Ages of Characters

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Strong Bad's age, protected by a sect of closely guarded monks high atop the Coches Mountains.

Although the ages of the characters are left intentionally ambiguous, there are some, albeit contradictory, indications.

email narrator — Strong Bad refers to Bubs (and Coach Z) as "old men".
Fall Float Parade (Easter egg) — Homestar Runner calls Bubs "Old Mr. Bubs".
email isp — Strong Bad calls Bubs "Old Man Bubs".
email slumber party — Bubs is among the "older kids" (himself, Coach Z, and the King of Town).

email stand-up — In the Lil' Strong Bad video, Coach Z is portrayed as an adult, indicating that he is substantially older than Strong Bad.
email narrator — Strong Bad refers to Coach Z (and Bubs) as "old men".
email caffeine — Coach Z refers to himself as "an old man".
email highschool — Coach Z (albeit in Strong Bad's "doodle memory") was a baby along with Strong Bad, Pom Pom, The Poopsmith and Strong Sad, even though he is apparently older than all of them.
email what I want and Decemberween Short Shorts — Coach Z's afro'd visage is featured on an ornament from 1974.
email senior prom — Coach Z is apparently old enough to be the 'chaperon' of the senior prom.
email slumber party — Coach Z is among the "older kids" (himself, Bubs, and the King of Town).

email trading cards — Homestar recalls getting 22 butt pats from Coach Z in 1984, meaning he was alive at that time.
email highschool — Homestar (albeit in Strong Bad's "doodle memory") was older than all of the other characters, who appeared as babies.
email senior prom — Homestar is apparently young enough to be a participant in what is supposedly a high school prom.

email stand-up — In the Lil' Strong Bad video, Coach Z mentions "Little Marzipan", implying that Marzipan and Strong Bad are around the same age.
email senior prom — Marzipan is apparently young enough to be a participant in what is supposedly a high school prom.

Strong Bad is older than Strong Sad (depressio; different town; lady...ing) but younger than Strong Mad (the facts), therefore making him the middle child of The Brothers Strong.
The Secrets That I Keep — Strong Bad and Strong Sad were kids at the same time, so they are probably close in age.
email stand-up — Lil' Strong Bad is shown to be younger than Coach Z.
Since Strong Bad often refers to doing things in 1987, such as checking what Japanese cartoons are called (TrogdorCon '97), and meeting Van Mundegaarde (2 years), he was presumably born before this.
email looking old — Strong Bad attempts to stay relevant to a younger audience. When he says he is going to "relate to some 18-24 year olds", he goes to Strong Sad. Since they were kids at the same time, Strong Bad would presumably be around this age. However, Strong Bad also implies that people in this age range are "at least 10 years younger".

Strong Sad is the youngest of The Brothers Strong.
email boring (really) — Strong Sad was not yet born in 1916.
email rough copy — Strong Sad's dialog indicates that he must be older than eight.
email looking old — Strong Bad visits with Strong Sad after vowing to "relate to some 18–24 year olds".
email senior prom — Strong Sad is apparently young enough to be a participant in what is supposedly a high school prom.
emails radio and concert — Some of Strong Sad's musical preferences seem to place him in the "college-age" demographic.

email space program — The King of Town claims to be "in [his] sixties".
email slumber party — The King of Town is among the "older kids" (himself, Bubs, and Coach Z).

In Issue 5, Cheerleader claims that they are in college, while So And So claims that they are in 8th grade. It is implied that Cheerleader is lying.
In Issue 3, Strong Bad states that the Teen Girl Squad are between the ages of 13 and 19.
In Issue 9, What's Her Face claims to have had her driver's license for over a year. Given that American teenagers get their license around age 16, this would put What's Her Face around the age of 17.

As seen in Happy Trogday, Trogdor's birthday is the day that dragon debuted (January 13, 2003), making him 21 years old. Likewise, Stinkoman's birthday is the day that japanese cartoon debuted (January 6, 2003), possibly making him 21 years old.

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 ==[[Strong Mad]]==
-*Strong Mad is oldest of [[The Brothers Strong]].
+*Strong Mad is the eldest of The Brothers Strong.
 ==[[Strong Sad]]==