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StarFox — Wed, 14 Aug 2019 23:31:59 GMT

StarFox: /* Remarks */

{{sbenav|62}}

[[Image:sbemail62.PNG|thumb|"I was raised by a cup of coffee."]]

{{aboutemail}} {{forshort|The Interview}} {{for|real-world interviews|Interviews and Public Appearances}}

Kerrek asks Strong Bad about Homsar. Pen puppets ensue.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Kerrek}} (Easter egg), {{Film|Trogdor}} (Easter egg), {{Film|Homsar}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]]

'''Computer:''' [[Compy 386]]

'''Date:''' Monday, February 10, 2003

'''Running Time:''' 2:13

'''Page Title:''' Compy 386!

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Two}}

== Transcript ==
'''STRONG BAD:''' Ahh...so many emails, so little good emails.

''{reading}''

<blockquote class="compy email">What's up with Homsar? I know he's 
weird and all, but don't you think we 
deserve to know a bit more about him? 
I think you should do an interview so 
we can finally find out what his 
deal is. 
 
Kerrek 
PA</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad reads "PA" as "P-A".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa, that's a pretty cool name! ''{typing in a Gothic blackletter font}'' And then Trogdor smote the Kerrek, and all was laid to burnination. ''{Clears the screen, starts typing normally}'' My good Kerrek, you might enjoy such an encounter, but I know I can't talk to that guy for more than about 3 seconds before I start thinking that gnawing my own leg off might be a more better way to spend my time...more...more better. ''{clears screen, continues typing}'' Let me show you how it would go down with post-its attached to the top of pens.

''{Strong Bad ducks his head and brings up two pens with sticky notes attached to them, one with a crude drawing of Strong Bad, the other of Homsar. Strong Bad does the voices for both puppets.}''

'''STRONG BAD PUPPET:''' All right, then. For the record, please. Tell us who you are.

'''HOMSAR PUPPET:''' DaAaAaA! I'm a song from the sixties!

'''STRONG BAD PUPPET:''' That's just nonsense. Are you trying to make some sense?

'''HOMSAR PUPPET:''' AaAaA! Rightio! I think I can twice!

'''STRONG BAD PUPPET:''' Homsar, tell us about your childhood.

'''HOMSAR PUPPET:''' DaAa! I was raised by a cup of coffee.

'''STRONG BAD PUPPET:''' Interesting. So! How did you end up here?

'''HOMSAR PUPPET:''' 'Twas the pride of the peaches.

'''STRONG BAD PUPPET:''' 'Twas the pride of the peaches, huh? You got any last remarks?

'''HOMSAR PUPPET:''' DaAaA! Don't fake the funk on a nasty dunk!

'''STRONG BAD PUPPET:''' Okay, interview over. Commence beating! ''{Strong Bad starts beating the Homsar puppet with the Strong Bad puppet.}''

''{The doorbell rings. Cut to a wide shot of Strong Bad kneeling in front of the Compy.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa! That'll be The Cheat with my Thai iced tea! Come on in!

''{Cut to the entryway. Homsar shuffles in.}''

'''HOMSAR:''' AaAaAaAaAaAaA! Hey Reggie! Is that rhinoceros around?

''{His hat stays an inch above his head. Cut to Strong Bad}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Um... I can only assume you're talking to me and asking about Strong Sad. He's in the basement.

''{Cut to Homsar. His hat falls down.}''

'''HOMSAR:''' ''{His hat makes a full loop as he says this.}'' I'm a song from the sixties.

''{Cut to Strong Bad, who is now sitting on the stool and shaking salt on his leg.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' If you don't get down there quick, things could get real ugly around here.

''{[[The Paper]] comes down.}''

''{After a while, The Cheat shows up with Strong Bad's Thai iced tea but Strong Bad doesn't notice him. The Cheat then walks away. Strong Bad continues salting his leg indefinitely.}''

== Easter Eggs ==
*Once Strong Bad starts typing and the name Kerrek comes up, click on it to bring up a Strong Sad-style drawing of [[Trogdor]] smiting the [[Kerrek]].
*Click on Strong Bad's or Homsar's [[Sticky Notes|sticky-note]] figures to see a few different versions. This can be done throughout the whole email.
*Once Homsar appears, click on the bottom lightswitch for the lighting effects from [[techno]] and the top one to turn the other lights off. This happens only until the scene changes back to Strong Bad.
*After The Paper comes down, click on the floppy disk near the two puppets to bring up the [[Homsar Main Page]].
**The original version of the Homsar Main Page had only the Toons and Games buttons. After it was added as an Easter egg on the [[Main Pages]], it was normalized to fit in (more or less) with the rest of the menus.

== Fun Facts ==
=== Trivia ===
[[Image:interviewwithmainpagefeatures.PNG|thumb|An email and a main page in one!]]
*The label on the disk in the floppy disk container reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#rise of the dragon|rise of the dragon]]".
*All of the objects for the Homsar Main Page are included as part of this email's Flash file. Using a seek bar to view the menu page before viewing the email, and then watching the email afterward, causes all of the features from external Flash files normally used on the main pages (i.e. the homepage list, the "What's New" button) to appear during the rest of the email.
**This can also be accomplished in the Flash file by viewing the Homsar main page, right-clicking, and then choosing "Rewind" or "Play".
*As popular as the idea has become, Homsar did not actually say that he was raised by a cup of coffee until an Easter egg in [[Haunted Photo Booth]], fourteen years later.
*The words written on the Homsar sticky notes are (in order): "Stoop", "Gomp", and "bread??".
*The [[YouTube]] description for this email is "Strong Bad sorta interviews Homsar. Also, I had forgotten that it was actually Strong Bad who invented, 'I was raised by a cup of coffee.""

===Remarks===
*Strong Bad catches himself saying "more better", which is [[Strong Bad's Spelling|incorrect grammar]].
**"So little good emails" is also incorrect grammar
*The salt shaker never runs out of salt at the end of the email. (In [[anything]], a bottle of [[Mountain Dew]] acts the same way and [[Homestar Runner]] comments on it.)

===Goofs===
*For some reason, the table's shadowing is not complete, so a brighter brown bar appears under the Compy after Homsar's first scene.
*The sticky notes and pens do not cast reflections on the Compy's screen.
*A small blue dot is visible at the bottom of Homsar's right foot. It is best seen when viewing the Flash file and zooming in.
*After the camera goes back to Strong Bad, the sticky notes return to their default pictures regardless of which version was showing before.
*After the camera goes back to Strong Bad, the Compy's contrast buttons are gone.
*If the computer room and the room that Homsar enters are one and the same, there should be the brown carpet covering the whole room. However, when the camera switches to Homsar, there is no carpet, but just a bare floor. The room that Homsar is in appears to be the computer room, because there are two lightswitches, one regular one, and The Cheat's, which is mentioned in [[techno]]. Also, the No Loafing sign is visible by Homsar, which should loom just to the left of the Compy.
*On the [[YouTube]] version of this email, the title is spelled as "Strong Bad '''Emil'''".

===Inside References===
*One of Strong Bad's sticky-note alter egos is his action figure from the email [[action figure]].
*Strong Bad referring to salting and eating his own foot recalls [[island]], where he says, while pondering what life on a deserted island with Homestar would be like, "And at some point my foot would look like a sandwich and I'd put salt on it and try to eat it and it's like, 'Oh, no! It's my foot!'"
*The second Strong Bad sticky-note drawing (the one showing him running) is similar to the caricature of him seen in a [[vacation]] Easter egg.
*The Strong Sad-style drawing of Trogdor smiting the Kerrek was first seen in the email [[dragon]] when Strong Bad was singing about Trogdor.
*There is another appearance of [[bread]] in the Easter egg.
*There is an incongruous use of the word "[[twice]]".

===Real-World References===
*The phrase "Don't fake the funk on a nasty dunk" was said by [[Wikipedia:Shaquille O'Neal|Shaquille O'Neal]] in his first [[Wikipedia:Reebok|Reebok]] commercial [http://www.sportscenteraltar.com/phrases/usage.asp?ID=125].
*The flying skull-like Strong Bad head is a reference to the Bubble, an enemy from the [[Wikipedia:The Legend of Zelda series|Legend of Zelda series]]. However, Bubbles did not have wings in some games from the series.
*[[Wikipedia:Thai tea|Thai iced tea]] is a chilled drink made with red tea, anise, sugar and condensed milk.

===Fast Forward===
*The Kerrek appears later in [[Peasant's Quest]].
*Sticky-note Homsar's quote "I was raised by a cup of coffee" gives rise to the motto on the back of the [[Store T-Shirts#tshirt homsar coffee|Homsar - Raised by a Cup of Coffee]] shirt, and later the front of the [[Store#tshirt coffee|Raised by a Cup of Coffee Shirt]] in the [[Store]].
**Homsar himself would later say the line in [[Haunted Photo Booth]].
*The "bat winged Strong Bad head" seen on the sticky note was later seen in [[Decemberween Short Shorts]].
*Homsar's "parents" were later seen in an Easter egg in [[fan club]], and on the Homsar Reservation flag in [[Strong Badia the Free]].
*Homsar again says "I'm a song from the sixties" in Strong Badia the Free. Strong Bad (when temporarily able to understand Homsar) says (or at least Strong Sad hears him say) "'twas the pride of the peaches," suggesting it's something that Homsar might have said.

== DVD Version ==
*To view the Easter eggs (except for the Homsar link, which has been removed), use the angle button on the DVD remote.

== External Links ==
{{sbemailextlinks|62|youtube=RM0EvBIdKDE}}

{{Strong Bad Email}}
[[Category:Compy 386 Emails]]

Strong Bad's (Mis)use of English

StarFox — Wed, 14 Aug 2019 23:31:12 GMT

StarFox: /* Strong Bad's Mistakes */

{{rename}}
[[File:YourInvited.png|thumb|''Your'' invited?]]

''From the [[FeedBurner#Sbemail - Dictionary|FeedBurner page]]:''
<blockquote>"Like two sides of an extremely rare, valuable, and attractive coin, there's Strong Bad the grammar policeman on one hand, and Strong Bad the guy that makes up a buncha crap all the time on t'other."</blockquote>

Although [[Strong Bad]] is quite obsessive about everyone's [[Poorly Written Emails|spelling, grammar, and punctuation]], he still '''makes some of the same mistakes himself'''. Additionally, he has a tendency to make up words, usually during his [[Strong Bad Email|emails]]. It may be [[The Brothers Chaps]]' fault for some of these mistakes, as they are rarely acknowleged in toons.

== Strong Bad's Mistakes ==
*[[The Luau]] — Strong Bad misspells ''you're'' as ''your'' on the invitation to his marshmallow roast.
*Email [[some kinda robot]] — In his very first email, Strong Bad says "before you ''go'' to bed" but types "before you ''got'' to bed."
*Email [[i love you]] — ''[[Fhqwhgads]]'' is misspelled as ''Fhqwgads'', missing the h in between w and g. Ironically, Strong Bad [[sibbie|later]] complains about people misspelling it in emails.
*Email [[i she be]] — Strong Bad types the phrase "all i gotta say..." [[Lowercase i's|The ''i'' isn't capitalized]].
*Email [[duck pond]] — Strong Bad misspells ''unfortunately'' as ''unfortunatley''.
*Email [[band names]] — A space is added before, rather than after, a comma in this email: ''"the easiest way is to ,you know..."''
*Email [[theme party]], [[funny]], [[labor day]], — Strong Bad types ''woah'' instead of ''whoa''.
*Email [[dullard]] — Strong Bad incorrectly uses the one-word adjective ''everyday'' instead of the two-word adverb ''every day''.
*Email [[techno]], [[Greeting Cards]] — Strong Bad uses the possessive form ''its'' instead of the contraction ''it's''. Ironically, he later lampoons Dan D. through song in [[local news]] for the same mistake.
*Email [[cheat talk]], [[the show]], [[date]], [[impression]] — Strong Bad does not capitalize the "''[[Integral Article|the]]''" in [[The Cheat]]'s name.
*Email [[dragon]] — After demonstrating how to draw [[Trogdor]], Strong Bad says, "Let's see how the other students are doing." However, when he types it, he omits the word ''see''.
*Email [[interview]] — Strong Bad catches himself using the phrase ''more better'' in responding to Kerrek. He also says "So little good emails" instead of "so few".
*Email [[the show]] — Strong Bad first capitalizes ''The Cheat'' as ''the cheat'', then as ''the Cheat''.
*Email [[funny]] — At the beginning of the email, Strong Bad misspells the filename of his email client, ''strongbad_email.exe'', as ''[[Stong Bad|stong]]bad_email.exe''. This was intentionally done by The Brothers Chaps, as it brings up an error message.
*Email [[the process]] — After stating that he makes fun of people's poor grammar and spelling, Strong Bad promptly misspells the word ''occasionally'' as ''occassionally''.
*Email [[local news]] — Strong Mad's subtitle, written on an [[index card]], reads "''Sportscarster'' Strong Mad." Strong Bad seems to be the culprit of this misspelling because it matches his handwriting, and because he threw together the news broadcast.
*Email [[monument]] — After explaining that he was distracted by [[the Thnikkaman]], Strong Bad omits a period: "So you can see why I got distracted".
*Email [[flashback]] — Strong Bad says "less non-broken bones" instead of "''fewer'' non-broken bones".
*[[The Cheatar]] — Strong Bad uses ''than me'' when he should use ''than I am''.
*Email [[pom pom]] — Strong Bad omits the [[Wiki:umlaut|umlaut]] over the "a" in ''Fräulein'' in his letter to "General and ''Fraulein'' Pom Pom."
*Email [[pizzaz]] — The accepted spellings of this email's title, ''pizazz'' and ''pizzazz'', are not used in this email. Strong Bad not only misses this, he even uncharacteristically adopts the misspelling throughout the email.
*Email [[time capsule]], [[garage sale]] — Strong Bad unnecessarily capitalizes ''Mom''.
*Email [[part-time job]] — Strong Bad neglects to use a question mark at the beginning: "What do you mean do I do anything else besides checking emails."
*Email [[origins]] — Curiously, Strong Bad misspells ''curiosity'' as ''curiousity''.
*Email [[bottom 10]] — Though it is spelled properly in the bottom 10 list, the word ''chocolate'' appears as ''chocloate'' on Strong Bad's monitor at the end of the email.
*[[TrogdorCon '97]] — Strong Bad asks The Cheat if they'll be selling "million-sided ''dies''", rather than the correct plural of ''die'', ''dice''.
*Email [[portrait]] —
**The period in "Nobody calls you Coolio da Fabio (aka quit making up nicknames for yourself.)" should be outside the parentheses, rather than inside.
**He uses a period rather than a question mark at the end of "Or what about one of those black and white ink portraits you see in all the rich-guy newspapers."
*Email [[secret identity]] — When Strong Bad asks "have you ever seen [[The Poopsmith]] and I...", it should be "The Poopsmith and ''me''".
*Email [[pop-up]] — Strong Bad types ''four year-old''. As an adjective for the implied noun "child", it should be written ''four-year-old''.
*Email [[unnatural]] — Strong Bad forgets to put a comma after "apostrophes" in "Watch out where you're flinging those apostrophes nobody."
*Email [[web comics]] — Strong Bad ends the sentence "Why can't you just make a...comic." with a period instead of a question mark.
*[[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]] — In the second email, Strong Bad's reply omits the word ''is'' in the remark "Dangeresque is a serious guy, okay?".
*Email [[dictionary]] — Strong Bad misspells the word ''guttural'' as ''gutteral''.
*[[@StrongBadActual]] —
**Strong Bad misspells silhouettey as ''silhouttey'', claiming it to be a misspelled promo for "Silhooty: the silhouette owl that loves typos".
**Strong Bad misspells toilets as ''toilet's''.
**Strong Bad misspells substitute as ''substitue'', claiming it to be the French-Canadian spelling, keeping with the theme of the then-recent [[Decemberween Dangeresque]].

== Strong Bad's Made-up Words and Phrases ==
*Email [[guitar]] — Strong Bad refers to ''trembalos'', which is a mangling of ''[[Wikipedia:tremolo|tremolo]]'', a rapid repetition of the same note, or an alternation between two or more notes.
*Email [[suntan]] — Strong Bad creates the phrase ''[[all up ons]]''.
*Email [[kids' book]] — Strong Bad teaches children the word ''fangoriously'', which is later used in [[rock opera]].
*Email [[army]] — While objecting to Strong Badia's need for an army, Strong Bad claims that he and his posse are "a one man army. Er, a three man ''one-y''. ''Three-to-one-marny''?".
*Email [[lackey]] — Three words coalesce into one in this email: ''Some the times'' becomes ''somethetimes''.
*Email [[monument]] — Strong Bad refers to the [[Stop Sign]] as having "all the ''rightness'' of a foot without all the ''footdom'' of a right."
*Email [[lunch special]] — Strong Bad changes the email "someone" sent to him to end with "Keep on ''tranglin''".
*[[The Cheatar]] — Strong Bad describes The Cheat as being "more ''guitarer''" than he is.
*Email [[other days]] — Strong Bad says, "''Positate'' the negative."
*Email [[time capsule]] — Strong Bad creates the word ''coolty'' to describe something the people of the future definitely won't doubt about him.
*Email [[animal]] — The deep sea ''fangly fish'' is another new invention of Strong Bad's, both the [[Made-Up Strong Bad Animals#Deep Sea Fangly Fish|creature]] and its name.
*Email [[secret recipes]] — In order to cover up the fact that Strong Bad has a recipe for cooking The Cheat, he invents the places of ''Bumdumbourge'' and ''Totalslava'', and also makes reference to his ''poopaw''.
*Email [[best thing]] — Strong Bad claims to be doing ''rrll rrll'' well in this email.
*Email [[bedtime story]] — The words ''grodalated'' and ''gewd'' are coined in this email.
*Email [[portrait]] — ''Onwardly'', possibly an adverb form of onward.
*Email [[highschool]] — Strong Bad greets Patrick, the sender of the email, with ''cowichewa'', based on the sender's location, Cowiche, WA.
*Email [[death metal]] — The word ''geographist'' is coined in this email. The correct word for "one who studies geography" is "geographer".
*Email [[pop-up]] —
**Strong Bad refers to a tab on his ''flesh[[tangle]]'', which would go on to be used in the [[record book]] DVD commentary and [[@StrongBadActual]].
**He also mentions ''cornuco-pourri'', probably a portmanteau of ''cornucopia'' and ''potpourri''.
*Email [[disconnected]] — Strong Bad's disembodied head refers to the actions of his headless body as ''revolutin'''.
*Email [[candy product]] —
**Strong Bad says that when you eat his candy bar, you'll feel like you got ''[[SBLOUNSKCHED!]]''.
**He also refers to a product in his candy bar as a ''crispety cookety'' log.
*Email [[alternate universe]] — Although the term was originally coined by [[Strong Sad]] in [[Sbemail 150?!?]], Strong Bad refers to this email as his ''sesquicentenn-email''.
*Email [[isp]] — Strong Bad says he'll march his pasty white ''bwathom'' to [[Bubs' Concession Stand]]. This word is also used in [[environment]].
*Email [[fan club]] — In Strong Bad's fan fiction, an eight-foot sub sandwich constrictor "''ENGSMSPLODED'' out of nowhere" to attack Strong Sad.
*[[Strong Badia the Free]] — During his speech in Strong Badia, Strong Bad is rejecting the King of Town's ''fat-thority'', and he starts a sentence with ''hencetoforthwith''.
*Email [[dictionary]] — This email is entirely about Strong Bad's made up words and phrases.
*[[Skills of an Artist]] — Strong Bad uses countless made-up words as drawing terms.

==See Also==
*[[Poorly Written Emails]]
*[[Portmanteaus]]
*[[Spoonerisms]]
*[[Glossary]]
*[[Grrl]]
[[Category:Lists]]
[[Category:Strong Bad Email]]
[[Category:Spelling and Grammar]]
[[Category:Word running gags]]

virus

StarFox — Wed, 14 Aug 2019 21:29:10 GMT

StarFox: /* Remarks */

{{sbenav|118}}

[[Image:Virus.PNG|thumb|300px|"Never fear, Strong Bad! I know how to fix your computer box."]]

{{aboutemail}} {{for|effects of the virus on the [[Homestar Runner universe]]|The Virus}}

Strong Bad experiences some "technical difficulties" with the Compy 386... and the rest of the [[Homestar Runner universe]].

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|Coach Z}} (Easter egg) {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}, {{Film|Marzipan}}, {{Film|The Poopsmith}}, {{Film|The King of Town}}, {{Film|The Ugly One}}, {{Film|Bubs}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Rather Dashing}}, {{Film|Fightgar}} (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Marzipan's House]], [[King of Town's Castle]], [[Paper Background]], [[The Stick]], [[Bubs' Concession Stand]] (Easter egg)

{{Comp|Compy 386}}

'''Date:''' Monday, November 15, 2004

'''Running Time:''' 4:05

'''Page Title:''' Compy 386??

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Four}}, {{dvd|Sbemails' 50 Greatest Hits DVD|notitle=true}}

== Transcript ==

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' I got the email, you got the email, I got the email, you got the email.
<blockquote class="compy email">ert+ 
y76p; '0lu8jykee;u4p;e'/Rh 
Strong ba15456`-------++++++gf 
+++++-//==========/*8901ikg</blockquote>

''{Pronounces "Ert plus: Why seven-six P? Ohlyuu eightguh—" then stops}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What is this? Did the quadratic formula explode? I see a "Strong ba" in there, but it's getting eaten... by some... Linux or something. Wait a minute! Is this one of those ''virus'' emails?! Like the kind that moms and offshore casinos send you?!? I'll take care of this!

''{Strong Bad types "deleted!", but the screen flashes:}''

<blockquote class="email" style="background:#003893;text-align:center">NICE TRY!</blockquote>

''{A red line of text appears, reading "That didn't work."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What?! I said deleted!

''{Strong Bad types it again, this time in capital italicized letters, but the screen flashes:}''

<blockquote class="email" style="background:#003893;text-align:center">NOTTA 
CHANCE!!</blockquote>

''{A red line of text appears, reading "That neither."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, a wise guy, eh? Maybe I should introduce you to my main man, Edgar!

''{Strong Bad types in [[Edgar#Edgarware|Edgarware]].exe, bringing up the following text on-screen, along with a quick tune.}''

<blockquote class="compy email" style="text-align:center">Edgar the Virus 
Hunter 
 
programmed entirely 
in mom's basement 
by Edgar       c1982 </blockquote>

''{Strong Bad hits enter, and the screen switches to the following text}''

<blockquote class="email" style="text-align:center">Virus Protection 
version .0001 
 
Last scan was NEVER ago. 
 
scanning...</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' All right, Edgar, now drop a ''train'' on 'em...

''{The computer dings and the following now appears on the screen:}''

<blockquote class="email" style="text-align:center">Scan Complete! 
 
'''<big><big><big><big>423,827</big></big></big></big>''' 
Viruses Found 
 
A New Record!!</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{alarmed}'' Waaugh! That is not a small number!! That is a ''big'' number!!! What'm I gonna do?!

''{The following text now appears on the screen, accompanied by the Compy's startup beep:}''

<blockquote class="email" style="background:#3a50b6;text-align:center">FLAGRANT SYSTEM ERROR 
 
Computer over. 
Virus = Very Yes.</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' Computer over? Virus equals very yes?! That's not a good prize!

''{The text and background on the Compy 386 screen melts off and slides onto the floor.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oooh!

''{Strong Bad jumps out of the way. The camera zooms out to a view of the computer desk.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And the Compy... just peed my carpet.

''{The corner of the computer desk briefly flashes, showing an underlying gridwork to it. The No Loafing sign becomes the following pseudo-HTML code and falls off the wall.}''

<code>
<head> 
<href>no loafing!!</href> 
</body>
</code>

''{The Floppy Disk Container gets eaten by the computer desk. Strong Sad walks in, but his head is floating a foot to the left of where it should be and has been replaced by his emoticons from [[Strong Sad's Lament]]. His head alternates from "whistful", "wry", "bourgeoise", "listless", "getting frustrated" and "o' what a night". }''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{sounding annoyed}'' Strong Bad, what is going on?

'''STRONG BAD:''' WAH! I dunno! You forgot to wear your neck?

'''STRONG SAD:''' Have you been using the Internet irresponsibly?

''{The top of a Main Page starts to creep into the top of the email, with the text "Stave it off, 1, 2, 3..." in the corner in place of the "What's new" text.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' No more irresponsibly than usual.

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{His lower body starts walking away in place.}'' Did you get a virus?

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{with guilt}'' Uhhh, noo...

'''STRONG SAD:''' Did you get ''four hundred thousand'' viruses?

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{submissive}'' Yes... ''very'' yes!

'''STRONG SAD:''' Well, hurry up and ''do'' something about it before it gets worse!

''{Strong Sad turns into the Strong Sad [[character card]] and flies up and off the screen. The Main Page at the top of the screen creeps up and out of the email.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{terrified}'' The Cheeeaaat!

''{Strong Bad runs off the screen and into the black to the right of the computer desk and then stops.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What the...? Whoa! ''{shivers}'' It's cold out here.

''{Strong Bad tries to jump back into the room, but the room shifts left, causing him to still fall on blank space.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey!

''{Homestar Runner walks onscreen. His torso is [[The Homestar Runner]]'s, but the rest of him is normal. Instead of his legs moving, he just glides. He leaves a motion trail behind him, producing several ghost images of himself.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Never fear, Strong Bad! I know how to fix your computer box. ''{He turns to the Compy, then back to Strong Bad.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{stands up}'' No, no, don't touch that!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Your super box needs words. ''{His head falls off and onto the ground.}'' Like these right here! Gotta have this one ''{picks up "downloads" from the [[Navbar]]}'' and this one ''{picks up "games"}'' and this-a-this-a-this one. ''{picks up "characters"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{simultaneously}'' No, wait! Stop! That's not supposed to be possible!

''{Suddenly, several pop-up windows appear one after the other (including a real one, unless popup blocking is used), titled "Click on the Monkey!!" They each feature oldschool Homestar who is saying "Making out with Marzipan is totally awesome!" Strong Bad starts screaming and pounds the side of the screen with his fists. Cut to Marzipan's living room. Strong Mad is standing nearby and Marzipan is standing next to a stack of VHS tapes.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Well, I think it's fantastic, Strong Mad! That's the best stack of VHS tapes I've ever—

''{Marzipan turns into an ASCII art rendering of herself, and her voice becomes extremely deep and distorted, making her words unintelligible.}''

'''STRONG MAD:''' I CAN'T SPELL YOU!

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{more unintelligible gibberish}''

''{Strong Mad turns into a picture of himself from his [[Yearbook Character Page]], which walks offscreen with Homsar's walking noise. Cut-off text appears at the top of the screen reading as follows.}''

<blockquote>
If anyone is truly a big lug, Strong Mad is. This guy is dumb 
strong, and that's pretty much the definition of a lug. One ti 
his brother Strong Bad asked him to pick up this one car. An 
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</blockquote>

''{Cut to the King of Town's castle. The Poopsmith is standing with his shovel extended and some [[whatsit]] on the end of it, as the King of Town stands nearby.}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' A little to the left. ''{The Poopsmith extends the shovel toward the King.}'' Good, good...

''{The scene suddenly changes to a [[Teen Girl Squad]]-style piece of paper, with the text "issue [[Pi|3.14159265and the rest]]" at the top. The Poopsmith is gone.}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' ''{pops his crown up in surprise}'' Ooh! Poopsmith?!

''{The Ugly One appears out of nowhere with the rhino sound from "Strong Bad's RhinoFeeder", and her mouth is huge and distorted.}''

'''THE UGLY ONE:''' I can do it! I can do it ''nine times''!

''{The Ugly One extends her arm and starts slapping the King of Town.}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' Uh! No! Please! Stop! I'm old! And fat! And rich! And cool!

''{Cut to the Homestar Runner website loading screen, which then slowly wipes to a black screen with the text "It's now safe to turn your computer off." The navbar disappears. Bubs walks on from the side of the screen. His mouth is a broken JPEG (with "TH" as the alt text), his legs are rendered as two overlapping red and blue layers, his midsection is missing, and he's carrying one of Homestar's legs in his left arm. His other arm is continually waving about, as seen on [[Dancin' Bubs]]. It is a bit larger than it should be.}''

'''BUBS:''' I shoulda done this, like, a ''million years'' ago.

''{Cut to cloud scene with Strong Bad and The Cheat. Strong Bad has one big foot instead of both legs, his black mark is too high, and his head and mouth are lopsided. The Cheat is floating around the screen, interchanging between different versions of himself. A pitch-black Rather Dashing and a colon fly by in the foreground. As Strong Bad talks, his left arm detaches from his body and flies off in random directions.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Using an old version of his voice}'' With Marzipan's radish, we're gonna win the competition...

''{An explosion sound effect is heard, and suddenly everything returns to normal, revealing Strong Bad and The Cheat standing in The Field by The Stick.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey, he fixed it! That Bubs is a computer genius man! Let's do a dance for the computer genius man.

''{A salsa rhythm starts up, to which Strong Bad and The Cheat start dancing. The camera pans to the left to reveal Bubs holding a [[Bubs's Shotgun|shotgun]].}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Thanks, Bubs! How'd you get rid of the vi— ''{salsa music fades away}'' wait... why do you have a shotgun? ''{shaken}'' What did you do?! Where's my Compy?!?

'''BUBS:''' It's in a better place, Strong Bad. Or rather, it's in the same place, but now it's got a big hole through it.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{more shaken than ever}'' YOU MURDERER!! You killed my brother! ''{nearly sobbing}'' I mean, computer!

'''BUBS:''' Look, Strong Bad, ''{zoom in on Bubs}'' my mouth was a broken JPEG. I had no choice.

'''STRONG BAD:''' You don't understand! ''{cut to Strong Bad}'' You ''all'' understand! I mean, don't understand! YAAAUUUGGGHHH!

''{Strong Bad runs off screen, very distraught. The Cheat squeaks, as though he is telling Strong Bad to wait up, and runs after him. Homestar hops onscreen on one leg, holding his other leg up.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hey, Bubs, can I have my leg back now?

''{There is a long pause.}

''{Cut to the Compy 386, which now has a giant hole through its monitor and most of the wall behind it. Strong Bad is sitting in front of it, head bowed.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{hysterical}'' Dear Strong Bad, I doh du duoh crapfully yours. ''{He hits his head on the keyboard a few times.}'' I ...ID DOH DU DUOH CRAPFULLY YOURS! I can relate. ''{He hits his head on the keyboard again.}'' I ''can't'' re''late!'' ''{He hits his head on the keyboard again.}'' I'm gonna get, I'm gonna get in there and ''mix'' ''{He hits his head.}'' it up!

''{[[The Paper]] comes down.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{still very distraught}'' I don't remember your ''names'', Davey! ''{he hits his head on the keyboard again}'' Dear Strong Bad. ''{voice trailing off}'' How do you text with boxing gloves on?

== Easter Eggs ==

*When the Main page is encroaching on the top of the screen, the [[Quote of the Week]] button, [[Sketchbook]] button, [[Weekly Fanstuff]] button, and hidden main page button are all clickable.
**Clicking the hidden main page button leads to [[Halloween Fairstival]].
**Clicking the Quote of the Week button makes it bounce around the screen until it gets lodged at the top by its bottom corner. Clicking "Hear it" causes a pixelated broom to scroll vertically along the screen while making a loud distorted noise, and some of the links disappear off the bottom of the screen. Unless the X is pressed, the quote box stays there for the rest of the email. When clicking the "X" to close it, the Quote of the Week box wobbles a bit and then falls off the screen, while the links reappear. When viewing the Flash file, if "Don't TAPE it" is scrolled over, it changes to "Don't TAKE it!".
**Clicking on the Sketchbook leads to a glitched sketchbook box, where the Flash MX color mixer appears. Scrolling over it causes a green X to appear overtop. Clicking it again causes it to close.
**Clicking on Weekly Fanstuff leads to a glitched fanstuff box, where there is a picture of Coach Z upside down with his arms and legs wrapped around a white space in the shape of The King of Town's head. This image is from [[Where's The Cheat?]], when Coach Z attacked The King over a misunderstanding involving The Cheat and [[The King of Town's Grill|a grill]]. The picture has many fractions at the bottom (which are actually the text "sticktoyourbooks" in the font [[Fonts#M|MS Reference Specialty]]). Hovering the cursor over the misspelled "OCⓧSLE" instead of the close button causes the words 'A BOOK' to appear in green. Clicking on it causes the box to slide to the top and disappear.
*Clicking on the cog on the left at the end of the email shows the shotgunned Compy 386 on sale at [[Bubs' Concession Stand]], with signs reading "Like Used!" and "Slightly Shotgunned!"
*Clicking on the fan on the right shows an excerpt of the original [[Cheat Commandos (toon)|Cheat Commandos]] toon, but with Fightgar using Homestar's leg as a gun.
:'''NARRATOR:''' ...to protect the world from the evil forces of Blue Laser!

== Fun Facts ==
=== Explanations ===
*The [[Wikipedia:Quadratic equation#Quadratic Formula|quadratic formula]] is an algebraic equation used to determine the roots of a [[Wikipedia:Quadratic equation|quadratic equation]].
*The Teen Girl Squad issue number is [[pi]] truncated to 8 decimal places.

=== Trivia ===
*This is the only page on the site that produces a pop-up browser window automatically.
*This is the only toon in which the [[NavBar]] and the email are combined into one Flash file (so that Homestar can grab the words). Later changes to the navbar (shortening "legal stuff" to "[[legal]]", adding "[[random toon|rando]]" and "[[youtube]]") have not been incorporated into this toon.
*The NavBar was added to the DVD and YouTube versions but not the [[Podstar Runner]] version of this email.
*The piece of the main page that appears reads "LAST UPDATED 10-29-04", and a "what's new" button reading "[[Halloween Fairstival|halloween toon!]]" is hidden in the Flash file. This is what was seen on the main page at the time of this email's release.
*The broken JPEG icon is used in the Netscape family of web browsers, including [[Netscape|Netscape Navigator]], [[Wikipedia:Mozilla|Mozilla]], and [[Wikipedia:Mozilla Firefox|Mozilla Firefox]].

*The label on the disk in the floppy disk container reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#spy vs spy|spy vs spy]]".
*On most [[homestarrunner.com]] pages, there are either 16 or 17 HTML errors that are generated by the <embed> tag. The page for this email, however, only has 14 errors, as there are fewer embedded objects.
*Marzipan's distorted speech, with the distortion removed, is "It accentuates the accord, and the design, and the composition."
*"Computer Over? Virus Equals Very Yes?! That's not a good prize!" is a [[haiku]].

=== Remarks ===
[[Image:sbemail118.png|thumb|Ah! That is not a small number! That is a ''big'' number!]]
*Since the navbar is contained in this email's Flash file, it does not appear on the page until the toon has finished loading.
*Edgar the Virus Hunter is said to have been written in 1982, a year before the first documented experimental virus was created, although there are conflicting accounts as to when the first virus was made. The idea of a [[Wikipedia:Computer Virus|computer virus]] is much older, dating at least back to the 1972 science fiction novel, ''[[Wikipedia:When HARLIE Was One|When HARLIE Was One]]''. Even so, it would be very unlikely that any sort of virus scanner would have existed in 1982.
*In 2004, the year of the release of this email, only about [http://www.sophos.com/pressoffice/news/articles/2004/12/pr_uk_20041208yeartopten.html 100,000 known viruses] existed; well under the 423,827 that Edgar reports.
*Strong Bad's head is larger than normal (but not his wrestling mask) while he is talking to Strong Sad. It reverts back to normal when he runs for The Cheat, but then regresses back to the larger head once he enters into the black.
*The letters that make up [[ASCII art]] Marzipan refer to parts of her body: "E" for eyes, "f" for face, "h" for hair, and "d" for dress. Her mouth, however, is a hyphen when closed or an "O" when open.
*Strong Bad says that Edgar from the [[Edgar#Edgarware|Edgarware]] program is his "main man." However, he claims in "[[2 years]]" that his main man "is, and has been since [[1987]], Van Mundegaarde."
*The reason the "making out with Marzipan" pop-up doesn't come up in the .swf, or Flash, version is because the information for the pop-up is stored in the HTML source code. All that the Flash file does is send a JavaScript command to the browser, opening the pop-up window.
*One of Strong Sad's expressions, "whistful," is spelled incorrectly. It should be "wistful."
*In the Fake QOD, the words "Quote of the Day (Or So)" are displayed reversed, as though in a mirror, and, instead of "Hear It!" and "Get It!", the buttons are "Hear It!" and "Don't TAPE It", although the latter is hidden by the top of the screen. "TAPE" changes to "TAKE" when moused over.
*When the Fake QOD easter egg is activated, the Games, Characters, Downloads, and Store buttons disappear.
**This happens because the SWF file for virus's fake Quote of the Week (qod_virus.swf) has black bars at the bottom right where those words are, so when it appears in the email, it covers up those words.
*Allowing the fake Sketchbook to remain on-screen causes a screen glitch—a black box appears over the left side of the screen when the screen moves off of the center of the page.
**The reason for the color switcher glitch is because in the .swf file of the glitched up sketchbook, there is a black box to the left of the screen, which covers up the screen on the left.
*This is the second email made using the widescreen technique. The first was [[flashback]].
*Clicking on the "main" on the navigation bar leads to the [[404'd]] page. The address is http://www.homestarrunner.com/mainNaN.html. NaN is the computer term for Not a Number, which is obtained in some environments by dividing zero by zero and/or other mathematical errors.
*When the fake popups appear followed by the real one, the fake ones look similar to the windows from some of the older Microsoft Windows operating systems. Depending on which operating system and desktop theme one uses, the real popup looks quite different from the fake ones. Especially users of operating systems such as Mac OS or Linux will notice this, while Windows 98 users will see no obvious difference.
*At the beginning of the Email, the contrast buttons will slightly increase and decrease the volume.
*In the Podcast version, Strong Bad looks back and forth when the ads pop up, even though they all appear in one area.
*Most shotguns spread out from the barrel, whereas the blast from Bubs's shotgun seems to narrow down as it reaches the back wall.
*When the "F" for [[Weekly Fanstuff]] and the "S" for [[Sketchbook]] are clicked, they change into a "[[Quote of the Week|Q]]".
*When the top of the screen lowers to reveal the weeklies, using the tab key will highlight a rectangle where the new toon message is displayed. While it can't be clicked, pressing enter while it is highlighted will lead to [[Halloween Fairstival]].
*While the liquid is leaking out of the screen, the contrast buttons are still clickable.
*After Strong Bad types "deleted!" for the first time and the blue screen appears, the drive letter disappears.
*While the NavBar's Store button directs to the current version of the Store, the [[YouTube]] button (and the previous [[Feedburner]] button) are not on the 'toon's custom NavBar.
*Bubs says his mouth was a broken jpeg when in fact it was his entire face.

===Goofs===
*After Homestar grabs "downloads", "characters", and "games" from the bottom, "toons" is no longer clickable, unlike the other remaining links. Then, after all the links have disappeared, at the end of the email when everything else returns to normal, all the links are still missing.
*The fake QOD, fanstuff, and sketchbook stay on the screen until the watcher of the email gets rid of them, even after Bubs shotguns the Compy, and in the Easter eggs.

===Fixed Glitches===
*As Strong Bad runs away from Bubs, his left arm momentarily disappeared. This has been fixed.

=== Inside References ===

*This is an extreme instance of [[Strong Bad's computer malfunctioning]].
*The "Flagrant System Error" title is from [[50 emails]].
*"Stave it off, 1, 2, 3..." is from the counting song in "[[Whaddaya Know, Haddi-Man?]]".
*The card that Strong Sad transforms into is from the original deck of [[Character Cards]] that has since been removed from the site.
*The pixelated broom induced by the glitched Quote of the Day is the same graphic used in [[Peasant's Quest]] for the broom [[Baby Lady & Her Baby|the baby]] knocks over to let the player into [[Naked Ned]]'s cottage.
**Using a broom to play Marzipan's garbled noise may be an oblique reference to people [[Marzipan Being Compared to a Broom|mistaking her for a broom]].
*"Making out with Marzipan is totally awesome" was once the phrase necessary to trigger the Strong Bad Talker from the [[Homestar Talker]] (it has since been changed). The sound clips for the words were also taken from the Homestar Talker. The first four words of the phrase are also heard in "[[The Cheat Theme Song]]".
**The "Click on the Monkey" pop-up(s) shows an [[Homestar Runner Evolution|older version of Homestar]].
*Strong Bad screaming and pounding on the edge of the screen while the popups are appearing could be a reference to [[Where the Crap Are We?]].
*Strong Mad's description, which appears when he glitches, comes from the [[Yearbook Character Page]], as does the picture of him inside a giant M.
**This time, the giant M shows Strong Mad's "M" insignia on his singlet, whereas in [[Yearbook Character Page]], the giant M did not.
*The sound effect that plays when The Ugly One appears is taken from [[RhinoFeeder]].
*[[The Ugly One]]'s line ("I can do it [[nine times]]!") and the sound effects for her slapping the King of Town in the face come from the [[Crazy Cartoon|Powered by The Cheat segment]] of [[crazy cartoon]]. However, she slightly misquotes it: the original line was "I can do it! I ''will'' do it nine times."
*The powering-down sound that plays just before Bubs walks across the screen is the same sound that plays just before the [[Tandy 400]] explodes in [[gimmicks]].
*As Bubs is walking across the screen the first time, his left and right arms are moving as if stuck in positons #4 and #5 (respectively) in the [[Dancin' Bubs]] game. Bubs's right arm is also about twice as large as usual.
*Bubs's broken JPEG mouth bears the letters "TH". This might be a reference to his other identity, [[The Thnikkaman]].
*During the final glitch scene (just before Bubs "fixes" the computer), the song playing in the background is the intro to "[[Parsnips-A-Plenty]]" and "[[That A Ghost]]".
*Strong Bad's line during the final glitch scene is taken directly from [[The Reddest Radish]].
*The cloud background during the final glitch scene is the same cloud background used in [[New Boots]].
*[[Image:virusdthecheat.gif|thumb|Virus'd The Cheat]]During the final glitch scene, The Cheat is on a rotation of six different versions of himself:
*# The [[Awexome Cross]] version.
*# The colored-in cut-out version from [[The Reddest Radish]].
*# A very pixellated version of him, with a thin black outline around it.
*# A The Cheat x-ing sign, much like the similar signs seen in the [[Fan Stuff]] part of the [[Museum]].
*# Another drawn version.
*# His [[Powered by The Cheat]] [[Powered by The Cheat Character Variation|depiction]] from [[New Boots]], with the colors reversed and without boots.
*The fan and cog in the Compy 386 are the same fan and cog that were visible when the Tandy 400 exploded.
**Looking closely (or zooming into the Flash file) reveals that the fan is once again mysteriously floating in space, just like when the Tandy 400 blew up.
*Bubs sells the [[Broken Compy Menu|broken Compy 386]] as he did with the [[King of Town Email|broken Tandy 400]].
*Strong Bad's muttered last line "how do you text with boxing gloves on?" is a variation of the common "[[how do you type with boxing gloves on?]]".


=== Real-World References ===
*The [[Strong Bad Email Intros|email intro]] is a reference to the [[wikipedia:A Tribe Called Quest|A Tribe Called Quest]] song [[wikipedia:People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm|Rhythm]], as revealed by [[@StrongBadActual]] on [[twitter:StrongBadActual/status/1090257655799652352|January 29, 2019]].
*[[Wikipedia:Linux kernel|"Linux"]] is a [[Wikipedia:Free software|Free]] [[Wikipedia:Unix|Unix-like]] [[Wikipedia:Kernel (computer science)|kernel]] originally written in 1991, or part of an entire operating system which uses this kernel ([[Wikipedia:Linux|"GNU/Linux"]]).
*[[Edgar#Edgarware|Edgarware]] is a spoof of Norton Anti-Virus, which until 2001 used bespectacled computer nerd [[Wikipedia:Peter Norton|Peter Norton]] as a front man.
*The part where Homestar is followed by "ghost" images of himself is a Flash in-joke, referring to the [[Wikipedia:Onion skinning|Onion skinning]] feature of the program that will display translucent images of previous frames as an animation guide.
*"Click on the monkey" refers to various [[Wikipedia:Pop-up ad|popups]] where clicking on an object (ranging from targets to robbers, iPods, etc.) will usually bombard one's computer with spyware, viruses, etc.
*The dance The Cheat performs when Strong Bad says, "Let's do a dance for the computer genius man," looks like [[Wikipedia:Dana Carvey|Dana Carvey]]'s "[[Wikipedia:Church Lady|Church Lady]]" dance from the classic [[Saturday Night Live]] sketch.
*"[[Wikipedia:Bourgeoisie|Bourgeoise]]," one of the emoticons acting as Strong Sad's head, is the feminine form of the term used in [[Wikipedia:Marxism|Marxism]] to describe the middle or upper class that oppose the [[Wikipedia:Proletariat|proletariat]] (working class) in the class struggle.
*The "ding" sound heard after EdgarWare finds the viruses is taken from some versions of [[Wikipedia:Microsoft Windows|Microsoft Windows]].
*The screen "It's now safe to turn your computer off." is similar to the one displayed when shutting down a Windows computer that cannot turn itself off. The actual message is "It is now safe to turn off your computer", and the style of this message is taken from [[Wikipedia:Windows 95|Windows 95]], [[Wikipedia:Windows 98|98]], and [[Wikipedia:Windows Me|ME]].
*"A wise guy, eh?" was frequently muttered (in a very similar tone of voice to how Strong Bad says it) by [[Wikipedia:Moe Howard|Moe Howard]] of the comedy group [[Wikipedia:The Three Stooges|The Three Stooges]].

===Fast Forward===
*The "like used" Easter egg would return in the [[Broken Compy Menu]], where Homestar buys the Compy, despite finding the price absurd.
*[[Main Page 22]] is based on this email.
*The shotgunned Compy would reappear along with the cracked [[Tandy 400|Tandy]] in [[retirement]].
*As part of the computer explosions montage in [[hremail3184]], the Compy is shown being shotgunned from Bubs's point of view.
*Two of The Cheat's designs seen near the end (just before everything returns to normal) can be viewed as a few alternatives in the [[Everything Else, Volume 2|DVD]] release of [[The Reddest Radish]]; namely, the child's drawing and the crossing sign (but without the word "x-ing").
*The real "It's now safe to turn off your computer" screen appears in [[April Fool 2014]].
*Strong Bad draws a "Drop A [[Train]] On Em" virtual reality simulator on his [[@StrongBadActual|Twitter account]].
*On the HTML [[Index Page]] redesign, the sample email address in the mailing list sign-up is "EdgarJr@traindropper.com".

== DVD Version ==
*The email is letterboxed to preserve the widescreen aspect ratio.
*The central pop-up (that is, the one that would actually pop up on the website version) does not appear.
*Unlike all other DVD emails, this has the [[HR:main nav.swf|navbar]] on the bottom.
*The way the Quote of the Week, Sketchbook, and Weekly Fanstuff Easter eggs work has changed. All three are combined into one Easter egg, which goes to the Weekly Fanstuff Easter egg, then the Quote of the Week Easter egg, and finally the Sketchbook Easter egg. However, the Quote of the Week egg is silent.
*The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.
=== Commentary Transcript ===
('''Commentary by:''' [[Mike Chapman]], [[Matt Chapman]], [[Homestar Runner]])

'''MIKE:''' This email looks tiny, Matt.

'''MATT:''' It's a funny shape.

'''MIKE:''' It's smaller than the rest, and there's little words at the bottom.

'''MATT:''' This doesn't make any sense to me!

'''MIKE:''' What's going on?

'''MATT:''' S— Oh, no. Strong Bad must have gotten some type of a wirus!

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Virus.

'''MATT:''' B— Pardon?

'''MIKE:''' Virus?

'''MATT:''' Oh. I used the German pronunciation.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Yeah?

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' K. Um, so this was, uh, this was a— this email was kind of a big— big production.

'''MATT:''' Mm hmm.

'''MIKE:''' Took longer than most.

'''MATT:''' A long time in coming.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah. Um...

'''MATT:''' Yeah, see— he hasn't used "deleted" on the Lappy yet, now that he has a new computer, has he?

'''MIKE:''' I guess not. I wonder what it looks like when he deletes something on the Lappy.

'''MATT:''' I dunno. "Drop a train on 'em" was from a bad hip-hop song I made in college — ''{Mike laughs}''— where I sampled the soundtrack from a Dirty Harry movie.

'''MIKE:''' That's a good song.

'''MATT:''' Thanks.

''{Pause}''

'''MIKE:''' So this, obviously, was, uh, pretty fun to make where you could just kinda put stuff wherever and just...

'''MATT:''' It's more like ''your'' computer is getting the virus than Strong Bad's computer getting the virus.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah. The whole world is getting the virus.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. "Stave it off, 1, 2, 3" up there at the top.

'''MIKE:''' Mm hmm. There's uh, Strong Sad's head is the, uh, his little emoticons from the uh, his—

'''MATT:''' Strong Sad's Web journal.

'''MIKE:''' Strong Sad Journal.

'''MATT:''' That was from an unused character page we never made.

'''MIKE:''' Mm hmm.

''{Pause}''

'''MIKE:''' Say something good, Matt.

'''MATT:''' Uh—

'''MIKE:''' Make it— Make it funny.

'''MATT:''' All right. ''{adopts different tone}'' T— To— ''{normal voice}'' Oh, yeah, weren't we gonna do— I was going to be a character when we did this commentary.

'''MIKE:''' Oh yeah. Start doing Homestar.

'''MATT:''' All right...

''{Pause}''

'''HOMESTAR:''' That was a lot of me's.

'''MIKE:''' That ''was'' a lot of you's.

'''HOMESTAR:''' Mike, some of them were old me's that don't look so great.

'''MIKE:''' That's right. I thought you looked pretty good back in the old days.

'''HOMESTAR:''' No, no.

'''MIKE:''' Oh, you—

'''HOMESTAR:''' Look bad.

'''MIKE:''' Look Bad!

'''HOMESTAR:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Strong Bad.

'''HOMESTAR:''' That's a different character.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Who was Look Bad again?

'''HOMESTAR:''' Oh, what are they doing there? Is he gonna eat that doo-doo shovel?

'''MIKE:''' No, I think was going to take a picture of it, maybe.

'''HOMESTAR:''' But he doesn't have a camera, Mike.

'''MIKE:''' But the camera was offscreen.

'''HOMESTAR:''' He's got a mustache.

'''MIKE:''' The camera was offscreen.

'''HOMESTAR:''' He clearly wanted... a doo-doo-stache.

'''MIKE:''' Who's that, Homestar?

'''HOMESTAR:''' That looks kinda like Bubs, from Website. But I don't think so. Oh, look, it's ''Pitfall''.

'''MIKE:''' That did happen in ''Pitfall''.

'''HOMESTAR:''' If you flick the on and off switch a lot, you get a little floating Pitfall Harry through the trees!

'''MIKE:''' Oh, I like The Cheat's little sassy dance there, Homestar. Did you teach him that?

'''HOMESTAR:''' I did. Hands on hips!

'''MIKE:''' How'd you teach him that?

'''HOMESTAR:''' I said, "Hands on hips!"

'''MIKE:''' Look, there's your leg.

'''HOMESTAR:''' That is not my leg! That looks like a shotgun.

'''MIKE:''' Bu—

''{Pause}''

'''HOMESTAR:''' That shotgun looks dangerous, Mike. I don't agree with its appearance in this cartoon.

'''MIKE:''' You shouldn't play with shotguns, Homestar.

'''HOMESTAR:''' I don't, man.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Good.

'''HOMESTAR:''' Did you learn that the hard way?

'''MIKE:''' No.

'''HOMESTAR:''' Penny Hardaway?

'''MIKE:''' I'm allowed to— I'm allowed to draw them, though. Drawing them's no problem.

'''HOMESTAR:''' Drawing them is bad.

'''MIKE:''' No, I think it's okay.

'''HOMESTAR:''' Here I come!

'''MIKE:''' See?

'''HOMESTAR:''' Look! I lost my leg!

'''MIKE:''' I know, that's— Bubs— Bubs has it there.

'''HOMESTAR:''' Strong Bad looks like he's a little delirious in this part.

'''MIKE:''' He's— He's sad. He's had a great loss. People sometimes act like this... when they're experiencing great losses.

'''HOMESTAR:''' But— Mike, a great loss sounds like a contradiction.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}''

'''HOMESTAR:''' I don't— I've never had any ''great'' losses.

'''MIKE:''' "Great"— "Great" meaning "large," not meaning—

'''HOMESTAR:''' All my losses are bad losses.

'''MIKE:''' You've never had a great loss?

'''HOMESTAR:''' Except maybe, some pounds. ''{Pause}'' He just really put a hole right through that thing, huh?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah. Didn't go through the wall, though.

'''HOMESTAR:''' Nope. ''{whispering}'' Let's get quiet.

'''MIKE:''' ''{whispering}'' Okay.

=== Fun Facts ===

* Matt says Strong Bad got a "wirus" and then calls this "the German pronunciation". This is because many native German speakers have difficulty distinguishing the "v" and "w" sounds in English and might thus say "wirus" instead of "virus".
* Homestar demonstrates his ignorance that he has [[Lack of Visible Arms|no visible hands or arms]].
* [[Wikipedia:Penny Hardaway|Penny Hardaway]] is a professional basketball player who has played guard for the [[Wikipedia:National Basketball Association|NBA]]'s Orlando Magic, Phoenix Suns, and New York Knicks.
* The "bad hip-hop song" Matt is referring to can be heard [[Thorax:mp3s/Mr.MC_1973.mp3|here]].

== YouTube Version ==
*The [[YouTube]] description for this email is "Strong Bad's Compy 386 gets a virus."
*In order to accommodate the surprise [[widescreen]] effects, such as Strong Bad jumping out of the frame and Homestar picking up the navbar words, the email is presented in a much smaller frame surrounded by a large black border, and the navbar is also present in the video.
*There is a 5-second, unedited annotation that appears at 0:05 and disappears at 0:10. As it is not edited, it contains the text "Enter your text here".
**As with all annotations on YouTube it was removed on January 15th, 2019.
*The Quote of the Week, Sketchbook, and Fanstuff Easter Eggs are not included.

== See Also ==
* [[Main Page 22]]
* [[Virus Character Variations]]

== External Links ==
{{sbemailextlinks|118|1284}}
*[[HR:hsmakeout.html|view the "click the monkey" popup]]
*[[HR:hsmakeout.swf|view the Flash file for the "click the monkey" popup]]
*[[HR:qod virus.swf|view the Flash file for the "fake QOD"]]
*[[HR:fanstuff virus.swf|view the Flash file for the "fake fanstuff"]]
*[[HR:sketchbook virus.swf|view the Flash file for the "fake sketchbook"]]
*[[YouTube:Az49aNuYeJs|watch "virus" on YouTube]]

{{Strong Bad Email}}

[[Category:Powered by The Cheat]][[Category: Emails With DVD Commentary]][[Category:Podstar Runner]][[Category:Widescreen Toons]]

Strong Bad's Website

StarFox — Wed, 14 Aug 2019 06:05:52 GMT

StarFox: /* Trivia */

{{uncattoonnav|cheatintro.swf|view}}
[[Image:Strong_Bads_Website.png|thumb|right|220px|Frames upon frames]]

'''[[Strong Bad|Strong Bad's]] Website''' is a website (found on [[homestarrunner.com]]) about [[The Cheat]]. It was first seen in the email [[website]] as an example of website design and content fundamentals. It sports a long Flash intro and lots of animated GIFs. This is a parody of many very poorly executed and ultimately pointless websites that are common on free webservers like [[Wikipedia:Tripod.com|Tripod]] and [[Wikipedia:Geocities|Geocities]] and were abundant during the 2000s decade.

'''Page Title (With frames)''': WELCOME TO YOUR DOOM!! 
'''Page Title (Without frames)''': Total Grodal

== Strong Bad's Long Flash Intro ==

''{A picture of The Cheat and the word "presents" on a black background appear, followed by two green, bean-shaped eyes. Strong Bad makes drum-like sound effects in the background. The eyes fade and the letters "SB" appear. "Strong" and "Bad" are inside each letter. Strong Bad starts mimicking a guitar. The "S" and "B" turn into "The Web" in cursive. "The Web" turns into "Welcomes 'u' '2'", the letters made of only horizontal and vertical lines. The words "strong bad's cybersite" appear in red below "Welcomes 'u' '2'". A rainbow circle about 3/4 the size of the "2" comes and rolls in, stopping at the quotation mark before the "2". The word "cybersite" turns into rainbow colors. The words exit and something like a black hole appears. A hand appears to punch you, and after it does, the word "OUCH!" appears above it. The words "Get on in!" appear in a long button. The words can be clicked to get to Strong Bad's Website.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh, I'm not sure about the quality of this microphone, The Cheat.

== House of the Brothers Chaps==
[[Image:cheatcouch.jpg|thumb|right|220px|The Cheat on the couch]]
[[Image:cheatfridge.jpg|thumb|right|220px|That hunk of foil]]
The pictures of The Cheat are photos of [[The Brothers Chaps]]' house at the time with The Cheat added in later. The couch seen here is the same couch that appears in the [[Pulse Interview - 1 Aug 2003|August 1, 2003 Pulse Interview]]. The brick wall seen in [[HR:sbsite/cheatwindow.jpg|this image]] follows the same brick pattern seen in the [[The Cheatar]] short.

===Contents of the fridge===
*Top shelf in the door (left to right):
**Mt. Olive [[pickles]]
**Three jars Smuckers jam
**Two unknown jars
*Bottom shelf in the door (left to right):
**two unknown containers
**Salsa (with yellow cap)
**Hellmann's mayonnaise
**Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce
**unknown container
**Heinz Worcestershire sauce
**Heinz ketchup
**Two unknown containers
*Top shelf inside fridge:
**Water filter pitcher
**Loaf of bread
*Bottom shelf inside fridge:
**Hunk of foil-wrapped food that's been there since April
*Strewn about on the floor:
**Milk
**Kraft Parmesan cheese
**Balsamic Vinaigrette Salad dressing
*To the left of the fridge:
** Some [[Cold One]]s (Miller brand)

==Easter Eggs==
* Click on the mouse with the email to go to the [[Email Processing Room]].
* At the very bottom of Strong Bad's page there is an "F10" button which links to [[Strong Sad's Lament]].

==Fun Facts==
===Explanations===
*The picture on the site titled "long haired freaky cheat" will never load, because the image is directed to the file "oh, just nothing" in the source.

===Trivia===
*Clicking the button that says "ENTER" will reload the same website, and because it uses frames so poorly, the website will reload inside one of its own frames.
*The fire GIFs at the top of the page actually alternate between "Hot!" and "Fire!".
*The doubled rotating GIF about halfway down the page reads "World Wide Wed".
*The GIF with the silver diamond reads "Hi Rez", which is most likely referring to the term "high resolution".
*The title of the page used for the "A" animation frame is "A!!!".
*The counter always reads "You're the <big>000016</big>th biggest moron, ever."

===Remarks===

*The picture titled "long haired freaky cheat" is one of the few times when The Cheat is not referred to with the [[integral article]].
*If using [[Wikipedia:Safari (web browser)|Safari]], you cannot hear "Welcome to your doom!" if you do not have [[Wikipedia:Apple Quicktime|Apple Quicktime]].

===Inside References===

*The animated GIF refers to the World Wide [[Wed]].

===Real-World References===
*"Long haired freaky cheat" is a reference to lyrics "Long haired freaky people" from the song "[[Wikipedia:Signs (Five Man Electrical Band song)|Signs]]" by the [[Wikipedia:Five Man Electrical Band|Five Man Electrical Band]].
*"Welcome to your doom!" is from the [[Wikipedia:Sega Genesis|Sega Genesis]] version of ''[[Wikipedia:Altered Beast|Altered Beast]]''.
*The intro song that Strong Bad mumbles is the riff to "Bored" by Death Angel.

==See also==
*[[Homestar Runner's Website]]

==External links==
*[[HR:sbsite/|visit Strong Bad's The Cheat Page]]
**[[HR:sbsite/badgifs.html|view the page with no frames]]
**[[HR:sbsite/sbsite.html|view just the frames]]
***[[HR:sbsite/sb.html|view just the "A" frame]]
***[[HR:sbsite/sbname1.html|view just the "Str" frame]]
***[[HR:sbsite/sbname2.html|view just the "ong" frame]]
***[[HR:sbsite/sbname3.html|view just the "Bad" frame]]
*[[HR:cheatintro.swf|view the long Flash intro]]

[[Category: Character Websites]][[Category:Powered by The Cheat]]
[[Category:Strong Bad]]

Strong Bad's Website

StarFox — Wed, 14 Aug 2019 06:05:41 GMT

StarFox: /* Trivia */

{{uncattoonnav|cheatintro.swf|view}}
[[Image:Strong_Bads_Website.png|thumb|right|220px|Frames upon frames]]

'''[[Strong Bad|Strong Bad's]] Website''' is a website (found on [[homestarrunner.com]]) about [[The Cheat]]. It was first seen in the email [[website]] as an example of website design and content fundamentals. It sports a long Flash intro and lots of animated GIFs. This is a parody of many very poorly executed and ultimately pointless websites that are common on free webservers like [[Wikipedia:Tripod.com|Tripod]] and [[Wikipedia:Geocities|Geocities]] and were abundant during the 2000s decade.

'''Page Title (With frames)''': WELCOME TO YOUR DOOM!! 
'''Page Title (Without frames)''': Total Grodal

== Strong Bad's Long Flash Intro ==

''{A picture of The Cheat and the word "presents" on a black background appear, followed by two green, bean-shaped eyes. Strong Bad makes drum-like sound effects in the background. The eyes fade and the letters "SB" appear. "Strong" and "Bad" are inside each letter. Strong Bad starts mimicking a guitar. The "S" and "B" turn into "The Web" in cursive. "The Web" turns into "Welcomes 'u' '2'", the letters made of only horizontal and vertical lines. The words "strong bad's cybersite" appear in red below "Welcomes 'u' '2'". A rainbow circle about 3/4 the size of the "2" comes and rolls in, stopping at the quotation mark before the "2". The word "cybersite" turns into rainbow colors. The words exit and something like a black hole appears. A hand appears to punch you, and after it does, the word "OUCH!" appears above it. The words "Get on in!" appear in a long button. The words can be clicked to get to Strong Bad's Website.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh, I'm not sure about the quality of this microphone, The Cheat.

== House of the Brothers Chaps==
[[Image:cheatcouch.jpg|thumb|right|220px|The Cheat on the couch]]
[[Image:cheatfridge.jpg|thumb|right|220px|That hunk of foil]]
The pictures of The Cheat are photos of [[The Brothers Chaps]]' house at the time with The Cheat added in later. The couch seen here is the same couch that appears in the [[Pulse Interview - 1 Aug 2003|August 1, 2003 Pulse Interview]]. The brick wall seen in [[HR:sbsite/cheatwindow.jpg|this image]] follows the same brick pattern seen in the [[The Cheatar]] short.

===Contents of the fridge===
*Top shelf in the door (left to right):
**Mt. Olive [[pickles]]
**Three jars Smuckers jam
**Two unknown jars
*Bottom shelf in the door (left to right):
**two unknown containers
**Salsa (with yellow cap)
**Hellmann's mayonnaise
**Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce
**unknown container
**Heinz Worcestershire sauce
**Heinz ketchup
**Two unknown containers
*Top shelf inside fridge:
**Water filter pitcher
**Loaf of bread
*Bottom shelf inside fridge:
**Hunk of foil-wrapped food that's been there since April
*Strewn about on the floor:
**Milk
**Kraft Parmesan cheese
**Balsamic Vinaigrette Salad dressing
*To the left of the fridge:
** Some [[Cold One]]s (Miller brand)

==Easter Eggs==
* Click on the mouse with the email to go to the [[Email Processing Room]].
* At the very bottom of Strong Bad's page there is an "F10" button which links to [[Strong Sad's Lament]].

==Fun Facts==
===Explanations===
*The picture on the site titled "long haired freaky cheat" will never load, because the image is directed to the file "oh, just nothing" in the source.

===Trivia===
*Clicking the button that says "ENTER" will reload the same website, and because it uses frames so poorly, the website will reload inside one of its own frames.
*The fire GIFs at the top of the page actually alternate between "Hot!" and "Fire!".
*The doubled rotating GIF about halfway down the page reads "World Wide [[Wed]]".
*The GIF with the silver diamond reads "Hi Rez", which is most likely referring to the term "high resolution".
*The title of the page used for the "A" animation frame is "A!!!".
*The counter always reads "You're the <big>000016</big>th biggest moron, ever."

===Remarks===

*The picture titled "long haired freaky cheat" is one of the few times when The Cheat is not referred to with the [[integral article]].
*If using [[Wikipedia:Safari (web browser)|Safari]], you cannot hear "Welcome to your doom!" if you do not have [[Wikipedia:Apple Quicktime|Apple Quicktime]].

===Inside References===

*The animated GIF refers to the World Wide [[Wed]].

===Real-World References===
*"Long haired freaky cheat" is a reference to lyrics "Long haired freaky people" from the song "[[Wikipedia:Signs (Five Man Electrical Band song)|Signs]]" by the [[Wikipedia:Five Man Electrical Band|Five Man Electrical Band]].
*"Welcome to your doom!" is from the [[Wikipedia:Sega Genesis|Sega Genesis]] version of ''[[Wikipedia:Altered Beast|Altered Beast]]''.
*The intro song that Strong Bad mumbles is the riff to "Bored" by Death Angel.

==See also==
*[[Homestar Runner's Website]]

==External links==
*[[HR:sbsite/|visit Strong Bad's The Cheat Page]]
**[[HR:sbsite/badgifs.html|view the page with no frames]]
**[[HR:sbsite/sbsite.html|view just the frames]]
***[[HR:sbsite/sb.html|view just the "A" frame]]
***[[HR:sbsite/sbname1.html|view just the "Str" frame]]
***[[HR:sbsite/sbname2.html|view just the "ong" frame]]
***[[HR:sbsite/sbname3.html|view just the "Bad" frame]]
*[[HR:cheatintro.swf|view the long Flash intro]]

[[Category: Character Websites]][[Category:Powered by The Cheat]]
[[Category:Strong Bad]]

Strong Bad's Website

StarFox — Wed, 14 Aug 2019 06:05:03 GMT

StarFox: /* Fun Facts */

Strong Bad's Website

StarFox — Wed, 14 Aug 2019 06:04:04 GMT

StarFox:

{{uncattoonnav|cheatintro.swf|view}}
[[Image:Strong_Bads_Website.png|thumb|right|220px|Frames upon frames]]

'''[[Strong Bad|Strong Bad's]] Website''' is a website (found on [[homestarrunner.com]]) about [[The Cheat]]. It was first seen in the email [[website]] as an example of website design and content fundamentals. It sports a long Flash intro and lots of animated GIFs. This is a parody of many very poorly executed and ultimately pointless websites that are common on free webservers like [[Wikipedia:Tripod.com|Tripod]] and [[Wikipedia:Geocities|Geocities]] and were abundant during the 2000s decade.

'''Page Title (With frames)''': WELCOME TO YOUR DOOM!! 
'''Page Title (Without frames)''': Total Grodal

== Strong Bad's Long Flash Intro ==

''{A picture of The Cheat and the word "presents" on a black background appear, followed by two green, bean-shaped eyes. Strong Bad makes drum-like sound effects in the background. The eyes fade and the letters "SB" appear. "Strong" and "Bad" are inside each letter. Strong Bad starts mimicking a guitar. The "S" and "B" turn into "The Web" in cursive. "The Web" turns into "Welcomes 'u' '2'", the letters made of only horizontal and vertical lines. The words "strong bad's cybersite" appear in red below "Welcomes 'u' '2'". A rainbow circle about 3/4 the size of the "2" comes and rolls in, stopping at the quotation mark before the "2". The word "cybersite" turns into rainbow colors. The words exit and something like a black hole appears. A hand appears to punch you, and after it does, the word "OUCH!" appears above it. The words "Get on in!" appear in a long button. The words can be clicked to get to Strong Bad's Website.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh, I'm not sure about the quality of this microphone, The Cheat.

== House of the Brothers Chaps==
[[Image:cheatcouch.jpg|thumb|right|220px|The Cheat on the couch]]
[[Image:cheatfridge.jpg|thumb|right|220px|That hunk of foil]]
The pictures of The Cheat are photos of [[The Brothers Chaps]]' house at the time with The Cheat added in later. The couch seen here is the same couch that appears in the [[Pulse Interview - 1 Aug 2003|August 1, 2003 Pulse Interview]]. The brick wall seen in [[HR:sbsite/cheatwindow.jpg|this image]] follows the same brick pattern seen in the [[The Cheatar]] short.

===Contents of the fridge===
*Top shelf in the door (left to right):
**Mt. Olive [[pickles]]
**Three jars Smuckers jam
**Two unknown jars
*Bottom shelf in the door (left to right):
**two unknown containers
**Salsa (with yellow cap)
**Hellmann's mayonnaise
**Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce
**unknown container
**Heinz Worcestershire sauce
**Heinz ketchup
**Two unknown containers
*Top shelf inside fridge:
**Water filter pitcher
**Loaf of bread
*Bottom shelf inside fridge:
**Hunk of foil-wrapped food that's been there since April
*Strewn about on the floor:
**Milk
**Kraft Parmesan cheese
**Balsamic Vinaigrette Salad dressing
*To the left of the fridge:
** Some [[Cold One]]s (Miller brand)

==Easter Eggs==
* Click on the mouse with the email to go to the [[Email Processing Room]].
* At the very bottom of Strong Bad's page there is an "F10" button which links to [[Strong Sad's Lament]].

==Fun Facts==
===Explanations===
*The picture on the site titled "long haired freaky cheat" will never load, because the image is directed to the file "oh, just nothing" in the source.
*The intro song that Strong Bad mumbles is the riff to "Bored" by Death Angel.

===Trivia===
*Clicking the button that says "ENTER" will reload the same website, and because it uses frames so poorly, the website will reload inside one of its own frames.
*The fire GIFs at the top of the page actually alternate between "Hot!" and "Fire!".
*The doubled rotating GIF about halfway down the page reads "World Wide Wed".
*The GIF with the silver diamond reads "Hi Rez", which is most likely referring to the term "high resolution".
*The title of the page used for the "A" animation frame is "A!!!".
*The counter always reads "You're the <big>000016</big>th biggest moron, ever."

===Remarks===

*The picture titled "long haired freaky cheat" is one of the few times when The Cheat is not referred to with the [[integral article]].
*If using [[Wikipedia:Safari (web browser)|Safari]], you cannot hear "Welcome to your doom!" if you do not have [[Wikipedia:Apple Quicktime|Apple Quicktime]].

===Inside References===

*The animated GIF refers to the World Wide [[Wed]].

===Real-World References===
*"Long haired freaky cheat" is a reference to lyrics "Long haired freaky people" from the song "[[Wikipedia:Signs (Five Man Electrical Band song)|Signs]]" by the [[Wikipedia:Five Man Electrical Band|Five Man Electrical Band]].
*"Welcome to your doom!" is from the [[Wikipedia:Sega Genesis|Sega Genesis]] version of ''[[Wikipedia:Altered Beast|Altered Beast]]''.

==See also==
*[[Homestar Runner's Website]]

==External links==
*[[HR:sbsite/|visit Strong Bad's The Cheat Page]]
**[[HR:sbsite/badgifs.html|view the page with no frames]]
**[[HR:sbsite/sbsite.html|view just the frames]]
***[[HR:sbsite/sb.html|view just the "A" frame]]
***[[HR:sbsite/sbname1.html|view just the "Str" frame]]
***[[HR:sbsite/sbname2.html|view just the "ong" frame]]
***[[HR:sbsite/sbname3.html|view just the "Bad" frame]]
*[[HR:cheatintro.swf|view the long Flash intro]]

[[Category: Character Websites]][[Category:Powered by The Cheat]]
[[Category:Strong Bad]]

theme song

StarFox — Sat, 10 Aug 2019 04:45:01 GMT

StarFox: /* Remarks */

{{sbenav|155}}
[[Image:sbemail155.png|thumb|The email-checkinest guy in the land]]

{{aboutemail}}{{forshort|Theme Song Video}}{{for|the intro video|Intro}}

Strong Bad explains why his email show doesn't have an official theme song.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Senor Cardgage}}, [[Balding Man]], {{Film|Fightgar}}, {{Film|Reynold}}

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Club Technochocolate]], [[Basement of the Brothers Strong]], [[Outer Space]], [[Bubs' Concession Stand]], [[The Desert]]

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' Monday, August 7, 2006

'''Running Time:''' 3:55

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Five}}, {{dvd|Sbemails' 50 Greatest Hits DVD|notitle=true}}

==Transcript==
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' When email comes to town, you know, you know, it's like a rainstorm... in your browser. ''{brings up the email}''

<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: theme song</div>
Dear Super Bad, 
It bugs me how your email show doesn't have a theme song. 
If it did have a theme song, your show would be a whole 
lot cooler. 
Jonathan Shaheen 
Ontario, Canada
</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad pronounces "Shaheen" as "Shaheeeeen", and lens flares and a sound effect appear over the name. He pronounces the location as "on-ta-REE-oh, cah-nah-DAH" (as though with a Mexican accent)}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oooh, a little south of the border flavor. ''{typing}'' Dear Supper Bag, It bugs ''me'' how your face doesn't have a not tons of acne. If it did have a not tons of acne, ''you'' would be a whole lot cooler.

''{Strong Bad clears the screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Look, you don't know what you're talking about, Shaheen ''{again, Strong Bad pronounces "Shaheen" as "Shaheeeen", and the Shaheen special effect appears over the word}''  Theme songs are just an excuse for showmakers to make less show. I'm sure viewership would triple if I had one of those crappy cartoon theme songs that bludgeons you over the head with the blunt end of the show's premise.

''{Theme song music fades in over his last words. Cut to a smiling Strong Bad prancing in the basement.}''

'''CRAPPY CARTOON THEME SONG:''' ''{singing}'' 
Strong Bad is a wrestleman, 
He's the email-checkinest guy in the land. 
He checks real emails from the net, 
He's got two brothers and The Cheat, his pet. The Cheat, his pet!!! 

''{"STRONG BAD" appears on the screen as the name is sung. Strong Bad types on a keyboard with boxing gloves on. Lappy flies into the screen, showing an email from punkkid87.}''

<blockquote class="lappy email" style="background-image:none">
Dear Strong Bad, 
I love your Tragdor! 
Draw him AGAIN!!! 
-punkkid87
</blockquote>

''{Strong Mad and Strong Sad dance in Club Technochocolate as they are announced. The Cheat slides into the screen, wearing cool shades and gets a close-up with the repetition of "THE CHEAT, HIS PET!!!".}''

There's nobody dumber than Homestar Runner 
On ''The Strong Bad Email Show''!

''{Homestar Runner breaks through the computer desk with a sandwich of light bulbs, opens his mouth wide, revealing large cartoon teeth, and bites into the sandwich. The title of the Strong Bad Email Show appears with Strong Bad's smiling face in front of a pink heart design.}''

''{The music ends. Cut back to Strong Bad sitting in front of the Lappy}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' And the ratings have gone through the roof. And let's not forget the life-affirming pop-ballad type theme song. Probably sung by some variety of Neville.

''{Fade through black to a scene with an unattended computer desk. The title "the Strong Bad Email Show" flies onto the screen. There are flowers on the desk and pictures of The Cheat, Strong Mad and Strong Bad on the wall. The characters are introduced with their pictures flying across the screen and their names appearing across them. Strong Bad shows a shadow [[Trogdor]] to The Cheat.}''

'''POP BALLAD-TYPE THEME SONG:''' ''{singing}'' 
You and me, babe, livin' for dreams, 
Lifin' for love, drinkin' for free. 
Sittin' on top of an old robot, sharin' and carin' it out. 
The memory's scrubbing you down! ''{fades}''

''{The music fades out and a clip montage starts, as Strong Bad's voiceover begins. Strong Bad is shown drinking a mix of coffee and a "COLDSON Lite" from a novelty drinking hat in the basement with The Cheat and Strong Sad; he floats in space; he looks up from typing on the Lappy and throws a stack of paper in the air.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' And of course the best clips they show are from the un-aired pilot that you'll never see.

'''POP BALLAD-TYPE THEME SONG:''' ''{singing}'' 
Memory scrubbing you down! ''{fade out}''

''{The final shot shows Strong Bad in a tank with the Strong Badian emblem on the side in a desert. He turns the barrel towards the camera before the clip montage fades out to "created by Lem Sportsinterviews".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' And just when you think you finally get to start watching some of the actual show, now you get to watch a commercial!

''{Cut to real-life hands holding coins and peanuts.}''

'''COMMERCIAL GUY 1:''' ''{voiceover}'' Do you make butt at your current job?

''{"$BUTT" is stamped on the screen}''

'''COMMERCIAL GUY 1:''' Do you want to make twice butt?

