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In the [[Homestar Runner universe]], [[Characters|characters]] sometimes follow one common or relevant phrase with a less-common phrase that '''rhymes with or sounds like the first''', but makes less sense.
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In the Homestar Runner universe, characters sometimes follow one common or relevant phrase with a less-common phrase that '''rhymes with or sounds like the first''', but makes less sense.
==Appearances==
==Appearances==
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*Email [[ghosts]] {{--}} After looking [[Strong Badia]] over to see if it's haunted (just before the spirit of the [[Tandy 400]] shows up), [[Strong Bad]] says, "Looks like Strong Badia is ghost-free, proud to be."
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*Email [[ghosts]] — After looking [[Strong Badia]] over to see if it's haunted (just before the spirit of the [[Tandy 400]] shows up), [[Strong Bad]] says, "Looks like Strong Bad is ghost-free, proud to be."
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*[[A Decemberween Pageant]] {{--}} The slogan of [[Litigation Jackson]] is "The system really works, jerks!"
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*Email [[crazy cartoon]] — Strong Bad says of [[The Cheat]]: "Let's see what he's cookin' up tonight. Today. Just right."
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*Email [[monster truck]] {{--}} [[Homestar Runner]] says, "Let's do this like Brutus."
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*Email [[sibbie]] — The Cheat distracts Strong Bad from his email, bringing it to a screeching halt. Strong Bad claims that his "Focus is all... crocused."
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*Email [[autobiography]] {{--}} Strong Bad saves his email "for posterity", and "maybe a little prosperity".
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*[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 11.2]] — [[The King of Town]] ends his message with "This is the KoT... in the place to be."
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*Email [[crazy cartoon]] {{--}} Strong Bad says of [[The Cheat]]: "Let's see what he's cookin' up tonight. Today. Just right."
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*[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 13.2]] — [[Old-Timey Strong Bad]] states that he's "got a hankering for a prankering."
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*Email [[sibbie]] {{--}} The Cheat distracts Strong Bad from his email, bringing it to a screeching halt. Strong Bad claims that his "focus is all... crocused."
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*Email [[time capsule]] — Strong Bad says that time boxes and time tennis ball cans are filled with "newspaper clippin's and toenail snippin's".
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*Email [[the process]] {{--}} Strong Bad says that before [[The Paper]] comes down, he mutters "something... under my breath... about some girl named Beth."
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*Email [[radio]] — Strong Bad says that drive time morning show radio hosts are like "bad stand up comics that you can't heckle. Or jeckle."
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*[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 11.2]] {{--}} [[The King of Town]] ends his message with "This is the KoT... in the place to be."
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*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 8]] — After [[The Ugly One]] is "FLOOR TOMMED!" and "STEP-MOMMED!", she is "[[Pom Pom|POM-POMMED]]?"
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*Email [[time capsule]] {{--}} Strong Bad says that time boxes and time tennis ball cans are filled with "newspaper clippin's and toenail snippin's".
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*[[Commandos in the Classroom]] — [[Gunhaver]] follows "Littering! Loitering!" with "Latering!" and "Lootering!" in his list of things the evil half of the brain likes.
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*Email [[radio]] {{--}} Strong Bad says that drive time morning show radio hosts are like "bad stand up comics that you can't heckle. Or jeckle."
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*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 10]] — [[Cheerleader]] promises The Ugly One, "We'll be there like shareware!"  At the Sweet Someteen party, The Ugly One tells her guests, "let's get it on like Diddy Kong!"
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*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 8]] {{--}} After [[The Ugly One]] is "FLOOR TOMMED!" and "STEP-MOMMED!", she is "[[Pom Pom|POM-POMMED]]?"
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*Email [[senior prom]] — In his list of things he has crashed, Strong Bad follows "Homecoming Dances" with "Shortcoming Prances".
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*Email [[long pants]] {{--}} Strong Bad describes his pen as "trusty, somewhat dusty".
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*Email [[keep cool]] — Strong Bad plans to shop for "pencil holders" and "stencil folders"
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*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 10]] {{--}} [[Cheerleader]] promises The Ugly One, "We'll be there like shareware!"  At the Sweet Someteen party, The Ugly One tells her guests, "let's get it on like Diddy Kong!"
