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Many real bands and popular music are referenced in the Homestar Runner body of work.
List Of Artists
| Band/Artist | Appearance(s) | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Paula Abdul | different town | As Moderately Hot Homsar, Homsar's line during Strong Bad's fantasy is, "I'm forever your girl," a quote from the 1989 song and album titled "Forever Your Girl" by Paula Abdul. |
| AC/DC | Pumpkin Carve-nival; Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 7.0 | Homestar Runner and Strong Bad (disguised as Homestar) dress as the band's leader Angus Young; on the Easter egg of the answering machine, Homestar sings Back In Black and then comments on Angus' "schoolboy outfit". |
| The Beatles | see The Beatles | see The Beatles |
| Frank Black | Jibblies 2 | A tarot card is labeled The Cult of Ray, Frank Black's 1996 album, and includes the peculiar looking head from the album cover. |
| David Bowie | Halloween Fairstival | Strong Sad dresses as David Bowie; more specifically, as he appears on the cover of his album Aladdin Sane. |
| The Brothers Johnson | comic | In the Easter egg, the band's album Winners is visible. |
| Phil Collins | Stinkomanual | Description of the Bendini Sisters lifts a line from the song "In The Air Tonight" |
| The Cure | Fan Costume Commentary | In the final picture, Strong Bad claims the person dressed as Strong Sad to be a "dumpy Robert Smith". Smith is actually the lead singer and front man of The Cure. In addition, Strong Sad has a poster for the band's album Boy's Don't Cry on his wall. |
| Daft Punk | The Cheat Theme Song | The scene with the line "The Cheat is in the house" is reminiscent of the Daft Punk music video "One More Time." |
| Terrence Trent D'Arby | 3 Times Halloween Funjob | Coach Z mistakes Strong Bad's costume as being Terrence Trent D'Arby. |
| De La Soul | monster truck; big white face | In "monster truck", Homestar's line, "Let's do this like Brutus," is from the band's album De La Soul Is Dead, which itself is a reference to the track "Bring The Noise", where the phrase, "We can do this like Brutus," is spoken by Flavor Flav; In "big white face", Strong Bad refers to the Poopsmith as "doodoo man," which references track 14 of "De La Soul Is Dead" by featuring a fictional DJ who refers to himself as the "doodoo man." |
| Death Cab for Cutie | Main Page 21; alternate universe | In both mentioned appearances (and when "Games" is rolled over on Main Page 21), the drum riff heard appeared about four years earlier in the beginning of Death Cab For Cutie's song "Photobooth." The version that appears here, however, is slower than the band's version and lacks the reverb that the other version has. |
| El DeBarge | 3 Times Halloween Funjob | Homestar mistakes Strong Bad's costume as being El DeBarge. |
| Devo | Halloween Potion-ma-jig | Strong Sad dresses as a member of Devo. |
| Digital Underground | The House That Gave Sucky Treats | Coach Z dresses as Humpty Hump, the band's leader. |
| Dokken | band names; different town | Strong Bad suggests this as a possible name for the email sender's band; In "different town", during Strong Bad's fantasy of how he would change the website, he envisions Marzipan's guitar as "Mr. Scary", which George Lynch used during his run with the band. |
| Bob Dylan | Main Page 6; personal favorites; privileges; Weclome Back | When "Email" is rolled over, Strong Bad is seen singing Dylan's song, "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" before he falls through the clouds; In "personal favorites", "Forever Young" in Zebbadee's Easter egg email is a reference to the 1973 Bob Dylan song that became a hit for Rod Stewart in 1988; In "privileges", Homestar is trying to get The Cheat to buy some subscriptions so he can so he can go to Acapulco, which is a reference to Dylan's album The Basement Tapes; In "Weclome Back", the Freewheelin' Eh! Steve album cover is a reference to Bob Dylan's early album, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. In addition, "Eh! Steve's Dream" is a reference to the Dylan song "Bob Dylan's Dream". |
| Enuff Z'nuff | band names | Again, Strong Bad mentions this as a possibility for a name for the email sender's band. |
| The Fifth Dimension | Main Page 8 | When "Toons" is rolled over, Strong Bad is seen in a hot-air balloon done in his likeness as he sings the band's song, "Up, Up and Away". |
| 50 Cent | extra plug | The way Strong Bad pronounces 'da club' throughout the email is a reference to 50 Cent's hit single 'In Da Club', where he rounds off the 'u' in the word 'club' the same way. |