''{Cut to a Cakkalate brand calculator displaying "BUTT X 2" upside-down. It rotates counterclockwise 180 degrees. Cut to the CGNU online e-niversity: "website Coming Soon(ish)!" "Check back after all the bowl games ;)".}''

'''COMMERCIAL GUY 1:''' A shady online degree is just four clicks away at CGNU online e-niversity.

''{Four cursors appear. Cut to a wooden wall. A set of college pennants appear.}''

'''COMMERCIAL GUY 1:''' Most colleges take four years to complete.

''{Cut to a hand with a mouse against a purple background. The hand clicks the mouse button four times, causing the words "FRESHMAN!" "SOPHOMORE!" "JUNIOR!" "SENIOR!" to appear one after the other in increasing font size.}''

'''COMMERCIAL GUY 1:''' At CGNU, one year equals one click.

''{Cut to a mortarboard flying through the air. Cut to Senor Cardgage wearing a blue baseball cap in front of some boxes. His degrees are displayed on the screen as he moves his hand down.}''

'''SENOR CARDGAGE:''' I got fourteen degrees while on my lunch take. Now I can legally prescribe marriages in the state of Kansattica.

''{Cut to a blue background repeating the word "LEGITIMATE". An "(On)line CGNU e-NIVERSITY" medallion with four cursors rolls in. The words "Join the e-NIVERSITY e-VOLUTION e-DAY" appear in a blue font as Commercial Guy 1 says them, along with "Banner ad valorum".}''

'''COMMERCIAL GUY 1:''' ''{voiceover}'' Enroll now, and join the e-niversity e-volution e-day. Uh, well, today. ''{the word TODAY!!" appears over "e-DAY" in a yellow font}'' That last one didn't quite work out.

''{Fade through black to a Powered By The Cheat-style intertitle showing Strong Bad chasing his laptop.}''

'''FEMALE ANNOUNCER 1:''' ''{voiceover}'' We'll be right back with more ''Strong Bad Emails''.

''{Cut to balding man standing in front of a newspaper background.}''

'''COMMERCIAL GUY 2:''' ''{voiceover}'' Do you wanna cut your own arm off?

'''BALDING MAN:''' ''{loud, long sigh}''

''{Cut through static back to Strong Bad at the Lappy.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Now, don't worry. Just in case you were hoping to get gipped out of another minute of actual show, you get to hear the jazzy instrumental version over the end credits!

''{A jazzy instrumental version of the pop ballad theme song is played. Cut to Strong Bad talking into a microphone in front of Bubs' concession stand at night. End credits are shown over the scene.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' And on the off-chance that you actually wanted to hear the theme song... we've taken care of that, too.

''{A program preview with the logo for ''Three is 4 Tonite'' moves into the screen and squeezes the Strong Bad Email Show end credits into the left third of the screen. The music is faded significantly. The Action Cool News 5 logo slides in. As the announcer announces ''Three is 4 Tonite'', the faces of the four main characters appear, as well as the text "Weeknights at 7:30, 8:00, 9:30, 11:00, 11:30.}''

'''ANNOUNCER 2:''' ''{voiceover}'' Coming up later on ''Three is 4 Tonite'': join Mandy, Brandy, Andy, and Scurge, as they learn how to give a care. But first...

''{Cut to the words "Coming Up Next..."}''

'''ANNOUNCER 2:''' They're tiny, they're toony, they're ''all'' a little loony.

''{The graphics for the ''Cheat Commandos'' show Reynold being taped to a rocket and Fightgar checking the tape. The Cheat Commandos logo appears with the text "Weekdays at right now".}''

'''ANNOUNCER 2:''' It's the Cheat Commandos.

''{Cut back to Strong Bad at the Lappy.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' You see, Shaheen? ''{yet again, Strong Bad pronounces "Shaheen" as "Shaheeeen", and the Shaheen special effect appears}'' You're basically asking me to dedicate 2 minutes of my 3 to 5 minute email show, to what is essentially a commercial for something you're already watching! And besides, I give you people a new sbemail song every freakin' week. Allow me to leave you with the old standard 'When Email Comes to Town, You Know, You Know, It's Like a Rainstorm... In Your Browser.' ''{stops typing and starts singing}'' When email comes to town, you know, you know, it's like a rainstorm... in your browser.

''{[[The Paper]] comes down.}''

''{Funky theme song music is played and credits scroll by, while the Powered by The Cheat show preview squeezes into the screen; A red curtain is visible with spot lights moving over it. The text "Next! All new Powered By The Cheat!!! Later... Incredibly Local News" and the Action Cool News 5 logo slide in.}''

'''ANNOUNCER 3:''' ''{voiceover}'' ''{chuckles}'' Next up on ''Powered By The Cheat'': Strong Mad gets his own talk show.

''{"Strong Mad's Evening Hour" appears, followed by Powered by The Cheat Strong Mad (and his mouth and hands).}''

'''ANNOUNCER 3:''' And his first guest is hilarity!

''{Cut to Powered by The Cheat Strong Mad sitting behind a late night talk show host desk in front of a skyline. The guest with a The Cheat face and glasses appears in his seat, wobbling, before suddenly appearing up-close to the camera, laughing and bouncing up and down for a few seconds.}''

==Easter Eggs==
*Click on the talk show guest's [[The Cheat's Gold Tooth|gold tooth]] at the end of the email to see the Shaheen special effect.

==Fun Facts==

===Explanations===
*In the commercial for CGNU e-Niversity, the slogan "Banner ad valorum" is a play on the Latin phrase "ad valorem" meaning "according to an object's value." It is most frequently used in describing an ''ad valorem'' tax.
*The line "Check back after all the bowl games" on CGNU's website is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Bowl game|bowl games]] in American [[Wikipedia:College football|college football]].
*In the final credits, the credits for "Best Grip" and "Key Boy" are reversed versions of standard film credits [[Wikipedia:Best boy|best boy]] and [[Wikipedia:Key grip|key grip]].
*One of the degrees that CGNU e-Niversity offers is Matt's Communications, a [[portmanteau]] of [[Matt]] and [[Wikipedia:Mass communication|Mass Communications]], a degree that is offered at many colleges.

===Trivia===
*This is the first time Homestar has visible teeth.
*The floppy disk container reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#california games|california games]]".
*In the first theme song, Strong Bad is seen typing on the [[Compy 386]] keyboard, seen previously in [[fingers]].
*The credits during the second theme song read:
**starring strong bad
**strong mad
**and the cheat baxter-birney
**produced by Levert Burtmore
**casting by Tess Ballthrow
**executive producer Smarmy Cafe
**created by Lem Sportsinterviews
*The navigation buttons in the web browser showing the CGNU online e-niversity read, from left to right:
**This Way
**That Way
**No way
**A Dog
*The college pennants (read clockwise from the top) are:
**I Love Most Colleges! (White against a blue background)
**[[Showering|Shower]] (White against an orange background with a baseball cap next to the text)
**[[Biscuit]] [[Gravy]] University (White against a purple background with a biscuit outlined by lavender in the background)
**TWO STRIPS!! (Brown against a yellow background with two strips of [[bacon]] beneath the text)
**FROGS!! (White on green with a white frog outlined to the left of the text)
**Homestar's Knees Tech (Pale yellow against a maroon background)
**STATE U (Black outlined white against a red background)
[[Image:CGNU degrees.png|thumb|right|300px|Senor Cardgage's CGNU online diplomas]]
*The degrees available from CGNU online e-niversity (or at least the ones Senor Cardgage earned on his "lunch take") are:
**Business Administration
**Business Abomination
**Mousepad Engineer
**Infotainment Technology
**e-Cutting Ones
**The Lighter Side of Sports
**[[Matt Chapman|Matt]]'s Communications
**Business Wheeling
**Insider Trading
**Computer Graphs
**Bidness Dealing
**Caps Lock Technician
**Escrow Understandment
**Marriage [[Apothecary]]
*The credits in the middle of the email read:
**co-created by strong bad and [[cherry greg]]
**based upon the comedy stylings of [[Lil' Strong Bad|little strong bad]]
**teleplay by Sir [[Dolph Hauldhagen]]
**theme song by a Neville of some sort
**closing theme song by a Marsalis or two
**this has been a [[cheap as free]] production
*The credits at the end of the email read:
**Written by Geoff Rondleman
**Directed by [[Hot Tub]] T
**Produced by [[A. Chimendez]]
**Key Boy Tim "Timmers" Ballthrow
**Best Grip Not [[Lem Sportsinterviews]]
**Playa Hata [[Wikipedia:Stuart Scott|Stu Scott]]
**Script Supervisor [[date|Sid Hoffrenchman]]
**This show was filmed in front of a live studio audience.
**Soundtrack available as Cheap as Free Records
*The website for CGNU (http://www.cgnuonline-eniversity.edu/) does not exist, as only actual educational institutions can register .edu addresses. However, a fan registered http://www.cgnuonline-eniversity.com/, and recreated the page seen in the email; the list of degrees could be found by clicking on the exclamation point after "website Coming Soon(ish)". The domain has since expired.
*"We'll be right back with more Strong Bad Emails" is voiced by [[Jackie Chapman]], as revealed in the DVD commentary.
*The summary for the [[Podstar Runner]] RSS feed read, "Yeah, how come Strong Bad's email show doesn't have a theme song?"
*The [[YouTube]] description for this email is "Strong Bad tries to explain why his email show doesn't have a theme song."

===Remarks===
*"BUTT X 2" is the display on the calculator held upside down. It is not possible for most calculators to display "U" and "T" upside down (the typed numbers would have to be similar to a lowercase "N" and two "L"s back to back).
*During the Crappy Cartoon theme song, the "Trogdor" email on the Lappy is displayed with the [[font]] from the [[Compy 386]], instead of the Lappy's current font, Glitch0.
*The Cheat wears [[Cool Shades|cool shades]] during the first theme song.
*The four characters of Three is 4 Tonite all have the same faces but different hair styles that were apparently added on to the original photo.
*Even though he is The Cheat's best friend, this is the first time Strong Mad is mentioned in a Powered By The Cheat.
*If the shots in the "Neville" theme song version are from the unaired pilot it would mean that Strong Bad had the [[Lappy 486]] before he had the [[Tandy 400]].
*The guy making "butt" is shown holding nutshells, possibly a reference to the phrase "working for peanuts", meaning working for practically nothing.
*'Kansattica' where Senor Cardgage can legally prescribe marriages is a [[portmanteau]] of Kansas and Attica, a reference to Attica, KS, a small town in south-central Kansas about 60 miles southwest of Wichita. It may also refer to Attica, a region in Greece.

===Goofs===
[[Image:SBETheme Song Goof.PNG|thumb|Mouthless Strong Bad]]
[[Image:Sbscreen.PNG|thumb|Hilarity!]]
*There is no punctuation mark after Strong Bad types "Shaheen" for the first time.
*During the scene in the end credits with Strong Bad telling jokes, his mouth is shaped like an "O" and is covering his usually rectangle shaped mouth for one frame, giving him two mouths. Later in the same scene, his mouth disappears for one frame. This occurs another two times later on.
*Strong Bad's head pokes into the Powered By The Cheat preview when the preview squeezes into the screen.
*When Strong Bad's portrait fades in and out of the screen during the ballad theme song, parts of his mask can be seen through his forehead diamond. (This is caused when two non-merged Flash objects are faded at the same time, indicating Strong Bad's diamond is actually a separate object to his mask.)

===Inside References===
*Once again, Strong Bad is called a [[wrestleman]].
*In the theme song a close-up on how Strong Bad [[How Do You Type With Boxing Gloves On?|types with boxing gloves]] appears.
*The email shown in the first theme song asks Strong Bad to [[draw Trogdor again]].
*The name of the email author who wants Strong Bad to draw Trogdor refers to the year [[1987]].
*This is another email in which [[Strong Mad Smiling|Strong Mad]] and [[Strong Bad Smiling|Strong Bad smile]].
*Homestar [[Eating Non-Food Items|eats a light bulb sandwich]]. He was first obsessed with light bulbs (or globes) in [[long pants]].
*The flowers in the pot in the second theme song are from [[Summer Short Shorts]].
*Strong Bad is drinking [[Cold One#Coldson Lite|Coldson Lite]] from his hat.
*The email show is produced by [[Levert Burtmore]].
*The tank has the [[Strong Badia]] emblem on it.
*"BUTT X 2" is shown on a [[Cakkalate]]-brand calculator, which was introduced in [[technology]].
*The commercial for [[Crazy Go Nuts University]] mentions [[twice]].
*"Homestar's Knees Tech" is mentioned in [[mascot]].
*One of the courses Senor Cardgage took was "e-Cutting Ones" – "Cutting Ones" was offered in [[CGNU]].
*"Escrow" is one of the services offered by [[Senor Cardgage Mortgage]].
*The Balding Man is in the same scene as he was in [[Senor Mortgage]].
*According to the credits, "The Strong Bad Email Show" is based on the comedy [[Style|stylings]] of Little Strong Bad, a reference to [[stand-up]].
*The teleplay was written by Sir [[Dolph Hauldhagen]], from [[other days]].
*According to the final end credits, the show was written by Geoff [[Unseen Characters#Mentioned|Rondleman]], previously mentioned in [[Biz Cas Fri 1]].
*The script supervisor was "Sid Hoffrenchman", a reference to [[Homestar Runner's "Sid" Game]] in [[date]].
*Strong Mad having his own show was previously suggested in [[the facts]].
**Also similarly referenced in this email to [[the facts]] is a "We'll Be Right Back..." commercial card, but with Strong Bad instead of Homestar.
*The "[[Action Cool 5|Action Cool News 5]]" logo, in the lower right hand corner at the end of the email, and the "Incredibly Local News", are references to [[local news]].
*In the end credits, it lists the director as Hot Tub T, a reference to [[dangeresque 3]].
*The second theme song mentions [[robots]], as well as "[[X it out|sharin' and carin' it out]]".
*This is another instance of [[Not X]].
*Biscuit Gravy University references [[biscuits]] and [[gravy]].

===Real-World References===

*The heart background shown at the end of the first theme song is very similar to the one found in the intro and at the end of each episode of ''[[Wikipedia:The Powerpuff Girls|The Powerpuff Girls]]''.
*"They're tiny, they're toony, they're all a little loony" is a paraphrase of the first line of the theme song to ''[[Wikipedia:Tiny Toon Adventures|Tiny Toon Adventures]]''. [[wikipedia:Continuity announcer|Continuity announcers]] would regularly use this line, complete with the exaggerated pronunciation of the word "all," to introduce the show during the previous show's closing credits.
*In the second theme song, there are several successive references to late-'80s television shows:
**The succession of picture frames was a common element of several shows.
**The lyrics closely resemble the second verse from [http://www.lyricsondemand.com/tvthemes/growingpainslyrics.html the theme song] from ''[[Wikipedia:Growing Pains|Growing Pains]]''.
**"The Cheat Baxter-Birney" is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Meredith Baxter|Meredith Baxter]] (formerly Meredith Baxter Birney, from ''[[Wikipedia:Family Ties|Family Ties]]'').
**Strong Bad's flinging the papers into the air as he types may be a reference to [[Wikipedia:Stephen J. Cannell#Trivia|Stephen J. Cannell]]'s [[Wikipedia:Production logo|closing logo]].
** The font and style of "created by Lem Sportsinterviews" (yellow [[Wikipedia:Cooper Black|Cooper Black]] letters on a completely black background) is a reference to the closing credits of ''[[Wikipedia:Cheers|Cheers]]''.
*** The font and style of the rest of the opening credits, however, is another reference to ''[[Wikipedia:Family Ties|Family Ties]]'', which used a similar font ([http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/linotype/tango/ Tango]) in its opening credits.
**The scene with Strong Bad in an astronaut suit is a reference to the closing credits of the [[The Muppets|Muppet Babies]] cartoons. In the cartoon, Kermit and Piggy are both in the same looking astronaut suits and in the same pose as Strong Bad.
*Strong Bad in front of the side brick wall of Bubs' Concession Stand in the closing credits refers to Jerry Seinfeld's ending stand-up comedy segment of episodes of ''[[Wikipedia:Seinfeld|Seinfeld]]''. The credit "based on the comedy stylings of Little Strong Bad" also refers to this and other programs starring comics.
* "Probably sung by some variety of Neville" refers to [[Wikipedia:The Neville Brothers|The Neville Brothers]], a group of soul singers. The most famous Neville brother, [[Wikipedia:Aaron Neville|Aaron Neville]], has a distinctive vibrato that has inspired many parodies throughout pop culture.
* "Closing theme song by a Marsalis or two" refers to the [[Wikipedia:Marsalis|Marsalis]] family of jazz musicians.
* ''[http://www.tvimedia.com/1_lss.htm The Lighter Side of Sports]'', a long-running, syndicated TV show, is one of Senor Cardgage's degrees.
**''[[Wikipedia:MAD Magazine|MAD Magazine]]'' also contained a comic strip called "The Lighter Side Of..." written by [[Wikipedia:Dave Berg (cartoonist)|Dave Berg]].
* The "Escrow Understandment" line is a reference to a recurring [[Wikipedia:Saturday Night Live|Saturday Night Live]] sketch called "Middle-Aged Man", starring Mike Myers. One of Middle-Aged Man's powers was understanding escrow.
* The web browser used in the CGNU e-Niversity ad strongly resembles [[Wikipedia:Internet Explorer for Mac|Internet Explorer 5.0 for Mac]].
* Stuart Scott, mentioned in the end credits, is a reporter for ESPN. "Playa hata", his title, refers to one of his oft-used phrases on air.

===Fast Forward===
*Homestar's teeth would later be mentioned in [[underlings]] and [[dictionary]].

== DVD Version ==
*The DVD version features creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.

===Commentary Transcript===
'''MATT:''' Go, Ryan.

'''MIKE:''' This one— Ryan's gonna take the, uh, lead on this email commentary.

'''MATT:''' You run point!

'''RYAN:''' I'm a— I'm a big fan of theme songs.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah? What's your favorite TV theme song, Ry?

'''RYAN:''' Uh... Fortunately, a mix... Well, I dunno. Either Golden Girls, that's a good one...

'''MIKE:''' Uh huh.

'''RYAN:''' Or Family Ties is another good one.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Which one's Golden Girls? How does it go?

'''RYAN:''' A friend and a confidant.

''{Mike and Matt laugh}''

'''MATT:''' I— I always thought it was, uh, "You're a friend and I'm confident."

''{Mike and Ryan laugh}''

'''MATT:''' And so I thought it was ''{begins singing}'' "You're my fr— You're a friend and I'm confident!" And, uh, it just meant that, like, you know, I'm sure that we're friends! And then, what was, uh...

'''RYAN:''' Uh, Perfect Strangers had a good one.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, that was a good one.

'''RYAN:''' Uh...

''{pause}''

'''MATT:''' Um... ''{pause}'' Remember— So, when did things like, the, uh... the Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour, and, like, the Tom and Jerry Show, like, when they had a theme song, and it wasn't just shorts anymore? You know? Like, when did those ''happen?'' Was that— Was that in the 80s? Was that growing up, or was it prior to that?

'''MIKE:''' I dunno, it may have been in the 70s, I seem to remember 'em for a while, but...

'''MATT:''' Remember— I— That one reminds me of, uh... of the Tom and Jerry theme song. At the end, remember, he was picking up a weight and they all got sucked into the ground?

'''MIKE:''' Oh, yeah!

'''MATT:''' 'Cause he had... the weight he was trying to lift was too...

'''MIKE:''' Here's a Family Ties style, uh...

'''RYAN:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' Mm-hmm. Including Meredith Baxter The Cheat! The Cheat Baxter-Birnie!

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' The Cheat Bax— Meredith Baxter The Cheat! ''{laughs}'' That would have been much better. ''{seeing Strong Bad do shadow puppetry}'' How is he doing—

'''RYAN:''' Growing Pains.

'''MIKE:''' Yep.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

''{Ryan laughs}''

'''RYAN:''' Didn't we learn Alan Thicke wrote a lot of 'em?

'''MATT:''' Uh... or were we mistaken about that? I think—

'''RYAN:''' He ''wrote'' them. He didn't ''sing'' them.

'''MATT:''' He didn't sing them, that's right.

'''RYAN:''' 'Cause even— Uh, he wrote the Facts of Life one... I saw recently.

'''MATT:''' Ah. That looked like the— Cheers, uh... Doesn't Cheers use Cooper Black?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah. Yeah, at the end... for the "Created by..."

'''MATT:''' Yeah... ''{pause}'' "Check back after the bowl games!" They're— We're— They're really into the bowl games. Do you think that includes the Pro Bowl?

'''MIKE:''' Ohhh...

'''MATT:''' CGNU Online E-niversity.

'''MIKE:''' Definitely. The Pro Bowl. My favorite sporting event of the year.

'''MATT:''' Uh, so, Mike did a lot of this email. I was out of town. And Mike did a lot of this...

'''MIKE:''' Where'd you go? Where were you, man?!

'''MATT:''' I don't remem— Oh, I was in New— New York. ''{pronounces "York" like "Youk"}''

'''MIKE:''' Oh.

'''MATT:''' I remember watching this with millionaire gadabout Craig Zobel.

'''MIKE:''' Look! It's Jackie!

'''MATT:''' Hey! That's old wife Jackie!

''{pause as the three laugh while the balding man ponders the possibilty of cutting his arm off}''

'''MATT:''' You know, maybe. He's considering cutting his arm off.

'''MIKE:''' He definitely will! C'mon. Who're you kidding?

'''MATT:''' Next time that guy shows up he should... not have an arm. ''{pause}'' Um...

''{pause}''

'''MIKE:''' "Based on the comedy of..." I know, uh, Everybody Loves Raymond, uh... Home Improvement.

'''MATT:''' ''{overlapping}'' Did Seinfeld?

'''MIKE:''' I don't know if Seinfeld had that in the credits. Those other ones had in the credits "based on the comedy of".

'''MATT:''' So this is our local affiliate, uh, what, channel 10. Uh... 4— Channel— Well, 46 was the local thing but it was channel 10 on cable. The guy would always— It was before Charles in Charge.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughing}'' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' "But first, they're tiny, they're toony, they're ''all'' a little looney! It's Tiny Toon Adventures! And next, Lembeck chops his head off... on Charles in Charge." ''{pause}'' Um... So, yeah, how 'bout— When did squishy— squishing start... at the end of, uh... the promo for some other show happening.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, I don't know why...

'''RYAN:''' Yeah, to fit more ads.

'''MATT:''' Right.

'''MIKE:''' I dunno why they allow it. Sometimes movies, they get so squished you definitely can't read them...

'''MATT:''' And plus, movies, they run them by really fast.

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' It's, like, pointless. Yeah, really fast. Yeah.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

''{pause}''

'''MATT:''' Coach!

===Fun Facts===
*''[[Wikipedia:The Golden Girls|The Golden Girls]]'', ''[[Wikipedia:Family Ties|Family Ties]]'', ''[[Wikipedia:Perfect Strangers (TV series)|Perfect Strangers]]'', ''[[Looney Tunes|The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour]]'', ''[[Wikipedia:The Tom and Jerry Show (1975)|The Tom and Jerry Show]]'', ''[[Wikipedia:Growing Pains|Growing Pains]]'', ''[[Wikipedia:The Facts of Life (TV series)|The Facts of Life]]'', ''[[Wikipedia:Cheers|Cheers]]'', ''[[Wikipedia:Everybody Loves Raymond|Everybody Loves Raymond]]'', ''[[Wikipedia:Home Improvement|Home Improvement]]'', ''[[Wikipedia:Seinfeld|Seinfeld]]'', ''[[Wikipedia:Charles in Charge|Charles in Charge]]'', ''[[Wikipedia:Tiny Toon Adventures|Tiny Toon Adventures]]'', and ''[[Wikipedia:Coach (TV series)|Coach]]'' are all television programs.
*[[Fonts#Cooper Black|Cooper Black]] is a font used frequently by [[The Brothers Chaps]].
*The "channel 46" the Brothers Chaps are referring to is what is now known as [[Wikipedia:WGCL-TV|WGCL-TV]] in Atlanta. An independent station when TBC were children, WGCL became the city's CBS affiliate in 1994 after [[Wikipedia:WAGA-TV|WAGA-TV]] switched its affiliation to Fox.

==External Links==
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[[Image:Greatmound.PNG|thumb|"There's nothing great about this mound, okay?"]]

Strong Bad takes a vacation and writes [[postcards]] from the [[Strong Bad's Vacation Spots|places he visits]].

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]]

'''Computer:''' [[Tandy 400]]

'''Date:''' Sunday, August 11, 2002

'''Running Time:''' 4:17 (all options)

'''Page Title:''' Tandy 400: Still Bloke.

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc One}}

== Transcript ==

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Oooh, duh ''doo'' doo doo, my email left me, duh ''doo'' doo... ''{stops singing}''

<blockquote class="tandy email">Dear Strong Bad, 
 
You must be a very busy man. You should think 
about a vacation. 
 
Filled with crap, 
BrothaCheese</blockquote>

''{He shakes his head disappointedly and sighs after reading "filled with crap" and rolls the "r" in "BrothaCheese"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Oh, vacation, eh? You know, I have been sittin at this computer for a long freakin' time. And Strong Mad says I've been lashing out at The Cheat more often than usual... Yeah, you know what? ''{stops typing, scribbles a note while muttering "a little bit of this... little bit of that..."}'' I'm outta here. ''{pause}'' DORKS! ''{He slaps a [[sticky note]] on the screen with a drawing of an angry face with sharp teeth and the word "DORKS!" on it and walks away humming. The screen fades to black, and comes back with a menu of postcards.}''

*'''[[#Postcard 1|Postcard 1]]'''
*'''[[#Postcard 2|Postcard 2]]'''
*'''[[#Postcard 3|Postcard 3]]'''
*'''[[#Postcard 4|Postcard 4]]'''
*'''[[#Postcard 5|Postcard 5]]'''

'''Just pick one.'''

=== Postcard 1 ===

'''The Great Mound (Bigger than that one in Ohio!)'''

'''Date:''' Sunday, August 11, 2002

Hey, you guys! Just dropping you a line here from "The Great Mound." I got two words for ya: false advertising. There's ''nothing'' great about this mound, okay? And another thing- there's nothing but old ladies hanging around this mound! You know, wearing their muumuus and their tutus and all their Dainty McDainty crap... Like... I don't like old ladies. I don't even wanna see 'em. Anyways, the mound was a big disappointment. I'll write from my next destination. Later!

=== Postcard 2 ===

'''Fabulous Downtown Pantsburg'''

'''Date:''' Thursday, August 15, 2002

Hey everybody. Don't be fooled. Downtown Pantsburg isn't anywhere ''near'' as fabulous as it appears in that photograph. I mean, they don't even let you ride that bike! In fact, it was, like, welded to that little house! Anyways, I met some guys here, they were pretty cool, we hung out, y'know, made fun of this one girl... pushed some guy into some mud... We traded addresses and stuff and they say they're gonna come visit, but, you know how that ends up. I'll never see 'em again. Come to think of it, I probably should have taken some of their stuff. Oh well. That old highway's a-callin' my name, so, you'll hear from me soon. Peace!

=== Postcard 3 ===

'''It's that CLOCK (look at it go)'''

'''Date:''' Monday, August 19, 2002

''{singing, with acoustic guitar playing in background}'' It's that clooooock... come on you guuuuuuys... you need to check it on ouuuuuuuut... it's that CLOCK! I can't believe it! ''{stops singing}'' Okay, the best thing about this postcard is if you look at the clock, that's the exact same time that I first laid eyes on the clock! 2:55, man. And like, iddi—oh, wait, it still says... 2:55. Okay, well, the clock is broken, but still! It's about the best thing I've ever seen ''{sings}'' in my whole liiiiiife! ''{stops singing}'' Okay, now I got to bust a wicked solo. ''{starts playing a sparse acoustic guitar solo, ending with very high notes}'' Thank you, good night!

=== Postcard 4 ===

'''Two Cars Tennessee'''

'''Date:''' Thursday, August 22, 2002 (approx.)

'Sup, everybody? Here I am in Two Cars, Tennessee, and you know what? I kinda miss you guys and your emails... I can almost hear one of them now: "Dear Stong Bad, You are crap. Crap is the best. Everybody loves crap. Crap is in the mix. Crap is to the max. How does Homestar pick stuff up if he's not wearing any Marzipants? Crapfully crap, Monkey D, Seattle, Washington." Ahh... okay! I got my fix. On to the next town! Oh, and incidentally, I highly recommend Two Cars, Tennessee. It's got a ''real'' happenin' arts and crafts scene.

=== Postcard 5 ===

'''Visit Historic Over There'''

'''Date:''' Monday, August 26, 2002

Hey guys, just a quick one while I'm away. So I visited Historic Over There. Don't be fooled by the old-timey photograph— the place really looks like that. Like, everything is tan and brown. The sky? Tan. And the streets are paved with a little different shade of tan. It was nothing but antique stores down there, like I couldn't find a single restaurant! I have a sneaking suspicion the people in Over There ''eat'' antiques. Yeah. ''Screwed up.'' There was one guy out there doing caricatures, though. I stopped by and got one... of myself... he made me... a caric-ter... choor... it was great. Okay. All this old Coca-Cola memorabilia is making me thirsty. I'll talk at ya soon.

== Easter Eggs ==
[[File:Vacation Characiture.png|thumb|The ladies be that way!]]
*You can click on the Post-it note to hear it say different insults and comments:
**"Hey!"
**"Dorks!"
**"Get offa me!"
**"You stink!"
*On the second postcard, at the end of his spiel, you can click on the window and see Strong Bad being himself.
:''{A silhouetted Strong Bad peeks his head out from behind the dark rectangle, then runs toward the bike}'' 
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Tee hee hee! ''{jumps on the bike}'' Oh man. My legs don't even reach the pedals! This is about as fun as Mr. Toad's Wild Ride... But actually, that was pretty fun. There's that part where you think you're going to hit the badger, and—what the? 
:''{A second light comes on in the house, and a dog starts barking}'' 
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh geez! 
:''{Strong Bad jumps off the bike, and runs headlong into the mailbox, causing a flurry of mail and falling on the ground}'' 
:'''STRONG BAD:''' ...Hey, coupons!
*On the fourth postcard, at the end of his spiel, you can click on the rightmost headlight to see the crazy Seattle [[Monkey D]] postcard.
*On the fifth postcard, while he is talking about his caricature, you can click on the postcard and see it. The caricature is labeled "[[Lem Sportsinterviews|LEM]] '02."

== Fun Facts ==

===Trivia===
*Until [[retirement]], this was the only email on the site without any links to Strong Bad's email address.
*When Strong Bad stands up, he makes [[The Geddup Noise]] with his voice, rather than the stool making it, according to the DVD commentary for [[army]].
*This is the longest Tandy-era email.
*This is the first email to break both the three minute ''and'' four minute mark.
*This toon has [[nondescript nouns]] ("That Clock" and "Over There").
*This email was updated over a period of approximately two weeks, with Strong Bad writing a postcard every few days.
*The [[YouTube]] description for this email is "Strong Bad goes on vacation and sends some postcards from exotic destinations."

===Remarks===
[[Image:Monkey Dude6.PNG|thumb|The infamous Monkey Dude typo]]
*The Seattle skyline featured in the Easter egg for the fourth postcard is backwards.
*Also in the Easter egg, there is a typo on Monkey Dude's shirt. It reads "I &hearts; '''[[Stong]] Band'''" instead of "Strong Bad".

===Glitches===
*While the postcards play, the contrast knobs can still be selected.

===Inside References===
*Strong Bad expresses his displeasure at BrothaCheese for using [[Crapfully Yours|crap]] in his signature.
*In Postcard #4, Strong Bad uses "Dear [[Stong Bad]]" as the greeting of his imaginary email.
*"How does [[Homestar Runner]] pick stuff up if he's not wearing any Marzipants?" is both a reference to Homestar's [[lack of visible arms]] and [[Homestar Runner's Pants|pants]].
*"Get offa me!" is a reference to [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]], in which rolling over a skull at the ending produces the same message.

===Real-World References===
*"A little bit of this, a little bit of that" is a lyric from the song ''Anatevka'', from the musical [[Wikipedia:Fiddler on the Roof|Fiddler on the Roof]].
*[[Wikipedia:Mr. Toad's Wild Ride|Mr. Toad's Wild Ride]] is an attraction at [[Wikipedia:Disneyland|Disneyland]] based on the [[Disney]] movie [[Wikipedia:The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad|''The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad'']], which in turn was based on [[Wikipedia:The Wind in the Willows|''The Wind in the Willows'']]. The [[Wikipedia:Badger|badger]] refers to a character from the movie and book, appropriately named Angus MacBadger, and the part of the ride that Strong Bad is referring to is the very beginning of the ride.
*In postcard 5, Strong Bad says, "Just a quick one while I'm away", a reference to [[The Who]]'s song "[[Wikipedia:A Quick One While He's Away|A Quick One While He's Away]]".
*In postcard 1, it says the Great Mound is "Bigger than that one in Ohio!" This is a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Serpent Mound|Serpent Mound]] in Adams County, OH.

===Fast Forward===
*The Seattle postcard is later used as the filler inside the words for the "Greetings from Place" postcard in an Easter Egg in [[different town]].

== DVD Version ==
*The "DORKS!" sticky note Easter egg is still present, but it only says, "Hey, dorks!". To access it, click on the invisible Strong Bad logo to the right of the sticky note.
*To activate the Easter egg on the second postcard, click on the invisible Strong Bad logo on the right shed.
*To activate the Easter egg on the fourth postcard, click on the invisible Strong Bad logo on the bottom left of the postcard.
*On the fifth postcard, the Lem Sportsinterviews caricature can be seen only by hitting your DVD player's Angle button.
*When played in Play All, the postcards show in order.

== YouTube Version ==
*The postcards are played in order, with the Pantsburg, Monkey D and caricature Easter eggs playing automatically.
*The "DORKS!" Easter egg is not present.
*[[The Paper]] comes down at the end.
*Strong Bad says "2:55" the second time at exactly 2:55 in the video.

== External Links ==
{{extlinks|sbemail40|youtube=TF-Us8JIMMQ}}

{{missinginfo|release date of postcard 4}}
{{Strong Bad Email}}
[[Category:Tandy 400 Emails]]

Talk:Naked Homestar Runner

StarFox — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 04:46:44 GMT

StarFox: /**/Public Flasher

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Wow, you used my idea. Awesome, Matt. {{User:Darth Katana X/sig}}

== Homestar Naked? ==

We should change this article's name to "Homestar Naked," otherwise it sounds like a power-up from a video game or something. I could just see in ''Smash'', "versus, Naked, Homestar." {{User:Darth Katana X/sig}}
:Well, "Homestar Naked" sounds like a weird rock album, so there you go. I like it better the way it is. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]
[[Image:Homestarnakedalbum.png|thumb|Homestar Naked]]
::Yeah, I remember that weird rock album called ''Homestar Naked'' now, you mean the one by Angstarap? {{User:Darth Katana X/sig}}

== Wrong ==

The line on this page "and [he] has even voluntarily taken his clothes off in front of others" sounds wrong to me, if you know what I mean. Is there a way we could remove this part or reword it? {{User:Salty/sig}} 00:58, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

It's not THAT wrong..:)...[[User:Ava|Ava]] 01:46, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

== Proportions ==

What I’ve always thought was weird about naked Homestar is that his torso seems to be shaped exactly like his shirt. From his legs, you’d think he’s simply wearing a large, baggy shirt that makes him look like a pepper shaker. But when he’s naked, particularly the times when he’s portrayed with a fig leaf, it looks like he has a huge torso that abruptly thins at his legs, creating a flat surface beneath his bulk. Does he have huge hips, or no hips? Is it an abnormally-shaped pot belly? Am I thinking about this too hard? [[Special:Contributions/76.115.22.34|76.115.22.34]] 18:32, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
:You might want to watch [[One Two, One Two|this]]. not sure if it answers your question at all, but it seems to suggest that his legs go farther than just his shirt. it could also just be an [[Inconsistencies within the Homestar Runner universe|inconsistency]], so if that's the case, then i guess you're no better off than you were before, and someone else will have to give you a better answer. {{User:The Knights Who Say Ni/sig}} 19:02, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

==Strong Sad "Au Naturelle"==

Wasn't there an episode of SBCG4AP where Strong Bad mentioned that Strong Sad once went naked? [[User:StarFox|StarFox]] 17:00, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

==The April Fools' Day Statue==

Should that also count as an instance of Homestar being naked? Particularly the eating of the "fig leaf"? [[Special:Contributions/174.19.85.155|174.19.85.155]] 01:04, 23 December 2014 (UTC)

== Public Flasher ==

What's the one where Bubs says he's a public flasher? [[User:StarFox|StarFox]] 04:46, 29 July 2019 (UTC)

space program

StarFox — Fri, 26 Jul 2019 18:31:47 GMT

StarFox: /* Explanations */

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[[Image:Sbemail138.PNG|thumb|"Nice work, The Strap!"]]

We learn of Strong Badia's space program, [[The Strong Badian Administration of Some Aluminum Foil|SBASAF]].

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|The King of Town}}, {{Film|Coach Z}} (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Strong Badia]], [[The Classroom]] (Easter egg)

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' Monday, November 14, 2005

'''Running Time:''' 3:44

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Five}}, {{dvd|Sbemails' 50 Greatest Hits DVD|notitle=true}}

== Transcript ==
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Email is the sound that we make when a young girl cries...

<blockquote class="lappy email"><div>subject: space program</div>
Dear Strongbad, 
Does Strongbadia have a space program? 
Doo doo crap, 
Ryan 
Raleigh, NC
</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad says "Da-da-da-da-" before "Dear," "Good jokes" instead of "Doo doo crap," "Ryan Raleigh" as one name, and "NC" as "Not Cool."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Who ''doesn't'' have a space program these days? I mean, don't, like, the Italians have a space program? Ours is called SBASAF ''{pronounced "sbase-aff"}''. The Strong Badian Administration of Some Aluminum Foil. ''{clears screen}'' The only problem is, ...

''{Fade to white; Strong Bad continues in voiceover.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ...we blew our whole budget on this kick-awesome logo...

''{As he says this, the SBASAF logo appears—a rocket's path tracing the second S, and ending up in position as the first A.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ...and on our orientation filmstrip.

''{Cut to a filmstrip frame of the SBASAF logo, with "2005 Strong Badian Administration of Some Aluminum Foil" at the bottom. The frame is initially out of focus, but becomes focused partway through the voiceover.}''

'''VOICEOVER:''' SBASAF is a definitely-for-profit organization, dedicated to the manned taping of aluminum foil to cardboard. ''{beep sound}''

''{Another frame comes up - a stylized drawing of alien mountains in [[outer space]], with a [[The Moon|moon]] and a comet in the sky. A ten and five dollar note are visible, and a large arrow pointing beyond the mountains. The ten dollar bill has the text "TEN O' DEMS" along the top, the earth in the president's place and a circled "SB" for the seal. The five dollar bill is mostly obscured, but a sun and planet are visible on it.}''

'''VOICEOVER:''' Our mission objective: to accompany 15 earth dollars on a round trip journey... ''{beep}''

''{Another frame: a drawing of a spaceship flying past a planet.}''

'''VOICEOVER:''' ...to the closest reaches of space. ''{beep}''

''{Another frame: two astronauts, one lying on a bench with weights, the other saying "Gimme '''ONE''' more!!"}''

'''VOICEOVER:''' While the muscular crew will age only a few hours, the cargo, according to our... ''{beep}''

''{Another frame: a portrait of Albert Einstein, saying "Hiya!"}''

'''VOICEOVER:''' ...vague understanding of the theory of relativity, will have aged to an incredible... ''{beep}''

''{Another frame: three large gold bars in space, with the caption "THREE O' DEMS". The slide is initially above center, then is adjusted.}''

'''VOICEOVER:''' ...one million dollars. And who is good enough at video games...

''{Another frame: a photo of a TV screen with a joystick in front of it. On the screen is a typical 2-D one-on-one fighting game with "FIGHT!!!" written on it. The combatants are a hamburger and a ghost. The ghost has only 1/3 health.}''

'''VOICEOVER:''' ...to accept such a dangerous mission? Why, none other than beef bouillon-aire joyboy... ''{beep}''

''{Another frame: Strong Bad wearing a headband with small wings on it, with pants made of foil.}''

'''VOICEOVER:''' ...Space Captainface. First Lieuteneral Captainface knows the true key to success is... 

''{Another frame: a girl smiling at the camera, with a polka-dot background.}''

'''VOICEOVER:''' ...to have as many hot '60s-looking girls in your filmstrips as possible.

''{Another frame: two more girls against a blue background with a wavy stripe.}''

'''VOICEOVER:''' Yeah, girls! All right! ''{beep}''

''{Another frame: The Cheat wearing a blue cap and [[Cool Shades|sunglasses]], with the caption Harold "Strap" Coopmore.}''

'''VOICEOVER:''' Hey, look! It's onboard mechanic Harold "Strap" Coopmore! Looks like he could use a grilled cheese sandwich.

''{Another frame: a photo of a grilled cheese sandwich, with the caption Item 3b: "Grilled Cheese". Different music plays for a little bit, then, with a record-scratching noise, the previous music resumes and another frame is cued: two men with flat-top haircuts and headsets in front of a computer terminal. They're wearing horn-rimmed glasses and short-sleeved dress shirts; one has a pocket protector and several pens.}''

'''VOICEOVER:''' Flat-tops and shirt sleeves are the order of the day at SBASAF mission control. Why, Flight Engineer Ted Averill! You aren't smoking a smooth relaxing cigarette at all! ''{beep}''

''{Another frame: the same scene, but the man on the left is smoking.}''

'''VOICEOVER:''' That's better. And somebody get that man a highball. ''{beep}''

''{Another frame: rows of spaceships.}''

'''VOICEOVER:''' The flagship of SBASAF's 30-vessel fleet is the Proud Anselmo.

''{Another frame: Strong Bad in the same outfit, atop a spaceship labeled "PROUD ANSELMO". There is a beam of golden light spotlighting Strong Bad.}''

'''VOICEOVER:''' A wonder of modern SBASAF-ery, the Proud Anselmo was constructed entirely out of cardboardium alloy. When blastoff day finally arrives,

''{Another frame: the '60s girls in silhouette with a large question mark.}''

'''VOICEOVER:''' ...will you be among the hot '60s-looking girls to wish Strap and Space Captainface a safe voyage? And if not... ''{beep}''

''{Another frame: a tearful basset hound with the caption "How Come?"}''

'''VOICEOVER:''' ...how come?

''{Cut to Strong Badia. A close-up of Strong Bad wearing his Space Captainface costume in a cardboard box holding an Atari joystick. He and the box are trembling violently.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Argrgrgrgrgrgr! Got to... escape... Earth's... tenacity.... Fire the afterburners, Strap!

''{A wider shot shows that The Cheat is in a taller cardboard box duct-taped to Strong Bad's, and has a [[SeeDees|CD player]]. [[#Trivia|Various objects]] are duct-taped to the side of the box. We can now see Strong Mad's hand shaking the boxes.}''

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{strained The Cheat noises}''

''{The Cheat presses play on the CD Player, which plays a sci-fi flyby sound effect. Cut back to Strong Bad. The box lifts into the air temporarily and lands on the ground.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh... we made it. ''{the boxes continue shaking}'' Ahem. ''Oh, we made it.'' ''{the boxes stop shaking}''

'''STRONG MAD:''' Awww...

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{holding a Speak & Spell}'' According to my ca-cuh-lations, our precious cargo should have already multiplied to about 50 bucks!

''{Strong Mad walks away behind the fence and sits down, looking dejected.}''

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{holding up a CD labeled "SOUND F/X (not sounds from that movie F/X)"} {The Cheat noises}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, right. We spent the precious cargo on that sound effect CD. Well, let me hear "Body falling downstairs".

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{agreeable-sounding The Cheat noises}'' ''{presses button on CD player}''

''{The sound effect of what sounds like a body falling down a staircase plays. Strong Bad moves his head with each thump. Homestar Runner rushes up with a sweater stuck over his head.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' You guys! You guys! I need help putting on this sweater!

'''STRONG BAD:''' A space myoot-ant from Satriani 5! Hit him with everything we got, Strap!

''{The Cheat pushes various buttons, and random laser sounds and explosions are played. After a pause, The Cheat throws the CD case at Homestar.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Aah! I knew I should have asked the Italian space program. ''{hobbles off}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Nice work, The Strap. Another successful mission for ''{music starts; singing}'' Space Captainface!

''{A piece of cardboard labeled SPACE CAPTAINFACE is lowered on a fishing hook above Strong Bad}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{still singing}'' Pretender of the galaxies! He's all-the-ways having space cocktails with hot '60s-looking girls!

''{Cut to wide shot; we see that The Cheat is holding a fishing rod with the SPACE CAPTAINFACE logo hanging from it.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{although the first few words are almost spoken, concludes singing an octave higher}'' Where are all the hot '60s-looking girls? ''{music stops}''

''{The King of Town enters from the left.}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' I'm in my 60s!

''{[[The Paper]] comes down.}''

== Easter Eggs ==
*At the end, click "S. CAPTAINFACE" on the boxflap to the side of Strong Bad to hear a log entry.
:''{Strong Bad is at the Lappy}''
:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Captainface Log: The vinegar-baking soda drive on the Proud Anselmo has run out of fuel, stranding us in the Impellitteri Sector. There is shrapnel everywhere. It makes one wonder, does man truly—''{beep}''
:''{The slide of Item 3b: "Grilled Cheese" comes into frame from the bottom and stays a few seconds, accompanied by its music from the filmstrip.}''
*At the end, click the [[Tire]] to see Cadet Z at recruitment.
:''{The last two slides of the slideshow play again. Coach Z's arm enters frame from the bottom}''
:'''COACH Z:''' I was told I was gonna get to pee in a cup!
:''{Pull back to see Coach Z watching Strong Bad next to a projection screen}''
:'''STRONG BAD:''' In due time, Cadet Z. In due time.
:'''COACH Z:''' Oh, doo time! Even better!
:''{Strong Bad looks slightly shocked}''
*At the end, click the CD to see the back cover.
SOUND F/X are not a joke!
featuring such favorite hits as:
- baby in a wagon
- drippy towel
- single bird tweet
- the hush of winter
- baseball in repose
- body falling downstairs
- sonar ping
- creaking rustiness
- sonar pong
- rub sequence 00003 or 2
:On the side of the case is the text ''Sound F/X (not sounds from that movie F/X)''.

==Fun Facts==

===Explanations===
*The beeps in the filmstrip are common when a presenter is given a set of slides and a tape - so the presenter knows when to change the slides. Also, some combined tape player/projector models advance automatically upon detecting the beep.
*The "vague understanding of the theory of relativity" is a parody of [[Wikipedia:Special relativity|Special relativity]] which is popularly held to be difficult to understand, and predicts that space travellers going near the speed of light will age more slowly.
*A [[Wikipedia:Sonar|Sonar]] ping is a method used to determine distance from one object to another, like two submarines. One will send out a low level "ping" that travels at a set speed through water, "bounces" off the other submarine, and is re-received by the first's sonar system. The amount of time this takes determines the distance.
**There is no Sonar "pong" - the reflection of the ping is called a return. The term "pong" is often incorrectly used due to confusion with the game [[Wikipedia:Ping Pong|Ping Pong]].
**An example of a Sonar ping can be heard near the end of [[dreamail]].
*SBASAF's "definitely-for-profit" status is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Non-profit organization|not-for-profit organizations]].
*Although it makes sense as constructed, Strong Bad's reference to "escap[ing]... Earth's... tenacity" appears to be a [[Wikipedia:Malapropism|malapropism]] for the phenomenon of [[Wikipedia:Escape velocity|escape velocity]].
*A [http://m-w.com/dictionary/highball highball] is an iced drink containing liquor (as whiskey) and water or a carbonated beverage and served in a tall glass. Highballs were also featured prominently in [[radio]].
*An [[Wikipedia:Alloy|alloy]] is a combination of two or more elements that includes at least two metals and has metallic properties.
*The phrase "smooth and relaxing cigarette", like most of the SBASAF slide show, comes directly from the '50s and '60s TV culture. [[Smoking#Cigarettes|Cigarettes]] were "in" during this period, so advertisers primarily targeted men in their 20s and 30s, often trying to make non-smokers seem uncool.
*Mixing vinegar and baking soda together causes a chemical reaction that, in some instances, can be powerful enough to propel small objects forward.
*An [[Wikipedia:afterburner|afterburner]] increases the power of a jet engine by adding and burning more fuel before the nozzle and after the turbine (hence, "afterburner"). As it only works on air-breathing jet engines, it cannot be fitted to a rocket.
*The Italians do in fact have a space program, the [[Wikipedia:Italian Space Agency|Italian Space Agency]]

===Trivia===
*This email was sent in by HRWiki forum user [http://forum.hrwiki.org/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=2807 Ryan Sturmer].
*The various things and text adorning Strong Bad's spaceship are from left to right:
**[[Duct Tape]]
**A [[Van Buren]] bust
**An [[ABA Basketball]]
**Used paper towel rolls
**An [[Atari 2600]] joystick
**The [[Strong Badia]]n national flag/emblem
**A/C ductwork
**''"the proud anselmo"''
**''1ST LTNRL. S. CAPTAINFACE''
**Aluminum foil
**Upside down ''THIS WAYS''
**''"STRAP" COOPMORE''
**An empty milk carton
*Apparently several parts of the [http://static.flickr.com/32/63362276_e72bcf6cc6_o.png original email] were cut out. The alleged original version was:
<blockquote class="lappy email"><div>subject: Space Program</div>
Dear Strongbad, 
Does Strongbadia have a space program? Certainly your terrestrial resources will be depleted at some point: What plans do you have for emergency migration to other worlds? 
Crapfully DooDooCrap, 
Ryan 
Raleigh, NC
</blockquote>
[[Image:Television Reflection.JPG|thumb|We see you!]]
*Using a decompiler to get the original picture used in the video game scene shows the reflection in the screen, showing one of [[The Brothers Chaps]] taking the screenshot, with someone else in the background.
*This is the first time the King of Town's [[age]] is mentioned, as he claims that he is in his 60s.
*The [[YouTube]] description for this email is "Strong Bad describes Strong Badia's space program, SBASAF."

===Remarks===
*As of this cartoon's release, only the [[Wikipedia:United States of America|USA]], [[Wikipedia:Russia|Russia]], and [[Wikipedia:China|China]] have [[Wikipedia:Human spaceflight|manned space programs]]. [[Wikipedia:Italy|Italy]] is a member of the [[Wikipedia:European Space Agency|European Space Agency]].
*Homestar may be having difficulty with his sweater's sleeves because he [[Lack of Visible Arms|has no visible arms]].
*In the old-fashioned video game shown on the TV, the player on the left is titled "Hamburger" even though it has a large layer of cheese in it which would technically make it a cheeseburger.
*The [[Tire]] wears a corded headset and is smoking a cigarette. Thus it appears to be the only acting member of Mission Control.
*"Track 03" is displayed on the CD player for the afterburner sound as well as for one of the laser sounds.
*Some beeps don't occur in the soundtrack accompanying the SBASAF filmstrip. Also, while there is a beep between the final two slides in the filmstrip, the beep is absent when the clip is replayed during one of the Easter eggs.
*Strong Bad allegedly purchased a spaceship with Homestar's credit card in [[credit card]].
*Bouillon-aire and Lieuteneral are [[portmanteaus]].
*When Strong Bad is posing in space, he looks darker than usual.

===Inside References===
*Strong Bad receives yet another email signed with the word "[[Crapfully Yours|crap]]".
*The soundtrack to the filmstrip is built around the theme that plays when rolling over [[Store]] and [[Downloads]] on [[Main Page 19]] (with much longer notes, and transposed from G to C).
*In [[Halloween Fairstival]], Coach Z attempted to use a drippy towel to scare the hiccups out of The Cheat.
*In the slide featuring Harold "Strap" Coopmore, [[The King of Town's grill]] is visible in the background.
*"And somebody get that man a highball" is a reference to [[alcohol]].
*This is another appearance of [[names ending in -face]].
*The grilled cheese sandwich in the filmstrip is a [[Real-Live Foods|live-action food]].
*The Van Buren bust previously appeared in [[The Cheat's character video]].
*Strong Bad pronounces "mutant" [[-ant pronounced with a hard A|with a hard A]].
*An Easter egg previously ended with Coach Z making a suggestive comment and Strong Bad making a surprised face in [[garage sale]].

===Real-World References===
*The S. CAPTAINFACE log is similar to the ones that occur at the beginning of many [[Wikipedia:Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]] episodes. The original [[Star Trek]] series also included philosophical musings on whether man belonged in space, which may be the sentiment interrupted by the grilled cheese sandwich slide.
*The narrator's comments about shirt-sleeves and flattops being the order of the day, and implying a cigarette is required, is a good description of late '60s early '70s [http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/mirrors/images/images/pao/AS11/10075291.jpg Mission Control]. Many other aspects of SBASAF including its acronym title and logo parallel [[Wikipedia:NASA|NASA]].
*[[Wikipedia:Albert Einstein|Albert Einstein]] was a twentieth century theoretical physicist, most famous for his [[Wikipedia:Theory of relativity|theory of relativity]]. This email came out in 2005, which marked the 100th anniversary of Einstein's famous paper on Special Relativity.
*Harold "Strap" Coopmore is possibly a reference to U.S. Air Force General [[Wikipedia:Henry H. Arnold|Henry "Hap" Arnold]] who served on the committee that would become NASA.
*[[The Proud Anselmo]], Satriani 5, and the Impellitteri Sector all refer to famous rock musicians — [[Wikipedia:Phil Anselmo|Phil Anselmo]], [[Wikipedia:Joe Satriani|Joe Satriani]] and [[Wikipedia:Chris Impellitteri|Chris Impellitteri]], respectively. Also note Satriani's late '80s album, ''Surfing with the Alien''.
**The "Proud Anselmo" is also likely a reference to [http://www.space.com/news/space_news_100-1.html Rene Anselmo], the creator of the commercial satellite industry.
*Strong Bad's pronunciation of "mutant" is most likely a reference to the classic science-fiction film ''[[Wikipedia:This Island Earth|This Island Earth]]'' (featured in ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]: [[Wikipedia:Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie|The Movie]]''), where an alien "mut-ant" figures in the climax.
*[[Wikipedia:F/X|F/X]] is a movie from 1986 starring [[Wikipedia:Bryan Brown|Bryan Brown]] and [[Wikipedia:Brian Dennehy|Brian Dennehy]]. The movie is about a special effects technician who is hired by a government agency to help stage the assassination of a well-known gangster.
*The joystick next to the TV is the standard [[Wikipedia:ColecoVision|ColecoVision]] joypad, known as the "doorknob" due to the control stick's distinctive and somewhat uncomfortable shape.
*Strong Bad's "Space Captainface" costume includes a [[Wikipedia:petasus|petasus]], the winged hat that is characteristically worn by the Greek god [[Wikipedia:Hermes|Hermes]].
**Hermes' Roman counterpart is [[Wikipedia:Mercury (mythology)|Mercury]], which was the name given to the [[Wikipedia:Project Mercury|first American manned space project]].
*Strong Bad checks his "ca-cuh-lations" on a [[Wikipedia:Speak & Spell (game)|Speak & Spell]]. This educational toy also formed part of the [[Grape-Nuts Robot]].
*Strong Bad's opening is a reference to the song [[Wikipedia:When Doves Cry|When Doves Cry]] by [[Wikipedia:Prince (artist)|Prince]].
*The Space Captainface song is a parody of the theme song to the 1980 ''[[Wikipedia:Flash Gordon (film)|Flash Gordon]]'' film, performed by [[Wikipedia:Queen (band)|Queen]].
*"He's all-the-ways having space cocktails" is possibly a reference to [[The Beatles]] song "What's the New Mary Jane", which includes the lyric "She having all the ways good contact."

===Fast Forward===
*Space Captainface and Strap make a reappearance in [[cliffhangers]] and [[Career Day]].
*With the release of [[strongbad_email.exe Disc 5]], an [[Space Program Alternate Take|alternate take of the final scene]] was released.

== DVD Version ==
*An [[Space Program Alternate Take|alternate version]] of the preflight check is included as a separate Easter egg.
*The DVD version features creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.

===Commentary Transcript===
('''Commentary by:''' [[Mike Chapman]], [[Strong Bad]], [[Homestar Runner]])

'''STRONG BAD:''' This email introduces my very own space progrum.

'''MIKE:''' And your other ego, Space Captainface.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yes, "other ego" is the new term. "Alter-ego" is out. It's all other ego from now on.

'''MIKE:''' So, Space Captainface was invented for a while, right, Strong Bad? Before this email?

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{overlapping}'' You didn't— you didn't want to put it any cartoons.

'''MIKE:''' I kept squashing it.

'''STRONG BAD:''' I came up with it a long time ago, so funny— I even had the theme song!

'''MIKE:''' And you'd come up to board meetings and be like "Oh, let's do Space Captainface this week!" Like "No, Strong Bad! Not this week."

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, well, look at this fabulous filmstrip.

'''MIKE:''' I only agreed so I could do that logo. I like the logo.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Why don't we go make a t-shirt with that logo on it, Mike? I want to wear one.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, well...

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{overlapping}'' I'd... give it a rub.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, I don't wanna see that.

'''STRONG BAD:''' No! ''{pause}'' "Gimme ONE more!!" Lookit those astronauts. You got— They make you do that, you know in training. They make you lift weights in like—

'''MIKE:''' In your suit.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, they make you go down to the Bally's or, the like, L.A. Fitness—

'''MIKE:''' The Crunch.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, to the gym and you have to wear it and—

'''MIKE:''' Tell me about this, uh, filmstrip. Did you have anything to do with this?

'''STRONG BAD:''' I'm gonna tell you about Ghost vs. Hamburger.

'''MIKE:''' It's a good fighting game.

'''STRONG BAD:''' It's a great fighter. ''{pause}'' That game is hard.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, are there a lot of combos in that game?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, I got a 4, 4 x combo one time. There's a like pizza-flavored combos—

'''MIKE:''' You're missing hot girls, Strong Bad.

'''STRONG BAD:''' They look good. ''{slide with Strap comes up}'' Oh!

'''MIKE:''' That's, that's The Cheat.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{laughs}'' Oo, sorry, I didn't notice. ''{slide with "Grilled Cheese" comes up}'' Oh, hello.

'''MIKE:''' Man, that looks pretty good.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Maybe I can check you out later on, grillèd cheese.

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' I always love it when we get to, uh, make food for an Easter egg or part of an email.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' It's true.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Whoa! Switched, switched it up.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yeah, that was on accident, actually.

'''MIKE:''' Back in the Si— Really? Forgot which character?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I kinda forgot who I was.

'''MIKE:''' Uh, the— Seems like in the Sixties, just drinkin' and smokin' on the job—

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Absolutely.

'''MIKE:''' —was always okay, but especially in the field of space, space travel.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{overlapping}'' Yeah, 'cause, you know, you were putting a man on the moon.

'''MIKE:''' It's high stress.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' If you can't relax and have a smoke and cocktail... ''{the filmstrip ends}'' Awww, that poor dog. Poor dog.

'''MIKE:''' ''{underneath}'' One word?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I think its name is Poudog.

'''MIKE:''' P-O-U-

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' That's right!

'''MIKE:''' D-O-G?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Poudog.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Poudog.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oo! I love these sound effects CDs.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, we, we had a few of them.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' My brother Matt and I growing up.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Me, me an— Me and my buddy used to make a movie called "A Lunar Space".

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, and did you use all the space sound effects?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' In mom and dad's basement.

'''MIKE:''' They definitely added a level, uh, level of legitimacy to the movies we were making.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yes, yes.

'''MIKE:''' When weren't just making the sound effects ourselves.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{carefully}'' Authenticity.

'''MIKE:''' Crickets, maybe. ''{Homestar agrees}'' Car, like traffic noises.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yeah, that's good, too.

'''MIKE:''' Bodies falling down stairs.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ouch!

'''MIKE:''' Was that a real one?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yeah, that's—

'''MIKE:''' From a sound effects CD?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' That's from a CD.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Really?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yep. Ah! I remember that day. I got caught inside this sweater. And I thought I was a space mut-tant.

'''MIKE:''' Was that your sweater? Why were you— why does your sweater have arms? For, you know, two arms, two arms on it...

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Shut up. Shut up and I'm out.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, doodly dee. Look, this is the best theme song. It's all the ways having space cocktails with hot babe-lien girls.

'''MIKE:''' Hot '60s-looking girls. Oh, I think it was originally hot alien girls.

'''STRONG BAD:''' I think it was. Then we used that for Limozeen. Limozeen. Hmm. ''{at the King of Town}'' Get out!

===Fun Facts===
*[[wikipedia:Bally Total Fitness|Bally's]] and [[wikipedia:LA FItness|LA Fitness]] are fitness center chains.
*[[wikipedia:Combos|Combos]] are a pretzel-like snack food that comes in various flavors, including pizza.
*Homestar mentions his [[parents]].
*Strong Bad refers to the sandwich as "[[-èd|grillèd]] cheese".
*Mike [[Lack of Visible Arms|questions why Homestar's sweater has arms]].
*The mention of hot alien girls being used for [[Limozeen]] refers to [[best thing]].

==External Links==
{{sbemailextlinks|138|5939|youtube=SbNYddf1T2U}}

{{Strong Bad Email}}
[[Category: Emails With DVD Commentary]]

Talk:Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters

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==Introduction==
This is a section for all those characters that only appeared once or twice in the Teen Girl Squad, and aren't good enough for their own page. I just started, and now I have to go to bed, so it barely has any information yet.

This was suggested by Dr. Haggis, I believe, in the Dinosaur page. (which can be deleted now)Pretty much all the info on it right now is from that page anyway. If someone thinks this page here shouldn't exist, go ahead and voice your opinion.

It does need a lot more data, so go ahead and update it. Remember, I don't know how to do pictures at all. Good night, guys. --[[User:Joshua|Joshua]] 20:35, 7 Mar 2005 (MST)

Good start Joshua. I'm keeping the old pages around for a short while to let people voice any disagreements. [[User:Drhaggis|<nowiki></nowiki>]]- [[User:Drhaggis|Dr Haggis]] - [[User talk: Drhaggis|Talk]] 21:00, 7 Mar 2005 (MST)

Thanks. And remember guys, put the minor characters in order of when they first appeared in the series.

==Fat hawiian guy?==
I think the fat hawaiian guy is based on the real actual person who redid the over the rainbow song, and he played the ukelele and recently died. Does anybody know what I'm talking about?[[User:Dacty|Dacty]]
:Yeah IZ. But, I think he's still alive. {{User:Stongbah/sig}} 16:55, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
NO, IZ is DEAD MAN! He died before he really got famous.

==Real Characters Spot?==
Oh, and should we include characters that were put into the TGS, like PomPom, Strong Bad and Visor Robot? --[[User:Joshua|Joshua]] 05:08, 8 Mar 2005 (MST)

:No, only characters that started in TGS should go here I think. [[User:Drhaggis|<nowiki></nowiki>]]- [[User:Drhaggis|Dr Haggis]] - [[User talk: Drhaggis|Talk]] 07:36, 8 Mar 2005 (MST)

==Minor Characters?==
Alright, should I move the Mrs. Commanderson and Mrs. So-and-So-erson articles into here, since they are technicly minor characters? Or should they stay separate? --[[User:Joshua|Joshua]] 17:44, 8 Mar 2005 (MST)
::I need an answer or I'll just do it. --[[User:Joshua|Joshua]] 09:29, 9 Mar 2005 (MST)

No, both characters are named and have somewhat major roles. --[[User:Trogga|Trogga]] 10:58, 9 Mar 2005 (MST)
:I think since they only appear for a brief time, they ''should'' be considered minor characters. -[[User:acekirby13|acekirby13]]

To me, a Minor Teen Girl Squad Character is like a reject:

* It does not have any lines or important role in any toon
* It appears in only one toon
* It is only mentioned or appears in passing
* No character interacts with it

Mrs. Commanderson and Mrs. So-and-So-erson may appear in only one toon, but they have lines and a character interacts them. --[[User:Trogga|Trogga]] 10:12, 18 Mar 2005 (MST)
:Some "Minor Characters" break those rules.
*"Brett Bretterson" has an important role in the toon he appears. (distracting So and So)
*Some, like the "Intercom" appear more than once in their toon and have lines and somewhat major roles in the toon they appear in.
*And some, like the "Trolls" and "A Shark" have interactions with other characters.
True, no minor characters have appeared in more than one cartoon, but neither have to two Mrs.'s.
I think I mentioned this elsewhere, but I'll say it here, too. I'm neutral on the subject. The way I see it, both of them are in a gray area, not as minor as most of these minor characters, but not a common character either.--[[User:Joshua|Joshua]] 10:40, 18 Mar 2005 (MST)

If you want to get technical, all those minor characters that supposedly only appear in one episode also appear in episode 10 at the ugly one's sweet someteenth birthday bash. They can all be seen in the background as the camera scans the crowd. Even the crazy learner's permit girl is there.

Isn't the Shirt Folding Store Manager an updated version of Mrs. So-and-So-erson? That's always how I read the character.

== To Include or Not To Include? ==

The Helicopter is arguably the first "Minor Character" of the whole TGS series. Even though the "Monster Cloud" appears moments before, it had yet to sport an evil face or eat any [[Birds (Teen Girl Squad)|birds]]. Therefore, it is the helicopter who "draws the first kill". From the way I look at it, if we can personify a cloud, why not a helicopter, too? In addition, it fulfulls all four of the 'reject requirements' that I see above. I went and uploaded a screenshot and the helicopter will have its own section in the article. Any concurrences/discrepancies on the matter? --[[User:The Paper|The Paper]] 01:33, 19 Mar 2005 (MST)

==Law & Order==
Was anyone else reminded of "Law & Order" by the beginning of this page? You could easily restructure the beginning to say:
"In the Teen Girl Squad comic, some characters make a very brief appearance, often hurting one of the girls. Usually they are never seen again. These are their stories. *DONG DONG*" [[User:ComputerBox|Tom]] 12:13, 9 Mar 2005 (MST)

:I laid down the basic outline and got all the data in the file. It's good, but not perfect. If you think something should be reworded, go ahead and change it. --[[User:Joshua|Joshua]] 12:22, 9 Mar 2005 (MST)

:Technically, this was a joke. But whatever. [[User:ComputerBox|Tom H]] 12:28, 24 Mar 2005 (MST)

==Include Info==
It is recomended that we try to include as much info from the source pages they are copied here. Articles like this are a great way to include minor things without having to go through that old 'reject/inside joke' thing. [[User:Drhaggis|<nowiki></nowiki>]]- [[User:Drhaggis|Dr Haggis]] - [[User talk: Drhaggis|Talk]] 20:51, 9 Mar 2005 (MST)

==Picture Width==
Should all the pictures really be the same length? I see why this would be originally wanted, but it really lowers the quality of some of the pictures, even as much as to make me want them back to how they used to be. --[[User:Joshua|Joshua]] 18:03, 14 Mar 2005 (MST)

No, but we should try to make them all the same width. If this means re-capturing them so be it. [[User:Drhaggis|<nowiki></nowiki>]]- [[User:Drhaggis|Dr Haggis]] - [[User talk: Drhaggis|Talk]] 20:49, 14 Mar 2005 (MST)

:Oops, I meant width. But recaptering some of them wouldn't be too bad of an idea. --[[User:Joshua|Joshua]] 05:36, 16 Mar 2005 (MST)

::I have 'recaptured' some of the pixelated images and replaced the JPEG ones with PNG ones. Could someone with [[HRWiki:Administrators|sysop]] privileges go ahead and delete the following images? (it would free up server space!) --[[User:The Paper|The Paper]] 23:55, 18 Mar 2005 (MST)
::Update: Thanks, [[User:Drhaggis|Doc]]! Now we've got a semi-decent looking page over there. --[[User:The Paper|The Paper]] 01:33, 19 Mar 2005 (MST)

== Talk moved from "Fatty's Big Chance" ==

Should this be renamed? I would think that the character's name is just "Fatty", and that it is his big chance...I don't think "Fatty's Big Chance" is the correct character name. Anyone think that I shouldn't move/rename it? --[[User:Duke33|Duke33]] 07:41, 19 Jan 2005 (MST)

Fatty's Big Chance is how the one man band was introduced onto stage, so the article should be on "the band". The Character likely has a different name and doesnt need a separate article at this time.[[User:Drhaggis|<nowiki></nowiki>]]- [[User:Drhaggis|Dr Haggis]] - [[User talk: Drhaggis|Talk]] 15:40, 19 Jan 2005 (MST)

Fatty now has a place in [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters]]. This article can now be deleted. --[[User:Joshua|Joshua]] 08:13, 9 Mar 2005 (MST)

I don't know if this a good idea, people may look for Fatty's Big Chance in the [[:Category:Bands|Bands category]]. --[[User:Trogga|Trogga]] 08:29, 9 Mar 2005 (MST)

Good point. If this article is kept, someone needs to chance Fatty's name, because in this article, the name of the band AND the player is considered to be "Fatty's Big Chance." --[[User:Joshua|Joshua]] 10:26, 9 Mar 2005 (MST)

== Vultures? ==

Are the vultures that ate Mr. Pitters the same vultures that SWOOP'D The Ugly One?--[[User:That crazy DumDe!|DumDe]] 00:11, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

:As we all know now, no. {{User:Bubsty/sig}} 18:57, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

== Upper Pic ==
I personally like the way the main pic was before, with the text not all scrunched up and the TOC not so wide. T-bird seems to disagree. Any other opinions? - {{User:Joshua/sig}} 04:22, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

== Link to Mrs. C? ==

Why isn't there a link to the Mrs. Commanderson article in issue 7, as there is for Mrs. So-and-So-Erson?

== sneak ==

why am i nto allowed to say that the possums look like the sneak?
*It doesn't contribute to the article. That is also a matter of opinion. {{User:Sonichu/sig}}

== Cheerleader Lies! ==

On the page it says, "Coach apparently brings this about by telling Cheerleader over the phone that 'the olympics are soooo dumb!'"
I thought it was obvious (when I watched the issue) that Cheerleader clearly made that up, not realizing the Coach would be in the trouble he was.
- [[User:Thnikkaguy|Thnikkaguy]]

:No, I don't think so. The "olympics are soooo dumb" phrase comes from the cell phone ''while'' [[Cheerleader]] is talking. That, and if he never said it, olympic man would be mad at someone else, not the coach. {{User:Bluebry muffin/sig}} 23:43, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

== Move Sci-Fi and DND Greg? ==
Should we move Science Fiction Greg and DND Greg to their own articles? They've both had two appearances, so I think that counts as not being "minor" any longer. Thoughts? --[[User:Duke33|Duke33]] 16:34, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
:Some characters on this page have had three appearences, but then again, they seem to have more major roles than the other characters such as the dinosaur; "PUNT!" and then you see him in the background of the full color issue and that's it. {{User:Stongbah/sig}} 16:40, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
::They have about the same importance as [[Manolios Ugly One]] and he have his own article. They are named and had a major plot point in TGS11. Unless no one else objects, I'm splitting them from this article. {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 20:52, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
:::I'm fine with that. {{User:Stongbah/sig}} 20:55, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
::::Good idea.{{User:Loafing/sig}} 21:55, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
:::::''See main article: [[Science Fiction Greg and D N'D Greg]].'' {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 07:31, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

== Gag me with a spoon! ==

Anyone have a picture of Mindy's friends from the "!" Easter Egg at the end of issue 12? [[User:Bad Bad Guy|Bad Bad Guy]] 01:02, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
:At least they have more lines than some other characters here. I think that gives them every reason to go on the article. [[User:Bad Bad Guy|Bad Bad Guy]] 02:08, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
::The "!" Easter Egg is the one that appears if you click the exclamation point in "It's Over!" [[User:Bad Bad Guy|Bad Bad Guy]] 23:31, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

== C-dogg and Naptime: Which is which? ==

Who do you think C-dogg and Naptime are? I think the former is the crazy-looking one, and the latter is the bulky one.

== Peacy P's Symbol ==

A user said that he does not see Peacy P's symbel on his browser, yet that person suspected most people can't see that on their browser. I can see it on my browser. Can anybody else? [[User:24.147.211.129|24.147.211.129]] 19:24, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
:I sure can.--{{User:Kanjiro/sig}} 19:25, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
::I can't see it. I use Internet Explorer 6. {{User:Compgrl323/sig}} 19:28, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
:::Upgrade to firefox, it's awesome and free!--{{User:Kanjiro/sig}} 19:30, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
:::Expecting all users to change browsers won't help usability of the page, I'm afraid. The solution is not "change software". {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 21:41, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
::::Check the image of Peacy P. [[User:24.147.211.129|24.147.211.129]] 19:32, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
:I can see it, but it's pixelated for some reason. And it's spelt "symbol". {{User:Mee/sig}} 19:32, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
My point is that if some browsers can't see it, then it shouldn't be included. From the [[HRW:ST|Homestar Runner Wiki Standards]] page "Try to avoid special characters when possible, as some systems and browsers struggle with them." My version of it was just fine. Does anybody agree? I use Internet Explorer 7 (farily common) which doesn't see it. I have Firefox 2.0.0.5, Safari for Windows 3.02 and Opera 9.21, all of which do see it. How about this:

:He has a symbolized representation of his name ("☮y P") on his shirt, and a very large [[Wikipedia:Afro|afro]].
[[User:Awesomermustang|Awesomermustang]] 21:45, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

It's my ''strong'' opinion that usability of the content is of paramount importance. If the character cannot be seen on some major browsers, it should not be used on the page. An illustration of the shirt would be plenty. We don't need to mention the symbols on the shirt in the prose, in my opinion. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 21:41, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

== Homestar Ruiner characters ==

Are the characters from the Homestar Ruiner TGS comic going to be added to this page? [[User:CloneWarrior|CloneWarrior]] 04:45, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

== Italics? ==

Is there a better way to note which characters were at the ugly one's party than putting the whole description in italics? -[[Special:Contributions/132.183.138.189|132.183.138.189]] 17:11, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
:I've actually been wondering that for a while... Any suggestions you'd like to give? {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 16:11, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
::How about using an asterix? * {{User:The Chort/sig}} 16:27, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
:::Can I ask another question? Why should this page keep track of that at all? This page is for listing and describing the characters, not listing what toon they appeared in. It seems like a violation of the "once and only once" rule to keep track on this page and have them in the cast list for [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 10]] (where it certainly belongs). {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 16:31, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
::::Some history of the format: It was [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Minor_Teen_Girl_Squad_Characters&diff=prev&oldid=601982 added] at the end of october and never formally questioned. Since then, people have been confused by the formatting and tried to remove it several times, and gotten reverted. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 16:37, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
:::::Actually, now that you mention it, I think the one line in the title is enough. If the user wants to know which, they can look at the cast. -[[Special:Contributions/132.183.138.189|132.183.138.189]] 17:11, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
::::::I agree, I've often come to this page myself and been thoroughly bamboozled by the italics. I think just one line at the top would be sufficient. {{User:GuardDuck/sig}} 18:34, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
:::::::If people want to see who went to The Ugly One's party, they can look at the picture at the top of the page. Simple as that. {{User:The Chort/sig}} 19:24, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
::::::::The image doesn't show everyone, though. There are ones who appeared in the dance scene (including Mr. Pitters, I believe) and so on. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 20:29, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
:::::::::Well, they'll just have to look at the cast list on [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 10]] then, won't they? {{User:The Chort/sig}} 20:32, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

== Coach and Such ==

Would anyone be opposed to me making a seperate "Coach and Olympic Man" page, considering that, combined, they have had more appearances than, say, Thomas or Manolios? [[User:Monkeytender|Monkeytender]] 22:07, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

==Question==
According to our rules, aren't we supposed to give articles to all characters that have a speaking role? --[[User:Essence of Ghost Water|Essence of Ghost Water]] 03:35, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

== Brian ==

Is it possible that the effeminate male cheerleader is named [[Cheerleader Brian]] because of the come-on Strong Bad got back in [[sbemail_8]]? Just a crazy theory.
:I think the name was chosen because Brian is a common first name for males. {{User:Shine Sprite/sig}} 05:32, 9 May 2010 (UTC)

==Gazelle Carcass==

"This half-digested animal is presented by The Ugly One at the very end of Decemberween Teen Girl Squad to Cheerleader, to her dismay. All of the other girls seem to be pleased at the sight of the dead animal, despite the negative aspects of decomposing carcasses."- To me, it appears that only The Ugly One was pleased by the sight of the gazelle carcass and the other two girls weren't, but ended up bandwagoning with The Ugly One and pretending to be pleased.
:Interesting theory, but that's kind of speculation. {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 23:16, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

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==1001 Fonts==
A free handwriting typeface available on the website, [http://www.1001fonts.com/halleyscriptthinnbp-font.html#character-map Halley Script Thin NBP], contains dingbats of Homestar and Strong Bad. They occupy U+00C7 (Ç) and U+00E7 (ç), respectively.

== 505 Unbelievably Stupid Web Pages ==
On page 125 of [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1402201427/qid=1071549961/ this book], "Strong Bad E-Mail" is listed as link number 256. The writer claims "...the answers to these questions require as much thought as you'd expect from a baboon."

