Inconsistencies within the Homestar Runner universe

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Is Bubs' right? Or is it left?

With such an expansive bank of cartoons that rely so heavily on whimsical humor, it would be near impossible for The Brothers Chaps to keep the Homestar Runner universe completely consistent and have total continuity between cartoons. Because of this large size and humorous nature, various inconsistencies occur throughout the website and the DVDs. These are usually very minor. According to the site's FAQ, people often ask The Brothers Chaps about inconsistencies, to these questions they answer that "It was either done on purpose or it's just a cartoon and you probably shouldn't worry about it."

Appearances of Inconsistencies

• Strong Mad — His height and weight are under constant scrutiny.
• Strong Bad's computers — Their capabilities tend to vary. Matt Chapman even points this out in the DVD commentary for homestar hair.
  • Email retirement — Strong Bad states that the Lappy has a "5 meg hard-drive", although in animal it claimed to have only a 2 meg hard drive.
• The race track — In autobiography lane five is the shortest lane, and seven the longest, while in disconnected, the roles are reversed.
• Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon — The scene behind the fence is missing the Bear Holding a Shark that scared The Cheat in date.
• Strong Sad's Lament — Strong Sad writes that he can't jump, yet he manages to jump in A Jumping Jack Contest, as well as in Experimental Film, stunt double, and boring (really).
• Halloween Fairstival — Strong Bad states that he doesn't know or care what a haiku is, but he had previously recited one in japanese cartoon.
• HomestarRunner.com PAY PLUS! — The ceiling of the Basement of the Brothers Strong is not as high as it was in The Li'l Brudder Show.
• TrogdorCon '97 — The Cheat reminds Strong Bad that he doesn't pay him, but in lackey Strong Bad pays The Cheat with pencil shavings. Similarly, in rough copy, he pays The Cheat in soft tacos.
• Happy Hallow-Day — This toon indicates that the Spooky Woods are only spooky during Halloween night, or at least at night. However, in Where's The Cheat?, the woods appear as they do during the other Halloween toons, despite the fact it is neither Halloween nor night.
• Trogday 08 — Strong Bad uses "na, na, na's" as lyrics in his song, despite them being on his Bottom 10 list.
  • Further more, before Bottom 10, Strong Bad had used "na, na, na's" as lyrics in the email secret recipes
• Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 15.2 — Strong Bad translates The Cheat's prank call for Marzipan, although Marzipan has been shown as being able to understand The Cheat's language, most notably in Date Nite and Halloween Potion-ma-jig.
  • Strong Bad however claims that he can't speak The Cheat in the email cheat talk.
• Blubb-O's Commercial — Bubs managed to open the window of the Gremlin, but in road trip Strong Bad said the windows could not open from the inside.

Strong Bad Email

• flashback — To celebrate the 100th Strong Bad Email, the screen of the Compy 386 displays "Congratulations! You have answered 100 emails!", even though there were some episodes, such as 2 emails, where he answered more than one.
• flashback — Strong Bad claims he lost count around email 51, but he began caffeine (the 91st Strong Bad Email) with "Coming in at number 91, it's, E-Maaaaaaaaaaail!"
• pom pom — Strong Bad can not type legibly when he is blindfolded, but in impression he could type properly even while wearing a paper plate mask, and with an empty bag on one hand.
• dreamail — Strong Bad imagines the Lappy as female, but in animal he claimed it was The Paper's "new brother."
• geddup noise — Strong Bad corrects an email that refers to The Geddup Noise as "the get up noise," as if he is unfamiliar with that name, but he had called Chairscoot by that name in the bet.
• alternate universe — Old-Timey Strong Bad calls the modern Strong Bad a "brightly colored baboon," implying there is no color in the Old-Timey universe. However, the lyrics to The Ballad of The Sneak claimed The Sneak was yellow, and Sickly Sam's Big Outing is presented in "a color": pink hearts and a pink bouquet appear in the cartoon.
• retirement — The hole in the screen of the Compy 386 is smaller than it was when Bubs shotgunned it in the end of virus.
• coloring — Marzipan says that "soy is also murder", yet in do over, she asked "Homestar" for the soy crisps.
• rough copy — Strong Sad writes a note to himself to get a bigger notebook, and couldn't manage to write the word "notebook" on one page. However, in record book he transcribed "Paradise Lost" onto a single grain of rice, in four languages. This is further contradicted in DNA Evidence, in which he writes down notes from various character confessions.
• concert — Strong Sad tells Strong Bad he never heard of Limozeen, but they watched Limozeen: "but they're in space!" together in best thing.
• hygiene — Coach Z has to ask Strong Bad where he can get hygiene, but in senior prom he assures Strong Sad he is spiking the punch with Listerine only because he is "looking out for all yer hygienes."
• pizza joint — Strong Bad was shocked to learn that there was "competition" between his pizza joint, The Pizz and the Cheat's "Cheatsa Pizza", forgetting that there is in fact a third pizza brand, Bubs' Old Pizza.
• nightlife — Bubs' Concession Stand is shown to be to the left of Strong Badia, while in Summer Short Shorts Bubs' Concession Stand was on Strong Badia's right.