Editing Homestar Ruiner

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[[Image:SBCG4AP gameplay Strong Bad's Basement.png|thumb|"Actually, I don't think it's your face you should be worried about showing."]]

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'''Homestar Ruiner''' is the first episode of the ''[[Strong Bad's Cool Game For Attractive People]]'' video game series. It has been rated T by the ESRB for Crude Humor, Mild Cartoon Violence, and Mild [[Innuendoes|Suggestive Themes]]. Story written by Mike Stemmle and [[The Brothers Chaps]]. 

While [[Strong Bad]] is going about his usual routine {{--}} checking [[Strong Bad Email|emails]], etc. {{--}} [[Homestar Runner]] tells him about the [[Contests#Tri-annual Race to the End of the Race|Tri-annual Race to the End of the Race]]. Once Strong Bad hears of Homestar's intention to win this contest, he schemes to snatch victory from Homestar's [[Lack of Visible Arms|invisible grasp]]. But when his scheme backfires, he finds his house invaded by [[Duplicate Characters|Homestars]] unwilling to face the world again.  Strong Bad has to repair Homestar's status if he ever wants to be free of his presence.

'''Cast:''' {{film|Strong Bad}}, {{film|Homestar Runner}}, {{film|The Cheat}}, {{film|Strong Mad}}, {{film|Strong Sad}}, {{film|Coach Z}}, {{film|Marzipan}}, {{film|Bubs}}, {{film|Pom Pom}}, {{film|The King of Town}}, {{film|The Poopsmith}}, {{film|Homsar}} (voice only, Easter egg), {{film|Marshie}} (as [[Gel-arshie]]), The Mole People, [[Homestar Ruiner Teen Girl Squad|Teen Girl Squad cast]], {{film|Drive-Thru Whale}}

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[[House of the Brothers Strong]]<br/>
<span style="padding-left: 1.5em">[[Basement of the Brothers Strong|Basement]]</span><br/>
<span style="padding-left: 1.5em">[[Laundry Room of the Brothers Strong|Laundry Room]]</span><br/>
<span style="padding-left: 1.5em">[[Strong Bad's Room]]</span><br/>
<span style="padding-left: 1.5em">[[Living Room of the Brothers Strong|Living Room]]</span><br/>
<span style="padding-left: 1.5em">[[Kitchen of the Brothers Strong|Kitchen]]</span><br/>
<span style="padding-left: 1.5em">[[Strong Sad's Room]]</span><br/>
<span style="padding-left: 1.5em">[[Computer Room]]</span>
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[[Race Track|The Race Track]]<br/>
<span style="padding-left: 1.5em">[[Coach Z's Locker Room]]</span><br/>
<span style="padding-left: 1.5em">[[Swimming Pool|The Swimming Pool]]</span><br/>
[[Marzipan's House]]<br/>
<span style="padding-left: 1.5em">[[Marzipan's Gazebo]]</span><br/>
[[The King of Town's Castle]]
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[[The Field]]<br/>
<span style="padding-left: 1.5em">[[Bubs' Concession Stand]]</span><br/>
<span style="padding-left: 1.5em">[[Strong Badia]]</span><br/>
<span style="padding-left: 1.5em">[[Gremlin|Cool Car]]</span><br/>
<span style="padding-left: 1.5em">[[Snap Shak]]</span><br/>
<span style="padding-left: 1.5em">[[Drive-Thru Whale|The Drive-Thru Whale]]</span><br/>
<span style="padding-left: 1.5em">[[The Stick]]</span><br/>
<span style="padding-left: 1.5em">[[The Brick Wall]]</span><br/>
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'''Date:''' Monday, August 11, 2008

{{dvd|SBCG4AP Collector's DVD}}

== Screenshots ==
<gallery>
Image:Homestar Ruiner Techno.PNG|<center>Computer room</center>
Image:SnakeBoxer5TitleScreen.png|<center>''[[Snake Boxer 5]]''</center>
Image:TgsComicCreator.PNG|<center>The interface of the Teen Girl Squad comic creator</center>
Image:Homestar Ruiner Stick.PNG|<center>The Stick</center>
Image:Strong Bad Bleachers Homestar Ruiner.png|<center>At the track</center>
Image:Homestar Ruiner Marzipan Strong Bad mailbox.png|<center>Marzipan's front yard</center>
Image:Sbcg4ap101 float.PNG|<center>A float of victory</center>
</gallery>
== Inventory ==
* Balloons
* Banana Peel
* Candy
* Candy Coupon
* The float's papier mach&eacute; head
* [[Fluffy Puff]] [[Fluffy Puff Translucent Dessert Related Substance|Jela-Ton]]
* Hedge Clippings
* Homestar's Cell Phone
* Homestar's Clothing
* Homestar's Criminal Record
* Homestar costume (combination of Homestar's Clothing and the papier mach&eacute; head)
* Marzipan's Shears
* Onion
* Plunger
* The Poopsmith's Shovel
* Strong Bad's clothes (to change back from the Homestar costume)
* [[Taranchula Black Metal Detector]]
* [[Total Load]]
* Trophy

