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Adobe Animate (formerly Flash) is the program used by The Brothers Chaps to create the Homestar Runner cartoons and games. It is also the software used by The Cheat to create the Powered by The Cheat cartoons. These games and cartoons can then be played using the Flash Player included with most, but not all, modern web browsers. Although the program has been renamed multiple times, from Adobe Flash, since Macromedia was bought out by Adobe, and Adobe Animate, due to the increased usage of HTML5 and the decreased use of Flash Player, the version used by The Brothers Chaps is still attributed to Macromedia.
Though The Brothers Chaps generally used a PC to run Flash, The Cheat apparently runs the program on a Tangerine Dreams computer. It was also revealed at Flashforward 2006 (or rather, in the interview before Flashforward 2006) that TBC use Flash 5 to create their cartoons.
It was later stated in the Late Night JengaJam Interview that Mike would rather animate on a Mac, but "[they] use Flash 5, which is like six versions old, or something, and Flash 5 will only run in Classic. ... It doesn't run very stable at all. It crashes a lot and stuff. So if we could ever figure out a way to make Flash 5 run smoothly on a Mac, we would be more likely to just do more work on that." Matt immediately suggested to just run a Windows emulator under Mac OS X.
In 2015, major browsers such as Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome have stated that they will be dropping native Flash Player support on their browsers in favor of the more modern and secure HTML5. This move, considered by many as the death of Adobe Flash, is referenced in Flash is Dead!, where it is stated that the world of Homestar Runner is falling apart.
Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2 is the first toon to not have a Flash file. Instead, the toon is an embedded YouTube video.
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Appearances
The Macromedia Flash program on The Cheat's computer was first seen in the Strong Bad Email "crazy cartoon", as well as the stand-alone Crazy Cartoon. The program also made an appearance at the beginning of Labor Dabor, and on Main Page 22. However, each of these appearances was only a momentary glimpse of the "Timeline" area of the program. The "Mixer" toolbox appears in virus when the Sketchbook button is clicked. Flash's 10th Birthday is set entirely in the program itself, and was made to celebrate its tenth birthday.
Flash Player
Most of the cartoons require version 6.0 of Flash to play, but some require version 7 (Stinkoman 20X6) and recommend 8. The FAQ recommends that you get the latest version of Flash, currently version 23.
See Also
- Where the Crap Are We?, a hidden Easter egg found in Macromedia Central.
