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[[Image:Left_handy_SS.PNG|thumb|Strong Sad is <s>squirrel-handed</s> left-handed]] | [[Image:Left_handy_SS.PNG|thumb|Strong Sad is <s>squirrel-handed</s> left-handed]] | ||
- | + | Although only approximately 10% of the US population are '''[[Wikipedia:Left-handed|left-handed]]''', a large portion of the [[characters]] in the [[Homestar Runner universe]] appear to be either left-handed or [[Wikipedia:Cross-dominance|ambidextrous]] (even though some characters do not have [[Lack_of_Visible_Arms|visible arms]]). Since all 3 of [[The Brothers Strong]] are ambidextrous, it may be a trait that runs in the family. In fact, given how different they really are from each other, it may be the only trait they have in common. | |
- | Although only approximately 10% of the US population are '''[[Wikipedia:Left-handed|left-handed]]''', a large portion of the | + | |
== Left-handed Characters == | == Left-handed Characters == | ||
- | * [[Pan Pan]] | + | *[[Pan Pan]] |
- | * [[Rather Dashing]] | + | *[[Rather Dashing]] |
- | * [[The Blacksmith]] | + | *[[So and So]] (possibly; see below) |
- | * [[The Ugly One]] | + | *[[The Blacksmith]] |
- | * [[What's Her Face]] | + | *[[The Homestar Runner]] |
- | * [[ | + | *[[The Ugly One]] |
- | + | *[[What's Her Face]] | |
+ | *[[Mendelev and Dongolev]] | ||
==Ambidextrous Characters== | ==Ambidextrous Characters== | ||
+ | *[[Homestar Runner]] | ||
*[[Senor Cardgage]] | *[[Senor Cardgage]] | ||
*[[Strong Bad]] | *[[Strong Bad]] | ||
*[[Strong Mad]] | *[[Strong Mad]] | ||
*[[Strong Sad]] | *[[Strong Sad]] | ||
- | * [[ | + | *[[Fightgar]] (Possibly. See below) |
+ | *[[The Cheat]] | ||
+ | *[[Pom Pom]] | ||
== Appearances == | == Appearances == | ||
- | *[[Egg Throwing Game]] — Strong Bad throws left-handed. | + | *[[Egg Throwing Game]] — [[Strong Bad]] throws left-handed. |
- | *[[ | + | *[[Tis True, Pom Pom, Tis True]] — [[Homestar Runner]] plays the lute left-handed. |
- | **However, in [[mini-golf]], he putts right handed. | + | **However, in the email [[mini-golf]], he putts right-handed. |
- | *[[kids' book]] — | + | *[[Arcade Game]] — [[The Cheat]] plays [[TROGDOR!]] left-handed. |
+ | *[[20X6 vs. 1936]] — [[The Homestar Runner]] plays the washboard left-handed. | ||
+ | *Email [[personal favorites]] — Pom Pom and Coach Z hold their knives in their left hands. Pom Pom later switches his to his right hand. | ||
+ | *Email [[funny]] — [[Bubs]] is eating french fries with computer ketchup left-handed. | ||
+ | *Email [[suntan]] — Strong Bad is seen writing with a [[permanent marker]] using his left hand. | ||
+ | **He also does this in emails [[couch patch]], [[car]], [[haircut]], and [[long pants]], and in [[Senorial Day]]. | ||
+ | *Email [[kids' book]] — One of the original characters, Gregor, is listed to be left handed. | ||
+ | *Email [[army]] — Strong Mad holds his badminton racket in his left hand. | ||
*[[Under Construction]] — [[Pan Pan]] is shown "eating pudding with a spoon" left handed. | *[[Under Construction]] — [[Pan Pan]] is shown "eating pudding with a spoon" left handed. | ||
- | **Although | + | **Although he uses chopsticks with his right hand on [[Main Page 17]], [[Wikipedia:Chopsticks|Chopsticks]] are traditionally held in the right hand only, even by the left-handed. |
+ | *Email [[dangeresque 3]] — [[Strong Bad]] plays racquetball left-handed. | ||
*[[Peasant's Quest Preview]] — [[Rather Dashing]] holds the Trog-Sword left-handed. | *[[Peasant's Quest Preview]] — [[Rather Dashing]] holds the Trog-Sword left-handed. | ||
- | *[[old comics]] — In an | + | **He also pulls his bow string back with his left hand while killing Kerrek. |
- | + | *Email [[old comics]] — In an Easter egg, [[Strong Mad]] holds the [[Orange Bowl and Spoon#Orange Spoon|orange spoon]] with his left hand. | |
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 8]] — [[What's Her Face]] plays the bass left-handed. | *[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 8]] — [[What's Her Face]] plays the bass left-handed. | ||
*[[Senorial Day]] — [[Senor Cardgage]] signs the football with his right hand, but winds up to throw it with his left. | *[[Senorial Day]] — [[Senor Cardgage]] signs the football with his right hand, but winds up to throw it with his left. | ||
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 9]] — What's Her Face holds the spoon left-handed when she is eating staple sauce. | *[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 9]] — What's Her Face holds the spoon left-handed when she is eating staple sauce. | ||
- | **In this same issue, [[The Ugly One]] holds a [[ | + | **In this same issue, [[The Ugly One]] holds a [[Big Knife]] with her left hand when she carves "BFF" into the tree. |