== Ranks==
#Academic Biathlete
#Midget Thumb Wrestler
#Rhythmic Curler
#Macro Golfer
#Forbidden Ice Dancer
#PVP Archer
#Polar Bear Vaulter
#Flaming Shot Putter
#Nitro Foosball Lineman
#Chainsaw Bocce Bowler (Champion's Belt received)
#Trogdor Polo Chucker

== Easter Eggs ==
* Enter the photo booth, interact with the top of the light closest to The Cheat. After the pointer changes shape, keep holding down the interaction button and drag the shirt onto Strong Bad to wear it.
** The shirt can also be obtained by walking off the right side of the photo booth three times, causing Strong Bad to walk under the floor. When he walks directly under the door and out of view, a sound will play, and he'll be wearing the shirt when he comes back into view.
*After prank calling everybody with Homestar's cell phone, Homsar can be prank called.

== Fun Facts ==
===Explanations===
*When digging for the Teen Girl Squad idea at the Track, Strong Bad says "Xie xie!" (rendered as "Hsieh hsieh!" by the game's subtitles). This is Mandarin ([[Wikipedia:Simplified Chinese character|simplified Chinese characters]]: 谢谢, [[Wikipedia:Traditional Chinese character|traditional Chinese characters]]: 謝謝) for "Thank you!". The Game's subtitles render this phrase using the obsolete [[Wikipedia:Wade-Giles|Wade-Giles romanization]], which was mostly abandoned in favor of [[Wikipedia:Hanyu Pinyin|Hanyu Pinyin]].
*A [[Wikipedia:Sadie Hawkins dance|Sadie Hawkins dance]] (mentioned by Strong Bad after he trims the hedge in The Field) is a dance where females invite male dates, rather than the other way around.
*When listening to ''The Best of Brit-Pout, the Nineties Years'', Homestar says "I just can't stop gazing at my shoes". [[Wikipedia:Shoegazing|Shoegazing]] was a genre of music in the UK during the '80s and '90s.

=== Trivia ===
*The Wii Title ID is WBXx, where x is the region code (E for United States, P for Europe).
*One of the entries in the "Special Thanks" in the game's end credits is for this wiki itself.
*This is the only SBCG4AP episode to not receive an E10+ rating.

=== Remarks ===
*This is one of the few times a character mentions [[Free Country, USA]]. The last time this occurred was when Strong Bad said it in [[flashback]].
*An attempt to use the microwave in-game will result in a note that the door is stuck shut. However, at a certain point in the game, Homestar will open it without any problem--even while Strong Bad is in the middle of saying it's stuck shut.
*Throughout the game, [[The Paper]] accompanies as part of the in-game menu rather than [[New Paper]].
*A different font is used for the [[Lappy 486]] rather than its regular [[Fonts|font]], Glitch0.
*After Homestar leaves Strong Bad's kitchen, he leaves his chef hat on top of the microwave. And when Strong Bad takes it as a costume item, he describes it as "awesome". Although in [[narrator]], where the hat first appeared, both Strong Bad and Marzipan say it's dorky.
*If the player resets the race tape before stealing the record, the King of Town makes no move to capture "Homestar" even though there still is a nudity charge against him.
**Similarly, the player can still hear and see the King of Town after he has fallen into a hole if Marzipan apologizes to Homestar before the other two criteria are completed.
*If the player fails to beat Coach Z's time, Coach will say that he'll have to keep the trophy for another 3 years. However, the race is referred to as being "tri-annual", meaning "occurring three times a year", rather than "triennial", which would mean "once every three years."
*If the player places Total Load in Strong Mad's locker and then has Coach Z check the lockers, a scene plays where Coach Z briefly chastises Strong Mad for using it, as it is intended for him to use it "only on Tuesdays." However, according to the calendar in Strong Bad's computer room, the episode supposedly does take place on a Tuesday.
*Homsar has a strangely long number (28 digits), similar to that of [[Senor Mortgage]] (31 digits).