== Alamo Drafthouse Cinema ==
The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Austin, Texas, in lieu of more traditional "Please turn off your cellphones and pagers" messages, occasionally shows Homestar Runner clips, among other strange clips. One such clip is from [[the movies]] and shows Strong Bad detailing the many irritating things at the movie theater, including his frustration with "the kind of person that likes to talk to the movie".

== All the Real Girls ==
Both [[Matt Chapman]] and [[Mike Chapman]] are credited in the 2003 movie, [[wikipedia:All the Real Girls|All the Real Girls]] ([[imdb:All The Real Girls|imdb]]), as [[Strong Bad]] and graphic designer respectively.

==The Alphabet of Manliness==
On page 141 of [[Wikipedia:The Alphabet of Manliness|The Alphabet of Manliness]] (page 138 in the UK version), Maddox lists the [[Double Deuce]] as an effective way of showing frustration to bad drivers.

==AnimeNEXT==
At AnimeNEXT's "Save Tokyo Tower" game, one of the disasters that occurs is Trogdor burninating Tokyo Tower.

==The BBS Documentary==
In [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1731271864657931901&ei=rrqgSrSCHoWo2wL_w7zmBA&q=bbs&hl=en# Part 1 - Baud] one of the people interviewed reference to a new generation of old computers and say that they had "too much computer in them, and not enough typewriter"; a quote from [[weird dream]].

== Bedroom Scenes: A Rocky Horror Fan Film ==
In the scrapped ending of this short, available on its DVD release, a Kick The Cheat can be seen in Columbia's bed. (Behind-the-scenes photos posted on the film's Facebook fan page show this much more clearly, including a couple photos specifically showing Columbia with her Kick The Cheat.)

== BigStuf Camp ==
The youth camp program "BigStuf" held in Panama City, FL every year is home to several Homestar Runner sightings: The violin player in the camp's band consistently wears various Homestar Runner shirts, and a Homestar Runner character is always thanked on the last day of camp every year. In 2004, it was Homestar Runner. In 2005, it was Coach Z.

==BotCon 2008==
During the script reading [http://youtube.com/view_play_list?p=56AE7F601353E442 Bee in the City],
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Bumblebee_(Animated) Bumblebee] is at a drive-thru that, after he orders, proclaims the well-known [[Drive-Thru Whale]] line "Sever your leg please, it's the greatest day."

==Camp Joy==
In the year 2006, the revolving theme of the [[Wikipedia:Boy Scouts|Boy Scouts]] summer camp [http://okawbsa.org/~campjoy/ Camp Joy] was [[Wikipedia:Pirate|pirates]], complete with antagonist [[Trogdor]].

== Celebration 3 ==
[[Image:53028701.jpg|thumb|Homestar on X-Wing]]
Before ''[[Wikipedia:Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith|Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith]]'', the official fan club held a convention in the Indiana Convention Center, where they showed cars modeled after several ships from the [[Wikipedia:Star Wars|Star Wars universe]]. One of the [[Wikipedia:X-Wing|X-Wing]] cars had a Homestar Runner cling sticker on it.

==Crime Files: Four-Minute Forensic Mysteries: Body of Evidence==
In the mystery "Gamer Over" found in the Jeremy Brown book "[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0439769345/002-5890081-1025652?v=glance&n=283155&n=507846&s=books&v=glance Crime Files: Four-minute Forensic Mysteries : Body of Evidence]", the username of the victim is Trogdor139.

==Rooster Teeth Drunk Tank Podcast==
*During Podcast #32, the group is talking about old "no loitering" signs, and Geoff says he remembers signs saying "no loafing or loitering." Gus then starts asking if he was talking about Homestar Runner.
*During Podcast #57, the group are talking of old Flash cartoons, and they mention Homestar Runner and how consistent the website would put out content

==Empire==
The bestselling book "Empire" by science fiction author Orson Scott Card contains a quote on the top of page 10 in which a university student says the familiar phrase, "My head a splode," in response to a main character's statements.

==Extralife Radio Podcast==
In the [http://www.myextralife.com Extralife Radio] podcast, episode number 104, the program begins by playing the audio of the Easter egg in the [[Peasant's Quest Preview]].

== Genius: The Transgression ==
In the section "Aesthetics" in Chapter 4: Special Rules and Systems, it's mentioned that a combination of the Black Plastic and Trash Praxis aesthetics has picked up the nickname "Crawling Rusty Meat", a reference to the Taranchula music video in the Strong Bad Email [[death metal]].

== Great Teacher Largo Panel, Otakon ==
At the GLT panel, during the question and answer session, someone asked how Largo "typed with boxing gloves on". Largo replied that he was not Strong Bad, but he does "rock out like Trogdor" and sometimes his computer gets "burninated".  

==Halo 2: Special Edition DVD==
On the door of the recording room for the Halo internet machinima, Red vs Blue, there are stickers of Homestar and Strong Bad. Homestar was also shown briefly in a PSA for the same machinima.

== iPod + iTunes for Windows and Mac ==
The help book ''iPod + iTunes for Windows and Mac'' includes an "add to my library" dialog box, and a file called "[[Today is Alright 4 2Nite|alright42nite.mp3]]" is highlighted. The file is available for [[dangeresque_3#Easter_Eggs|download]] on the site.

==Joss Whedon: Super Fan ==
[[Image:Joss Whedon Buffy Strong Bad Shirt.jpg|thumb|Joss wearing a [[Strong Bad]] shirt]]
[[Wikipedia:Joss Whedon|Joss Whedon]], already [[Television Sightings#Buffy the Vampire Slayer|known to be a Homestar Runner fan]], quipped "Just the claps" after a group of [[Wikipedia:Browncoat|Browncoats]] sang him Happy Birthday on June 23, 2005.
*[http://www.serenitymovie.com/media/serenity_river_rev_700k.mov Clip of Joss quoting Strong Bad]

==Kingdom Hearts 2 Strategy Guide==
In the strategy guide for the Playstation 2 game "Kingdom Hearts II", on page 28 (the Aladdin Character page) there is a small blurb describing limits. The title says "Everybody To The Limit".

==License Plates==
[[Image:Trgdorcar.jpg|thumb|Burninate my ride.]]
A car has been spotted on the streets of Melbourne, Australia, with a license plate reading "TRGDOR".
Another car has been spotted in Irvine, California with a license plate of "BURNIN8". Yet another in North Carolina has a plate reading "[[Everybody to the Limit|Fhqwagds]]" (sic).

== Lost energy drink ==
The words "The System is Down" can be located on the "Lost" energy drink, above the Supplement Facts.

== Macromedia Flash 8 Conference ==
[[Image:homestar_in_flash_8.png|thumb|H*R in Flash Player 8]]
As part of the first showing of the unreleased at the time [http://www.macromedia.com/flash Macromedia Flash Player] 8, a graphical demo was shown with various effects that will be available in the new player being applied to both graphics, text, animations and movies on the fly. Of all the animations on the web, the Macromedia developers decided to feature both [[Homestar Runner]] and an animated [[The Homestar Runner]], showing the new effects being applied to their forms.

This was the first use of Homestar Runner by Macromedia, the later being the short, [[Where the Crap Are We?]], which appeared as an Easter egg in the about dialog of [http://www.macromedia.com/software/central/ Macromedia Central].

*[http://media.putfile.com/Homestar-in-Flash-8---HiRes See the short, cut video (high resolution)]
*[http://www.moock.org/blog/archives/000146.html Listing of mirrors for the full technical demo movie]

==[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1235064.Meet_Me_in_Venice Meet Me in Venice]==
The main character is called Precious "Preshy" Rafferty, a likely reference to [[Rejected Characters#Preshy and Rafferty|Preshy and Rafferty]].

==Movies in Fifteen Minutes==
In the book [http://community.livejournal.com/m15m/ Movies in Fifteen Minutes] by Cleolinda Jones, she makes several brief references to Strong Bad in her versions of popular movies.

==Muppet Studio Online Movies==
In [[The Muppets]]' official Youtube channel, one of their shorts feature Beaker singing Dust in The Wind, while being bothered by "[[Youtube]] annotations". One of them says "[[Trogdor|BURNINATION!!]]".

==Nature Calls==
In the 2012 Johnny Knoxville film, a monitor in the background at one point displays the Secret Collect character as shown in [[web comic]].

==The Official Dictionary of Unofficial English==
This dictionary has an entry for [[A Splode|asplode]] that says "the term was popularized in 2004 by the character Strong Bad on the Homestar Runner web site homestarrunner.com". An excerpt of this book showing this entry can be found on [http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0071458042/qid=1219558610/ref=sib_books_pg?ie=UTF8&keywords=asplode&p=S017 Amazon.com].

== Official Rock-Paper-Scissors Strategy Guide ==
In a sample tournament bracket in this book on page 163, one of the players is Trogdor.

==[[Da Vinci's Notebook|Paul and Storm]] Talk About Some Stuff For Five to Ten Minutes (On Average)==
*When talking about the small soups in [http://www.paulandstorm.com/archives/show-007-peanut-butter-eggs-and-dice/ episode 7], Paul mentions that they are "[[cheap as free]]".
*In the [http://www.paulandstorm.com/archives/show-0095-in-com-pe-tant-video/ episode 9.5 video podcast], the [[strongbad_email.exe]] DVD is visible for a moment in Storm's DVD collection.
*In [http://www.paulandstorm.com/archives/show-041-my-39-year-old-man-eyes/ episode 41], Paul says that the [[Wikipedia:Rifftrax|Rifftrax]] they did with Jonathan Coulton is "cheap as free".
*In [http://www.paulandstorm.com/archives/show-057-the-litany-of-disappointments/ episode 57], Paul says his head is "[[Asplode|asplodin']]".
*In [http://www.paulandstorm.com/archives/show-070-chinwhipper/ episode 70], Storm mentions [[The Stick]].
*In [http://www.paulandstorm.com/archives/show-071-do-you-like-star-wars/ episode 71], the term "asplode" is used again.
*In [http://www.paulandstorm.com/archives/show-091-stupid-like-a-cat/ episode 91], Paul notes that Storm's part of the introduction sounds Homestar, causing Storm to do an impromptu Homestar impression.
*In the podcast's [http://www.paulandstorm.com/archives/show-121-dexterity-is-my-dump-stat/ 121st episode], [[Wikipedia:Wil Wheaton|Wil Wheaton]] remarks that he cannot think of a better way to start off [[Decemberween]] than his and Paul and Storm's show in Largo, California.

==The Picture of Everything 2==
[http://www.howardhallis.com/artgallery/tpoe2/index.html In this work in progress] among the characters in this scene are [[Strong Bad]] and [[Homestar Runner]]. Strong Bad is to the left of the Enterprise bridge, slightly right of center image. Homestar is below the right side of the Rolling Stone magazine cover, in the bottom left.

==The Prosh==
In the 2008 edition of this annual Western Australian satirical publication,
there is an image of Trogdor on an advertisement for a dragon-slayer on the back page.
In small text on the bottom, there is a message as follows- "Sorry. Trogdor will burninate your ****. Don't even bother."

== PeanutButterGamer ==
* During the intro to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fC31W3xtzgc Top 8 Zelda Dungeons], PBG calls the santa hat (which mentions how he was late in finishing his video) a Santam'n hat.

== Pumpkin! ==
Around Halloween 2004, at "[http://www.osf.com/ The Old Spaghetti Factory]" restaurant in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (a fairly [http://www.osf.com/locations/alllocations.html large] [http://www.oldspaghettifactory.ca/locations.html chain], and a higher class restaurant), they had a large collection of carved pumpkins all over the place, and one prominently placed pumpkin near the entrance had an excellently carved likeness of Homestar in it.

==Rabbit and Mouse==
The links page of the [http://www.rabbitandmouse.com Rabbit and Mouse website] mentions [[homestarrunner.com]]. The description reads, "We're almost positive these guys do this sober".

== Rialto Theatre ==
During the introduction to the weekly showings of the Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Rialto Theatre in Raleigh, North Carolina, a projector is frequently used to make The Cheat and Trogdor run across the screen.

== Scott Manley ==
At the end of a video discussing the history of the Soviet/Russian R7 rocket, Manley criticizes the Soyuz 2.1V for its "heresy" of not including the trademark boosters of the rest of the R7 series, which on detachment from the rocket form a pattern known as "Korolev's cross." Scott concludes this by paraphrasing Strong Bad's [[Bogus_Mathematical_Theorems|Property of Ones]]: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzGsWw47sMY&t=13m07s "As a great man once said, 'A Soyuz launch without a Korolev cross is scarcely a Soyuz at all.'"]

==Secure Programming Cookbook for C and C++==
In the Acknowledgments section, they thank Strong Bad for teaching them how to type up a book while wearing boxing gloves.

==Shadowrun: Fourth Edition==
Shadowrun is a [[Wikipedia:Tabletop role-playing game|pen-and-paper RPG]] that combines elements of cyberpunk and fantasy. On page 87 (of the second printing), when discussing designing a character, it says (emphasis ours):
:Write down some quotes your character might say. Three or four should be good. Fiction is filled with characters that can be captured in a quote—everything from "Do you feel lucky, punk?" to "'''Double Deuce!'''"—capture our imaginations and give us something to hook a character on.

==Spaceshipper==
A couple of college students have created a game based on [[Spaceshipper]], one of the unplayble video games by [[Videlectrix]]. The game can be found [http://www.tomkortbeek.nl/space.html here].

==Super Mario: How Nintendo Conquered America==
The paragraph about ''[[Mario Paint]]'' mentions how it was used to create the [[Super NES|first Homestar Runner cartoon]]. However, it incorrectly calls Homestar Runner a web comic and states that the cartoon was created a decade after the release of ''Mario Paint''.

== Super Size Me ==
In the movie ''[[Wikipedia:Super Size Me|Super Size Me]]'', there are a group of kids at the computer watching an old Tandy era Strong Bad Email.
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==Switchfoot Podcast Episode 17==
In episode 17 of the offical [[Wikipedia:Switchfoot|Switchfoot]] Podcast, bassist [[Wikipedia:Tim Foreman|Tim Foreman]] is seen playing Trogdor on Guitar Hero II for most of the episode.

== The Toronto Star ==

In the May 13, 2008 edition of the [http://www.thestar.com Toronto Star], both in print and [http://www.thestar.com/article/424683 online], there was an article in the entertainment section about [[Wikipedia:WiiWare|WiiWare]]. Although the article itself made no reference, the picture is a screen shot of [[SBCG4AP|Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People]].

== Trek Nation ==
In this film about Gene Roddenberry, Wil Wheaton is shown in a picture wearing a Strong Bad T-Shirt.

==Twitter==
===[[twitter:Arbys|@Arbys]]===
A [[twitter:Arbys/status/943526433208516608|Tweet]] posted by [[Arby's]] on December 20, 2017 features a recreation of the Strong Bad [[Dancin' Musical Nobot]] from [[what I want]]. The text reads "We're completely entrangled by those hypnotically swaying hips...", a quote from the email.

===[[twitter:DaleMurphy3|@DaleMurphy3]]===
For about a month after [[Haunted Photo Booth]] was released, [[Atlanta Braves]] player [[wikipedia:Dale Murphy|Dale Murphy]]'s profile picture was three pictures of Homestar Runner (dressed as Dale Murphy) from the toon.

===[[twitter:MerriamWebster|@MerriamWebster]]===
*A [[twitter:MerriamWebster/status/915305126042226688|Tweet]] posted by [[wikipedia:Merriam-Webster|Merriam-Webster]] on October 3, 2017, announcing the Word of the Day (salubrious), features a GIF of the [[take-a-break.exe]] screen from [[huttah!]].
*Another [[twitter:MerriamWebster/status/946445179082493952|Tweet]] on December 28, 2017, with text explaining the Latin word "draco" (the origin of "dragon"), features a GIF of Strong Bad drawing Trogdor from [[dragon]]. They replied to their own Tweet with [[twitter:MerriamWebster/status/946447093438337024|a link to the definition of "cottages"]] on their website. They also replied to other people with Homestar Runner references.
*Another [[twitter:MerriamWebster/status/973385510898028545|Tweet]] on March 12, 2018, with text explaining the word "chiaroscuro", features a GIF of Strong Bad setting fire to Strong Sad's dragon in [[dragon]]. Again, they responded to comments with Homestar Runner references.

===[[twitter:FisherPrice|@FisherPrice]]===
On April 25, 2018, [[wikipedia:Fisher-Price|Fisher-Price]] [[twitter:FisherPrice/status/989223006307143680|posted a link]] to [[Record Store Day 2018]] (which featured a Fisher-Price toy).

===[[twitter:Lin_Manuel|@Lin_Manuel]]===
*On August 15, 2018, [[@StrongBadActual]] [[twitter:StrongBadActual/status/1029769580695175168|contacted]] [[wikipedia:Lin-Manuel Miranda|Lin-Manuel Miranda]], asking if he could do a cover of [[TROGDOR (song)|TROGDOR]]. Later that day, Lin-Manuel replied "[[twitter:Lin_Manuel/status/1029791630293909506|Let's get started on doing all those awesome things you suggested.]]", referencing the [[Let's get started on doing all those awesome things I suggested|similarly titled song]] from [[Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits]].
*On November 12, 2018, at the end of a long Twitter thread, he said "[[twitter:Lin_Manuel/status/1062084337242390529|*Strong Bad voice* IT'S OVERRRRR]]".

== Untraceable ==
In one scene in the movie [[IMDB:tt0880578|Untraceable]] a person in a chatroom has [[Cheerleader]] from [[Teen Girl Squad]] as an avatar.

== Video Game Championship Wrestling ==
This [http://twitch.tv/vgcw Twitch stream], featuring WWE 2k14 CPU-vs-CPU matches between a wide range of video game characters, includes Strong Bad as one of its recurring wrestlers. [[Handle My Style]] plays during his intro.

==WaTiki Waterpark==
The WaTiki Indoor Waterpark in Rapid City, South Dakota had, as a transition on their electronic billboard, Homestar Runner running across the board.

== Wil Wheaton's "Just a Geek" ==
In the introduction to [http://books.google.com/books?id=vjrNaFydsAIC this book], written by the actor-turned-author Wil Wheaton, who once played Wesley Crusher on Star Trek; The Next Generation, the author mentions a conversation with his wife that covered whether or not to bring his Trogdor shirt to a book signing. He has been known to talk about Homestar in other such personal encounters and on his Twitter feed.

==Wordplay==
In the documentary [[IMDB:tt0492506|Wordplay]], [http://rpipuzzleguy.livejournal.com/ Tyler Hinman] is seen wearing a [[Trogdor]] shirt. In fact, Hinman has worn the shirt during the final round of each of the four [http://www.crosswordtournament.com/ American Crossword Puzzle Tournaments] he has won. He can be seen wearing the shirt in the last image of [http://geekoutnewyork.com/2008/03/crossword.php this article about his 2008 win].

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== The 2004 Cartoonist's Choice Awards ==
[[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] won in the Best Use of Flash category at [http://www.ccawards.com/2004.htm "The 2004 Cartoonist's Choice Awards"]

==Choice of Games: Dragon==
This game asks "Why do you want to start with the nearest village?" One of the choices is "I just want to burn peasants! (And their thatched-roof Cottages)". This is a direct reference to [[Trogdor]].

==The $39 Experiment==
On a site called [http://www.the39dollarexperiment.com The $39 Experiment] a man named Tom Locke sent 100 letters to 100 companies asking for free stuff. In [http://www.the39dollarexperiment.com/march15.htm one letter] to "Del Monte Pet Products" Tom claims that he has a dog named [[Li'l Brudder]].

== 8-Bit Theater ==
*In [http://www.nuklearpower.com/redmage21.php Twinkin' out with RedMage 21:Errata!], a once-weekly advice column, a reader inquires: "How does strong bad type with boxing gloves"


== 8BitJoystick.com ==
In [http://www.8bitjoystick.com/archives/jake_how_to_burn_xbox_games_and_copy_protected_cds.php this article] about how to literally burn CDs, the author notes to "burn it properly like Trogdor burninates the peasants."

== Addicting Games ==
*[http://www.addictinggames.com The site] features [[Stinkoman 20X6]] and [[TROGDOR!]]
*[[Awexome Cross]] and [[Population: Tire]] were on the site before it was redesigned.
*In the game [http://www.addictinggames.com/trackmaster.html Track Master], if you get a good score it says good jorb.
*In the game [http://www.addictinggames.com/slacker2.html Slacker 2], after you beat the game there is an epilogue, and if you zoom in on Slacker's nametag, it has a picture of [[Homestar Runner]].
*In the game [http://www.addictinggames.com/scribble2.html Scribble 2], Level 17 you draw an arrow, and the description reads "Arrow'd."
*In the game [http://www.addictinggames.com/dressupbarack.html Dress Up Barack], of the things you can put on Barack Obama, a Strong Bad Mask and Boxing Gloves are avalible. If you enter this code then you will see Barack as Strong Bad: {d:5013,c:hat,y:0.849999999999994,x:29.7,mc:hat009},{d:4011,c:glasses,y:209.75,x:-8.19999999999999,mc:glasses009},{d:4012,c:glasses,y:208,x:91.85,mc:glasses008},{f:2,mc:_level0.background_mc},{d:2007,c:pants,y:196.65,x:27.55,mc:pants005}
*For the game Terrascape, when it was displayed in the new features, it said "Do you fight for good, or awesome?".
*In the description for [http://www.addictinggames.com/portalflashversion.html Portal Flash Version] it asks "Do you has?"

== All Your Base parody list ==
The [http://tmst.twu.net/ayb/ayb.htm TmsT Zero Wing Parodies Emporium] features "[http://tmst.twu.net/ayb/allyourstrongbad.htm All Your HomeStarRunner are belong to Trogdor]".

== Amazing Superpowers ==
[[Image:amazingsuperpowers.PNG|thumb|right|50px]]
*The websites logo, at one point, will change to a white worm wearing a red and blue beanie, and a red star shirt.
*In the comic [http://www.amazingsuperpowers.com/2008/08/the-time-machine/ time machine], the machine reads '20X8', which is plausibly a reference to [[20X6]].

==An Audience With O-Kami-Sama-sama==
The blog post for [http://doyoulovepuppiesido.blogspot.com/2008/12/man-of-mystery.html December 3, 2008], entitled "man of mystery", is a screenshot from [[Dangeresque Roomisode 1: Behind the Dangerdesque]]. The screenshot was specifically the room with its lights off and the shades open, and the screen was cropped around the door, while keeping the window in full view. The title of the blog post links to the game.

==Animalxing.com==
*On the [http://www.animalxing.com/patternsv3/textures.php Textures] page, They have many Homestar related designs such as Homestar, Strong Bad, The Cheat, etc. that can be found by typing in the search box.
*An image of [[Strong Bad]] to be used on the Animal Crossing cat, Blanca, appears [http://www.animalxing.com/blanca_ah.php here.]

==AsherWycoff.com==
The site's [http://www.asherwycoff.com/audio/ 403 (Forbidden) error page] contains a picture of the gatekeeper from the [[Peasant's Quest Movie Trailer]] saying, "Access to this directory is strictly for peasants!" The error page's title reads, "More like... Rather Homely!" which is also a reference to the [[Peasant's Quest Movie Trailer]].

== Atari Age ==
At [http://www.atariage.com this site], someone hacked the Atari "Donkey Kong" game. Player, Enemy, and Object sprites have been changed to resemble characters from Homestar Runner. [http://www.atariage.com/hack_page.html?SystemID=2600&SoftwareHackID=186 It can be found here].

==Aviary.com==
In the [http://aviary.com/flash/aviary/index.aspx?tid=4&fguid=50a4d474-f67c-102b-b565-0030488e168c&raven Raven image editor window], the title of the page is "Sweet Cuppin' Cakes WIP"

== BB-Spot-''Which website are you?'' ==
In the [http://www.bbspot.com/News/2005/02/website_quiz.php website personality test] at www.bbspot.com, one of the [http://bbspot.com/News/2005/02/website_quiz_all.html possible answers] you can get is [[homestarrunner.com]].

== Best Page In The Universe ==
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In [http://maddox.xmission.com/aliens.html one article], Maddox rants about the amount of emails he gets, and remarks "I know there are other big websites out there that generate a lot of email (my sympathies to the Chapman brothers)". This must mean he is aware of homestarrunner.com, and according to his book signing tour in 2006, he likes Strong Bad.

== Bethesda Game Studio Forums ==
*On the [http://www.bethsoft.com/bgsforums/ Bethesda Game Studio Forums] you can add a [http://www.bethsoft.com/bgsforums/style_emoticons/default/cheat.gif The Cheat emoticon] to your posts.

==Brooks TV==
*Homestar can be seen in the bottom left panel in ''[http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/6577/brookstvcspg10ky.gif this]'' comic. Also in that panel, it says "fall[['d]] off!", a reference to Teen Girl Squad.
*The main character, Brooks, kills Strong Bad by order of Homestar in a comic which can be seen [http://brooxweb.deviantart.com/art/BTV-STRIP-Stwong-Bayd-35785234 here].
*In [http://btv.porplemontage.com/strips/BTV_STRIP_bighead.gif this] comic, Brooks mentions Butt IQ when answering fan mail.

== Bryan Waterman Interview ==
Bryan Waterman, who does the series "''[http://www.watermanstudios.com Waterman]''" had an interview, and he mentioned that his favorite internet cartoon was Homestar Runner:
<blockquote>
:''Who is your favorite flash movie artist or flash artists if you have more than one? What are some of your favorite flash movie series?''

:'''BRYAN WATERMAN:''' Above all else Homestar Runner not only do I love the cartoon, Mike and Matt are two good friends of mine. Bonus Stage is another one I really like and I do look forward to Joseph's animations.
</blockquote>
[http://www.medaverse.com/modules.php?name=Sections&op=viewarticle&artid=2&page=2 See It Here]

== Bulbapedia ==
The [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/w/index.php?title=Template:Main_Page&action=edit source page] for Bulbapedia's Main Page lists source codes for past Main Pages created and used for certain holidays and events. The Main Page for the 4th of July is listed under "[[Happy Fireworks]] Main Page" and the Christmas Main Page is under "[[Decemberween]] Main Page".

== Burning Sand ==
A Trogdor icon was made in the Burning Sand thread in the Falling Sand Game Forum. You can find the page that displays the icon [http://fallingsandgame.com/viewtopic.php?t=3431&p=59660 here] and you can download the most recent version of Burning Sand [http://siebn.de/index.php?page=burningsand/download here].

== Buzzin ==
*This is a page full of strange Google suggestions, look under the, "my head" suggestion, one of them says "my head asplode" with 23,000 results. [http://buzzinn.net/shocking-google-search-results/ HERE]

== BZPower ==
*There is a whole section under the forum 'Completely Off Topic' dedicated completely to Homestar Runner.
*There is a Homestar Runner Chimrou Kit being made out of Dark709's Chimrou Kit by member Kafei Vachu. However, he has stopped production on it, and is waiting for some things to clear up, first, before he continues.
*There are also several other instances in which a line or two from HSR is mentioned. Mostly, it is in comedies and comics, such as Dark709's.

== Charm City Cakes ==
At [http://www.charmcitycakes.com/ Charm City Cakes] one of the cakes in the Kids Stuffs page is titled "Trogdor". The cake, however, does not resemble Trogdor at all.

== Charlie Clay And The Clay Crew ==
At [http://www.freewebs.com/charlieclay/ this site] created by [http://www.freewebs.com/tehcartoonistproductions/ Teh Cartoonist Productions], all of Season 1's episodes contain Homestar cameos.

*[http://putfile.com/pic.php?pic=1/2209220516.gif&s=x4 Episode 1] A Trogdor arcade game can be seen behind the Sonic arcade game that the crew is playing.

*[http://putfile.com/pic.php?pic=1/2209253732.gif&s=x4 Episode 2] The crew finds a gray monster, but when they put the flashlight on it, they find out it is actually Homestar, and he helps them get their power back.

*[http://putfile.com/pic.php?pic=1/2915224932.gif&s=x2 Episode 3] Jacob wears Homestar's shoes and gets beat up by Homestar, the text "ROCK'D" pops up when Charlie is hit by a rock in the head, the text "ROCK'D AGAIN!" pops up as a guy who commented on the grammar error gets a rock thrown at his head, and Trogdor gets defeated by Charlie doing homing attack on him.

*[http://putfile.com/pic.php?pic=2/3916110594.gif&s=x7 Episode 4] "Thief'd" is the episode name, and Homestar gets stolen by the thief.

*[http://putfile.com/pic.php?pic=3/6215223823.gif&s=x10 Episode 5] Homestar escapes from the thief with Charlie.

== CHIKARA Pro King of Trios 2012 ==

If you right click on one of the images of the trios on [http://www.chikarapro.com/king-of-trios.php this page], and replace the 1 or 2 with 3, you'll find a [http://www.chikarapro.com/images/KOT12_3.jpg hidden trio] consisting of "The Strong Bads", featuring the Strong Bads from [[Wikipedia:Tag Team Wrestling|Tag Team Wrestling]] and, of course, our trusty old [[Strong Bad]].

== Choose your own change ==
If you submit a story to [http://www.cyoc.net Choose Your Own Change], the following message appears: "Your article has been received... If Instructions on the previous page have been followed your story will be posted soon, if not it will be [[DELETED|baleeted!]]"

== CNET Webware 100 ==
On June 18, 2007, CNET published a [http://www.webware.com/html/ww/100.html listing of the top 100 Web applications]. Homestar Runner [http://www.webware.com/8301-13546_109-9729509-29.html was one of the ten selected] for the Entertainment category.

== Collegehumor.com ==
A [http://www.collegehumor.com/toplist/6848939/best-holiday poll] on the site asked what the best holiday was, out of 50 options. [[Decemberween]] ranked 41st.
== Comcast.net ==
[[Image:Comcast Homestar.PNG|thumb|It's Dot Net!]]
On June 10, 2004, homestarrunner.com was featured on [http://www.comcast.net Comcast.net's] main page as the icon for its "FUN FOR ALL AGES" news article, where [[Homestar Runner]]'s image was displayed, along with a link to the website and [[The Brothers Chaps]]' meeting with G4TechTV.

== Crash Mania ==
The ALT text for the bottom left image of [http://crashmania.topcities.com/scrbash-2.htm this page] reads "I just lost my [[jenga]]jam", a reference to Homsar's line in [[Where's The Cheat?]]

== CubeeCraft.com==
Website that specializes on [[Wikipedia:Paper model|papercraft]] models of characters, [http://cubeecraft.com cubeecraft.com]. One of the models you can create is [[Strong Bad]] [http://www.cubeecraft.com/cubee/strongbad].

==DaiKaiju Acadamy==
*In the DaiKaiju Acadamy art section of [[Comic Sightings#Twisted Kaiju Theater|Twisted Kaiju Theater]]/neomonsterisland.com, [http://www.neomonsterisland.com/daikaijuacadamy/heisei/dizzy/dizzy.html Dizzy's profile] lists under her dislikes the fact that "[[Wikipedia:Red Lobster|Red Lobster]]" restaurants give her the [[jibblies]].

== The Daily WTF ==
*[http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/theInfamousI_and_The_Responsible_Guy.aspx The story for March 24, 2005] describes a programmer who had an [[ASCII art]] image of [[Trogdor]] somewhere in his code, reason unknown.
*[http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/Ive-Got-Your-Number.aspx The story for February 15, 2012] mentions [[The System is down (song)|The System is Down]] and links to the YouTube video of [[techno]].

==Dan Brown's Universe==
*In Episode 10 of [http://blog.danbrownsuniverse.com/ Dan Brown's Universe] Dan is asked "[[How do you type with boxing gloves on?]]"
*In Episode 12 David wears a Stinkoman t-shirt.

== Dance Dance Immolation ==
On a site for Dance Dance Immolation, a flaming DDR, a gallery contains a picture of a man on fire with the caption "BURNINATED!!". [http://www.interpretivearson.com/gallery/album05?page=3]

== Dangerskew ==
*A Flash developer on [http://www.albinoblacksheep.com Albino Black Sheep], Dangerskew, is a reference to [[Dangeresque (character)|Dangeresque]].

==deviantART==
*A fan made a Flash animation for the [http://orcasnack-garth.deviantart.com/art/Homestar-America-the-Beautiful-170247003 Fourth of July], although a couple days late.

==Doraemon Abridged==
One [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_v4zNXG5qu4 episode] of Doraemon Abridged has Doraemon yell to Noby, "Now do your homework, or you'll be a sad sack like Homestar's [[F-Sack]]!" Also, When Noby says "How's that for payback?" The word on the notebook change to "Free Bagels", a reference to [[4 branches]]. The creators, Collin Weiler and Harvey Alan, are big fans of Homestar Runner.

== Double-Tongued Word Wrester ==
Neolinguist Grant Barrett has done an [http://www.doubletongued.org/index.php/comments/3102/ entry on "asplode"] on his site. It looks like "asplode" was not coined by the Brothers Chaps, but he agrees that "This term was popularized in 2004 by the character Strong Bad on the HomestarRunner web site."

== Duct Tape Guys ==
At [http://www.ducttapeguys.com DuctTapeGuys.com] on [http://www.octanecreative.com/ducttape/fashion/accessories/accessories1.html this]
webpage there is a picture of a duct tape backpack featuring Strong Bad, Marzipan, and Homestar.

== Ebolaworld.com ==
In a parody of the video game Night Trap, Homestar can sometimes be seen in empty rooms—usually the bedroom.
The game can be found [http://www.ebolaworld.com/movies/tacoman/07.html here].
In the Halloween episode (Found in the Taco-Man DVD), Homestar appears at the door after Smokey, the cigarette.
In the 2nd episode of Ask Taco-Man, he appears to be checking one of his emails the Strong Bad way. Homestar appears to be mistaken for Strong Bad instead of Taco Man.

== The Escapist ==
On an [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/unskippable/2355-White-Knight-Chronicles-Part-1 episode] of [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/unskippable Unskippable], a weekly show where Graham Stark and Paul Saunders mock video game cut-scenes, they claim a man draped in a hood sounds like [[Senor Cardgage]]. This happens again in another [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/unskippable/5970-White-Knight-Chronicles-II-Part-2 episode], and they also say "I should eat a [[original|pony]]."

== Etsy ==
In this handmade craft site there are several Homestar Runner character pendants.

== Engrish.com ==
The image featured on [http://www.engrish.com/2006/10/battery-instructions/ this page] is Strong Bad's "Eating Five Batteries" illustration from [[english paper]].

== Episode Comparisons ==
The anime episode comparison site [http://mmpu.smuncensored.com/ Mew Mew Power Uncensored] sometimes uses the term [[DELETED|Baleeted]] and frequently uses the Teen Girl Squad-esque term [[-'d|DELET'D]] in their comparisons to say when a scene was cut out.

== Eric Conveys an Emotion ==
*Eric at [http://www.emotioneric.com Eric Conveys an Emotion] got together with The Brothers Chaps for a rough and tumble game of football, complete with Eric's warped and hilarious sense of humor. See a step-by-step progression of [http://www.emotioneric.com/ae/?adv=thefootballgame The Game]. On page 1 [[Trogdor]] is in the background, on page 2 [[The Ugly One]] is in the background, on page 3 [[Old-Timey Homestar]] is in the background, on page 4 Homestar is in the background, on page 5 [[Strong Bad]] is in the background, on page 6, [[The Cheat]] is actually in the foreground, on page 7, [[The Cheat]], [[Strong Mad]] and a keg of [[Melonade]] are in the background, and on page 8, [[Stinkoman]] is in the background.
*Also, in "Getting a great idea... while falling to your doom" Eric has a [[Homsar]] shirt on. [http://www.emotioneric.com/greatideafalldoom.jpg greatideafalldoom.jpg]
*In one episode, Eric gets a job at [[Videlectrix]]. [http://www.emotioneric.com/ae/?adv=theinterview]

== Europa Universalis Forums ==
This site has a large number of fanfiction entries for Paradox Entertainment games, such as Europa Universalis and Hearts of Iron. The author Prufrock451 put a "Private Benedetto" in [http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?t=204565 this] Hearts of Iron 2 After Action Report. He's told to "keep that mess down".

==Factorize==
One of their randomized slogans reads "_______ can count to purple." A reference to [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 7]].

==Fail!==
On the FAQ page of [http://fail.comicgenesis.com/faqs.html this] website, the ever-popular boxing glove question is asked.

== Fake Domain Registration Info ==
The [http://whois.webhosting.info/OLENE.NET. registration information] provided for "olene.net" references [[Mundelow]], [[Schenectady Crispies]], [[some kinda robot|Abdi LaRue]], [[Cheap as Free]], [[cheat talk|Cory, ND]], [[The Cheat]], [[Strong Badia]], [[Free Country, USA]], [[Coach Z]], and [[Coach Z's Locker Room|his locker room]].

== FeedBurner ==
[[Image:FeedBurner_Sighting.png|thumb|We're totally crushing]]
On the [http://www.feedburner.com FeedBurner] website, in the section in which you can manage your feeds, random messages show up. One of them is this: "To the nearly 140,000 customers using FeedBurner... we are [http://www.homestarrunner.com/tgs2.html totally crushing] (in a good way)." The link takes you to [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 2]].

== Fhqwhgads.com ==
The entire website is a copy of the 9th sbemail, i love you, except for mousing over the place where one would type brings up the flashing white phrase, 'OMG PRIZE', which turns out to be a link to the fhqwhgads music video.
[http://www.fhqwhgads.com Here is the link.] {{inlinecontentwarning|'''rapidly flashing lights'''|If you have epilepsy/sensitivity to flashing lights, do not view this page.}} (site currently down)

== Finding Sushi ==
In Part 4 of Finding Sushi, the opening is a complete rip-off of the email [[senior prom]], with JarJar (Bubbles) getting his very own cartoon show, very akin to The King Of Town's Very Own Quite Popular Cartoon show, complete with matching music. The first segment involves Marlin checking an email that is very similar to the sbemail [[different town]]. A music video is then done with The Different Town Song. Also, when Yoda throws the rocks at Nemo, the "Throw baby" sound clip from [[Peasant's Quest Movie Trailer]] plays. Also, in Part 5, [[Homsar]]'s quote "Alms for the pudgy" from [[Homestar Presents: Presents]] and [[Coach Z]]s quote "JEAOOOOOOOOORB" from [[A Jorb Well Done]] is used in the fake intermissions. Both have been apparently removed by the owner on YouTube.

== Flame Warriors ==
The [http://redwing.hutman.net/~mreed/warriorshtm/garble.htm entry for Garble] includes a reference to a certain [[How Do You Type With Boxing Gloves On?|infamous question often asked of Strong Bad]].

== Flipnote Hatena ==
*A [http://flipnote.hatena.com/9BB91E601E2E7DA7@DSi/movie/2E7DA7_0877673E336CC_001 Flipnote] of [[gimmicks]] was created.

== Flying Omelette's Kitchen ==
*According to [http://www.flyingomelette.com/ this site], Strong Bad may have been switched at birth with Viewtiful Joe or the Red Power Ranger as found in [http://www.flyingomelette.com/oddities/oddities45.html this article].
*Also, The Cheat is compared to [[Pikachu]] in [http://www.flyingomelette.com/oddities/oddities31.html this article].

== For The Win Lite ==
*One "figurine" that a player can obtain in this web-based game is "AL-[[20X6]]". [http://www.ftwgame.com/lite/index.php The site]
*Another is "[[Trogdor|Trogados]]", who is a dragon-like "Seizumon" with a beefy arm sticking out of his neck.

== The Force.net Humor ==
At a Star Wars Fansite's humor section one of their "Top 46 lists" titled 'Top 47 lesser known goals of the evil empire' says "Secret co-production of Dangeresque 1, 2, & 3" at number 8. [http://www.theforce.net/humor/topten/ct10_lesser_known_goals_pt1.asp The List] [http://www.theforce.net/humor The Site]

==Forum Stage==
On the main page, the description for episode 1 is "Idiot gets sucked into the internet creating a cartoon so bad, [[Homestar Runner]] died." It can be seen [http://www.editthis.info/FSwiki/Internet here.]

==The Four Word Film Review==
One of the reviews for [http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?ID=63 Mars Attacks!] contains the review "Their hed a splode".

== Fred The Monkey ==
[http://www.fredthemonkey.com/ Fred the Monkey.com] is a Flash animation site that is greatly influenced by Homestar Runner. It's been around for six years now. Like Homestar Runner, the site features a "First Time Here"-video and a mailbag, very much like Strong Bad's email, and in the sixteenth mailbag, he comments on how he gets a lot of emails from people pretending to be Strong Bad. Also, in the second mailbag, Sceb receives an email commenting about how FredTheMonkey.com reminds the sender of HomestarRunner.com. Another similarity is that certain characters are able to pick up and manipulate objects without having visible arms. However, in one of the earlier mailbags, it is explicitly explained that these characters do in fact possess psychic powers. Another more obvious reference is displayed in [http://www.fredthemonkey.com/cartoons/reviewSM2.html this toon], where Fred The Monkey wears a Strong Bad mask at the end. Also, during the end credits, it says that " Strong Bad is (obviously) property of h*r".

== Fruitcake MIDI ==
Dr. Fruitcake, a famous video game music sequencer and remixer, has created a song called "The Occasional Beat (Strong Bad Remix)" in tribute to [[new hands]]. Check the song out [http://www.fcmidi.net/mp3/drf_bw_beat.mp3 here]. [http://www.fcmidi.net Fruitcake MIDI]

== Funny Junk ==
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*The image [http://www.funnyjunk.com/funny_pictures/4040/Pandas+Need+Protecting/ here] depicts a Panda holding a machine gun with the [[Pistols for Pandas (organization)|Pistols for Pandas]] logo below it.

== Funny Part ==
[http://www.funnypart.com Funny part], a website with numerous funny pictures, cartoons, and jokes, had [[Teen Girl Squad]] issues 2 and 3 on their website, though they have since been removed. 

== Funny or DIE ==
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[http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/f64f05a068/homestar-runner-drunk-available-from-brentalfloss This] video, which is a fan-animation by brentalfloss, depicts a recently-dumped-by-Marzipan Homestar as a drunk, making a video for an online dating service apparently run by Bubs.

== FunOrb ==
In the game Miner Disturbance, death by volcano explosion can yield the message "Burninated."

== Futurama Madhouse ==
At the [http://www.futurama-madhouse.com.ar Futurama Madhouse], they have a regular feature on "Uses for a hacker".
*[http://www.futurama-madhouse.com.ar/hacker/hack498.png Use #498] is entitled "Homsar's Translator" and features everyone's favorite blue midget Homestar, [[Homsar]]! This is a direct reference to [[for kids]].
**The copyright reads "© [[Tandy 400]], [[The Brothers Chaps|Chapman Bros]]".
*[http://www.futurama-madhouse.com.ar/hacker/hack667.png Use #667] is entitled "Homestar Runner's Evil Twin", and features just that.
*[http://www.futurama-madhouse.com.ar/hacker/hack669.png Use #669], entitled "Strong Bad's Torture Victims Who Misspell Repeetedli", is the latest Homestar-related use for a hacker.

== G4TV ==
When under construction, the official site for [http://www.g4tv.com G4TV] displayed an error message which read [http://www.g4tv.com/errored.html?eventlog_key=1776941 "ERROR'ed!"]

==Gamecheetz==
*Homestar Runner is mentioned on the [http://www.gamecheetz.com GameCheetz] [http://www.gamecheetz.com/Links.html link] page under "Excellent Humorous Sites".
*In the comic [http://www.gamecheetz.com/Comic.php?comic=15692 "Buzz Buzz"], there's a caption in the 7th frame that reads "If you don't recognize this, then you need to go to homestarrunner.com".
*One of the Forum avatars is a picture of Ilko's head.

== GameFAQs ==
*On the [http://www.gamefaqs.com GameFAQs] video game database, there are pages for [[Peasant's Quest]] [http://www.gamefaqs.com/computer/online/data/922153.html here] and [[Stinkoman 20X6]] [http://www.gamefaqs.com/computer/online/data/928815.html here], where each game has user-submitted walkthroughs, reviews and more, as well as its own message board.
*Homestar Runner is listed as a company [http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/company/75484.html here].
*Also, The Unofficial Homestarrunner board can be found [http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=575567 here.]
*On April Fools 2006, a [http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=2333 poll] on GameFAQs listed a series of internet phrases, one of which being "YOUR HEAD A SPLODE".
*In the [http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/top10/2244.html list] of top 10 box art misrepresentations], #10 mentions "Often, you'll find epic drawings of spaceships and dragons on a cover, only to find they've been reduced to mediocre triangles and 'fhwqwgads' [sic] within the game."

== The Game Rag ==
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In [http://www.thegamerag.com/archives/2006/07/feature_my_24_hours_with_g4tv_2.php My 24 Hours With G4TV], the author writes at 3am: "[I]t's late and I'm getting tired. I begin to go slightly insane, and draw [[Trogdor]] on the bottom of my foot." A [http://www.thegamerag.com/pics/Foot1.jpg photo] of his drawing is included in the article, sans wings.

== GamesRadar ==
[http://www.gamesradar.com/us/index.jsp GamesRadar] featured a video for [[Wikipedia:Ultimate Ninja 2|Ultimate Ninja 2]] with the headline "Burninate!"

==Games Repainted==
*In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Repainted & Rewritten, the background for outside Hooktail's castle is replaced with [[The Field]].
*A few rooms in Undertale Repainted has Strong Bad's face as the floor tiling.
*Remix 3 in Rhythm Heaven Fever Repainted is completely themed around Homestar Runner as a whole. The music is also a remix of [[Everybody to the Limit]].
*Homestar is also featured on the title screen.
*Among the other music that plays during the cast roll, [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2#Message 14|Let's Fhqwhgads Again]] is one of them.
*In Sonic Adventure DX Repainted, Knuckles' theme is replaced with [[Fish Eye Lens]].

== Game Show Garbage==
The Tooncrap induction of [http://www.gameshowgarbage.com/tc033_captnbayou.html The Captain N episode, "How's Bayou?"] makes a reference to an Easter Egg in [[bedtime story]] by telling the reader he hoped you saved the receipt.

== Gamespot ==
In [http://www.gamespot.com Gamespot]'s review for [http://www.gamespot.com/pc/driving/bigrigsotrr/video/6086530 Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing], several Series 1 Homestar Runner figurines can be seen on the reviewer's desk.

== The Geek Show ==
On ''[http://www.thegeekshow.com/ The Geek Show]'', Strong Bad Emails are frequently shown as an example of "What's funny on the internet." They have played "[[japanese cartoon]]", "[[dullard]]", "[[theme party]]" and "[[Strong Bad Sings]]" on their show.

== Gizmodo ==
*A picture of Strong Bad is shown on a [http://gizmodo.com/5637954/a-week-with-the-new-ipods 4th generation iPod Touch].
*In the news story about the [http://gizmodo.com/5416085/fossil-palindrome-too-watch-is-one-suspicious-character Fossil Palindrome Too], the watch is compared to "the face of a monster or a Homestar Runner character."
*In describing the [http://gizmodo.com/380039/trashbot-is-son-of-bigdog-phil-collins-and-homestar-runner Trashbot], Gizmodo throws in a couple H*R puns and the Youtube video of [[crying]], for good measure.
*In a [http://gizmodo.com/276723/iphone-file-system-hacked-custom-ringtones-to-come-soon news story] about the iPhone's file system being hacked, Gizmodo adds, "like Strong Bad would say: P0wned!"
*The [http://gizmodo.com/241659/dlo-homedock-deluxe-hands-on-the-best-tvipod-dock-yet DLO Homedock Deluxe] is tested by watching a few [[Strong Bad Emails]].
*While reviewing the [http://gizmodo.com/179731/iriver-e10-reviewed-verdict-cnexcellent iRiver E10], it is mentioned that one can watch Homestar Runner videos with it on-the-go.
*The [http://gizmodo.com/173381/homestar-sega-planetarium-compy-386 Homestar Sega Planetarium Compy 386's] name is compared to Strong Bad's own [[Compy 386]].

== Gnash Project ==
* The "Examples of GNU Gnash" section [http://www.gnu.org/software/gnash/ on their main project page] features a screen shot of the Strong Bad Email [[videography]].

== Golo Theme song ==
In this [http://web.mac.com/davidgonzalez3/iWeb/Site/Podcast/A3D987B8-0E97-4554-9478-C563F78E60F4.html song], D.J. Silver and his little brother Diego both mention the email [[privileges]].

== Google ==
*During development, [[Wikipedia:Google Page Creator|Google Page Creator]] was codenamed "[[Trogdor]]".
*On an episode of Google Current, the host (Conor Knighton) wears a Strong Bad shirt. [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8426498908161701167 Video]
*The [http://www.google.com/ig/directory Google Personalized Home Page Content Directory] contains a [http://www.google.com/ig/directory?num=24&url=http://www.interglacial.com/rss/homestar.rss Homestar Runner piece] that you can add to your personalized home page.

==HALOLZ==
*A person submitted a picture of the Milkman from the game [[Wikipedia:Pyschonauts|Psychonauts]] with a caption with altered lyrics of [[Trogdor (song)]].
==Happy Tree Friends Wiki==
*One of the questions on the FAQ entry for the show is "How well do you think Happy Tree Friends stands up against other reputable online web-toons, such as www.homestarrunner.com? Have you ever watched any other online web-toons in order to see what they’re like, or do you prefer to just concentrate on Happy Tree Friends?".

== Hardcore Gaming 101 ==
In the [http://hg101.classicgaming.gamespy.com/bioniccommando/bioniccommando.htm Bionic Commando article], the writer mentions a "strong Badd" (the name of the enemy army), and then proceeds to laugh over his gag and pointing it out.

== Head Injury Theater ==
*During February '05, Jared painted [http://headinjurytheater.com/Holy%20Cccccrap%20jared%20hindman%202.jpg Strong Bad as a snake, strangling Homestar.]
*During March '05, Jared painted [http://headinjurytheater.com/images/Burnination%20jared%20hindman.jpg Trogdor.]
*During "Art Crash Desperation", Jared painted a [http://www.headinjurytheater.com/images/strongbad%20asylum%20jared%20hindman.jpg bizarre painting of Strong Bad] after the suggestion "How do you type with boxing gloves on?"
*During October '07, Jared painted [http://headinjurytheater.com/images/hallo%2007%20trogdor%20jared%20hindman.jpg Trogdor again.]
*During October '08, Jared made the [http://headinjurytheater.com/images/halloween%202008%20marzipumpkin.jpg Marzipumpkin], the last of a series of surreal jack-o-lanterns.

== Holy Bibble ==
*On the comic page of comic [http://www.holybibble.net/index.php?id=93 #93], Cannan mentions "Every time somebody gets burninated in Holy Bibble, I get the most awesome dreams..."

== Homokaasu.org ==
*A Homestar Runner [http://homokaasu.org/rasterbator/gallery.gas?1331 wall-size printout] demonstrating homokaasu.org's Rasterbator software (Web service)
*A [http://homokaasu.org/rasterbator/gallery.gas?1279 printout of The Cheat] is also used as another example.

== IGN ==
*The image behind the Nintendo Wi-Fi Registration Tool is from a [[Teen Girl Squad]] comic in [http://ds.ign.com/articles/665/665128p1.html this article].
*In the Animal Crossing: Wild World video review at the 2:52 mark, there is a selection screen where you pick the design for your clothes. There are three Homestar-inspired designs, including the red star shirt, a Homestar head, and Strong Bad. The video selection page is found [http://media.ds.ign.com/media/682/682878/vids_1.html here], and the actual video is on the top left, or [http://media.ds.ign.com/media/682/682878/vid_1341240.html here.]
*Concerning a Video Game Law in Oklahoma, IGN titled the article "Oklahoma Burninates Game Law" found [http://wii.ign.com/articles/738/738882p1.html here].
*IGN mentions Homestarrunner.com in their [http://ds.ign.com/articles/802/802002p1.html review] of the Nintendo DS Web Browser.
*In a 20-year Game Boy retrospective found [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GErk7fMiatQ here], one of the speakers is wearing a "Crazy Go Nuts" T-shirt bearing the [[Jolly Dumple]].

== IMDb ==
*Due to the releases of DVDs, IMDb has entries for all of the {{p|l=http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0027427/ Homestar Runner}} cast, as well as the brothers Chaps, Missy Palmer, Craig Zobel, etc.

== I-Mockery==
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*Pickleman and the Green Thumb of Triumph
**When you are bitten by the vampire bat, you become a block of cheese, accompanied with the message "CHEESED!". See the page [http://www.i-mockery.com/minimocks/pickleman-greenthumb/default.php here].
*I-Mockery's Great American Road Trip
**At a medieval fair, RoG sees a simplistic dragon toy, and compares it to [[Trogdor]]. See the page [http://www.i-mockery.com/minimocks/american-roadtrip/day4b.php here].
*EVOLUTION OF JACK!
**After Pjalne pretends to have stabbed himself in the arm, there is a picture of Andy with a caption of "Halloween'd", which is a direct reference to [[Teen Girl Squad]]. See the page [http://www.i-mockery.com/halloween/bag/jack3.php here].
*Bishop of Battle
**On the second page of his review, the image of the Bishop swallowing J.J. is captioned with a reference to [[StrongBadZone]], "YOUR HEAD A SPLODE!" A direct link to the page is available [http://www.i-mockery.com/minimocks/bishopofbattle/page2.php here].

== Insert Disc Two ==
In the sketch My Dream Date with James Joyce, Lori Williams' character has a [[The Cheat]] doll on her bed.

== Inspirational Posters ==
A website cataloging [http://www.geneticanomaly.com/RPG-Motivational/ inspirational posters] based on role-playing games includes one titled "[http://www.geneticanomaly.com/RPG-Motivational/slides/artistry.html Artistry]", which features the "S is for Sucks" from [[dragon]].

==Instructables==
User GorillazMiko made a page about [http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-draw-TROGDOR-the-BURNINATOR!/ how to draw Trogdor]. On the intro page of the instructable, there is video of [[dragon]] from [[YouTube]].

== Jay is Games ==
*[http://jayisgames.com/ Jay is Games] is a site that reviews a large number of online games. They have had reviews of [[Peasant's Quest]] [http://jayisgames.com/archives/2004/08/peasants_quest.php], [[Thy Dungeonman 3]] [http://jayisgames.com/archives/2006/04/thy_dungeonman.php], and [[Dangeresque Roomisode 1: Behind the Dangerdesque]] [http://jayisgames.com/archives/2008/12/dangeresque_roomisode_1_behind_the_dangerdesque.php].
*The review for [http://jayisgames.com/archives/2009/06/broken_picture_telephone.php Broken Picture Telephone] is illustrated with a screenshot from the game, depicting a drawing of [[Trogdor]] playing minigolf and sneezing while a laser shoots at him.
*[[Peasants Quest]] was featured in an [http://jayisgames.com/archives/2010/10/the_vault_2.php October 2010 listing of ''The Vault''], a weekly article on the site created to highlight memorable games the reporters have encountered over the years. It was praised for its storyline, "retro visuals", and "absurd sense of humor".

== JengaJam.com ==
This website used to up links to the latest Homestar updates. The name of the site came from Homsar's quote in [[Where's The Cheat?]], and the sub heading "The Pride of the Peaches" is derived from a quote by Strong Bad imitating Homsar in the sbemail [[interview]].

== Joe Wuz Here! ==
In Comic 2 of the main series, the police car that Joe was put in has the license plate "BURNIN8R." The comic can be found [http://www.freewebs.com/joecomic here].

== The Joshua Childers Show! ==
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihqpZLId31g The Joshua Childers Show!] is a webshow on [http://www.YouTube.com/ YouTube] where a teenager parodies different TV show genres. In the first episode, Joshua is seen wearing a [[Stinkoman]] shirt.

==Joystiq==
*One of the articles is entitled "[http://www.joystiq.com/2006/10/27/nykos-intercooler-may-burninate-the-xbox-360/ Nyko's Intercooler may burninate the Xbox 360]" and features a picture of the pencil-drawn Trogdor (from [[dragon]]) next to an Xbox 360 with an Intercooler unit.
*The "[http://www.joystiq.com/2006/12/15/todays-hottest-game-video-vga-06-motion-capture-skit/ Today's hottest game video]" article for December 15, 2006 features a screen capture from [[Sample of Style Too]] at the beginning of the article.
*The release of [[Where's an Egg?]] was [http://www.joystiq.com/2007/07/18/videlectrix-releases-another-game-parody-wheres-an-egg/ announced] on the website on July 18, 2007.

==Kevin & Kell==
*Lindesfarne, one of the fictional characters in the comic, has her own blog. One of the entries in the blog is called [http://blog.kevinandkell.com/archives/64-TRADEMARKD.html TRADEMARK'D].

==Kings of Chaos==
After attacking an enemy in the MMORPG [http://www.kingsofchaos.com/ Kings of Chaos], the victory page will sometimes say "You burninated the enemy!" an obvious reference to [[Trogdor]].

==Klick! Holiday Video==
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Eor5a5uwsM This video] contains over 50 viral video parodies, including a man with a [[Strong Bad]] mask typing on his keyboard with boxing gloves.

==Kotaku==
*On the page showing [http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/fish/splinter-cell-fishtank-gameplay-204975.php Splinter Cell: Double Agent "Fishtank Gameplay"], the author mentions that "PETA is going to get [[all up ons]]".
*On the page listing [http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/comments/become-a-kotakuite-209163.php just how easy it is to comment on Kotaku], the word "BANNINATE" is used, which is a pun on [[Trogdor|burnination]].
*In the "[http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/rainbow-six-vegas/rainbow-six-vegas-demo-out-on-live-but-not-in-vegas-209685.php Rainbow Six Vegas Demo Out On Live, But Not In Vegas]" article, the term "[[double deuce]]" is used.
*Kotaku also [http://kotaku.com/gaming/wii/strong-bad-on-the-wii-232190.php reported] on the debut of [[Viidelectrix]].

== La La La ==
The video "[http://www.flashplayer.com/music/lalala.html La La La]" on UGOplayer contains a few Homestar Runner characters, including Strong Bad and Homestar Runner. It also includes the Homestarmy wallpaper image, edited to suit the cartoon.

== Laser Dragon University ==
In [http://www.laserdragonuniversity.com/?page=students Students], there is a character who wears a T-shirt with the logo for [[Taranchula]].

== Legendaryfrog.com ==
*In [http://www.legendaryfrog.com/flashmovies/kerri3.htm Kerrigan's Big Invention] there is a picture of Strong Bad and Homestar on the chalk board.
*In [http://www.legendaryfrog.com/flashmovies/avp.htm Senya's movie review: Alien V.S. Predator] there are several Cheat Commandos toys by the toy box.
*In [http://vgp.legendaryfrog.com/movies_wgf_w.php When Gnomes Fly] the main characters name is Brudder, a reference to [[Lil' Brudder]].
*In [http://collabs.legendaryfrog.com/movies_tmhy_w.php The Matrix Has You], the little girl yells "It's Over", at the very end of Legendary Frog's part, like Strong Bad does at the end of almost every [[Teen Girl Squad]] episode.

== Lemmy's Land ==
*In one of [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/ Lemmy's] [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk35/lk35.php Funnies] called [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk35/lk35.php?&Submission=514 "Superstar Mario in Too Much Water"] By Drew, we see the classic "Scene missing" bit from [[Parsnips A-Plenty]] and [[The Homestar Runner]] says, "What?" while Mario was still drinking water to become fat.
*Eight of [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk29/lk29.htm Lemmy's Interviews] have Homestar Runner characters as the interviewers: [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk29/lk29-1720.html HOMESTAR RUNNER AND POM POM interview GOOMBA], [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk29/lk29-1727.html STRONG BAD AND THE CHEAT interview ROY KOOPA], HOMESTAR interviews BOWSER, [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lksection.php?&ThisSection=292&Submission=1615 HOMSAR interviews HAMMER BRO], STRONG SAD AND POM POM interview X-NAUT, STRONG BAD AND STRONG MAD interview GOOMBA, STRONG SAD AND POM POM interview X-NAUT, and [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk29/lk29-1738.html STRONG SAD interviews LUIGI].

== LoadingReadyRun ==
*In the video entitled [http://loadingreadyrun.com/videos/view/12/AWESOMEWe-...-Shot-This AWESOME:We ... Shot This!], G Unit's (Graham Stark's) lyrics include the word "Homestar".
*In the video entitled [http://loadingreadyrun.com/videos/view/35/The-Rant-Scenesters-and-Snobbery The Rant - Scenesters and Snobbery], [[Store Toys#Collectible Figurines|figurine sets]] one and two can be seen on top of the television.
*In the video entitled [http://loadingreadyrun.com/videos/view/70/Sleep-Dep-Experiment Sleep Dep Experiment], Morgan says he's been making [[Glossary#S|stnanks]].
*In the video entitled [http://loadingreadyrun.com/videos/view/51/The-Bet The Bet], Graham cracks and teleports around the room repeating the same word over and over, as Homestar does in [[long pants]].
*In the bloopers in the DVD extras for [http://loadingreadyrun.com/videos/view/119/ZOMGies1 ZOMGies!!!1], when Graham flubs the line "You don't understand!", he follows it up with "[[virus|You all understand! I mean don't understand!]]"

== Loldogs ==
*In the background of [http://ihasahotdog.com/2008/01/30/loldogs-cute-puppy-pictures-sensitive-pug-feels/ this picture], a young boy is watching some type of interaction between Strong Bad and Bubs. (site currently down)

== "The Lost Experience" ABC's Official Blog ==
*In [http://blogs.abc.com/inside_the_experience/ Speaker's "Reader Mail 2"], after one question was repeated one too many times, Speaker angrily responds, "Grah! What? Who? GAH! Is this my 'How do you type with boxing gloves on?' question?"
*Later, Speaker posted a "Video Reader Mail" on YouTube, which prominently featured the [[Kick The Cheat]] doll in the background and referred to "e-mail personalities" having raspy voices (like [[Strong Bad]]).

== ManCrush ==
[[Homestar Runner]], [[Strong Bad]], [[The Cheat]], and [[Coach Z]] are all listed, currently rated at #[http://mancrush.com/mc/man/787 1102], #[http://mancrush.com/mc/man/1048 674], #[http://mancrush.com/mc/man/894 1271], and #[http://mancrush.com/mc/man/764 933], respectively.

==The Man of 101 Voices==
"Brock" released a video on Myspace called "The Man of 101 Voices" where he did impressions of Teen Girl Squad, Bubs, Coach Z, The Cheat, and Larry from Limozeen as numbers 91-95. The video can be seen [http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=1636225861 here].

The video "The Man of 101 More Voices" also features impressions of Strong Bad, Homestar Runner, and Marshie as 88-90. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRzBtTcnh5c&feature=channel Video here]

There is also a video named "The Man of 101 More...er Voices" featuring impressions of Crack Stuntman and Homsar as numbers 92-93. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XunezwEKHk Video here.]

In November 2012, he also released a video of impressions entitled "Fifty Impressions of Grey," in which Strong Bad (referred to as 'strongbad') was impersonated. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqkNYfKZV6s&feature=g-user-u Video here] (Warning: strong language).

==Media Molecule==
On [http://www.mediamolecule.com/2009/11/02/happy-birthday-littlebigplanet/#more-2122 this] post, there is a .gif image with the line "Your head asplode", a quote from Vector Strong Bad.

== MindBlasters Tripod ==
There is a page on the main site titled "Homestar", that features cartoons from the website. Also, the blog [http://www.mindblasters.tripod.com/ramdom "Ramdom Exployts"] has very many Homestar Runner references. The main Mindblasters Tripod site can be found [http://www.mindblasters.tripod.com here].

== Mind Body Guide ==
*Strong Bad is the featured image of a slightly tongue-in-cheek tally of the body's many muscles on [http://mindbodyguide.ca/articles/biological-literacy-how-many-muscles.php this site].
*Strong Bad Email [[suntan]] is quoted when the article states, "let's not forget the cloits and dloits!"
*The [http://mindbodyguide.ca/articles/biological-literacy-how-many-muscles.php#note1 footnote] says "There are no such thing as cloits or dloits. This is a reference to anatomy according to Strong Bad, which is hilarious, and included here entirely for the sake of comic relief. Kind of like the whole article, come to think of it."

== More Awesome Than You! ==
*[http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com This] page (warning: explicit "under construction" graphic) the index.html page title is "More Awesome Than You PAY PLUS!", which is a reference to [[HomestarRunner.com PAY PLUS!]].
*The main logo has a picture of [[Trogdor]] on it.
*Seven of the sub-forums are marked as been in the "[[Trogdor|Burnination]]" parent forum. One of the child forums in the "Burnination" parent forum is entitled "[[Peasantry]]". Another is titled "[[theme park|Bowels of Trogdor]]". Yet another is titled "[[Planet K]] [[20X6]]". A child forum under the "Peasantry" forum is "Made-Up Animals", with the description: "[[animal|If you were a sim, what would you like as if?]]". Another forum in Peasantry bears the description [[homsar|"Ask me your questions, and I will make fun of you."]] The description for the "Playsets & Toys" forum references the catchphrase of the [[Cheat Commandos]].
*Several phrases used are similar, or based on Homestar Runner phrases. Examples include: "Game exploding in a [[pom pom|big fiery ball that is visible from space]]" and "[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 10|GameCube is no place for a mighty warrior.]]"
*One of the available objects is the Trogdor topiary from [[Weclome Back]] ([http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,5284.msg151811.html#msg151811]).
*Part of the forum footer reads "[[Powered by The Cheat]]".
*Another available object is the [[Store Toys#Kick The Cheat|Kick The Cheat]] toy ([http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,6188.0.html]).
*A member is named Li'l Brudder and used to have an avatar of Li'l Brudder and a signature containing Li'l Brudder quotes ([http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php?action=profile;u=2200]).
*Another member, Inge, has the [http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php?action=profile;u=20 custom title] of [[rampage|round mound of gray fatness]].
*When you type a false file in the site bar like (www.moreawesomethanyou.com/anything) you will get [[404'd]].

== Mozilla ==
*There is an extension for [[Wikipedia:Mozilla Firefox|Mozilla Firefox]] called [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/full-screen-homestar-runner/ Full Screen Homestar Runner] and another one called the [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/hr-toolbar/ H*R Toolbar.] Each appears to be popular, with tens of thousands of downloads.

== MSN ==
*Homestarrunner.com appears on two MSN lists: it occupies slot #7 of [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26978920/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets?pg=8#Tech_10TimeWasters Ten Ways to Waste Time Online], and occupies slot #40 of [http://tech.msn.com/products/articlepcw.aspx?cp-documentid=20923913&page=4 Forty Fantastic Time-Wasting Web Sites] (from PC World).



== NationalReview.com ==
In an article posted August 27, 2003, entitled "[http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment-wood082703.asp Everybody to the Limit]", Peter Wood reviews homestarrunner.com.

== Natrium42.com ==
In [http://natrium42.com/blog/?p=36 a blog post], Natrium42 uses [[dragon]] as the test Flash file for porting [http://gplflash.sourceforge.net/ GPLFlash] to the [[Wikipedia:Nintendo DS|Nintendo DS]].

== The Needle Drop ==

''[[Wikipedia:The Needle Drop|The Needle Drop]]'' blogger and self-described "Internet's busiest music nerd", Anthony Fantano, frequently mentions his affinity for ''Homestar'' via Facebook and [https://twitter.com/theneedledrop/status/480056452954869761 Twitter].

== Neglected Characters ==
*[http://www.smbhq.com/nc/ This] is a site where the Neglected Characters of Mario games are honored. One of them, [http://www.smbhq.com/nc/guide.html Dr. Donez], answers questions regularly (much like [[Strong Bad Email]]) at [http://www.smbhq.com/nc/askdrd.html Ask Dr. Donez].
**In [http://www.smbhq.com/nc/e501600.html question 595], [http://www.smbhq.com/nc/v14011500.html question 1412], and [http://www.smbhq.com/nc/v18011900.html question 1842] he gets asked how he types with boxing gloves on his hands, which he responds differently each time.
***He is also frequently asked how he types with wings.
*In one of Bowser's [http://www.smbhq.com/nc/election/radical/bowser/speeches.html speeches], Koopa asks Bowser, "How do you know Trogdor?" and he replies "We went to Burniniation classes together."

== Neopets ==
*[http://www.neopets.com Neopets] released a new avatar with the caption "Your Lupe A Splode" which is a reference to [[video games]] and [[StrongBadZone]].
[[Image:Yourlupeasplode.gif]]
*In this avatar, the caption reads "Garlic'd!" at the end, which is a Teen Girl Squad reference.
[[Image:Runaway garlic.gif]]
*Another avatar features a Scorchio (a dragon-like Neopet) with the caption "Burninate!", a reference to [[Trogdor]].
[[Image:Scordrax.gif]]
*Neopets also has an avatar reserved for theneopetsteam, a staff username, which references the "a splode."
[[Image:Tntasplode.gif]]
*The end for the description for tomb chips is "GOTHD!", a reference to Teen Girl Squad.

== NES Buckle ==
*On [http://www.nesbuckle.com/userpics.php this site], one person is wearing a Teen Girl Squad Shirt.

== NES Horsemen ==
*On [http://www.neshorsemen.com/ this site], [http://www.neshorsemen.com/oreview.html this page] has several references, including a variation on the "dot dot dot" quote from [[Under Construction]] and a reference to the [[Extra Real Dating Sim XR]] ("featuring the most polygonal of technoligies"). [[20X6]] is also mentioned.

==Newgrounds==
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[[File:ebay homestar.png|thumb|right|50px|I'll take it! I'll take 12!]]
Newgrounds user Shadow-Panda [http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/232855 made a music video of Ebay] by [[Wikipedia:Weird Al|Weird Al]]. It has a picture of Homestar as one of the items bought off of Ebay, out of its box as the camera pans through the items.

There is a game called "Homestar Hunt" on Newgrounds, where you chase Homestar and shoot him.

Also, in the first episode of the cartoon trilogy Kingdom Hearts Chronicles there is a reference to Homestar, in the scene in which Sora enters a cave there is a carved etch of Homestar Runner on the wall.

In addition, there is a game called "Yeowi the Pervert" on Newgrounds in which the Entrance theme of the Brothers Strong is randomly chosen during gameplay.

== Nintendojo ==
As an April Fools' prank, Nintendojo put up a [http://www.nintendojo.com/infocus/view_item.php?1143867894 fake list of characters] for the upcoming Super Smash Bros. Brawl. [[Trogdor]] is among the characters listed.

==[http://podcast.nlcast.com/ Nobody's Listening Clean Comedy Podcast]==
A [http://podcast.nlcast.com clean comedy podcast] with a lot of Homestar references made throughout the podcast. Huge Homestar Runner fans.

== NoSlang.com ==
The [http://www.noslang.com NoSlang.com] [http://www.noslang.com/spelling.php "commonly misspelled words"] page has a statement saying, "Since not everybody owns a copy of '[[local news#Easter Eggs|Strong Bad's Rythm  N' Grammar]],' we've tried to do our part to help by compiling a list of common internet misspellings." It also posted a "Happy Birthday Trogdor" link from January 13 through January 16, 2006. And, in the Internet Slang Dictionary, one of the user-submitted words is h*r, meaning "[[homestar runner]]"

== [http://oldeenglish.org Olde English] ==
In their [http://www.oldeenglish.org/podcast/general-procrastination General Procrastination] sketch, Raizin was holding off going to battle by going on the internet and watching the new [[Strong Bad Email]] (which really wasn't even an email, he opened up the Strong Bad bio 'toon and the email menu).

==Omegle==
When your connection is lost during a chat, one of the error messages is "Your connection asploded."

==OMG Facts==
For [http://www.omg-facts.com/view/Facts/19401 fact #19401] detailing Vocaloid's Hatsune Miku, the last two lines of the first paragraph read "Naturally, she has blue hair. You gotta have blue hair!"

==OrbiTouch==
On the website for [http://www.keybowl.com/kb/index?page=benefits OrbiTouch], a new, safe way to type, they mention that you can "Type with Boxing Gloves On" in the lower right-hand side of one of their pages.

==Otaku Revolution: The Strip==
The [http://www.otakurevolution.net/strip/091031.html October 31, 2009 strip] was titled "The 2009 Otaku Revolution: The Strip Secondary and Obscure Homestar Runner Universe Characters Halloween Spectacular!" with the characters of the strip dressed up as the characters in question. The usual logo for OR:TS was replaced with a parody of the Homestarrunner.com logo, and the page title was "Sorry Homestar, but your Strong Bad is in another comic!" Previous strips included the character Rob saying "[http://www.otakurevolution.net/strip/archive/0790.png Clear the launchway, man. We're taking this baby to the moon!]" and another strip featured a [http://www.otakurevolution.net/strip/archive/0792.png group sing-along of "The Cheat is Not Dead"] as well as a character shouting "Hey, Rob! You're not Strong Bad!"

==Panda Smash==
At 01:20 of [http://www.pandasmash.com/video.php?epi_id=134 A Tribute to Every Video Site], the scene shows the man and woman as [[Strong Bad]] and [[Marzipan]].

==Platypuscomix.net==
*An entire page, titled [http://www.platypuscomix.net/websurfin/homestarfreakers.html Homestar Freakers!] informs readers how to find homestarrunner.com's [[Secret Pages]].
*The article [http://www.platypuscomix.net/websurfin/incredibleitems.html Incredible Items for Sale!] includes a picture of [[Strong Bad]] exclaiming, "[[First Time Here?|Hey, check me out! No seriously, check me out...]]" and mentions the burrito Homestar auctioned in the email [[english paper]].
*The [http://www.platypuscomix.net/applepalooza/index.html Applepalooza] section's menu includes a photo of an [[Wikipedia:Apple II series|Apple II]] computer with a [[weird dream]] quote ("Your computer has too much computer in it and not enough typewriter") written on its screen.
*When moderator Peter Paltridge added [http://www.platypuscomix.net/onlyme/shecamefromtoledo.html videos of his homemade RPG], the main page linked to the videos through a logo reading "Peter Paltridge's Cool Game for Attractive People", a reference to [[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People]].
*After Steve Jobs died, the Platypus Comix homepage boasted a picture of [[Eh! Steve]] [http://platypuscomix.net/top187.jpg crying] while delivering his catch phrase.
*"[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/inspace.html Creating the Perfect Tagline]" makes one comment on the iconic value of the ''[[Wikipedia: Alien (film)|Alien]]'' tagline ("In space, no one can hear you scream.") by challenging readers to recall the slogan of ''[[Wikipedia: Aliens (film)|Aliens]]''. Paltridge dismisses it as generic and forgettable ("This time, it's war.") by showing an ''Aliens'' poster with a tagline reading, "[[stunt double|This time, it's not Dangeresque 1.]]"

==Plush Puffs==
[http://www.plushpuffs.com/ Plush Puffs] list [[Mr. Shmallow (toon)]], [[Fluffy Puff Commercial]], and [[Meet Marshie]] as Company Training Videos on their [http://www.plushpuffs.com/aboutus/index.html about us page].

==Polas' Goodtime Retro Cafe==
In the [http://www.goodtimeretrocafe.com/other/commodore.html Commodore 64 "Classics"] review, [[Trogdor (song)|Trogdor]] lyrics are used as the opening paragraph for the review of the game Thantos.

==Progressive Boink==
*In [http://www.progressiveboink.com/archive/christmas100/index1.html The 100 Greatest Christmas Shows] list, the Homestar Runner Decemberween toons are grouped together and ranked at #79.
*In [http://www.progressiveboink.com/archive/costumes/ The 50 Worst Halloween Costumes] list, Strong Bad is among those as "Any costume that may lead to poor voice impressions".
*In [http://www.progressiveboink.com/archive/videogames/kyle.html Kyle's Top 20 Video Games] list (part of the site's [http://www.progressiveboink.com/archive/videogames/ 100 Favorite Video Games]), Kyle criticizes the voices of the enemies in Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee (his 9th favorite game) as sound "identical to Strong Bad".
*In [http://www.progressiveboink.com/archive/hotties/jonhotties.htm Jon's Top 20 Most Beautiful Women] list (part of the site's ([http://www.progressiveboink.com/archive/hotties/ 100 Most Beautiful Women: 2003]), Jon describes his #1 pick, Shakira, as being famous for "the ability to sing like both a Latina schoolgirl and Homsar in the same verse."
*The entry for [http://www.progressiveboink.com/archive/ihbfd/cheese.htm Cheese] (from the cartoon series "Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends") in the [http://www.progressiveboink.com/archive/ihbfd.htm Internet Hanna-Barbera Fashion Database] describes the show as being "located just down the block from Trogdor the Burninator and across the street from Juggernaut calling people b****es."
*In a review of [http://www.progressiveboink.com/archive/lambchopchanukah.html Lamb Chop's Special Chanukah], the character Charlie Horse's use of a computer is compared to Strong Bad in the form of an email asking how he types with hooves on his hands. The email is signed, "crapfully yours, crapface mccrappington, asbury park, nj."
*[http://hyspace.progressiveboink.com/volvagia.html Volvagia's HySpace profile] lists two reasons why he was revived by Ganondorf, one of them is to "burninate the countryside."
*On the final page of [http://progressiveboink.com/archive/robliefeld4.html Rob Liefeld's 40 worst drawings] the author notes, "We'll ignore the elephantine Strong Sad leg that he's given Franklin Richards in the first panel."

