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The name '''Dan''' appears many times, especially in the newer [[games]]. The name is frequently used as "[[X 'em up|[verb] 'em up, Dan!]]" and "[adjective] Dan". After [[The Brothers Chaps]] were [[Club Aquatica Interview - 29 Oct 2003|interviewed]] by [http://www.homestarrunner.net homestarrunner.net] member "Dan" in late 2003, the use of "Dan" became more prolific. Dan is also the name of one of the Chaps' cousins, which is one of the reasons that this name is used so often.
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The name '''Dan''' appears numerous times in the [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] body of work, especially in the newer [[Games|games]]. The name is frequently used as "[[X 'em up|[verb] 'em up, Dan!]]" and "[adjective] Dan". After [[The Brothers Chaps]] were [[Club Aquatica Interview - 29 Oct 2003|interviewed]] by [http://www.homestarrunner.net homestarrunner.net] member "Dan" in late 2003, the use of "Dan" became more prolific. Dan is also the name of one of the Chaps' cousins, which is one of the reasons that this name is used so often.
==Appearances==
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*[[Thorax Corporation]] — [[Thorax:intern.html|Gent Delabor's "Thorax Dynamic Intern" page]] says that emailer PuckHead0 "need[s] to serve as [his] right hand dan".
*[[Thorax Corporation]] — [[Thorax:intern.html|Gent Delabor's "Thorax Dynamic Intern" page]] says that emailer PuckHead0 "need[s] to serve as [his] right hand dan".
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*[[TROGDOR!]] — A cut-scene features [[Trogdor]] [[burninating]] four [[peasants]] in a row, with the caption "fry 'em up, Dan!"
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*[[Fan Stuff]] — There is a picture of a cake with the words "Happy 4/20 The Dan" and the caption "The Big Dabrowski got this for hims birfday".
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**This is a direct quote from [[Wikipedia:Shel Silverstein|Shel Silverstein]]'s poem "Ladies First".
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*[[Peasant's Quest]] — If you try to jump into the lake, it'll tell you "Not so fast, Swimmer Dan!"
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*[[Thy Dungeonman II]] and [[Peasant's Quest]] — Typing 'dan' will result in a message about Dan's status.
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*[[Stinkoman 20X6]] — The [[Stinkomanual]] contains a section on [[Stinkomanual#Level 2 - Pick a Bone!|Terrell]], in which it reads "Blast em up, Dan!"
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*[[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]] — A sketch of a person labeled Kewpie Dan appears in an Easter egg along with the the strange title "Get Fushling!!" The inset picture appears to show his arm being bitten by a vampire. "Kewpie" may be a reference to [[Wikipedia:Kewpie doll (toy)|Kewpie dolls]].
*[[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]] — A sketch of a person labeled Kewpie Dan appears in an Easter egg along with the the strange title "Get Fushling!!" The inset picture appears to show his arm being bitten by a vampire. "Kewpie" may be a reference to [[Wikipedia:Kewpie doll (toy)|Kewpie dolls]].
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*[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 7.0]] — [[Strong Bad]] makes a prank call as "Safety Dan".
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*[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 7.0]] — [[Strong Bad]] makes a prank call as "[[Aliases Used in Prank Calls|Safety Dan]]".
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*[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 12.2]] — [[Homestar Runner]] calls himself "Boyfriend Dan".
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*Email [[monster truck]] — Strong Bad answers an email from "Stan and Loretta", but he refers to them as "Dan and Linda".
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*Email [[monster truck]] — Strong Bad answers an e-mail from "Stan and Loretta", but he refers to them as "Dan and Linda".
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*[[TROGDOR!]] — A cut-scene features [[Trogdor]] burninating four [[peasants]] in a row, with the caption "fry 'em up, Dan!"
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**This is a direct quote from [[Wikipedia:Shel Silverstein|Shel Silverstein]]'s poem "Ladies First".
*Email [[sibbie]] — Strong Bad says [[The Cheat]] "thinks he's Clever Dan".
*Email [[sibbie]] — Strong Bad says [[The Cheat]] "thinks he's Clever Dan".
*Email [[kind of cool]] — Strong Bad stresses the "dan" in the sender's name, Jordan.
*Email [[kind of cool]] — Strong Bad stresses the "dan" in the sender's name, Jordan.
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*[[Strong Libs]] — In an Easter egg based on the email [[lackey]], the sentence begins with "No, dan..."  
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*Email [[lackey]] — In an Easter egg based on [[Strong Libs]], the sentence begins with "No, dan...", despite the rest of the lib (minus the missing segments) matching Strong Bad's response to the email, in which he correctly uses the sender's actual name, "Steve".
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*One of the "internet users" (actually a computer controlled character) in [[Kid Speedy]] is DAN.
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*[[Thy Dungeonman II]] — Typing 'dan' will result in a message about Dan's status.
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*[[Peasant's Quest]] — If you try to jump into the lake, the game responds with "Not so fast, Swimmer Dan!". In addition, typing 'dan' will result in a message about Dan's status.
*Email [[best thing]] — The DVD version's credits list shows the "Danimator" to be someone named "Dan Predge".
*Email [[best thing]] — The DVD version's credits list shows the "Danimator" to be someone named "Dan Predge".
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*[[Stinkoman 20X6]] — The [[Stinkomanual]] contains a section on [[Stinkomanual#Level 2 - Pick a Bone!|Terrell]], in which it reads "Blast em up, Dan!"
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*[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 12.2]] — [[Homestar Runner]] calls himself "Boyfriend Dan".
*Email [[lady...ing]] — Strong Bad calls Lorenzo (or Fillbert) "Danny".
*Email [[lady...ing]] — Strong Bad calls Lorenzo (or Fillbert) "Danny".
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*[[Fan Stuff]] — There is a picture of a cake with the words "Happy 4/20 The Dan" and the caption "The Big Dabrowski got this for hims birfday".
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*[[Store T-Shirts]] —
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*"Danapolis" was a city featured on the [[Limozeen]] shirt that was in the store when the SB Sings CD first came out.
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**"Danapolis" is one of the cities featured on the [[Limozeen]] shirt.
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**The description for the wind-up Homestar shirt includes the phrase "wind em' up Dan".
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*[[Kid Speedy]] — One of the "internet users" (actually a computer-controlled character) is "DAN".
*Email [[trading cards]] — Strong Bad acknowledges that he responds to a lot of emails from people named Daniel by referring to the sender as "Another freakin' guy named Daniel".
*Email [[trading cards]] — Strong Bad acknowledges that he responds to a lot of emails from people named Daniel by referring to the sender as "Another freakin' guy named Daniel".
*[[Sbemail 169 Deleted Scene]] — Strong Bad says "Oh, Dan... guh. Dang. Oh dang!"
*[[Sbemail 169 Deleted Scene]] — Strong Bad says "Oh, Dan... guh. Dang. Oh dang!"
*[[DNA Evidence]] — Homestar confuses "DNA evidence" with "Dan evidence". [[Coach Z]] also claims that he is both a superhero, [[Strong Badman Characters#Damp Towel Man|Damp Towel Man]], and the superhero's mild-mannered alter ego, Dan Towelman.
*[[DNA Evidence]] — Homestar confuses "DNA evidence" with "Dan evidence". [[Coach Z]] also claims that he is both a superhero, [[Strong Badman Characters#Damp Towel Man|Damp Towel Man]], and the superhero's mild-mannered alter ego, Dan Towelman.
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*Email [[mini-golf]] — one of the places that Strong Bad advertises is "Waterslide Dan's Moistworld". Also, one of the players in the [[Rumble Red]]'s Kosmik Bowling scorecards is Dan.
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*Email [[mini-golf]] — One of the places that Strong Bad advertises is "Waterslide Dan's [[Moist]]World". Also, one of the players in the [[Rumble Red]]'s Kosmik Bowling scorecards is Dan.
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*Email [[pizza joint]] — [[The King of Town]] uses a brand of lighter fluid called "Lite em up Dan".
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*Email [[pizza joint]] — [[The King of Town]] uses a brand of lighter fluid called "[[Lite em up Dan]]".
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**A variation of the phrase, "wind em' up Dan", would appear in the description of the [[Store T-Shirts|wind-up Homestar shirt]].
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**This would reappear in the emails [[your edge]] and [[videography]].
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*[[Jibblies 2 Teaser]] — There is a hidden text Easter egg that reads "nice try dan". This can only be viewed when the Flash file is decompiled.
*[[Jibblies 2 Teaser]] — There is a hidden text Easter egg that reads "nice try dan". This can only be viewed when the Flash file is decompiled.
*Email [[fan club]] — There are 10 Dans in total, 6 of which are to appear in FHQWHfest.
*Email [[fan club]] — There are 10 Dans in total, 6 of which are to appear in FHQWHfest.
*Email [[your edge]] — "Lite em up Dan" makes a reappearance in Strong Bad's "arsenal of have-edgery".
*Email [[your edge]] — "Lite em up Dan" makes a reappearance in Strong Bad's "arsenal of have-edgery".
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*[[Place ya bets!]] — Strong Sad says there is a 20% chance that Strong Bad Email 200's sender is going to be named Dan.
 