| The Four Tops | sugarbob | Strong Bad says, "Sugarbob, funky bunch," a reference to The Four Tops' song, "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)". |
| Peter Frampton | making out; The Best Decemberween Ever; Strong Bad's Room Main Page | see Peter Frampton |
| The Furious Five | Homestarloween Party | Coach Z comments on the Furious Five, specifically either the original leader, Grandmaster Flash, or Flash's replacement, Grandmaster Melle Mel. |
| The Vince Guaraldi Trio | comic | In the Easter egg, the group's album A Boy Named Charlie Brown is visible. |
| Guns N' Roses | monster truck; 3 Times Halloween Funjob | In "monster truck", the KFC-style chicken bucket says KnF'nC refers to this band in that it used the acronym "GnF'nR" during the Use Your Illusion era.; In "3 Times Halloween Funjob", Homsar dresses as Slash, a former member of the band. |
| Heart | different town | During Strong Bad's fantasy of how he would change the website, he envisions Marzipan as having a blond hairdo similar to Nancy Wilson's. |
| House of Pain | A Jorb Well Done | At the beginning, to end the game, Coach Z says, "Pack it up, pack it in." The coach's line is a reference to lyrics from the band's song, "Jump Around". |
| Ice T | pizzaz | Strong Bad's closing line, "Canned or Dry, We Neva Die. Colors," is a reference to the song "Colors" by rapper Ice T, specifically, the line "The gangs of L.A. will never die, just multiply, colors". |
| Iron Maiden | 3 Wishes | Strong Bad says that if he had horns, he would go on tour with a heavy metal band as their mascot and do battle with the lead singer, a reference to how the Iron Maiden mascot always fought with the band on stage. |
| Rick James | gimmicks | Strong Bad's intro song is a reference to James' song, "Super Freak". |
| Kid 'n Play | Pumpkin Carve-nival | Coach Z dresses as Kid from Kid 'n' Play. |
| KISS | Main Page 9; local news | The band's logo appears when rolling over Characters; Strong Bad's intro tune sounds like the band's song, "Cold Gin", but with the word "Email" replacing the title. |
| Krokus | band names; sibbie | At the end of "band names", Strong Bad announces that on the next email, his guests stars would include the entire band; In "sibbie", Strong Bad says that his "focus is all... Krokused." |
| Led Zeppelin | Main Page 9; pom pom | When rolling over Characters, the logos for the band members appears;Strong Bad refers to Pom Pom as "Led Zeppelin". |
| Gordon Lightfoot | army | When Strong Bad refuses to join Homestar's army, the latter threatens the former, "We'll see if those trees you're always hugging save you when Gordon Lightfoot's creeping round your back stair," referencing the song "Sundown". |
| Bob Marley | Happy Hallow-day | Marzipan says, "We be jammin'!" This is a lyric sung by Marley in his song, "Jammin'". |
| Metallica | extra plug, Halloween Fairstival | Strong Bad's email intro is a reference to part of Metallica's song, "Fade To Black", from the band's album Ride the Lightning. The sign in Pom Pom's scene in Halloween Fairstival is a possible reference to the song, "Creeping Death", from the album Ride the Lightning. |
| M.I.A. | Happy Hallow-day | On the Toons menu, the description of this toon is "Ween night is M.I.A. Galang galang." "Galang" is the most famous single by M.I.A. |
| Miami Sound Machine | 3 Times Halloween Funjob | Bubs mistakes Strong Bad's costume as being Miami Sound Machine. |
| Mötley Crüe | Halloween Fairstival | Homestar's jars of witches' brüe is a reference to the pronunciation of the band's word "Crüe" instead "Crew". It also features a heavy metal umlaut done in the band's style. |
| Motörhead | band names | At the end, Strong Bad announces that on the next email, his guests stars would include the band's leader, Lemmy Kilmister. |
| Mudhoney | comic; Sick Day | The single "You Stupid Asshole" appears in the "comic" Easter egg; page title for "Sick Day" references the song "Here Comes The Sickness" |
| Willie Nelson | Halloween Fairstival | Marzipan dresses as Willie Nelson. |
| Nirvana | Homestarloween Party | Homestar Runner dresses as Kurt Cobain. |
| OutKast | spring cleaning; autobiography; Halloween Fairstival | At the end of "spring cleaning", Strong Bad speaks in lyrics from the band's song "So Fresh, So Clean". He says "I feel so fresh and so clean, clean..." He also says another of that song's lyrics at the very end: "Ain't nobody dope as me!"; An Easter egg describes the reviews of the tapes as being "Hootie Hoo", which is actually the name of a song by this band; At the end of "Halloween Fairstival", Coach Z thinks Pom Pom's Big Boy costume is actually Big Boi and he was considering going as the other half of the group, André 3000. |