==Pure Pwnage ==
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[[Image:Purepwnage_email.jpg|thumb|Jeremy from Pure Pwnage]] At the beginning of [http://www.purepwnage.com/episodes/s1/10/ episode 10], Jeremy answers emails in the exact same style as Strong Bad does. The computer used says "[[Compy 386]]" in the corner.



== Rareware.com ==
In the [http://www.rareware.com/extra/scribes/24dec03/index.html December 24, 2003 edition] of the letters page Scribes, one letter states:

<blockquote>Can you answer emails in Flash like [[Strong Bad Email|Strong Bad]] does? I think it would be funny because we could all hear you speak with an [[sb_email 22|English]] accent, which us North Americans find amusing. :) Also, we could hear you groan when you get a bad one, like those other e-mails you get... you know, the ones that aren't sent by me.</blockquote>

The response:
<blockquote>''British'' accent, Arse, ''British'' accent. Anyway, no. That would be a terrible error.</blockquote>

==RateYourMusic.com==
After deleting messages from your inbox, you're taken to a page with "[[DELETED|Baleeted]]" as the title.

== Real Ultimate Power ==
Parodies of [http://www.realultimatepower.net '''''Real Ultimate Power'''''] are everywhere. A fan [http://www.geocities.com/viggler/trogdor.html made one] featuring TROGDOR.

== Red vs Blue ==
*At [http://www.redvsblue.com Red vs Blue] they made a public service announcement about tattoos (It appears every 4 weeks or so in the season 1 archive). When Church suggests you get a tattoo of your favorite character from your favorite online comic (actually referring to himself), Strong Bad's face appears on-screen instead.
*A Strong Bad and a Homestar sticker is also seen during the Red vs. Blue segment in the Halo 2 Limited Collectors Edition DVD, on the window of a door.

==Reddit==
*There is a [https://www.reddit.com/r/HomestarRunner Homestar Runner subreddit].

==RetroWare TV==
*The Happy Video Game Nerd's [[http://www.retrowaretv.com/HappyVideoGameNerd/HVGNMegaMan10/tabid/446/Default.aspx Mega Man 10 review]] mentions Mega Man's blue hair, and goes on to say that "[[The Brothers Chaps|The Chapman Brothers]] are probably laughing their asses off", whilst displaying a picture of [[Stinkoman]].
*On the Game Quickie for [[Wikipedia: Adventure (Atari 2600)|Adventure]] on [[Atari 2600]], the dragons are referred to as "ducks" at one point, and at the end, the line "Somebody get this freakin' duck away from me!" is uttered.

== RiffTrax ==
*In the [[Wikipedia:RiffTrax|RiffTrax]] for the movie [http://www.rifftrax.com/rifftrax/eragon Eragon], upon seeing a cottage on fire, [[Wikipedia:Kevin Murphy|Kevin Murphy]] quips "Another burninated victim of TROGDOR!"
*And in the [http://www.rifftrax.com/rifftrax/batman-and-robin Batman and Robin] Rifftrax, when they are placing the mask on Bane's face, [[Wikipedia:Bill Corbett|Bill Corbett]] states "Next they're going to put boxing gloves on him and force him to read emails," in reference to the ever popular sbemail feature. It should be noted that that particular Rifftrax was written by the fans.
*In the RiffTrax of the Harrison Ford movie [http://www.rifftrax.com/rifftrax/firewall Firewall], [[Wikipedia:Mike Nelson|Mike Nelson]] quips as Harrison Ford works at a computer, "Now that I've watched every single [[Strong Bad Email]]..."
*In the [http://www.rifftrax.com/rifftrax/troll-2 Troll 2] RiffTrax, guest riffer [[Wikipedia:Something Awful|Lowtax]] comments on a particularly 80s-sounding midi loop playing in one scene, asking "Are they listening to the soundtrack of a Homestar Runner cartoon in there?"
*In the [http://blog.rifftrax.com/2008/10/27/ironic-internet-halloween-fever/#comment-17080 October 27, 2008 blog entry], webmaster Conor posted his version of the [[Homestar Runner]] [[Punkin Stencils|Pumpkin]]. He also mentions that [[Ballad Of The Sneak]] is his favorite toon, and wonders how [[Da Vinci's Notebook]] got to work with [[The Brothers Chaps]].
*In the Rifftrax for the film [http://www.rifftrax.com/rifftrax-presents/tron Tron], riffed by [[Wikipedia:Paul and Storm|Paul and Storm]] and [[Wikipedia:Jonathan Coulton|Jonathan Coulton]], Paul of Paul and Storm spies a popcorn air popper and exclaims, "[[Frank Bennedetto|Bennedetto]]!" It is interesting to note that Paul and Storm were two of the founding members of Da Vinci's Notebook, creators of the Ballad of the Sneak.
*In the [[Wikipedia:RiffTrax|RiffTrax]] for the 1969 film [https://www.rifftrax.com/the-wonderful-land-of-oz The Wonderful Land of Oz], when hearing the depressed-sounding character of Jack the pumpkinhead talk, [[Wikipedia:Mike Nelson|Mike Nelson]] asks, "He's voiced by Strong Sad, isn't he?"

== RinkWorks Graffiti ==
Homestar is referenced twice on the [http://www.rinkworks.com/ RinkWorks] [http://www.rinkworks.com/graffiti graffiti pages].
*The text "[[50 emails#Homestar's attempts at DELETED|Baleted]]" can be seen [http://rinkworks.com/graffiti/index.cgi?g=12 here].
*An image of Strong Bad has been crudely pasted in to all the other crazy stuff going on [http://rinkworks.com/graffiti/index.cgi?g=14 here].

== ROBLOX ==
*Numerous places, models, decals, shirts, and pants have been modeled after Homestar Runner.

== Robot Bastard ==
*[http://www.robotbastard.com/ robotbastard.com] has a clip of Strong Bad saying, "This is Strong Bad, and you're listening to the smooth, soft sounds of Robot Bastard delight FM... with zombies!" Robot Bastard was a short film made by Rob Schrab, creator of [[Most in the Graveyard Costumes|Scud: The disposable assassin.]]

== Rocketboom ==
*On the [http://www.rocketboom.com/vlog/archives/2005/03/rb_05_mar_15.html 3/15/2005] episode, a clip of the [[SXSW Panel - 14 Mar 2005|March 14th SXSW Panel]] and Amanda interviewing Homestar are seen.
*On the [http://www.rocketboom.com/vlog/archives/2005/12/rb_05_dec_05.html 12/5/05] episode of the v-log [http://www.rocketboom.com/ Rocketboom], Amanda Congdon is wearing a Homestar Runner shirt.
*On the [http://www.rocketboom.com/vlog/archives/2006/04/rb_06_apr_12.html 4/12/2006] episode, after Amanda reports about [http://www.humanclock.com humanclock], she comments that she still likes her [[Strong Bad Clock]] better.

== Roosterteeth ==
*In the first episode of Season 3 of RWBY Chibi, when Team RWBY realize they are about to drive towards a gap in the road, Yang Xiao Long yells "Looks like we're gonna have to jump!" much like Dangeresque.

==Salon.com==
Strong Bad made Salon.com's "Sexiest Man Living" list for 2007. [http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2007/11/15/sexiest_man/index6.html]

==Salvadora==
An [https://salvadoracomic.com/comic/winter-warfare-4/ "instant costume"] is described as "flame pro-tardant".

== Sam & Max Season One ==
On the [https://web.archive.org/web/20130625103424/http://www.telltalegames.com/samandmax/faq FAQ page for the new Sam & Max games], Homestar Runner is mentioned — praised, even.

== The Schumin Web ==
The [http://www.schuminweb.com/ splash page] for November 2005 showed an image of Ben Schumin dressed up as [[The Thnikkaman]]. The same image also appears in the [http://www.schuminweb.com/schumin-web/archives/splash-page.asp Splash Page Archives].

== [https://scratch.mit.edu Scratch] ==
*Some users create [https://scratch.mit.edu/studios/1872483 Homestar Runner-related Scratch projects].

== Shenmue II : The Gang Edition ==
In the fan-movie [http://www.shenmuedojo.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14850 Shenmue II : The Gang Edition], when Ryo arrives at Guilin, he is distracted by a The Cheat Talking Plush Doll, which is the guardian of the village where Shenhua lives. 
Later, Ryo kicks the Plush Doll, making it complain.

==Shirt.Woot==
The description for the shirt [http://shirt.woot.com/ "pencildellic"] was entitled "my head asplode" on Thursday September 27, 2007

== Shoot the Cliché ==
Trogdor appeared as one of the clichés in a game from [http://www.anothersite.co.uk another site].

==Smash Bros. MOJO!!==
For this Super Smash Bros. Brawl parody site, The King of Town is listed as a [http://mojo.rick-gardiner.com/en_us/characters/kingoftown.html playable character], and he is referenced from the game [[Super Kingio Bros.]]

[http://mojo.rick-gardiner.com/en_us/characters/paint_pixel.html Another] playable character, Paint Pixel, is seen surrounded by many characters in a screenshot. One of these characters is [[Trogdor]].

==Smokescreen==
The Strong Bad Email [[techno]] is used as a [http://smokescreen.us/demos/sb45demo.html demo] to showcase the capabilities of [[Wikipedia:HTML5|HTML5]].

== Something Awful ==
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Strong Bad, Homestar, Strong Mad, The Cheat and Marzipan appear as grotesque caricatures in [http://www.somethingawful.com/d/flash-tub/tub-bites-vol.php Tub Bites vol. 2.]. The computer used in the toon appears to be a parody of the [[Compy 386]]. The first email is "[[DELETED|Recycle Binned!]]". Homestar returns Strong Bad's "'80s reference" (a ''[[Wikipedia:Tag Team Wrestling|Tag Team Wrestling]]'' cartridge), as well as some of his "[[Crap|crappy]] catchphrases" (the one used as an example is "[[Crap#Holy Crap! and Other Exclamations|holy crap!]]"). Also, this is reprised with a parody of a "[[How do you type with boxing gloves on?]]"-style Strong Bad email in [http://www.somethingawful.com/d/flash-tub/karnov-playset-2.php?page=5 Karnov Bites].
*The Easter egg in Tub Bites 2 is a parody of [[Marzipan's Answering Machine]], featuring calls from parodies of Strong Bad, the King of Town, Homsar, Coach Z and Strong Sad.

The update of March 1, 2007, [http://www.somethingawful.com/d/movie-reviews/steve-movie-blog.php Steve's Movie Review Blog], contains reference to the [[Strong Bad Email]]s. The article is written as if the writer is unfamiliar with internet trends; he writes that he just discovered the site, thinks the cartoon's title is "The Strong Bads", and thinks its web address is www.strongbad.com.

Homestar appears in [http://www.somethingawful.com/d/flash-tub/internet-cartoon-2000.php Funny Housemates 2] and [http://www.somethingawful.com/d/flash-tub/housemates-cartoon-3.php Funny Housemates 999]. He looks like Homestar, but acts more like Homsar.

On October 22, 2010, Homestar Runner cast is featured in Photoshop Phriday as Abstract Pixel Art [http://www.somethingawful.com/d/photoshop-phriday/abstract-pixel-art2.php?page=9]

The Photoshop Phriday for [http://www.somethingawful.com/d/photoshop-phriday/palin-smoker.php?page=4 May 11, 2012] featured a screenshot of "PalinZone," a parody of [[StrongBadZone]]. The playable game is located [http://phoenixan.com/palinzone/ here.]

== South Park Studios ==
Somebody at South Park Studios is a fan, as a January 28, 2006 [http://www.southparkstudios.com/fans/faq/archives.php?id=38887 FAQ update] contains the following:

'''Q. - How do you type with boxing gloves on?''' A. - I'm sorry, this is "Ask South Park" not "Ask StrongBad ."

== the show with zefrank ==
On the [http://www.zefrank.com/theshow/archives/2006/09/090706.html September 7, 2006 episode] of [http://www.zefrank.com/theshow/ the show], zefrank included a link to [[duck pond]] as a "silly thing".

Moreover, on the [http://www.zefrank.com/theshow/archives/2006/05/050106.html May 1, 2006 episode], the game can be seen on zefrank's monitor in the background.

There's also a reference to Strong Bad [http://www.zefrank.com/theshow/archives/2006/10/102406.html here].

== Stinkoman 20X6 on VGMusic.com ==
*[http://www.vgmusic.com VGMusic.com] have done a remix of some of the Stinkoman 20X6 soundtrack. However, VGMusic doesn't allow direct linking to MIDI files. The files were sequenced by Tyler Prevost.

== Super Mechrio World ==
Made by the same people who did [[#Doraemon Abridged|Doraemon Abridged]], one [[YouTube:9qZVTuDAMhM|episode]] of their Mario parody series, Super Mechrio World, has King Koopa (under the name Reggie Fils Aime) come onto the stage saying "[[Intro|Everybody, Everybody!]]" Before delievering his speech. The creators, Collin Weiler and Harvey Alan, are big fans of Homestar Runner.

Other episodes contain references as well, but this one is the most obvious.

== The Straight Dope ==
The StrongBadZone was submitted for [http://www.straightdope.com/columns/ Weird Earl's] on [http://www.straightdope.com/ The Straight Dope], a category featuring strange and/or awesome sites.

== Stick RPG 2 ==
On the [http://www.stickrpg2.com/news.php#1147888194 news post for May 17] (of what year?), there is a line that says "what are you using, a 386?", with "386" being a link to [[invisibility]].

==Stick Shorts==
On [http://www.freewebs.com/stickshortsbyjonny/index.htm this site], [http://youtube.com/watch?v=2JYsu4eoTuI episode 11] includes a short that is about a guy who sees Homestar, and kicks him, which results in Homestar falling on the guy. This is also a coincidence, since this series is created by [http://www.freewebs.com/tehcartoonistproductions/ Teh Cartoonist Productions] like Charlie Clay and the Clay Crew. Even the Homestar sprite is the same as the one used in Charlie Clay.

== Strong Bad Pilots an F/A-22 Raptor ==
For a short time, Strong Bad could be seen on the Lockheed Martin [http://www.f22-raptor.com/ F/A-22 Raptor Team Web Site] [[:Image:sbf22.png|F/A-22 Raptor]].

==Suave==
[http://www.suave.net/~dave/trogdor.cgi This Suave page] is about Trogdor, Strong Bad, and The Cheat.

== Superdickery.com ==
*In a "Bizzaro letters" segment, one guy writes "Dear Strongbad: How do you type with boxing gloves on?" [http://www.superdickery.com/gabliam4-16.html]
*Also, the creator says "head a'splode" in a little blurb following [http://www.superdickery.com/other/256.html this comic cover]

==TASvideos==
In [http://youtube.com/watch?v=mSFHKAvTGNk a TASBot run of Brain Age], He answers two different questions with Homestar Runner, and Strong Bad.

== Technopets ==
On [http://technopets00.tripod.com technopets00.tripod.com], in the tpemail [http://technopets00.tripod.com/id36.html Icons], the email message at the bottom says "Email me. Bad emails will be burninated, er burned"

== TED ==
In his lecture about new types of robots [http://www.ted.com/talks/dennis_hong_my_seven_species_of_robot.html My seven species of robot], Dennis Hong shows an example of a six-legged robot balancing a [[Store Toys|Kick The Cheat]] of top of it (at 5:45).

== Templelooters.com ==
*On the July 30, 2007 column on the Ask Mandy column on the Billy and Mandy-fan-site-part of Templelooters.com, ([http://www.templelooters.com/evil/am073007.asp]) (site currently down) someone asks
<blockquote>Dear Mandy, 
[[How do you type with boxing gloves on?]] 
[[Crapfully Yours]], 
[[User:Sephiroth|Sephiroth]] from the H*R Wiki. 
</blockquote>

Mandy answers, "I give up. How DO you type with boxing gloves on?"

*On the August 13, 2007 column, Mandy receives an email by a person claiming to be the [[King Of Town]].

<blockquote>
Oh, hello, Mandy. This is the King of Town. Doo, hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo. Uh, I just emailed you to tell you that, Josh N is not the guy 
who you all of these emails asking to make fun of Brandi Ervan,okay? Uh, it was me all along! Doo, diddy hoo, diddy hoo, diddy hoo. 
Um, so next time you see me, give me a kick in the shins! And next time you see Josh N, give him a list of why Cookie (from the
 
cancelled Rayman TV series) worrys about everything in the world and should be claimed an official Ogdenite, and a very rare Rayman TV 
series videotape, why don't you? Um, okay, I have to go eat everything on it, especially [[whatsit]] and lose my lunch, because I'm the 
King of Town. Doo, hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo.
</blockquote>

== That Guy with the Glasses ==
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*In [http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/ask-thatguy/7585-ask36 Ask ThatGuy Episode 36], Doug Walker answers the question, [[How do you type with boxing gloves on|How could you type with boxing gloves on?]]
*In [http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/28072-nc-ernest-scared-stupid the Nostalgia Critic's review] of ''[[Wikipedia:Ernest Scared Stupid|Ernest Scared Stupid]]'', the Critic remarks that Trantor is not as impressive as [[Trogdor]], followed by a scene of Trantor's revival with an image of Trogdor over it, set to [[TROGDOR (song)|his theme]].
*In [http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/bt/pushinguproses/lets-play-shortys/30292-lets-play-shortys-the-amazon-trail-part-2 part two] of Pushing Up Roses' Let's Play Shorty of ''The Amazon Trail'', Roses opens with an impression of [[Marzipan]]. Paw doesn't get it, but mumbles up an old-school Homestar imitation.
*In [http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/teamt/tis/tpsr/28794-ep-14-qdeucesq Todd in the Shadows' review of Deuces], Todd mocks Taiga's use of "Valentimes" with a clip from [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 12]].
**He also compares Wyclef Jean's yodeling to [[Homsar]] in [http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/teamt/tis/from-the-vaults/34625-from-the-vaults-we-are-the-world-25-for-haiti his review of We Are the World 25 for Haiti].
*In the Nostalgia Chick's [http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/team-nchick/nostalgia-chick/36664-top-ten-viral-videos-from-the-ancient-internet-aka-before-youtube Top Ten Viral Videos from the Ancient Internet (aka Before YouTube)], #1 is [[Trogdor]].
*In the Todd In The Shadows review of [http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/teamt/tis/tpsr/41632-counting-stars-vs-demons Counting Stars vs Demons], one of Todd's examples of an awesome dragon to imagine is Trogdor.
*Linkara has referenced Homestar Runner occasionally on his show, particularly the "[[How do you type with boxing gloves on?]]" running gag.

== The Morning News ==
In an [http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/how_to/tricks_of_the_trade.php article] where they outline 30 tricks from 30 different trades; under cartographer it details this trick: Mapmakers will often use "copyright traps," bits of information in their maps that are purposefully wrong. They might label a body of water '''"Lake Strongbad,"''' for instance, and then examine the next editions of competitors' maps to see if the incorrect information makes an appearance.

==The-Coolest-Stuff-Ever.com==
[http://the-coolest-stuff-ever.com This website] is a direct reference to homestarrunner.com. The name and main page both come from the Strong Bad Email [[credit card]], and they also have an Easter egg with a fan-made, Homestar Runner Space Invaders game. The site is currently down.

==There, I Fixed It.==
One of the entries on the site is labeled "Trogdor Proof" [http://thereifixedit.com/2009/05/21/epic-kludge-photo-trogdor-proof/].

== ThinkGeek ==
*[http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/cubegoodies/722a/action/2111db4/ There is a picture on one page] showing some plastic toys dressed up for Halloween. One of the toys is dressed up as Strong Bad (or, as they call him, "Strong Bob").
*[http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/lights/91f2/ At the bottom of another page], a Kick The Cheat doll is shown in a short video. Additionally, the man in the video is wearing an "I Love Toxic Waste" t-shirt, which could be a reference to Homestar's reference.
*[http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/generic/9505/ The advertisement for one of ThinkGeek's t-shirts] includes an image with handwriting that causes the shirt to read "im in ur MEDIEVAL VILLAGE BURNINATing ur PEASANTS".
*[http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/posters/a42d/images/2742/ A recruitment poster] for Battlestar Galactica's military has the caption "Do You Has?", referring to the [[Homestarmy]].
*[http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/drives/88dc/ A page for a "Media Tank"] uses the word "Grumblecakes".
*[http://www.thinkgeek.com/edm/20091221.shtml The December 21 e-mail newsletter] has a section describing the "Looftlighter". The last few sentences talk about [[A Death Defying Decemberween|Hot Jones]].
*In [http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/secrets-bear.shtml Tell Me Your Secrets Bear], The man in the video is wearing a Strong Bad shirt.

==[http://www.tobyturner.com/ TobyTurner.com]==
*One of the [http://www.districtlines.com/11310-Falcor-T-Shirt/Toby-Turner shirts] available at the store features a parody of [[Trogdor]].

== The "Blog" of "Unnecessary" Quotation Marks ==
*In [http://www.unnecessaryquotes.com/2009/03/new-nickname.html this entry] for the blog, a man named Glenn was called "'Our Great Friend'" on a sign thanking him. The blogger comments, "Poor Glenn[...]has the clunkiest nickname I have encountered. I think he should lobby for '[[english paper|The Yellow Dart]]'."

== The Spriters Resource ==
*There is a [http://www.spriters-resource.com/pc_computer/sbcg4ap/index.html category] of rips from [[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People]]. So far, the only sheet is from [[Snake Boxer 5]].
*There are also [http://www.spriters-resource.com/other_systems/hsrpg/index.html rips] from the unreleased [[Homestar Runner RPG]].

== Transformers Wiki ==
*[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Inferno_%28BW%29 Inferno] (from the Beast Wars series) gets his own take on the [[Trogdor (song)|Trogdor theme song]].
*[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/TransWarped#Part_II An image caption] in the episode summary for "TransWarped, Part 2" references [[An Important Rap Song]].
*[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_%28G1%29/toys The image caption for the Generation 1 Starscream Secret Version toy] rewrites [[Secret Song]] in Starscream's honor.
*The quotes section for the Robots In Disguise episode "[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Attack_from_Outer_Space#Quotes Attack from Outer Space]" declares that X-Brawn sings worse than [[Strong Bad]].
*[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Blurr_%28G1%29#Generation_1_cartoon_continuity An image caption] mocks Blurr's speech patterns by comparing them to [[Hyperactive Strong Sad]]'s.
*[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Insecticon_Syndrome Another image caption] (fifth on that page) references [[A Splode]].
*The image caption for [http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Joan Joan] references [[japanese cartoon]].
*The image caption for [http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Overcast_%28Cybertron%29 Overcast] references the classic question "[[How do you type with boxing gloves on?]]" (in this case, it's slightly rephrased).
*The image caption for [http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Firebot_(Armada) Firebot] adapts a quote from [[army]] about [[Firebert]].
*The image caption for the [http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Morocco_virus Morocco virus] references the e-mail Strong Bad received in [[virus]].
*The image captions for [https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Blurr_(Cyberverse) Blurr from Cyberverse] are quotes from [[caffeine]].
*The image caption for the Shattered Glass version of [https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Wheelie_(SG) Wheelie] references [[Crackotage]]'s line from one of the easter eggs of [[Commandos in the Classroom]].
*The image caption for the Rescue Bots Academy episode [https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Fright at the Museum Fright at the Museum] quotes [[Dangeresque (character)|Dangeresque]].

== TV Squad ==
[[Wikipedia:Wil Wheaton|Wil Wheaton]] mentions a [[Flask|load-bearing flask]] in a [http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/02/12/star-trek-the-next-generation-the-battle/ Star Trek review].

== [[TVTropes:|TV Tropes]] ==
*TV Tropes has an [[TVTropes:WebAnimation/HomestarRunner|article]] about Homestar Runner.
*It also has subpages for things like [[TVTropes:AwesomeMusic/HomestarRunner|Awesome Music]], [[TVTropes:Characters/HomestarRunner|Characters]], [[TVTropes:Funny/HomestarRunner|Funny]], etc.
*There are also pages for the books, games, and spin-offs. There is a list of them [[TVTropes:Franchise/HomestarRunner|here]].
*[[Homestar Runner]]'s head was originally the wiki's Web Animation icon.
*It is also [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/search_result.php?q=Homestar+Runner often mentioned] when examples of tropes are needed.
*There are references to it on some pages, like the image caption for [[TVTropes:Main/FingerlessHands|Fingerless Hands]] (after clicking on ''"note"'') or [[TVTropes:Main/FishEyeLens|Fish Eye Lens]].
*Sometimes it can be the page image for a trope, like [[TVTropes:Main/InvisibleAnatomy|Invisible Anatomy]], [[TVTropes:Main/RedBoxingGloves|Red Boxing Gloves]], [[TVTropes:Main/SmartPeopleWearGlasses|Smart People Wear Glasses]], and [[TVTropes:Main/OddballDoppelganger|Oddball Doppelganger]].
*There are tropes named for such subjects as [[TVTropes:Main/YouCantGetYeFlask|You Can't Get Ye Flask]] and {{inlinecontentwarning}}[[TVTropes:Main/YourHeadASplode|Your Head A Splode]]. A full list of tropes named for Homestar Runner subjects is on [[TVTropes:Trivia/HomestarRunner|the Trivia page for Homestar Runner]].

== Uncyclopedia==
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*On the ever-popular factually-inaccurate encyclopedia [http://uncyclopedia.org Uncyclopedia], the VfD (vote for deletion) template reads "Baleeted! This article is total crap. Please VFD."
*The template for articles that contain too much information reads: "This article contains way too much information. Absorbing all of it may cause one's head to asplode. You can help Uncyclopedia by removing stuff."
**A second template simply reads: "THIS ARTICLE A SPLODE", which is one of Uncyclopedia's dozens of inside jokes. Alas, the picture for it refers to ''Scanners''.
*In [http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Image:Errors.png this image], one of the error messages is the "[[:Image:this is real.png|Everything is fine. Nothing is ruined.]]" error from [[50 emails]].
*One of the user awards includes [http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Template:Burninator Burninator].
*In the [http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Template:Recentnews Recentnews] template, one of the news items reads that "An astremely astonishing asperiment has show that acessive asposure to '''[[StrongBadZone|Strong Bad Zone]]''' has an astraordinarily affect on grammar."
*If you attempt to restore [http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Game:Zork/File_1 File 1] of [http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Game:Zork Zork], you have some [[Grumblecakes]] in your inventory. You are also wearing the [[Kerrek]]'s belt.
**Also, trying to get/take the sword in the kitchen prompts the message "You can't get/take [[ye flask|ye sword]]!"
*Fake (or at least, mostly fake) descriptions of the characters have been entered.
**'''[http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Homestar_Runner Homestar Runner]''': "A prolific actor (famous for playing the role of [[Matt Chapman]] in the 2000 movie "Flash Cartoonists")"
**'''[http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Strong_Bad Strong Bad]''': One of "the most notable and prolific singer/songwriters of the past decade".
**'''[http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Coach_Z Coach Z]''': "An athletic genius" and "a prolific writer and rapper".
**'''[http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Pom_Pom Pom Pom]''': "A large, balloon-like alien from the planet Inflatrosis".
**'''[http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Trogdor_the_Burninator Trogdor]''': "The son of the Friendly Giant and Puff, The Magic Dragon".
*[[homsar]] has been "sporked" from this Wiki (see [http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/homsar] here). There is also an article on the [http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Tandy_400 Tandy 400], as well as one on [http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Homestar_Runner_Wiki this Wiki].
*[[50K RaceWalker]] is listed as the 43rd-[http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Worst_100_Computer_Games_of_All_Time worst computer game of all time].
**In addition, [[Kid Speedy]] is listed as -27th.
*There are [http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/You_have_two_cows/25#Category_.CF.80:_The_World_Wide_CoWeb 5 Homestar Runner variations] of the phrase "[http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/You_have_two_cows You have two cows]", as well as a [http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/You_have_two_cows/11 Coach Z] variation.
*The start of [http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Game:Game_Online Game Online] is a direct rip-off of the start of [[Thy Dungeonman]].
*Three of the choices for [http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Template:Monster the monster template] are "a [[The Yello Dello|Yello Dello]]", "a cavalry of [[dongrel]]s" and "a [[bear holding a shark]]".
*Two of the choices on the [http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Template:Random/killed random "killed by" template] are "[[Trogdor|burninated]]" and "[[50 emails#Homestar's attempts at DELETED|BALEETED!]]"
*The page on [http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Nowhere Nowhere] starts with the [[Strong Bad's Computer Malfunctioning#Flagrant System Error|Flagrant System Error]] message.
*The [http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Image:Beowulf.jpg Beowulf image] has Strong Bad (with [[Ab-Abber 2000|abs]], a [[keyswordtar]], and a [[horned helmet]]) and The Cheat (again, with a horned helmet) teaming up to fight Trogdor.
*[http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Game:Do_NOT_click_any_links%21/click61 This page], part of a clicking game, reads "THIS PAGE HAS BEEN SHUT DOWN BY THE NCAA FOR [[Commandos in the Classroom|SEVERE CUSSING AND VERY ILLEGAL PONYFIGHTS]]."
*If you get blocked, It says "Block'd", which refers to different kinds of [[Onomatopoeia|onomatopoeia]] from Teen Girl Squad.
*On Uncyclopedia's [http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Christianity#Jesus.27_opinion article on Christianity], Trogdor is "the logo of Jesus' personal choice."
*[http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Image:Adobe.jpg Adobe.jpg], "Another happy Photoshop user," has one of the Strong Bad freebie patches Photoshopped.
*For the "On this day..." section on the Uncyclopedia Main Page on March 22, 2008, one of the items listed was under the year "20X6", and linked to [http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/20X6#20X6|this page (without the anchor, however)]
*The article on "[http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/You you]" contains the sentence "You are also nothing like the coolest guy in the universe, Homestar Runner."
*[[Homsar]] is listed as a member of "The Axis of Evil", a fake conspiracy group, and a "wannabe terrorist and rulers of the world", as seen on his page ([http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Homsar]).

== Uni Watch ==
*Uni Watch, a blog devoted to following the trends of sports logos, jerseys, and other sports-related designs, links to the email [[redesign]] in the December 1 blog entry "Keep Your [[Pants]] On". The "little animation", as it is referred to, is mentioned as a "good commentary on logo updates". [http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2006/12/01/keep-your-pants-on/]

== Unofficial mobile version of the [[Original Book]] ==
An unofficial version of The Homestar Runner Enters the Strongest Man in the World Contest, viewable by many mobile devices, is available [http://nobodyasked.webs.com/mobi/homestarstrongest.mobi here].

== Urban Dictionary ==
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On July 1, 2005, the main page "word of the day" on Urban Dictionary was biz cas fri. (It is misspelled as "bis cas fri.") [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bis+cas+fri&defid=801385]

Various other phrases and words are defined on the site (with varying degrees of accuracy in spelling and content) such as [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Teen+Girl+Squad Teen Girl Squad], [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Strong+Bad Strong Bad], [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=homestar+runner Homestar Runner], [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fhgwhgads fhqwhgads], [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Pfargtl Pfargtl], and [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Somebody+get+this+freaking+duck+away+from+me "Somebody get this freakin' duck away from me!"].

On April 4, 2012, clicking Urban Dictionary's logo resulted in audio of multiple people saying words that had been defined on the site, including "fhqwhgads" and "homsar."

== Variousimmers ==
On [http://www.variousimmers.net this site] dedicated to modding [[Wikipedia:The Sims 2|The Sims 2]], two of the objects are a [[Painting of a Guy with a Big Knife]] ([http://www.variousimmers.net/vsimforum/showthread.php?t=518 here]), and a Strong Bad [[monument]] ([http://www.variousimmers.net/vsimforum/showthread.php?t=1568 here]).



== VG Mix ==
[http://www.vgmix.com/song_view.php?song_id=615 Here] there is a remix of the first racing tune from Rad Racer (which is also Stinkoman's theme). The title references to [[japanese cartoon]] and the song itself contains quotes from said email.

== Videogame Scrapbook ==
[http://www.videogamescrapbook.com This site] has [http://www.videogamescrapbook.com/download/homestar_runner_videlectrix.php a page] with various [[Videlectrix]] music available for download.

==Vinesauce==
*In Vinny's [[youtube:oKD-KWaw2sE|55th Tomodachi Life stream]], he questioned if Little Mac [[How do you type with boxing gloves on?|could sew with boxing gloves on]].
*While Joel was [[youtube:9Yij1LCOarw|messing around in Windows 2000]], he makes Microsoft Narrator (using the Microsoft Sam voice) say "soisoisoi" over and over, and Joel starts singing the beat of [[The System Is Down (song)|The System Is Down]].
*When Vinny was [[youtube:YXMu7Fp4WAg|playing one of the games on a bootleg 191-in-1 Plug-n-Play console]], he compares the main character in one of the games to Strong Bad.
*When Vinny was asked to do an impression of Joel, another streamer from the site, he was noted that it sounded similar to Strong Bad, and he proceeded to do a brief deliberate impression of him.
*In [[youtube:-hLaNx7sDxE|Joel's Bizzare Pokeventure]], a swimming NPC in a house in the Pepperoni Secret area can be interacted with, and recites the email from [[virus]] upon doing so.
**In the same stream, in a cave is a flask that is blocking a path, which can be interacted with, but can't be picked up, saying that "You cannot get ye flask."
*When Vinny was [[youtube:pNcxxlcvcag|playing a bootleg Plug-n-Play game,]] he says “I see you, Chat.” and then sings a bit of [[Everybody to the Limit]] while doing a [[Strong Bad]] impression.
*During Joel's stream of [[youtube:E2zF9EXqqZo|the Kirby: Star Allies demo]], at the beach part of the Cave & Castle stage, he states "Guys, we need [[good graphics]]", and brings up the picture of the Videlectrix devs arguing about good graphics.
*On Joel's stream of [[youtube:RIIWEHdbUew|Action 52 on the Genesis]], the chat, after Joel mildly questions why Newgrounds still exists, mentions how Flash Player will be discontinued in 2020. About a minute later, one person from the chat asks "What about Homestar Runner?" Joel, with a expressively shocked gasp, replies "I didn't think of that."


== Visitmypiczosite.piczo.com ==
*On Life On Sedna's Weekly Fanstuff for [http://pic2.piczo.com/Visitmypiczosite/?g=23116139 The Last Week Of August], the official logo for Life On Sedna (See Comic Sightings) is drawn on a whiteboard. Also, a funny drawing of Homestar is there.



==Weffriddles==
*One level involves a certain Homestar Runner character. 

== Wikipedia ==
*In Wikipedia's April Fool's Day Article 2005, Homestar in his Daisy Dukes was eventually added to the somewhat lengthy Wikipedia April Fool's Day 2005 article detailing a hostile takeover of Wikipedia by Encyclopedia Britannica. He was part of Wikipedia's "{{p|l={{fullurl:Wikipedia:Wikipedia:2005 Britannica takeover of Wikimedia#New corporate structure|oldid=11827614}} new corporate structure}}" as the Minister of Long Pants. He was then pictured lower on the page in the "{{p|l={{fullurl:Wikipedia:Wikipedia:2005 Britannica takeover of Wikimedia#Immediate aftermath|oldid=11828885}} Immediate Aftermath}}" section, then moved to the "{{p|l={{fullurl:Wikipedia:Wikipedia:2005 Britannica takeover of Wikimedia#Related_Information|oldid=11833150}} Related Information}}" section, then finally {{p|l={{fullurl:Wikipedia:Wikipedia:2005 Britannica takeover of Wikimedia|oldid=11833471}} dropped}} altogether. The page as it exists now can be found [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:April 1, 2005/2005 Britannica takeover of Wikimedia|here]], and the edit history for the page {{p|l={{fullurl:Wikipedia:Wikipedia:2005 Britannica takeover of Wikimedia|action=history}} here}}. Strong Bad was also named Minister of Deleting email, and is found directly under Homestar's listing.
*On [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:April fools/April Fools' Day 2006|another April Fools Day]], the deleted tab on the home page was renamed "baleeted".

==w00tstock==
*In his [http://w00tstock.net/2010/08/16/wil-quits-w00tstock/ spoof] of another [http://thechive.com/2010/08/10/girl-quits-her-job-on-dry-erase-board-emails-entire-office-33-photos/ internet hoax] involving a girl quitting her job with a whiteboard, [[Wikipedia:Wil Wheaton|Wil Wheaton]] references Strong Sad's line "[[I'm Sad That...|I'm sad that]] I'm flying" as he "quits" w00tstock.

== Xgenstudios ==
In one of the websites games called "Graffiti" one of the example pictures contains a dragon that looks very similar to, or is, Trogdor. The dragon (Trogdor) is also breathing a flame that is similar to Trogdor's way of Burninating.



== X-treme Geek ==
The word 'fangoriously' appears on [http://www.x-tremegeek.com/templates/searchdetail.asp?productID=12406 a page selling Venus Fly Traps].

==Yahoo!==
One of Yahoo! Mail's random subject lines is "[[some kinda robot|Do you use them for good, or for awesome?]]".

== YouTube ==
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*While [http://youtube.com YouTube] was down for maintenance on August 17, 2006, pictures of the youtube offices were posted on the youtube homepage. Two of them showed a Kick The Cheat doll. [[:Image:Cheattube1.jpg|photo 1]], [[:Image:Cheattube2.jpg|photo 2]].
*[[youtube:2pPCkhYMQgY|Internet People]], part of a series called "The Meth Minute 39", is viewable on YouTube and mentions Homestar Runner. ''See also: [[Animation Sightings#Channel Frederator]]''
*The title-cel to user [http://www.youtube.com/user/spudshyphentube SPUDS-TUBE]'s cover of Devo's song, [[youtube:xQLnGZKDSEI|Time Out For Fun]], features drawings of Homestar and Strong Bad. The caption next to Homestar's head reads "sewwiously" and the one next to Strong Bad reads "[[Most in the Graveyard|a-jigga-muh-WHA...?!]]". Also, the video description contains "[[Best Caper Ever|Total co-incidence! Not intentional!]]"
*A video on a [[Wikipedia:Wii Shop Channel|Wii Shop Channel]] hack has the background music as [[The System is Down (song)|The System is Down]] some of the comments notably replied relating to the song saying: "WTF is this song called? its freaking awsome?," and, "one of the oddest songs i have ever heard". Some comments include various questions of where it is from, while some clearly remember it from the email, and some complaints.
*[[youtube:pC3n-LC3Em4|FALCOR - the URiNATOR]], a parody of TROGDOR, was featured on July 16, 2007, shortly after it was released on the 12th. Coincidentally, it was featured on a Monday. It quickly got over 25 video responses, and has 1,307,406 views as of October 15, and now has 60 video responses. It has gotten over 19,000 clicks from links on webpages. It also holds the #12 slot on "Most Discussed (All Time) - Pets & Animals." It has recently gotten a ringtone version. The email is mentioned as his inspiration of the description.
*[[youtube:RaDUskLtRhU|Mario Paint renditions]], a compilation of Mario Paint segments, shows one of them being Homestar Runner slowly running, with an attempt at the [[Intro|Intro song]] done in Mario Paint as background music to the animation, and the theme to [[Stinkoman 20X6]].
*[http://www.youtube.com/sherifam Sherifam]'s videos make reference to Homestar Runner.
**The first one is the Tait-imation theatre videos. The first one ever created featured Tait beating Homestar senseless with nunchucks, a reference to [[Fall Float Parade]]. At the end of this cartoon, Homestar says as he goes flying into a probable hammerspace, "And that's how I became a law!", a reference to [[4 branches]].
**Tait-imation being Kobatsu Emails, a parody of Strong Bad Emails, in which Kobatsu, a chibi animated version of Tait with no arms on, checks his email. In result of it being bad, it gets [[DELETED]].
**Second video series is the Cal Email Show (or C-mails, a reference to "sbemails"), of which Cal, the main operator of the channel, answers emails. In the 2nd and most recent, Prank mail, he gets asked [[How do you type with boxing gloves on?|a familiar question]] and results in a [[DELETED|familiar answer]].
**The channel message states that viewing one of sherifam's videos will "quite literally leave your computer in smoldering crater. (Views will not quite literally leave your computer in smoldering crater)" in a parody to [[SBCG4AP]].
*There are also three videos on YouTube, entitled "The Man with 100 Voices", "The Man of 100 Voices" and "The Man of 101 More Voices" respectively. All three feature Homestar Runner impersonations.
**Video 1: [[youtube:tMV0fHinHaA|Numbers 48 to 52]]
**Video 2: [[youtube:A5CmqC1E-Ag|Numbers 91 to 95]]
**Video 3: [[youtube:ZRzBtTcnh5c|Numbers 88 to 90]]
*There are various user accounts active on YouTube with Homestar Runner references in their account names, such as [http://youtube.com/user/Burnin8r55555 Burnin8r55555].
*[http://www.youtube.com/user/HomeStarRunnerTron User HomeStarRunnerTron], whose real name is Skye, has many references to the Homestar Runner Body of work in his uploaded videos. Some notable reference include [[youtube:wYezCYY46ZM|this video]], which includes Skye doing some of the voices he used for the Pokémon Abridged Series, with his test sentence being "[[radio|The fish was delish and it made quite a dish.]]". One of his Pokémon Abridged Series episodes, taken down due to a Terms of Use Violation, included a scene where Professor Oak, Officer Jenny, Nurse Joy, and Ash's Mom, "nodded in agreement" to Skye's voiceover comments. He then repeated the scene except all of them were wearing Dangeresque glasses, and Oak was wearing a Homestar Runner Shirt.
*In [http://www.youtube.com/user/sonicthehedgehog2222 sonicthehedgehog2222's] video [[youtube:2setjCoK-jI|adam h. 2 preview]], Adam can be seen with a black Trogdor the Burninator shirt on, and has a Trogdor poster in his room.
*[[youtube:L43bIwsvbSM|This Magfest video]] briefly shows Strong Bad in his [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats Costumes|Carmen Sandiego Halloween costume]].
*In Episode 3 of Naruto the abridged series, Sasuke throws Shurikens at a log, and the sound effect played is "LOGG[['D!]]", a reference to [[Teen Girl Squad]].
*Every Class Is Different, a review of the classes of [[Wikipedia:Team Fortress 2|Team Fortress 2]], directly spoofs [[kids' book|Everyone Is Different]].
*[[youtube:CQil5mJkF9o|Donut Unto Others]] was remade on ROBLOX and posted onto YouTube.
*Similarily to the Donut Unto Others as mentioned above, [[youtube:rmRKPKh2n5Q|The Best Caper Ever]] was also remade on ROBLOX.
*In [http://www.youtube.com/user/TurboJUK TurboJUK's] [[youtube:yYr5_DOeg38|video]], he made a fan made music video using Michael Jackson's Thriller and also used audio from the beginning part from [[mile]] and another toon. The animation in the video is completely made by himself.
*[http://www.youtube.com/user/masterofhomestar masterofhomestar], referred to as Electricstar, made a series of random fan made Homestar Runner videos. His most noticeable video is [[youtube:NJEooaD9hTE|Strong Bad roll]], which uses various clips that have [[Strong Bad]] from various toons, shorts, SBEmails, and [[SBCG4AP]], and "Never Gonna Give You Up" by Rick Astley, known as the music used for "Rickrolling". Here, he used the Strong Bad clips and mashed them up to make sound like he's singing to the song.
*[http://www.youtube.com/user/PoisonRainVornado PoisonRainVornado], referred to as "Vornado", is the creator of the series [[youtube:AfsFmRy4LAw|Internet Memes: Homestar Style!]], in which he takes certain scenes from Homestar games and cartoons and sets them to audio from popular web phenomenon. He has also created the mash-up [[youtube:M5-_q3MDaaA|Strong Bad Sings "Chocolate Rain"]].
*[http://www.youtube.com/LuigiMario2009 LuigiMario2009]'s "The Super Luigi Show" has many Homestar Runner references. In the episode "Back To School", Patamon watches [[being mean]], and replies to Luigi saying: "I'm watching ''Strong Bad Email''!". Also in "Dinoween", once Luigi encounters Reptar, he gets the [[Jibblies 2|jibblies]], and he also steals Strong Bad's line:
<blockquote>
'''Luigi''': "All the good characters are gone!" 
'''Patamon''': What about Shadow? 
'''Luigi''': "all the GOOD characters!" 
Once Shadow has been eaten, Luigi says: 
"Now all the good AND the bad characters are gone!" 
Patamon replies: "eh-hem!" 
Luigi states: 
"oh sorry, all but one."
</blockquote>
:*Also in "Bad's Look Day", Patamon mention that "stickanie flowers only exist in the Homestar Runner World".
:*In "My Last 101 Things", Patamon makes impressions of Strong Bad, Homestar, Coach Z and Bubs.
*A YouTube user named [http://www.youtube.com/user/SonikDude101 SonikDude101] said [[jorb]] in [[youtube:BV4mJDYWXSg|this video]].
**Also, he made videos on walkthroughs on [[SBCG4AP]] from episodes 1 through 5.
*In YouTube user [http://www.youtube.com/user/RayWilliamJohnson Ray William Johnson's] January 3, 2010 video, he uses the word "[[A Splode|assplode]]" when playing a video of a man getting blown off of his couch.
*YouTube user [http://www.youtube.com/user/binkysuperstar BinkySuperStar] [[youtube:rBzSvIbZr34|recreated Dangeresque 1 on Roblox]], starring himself as Renaldo, Dangeresque Too, and Perducci, while user [http://www.youtube.com/user/theultimatedonut theultimatedonut] starred as Dangeresque, KillingYouGuy, and Cutesy Buttons.
*[[youtube:EAtBki0PsC0|A video of Beaker]] from [[The Muppets]] trying to perform "Dust In The Wind" parodies of negative YouTube comments and misspellings. When Beaker knocks over a candle and starts a fire, one of the comments is [[Trogdor|BURNINATION!]]
*[[youtube:gaP7UvOaM5E|A video on the 100 ways to die]] on The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion shows "Highwayman[['d]]" and "Black Horse Courier'd" as deaths.
*[[youtube:XsfIkO52OK4|Caught Chatting Episode 4]] has Phil, when giving out points at the end, award "[[Homestar Runner]]" as a number of points.
*[[youtube:ixjnnPweYXY|Salad Fingers]] and Homestar Runner meet.
*[http://www.youtube.com/user/xParodyTVx xParodyTVx] has a video entitled "Ipod Akwardness" in which one of the characters in the video is wearing the Homsar shirt from the HR Store.
*A YouTube user named [http://www.youtube.com/user/SpinyMcSpleen3264 SpinyMcSpleen3264] has created two music-related videos based on Homestar Runner. The first is called [[youtube:dqk0L0L1CZ0|Golf Club Team? (based on the CGNU Fight Song)]] and features a short musical piece done using the Easter Egg from [[mascot]]. The second is [[youtube:tNIqWA8zY1o|a simple version]] of the [[Teen Girl Squad]] background theme done in the DSiWare app, Rhythm Core Alpha. The latter uses the typeface, AhnbergHand, and features Cheerleader being "WiNDOWS MOViE MAKER'D!".
*In CGP Grey's video [[youtube:4AivEQmfPpk|"How Many Countries Are There?"]], Transnistria, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Abkhazia, and South Ossetia all recognize each other as countries and form "Teen Country Squad!".
*In the PBS show It's Ok To Be Smart episode [[youtube:W3D-Z5N7iAU|"Is There Intelligent Life Beyond Earth?"]], the host Joe Hanson note that when the Sun becomes a red giant, all of Earth will be engulfed in BURNINATION.
*In KevinLsAccount's [[youtube:J8nqghjZejs|Chip Off The Ol' Bro]], in the scene where Grampa Eddy suggests that he and his family should move to Peach Creek Estates, he constantly makes several [[The Geddup Noise|Geddup Noises]].
**He also made [[youtube:RGA6VvyPB1c|an animated music video]] of [[It's like it was meant to be]], basing it on [[Wikipedia:The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack|The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack]].
*In Brutalmoose's [[youtube:q-lY3912MD8|Stuffed Steak Roll Video]], he mentions Coach Z when talking about seeing "chopped" as "chorped"
*In [[youtube:okgUTvCFHBQ|episode 38]] of LGR Thrifts, one of the viewer finds is a [[Store Toys#Kick The Cheat|Kick The Cheat]].
*[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9ecwl3FTG66jIKA9JRDtmg SiivaGunner] has made "high quality rips" from [[Population: Tire]] and [[Stinkoman 20X6]]. [[youtube:6iI6PjSvIp4|The theme from Population: Tire]] has been remixed with the Flintstones theme and "Snow Halation", two running gags on the channel, while [[youtube:F4tWwt8ChUg|the level 1 theme from Stinkoman 20X6]] has been mixed with "I Ran" by A Flock of Seagulls.
*In [[youtube:2vlM8RypMbA|GTA 5 Has Multiplayer]], a man wearing a Strong Bad mask and talking like him can be seen.
*In the [[youtube:45KdSL2Pfx8|Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door of The Completionist]], Jirard names his Yoshi Trogdor.
*In ToucanLDM's [[youtube:rIcwqETgF2U|King K. Rool for Smash (Unexpected)]], the amateurish music played when [[Original Bubs]] [[original|left]] [[Free Country, USA]] is used as Isaac, Shadow, Skull Kid, Shovel Knight and Waluigi walk past K. Rool.
**[[Poker Night at the Inventory]] is also seen as one of the couple sceneries Wolf flies past by.
*In his [[youtube:LSBz1jzcHVs&t=0s|finale episode]] to his Yoshi's Woolly World Let's Play, Chuggaaconroy attempts to imitate Kamek and comments that his imitation sounds like [[Teen Girl Squad]].
*On January 26, 2019, Looper uploaded the video [[youtube:9bUHCQYHKxA|The Untold Truth Of Homestar Runner]].
*On July 13, 2019, SpaceHamster reviewed Luigi fan games. In one of the games, Strong Bad appears at random. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwJPc_aqIc4&t=977s]


== ytmnd ==
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Many Homestar Runner-related [http://ytmnd.com You're The Man Now, Dog] pages have been [http://ytmnd.com/search?q=homestar&x=0&y=0 created], such as [http://hatesomuch.ytmnd.com/ this one], which involves the [[Cheat Commandos]], [http://hr10versary.ytmnd.com/ this one] which is an anniversary site, [http://homestarspin.ytmnd.com/ this one], which includes a scene from [[dangeresque 3]], and [http://ytmnd.com/search?q=freakin+duck&x=0&y=0 these], which all reference [[Main Page 13]]. <s>[http://missingno.ytmnd.com/ OH NOOOOOOES!!! MISSINGNO!]</s>[http://web.archive.org/web/20060304101602/http://missingno.ytmnd.com/ (cache)] had one of the [[System Sounds]] looping.

== [[Wikipedia: Zero Punctuation|Zero Punctuation]] ==
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In the review of [[Wikipedia: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed|Star Wars: The Force Unleashed]], the text "Time Paradox'd" is displayed when Yahtzee describes Darth Vader and Anakin Skywalker fighting each other. The reference is seen at 3:01 [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/251-Star-Wars-The-Force-Unleashed here].

==Zingtech==
The [http://www.zingtech.com/features/painting/ paintings] section of the website features an acrylic painting entitled [[Painting of a Guy with a Big Knife|"Guy With a Big Knife"]].

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==1001 Fonts==
A free handwriting typeface available on the website, [http://www.1001fonts.com/halleyscriptthinnbp-font.html#character-map Halley Script Thin NBP], contains dingbats of Homestar and Strong Bad. They occupy U+00C7 (Ç) and U+00E7 (ç), respectively.

== 505 Unbelievably Stupid Web Pages ==
On page 125 of [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1402201427/qid=1071549961/ this book], "Strong Bad E-Mail" is listed as link number 256. The writer claims "...the answers to these questions require as much thought as you'd expect from a baboon."

== Alamo Drafthouse Cinema ==
The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Austin, Texas, in lieu of more traditional "Please turn off your cellphones and pagers" messages, occasionally shows Homestar Runner clips, among other strange clips. One such clip is from [[the movies]] and shows Strong Bad detailing the many irritating things at the movie theater, including his frustration with "the kind of person that likes to talk to the movie".

== All the Real Girls ==
Both [[Matt Chapman]] and [[Mike Chapman]] are credited in the 2003 movie, [[wikipedia:All the Real Girls|All the Real Girls]] ([[imdb:All The Real Girls|imdb]]), as [[Strong Bad]] and graphic designer respectively.

==The Alphabet of Manliness==
On page 141 of [[Wikipedia:The Alphabet of Manliness|The Alphabet of Manliness]] (page 138 in the UK version), Maddox lists the [[Double Deuce]] as an effective way of showing frustration to bad drivers.

==AnimeNEXT==
At AnimeNEXT's "Save Tokyo Tower" game, one of the disasters that occurs is Trogdor burninating Tokyo Tower.

==The BBS Documentary==
In [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1731271864657931901&ei=rrqgSrSCHoWo2wL_w7zmBA&q=bbs&hl=en# Part 1 - Baud] one of the people interviewed reference to a new generation of old computers and say that they had "too much computer in them, and not enough typewriter"; a quote from [[weird dream]].

== Bedroom Scenes: A Rocky Horror Fan Film ==
In the scrapped ending of this short, available on its DVD release, a Kick The Cheat can be seen in Columbia's bed. (Behind-the-scenes photos posted on the film's Facebook fan page show this much more clearly, including a couple photos specifically showing Columbia with her Kick The Cheat.)

== BigStuf Camp ==
The youth camp program "BigStuf" held in Panama City, FL every year is home to several Homestar Runner sightings: The violin player in the camp's band consistently wears various Homestar Runner shirts, and a Homestar Runner character is always thanked on the last day of camp every year. In 2004, it was Homestar Runner. In 2005, it was Coach Z.

==BotCon 2008==
During the script reading [http://youtube.com/view_play_list?p=56AE7F601353E442 Bee in the City],
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Bumblebee_(Animated) Bumblebee] is at a drive-thru that, after he orders, proclaims the well-known [[Drive-Thru Whale]] line "Sever your leg please, it's the greatest day."

==Camp Joy==
In the year 2006, the revolving theme of the [[Wikipedia:Boy Scouts|Boy Scouts]] summer camp [http://okawbsa.org/~campjoy/ Camp Joy] was [[Wikipedia:Pirate|pirates]], complete with antagonist [[Trogdor]].

== Celebration 3 ==
[[Image:53028701.jpg|thumb|Homestar on X-Wing]]
Before ''[[Wikipedia:Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith|Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith]]'', the official fan club held a convention in the Indiana Convention Center, where they showed cars modeled after several ships from the [[Wikipedia:Star Wars|Star Wars universe]]. One of the [[Wikipedia:X-Wing|X-Wing]] cars had a Homestar Runner cling sticker on it.

==Crime Files: Four-Minute Forensic Mysteries: Body of Evidence==
In the mystery "Gamer Over" found in the Jeremy Brown book "[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0439769345/002-5890081-1025652?v=glance&n=283155&n=507846&s=books&v=glance Crime Files: Four-minute Forensic Mysteries : Body of Evidence]", the username of the victim is Trogdor139.

==Rooster Teeth Drunk Tank Podcast==
*During Podcast #32, the group is talking about old "no loitering" signs, and Geoff says he remembers signs saying "no loafing or loitering." Gus then starts asking if he was talking about Homestar Runner.
*During Podcast #57, the group are talking of old Flash cartoons, and they mention Homestar Runner and how consistent the website would put out content

==Empire==
The bestselling book "Empire" by science fiction author Orson Scott Card contains a quote on the top of page 10 in which a university student says the familiar phrase, "My head a splode," in response to a main character's statements.

==Extralife Radio Podcast==
In the [http://www.myextralife.com Extralife Radio] podcast, episode number 104, the program begins by playing the audio of the Easter egg in the [[Peasant's Quest Preview]].

== Genius: The Transgression ==
In the section "Aesthetics" in Chapter 4: Special Rules and Systems, it's mentioned that a combination of the Black Plastic and Trash Praxis aesthetics has picked up the nickname "Crawling Rusty Meat", a reference to the Taranchula music video in the Strong Bad Email [[death metal]].

== Great Teacher Largo Panel, Otakon ==
At the GLT panel, during the question and answer session, someone asked how Largo "typed with boxing gloves on". Largo replied that he was not Strong Bad, but he does "rock out like Trogdor" and sometimes his computer gets "burninated".  

==Halo 2: Special Edition DVD==
On the door of the recording room for the Halo internet machinima, Red vs Blue, there are stickers of Homestar and Strong Bad. Homestar was also shown briefly in a PSA for the same machinima.

== iPod + iTunes for Windows and Mac ==
The help book ''iPod + iTunes for Windows and Mac'' includes an "add to my library" dialog box, and a file called "[[Today is Alright 4 2Nite|alright42nite.mp3]]" is highlighted. The file is available for [[dangeresque_3#Easter_Eggs|download]] on the site.

==Joss Whedon: Super Fan ==
[[Image:Joss Whedon Buffy Strong Bad Shirt.jpg|thumb|Joss wearing a [[Strong Bad]] shirt]]
[[Wikipedia:Joss Whedon|Joss Whedon]], already [[Television Sightings#Buffy the Vampire Slayer|known to be a Homestar Runner fan]], quipped "Just the claps" after a group of [[Wikipedia:Browncoat|Browncoats]] sang him Happy Birthday on June 23, 2005.
*[http://www.serenitymovie.com/media/serenity_river_rev_700k.mov Clip of Joss quoting Strong Bad]

==Kingdom Hearts 2 Strategy Guide==
In the strategy guide for the Playstation 2 game "Kingdom Hearts II", on page 28 (the Aladdin Character page) there is a small blurb describing limits. The title says "Everybody To The Limit".

==License Plates==
[[Image:Trgdorcar.jpg|thumb|Burninate my ride.]]
A car has been spotted on the streets of Melbourne, Australia, with a license plate reading "TRGDOR".
Another car has been spotted in Irvine, California with a license plate of "BURNIN8". Yet another in North Carolina has a plate reading "[[Everybody to the Limit|Fhqwagds]]" (sic).

== Lost energy drink ==
The words "The System is Down" can be located on the "Lost" energy drink, above the Supplement Facts.

== Macromedia Flash 8 Conference ==
[[Image:homestar_in_flash_8.png|thumb|H*R in Flash Player 8]]
As part of the first showing of the unreleased at the time [http://www.macromedia.com/flash Macromedia Flash Player] 8, a graphical demo was shown with various effects that will be available in the new player being applied to both graphics, text, animations and movies on the fly. Of all the animations on the web, the Macromedia developers decided to feature both [[Homestar Runner]] and an animated [[The Homestar Runner]], showing the new effects being applied to their forms.

This was the first use of Homestar Runner by Macromedia, the later being the short, [[Where the Crap Are We?]], which appeared as an Easter egg in the about dialog of [http://www.macromedia.com/software/central/ Macromedia Central].

*[http://media.putfile.com/Homestar-in-Flash-8---HiRes See the short, cut video (high resolution)]
*[http://www.moock.org/blog/archives/000146.html Listing of mirrors for the full technical demo movie]

==[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1235064.Meet_Me_in_Venice Meet Me in Venice]==
The main character is called Precious "Preshy" Rafferty, a likely reference to [[Rejected Characters#Preshy and Rafferty|Preshy and Rafferty]].

==Movies in Fifteen Minutes==
In the book [http://community.livejournal.com/m15m/ Movies in Fifteen Minutes] by Cleolinda Jones, she makes several brief references to Strong Bad in her versions of popular movies.

==Muppet Studio Online Movies==
In [[The Muppets]]' official Youtube channel, one of their shorts feature Beaker singing Dust in The Wind, while being bothered by "[[Youtube]] annotations". One of them says "[[Trogdor|BURNINATION!!]]".

==Nature Calls==
In the 2012 Johnny Knoxville film, a monitor in the background at one point displays the Secret Collect character as shown in [[web comic]].

==The Official Dictionary of Unofficial English==
This dictionary has an entry for [[A Splode|asplode]] that says "the term was popularized in 2004 by the character Strong Bad on the Homestar Runner web site homestarrunner.com". An excerpt of this book showing this entry can be found on [http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0071458042/qid=1219558610/ref=sib_books_pg?ie=UTF8&keywords=asplode&p=S017 Amazon.com].

== Official Rock-Paper-Scissors Strategy Guide ==
In a sample tournament bracket in this book on page 163, one of the players is Trogdor.

==[[Da Vinci's Notebook|Paul and Storm]] Talk About Some Stuff For Five to Ten Minutes (On Average)==
*When talking about the small soups in [http://www.paulandstorm.com/archives/show-007-peanut-butter-eggs-and-dice/ episode 7], Paul mentions that they are "[[cheap as free]]".
*In the [http://www.paulandstorm.com/archives/show-0095-in-com-pe-tant-video/ episode 9.5 video podcast], the [[strongbad_email.exe]] DVD is visible for a moment in Storm's DVD collection.
*In [http://www.paulandstorm.com/archives/show-041-my-39-year-old-man-eyes/ episode 41], Paul says that the [[Wikipedia:Rifftrax|Rifftrax]] they did with Jonathan Coulton is "cheap as free".
*In [http://www.paulandstorm.com/archives/show-057-the-litany-of-disappointments/ episode 57], Paul says his head is "[[Asplode|asplodin']]".
*In [http://www.paulandstorm.com/archives/show-070-chinwhipper/ episode 70], Storm mentions [[The Stick]].
*In [http://www.paulandstorm.com/archives/show-071-do-you-like-star-wars/ episode 71], the term "asplode" is used again.
*In [http://www.paulandstorm.com/archives/show-091-stupid-like-a-cat/ episode 91], Paul notes that Storm's part of the introduction sounds Homestar, causing Storm to do an impromptu Homestar impression.
*In the podcast's [http://www.paulandstorm.com/archives/show-121-dexterity-is-my-dump-stat/ 121st episode], [[Wikipedia:Wil Wheaton|Wil Wheaton]] remarks that he cannot think of a better way to start off [[Decemberween]] than his and Paul and Storm's show in Largo, California.

==The Picture of Everything 2==
[http://www.howardhallis.com/artgallery/tpoe2/index.html In this work in progress] among the characters in this scene are [[Strong Bad]] and [[Homestar Runner]]. Strong Bad is to the left of the Enterprise bridge, slightly right of center image. Homestar is below the right side of the Rolling Stone magazine cover, in the bottom left.

==The Prosh==
In the 2008 edition of this annual Western Australian satirical publication,
there is an image of Trogdor on an advertisement for a dragon-slayer on the back page.
In small text on the bottom, there is a message as follows- "Sorry. Trogdor will burninate your ****. Don't even bother."

== PeanutButterGamer ==
* During the intro to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fC31W3xtzgc Top 8 Zelda Dungeons], PBG calls the santa hat (which mentions how he was late in finishing his video) a Santam'n hat.

== Pumpkin! ==
Around Halloween 2004, at "[http://www.osf.com/ The Old Spaghetti Factory]" restaurant in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (a fairly [http://www.osf.com/locations/alllocations.html large] [http://www.oldspaghettifactory.ca/locations.html chain], and a higher class restaurant), they had a large collection of carved pumpkins all over the place, and one prominently placed pumpkin near the entrance had an excellently carved likeness of Homestar in it.

==Rabbit and Mouse==
The links page of the [http://www.rabbitandmouse.com Rabbit and Mouse website] mentions [[homestarrunner.com]]. The description reads, "We're almost positive these guys do this sober".

== Rialto Theatre ==
During the introduction to the weekly showings of the Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Rialto Theatre in Raleigh, North Carolina, a projector is frequently used to make The Cheat and Trogdor run across the screen.

== Scott Manley ==
At the end of a video discussing the history of the Soviet/Russian R7 rocket, Manley criticizes the Soyuz 2.1V for its "heresy" of not including the trademark boosters of the rest of the R7 series, which on detachment from the rocket form a pattern known as "Korolev's cross." Scott concludes this by paraphrasing Strong Bad's [[Bogus_Mathematical_Theorems|Property of Ones]]: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzGsWw47sMY&t=13m07s "As a great man once said, 'A Soyuz launch without a Korolev cross is scarcely a Soyuz at all.'"]

==Secure Programming Cookbook for C and C++==
In the Acknowledgments section, they thank Strong Bad for teaching them how to type up a book while wearing boxing gloves.

==Shadowrun: Fourth Edition==
Shadowrun is a [[Wikipedia:Tabletop role-playing game|pen-and-paper RPG]] that combines elements of cyberpunk and fantasy. On page 87 (of the second printing), when discussing designing a character, it says (emphasis ours):
:Write down some quotes your character might say. Three or four should be good. Fiction is filled with characters that can be captured in a quote—everything from "Do you feel lucky, punk?" to "'''Double Deuce!'''"—capture our imaginations and give us something to hook a character on.

==SpaceHamster==
In his episode "LUIGI Fan-Games!", one of the game games he reviews features Strong Bad appearing at random. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwJPc_aqIc4&t=977s]

==Spaceshipper==
A couple of college students have created a game based on [[Spaceshipper]], one of the unplayble video games by [[Videlectrix]]. The game can be found [http://www.tomkortbeek.nl/space.html here].

==Super Mario: How Nintendo Conquered America==
The paragraph about ''[[Mario Paint]]'' mentions how it was used to create the [[Super NES|first Homestar Runner cartoon]]. However, it incorrectly calls Homestar Runner a web comic and states that the cartoon was created a decade after the release of ''Mario Paint''.

== Super Size Me ==
In the movie ''[[Wikipedia:Super Size Me|Super Size Me]]'', there are a group of kids at the computer watching an old Tandy era Strong Bad Email.
[[Category: Sightings]]

==Switchfoot Podcast Episode 17==
In episode 17 of the offical [[Wikipedia:Switchfoot|Switchfoot]] Podcast, bassist [[Wikipedia:Tim Foreman|Tim Foreman]] is seen playing Trogdor on Guitar Hero II for most of the episode.

== The Toronto Star ==

In the May 13, 2008 edition of the [http://www.thestar.com Toronto Star], both in print and [http://www.thestar.com/article/424683 online], there was an article in the entertainment section about [[Wikipedia:WiiWare|WiiWare]]. Although the article itself made no reference, the picture is a screen shot of [[SBCG4AP|Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People]].

== Trek Nation ==
In this film about Gene Roddenberry, Wil Wheaton is shown in a picture wearing a Strong Bad T-Shirt.

==Twitter==
===[[twitter:Arbys|@Arbys]]===
A [[twitter:Arbys/status/943526433208516608|Tweet]] posted by [[Arby's]] on December 20, 2017 features a recreation of the Strong Bad [[Dancin' Musical Nobot]] from [[what I want]]. The text reads "We're completely entrangled by those hypnotically swaying hips...", a quote from the email.

===[[twitter:DaleMurphy3|@DaleMurphy3]]===
For about a month after [[Haunted Photo Booth]] was released, [[Atlanta Braves]] player [[wikipedia:Dale Murphy|Dale Murphy]]'s profile picture was three pictures of Homestar Runner (dressed as Dale Murphy) from the toon.

===[[twitter:MerriamWebster|@MerriamWebster]]===
*A [[twitter:MerriamWebster/status/915305126042226688|Tweet]] posted by [[wikipedia:Merriam-Webster|Merriam-Webster]] on October 3, 2017, announcing the Word of the Day (salubrious), features a GIF of the [[take-a-break.exe]] screen from [[huttah!]].
*Another [[twitter:MerriamWebster/status/946445179082493952|Tweet]] on December 28, 2017, with text explaining the Latin word "draco" (the origin of "dragon"), features a GIF of Strong Bad drawing Trogdor from [[dragon]]. They replied to their own Tweet with [[twitter:MerriamWebster/status/946447093438337024|a link to the definition of "cottages"]] on their website. They also replied to other people with Homestar Runner references.
*Another [[twitter:MerriamWebster/status/973385510898028545|Tweet]] on March 12, 2018, with text explaining the word "chiaroscuro", features a GIF of Strong Bad setting fire to Strong Sad's dragon in [[dragon]]. Again, they responded to comments with Homestar Runner references.

===[[twitter:FisherPrice|@FisherPrice]]===
On April 25, 2018, [[wikipedia:Fisher-Price|Fisher-Price]] [[twitter:FisherPrice/status/989223006307143680|posted a link]] to [[Record Store Day 2018]] (which featured a Fisher-Price toy).

===[[twitter:Lin_Manuel|@Lin_Manuel]]===
*On August 15, 2018, [[@StrongBadActual]] [[twitter:StrongBadActual/status/1029769580695175168|contacted]] [[wikipedia:Lin-Manuel Miranda|Lin-Manuel Miranda]], asking if he could do a cover of [[TROGDOR (song)|TROGDOR]]. Later that day, Lin-Manuel replied "[[twitter:Lin_Manuel/status/1029791630293909506|Let's get started on doing all those awesome things you suggested.]]", referencing the [[Let's get started on doing all those awesome things I suggested|similarly titled song]] from [[Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits]].
*On November 12, 2018, at the end of a long Twitter thread, he said "[[twitter:Lin_Manuel/status/1062084337242390529|*Strong Bad voice* IT'S OVERRRRR]]".

== Untraceable ==
In one scene in the movie [[IMDB:tt0880578|Untraceable]] a person in a chatroom has [[Cheerleader]] from [[Teen Girl Squad]] as an avatar.

== Video Game Championship Wrestling ==
This [http://twitch.tv/vgcw Twitch stream], featuring WWE 2k14 CPU-vs-CPU matches between a wide range of video game characters, includes Strong Bad as one of its recurring wrestlers. [[Handle My Style]] plays during his intro.

==WaTiki Waterpark==
The WaTiki Indoor Waterpark in Rapid City, South Dakota had, as a transition on their electronic billboard, Homestar Runner running across the board.

== Wil Wheaton's "Just a Geek" ==
In the introduction to [http://books.google.com/books?id=vjrNaFydsAIC this book], written by the actor-turned-author Wil Wheaton, who once played Wesley Crusher on Star Trek; The Next Generation, the author mentions a conversation with his wife that covered whether or not to bring his Trogdor shirt to a book signing. He has been known to talk about Homestar in other such personal encounters and on his Twitter feed.

==Wordplay==
In the documentary [[IMDB:tt0492506|Wordplay]], [http://rpipuzzleguy.livejournal.com/ Tyler Hinman] is seen wearing a [[Trogdor]] shirt. In fact, Hinman has worn the shirt during the final round of each of the four [http://www.crosswordtournament.com/ American Crossword Puzzle Tournaments] he has won. He can be seen wearing the shirt in the last image of [http://geekoutnewyork.com/2008/03/crossword.php this article about his 2008 win].

[[Category:Sightings]]

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StarFox — Mon, 08 Jul 2019 03:10:57 GMT

StarFox: undid revision 784862;

==Requested Fun Facts==
===Grammar Songs===
Can someone gather the musical knowledge of the HRWiki users and list all the real-world songs parodied by SB's grammar songs? I'm sure that all of them are parodies of real songs; it would be exactly the kind of thing TBC would do.
==Closed STUFF==

===Scalawag===
"Scalawag" may possibly be a reference to a Calvin and Hobbes strip in which Calvin and Hobbes sing the "Very Sorry Song" :
:(Calvin) "I'm sorry, so sorry I took your precious flaaaaag"
:(Hobbes) "Just don't do it again you scurvy scalawaaaaaag"
*'''Revise''' Maybe "The fact that SB ends the song with the word scalawag..." [[User:DeadGuyPerez|DeadGuyPerez]]
*'''Decline.''' Maybe it is a C & H reference. Maybe it's a reference to Southerners who supported Reconstruction. Maybe TBC just liked the sound of the word and thought it would be funny. -- [[User:tomstiff|tomstiff]] 05 Apr 2005
*'''Decline.''' Geez, I already deleted this one! Scalawag is just a word. C&H didn't invent it. This is a huge stretch. <tt>[[User:Homestar Coder|Aurora the Homestar Coder]]</tt> 13:10, 5 Apr 2005 (MDT)
*'''Decline''' I don't need to explain this, do I? [[User:Dasrik|Dasrik]] 14:31, 5 Apr 2005 (MDT)
*'''Decline''' Calvin and Hobbes is a good comic strip, but as with the STUFF below, it is too obtuse to be called a reference to it. (Was this written by the same person as the one below?) --[[User:acekirby13|acekirby13]] 18:36, 5 Apr 2005 (MDT)
**'''Second''' --[[User:Jay|The guy whose name is the letter after I and before K]]
*'''Declination Jackson''' So they just happen to have used the same word, and it's a reference? Not bloody likely. Besides, any fun fact with the words "may possibly be" should be burned instantly. With fire. [[User:Rudeboy87|Rudeboy87]] 20:01, 5 Apr 2005 (MDT)
*'''Decline''' The word ''scalawag'' has been around much longer than ''Calvin and Hobbes''. --[[User:Uh! Bob|<tt>'''''Úħ¡ βøв'''''</tt>]] 14:51, 6 Apr 2005 (MDT)
**'''Second''' --[[User:Trogga|Trogga]] 16:59, 7 Apr 2005 (MDT)
*'''Buleeted''' It's a '''word!''' [[User:OWIE!|OWIE!]]
**'''Second.'''[[User:TakuaKaita600|TakuaKaita600]] 15:44, 12 Apr 2005 (MDT)

{{stuffcloseddecline}}
=== Rhythm n' STUFF ===
{{stufffact|The title of Strong Bad's grammar CD, Rhythm n' Grammar, is a play on the musical style "[[Wikipedia:Rhythm and blues|rhythm and blues]]".}}
{{stuffverdict|01:18, 28 March 2006 (UTC)|07:09, 14 April 2006 (UTC)|declined|16|13|local news}}

== SB making fun of Coach Z... again. ==

{| style="background:#ffeecc"
| The sportscaster card says "sportscarster," and spelling mistakes are atypical for Strong Bad.
|}

I submit that this is Strong Bad poking fun at Coach Z's accent again. - [[User:KieferSkunk|KieferSkunk]] 18:01, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
:Another possibility, but one I think is less likely: The term "sportscarster" looks like "sports car-ster" - as in, a person who does something with sports cars. - [[User:KieferSkunk|KieferSkunk]] 18:05, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

== Meteorologist Tire ==
This may be nitpicky too much, but personally I think it would be worth noting that by calling the Tire a meteorologist, then that implies it holds a degree in meteorology. The general convention is that if a weatherman/woman/thing has a B.S. in meteorology, they're a meteorologist, and if they do not, they're a weather presenter ([http://www.tloffman.com/100tapes.txt this] has an example of the differences in the two). Just a word of thought as to the ... um, biography(?) of the Tire. (I only bring this up since, even though this is Free Country, USA and not the real world, things like the learner's permit/driver's license, for example, have been accepted in the past. And also because I'm a budding meteorologist.) [[User:Spell4yr|Spell4yr]] 18:54, 6 November 2005 (UTC)

== Rhythm N' Grammar ==

The title of Strong Bad's grammar cd, rhythm n' grammar, is possibly a refrance to rhythm and blues, the predecessor to rockabilly and rock and roll, strongly influenced by jazz and jump music.

:Thank you, anonymous. May I point upwards?--{{User:Super Martyo Brother/sig}} 02:20, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

== Grammatical error on CD cover ==

Ohhh... If it's an abbreviation of "and" it's "apostrophe-n-apostrophe" 
But Strong Bad spelled it without the first apostrophe... scalawag.--[[User:Jnelson09|Jnelson09]] 20:33, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

:No, that's not correct. An abreviation for and would be N'. No more arguements over it. --{{User:Super Martyo Brother/sig}} 04:09, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Rhythm '''nd''' Grammar? I don't think so. N' n' t' b' a j' --[[User:Jnelson09|J']] 22:31, 24 February 2007 (EST)

== ITS song tune ==

What's the ITS song tune? It was used in Bugs Bunny cartoons IIRC. Can't think of the title. Music geeks, help! {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 09:23, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Well, it's very widely used. Yeah, I heard it in one of those old-timey cartoons, but I've also heard it in several other places. I don't really know.--[[User:Jnelson09|Jnelson09]] 03:27, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
:Hmm. I only knew it from Bugs Bunny. Were the other places other WB works? If the tune was a part of their library, that would make sense. [[User:Nyperold|Nyperold]] 17:00, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

99 bottles of beer ('scuse me, I mean cold ones) on the wall? [[User:So makey outy|So makey outy]] 04:15, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Not a bad guess... not bad at all... --{{User:Super Martyo Brother/sig}} 02:22, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

== Piano Man ==

The "And I Don't Care How They Spell Things On the Internet" song sounds noticeably similar in melody to the song Piano Man by Billy Joel. A reference, perhaps?