- | *[[ | + | *Email [[space program]] — The Cheat throws the CD case at Homestar using his left arm. |
- | *[[ | + | *Email [[portrait]] — While stuck in the frame, Strong Bad is painting left handed. |
- | *[[senior prom]] — [[The Blacksmith]] appears to be left handed, since the snare drum is on the right hand side of the drum set. | + | *Email [[high school]] — Homestar plays the bass left-handed. |
- | *[[redesign]] — Strong Bad holds his spear in his left hand and his shield in his right. | + | *Email [[narrator]] — [[Strong Sad]] is seen eating his Rogan Josh pot pie with his spoon in his left hand. |
- | *[[keep cool]] — Strong Bad raises his left hand, inviting the viewer to "give [him] five". Strong Sad later uses his left hand to grab a spoonful of hoisin sauce off his head and eat it. | + | *Email [[alternate universe]] — Strong Sad plays a classical [[Characters' Instruments#Strong Sad's Instruments|guitar]] left-handed. |
- | *[[trading cards]] — Strong Bad uses his left hand to draw himself bench-pressing dinosaurs on a sticky note. | + | *Email [[senior prom]] — [[The Blacksmith]] appears to be left handed, since the snare drum is on the right hand side of the drum set. |
- | **Despite this, Strong Bad is seen drawing right-handed in both [[3 | + | *Email [[redesign]] — Strong Bad holds his spear in his left hand and his shield in his right. |
- | * | + | *Email [[keep cool]] — Strong Bad raises his left hand, inviting the viewer to "give [him] [[High Fives|five]]". |
- | + | **Strong Sad later uses his left hand to grab a spoonful of hoisin sauce off his head and eat it. | |
- | *[[ | + | *Email [[trading cards]] — Strong Bad uses his left hand to draw himself bench-pressing dinosaurs on a sticky note. |
- | *[[coloring]] — When The Cheat is manufacturing a " | + | **Despite this, Strong Bad is seen drawing right-handed in both [[3 wishes]] and [[comic]]. |
- | *[[ | + | *Email [[cliffhangers]] — Strong Bad holds the Big Knife in his left hand. |
- | *[[rough copy]] — The Cheat is throwing water balloons at Homestar left handed. | + | **Also, when Coach Z reaches for the Thnikkaman's shades, he reaches with his left hand. |
- | * | + | *Email [[retirement]] — Strong Bad swings the pickaxe with his left hand. |
+ | *Email [[coloring]] — When The Cheat is manufacturing a "laser lemon", he is holding the soldering iron in his left hand. | ||
+ | *[[Why Come Only One Girl?]] — One of the proposed designs of [[The Hurricane]] has her playing guitar left-handed. | ||
+ | *Email [[unnatural]] — When Strong Bad and the Cheat are having tea, the handle of the cup on Strong Bad's side is angled as if it was held by the left hand. | ||
+ | *Email [[rough copy]] — The Cheat is throwing water balloons at Homestar left handed. | ||
+ | **Also, Strong Bad and The Cheat alternate which hand they hold their guns in. | ||
*[[DNA Evidence]] — Strong Sad writes left handed with a fountain pen, but switches to his right hand halfway through, and then back to his left hand. | *[[DNA Evidence]] — Strong Sad writes left handed with a fountain pen, but switches to his right hand halfway through, and then back to his left hand. | ||
- | *[[ | + | *Email [[mini-golf]] — [[Coach Z]] is playing "cack-handed": he has a right-handed stance, but his left hand is on the bottom. |
- | *[[ | + | **Also, The Cheat putts right-handed. |
- | *[[ | + | *Email [[pizza joint]] — The Cheat writes [[The Pizz]]'s sign left-handed. |
+ | *Email [[pet show]] — The Cheat throws a {{p|l=http://www.bugeyedmonster.com/toys/starbird/ Milton Bradley Starbird}} and peels potatoes with his left hand. | ||
+ | *[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 14]] — So-and-So's "armor" goes on her left hand/arm when she calls out for a number 2 pencil. | ||
+ | **However, she is later shown using a pencil with her right hand (albeit as a spear). | ||
+ | *[[Cheat Commandos (toon)]] — Fightgar fires a laser gun at offscreen enemies in both directions, appearing to change hands from right to left back to right as he does so. | ||
+ | *Email [[email thunder]] — The Cheat plays the flute left handed. | ||
+ | *[[Kick-a-Ball]] — Homestar and Pom Pom are seen pitching the ball with their left hands. | ||
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Revision as of 04:03, 4 February 2021
Although only approximately 10% of the US population are left-handed, a large portion of the characters in the Homestar Runner universe appear to be either left-handed or ambidextrous (even though some characters do not have visible arms). Since all 3 of The Brothers Strong are ambidextrous, it may be a trait that runs in the family. In fact, given how different they really are from each other, it may be the only trait they have in common.
