Jockstraps
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[[Image:JockTrade.png|thumb|"You let me borrow your hat, I let you borrow my jock."]] | [[Image:JockTrade.png|thumb|"You let me borrow your hat, I let you borrow my jock."]] | ||
| - | As a piece of sports equipment used as a substitute for underwear, the '''{{wp| | + | As a piece of [[sports]] equipment used as a substitute for [[underwear]], the '''{{wp|jockstrap}}''' has been a staple of comedy for years. With a terrific athlete as its title character, jockstraps naturally turn up in the silly world of [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]], usually in relation to [[Coach Z]]. |
==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
| - | + | *[[In Search of the Yello Dello]] {{--}} A discarded jockstrap appears on top of the lockers when Coach Z talks to [[Homestar Runner]] in his "[[Locker Room|office]]". | |
| - | *[[In Search of the Yello Dello]] {{--}} | + | *[[Halloween Fairstival]] {{--}} Coach Z tries to scare [[The Cheat]] with Blue Star [[Ointment]], a remedy for jock itch. |
| - | * [[Halloween Fairstival]] {{--}} Coach Z tries to scare [[The Cheat]] with Blue Star [[Ointment]], a remedy for jock itch. | + | *Email [[candy product]] {{--}} [[Strong Bad]] wonders why sports stars have licensed candy products when he thinks it would be more appropriate for them to have branded jockstraps or divorce lawyers. |
| - | * Email [[candy product]] {{--}} [[Strong Bad]] wonders why sports stars have | + | *[[Homestar Ruiner]] {{--}} Strong Bad has been putting itching powder in Coach Z's jockstrap for three years and frames Homestar for it, before realizing that Coach Z never noticed and/or complained. |
| - | * [[Homestar Ruiner]] {{--}} Strong Bad | + | *[[Baddest of the Bands]] {{--}} |
| - | * [[Baddest of the Bands]] {{--}} | + | **Coach Z's office contains an apparently sentient mound of unwashed socks and crusty jocks. |
| - | ** Coach Z's office contains an apparently sentient mound of unwashed socks and crusty jocks. | + | **If [[Bubs]] finds the alarm in Coach Z's office, and it's not the last incident to convince him that Coach Z still has street cred, he catches himself talking to no one, blaming it on the jockstrap fumes. |
| - | ** If [[Bubs]] finds the alarm in Coach Z's office, and it's not the last incident to convince him that Coach Z still has street cred, he catches himself talking to no | + | *[[Coach Z's 110%]] {{--}} "The Jock" makes up four parts of Coach Z's series of VHS tapes. |
| - | * [[Coach Z's 110%]] {{--}} The | + | *[[Where My Hat Is At? (toon)|Where My Hat Is At?]] {{--}} Homestar Runner tries to get [[Pom Pom]] to trade his hat for Homestar's jockstrap. |
| - | * [[Where | + | *[[4 Gregs]] {{--}} When [[the Gregs]] get hit with an "explicit wedgie", a jockstrap is seen flying. |
| - | * [[4 Gregs]] {{--}} When the Gregs get hit with an "explicit wedgie", a | + | *[[Marzipan's Answering Machine 17.2]] {{--}} Coach Z asks [[Marzipan]] to find some exonerating evidence that he's got under a pile of jockstraps, advising her to spray {{w|Right Guard}} on her arm to do so. |
| - | * [[Marzipan's Answering Machine 17.2]] {{--}} Coach Z asks [[Marzipan]] to find some exonerating evidence that he's got under a pile of | + | *Email [[the next april fools thing]] {{--}} Coach Z twirls a jockstrap on his fingers as he admires Strong Bad ranting at himself in the mirror. |
| - | * Email [[the next april fools thing]] {{--}} Coach Z twirls a | + | |
[[Category:Clothing running gags]] | [[Category:Clothing running gags]] | ||
[[Category:Sports]] | [[Category:Sports]] | ||
Current revision as of 05:43, 21 August 2024
As a piece of sports equipment used as a substitute for underwear, the jockstrap has been a staple of comedy for years. With a terrific athlete as its title character, jockstraps naturally turn up in the silly world of Homestar Runner, usually in relation to Coach Z.
[edit] Appearances
- In Search of the Yello Dello — A discarded jockstrap appears on top of the lockers when Coach Z talks to Homestar Runner in his "office".
- Halloween Fairstival — Coach Z tries to scare The Cheat with Blue Star Ointment, a remedy for jock itch.
- Email candy product — Strong Bad wonders why sports stars have licensed candy products when he thinks it would be more appropriate for them to have branded jockstraps or divorce lawyers.
- Homestar Ruiner — Strong Bad has been putting itching powder in Coach Z's jockstrap for three years and frames Homestar for it, before realizing that Coach Z never noticed and/or complained.
- Baddest of the Bands —
- Coach Z's office contains an apparently sentient mound of unwashed socks and crusty jocks.
- If Bubs finds the alarm in Coach Z's office, and it's not the last incident to convince him that Coach Z still has street cred, he catches himself talking to no one, blaming it on the jockstrap fumes.
- Coach Z's 110% — "The Jock" makes up four parts of Coach Z's series of VHS tapes.
- Where My Hat Is At? — Homestar Runner tries to get Pom Pom to trade his hat for Homestar's jockstrap.
- 4 Gregs — When the Gregs get hit with an "explicit wedgie", a jockstrap is seen flying.
- Marzipan's Answering Machine 17.2 — Coach Z asks Marzipan to find some exonerating evidence that he's got under a pile of jockstraps, advising her to spray Right Guard on her arm to do so.
- Email the next april fools thing — Coach Z twirls a jockstrap on his fingers as he admires Strong Bad ranting at himself in the mirror.
