Talk:Rumble Red

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Red

So, there's a possibility that this alien is actually named "Red". Both The Homestar Runner and Mary calls him "Red", but both do so while calling him a communist. So, maybe it's just a repeated communist joke.

On the other hand, I tend to think that if anyone ever refers to him again, they will refer to him as "Red", not "The Alien", or anything else. If that's a reasonable assumption, then "Red" is the name that the Homestar Runner characters have given him and we should too.

If you have an opinion on the matter, please weigh in on whether this article should stay under its current name or move to Red. Thanks, Trey56 07:13, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

I think the communist nickname is more likely, and also that Mary didn't call him "Red" (like the annony fixed). --DorianGray

Good point about Mary; I had misheard that. Well, that strongly weakens the case for the name change. Thanks, Trey56 07:17, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

I'm going to settle on either. I would like to propose, though, that we move this to Old-Timey Alien to help differentiate between this and that other alien. —BazookaJoe 07:20, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

I second that. Loafing 20:14, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Well, I guess that answers that. Trey56 18:24, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

It seems to me that he exists as part of the 1936 world as a joke about the Soviet Union, the type of which were prominent in the 30s in the United States. Things like expensive bread and long lines - as well as constantly being called red - are references to the Soviet Union and perceptions of its totalitarian brand of Communism. Discuss?

Yeah, I think that's mentioned somewhere. Methinks here. Bluebry 03:04, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Old Timey Homsar

Perhaps he's OT Homsar...

• I highly doubt that. First of all, he makes sense when he talks, second, Homsar's not an alien, and third there is no 20X6 counterpart of homsar. I think that the alien is an old version of Nebulon. TheYellowDart—(t/c)