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*Instead of the images being fullscreen, the book is now presented in a similar fashion to [[kids' book]], with the same music playing.
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Revision as of 17:36, 15 November 2006

The book that started it all

The Homestar Runner Enters the Strongest Man in the World Contest is the original children's book that started it all. The story is bizarre, but shows signs of the greatness to come. The archive in the museum includes the story plus some alternate cover ideas.

The Homestar Runner, Pom Pom, Strong Bad, and three others enter the Strongest Man in the World Contest. "Whoever holds the most grapes, wins." Strong Bad tries to cheat with the help of a furry yellow animal, from that point aptly named The Cheat.

Strong Bad later made a revised edition of the story in the email "kids' book." The book was also spoofed in the 100th email "flashback," which in turn inspired Main Page 20. There were also plans for a sequel, sketches for which appeared in the Museum Sketchbook, but the idea was eventually scrapped.

A modernized and animated version was made ten years later, in the form of Strongest Man in the World.

Cast (in order of appearance): Homestar Runner, Pom Pom, Strong Bad, The Cheat, Mr. Bland, The Robot (storybook), Señor, The Announcer, The Grape Fairie, The Fat Bee

Contents

Background

"Just a story we made one afternoon, went to Kinko's, made about ten or fifteen copies of it, and kind of gave it to our friends, and that was it, really, for several years. We just did that in the summer. We were in college, and did it in a bored afternoon."
"Well, we were just looking around in a bookstore in the Children's book section, and we were kinda bored, we didn't see anything that we really liked, so we decided to make our own, you know, just as a joke to make fun of Kids' books. So we wrote The Homestar Runner Enters the Strongest Man in the World contest, and I think that that's still in the Museum right now."

The Story

Image description Text Image Alternate Text Link
Homestar Runner is standing in an empty field The original children's book that started it all. Here's the first cover. Notice at this point he's THE Homestar Runner. (July 96) View Page 1
Homestar is standing on an orange star background The alternate, construction paper cover. A little less embarassing. (Sept 96) supa punchtime! View Page 2
Homestar is standing on a diamond-patterned background The 'I'm just learning Photoshop' remix of the cover. (July 97) And now, onto the story... Oh, Pollette! View Page 3
Homestar is standing in front of a star Everybody loves the Homestar Runner. He is a terrific athlete. big head, tiny legs View Page 4
Homestar and Pom Pom are standing in a field One day, his friend, Pom-Pom, asked him to enter the Strongest Man in the World Contest. pom-pom's beady eyes View Page 5
Homestar and Pom Pom are lifting weights The Homestar Runner agreed, and the two trained for days and days to become the strongest men in the world. pom-pom's beady eyes View Page 6
Strong Bad and The Cheat stand next to Homestar and Pom Pom in the field On the way to the contest, another competitor, Strong Bad, made fun of them. "I'm the very strongest! You guys are not very strong!" pom-pom's beady eyes View Page 7
Mr. Bland, The Robot, and Señor stand in ovals on the background The contestants: Mr. Bland, The Robot (last year's winner), Señor... pom-pom's beady eyes View Page 8
Pom Pom, Strong Bad, and Homestar also stand in ovals ...Pom-Pom, Strong Bad, The Homestar Runner. pom-pom's beady eyes View Page 9
The Grape Fairie is flying over the contestants on a Bumble Bee, while The Announcer holds up a sheet of paper with the rules Upon their arrival, the rules were explained: The Grape Fairie starts everyone off with twenty grapes, then adds one at a time. Whoever holds the most grapes, wins. pom-pom's beady eyes View Page 10
The grape fairie is granting each contestant twenty grapes The Grape Fairie granted each of them twenty grapes. pom-pom's beady eyes View Page 11
Mr. Bland's legs are seen under his pile of grapes with the caption "SQUISH" Mr. Bland did not hold up. pom-pom's beady eyes View Page 12
The grape fairie is putting another grape on each pile of grapes The Grape Fairie added another grape. pom-pom's beady eyes View Page13
Señor is seen being squished under his grapes, with the caption "SPLURT" Senor was NOT the strongest man in the world. havin a little trouble View Page 14
Four grapes are seen on the ground by The Robot's foot, and The Cheat is seen running away from an electrical socket with The Robot's plug on the ground Suddenly, the Robot shut down and dropped his grapes. Homestar knew something was up. where's the plug? View Page 15
Another grape is being added to the piles of the final three contestants There were only three contestants left. Another grape was added. where's the plug? View Page 16
Homestar is in the forground, noticing The Cheat helping Strong Bad hold his grapes in the background Homestar noticed that Strong Bad was getting some extra help. "I will drop my grapes and uncover that CHEAT!" where's the plug? View Page 17
Homestar's pile of grapes is on the ground, and Homestar is kicking The Cheat from under Strong Bad's pile, causing Strong Bad to wobble The Homestar Runner yanked the cheat out from under the pile of grapes. "OH NO!" screamed Strong Bad. where's the plug? View Page 18
Strong Bad is seen under his pile of grapes and Homestar is standing next to Pom Pom, who is still holding his grapes Strong Bad was squished and Pom-Pom won. squisha squisha squisha View Page 19
Homestar and Pom Pom are each wearing medals and are holding a trophy between them, while The Grape Fairie is flying in the background Knowing that he could not have done it without The Homestar Runner's help, Pom-Pom shared the trophy. WORLD BEST View Page 20

Fun Facts

  • The caption describing Señor being squished is missing the tilde above the n.

DVD Version

  • The DVD version features creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.
  • The book is now read out loud.
  • Instead of the images being fullscreen, the book is now presented in a similar fashion to kids' book, with the same music playing.

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External links

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Sketchbook | Original Book | Super NES | Where My Hat Is At? | Fan Stuff | Old Flash Stuff
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