Presidents
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Presidents of the United States are mentioned and seen various times in Free Country, in particular presidents Martin Van Buren and Abraham Lincoln. This is perhaps a nod to They Might Be Giants, who frequently use presidents as a theme in their music. It was revealed in an interview that The Brothers Chaps have an oval portrait of Lincoln hanging in their office.
Appearances
George Washington (Independent, 1789—1797, left after two terms)
- Teen Girl Squad Issue 5 — George Washington is among the "cool or famous" people who look at The Ugly One with her head in the sand, then go tandem parasailing with So and So.
- Teen Girl Squad Issue 10 — Washington reappears with these characters.
Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican, 1801—1809, left after two terms)
- @StrongBadActual — November 22, 2016 — Strong Bad, in frustration, explains that his Lin-Manuel Miranda costume is not "Evil Thomas Jefferson".
Martin Van Buren (Democratic, 1837—1841, lost reelection)
- A bust of Van Buren is occasionally seen in Free Country, USA. See main article: Van Buren
William Henry Harrison (Whig, 1841, died a month into term)
- Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 13.2 — Old-Timey Strong Bad mentions Harrison along with James Garfield.
James K. Polk (Whig, 1845—1849, left after one term)
- Jibblies 2 — Homsar's costume includes the word "polk." on his chin, a possible reference to the president of that name.
- Email diorama — Peanut Strong Bad stabs a model of Nicholas Trist, a diplomat for Polk.
Zachary Taylor (Whig, 1849—1850, died from illness)
- Homestar Runner Goes for the Gold — Strong Bad states his intent to refer to Strong Sad as "Sad Sachary Taylor".
James Buchanan (Democratic, 1857—1861, left after one term)
- Email diorama — Strong Bad has a robot in his diorama assassinate James Buchanan with a laser called the "Byoo-Cannon".
Abraham Lincoln (Republican, 1861—1865, assassinated)
- See main article: Abraham Lincoln
James A. Garfield (Republican, 1881, assassinated)
- Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 13.2 — Old-Timey Strong Bad mentions Garfield along with William Henry Harrison.
William Howard Taft (Republican, 1909—1913, lost reelection)
- Fortune Cookies — One of the "fortunes" reads "Hey, it worked for Taft."
- Sbemailiarized! — Strong Bad types out in his summary that "Taft is white!"
- Strong Badia The Free — Strong Bad jokes about The King of Town getting stuck in the bathtub, a reference to the infamous incident where the same fate befell Taft.
Herbert Hoover (Republican, 1929—1933, lost reelection)
- Kick the Can — In one of the tapes, The Homestar Runner's shirt has the words "herbert hoover?" on it.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Democratic, 1933—1945, died of natural causes)
- Email redesign — Strong Bad suggests that the scrolling No Loafing Sign might be misread as "Franklin Delano Loafing".
Harry S. Truman (Democratic, 1945—1953, left after one elected term)
- Email old comics — a quote from President Truman on the King Castlefunny Pencil Moistener reads "Everybody's going to need one!"
John F. Kennedy (Democratic, 1961—1963, assassinated)
- Everybody to the Limit — Pictures of JFK and his brother Robert appear in the music video, referred to as "Joe" and "Jake" respectively.
Richard Nixon (Republican, 1969—1974, resigned)
- imaginary — The question Strong Sad and his imaginary friend Scotty Titi are answering for "Time Magazine: The Game", is "What are Richard Nixon's favorite slacks?"
Jimmy Carter (Democratic, 1977—1981, lost reelection)
- Email diorama — Strong Bad has robot assassinate Carter in his diorama.
Ronald Reagan (Republican, 1981—1989, term-limited)
- Peasant's Quest — Looking at the rocking chair after the Baby Lady leaves yields a response referring to Reagan's "trickle-down economics".
- Halloween Potion-ma-jig — Homestar does a bad Reagan impression and mentions Reaganomics.
Miscellaneous presidential references
- Email couch patch — The ASCII art million dollar bill that is printed out has the portrait labeled simply "President".
- Experimental Film — Homestar Runner is playing a game with presidents on the ATM.
- Email rampage — Homsar says, "Caramel corn for president, please."
- Puppet Jam: President's Daughter — Homestar and They Might Be Giants make a song about the president's daughter.
- Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective — Dangeresque says that he framed Baron Darin Diamonocle for the murder of several presidents.
- Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2 — Homsar imagines himself saying, "You're a pork rind's president."