== Rivalry? ==

*This email is from [[Wikipedia:Tallahassee, Florida|Tallahassee, Florida]], but Strong Bad finally says it is from [[Wikipedia:Gainesville, Florida|Gainesville]]. '''The college football teams of these two cities — the [[Wikipedia:Seminole (tribe)|Seminoles]] of [[Wikipedia:Florida State University|Florida State University]] and [[Wikipedia:Florida Gators|Gators]] of [[Wikipedia:University of Florida|University of Florida]], respectively — are major rivals.'''
The bolded part was [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=local_news&diff=574975&oldid=574688 removed] with what i think is good reason, but was shortly [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=local_news&diff=next&oldid=574975 replaced] saying that the real-world reference needs an explanation. I don't think so. First of all, i don't even know what that's supposed to mean. Secondly, I think the joke is merely that he can't pronounce Tallaha... Tasalana... that place... so he says the name of a city near it. I don't think there's any reason to mention the football rivalry. I think the unbolded part deserves a reworded place in explanations rather than real-world refs. Thoughts? {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 22:58, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
:Unless we think the football connection is intentional, I don't see why this would be noteworthy in the article at all. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 05:46, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
::Well then, i'll remove it. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 17:16, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
:::For what it's worth, I've always assumed it was in fact deliberate, especially considering that Matt Chapman went to Florida State. I'd think it'd be pretty hard for him to put that "correction" into the email without thinking of the rivalry. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 02:16, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
Given that I'm a student at the University of Florida, and I'm currently sitting in my apartment in Gainesville, RIGHT NOW, I can tell you beyond a shadow of a doubt, that Tallahassee and Gainesville are not, in fact, close by to each other. The cities are several hundred miles apart. Funny SBEmail, though. :D
--[[User:Lumpydog|Lumpydog]] 13:13, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

== Sportscarster ==

Several places seem to claim "sportscarster" is a misspelling of "sportscaster," but isn't it a blending of the words "sportscaster" and "sportscar," almost portmanteau-style? --[[User:TimMierz|TimMierz]] 16:00, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
:Makes sense. -[[Special:Contributions/132.183.140.125|132.183.140.125]] 19:12, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

== Removed a bunch of stuff ==

I {{p|l={{FULLURL:local news|oldid=692842&diff=prev}} removed}} a bunch of stuff. Here are my itemized reasons:
:''"The World in Crisis" is making fun of the fact that most news stations always start off by telling you about the most interesting news story and keep you waiting to see it for a long time.''
Explains the joke.
:''The Cheat says that he didn't mention any roads, which may have been out of necessity—there are no known roads in [[Free Country, USA]].''
I thought about removing everything up to the em dash, but then I remembered there's a path in [[Tis True, Pom Pom, Tis True]].
:''The sportscaster card says "sportscarster", an unusual spelling mistake for Strong Bad.''
The DVD commentary makes it clear this was intentional, and several people above have suggested it's a play on "sports car".
:''When The Cheat comes back down from being thrown up in the air, Strong Mad almost instantly grunts and The Cheat shoots back up. This could mean that Strong Mad is not throwing The Cheat very high up in the air.''
Unnecessary speculation. The real reason probably has more to do with the pacing of the toon being more important than physics.
:''Since almost immediately after Strong Mad's sportscast, he is heard throwing The Cheat in the air in the field, either [[The Classroom]] is very close to the field or Strong Mad ran very quickly. Or it's not live.''
We have three explanations listed for something that's ultimately a pacing issue. Not notable.
:''It is ironic that one of Strong Bad's songs in the Easter Egg talks about spelling out the whole word, while the title of his CD is "Strong Bad's Rhythm n' Grammar."''
This is a stylistic abbreviation, which is completely different from the kind of abbreviations Strong Bad is talking about ("UR 2 KUL 4 ME", etc.).
:''Strong Bad's songs are most likely making fun of [[Wikipedia:Schoolhouse Rock|Schoolhouse Rock]], an educational cartoon that teaches children subjects such as multiplication, grammar, history, etc.''
Most likely? I don't think it's necessarily making fun of any one specific kind of educational song, but rather educational songs in general. And maybe not even that—sometimes things are just funnier when expressed in song. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:41, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

== The ITS song ==

The ITS song seems to be based on the "Happy Happy Birthday" song. [[User:StarFox|StarFox]] 19:26, 15 December 2018 (UTC)
:It's close but not exact. The melody goes down on the second "happy" where it stays on the same note for "supposed to be possessive." They ''are'' similar otherwise, but I wouldn't go so far as to say one was based on the other. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:45, 15 December 2018 (UTC)
::For some reason this particular song was difficult to find, but I'm guessing [https://youtu.be/YwQ0nt6bvR0?t=27 this] is the song being referred to. It does seem very similar, and I did have a strange sense of déjà-vu hearing the melody of the ITS song, but I assumed it was just because it was a generic melody for traditional or children's songs. {{User:DEIDATVM/sig}} 16:32, 16 December 2018 (UTC)
:::[[youtube:v1WDAV9FQC8|Better version perhaps.]] I have also always felt like the tune of the ITS song was familiar but could never place it. Now that StarFox has done so, I'm like "'''YES! THAT!'''". {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 18:34, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

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StarFox — Mon, 08 Jul 2019 03:08:25 GMT

StarFox: /* ITS song tune */

==Requested Fun Facts==
===Grammar Songs===
Can someone gather the musical knowledge of the HRWiki users and list all the real-world songs parodied by SB's grammar songs? I'm sure that all of them are parodies of real songs; it would be exactly the kind of thing TBC would do.
==Closed STUFF==

===Scalawag===
"Scalawag" may possibly be a reference to a Calvin and Hobbes strip in which Calvin and Hobbes sing the "Very Sorry Song" :
:(Calvin) "I'm sorry, so sorry I took your precious flaaaaag"
:(Hobbes) "Just don't do it again you scurvy scalawaaaaaag"
*'''Revise''' Maybe "The fact that SB ends the song with the word scalawag..." [[User:DeadGuyPerez|DeadGuyPerez]]
*'''Decline.''' Maybe it is a C & H reference. Maybe it's a reference to Southerners who supported Reconstruction. Maybe TBC just liked the sound of the word and thought it would be funny. -- [[User:tomstiff|tomstiff]] 05 Apr 2005
*'''Decline.''' Geez, I already deleted this one! Scalawag is just a word. C&H didn't invent it. This is a huge stretch. <tt>[[User:Homestar Coder|Aurora the Homestar Coder]]</tt> 13:10, 5 Apr 2005 (MDT)
*'''Decline''' I don't need to explain this, do I? [[User:Dasrik|Dasrik]] 14:31, 5 Apr 2005 (MDT)
*'''Decline''' Calvin and Hobbes is a good comic strip, but as with the STUFF below, it is too obtuse to be called a reference to it. (Was this written by the same person as the one below?) --[[User:acekirby13|acekirby13]] 18:36, 5 Apr 2005 (MDT)
**'''Second''' --[[User:Jay|The guy whose name is the letter after I and before K]]
*'''Declination Jackson''' So they just happen to have used the same word, and it's a reference? Not bloody likely. Besides, any fun fact with the words "may possibly be" should be burned instantly. With fire. [[User:Rudeboy87|Rudeboy87]] 20:01, 5 Apr 2005 (MDT)
*'''Decline''' The word ''scalawag'' has been around much longer than ''Calvin and Hobbes''. --[[User:Uh! Bob|<tt>'''''Úħ¡ βøв'''''</tt>]] 14:51, 6 Apr 2005 (MDT)
**'''Second''' --[[User:Trogga|Trogga]] 16:59, 7 Apr 2005 (MDT)
*'''Buleeted''' It's a '''word!''' [[User:OWIE!|OWIE!]]
**'''Second.'''[[User:TakuaKaita600|TakuaKaita600]] 15:44, 12 Apr 2005 (MDT)

{{stuffcloseddecline}}
=== Rhythm n' STUFF ===
{{stufffact|The title of Strong Bad's grammar CD, Rhythm n' Grammar, is a play on the musical style "[[Wikipedia:Rhythm and blues|rhythm and blues]]".}}
{{stuffverdict|01:18, 28 March 2006 (UTC)|07:09, 14 April 2006 (UTC)|declined|16|13|local news}}

== SB making fun of Coach Z... again. ==

{| style="background:#ffeecc"
| The sportscaster card says "sportscarster," and spelling mistakes are atypical for Strong Bad.
|}

I submit that this is Strong Bad poking fun at Coach Z's accent again. - [[User:KieferSkunk|KieferSkunk]] 18:01, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
:Another possibility, but one I think is less likely: The term "sportscarster" looks like "sports car-ster" - as in, a person who does something with sports cars. - [[User:KieferSkunk|KieferSkunk]] 18:05, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

== Meteorologist Tire ==
This may be nitpicky too much, but personally I think it would be worth noting that by calling the Tire a meteorologist, then that implies it holds a degree in meteorology. The general convention is that if a weatherman/woman/thing has a B.S. in meteorology, they're a meteorologist, and if they do not, they're a weather presenter ([http://www.tloffman.com/100tapes.txt this] has an example of the differences in the two). Just a word of thought as to the ... um, biography(?) of the Tire. (I only bring this up since, even though this is Free Country, USA and not the real world, things like the learner's permit/driver's license, for example, have been accepted in the past. And also because I'm a budding meteorologist.) [[User:Spell4yr|Spell4yr]] 18:54, 6 November 2005 (UTC)

== Rhythm N' Grammar ==

The title of Strong Bad's grammar cd, rhythm n' grammar, is possibly a refrance to rhythm and blues, the predecessor to rockabilly and rock and roll, strongly influenced by jazz and jump music.

:Thank you, anonymous. May I point upwards?--{{User:Super Martyo Brother/sig}} 02:20, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

== Grammatical error on CD cover ==

Ohhh... If it's an abbreviation of "and" it's "apostrophe-n-apostrophe" 
But Strong Bad spelled it without the first apostrophe... scalawag.--[[User:Jnelson09|Jnelson09]] 20:33, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

:No, that's not correct. An abreviation for and would be N'. No more arguements over it. --{{User:Super Martyo Brother/sig}} 04:09, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Rhythm '''nd''' Grammar? I don't think so. N' n' t' b' a j' --[[User:Jnelson09|J']] 22:31, 24 February 2007 (EST)

== ITS song tune ==

What's the ITS song tune? It was used in Bugs Bunny cartoons IIRC. Can't think of the title. Music geeks, help! {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 09:23, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Well, it's very widely used. Yeah, I heard it in one of those old-timey cartoons, but I've also heard it in several other places. I don't really know.--[[User:Jnelson09|Jnelson09]] 03:27, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
:Hmm. I only knew it from Bugs Bunny. Were the other places other WB works? If the tune was a part of their library, that would make sense. [[User:Nyperold|Nyperold]] 17:00, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

99 bottles of beer ('scuse me, I mean cold ones) on the wall? [[User:So makey outy|So makey outy]] 04:15, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Not a bad guess... not bad at all... --{{User:Super Martyo Brother/sig}} 02:22, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

I know I'm 13 years late, but I would guess Happy Happy Birthday. [[User:StarFox|StarFox]] 03:08, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

== Piano Man ==

The "And I Don't Care How They Spell Things On the Internet" song sounds noticeably similar in melody to the song Piano Man by Billy Joel. A reference, perhaps?

== Rivalry? ==

*This email is from [[Wikipedia:Tallahassee, Florida|Tallahassee, Florida]], but Strong Bad finally says it is from [[Wikipedia:Gainesville, Florida|Gainesville]]. '''The college football teams of these two cities — the [[Wikipedia:Seminole (tribe)|Seminoles]] of [[Wikipedia:Florida State University|Florida State University]] and [[Wikipedia:Florida Gators|Gators]] of [[Wikipedia:University of Florida|University of Florida]], respectively — are major rivals.'''
The bolded part was [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=local_news&diff=574975&oldid=574688 removed] with what i think is good reason, but was shortly [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=local_news&diff=next&oldid=574975 replaced] saying that the real-world reference needs an explanation. I don't think so. First of all, i don't even know what that's supposed to mean. Secondly, I think the joke is merely that he can't pronounce Tallaha... Tasalana... that place... so he says the name of a city near it. I don't think there's any reason to mention the football rivalry. I think the unbolded part deserves a reworded place in explanations rather than real-world refs. Thoughts? {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 22:58, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
:Unless we think the football connection is intentional, I don't see why this would be noteworthy in the article at all. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 05:46, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
::Well then, i'll remove it. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 17:16, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
:::For what it's worth, I've always assumed it was in fact deliberate, especially considering that Matt Chapman went to Florida State. I'd think it'd be pretty hard for him to put that "correction" into the email without thinking of the rivalry. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 02:16, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
Given that I'm a student at the University of Florida, and I'm currently sitting in my apartment in Gainesville, RIGHT NOW, I can tell you beyond a shadow of a doubt, that Tallahassee and Gainesville are not, in fact, close by to each other. The cities are several hundred miles apart. Funny SBEmail, though. :D
--[[User:Lumpydog|Lumpydog]] 13:13, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

== Sportscarster ==

Several places seem to claim "sportscarster" is a misspelling of "sportscaster," but isn't it a blending of the words "sportscaster" and "sportscar," almost portmanteau-style? --[[User:TimMierz|TimMierz]] 16:00, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
:Makes sense. -[[Special:Contributions/132.183.140.125|132.183.140.125]] 19:12, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

== Removed a bunch of stuff ==

I {{p|l={{FULLURL:local news|oldid=692842&diff=prev}} removed}} a bunch of stuff. Here are my itemized reasons:
:''"The World in Crisis" is making fun of the fact that most news stations always start off by telling you about the most interesting news story and keep you waiting to see it for a long time.''
Explains the joke.
:''The Cheat says that he didn't mention any roads, which may have been out of necessity—there are no known roads in [[Free Country, USA]].''
I thought about removing everything up to the em dash, but then I remembered there's a path in [[Tis True, Pom Pom, Tis True]].
:''The sportscaster card says "sportscarster", an unusual spelling mistake for Strong Bad.''
The DVD commentary makes it clear this was intentional, and several people above have suggested it's a play on "sports car".
:''When The Cheat comes back down from being thrown up in the air, Strong Mad almost instantly grunts and The Cheat shoots back up. This could mean that Strong Mad is not throwing The Cheat very high up in the air.''
Unnecessary speculation. The real reason probably has more to do with the pacing of the toon being more important than physics.
:''Since almost immediately after Strong Mad's sportscast, he is heard throwing The Cheat in the air in the field, either [[The Classroom]] is very close to the field or Strong Mad ran very quickly. Or it's not live.''
We have three explanations listed for something that's ultimately a pacing issue. Not notable.
:''It is ironic that one of Strong Bad's songs in the Easter Egg talks about spelling out the whole word, while the title of his CD is "Strong Bad's Rhythm n' Grammar."''
This is a stylistic abbreviation, which is completely different from the kind of abbreviations Strong Bad is talking about ("UR 2 KUL 4 ME", etc.).
:''Strong Bad's songs are most likely making fun of [[Wikipedia:Schoolhouse Rock|Schoolhouse Rock]], an educational cartoon that teaches children subjects such as multiplication, grammar, history, etc.''
Most likely? I don't think it's necessarily making fun of any one specific kind of educational song, but rather educational songs in general. And maybe not even that—sometimes things are just funnier when expressed in song. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:41, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

== The ITS song ==

The ITS song seems to be based on the "Happy Happy Birthday" song. [[User:StarFox|StarFox]] 19:26, 15 December 2018 (UTC)
:It's close but not exact. The melody goes down on the second "happy" where it stays on the same note for "supposed to be possessive." They ''are'' similar otherwise, but I wouldn't go so far as to say one was based on the other. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:45, 15 December 2018 (UTC)
::For some reason this particular song was difficult to find, but I'm guessing [https://youtu.be/YwQ0nt6bvR0?t=27 this] is the song being referred to. It does seem very similar, and I did have a strange sense of déjà-vu hearing the melody of the ITS song, but I assumed it was just because it was a generic melody for traditional or children's songs. {{User:DEIDATVM/sig}} 16:32, 16 December 2018 (UTC)
:::[[youtube:v1WDAV9FQC8|Better version perhaps.]] I have also always felt like the tune of the ITS song was familiar but could never place it. Now that StarFox has done so, I'm like "'''YES! THAT!'''". {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 18:34, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

Talk:japanese cartoon

StarFox — Sun, 30 Jun 2019 18:22:38 GMT

StarFox: /**/Roll Mega Man

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== Transcribe the lyrics ==

could someone transcribe the lyrics to the theme song for stinkoman k?
*I think perhaps Homestar was trying to --[[user:Buz|Buz]]

== Homestar's head ==

Homestar's Head look seriously misshapen in the easter egg. --[[user:Buz|Buz]]

Yeah, like his old school conterpart [[user:unknown|unknown]]

== Stinko Man ==

In the transcript, he's referred to as Stinko Man, shouldn't that be Stinkoman?--[[User:Dwedit|Dwedit]] 00:15, 30 Nov 2004 (MST)

== Pan Pan ==

Isn't Pan Pan a reference to the father in Ranma 1/2 who changed into a Panda and held up signs because he could not talk?

:Yeah, since pandas are native to China, and this is a Japanese cartoon, this is most likely a reference to Ranma 1/2

::Or not. There were also pandas in Miyazaki's iconic [[IMDB:tt0069058|Panda kopanda]].{{User:Loafing/sig}} 23:21, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
:::I really think it is a Ranma reference. I've never seen Panda Go Panda, but the fact that Pan Pan eats like a person and shows up without explanation in a world of people seems to point clearly to Genma Saotome in Ranma 1/2. I already tried to argue this at the [[Talk:Pan Pan]] section. Somebody back me up or tell me I'm nuts, please! I don't even watch Ranma but this is a dead ringer in my opinion. It ought to be mentioned. [[User:Toastburner|Toastburner]]
::::Genma was the first thing I thought of as well. But does Pan Pan have anything in common with Genma apart from looks?{{User:Shwoo/sig}} 08:55, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
:::::If I remember correctly, Genma could eat with chopsticks while in panda form, as does Pan Pan...-[[User:LordQuackingstick|LordQuackingstick]] 00:52, 15 February 2007 (UTC) Man, I gotta get the rest of those volumes. I stopped at 25.
::::::All right, I just skimmed volumes 1 through 3, looking for evidence, but could find none. I think it's a reference, though. If someone requests it, I'll look though the other 22 volumes I have.-[[User:LordQuackingstick|LordQuackingstick]] 01:34, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
:::::::I've watched upwards of four seasons of Ranma, and while I don't really consider myself an expert, I'd have to say that the interaction between Pan Pan and stinkoman reminds me of Genma and Soun. Additionally, since Pan Pan doesn't speak, this could be refrence to Ranma as Genma cannot speak as a Panda.
::::::::Pan Pan ''does'' speak, however: by bouncing. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 04:46, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
:::::::::in [[Wikipedia:Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo|an anime called bo-bobo]], by eating rice, ''supposedly'' you turn into a panda, but you are just told to put on a panda suit.XD. {{User:Im a bell/sig}} 20:26, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

I get the feeling the Chaps don't think much of anime, I get the impression that they've only seen very old things, games, & snipets of whatever was on TV 8 years ago, so I would also bet on Ranma, cuz it sure aint from Patalliro.

== Stinko Man? ==

Why is it that in the transciption stinkoman's name has a space in it? (Also, I'll transcribe the lyrics to the 20x6 theme song) →[[User:evin290|evin290]] 19:06, 25 Feb 2005 (MST)

:Probably because the easter egg refers to him as "Stinko Man K 20X6". --[[User:Venusy|Venusy]] 02:32, 26 Feb 2005 (GMT)

==TeeBee==
Actually, a Japanese person would say テレビ, or "terebi", not Teebee.

Well, yes and no. Terebi is the way that television is said mostly, yet should a japanese person say the us equivalent of "tv" (tee vee) they would say Teebee due to the lack of v in the language.

== Haiku? ==

I really don't think that what Strong Bad says at the beginning of the email should be considered a haiku. Just because there's a line with five syllables followed by a line with seven syllables followed by a line with five syllables doesn't mean it's a haiku. I think that the fact that part of the "haiku" is simply the salutation of the email he receieved really kinda proves that this wasn't their intent.

*But the fact that he just HAPPENED to add in the "ding dong" to make it 5 syllables proves it was their intent.

*Also Haiku has got something to do with Japan and the whole email has got with Japan.

==Sender==
This may be un needed but I actully know the guy who wrote japanese cartoon. He lives near me in Thousand Oaks Ca. (If you look on a map it is 45-50 miles outside of Los Angeles {{User:Dacheatbot/sig}} 05:08, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
==Closed STUFF==
===MikeMike And Matt Rock (DECLINED)===

The credits for Mike Rock and MattMatt are references to [[The Brothers Chaps|Mike and Matt Chapman]].

*DUHHHH! DECLINANATED! [[User:Fizz123|Anonymous Contributor]]
*'''Completely Decline.''' No, seriously. Like, nobody else vote on this. -Walking Armless
*'''Comment.''' Why wasn't this just deleted? --[[User:Upset_Your_Balance|Upset_Your_Balance]] 1:13 19 Apr 2005
*'''Accept.''' Never caught that. --[[User:Trogga|Trogga]] 13:54, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
*This is either something blatantly obvious or a supreme stretch. Since TBC aren't commenting either way, it's not worth the dispute. Make up your own damn mind, but don't write it down like it's the truth. '''Decline''' [[User:Dasrik|Dasrik]] 03:21, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)
*Calm yourself, Dasrik. No need for such a rant. Anyway, I say '''Accept.''' And, dasrik, it's not blatingly obvious OR a surpreme stretch. It's enough so that someone might not know it, yet not completely out-of range...exaclty the kind of thing a Fun Fact needs.[[User:TakuaKaita600|TakuaKaita600]] 17:35, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
**I was perfectly calm. Read it again. There are lots of people named Mike and Matt, enough so that this kind of thing could be disputed til the cows come home, or until TBC set the record straight. Exactly the kind of thing that makes a Fun Fact NOT fun. [[User:Dasrik|Dasrik]] 06:49, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
***But how many of them are directly involved in the creation of Homestar Runner cartoons? --[[User:Jay|Jay]] 07:08, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
*'''Best Decline I ever spent''' I think it is just too obvious and isn't exactly a fun fact. --[[user: lappy 486]]
*'''Delcine''' While, unlike Dasrik, I am CONFIDENT that the reference was to Mike and Matt Chapman (they made the cartoon!), this is a little too obvious. --[[User:Jay|Jay]] 07:08, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
**'''Second.''' And a comment on what Jay said: If ''I'' had a regular cartoon, there's no way I would ''accidentally'' put my own name in it. So the reference is totally intentional... and obvious. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 14:20, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
**I '''second''' itsdotcom and Jay. --[[user: Lappy 486]]
*'''Decline.''' It's both too glaringly obvious and too utterly unverifiable. -- [[User:tomstiff|tomstiff]] 13:31, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
*'''Comment.''' Perhaps if a reason as to why they were listed as such was given, this would make a better Fun Fact, yeah? However, here, this is not really an option as, there seems to be no apparent reason why they did that. It would work if maybe, for example, Mike listed his name as Mike-Hai. In the meantime, someone should try and see if maybe that's a reference and then list THAT as a fun fact.---[[User:TakuaKaita600|TakuaKaita600]]
*'''Accept''' I didn't realize it until I saw this debate ---[[User:Death Regis|Death Regis]] 22:48, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
*'''A Different Approach.''' What if, instead of a fun fact, we just linked their names up in the list of credits? Like this: "Director [[Mike Chapman|Mike Rock]] / Designer [[Matt Chapman|MattMatt]]".
*'''Declined''' No, are you serious? I never noticed. Gosh! Come on, they made it. They just didn't want to confuse people like you by making up fake names. -Alice

===Oolong's Namesake (DECLINED)===
Someone named Oolong Singy is credited for [[Combolations]] in the cartoon, this may be a reference to Oolong the pig from Dragon Ball or [[Wikipedia:Oolong (rabbit)|Oolong the rabbit]], whose owner is Japanese.
*'''Decline.''' I figure the reference is most likely to Oolong, the traditional Chinese tea enjoyed throughout Asia. The characters mentioned here are named after the tea. --[[User:Beatfox|Beatfox]] 07:49, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
*'''Decline.''' Always decline TTATO facts! -- [[User:tomstiff|tomstiff]] 13:48, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
*I would second this if I knew what TTATO stood for. (Second is NOT my vote) [[User:Fizz123|Stave it off, Fizz123, and now you can count to three.]]
**'''Decline.''' TTATO actually is supposed to be spelled TTATOT, and stands for "This, That, And That Other Thing." -- [[User:Joshua|Joshua]] 20:34, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
***'''Sheds a tear''' My own little abbreviation is growing up. --[[User:Jay|Jay]] 02:18, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
*May be '''declined''' [[User:Dasrik|Dasrik]] 23:46, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
*'''42'd''' -- Yeah, I always suspected it refered to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oolon_Colluphid Oolon Colophid], [[Leomard Sportsinterviews|Lem Sportsinterviews']] counterpart from HHTG, so we must therefor all be wrong simultaneously :) [[User:MetaStar|MetaStar]] 22:38, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
**'''COMMENT'''Um...42'd? What's that supposed to mean? I know we're on the subject og h2g2, but still. [[User:TakuaKaita600|TakuaKaita600]]
**'''Comment''' 42'd is probably a combination refrence to forty "second'd" and "two'd." Always good to see a fan of H2G2.--[[User:homestar3.14|homestar3.14]] 17:16, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
===So cool an unseen email (DECLINED)===
Strong Bad says "So cool an e-mail, I thought you would enjoy it," as if he has read it before he replied to it. However, in other emails (such as part-time job or your friends) he acts surprised to see the content, as if he has not read it before.
*'''Decline''' I have trouble saying why, but I know there's something wrong with this. Be it that it's part of the haiku, or something else, I don't think this really needs to be stated. --[[User:Jay|Jay]] 05:23, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
**'''So cool a Decline, I thought I would Second it.''' This is a parody of the [http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=WORM_KLEZ.H&VSect=T Klez] email virus that used the infamous subject line "so cool a flash,enjoy it". It's not meant to imply that Strong Bad has actually read the email beforehand. --[[User:Beatfox|Beatfox]] 08:00, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
*** That's it. Thanks. --[[User:Jay|Jay]] 08:11, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
***'''Second.''' -- [[User:tomstiff|tomstiff]] 14:13, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
****'''Third.''' It's just part of the song. -- [[User:Super Sam|Super Sam]] 07:26, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)
**''''Eh, Decline!''' This is seriously a Klez spoof. I even received a Klez email, and it gave my old computer a virus. ---[[User:the spludge|the spludge]] 21:05, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
***'''So cool a decline, I thought I would THIRD it''' even! [[User:TakuaKaita600|TakuaKaita600]] 17:29, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

{{stuffclosedaccept}}
===The Paper oddity===
{{stufffact|The Paper does not come down at the end of the email.}}
{{stuffverdict|15:51, 27 Aug 2005 (UTC)|05:47, 13 Sep 2005 (UTC)|accepted|12|5|japanese cartoon}}

== Strong Bad's singing of lyrics ==

This may be waaaay too far of a stretch, but did Strong Bad's fudging of the fast lyrics in the Stinkoman theme remind anyone else of the song Rubber Biscuit? It was covered by the Blues Brothers, not sure who wrote it originally. I guess I kinda doubt any similarity is intentional, but I though I'd float it.

:Reminded me more of the Batman theme song. "Nana nana nana nana Batman!" {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 04:55, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

== The theme song ==

Maybe it's just me, but the music/theme song seems like it may be based on that of the first sonic game, on Sega, for emrald hill zone or whatever, but the first stage. It sounds a lot like it to me...
: We already know that it comes from [[Wikipedia:Rad Racer|Rad Racer]], not Sonic. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 00:29, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
::I am a die-hard Sonic fan and I know that that song sounds '''''NOTHING''''' like Green Hill Zone. BTW, Emerald Hill Zone is from Sonic 2. I don't mean to sound like either a jerk or a nerd. Visit [[User:Neox|my page]]! Neox

== panpan fat ==

just so you know, stinkoman's fat panpan line translates roughly into this: "hahahahahaha! panpan wa futotta! hahahahaha! kare ni tayoru anata! hahahaha! kare wa yoi no kuma!" {{User:Im a bell/sig}} 20:30, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

== Legend of the Mystical Ninja ==

While I was watching "AMV Hell 3" (a compilation of funny anime clips set to music or comedy sketches), I found one sequence from ''Legend Of The Mystical Ninja'', where the original anime looks almost EXACTLY like the "Cool poses" sequence in this email. In addition, the character's overall design is nearly identical. You can see what I'm talking about by watching [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aTgINExt2w this video] and paying attention from 13:52 to 14:16 . (Watch the whole thing - it's really funny.) {{User:KieferSkunk/sig}} 23:16, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
:BTW, I'm aware that this toon and Stinkoman himself parody many animes and the entire genre as a whole, but I felt this particular element of his design was such a close match as to be particularly noteworthy. {{User:KieferSkunk/sig}} 23:20, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

==Outro Music==

The outro music reminds me of the menu music from Sonic the Hedgehog somewhat. I understand they aren't entirely similar, but it just reminded me of Sonic. [[User:Awexome|Awexome]] 22:51, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
:Actually, the music used in this email is from [[Wikipedia:Rad Racer|Rad Racer]] for the NES. Like it says in the fun facts. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 23:11, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

== Backdrop. ==

Any guesses on the inspiration from the background? The only one I came up with is non-anime; the Prufock Preparatory School from A Series of Unfortunate Events, which is supposed to look like either tombstones or a series of large grey thumbs.
: I was about to say that I didn't think the SoUE book in question predated this email, but it seems I'm mistaken there. Still, I consider this a coincidence. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 08:39, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

== Are you lines asking for a CHALLENGE?! ==

A note to the lines, they're bigger than the lines around the buildings. Hence why they're overlapping. If the borders on the buildings were the same size, we may not see that problem. But there's nothing we can do about that, now is there. (I believe the building outlines use hairline or similar, and the windows use possible 1.5 - 2.) Just thought I'd take some time to explain it. I can even upload a picture or two experimenting with it. {{User:Iyeru/sig}}

== I wanna be the ==

Isn't there a reference in this to the extremly hard game, I wanna be the guy, in this?
: No, because this email was around first. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 15:40, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Oh. Sorry! I'll put that back.

== That challenge? ==

I've listened to the song a couple times, and I'm pretty sure, nigh positive, that the lyrics are "fighting the challenge," not "fighting that challenge." Does anyone else hear that? {{User:Branewashed/sig}} 17:34, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
:Actually, you may be onto something. I listened to the YouTube version and I'm almost 100% sure it's the...hmm...okay, yes. --[[User:Still Homsar| Still Homsar]] [[Image:qod 9 - homsar.PNG|25px]] 17:44, 5 June 2010 (UTC)
::Either is acceptable, as both are correct grammar. But I hear "the." {{User:ColdReactive/sig}} 18:45, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

== Stinkoman.com ==

Stinkoman.com is a malicious website, so I added a warning. {{User:Mml554/sig}} 09:13, 15 December 2016 (UTC)
:I went ahead and removed the whole item. It was barely trivia to begin with, and we don't need to be linking to a malicious website. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:03, 15 December 2016 (UTC)

== Roll Mega Man ==

This is Roll from Mega Man.

https://www.google.com/search?q=roll+mega+man&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS728US728&oq=Roll+Mega+Man&aqs=chrome.0.69i59j0l5.2863j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Looks nothing like him. [[User:StarFox|StarFox]] 18:22, 30 June 2019 (UTC)

japanese cartoon

StarFox — Sun, 30 Jun 2019 18:19:09 GMT

StarFox: /* Real-World References */

{{sbenav|57}}

[[Image:sbemail57.PNG|thumb|"Japanese cartoons are weird, man. Though I may be on to something with that blue hair."]]

Strong Bad describes what he would look like as a [[Wikipedia:Anime|Japanese cartoon]], and [[20X6]] is born.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Stinkoman}}, [[Cheatball]] (spaceship), {{Film|1-Up}}, {{Film|Pan Pan}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}} (Easter egg)'''

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Planet K]], [[Homestar Runner's House]] (Easter egg)

'''Computer:''' [[Compy 386]]

'''Date:''' Monday, January 6, 2003

'''Running Time:''' 2:02

'''Page Title:''' Compy 386!

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Two}}, {{dvd|Sbemails' 50 Greatest Hits DVD|notitle=true}}

== Transcript ==
'''STRONG BAD:''' So cool an email. I thought you would enjoy it. Ding dong,
''{reading}''

<blockquote class="compy email">Dear Strong Bad, 
what would you look like as a 
japanese cartoon and what would 
it be about? 
 
-james f.</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad pronounces "f." as "fffffffffff"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' A Japanese cartoon, eh, James? I saw one o' thems once. Let's see what I can remember.

''{Cut to a white screen with Strong Bad standing there. As he describes how he would look, the changes are applied}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Okay, so first of all, my head would have to be a little bean. With real, real big eyes. Get rid of my thumbs, make me all shiny ''{clean noise that sounds like a harp, or bells, or both}'' ...my boots would be a whole lot cooler. Like robot boots. ''{robotic 'shooo' noise}'' And for some reason, I got blue hair. You gotta have blue hair. Then there's my mouth. Real tiny when it's closed; ridiculously huge when it's open. And then you basically just put me in space and let me fly around in cool poses!

''{Stinkoman, the anime version of Strong Bad, flies around in assorted cool poses. He then lands down in a futuristic anime rendition of the field. Video game music plays in the background.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And they'd probably have somebody else do the voices.

''{1-Up, the 20X6 counterpart of Homestar Runner, walks in}''

'''1-UP:''' Hey Stinkoman! Everybody says you're the guy, but I wanna be the guy too!

'''STINKOMAN:''' No way, you're just a kid! Maybe when you're older.

''{Pan Pan, the anime version of Pom Pom designed to look like a panda, bounces in and squashes 1-Up}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' ''{laughing and stomping from one foot to the other, with miniature mushroom clouds appearing around his head}'' Ha ha ha ha ha ha! Pan Pan is fat! Ha ha ha ha ha! He fell on you! Ha ha ha ha! He's a good bear!

''{Suddenly, the cartoon transitions into an ink-drawing of the scene. The Stinkoman K theme song starts playing. The lyrics are:}''

<blockquote>Challenge and fighting and 
Fighting the challenge tonight. 
 
Everybody's fighting for the 
Challenge of the fighting and the 
 
Challenge and fighting and 
Fighting the challenge tonight.</blockquote>

''{While the song is playing, the background then changes to a similar sketch of Stinkoman powering up, upon which the credits appear:}

'''Executive Producer'''

'''H. Yamauchi'''

'''Producer'''

'''S. Miyahon'''

''{The backdrop changes to Stinkoman in a different pose.}''

'''Director'''

'''S. Miyahon'''

'''Ten Ten'''

'''Designer'''

'''Ten Ten'''

''{The backdrop becomes a head with huge spikes for hair and Strong Bad's eyes. The style resembles Akira Toriyama's, who is best known for the Dragon Ball shows.}''

'''Programmer'''

'''T. Nakazoo'''

'''MaruMaru'''

'''Sound Composer'''

'''Konchan'''

''{Cut to the Compy with Strong Bad typing}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{in Stinkoman's voice, typing}'' Japanese cartoons are w— ''{clears his throat, his voice returns to normal}'' Oh, ahem, excuse me. ''{typing}'' Japanese cartoons are weird, man. Though I may be on to something with that blue hair. ''{stops typing}'' Look pretty nice, it look-a pretty nice!

''{The scene does an ink-transition and more credits appear as Strong Bad sings the 20X6 theme tune:}''

'''Director'''

'''[[Mike Chapman|Mike Rock]]'''

'''Designer'''

'''[[Matt Chapman|MattMatt]]'''

'''Combolations'''

'''Oolong Singy'''

'''Click Here To Email Strong Bad'''

''{This final "credit" is clickable to email Strong Bad.}''

== Easter Eggs ==
*At the end, click on the words "Japanese cartoons" to see Stinkoman running. He jumps off the screen, then his head pops up in the logo over the words "Stinko Man K 20X6".
*:'''STINKOMAN:''' 20X6!
*At the end of "Stinko Man K 20X6", click on "Japanese cartoons" again to see Homestar Runner watching it and singing along to the theme song.
*:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Challenge and fighting and fighting that challenge tonight, somethin' and a somethin' and a somethin' and a somethin' and a...
*During the second Easter egg, click on the "NES Endings" video tape to see various endings to [[Nintendo|NES]] games. Once the NES Endings window opens, you can click on it to show more.
** The endings for the Nintendo games are as follows:
*#''[[Wikipedia:Rad Racer|Rad Racer]]'' (also the source of the background music in this email)
*#''[[Wikipedia:Castlevania II: Simon's Quest|Castlevania 2: Simon's Quest]]'' (Normal Ending)
*#''[[Wikipedia:Mega Man 2|Mega Man 2]]''
*#''[[Mario|Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' (''Super Mario USA'' in Japan)
*#''[[Wikipedia:Hoops (video game)|Hoops]]''
*#''[[Wikipedia:Ghosts 'n Goblins|Ghosts N' Goblins]]'' (Good, Second Ending)
*#''[[Wikipedia:Blaster Master|Blaster Master]]'' (This has "BLUE HAiR" and an arrow pointing to the character's hair written on it)
*#''[[Legend of Zelda|The Legend of Zelda]]'' (First Quest)
*#''[[Wikipedia:Metroid|Metroid]]'' (with a [[Wikipedia:Metroid#JUSTIN BAILEY|suitless]] [[Wikipedia:Samus Aran|Samus Aran]])
*#''[[Wikipedia:Jackal (video game)|Jackal]]''
*#''[[Wikipedia:Rygar (Nintendo Entertainment System)|Rygar]]''

== Fun Facts ==

===Trivia===
*The summary on the [[Podstar Runner]] RSS feed for this video says "Strong Bad makes up his own japanese cartoon."
*The [[YouTube]] description for this email is "Strong Bad makes a Japanese cartoon."

===Remarks===
*At the beginning of the email, Strong Bad recites a [[Wikipedia:haiku|haiku]], which is very fitting (although in [[Halloween Fairstival]], he claims that he doesn't "know or care what a haiku is", and later on would admit on Twitter that [[@StrongBadActual Tweets 2019#1089517246475579393|this was unintentional]]):
<blockquote>
So cool an email 
I thought you would enjoy it 
Ding dong dear Strong Bad 
</blockquote>
*When Strong Bad is reading the email, the a> is at the bottom of the screen.
*When the email cuts back to the Compy, Strong Bad speaks in Stinkoman's voice, despite stating that "someone else" would do it.
*[[The Paper]] does not come down at the end of the email.
*When Homestar is seen from the back in the Easter egg, he is drawn in an [[Homestar Runner Evolution|older style]].
*In the TeeBee Easter egg, Stinkoman eventually stops running on the TV, freezing in place, meaning the animation is not actually looped like most of the other animations on the site.
*Though this isn't noted by Strong Bad, the shape of his body is altered at the same time that his thumbs vanish.

===Goofs===
[[Image:Messed up windows.PNG|thumb|Are those overlapping windows asking for a challenge?]]
*In the scene with Stinkoman and 1-Up, the windows on the second far right building overlap onto the building next to it. This is best seen when zoomed in on the swf file.

===Inside References===
*The name Stinkoman is a reference to [[island]], when Homestar calls Strong Bad "Stinkoman." Coincidentally, the alias of the email sender was [[Wikipedia:Yugi Mutou|Yami Yugi]], the name of a main character of a popular anime series and card game [[Wikipedia:Yu-Gi-Oh!|''Yu-Gi-Oh!'']]
*The first line of Strong Bad's haiku is similar to Strong Bad Email #34, [[weird dream]], in which The Cheat's computer, [[Tangerine Dreams]], has an icon labeled "So Cool A Flash," and the image Strong Bad brings up entitled "So Weird a Dream." ''(see also [[#Real-World References|Real-World References]])''
*The two videos next to the NES Endings are "[[Joy of Painting]]" from the [[TV Time Toons Menu]].
*Stinkoman's first cool pose shows him holding a [[Big Knife]].

===Real-World References===

*Stinkoman's overall design and the "cool poses" sequence appear to be based on the [[Wikipedia:Ganbare Goemon|Ganbare Goemon]] video games, also known as ''Legend of the Mystical Ninja''.
*In the third slide of the credits for Stinkoman K, the art is a parody of [[Wikipedia:Vegeta|Vegeta]] from the series ''[[Wikipedia:Dragon Ball#Dragon Ball Z|Dragon Ball Z]]'' and ''[[Wikipedia:Dragon Ball#Dragon Ball GT|Dragon Ball GT]]'' in his Super Saiyan state.
*The credits for Stinkoman K are lifted from ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0176925/fullcredits The Legend of Zelda]'' for the NES.
**"H. Yamauchi", "S. Miyahon", "Ten Ten", and "Konchan" refer to [[Wikipedia:Hiroshi Yamauchi|Hiroshi Yamauchi]], [[Wikipedia:Shigeru Miyamoto|Shigeru Miyamoto]], [[imdb:nm0854843|Takashi Tezuka]], and [[Wikipedia:Koji Kondo|Koji Kondo]], respectively.
*20X6 is a reference to ''[[Wikipedia:Mega Man|Mega Man]]'', which is set in 20XX, or the first ''[[Wikipedia:Metroid|Metroid]]'' game, which is set in 20X5.
*Stinkoman's "robot boots" are similar to the ones that [[Wikipedia:Roll (Mega Man)|Roll]], a female character from the Mega Man games, wears.
*The spaceship strongly resembles one of the [http://starbase.globalpc.net/%7Ebhz/strongbad/images/galaxy5000.gif spaceships] from the [[Nintendo#Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)|NES]] game ''Galaxy 5000''.
*The background music and sung credits song is taken from [http://vgmusic.com/music/console/nintendo/nes/RR_Music1.mid Sunset Coastline] of the NES game ''[[Wikipedia:Rad Racer|Rad Racer]]'', which was composed by [[Wikipedia:Nobuo Uematsu|Nobuo Uematsu]].
*The first two lines of Strong Bad's haiku are very similar to an infamous subject line used by the [[Wikipedia:Klez|Klez]] email virus, which read "so cool a flash, enjoy it". ''(see also Inside References)''
*[[Wikipedia:Oolong|Oolong]] is a Chinese tea, [[wikipedia:List of Dragon Ball characters#Oolong|as well as a character from ''Dragon Ball'']] and a song from [[Wikipedia:Three Little Words (film)|Three Little Words]].
*The "K" in "Stinko Man K 20X6" is a homage to anime mega-series such as [[Wikipedia:Dragon Ball|Dragon Ball]], [[Wikipedia:Gundam|Gundam]], and [[Wikipedia:Sailor Moon|Sailor Moon]], which use letters to separate different series or seasons (e.g., ''Dragon Ball Z'', ''Z Gundam'', ''Sailor Moon R'', etc.)
*The line, "No way, you're just a kid! Maybe when you're older" is a reference to the anime movie ''[[Akira]]'', where [[Wikipedia:Shotaro Kaneda (Akira)|Kaneda]] refuses to let [[Wikipedia:Tetsuo Shima|Tetsuo]] ride his motorbike because he's "just a kid". Also, Stinkoman's voice is similar to [[IMDb:nm0164682|Cam Clarke's]] dub of Kaneda.

===Fast Forward===
*As The Brothers Chaps mention in the commentary below, "[[Glossary#C|combolations]]" would also be given by [[Senor Cardgage]] in [[flashback]].

== DVD Version ==
*The 20X6 and Homestar watching Easter eggs are now opened by different icons. The Strong Bad's head icon on the right side of the Compy 386 screen opens the former, and the one in the lower left corner of the Compy 386 opens the latter.
**Be warned that if you open the Homestar Easter egg, you have to restart the toon in order to see the other one.
*The NES Endings are still accessible, though you have to wait for the Homestar video clip to be finished before you can access them.
*The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.

=== Commentary Transcript ===
('''Commentary by:''' [[Matt Chapman]], [[Mike Chapman]])

'''MATT:''' This is CD number one.

'''MIKE:''' Number two.

'''MATT:''' Number three.

'''MIKE:''' And number four.

'''MATT:''' That's from that Flaming Lips four-disc thing.

'''MIKE:''' All right.

'''MATT:''' So this is when we started this email at, like, 10 PM on Sunday night, didn't we?

'''MIKE:''' I think so.

'''MATT:''' ''{simultaneously}'' And we didn't finish until early... or ''late'' Monday?

'''MIKE:''' Ummm...

'''MATT:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Or early Tuesday.

'''MIKE:''' No, I think it was up on Monday.

'''MATT:''' Okay.

'''MIKE:''' But it was definitely later in the day.

'''MATT:''' I remember Matt and Jenna, our friends Matt and Jenna came over and we had just drawn some of these preliminary drawings of Strong Bad as Stinkoman and we showed it to them.

'''MIKE:''' I don't remember that.

'''MATT:''' They did! They came over—

'''MIKE:''' I believe you! I'm just saying I don't remember it.

'''MATT:''' Well I don't—

'''MIKE:''' I don't have anything to add to that, uh, line of—

'''MATT:''' I don't know why we did, we probably had a good time for a little while—

'''MIKE:''' Maybe.

'''MATT:''' —and then they left.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah?

''{pause}''

'''MATT:''' This is another email, nobody likes this email, everybody hates this email.

''{Mike laughs a little.}''

'''MATT:''' You know. There's that ship! Originally we were going to say that ship was The Cheat.

'''MIKE:''' Oh yeah, that's right! ''{laughs}''

'''MATT:''' That was going to be, the 20X6 version of The Cheat was that ship.

'''MIKE:''' We should still do that.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, maybe—maybe so.

'''MIKE:''' Um... I like Homestar's boots there.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. I mean, I think we didn't—until we recorded this line, we weren't going to, like, call him Stinkoman, were we? And it was, we were just making that reference, to the old, to the island email.

'''MIKE:''' ''{at the same time, overlapping}'' You've got to remember... right.

'''MATT:''' I love those mushroom things. I love those—the mushroom things—

'''MIKE:''' There's the tear over your head.

'''MATT:''' The tear, the snot...

'''MIKE:''' And the snot bubble.

'''MATT:''' There's some other stuff.

'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously}'' So many weird things that happen in—

'''MATT:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Those mushroom things happen in, uh, Animal Crossing, when they get mad at you.

'''MIKE:''' Oh yeah, that's right! Yeah, Matt!

'''MATT:''' Of course, these are all the credits from, uh, the original Legend of Zelda.

'''MIKE:''' Konchan, the sound composer. Does good work.

''{Matt starts singing the Legend of Zelda theme song, then Mike continues it.}''

'''MATT:''' Sorry. Um... so yeah. So the one-two punch of Trogdor and Stinkoman are probably—

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, back to back weeks.

'''MATT:''' —are probably ''the'' most popular emails. Combolations. ''{laughs a little}''

'''MIKE:''' Later, uh, Senor Cardgage gives combolations to Strong Bad in the 100th email.

=== Fun Facts ===
*The album in particular Matt and Mike reference at the beginning is [[Wikipedia:Zaireeka|Zaireeka]] by [[Wikipedia:The Flaming Lips|The Flaming Lips]]. Zaireeka was a highly experimental album designed to be heard on 4 separate discs played simultaneously. The part of the album they reference happens at the beginning of each track and serves as a way to let the listener know if the discs are synced properly.
*The talk about the Cheatball being a spaceship is likely a reference to the anime [[Wikipedia:Tenchi Muyo!|''Tenchi Muyo'']], where the [[Wikipedia:Cabbit|cabbit]] [[Wikipedia:Ryo-Ohki|Ryo-Ohki]] could transform into a spaceship several hundred times her size.
*In the video game ''[[Wikipedia: Animal Crossing|Animal Crossing]]'', when the villagers get mad, steam clouds come out of their heads, not mushroom clouds like Matt said. When the villagers are laughing, words that mean laughing (such as ha ha) flash around their heads in a way similar to the way that mushroom clouds appear around Stinkoman's head.

== External Links ==
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love poems

StarFox — Tue, 25 Jun 2019 20:23:23 GMT

StarFox: /* Remarks */

{{sbenav|195}}
[[Image:sbemail195.PNG|thumb|"Everybody knows I'm the only one around here with any real no-arms-on experience with the lady-makes!"]]

Strong Bad writes love poems for the <s>hopeless</s> ''homeless'' romantic.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|Cheerleader}}, {{Film|So and So}}, [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Meredith|Meredith]], [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Kimberly|Kimberly]], {{Film|Arrow'd Guy}}, [[Tenerence Love]], {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}} (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[The Classroom]], [[Strong Sad's Room]] (Easter egg)

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' Monday, May 26, 2008

'''Running Time:''' 4:26

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Six}}

==Transcript==
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Girl, where's my money that you owe me from all those emails that you wrote me?

<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: love poem</div>
Dear Mr. Strong [Bad], 
I am in love. Unfortunately, I am absotively blunderous with 
my words which I speak. Will you help me write a love poem? 
Sincerely, 
Just Another Hopeless Romantic 
</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad pauses just before reading "[Bad]". He reads "Hopeless" as "homeless".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Well, put on your patchy-stained jacket and gather 'round the fire in the trashcan, Homeless Romantic, 'cause the Rub [Doctor] ''{same pause duration as before}'' is here to help!

''{Cut to the classroom, where Strong Bad is standing in front of the blackboard, wearing a charcoal gray turtleneck and balding brown hair. The word "Rub" is written on the blackboard next to an arrow pointing downwards.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hi. I'm Doctor Marvin Rubdown. Did you know that writing love poems is as easy as telling a girl she's hot with the fance-pantsiest words you can think of? ''{cut to a view from Strong Bad's front-left}'' For poetic inspiration, I like to swipe the names of scented candle fragrances!

''{Fade out. Fade in to Strong Bad, still with the sweater and hair, in front of a gray background. Strong Bad's voice slightly echoes.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Your eyes, ''{holds up a lit orange and green candle with a label saying "Sandalwood Sage Sunset" in his left hand}'' they flicker like a Sandalwood Sage Sunset.

''{He puts his hand back down.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Your hair flows like Fresh Cotton Linens ''{holds up a lit white candle with a label saying "Fresh Cotton Linens" in his right hand}'' hung to dry on the deck.

''{He puts his hand down, holds up a lit brown candle with a label saying "Grandma's Apple Cinnamon Spice" in his left hand.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Grandma's Apple Cinnamon Spice is the scented candle I would use to describe your mouth.

''{He puts his hand back down}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And your nose: like an unscented emergency candle ''{holds up a white, unlabeled candle in his left hand}'' for when the power goes out.

''{Cut back to the classroom. Echoes stop}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Another way of fancying up a love poem is to replace random letters in the middle of words with apostrophes.

''{Cut to a closeup of the blackboard; the "Rub" and the arrow have been erased but remain faintly visible.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{as he speaks, the words in quotes appear on the blackboard in chalk. Strong Bad's voice slightly echoes again}'' "It is never ever over, my lover of clover" becomes "'Tis ne'er e'er o'er m'lo'er o' clo'er".

''{Cut to a closeup of Strong Bad; Coach Z is leaning in from the right. Echoes stop}''

'''COACH Z:''' Now you're sporkin' my language!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Get out! ''{Coach Z leaves quickly}'' Women love it when you talk all Elizabethan. ''{"-Elizabethan" appears to the right of Strong Bad.}'' But you shouldn't be afraid to get Kimberlian ''{"-Kimberlian" appears under "-Elizabethan"}'' or Meredithian ''{"-Meredithian" appears under "-Kimberlian"}'' if the need arises.

''{Cut to a Teen Girl Squad scene with Cheerleader and So and So; Cheerleader has an annoyed look and is wearing a shirt that reads "poi fect".}''

'''CHEERLEADER:''' I can't stand the way Meredith talks!

''{Cut to a wider shot with Cheerleader, still looking annoyed, So and So, frowning, and Meredith, bending backward with a pleased look on her face and her tongue hanging out}''

'''MEREDITH:''' I'th hath a cruth on ethry boy'th!

''{Cut to a yet wider shot; Cheerleader and So and So still look irritated; Meredith now has a quizzical look; Kimberly runs in with her mouth wide open and her hair flying behind her}''

'''KIMBERLY:''' I herly berly on gerly werly!

''{Arrowed Guy appears dressed as [[William Shakespeare]] and spears Meredith and Kimberly; Cheerleader and So and So appear pleased.}''

'''NARRATOR STRONG BAD:''' Shakespeared!

''{Cut back to the classroom}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' But if that frilly collar stuff is too olde schoole ''{pronounces the E's in both words as "eh"}'' for you, then why not try a more contemporary approach with an overweight R&B make-out jam? ''{music begins to play}'' As long as your tone is well-dressed and sweaty enough, it doesn't matter what you say!

''{Cut to a black [[Powered by The Cheat]] background with yellow lights shining out of it. Tenerence Love, holding a microphone and visibly perspiring, is in the lower right, slowly drifting to the upper left.}''

'''TENERENCE LOVE:''' ''{sings}'' This is Tenerence Love with a sweaty overweight jam!

''{Tenerence Love disappears and reappears in the lower left, drifting to the upper right}''

'''TENERENCE LOVE:''' My name is Tenerence Love with a sweaty overweight ham!

''{Tenerence Love disappears and reappears in the upper center, drifting down}''

'''TENERENCE LOVE:''' It may be five pounds...

''{The symbol for the [[Wikipedia:Pound sign|Pound sterling]] appears in Tenerence Love's right sunglasses lens, the number 5 in his left lens}''

'''TENERENCE LOVE:''' ...ten pounds, ''{the 5 changes to a 10}'' twenty pounds,

''{The 10 changes to a 20. Tenerence Love disappears and two Tenerence Loves appear on both sides and drift toward the center}''

'''TENERENCE LOVE:''' Just a little bit overweight, now welcome, girl, to sweaty town!

''{Cut back to the classroom.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And when that gets you slapped and escorted from her building by security, you can always buy a fourteen-pound bag of extra-long—

''{Homestar Runner enters from the left wearing a charcoal gray turtleneck similar to Strong Bad's, but with a black star on it.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{interrupting}'' Ah, ha ha, ha ha! Oh, Strong Bad. It's funny to me when you try to play grown-up!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{raising his fist}'' What are you talking about, Mary Ann?

''{Cut to a close-up of Homestar}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Everybody knows I'm the only one around here with any real no-arms-on experience with the lady-makes! ''{cut back to wider view of the classroom}'' Just listen to this little make-out inducing number I threw together this mo'nin'! ''{starts dancing and speaking in rhythm}'' This mo'nin'! ''{Strong Bad begins to dance along}'' This mo, re-mo, re-mo-mo'nin'!

'''STRONG BAD:''' All right, but only 'cause that little song was kind of cool!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ahem!

''{Fade out. Fade in on Homestar Runner, still wearing his turtleneck and now with brown hair similar to Strong Bad's in front of a gray background. He is on the left; to the right of him a paper comes down with the word "MARZiPAN" written vertically. Homestar's voice slightly echoes.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' M is for milk. ''{"Milk" appears next to the "M" on the paper}'' The real stuff! ''{looking annoyed}'' Not soy. ''{no longer annoyed}'' 
A is for not-organic apples. ''{"APPLES" appears next to the "A" on the paper}'' Pesticides ahoy! 
R is for raisins, ''{"RAISINS" appears next to the "R" on the paper}'' they give me bad gas! 
Z is too hard, so at this one, I'll pass. ''{"(PASS)" appears next to the "Z" on the paper}'' 
I is for inchiladas! ''{"inchiladas" appears next to the "i" on the paper}'' And—

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{angry voiceover}'' Homestar!

''{Cut back to the classroom, Homestar no longer has brown hair and his hat is back on. Echoes stop}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yeah, what's up?

''{Cut to a closeup of Strong Bad}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' That's not a love poem! That is a lavishly produced grocery list!

''{Cut to a closeup of Homestar}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' No, ''{holds up a small piece of lined paper; writing on the other side saying "amazing thing" four times is faintly visible}'' ''here'' is my grocery list! Amazing thing, amazing thing, amazing thing, amazing thing.

''{Cut back to the wider view of the classroom}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa, where you been shopping?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' SkyMall.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Homestar, are you and Marzipan even dating right now?

''{Cut to a closeup of Homestar Runner}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Are we even dating ''{chuckles and grins}'' right now? Are we even d— Are we even da—

''{Cut back to wider view of the classroom}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{quieter and lower, with a sad look}'' No, she broke up with me again this morning.

'''STRONG BAD:''' This morning?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, I mean-a ''{singing and dancing as before}'' This mo'nin'!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER AND STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing together}'' This mo'nin'! This mo, re-mo, re-mo—

''{Cut back to Strong Bad at the Lappy}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' So there you ha' it 
My Homeless Roma'ic. 
Love Poems 101 
Oh the hearts you will win. ''{holds up a plug-in air freshener}'' 
Like this lavender scented plug-in ''{puts the air freshener back down}'' 
New paper, come on and get some!

''{[[New Paper]] comes down}''

==Easter Eggs==
[[Image:HomelessRomantic.PNG|thumb|Verses from the weird shrub and more!]]
*Click on "Homeless Romantic" at the beginning to view a book written by [[Senor Cardgage]] entitled "The Homeless Romantic".
<blockquote>the 
HOMELESS
 ROMANTIC 
 
verses from the [[weird shrub]] 
and alarming recipes for 
brunswick stew 
 
by 
Senor Cardgage</blockquote>
*Click on the words "Love poems" at the end of the email to see a small clip with Strong Sad.
*:''{A very eager Strong Sad is jiggling up and down and holding a book of poems titled "Poem Tome by Strong Sad". A red phone with green marks that resemble Strong Bad's eyes is in the foreground, and the audio of the email can be heard faintly in the distance, along with the music from [[caffeine]]}''
*:'''STRONG SAD:''' Why isn't he calling me in on the Strong Badphone? This email was practically tailor-made for me!
*:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''(simultaneously, muffled in background)'' ...Well, put on your patchy-stained jacket and gather 'round the fire in the trashcan, Homeless Romantic, 'cause the Rub...

==Fun Facts==
===Explanations===
*[[Wikipedia:Elizabethan era|Elizabethan]] is late 16th century England, coinciding with the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. It is considered the first great era of English poetry and literature, producing authors like [[Shakespeare]].
*The "removing of random letters" Strong Bad refers to is done in poems in order to maintain a strict [[Wikipedia:Meter (poetry)|poetic meter]].
**This has often reflected the dialect of particular poets, hence later poetry emulating the older language and styles.
*Homestar's "lavishly produced grocery list" actually resembles an [[Wikipedia:Acrostic|acrostic]] poem.

===Trivia===
*The song info for Tenerence Love's song reads:
<blockquote>Tenerence Love 
A Sweaty, Overweight Jam 
Simma Down Girl 
Director: The Cheat</blockquote>
*The summary of the [[Podstar Runner]] RSS feed reads, "Dr. Marvin Rubdown gives some advice on writing love poems."
**This is also the [[YouTube]] description for this email, except with "some advice" replaced with "lessons".

===Remarks===
*In Strong Bad's suggestion of replacing letters with apostrophes, he uses eight. Ironically, he rebuked overusing apostrophes in [[unnatural]].
*The shadows' offset on "-Elizabethan" and "-Kimberlian" slightly change when "-Meredithian" comes on screen.
**"-Elizabethan" also slightly moves as "-Kimberlian" is added.
*The title and subtext of ''Homeless Romantic'' reiterates a point made in [[kind of cool]], alongside many of the other [[Senor Cardgage]] appearances, that implied he was homeless.
*The sweat drops on Tenerence Love's head are smaller versions of the condensation drops shown in the [[Homestar Runner and Strong Bad Screensaver|Strong Bad Screensaver]].
*Strong Bad uses an unscented candle for the one body part that is sensitive to scents.

===Goofs===
[[Image:StrongSad_lovepoems.png|thumb|right|Nevermind the email, Strong Sad, what's up with your arm (circled)?]]
*The back button appears at the bottom left of the viewing screen (making it nearly illegible), rather than the bottom left of the Lappy's screen, as is usual for emails ending on a computer closeup.
*In Strong Sad's Easter egg, Strong Sad's left arm doesn't go around his body, but is instead wrapped around the book he's holding.

===Inside References===
*Strong Bad's song about a girl that owes him money references [[bottom 10]] where he charges "[[Simone]]" the "girl" $7.50 for the email.
*The music during Homestar and Strong Bad's poems is the music in [[do over]], when Strong Bad placed a candle on the desk.
*Homestar mentions his [[lack of visible arms]].
*Homestar's poem has each letter of [[Marzipan]]'s name capitalized, except for one [[Lowercase i's|lowercase i]].
** Following suit, the word "inchiladas" is written in all lowercase letters, while all the others on Homestar's list are written in all caps.
*Homestar describes [[Not X|not]]-[[organic]] apples.
*Meredith's line echoes [[The Ugly One]]'s line, "I have a crush on every boy!", from [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 1]].
*Cheerleader's shirt reads "poifect", another instance of [["Er" pronounced as "Oi"]].
*The Easter egg references Brunswick [[stew]], first mentioned in [[New Boots]].
*Strong Bad mentions [[Parents|grandparents]].
*Homestar admits that [[Homestar Runner and Marzipan's Relationship#Homestar and Marzipan Breaking Up|Marzipan broke up with him]].
*Homestar's [[grocery list]] is made entirely up of [[nondescript nouns]].
*Tenerence Love's [[Green tongues|tongue is green]], and his song mentions [[ham]].
*Homestar previously tried to use a grocery list for an unrelated reason in [[The Interview]].

=== Real-World References ===
*"I herly berly on gerly werly" is a reference to a line spoken by the second witch in [[Shakespeare]]'s [[Wikipedia:Macbeth|Macbeth]]. The line is "When the hurlyburly's done, when the battle's lost and won."
**This reference could also be a combined reference to the song [[Wikipedia:Blinded By The Light|"Blinded By The Light"]] by [[Wikipedia:Bruce Springsteen|Bruce Springsteen]], whose lyrics consist of: "And little Early-Pearly came by in his curly-wurly and asked me if I needed a ride."
*Tenerence Love's overweight "R&B make-out jam" is a reference to soul singers such as [[Wikipedia:Barry White|Barry White]] and [[Wikipedia:Luther Vandross|Luther Vandross]], who were overweight singers but still attractive to female audiences.
*Homestar's "This Mo'nin" jam (specifically the way he says "Mo'nin") sounds like [[Wikipedia:Newcleus|Newcleus]]' hip-hop classic, "Jam On It", and sounds nearly identical to the chorus of "Got" by [[Wikipedia:Mos Def|Mos Def]].
**"Jam On It" was previously referenced in "[[Happy Hallow-day]]".
*[[Wikipedia:Sky Mall|Sky Mall]] is an airline catalog from which passengers can order various items after leaving the plane, or by use of airplane telephones. Most of the items in the catalog are gadgets and things that would appeal to those with higher incomes. It filed for bankruptcy in 2015.
*The Strong Bad Phone is similar in concept to the Batphone, a device [[Wikipedia:James Gordon (comics)|Commissioner Gordon]] used to contact [[Batman]] in time of need in the live-action [[Wikipedia:Batman (TV series)|'60s television series]].
*The Rub Doctor is also a reference to [[Wikipedia:Super Ninja Boy|Super Ninja Boy]], an adventure/RPG game on the [[Nintendo#Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES)|SNES]] in which Rub-A-Doc brings peace to the universe.

==DVD Version==
{{commentary|email=true}}
=== Commentary Transcript ===
('''Commentary by:''' [[Mike Chapman]], [[Matt Chapman]], [[Ryan Sterritt]])

'''MATT:''' You guys, I think we should all write love poems for our wives.

'''MIKE:''' Right now, during this commentary?

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Okay, I'll start.

'''MATT:''' Alright.

'''MIKE:''' You like to ride horses... and... make pasta, but not stir it up so it's always very clumpy.

'''MATT:''' Wait, no, you're already going the wrong way with this.

'''MIKE:''' But, wait, clumpy, I— I was going to be able to rhyme it with dumpy.

'''MATT:''' "And you look really dumpy"... That's great, Mike.

'''RYAN:''' Two out of the three... are not good.

'''MIKE:''' Um...

'''RYAN:''' When was the last love poem you actually wrote?

'''MIKE:''' Uh...

'''MATT:''' Have you ever written one?

'''MIKE:''' Not... maybe outside of, like, second or third grade, not seriously.

'''MATT:''' In high school, I'd write songs, but they weren't like— Y'know, they weren't overtly, like, romantic.

'''MIKE:''' Right, I would write songs about girls.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' I wrote an instrumental song about a girl once called "Mold".

'''MIKE:''' Oh yeah, that was you? That was about a girl?

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Good job.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''RYAN:''' Did she like it?

'''MATT:''' She did.

'''RYAN:''' Did she hear it?

'''MATT:''' She did hear it.

'''MIKE:''' We should hear from Ryan about this. Ryan is a bi— is way into scented candles. Ryan, you should talk about them.

'''RYAN:''' I enjoy scented candles.

'''MIKE:''' What's your latest favorite flavor?

'''RYAN:''' My still— I still think "Grass" is my favorite one.

'''MIKE:''' Do they still make that? Does ''{unintelligible because Ryan interrupts}'' candles still make it?

'''RYAN:''' ''{simultaneously}'' They don't. They have something else that's not as good, but it just made your house smell like you just cut the grass, which is a good thing.

'''MIKE:''' Could you— did it have a little hint of gasoline?

''{unintelligible}''

'''RYAN:''' That I would splash on my face a little... get the smell. ''{pause}'' Dr. Rub? Is that his name?

'''MATT:''' The Rub Doctor. Dr. Marvin Rubdown.

'''MIKE:''' He's on the cover of this DVD. The back cover.

'''MATT:''' ''{pause until Teen Girl Squad segment}'' I like it when Strong Bad Emails cut away to Teen Girl Squad.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' It feels like it should happen more.

'''MIKE:''' Not quite as Teen Girl Squad.

'''MATT:''' ''{laughs}'' Is that what it would be categorized as?

'''MIKE:''' The wiki's, probably.

'''MATT:''' ''{pause until Strong Bad says "olde schoole"}'' How do you spell that, Mike, y'think?

'''MIKE:''' Uh...

'''MATT:''' O-L-D-E S-K-U Umlaut-L-E?

'''MIKE:''' Probably. ''{pause}'' So, is he— is he supposed to be dressed up as Art Garfunkel?

'''RYAN:''' I was just gonna ask that.

''{unintelligible}''

'''MATT:''' Oh, it's a Tenerence Love jam.

'''MIKE:''' I like how—

'''RYAN:''' The sweat.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, his sweat, like, contours to his brow and stuff.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, I spent way too much time on that sweat.

'''MIKE:''' Everyone watch that sweat, it's ''{stressing the words}'' ''real good''. Lookit, that one curled around another bead of sweat.

'''MIKE:''' ''{pause}'' The Cheat's animations are really good now.

'''MATT:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Welcome to sweaty town.

'''MIKE:''' He kinda reminds me of Baby Cakes, that Tenerence Love.

'''MATT:''' ''{laughs}'' Oh! I'm gonna have [[Jackie]] knit me a sweater like that with a, like, cable-knit star in the middle of it.

'''RYAN:''' You guys have any turtleneck sweaters?

'''MIKE:''' I've got my Teeg Dougland turtleneck, my blue turtleneck for Teeg Dougland appearances, that's the only one I've got these days.

'''MATT:''' You got one, Ry?

'''RYAN:''' No.

''{unintelligible as Ryan and Matt talk at the same time}''

'''MATT:''' I made a— I made a squished body and a new bent body for that, I forgot.

''{all laugh as Homestar comes in with his acrostic poem}''

'''MIKE:''' And now he's Art Garfunkel.

'''MATT:''' He looks even more like Art Garfunkel, I think, than Strong Bad.

'''MIKE:''' Look, the little bottom of his hair is tucked into the turtleneck.

'''MATT:''' ''{laughs}'' That is a goof, man! That is a goof, and a glitch, and a reference, and a real-world reference, and an inside reference.

'''MIKE:''' And a fun fact.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Don't forget about a fun fact.

'''MATT:''' Whadda ya call those poems?

'''MIKE:''' Uh... an... an...

'''MATT:''' Antacrostic? Antanacrostic?

'''RYAN:''' Yeah, I think it's an acrostic.

'''MATT:''' Agnostic?

'''MIKE:''' Acro—

'''RYAN:''' An acronym.

'''MATT:''' Ohh, the SkyMall! What, uh, what Lord of the Rings authentic creation—

'''MIKE:''' I was just gonna say, the weird Lord of the Rings—

'''RYAN:''' ''{interrupting}'' —Those see-through bathing suits that you can get tan while you wear it, towards the back of SkyMall. Maybe when you're flying to Florida they want you to buy a real expensive bathing suit.

'''MATT:''' ''{pause}'' Um... Oh, look at that, we had— we had—

'''MIKE:''' Glade Plugins.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' We should put in the old Scent Stories, the CD player disguised as a— er—

{{dvdproofread}}

=== Fun Facts ===
*[[Wikipedia:Art Garfunkel|Art Garfunkel]] was the second half of the [[Wikipedia:Grammy Awards|Grammy]]-winning [[Wikipedia:Folk music|folk]] duo [[Wikipedia:Simon & Garfunkel|Simon and Garfunkel]].
*[[Wikipedia:Glade (brand)|Glade]] is a brand of household air fresheners.
*Baby Cakes is a bald, overweight college student who regularly appears in the cartoons of [[Wikipedia:Brad Neely|Brad Neely]].
*"A goof, and a glitch, and a reference, and a real-world reference, and an inside reference" are the categories of fun facts on the [[The Brothers Chaps' Fansite Acknowledgments#Homestar Runner Wiki Acknowledgments|Homestar Runner Wiki]] (except "references").

==External Links==
{{sbemailextlinks|195|14217|youtube=rfqjWvF2lhg}}

{{Strong Bad Email}}
[[Category:Powered by The Cheat]]
[[Category:Podstar Runner]]

More Fan Costumes

StarFox — Mon, 24 Jun 2019 18:49:51 GMT

StarFox: /* Remarks */

{{toonnav|Holiday Toon|costumes05|Halloween Potion-ma-jig|Fall Float Parade}}
[[Image:More Fan Costumes.PNG|thumb|"Aww, Homestar babies!"]]
Strong Bad cruelly makes fun of the Halloween costumes fans made, again.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{film|Jibblies Painting}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}} (all audio only)

'''Costumes depicted (in order of first appearance):''' [[Strong Bad]], [[Rather Dashing]], [[Trogdor]], [[Coach Z]], [[The King of Town]], [[Marzipan]], [[The Cheat]], [[Bubs]], [[Mr. Shmallow]], [[Jibblies Painting]], [[Homestar Runner]]

'''Page Title:''' The Ween Aught Five

'''Date:''' Monday, November 7, 2005

'''Running Time:''' 3:05

{{dvd|Everything Else, Volume 2}}

==Transcript==
''{The words "More Halloween Costumes" are displayed at the top of the screen against a blue background. Dominating the screen is a picture of a man dressed as Strong Bad (whose head is somewhat distended), standing in front of an office building.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Dear Strong Bad, how's your miserable job at the depressing faceless office park? Oh, pretty good, Geraldine. Today they let me stand out in the parking lot and stretch my head during my seven-minute lunch break. If I'm lucky, I'll get to work here for ten years with no promotion and then get laid off.

''{The picture changes to a man dressed in peasant robes. His head is made to look like it's on fire, and in his hands he holds a drink and a medium-size Trogdor plushie. The datestamp in the corner reads "10/22/2005".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa, a burning peasant and Trogdor partying together in perfect harmony! And a full nine days before Halloween even.

''{The picture changes to three gourds in front of a pumpkin. The gourds are painted with the likenesses of Coach Z, The King of Town, and Marzipan. In front of each gourd is the corresponding official figurine.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{in "public radio" voice}'' Oh, and next on the worthless arts and crafts shopping channel, the least popular Homestar Runner characters gourd collection. Nothing completes an old lady vestibule quite like them.

''{The picture changes to a child wearing a The Cheat costume. The child's feet are visible below the costume, and The Cheat's head is formed from a hat.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Aah! The Cheat! Some kind of adorable baby is bursting out of you!

''{The picture changes to a person in a Bubs costume standing in an office space, with cubicles and decorated tables visible in the background. Bubs's head is quite round, and his arms are somewhat deformed, as Strong Bad notes.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Come on, man, Bubs has flipper arms, not tentacle arms. Those things look deadly, like they could pry the shell off a... mollusk... in no time flat. Now, go enjoy the crappy Halloween decorations we put up in the cafeteria. Amanda from sales worked all morning on those.

''{The picture changes to show a daytime shot of two young women holding a large Strong Bad head between them. They seem quite happy with whatever they're about to do.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, yeah. That's the way to get decapitated, man. Couple of young ladies to cuddle up with my giant severed head...

''{The picture changes to a nighttime shot of the same Strong Bad head, only now it's suspended in midair and a young blindfolded woman is swinging at it with a stick.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh—oh, wait a minute, now, girls, what's going on here?!

''{The picture changes again, and the Strong Bad head, now clearly revealed to be a piñata, has been destroyed and its contents spilled. A young blindfolded person stands nearby, still holding the stick.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Aaah! My poor husky head! Were there at least any Twixes in there?!

''{The picture changes to a Mr. Shmallow amidst a decorated table.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' A ''Mr. Shmallow'' costume?! Are you kidding me? Were you trying to ''lose'' friends this Halloween?

''{The picture changes to show a person dressed as Trogdor, complete with arm, wingalings, and fire, although Strong Bad remarks that the quality of the body is not quite up to par.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I said "S and more different S"! Not 7 or... more different... crescent wrench. And is that limp pantyhose worm supposed to be a beefy arm? Why don't you walk back there to the China Express and get them to fill that thing with teriyaki chicken. And then we'll go to Spencer's Gifts.

''{The picture changes to a split shot of a pumpkin in a kitchen and the same pumpkin with the lights out and lit from inside by a candle. The creature from the Jibblies Painting has been carved into the pumpkin.}''

'''JIBBLIES PAINTING:''' ''{menacing whisper}'' Come on in heeere.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh-oh, that thing is ''way'' more evil in pumpkin form. ''{straining}'' Must... fight... jibblies! Can't... hold... on... much... longer! A-jibblie-jibblie!

''{The picture changes to show three kids sitting on some steps and holding their candy baskets. They are dressed as Strong Bad, Homestar, and The Cheat.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Aww, Homestar babies! Check 'em out, they're just like real life! The Strong Bad kid is like, "Ooh! Feel my wrath!" And the Homestar kid is just totally clueless, like, "I wike candies." And then The Cheat is like, "Whoa, I bet I could swipe that plasma screen over there."

''{The picture changes to a close-up of a chocolate labrador wearing a Homestar Runner red star shirt and a blue beanie.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ohh. That is animal cruelty. Could that dog possibly be more miserable? I bet if old Rover left some sweet spots on that carpet they'd take him out of that ridiculous geddup. Come on, boy. Leave a sweet spot! Just a little sweet spot!

''{The picture changes to show two young women. The one on the right is dressed in a black girdle and hose, and the one on the left is wearing a tight Homestar red star shirt, a blue beanie, tight red short shorts, white thigh-high hose, and platform heels with blue on the bottom.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ha-a, dar dar dar dar DA-A!! So confused... what to think?? Hot Homestar?!? My brain is splitting in half!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, hey Strong Bad!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Daa! You get outta here!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Whoa, you sound tense. Do you want me to give you, like, a back rub or anything?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh... yes! No! I... don't know! Next picture, next picture!!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I think this is the last one, sweetie.

'''STRONG BAD:''' WAAAAA!! ''{trails off as though he's running away}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I should probably stop calling everybody "sweetie".

==Fun Facts==
=== Explanations ===
*The name "More Fan Costumes" refers to a similar feature for Halloween 2003: [[Fan Costume Commentary]].
*A [[Wikipedia:Mollusk|mollusk]] is any of a variety of chiefly marine invertebrates, typically characterized by a soft, unsegmented body encased in a protective shell. The octopus, a mollusk which lacks the characteristic shell, has tentacles which it occasionally uses to pry open shelled mollusks to feed on them.

=== Trivia ===
*The same homemade The Cheat costume was also seen a few days earlier in the [[Weekly Fanstuff 2005#WF-2005-11-03|Weekly Fanstuff]].
*The [http://www.flickr.com/photos/thepr0fess0r/tags/strongbad/ first costume] was submitted by a friend of the author of [[space program]] who is named [[Dan]].

=== Remarks ===
* Though Strong Bad is very freaked out by a hot Homestar, he was only mildly disappointed with himself when he invented a [[Modestly Hot Homsar]] in [[different town]].
* Although Strong Bad refers to the gourd collection as being the "least popular characters", it does not include Strong Sad

===Inside References===
[[Image:Morefancostumes9.PNG|thumb|WAY more evil.]]
*In the third picture of the [[Wikipedia:Piñata|piñata]], Strong Bad refers to his head as "husky", just as it was described in [[modeling]].
*The monster on the pumpkin is [[Jibblies Painting|The Rocoulm]] from [[bottom 10]] (which gave Strong Bad the [[Jibblies]] then, too).
*Strong Bad's quote "S and more different S" is from [[dragon]].
*[[Fan Costume Commentary]] also features something which Strong Bad calls a "[[Strong Sad's Severed Head|severed head]]," which is in reality a Strong Sad pumpkin.
*Fan Costume Commentary also had Strong Bad's first costume comment in the form of an email.
*Homestar offers to give Strong Bad a back rub, despite his [[lack of visible arms]].