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*Email [[retirement]] — In the commercial for the "My Lappy Got Stole" Sweepstakes, [[Marshie]] follows "First prize" with "second tries".
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*Email [[record book]] {{--}} When Strong Bad is talking about looking in the book of records, he says, "Let's take a look. A book-look."
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**Later in the same email, Strong Bad says, "The Lappy! You're back...y!"
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*[[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]] {{--}} Homestar says [[Strong Sad]]'s magic words are "the best magic words [he's] ever heards".
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*Email [[your funeral]] — Strong Bad follows "sweet-smelling flowers" with "sweat-smelling followers".
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*[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 13.2]] {{--}} [[Old-Timey Strong Bad]] states that he's "got a hankering for a prankering".
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*Email [[looking old]] — Strong Bad says, "I'm on board, I'm not bored."
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*Email [[senior prom]] {{--}} In his list of things he has crashed, Strong Bad follows "Homecoming Dances" with "Shortcoming Prances".
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*Email [[concert]] — Strong Bad says, "They couldn't wear any of their spandex, or latex, or... Tex-mex..."
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*Email [[keep cool]] {{--}} Strong Bad plans to shop for "pencil holders" and "stencil folders".
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*[[Homestar Ruiner]] — Strong Bad remarks, "Oh nophers.  We've got gophers." while examining the hole outside his house.
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*[[Strongest Man in the World]] {{--}} [[The Announcer]] introduces [[Mr. Bland]] as "the prince of plain" and "the master of mundane".
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*[[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]] — [[Dangeresque Too]] threatens [[Uzi Bazooka]], "You had what was coming to you, tofu!"
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*Email [[retirement]] {{--}} In the commercial for the "My Lappy Got Stole" Sweepstakes, [[Marshie]] follows "First prize" with "second tries". At the end, Strong Bad says, "The Lappy! You're back...y!"
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*[[8-Bit is Enough]] — [[Gel-arshie]] exclaims, "Here's a wall that's colored red! What's in this box fills me with dread!" and "This lava's red like me! Now here's a thing you couldn't see!" Strong Bad greets him with, "So, Freakshow."
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*[[Happy Hallow-day]] {{--}} Strong Bad asks, "How are we supposed to scandalize and vandalize without the protective cover of Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha-Halloween night?"
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*[[looking old]] {{--}} Of The Cheat's "Youth Through Editing" plan, Strong Bad says "I'm on board, I'm not bored."
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*[[DNA Evidence]] {{--}} [[Bubs]] teaches a "toga yoga" class, which [[Marzipan]] attends. Strong Bad also mentions that he watches toga yoga videos.
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*Email [[concert]] {{--}} Strong Bad remarks that [[sloshy]] "couldn't wear any of their spandex, or latex, or... Tex-mex..."
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*Email [[yes, wrestling]] {{--}} The Announcer introduces Strong Bad thus: "And hailing from the age of exploration, the namer of nations, Il Cartographer!"
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*Email [[environment]] {{--}} Strong Sad and Marzipan chant, "Scrappy the Lappy! We think it's really crappy!" Marzipan tells Strong Bad that "That Lappy is energy sappy!" while holding a sign that says, "Lappy, Take the Dirt Nappy!".
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*[[The Homestar Runner Gets Something Stuck In His Craw]] {{--}} While doing some yard work, Homestar quips, "This yard work is hard work!"
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*[[Homestar Ruiner]] {{--}}
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**Strong Bad says to Strong Sad, "I didn't want to go in your purple room of doom and gloom anyway!"
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**After Strong Bad puts [[Total Load]] in Pom Pom's locker, [[Coach Z]] accuses Pom Pom of "cheatin' and chortin' and nonchalant cavortin'".
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*[[Strong Badia the Free]] {{--}}
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**Strong Bad refers to the [[Gremlin]] as a "trusty, somewhat rusty car".
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**While talking to Homsar, Strong Bad refers to the King of Town as "that royal boil".