Left-handed Characters
- Pan Pan
- Rather Dashing
- So and So (possibly; see below)
- The Blacksmith
- The Homestar Runner
- The Ugly One
- What's Her Face
- Mendelev and Dongolev
Ambidextrous Characters
- Homestar Runner
- Senor Cardgage
- Strong Bad
- Strong Mad
- Strong Sad
- Fightgar (Possibly. See below)
- The Cheat
- Pom Pom
Appearances
- Egg Throwing Game — Strong Bad throws left-handed.
- Tis True, Pom Pom, Tis True — Homestar Runner plays the lute left-handed.
- However, in the email mini-golf, he putts right-handed.
- Arcade Game — The Cheat plays TROGDOR! left-handed.
- 20X6 vs. 1936 — The Homestar Runner plays the washboard left-handed.
- Email personal favorites — Pom Pom and Coach Z hold their knives in their left hands. Pom Pom later switches his to his right hand.
- Email funny — Bubs is eating french fries with computer ketchup left-handed.
- Email suntan — Strong Bad is seen writing with a permanent marker using his left hand.
- He also does this in emails couch patch, car, haircut, and long pants, and in Senorial Day.
- Email kids' book — One of the original characters, Gregor, is listed to be left handed.
- Email army — Strong Mad holds his badminton racket in his left hand.
- Under Construction — Pan Pan is shown "eating pudding with a spoon" left handed.
- Although he uses chopsticks with his right hand on Main Page 17, Chopsticks are traditionally held in the right hand only, even by the left-handed.
- Email dangeresque 3 — Strong Bad plays racquetball left-handed.
- Peasant's Quest Preview — Rather Dashing holds the Trog-Sword left-handed.
- He also pulls his bow string back with his left hand while killing Kerrek.
- Email old comics — In an Easter egg, Strong Mad holds the orange spoon with his left hand.
- Teen Girl Squad Issue 8 — What's Her Face plays the bass left-handed.
- Senorial Day — Senor Cardgage signs the football with his right hand, but winds up to throw it with his left.
- Teen Girl Squad Issue 9 — What's Her Face holds the spoon left-handed when she is eating staple sauce.
- In this same issue, The Ugly One holds a Big Knife with her left hand when she carves "BFF" into the tree.
- Email space program — The Cheat throws the CD case at Homestar using his left arm.
- Email portrait — While stuck in the frame, Strong Bad is painting left handed.
- Email high school — Homestar plays the bass left-handed.
- Email narrator — Strong Sad is seen eating his Rogan Josh pot pie with his spoon in his left hand.
- Email alternate universe — Strong Sad plays a classical guitar left-handed.
- Email senior prom — The Blacksmith appears to be left handed, since the snare drum is on the right hand side of the drum set.
- Email redesign — Strong Bad holds his spear in his left hand and his shield in his right.
- Email keep cool — Strong Bad raises his left hand, inviting the viewer to "give [him] five".
- Strong Sad later uses his left hand to grab a spoonful of hoisin sauce off his head and eat it.
- Email trading cards — Strong Bad uses his left hand to draw himself bench-pressing dinosaurs on a sticky note.
- Email cliffhangers — Strong Bad holds the Big Knife in his left hand.
- Also, when Coach Z reaches for the Thnikkaman's shades, he reaches with his left hand.
- Email retirement — Strong Bad swings the pickaxe with his left hand.
- Email coloring — When The Cheat is manufacturing a "laser lemon", he is holding the soldering iron in his left hand.
- Why Come Only One Girl? — One of the proposed designs of The Hurricane has her playing guitar left-handed.
- Email unnatural — When Strong Bad and the Cheat are having tea, the handle of the cup on Strong Bad's side is angled as if it was held by the left hand.
- Email rough copy — The Cheat is throwing water balloons at Homestar left handed.
- Also, Strong Bad and The Cheat alternate which hand they hold their guns in.
- DNA Evidence — Strong Sad writes left handed with a fountain pen, but switches to his right hand halfway through, and then back to his left hand.
- Email mini-golf — Coach Z is playing "cack-handed": he has a right-handed stance, but his left hand is on the bottom.
- Also, The Cheat putts right-handed.
- Email pizza joint — The Cheat writes The Pizz's sign left-handed.
- Email pet show — The Cheat throws a Milton Bradley Starbird and peels potatoes with his left hand.
- Teen Girl Squad Issue 14 — So-and-So's "armor" goes on her left hand/arm when she calls out for a number 2 pencil.
- However, she is later shown using a pencil with her right hand (albeit as a spear).
- Cheat Commandos (toon) — Fightgar fires a laser gun at offscreen enemies in both directions, appearing to change hands from right to left back to right as he does so.
- Email email thunder — The Cheat plays the flute left handed.
- Kick-a-Ball — Homestar and Pom Pom are seen pitching the ball with their left hands.