] cartoon available through [[homestarrunner.com]]. Although originally conceived as a [[Original Book|children's book]], the site is perhaps most popular with (and has been gravitating toward) young adults.
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| - | ==Characters==
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| - | [[Image:everybody-poster.PNG|thumb|The Homestar Runner cast, as shown on the [[Everybody Everybody Poster|Everybody Everybody Poster]].]]
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| - | The [[Toons|cartoons]] nominally center on the [[character]] [[Homestar Runner]], a somewhat dim but goodhearted athlete. The character [[Strong Bad]], however, is often more popular among fans, mostly through his near-weekly updates of [[Strong Bad Email]], short cartoons in which he answers actual viewer email. Strong Bad works closely with his sidekick [[The Cheat]] and uses his brother [[Strong Mad]] as the muscle in his operations. Together, the three prey on Strong Bad's awkward and constantly depressed brother [[Strong Sad]]. Many of the site's features—[[Songs|music]], [[games]], [[main pages]], etc.—are based on things from the Strong Bad Emails.
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| - | Several other characters fill out the [[Free Country, USA|world]]: Homestar's hippie girlfriend [[Marzipan]], whose [[Marzipan's Answering Machine|answering machine]] is a frequent target for [[Aliases Used in Prank Calls|prank callers]], his best friend [[Pom Pom]], their verbally-challenged [[Coach Z]], local [[Bubs' Concession Stand|concession stand]] owner [[Bubs]], [[The King of Town]] and his [[The Poopsmith|Poopsmith]]. Rounding out the cast is [[Homsar]], an [[Analysis of Homsar's Speech Patterns|odd-speaking]] character created on account of (and in mockery of) a [[homsar|poorly-written email to Strong Bad]]. Many of these characters have [[Characters#Variations|alternate versions]].
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| - | ==Toons==
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| - | A popular feature on the website is Strong Bad's crudely drawn comic series ''[[Teen Girl Squad]]''. The comic parodies four archetypal high-school girls and their equally archetypal quest for attractiveness, popularity, and love, which is continually frustrated by their violent [[death]]s in every episode.
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| - | The website, built mostly out of Flash animations, is filled with hidden [[Easter egg]]s: if a certain area on the page is mouse-clicked at the right time, an additional cartoon or screen will appear. For example, in the Strong Bad Email [[studying]], viewers can view a hidden [[Bookazon.com|Web page]] about a book that Strong Bad mentions. Also, at the end of the e-mail [[vacation]], you can click on one of five postcards to hear what Strong Bad thinks of the particular [[Strong Bad's Vacation Spots|place he has visited]].
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| - | Nearly every Monday, some sort of update, such as a short, a longer cartoon, a Strong Bad email, an online Flash game, or [[Store|real-life merchandise]] like [[Store CD/DVDs|DVDs]] and [[Store Toys|action figures]], is added to the website.
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| - | ==Real World==
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| - | [[Image:Making of 100 email.jpg|thumb|The Brothers Chaps making the [[flashback|100th Strong Bad Email]], as seen in the [[strongbad_email.exe|DVD]] feature "[[Making of Email 100]]".]]
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| - | The series is the product of [[Matt Chapman|Matt]] and [[Mike Chapman]], who typically call themselves "[[The Brothers Chaps]]." Matt Chapman provides the voices of the male characters, while [[Missy Palmer]], Mike's wife, does that of Marzipan. Mike Chapman provides the stilted voices for [[Powered by The Cheat|The Cheat's amateurish Flash cartoons]]. Many other [[contributors|people]] also help with the series.
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| - | Because the Brothers Chaps run their own website, they have a creative freedom that they would not have doing a regular TV show. Though the site sells Homestar merchandise, it has no advertisements, and a few of the cartoons parody advertising, with products like [[Fluffy Puff Marshmallows]]. The Internet has allowed them to reach a large audience that they wouldn't have access to otherwise. Originally, they developed Homestar Runner as a labor of love, and for their own amusement. It has grown large enough that merchandise sales pay for all of the costs of running the website. An article in the ''Chicago Tribune'' on July 24, 2003, reported the retired [[Don and Harriet Chapman|parents of the Brothers Chaps]] were spending a lot of time dealing with the business aspects of the website.
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| - | ==References==
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| - | *"Homestar Runner." <u>Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia</u>. 9 Dec 2004, 03:57 UTC. 16 Dec 2004, 13:00 <<span class="plainlinks">http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Homestar_Runner&oldid=8505608</span>>.
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| - | :''Content for the above was taken chiefly from the [[Wikipedia:Main Page|Wikipedia]] article for [[Wikipedia:Homestar Runner|Homestar Runner]] found at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestar_Runner http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestar_Runner]. As such, this article is licensed under the [http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html GNU Free Documentation License].
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| - | ==See Also==
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| - | *[[Timeline of Homestar Runner]]
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| - | *[[Homestar Runner universe]]
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| - | *[[Inconsistencies within the Homestar Runner universe]]
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| - | ==External links==
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| - | {{Spoken HRWiki|Homestar Runner (Flash cartoon) - Part 1.ogg|August 17, 2006|oldid=345441}}
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| - | *[[HR:index.html|Homestar Runner Official Website]]
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| - | *[[HR:firsttime.html|Introduction for first-time visitors]]
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| - | *[[Wikipedia:Homestar Runner|Wikipedia entry for "Homestar Runner"]]
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