Death

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For the personification of death, see Grim Reaper.

"Oh, he looks so peaceful."

There are numerous references to the subject of death. These range from a character's death or near-death, to imagining or behaving as though a character has died. As in many cartoons, when a character dies, the death is usually impermanent — the character may reappear alive, often with no explanation.

Appearances

Bad Graphics Ghost

• Email ghosts — In an Easter egg, it is possible to "kill" the Bad Graphics Ghost by erasing the pixels.

Bubs

• Email pom pom — Bubs mentions having "almost died the 15th time."
• Sample of Style — Mike Chapman rips the cardboard tube that "produces" Bubs's voice. Matt Chapman says that they will have to kill off Bubs, "just like Homeschool Winner". A picture of Bubs's grave then appears.
• Email unnatural — Strong Bad frequently suggests that they kill the rampaging King Bubsgonzola Supreme.

Caleb Rentpayer

• Bug In Mouth Disease — Homestar is revealed to have shot Caleb. Although Caleb's death cannot be confirmed, Tucksworth remarked that he wasn't breathing in the previous episode.

Charlemagne

• Homestar Ruiner — Strong Bad claims that the wilted plant on the main floor of the house of Strong is Charlemagne, Strong Sad's plant. He goes on to explain that it had previously been in good health, but decided to commit suicide when Strong Sad began talking to it. Strong Sad denies this, to which Strong Bad replies, "That's not what the note said!"

The Cheat

• Email caper — Strong Bad sings a song saying how he is so glad that The Cheat is not dead.
• Email bedtime story — The Cheat's vitals are tested after being bug-bombed in order to go to sleep. Strong Bad also says "If we're lucky, the Cheat will wake up alive the next morning".
• Date Nite — Strong Bad suggests drowning Marzipan and The Cheat.

Cheat Commandos

• Cheat Commandos — Firebert is shown killing two Blue Laser Minions by blowing up a cliff above them, sending rocks crashing down on top of them. (Coach Z similarly "kills" five Blue Laser Minion action figures by using Reinforcements's Justice Rocket Backpack Rocket Rocket to send a pie plate crashing down on them.)
• Shopping for Danger — Crackotage remarks that Reynold would "prob'ly die" if he went on a mission with the rest of them, later heading back to base "to make sure Reynold isn't dead".
• Let us give TANKS! — All of the main Commandos (except Reynold) are ostensibly killed in a nuclear explosion at the Blue Laser Cottage, along with the Blue Laser Commander and at least two Blue Laser Minions. The commander of the Green Helmets asks Gunhaver for air support in a battle because of the "heavy losses" they're suffering.
• Blue Laserdisc Challenge — There are several different ways for the Blue Laser Commander to die if you choose incorrectly, such as being eaten by a monster or cut in half by a bladed pendulum.

Frank Bennedetto

• Email army — Frank Bennedetto "dies" after being kicked by Strong Bad. He is later seen alive in Labor Dabor.
• Email more armies — A memorial statue for Frank Bennedetto is seen. This may mean either that his death was real, or that his service in the Homestarmy was worthy of commemoration.

The Goblin

• Homestarloween Party — The Goblin is crushed by the short-circuited Visor Robot.

Homeschool Winner

• Sample of Style — Matt Chapman briefly talks about the time they killed Homeschool Winner off.
• Email buried — Strong Bad draws a map that shows Homeschool Winner's skull underneath Strong Badia.

Homestar Runner

• Main Page 6 — Homestar is in Heaven.
• Main Page 7 — Homestar is shown as an undead zombie.
• Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 2.0 — Strong Bad as "Detective Everybody" said Homestar was shot 37 times (and killed) for being too stupid.
• Email the show — Homestar says, "But it turned out I didn't die."
• Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 14.2 — Homestar calls to say he is sinking in quicksand, and says that if Marzipan helps, he would be "really, really still alive."
• Email the movies — Strong Bad instructs Homestar to die before firing his bazooka at him.
• Email winter pool — Homestar instructs Strong Bad to preserve his body in red jello when he dies.

Homsar

• Email homsar — Strong Bad "kills" Homsar with the Heavy Lourde at the request of Vinnie C. Although The Brothers Chaps intended at first for him to be killed, he was later revealed to be alive but seriously injured in Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 5. The Heavy Lourde is dropped on him again on the Homsar Main Page.
• Email origins — Homsar and Marzipan are glued together and "left for dead" at The Stick, even though neither one actually dies.

Kerrek

• Email interview — An Easter egg shows him after being "smote" by Trogdor.
• Game TROGDOR! — When you reach the level 50 interlude, Kerrek is burninated by Trogdor.
• Peasant's Quest — Kerrek is slain by Rather Dashing with his bow and arrow.

The King of Town

• Halloween Fairstival — After seeing an X-ray of the King's heart, Strong Bad is content to "let the King die in peace."
• Email original — Strong Bad suggests that the King has died twelve times, each time replaced with a new actor, at least one of which may have been an onion. In one Easter egg, Marzipan says that Strong Bad "just made all that stuff up," but another Easter egg shows a graveyard populated solely by Kings of Town I-XI ("Onion King of Town" replaces the grave for "King of Town IV").

Little Girl

• Marshie vs. little girl — Marshie call her the dead kid

Marzipan

• Email origins — Marzipan and Homsar are glued together and "left for dead" at The Stick, even though neither one actually dies. Strong Bad later comments on Marzipan's "considerable resistance to death".
• Date Nite — Strong Bad suggests drowning Marzipan and The Cheat.