=== Goofs ===
*At the non-garden party, the rollover for Marzipan and Homestar is spelled "MARZIPAN & HOMSETAR". This goof is only present in the Wii version.
*In Strong Bad's photo booth there is a clickable area above the camera. Clicking here turns the cursor into the Max shirt from the Telltale store (also occasionally chosen at random as Young Sam's costume in Sam and Max Episode 202: Moai Better Blues and Episode 204: Chariots of the Dogs). However, when put on Strong Bad, the shirt is yellow and has a picture of Nutter the squirrel from Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures on it.
*The subtitles are incorrect in several places:
**When kicking the Cheat into the dryer, one of the subtitles misspells "Pixelated" (in "Holy Pixelated Trogdor!") as "Pix'''i'''lated". While "pixilated" is a real word meaning "mentally unbalanced", it seems more likely that he was referring to Trogdor's low-resolution graphics in the arcade game and [[Peasant's Quest]].
**Homestar Runner sings "Do do-do do dooo dooo, do do-do do dooo" but the subtitles say "Do do-do do dooo dooo, do do-do do dooo dooo".
**While Strong Bad says "some French guy said I should beat you up", the subtitles quote him as saying "some French guy said '''that''' I should beat you up".
**While most abbreviations have an apostrophe, no apostrophe is transcribed when Homestar says "puddin sack".
** After Strong Bad beats Coach Z's time in the Race to the End of the Race, he says that, "Pom Pom's time is better than you'll ever do," but is subtitled as, "Pom Pom's time is better than you'll '''ever ever''' do."
**In several responses from the Drive-Thru Whale, the "O" in "Blubb-O's" is lowercase.
**When the Drive-Thru Whale says "'Nurer' spelled backwards is 'rerun.'" the word "in" is transcribed rather than "is".
**During Marzipan's answering machine message, the word "polluted" is misspelled as "poluted" in the subtitles.
**When Strong Bad finds the last page of the Snake Boxer V manual, the subtitles refer to the "SECRET F'''RO'''BIDDEN LEVEL".
**In one of the possible insults Strong Bad can say to Bubs, the word "arm" is misspelled as "armed."
**In viewing the sign on Bubs' Concession Stand, Strong Bad begins a sentence with "If I ever had any money" but the subtitles start it with "'''And''' if I ever had any money".
**During one comment about the banner on Marzipan's gazebo, Strong Bad says "in which case" but the word "which" was left out in the subtitles.
**As Strong Bad comments that Snake Boxer 5 is "so much better than the unfortunate Snake Boxer 4: Lady Snake Parade" there is an unnecessary comma after the word "unfortunate".
**One of Bubs' lines advertising his stand has the subtitles read "Everybody wanna '''to''' buy something" for "Everybody wanna buy something". 
**After Pom Pom cleans out his locker, Strong Bad will comment that Coach Z was serious when he told Pom Pom to clean out his locker, only the subtitles read "clear out his locker".
*Marzipan's mouth occasionally faces the wrong side of her head (away from Strong Bad and the direction she is facing) during conversations.
*If Marzipan's hedge is trimmed while she's inside after seeing the Homestar float ruined, she will speak to Strong Bad about the hedge but won't be there.
*Clicking the calendar in Extended Play causes Strong Bad to say that it's "the day [he gets that] stupid party out of [his] house" when the party isn't even there.
*It's possible for Strong Bad to dig up what he refers to as "another" missing Teen Girl Squad notecard, even if he hasn't found any before that one.

=== Glitches ===
[[Image:HomestarRuinerBlueWallBug.jpg|thumb|Tech Shirt Glitch.]] 
