Parents' Basement

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The location of someone's parents' basement has been mentioned in a few cartoons as well as in public appearances of [[The Brothers Chaps]]. The phrase is sometimes used by [[Strong Bad]] as a means to ridicule another individual.<br>Usually the phrase is spelled with the apostrophe after the s, but occasionally it will precede the s, implying that there is only one parent.
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The location of someone's '''parents' basement''' has been mentioned in a few cartoons as well as in public appearances of [[The Brothers Chaps]]. The phrase is used by [[Strong Bad]] usually as a means to ridicule other people. Sometimes the phrase is used in a singular possessive case ("parent's" with the apostrophe before the s), implying that there is only one parent in possession of the basement.
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=Cartoon Appearances=
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==Appearances==
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*Email [[road trip]] &mdash; Strong Bad refers to an email sender as "Pete from Pete's parents' basement.
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*[[Thorax Corporation]] &mdash; The CEO, Gent Delabor, Sr. manages Delabor family affairs from his parents' basement.
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*Email [[environment]] &mdash; Strong Bad says he's [[making out]] with the environment in the parent's basement of a solar-powered house.
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*[[UMFM Interview - 20 May 2003]] &mdash; [[Matt Chapman]] refers to a time when they were running the store out of his [[Don and Harriet Chapman|parents]]' basement.
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*[[Limozeen Live]] &mdash; The link to the video read "Watch us practicing in our <del>parents'</del> basement."
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*Email [[magic trick]] &mdash; [[Science Fiction Greg and D N'D Greg|D N'D Greg]] asks [[Coach Z]] to leave his parent's basement.
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*[[Fan costumes '08]] &mdash; Strong Bad accuses a dressed-up fan of living in the basement of his parents' basement.
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==Public appearances==
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*[[UMFM Interview - 20 May 2003]] &mdash; [[Matt Chapman]] refers to when they were running the store out of his parents' basement.
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*[[Wired News Radio Interview - 23 Jun 2003]] &mdash; Matt says they put their friends to work in his parents' basement.
*[[Wired News Radio Interview - 23 Jun 2003]] &mdash; Matt says they put their friends to work in his parents' basement.
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*[[Flashforward 2006 Seattle - 28 Feb 2006]] &mdash; The Brothers Chaps mentioned that they no longer live in their parents' basement.
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*Email [[virus]] &mdash; [[Edgarware]] is "programmed entirely in mom's basement".
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*[[Flashforward 2006 Seattle - 28 Feb 2006]] &mdash; The Brothers Chaps mention that they no longer live in their parents' basement.
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==Other appearances==
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*Email [[road trip]] &mdash; Strong Bad refers to an email sender as "Pete from Pete's parents' basement."
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*[[Strong Badia the Free Responses]] &mdash; Strong Bad tells an email sender to figure out where in his parents' basement to hang his Bob Marley poster.
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*Email [[environment]] &mdash; Strong Bad says he's [[Making Out|<!--necessary pipe-->making out]] with the environment in the parent's basement of a solar-powered house.
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*[[Thorax Corporation]] &mdash; The CEO, Gent Delabor, Sr. manages Delabor family affairs from his parents' basement.
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*[[Limozeen Live! (practice)|Limozeen Live!]] &mdash; The link to the video read "Watch us practicing in our <s>parents'</s> basement."
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*Email [[magic trick]] &mdash; In an Easter egg, [[The Gregs#D n' D Greg|D n' D Greg]] asks [[Coach Z]] to leave his parent's basement.
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*[[Strong Badia the Free]] &mdash; Strong Bad tells an email sender to figure out where in his parents' basement to hang his Bob Marley poster.
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*[[Fan Costumes '08]] &mdash; Strong Bad accuses a dressed-up fan of living in the basement of his parents' basement.
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Revision as of 01:02, 4 February 2020

"I'm gonna have to ask you to leave my parent's basement now."

The location of someone's parents' basement has been mentioned in a few cartoons as well as in public appearances of The Brothers Chaps. The phrase is used by Strong Bad usually as a means to ridicule other people. Sometimes the phrase is used in a singular possessive case ("parent's" with the apostrophe before the s), implying that there is only one parent in possession of the basement.

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