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| - | '''[[Wikipedia:Russia|Russia]]''' and the [[Wikipedia:Russian language|Russian language]] get occasionally referenced in the [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner universe]]. Most often the references have to with Russia during the period of the [[Wikipedia:Union of Soviet Socialist Republics|U.S.S.R.]] and its [[Wikipedia:Communism|communist]] past.
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| - | ==Appearances==
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| - | *[[Hairstyle Runner]] — One of the styles is called "Homestar the Terrible", a reference to Russian tsar [[Wikipedia: Ivan the Terrible|Ivan the Terrible]].
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| - | *[[Homestarloween Party]] — [[Strong Sad]] dresses up as [[Wikipedia: Mikhail Gorbachev|Mikhail Gorbachev]], the final President of the Soviet Union.
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| - | *Email [[12:00]] — In the VCR Easter egg, one of the videotapes is labeled "[[Wikipedia:Moscow Music Peace Festival|Moscow Peace Festival]]".
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| - | *Email [[radio]] — [[Marzipan]] is reading a book titled ''Tolstoy Story 2'', a [[portmanteau]] of Russian author [[Wikipedia:Leo Tolstoy|Leo Tolstoy]] and the film [[Wikipedia:Toy Story 2|Toy Story 2]].
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| - | *Email [[redesign]] — Color Wheel Roulette is advertised as having 50% less deaths than the [[Wikipedia:Russian roulette|Russian variety]].
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| - | *Email [[4 branches]] — [[The Homestar Runner]] calls [[Rumble Red]] a communist fool.
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| - | **In [[Decemberween Short Shorts]], it is implied that Rumble Red comes from a Soviet style planet.
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| - | *Email [[the movies]] — One of the selections on a trivia card is ''[[Wikipedia:The Battleship Potemkin|The Battleship Potemkin]]'' an influential 1925 Russian silent film about the [[Wikipedia:Russian battleship Potemkin|Battleship ''Potemkin'' uprising]].
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| - | *Email [[original]] — [[Homestar Runner]] is seen wearing a Russian police officer outfit. In the [[original#Commentary Transcript|commentary]], [[Mike Chapman|Mike]] declares it "Russian Day".
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| - | *[[Jibblies 2]] — [[Strong Mad]] dresses as [[Wikipedia:Nikolai Volkoff|Nikolai Volkoff]], a [[professional wrestling|professional wrestler]] in the WWF during the 1980s. He uses the term "ruskie", slang for Russian person.
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| - | *[[Where's An Egg]] — The game is set in Russia and has extensive use of the Russian language. A page from the manual written in Russian was posted to [[Some Type of Online Auction]] by a person living on [[Wikipedia:Arbat Street|Arbat Street]] in [[Wikipedia:Moscow|Moscow]].
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| - | *[[Strong Badia the Free]] — Two of the countries echo Russian countries; Union of Soviet Socialist Repubricks and Coachnya, which echoes the Russian province of [[Wikipedia: Chechnya|Chechnya]]. The flag for Concessionstantinople is similar to the Soviet Union flag.
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| - | *[[8-Bit is Enough]] — When Strong Mad is in [[Halfathalon]], he portrays Putchnya Shotski, a Russian athlete. Many of his responses are stereotypical Russian words.
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| - | *[[79 Seconds Left]] — In an [[Easter egg]], a Russian version of the [[Wet Knee Gumption Club]] poster is seen. The page title also refers to the viewer as "comrade", a form of address common in Russia from the Bolshevik era until the fall of the Soviet Union, and still used commonly in the armed forces.
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| - | *Email [[dictionary]] — Strong Bad's desktop has Cyrillic writing for the logo of "Where's An Egg 2".
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| - | *[[Poker Night at the Inventory]] — Strong Bad and the Soviet Heavy Weapons Guy bond over Where's An Egg.
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| - | ==See Also==
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| - | *[[Spanish]]
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| - | *[[French]]
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| - | *[[German]]
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| - | [[Category: Countries]]
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