*If the subtitles are turned off, they will be erroneously enabled when Strong Bad checks his email.  They will remain enabled afterwards until Strong Bad leaves his house, although the ''Settings'' screen will show them as '''Off'''.  Toggling them on and off again under the ''Settings'' will rectify the problem.
*Sometimes the pixels on [[naked Homestar]] will be transparent. When this happens the player will notice that all the pixels were covering was his shirt.
*While wearing the tech shirt in extended play near Strong Bad's house (and a few other locations) geometry issues will occur, resulting in what looks like a blue wall shooting out from the shirt. 
*If the Luxa Lounger is extended (when it is unextended) and the radio set to the Latin music in Extended Play, the conga line will re-form even though it won't move.
**When the Luxa Lounger is set back, the conga line will disappear, but Homestar, Marzipan, Coach Z, Bubs and the King of Town will appear where they were when the party was still going on. These characters cannot be selected, and Strong Bad can walk right through them.
*As Strong Bad wears the Homestar head, it is sometimes invisible, so Strong Bad grabs nothing.
*During the Teen Girl Squad comic, if Strong Bad kills off the other three girls before the game scene (give So and So the book, What's Her Face the car keys, and either Cheerleader or The Ugly One the cockroach) and the last girl the hairspray, in the game scene Basketballa will kill her with FUNDAMENTALS! and the It's Over! screen will play. However, when Strong Bad tells the player their score, instead of staying on the It's Over! screen, it will revert back to the scene of Basketballa being shocked that he killed a girl.
*Some characters' eyes, including Strong Bad's, may occasionally disappear. When this occurs, the eyes will remain gone until the player leaves the area.
*If Strong Bad tries sneaking into the Hall of Records in extended play, the Poopsmith will remain frozen after shoveling the first pile of whatsit until he spots Strong Bad.
*If Strong Bad prank calls someone with Homestar's phone while in Strong Badia, the flag may grow to an enormous size, and remain so after the call is over.
==== Wii Version ====
*If the Wii or [[Wikipedia:Wii U|Wii U]]'s widescreen mode is turned on, talking to Coach Z in extended play results in the game freezing, requiring a hard reset. In addition, many of the cutscenes that play throughout the game will sometimes freeze, also requiring a hard reset.
*After Strong Bad plays [[Snake Boxer 5]], the background changes from the TV to the Computer Room before resuming Strong Bad's standing-up animation.
*If the game is saved while in the photo booth while wearing a shirt and then immediately turned off, then when the game is resumed only the collar of the shirt will be visible.
*If the player repeatedly presses B during the ending cutscene/credits, Strong Bad will teleport to the computer room. The player can move the pointer during this period, but cannot do anything else and must reset.
*While the people are throwing a party at Strong Bad's house, he can go through The King of Town's body while he's eating [[pizza]]. If the player tries to take a picture of Strong Bad through the King of Town's body, the game will freeze, forcing a hard reset.
*When the King of Town is presenting the trophy to Strong Bad after winning the race, the game will freeze, forcing the player to do a hard reset. This only occurs in widescreen.
*If Strong Bad deletes all the emails and then undeletes them, the first email (the one Strong Bad is answering in the game) will not be shown in the inbox and the trash will still indicate that there is an email in there even when it is empty. This is solved by restarting the game.
*When Strong Bad walks up to The Poopsmith while in The King of Town's Castle, Strong Bad's face goes through The Poopsmith when being captured.

