Allegedly Real Things

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*Email [[credit card]] — The writers of the email "promise that [they] are real and not just trying to steal [Strong Bad's] money".
*Email [[credit card]] — The writers of the email "promise that [they] are real and not just trying to steal [Strong Bad's] money".
*Email [[50 emails]] — [[Homestar Runner]] posts a fake error message after crashing the [[Compy 386]]. The error message's title bar reads "This is real."
*Email [[50 emails]] — [[Homestar Runner]] posts a fake error message after crashing the [[Compy 386]]. The error message's title bar reads "This is real."
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**[[The System is Down]], [[Not the 100th Email!!!]], and [[Main Page 22]] — Similar fake error messages to the above appear with "This is real" in the title bar.
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**[[The System is Down]], [[Not the 100th Email!!!]], and [[Main Page 22]] — Similar fake error messages to the above appear with "This is real." in the title bar.
*Email [[unused emails]] (Easter egg) — [[Bubs]]'s spam message insists "THIS IS NOT A JOKE!! THIS IS REAL!!!"
*Email [[unused emails]] (Easter egg) — [[Bubs]]'s spam message insists "THIS IS NOT A JOKE!! THIS IS REAL!!!"
*Email [[autobiography]] — Strong Bad specifically notes that the description of his alleged girlfriend was a ''true'' part.
*Email [[autobiography]] — Strong Bad specifically notes that the description of his alleged girlfriend was a ''true'' part.
*Email [[technology]] (Easter egg) — Bubs advertises wireless extensions cords as being "lightweight, existent, and shockproof!"
*Email [[technology]] (Easter egg) — Bubs advertises wireless extensions cords as being "lightweight, existent, and shockproof!"
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*Email [[senior prom]] — Strong Bad's fake answering machine (an alarm clock with a cassette on top of it) has a sign reading, "an answering machine (trust me)".
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*Email [[senior prom]] — Strong Bad's fake answering machine (an [[Clock Radio|alarm clock]] with a cassette on top of it) has a sign reading, "an answering machine (trust me)".
*[[Decemberween Short Shorts]] — [[Coach Z]] tells Homestar Runner that he's having "all kinds of real people over to [his] house for a coupla real people parties".
*[[Decemberween Short Shorts]] — [[Coach Z]] tells Homestar Runner that he's having "all kinds of real people over to [his] house for a coupla real people parties".
*Email [[diorama]] — Strong Bad's book, a "real book that exists", is allegedly written by "Ronmartin Realdude" (who insists that he is "a living, breathing person, not a cat") and printed by the "Actual Publishing Company". Coach Z talks to "Ronmartin Realdude" via a notepad with a cell phone drawn on it.
*Email [[diorama]] — Strong Bad's book, a "real book that exists", is allegedly written by "Ronmartin Realdude" (who insists that he is "a living, breathing person, not a cat") and printed by the "Actual Publishing Company". Coach Z talks to "Ronmartin Realdude" via a notepad with a cell phone drawn on it.
*[[Sickly Sam's Big Outing]] — [[The Homestar Runner]] receives an "honest telegram" from [[The Sneak]].
*[[Sickly Sam's Big Outing]] — [[The Homestar Runner]] receives an "honest telegram" from [[The Sneak]].
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*Email [[shapeshifter]] — When Strong Bad asks Bubs, "How much for that Lamborghini hot tub you got back there?" Bubs answers, "Oh, ''that'' Lamborghini hot tub! It sure is back here!"
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*Email [[shapeshifter]] — When Strong Bad asks Bubs, "How much for that Lamborghini hot tub you got back there?", Bubs answers, "Oh, ''that'' Lamborghini hot tub! It sure is back here!"
*Email [[imaginary]] — Strong Bad claims that Coach Z had an [[imaginary friend]] named "[[Overdescriptive Nouns|Real Live Actual Mr. Blangcaster Next Door]]".
*Email [[imaginary]] — Strong Bad claims that Coach Z had an [[imaginary friend]] named "[[Overdescriptive Nouns|Real Live Actual Mr. Blangcaster Next Door]]".
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*[[I Killed Pom Pom]] — Homestar speaks into a fake cell phone made of cardboard, then turns to [[The King of Town]] and [[The Poopsmith]] and says "You guys hear that legitimate conversation I was just having? ''So'' legitimate."
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*[[I Killed Pom Pom]] — Homestar speaks into a fake cell phone made of cardboard, then turns to [[The King of Town]] and [[The Poopsmith]] and says, "You guys hear that legitimate conversation I was just having? ''So'' legitimate."
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==See Also==
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==See also==
*[[Blatant Lies]]
*[[Blatant Lies]]

Revision as of 01:36, 13 August 2019

Of course he's real! It says so right there in his name!

Many times, objects or people are specifically (and often awkwardly) described as real or actual when it's plainly obvious that they are not.

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