Carol

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Carol is Marzipan's guitar, on which she plays syrupy songs. In the Powered by The Cheat music videos "Oh Yeah" from the email marzipan and Seasonal Sweaters from Decemberween In July, she is called "Carl". She is modeled after a nylon-string classical/Spanish guitar. Carol features a drawing of a "Don't Tread on Me"-style snake from the American revolutionary war. In monster truck, Strong Mad was going to smash her over Homestar's head. Marzipan played Carol in a band with The Cheat (drums) and Strong Mad (bass) in the toon Cool Things. However, the sound Carol makes in the song "Cool Tapes" is much more like that of an electric guitar with distortion. It is possible that Carol is an acoustic-electric guitar, but most acoustic-electric guitars do not have nylon strings. Carol also appears when Strong Bad auditions for people to take over checking emails when he retires. Marzipan plays two scroll button songs, both of which Strong Bad dislikes. However, he ends up using one of them.

According to Marzipan's comments on the email marzipan (found on the strongbad_email.exe DVD), Carol is not her real guitar; her real guitar is named Joan. However, in these commentaries, Marzipan takes the rare position that the Homestar Runner characters are actors, and that the events we see in their cartoons are performed for us, and not, as everything else would imply, their actual "lives." It is debatable how literally the "Joan" comment can be taken.

Carol was named after Missy Palmer's mother, Carol Palmer.

Appearances

• Debut: Email marzipan
• Marzipan's Character Video
• Email monster truck
• Email replacement
• Seasonal Sweaters
• Store Thank You Messages
• Cool Things
• Weclome Back
• Happy Hallow-day