BMW Lighter
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The BMW Lighter is a handheld naphtha-type fire starter. It prominently displays the logo of BMW, an abbreviation of “Bayerische Motoren Werke” (Bavarian Motor Works), a German company and manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles. When the lighter was first introduced on Homestar Runner, a "real world" BMW lighter was unavailable as The Brothers Chaps attest to on the DVD commentary for "dragon." There are now several styles of BMW lighter available.
It resembles a Zippo brand lighter, a kind of lighter that flips open and lights with the flick of a wheel.
A variation on this gag appears in portrait: Homestar Runner uses a SAAB Lighter.
Appearances
- Email guitar - Strong Bad holds it up at the end. As an Easter egg, it will scorch The Paper.
- Email dragon - Strong Bad uses it to burn Strong Sad's very good drawing of a dragon.
- Email privileges - First it is mentioned on the list of "Medallion Gold Plus Club" privileges, where it is referred to as a "Beamer Lighter." ("Beamer" is a general slang term for a BMW.) Then it actually appears in an Easter egg, in which The Cheat uses it to torch Homestar's guitar magazines.
- Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon - The Cheat uses it to light the bundle of Fthoom-Bang bottle rockets.
- Email pom pom - Strong Bad uses the lighter during his attempt to poke Pom Pom with a pin while he's on fire.
- Email other days - Strong Bad uses it to burn up Bubs' letter. Here it is first refered to as "BMW".
- Email long pants - The Cheat uses the lighter to burn Homestar's Daisy Dukes.
- Email pop-up - Appears on the last page of the book.
- Real-Live E-Mails - Strong Bad uses a real one to literally burn his new DVD.
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 Again in "privileges" |
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 Saab variation |