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**Once he convinces Homsar to join Strong Badia, Homsar says "let's do this like Brutus", echoing Homestar in [[monster truck]].
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*[[Baddest of the Bands]] {{--}} [[Bubs]] asks, "Strong Bad, did you scandalize and vandalize [[The Stick]]?"
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*[[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]] {{--}} [[Dangeresque Too]] threatens [[Uzi Bazooka]], "You had what was coming to you, tofu!"
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*[[8-Bit is Enough]] {{--}} [[Gel-arshie]] exclaims, "Here's a wall that's colored red! What's in this box fills me with dread!" and "This lava's red like me! Now here's a thing you couldn't see!"
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*Email [[dictionary]] {{--}} The [[Count Longardeaux's Jerktionary]] entry for "boodroscotch" describes it as a "boodro-based sauce that doubles as a kudrow-based adhesive".
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*[[Sammich]] {{--}} Strong Bad, while drawing a sandwich, gives it "some salami, some pastrami, and some seasoned fortulami".
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*[[The Next April Fools Thing]] {{--}} Homestar Runner uses many rhyming phrases for his [[Always Be'sing & Do'sing]] movement.
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**"Always be'sing and do'sing! Never cheesing or choosing!"
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**"If you're choosin', you're losin'."
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**"Changin' attitudes with rhymin' platitudes!"
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**"If you're not attending, you're gonna be lending."
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*[[The Homestar Runner Enters The Spooky Woods Teaser]] {{--}} [[Storybook Character Variations|Storybook Strong Sad]] remarks on the "raucous cricket caucus!"
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*[[The Homestar Runner Enters The Spooky Woods]] {{--}} [[Storybook Character Variations|Coach Zee]], as the organelle in a life textbook, riddles [[The Homestar Runner (storybook)|The Homestar Runner]], "Can you identify this organelle, that is located in a plant cell?"
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*{{postref|1032482957523599360|22|Aug|2018}}, [[Mario Paint Thursdays Compilation]] {{--}} Strong Bad attributes his greatness to his "style points and file joints."
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Occasionally, the less common phrase will precede the relevant one.
Occasionally, the less common phrase will precede the relevant one.
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*[[Mr. Shmallow (toon)|Mr. Shmallow]] {{--}} When [[Mr. Shmallow]] introduces himself, he says: "Greetings, fallows. I'm Mr. Shmallow."
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*[[Mr. Shmallow (toon)]] — When [[Mr. Shmallow]] introduces himself, he says: "Greetings, fallows. I'm Mr. Shmallow."
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*[[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]] {{--}} Bubs sings, "I got a shallow gup and a crallow nup, somebody give me dat Mallow Cup."
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*[[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]] — Bubs sings, "I got a shallow gup and a crallow nup, somebody give me dat Mallow Cup."
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*Email [[keep cool]] {{--}} [[Monkey D]]'s "summer tips" include "Grip n' Glide time, Slide<!--sic--> n' Slide time", "Tinkler time, Sprinkler time", and "Nose time, Hose time".
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*Email [[keep cool]] &mdash; [[Monkey D]]'s "summer tips" include "Grip n' Glide time, Slide n' Slide time", "Tinkler time, Sprinkler time", and "Nose time, hose time".
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*[[Homestar Ruiner]] {{--}} Strong Bad remarks, "Oh nophers. We've got gophers," while examining the hole outside his house.
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*[[The Animated Adventures of Puppet Homestar]] {{--}} [[Shark-Tooth Bubs]] says, "Sorry, [[pile]]s, I got my own [[style]]s."
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*[[Trogdor!! The Board Game Playthrough]] {{--}}
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**Referring to the game's flippable tiles, Strong Bad comments, "I get excited when it's double-sided!"
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**The group decides to have an "endum addendum" to demonstrate [[Trogdor!! The Board Game#Trogdor's Fiery Rage|Trogdor's Fiery Rage]]. Strong Sad suggests an "endum addendum referendum".
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==See Also==
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==See also==
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*[[Or At Least]]
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*[[Deliberately Poor English]]
*[[Deliberately Poor English]]
[[Category:Word running gags]]
[[Category:Word running gags]]

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