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[[Image:sbemailahundred.png|thumb|200px|And so, The Cheat mashed play on an extremely expensive jambox.]]
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There have been many occurrences of '''Mashing Go/Play''' throughout the [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] body of work.  This phrase generally replaces the term "push" or "press" in relation to a button.  In the southern United States (e.g. Georgia, home of [[The Brothers Chaps|The Brothers Chaps]]), "mash" is actually a common dialect term, so although it has appeared several times in the H*R universe, TBC might not originally have intended for it to become a running gag, as they were probably accustomed to the term. It may, however, be a reference to "[[wikipedia:Button Mashing|button mashing]]," a style of playing certain video games where one attempts to make attacks as often as possible, with no regard to the tactical appropriateness of those attacks or to forming combos.
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[[Image:sbemailahundred.png|thumb|300px|And so, The Cheat mashed play on an extremely expensive jambox.]]
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There have been many occurrences of '''mashing go/play''' throughout the [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] body of work.  This phrase generally replaces the term "push" or "press" in relation to a button.  In the southern United States (including [[Georgia]], home of [[The Brothers Chaps]]), this is a common slang usage of the term, so initially the Chaps may have been using the word naturally rather than intending for it to become a recurring gag.
== Appearances ==
== Appearances ==
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*'''Debut:''' Email [[1 step ahead]] - "Mash spacebar" to peg [[Strong Sad]]
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*'''Debut:''' Email [[1 step ahead]] {{--}} "Mash spacebar" to peg [[Strong Sad]].
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*[[Everybody Knows It]] - "Mash play on that [[Jam Box|jambox]]."
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*[[Everybody Knows It]] {{--}} "Mash play on that [[Jam Box|jambox]]."
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*Email [[flashback]] - "And so, [[The Cheat]] mashed play on an extremely expensive jambox..."
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*Email [[flashback]] {{--}} "And so, [[The Cheat]] mashed play on an extremely expensive jambox..."
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*The introduction to Disk One of [[strongbad_email.exe_Disc_One|strongbad_email.exe]] - "Make your selection and mash GO, moron!"
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*The introduction to [[strongbad_email.exe Disc One|Disc One]] of [[strongbad_email.exe]] {{--}} "Make your selection and mash GO, moron!"
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*Email [[alternate universe]] - "Mash go on that [[blender]]!"
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*Email [[alternate universe]] {{--}} "Mash go on that [[blender]]!"
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*Email [[senior prom]] - "...when I mash go on it, everybody's [[pants]] will POOF AWAY!"
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*Email [[senior prom]] {{--}} "...when I mash go on it, everybody's [[pants]] will POOF AWAY!"
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*[[Weclome Back]] - "...when I mash record on that camera...", then later "...Mash stop when you think you're mashing record and mash record when you think you're mashing stop..."
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*[[Weclome Back]] {{--}} "...when I mash record on that camera...", then later "...Mash stop when you think you're mashing record and mash record when you think you're mashing stop..."
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*[[Marshmallow's Last Stand]] [[Marshmallow's Last Stand#Commentary Transcript|commentary]] - "Pom Pom hit 'mash play' on the... jambox."
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*[[Marshmallow's Last Stand]] ([[Marshmallow's Last Stand#Commentary Transcript|DVD commentary]]) {{--}} "[[Pom Pom]] hit 'mash play' on the... jambox."
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*[[Blue Laserdisc Challenge]] - "Take control of Blue Laser Commander by mashing left or right on your laserdisc remote when you see this flashing [[style]]."
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*[[Blue Laserdisc Challenge]] {{--}} "Take control of [[Blue Laser Commander]] by mashing left or right on your laserdisc remote when you see this flashing [[style]]."
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*[[Viidelectrix]] version of [[Duck Guardian One]] - "Point hereabouts and mash A to start."
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*[[Guitar Hero]] {{--}} On the loading screen for the song [[Trogdor (song)|Trogdor]] in Guitar Hero II, Strong Bad tells the player, "For squeadlies, mash on the trembalo. For meadlies, tone up on your chord surpassers. Oh, and I'm awesome."
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*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 13]] - [[Tompkins]] presses buttons on his [[Nintendo|Game Boy]], and as he does, the word "m.a.s.h." appears intermittently.
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*[[Viidelectrix]] version of [[Duck Guardian One]] {{--}} "Point hereabouts and mash A to start."
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*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 13]] {{--}} [[Tompkins]] presses buttons on his [[Nintendo|Game Boy]]; as he does, the word "m.a.s.h." appears intermittently.
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*[[Nintendo Power Interview - July 2008]] {{--}} "Anyone who can't figure out how to mash a bunch of buttons on a game pad shouldn't be indulging in video-gamery in the first place."
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*[[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People]] {{--}} The [[SBCG4AP Tutorial|tutorials]] explain the controls by telling the player to mash specific buttons on their controller.
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*[[Homestar Ruiner]] {{--}} Strong Bad wonders what will happen if he mashes the erase button on the camera at the [[race track]].
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*[[CollegeHumor Interview - 15 Sep 2008]] {{--}} [[Matt Chapman|Matt]] says that [[Homestar Runner|Homestar]]'s favorite video game would be Microsoft Decathlon, "a game where you just mashed keys as fast as you could, and Homestar would love doing that with his head."
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*[[8-Bit is Enough]] {{--}} Homestar mentions he used his lucky quarter to beat the game ''[[Street Fighter|Street Masher]]''.
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*Email [[too cool]] {{--}} [[Senor Cardgage]] asks Strong Bad to mash play on the air freshener to record his [[character video]].
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*[[Disk 4 of 12 - FriendlyWare]] {{--}} Strong Bad, amused that [[Wikipedia:Friendlyware|FriendlyWare]] keeps asking him to "strike" keys, suggests that the words "press" and "mash" hadn't been invented by the early eighties.
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[[Category:Word running gags]]
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[[Category:Recurring Themes]]

Revision as of 09:14, 22 September 2022

"mash" redirects here. For the television series, see M*A*S*H.
And so, The Cheat mashed play on an extremely expensive jambox.

There have been many occurrences of mashing go/play throughout the Homestar Runner body of work. This phrase generally replaces the term "push" or "press" in relation to a button. In the southern United States (including Georgia, home of The Brothers Chaps), this is a common slang usage of the term, so initially the Chaps may have been using the word naturally rather than intending for it to become a recurring gag.

Appearances

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