==== PC Version ====
*Occasionally, Homestar's, Marzipan's, Bubs's, The Cheat's, Coach Z's, Strong Mad's, Strong Sad's, or Strong Bad's eyes are not visible upon entering an area. The same may also occur with Strong Mad's and Marzipan's mouths.
*Sometimes, when the player starts up the game, part of it will go offscreen and reappear on the screens other side (e.g. the menu's top part being on the bottom of the screen and the bottom of the menu on the top screen portion.)
*If the player taps repeatedly to their touchscreen monitor while talking to a character, the game will freeze until they stop or, occasionally, make the computer crash.

=== Inside References ===
====Music====
*One of the main songs heard at the House of the Brothers Strong is taken from the bar scene in [[Summer Short Shorts]]. Another comes from [[Real-Live E-Mails]].
*The music on the email menu is from the Lappy's introduction in [[animal]].
*When Strong Bad first enters the [[Living Room of the Brothers Strong|living room]], the romantic music from [[do over]], [[Date Nite]], the Easter egg from [[Play Date]], and [[love poems]] plays.
*The music of "The Cheat's assorted Latin Rhythms" was first heard in [[pet show]].
*The music that plays in the basement is from [[Sample of Style Too]].
*The football music from [[Toikey TV]] plays at the Track.
*The [[Smells Like Peanut Action|music]] from [[action figure]] is played during the [[Contests|Race to the End of the Race]].
*"Thoughts on a [[Bird]]" from [[Audition with Marzipan]] and [[The Luau]] plays at Marzipan's house, as does The Luau's main theme.
*The music piece that plays in [[The Field]] is a loop of both the "Coolguy's Law" theme from [[slumber party]] and the "A Grade A Gray Day" theme from [[fan club]].
*The modeling music, also used as the credits theme, is from [[modeling]].
*The music that plays when Homestar is found in Strong Bad's house is first heard during the technical difficulties in [[pizzaz]].
*The flashback theme from [[DNA Evidence]] plays while Strong Bad is outside [[the King of Town's castle]].
*The theme music from [[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]] plays when inside the King of Town's castle.
*When the King of Town gives Strong Bad the Silver Trophy of Ultimate Destiny, the music from [[Population: Tire]] can be heard briefly.
====Other====
*Homestar previously called his butt a "[[twees]]" in [[lady fan]]. Also, Strong Bad mentions himself being a pain in the twees while looking at the "Nuisance Trophy".
*Strong Bad's pronunciation of "party" matches his pronunciation in [[nightlife]].
*Homestar mentions [[cake]] jugglers.
*Marzipan has previously written a [[Oh Yeah Yeah|song]] stating that she really doesn't like Strong Bad at all in [[marzipan|her eponymous email]].
*Strong Bad mentions a [[French]] guy.
*This is another appearance of a [[cardboard box]].
*Strong Bad's song about the player not being able to handle his [[style]] is a reference to [[modeling]]. Numerous other references to Strong Bad's style are made throughout the game.
*An ad for the [[Ab-Abber 2000]] plays on the [[Telebision]] in the basement.
*When hiding behind the King of Town's statue in the hall of records, Strong Bad lists the features of "Stealth Strong Bad", an imaginary action figure made by [[Cheap as Free]] Toys.
*Strong Bad can wear [[Homestar Runner's Pants|Homestar Runner's "pants"]].
**Additionally, Strong Bad can change his own [[pants]].
*This introductory sequence features an instance of [[couch mumbling]].
**The video game title he mumbles is [[RhinoFeeder]].
*A poster for [[the Municipality]] can be found on the back of the lockers. The Municipality logo also appears on the Lappy screen just before the end credits.
*Strong Bad carves one of the hedges into the shape of [[Trogdor]].
**Occasionally, in Snake Boxer 5's forbidden mode, when using the fire breath attack, Strong Bad will shout "Burninate!"
*This is another appearance of [[showering]].
*Strong Bad saying "Check, Check one. Syllabus" into the microphone at the track is a reference to the [[Strong Bad Email Intros|opening]] of the email [[candy product]].
*The [[Limozeen Coloring Book]] can be seen on top of the messy pile over Strong Bad's bed.
*While showering, Homestar sings the "Independent Girl" song from [[One Two, One Two]].
*When Strong Bad jumps into The King of Town's vent, he says his catch phrase as [[Dangeresque (character)|Dangeresque]]: [[Catch Phrases#Dangeresque|"Looks like I'm gonna have to jump!"]]
*At the party, when Coach Z falls out the window, he exclaims "I regret everything!", as he did in [[Fall Float Parade]].
*The loading screen's fading purple background is taken from the ending of [[retirement]].
*After putting on the Championship belt, Strong Bad will mention the Sizzle Weight belt and the Jack-Em Up Kid, which is a reference to the email [[yes, wrestling]].
*The voice of the newscaster heard on the TV is the same voice as the [[Cold Ones]] spokesperson in [[business trip]] and [[buried]], the [[Blubb-O's]] spokesperson in [[nightlife]] and [[Blubb-O's Commercial]], and Marzipan's [[Questionable Services|questionable]] surgeon in [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 15.2]].
*The hedge that Strong Bad clips in Marzipan's yard closely resembles Homestar in [[fan club]].
*When Strong Bad first dons his Homestar disguise, his impersonation includes naming the sections of the [[Main Pages]].
*When Homestar is practicing in the locker room, he sometimes says "Look at me. Don't look at me. Look at me now." This is structured the same as a line from the commercial in [[Family Resemblence]].
*When What's-Her-Face receives the car keys, her car "[[a splode]]s".
*When What's-Her-Face's car "a-splodes", there is an appearance by two gangsters, one of whom bears a striking resemblance to Harvax XVII, the boss of [[Stinkoman 20X6 Walkthrough Level 9|Level 9]] of [[Stinkoman 20X6]].
*Homestar used [[Total Load]] to make a smoothie in [[alternate universe]].
*"Stratergery" is a [[portmanteau]] of "strategy" and "surgery".
*During Homestar's stay at the House of the Brothers Strong, he would occasionally ask himself whether despair has one "[[g]]" or two, which is also a reference to [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 11]] when [[Cheerleader]] asked the same thing about "uggs".
*During Strong Bad's conversation with Strong Sad, they refer to their [[parents]].
*On the curdled milk carton's side, [[Senor Cardgage]]'s missing person information from [[kind of cool]] can be seen.
*In one of Homestar's responses, he says he is "fresh as a [[biscuit]]".
*The first time Strong Bad puts hedge clippings on a hole in Marzipan's yard, he makes a short rap reminiscent of [[The Cheat Theme Song]].
*Strong Bad once again fills a pool with red gelatin, as he did in [[winter pool]].