| Elvis Presley | vacation | Strong Bad's intro song is a reference to Elvis' song, "Heartbreak Hotel". |
| Prince | Jibblies 2 | Marzipan dresses as Prince circa his 1984 album and film Purple Rain. Homestar reference his 1985 hit "Raspberry Beret". |
| The Promise Ring | no loafing | The poster on Strong Sad's wall in the "appointment" Easter egg is of this emo band. |
| Public Enemy | Homestarloween Party | Coach Z dresses as Flavor Flav, the comic relief member of this group. |
| Queen Latifah | Happy Hallow-day | Coach Z dresses as Queen Latifah. |
| Quiet Riot | the bet | Strong Bad tells Homestar to change his name to Kevin DuBrow if he fails to be cool, which does not happen, so Strong Bad was forced to spend the night at the King of Town's castle. |
| The Ramones | The House That Gave Sucky Treats | Marzipan dresses as Joey Ramone. |
| Lionel Richie | 3 Wishes; Homestar Runner's Character Video | The "3 Wishes" intro is reference to a lyric to Richie's song, "Say You, Say Me"; "Lionel Richie" is one of the randomly-picked insults that Strong Bad calls Homestar during the latter's character video. |
| Kenny Rogers | pom pom | Strong Bad's intro is a reference to Rogers' song, "The Gambler". |
| Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs | time capsule | Strong Bad calls the email sender "Shim Sham Sam", which is probably a reference to Sam the Sham. |
| Scorpions | your friends | During the scene with Strong Bad torturing Homsar with scorpions, the scorpions come from a box that reads, "We are the scorpions!", which is the concert-opening cry of lead singer Klaus Meine. |
| Sex Pistols | sb_email 22 | Strong Bad's suggested email closing "Nevermind the Bullocks" refers to a lyric from the band's controversial album, Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols, which, like this email, was banned in the U.K. |
| Sonic Youth | comic; Stinkomanual; Cool Things | The "Teen Age Riot" single appears in the "comic" Easter egg; Stinkomanual quotes a line from the song "Tunic (Song for Karen)"; page title for "Cool Things" is taken from the lyrics for "Kool Thing". |
| Talking Heads | 3 Times Halloween Funjob | Strong Sad dresses as the band's leader David Byrne. |
| James Taylor | for kids | On Homsar's show, Whaddaya Know, Haddi-man?, the guitarist bears a striking resemblance to this folk singer, who would often appear on Sesame Street to sing educational songs. |
| TLC | Pumpkin Carve-nival | Marzipan dresses as Left-Eye Lopes. |
| The Treacherous Three | 3 Times Halloween Funjob | Coach Z dresses as band member Kool Moe Dee. |
| Tupac | Halloween Fairstival | Coach Z dresses as Tupac. |
| Ike Turner | autobiography | An Easter egg describes the tapes as being reviewed by Ike Turner. |
| Van Halen | Main Page 9; The Cheat Theme Song; band names; colonization | When rolling over Characters on Main Page 9, the band's logo appears; when the lyric "Who's gonna start a rock and roll band?" is shown, it is accompanied by a "The Cheat" symbol that looks like the logo for this band; In "band names", Strong Bad suggests this as a possible name for the email sender's band; In a "colonization" Easter egg, Strong Bad sings "Shanama, Shanama ho ho ho ho ho!" to the tune of the band's song, "Panama". |
| Whitesnake | mile | Strong Bad's line before jumping the ramp over Bubs' 19 buses, "Here I go again on my own," is a reference to the first line of the chorus of "Here I Go Again", an '80s standard by Whitesnake. |
| The Who | vacation; theme party; Weclome Back | In postcard 5 of the "vacation" email, Strong Bad says, "Just a quick one while I'm away," which is a reference to The Who's song "A Quick One While He's Away."; In "theme party", there is an Easter egg that involves The Kinda Long-Haired Band singing The Who's song "Circles"; In "Weclome Back", Marzipan almost smashes Carol in the "Cool Tapes" scene, which is what Pete Townshend made a habit of doing onstage. |
| Wu-Tang Clan | The House That Gave Sucky Treats; Pumpkin Carve-nival; Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 12.2 | If you give Coach Z the Cherry Clan as his Halloween treat, he will compare them to the Wu-Tang Clan and he asks you if he can come in and listen to the group's song, The 36 Chambers; In "Pumpkin Carve-nival", the letter W in Coach Z's pumpkin entry is the symbol for the Wu-Tang Clan; Homestar's mention of a "Goatface Killa" is a reference to Ghostface Killah, a member of Wu-Tang Clan. |
| Frank Zappa | suntan | In the instructions, the man's facial hair is similar to that of Frank Zappa. |