*[[Snake Boxer 5]] — In the manual, the "Lead Game Cartridge Cleaner"'s name is Dan Kaskoun.
*[[Snake Boxer 5]] — In the manual, the "Lead Game Cartridge Cleaner"'s name is Dan Kaskoun.
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*[[Place ya bets!]] &mdash; Strong Sad says there is a 20% chance that the sender of [[email thunder|the 200th email]] is going to be named Dan.
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*Email [[videography]] &mdash; "Lite em up Dan" lighter fluid reappears.
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*[[TMBG Concert - 5 Mar 2010]] &mdash; Homestar sings, "I've got so many friends! My friend is Dan! My friend is Dan!", referring to [[tmbw:Dan Miller|Dan Miller]] and [[tmbw:Danny Weinkauf|Danny Weinkauf]] of [[They Might Be Giants]].
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*[[Fan Costumes 2017]] &mdash; The [[page title]] is "Dress em'<!--sic--> up Dan!"
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*[[Trogdor!! The Board Game]] &mdash; There is an action card named "[[Trogdor!! The Board Game Items#Flip 'em Up Dan|Flip 'em Up Dan]]" (and a similar card named "[[Trogdor!! The Board Game Items#Flip 'em Up Fran|Flip 'em Up Fran]]").
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**Kickstarter Update #30 has a photo of sleeved playing cards captioned "Sleeve-em-up Dan!"
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[[Category:Name running gags]]
[[Category:Name running gags]]

Revision as of 04:03, 6 March 2020

Whose Dan is this, anyway?

The name Dan appears numerous times in the Homestar Runner body of work, especially in the newer games. The name is frequently used as "[verb] 'em up, Dan!" and "[adjective] Dan". After The Brothers Chaps were interviewed by homestarrunner.net member "Dan" in late 2003, the use of "Dan" became more prolific. Dan is also the name of one of the Chaps' cousins, which is one of the reasons that this name is used so often.

Appearances

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