=== Real-World References ===
*In the Wii version's banner animation, Strong Bad loads the file "CG4AP101.wad". [http://www.wiibrew.org/wiki/WAD_files WAD files] are the package format that stores program data and other files that WiiWare and Virtual Console games (as well as other Wii channels) use.
*When Homestar is on the phone with Marzipan, the way he says, "Yes? Yes. Yes. Yes? Noo! Yes. Yes?" is a reference to [[Wikipedia: Abe Lincoln Must Die!|episode 4]] of ''[[Wikipedia:Sam & Max Season One|Sam & Max Season One]]'', where Sam answers a phone with the Commissioner and says that in the same way.
**Additionally, the music which plays when Strong Bad acquires bonus items and trophies is ''Item Get'' from [[Wikipedia:Reality 2.0|episode 5]] of the same season.
*When investigating the stands near the track Strong Bad mentions the stands being emptier than a Stryper concert.  [[Wikipedia:Stryper|Stryper]] was a Christian metal band from the '80s.
*When Strong Bad attempts to pick up the hurdle after the first run of the Race to the End of the Race, he claims that it must be made of some very heavy metal, and lists several materials he thinks it could be made of, including "black sabbath". [[Wikipedia:Black Sabbath|Black Sabbath]] was a heavy metal band which had great influence on the genre.
*After trimming the hedge near Bubs' Concession Stand, having Strong Bad look at it leads him to call it "the [[Gibson Flying V|flying V]]". This is an actual guitar made by [[Wikipedia:Gibson Guitar Corporation|Gibson Guitar Corp.]] The hedge's shape is also accurate to the Gibson Flying V.
*Throughout most of the game, Strong Bad's fridge contains only a single jar of [[mayonnaise]]. In [[LucasArts]]' [[Wikipedia:Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis|''Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis'']], another point-and-click adventure game, Indiana Jones had only a single jar of mayonnaise in his fridge.
*Bubs will tell Strong Bad to "stay gold" after ending conversation. This is a reference to the book [[Wikipedia:The Outsiders|The Outsiders]] when the main character, Ponyboy, is told to "stay gold" from his friend.
*Strong Bad's [[DELETED|Deleted]] line, "Survey Says...DELETED!", is a reference to the popular game show [[Wikipedia:Family Feud|Family Feud]].
*If Coach Z discovers the Total Load in Pom Pom's locker before Strong Bad puts Homestar's racing career back together, he'll cry out "What in [[Wikipedia:Cypress Hill|Cypress Hill?]]". This may also refer to his fondness for hip-hop music.
*If Coach Z discovers Total Load in Pom Pom's gym bag after Strong Bad puts Homestar's racing reputation back together, he'll exclaim "Great Strong Sad's ghost!" This references the famous exclaiming line of "Great Caesar's ghost!" from the old television series, ''[[Wikipedia:Adventures of Superman (TV series)|Adventures of Superman]]''.
*After giving Marzipan the chocolates, Strong Bad says he gave her some "[[Wikipedia:Funky Cold Medina|Funky Cold Ma-Chocolates]]".
*When he collects all four trophies, Strong Bad speaks in a manner similar to the Count from [[Sesame Street]].
*Strong Bad saying "Check, Check one. Syllabus" into the microphone at the track is a reference to the line "Check, Check one. Sibilance" spoken by Barry (Tom Hanks) while conducting a microphone check for the band Aerosmith, before their performance in a ''Wayne's World'' sketch in a 1990 episode of ''Saturday Night Live''.
*The "Jane Austentaceous Chamber Music Jam" CD (the third one in the See Dee Spinner) is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Jane Austen|Jane Austen]], who wrote books set in nineteenth century England, when chamber music was common.
**Strong Mad's line just after turning on the CD for the first time is a reference to Austen's most famous book, [[Wikipedia:Pride and Prejudice|Pride and Prejudice]]. Mr. Darcy is a main character in the story.
*At the party, when complimenting Coach Z, Strong Bad speaks some Swedish, ending with "Bork, Bork, Bork", one of the many Mock-Swedish words said by [[The Muppets]]' {{p|l=http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/The_Swedish_Chef Swedish Chef}}.
*When Strong Bad hides behind the bonsai bush in the King of Town's Castle, he says [[Wikipedia:It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown|"It's Arbor Day, Strongly Brown"]].
*When kicking The Cheat into the dryer, The Cheatspeak is [[Homestar_Ruiner_Responses_(House_of_Strong)#The_Cheat|subtitled as ''Wii?'']].