===Real-World References===
*[[Wikipedia:Spencer Gifts|Spencer Gifts]] is a novelty store commonly found in many North American shopping malls.
*China Express is implied to be a restaurant. Malls in North America frequently feature restaurants which serve American Chinese food, such as the similarly-named [[Wikipedia:Panda_Express|Panda Express]].
*[[Wikipedia:Twix|Twix]] is a chocolate snack or candy bar made by [[Wikipedia:Mars, Incorporated|Mars, Inc.]] consisting of a cookie center topped with caramel or peanut butter and coated in milk chocolate. Its most familiar selling point is that there are two Twix bars per package, supposedly doubling your enjoyment.

===Fast Forward===
*The second fan costume is used again in the montage in [[Happy Trogday]].
*Strong Bad would later do an entire email about his own [[Head Bad and Strong Body|severed head]] in [[disconnected]].
*Strong Bad would again mention animal cruelty in [[Fan Costumes '06]], and similarly, infant abuse in [[Fan Costumes '07]].

==External Links==
*[[HR:costumes05.html|watch "More Fan Costumes"]]
*[[HR:costumes05.swf|view the Flash file for "More Fan Costumes"]]
*[[Forum:5847|forum thread re: "More Fan Costumes"]]

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[[Category:Fan Material]][[Category:Halloween]]

Hiatuses

StarFox — Mon, 24 Jun 2019 18:40:20 GMT

StarFox: /* Strong Bad Emails */

{{cleanup}}
:''This is not intended to be an official wiki article, simply a service to our users who wish to know more about hiatuses within the body of work.''
[[The Brothers Chaps]] have sometimes put the [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] body of work on '''hiatus''', especially in recent years.

Minor hiatuses occured occasionally between 2005 and 2009, with the first major hiatus starting in 2010 and continuing until 2014. Since then, [[homestarrunner.com]] has still been on hiatus, but now with several toons released a year.

==Minor Hiatuses==
===Toons===
[[Image:Weclome Back.PNG|thumb|"What is it, like, mid-May or something?"]]
With the exception of Homestar Runner's early years, the first hiatus to last over a month was from December 5, 2005 to January 8, 2006, between the releases of the [[Strong Bad Email]]s [[portrait]] and [[highschool]], 34 days in total— the longest hiatus at the time. That record was broken by the 48-day hiatus from May 16 to July 3, 2006, between the releases of the email [[isp]] and [[Weclome Back]], the latter of which explained what the [[characters]] were up to during that time. This was due to the birth of a [[Very, Very Little Girl|baby]] to [[Mike Chapman]] and [[Missy Palmer]].

The next hiatus was from December 18, 2006 to January 22, 2007, between the releases of [[Decemberween Short Shorts]] and [[looking old]], a total of 35 days. There was later a 45-day hiatus from June 26 to August 7, 2007, between [[Ever and More!]] and [[Quality Time]] (during which [[Where's an Egg?]] and [[Main Page 24]] were released), which was announced in a [[Main Page Pop-Ups#takin' a baby break|main page pop-up]] as a result of [[Matt Chapman|Matt]] and [[Jackie Chapman]] having also given birth to a baby. The next hiatus, as well as the first without minor updates, was from December 23, 2008 to January 26, 2009, with 34 days between the releases of [[A Death-Defying Decemberween]] and [[Hremail 62]].

===Strong Bad Emails===
[[Image:lappysplosion.PNG|thumb|A comeback... or was it?]]
The first major Strong Bad Email hiatus was in between [[email thunder]] and [[hremail3184]], lasting 280 days (nine months and one week). It was the longest Strong Bad Email gap at the time, and for a while afterwards, one Strong Bad Email came out each month. The release of [[videography]] on October 5, 2009 was the beginning of the longest Strong Bad Email gap in the history of the site (over five years).

During the hiatus, The Brothers Chaps released [[Sbemail 136 Alternate Versions|drafts]] for the email that eventually became [[geddup noise]], as well as a [[2011 Calendar|calendar]] that documents the release dates of all Strong Bad Emails, along with an image and a quote from twelve selected emails. In addition, Matt Chapman revealed on his [[@ronginald|former Twitter page]] a partial image of scripting for the 206th Strong Bad Email, which he claimed would be released "someday, when you least expect it".

On April 1, 2015, the hiatus officially ended with the release of [[sbemail206]], but there were no emails since until [[too cool]] was released in August 2017. There have been no emails released since then, however.
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==Major Hiatuses==
===2010 - 2014===
[[Image:babylady.jpg|thumb|The original reason for the hiatus]]
After the release of [[Punkin Show]] in November 2009, the first major hiatus in the site's history began, with barely any material produced for nearly five months. In the [[Vox Interview - 6 Oct 2015|October 6, 2015 Vox interview]], The Brothers Chaps attributed this to the birth of Matt and Jackie's second baby, [[The Brothers Chaps' Side Projects|side projects]], and creative burnout. In that interview, they stated that they only expected the hiatus to last one to six months, and still wanted to make new content during that time. Matt eventually moved to Los Angeles to work on TV shows, making it difficult to make toons with Mike in [[Georgia]].

<blockquote>'''MATT:''' It was mainly just, I was— I just had my second daughter, and then we had started, it was right at the ten year mark which felt like a nice, big, you know, if you're gonna take a break like ten years felt like a nice time... to take a breather. ''{laughs}'' And then during that time we decided, "Hey, let's start talking to some of the people who we've heard from over the years in the industry, and see if there's something there that, you know, to work on or try to grow." And so we started talking to people out in Los Angeles, and then some of that stuff started to actually move forward, so we were like okay, if we want to keep pursuing this we kind of need to put Homestar on hold to try to put all our weight behind that stuff. And so that's what we started doing, and I ended up actually moving out to Los Angeles for a few years and we got to do a bunch of cool stuff and work with a bunch of cool people and work on a bunch of cool shows.</blockquote>

This hiatus ended for a short time with the release of the [[April Fools' Day]] toon [[Xeriouxly Forxe]] in 2010, with [[Main Page 26|a Xeriouxly Forxe-themed main page]] shortly thereafter. The hiatus continued again after that, and most of the main page messages that year were [[Yahoo Store|Store]] offers. For the first time in the site's history, no major [[Halloween]] cartoon was produced in 2010. Strong Bad was later featured as one of the characters in the [[Telltale Games|Telltale]] game [[Poker Night at the Inventory]], released November 22. The first major update in over eight months, [[A Decemberween Mackerel]], was released on December 14, shortly followed by [[Which Ween Costumes?]] on December 22 — a [[Decemberween]]-themed Halloween toon.

Following the holiday break into the new year, the site was back on hiatus. The only character appearance during 2011 was [[Puppet Character Variations|Puppet Strong Bad]] appearing at [[Aquabats Concert - 18 Jan 2011|an Aquabats concert in January]]. Since then, the last site update was a Store offer.

In September, Matt created a Twitter account called [[@ronginald]] in which he stated that Homestar Runner would be updated "sporadically and without warning". During this time, he also stated that he was working for the [[Nickelodeon]] program [[Wikipedia:Yo Gabba Gabba|Yo Gabba Gabba]], for which he had previously created an animated segment, as well as [[The Aquabats|The Aquabats! Super Show!]] and the [[Disney]] cartoon [[Wikipedia:Gravity Falls|Gravity Falls]]. December 22, 2011 marked the first time in the site's history that an entire year passed without any content. On February 27, 2012, Matt posted an out-of-focus image of the apparent script for Strong Bad Email 206 on his Twitter account, with the message [[:File:sbemail206_teaser.jpg|"Someday, when you least expect it..."]]. He deleted his Twitter account in January 2013.

Strong Bad and Homestar Runner made a surprise appearance at [[W00tstock - 18 Jul 2013|W00tstock 5.0]] in July 2013, marking the first on-screen appearance of the characters in two-and-a-half years. The store was updated with the re-release of [[Decemberween]] cards around November 23, 2013.

===2014 - present===

[[Image:AprilFools2014.png|thumb|"You got this, Homestar. This is nothin'."]]
Matt decided to move back to the Atlanta region, and The Brothers Chaps finally had the chance to make new content. For the first time in over three years, the hiatus was briefly interrupted on April 1, 2014 with [[April Fool 2014]], the first toon since 2010, when the site stopped updating. The toon acknowledges the length between updates by making the [[index page]] look dilapidated, and centers around Homestar and Strong Bad attempting to update "the website's best feature". At the end of that toon, Strong Bad and Homestar Runner discuss the possibility of there being a substantial amount of time before the next update. This toon replaced the normal index page until July.

<blockquote>
'''JEFF RUBIN:''' This year, April, first cartoon in a while, which you already managed— it sounded like you were testing the waters a bit to find out if there was still interest? 
'''MATT:''' Sort of. It was something, we had heard from people that were like, "Hey, where did it go? We wanted more," which is always super cool to hear. 
'''JEFF RUBIN:''' I bet you get that on a daily basis, whether you know it or not, like in your email or somewhere. That must happen all the time, right? 
'''MATT:''' Well, I hope it does, 'cause that would be very encouraging. I feel like the consensus is that we stopped because we didn't want to do it, and I hate for people to think that we've been sitting in a pool with a martini sort of laughing at the Internet, like, "What fools! We'll never make you a Strong Bad Email again!" It's very much the opposite. My brother and I have lived the last three or four years still thinking in our brains that we're gonna be making a new cartoon next week, and we would routinely text each other dumb jokes from a Homestar line or a Strong Bad line that will probably never happen. So, we've been jonesing— we've been wanting to do this stuff. [...] It's not that we were like, "We hated it, we wanted to take a break." No, the rest of the world has influenced us in a way where we have to take a little time off, and there literally hasn't been time to do them. So that's why the April Fools' thing was definitely like, "All right, we've got the time. We're gonna do it. We're gonna see if anybody gives a crap anymore. And if they do then the goal will be to start making more stuff, hopefully on a more frequent basis." 
'''JEFF RUBIN:''' And I think we can conclude people still gave a crap, right? 
'''MATT:''' It seemed like it. Maybe it was a fluke just because it was the first one we've done. I don't know if there'll be diminishing returns or not, but just based on that alone it's enough to make us want to give it a try again.
</blockquote>

In the [[The Jeff Rubin Jeff Rubin Show Interview - 7 July 2014‎|July 7, 2014 Jeff Rubin Jeff Rubin Show interview]], Matt stated he planned to update the website again in summer or fall. He said to have plans for a new Strong Bad Email, a more accessible website redesign, and possibly a Homestar Runner-related social media account. This proved to be true with the release of [[Fish Eye Lens]] in October and the first posts from the [[@StrongBadActual]] Twitter account. In the [[Rolling Stone Interview - 3 Oct 2014|October 3, 2014 Rolling Stone interview]], Matt stated that they were doing it for fun, and not full-time, due to the stress and deadlines of the website's former weekly schedule, and that they would only release a toon every couple of months. [[I Killed Pom Pom]], the first full-length [[Halloween]] toon since 2009, was also released at the end of the month.

In 2015, the [[Store]] was redesigned and switched to a different website, and the [[NavBar]] was updated with "[[youtube]]" replacing "[[FeedBurner Page|subscribe]]". The first major update was in April 2015, when [[sbemail206]] was released after a five-year wait. It was around this time that the Chaps started working on their Disney web series [[Two More Eggs]], which was originally updated with a frequency equivalent to Homestar Runner in its heyday. After that, toons started to come out semi-regularly, with new content every second month. [[Record Store Day]], [[Flash is Dead!]], [[Strong Bad Classics!]], and [[The House That Gave Sucky Tricks]] were released during this time, followed by [[Fan Costumes 2015]], the first [[Fan Costumes]] toon since 2009.

In 2016, the first major update was [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2]] on April Fools' Day, the first [[Halloween Safety|true]] [[Marzipan's Answering Machine]] since 2009. On September 2nd, 2016, the [[Homestar Runner 20th Anniversary Show - 2 Sep 2016|Homestar Runner 20th Anniversary Show]] was performed, with a [[Homestar Runner 20th Anniversary Show - 7 Oct 2016|second show on October 7th]]. A new toon, [[Homestar Runner Goes for the Gold]], was shown at both shows, and would be released on the website later in the year, as well as [[Later That Night...]] and [[Fan Costumes 2016]].

In 2017, the site was first [[Screenland - 24 Apr 2017#Easter Eggs|visibly]] updated in August with the release of [[too cool]], the 207th Strong Bad Email; combined with the subsequent release of [[Skills of an Artist]], along with monthly [[Toons|toons]], it has been updated weekly for the first time since 2009. @StrongBadActual (and to a lesser extent, his [[@strongbadactual (Instagram)|Instagram]] account) has been highly active during this time, with new posts nearly every day; arguably even more so than the website in its heyday.

2018 saw the introduction of [[The Deleteheads Download]], an updates newsletter not unlike the [[Secret Pages#emailupdates|one]] used in 2001-2003. It has showcased a preview of the long-awaited [[Stinkoman 20X6 Level 10|tenth level]] of [[Stinkoman 20X6]], as well as a [[Trogdor]]-themed [[board game]], [[Trogdor!! The Board Game]]. A new version of the website that doesn't use [[Flash]] was launched on July 17, 2018. However, the only major toon releases in 2018 were [[The Next April Fools' Thing]], [[Trogdor Was Dragon Man]], the Halloween toon [[Mr. Poofers Must Die]], and [[Fan Costumes 2018]], with additional [[:Category:Kickstarter Videos|promotional material]] being made for Trogdor!! The Board Game.

In 2019, more Trogdor!! promotional material was released, including a [[Trogdor!! The Board Game Rulebook EP|rulebook EP]], with music videos being made for some of the songs. Additionally, the tenth level of Stinkoman 20X6 is planned to come out later in the year.

==See Also==
*[[Acknowledged Update Delays]]
*[[The Brothers Chaps' Side Projects]]

[[Category:Real World]]
[[Category:Research]]

More Fan Costumes

StarFox — Sat, 22 Jun 2019 04:56:00 GMT

StarFox: /* Explanations */

{{toonnav|Holiday Toon|costumes05|Halloween Potion-ma-jig|Fall Float Parade}}
[[Image:More Fan Costumes.PNG|thumb|"Aww, Homestar babies!"]]
Strong Bad cruelly makes fun of the Halloween costumes fans made, again.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{film|Jibblies Painting}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}} (all audio only)

'''Costumes depicted (in order of first appearance):''' [[Strong Bad]], [[Rather Dashing]], [[Trogdor]], [[Coach Z]], [[The King of Town]], [[Marzipan]], [[The Cheat]], [[Bubs]], [[Mr. Shmallow]], [[Jibblies Painting]], [[Homestar Runner]]

'''Page Title:''' The Ween Aught Five

'''Date:''' Monday, November 7, 2005

'''Running Time:''' 3:05

{{dvd|Everything Else, Volume 2}}

==Transcript==
''{The words "More Halloween Costumes" are displayed at the top of the screen against a blue background. Dominating the screen is a picture of a man dressed as Strong Bad (whose head is somewhat distended), standing in front of an office building.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Dear Strong Bad, how's your miserable job at the depressing faceless office park? Oh, pretty good, Geraldine. Today they let me stand out in the parking lot and stretch my head during my seven-minute lunch break. If I'm lucky, I'll get to work here for ten years with no promotion and then get laid off.

''{The picture changes to a man dressed in peasant robes. His head is made to look like it's on fire, and in his hands he holds a drink and a medium-size Trogdor plushie. The datestamp in the corner reads "10/22/2005".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa, a burning peasant and Trogdor partying together in perfect harmony! And a full nine days before Halloween even.

''{The picture changes to three gourds in front of a pumpkin. The gourds are painted with the likenesses of Coach Z, The King of Town, and Marzipan. In front of each gourd is the corresponding official figurine.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{in "public radio" voice}'' Oh, and next on the worthless arts and crafts shopping channel, the least popular Homestar Runner characters gourd collection. Nothing completes an old lady vestibule quite like them.

''{The picture changes to a child wearing a The Cheat costume. The child's feet are visible below the costume, and The Cheat's head is formed from a hat.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Aah! The Cheat! Some kind of adorable baby is bursting out of you!

''{The picture changes to a person in a Bubs costume standing in an office space, with cubicles and decorated tables visible in the background. Bubs's head is quite round, and his arms are somewhat deformed, as Strong Bad notes.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Come on, man, Bubs has flipper arms, not tentacle arms. Those things look deadly, like they could pry the shell off a... mollusk... in no time flat. Now, go enjoy the crappy Halloween decorations we put up in the cafeteria. Amanda from sales worked all morning on those.

''{The picture changes to show a daytime shot of two young women holding a large Strong Bad head between them. They seem quite happy with whatever they're about to do.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, yeah. That's the way to get decapitated, man. Couple of young ladies to cuddle up with my giant severed head...

''{The picture changes to a nighttime shot of the same Strong Bad head, only now it's suspended in midair and a young blindfolded woman is swinging at it with a stick.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh—oh, wait a minute, now, girls, what's going on here?!

''{The picture changes again, and the Strong Bad head, now clearly revealed to be a piñata, has been destroyed and its contents spilled. A young blindfolded person stands nearby, still holding the stick.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Aaah! My poor husky head! Were there at least any Twixes in there?!

''{The picture changes to a Mr. Shmallow amidst a decorated table.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' A ''Mr. Shmallow'' costume?! Are you kidding me? Were you trying to ''lose'' friends this Halloween?

''{The picture changes to show a person dressed as Trogdor, complete with arm, wingalings, and fire, although Strong Bad remarks that the quality of the body is not quite up to par.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I said "S and more different S"! Not 7 or... more different... crescent wrench. And is that limp pantyhose worm supposed to be a beefy arm? Why don't you walk back there to the China Express and get them to fill that thing with teriyaki chicken. And then we'll go to Spencer's Gifts.

''{The picture changes to a split shot of a pumpkin in a kitchen and the same pumpkin with the lights out and lit from inside by a candle. The creature from the Jibblies Painting has been carved into the pumpkin.}''

'''JIBBLIES PAINTING:''' ''{menacing whisper}'' Come on in heeere.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh-oh, that thing is ''way'' more evil in pumpkin form. ''{straining}'' Must... fight... jibblies! Can't... hold... on... much... longer! A-jibblie-jibblie!

''{The picture changes to show three kids sitting on some steps and holding their candy baskets. They are dressed as Strong Bad, Homestar, and The Cheat.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Aww, Homestar babies! Check 'em out, they're just like real life! The Strong Bad kid is like, "Ooh! Feel my wrath!" And the Homestar kid is just totally clueless, like, "I wike candies." And then The Cheat is like, "Whoa, I bet I could swipe that plasma screen over there."

''{The picture changes to a close-up of a chocolate labrador wearing a Homestar Runner red star shirt and a blue beanie.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ohh. That is animal cruelty. Could that dog possibly be more miserable? I bet if old Rover left some sweet spots on that carpet they'd take him out of that ridiculous geddup. Come on, boy. Leave a sweet spot! Just a little sweet spot!

''{The picture changes to show two young women. The one on the right is dressed in a black girdle and hose, and the one on the left is wearing a tight Homestar red star shirt, a blue beanie, tight red short shorts, white thigh-high hose, and platform heels with blue on the bottom.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ha-a, dar dar dar dar DA-A!! So confused... what to think?? Hot Homestar?!? My brain is splitting in half!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, hey Strong Bad!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Daa! You get outta here!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Whoa, you sound tense. Do you want me to give you, like, a back rub or anything?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh... yes! No! I... don't know! Next picture, next picture!!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I think this is the last one, sweetie.

'''STRONG BAD:''' WAAAAA!! ''{trails off as though he's running away}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I should probably stop calling everybody "sweetie".

==Fun Facts==
=== Explanations ===
*The name "More Fan Costumes" refers to a similar feature for Halloween 2003: [[Fan Costume Commentary]].
*A [[Wikipedia:Mollusk|mollusk]] is any of a variety of chiefly marine invertebrates, typically characterized by a soft, unsegmented body encased in a protective shell. The octopus, a mollusk which lacks the characteristic shell, has tentacles which it occasionally uses to pry open shelled mollusks to feed on them.
*A "vestibule" is another word for a foyer

=== Trivia ===
*The same homemade The Cheat costume was also seen a few days earlier in the [[Weekly Fanstuff 2005#WF-2005-11-03|Weekly Fanstuff]].
*The [http://www.flickr.com/photos/thepr0fess0r/tags/strongbad/ first costume] was submitted by a friend of the author of [[space program]] who is named [[Dan]].

=== Remarks ===
* Though Strong Bad is very freaked out by a hot Homestar, he was only mildly disappointed with himself when he invented a [[Modestly Hot Homsar]] in [[different town]].

===Inside References===
[[Image:Morefancostumes9.PNG|thumb|WAY more evil.]]
*In the third picture of the [[Wikipedia:Piñata|piñata]], Strong Bad refers to his head as "husky", just as it was described in [[modeling]].
*The monster on the pumpkin is [[Jibblies Painting|The Rocoulm]] from [[bottom 10]] (which gave Strong Bad the [[Jibblies]] then, too).
*Strong Bad's quote "S and more different S" is from [[dragon]].
*[[Fan Costume Commentary]] also features something which Strong Bad calls a "[[Strong Sad's Severed Head|severed head]]," which is in reality a Strong Sad pumpkin.
*Fan Costume Commentary also had Strong Bad's first costume comment in the form of an email.
*Homestar offers to give Strong Bad a back rub, despite his [[lack of visible arms]].

===Real-World References===
*[[Wikipedia:Spencer Gifts|Spencer Gifts]] is a novelty store commonly found in many North American shopping malls.
*China Express is implied to be a restaurant. Malls in North America frequently feature restaurants which serve American Chinese food, such as the similarly-named [[Wikipedia:Panda_Express|Panda Express]].
*[[Wikipedia:Twix|Twix]] is a chocolate snack or candy bar made by [[Wikipedia:Mars, Incorporated|Mars, Inc.]] consisting of a cookie center topped with caramel or peanut butter and coated in milk chocolate. Its most familiar selling point is that there are two Twix bars per package, supposedly doubling your enjoyment.

===Fast Forward===
*The second fan costume is used again in the montage in [[Happy Trogday]].
*Strong Bad would later do an entire email about his own [[Head Bad and Strong Body|severed head]] in [[disconnected]].
*Strong Bad would again mention animal cruelty in [[Fan Costumes '06]], and similarly, infant abuse in [[Fan Costumes '07]].

==External Links==
*[[HR:costumes05.html|watch "More Fan Costumes"]]
*[[HR:costumes05.swf|view the Flash file for "More Fan Costumes"]]
*[[Forum:5847|forum thread re: "More Fan Costumes"]]

{{halloweennav}}

[[Category:Fan Material]][[Category:Halloween]]

Talk:The Actions You Can Do (video)

StarFox — Tue, 18 Jun 2019 23:27:03 GMT

StarFox:

==Animation Style==

Why is the animation style different? Why does Homestar have a huge underbite? [[User:StarFox|StarFox]] 03:31, 17 June 2019 (UTC)
:Because why not? {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 03:39, 17 June 2019 (UTC)
::It reminds me of FIM. [[User:StarFox|StarFox]] 06:09, 17 June 2019 (UTC)
:::Remember "The Homestar Runner and Doreauxgard Show" title card from "lackey" (sbemail 96)? That's what it would look like fully animated.
::::::I never saw that Easter egg before. [[User:StarFox|StarFox]] 23:27, 18 June 2019 (UTC)

Talk:The Actions You Can Do (video)

StarFox — Mon, 17 Jun 2019 06:09:18 GMT

StarFox:

Talk:The Actions You Can Do (video)

StarFox — Mon, 17 Jun 2019 03:31:06 GMT

StarFox: Created page with '==Animation Style== Why is the animation style different? Why does Homestar have a huge underbite? ~~~~'

==Animation Style==

Why is the animation style different? Why does Homestar have a huge underbite? [[User:StarFox|StarFox]] 03:31, 17 June 2019 (UTC)

Strongest Man in the World

StarFox — Fri, 14 Jun 2019 01:22:57 GMT

StarFox: /* Remarks */

{{abouttoon}} {{for|[[contest]]|Strongest Man in the World Contest}}
{{toonnav|Big Toon|10years|Weclome Back|Date Nite}}

[[Image:Strongest Man Contest Judges.png|thumb|"Really quite an impressive bowl!"]]
[[The Brothers Chaps]] celebrate [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]]'s 10th anniversary with a remake of the [[Original Book|original story]].

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|The Homestar Runner (storybook)}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Pom Pom}}, {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|The Announcer}}, {{Film|Mr. Bland}}, {{Film|The Robot (storybook)}}, {{Film|Señor}}, {{Film|The Grape Fairie}}, [[The Fat Bee]]

'''Places:''' [[The Field]], [[Gymnasium]]

'''Date:''' Monday, August 21, 2006

'''Running Time:''' 4:25

'''Page Title:''' The Homestar Runner Enters the Longest Page Title on the Website Contest!

{{dvd|Everything Else, Volume 3}}

==Transcript==
''{The cover page of the Original Book appears. The book opens to the first page.}''

''{Homestar Runner changes into his modern form, and the old background is replaced by The Field. A record scratch noise is heard.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Everybody loves the me! I'm a terrific athlete!

''{Pom Pom enters and pulls out a flier}''

'''POM POM:''' ''{bubble noises}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' A Strongest Man in the World Contest? ''{pan to a closeup of Homestar Runner}'' Oh, sweet dog, you know I'm all over it.

''{Pan to the gymnasium, where Homestar Runner and Pom Pom are wearing aerobic gear and lifting weights. The training music from [[montage]] is playing in the background.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Extra-size, Pom Pom! Lemme see ya pour on that extra sauce! That strangest man in the world contest ain't gonna win itself!

''{Pan to a scene of the setting sun. Silhouettes of Homestar Runner and Pom Pom jump up and high five each other.}''

'''SINGER:''' Showdown!

''{Fade out. Cut back to the Field, where Homestar Runner and Pom Pom are walking to the right.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Man, Pom Pom, I feel great! I feel fresh as a bagel! I bet I could lift fifty stringiest man in the world contests!

''{They approach a sign pointing the way to the contest, where Strong Bad and The Cheat are waiting.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, look, The Cheat! If it isn't the big, fat, yellow blob and Pom Pom!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{closeup of Homestar}'' Hey! ''{normal view}'' W— wait. ''{closer closeup of Homestar}'' Hey! ''{normal view}'' You— wait. ''{another closeup}'' Hey! ''{normal view}'' Wait—

'''STRONG BAD:''' Lemme break it down for you like this: I am the very strongest. While on the other hand, inversely, you guys are ''not'' very strong!

'''POM POM:''' ''{looks angry, loud bubble noises}''

''{Strong Bad reacts in surprise.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Whoa, Pom Pom! Let's tone down the language before the contest, huh?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Come on, The Cheat. We'd better go start signing autographs. There's a pretty big line building up over there. ''{exits with The Cheat}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{looking determined}'' Come on, Pom Pom! Let's go get Strong Bad's autograph!

''{Pom Pom gives Homestar an annoyed look, but Homestar doesn't notice.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I hear there's a pretty big line building up.

''{Cheering voices over momentarily before cutting to a banner reading "Strongest Man In The World Contest".}''

'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover over microphone}'' Ladies and gentlemen, you can ''not'' be ready for the ''{pan down to show The Announcer}'' Strongest Man in the World Contest!

''{He flips the microphone from one hand to the other.}''

'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' Let's meet our smokin' hot contestants!

''{Cut to a darkened scene with a silhouette of Mr. Bland and disco lights in the background.}''

'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' Hailing from the middle of the road, the prince of plain, the master of mundane, it's ''{spotlight turns on}'' Mr. Bland!

''{Cut to a beige background of panning cubes and "mr. bland" scrolls to the right. Mr. Bland strikes an action pose. Cut back to The Announcer.}''

'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' And next, our returning champion, the walking—

''{Cut to a similar disco lights scene with The Robot in silhouette.}''

'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' —metal robot... The Robot!

''{A spotlight shines on The Robot and he waves. A blue background of screws and hex nuts pans in, and "The Robot" appears while The Robot holds a waving pose. Cut back to The Announcer.}''

'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' And from Foreign Lands, the foreign man:

''{Cut back to the disco scene, now with Señor in silhouette.}''

'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' Señor Ha-Ha-Ha-Havin' A Little Trouble!

''{A brown background of [[beans]] pans in, and "Señor" appears while Señor strikes an action pose.}''

'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' And...

''{Cut to silhouettes of Pom Pom, Strong Bad, and Homestar Runner, whose respective spotlights turn on as their names are mentioned.}''

'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' ''{quickly}'' Pom-Pom-Strong-Bad-and-Homestar.

''{Homestar looks surprised. Cut back to The Announcer. The scene is bright again.}''

'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' Grape Fairie! Hit me with da rules!

''{Pan up to The Grape Fairie riding his bee. He makes a scroll appear that reads "Rules".}''

'''THE GRAPE FAIRIE:''' ''{in a Bronx accent}'' All right, youse ''{incomprehensible}'' brains, listen up smart. I start yas each off with like twenty grapes.

''{A pile of [[grapes]] takes the place of the floating scroll.}''

'''THE GRAPE FAIRIE:''' Then I adds one at a time.

''{A grape appears above the pile.}''

'''THE GRAPE FAIRIE:''' The bum what holds the most grapes—

''{A golden bowl-shaped trophy appears in place of the grapes.}''

'''THE GRAPE FAIRIE:''' —wins this gold bowl.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{from offscreen; sounds impressed}'' Dang, Pom Pom, you see that golbol? ''{zooms in on "golbol"}'' That's a nice golbol.

'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' Let's get this over with!

'''THE GRAPE FAIRIE:''' Allzy oop. ''{zaps a pile of grapes on top of the contestants}''

'''MR. BLAND:''' ''{speaking monotone}'' Okay. This is going really well.

''{The pile of grapes crushes Mr. Bland.}''

'''MR. BLAND:''' Oh.

''{Cut to silhoettes of everyone on a yellow background.}''

'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' Down goes Bland!

'''THE GRAPE FAIRIE:''' Ka-bu op! ''{pings a single grape over each contestant}''

''{Cut to Señor, impossibly balancing the entire pile on one hand.}''

'''SEÑOR:''' Oh, no, boy. I havin' a little trouble!

''{The pile falls on Señor, accompanied by the word "Sblounskched!" and the sound of a bowling ball hitting some pins. He sticks his arm out of the grapes.}''

'''SEÑOR:''' I still alive!

''{Cut to Strong Bad and The Cheat, with Pom Pom in the background.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey, The Cheat—

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noises}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —I hear our friend The Robot is about to do a set of his acoustic numbers. Or should I say, unplugged?

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{affirmative The Cheat noises, salutes}''

''{The Cheat slides to the feet of The Robot, who is apparently plugged into an outlet on a very small section of wall out of nowhere.}''

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noises}'' ''{looks around, unplugs The Robot's cord, and slides away}'' ''{The Cheat noises}''

''{Cut to The Robot, who shuts down and drops the pile of grapes. General sad "aw"s among the crowd are heard as the eyes of The Robot disappear slowly.}''

''{Cut to Homestar, whose grapes appear to be floating in mid-air, due to his lack of visible arms.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{looks around}'' Did nobody just see that?! Judge? Fairie? Giant bee?

''{Cut to The Grape Fairie and The Announcer, who are admiring the bowl and not paying attention to the contest.}''

'''THE GRAPE FAIRIE:''' Honest to God, Mookie Wilson gave me the golbol to my aunt in 1974.

'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' Really quite an impressive bowl.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{off screen}'' Hellooo?

'''THE GRAPE FAIRIE:''' Oh. Right.

''{Cut to Pom Pom, Strong Bad, and Homestar.}''

'''THE GRAPE FAIRIE:''' Crazy eights! ''{poofs another grape on top of everyone}''

''{Strong Bad begins to lose his grip on the grapes.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' The Cheat? Big help here! Big help!

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{rushes over}'' ''{The Cheat noises}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Okay... even it out there on the south side.

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noises}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Jump her up.

''{Cut to Homestar.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' All right, seriously. At first it was cute, but this is just borderline unsportsmanlike! Let me outline my master plan. I will (a) drop my grapes, and (b) uncover that cheat! ''{drops his grapes; walks over to Strong Bad and The Cheat}'' Could I just borrow this a second? ''{grabs The Cheat}''

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{surprised The Cheat noises}''

''{Homestar kicks The Cheat about his feet like a hackysack, then does a slow-motion flip and bicycle kicks The Cheat off screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{wobbling, melodramatically}'' Oh nooo!

''{Strong Bad drops a couple of grapes, then the entire pile crushes him. The action-pose scene appears, this time with a green grapes background, "squished bad", and Strong Bad under his pile of grapes.}''

''{Cut to Pom Pom}''

'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' Pom Pom wins!

''{Pom Pom winks; a record scratch sounds, cut to Homestar}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Wait, what?!

''{Cut to Strong Bad, still buried.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ohh... These grapes are succulently crushing my windpipe... Ooh, but they're seedless! ''{The pile of grapes begins to collapse as Strong Bad eats it}''

''{Cut to Homestar and Pom Pom holding the golbol.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' All right, seriously, Pom Pom. Gimme the golbol!

'''POM POM:''' ''{bubble noises, pulls the golbol back a bit}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yeah, that's great. But I still won. I sportsmanliked everybody! Now gimme the golbol!

'''POM POM:''' ''{bubble noises}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' All right, fine. You can give it to me for my birthday. Now check out my victory dance! Huhyayayayaaa!

''{Homestar crosses his left leg over his right and jumps into the air. The Grape Fairie and the Fat Bee enter from the upper right, the announcer from the lower left. Pom Pom jumps in the air holding the trophy. The scene fades into the last page of the Original Book with "1996-2006" written across the upper left. The ending also provides a link to the original book.}''

==Easter Eggs==
[[Image:Strongestmanintheworld sbautograph.png|thumb|Dare to Dream!]]
*Clicking on the [[Contest]] sign when Homestar mentions getting Strong Bad's autograph will show a picture of said autograph, on which is written:
<blockquote>homestar, 
dare to dream! believe in yourself 
and you can achieve anything!! 
your pal 
Strond Ba.... 
wait a sec, 
2nd try: 
homestar, 
you're 
a butt. 
''Strong'' 
''Bad''</blockquote>

*Clicking the [[trophy]] at the end shows a shot of it (captioned "GOLBOL") in the same style as the ones shown when Mr. Bland, The Robot, Señor, and later "Squished Bad" are introduced. The [[Wikipedia:New York Mets|New York Mets]] logo is shown in the background.

==Fun Facts==

===Explanations===
*"Unplugged" is a term popularized by [[Wikipedia:MTV Unplugged|MTV Unplugged]] and is used to refer to [[Wikipedia:Acoustic music|acoustic music]].
*Señor is the [[Spanish]] translation for "Mr.", explaining his accent.

===Trivia===
*The [[main page message]] for this toon read "10 years!".
*This toon is the first time the Grape Fairie, Mr. Bland, and Señor are given voices.
*Despite its attempt, this toon's [[page title]] is not the longest one of the website. [[Shopping for Danger]]'s page title "Blue Las-alert, Kids! Cheat Commandos will be right back after these messages!" surpasses it by five characters. They are, however, both 19 syllables long.
*Señor's full name was coined in [[origins]].
*When Homestar [[Kicking The Cheat|kicks The Cheat]], he is utilizing a skill known as juggling, which is usually done with soccer balls or [[wikipedia:Footbag|footbags]] (commonly known as Hacky Sacks).
*The [[YouTube]] description for this toon is "A remake of the classic Strongest Man in the World contest."

===Remarks===
*When the Grape Fairie's mouth disappears when he isn't talking, his [[Wikipedia:Five o'clock shadow|five o'clock shadow]] disappears with it.
*Señor holds his pile of grapes on one side with the other half of the pile floating in mid-air. In the original book, he was holding the grapes with his right hand rather than his left.
*The way the grapes fall on Strong Bad, he should be lying on his stomach since he was holding the pile behind his head. However, in the "squished bad" action scene, Strong Bad is shown lying on his back so that he could eat them in the next scene.
**Also, in the Original Book, when it shows Strong Bad squished under the pile of grapes, he was lying on his back.
*Señor's introduction background of beans may be a nod to the stereotype that Hispanics eat a lot of beans.
*The characters are spotlighted, although there doesn't seem to be any place for there to be spotlights in the sky.
*The grapes appear to [[Lack of visible arms|hover over Homestar's head]].
*When attempting to see if someone noticed The Cheat's unplugging of the Robot, Homestar looks to his right to look at the Announcer and to the left to look at the Grape Fairie. In the very next shot, the Announcer and Fairie are standing next to each other talking and would have been in the same direction from Homestar's position.
*The Grape Fairie adds a grape to Mr. Bland's pile of grapes even though he has already been eliminated from the competition.
*Strong Bad speaks using a slight Mexican accent in this toon, despite being a remake.

===Goofs===
*When Mr. Bland, The Robot and Señor are introduced, the smaller spotlights cross over their feet, yet none of the characters' feet light up.
*In the silhouette scene following Mr. Bland's loss, the grapes are actually floating above Pom Pom. However, this could just be in keeping with the original book, which has a similar silhouette scene.
*The first page says "Every''one'' loves The Homestar Runner..." instead of "Every''body'' loves The Homestar Runner...", which would have been the correct quotation from the original book.
*Strong Bad has no purple reflection on his pants, like his [[Strong Bad Evolution|fifth design]].
*When the screen darkens and the strobe lights appear, the ones that shine on the bushes in the background do not light up the ground directly below the bushes.
**Also, the lights do not deform to the depths of the bushes, as if they were 2 dimensional.
*In the last modern scene (the 'victory dance') and the scene immediately before it, it can be seen that the shadows on Pom Pom's 'limbs' do not properly align - each 'arm' is apparently affected by a different light source when this really shouldn't be happening.

===Inside References===
*Despite his [[lack of visible arms]], [[Homestar Runner]] is shown high fiving [[Pom Pom]] during the training montage and a sound effect is heard as well as a visual effect being seen.
*The sound heard in the background when Señor is "having a little trouble" is the same sound heard in the email [[car]] when Homestar is "[[deleted]]" by Strong Bad.
*When Señor gets squished, the [[onomatopoeia]] used is "[[SBLOUNSKCHED! Bar|Sblounskched!]]", the name of Strong Bad's candy bar.
*The song during the training scene is "[[Songs#from Strong Bad Emails|Showdown]]" from [[montage]], except with vocals by someone who sounds like [[Larry Palaroncini]].
*The outfit Homestar wears during the training scene originally appeared in [[lady fan]].
*The autographed picture of Strong Bad in the Easter egg is the same as the one that Strong Bad was given by his "main man" Van Mundegaarde in [[2 years]].
*One of the [[sound effects]] that plays when the Robot gets unplugged is the loading sound from [[Thy Dungeonman 3]] and [[Peasant's Quest]].
*Homestar's first speaking line and The Robot being introduced as such are examples of the [[integral article]].
*The ending music is the remix of the [[Old Intro|old intro music]], which is also heard at the end of [[flashback]] and can also be heard on [[Main Page 20]].
*The Announcer's introduction of Señor suggests that he is a resident of [[Far Off Lands|Foreign Lands]], the same place that [[the Brothers Strong]] in [[Marshmallow's Last Stand]] and [[Thomas]] from [[Teen Girl Squad]] are said to be from.
*Pom Pom also winks in Marshmallow's Last Stand, just before he gets hit by [[Strong Mad]].
*It can be assumed from Homestar's "Let's tone down the language" line that when Strong Bad calls Pom Pom and Homestar "not very strong", Pom Pom replies using [[swears]].
*The Grape Fairie claims that [[1974]] was the year Mookie Wilson gave him the Golbol to his aunt.

===Real-World References===
*[[Wikipedia:Mookie Wilson|Mookie Wilson]] is a former [[Wikipedia:Major League Baseball|Major League Baseball]] outfielder who played with the [[Wikipedia:New York Mets|New York Mets]] and [[Wikipedia:Toronto Blue Jays|Toronto Blue Jays]] from 1980 to 1991. The Mets' logo is shown in the background of the Easter egg.
*[[Wikipedia:Crazy Eights|Crazy Eights]] is a card game in which two players try to get rid of all their cards by discarding a card with the same number or suit as the previous card played. In this game, eights are wild.
*Homestar's aerobic outfit is similar to the ones [[Wikipedia:Jane Fonda|Jane Fonda]] wore when making her workout videos in the 1980s.
*The Grape Fairie's "Allzy Oop!" is a distortion of the phrase [[Wikipedia:Alley Oop|Alley Oop]], which is a play in basketball where the ball is thrown up near the basket by a teammate, and another teammate dunks the ball in to score.


===Fast Forward===
*The music during the introduction of Mr. Bland, The Robot, and Señor is recycled in the [[Tito]] scene of [[more armies]].
*The [[Golbol]] is featured in an Easter egg in [[Jibblies 2]]. Homestar finally gets it from Pom Pom, due to his costume of "Artie, The Strongest Man in the World".
*The Announcer's discussion with the Grape Fairie is nearly replicated (this time about a kickball) in [[Kick-a-Ball]], this time between the Announcer and [[the Umpire]].
*Three years later, [[Where My Hat Is At?]] was also [[Where My Hat Is At? (toon)|remade]] as a full-length cartoon on the 10th anniversary of the book's creation, followed by a [[Homestar Runner Goes For the Gold|remake]] of [[Homestar Runner Goes for the Gold!]] in 2016.

==DVD Version==
*The link to the original book has been deleted. It can only be accessed through an Easter Egg in the Toons menu of the DVD (see [[Everything Else, Volume 3]]).
*The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.

=== Commentary Transcript ===
('''Commentary by:''' [[Mike Chapman]], [[Matt Chapman]])

'''MATT:''' This story is old!

'''MIKE:''' It's very old. This is, what, the ten-year anniversary, I think?

'''MATT:''' Tenured. Ten—

'''MIKE:''' Tenured track anniversary?

'''MATT:''' Uh-huh.

'''MIKE:''' I think it was a little off. I think we—

'''MATT:''' Yeah, we realized it was really— we assumed it was in, like, August, but it was actually in June, I think?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah. Something like that. ''{pause}'' But it's all based on the original. Look at the background there. The gym, the wall there.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' And those weights— the way the weights look.

'''MATT:''' That scene was also immortalized in the Mario Paint — or just Homestar lifting weights—

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' —by himself — in the Mario Paint cartoon.

'''MATT:''' So, uh, this was kind of fun to make one of these competition cartoons after not making those kinds of cartoons for many years.

'''MIKE:''' And it was fun to try to get to sort of re-write it, and how they would act now about things.

'''MATT:''' Right. While being a little self-reflexive—

'''MIKE:''' Right.

'''MATT:''' —where they have to sort of hit these points from the generic competition story line. ''{pause}'' What do you think— What do you think he— Did he drop an F-bomb just then, Pom-Pom, maybe? What do you think he said, Mike?

'''MIKE:''' He may have dropped an S-bomb.

'''MATT:''' ''{laughing}'' Definitely dropped an S-bomb. ''{pause}'' Hey, Announcer!

'''MIKE:''' The Announcer — I think his graphics got re-done for this.

'''MATT:''' I think they did a little bit.

'''MIKE:''' Ooh, and look! Very, uh, Alan-Parsons-Project-esque song here.

'''MATT:''' That was fun. ''{pause}'' It was fun to make those little splash screens for each character.

'''MIKE:''' That robot was a Craig Zobel—

'''MATT:''' What was—

'''MIKE:''' —product of Zobel.

'''MATT:''' What was Scottie Pippen's number, Mike?

'''MIKE:''' Scottie Pippen's number?

'''MATT:''' Mm-hmm.

'''MIKE:''' I don't know.

'''MATT:''' Oh.

'''MIKE:''' Why?

'''MATT:''' I was going to be The Announcer, going to see a Bulls game.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughing}'' Oh. Oh.

'''MATT:''' Bulls always came out to that Alan Parsons—

'''MIKE:''' Jordan was 23.

'''MATT:''' Well, right, I— I was going to go something more obscure, Mike.

'''MIKE:''' Oh. ''{laughing}'' Pippen!?

'''MATT:''' Well, his number— you don't know his number and you're a big sports guy!

'''MIKE:''' ''{over Matt's previous comment}'' Well, I can't—

'''MATT:''' Oh! ''{makes noises similar to Homestar Runner's line, "Dang, Pom Pom, do you see that Golbol?"}'' ''{pause}'' Um, I like the direction— Everyone thinks, uh— the Wiki anyways, everyone— The Wiki thinks that's you, Mike!

'''MIKE:''' What, Mr. Bland?

'''MATT:''' Do your best impression of... that.

'''MIKE:''' I don't e— how— what did he say?

'''MATT:''' He said, "Uh, my name's Mike and I suck."

'''MIKE:''' ''{doing an impersonation of Mr. Bland}'' "Hello, my name—" Wait, what!?

'''MATT:''' Whoa!

'''MIKE:''' Gosh, you almost got me that time!

'''MATT:''' He's still alive, Mike! ''{pause}'' This is the most inconvenient, worst robot ever. It's like one of those robots from the 1920s World Fair where it's like, "It's a metal man! Thrill at the sounds of the metal man!"

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughing}'' And it has to be plugged in.

'''MATT:''' Uh... Mookie Wilson!

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, that gave that bowl to his gold— ''{laughing}'' to his gold aunt?

'''MATT:''' To his gold aunt! His golden aunt!

'''MIKE:''' Mookie Wilson. I think Mookie Wilson hit the— hit the famous ball that went through Bill Buckner's legs... in the World Series.

'''MATT:''' Oh, yeah?

'''MIKE:''' Red Sox, Mets. I think he hit it.

'''MATT:''' The curse?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' You see? There— there's a little reference to the original dialoguer.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughing}'' Doing some hacky sacking.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, totally. Oh, bicycle kick! Or, no. Is that a bicycle kick?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' A rainbow... kick— are they called that too, sometimes?

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}''

'''MATT:''' Umm, I like the direction we took with The Grape Fairie.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah—

'''MATT:''' That when he's not talking, he doesn't have a 5 o'clock shadow. But when he starts to talk—

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughing and over Matt's last line}'' It just appears when his mouth opens.

'''MATT:''' That voice can't not have a 5 o'clock shadow.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' If you sound like that, you're gonna— it's just gonna come out immediately. ''{pause}'' Huhyayayayaaa! I've always loved that victory dance. That's a total Craig Zobel drawing, right there, isn't it?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' Didn't he do that last drawing?

'''MIKE:''' He always would make Homestar's body look like a soup can.

'''MATT:''' ''{laughs}'' He gave it the 3D style.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' Bye, Craig.

'''MIKE:''' I got Craiged.

===Fun Facts===
*[[Wikipedia:Scottie Pippen|Scottie Pippen]] and [[Wikipedia:Michael Jordan|Michael Jordan]] were players for the [[Wikipedia:Chicago Bulls|Chicago Bulls]]. Both Jordan's #23 and Pippen's #33 have been retired by the team.
*In the [[Wikipedia:1986 World Series|1986 World Series]], the Red Sox lost to the Mets in seven games. The most famous play came when Mookie Wilson hit a slow grounder to first that was misplayed by [[Wikipedia:Bill Buckner|Bill Buckner]], leading to the winning run in game 6 being scored. This was said by fans to be due to the so-called [[Wikipedia:Curse of the Bambino|Curse of the Bambino]], which supposedly prevented the Red Sox from winning a World Series from 1918 until 2004.
*[[Wikipedia:The Alan Parsons Project|The Alan Parsons Project]] was a British progressive rock band active from 1975 to 1990, founded by [[Wikipedia:Eric Woolfson|Eric Woolfson]] and [[Wikipedia:Alan Parsons|Alan Parsons]]. Their instrumental piece "Sirius," from their album [[Wikipedia:Eye in the Sky (album)|''Eye in the Sky'']], is used as the court-rushing music for the aforementioned Chicago Bulls, in addition to several other uses for other sports teams.

==External Links==
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*[[HR:sbglossy.swf|view the Flash file for Strong Bad's photograph]]

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Ballad of The Sneak

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[[Image:balladofthesneakdance.PNG|thumb|220px|A song and dance on the high steel]]

The [[Old-Timey]] equivalent of [[The Cheat Theme Song]]. Performed by [[Wikipedia: Paul and Storm|Paul and Storm]] of [[DaVinci's Notebook]].

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[The Barbershop Trio]], {{Film|The Sneak}}, {{Film|Old-Timey Bubs}}, {{Film|Old-Timey Strong Bad}}, {{Film|The Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Fat Dudley}}, {{Film|Sickly Sam}}, {{Film|Old-Timey Marzipan}}, [[Mr. Shmallow]] (on the box), {{Film|Strong Man}}, [[Fort Wayne Locomotive]], [[The Kaiser]]

'''Places:''' [[Cliffs|Old-Timey Cliff]], [[The Field]] (Old-Timey)

'''Date:''' Monday, June 23, 2003

'''Running Time:''' 2:03

'''Old Page Title:''' The Ballad of The Sneak

'''New Page Title:''' The Ballad of The Sneak - DaVinci's Notebook

{{dvd|Everything Else, Volume 1}}

== Lyrics ==

I know a lively fellow, 
Who is really quite unique. 
He's small and smart and yellow, 
With a rodent-like physique. 
He doesn't play the cello, 
And he never deigns to speak. 
He's The Strong Bad's Leporello, 
And they just call him The Sneak... 

If you've got a caper 
Then you know who to call. 
It's The Sneak! 
It's The Sneak! 
Who's that Dapper Swindler 
Out of Tammany Hall? 
Vo-vo-vo-dee-oh-do 
It's The Sneak! 

[[Image:Not Panama.PNG|thumb|(Not the Panama Canal)]]
That charming little whatzit 
Who's The Strong Man's greatest pal? 
It's The Sneak! 
It's The Sneak! 
Who did the Hully Gully 
On the Panama Canal? 
Doo-wacka-doo-wacka-doo 
It's The Sneak! 

Who's that jaunty jackanapes 
With moxie and pizzazz? 
It's The Sneak! (Yes, sir!) 
It's The Sneak! 
Who's been drinking bootleg hooch 
And listening to the jazz? 
Vo-vo-voh-de-oh-doh 
It's The Sneak! 

Who captures all the flapper girls' affections? 
Who made off with my Fluffy Puff confections? 
He's dastardly! 
He loves catastrophe! 
His schemes are masterly! 
Takes tea at half past three! 
That sneaky sneaker's sneakin' all over town! 

Who dropped The Homestar Runner 
From his flying machine? (Humdinger!) 
Is it The Sneak? (28 skidoo!) 
It's The Sneak! 
Who put a Bengal tiger 
In The Kaiser's latrine? (Ach Du lieber!) 
It's The Sneak! (What's the rumpus?) 
You know it's The Sneak! (Take it home!) 
The Sneakity Sneak all day long! 

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' What?

== Fun Facts ==
===Explanations===
*A "humdinger" is slang for "one that is extraordinary or remarkable". To be a "humdinger" is also a question that is hard to answer.
*To "deign" means "to think it appropriate to one's dignity".
* A [http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=jackanapes&x=12&y=16 jackanapes] is a whippersnapper, an upstart, or a rascal.
*The poster with The Dapper Swindler has "known in the Northwest Territories as The Sneak" at the bottom. The [[Wikipedia:Northwest Territories|Northwest Territories]] is a [[Wikipedia: Canada|Canadian]] territory, located in the north-central part of the country.
*"Ach, du lieber" ("Oh, dear") is short for "Ach, du lieber Himmel" ("Oh, dear Heaven"), a [[German]] exclamation of surprise, well-known from the song [[Wikipedia:Oh_du_lieber_Augustin|Ach, du lieber Augustin]].
*"Jaunty" means "stylish" or "genteel".
*"28 skidoo" is a play on "[[Wikipedia:23 skidoo|23 skidoo]]", a bit of slang popular during the [[Wikipedia:Roaring Twenties|Roaring Twenties]]. It generally meant to leave quickly, sometimes specifically meaning to "get out while the getting's good" (very appropriate for The Sneak). [http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/393450.html The Phrase Finder] offers a number of possible origins for the phrase.
*"Rumpus" means "a noisy clamor".
*The dance Sickly Sam does is the [[Wikipedia:Charleston (dance)|Charleston]], a popular dance in the 1920s and '30s. The specific move is called "Bees Knees".
*The [[Wikipedia:Hully Gully|Hully Gully]] didn't exist in 1936. It was a hit song and popular dance introduced by The Olympics in 1959.
*Old-Timey Strong Bad flies over the Cliff in what appears to be a [[Wikipedia:Wright Flyer|Wright Flyer]].
*The piano that The Sneak rides upon is a [[Wikipedia:player piano|player piano]], an automatic piano which reads music from pre-programmed paper reels.
*"Dapper" means "well-mannered and/or dressed".

=== Trivia ===
*This toon features Old-Timey counterparts of all of the main characters except [[The Poopsmith]] and [[Homsar]].
*Mr. Shmallow makes an appearance in this cartoon on the front of a [[Fluffy Puff Air-Puffed Sugar Delights|Fluffy Puff box]]. This box is different from the one featured in [[Mr. Shmallow (toon)|Mr. Shmallow]]. The container in this cartoon appears to be a tin, while the other is a cardboard box. Also, the candies in the tin appear not to be marshmallows but a candy similar to the Choco-Lumps referred to in the aforementioned toon.
*"The Ballad of the Sneak" also appears on the album "Shame and Cookie Dough" by Paul and Storm, two former members of DaVinci's Notebook. The CD includes the original H*R.com version and one with commentary.
*The Sneak is mentioned as "yellow", giving weight to the theory he would be that color before being "filmed" in black-and-white.
*The orientation of The Sneak's tail has changed since his appearance in [[Parsnips A-Plenty]].
*On the Old-Timey Strong Bad clock, the hour hand is pointing slightly up. If it were really showing 3:30, the hour hand would be pointing slightly down.
*This is the first appearance of Old-Timey Coach Z, known as the Fort Wayne Locomotive.
*On [[YouTube]], the title of this toon is "sneakvideo yt"

===Remarks===
*The song is mostly done in four-part vocal [[Wikipedia:Harmony|harmony]] (although sometimes subtle and in octaves). The [[Wikipedia:A cappella|a cappella]] introduction comprises four voices in [[Wikipedia:Homophony|homophony]]; they are most distinct on the lines "never deigns to speak" and "they just call him The Sneak." The "jaunty jackanapes" section takes a [[Wikipedia:Call and response (music)|call and response]] format, with a [[Wikipedia:Soloist|soloist]] calling and the other two answering in [[Wikipedia:Polyphony|polyphony]]; again, a total of three parts.
*In the first commentary, Paul Sabourin of Da Vinci's Notebook says that the reference to the Smoot-Hawley Tariff doesn't fit in with the 1936 World. The Smoot-Hawley Tariff was signed into law in 1930, not the 1890's like he thought.
*This cartoon and [[That A Ghost]] both refer to illegal alcoholic beverages, which brings the [[Wikipedia:Prohibition|Prohibition]] era to mind. However, the cartoons were supposedly made in 1936 or 1937, 3 or 4 years after Prohibition had been repealed, so strictly the illegality would have to be merely evading the appropriate taxes on their manufacture.
*The Wright Brothers' plane was developed in 1903, over thirty years before this cartoon was supposedly made.

===Goofs===
*When The Sneak's head explodes, his tail disappears.
*The monocle of the rightmost trio member [[Flipped Images|switches eyes]] at the end of the song.
**Also, the trio member whose head sticks in from the top of the frame during the "Fluffy Puff" scene has his monocle reversed.

=== Inside References ===
*The Sneak being silhouetted and going across hills may be a parody of the [[Old Intro 2]].
*The Sneak's head exploding imitates how present-day [[The Cheat]]'s head will at times [[The Cheat's Head Exploding|randomly detonate]].
*Ward Boss Tweed kicking The Sneak out of Tammany Hall may refer to Strong Bad's frequent [[Kicking The Cheat|kickings of present day The Cheat]].
*The whistle has an engineer's hat like Homsar's in his [[Homsar's Character Video|character page]].
*The Sneak falling off the cliff is a reference to [[Parsnips A-Plenty]], in which [[Old-Timey Strong Bad]] fell of the cliff.
*"Boss Tweed gives The Sneak what-for" is a reference to an Easter egg in [[50 emails]], where Old-Timey Strong Bad replies to a telegram with "I'll give you what-for!".
*The Strong Bad wristwatch is an Old-Timey equivalent of the [[Strong Bad Clock]] download.
*Bootleg hooch and the political cartoon are references to [[alcohol]].
*The caption of The Sneak dancing on the barrel reads "[[Not X|(Not the Panama Canal)]]".

=== Real-World References===
*"Leporello" is a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Mozart|Mozart]] opera ''[[Wikipedia:Don Giovanni|Don Giovanni]]''. In it, Leporello is a side-kick to the [[Spanish]] legend, [[Wikipedia:Don Juan|Don Juan]] (''Don Giovanni'' is the Italian equivalent).
*"[[Wikipedia:Tammany Hall|Tammany Hall]]" was a political society in [[Wikipedia:New York City|New York City]] (19th/early 20th century), known for its corruption and power. ''William Tweed'' was a strong figure in Tammany, (see below).
[[Image:Boss Tweed.PNG|thumb|right|150px|Boss removes Sneak from Hall]]
*A [[Wikipedia:Editorial cartoon|political cartoon]] appears briefly which features The Sneak getting booted out of a door by a foot that says "Prohibition?" The Sneak has dropped a paper that says "Hoot-Smalley Tarriff" and the caption reads "[[Wikipedia:Boss Tweed|Boss Tweed]] gives The Sneak what-for!"
**The "'''Hoot-Smalley Tarriff'''" is a [[Spoonerism|spoonerized]] play on the "'''[[Wikipedia:Smoot-Hawley Tariff|Smoot-Hawley Tariff]]'''" that was enacted during [[Wikipedia:Great Depression|The Great Depression]], widely considered to be one of the most inept pieces of legislation ever passed by Congress.
*The scene with The Sneak and the record player is a parody of the famous Victor (later [[Wikipedia:RCA|RCA]] Victor) trademark which features a dog named [[wikipedia:Nipper|Nipper]] sitting in front of a Berliner Style 5 gramophone, listening quizzically to "[[Wikipedia:HMV|His Master's Voice]]", the title given to the original painting by artist Francis Barraud.
*"[[Wikipedia:Moxie|Moxie]]" is the name of a soft drink popular during the early 20th century. The name became a slang term meaning liveliness and daring in the late 1920s.
*Bootleg [[Wikipedia:Hooch|Hooch]] (or "''Moonshine''") is homemade whiskey that is produced and/or sold through illegal methods.
*[[Wikipedia:Flapper|Flapper girl]], more commonly "flapper", was a slang term common in the 1920s which referred to young women who flaunted contempt for the restrictions of "decency" imposed on their gender by society. They lived lavishly and openly wore short skirts, used cosmetics, bobbed their hair, and could often be seen smoking or drinking in public, far from what was considered to be acceptable behavior for women in that era. Many cartoon characters from the time period, such as [[Wikipedia:Betty Boop|Betty Boop]] and [[Wikipedia:Minnie Mouse|Minnie Mouse]], for example, were "flappers".
*"What's the rumpus" is a reference to [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100150/ ''Miller's Crossing''], a Prohibition-era gangster movie, in which it is used as a greeting by several characters. This movie is a particular favorite of DaVinci's Notebook.
*The Sir Strong Bad watch is a reference to the old Mickey Mouse watches of the 1930s.
*The scene with The Sneak running inside an I-beam while other characters dance on top may be a visual reference to the old [[Wikipedia:Atari|Atari]] game [http://www.atariage.com/software_page.html?SoftwareLabelID=360 Pitfall]. If nothing else, several cartoons from the time period featured characters playing in the I-beams of construction sites, such as [[Wikipedia:Olive Oyl|Olive Oyl]] when she was hypnotized by [[Wikipedia:Bluto|Bluto]] in a [[Wikipedia:Popeye|Popeye]] cartoon.
*[[Wikipedia:Prohibition|Prohibition]] was established in 1919 by the passage of the [[Wikipedia:Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|18th amendment]] to the Constitution. It outlawed the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcoholic beverages. It was eventually repealed in 1933 by the passage of the [[Wikipedia:Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution|21st amendment]].
*"The Kaiser" is how German Emperor [[Wikipedia:Wilhelm II of Germany|Wilhelm II]] was popularly referred to in the U.S. and Britain during World War I. Propaganda-laced political cartoons of the time would often exact comedic revenge on this enemy of Allied forces. The title "[[Wikipedia:Kaiser|Kaiser]]", however, stopped being used in 1918, following the end of World War I and the dissolution of the German Empire.
**The Kaiser is wearing a [[Pickelhaube|pickelhaube helmet]], a 19th century Prussian invention, which at the time of World War I was outdated, and was relegated mostly to ceremonial garb, as befits a militaristic emperor. Note the [[Wikipedia:Iron cross|Iron Cross]] on the helmet, a German military decoration of the early 19th century, re-introduced by Kaiser Wilhelm II in World War I.
*The train whistle may be a reference to many old cartoons, in which inanimate objects such as train whistles and brooms were depicted as "alive".
*The [[Wikipedia:Panama Canal|Panama Canal]] was established in 1914 as a way to get from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean without having to go around South America. It was United States territory until December 31, 1999, when it became Panamanian territory due to the [[Wikipedia:Panama Canal Treaty|Panama Canal Treaty]].
*The mention of [[Wikipedia: jazz|jazz]] refers to jazz's association with wild living, corruption and illegal activity from the Prohibition era, and the fear/disdain with which it was viewed by polite society.
*'''Doo Whacka, Doo Whacka, Doo!''' is a reference to the [[wikipedia:Parachute Express|Parachute Express]] song of the same name.

===Fast Forward===

*Sickly Sam attempts the Charleston again in [[Sickly Sam's Big Outing]].
*Strong Bad is seen flying something like the Wright brothers' plane in this toon. The actual Wright brothers' plane would be seen briefly in [[highschool]].

== DVD Version ==
*The DVD version features '''two''' hidden creators' commentaries. To access them, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.
===First Commentary Transcript===
('''Commentary by (in order of appearance):''' [[Mike Chapman]], [[DaVinci's Notebook|Paul Sabourin]], [[DaVinci's Notebook|Storm DiCostanzo]], [[Matt Chapman]])

'''MIKE:''' ''{sounding muffled throughout}'' All right, so for this commentary we're on a four-way conference call.

'''PAUL:''' ''{also muffled}'' This is Paul Sabourin and Greg DiCostanzo; we are They Might Be Giants and we wrote this song.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' That's only partially true. They did write this song, but they're from DaVinci's Notebook!

'''PAUL:''' That's correct! We, uh, I— As I recall, we sort of stalked you guys, tracked you down in the early days of the website...

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, I gotta be honest, I was a little— the first couple times— 'cause I think you played a couple times in Atlanta and invited us to come, and we were like, "An a capella group?!"

'''STORM:''' ''{not muffled}'' ''{laughs}''

'''PAUL:''' Yeah, that's what we always get.

'''MATT:''' I remember thinking— it was after The Cheat Theme Song had been made and I just thought that it'd be funny if, I— if there was an Old-Timey jingle version of it. Originally it was going to be the jingle for the product that was this wooden The Sneak thing that you trail— like, kids trail behind them on a rope. Back in the, like, thirties?

'''PAUL:''' Uh, Storm, you took the first whack at it, right?

'''STORM:''' Yeah.

'''PAUL:''' Your— this is your baby, more or less.

'''STORM:''' Well, it started out that way. They gave us the— initiated the idea for it, and, you know, we're both big, me— me and Paul are both big fans of the Doo-wacka-doo stuff, and it kinda took on a life of its own.

'''MATT''' or '''MIKE:''' That's really big these days, the Doo-wacka-doo stuff.

'''PAUL:''' Oh yeah, it's coming back.

'''STORM:''' Oh man, the kids ...

'''MATT''' or '''MIKE:''' That's really big, I was watching the TV last night...

'''PAUL:''' Actually, I hear the minuet is going to be the next big thing. From the 1780's...

'''MATT''' or '''MIKE:''' We've got interactive minuets on this DVD.

'''STORM:''' Oh, wow.

'''PAUL:''' Uh, I love that we don't give a crap about historical continuity. You know, it's not all 1936, there's the Smoot-Hawley Tariff of, you know, 1890's or whatever.

'''MATT''' or '''MIKE:''' When you're a kid, if it's the words black and white, it's all the same time.

'''PAUL:''' That's right.

'''STORM:''' Exactly.

'''PAUL:''' Um, oh that, by the way, that head blowing up is my second favorite piece of animation.

'''MATT''' or '''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' That's right. Yeah, because The Cheat's head's always blowing up, so The Sneak's head has got to blow up.

'''PAUL:''' This being my first one, of the growing mustache and the beard spilling over. Just brilliant. Hello?

'''STORM:''' Hello?

'''PAUL:''' Now I've lost The Chaps.

'''STORM:''' Ok. Uh, whatever you did before, do it again.

'''MIKE:''' All right, Mike is here.

'''PAUL:''' Mike is here. Matt is here.

'''MIKE:''' Ooh, look. That Old-Timey version of Coach Z's name is the "Fort Wayne Locomotive".

'''PAUL:''' Is it?

'''STORM:''' ''{laughs}''

'''PAUL:''' ''{garbled}'' You do. I love that.

'''MIKE:''' It's never been revealed yet. It's actually written into a cartoon that we haven't done yet.

'''MATT:''' We love you guys.

'''PAUL:''' We love you guys. You're wonderful, and we await our check with bated breath.

===Second Commentary Transcript===
('''Commentary by:''' [[DaVinci's Notebook|Paul Sabourin]], [[Mike Chapman]], [[Matt Chapman]], [[DaVinci's Notebook|Storm DiCostanzo]])

'''STORM:''' Ok.

Hey, all right, welcome to the commentary.

'''STORM:''' So this is "The Ballad of the Sneak" as written by, uh, it was actually- Da Vinci's Notebook was credited, but it was actually ... Hello? Hello?

Matt from Homestar's Notebook, Storm, from Paul Runner.

The Sneak!

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, black and white, it was done in black and white.

'''MATT:''' I think Mike you should say that part about black and white again, I don't think they heard it.

'''STORM:''' Wait, so...

This is a black and white four-way conference call.

'''MATT:''' Say it really slow.

'''STORM:''' We didn't originally think this was going to be a black and white kind of deal.

Where's Storm?

'''STORM:''' They originally asked us for an old version of ...

Number nine, Number Nine.

Storm. Storm.

'''STORM:''' I'm right here.

Storm, say "black and white" really slow, I don't think they got that part.

'''STORM:''' Blaaaaaaaack annnnnnddd whiiiitttteeee.

Who is this? I didn't order this!

'''MATT:''' Ok, that's enough. We don't have time for you any more. We've gotta move on. I've got this magic trick I'd like to show you though.

'''STORM:''' So I did once...

'''MATT:''' This part was great, I remember Mike was out of town for this whole part.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, I was at a softball game, playing, uh, in New Jersey.

'''STORM:''' I can't hear the other guys right now, but um, I can't even see the video, in fact, because I can't run the recording software at the same time that I'm actually talking ''{sound of phone button being pressed}'' because I can't see it.

Paul? Paul? Paul?

'''STORM:''' Hello? Hello? Hello? Is that Missy? Is Missy there?

You're cutting out over Paul.

I was cutting out a star-shape out blue construction paper I thought.

Is this the show commentary we're doing?

'''STORM:''' Wait a second. No one said there was going to be anything about construction paper in the commentary.

...My Michelle.

Did you just say you wrote "My Michelle"?

Did you hear from our lawyers?

'''STORM:''' Is the video still on?

I'm one of your lawyers.

'''STORM:''' Is the video still on? Is the video still on?

Fluffy Puff, I love Fluffy Puff.

Someone's at the door.

'''STORM:''' Is the video still on?

Hello, um...

'''STORM:''' Number nine

Number nine.

'''STORM:''' Number nine.

No, this is great.

'''STORM:''' I buried Paul.

When does Pom Pom show up? I want Pom Pom.

'''STORM:''' I buried Paul.

At the count of three, at the count of three let's all, we'll introduce ourselves.

What?

'''STORM:''' What?

Ok.

'''STORM:''' I'll introduce you.

This is great.

Five, four

'''STORM:''' Three, two one. Um, that's Mike over there, um, and I'm Storm, and I'm still pissed off about the construction paper. And, is the video still on?

''{laughter}''

===Fun Facts===
* [[Wikipedia:Michelle (song)|My Michelle]] and [[Wikipedia:Revolution 9|Number Nine]] are both lines from songs by [[The Beatles]]. "I buried Paul" is a part of the [[Wikipedia:Paul Is Dead|Paul Is Dead]] conspiracy, and is the rumored final line of [[Wikipedia:Strawberry Fields Forever|Strawberry Fields Forever]], also by the Beatles. The actual line is "cranberry sauce." Number Nine is also part of the Paul Is Dead conspiracy.

== See Also ==
*The [[Ballad of The Sneak Visuals|visuals]] that occur during the film.
*[[DaVinci's Notebook#The Making of Ballad of The Sneak|The Making of ''Ballad of The Sneak'']]

==Youtube Version==

The video is called "sneakvideo yt".

== External Links ==
{{extlinks|sneakvideo|youtube=SEkqtMw4aYs}}
*[http://www.paulandstorm.com/sounds/newstuff/TheBalladofTheSneak.mp3 Download a higher-quality version of the audio from Paul and Storm's website]

[[Category:Shorts]][[Category:Old-Timey]][[Category:Songs]][[Category:DVD Commentary]]

Sloshybowl

StarFox — Tue, 04 Jun 2019 17:33:36 GMT

StarFox: /* External Links */

{{toonnav|Holiday Toon|sloshybowl|Trogday 08|Sickly Sam's Big Outing}}
[[Image:Sloshybowl.png|thumb|"Give it up for the popular music stylings of... ''sloshy?''"]]
sloshy hosts the Super Bowl halftime show.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[sloshy]], {{film|Strong Sad}}

'''Places:''' [[Basement of the Brothers Strong]]

'''Date:''' Sunday, February 3, 2008

'''Running Time:''' 1:33

'''Page Title:''' Futbol Americano en Espanol!

== Transcript ==
'''ANNOUNCER:''' And now, ladies and gentlemen, for your halftime entertainment and delight, please give it up for the popular musical stylings of ''{surprised}'' sloshy?

''{audience groans}''

''{Strong Sad is seated on the couch in the basement, wearing his sloshy T-shirt, watching the program.}''

'''SLOSHY:''' Uh uh uh uh uh uh uh 
American football championship! (Game!) 
American football championship! (Game!) 

''{Strong Sad begins to nod rhythmically to the music.}''

'''SLOSHY:''' American football championship! (Game!) 
American football championship! (Game!) 

I've got no money riding on this one! (He's got no money riding on this one.) 
I've got no money riding on this one! (He's got exactly zero dollars riding on this one.) 
I've got no money riding on this one! (None.) 
I've got no money riding on this one! 

''{Strong Sad raises his right index finger in the air, closes his eyes, bows his head, and nods more intently.}''

'''SLOSHY:''' Oh, American football championship game! 
American football championship game! 
American football championship game! 
America! America! America! America! 
Game! (Game.)

'''AUDIENCE:''' ''{Cheers}''

'''SECOND SLOSHY MEMBER:''' We played soccer in high school.

'''STRONG SAD:''' Woooo! ''{lifts up his shirt revealing the sloshy logo on his chest}''

''{Strong Sad gets hit in the head with a soccer ball.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Ow!

''{The audience on the TV hold up cards with the sloshy logo}''

==Easter Eggs==
*Click on the [[Telebision]] screen at the end of the toon, and the sloshy logo will turn into a [[Chuck Taylor All-Stars|Chuck Taylor sneaker]]. Once clicked, it can't be clicked again to turn back into the sloshy logo.

==Fun Facts==
===Explanations===
*The lyrics about having "no money riding on this one" refers to the common practice of [[Wikipedia:betting|betting]] on the [[Wikipedia:Super Bowl|Super Bowl]].
*"We played soccer in high school" refers to [[Wikipedia:soccer|soccer]] being known as football in most countries.

===Trivia===
*The page title translates to "American Football in [[Spanish]]!" though "Futbol" is missing the accent mark on the "u" and "Espanol" is missing the tilde over the "n".
*This toon was released on the same day as [[Wikipedia:Super_Bowl_XLII|Super Bowl XLII]].

===Inside References===
*The loading screen reads "LOADiNG", a use of [[Lowercase i's]].
*"American Football Championship Game" (which avoids the trademarked name "Super Bowl") is another use of [[Nondescript Nouns]].

==YouTube Version==
*The Easter egg is absent.

==External Links==
{{extlinks|sloshybowl|13512|youtube=yyedP8fhLgY}}

[[Category:Holiday Toons]][[Category:sloshy]]

Sloshybowl

StarFox — Tue, 04 Jun 2019 17:32:39 GMT

StarFox: /* Explanations */

{{toonnav|Holiday Toon|sloshybowl|Trogday 08|Sickly Sam's Big Outing}}
[[Image:Sloshybowl.png|thumb|"Give it up for the popular music stylings of... ''sloshy?''"]]
sloshy hosts the Super Bowl halftime show.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[sloshy]], {{film|Strong Sad}}

'''Places:''' [[Basement of the Brothers Strong]]

'''Date:''' Sunday, February 3, 2008

'''Running Time:''' 1:33

'''Page Title:''' Futbol Americano en Espanol!

== Transcript ==
'''ANNOUNCER:''' And now, ladies and gentlemen, for your halftime entertainment and delight, please give it up for the popular musical stylings of ''{surprised}'' sloshy?

''{audience groans}''

''{Strong Sad is seated on the couch in the basement, wearing his sloshy T-shirt, watching the program.}''

'''SLOSHY:''' Uh uh uh uh uh uh uh 
American football championship! (Game!) 
American football championship! (Game!) 

''{Strong Sad begins to nod rhythmically to the music.}''

'''SLOSHY:''' American football championship! (Game!) 
American football championship! (Game!) 

I've got no money riding on this one! (He's got no money riding on this one.) 
I've got no money riding on this one! (He's got exactly zero dollars riding on this one.) 
I've got no money riding on this one! (None.) 
I've got no money riding on this one! 

''{Strong Sad raises his right index finger in the air, closes his eyes, bows his head, and nods more intently.}''

'''SLOSHY:''' Oh, American football championship game! 
American football championship game! 
American football championship game! 
America! America! America! America! 
Game! (Game.)

'''AUDIENCE:''' ''{Cheers}''

'''SECOND SLOSHY MEMBER:''' We played soccer in high school.

'''STRONG SAD:''' Woooo! ''{lifts up his shirt revealing the sloshy logo on his chest}''

''{Strong Sad gets hit in the head with a soccer ball.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Ow!

''{The audience on the TV hold up cards with the sloshy logo}''

==Easter Eggs==
*Click on the [[Telebision]] screen at the end of the toon, and the sloshy logo will turn into a [[Chuck Taylor All-Stars|Chuck Taylor sneaker]]. Once clicked, it can't be clicked again to turn back into the sloshy logo.

==Fun Facts==
===Explanations===
*The lyrics about having "no money riding on this one" refers to the common practice of [[Wikipedia:betting|betting]] on the [[Wikipedia:Super Bowl|Super Bowl]].
*"We played soccer in high school" refers to [[Wikipedia:soccer|soccer]] being known as football in most countries.

===Trivia===
*The page title translates to "American Football in [[Spanish]]!" though "Futbol" is missing the accent mark on the "u" and "Espanol" is missing the tilde over the "n".
*This toon was released on the same day as [[Wikipedia:Super_Bowl_XLII|Super Bowl XLII]].

===Inside References===
*The loading screen reads "LOADiNG", a use of [[Lowercase i's]].
*"American Football Championship Game" (which avoids the trademarked name "Super Bowl") is another use of [[Nondescript Nouns]].

==External Links==
{{extlinks|sloshybowl|13512|youtube=yyedP8fhLgY}}

[[Category:Holiday Toons]][[Category:sloshy]]

Internet Slang

StarFox — Mon, 27 May 2019 16:57:43 GMT

StarFox: /* Teen Girl Squad */

[[Image:Leetspeak.png|thumb|"Puh-owned! Or however you say that..."]]

'''[[Wikipedia:Internet slang|Internet Slang]]''' has appeared in various forms throughout the [[Homestar Runner universe]], including '''[[Wikipedia:Leet|1337]]''' (a variation of written language that substitutes various numbers and symbols for letters). The first use of Internet Slang appeared in the [[Strong Bad Email]] "[[i she be]]". Internet slang is commonly used in [[graffiti]].

