Halloween Safety

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"Whew! It's hard sittin' there with your mouth open like that, holdin' it just so."

A teaser for the 2014 Halloween cartoon.

Date: Monday, October 20, 2014

Running Time: 1:40

Page Title: Official Partner of HalloweenSafety.gov!

Easter Eggs

"Nice Try, Literal Message"

• Like the other teasers, when the Flash file is decompiled, there is a hidden shape that reads "hidden words".
• Click on the moon at the end to see a sequence with Crack Stuntman.
• Click on Homestar's silhouette at the end for a sequence with Tiny-Handed Strong Bad and Homestar Runner.
• Click on the word "Halloween" at the end to see Mikezipan's Answering Machine.

Fun Facts

Explanations

• Route 66 is an old highway in the United States, which ran from Chicago to Santa Monica.

Trivia

• This is the first time Sticklyman has said anything.
• The .swf file is called "ween12_teaser.swf" rather then "weensaftey".
• This is the first time most of the main characters made an appearance since Which Ween Costumes? or A Decemberween Mackarel
• This teaser continues several gags from the previous three teasers: Jibblies 2 Teaser (2007), Most in the Graveyard Teaser (2008), and Doomy Tales of the Macabre Teaser (2009):
  • Silhouetted characters (in the same order as the previous teasers)
  • Action that occurs after waiting
  • Hidden text behind the characters
  • Strong Bad depicted in an outrageous costume.
• This is the first teaser to not immediately start with the silhouetted characters scene, as well as the first one to be listed in a category other than the New Stuff category on the TV Time Toons Menu.

Remarks

• halloweensafety.gov is not an actual website.
• This toon is the second toon in a row (followed by Fish Eye Lens) to contain no back button.

Goofs

• On the loading screen, the ground is technically a round box, and can potentially fill the whole ground, but part of the rounded area is still visible, and even the edge can be seen.
• At the end of the toon, both Strong Sad and The Poopsmith lack arms, despite having visible arms.

Inside References

• In the beginning, The Brothers Chaps refer to the characters as Dumb Animal Characters.
• Homestar's echoing voice in the first sign idea is the same as Homestarmecium from the sbemail highschool.
• Homestar mentions asking for a challenge in the second sign.
• Homestar compliments somebody's costume (in this case, his own) in the "Hey, X, I really like your X costume" format.
• In an Easter Egg, Crack Stuntman mentions Pistols For Pandas.

Real-World References

• "That one guy from Mad Mazagine" Homestar is referring to is the Black Spy from Spy vs. Spy.
• In an Easter Egg, Crack Stuntman's appearance looks like that of the original design for Pac-Man from the original Arcade Games.

YouTube Version

"Don't look for these so much."

• Similar to the YouTube Version of Fish Eye Lens, after the end of the toon, a group of nine thumbnails appears, parodying YouTube's related video thumbnails. Some of the thumbnails are similar to the ones seen in Fish Eye Lens, while others are new.

• After the thumbnails, the Crack Stuntman Easter egg is shown, followed by Mikezipan's Answering Machine, and finally, the Easter Egg with Tiny-Handed Strong Bad and Homestar.

External Links

• watch "Halloween Safety" on the old Flash site
• view the Flash file for "Halloween Safety"
• watch "Halloween Safety" on YouTube