Multi-Function Dragon

• KOT's VOQPCS! — The dragon is killed when speared by The Knight in the "instant death" section of his chest.

Old-Timey

• Parsnips A-Plenty — Old-Timey Strong Bad falls off a cliff. He is later revealed to be in Hell in an Easter egg.
• Sickly Sam buries himself alive on Tuesdays, and has numerous traits of an undead being, including a partially exposed skeleton.
• That A Ghost — All of the main characters are reduced to skeletons, and Old-Timey Bubs pokes his head out of a grave asking Strong Man to "please keep it down."
• Malloween Commercial — Mr. Shmallow's grave is seen in one scene.
• Decemberween Short Shorts — Rumble Red is beheaded by Old-Timey Marzipan's machine, which she gave to him as a Decemberween present. Also, The Homestar Runner is forming a pile of dead rats.

The Paper

• Email the paper — After The Paper broke, Strong Bad was forced to apply a mercy killing with the BMW Lighter. This death has remained permanent.

Pom Pom

• Main Page 7 — Pom Pom's ghost flies out of his grave.
• Where's The Cheat? — Strong Bad calls Marzipan and pretends to be Homestar Runner, and he tells her that he got mad and killed Pom Pom.
• Email pom pom — Kevin wonders what would happen to Pom Pom if he was poked with a pin. Strong Bad decides to try this, except that he would also be blindfolded and Pom Pom would be set on fire with the BMW Lighter. He believes that Pom Pom exploded in "a big fiery ball that was visible from space", when in reality he got a "severe pummeling" by Pom Pom. He even wrote Pom Pom's parents a letter of condolence.

Pom Pom's Girls

• Homestarloween Party — The girls are vaporized by the Visor Robot.

Rather Dashing

• Peasant's Quest — Rather Dashing can die in a variety of ways throughout the game. The most noteworthy of these is when he gets burninated by Trogdor at the end of the game.

The Sad Kids

• Homestarloween Party — The kids are crushed by the short-circuited Visor Robot, and none of them live.

Señor and Mr. Bland

• kids' book — In the Strumstar Hammer Easter egg, Strong Bad writes that Señor died after the grapes squished him.
• Email origins — They were by far the most popular characters until they were crushed by a falling Bubs' Concession Stand. However, they manage to reappear in Strongest Man in the World.

sloshy

• Limozeen vs. Sloshy — In a Limozeen: "but they're in space!" cartoon Easter egg, the band and their tour bus are destroyed by Limozeen.

Strong Bad

• Main Page 6 — Strong Bad is in heaven.
• Main Page 7 — Strong Bad rises from his grave.
• Email replacement — Strong Bad's grave is seen at the end.
• Email time capsule — An emailer asks Strong Bad how he can be "soooo awesome" if he's dead, and requests that he make a time capsule.
• Biz Cas Fri 1 and Email bike thief — Strong Bad proclaims he would "rather die" than do the things Strong Sad and Homestar request.
• Email your funeral — The email consists entirely of Strong Bad imagining what his funeral would be like.
• Eggs — An egg in the likeness of Strong Bad's head smashes.
• Email hiding — Strong Bad proclaims that he will carry the location of his hiding place "to the grave".

Strong Bad's Computers

• Strong Bad's computers often meet with untimely demises, as seen in gimmicks, virus, and Biz Cas Fri 3. The Tandy 400 returned in ghost form in ghosts, and both the Compy 386 and the Tandy appeared in ghost form after Strong Bad destroyed them in retirement.

Strong Sad

• In Search of the Yello Dello Commentary — Strong Sad reveals that he himself dreams of his own death (over and over and over...).
• The House that Gave Sucky Treats— Strong Sad claims he nearly died after eating too much colored chalk.
• A Folky Tale — Strong Sad "faints", making Coach Z believe he killed him.
• Email unnatural — Strong Sad paints a picture with the word "Death" on a bar of soap.

See Also

• Strong Sad's Death
• Strong Sad's Severed Head

Teen Girl Squad

• The main characters in Teen Girl Squad are killed off nearly every episode in a variety of ways, yet they always come back alive in the next issue, and sometimes later in the same issue, as seen with Cheerleader in Teen Girl Squad Issue 7.
• Teen Girl Squad Issue 10 (Easter egg) — What's Her Face suggests killing someone off for their tenth issue. Strong Bad is more than happy to comply.

Unseen Characters

• Email licensed — The outline of a murder victim can be seen outside Papa Cardgage's Puddin' Patch.
• Email buried — Bubs tries to cover up the death of someone named Rich by burying his corpse in Strong Badia.

Videlectrix Mascot

• At the beginning of Peasant's Quest, when the Videlectrix logo is shown, the mascot runs in with a sword, then trips and impales himself on it.
• At the beginning of Where's an Egg?, when the Videlectrix logo is shown, the mascot shoots the logo with a gun, but the bullet ricochets back and kills him.

Visor Robot

• Homestarloween Party — Memories of his stolen life move him to tears and short out his circuits.

The Where's an Egg? Detective

• If the detective fails to find the egg, he is exiled to Siberia and the game ends with him turning into a skeleton.

The Yello Dello

• In Search of the Yello Dello New Version — During the mountain scene, Pom Pom aims his gun at the Yello Dello, but throws it away when Homestar says he wants to "take her alive."

See Also

• Grim Reaper
• Skulls
• Strong Bad Hurting Strong Sad
• Strong Sad's Severed Head
• The Cheat's Head Exploding
• Heaven
• Hell