Deliberately Poor English
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Poor English is often deliberately used in the Homestar Runner universe, particularly in relation to video games, which historically have been poorly translated into English.
Video game-related appearances
- Population: Tire — The game's premise contains several instances of poor English, including "YOU ARE SOLDIER!" and "YOU ONE ARE OF BRAVE FEW".
- Thy Dungeonman — If the player beats the game, the game gives a "congraturation".
- Videro Games — Strong Bad complains about difficult video games that only reward with "a hearty CONGRATURATION!"
- Stinkoman 20X6 — This game has many instances of "Engrish", such as "My stummy hurts" (pluralized as "Our stummies hurts") which also counts as a portmanteau, "Keep try", Flash 7 or Hire, and "Start Play".
- Vector Strong Bad often uses poorly-translated lines like "YOUR HEAD A SPLODE!" He also pronounces "hello" as "HELLOTE" (seen in the email alternate universe).
- Sundae Drivin' — As seen in the email redesign, the game includes quotes like "CHERRY GET!" and "YOUR JAMES OVER".
- Where's an Egg? — The auction for a page of the Russian instructions for this game contains poor English.
Other appearances
- Email little questions — Strong Bad replies with terrible grammar and fractured sentences to a poorly-written email from a Swede.
- Email english paper — Strong Bad spells English as "Englilsh" in the report's title, ridiculing the e-mail sender's spelling of the word.
- Email personal favorites — One of the sayings by the Grape Nuts Robot during the Easter egg at the end is "Now spell, 'Carp for brains'"; it really meant to say, "Crap for brains".
- Email caffeine — When the caffeine's effect start to wear off, Strong Sad says, "...salad...salad...as a rock?"
- Email isp — Homestar, as an insincere telephone recording, says "Thank you for holding. Your call is very unportant to us."
- Email different town — Strong Bad says "I think my imagination's broke".
- Email trading cards — When Strong Bad is describing The Cheat's trading card game, the phrase flashing on the screen is "PLAY GET!"
- Email strong badathlon — While advertising Temporarios, Strong Bad says, "'Cause I'm don't get paid!"
- Email business trip — After Homestar shows the King of Town his two Pork b/w Beans cans, Strong Bad says "What the sense-make?"
- Strong Bad's title at Crazy Go Nuts University is "Prinicpal".