{{clear}}

== [[Teen Girl Squad]] ==

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"
|- style="background-color:#eee;"
! Word/Phrase !! What It Means !! Context !! Appears In
|-
| align=center | '''T33n G1rl Squ4dx0rx!!'''
| align=center | Teen Girl Squad
| Displayed in the title bar.
| nowrap | [[Teen Girl Squad|Teen Girl Squad Menu]]
|-
| align=center | '''[[wiktionary: w00t|w00t!]]''', '''woot!'''
| align=center | "All right!", "Okay!" or similar
| The girls say this in response to [[Cheerleader]] finding a fashion magazine. In issue 5, the former [[presidents]] all say this in sequence after [[So and So]] asks if they'd like to go tandem parasailing with her.
| nowrap | [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 2]], [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 5]]
|-
| align=center | '''My card is totally max0rzed!'''
| align=center | My card is totally maxed!
| [[Cheerleader]] says this while wearing an elephant head at [[Teen Girl Squad Locations#The Mall|the mall]].
| nowrap | [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 3]]
|-
| align=center | '''pØwned!'''
| align=center | [[Wikipedia:Pwn|Pwned!]]
| Used when So and So is crushed by a [[Wikipedia:List of Mario series characters#Koopa Troopa|Koopa]] shell. [[Strong Bad]] is not quite sure how to pronounce it.
| nowrap | [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 10]]
|-
| align=center | '''p4wned!'''
| align=center | Pawned!
| [[Tompkins]] says this immediately after [[Manolios Ugly One]] advertises his store at [[The Ugly One]]'s birthday party.
| nowrap | [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 10]]
|-
| align=center | '''teh'''
| align=center | the
| [[Cheerleader]] says "Your stepmoms is teh fascist" in response to [[So and So]] saying that Judith is making her get a job at shirt folding store.
| nowrap | [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 11]]
|-
| align=center | '''Hy, Clas Prez! Cn i B Yr VLNT9?'''
| align=center | Hey, class president! Can I be your Valentine?
| [[Cheerleader]] texts this to the Class president on Valentine's Day.
| nowrap | [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 12]]
|-
| align=center | '''Def. U R A ttl haw-T.'''
| align=center | Definitely. You are a total hottie.
| This is [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Class Prez|Class Prez]]'s response to the above text message from [[Cheerleader]].
| nowrap | [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 12]]
|-
| align=center | '''U ROOL! KO)->'''
| align=center | You rule! a heart, frontways cupid.
| This is [[Cheerleader]]'s response to the above text message from [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Class Prez|Class Prez]]. Class Prez then asks what she means when saying he's "less than B". The [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Wireless Wizard|Wireless Wizard]] then appears and asks what >KO)-> is. Cheerleader claims it is a "frontways cupid", but the Wizard thinks it looks more like a [[USB dongle goblin]].
| nowrap | [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 12]]
|-
| align=center | '''TTYL'''
| align=center | Talk to you later
| This is [[Cheerleader]]'s goodbye when a USB Dongle Goblin decapitates her and [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Class Prez|Class Prez]].
| nowrap | [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 12]]
|-
| align=center | '''I won't BRB
| align=center | I won't be right back
| [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Class Prez|Class Prez]] says "I won't BRB!" after [[Cheerleader]] tells him "TTYL" (or "talk to you later"). This was his goodbye, as the two had both been recently decapitated by a USB Dongle Goblin.
| nowrap | [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 12]]
|-
| align=center | '''n00b'''
| align=center | Someone who acts unintelligent on the internet
| When the wolf is given to a girl in scene 3, the girl calls Anubis "A-n00b-is you!". Later, when Anubis kills the girl, Narrator Strong Bad says "CURSE OF THE GODS! THE NEW ALBUM FROM A-N00B-IS!!!".
| nowrap | [[Strong Badia the Free]]:[[Cave Girl Squad]]
|}

== [[Strong Bad Email]] ==

{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! Word/Phrase !! What It Means !! Context !! Appears In
|-
| align=center | '''gr8lookinggrrl, LOL, OMG, L8r'''
| align=center | "Great Looking Girl", "Laughing Out Loud", "Oh My God, Oh My Gosh, etc.", "Later" (respectively)
| Seen in the instant-message conversation between [[The Cheat]] and gr8lookinggrrl.
| nowrap | [[i she be]]
|-
| align=center | '''g2g, roxors, lmao'''
| align=center | "Got to Go", "Rocks", "Laughing My [[Swears|<nowiki>***</nowiki>]] Off" (respectively)
| Seen in the instant-messages by Strong Bad's "ladies".
| nowrap | [[sugarbob]]
|-
| align=center | '''733t3d'''
| align=center | Leeted or Teeted
| [[Homestar Runner]] types this along with a [[50 emails#Homestar's attempts at DELETED|bunch of other words]] while attempting to [[DELETED|DELETE]] an email on Strong Bad's computer.
| nowrap | [[50 emails]]
|-
| align=center | '''g2g'''
| align=center | "Got to Go"
| Used in the sender's signature.
| nowrap | [[dragon]]
|-
| align=center | '''hooray4dolphins'''
| align=center | Hooray For Dolphins
| This was supposedly [[Marzipan|Marzipan's]] [[Contacts|screen name]] on an Instant Messenger program while Strong Bad was trying to respond to his email.
| nowrap | [[marzipan]]
|-
| align=center | '''M4RZIP4N'''
| align=center | Marzipan
| Strong Bad types this to pull up Marzipan's picture on the [[Compy 386]].
| nowrap | [[big white face]]
|-
| align=center | '''Teh'''
| align=center | The
| The Cheat signs his emails with "Teh C."
| nowrap | [[cheatday]]
|-
| align=center | '''The Ch8t'''
| align=center | The Cheat
| The Cheat's Cheatventures in [[Moses MaloneLand]], mile Easter Egg.
| nowrap | [[bedtime story]], [[mile]]
|-
| align=center | '''St8K DiNNeR'''
| align=center | [[Steak]] Dinner
| Strong Bad spray paints this on Marzipan.
| nowrap | [[origins]]
|-
| align=center | '''4rt b4ndit'''
| align=center | Art bandit
| Printed on a shirt worn by The Cheat while he defaces a portrait of Strong Bad.
| nowrap | [[portrait]]
|-
| align=center | '''4actor Z'''
| align=center | Factor Z
| Graffiti on the shutter of Bubs' Concession Stand when Bubs closes it in outrage.
| nowrap | [[narrator]]
|-
| align=center | '''4, I3, (, I>, 3, I=, 6, #, 1'''
| align=center | A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I
| Above the chalkboard in Marzipan's classroom.
| nowrap | [[coloring]]
|-
| align=center | '''cL0Bb3R!'''
| align=center | Clobber!
| In the last panel of the [[Dullard]] strip
| nowrap | [[4 branches]]
|-
| align=center | '''B4KDØR H4XXØR'''
| align=center | Backdoor hacker
| In the bottom right corner of the [[On Point Kings]] pamphlet, laid out using a pirated version of Quark Xpress.
| nowrap | [[more armies]]
|-
| align=center | '''TH3 3ND'''
| align=center | The End
| Above the last panel of Strong Bad's first thought-up comic
| nowrap | [[web comics]]
|-
| align=center | '''Cuz'''
| align=center | Because
| Strong Bad types and says "Cuz I'm finally taking you out for those hushpuppies you always wanted!" to the Lappy
| nowrap | [[retirement]]
|-
| align=center | '''WTC'''
| align=center | What the [[Crap]]
| Strong Bad exclaims this in shock that his 200th email is addressed to Homestar. This is a take on [[Swears|WTF]].
| nowrap | [[email thunder]]
|-
|}

== Other ==
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! Word/Phrase !! What It Means !! Context !! Appears In
|-
| align=center | '''D8'''
| align=center | Date
| Used in the Toons Menu's three-letter channel ID for [[Date Nite]].
| wrap | [[TV Time Toons Menu]]
|-
| align=center | '''ROTF, FYI'''
| align=center | "Rolling On The Floor", "For Your Information" (respectively)
| Phrases exchanged between Homestar and Strong Bad.
| nowrap | [[Biz Cas Fri 3]]
|-
| align=center | '''DJ Teh Cheat'''
| align=center | DJ The Cheat
| [[The Cheat]]'s professional name; he styles himself this way to mix records and DJ at [[Club Technochocolate]].
| wrap | [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 13.2]] (Easter egg), [[geddup noise]]
|-
| align=center | '''PLZ'''
| align=center | Please
| Used in Homestar's "text message" to Marzipan.
| nowrap | [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 13.2]]
|-
| align=center | '''OMG'''
| align=center | Oh My God, Oh My Gosh, etc.
| Used when you get the coins from the log.
| nowrap | [[Thy Dungeonman 3]]
|-
| align=center | '''JAN8OR'''
| align=center | Janitor
| Seen on Coach Z's mop bucket.
| nowrap | [[Rap Song]]
|-
| align=center | '''HAXXORED!'''
| align=center | Hacked, broken into (could also mean "[['d|hackered]]")
| Seen over [[Tompkins]]' website.
| nowrap | [[4 Gregs]]
|-
| align=center | '''Ch8t'''
| align=center | Edgy revamp of "The Cheat"
| The [[Xeriouxly Forxe]] version of The Cheat.
| nowrap | [[ Xeriouxly Forxe]]
|-
| align=center |'''Jrk '''
| align=center | jerk
| [[Coach Z]] has a sign that says [[King Of Town|KOT]] = JRK
| [[ Strong Badia The Free ]]

[[Category:Electronics running gags]][[Category:Lists]]

One Two, One Two

StarFox — Thu, 23 May 2019 17:31:10 GMT

StarFox: /* Real-World References */

{{toonnav|Shorts|onetwo|Sbemail 169 Deleted Scene|Ever and More!}}
[[Image:One Two.png|thumb|"One, two, one, two..."]]

A music video composed of sounds made by all the main characters.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|The Poopsmith}}, {{Film|Bubs}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|The King of Town}}, {{Film|Pom Pom}}, {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Homsar}}, {{Film|Marzipan}}

'''Places:''' [[The Field]], [[The King of Town's Grill]], [[The King of Town's Castle]], [[Bubs' Concession Stand]], [[Gymnasium]], [[Marshmallow's Last Stand (place)|Marshmallow's Last Stand]], [[Club Technochocolate]], [[Bathroom of the Brothers Strong]], [[Outer Space]]

'''Date:''' Monday, May 28, 2007

'''Running Time:''' 1:31

'''Page Title:''' Lookout World!

{{dvd|Everything Else, Volume 3}}

==Transcript==
''{Open to Homestar walking in The Field.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' One two, one two, one two, one two... ''{continues in background}''

''{Cut to a first-person view of Strong Mad lifting the cover off The King of Town's grill to reveal The Cheat.}''

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{angry The Cheat noise}''

''{Strong Mad replaces the cover; his reflection is clearly visible}''

'''STRONG MAD:''' GAH!

''{This set of sounds continues in the background; cut to The Poopsmith patting a pile of whatsit with a shovel. As he does, noises are generated.}''

''{Noise continues in background again; cut back to Strong Mad.}''

'''STRONG MAD:''' GAH!

''{All three noises are still playing in background; cut to Bubs using a meat grinder to grind various things into sausages}''

'''BUBS:''' Ooh! Ah! A-reek-a-deek-a-deek-a-deek-a-deek-a-deek-a-deek-a-deek-a...

''{Cut to a 4-way screen split of the four scenes currently going on, sound effects continue.}''

''{Cut back to The Poopsmith. He continues to make noises with the whatsit. Cut to Strong Sad and Coach Z in the gymnasium.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Here I go! ''{pats his belly to make noise; scoreboard buzzes}''

'''COACH Z:''' Atta boy!

''{This continues in the background (without Strong Sad saying "Here I go"); cut to The King of Town eating marshmallows.}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' ''{eating noises}''

''{Eating noises continue in the background; cut back to Homestar Runner walking.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' One, two...

''{Cut to Coach Z and Strong Sad.}''

'''COACH Z:''' Atta boy!

''{Cut to Pom Pom at Club Technochocolate; he is throwing 100 dollar bills into the air, making bouncing noises.}''

''{Sound effects continue in the background; cut to Bubs}''

'''BUBS:''' A-reek-a-deek-a-deek-a-deek-a-deek...

''{Cut to Strong Bad in the shower, using a showerbrush as a microphone.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' I'm a woman on the prowl and I stick up for myself! The city is at night and I'm-

''{Cut to a 3-way screen split of Pom Pom, Strong Mad and The Cheat, and Homestar.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' -''dancin'!'' ''Dancin'!''

''{Cut back to Strong Bad}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Homsar solo!

''{All sound effects temporarily cease; cut to Homsar in a starry background.}''

'''HOMSAR:''' ''{vaguely similar to the song Strong Bad was singing}''
AaAaAaA! OurAaAaA! ''{his hat floats around the screen}'' UrAaAaAaA, Uwarwarwarwar! A-way-way-way-waa!

''{All sound effects resume; cut to Marzipan playing Carol.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{guitar riff}''

''{Sound effects continue; cut to a 4-way screen split of Pom Pom, Bubs, Marzipan and Homestar. Cut to Strong Bad.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Look out, world! I'm an independent girl!

''{On each of the next 5 beats, we cut to The Poopsmith, Strong Sad and Coach Z, The King of Town, Strong Mad and The Cheat, and then Pom Pom.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Rollin' around like a motorcade!

''{Cut to a 4-way vertical screen split of Homsar, The King of Town, Marzipan and Homestar. Then cut to Bubs.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Look out, world!

''{Cut to a 4-way screen split of Strong Mad and The Cheat, Strong Bad, Strong Sad and Coach Z, and Pom Pom}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I'm an independent girl! ''{sound effects stop; zoom in on Strong Bad's square}'' ''{out of key}'' You can meet me down at the arcade! ''{no longer singing}'' Whoa! Need to get the acoustics checked out in here... ''{taps the brush he is holding, making a sound like tapping a microphone}'' Is this thing broken?

''{fade out}''

''{The word "END." appears with "MIX YOUR OWN STYLE" written under it. Click on "MIX YOUR OWN STYLE" to go to the [[MixMastah 800]].}''

==Fun Facts==
===Explanations===
*A [[wikipedia:Motorcade|motorcade]] is a procession of cars leading a VIP, usually a political figure, down a main road.

===Trivia===
*When this toon was first released, the MixMastah was loaded into the toon's Flash file, and would automatically appear at the end. Later on, the toon was modified to make the user click a link in order to reach the MixMastah in a separate page instead.
*The items Bubs grinds into sausages include (in order) a [[steak]], a tennis ball, and a [[General Tso's Chicken|Chinese food]] carton.
*Marzipan is the only main character whose face is not shown in this short.
*This is the toon with the most sketches uploaded to the [[Sketchbook]] (see [[One Two, One Two#Inside References|Inside References]] below).
*This is the only short with all twelve main characters in it, aside from the DVD version of the [[Theme Song Video]].

===Remarks===
*Homestar doesn't say "one, two" in perfect time with his walking.
*The [[Showering|shower]] Strong Bad is in looks exactly like the one on [[Main Page 14]].
*Bubs is making sausages that are already in their casings and split into links by using nothing but a meat grinder. In real life, one has to stuff the casings and twist them into sausages after grinding the meat.
*Strong Bad wears a shower cap even though he said in [[haircut]] that he doesn't have any hair.
*The [[The King of Town's grill|grill]] makes a shutting sound even when Strong Mad opens it.
*[[Carol]] is either an [[Wikipedia:Electric acoustic guitar|electric acoustic guitar]] or is being amplified by equipment off-camera, so that the [[Wikipedia:Distortion (music)|distortion effect]] can be produced.
*Even though Strong Bad is in the shower the entire time he is singing, the sound of the shower running doesn't play until the very end of the toon.
*Marzipan is playing her guitar in the key of E minor.
*The guitar riff Marzipan plays is very similar to the chord progression of [[youtube:JIrm0dHbCDU|Depeche Mode's 1987 song "Strangelove"]], though it's unknown whether this is intentional.



===Goofs===
*In the page title, "Look out" is misspelled as "Lookout".
*The scoreboard is incorrect both times when the scene returns to Strong Sad and Coach Z toward the end. It should read 17 and then 20, but instead it reads 13 and then 18.
*In some shots when Strong Mad is lifting the lid off the Cheat's house, part of the reflection of his legs in the grill is cut off.
*When the Poopsmith shovels the pile of whatsit, the pieces of whatsit that are away from the pile move also.


===Fixed Goofs===
*When released, this toon had an "Again?" button, but clicking it would cause all the sounds from the MixMastah to continue playing with the replayed toon. The "Again?" button was removed to prevent this issue.
*Before, at one part when The King of Town is eating his marshmallows one would appear to go under and outside his mustache when he eats it.
*In the MixMastah, Pom Pom's sound effect loop also included The Poopsmith's loop. This was fixed when the MixMastah was separated from the main toon.
*At one point, during a cut to Strong Sad and Coach Z, the score on the scoreboard changed from 12 to 2 for a single frame before changing to 13. Also, when it was 13, it just barely stuck out of the box. This has been corrected.


===Inside References===
[[Image:Sketchbook060727.png|thumb|Keep on truckin'!]]
*Homestar Runner's animation is based on a [[Sketchbook 2006#SK-2006-07-27|Weekly Sketchbook]] image, and was previously shown at the [[Georgia Tech - 26 Apr 2007|Georgia Tech talk]]. A [[graffiti]] image of Coach Z seen behind Strong Sad was also from a [[Sketchbook 2007#SK-2007-05-24|Sketchbook]] image.
*Bubs puts a tennis ball in the meat grinder, presumably leading to [[eating non-food items]].
*The starry background in the Homsar solo was previously seen in an Easter egg in [[ghosts]].
*This is another example of the word [[style]].
*Striking Strong Sad's belly scores points in the [[Peg Strong Sad]] game.
**Scoring points for hitting Strong Sad's Belly is also seen in [[A Jorb Well Done]].
*Homestar Runner's walking animation is similar to Coach Z's in the video for [[These Peoples Try to Fade Me]].
*Strong Bad's song is another instance of [[gender confusion]].
**It's also another instance of [[Singing Out Of Tune|singing in the wrong key]].
*One of the objects Bubs uses in his grinder is the [[General Tso's Chicken]] box.
*Homsar's hat visibly bounces off the edge of the screen during his solo, an instance of [[fourth wall breaks]].

===Real-World References===
*The way Homestar walks references the iconic [http://www.zubeworld.com/crumbmuseum/truckin.html "Truckin'"] images by [[Wikipedia:Robert Crumb|R. Crumb]].
*The 'Fightin' Coach Z's' logo and the 180-degree angle of Coach Z's feet resemble [[Wikipedia:Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|Notre Dame]]'s 'Fighting Irish' logo.
*Pom Pom's money throwing is a reference to the "Makin' It Rain" technique employed by rappers.
*Strong Bad's song parodies women's empowerment disco songs as ''[[Wikipedia:I'm Every Woman|I'm Every Woman]]'' by [[Wikipedia:Whitney Houston|Whitney Houston]] and ''[[Wikipedia:I Will Survive|I Will Survive]]'' by [[Wikipedia:Gloria Gaynor|Gloria Gaynor]].

===Fast Forward===
*Homestar, Coach Z and Strong Bad start to make a similar song in an Easter egg for the email [[the paper]] before Strong Bad interrupts them.
*While showering, Homestar sings the "Independent Girl" song in [[Homestar Ruiner]].

==See Also==
*[[MixMastah 800]]

==YouTube Version==
*The [[YouTube]] description for this video is "The sights and sounds of Free Country USA combine to make a sweet, sweet song. Or maybe a musical mess."
*The shower doesn't make any noise after everyone but Strong Bad stops making music.

==DVD Version==
*The view of Marzipan playing Carol stays still compared to the shaking version.
*The MixMastah 800 feature has been removed.
*The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.

=== Commentary Transcript ===
('''Commentary by:''' [[Mike Chapman]], [[Matt Chapman]])

'''MATT:''' ''{in an effeminate voice}'' This was fun to make! Yes, I agree, I— I enjoyed making this! Uh, The Chet—

'''MIKE:''' All right, stop talking in that dumb voice!

'''MATT:''' ''{laughs}'' Uh, what w—

'''MIKE:''' It's like that scene in Delicatessen. Right?

'''MATT:''' Yeah, but everybody in the hotel is making some kind of musics.  ''{pause}'' I don't wanna ever eat any of Bubs's sausage, Mike.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' What all do they have in there? A tennis ball—

'''MATT:''' A tennis ball. There is some steak and some Chinese food, which is good. There's an apple, which is good in sausage.

'''MIKE:''' Whoever knew that the team everybody played for was the Fightin' Coach Z's?

'''MATT:''' ''{laughs}'' I, uh— I looked up on the web— I looked up stock footage of money falling.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}''

'''MATT:''' To base that money falling on.

'''MIKE:''' That exists?

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Stock footage of money falling?

'''MATT:''' Mm-hmm. It wasn't even on YouTube. It was on— it was just on some stock footage— Look he's the master of time and space! He should be singing, uh—

'''MIKE:''' ''Have You Seen the Ghost of John?''

'''MATT:''' Yeah. Oh! I remember trying to make that scene be— where it looked like there was a camera on the end of Marzipan's guitar—

'''MIKE:''' Like just moving around?

'''MATT:''' Yeah, like people do on— in concert videos, but it looked really weird. I wasn't able to achieve... what I wanted.

'''MIKE:''' Who do you think that song is originally by that Strong Bad's singing?

'''MATT:''' I don't know. Some lady— a very independent lady.

'''MIKE:''' From 1987, maybe?

'''MATT:''' Mm-hmm.

{{dvdproofread}}

===Fun Facts===
*This is another mention of [[1987]].
*Matt's calling Homsar "the master of time and space" is also a reference to [[ghosts]], prompted by the reuse of the background. Strong Sad used this phrase while in front of the starry sky in that toon, in which he partially sang ''Have You Seen the Ghost of John''.
*[[Wikipedia:Delicatessen (film)|Delicatessen]] was a 1991 film including a scene in which, like in this toon, various characters are performing some rhythmic/musical activity in sync with each other.

== External Links ==
{{extlinks|onetwo|11543|youtube=dExUFSLCBYk}}
* [[HR:onetwomixer.html|view the "MixMastah 800"]]
* [[HR:onetwomixer.swf|view the Flash file for the "MixMastah 800"]]

[[Category:Shorts]][[Category:Songs]][[Category:DVD Commentary]]

An Important Rap Song

StarFox — Thu, 23 May 2019 04:46:05 GMT

StarFox: /* Goofs */

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[[Image:AnImportantRapSong.PNG|thumb|200px|"Kidz, don't play wit' 2 many knives!"]]
Crack Stuntman has an important message.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Gunhaver}}, {{Film|Fightgar}}, {{Film|Firebert}}, {{Film|Blue Laser Commander}}, {{Film|Blue Laser Minion}}, {{Film|Silent Rip}}, {{Film|Crackotage}}, [[Flashfight]], {{Film|Reynold}}, {{Film|Ripberger}}, {{film|Crack Stuntman}}, [[Reynold's Brother]], [[Foxface]]

'''Places:''' [[Cheat Commandos HQ]], [[Blue Laser Cottage]], [[The Beach]]

'''Date:''' Monday, March 26, 2007

'''Running Time:''' 2:01

'''Page Title:''' We now return to the REAL Cheat Commandos!

{{dvd|Everything Else, Volume 3}}

==Transcript==
''{Scene opens to a VCR-like opening screen with static at the top and "PLAY" and a timer going up from "0:20:14." The tracking lines gradually disappear.}

'''GUNHAVER:''' ''{standing next to Fightgar and Firebert}'' —pants back on, Blue Laser!

''{Cut to Blue Laser Commander holding his pair of pants up while not wearing any.}''

'''BLUE LASER COMMANDER:''' How could you ''possibly'' refer to these as ''PANTS''?

''{Cut back to the Commandos}''

'''GUNHAVER:''' Ahahaha! ''{turns to other Commandos; suppresses laughter}'' Cheat Commandos... riggidy-roll!

''{The other Commandos look confused and surprised. Cut to Silent Rip.}''

'''SILENT RIP:''' Uh... that's not what we usually say—

''{Cut back to Gunhaver}''

'''GUNHAVER:''' Yeah whatever, ''{background music stops}'' it's riggidy-roll from now on.

''{Cut to usual end screen, "Buy All Our Playsets and Toys!!" appears on the screen and is sung to music. The text "created by [[A. Chimendez]]" appears at the bottom. "Riggidy Roll" is carved into the plinth that Gunhaver stands on instead of "Rock Rock On" as usual, and the characters at the bottom seem confused.}''

'''SINGERS:''' Buy all our playsets and toys!

''{Cut to pink screen with a guy with a green shirt with "CRACK" on his shirt pocket}''

'''CRACK STUNTMAN:''' Hi kids. ''{lunges at screen}'' BLAAAAH'm Crack Stuntman. ''{places hand on chest.}'' I'm the voice of the ''{removes hand from chest}'' gun-shaver on Cheat Commandos! Here with an important rap song about safety ''{holds up 1 finger}'' and spring break. ''{holds up another finger}'' ''{points offscreen}'' Bust it! ''{music starts playing, Crack's head bobs to the beat}''

'''CRACK STUNTMAN:''' 
Well you're a rich kid, living in the suburbs, 
and there's not a whole lot to do. 
You stroll into the kitchen and what do you find? 
A bunch of knives cold staring at you!

So, 
Kidz, don't play wit' 2 many knives. 
C'mon, c'mon. 
Crack Stuntman gonna ''save'' some lives.

Awwwwwww...

It's spring break, 
Girlies running wild, 
Jet to the beach 
wearin' the freshest styles. 
Meet a bunch of kids from Alabama! 
Beach volleyball slammajamma! 
Putt-putt, go carts, bungee-jumpin'! 
Crack Stuntman keeps the bass pumpin'!

Poo-ha-huh-ha-huh, 
Poo-ha-huh-ha-huh. 
Poo-ha-huh-ha-huh, 
Poo-ha-huh-ha-huh. 
Poo-ha-huh-ha-huh, 
Poo-ha-huh-ha-huh. 
Poo-poo-ha-ha-ha-ha-huh-ha-huh.

Holla for a dolla! 
Shout for some clout! 
Somebody say holla for a dolla! 
Let's turn this party out!

Bonfire on the beach and people start to dance, 
Find a fly girlie for some beach romance. 
But then a fresh honey comes walkin' by. 
How can a man choose between fresh and fly? 
''(spoken)'' And believe me, there ''is'' a difference!

Throw your hands in the air for some high-fives, 
and kidz, don't play wit' 2 many knives.

And I am out!

''{Cut to a gray background where the words "Download All Our Number One Jams!!" appear in white on a gray background. The Cheat Commandos theme music plays.}''

'''SINGERS:''' Download all our number one jams!

==Fun Facts==

===Explanations===
*This toon is a parody of various [[Wikipedia:Public service announcement|public service announcements]] seen at the end of Saturday morning cartoon shows in the eighties and nineties such as ''[[Wikipedia:G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (TV series)|G.I. Joe]]'' and ''[[Wikipedia:Captain Planet|Captain Planet]]''. These announcements generally convey messages against things such as drug use and littering, and usually feature characters from the cartoon.
*"Fresh" in this case means "first rate", while "fly" means "stylish".

===Trivia===
*This is the first toon in which Foxface has been animated.
*The [[Wikipedia:Serial number|serial number]] on the dollar bill that appears during the rap is 34678234678 on the left side and 67834jq8nds on the right. On a real American dollar bill the serial number would be the same on both sides, and the letters would be capitalized.
*The background beat of the song was made with a [[Wikipedia:TR-909|TR-909]] drum machine.
*The summary for the [[Podstar Runner]] RSS feed reads, "Crack Stuntman drops science and knife moderation."

===Remarks===
*The Blue Laser Commander asks, "How could you possibly refer to these as pants?" but his minions implied that the clothes in question are indeed pants in [[Commandos in the Classroom]]. Fightgar was asked by a Blue Laser Minion to "put these wine coolers down [his] pants", presumably in the same way that the two minions have wine coolers down their pants. However, when the Blue Laser Minion realizes that Fightgar isn't wearing pants he says, "...er, down your headband."
*The golf clubs displayed are not putters, which are commonly used for miniature golfing, as the song refers to.
*The sound in this toon is considerably higher quality than usual. This was also done in [[Homestar Presents: Presents]] and the character videos of [[The King of Town]] and [[Marzipan]].
*The rap song's overall rhythm and repetition of "come on, come on" is similar to Strong Bad's email song in the [[senior prom#Easter Eggs|Easter egg]] at the end of [[senior prom]].
*When the Cheat Commandos are at the bonfire, they are [[Flipped Images|flipped over]] and the "BL" logos on the Blue Laser members are reversed.
*Even after [[Eggs (toon)]] and [[from work]] were released two weeks later, the [[Main Page Message]] linking to this toon still read "new cartoon!"
**On April 13, it was changed to "2 many knives".
*The first displayed lyric in the syllabic section is "poo ha huh ha huh", but the second one is spelled "poo ha hoo ha hoo."

===Goofs===
*This toon's entry in the [[TV Time Toons Menu|Toons Menu]] incorrectly shows a running time of 2:19 in the "Shorts" section. The time is shown correctly in the "What's New" section.
*Crack Stuntman's second "Pistols for Pandas" visor and Blue Laser's uniform are just mirror images of the first ones, so the logos are reversed.
**This may be a reference to the trend within low budget, 1980s cartoons of simply mirroring animation.
*When Crack Stuntman's face appears on the dollar bill, the "Pistols for Pandas" logo on his visor disappears.
*In the line up of the Cheat Commandos at the start of the toon, Fightgar does not have his stubble.
*During the night scenes, the moon in the sky is full, but its reflection in the water is crescent.
*The YouTube version is titled "Important Rap Song".

===Inside References===
*The visors [[Crack Stuntman]] is wearing have [[Pistols For Pandas (organization)|Pistols for Pandas]] logos on them.
*This is the second time Crack Stuntman has mispronounced [[Gunhaver's name]].
*Beach volleyball was previously mentioned in [[Shopping for Danger]].
*This toon makes reference to [[pants]].
*The paint splatter background during the "Poo-ha-huh-ha-huh" segment of the song is identical to one seen in [[modeling]].
*Reynold's brother finds several [[Big Knives]].
*This song is described as a "[[Number One Jam]]".
*There is an [[interrupted conversation]] at beginning of this cartoon.
*This is another example of [[dancing]].

===Real-World References===
*The page title is a reference to such cartoons as ''The Real [[Ghostbusters]]'' & ''[[Wikipedia:The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest|The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest]]''.

==See Also==
*The [[An Important Rap Song Visuals|visuals]] that occur during the rap song.

==YouTube Version==
*The [[YouTube]] description for this toon is "Crack Stuntman delivers a two-pronged message about knife safety and spring break."
*The message "Download All Our Number One Jams!!" is no longer present; the video ends after Crack Stuntman fades out.

==DVD Version==
*The message "Download All Our Number One Jams!!" is retained, but, for obvious reasons, you can no longer actually download the song.
*The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.

=== Commentary Transcript ===
('''Commentary by:''' [[Mike Chapman]], [[Fightgar]], [[Matt Chapman]])

'''FIGHTGAR:''' Here! This is a first.

'''MIKE:''' Oh!

'''FIGHTGAR:''' I'm going to do the commentary with Mike!

'''MIKE:''' All right, uh, hold on.

'''FIGHTGAR:''' You don't even know which one I am!

'''MIKE:''' Crackotage! You're Crackotage!

'''FIGHTGAR:''' No.

'''MIKE:''' Really?

'''FIGHTGAR:''' I don't think so, Mike.

'''MIKE:''' Uh, which one are you?

'''FIGHTGAR:''' Fightgar!

'''MIKE:''' Really? All right. You're the one with the bullets around your chest, right?

'''FIGHTGAR:''' 'S right. And I say, "Right, right, right, right, right."

'''MIKE:''' Look who it is!

'''FIGHTGAR:''' Who's that?

'''MIKE:''' That's, uh, Crack Stuntman. Who does your voice, by the way? Crack Stuntman does Gunhaver's voice. Who does your voice, Fightgar?

'''FIGHTGAR:''' Uh, Reno— Reynaldo Crake.

'''MIKE:''' Reynaldo Crake. I think you made that up.

'''FIGHTGAR:''' I may ha— It's true.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}''

'''FIGHTGAR:''' Uh...

'''MATT:''' All right, I'll stop.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Fightgar wasn't going to have a whole lot to say.

'''MATT:''' I didn't have a lot of mileage.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}''

'''MATT:''' So, uh, originally, Crack Stuntman was going to show up at the end of the, um, Commandos in the Classroom—

'''MIKE:''' Uh huh.

'''MATT:''' —and deliver an important message to the kids.

'''MIKE:''' Right.

'''MATT:''' In the— In the G.I. Joe PSA vein. Uh, but we didn't— we cut that scene. And then, uh— now, he— we decided to slip him into an answering machine and now here he is. He's since gone on to cameo in a Strong Bad Email, Mike!

'''MIKE:''' That's right.

'''MATT:''' Which is kind of what any secondary Homestar Runner character could wish for.

'''MIKE:''' Could hope for.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. ''{pause}'' There's Foxface. I think that's the first time we've seen animated Foxface, out of her—

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, we've seen her figurine.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. He's got a Pi— Pistols For Pandas visor on! Two of them!

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}''

'''MATT:''' Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!

'''MIKE:''' I like the idea of a rap song that's warning kids to, you know, like, "Be safe, but not too safe!"

'''MATT:''' Yeah, don't forget to party!

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

{{dvdproofread}}

=== Fun Facts ===
*Crack Stuntman's cameo in a Strong Bad Email occurred in [[original]].

==External Links==
{{extlinks|2manyknives|11038|youtube=bzJYW-xubRk}}
*[http://www.homestarrunner.com/songs/Too%20Many%20Knives.mp3 download the song "An Important Rap Song"]

{{CheatCommandos}}

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Onomatopoeia

StarFox — Thu, 23 May 2019 02:36:03 GMT

StarFox:

[[Image:Soapoperapaper.png|thumb|right|Preeeow...]]
A few '''[[Wikipedia:Onomatopoeia|onomatopoeic]]''' words have been coined in the [[Homestar Runner universe]].
{{clear}}
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
! Onomatopoeia !! Stands For !! Debuts As Onomatopoeia In
|-
| align=center | Bat! Bat! Bat! Bat! Bat! Bat! Bat!
| align=center | [[Thomas]] hitting [[What's Her Face]] with a bat
| align=center | [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 2]]
|-
| align=center | Chomp!
| align=center | [[The Ugly One]] cannonballing into a lion's mouth
| align=center | [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 6]]
|-
| align=center | Shomp!
| align=center | [[So and So]] doing a triple salchow into a lion's mouth
| align=center | [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 6]]
|-
| align=center | Shoop!
| align=center | [[Cheerleader]] doing a double double whipless mochaccino half caf into a lion's mouth
| align=center | [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 6]]
|-
| align=center | [[Preeeeow]]
| align=center | The sound that [[The Paper]] made
| align=center | [[autobiography]]
|-
| align=center | [[Voip]]
| align=center | Several noises, such as lasers or other beams
| align=center | [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 1]]
|-
| align=center | [[Dooj]]
| align=center | Explosion
| align=center | [[Strong Bad is a Bad Guy]]
|-
| align=center | [[SBLOUNSKCHED! Bar|Sblounskched!]]
| align=center | Squishing noise
| align=center | [[Strongest Man in the World]]
|-
| align=center | Meh
| align=center | Used for various noises [[The Cheat]] makes
| align=center | [[Peasant's Quest]]
|-
| align=center | Way-o, way-o
| align=center | Coach Z's description of [[The Geddup Noise]]
| align=center | [[geddup noise]]
|-
| align=center | (Heunh heownh heunh heownh) vvvvvt eangt clonk-a-donk
| align=center | The sound that [[New Paper]] makes
| align=center | [[the paper]]
|-
| align=center | Broodle-broodle-broodle blap-biddle-baddle!
| align=center | The sound Strong Bad's quadruple bass pedal would presumably make if he had one
| align=center | [[death metal]]
|-
| align=center | Jug jigga jug jigga jug jigga jug jigga jug jigga JAH JAH
| align=center | Basic rhythm guitar
| align=center | [[guitar]]
|-
| align=center | Meedley meedley meedley meedley meedley meedley meedley meedley meedley meedley meedley meedley MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
| align=center | Hot lixx way up high on the tiny strings
| align=center | [[guitar]]
|-
| align=center | Dou dow da dou da da DOU da dou da dou dou dou
| align=center | [[Strong Mad]]'s bass
| align=center | [[guitar]]
|-
| align=center | Boop boop boop boop boop boop boop boop boop boop boop boop boop boo
| align=center | [[The Cheat]]'s keyboard
| align=center | [[guitar]]
|-
| align=center | [[Douglas]]
| align=center | The sound of a sycamore tree branch scraping against a window in [[House of the Brothers Strong|Strong Bad's house]].
| align=center | [[cheat talk]]
|-
| align=center | Wah-Dlah! Wee-Dlah!
| align=center | Broken wheelchair on cobblestone
| align=center | [[Happy Hallow-day]]
|-
| align=center | Hort! Hort hooort! Hort hort!
| align=center | Spooky owl
| align=center | [[Happy Hallow-day]]
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| align=center | Cracket! Cracket-dadadadadadada!
| align=center | Creepy crickets
| align=center | [[Happy Hallow-day]]
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| align=center | Dwayne!
| align=center | [[Strong Bad]]'s signature shapeshifting noise
| align=center | [[shapeshifter]]
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| align=center | HONK SHOOoooo!!!
| align=center | [[Strong Bad]] snoring
| align=center | [[SBCG4AP Dev Blog]]: Concept art is a SCAM!
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| align=center | Shaheen
| align=center | The last name of an email sender, interpreted by Strong Bad as a sound effect.
| align=center | [[theme song]]
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| align=center | BAOW! FOM! FROOSH!
| align=center | What Strong Bad uses the abbreviation "BFF" for in the story
| align=center | [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 9]]
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| align=center | Mow-do-mow! Mow-do-mow! Moodly-mow, moodly-mow, moodly-mow! Meedly-meedly-meedly-mow, meedly-mow! Mow-do-mow! Mow-do-mow, mowdow, mow-dow-do-mow!
| align=center | Strong Bad's imitation of a guitar solo
| align=center | [[concert]]
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| align=center | THUCK!
| align=center | Impaling [[The King of Town]] with a spear
| align=center | [[being mean]]
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| align=center | Poink!
| align=center | Homestar removing a leaf from the groin of his own statue
| align=center | [[April Fool 2014]]
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| align=center | A synth bass
| align=center | [[Fish Eye Lens]]
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| align=center | Cathunk!
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| align=center | [[too cool]]
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| align=center | Poo-ha-huh-ha-huh
| align=center | [[Crack Stuntman]]'s imitation of rap sound effects
| align=center | [[An Important Rap Song]]
|}

[[Category:Word running gags]]
[[Category:Spelling and Grammar]]

Grumblecakes (video)

StarFox — Wed, 15 May 2019 01:19:21 GMT

StarFox: /* Real-World References */

[[Image:grumblecakes-screen.jpg|thumb|One might say we just met standing in line at the batting cages.]]

'''Bonus feature of [[strongbad_email.exe Disc Four]]'''

[[Powered by The Cheat]] music video for [[Grumblecakes]].

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, [[Baby Styles]]

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Four|exclusive=TRUE}}

==Transcript==
''{Slowly zooms in on a box of Cheatcakes.}''

'''INTRO VOICE:''' Only liars and thieves eat Grumblecakes, 
and those people go to prison 
just ask The Cheaaat...''{tape slows down and screen flows down like the Compy in [[virus]]}'' 

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{spoken}'' Girl, I know we haven't been through a lot together. 
In fact one might say we just met standing here in line at the batting cages, but there's one thing I'm sure of already. 

''{singing}'' 
Let me get them Grumblecakes 
and please don't grumble fake, 
I just need them Grumblecakes 
Ooh I'm Grumblecaking with you 

Let me get them Grumblecakes, 
and please don't grumble fake, 
I just needed them Grumblecakes 
Ohh I'm Grumblecaking with you 

I'm really going to grumble bake 
another batch of them Grumblecakes 
So let's raise the Grumblestakes 
Clean the yard with the Grumblerake 

Girl give me a Grumble break 
I wanna see you Grumble shake 
Don't make a grumble mistake 
Let me see you grumble down! 

Grumble down, grumble grumble down girl! 
Grumble down, grumble grumble c'mon! 
Grumble down, grumble grumble down girl! 
Grumble down, grumble grumble c'mon! 
Grumble, grumble count it down with me 
Three, two, one 

Let me get them Grumblecakes 
and please don't grumble fake, 
I just need them Grumblecakes 
Ohh I'm Grumblecaking with you 

Let me get them Grumblecakes, 
and please don't grumble fake, 
I just needed them Grumblecakes 
Ohh I'm Grumblecaking with you 

Over the river and through the woods, 
we gotta get that serum through y'all 
Over the river and through the woods, 
we gotta get that serum through y'all 
Over the river and through the woods, 
we gotta get that serum through y'all 
Over the river and through the woods, 
we gotta get that serum throuuuuuuugh! 

''{spoken}''
Girl, if you're not gonna hook me up with any grumblecakes, I gotta let you go. I needs em. I feeds my kids with em. Anyways, turn around. It's your turn to bat. At least don't hold up the line.

''{singing softly in the background}'' 
Grumble line 
Grumble line 
Drinkin' Grumble wine 
Feelin' Grumble fine 

==Fun Facts==
===Explanations===
*This is a longer version of the song found in an Easter egg in [[time capsule]].

===Trivia===
*This is the first time an actual [[Grumblecake]] appears onscreen.
*The [[YouTube]] description for this video is "Powered by The Cheat video for Strong Bad's ode to grumblecakes."

===Inside References===
*"Gotta get that serum through, y'all" is a reference to [[dangeresque 3]], in which [[Perducci]] "intercepts the serum at the border".
*This is another example of [[Strong Bad smiling]].

===Real-World References===
*"[[Wikipedia:Over the River and through the Woods|Over the river and through the woods]]" is the title of a popular folk song originally written for Thanksgiving.
*When the song says "and please don't grumble bake" the second time there is a cardboard cut-out of a pitcher and in the background is a picture of the [http://colorado.rockies.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/index.jsp?c_id=col Colorado Rockies] ballpark, [http://colorado.rockies.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/col/ballpark/index.jsp Coors Field]

===Fast Forward===
*This DVD-Exclusive would later be posted online on [[@StrongBadActual]] on [[twitter:StrongBadActual/status/1110336463554646016|March 25, 2019]], and later uploaded to YouTube on May 14, 2019.

==See Also==
*The [[Grumblecakes Visuals|visuals]] that occur during the video.

==External Links==
{{extlinks|youtube=GmnTpAAWvzY}}

==Related Links==
*[[strongbad_email.exe]]

[[Category:Songs]][[Category:Powered by The Cheat]]

Grumblecakes (video)

StarFox — Wed, 15 May 2019 00:18:05 GMT

StarFox: /* External Links */

[[Image:grumblecakes-screen.jpg|thumb|One might say we just met standing in line at the batting cages.]]

'''Bonus feature of [[strongbad_email.exe Disc Four]]'''

[[Powered by The Cheat]] music video for [[Grumblecakes]].

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, [[Baby Styles]]

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Four|exclusive=TRUE}}

==Transcript==
''{Slowly zooms in on a box of Cheatcakes.}''

'''INTRO VOICE:''' Only liars and thieves eat Grumblecakes, 
and those people go to prison 
just ask The Cheaaat...''{tape slows down and screen flows down like the Compy in [[virus]]}'' 

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{spoken}'' Girl, I know we haven't been through a lot together. 
In fact one might say we just met standing here in line at the batting cages, but there's one thing I'm sure of already. 

''{singing}'' 
Let me get them Grumblecakes 
and please don't grumble fake, 
I just need them Grumblecakes 
Ooh I'm Grumblecaking with you 

Let me get them Grumblecakes, 
and please don't grumble fake, 
I just needed them Grumblecakes 
Ohh I'm Grumblecaking with you 

I'm really going to grumble bake 
another batch of them Grumblecakes 
So let's raise the Grumblestakes 
Clean the yard with the Grumblerake 

Girl give me a Grumble break 
I wanna see you Grumble shake 
Don't make a grumble mistake 
Let me see you grumble down! 

Grumble down, grumble grumble down girl! 
Grumble down, grumble grumble c'mon! 
Grumble down, grumble grumble down girl! 
Grumble down, grumble grumble c'mon! 
Grumble, grumble count it down with me 
Three, two, one 

Let me get them Grumblecakes 
and please don't grumble fake, 
I just need them Grumblecakes 
Ohh I'm Grumblecaking with you 

Let me get them Grumblecakes, 
and please don't grumble fake, 
I just needed them Grumblecakes 
Ohh I'm Grumblecaking with you 

Over the river and through the woods, 
we gotta get that serum through y'all 
Over the river and through the woods, 
we gotta get that serum through y'all 
Over the river and through the woods, 
we gotta get that serum through y'all 
Over the river and through the woods, 
we gotta get that serum throuuuuuuugh! 

''{spoken}''
Girl, if you're not gonna hook me up with any grumblecakes, I gotta let you go. I needs em. I feeds my kids with em. Anyways, turn around. It's your turn to bat. At least don't hold up the line.

''{singing softly in the background}'' 
Grumble line 
Grumble line 
Drinkin' Grumble wine 
Feelin' Grumble fine 

==Fun Facts==
===Explanations===
*This is a longer version of the song found in an Easter egg in [[time capsule]].

===Trivia===
*This is the first time an actual [[Grumblecake]] appears onscreen.

===Inside References===
*"Gotta get that serum through, y'all" is a reference to [[dangeresque 3]], in which [[Perducci]] "intercepts the serum at the border".
*This is another example of [[Strong Bad smiling]].

===Real-World References===
*"[[Wikipedia:Over the River and through the Woods|Over the river and through the woods]]" is the title of a popular folk song originally written for Thanksgiving.
*When the song says "and please don't grumble bake" the second time there is a cardboard cut-out of a pitcher and in the background is a picture of the [http://colorado.rockies.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/index.jsp?c_id=col Colorado Rockies] ball park, [http://colorado.rockies.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/col/ballpark/index.jsp Coors Field]
===Fast Forward===
*This DVD-Exclusive would later be posted online on [[@StrongBadActual]] on [[twitter:StrongBadActual/status/1110336463554646016|March 25, 2019]].

==See Also==
*The [[Grumblecakes Visuals|visuals]] that occur during the video.

==External Links==

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmnTpAAWvzY&t=0s] YouTube

==Related Links==
*[[strongbad_email.exe]]

[[Category:Songs]][[Category:Powered by The Cheat]]

Grumblecakes (video)

StarFox — Wed, 15 May 2019 00:17:52 GMT

StarFox: /* Related Links */

[[Image:grumblecakes-screen.jpg|thumb|One might say we just met standing in line at the batting cages.]]

'''Bonus feature of [[strongbad_email.exe Disc Four]]'''

[[Powered by The Cheat]] music video for [[Grumblecakes]].

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, [[Baby Styles]]

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Four|exclusive=TRUE}}

==Transcript==
''{Slowly zooms in on a box of Cheatcakes.}''

'''INTRO VOICE:''' Only liars and thieves eat Grumblecakes, 
and those people go to prison 
just ask The Cheaaat...''{tape slows down and screen flows down like the Compy in [[virus]]}'' 

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{spoken}'' Girl, I know we haven't been through a lot together. 
In fact one might say we just met standing here in line at the batting cages, but there's one thing I'm sure of already. 

''{singing}'' 
Let me get them Grumblecakes 
and please don't grumble fake, 
I just need them Grumblecakes 
Ooh I'm Grumblecaking with you 

Let me get them Grumblecakes, 
and please don't grumble fake, 
I just needed them Grumblecakes 
Ohh I'm Grumblecaking with you 

I'm really going to grumble bake 
another batch of them Grumblecakes 
So let's raise the Grumblestakes 
Clean the yard with the Grumblerake 

Girl give me a Grumble break 
I wanna see you Grumble shake 
Don't make a grumble mistake 
Let me see you grumble down! 

Grumble down, grumble grumble down girl! 
Grumble down, grumble grumble c'mon! 
Grumble down, grumble grumble down girl! 
Grumble down, grumble grumble c'mon! 
Grumble, grumble count it down with me 
Three, two, one 

Let me get them Grumblecakes 
and please don't grumble fake, 
I just need them Grumblecakes 
Ohh I'm Grumblecaking with you 

Let me get them Grumblecakes, 
and please don't grumble fake, 
I just needed them Grumblecakes 
Ohh I'm Grumblecaking with you 

Over the river and through the woods, 
we gotta get that serum through y'all 
Over the river and through the woods, 
we gotta get that serum through y'all 
Over the river and through the woods, 
we gotta get that serum through y'all 
Over the river and through the woods, 
we gotta get that serum throuuuuuuugh! 

''{spoken}''
Girl, if you're not gonna hook me up with any grumblecakes, I gotta let you go. I needs em. I feeds my kids with em. Anyways, turn around. It's your turn to bat. At least don't hold up the line.

''{singing softly in the background}'' 
Grumble line 
Grumble line 
Drinkin' Grumble wine 
Feelin' Grumble fine 

==Fun Facts==
===Explanations===
*This is a longer version of the song found in an Easter egg in [[time capsule]].

===Trivia===
*This is the first time an actual [[Grumblecake]] appears onscreen.

===Inside References===
*"Gotta get that serum through, y'all" is a reference to [[dangeresque 3]], in which [[Perducci]] "intercepts the serum at the border".
*This is another example of [[Strong Bad smiling]].

===Real-World References===
*"[[Wikipedia:Over the River and through the Woods|Over the river and through the woods]]" is the title of a popular folk song originally written for Thanksgiving.
*When the song says "and please don't grumble bake" the second time there is a cardboard cut-out of a pitcher and in the background is a picture of the [http://colorado.rockies.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/index.jsp?c_id=col Colorado Rockies] ball park, [http://colorado.rockies.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/col/ballpark/index.jsp Coors Field]
===Fast Forward===
*This DVD-Exclusive would later be posted online on [[@StrongBadActual]] on [[twitter:StrongBadActual/status/1110336463554646016|March 25, 2019]].

==See Also==
*The [[Grumblecakes Visuals|visuals]] that occur during the video.

==External Links==

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmnTpAAWvzY&t=0s|YouTube]

==Related Links==
*[[strongbad_email.exe]]

[[Category:Songs]][[Category:Powered by The Cheat]]

Talk:April Fool 2014

StarFox — Sun, 12 May 2019 03:50:11 GMT

StarFox: /**/Days total

==Forum Link==
Sorry I don't know proper wiki syntax here, but seeing this thread: http://forum.hrwiki.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=37733
made me remember that lots of articles have a "view forum thread re: this toon". I'd say this thread qualifies.
--Forum user, strongio bros. 3 // edited as anonymous -- April 2, 2014, 12:49 AM @ GMT -6
:On it, thanks for pointing it out! Next time, '''be bold''' and add it yourself! --{{User:Super Martyo Brother/sig}} 06:03, 2 April 2014 (UTC)
::I disagree, seeing as that thread is less about the toon and more about the fact that they updated. {{User:RickTommy/sig}} 02:16, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

== Length ==

Could someone who has more accurate equipment than I do put the length of the toon on the page? Thanks! [[User:Stev0|Stev0]] 18:57, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

== Desktop Themes Fun Facts ==

What would you juys say to just putting all Fun Facts related to the Desktop Themes (including the sounds, but not including the visuals during them) on the [[Homestar Runner Desktop Theme]] and [[Strong Bad Desktop Theme]] pages? I still feel like that fact about the origin of Homestar's song is a bit redundant - maybe moreso - and I'm not too keen on duplicating the "Windows startup sound" fact here either. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 07:10, 4 April 2014 (UTC)

== Subtitles ==

Because this toon is featured on the index page right now, the subtitles linked to it on the wiki are actually the subtitles for the ''normal'' index page. Will it be possible to distinguish between Index and April Fools' 2014 by the Flash file itself, so that <strike>Debra</strike> <strike>Simone</strike> the Internet can contribute some English (and then other-language) subtitles? --{{User:Purple Wrench/sig}} 09:27, 8 April 2014 (UTC)
:I recently added the work in progress subtitle using the toon's SWF file and it works! I'm now currently making the English subtitles for it, so expect that soon! --[[User:Anthonyjk|Anthonyjk]] 00:41, 10 April 2014 (UTC)
::Still, the page is named ''index''. That means if the Brothers Chaps move the SWF file you'll probably have to rename the page. Plus the other subtitles for ''index'' are still linked to the April Fools' page. I just have a feeling that the wiki wasn't designed to handle such a scenario (the index page being replaced with a toon for more than one day). --{{User:Purple Wrench/sig}} 02:42, 10 April 2014 (UTC)

== homestars eyes ==

in this toon, the shiny spots on homestars eyes move according to where he is looking. is this normal? if so, this is the first time ive noticed it, but if not, i see three possibilities:

1. it was an intentional style change, or it was done specifically to emphasize parts of the acting in this toon (though it would normally be frowned upon in animation, because the shiny spots on characters are determined by lighting and not by orientation)

2. the chaps could be rusty, having not animated the HR characters in a while

3. someone else animated this toon

thoughts? --[[Special:Contributions/162.211.35.226|162.211.35.226]] 02:25, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

:Yeah, that's normal. The same kinda thing is seen in [[business trip]], where he rolls them. {{User:That'sBupkis/sig}} 03:30, 22 April 2014 (UTC)
::I'll be honest, though. It caught me off guard to see Homestar's eyes being so expressive. At the same time I was also too excited to care about it, because of how unlikely it was that the site updated.
::As for the animation [[style]], it's the Chaps all the way. They have mastered the art of [[Georgia Tech - 26 Apr 2007|doinking]] and the fans would notice if there was actually a different animator involved. So I guess Homestar mastered the art of poinking, then.
::It appears that The Chaps ''were'' rusty, though, at least during W00tstock. They (and by "they", I assume just Matt) put the fez on SB's head, but when they went to add Homestar, a small triangle appeared in front of SB's face. But I digress. It's just an emphasis on the acting, Anonny. --{{User:Purple Wrench/sig}} 09:27, 22 April 2014 (UTC)
:::I don't even see this thing that Anonny is talking about happening in this toon. Homestar's eyes do flip horizontally to show his focus - this has always happened - but, as far as this toon is concerned, I don't otherwise see the glare in his eyes doing anything unusual. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 17:59, 22 April 2014 (UTC)
::::Yeah, you're right, it's just his eyes flipping horizontally. How often did that happen before, though? He usually just ''turns his body around'' to indicate his focus. It just feels really off-model when he turns to the audience asking if they want to see the "Two Great Guys". His eyes aren't usually flipped like that, as far as I remember. Plus, when Strong Bad says "Hit it, Homestar!", Homestar's eyes are flipped and displaced slightly. Again, it just seems really... ''wrong''.

::::...Also, didn't realize this before, when he closes his mouth during "...eeeeenduh!" he has an extra frame of mouth animation between the usual "open and not O-sound" and "closed". It happens at frame 3250.--{{User:Purple Wrench/sig}} 18:21, 22 April 2014 (UTC)
:::::It happened at least as early as [[A Jorb Well Done]]. Compare frame 340 of that toon to frame 825. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 18:33, 22 April 2014 (UTC)
::::::Wait. Then it ''is'' more than just eyes flipping. The little white dot is moving in April Fools 2014. Compare Homestar facing left and looking right on frame 340 of Jorb with Homestar facing left and looking right on frame 2817 of April Fools. The white dot is on the right both times, but the ''rest'' of his eyes are flipped. That's what is uncommon about it.--{{User:Purple Wrench/sig}} 19:31, 22 April 2014 (UTC)
:::::::Ah, I see what you're saying now; I somehow missed it before. Still, I wouldn't say it's due to them being "rusty", since we already have [[business trip|a precedent]] for that. They just wanted to make it clearer that Homestar was looking toward Strong Bad (instead of straight forward) without having him turn his head. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 01:34, 23 April 2014 (UTC)

== Five, Ten, Fif-what? ==

Upon watching for the first, fifth, tenth, etc. time and not paying close attention, I heard strong bad say "fifteen". However, after {{p|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=April_Fools%27_2014&diff=741007&oldid=741004&rcid=703712 a recent edit}} suggesting fifty which was {{p|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=April_Fools%27_2014&diff=next&oldid=741007 quickly reverted}}, I listened to it again, and it DOES sound like he's saying "fifty", especially with the slight pause beforehand. I think the point of the joke is supposed to be "number, number times two, really high number unrelated to sequence". I think it's unfortunate that they picked a number which sounds similar to the next in the sequence. I am, however, not 100% positive on this, so i've brought it to the talk page for everyone else to weigh in on. Thoughts? {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 20:41, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
:Pretty much the same thing. I listened to it twice before reverting because I wasn't sure either. I think my primary reason for reverting was that the number Strong Bad said had the accent on the second syllable. And on a subsequent listen while writing this, I'm not even sure if that's true. It could be fifty. {{User:The Knights Who Say Ni/sig}} 21:39, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
::I actually hear it on the first syllable (which is why it's harder to identify the second... it's not as clearly enunciated). {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 21:46, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
:::What's the policy on footnotes? Would this be a good place for one? {{User:The Knights Who Say Ni/sig}} 22:51, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
::::Based on where I've seen them before, it seems like a perfect place to me. As for official policy, I couldn't say for sure. --{{User:Purple Wrench/sig}} 17:50, 13 May 2014 (UTC)

== The Compy isn't the one Strong Bad used to have... ==

It's another one he probably brought somewhere between ''Which Ween Costumes?'' and this one.
:That would be speculation. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 18:27, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
::Yes, but it's literally the only logical reason why.
:::And that is literally only your opinion, and still speculation. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 17:35, 7 July 2014 (UTC)

== The 2 Great Guys ==

So I noticed a couple of things about this "album" that might be references, and in fact are probably '''''generic''''' references, but aren't clear enough to include as fun facts.

First of all, the name "The 2 Great Guys" seems like it might be referring to [[wikipedia:3 Great Guys|3 Great Guys]], but there is no resemblance to its cover. Like Homestar and Strong Bad being household names in the context of the website, Paul Anka, Sam Cooke and Neil Sedaka were already quite famous when this album was made.

Secondly, "Compy-directional sound" has to be referring to one of the many sound advancements in vinyl records, but I can't put my finger on which one exactly. It somewhat resembles some "stereo[phonic] sound" labels, but it could also be referring to something like "high-fidelity", "quadraphonic sound" or the artificial "duophonic sound". Also, the phrase resembles "omni-directional sound", which some speakers or stereo systems have, but which has nothing to do with the record itself.

If anyone has any better information about what the references might be, add a comment below. --{{User:Purple Wrench/sig}} 12:13, 15 May 2014 (UTC)

== Toon link ==

The index.html link no longer works for me. Am I the only one with this problem, if I'm not than I think someone should change the link to the swf file, I would, but it might just be me. [[User:Retrogamer39|Retrogamer39]]
:Yes, the index page was restored last week. Thanks for catching the link on this page. {{User:The Knights Who Say Ni/sig}} 05:01, 15 July 2014 (UTC)

== Forum thread ==

I [http://hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=April_Fool_2014&diff=741951&oldid=741772 removed] the link to the forum thread on the basis that it is about the fact that TBC updated more than the toon itself. However, it has recently been re-added. So I'd like to bring this up: should it belong, especially since this toon does not have an "official" forum thread? {{User:RickTommy/sig}} 06:45, 16 December 2015 (UTC)
:Yeah, you shouldn't have removed it in the first place. This is the correct forum thread to link to. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 12:26, 16 December 2015 (UTC)

== Days total ==

Sorry about the mess of edits, but I didn't think "days total" was necessary to provide and I have a terrible habit of not using the preview button. [[User:StarFox|StarFox]] 03:50, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

different town

StarFox — Sun, 12 May 2019 03:48:38 GMT

StarFox: /* Real-World References */

{{sbenav|99}}
[[Image:sbemail99.png|thumb|"WHOA! Can it be true?"]]

Strong Bad describes how he would make his town different, through song.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|The Poopsmith}}, {{Film|Marzipan}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}, {{Film|The King of Town}}, {{Film|Bubs}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Pom Pom}}, [[Different Town Character Variations|ABA Basketball Pom Pom]], {{Film|Homsar}}, [[Different Town Character Variations|Modestly Hot Homsar]]

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[The Field]], [[The Stick]]/Big Ol' Tree, [[Bubs' Concession Stand]], [[The Athletic Field]]

{{Comp|Compy 386}}

'''Date:''' Monday, February 23, 2004

'''Running Time:''' 2:54

'''Page Title:''' Compy 386!!

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Three}}, {{dvd|Sbemails' 50 Greatest Hits DVD|notitle=true}}

== Transcript ==
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Check your email and check your email. ''{His voice is looped with [[#Real-World References|another rhythm]]}'' Check your email and check your e-email.  ''{He stops singing and presses Enter.}''

<blockquote class="compy email">Dear Strong Bad, 
 
I just wondering, if you had a chance 
to make your town different, what 
would you do? 
 
Sincerley 
Steven WV</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad reads "WV" as "Wolksvagen", and deliberately mispronounces "sincerley" to reflect its misspelling.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Pour hot soup in Homestar's eyes, eh, Steven? That sounds like a pretty good- ''{He stops typing.}'' wait... what'd your email say again?

''{Strong Bad presses a key, and the email appears again}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{mumbling reading sounds}'' Oh. Oh-ho! Sorry.

''{Strong Bad presses a key, and starts the reply again.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Make the town different, eh, Steven? ''{He breaks into song.}'' Weeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhllllllll,—

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' —the Poopsmith, he could talk,

'''THE POOPSMITH:''' ''{in a surprisingly deep voice}'' Hello!

'''STRONG BAD:''' And Marzipan would rock, and The Stick would be this big ol' tree that'd try to eat everyone except The Cheat and me.

'''STRONG MAD:''' AND ME!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{speaking}'' We'll see.

''{Strong Mad shows a confused expression}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' And The King of Town would be underground in a box filled up with peas...

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' I hate peas!

'''STRONG BAD:''' I know!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Bubs would give away flamethrowers that shoot chocolate hundred-dollar bills...

'''BUBS:''' Imitation chocolate!

'''STRONG BAD:''' And my stupid baby brother would have been born with horns and a tail...

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{sadly}'' I'm evil.

'''STRONG BAD:''' And Coach Z would wear this cool jacket.

'''COACH Z:''' Check it out, yo!

'''STRONG BAD:''' And Homestar just couldn't hack it.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I quit!

'''STRONG BAD:''' And Pom Pom wouldn't change at all, 'cept he'd look like an ABA basketball.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{softly}'' Two, three, four.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' And this little weirdo... would be a modestly hot girl to help me through the hard times. You know, the kind that are only sorta hot so they don't mess around with other guys.

'''MODESTLY HOT HOMSAR''': ''{in Homsar's voice}'' DaAaAa, I'm forever your girl!

''{A crowd cheers for a moment. Cut to the Computer Room where Strong Bad is standing on his stool. The cheering continues for a few seconds.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Thank you! Thank you! All right! This next one is the fourteenth song on my forty-second album. It's called—

''{Cut to Strong Sad standing to the right of the computer desk. He is dressed in a light blue tunic and is wearing horns and a tail.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Hey, Strong Bad—

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{off screen}'' WHOA! Can it be true?

''{Cut to a wide shot showing both Strong Bad and Strong Sad. Strong Bad is still standing on his stool.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Homestar Runner called it quits? The King of Town, pea-buried alive?! The Poopsmith speaketh?!?

'''STRONG SAD:''' No... Calm down, spaz! I'm going to the ''Clash of the Titans'' con, dressed up as Calibos, remember? I was just gonna ask if you still wanted that bust of Bubo.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, um. Right. Of course. ''{clears throat, then speaks quietly and quickly}'' Yeah, I still want the bust of Bubo.

'''STRONG SAD:''' Okay, bye, weirdo. What are you standing on that stool for anyway?

'''STRONG BAD:''' For your information, I was ''{short pause}'' checking on the lights, Strong Sad. We got that recessed lighting, y'know. Yup, everything looks great.

''{Cut back to the Compy.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Yeah, things would be different alright. Though I'm a little disappointed in what I came up with for Homsar. Modestly hot my eye! I think my imagination's broke. ''{stops typing}'' Lemme try and think up the ''{starts typing again}'' Best Thing Ever. Umm... Beef... stew... ''{types this as just "Best thing ever: Beef stew."}'' Yup it's busted alright. I'm gonna go... place. ''{gets up and walks away}''

''{[[The Paper]] comes down.}''

== Easter Eggs ==
[[Image:Marzipanmohawk.PNG|thumb|Marzipan's new 'do.]]
*The words "eh, Steven?" can be clicked (only the first time Strong Bad types them) to show a [[Lem Sportsinterviews|LEM]] drawing of "Eh. Steven." ([[Eh! Steve!]] in formal wear).
*Clicking on "place" at the end brings up a [[Made-up Places#Place|Place]] [[postcard]] featuring [[Monkey D]] and the skyline of Seattle, Washington. It reads: "Greetings from PLACE."
*Click to the right of "back" at the end to download the song. A credit below the download links reads "lyrics by TBC music by TMBG".
*Hidden behind Marzipan's yellow hair, if viewed in a [[Wikipedia:decompiler|decompiler]], there is another hairstyle — a bright pink spiked mohawk.

== Fun Facts ==
===Trivia===
*The music for "Different Town" was performed by [[They Might Be Giants]] especially for [[homestarrunner.com]]. However, the lyrics were written by [[The Brothers Chaps]].
*Although Strong Bad's imagination is by no means part of continuity, this is the first time that the Poopsmith is seen speaking (ignoring [[The King of Town DVD Storyboards]] and the hiss in [[Pumpkin Carve-nival]]).
*If you look closely in [[Pom Pom, Too]] toon, an [[ABA Basketball]] Pom can be seen.
*The label on the disk in the floppy disk container reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#BAAL|BAAL]]".
*This toon has a [[nondescript noun]] ("Place").
*This is the first time since [[Marshmallow's Last Stand]] that Homestar is seen in his normal attire but without his star.
*[[Appearances By All 12 Main Characters|All of the main characters appear]] in this email.
*The [[YouTube]] description for this email is "Strong Bad sings about how he would make his town different."

===Remarks===
*Though the Big Ol' Tree moves, its shadow does not.
*When Strong Bad is "checking the lights" he should be looking to his right because according to the shadows the light comes from his right.
*During the Homsar segment, Strong Bad pantomimes finger-snapping, which is something he should not be able to do while wearing [[How do you type with boxing gloves on?|boxing gloves]].
*Strong Bad's count-off tempo for the section about Homsar does not match the tempo of the following music.

===Goofs===
*The outlet disappears when Strong Sad appears.
*The link to the download comes up over top the Place postcard.

===Inside References===
*The [[postcard]] from PLACE in the Easter egg is a reference to Strong Bad's postcards from [[Strong Bad's Vacation Spots|destinations]] such as OVER THERE in the email [[vacation]].
*The King of Town is [[buried alive]] in [[peas]].
*The [[Trading Cards|trading card]] Pom Pom was pictured on has the same design as the one featuring [[The Deke]] in [[autobiography]].
*Strong Bad's voice [[Overlapping Voices|overlaps]] during the second line of his [[Strong Bad Email Intros|email song]].

*Wolksvagen is a [[spoonerism]].
*When describing Modestly Hot Homsar, Strong Bad says, "[[You know, the kind]]..."

===Real-World References===
*The rhythm of Strong Bad's email song is taken from the They Might Be Giants song "[[TMBW:Ana Ng|Ana Ng]]" – the first time is the same as the rhythm part under the verse, and the second time is this and the vocal rhythm mixed together.
*The "[[Wikipedia:American Basketball Association|ABA]] Basketball" is indeed red, white, and blue instead of the [[Wikipedia:National Basketball Association|NBA]] orange.
*"Bubo" was the name of the clockwork owl in the film ''[[IMDB:tt0082186|Clash Of The Titans]]'', later featured as an avatar on [[Strong Sad's Lament]]. Strong Sad was dressed as Calibos, the villain of that movie. Both Bubo and Calibos were [[Stop Motion|animated]] by [[Wikipedia:Ray Harryhausen|Ray Harryhausen]], whose work was also referenced in [[redesign]].
*"Wolksvagen" is a play on words of the German automobile manufacturer: [[Wikipedia:Volkswagen|Volkswagen]]. The funny pronunciation comes from the fact that the two letters are reversed from the normal abbreviation, VW. In German, the name is pronounced "'''F'''olks'''v'''agen".
*The board behind Homestar says "[[Crazy Go Nuts University|CGNU]]" and "DeBry," which is a parody of [[Wikipedia:DeVry University|DeVry University]] and the word "debris".
*The guitar Marzipan is playing is [[Wikipedia:George Lynch (musician)|George Lynch]]'s [http://www.philbrodieband.com/muso_george_lynch03.jpg "Mom"] guitar, the one he used during his years with the '80s metal band [[Wikipedia:Dokken|Dokken]].
*The "Marzipan" amps are a play on the ubiquitous [[Wikipedia:Marshall Amplification|Marshall Amps]], which feature similar styling and font.
*Marzipan's blond hairdo may be a reference to [[Wikipedia:Heart (band)|Heart]] guitarist [[Wikipedia:Nancy Wilson (guitarist)|Nancy Wilson]].
*Strong Bad's outfit during the "And this little weirdo" sequence is similar to outfits worn by many glam-rock musicians, such as [[Led Zeppelin]]'s [[Wikipedia:Robert Plant|Robert Plant]] and [[Wikipedia:Queen (band)|Queen]]'s [[Wikipedia:Freddie Mercury|Freddie Mercury]].
*Homsar says, "I'm forever your girl," a quote from the 1989 song and album titled "[http://www.lyricsdepot.com/paula-abdul/forever-your-girl.html Forever Your Girl]" by [[Wikipedia:Paula Abdul|Paula Abdul]].
*"This next one is the fourteenth song on my forty-second album. It's called—" is a reference to the introduction to the [[Wikipedia:Cheap Trick|Cheap Trick]] song [[Wikipedia:Surrender (song)|Surrender]] from their concert at the Budokan.

===Fast Forward===
*Homestar's eyes will again be threatened with hot soup in [[New Boots]], this time by The Cheat.
*Strong Bad's statement that the computer room has recessed lighting is confirmed in [[pop-up]] when Strong Bad jumps to the ceiling.
*Marzipan actually does end up playing rock music when she starts the band [[Cool Tapes]] and in the musical short [[One Two, One Two]]. The same background is even used in [[Cool Things]].
*A screenshot of Modestly Hot Homsar is shown again in the "[[Discount Flashback Warehouse]]" Easter egg in [[flashback]].
*Strong Bad would once again don the miner's helmet in [[Ever and More!]].
*Nearly 30 emails later, Strong Bad would have no trouble thinking of the [[best thing]] ever: the [[Limozeen]] [[Limozeen: But They're in Space!|cartoon show]].
*The box of [[peas]] the King of Town was buried in is found underneath Strong Badia in [[buried]].
*The Poopsmith breaks his vow of silence in [[email thunder]] and [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2]].
*[[Bubs's flamethrowers]] would later be used as a machine gun in [[Which Ween Costumes?]].

== DVD Version ==
*The Eh! Steven Easter egg is viewable using the angle button on the DVD remote.
*The download link for Different Town has been disabled for obvious reasons.
*The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary, as well as the ''original'' version of the Different Town song, as sung by John Linnell. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.

=== Commentary Transcript ===
('''Commentary by:''' [[Matt Chapman]], [[Mike Chapman]])

'''MATT:''' Another commentary.

'''MIKE:''' This is a commentary— My name is Mike Chapman. This is my younger brother Matt, he's three years younger than me.

'''MATT:''' That's all true.

'''MIKE:''' Uh, so, this commentary track— uh, we're going to allow John Linnell of They Might Be Giants— we're gonna put on his original track. They co-wrote the song for this email, umm...

'''MATT:''' —did all the music, I just sent an email with some of the words—

'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously}'' You gave them the words...

'''MATT:''' —and a couple of notes and that— that's it.

'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously}'' They ''{unintelligible}''. So yeah, this is what we're going to play the audio for the, um—

'''MATT:''' ''{quickly}'' Here it comes!

''{The Different Town music track is played, with [[They Might Be Giants|John Linnell]] singing Strong Bad's lines (no other character's lines are said, with the exception of the "girl" part of Homsar's line.)}''

'''MATT:''' I think I used a Miss Georgia, or Miss California, or something picture, for a reference for the hot Homsar.

'''MIKE:''' Probably Miss Georgia.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, you think so?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah. She's pretty hot.

'''MATT:''' So, we liked ''{unintelligible}'' Clash of the Titans a lot.

'''MIKE:''' True. It, uh, scared me when I was little.

'''MATT:''' And...

'''MIKE:''' And I like the special effects.

'''MATT:''' And it delights you in your old age.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughing}'' It does.

'''MATT:''' Bubo, of course, was the R2-D2 of Clash of The Titans.

'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Yeah, the robotic owl.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. It was made— it was clockwork, Mike, ''{unintelligible}'' there was no robotics back then. The gods had a mastery of clockworks, though.

'''MIKE:''' Gears.

'''MATT:''' Gears of...shimmies. Uh, Manhunter of New York, I believe, is in the box— the diskbox there.

'''MIKE:''' ''Great'' game.

'''MATT:''' It's a great game. Speaking of terribly awkward graphics. ''{Mike laughs}'' That's something else that scared me when I was younger and delights me in my old age, is Manhunter of New York.

'''MIKE:''' Eyeballs. Flying eyeballs.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. Orbs.

'''MIKE:''' Orbs. Yeah.

'''MATT:''' Poor guy.

===Goofs===
*Matt incorrectly identifies the game in the [[Floppy Disk Container]] as "Manhunter of New York." It is actually "BAAL." The game "Manhunter of New York" appeared in the Floppy Disk container in [[Arcade Game]] and [[caper]].

== See Also ==
*The [[Different Town Visuals|visuals]] that occur during the song.
*The [[Different Town Chord Progression|chord progression]] for the song.
*[[tmbw:Different Town|Different Town]] on This Might Be A Wiki.

==External Links==
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*download the song: [[HR:songs/differentown.zip|Win]] [[HR:songs/differentown.sit|Mac]]

{{Strong Bad Email}}

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April Fool 2014

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[[Image:AprilFools2014.png|thumb|"You got this, Homestar. This is nothin'."]]

After years of no updates, Homestar decides to update all the best features of the website.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{film|Homestar Runner}}, {{film|The Homestar Runner}}, {{film|Sickly Sam}}, {{film|Strong Bad}}

'''Places:''' [[Index Page]], [[Hairstyle Runner|Hairstyle Gallery]], [[The Field]] (Old-Timey), [[Homestar Talker]], [[Computer Room]]

'''Date:''' Tuesday, April 1, 2014

'''Running time:''' 4:47

'''Page title:''' Everybody! Everybody?

==Transcript==
''{The Homestarrunner.com [[Index Page|welcome screen]] is visible, but dim. On the left is "com on in", with the "e" in "come" having fallen down below the words. On the right is "watch intro"; the "a" has fallen a bit and has pushed aside some of the letters below it. Homestar Runner, though dim like the rest of the screen, appears as normal. The top-left corner of the screen is sagging slightly. Wind can be heard in the background. After a few seconds, a drop of water falls and Homestar sighs. The sagging corner falls a little over the next line, exposing some HTML behind it.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{aside, to himself}'' You got this, Homestar. This is nothin'. Just like fallin' off a web van.

''{The lights come on.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, hello, Debra! ''{turns to the side}'' Simone! ''{angrily leans into the camera}'' The Internet! ''{leans back}'' I am what you might call Homestar Runner. ''{beat, then throws confetti. Out of the side of his mouth:}'' Yaaaay! Over the last several years of my dot com, peoples all the time be askin' me: "Hey Homestar! How come you stopped updating—"

''{Homestar starts coughing and sputtering.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ahem! Sorry, got some ''{a piece of crab, with a drop of blood falling from it, appears from inside his mouth}'' crab shell stuck in my throat. ''{throws it aside}'' Continuing. "How come you stopped updating the best feature on your website?" And to that I answer: "You mean how come I stopped updating the Hairstyle Runner gallery back in the year 2000?" ''{holds up the [[Hairstyle Runner]] toy}'' I don't know! Let's go update it right now, Joshy!

''{He winds up to run toward stage left.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yup. You guessed it. ''{takes off}'' Peow!

''{Another drop of water falls after he is gone. Cut to the "Hairstyle Gallery", as noted by a banner on the top of the screen. It is a museum entryway, entirely done in the style of the older toons. There is a statue of Homestar with a leaf over his crotch and olive branches on his head, holding a tablet that reads "PLVRBVS OVRBVS". In the lower-right corner are two banners reading "SEE THE GALLERY" and "SUBMIT YOUR OWN". Homestar, in his modern appearance, walks in and looks at the statue.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Whoa-hoa-hoa! Hello there, magnificent specimen. ''{takes the leaf}'' Poink! ''{he places it over his own crotch}'' That's better. Let's get started.