*One of Strong Bad's metal detector finding comments contains the phrase, "I hope it's a-bubblin' crude."  This is a reference to the theme song from the television show "[[Wikipedia: Beverly Hillbillies|The Beverly Hillbillies]]", where Jed Clampett strikes it rich by finding "a-bubblin' crude" oil.
*When Strong Bad walks near Homestar Runner at the field, one of the things he is chanting is "I must, I must, I must improve my bust," a reference to the young adult novel ''[[Wikipedia:Are You There_God? It's Me, Margaret|Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret]]'' by [[Wikipedia:Judy Blume|Judy Blume]].
*When Strong Sad comments on his asthma after Strong Bad looks at the Strong Sad trophy, Strong Bad replies with "Sucks to your asmar!", which is a quote from the book ''[[Wikipedia:Lord of the Flies|Lord of the Flies]]''.
*When seen and questioned about using hedge shears on the Homestar float by Marzipan, Strong Bad responds, "I'm giving him [[Wikipedia:Shave and a Haircut|a shave? and a haircut? two bits?]]".
*Strong Bad exclaiming "Shape of a moron!" whenever he puts on his Homestar costume, and "Luxa Lounger powers, activate!" whenever he reclines the Luxa Lounger, is a parody of the exclamations the [[Wikipedia:Wonder Twins|Wonder Twins]] make whenever they transform.
*While Homestar is in the locker room he will occasionally say [[Wikipedia:Press Your Luck|"No whammies... no whammies... no whammies..."]]. 
*While preparing for the race on the field, Homestar might start humming the theme music of ''[[Wikipedia:Chariots of Fire|Chariots of Fire]]''.
*Just before finding Homestar on his couch, Strong Bad mentions that he "didn't even have to use my [[Wikipedia:AK-47|AK]]", a reference to the song [[Wikipedia:It Was a Good Day|It Was A Good Day]].
*Strong Bad's acceptance speech is lifted almost verbatim from [[Wikipedia:Lou Gehrig|Lou Gehrig's farewell address]] at Yankee Stadium in 1939.  The address was immortalized in the movie ''Pride of the Yankees'': "Today... I consider myself... the luckiest man... on the face of the earth."
*When Strong Bad gets the plunger in The K.O.T's Castle, he says "By the Power of.. Brownskull!"  This refers to [[Wikipedia:He-Man and the Masters of the Universe|He-Man and the Masters of the Universe]] when the young warrior calls out "By the power of Grayskull!"
*The prize for the Race to the End of the Race is the Silver Trophy of Ultimate Destiny, a reference to the song [[Wikipedia:The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny|The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny]] by [[Wikipedia:Lemon Demon|Lemon Demon]] that became a highly popular Flash cartoon.
*One of Coach Z's exclamations mentions Olympian [[Wikipedia:Bruce Jenner|Bruce Jenner]], who was a renowned track-and-field star.
*When caught by The Poopsmith every other time, Strong Bad will say, "Oh crunchberries." Crunch Berries is a variation of the cereal [[Wikipedia:Cap'n Crunch|Cap'n Crunch]].
*If the King of Town eats the box of Chocolate-Covered Organic Packing Peanuts and walks away before Marzipan answers the door, Strong Bad would curse this by saying, "Rassin frassin King of Town grumble mumble..." This references the snickering dog [[Wikipedia:Muttley|Muttley]], who would grumble about the abusiveness of his boss, [[Wikipedia:Dick Dastardly|Dick Dastardly]].
*If Coach Z finds Total Load in Strong Mad's Locker, he will jump from nowhere and yell "Oh Yeah" much like the Kool-Aid Man, who would exclaim "Oh Yeah" after jumping through a wall or similar object.
*Homestar's line, "I feel like I could take on the world", is also spoken by the Purple Tentacle in [[Wikipedia:Day of the Tentacle|Day of the Tentacle]].
*After throwing the candy down a hole and checking it, Strong Bad may make reference to [[Wikipedia:C.H.U.D.|CHUDs]].
*The Drive-Thru Whale's response "Special orders can be upsetting" may be a reference to an old [[Wikipedia:Burger King|Burger King]] jingle: "Hold the pickles, hold the lettuce / Special orders don't upset us"
*When Strong Bad tries to enter Strong Sad's room, the former calls the latter "Strong Sad Raymond Jenkins". [[wikipedia:Raymond Jenkins|Raymond Jenkins]] was an Irish priest.
*While using the secret code in [[Snake Boxer 5]], Strong Bad occasionally says, "Float like a green snake, sting like a light green snake", which is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Muhammad Ali|Muhammad Ali]]'s famous phrase, "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee."