''{He turns to look at a Hairstyle Runner allegedly submitted by "Cherry G.". It shows the iron shavings placed to look like eyes and a bird beak on the back of Homestar's head.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{from offscreen}'' This one from Cherry G. makes the back of my head look like some kind of bold eagle.

''{Cut back to Homestar.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{laughing}'' Huh-huh-huh-huh! He's so bold in his... in his decision making! Oh-ho! He's our national bold! Ohhh man! What fun!

''{Turns to look at one from "D. Lindo" that has "P." written on Homestar's head in the shavings.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{from offscreen}'' Here's one from D. Lindo that simply has the letter—

''{Cut back to Homestar as he snickers, then breaks out laughing.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Haaa! Ha ha ha ha ha ha! It's the letter— ''{snickers again, and then turns to the side}'' Pom Pom, ya gotta see this! ''{doubles over}'' It's the letter P! Followed by a period! ''{rolls over onto his back}'' Ha ha ha ha ha! Who puts a period after the letter P?! ''{calming down}'' Ohh man, I'm gonna stand back up. ''{starts to get up}'' I'm'a stand back up right now. ''{stands up}'' Whew! I am on a roll! What else can we update? I know! Let's bring everybody's favorite old-timey cartoons—

''{Cut to the intro to [[Kick the Can]].}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{from offscreen}'' —into the modern age!

''{The Homestar Runner appears, kicking the can. He approaches Sickly Sam.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{from offscreen}'' With my patented Colorarization!

''{Colors appear from the right side of the screen with the blinking word "COLORARIZATION!" appearing. The colors are mostly pastel colors that don't fit the scene at all. Sickly Sam's legs become beefy human-looking legs covered in hair, but his main body doesn't change at all.}''

'''SICKLY SAM:''' ''{very distorted}'' Am I up with the times?

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Sorry, Sickly Sam. You're an affront to God and man!

''{He kicks the can into Sickly Sam, and both disappear with a "PAFH!" cloud and sound effect. The Homestar Runner kicks and opens his mouth as the scene cuts back to modern-day Homestar, with the leaf in his mouth.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, man, these updates are great! Let's keep going! ''{swallows the leaf}'' Ooh, how's about some new words for the old Homestar Talker?

''{The [[Homestar Talker]] appears. With different sound effects, "KITCHENETTE", "DRACONIAN", and "POINK" appear in the corners. A mouse cursor clicks the following words, and the Homestar in the Talker says them in his old voice:}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{in the Talker}'' Kitchenette. Strong Bad. Is. Making. Draconian. Marshmallow. Poink.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{from offscreen}'' Draconian marshmallow poink?! Oh, that is it!! I'm going to appear onscreen! Now.

''{The cursor clicks on "Alright".}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{in the Talker}'' All riiiiight!

''{Cut to the Hairstyle Gallery, where Strong Bad is now in front of Homestar.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh! Hi, Simone!

'''STRONG BAD:''' This is clearly not what they meant when they asked about updating the website's best feature!

''{Closeup on Homestar.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Uhhhh... yeah, it is. It's all the best junk from my dot com!

''{Strong Bad leans into the shot.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh yeah? Well what about...

''{Leaves and then sits down at the [[Compy 386]].}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' strongbad_eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee_windows98desktoptheme

''{He hits Enter, and a desktop theme with Strong Bad's boxing glove "SB" logo in the background and "MY COMPUTER" labeled with an icon of Strong Bad's head. Shortly thereafter, icons for "NETWORK NEIGHBORHOOD" (his boxing glove), "MY DOCUMENTS" (Strong Bad in front of a stack of papers), and "TRASH BIN" (a roll of toilet paper) appear one at a time}''

'''COMPY:''' ''{in Strong Bad's original voice}'' Hello, stupid, and welcome to your crappy computer!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa! Sounded good there! I had a lot more wrestling mask in my accent back then. Let's update that jank! C'mere, System Mic!

''{A small tab appears from the left side of the monitor, and a telescoping microphone appears and extends toward Strong Bad.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Windows 98 system startup sound, go!

''{A window labeled "sys.mic" appears, showing the sound wave of Strong Bad's next line.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Ongggg, doodle-ing! Ding ding ding ding! Welcome to Windows 98. ''{jumps up from his chair and yells:}'' WHY ARE YOU STILL USING WINDOWS 98?! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?! STOP BUYING COMPUTERS FROM THRIFT STORES, MAN!

''{Cut to a wide shot, showing Homestar standing nearby.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' 'Scuse me, Strong Bad. Wanna help me record a duet of my classic Win98 System Shutdown song?

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{apprehensively}'' Oh, I dunno...

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{to the camera}'' Oh, come on, folks, who wants to hear it?

''{A crowd cheers from offscreen.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' On this stage tonight, the two great guys back together!

'''STRONG BAD:''' I mean I couldn't possibly... I couldn't think to want to... and ''{unintelligible}'' ''{smiles}'' Oh, very well. Hit it, Homestar!

''{Cut to Homestar, with a mustache and goatee sloppily drawn on his face in marker, talking into the Compy's microphone.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' One, two, three, four, five...

''{Cut further back. Homestar is wearing a gray fedora and shirt, blue jeans, and now has the Compy's mic strapped to his face.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{singing off-key}'' And now the love!

''{Strong Bad's head floats by}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' And now the love!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' That lasts forever!

''{Strong Bad's head appears with gold teeth with "4", "E", "V", and "A" written on them.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' You know it's lasted forever!

''{Two Homestars appear.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Has cooome—

''{Strong Bad slides in on his knees.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Come down—

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' —to—

'''STRONG BAD:''' —to—

''{Cut to Strong Bad's computer room. Homestar is dressed normally, although both he and Strong Bad have leaves over their crotches, and both characters are arm-in-invisible-arm.}''

'''BOTH:''' —its eeeeeeeeeee...

''{The screen fades out and their voices trail off, but it immediately brightens back up and they complete the word.}''

'''BOTH:''' ...eeeeeeeenduh!

''{The screen switches to the text "It's now safe to turn off your computer." After a few seconds,}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{from offscreen}'' Thanks for updatin' the website with me, Strong Bad!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{from offscreen}'' Yeah, that wasn't so bad! We should do this again soon.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{from offscreen}'' Three years soon, or like five years soon?

''{The text starts to tilt.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{from offscreen}'' Y'know, five, ten, fifteen, whate— whatever it takes.

''{Text reading "back", "download [[Strong Bad Desktop Theme|strong bad's windows 98 theme]]", and "download [[Homestar Runner Desktop Theme|homestar's windows 98 theme]]" appears.}''

==Easter Eggs==
* At the end, click on "safe" to see a bust of the back of Homestar's head with eyes and a beak, labeled "OUR NATIONAL BOLD".
* At the end, click on "turn off" to see an album with Homestar in his singer outfit and Strong Bad with cornrows and his "4EVA" teeth, labeled "The 2 Great Guys ON THIS STAGE TONITE", with "COMPY-DIRECTIONAL SOUND" written at the bottom.
* At the end, click on "computer" to see a scene with Homestar and Strong Bad.
:''{The text at the end of the toon is actually painted on a giant cardboard rectangle that Homestar and Strong Bad are holding up.}''
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' So what have you been up to, man? Haven't seen you in so long!
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Ah, you know how it is. Doin' a lot of side projects, some consulting, maybe a little freelance... Those are words that people say when they haven't actually been doing anything, right?
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yeah, yeah, cool! I've been kinda like living inside of a bag. Like a duffel bag.
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh! That's... great?
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yeah, yeah, I know, it's— it's great! It's got, like, a zipper. And... some straps. Maybe some kind of fungus growing in it. So basically, you know, top of my game!

==Fun Facts==


===Explanations===
*This entire toon alludes to [[The Brothers Chaps]]' [[hiatus]] from regular updates. This is the first major update on the site since [[Which Ween Costumes?]], from December 22nd, 2010. This makes it the longest hiatus in the site's history at 3 years, 3 months, 1 week, and 3 days.

===Trivia===
*Beginning on April 1, 2014, the toon replaced the [[Index Page]], such that viewers could only access the rest of the website by using the [[Site Components#NavBar|navbar]]. On or around July 9, 2014, the Index Page was restored to its normal state. After being reverted, no new link was created for this cartoon until October 3, when the site was updated for the release of [[Fish Eye Lens]].
*The disk in the [[floppy disk container]] reads "eden" and is most likely a reference to the 1992 point-and-click adventure game 'Amazon: Guardians of Eden'.
*The words "plurbus" and "ourbus" are not actual Latin words. However, "pluribus orbus" could be taken to mean "more deprived".
*"The 2 Great Guys" album cover has a faint white ring on it, indicating it is supposed to be an old vinyl record album.
*This toon was the first video to be uploaded to the [[YouTube]] channel since December 17, 2009.
*Fitting for Strong Bad's remark about having more mask in his accent, this is the first toon released after the timeframe when, according to the bonus email [[Accent]], Strong Bad would have lost his accent.
*The [[YouTube]] description for this toon is "Homestar finally updates everyone's favorite part of his dot com."


===Remarks===
*The [[Hairstyle Runner]] hair (both at the title screen and in the gallery) is still interactive. Each piece shrinks slightly when highlighted, just as in Hairstyle Runner. However, clicking them does nothing, and they cannot be dragged.
*When Homestar is seen eating the leaf, the aspect ratio is the same as the updated Kick the Can.
*None of the original sound clips from [[Homestar Talker]] are used, except for "alright". This may be so all words in the sentence are the same [[Audio Quality|sound quality]].
*Despite the fact that the [[Compy 386]] was shot by [[Bubs]] in [[virus]], and then eaten by [[Strong Mad]] in [[retirement]], it appears here completely unharmed instead of Strong Bad's current computer, the [[Compé]]. This may be for better consistency, as the Compé appears to run on a newer operating system.
**There is also no contrast knob.
*The start up sound Strong Bad sings is actually from Windows 95 rather than Windows 98.
*The shading of Strong Bad's pants is purple in the computer room, but gray in the rest of the toon.
*The "back" button always leads to [[Main Page 17]].
*The desktop themes are not strictly for Windows 98. They are also fully compatible with [[wikipedia:Windows ME|Windows ME]], and they work on a Windows 95 computer that has [[wikipedia:Microsoft Plus!|Microsoft Plus!]] installed.
*The "Colorarization" scene is based on the [[Everything Else, Volume 1|DVD]] version of Kick the Can - that is, it uses the standard [[Old-Timey]] theme instead of The Entertainer.


===Inside References===
*Homestar addresses [[Debra]] and [[Simone]] at the beginning.
*Homestar uses the phrase "[[All the time]]".
*Homestar's coughing fit due to something unpleasant stuck in his throat is reminiscent of [[Marshie]]'s in [[Malloween Commercial]].
*"[[Peow]]!" and "Poink!" are examples of [[onomatopoeia]].
*Homestar previously had a leaf covering his crotch in [[fan club]].
*Cherry G., who submitted the "National Bold", is apparently [[Cherry Greg]].
*Homestar calling Strong Bad "Simone" marks an instance of [[gender confusion]].
*In the cheering crowd, the cheer when [[Onion Bubs]] is present can be heard. It's easier to hear this cheer in the [[YouTube]] version of the toon.
*Strong Bad [[Strong Bad Smiling|smiles]] when agreeing to sing with Homestar.
*During the shutdown song, Homestar wears both [[Homestar Runner's Pants|pants]], and a shirt with [[Lack of Visible Arms|arm-holes]] but no sleeves.
*The Compy was previously shown to have a graphical user interface in [[big white face]].
*Homestar claims to have been living inside of a bag. This may be a reference to his appearance at the [[TMBG Concert - 5 Mar 2010|March 5, 2010 They Might Be Giants concert]], in which he stated that he would be kept "in a Hefty bag in a storage space for a couple more months".
** Homestar also mentions spending time packed in a duffel bag in [[Puppet Jam: Everybody Knows It]].
** Mike says that Homestar usually rides in a duffel bag when they go on trips together in the [[business trip#Commentary Transcript|commentary]] for [[business trip]].


===Real-World References===
[[File:oldtimeycolour.png|thumb|"Let's bring everybody's favorite old-timey cartoons into the modern age with my patented Colorarization!"]]
*[[wikipedia:Webvan|Webvan]] was an online company specializing in the purchase and delivery of groceries. They went bankrupt in 2001, and are regarded as one of the worst flops in Internet history.
*"Colorarization" is a reference to [[wikipedia:film colorization|film colorization]], the practice of adding color to black-and-white films with varying degrees of success.
*The "It's now safe to turn off your computer" screen is directly lifted from the screen that most [[wikipedia:Windows 95|Windows 95]], [[wikipedia:Windows 98|Windows 98]], and [[wikipedia:Windows ME|Windows Me]] computers would show after shutting down if they were unable to power off by themselves. A parody of this screen also appeared in [[virus]].
*D. Lindo may be a reference to actor [[wikipedia:Delroy Lindo|Delroy Lindo]].


===Fast-Forward===
*Strong Bad's version of [[Strong Bad reads The Ocelot and the Porridge Maiden|"The Ocelot and the Porridge Maiden"]] has the porridge maiden living inside a duffel bag.

==YouTube Version==
On September 25, 2014, a DVD-like version was released.
*When Homestar is singing the first half of the song, Strong Bad is removed from those scenes, but he could still be heard singing.
*Homestar and Strong Bad's Easter egg appears immediately following the toon. The "OUR NATIONAL BOLD" and "2 Great Guys" Easter eggs are not shown.

==External links==
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April Fool 2014

StarFox — Sun, 12 May 2019 00:27:11 GMT

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[[Image:AprilFools2014.png|thumb|"You got this, Homestar. This is nothin'."]]

After years of no updates, Homestar decides to update all the best features of the website.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{film|Homestar Runner}}, {{film|The Homestar Runner}}, {{film|Sickly Sam}}, {{film|Strong Bad}}

'''Places:''' [[Index Page]], [[Hairstyle Runner|Hairstyle Gallery]], [[The Field]] (Old-Timey), [[Homestar Talker]], [[Computer Room]]

'''Date:''' Tuesday, April 1, 2014

'''Running time:''' 4:47

'''Page title:''' Everybody! Everybody?

==Transcript==
''{The Homestarrunner.com [[Index Page|welcome screen]] is visible, but dim. On the left is "com on in", with the "e" in "come" having fallen down below the words. On the right is "watch intro"; the "a" has fallen a bit and has pushed aside some of the letters below it. Homestar Runner, though dim like the rest of the screen, appears as normal. The top-left corner of the screen is sagging slightly. Wind can be heard in the background. After a few seconds, a drop of water falls and Homestar sighs. The sagging corner falls a little over the next line, exposing some HTML behind it.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{aside, to himself}'' You got this, Homestar. This is nothin'. Just like fallin' off a web van.

''{The lights come on.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, hello, Debra! ''{turns to the side}'' Simone! ''{angrily leans into the camera}'' The Internet! ''{leans back}'' I am what you might call Homestar Runner. ''{beat, then throws confetti. Out of the side of his mouth:}'' Yaaaay! Over the last several years of my dot com, peoples all the time be askin' me: "Hey Homestar! How come you stopped updating—"

''{Homestar starts coughing and sputtering.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ahem! Sorry, got some ''{a piece of crab, with a drop of blood falling from it, appears from inside his mouth}'' crab shell stuck in my throat. ''{throws it aside}'' Continuing. "How come you stopped updating the best feature on your website?" And to that I answer: "You mean how come I stopped updating the Hairstyle Runner gallery back in the year 2000?" ''{holds up the [[Hairstyle Runner]] toy}'' I don't know! Let's go update it right now, Joshy!

''{He winds up to run toward stage left.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yup. You guessed it. ''{takes off}'' Peow!

''{Another drop of water falls after he is gone. Cut to the "Hairstyle Gallery", as noted by a banner on the top of the screen. It is a museum entryway, entirely done in the style of the older toons. There is a statue of Homestar with a leaf over his crotch and olive branches on his head, holding a tablet that reads "PLVRBVS OVRBVS". In the lower-right corner are two banners reading "SEE THE GALLERY" and "SUBMIT YOUR OWN". Homestar, in his modern appearance, walks in and looks at the statue.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Whoa-hoa-hoa! Hello there, magnificent specimen. ''{takes the leaf}'' Poink! ''{he places it over his own crotch}'' That's better. Let's get started.

''{He turns to look at a Hairstyle Runner allegedly submitted by "Cherry G.". It shows the iron shavings placed to look like eyes and a bird beak on the back of Homestar's head.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{from offscreen}'' This one from Cherry G. makes the back of my head look like some kind of bold eagle.

''{Cut back to Homestar.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{laughing}'' Huh-huh-huh-huh! He's so bold in his... in his decision making! Oh-ho! He's our national bold! Ohhh man! What fun!

''{Turns to look at one from "D. Lindo" that has "P." written on Homestar's head in the shavings.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{from offscreen}'' Here's one from D. Lindo that simply has the letter—

''{Cut back to Homestar as he snickers, then breaks out laughing.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Haaa! Ha ha ha ha ha ha! It's the letter— ''{snickers again, and then turns to the side}'' Pom Pom, ya gotta see this! ''{doubles over}'' It's the letter P! Followed by a period! ''{rolls over onto his back}'' Ha ha ha ha ha! Who puts a period after the letter P?! ''{calming down}'' Ohh man, I'm gonna stand back up. ''{starts to get up}'' I'm'a stand back up right now. ''{stands up}'' Whew! I am on a roll! What else can we update? I know! Let's bring everybody's favorite old-timey cartoons—

''{Cut to the intro to [[Kick the Can]].}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{from offscreen}'' —into the modern age!

''{The Homestar Runner appears, kicking the can. He approaches Sickly Sam.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{from offscreen}'' With my patented Colorarization!

''{Colors appear from the right side of the screen with the blinking word "COLORARIZATION!" appearing. The colors are mostly pastel colors that don't fit the scene at all. Sickly Sam's legs become beefy human-looking legs covered in hair, but his main body doesn't change at all.}''

'''SICKLY SAM:''' ''{very distorted}'' Am I up with the times?

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Sorry, Sickly Sam. You're an affront to God and man!

''{He kicks the can into Sickly Sam, and both disappear with a "PAFH!" cloud and sound effect. The Homestar Runner kicks and opens his mouth as the scene cuts back to modern-day Homestar, with the leaf in his mouth.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, man, these updates are great! Let's keep going! ''{swallows the leaf}'' Ooh, how's about some new words for the old Homestar Talker?

''{The [[Homestar Talker]] appears. With different sound effects, "KITCHENETTE", "DRACONIAN", and "POINK" appear in the corners. A mouse cursor clicks the following words, and the Homestar in the Talker says them in his old voice:}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{in the Talker}'' Kitchenette. Strong Bad. Is. Making. Draconian. Marshmallow. Poink.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{from offscreen}'' Draconian marshmallow poink?! Oh, that is it!! I'm going to appear onscreen! Now.

''{The cursor clicks on "Alright".}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{in the Talker}'' All riiiiight!

''{Cut to the Hairstyle Gallery, where Strong Bad is now in front of Homestar.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh! Hi, Simone!

'''STRONG BAD:''' This is clearly not what they meant when they asked about updating the website's best feature!

''{Closeup on Homestar.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Uhhhh... yeah, it is. It's all the best junk from my dot com!

''{Strong Bad leans into the shot.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh yeah? Well what about...

''{Leaves and then sits down at the [[Compy 386]].}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' strongbad_eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee_windows98desktoptheme

''{He hits Enter, and a desktop theme with Strong Bad's boxing glove "SB" logo in the background and "MY COMPUTER" labeled with an icon of Strong Bad's head. Shortly thereafter, icons for "NETWORK NEIGHBORHOOD" (his boxing glove), "MY DOCUMENTS" (Strong Bad in front of a stack of papers), and "TRASH BIN" (a roll of toilet paper) appear one at a time}''

'''COMPY:''' ''{in Strong Bad's original voice}'' Hello, stupid, and welcome to your crappy computer!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa! Sounded good there! I had a lot more wrestling mask in my accent back then. Let's update that jank! C'mere, System Mic!

''{A small tab appears from the left side of the monitor, and a telescoping microphone appears and extends toward Strong Bad.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Windows 98 system startup sound, go!

''{A window labeled "sys.mic" appears, showing the sound wave of Strong Bad's next line.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Ongggg, doodle-ing! Ding ding ding ding! Welcome to Windows 98. ''{jumps up from his chair and yells:}'' WHY ARE YOU STILL USING WINDOWS 98?! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?! STOP BUYING COMPUTERS FROM THRIFT STORES, MAN!

''{Cut to a wide shot, showing Homestar standing nearby.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' 'Scuse me, Strong Bad. Wanna help me record a duet of my classic Win98 System Shutdown song?

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{apprehensively}'' Oh, I dunno...

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{to the camera}'' Oh, come on, folks, who wants to hear it?

''{A crowd cheers from offscreen.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' On this stage tonight, the two great guys back together!

'''STRONG BAD:''' I mean I couldn't possibly... I couldn't think to want to... and ''{unintelligible}'' ''{smiles}'' Oh, very well. Hit it, Homestar!

''{Cut to Homestar, with a mustache and goatee sloppily drawn on his face in marker, talking into the Compy's microphone.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' One, two, three, four, five...

''{Cut further back. Homestar is wearing a gray fedora and shirt, blue jeans, and now has the Compy's mic strapped to his face.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{singing off-key}'' And now the love!

''{Strong Bad's head floats by}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' And now the love!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' That lasts forever!

''{Strong Bad's head appears with gold teeth with "4", "E", "V", and "A" written on them.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' You know it's lasted forever!

''{Two Homestars appear.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Has cooome—

''{Strong Bad slides in on his knees.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Come down—

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' —to—

'''STRONG BAD:''' —to—

''{Cut to Strong Bad's computer room. Homestar is dressed normally, although both he and Strong Bad have leaves over their crotches, and both characters are arm-in-invisible-arm.}''

'''BOTH:''' —its eeeeeeeeeee...

''{The screen fades out and their voices trail off, but it immediately brightens back up and they complete the word.}''

'''BOTH:''' ...eeeeeeeenduh!

''{The screen switches to the text "It's now safe to turn off your computer." After a few seconds,}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{from offscreen}'' Thanks for updatin' the website with me, Strong Bad!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{from offscreen}'' Yeah, that wasn't so bad! We should do this again soon.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{from offscreen}'' Three years soon, or like five years soon?

''{The text starts to tilt.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{from offscreen}'' Y'know, five, ten, fifteen, whate— whatever it takes.

''{Text reading "back", "download [[Strong Bad Desktop Theme|strong bad's windows 98 theme]]", and "download [[Homestar Runner Desktop Theme|homestar's windows 98 theme]]" appears.}''

==Easter Eggs==
* At the end, click on "safe" to see a bust of the back of Homestar's head with eyes and a beak, labeled "OUR NATIONAL BOLD".
* At the end, click on "turn off" to see an album with Homestar in his singer outfit and Strong Bad with cornrows and his "4EVA" teeth, labeled "The 2 Great Guys ON THIS STAGE TONITE", with "COMPY-DIRECTIONAL SOUND" written at the bottom.
* At the end, click on "computer" to see a scene with Homestar and Strong Bad.
:''{The text at the end of the toon is actually painted on a giant cardboard rectangle that Homestar and Strong Bad are holding up.}''
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' So what have you been up to, man? Haven't seen you in so long!
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Ah, you know how it is. Doin' a lot of side projects, some consulting, maybe a little freelance... Those are words that people say when they haven't actually been doing anything, right?
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yeah, yeah, cool! I've been kinda like living inside of a bag. Like a duffel bag.
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh! That's... great?
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yeah, yeah, I know, it's— it's great! It's got, like, a zipper. And... some straps. Maybe some kind of fungus growing in it. So basically, you know, top of my game!

==Fun Facts==


===Explanations===
*This entire toon alludes to [[The Brothers Chaps]]' [[hiatus]] from regular updates. This is the first major update on the site since [[Which Ween Costumes?]], from December 22nd, 2010. This makes it the longest hiatus in the site's history at about 3 years and 3 months

===Trivia===
*Beginning on April 1, 2014, the toon replaced the [[Index Page]], such that viewers could only access the rest of the website by using the [[Site Components#NavBar|navbar]]. On or around July 9, 2014, the Index Page was restored to its normal state. After being reverted, no new link was created for this cartoon until October 3, when the site was updated for the release of [[Fish Eye Lens]].
*The disk in the [[floppy disk container]] reads "eden" and is most likely a reference to the 1992 point-and-click adventure game 'Amazon: Guardians of Eden'.
*The words "plurbus" and "ourbus" are not actual Latin words. However, "pluribus orbus" could be taken to mean "more deprived".
*"The 2 Great Guys" album cover has a faint white ring on it, indicating it is supposed to be an old vinyl record album.
*This toon was the first video to be uploaded to the [[YouTube]] channel since December 17, 2009.
*Fitting for Strong Bad's remark about having more mask in his accent, this is the first toon released after the timeframe when, according to the bonus email [[Accent]], Strong Bad would have lost his accent.
*The [[YouTube]] description for this toon is "Homestar finally updates everyone's favorite part of his dot com."


===Remarks===
*The [[Hairstyle Runner]] hair (both at the title screen and in the gallery) is still interactive. Each piece shrinks slightly when highlighted, just as in Hairstyle Runner. However, clicking them does nothing, and they cannot be dragged.
*When Homestar is seen eating the leaf, the aspect ratio is the same as the updated Kick the Can.
*None of the original sound clips from [[Homestar Talker]] are used, except for "alright". This may be so all words in the sentence are the same [[Audio Quality|sound quality]].
*Despite the fact that the [[Compy 386]] was shot by [[Bubs]] in [[virus]], and then eaten by [[Strong Mad]] in [[retirement]], it appears here completely unharmed instead of Strong Bad's current computer, the [[Compé]]. This may be for better consistency, as the Compé appears to run on a newer operating system.
**There is also no contrast knob.
*The start up sound Strong Bad sings is actually from Windows 95 rather than Windows 98.
*The shading of Strong Bad's pants is purple in the computer room, but gray in the rest of the toon.
*The "back" button always leads to [[Main Page 17]].
*The desktop themes are not strictly for Windows 98. They are also fully compatible with [[wikipedia:Windows ME|Windows ME]], and they work on a Windows 95 computer that has [[wikipedia:Microsoft Plus!|Microsoft Plus!]] installed.
*The "Colorarization" scene is based on the [[Everything Else, Volume 1|DVD]] version of Kick the Can - that is, it uses the standard [[Old-Timey]] theme instead of The Entertainer.


===Inside References===
*Homestar addresses [[Debra]] and [[Simone]] at the beginning.
*Homestar uses the phrase "[[All the time]]".
*Homestar's coughing fit due to something unpleasant stuck in his throat is reminiscent of [[Marshie]]'s in [[Malloween Commercial]].
*"[[Peow]]!" and "Poink!" are examples of [[onomatopoeia]].
*Homestar previously had a leaf covering his crotch in [[fan club]].
*Cherry G., who submitted the "National Bold", is apparently [[Cherry Greg]].
*Homestar calling Strong Bad "Simone" marks an instance of [[gender confusion]].
*In the cheering crowd, the cheer when [[Onion Bubs]] is present can be heard. It's easier to hear this cheer in the [[YouTube]] version of the toon.
*Strong Bad [[Strong Bad Smiling|smiles]] when agreeing to sing with Homestar.
*During the shutdown song, Homestar wears both [[Homestar Runner's Pants|pants]], and a shirt with [[Lack of Visible Arms|arm-holes]] but no sleeves.
*The Compy was previously shown to have a graphical user interface in [[big white face]].
*Homestar claims to have been living inside of a bag. This may be a reference to his appearance at the [[TMBG Concert - 5 Mar 2010|March 5, 2010 They Might Be Giants concert]], in which he stated that he would be kept "in a Hefty bag in a storage space for a couple more months".
** Homestar also mentions spending time packed in a duffel bag in [[Puppet Jam: Everybody Knows It]].
** Mike says that Homestar usually rides in a duffel bag when they go on trips together in the [[business trip#Commentary Transcript|commentary]] for [[business trip]].


===Real-World References===
[[File:oldtimeycolour.png|thumb|"Let's bring everybody's favorite old-timey cartoons into the modern age with my patented Colorarization!"]]
*[[wikipedia:Webvan|Webvan]] was an online company specializing in the purchase and delivery of groceries. They went bankrupt in 2001, and are regarded as one of the worst flops in Internet history.
*"Colorarization" is a reference to [[wikipedia:film colorization|film colorization]], the practice of adding color to black-and-white films with varying degrees of success.
*The "It's now safe to turn off your computer" screen is directly lifted from the screen that most [[wikipedia:Windows 95|Windows 95]], [[wikipedia:Windows 98|Windows 98]], and [[wikipedia:Windows ME|Windows Me]] computers would show after shutting down if they were unable to power off by themselves. A parody of this screen also appeared in [[virus]].
*D. Lindo may be a reference to actor [[wikipedia:Delroy Lindo|Delroy Lindo]].


===Fast-Forward===
*Strong Bad's version of [[Strong Bad reads The Ocelot and the Porridge Maiden|"The Ocelot and the Porridge Maiden"]] has the porridge maiden living inside a duffel bag.

==YouTube Version==
On September 25, 2014, a DVD-like version was released.
*When Homestar is singing the first half of the song, Strong Bad is removed from those scenes, but he could still be heard singing.
*Homestar and Strong Bad's Easter egg appears immediately following the toon. The "OUR NATIONAL BOLD" and "2 Great Guys" Easter eggs are not shown.

==External links==
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April Fool 2014

StarFox — Sun, 12 May 2019 00:26:41 GMT

StarFox: /* Explanations */

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[[Image:AprilFools2014.png|thumb|"You got this, Homestar. This is nothin'."]]

After years of no updates, Homestar decides to update all the best features of the website.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{film|Homestar Runner}}, {{film|The Homestar Runner}}, {{film|Sickly Sam}}, {{film|Strong Bad}}

'''Places:''' [[Index Page]], [[Hairstyle Runner|Hairstyle Gallery]], [[The Field]] (Old-Timey), [[Homestar Talker]], [[Computer Room]]

'''Date:''' Tuesday, April 1, 2014

'''Running time:''' 4:47

'''Page title:''' Everybody! Everybody?

==Transcript==
''{The Homestarrunner.com [[Index Page|welcome screen]] is visible, but dim. On the left is "com on in", with the "e" in "come" having fallen down below the words. On the right is "watch intro"; the "a" has fallen a bit and has pushed aside some of the letters below it. Homestar Runner, though dim like the rest of the screen, appears as normal. The top-left corner of the screen is sagging slightly. Wind can be heard in the background. After a few seconds, a drop of water falls and Homestar sighs. The sagging corner falls a little over the next line, exposing some HTML behind it.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{aside, to himself}'' You got this, Homestar. This is nothin'. Just like fallin' off a web van.

''{The lights come on.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, hello, Debra! ''{turns to the side}'' Simone! ''{angrily leans into the camera}'' The Internet! ''{leans back}'' I am what you might call Homestar Runner. ''{beat, then throws confetti. Out of the side of his mouth:}'' Yaaaay! Over the last several years of my dot com, peoples all the time be askin' me: "Hey Homestar! How come you stopped updating—"

''{Homestar starts coughing and sputtering.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ahem! Sorry, got some ''{a piece of crab, with a drop of blood falling from it, appears from inside his mouth}'' crab shell stuck in my throat. ''{throws it aside}'' Continuing. "How come you stopped updating the best feature on your website?" And to that I answer: "You mean how come I stopped updating the Hairstyle Runner gallery back in the year 2000?" ''{holds up the [[Hairstyle Runner]] toy}'' I don't know! Let's go update it right now, Joshy!

''{He winds up to run toward stage left.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yup. You guessed it. ''{takes off}'' Peow!

''{Another drop of water falls after he is gone. Cut to the "Hairstyle Gallery", as noted by a banner on the top of the screen. It is a museum entryway, entirely done in the style of the older toons. There is a statue of Homestar with a leaf over his crotch and olive branches on his head, holding a tablet that reads "PLVRBVS OVRBVS". In the lower-right corner are two banners reading "SEE THE GALLERY" and "SUBMIT YOUR OWN". Homestar, in his modern appearance, walks in and looks at the statue.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Whoa-hoa-hoa! Hello there, magnificent specimen. ''{takes the leaf}'' Poink! ''{he places it over his own crotch}'' That's better. Let's get started.

''{He turns to look at a Hairstyle Runner allegedly submitted by "Cherry G.". It shows the iron shavings placed to look like eyes and a bird beak on the back of Homestar's head.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{from offscreen}'' This one from Cherry G. makes the back of my head look like some kind of bold eagle.

''{Cut back to Homestar.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{laughing}'' Huh-huh-huh-huh! He's so bold in his... in his decision making! Oh-ho! He's our national bold! Ohhh man! What fun!

''{Turns to look at one from "D. Lindo" that has "P." written on Homestar's head in the shavings.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{from offscreen}'' Here's one from D. Lindo that simply has the letter—

''{Cut back to Homestar as he snickers, then breaks out laughing.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Haaa! Ha ha ha ha ha ha! It's the letter— ''{snickers again, and then turns to the side}'' Pom Pom, ya gotta see this! ''{doubles over}'' It's the letter P! Followed by a period! ''{rolls over onto his back}'' Ha ha ha ha ha! Who puts a period after the letter P?! ''{calming down}'' Ohh man, I'm gonna stand back up. ''{starts to get up}'' I'm'a stand back up right now. ''{stands up}'' Whew! I am on a roll! What else can we update? I know! Let's bring everybody's favorite old-timey cartoons—

''{Cut to the intro to [[Kick the Can]].}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{from offscreen}'' —into the modern age!

''{The Homestar Runner appears, kicking the can. He approaches Sickly Sam.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{from offscreen}'' With my patented Colorarization!

''{Colors appear from the right side of the screen with the blinking word "COLORARIZATION!" appearing. The colors are mostly pastel colors that don't fit the scene at all. Sickly Sam's legs become beefy human-looking legs covered in hair, but his main body doesn't change at all.}''

'''SICKLY SAM:''' ''{very distorted}'' Am I up with the times?

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Sorry, Sickly Sam. You're an affront to God and man!

''{He kicks the can into Sickly Sam, and both disappear with a "PAFH!" cloud and sound effect. The Homestar Runner kicks and opens his mouth as the scene cuts back to modern-day Homestar, with the leaf in his mouth.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, man, these updates are great! Let's keep going! ''{swallows the leaf}'' Ooh, how's about some new words for the old Homestar Talker?

''{The [[Homestar Talker]] appears. With different sound effects, "KITCHENETTE", "DRACONIAN", and "POINK" appear in the corners. A mouse cursor clicks the following words, and the Homestar in the Talker says them in his old voice:}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{in the Talker}'' Kitchenette. Strong Bad. Is. Making. Draconian. Marshmallow. Poink.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{from offscreen}'' Draconian marshmallow poink?! Oh, that is it!! I'm going to appear onscreen! Now.

''{The cursor clicks on "Alright".}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{in the Talker}'' All riiiiight!

''{Cut to the Hairstyle Gallery, where Strong Bad is now in front of Homestar.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh! Hi, Simone!

'''STRONG BAD:''' This is clearly not what they meant when they asked about updating the website's best feature!

''{Closeup on Homestar.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Uhhhh... yeah, it is. It's all the best junk from my dot com!

''{Strong Bad leans into the shot.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh yeah? Well what about...

''{Leaves and then sits down at the [[Compy 386]].}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' strongbad_eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee_windows98desktoptheme

''{He hits Enter, and a desktop theme with Strong Bad's boxing glove "SB" logo in the background and "MY COMPUTER" labeled with an icon of Strong Bad's head. Shortly thereafter, icons for "NETWORK NEIGHBORHOOD" (his boxing glove), "MY DOCUMENTS" (Strong Bad in front of a stack of papers), and "TRASH BIN" (a roll of toilet paper) appear one at a time}''

'''COMPY:''' ''{in Strong Bad's original voice}'' Hello, stupid, and welcome to your crappy computer!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa! Sounded good there! I had a lot more wrestling mask in my accent back then. Let's update that jank! C'mere, System Mic!

''{A small tab appears from the left side of the monitor, and a telescoping microphone appears and extends toward Strong Bad.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Windows 98 system startup sound, go!

''{A window labeled "sys.mic" appears, showing the sound wave of Strong Bad's next line.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Ongggg, doodle-ing! Ding ding ding ding! Welcome to Windows 98. ''{jumps up from his chair and yells:}'' WHY ARE YOU STILL USING WINDOWS 98?! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?! STOP BUYING COMPUTERS FROM THRIFT STORES, MAN!

''{Cut to a wide shot, showing Homestar standing nearby.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' 'Scuse me, Strong Bad. Wanna help me record a duet of my classic Win98 System Shutdown song?

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{apprehensively}'' Oh, I dunno...

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{to the camera}'' Oh, come on, folks, who wants to hear it?

''{A crowd cheers from offscreen.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' On this stage tonight, the two great guys back together!

'''STRONG BAD:''' I mean I couldn't possibly... I couldn't think to want to... and ''{unintelligible}'' ''{smiles}'' Oh, very well. Hit it, Homestar!

''{Cut to Homestar, with a mustache and goatee sloppily drawn on his face in marker, talking into the Compy's microphone.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' One, two, three, four, five...

''{Cut further back. Homestar is wearing a gray fedora and shirt, blue jeans, and now has the Compy's mic strapped to his face.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{singing off-key}'' And now the love!

''{Strong Bad's head floats by}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' And now the love!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' That lasts forever!

''{Strong Bad's head appears with gold teeth with "4", "E", "V", and "A" written on them.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' You know it's lasted forever!

''{Two Homestars appear.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Has cooome—

''{Strong Bad slides in on his knees.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Come down—

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' —to—

'''STRONG BAD:''' —to—

''{Cut to Strong Bad's computer room. Homestar is dressed normally, although both he and Strong Bad have leaves over their crotches, and both characters are arm-in-invisible-arm.}''

'''BOTH:''' —its eeeeeeeeeee...

''{The screen fades out and their voices trail off, but it immediately brightens back up and they complete the word.}''

'''BOTH:''' ...eeeeeeeenduh!

''{The screen switches to the text "It's now safe to turn off your computer." After a few seconds,}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{from offscreen}'' Thanks for updatin' the website with me, Strong Bad!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{from offscreen}'' Yeah, that wasn't so bad! We should do this again soon.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{from offscreen}'' Three years soon, or like five years soon?

''{The text starts to tilt.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{from offscreen}'' Y'know, five, ten, fifteen, whate— whatever it takes.

''{Text reading "back", "download [[Strong Bad Desktop Theme|strong bad's windows 98 theme]]", and "download [[Homestar Runner Desktop Theme|homestar's windows 98 theme]]" appears.}''

==Easter Eggs==
* At the end, click on "safe" to see a bust of the back of Homestar's head with eyes and a beak, labeled "OUR NATIONAL BOLD".
* At the end, click on "turn off" to see an album with Homestar in his singer outfit and Strong Bad with cornrows and his "4EVA" teeth, labeled "The 2 Great Guys ON THIS STAGE TONITE", with "COMPY-DIRECTIONAL SOUND" written at the bottom.
* At the end, click on "computer" to see a scene with Homestar and Strong Bad.
:''{The text at the end of the toon is actually painted on a giant cardboard rectangle that Homestar and Strong Bad are holding up.}''
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' So what have you been up to, man? Haven't seen you in so long!
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Ah, you know how it is. Doin' a lot of side projects, some consulting, maybe a little freelance... Those are words that people say when they haven't actually been doing anything, right?
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yeah, yeah, cool! I've been kinda like living inside of a bag. Like a duffel bag.
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh! That's... great?
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yeah, yeah, I know, it's— it's great! It's got, like, a zipper. And... some straps. Maybe some kind of fungus growing in it. So basically, you know, top of my game!

==Fun Facts==


===Explanations===
*This entire toon alludes to [[The Brothers Chaps]]' [[hiatus]] from regular updates. This is the first major update on the site since [[Which Ween Costumes?]], from December 22nd, 2010. This makes it the longest hiatus in the site's history at about 3 years and 3 months.

===Trivia===
*Beginning on April 1, 2014, the toon replaced the [[Index Page]], such that viewers could only access the rest of the website by using the [[Site Components#NavBar|navbar]]. On or around July 9, 2014, the Index Page was restored to its normal state. After being reverted, no new link was created for this cartoon until October 3, when the site was updated for the release of [[Fish Eye Lens]].
*The disk in the [[floppy disk container]] reads "eden" and is most likely a reference to the 1992 point-and-click adventure game 'Amazon: Guardians of Eden'.
*The words "plurbus" and "ourbus" are not actual Latin words. However, "pluribus orbus" could be taken to mean "more deprived".
*"The 2 Great Guys" album cover has a faint white ring on it, indicating it is supposed to be an old vinyl record album.
*This toon was the first video to be uploaded to the [[YouTube]] channel since December 17, 2009.
*Fitting for Strong Bad's remark about having more mask in his accent, this is the first toon released after the timeframe when, according to the bonus email [[Accent]], Strong Bad would have lost his accent.
*The [[YouTube]] description for this toon is "Homestar finally updates everyone's favorite part of his dot com."


===Remarks===
*The [[Hairstyle Runner]] hair (both at the title screen and in the gallery) is still interactive. Each piece shrinks slightly when highlighted, just as in Hairstyle Runner. However, clicking them does nothing, and they cannot be dragged.
*When Homestar is seen eating the leaf, the aspect ratio is the same as the updated Kick the Can.
*None of the original sound clips from [[Homestar Talker]] are used, except for "alright". This may be so all words in the sentence are the same [[Audio Quality|sound quality]].
*Despite the fact that the [[Compy 386]] was shot by [[Bubs]] in [[virus]], and then eaten by [[Strong Mad]] in [[retirement]], it appears here completely unharmed instead of Strong Bad's current computer, the [[Compé]]. This may be for better consistency, as the Compé appears to run on a newer operating system.
**There is also no contrast knob.
*The start up sound Strong Bad sings is actually from Windows 95 rather than Windows 98.
*The shading of Strong Bad's pants is purple in the computer room, but gray in the rest of the toon.
*The "back" button always leads to [[Main Page 17]].
*The desktop themes are not strictly for Windows 98. They are also fully compatible with [[wikipedia:Windows ME|Windows ME]], and they work on a Windows 95 computer that has [[wikipedia:Microsoft Plus!|Microsoft Plus!]] installed.
*The "Colorarization" scene is based on the [[Everything Else, Volume 1|DVD]] version of Kick the Can - that is, it uses the standard [[Old-Timey]] theme instead of The Entertainer.


===Inside References===
*Homestar addresses [[Debra]] and [[Simone]] at the beginning.
*Homestar uses the phrase "[[All the time]]".
*Homestar's coughing fit due to something unpleasant stuck in his throat is reminiscent of [[Marshie]]'s in [[Malloween Commercial]].
*"[[Peow]]!" and "Poink!" are examples of [[onomatopoeia]].
*Homestar previously had a leaf covering his crotch in [[fan club]].
*Cherry G., who submitted the "National Bold", is apparently [[Cherry Greg]].
*Homestar calling Strong Bad "Simone" marks an instance of [[gender confusion]].
*In the cheering crowd, the cheer when [[Onion Bubs]] is present can be heard. It's easier to hear this cheer in the [[YouTube]] version of the toon.
*Strong Bad [[Strong Bad Smiling|smiles]] when agreeing to sing with Homestar.
*During the shutdown song, Homestar wears both [[Homestar Runner's Pants|pants]], and a shirt with [[Lack of Visible Arms|arm-holes]] but no sleeves.
*The Compy was previously shown to have a graphical user interface in [[big white face]].
*Homestar claims to have been living inside of a bag. This may be a reference to his appearance at the [[TMBG Concert - 5 Mar 2010|March 5, 2010 They Might Be Giants concert]], in which he stated that he would be kept "in a Hefty bag in a storage space for a couple more months".
** Homestar also mentions spending time packed in a duffel bag in [[Puppet Jam: Everybody Knows It]].
** Mike says that Homestar usually rides in a duffel bag when they go on trips together in the [[business trip#Commentary Transcript|commentary]] for [[business trip]].


===Real-World References===
[[File:oldtimeycolour.png|thumb|"Let's bring everybody's favorite old-timey cartoons into the modern age with my patented Colorarization!"]]
*[[wikipedia:Webvan|Webvan]] was an online company specializing in the purchase and delivery of groceries. They went bankrupt in 2001, and are regarded as one of the worst flops in Internet history.
*"Colorarization" is a reference to [[wikipedia:film colorization|film colorization]], the practice of adding color to black-and-white films with varying degrees of success.
*The "It's now safe to turn off your computer" screen is directly lifted from the screen that most [[wikipedia:Windows 95|Windows 95]], [[wikipedia:Windows 98|Windows 98]], and [[wikipedia:Windows ME|Windows Me]] computers would show after shutting down if they were unable to power off by themselves. A parody of this screen also appeared in [[virus]].
*D. Lindo may be a reference to actor [[wikipedia:Delroy Lindo|Delroy Lindo]].


===Fast-Forward===
*Strong Bad's version of [[Strong Bad reads The Ocelot and the Porridge Maiden|"The Ocelot and the Porridge Maiden"]] has the porridge maiden living inside a duffel bag.

==YouTube Version==
On September 25, 2014, a DVD-like version was released.
*When Homestar is singing the first half of the song, Strong Bad is removed from those scenes, but he could still be heard singing.
*Homestar and Strong Bad's Easter egg appears immediately following the toon. The "OUR NATIONAL BOLD" and "2 Great Guys" Easter eggs are not shown.

==External links==
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April Fool 2014

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[[Image:AprilFools2014.png|thumb|"You got this, Homestar. This is nothin'."]]

After years of no updates, Homestar decides to update all the best features of the website.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{film|Homestar Runner}}, {{film|The Homestar Runner}}, {{film|Sickly Sam}}, {{film|Strong Bad}}

'''Places:''' [[Index Page]], [[Hairstyle Runner|Hairstyle Gallery]], [[The Field]] (Old-Timey), [[Homestar Talker]], [[Computer Room]]

'''Date:''' Tuesday, April 1, 2014

'''Running time:''' 4:47

'''Page title:''' Everybody! Everybody?

==Transcript==
''{The Homestarrunner.com [[Index Page|welcome screen]] is visible, but dim. On the left is "com on in", with the "e" in "come" having fallen down below the words. On the right is "watch intro"; the "a" has fallen a bit and has pushed aside some of the letters below it. Homestar Runner, though dim like the rest of the screen, appears as normal. The top-left corner of the screen is sagging slightly. Wind can be heard in the background. After a few seconds, a drop of water falls and Homestar sighs. The sagging corner falls a little over the next line, exposing some HTML behind it.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{aside, to himself}'' You got this, Homestar. This is nothin'. Just like fallin' off a web van.

''{The lights come on.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, hello, Debra! ''{turns to the side}'' Simone! ''{angrily leans into the camera}'' The Internet! ''{leans back}'' I am what you might call Homestar Runner. ''{beat, then throws confetti. Out of the side of his mouth:}'' Yaaaay! Over the last several years of my dot com, peoples all the time be askin' me: "Hey Homestar! How come you stopped updating—"

''{Homestar starts coughing and sputtering.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ahem! Sorry, got some ''{a piece of crab, with a drop of blood falling from it, appears from inside his mouth}'' crab shell stuck in my throat. ''{throws it aside}'' Continuing. "How come you stopped updating the best feature on your website?" And to that I answer: "You mean how come I stopped updating the Hairstyle Runner gallery back in the year 2000?" ''{holds up the [[Hairstyle Runner]] toy}'' I don't know! Let's go update it right now, Joshy!

''{He winds up to run toward stage left.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yup. You guessed it. ''{takes off}'' Peow!

''{Another drop of water falls after he is gone. Cut to the "Hairstyle Gallery", as noted by a banner on the top of the screen. It is a museum entryway, entirely done in the style of the older toons. There is a statue of Homestar with a leaf over his crotch and olive branches on his head, holding a tablet that reads "PLVRBVS OVRBVS". In the lower-right corner are two banners reading "SEE THE GALLERY" and "SUBMIT YOUR OWN". Homestar, in his modern appearance, walks in and looks at the statue.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Whoa-hoa-hoa! Hello there, magnificent specimen. ''{takes the leaf}'' Poink! ''{he places it over his own crotch}'' That's better. Let's get started.

''{He turns to look at a Hairstyle Runner allegedly submitted by "Cherry G.". It shows the iron shavings placed to look like eyes and a bird beak on the back of Homestar's head.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{from offscreen}'' This one from Cherry G. makes the back of my head look like some kind of bold eagle.

''{Cut back to Homestar.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{laughing}'' Huh-huh-huh-huh! He's so bold in his... in his decision making! Oh-ho! He's our national bold! Ohhh man! What fun!

''{Turns to look at one from "D. Lindo" that has "P." written on Homestar's head in the shavings.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{from offscreen}'' Here's one from D. Lindo that simply has the letter—

''{Cut back to Homestar as he snickers, then breaks out laughing.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Haaa! Ha ha ha ha ha ha! It's the letter— ''{snickers again, and then turns to the side}'' Pom Pom, ya gotta see this! ''{doubles over}'' It's the letter P! Followed by a period! ''{rolls over onto his back}'' Ha ha ha ha ha! Who puts a period after the letter P?! ''{calming down}'' Ohh man, I'm gonna stand back up. ''{starts to get up}'' I'm'a stand back up right now. ''{stands up}'' Whew! I am on a roll! What else can we update? I know! Let's bring everybody's favorite old-timey cartoons—

''{Cut to the intro to [[Kick the Can]].}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{from offscreen}'' —into the modern age!

''{The Homestar Runner appears, kicking the can. He approaches Sickly Sam.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{from offscreen}'' With my patented Colorarization!

''{Colors appear from the right side of the screen with the blinking word "COLORARIZATION!" appearing. The colors are mostly pastel colors that don't fit the scene at all. Sickly Sam's legs become beefy human-looking legs covered in hair, but his main body doesn't change at all.}''

'''SICKLY SAM:''' ''{very distorted}'' Am I up with the times?

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Sorry, Sickly Sam. You're an affront to God and man!

''{He kicks the can into Sickly Sam, and both disappear with a "PAFH!" cloud and sound effect. The Homestar Runner kicks and opens his mouth as the scene cuts back to modern-day Homestar, with the leaf in his mouth.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, man, these updates are great! Let's keep going! ''{swallows the leaf}'' Ooh, how's about some new words for the old Homestar Talker?

''{The [[Homestar Talker]] appears. With different sound effects, "KITCHENETTE", "DRACONIAN", and "POINK" appear in the corners. A mouse cursor clicks the following words, and the Homestar in the Talker says them in his old voice:}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{in the Talker}'' Kitchenette. Strong Bad. Is. Making. Draconian. Marshmallow. Poink.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{from offscreen}'' Draconian marshmallow poink?! Oh, that is it!! I'm going to appear onscreen! Now.

''{The cursor clicks on "Alright".}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{in the Talker}'' All riiiiight!

''{Cut to the Hairstyle Gallery, where Strong Bad is now in front of Homestar.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh! Hi, Simone!

'''STRONG BAD:''' This is clearly not what they meant when they asked about updating the website's best feature!

''{Closeup on Homestar.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Uhhhh... yeah, it is. It's all the best junk from my dot com!

''{Strong Bad leans into the shot.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh yeah? Well what about...

''{Leaves and then sits down at the [[Compy 386]].}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' strongbad_eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee_windows98desktoptheme

''{He hits Enter, and a desktop theme with Strong Bad's boxing glove "SB" logo in the background and "MY COMPUTER" labeled with an icon of Strong Bad's head. Shortly thereafter, icons for "NETWORK NEIGHBORHOOD" (his boxing glove), "MY DOCUMENTS" (Strong Bad in front of a stack of papers), and "TRASH BIN" (a roll of toilet paper) appear one at a time}''

'''COMPY:''' ''{in Strong Bad's original voice}'' Hello, stupid, and welcome to your crappy computer!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa! Sounded good there! I had a lot more wrestling mask in my accent back then. Let's update that jank! C'mere, System Mic!

''{A small tab appears from the left side of the monitor, and a telescoping microphone appears and extends toward Strong Bad.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Windows 98 system startup sound, go!

''{A window labeled "sys.mic" appears, showing the sound wave of Strong Bad's next line.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Ongggg, doodle-ing! Ding ding ding ding! Welcome to Windows 98. ''{jumps up from his chair and yells:}'' WHY ARE YOU STILL USING WINDOWS 98?! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?! STOP BUYING COMPUTERS FROM THRIFT STORES, MAN!

''{Cut to a wide shot, showing Homestar standing nearby.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' 'Scuse me, Strong Bad. Wanna help me record a duet of my classic Win98 System Shutdown song?

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{apprehensively}'' Oh, I dunno...

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{to the camera}'' Oh, come on, folks, who wants to hear it?

''{A crowd cheers from offscreen.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' On this stage tonight, the two great guys back together!

'''STRONG BAD:''' I mean I couldn't possibly... I couldn't think to want to... and ''{unintelligible}'' ''{smiles}'' Oh, very well. Hit it, Homestar!

''{Cut to Homestar, with a mustache and goatee sloppily drawn on his face in marker, talking into the Compy's microphone.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' One, two, three, four, five...

''{Cut further back. Homestar is wearing a gray fedora and shirt, blue jeans, and now has the Compy's mic strapped to his face.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{singing off-key}'' And now the love!

''{Strong Bad's head floats by}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' And now the love!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' That lasts forever!

''{Strong Bad's head appears with gold teeth with "4", "E", "V", and "A" written on them.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' You know it's lasted forever!

''{Two Homestars appear.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Has cooome—

''{Strong Bad slides in on his knees.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Come down—

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' —to—

'''STRONG BAD:''' —to—

''{Cut to Strong Bad's computer room. Homestar is dressed normally, although both he and Strong Bad have leaves over their crotches, and both characters are arm-in-invisible-arm.}''

'''BOTH:''' —its eeeeeeeeeee...

''{The screen fades out and their voices trail off, but it immediately brightens back up and they complete the word.}''

'''BOTH:''' ...eeeeeeeenduh!

''{The screen switches to the text "It's now safe to turn off your computer." After a few seconds,}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{from offscreen}'' Thanks for updatin' the website with me, Strong Bad!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{from offscreen}'' Yeah, that wasn't so bad! We should do this again soon.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{from offscreen}'' Three years soon, or like five years soon?

''{The text starts to tilt.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{from offscreen}'' Y'know, five, ten, fifteen, whate— whatever it takes.

''{Text reading "back", "download [[Strong Bad Desktop Theme|strong bad's windows 98 theme]]", and "download [[Homestar Runner Desktop Theme|homestar's windows 98 theme]]" appears.}''

==Easter Eggs==
* At the end, click on "safe" to see a bust of the back of Homestar's head with eyes and a beak, labeled "OUR NATIONAL BOLD".
* At the end, click on "turn off" to see an album with Homestar in his singer outfit and Strong Bad with cornrows and his "4EVA" teeth, labeled "The 2 Great Guys ON THIS STAGE TONITE", with "COMPY-DIRECTIONAL SOUND" written at the bottom.
* At the end, click on "computer" to see a scene with Homestar and Strong Bad.
:''{The text at the end of the toon is actually painted on a giant cardboard rectangle that Homestar and Strong Bad are holding up.}''
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' So what have you been up to, man? Haven't seen you in so long!
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Ah, you know how it is. Doin' a lot of side projects, some consulting, maybe a little freelance... Those are words that people say when they haven't actually been doing anything, right?
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yeah, yeah, cool! I've been kinda like living inside of a bag. Like a duffel bag.
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh! That's... great?
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yeah, yeah, I know, it's— it's great! It's got, like, a zipper. And... some straps. Maybe some kind of fungus growing in it. So basically, you know, top of my game!

==Fun Facts==


===Explanations===
*This entire toon alludes to [[The Brothers Chaps]]' [[hiatus]] from regular updates. This is the first major update on the site since [[Which Ween Costumes?]], from December 22nd, 2010. This makes it the longest hiatus in the site's history at about 3 years and 3 months

===Trivia===
*Beginning on April 1, 2014, the toon replaced the [[Index Page]], such that viewers could only access the rest of the website by using the [[Site Components#NavBar|navbar]]. On or around July 9, 2014, the Index Page was restored to its normal state. After being reverted, no new link was created for this cartoon until October 3, when the site was updated for the release of [[Fish Eye Lens]].
*The disk in the [[floppy disk container]] reads "eden" and is most likely a reference to the 1992 point-and-click adventure game 'Amazon: Guardians of Eden'.
*The words "plurbus" and "ourbus" are not actual Latin words. However, "pluribus orbus" could be taken to mean "more deprived".
*"The 2 Great Guys" album cover has a faint white ring on it, indicating it is supposed to be an old vinyl record album.
*This toon was the first video to be uploaded to the [[YouTube]] channel since December 17, 2009.
*Fitting for Strong Bad's remark about having more mask in his accent, this is the first toon released after the timeframe when, according to the bonus email [[Accent]], Strong Bad would have lost his accent.
*The [[YouTube]] description for this toon is "Homestar finally updates everyone's favorite part of his dot com."


===Remarks===
*The [[Hairstyle Runner]] hair (both at the title screen and in the gallery) is still interactive. Each piece shrinks slightly when highlighted, just as in Hairstyle Runner. However, clicking them does nothing, and they cannot be dragged.
*When Homestar is seen eating the leaf, the aspect ratio is the same as the updated Kick the Can.
*None of the original sound clips from [[Homestar Talker]] are used, except for "alright". This may be so all words in the sentence are the same [[Audio Quality|sound quality]].
*Despite the fact that the [[Compy 386]] was shot by [[Bubs]] in [[virus]], and then eaten by [[Strong Mad]] in [[retirement]], it appears here completely unharmed instead of Strong Bad's current computer, the [[Compé]]. This may be for better consistency, as the Compé appears to run on a newer operating system.
**There is also no contrast knob.
*The start up sound Strong Bad sings is actually from Windows 95 rather than Windows 98.
*The shading of Strong Bad's pants is purple in the computer room, but gray in the rest of the toon.
*The "back" button always leads to [[Main Page 17]].
*The desktop themes are not strictly for Windows 98. They are also fully compatible with [[wikipedia:Windows ME|Windows ME]], and they work on a Windows 95 computer that has [[wikipedia:Microsoft Plus!|Microsoft Plus!]] installed.
*The "Colorarization" scene is based on the [[Everything Else, Volume 1|DVD]] version of Kick the Can - that is, it uses the standard [[Old-Timey]] theme instead of The Entertainer.


===Inside References===
*Homestar addresses [[Debra]] and [[Simone]] at the beginning.
*Homestar uses the phrase "[[All the time]]".
*Homestar's coughing fit due to something unpleasant stuck in his throat is reminiscent of [[Marshie]]'s in [[Malloween Commercial]].
*"[[Peow]]!" and "Poink!" are examples of [[onomatopoeia]].
*Homestar previously had a leaf covering his crotch in [[fan club]].
*Cherry G., who submitted the "National Bold", is apparently [[Cherry Greg]].
*Homestar calling Strong Bad "Simone" marks an instance of [[gender confusion]].
*In the cheering crowd, the cheer when [[Onion Bubs]] is present can be heard. It's easier to hear this cheer in the [[YouTube]] version of the toon.
*Strong Bad [[Strong Bad Smiling|smiles]] when agreeing to sing with Homestar.
*During the shutdown song, Homestar wears both [[Homestar Runner's Pants|pants]], and a shirt with [[Lack of Visible Arms|arm-holes]] but no sleeves.
*The Compy was previously shown to have a graphical user interface in [[big white face]].
*Homestar claims to have been living inside of a bag. This may be a reference to his appearance at the [[TMBG Concert - 5 Mar 2010|March 5, 2010 They Might Be Giants concert]], in which he stated that he would be kept "in a Hefty bag in a storage space for a couple more months".
** Homestar also mentions spending time packed in a duffel bag in [[Puppet Jam: Everybody Knows It]].
** Mike says that Homestar usually rides in a duffel bag when they go on trips together in the [[business trip#Commentary Transcript|commentary]] for [[business trip]].


===Real-World References===
[[File:oldtimeycolour.png|thumb|"Let's bring everybody's favorite old-timey cartoons into the modern age with my patented Colorarization!"]]
*[[wikipedia:Webvan|Webvan]] was an online company specializing in the purchase and delivery of groceries. They went bankrupt in 2001, and are regarded as one of the worst flops in Internet history.
*"Colorarization" is a reference to [[wikipedia:film colorization|film colorization]], the practice of adding color to black-and-white films with varying degrees of success.
*The "It's now safe to turn off your computer" screen is directly lifted from the screen that most [[wikipedia:Windows 95|Windows 95]], [[wikipedia:Windows 98|Windows 98]], and [[wikipedia:Windows ME|Windows Me]] computers would show after shutting down if they were unable to power off by themselves. A parody of this screen also appeared in [[virus]].
*D. Lindo may be a reference to actor [[wikipedia:Delroy Lindo|Delroy Lindo]].


===Fast-Forward===
*Strong Bad's version of [[Strong Bad reads The Ocelot and the Porridge Maiden|"The Ocelot and the Porridge Maiden"]] has the porridge maiden living inside a duffel bag.

==YouTube Version==
On September 25, 2014, a DVD-like version was released.
*When Homestar is singing the first half of the song, Strong Bad is removed from those scenes, but he could still be heard singing.
*Homestar and Strong Bad's Easter egg appears immediately following the toon. The "OUR NATIONAL BOLD" and "2 Great Guys" Easter eggs are not shown.

==External links==
{{extlinks|aprilfools2014|swf=aprilfools_2014_final|37733|youtube=E4cOe8bWOZc}}
{{aprilfool}}
[[Category:April Fools]]

April Fool 2014

StarFox — Sun, 12 May 2019 00:25:50 GMT

StarFox: /* Explanations */

Trogdor's Fiery Rage (video)

StarFox — Sat, 11 May 2019 01:55:23 GMT

StarFox: /* Trivia */

{{watchyoutube|NW0zvsFaFcE}}
[[File:BrainkriegsFieryRage.png|thumb|"But Troggie's got a fire that cannot be contained!"]]
{{aboutsong}} {{for|[[Six-Sadded, Die]] episode|Six-Sadded, Die. - Trogdor's Fiery Rage}}

For the [[Trogdor!! The Board Game]] [[Trogdor!! The Board Game Rulebook EP|Rulebook EP]], Brainkrieg plays a song about Trogdor's fiery rage. Homestar wants to know if you won.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Sci-Fi Greg}}, {{Film|D n' D Greg}}, {{Film|Open Source Greg}}, {{Film|Japanese Culture Greg}}, {{Film|What's Her Face}}, [[Brainkrieg]], {{Film|Trogdor}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}

'''Places:''' [[Teen Girl Squad Locations#School Stage|School Stage]]

'''Date:''' Friday, May 10, 2019

'''Running time:''' 2:47

==Transcript==
''{The four Gregs are standing around a table playing Trogdor!! The Board Game}''

'''D N' D GREG:''' And then the knight moves... ''{moving a knight meeple}'' west, north, north, east! ''{the knight ends on Trogdor's tile}''

'''JAPANESE CULTURE GREG:''' Oh no!

'''OPEN SOURCE GREG:''' We've been hit by a knight with an empty trog-meter! ''{close-up on the empty meter}''

'''SCI-FI GREG:''' ''{throwing up his arms in despair}'' We lost the game!

'''D N' D GREG:''' Now just wait a minute gentlemen...

''{Reverse shot shows What's Her Face at the other end of the table}''

'''D N' D GREG:''' ...and the one lady we've found who will tolerate us.

'''WHAT'S HER FACE:''' ''{bows}'' S'right!

'''D N' D GREG:''' Trogdor has one more trick up his spikey wristband that he wears in my head-canon!

'''JAPANESE CULTURE GREG:''' What is it?

''{Zoom into D N' D Greg's chest as drums start. Cut to Brainkrieg performing onstage.}''

===Trogdor's Fiery Rage===
'''BRAINKRIEG:''' ''{singing}'' 
So you lost the game 
Well that's really lame 
But Troggie's got a fire 
That cannot be contained!

Trogdor's Fiery Rage! (Draw five cards!) 
Trogdor's Fiery Rage! (Five movement cards!) 
Trogdor's Fiery Rage! (Draw five cards!) 
Trogdor's Fiery Rage!

He gets wraparound 
Burns everything down 
Just by touching it 
Except the archer lives

Trogdor's Fiery Rage! (Draw five cards!) 
Trogdor's Fiery Rage! (Five movement cards!) 
Trogdor's Fiery Rage! (Draw five cards!) 
Trogdor's Fiery Rage!

''{Cut back to the Gregs' and What's Her Face's game, where every piece has been burninated}''

'''SCI-FI GREG:''' Trogdor's fiery rage was successful!!

'''OPEN SOURCE GREG:''' I'm sure that success will extend into our social lives!

''{Everyone present is suddenly squashed by a deck of Brainkrieg playing cards}''

'''BRAINKRIEG:''' ''{spoken}'' Deck of cards! 
Jugga jigga wugga.

''{Blackout, which lasts for about sixteen seconds before pieces of the toon start playing glitchily at random}''

''{Sci-Fi Greg appears, unaccompanied by any other characters or props}''

'''SCI-FI GREG:''' We lost the ga—! ''{all but his left arm disappears}''

''{A tune plays as Brainkrieg's dummer appears briefly, then cut to meeples moving on their own on a blank page}''

'''D N' D GREG:''' West, west, south, south... ''{the background goes black and the meeples vanish one by one}''

''{A slow drum beat starts as Homestar Runner ducks in from the bottom}''

===Did You Win?===
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{speaking in rhythm}'' 
Did you win? 
Did you win? 
I take it you were playing Trogdor!! The Board Game 
So did you win?

Was it a real close shave? 
Or did you win ''handily?'' 
Did you play it with some friends? 
Or peoples chosen ''randomly?''

Did you have a good time? 
Did you think it was worth the purchase price? 
I hope that you enjoyed yourself 
'Cause that would make me feel oh so nice

''{singing off-key}'' 
I know you can't see my face 
So you can tell how serious this is 
But I really want to know 
''{speaking}'' That's why I'm givin' you this game outcome quiz

Did you win? 
So, ''so,'' did you win? 
I heard you were playing Trogdor!! The Board Game 
And I just really want to know if you did

==Fun Facts==
===Trivia===
*This is the first appearance of Brainkrieg since [[Decomposing Pumpkins]], about nine years and seven months.

===Inside References===
*The song refers to Trogdor as "Troggie", which he was also called in [[Happy Trogday]].
*Brainkrieg ends their song with a phrase beginning with D-E ("deck of cards"), followed by "jugga jigga wugga", as they did in [[death metal]].
{{stub}}

==See Also==
*The [[Trogdor's Fiery Rage Visuals|visuals]] that occur during the music video

==External Links==
{{extlinks|youtube=NW0zvsFaFcE}}

{{KickstarterVideos}}

[[Category:Trogdor!! The Board Game]][[Category:Songs]]

Trogdor's Fiery Rage (video)

StarFox — Sat, 11 May 2019 01:54:26 GMT

StarFox: /* Fun Facts */

{{watchyoutube|NW0zvsFaFcE}}
[[File:BrainkriegsFieryRage.png|thumb|"But Troggie's got a fire that cannot be contained!"]]
{{aboutsong}} {{for|[[Six-Sadded, Die]] episode|Six-Sadded, Die. - Trogdor's Fiery Rage}}

For the [[Trogdor!! The Board Game]] [[Trogdor!! The Board Game Rulebook EP|Rulebook EP]], Brainkrieg plays a song about Trogdor's fiery rage. Homestar wants to know if you won.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Sci-Fi Greg}}, {{Film|D n' D Greg}}, {{Film|Open Source Greg}}, {{Film|Japanese Culture Greg}}, {{Film|What's Her Face}}, [[Brainkrieg]], {{Film|Trogdor}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}

'''Places:''' [[Teen Girl Squad Locations#School Stage|School Stage]]

'''Date:''' Friday, May 10, 2019

'''Running time:''' 2:47

==Transcript==
''{The four Gregs are standing around a table playing Trogdor!! The Board Game}''

'''D N' D GREG:''' And then the knight moves... ''{moving a knight meeple}'' west, north, north, east! ''{the knight ends on Trogdor's tile}''

'''JAPANESE CULTURE GREG:''' Oh no!

'''OPEN SOURCE GREG:''' We've been hit by a knight with an empty trog-meter! ''{close-up on the empty meter}''

'''SCI-FI GREG:''' ''{throwing up his arms in despair}'' We lost the game!

'''D N' D GREG:''' Now just wait a minute gentlemen...

''{Reverse shot shows What's Her Face at the other end of the table}''

'''D N' D GREG:''' ...and the one lady we've found who will tolerate us.

'''WHAT'S HER FACE:''' ''{bows}'' S'right!

'''D N' D GREG:''' Trogdor has one more trick up his spikey wristband that he wears in my head-canon!

'''JAPANESE CULTURE GREG:''' What is it?

''{Zoom into D N' D Greg's chest as drums start. Cut to Brainkrieg performing onstage.}''

===Trogdor's Fiery Rage===
'''BRAINKRIEG:''' ''{singing}'' 
So you lost the game 
Well that's really lame 
But Troggie's got a fire 
That cannot be contained!

Trogdor's Fiery Rage! (Draw five cards!) 
Trogdor's Fiery Rage! (Five movement cards!) 
Trogdor's Fiery Rage! (Draw five cards!) 
Trogdor's Fiery Rage!

He gets wraparound 
Burns everything down 
Just by touching it 
Except the archer lives

Trogdor's Fiery Rage! (Draw five cards!) 
Trogdor's Fiery Rage! (Five movement cards!) 
Trogdor's Fiery Rage! (Draw five cards!) 
Trogdor's Fiery Rage!

''{Cut back to the Gregs' and What's Her Face's game, where every piece has been burninated}''

'''SCI-FI GREG:''' Trogdor's fiery rage was successful!!

'''OPEN SOURCE GREG:''' I'm sure that success will extend into our social lives!

''{Everyone present is suddenly squashed by a deck of Brainkrieg playing cards}''

'''BRAINKRIEG:''' ''{spoken}'' Deck of cards! 
Jugga jigga wugga.

''{Blackout, which lasts for about sixteen seconds before pieces of the toon start playing glitchily at random}''

''{Sci-Fi Greg appears, unaccompanied by any other characters or props}''

'''SCI-FI GREG:''' We lost the ga—! ''{all but his left arm disappears}''

''{A tune plays as Brainkrieg's dummer appears briefly, then cut to meeples moving on their own on a blank page}''

'''D N' D GREG:''' West, west, south, south... ''{the background goes black and the meeples vanish one by one}''

''{A slow drum beat starts as Homestar Runner ducks in from the bottom}''

===Did You Win?===
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{speaking in rhythm}'' 
Did you win? 
Did you win? 
I take it you were playing Trogdor!! The Board Game 
So did you win?

Was it a real close shave? 
Or did you win ''handily?'' 
Did you play it with some friends? 
Or peoples chosen ''randomly?''

Did you have a good time? 
Did you think it was worth the purchase price? 
I hope that you enjoyed yourself 
'Cause that would make me feel oh so nice

''{singing off-key}'' 
I know you can't see my face 
So you can tell how serious this is 
But I really want to know 
''{speaking}'' That's why I'm givin' you this game outcome quiz

Did you win? 
So, ''so,'' did you win? 
I heard you were playing Trogdor!! The Board Game 
And I just really want to know if you did

==Fun Facts==
===Trivia===
*This is the first appearance of Brainkrieg since [[Decomposing Pumpkins]]
===Inside References===
*The song refers to Trogdor as "Troggie", which he was also called in [[Happy Trogday]].
*Brainkrieg ends their song with a phrase beginning with D-E ("deck of cards"), followed by "jugga jigga wugga", as they did in [[death metal]].
{{stub}}

==See Also==
*The [[Trogdor's Fiery Rage Visuals|visuals]] that occur during the music video

==External Links==
{{extlinks|youtube=NW0zvsFaFcE}}

{{KickstarterVideos}}

[[Category:Trogdor!! The Board Game]][[Category:Songs]]

Trogdor's Fiery Rage (video)

StarFox — Fri, 10 May 2019 18:40:45 GMT

StarFox: Excuse me

{{watchyoutube|NW0zvsFaFcE}}
[[File:BrainkriegsFieryRage.png|thumb]]

Another song on the [[Trogdor!! The Board Game]] [[Trogdor!! The Board Game Rulebook EP|Rulebook EP]], Brainkrieg play a song about Trogdor's fiery rage.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[Brainkrieg]]

'''Places:'''

'''Date:''' Friday, May 10, 2019

'''Running time:''' 2:47

==Transcript==
'''BRAINKRIEG:''' ''{singing}'' 
So you lost the game 
Well that's really lame 
But Troggie's got a fire 
That cannot be contained!

Trogdor's Fiery Rage! (Draw five cards!) 
Trogdor's Fiery Rage! (Five movement cards!) 
Trogdor's Fiery Rage! (Draw five cards!) 
Trogdor's Fiery Rage!

He gets wraparound 
Burns everything down 
Just by touching it 
Except the archer lives

Trogdor's Fiery Rage! (Draw five cards!) 
Trogdor's Fiery Rage! (Five movement cards!) 
Trogdor's Fiery Rage! (Draw five cards!) 
Trogdor's Fiery Rage!

''{spoken}'' Deck of cards! 
Jugga jigga wugga.

==Fun Facts==
{{stub}}

==See Also==
*The [[Trogdor's Fiery Rage Visuals|visuals]] that occur during the music video

==External Links==
{{extlinks|youtube=NW0zvsFaFcE}}

{{KickstarterVideos}}

[[Category:Trogdor!! The Board Game]]

Trogdor's Fiery Rage (video)

StarFox — Fri, 10 May 2019 18:39:36 GMT

StarFox:

{{watchyoutube|NW0zvsFaFcE}}
[[File:BrainkriegsFieryRage.png|thumb]]

Another song on the [[Trogdor!! The Board Game]] [[Trogdor!! The Board Game Rulebook EP|Rulebook EP]], Brainkrieg play a song about Trogdor's fiery rage.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[Brainkrieg]], [[Homestar]]

'''Places:'''

'''Date:''' Friday, May 10, 2019

'''Running time:''' 2:47

==Transcript==
'''BRAINKRIEG:''' ''{singing}'' 
So you lost the game 
Well that's really lame 
But Troggie's got a fire 
That cannot be contained!

Trogdor's Fiery Rage! (Draw five cards!) 
Trogdor's Fiery Rage! (Five movement cards!) 
Trogdor's Fiery Rage! (Draw five cards!) 
Trogdor's Fiery Rage!

He gets wraparound 
Burns everything down 
Just by touching it 
Except the archer lives

Trogdor's Fiery Rage! (Draw five cards!) 
Trogdor's Fiery Rage! (Five movement cards!) 
Trogdor's Fiery Rage! (Draw five cards!) 
Trogdor's Fiery Rage!

''{spoken}'' Deck of cards! 
Jugga jigga wugga.

==Fun Facts==
{{stub}}

==See Also==
*The [[Trogdor's Fiery Rage Visuals|visuals]] that occur during the music video

==External Links==
{{extlinks|youtube=NW0zvsFaFcE}}

{{KickstarterVideos}}

[[Category:Trogdor!! The Board Game]]

Six-Sadded, Die. - The Void Tower

StarFox — Tue, 07 May 2019 17:34:33 GMT

StarFox: /* Fixed Goofs */

{{watchyoutube|He_d8BhOkQk}}
[[File:TheVoidTower.png|thumb]]

In this episode of [[Six-Sadded, Die (series)|Six-Sadded, Die]], Strong Sad shows how to create a Void Tower.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|Strong Bad}}

'''Date:''' Tuesday, May 7, 2019

'''Running Time:''' 2:31

==Transcript==

==Fun Facts==
===Fixed Goofs===
*When originally posted, the download link was missing. This was fixed shortly later.

==External Links==
{{extlinks|youtube=He_d8BhOkQk}}

{{KickstarterVideos}}
{{stub}}

[[Category:Kickstarter Videos]][[Category:Six-Sadded, Die]]

Six-Sadded, Die. - The Void Tower

StarFox — Tue, 07 May 2019 16:49:16 GMT

StarFox: /* Transcript */

{{watchyoutube|He_d8BhOkQk}}
[[File:TheVoidTower.png|thumb]]

In this episode of [[Six-Sadded, Die (series)|Six-Sadded, Die]], Strong Sad shows how to create a Void Tower.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|Strong Bad}}

'''Date:''' Tuesday, May 7, 2019

'''Running Time:''' 2:31

==Transcript==

==Fixed Goofs==
When originally posted, the download link was missing. This was fixed shortly later.

==Fun Facts==

==External Links==
{{extlinks|youtube=He_d8BhOkQk}}

{{KickstarterVideos}}
{{stub}}

[[Category:Kickstarter Videos]][[Category:Six-Sadded, Die]]