=== Fast Forward ===
*[[The Municipality]]'s prominence in the second SBCG4AP episode, [[Strong Badia the Free]] is foreshadowed when their poster appears in the locker room and when their logo appears on the [[Lappy 486]]'s monitor at the end.
**The next episode's events are further foreshadowed in extended play, when The King of Town threatens to tax Strong Bad.
*The [[Please Stop Trying to Handle My Style|intro song]] mentions that Strong Bad's style shines like "An imploding star... a burning car". A puzzle in [[Baddest of the Bands]] features both an imploding star and a burning car, as noted by Strong Bad.
**Additionally, the same line in the song is used as a hint in the game, albeit with the two subjects swapped over.
*In Baddest of the Bands Strong Bad asks Coach Z where are the trophies he won in the episode, which Coach Z has sold for two bucks. Strong Bad also comment about the showers smelling "Homestar onion soup" a reference of a puzzle in the episode. Strong Bad also mentions the hedge shears in this episode.
*Strong Bad "winning" the Jela-Ton would be followed up with the receipt of ''Gel-Arshie's Pro Fruitboarder'' in [[8-Bit is Enough]].
*Episode 5's conclusion has Strong Bad mumbling about ''RhinoFeeder'' in his sleep, just like in this game's introduction.

== External Links ==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100411015313/http://www.telltalegames.com/strongbad/homestarruiner Archive of Official Episode Page]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSVJDOfM7-c Watch the gameplay video for "Homestar Ruiner"]
**[https://web.archive.org/web/20121015102836/https://telltale.vo.llnwd.net/o15/videos/sbcg4ap/homestar101/homestar101gameplay.flv video file for "Homestar Ruiner"]
*[[YouTube:wCGdWBRgMIQ|YouTube mirror of the older version of the first gameplay video for "Homestar Ruiner"]]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20121018211602/http://www.telltalegames.com/community/blogs/id-337 Archive of May 14, 2008 press release about "Homestar Ruiner"]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20121018211433/http://www.telltalegames.com/strongbad/homestarruiner/walkthrough Read a bare-bones walkthrough of "Homestar Ruiner"]
*[[forum:14052|forum thread re: "Homestar Ruiner" trailer]]
*[[forum:14627|forum thread re: "Homestar Ruiner"]]
===Reviews===
*[http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/wii/strongbadsep1homestarruiner Metacritic review summary]
*[http://www.strategyinformer.com/pc/strongbadscoolgameforattractivepeople/review.html Strategy Informer review]
*[http://www.mixnmojo.com/features/read.php?article=sb11 Mix 'n Mojo review]
*[http://adventuregamers.com/article/id,904/ Adventure Gamers review]
*[http://blog.wired.com/games/2008/08/review-strong-b.html Wired review]
*[http://www.gamecyte.com/2008/08/11/review-strong-bads-cool-game-for-attractive-people-homestar-ruiner/2695 GameCyte review]
*[http://vooks.net/modules.php?module=reviews&id=251 Vooks review]
*[http://www.gamezine.co.uk/reviews/game-types/adventure-games/strong-bad’s-cool-game-attractive-people-–-episode-1-homestar-ruiner-review-pc--$1235827.htm Gamezine.co.uk review]
*[http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/2008/08/11/wii-fanboy-review-strong-bad-episode-1-homestar-ruiner/ Wii Fanboy review]
*[http://www.nintendojo.com/interviews/view_item.php?1218470528 Nintendojo review and interview with Mark Darin]
*[http://www.gamespot.com/pc/adventure/strongbadscoolgameforattractivepeople/review.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=multimodule&tag=multimodule;picks;img;1 GameSpot review]
*[http://pc.vggen.com/reviews/strongbad/ Video Game Generation review]
*[http://pc.ign.com/articles/898/898028p1.html IGN review]
*[http://www.gamersmark.com/reviews/view/1284 Gamersmark review]
*[http://www.vgblogger.com/?p=3602 VGBlogger review]
*[http://www.wiiware-world.com/reviews/2008/08/strong_bad_episode_1_homestar_ruiner Wii Ware World review]
*[http://www.gameproarcade.com/article/102553/review-strong-bads-cool-game-for-attractive-people-episode-1-homestar-ruiner/ Game Pro review]
*[http://www.hardcoregamer.com/index.php?option=com_magazine&id_rubrique=1&type=article&id_article=184 Hardcore Gamer review]
*[http://www.n-europe.com/review.php?rid=396 N-Europe review]
*[http://www.zentendo.com/reviews.php?articleId=406&page=1 Zentendo review]
*[http://cheatcc.com/wii/rev/strongbadscoolgameforattractivepeopleepisode1homestarruinerreview.html Cheat Code Central review]
*[http://www.jolt.co.uk/index.php?articleid=11781 Jolt Online Gaming review]
*[http://www.gamervision.com/gamer/coop/reviews/article/strong_bad_s_cool_game_for_attractive_people_episode_1_homestar_r1 Gamervision review]
*[http://www.giantbomb.com/strong-bads-cool-game-for-attractive-people-episode-1-homestar-ruiner/61-20587/reviews/ Giant Bomb review]
*[http://kotaku.com/5035418/strong-bads-cool-game-for-attractive-people-homestar-ruiner-review Kotaku review]
*[http://www.4colorrebellion.com/archives/2008/08/11/4cr-review-strong-bad-episode-1-homestar-ruiner/ 4 Color Rebellion review]
*[http://www.thebbps.com/blog/2008/08/11/review-strongbads-cool-game/ The BBPS review]
*[http://www.mywii.com.au/FeaturedReview.aspx?id=798 MyWii.com.au review]
*[http://www.games32.com/Strong-Bads-Cool-Game-For-Attractive-People-(PC)-Reviews/p2000_articleid/750 Games32 review]
*[http://www.frictionlessinsight.com/archives/2008/08/strong-bads-coo-1.html Frictionless Insight review]
*[http://www.aeropause.com/2008/08/strong-bads-cool-game-for-attractive-people-review-pc/ Aeropause review]
*[http://modern-gamer.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=320&Itemid=1 Modern Gamer review]
*[http://www.gamersdailynews.com/article-320-Strong-Bads-Cool-Game-For-Attractive-People-Review.html Gamers Daily News review]
*[http://www.teletext.co.uk/gamecentral/features-reviews/75cc4891433da80e4e235bc7dea1104d/Strong+Bad+Episode+1+(Wii).aspx Teletext GameCentral review]
*[http://www.adventureclassicgaming.com/index.php/site/reviews/398/ Adventure Classic Gaming review]

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