Rhymed Phrases
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(I'm tempted to add the "every week I hope that it's from a female" line, but both halves are kinda relevant to Strong Bad. Meanwhile... I don't think Strong Sad's "doom and gloom" fits. Common phrase.) |
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==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
| - | *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 | + | *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." |
| - | *Email [[monster truck]] — Homestar says, "Let's do this like Brutus." | + | *[[A Decemberween Pageant]] — The slogan of [[Litigation Jackson]] is "The system really works, jerks!" |
| - | + | *Email [[monster truck]] — [[Homestar Runner]] says, "Let's do this like Brutus." | |
*Email [[crazy cartoon]] — Strong Bad says of [[The Cheat]]: "Let's see what he's cookin' up tonight. Today. Just right." | *Email [[crazy cartoon]] — Strong Bad says of [[The Cheat]]: "Let's see what he's cookin' up tonight. Today. Just right." | ||
*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." | *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." | ||
| + | *Email [[the process]] — Strong Bad says that before [[The Paper]] comes down, he mutters "something... under my breath... about some girl named Beth." | ||
*[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 11.2]] — [[The King of Town]] ends his message with "This is the KoT... in the place to be." | *[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 11.2]] — [[The King of Town]] ends his message with "This is the KoT... in the place to be." | ||
*Email [[time capsule]] — Strong Bad says that time boxes and time tennis ball cans are filled with "newspaper clippin's and toenail snippin's". | *Email [[time capsule]] — Strong Bad says that time boxes and time tennis ball cans are filled with "newspaper clippin's and toenail snippin's". | ||
*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." | *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." | ||
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 8]] — After [[The Ugly One]] is "FLOOR TOMMED!" and "STEP-MOMMED!", she is "[[Pom Pom|POM-POMMED]]?" | *[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 8]] — After [[The Ugly One]] is "FLOOR TOMMED!" and "STEP-MOMMED!", she is "[[Pom Pom|POM-POMMED]]?" | ||
| - | + | *Email [[long pants]] — Strong Bad describes his pen as "trusty, somewhat dusty". | |
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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!" | *[[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!" | ||
| + | *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." | ||
| + | *[[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]] — Homestar says [[Strong Sad]]'s magic words are "the best magic words [he's] ever heards". | ||
*[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 13.2]] — [[Old-Timey Strong Bad]] states that he's "got a hankering for a prankering". | *[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 13.2]] — [[Old-Timey Strong Bad]] states that he's "got a hankering for a prankering". | ||
*Email [[senior prom]] — In his list of things he has crashed, Strong Bad follows "Homecoming Dances" with "Shortcoming Prances". | *Email [[senior prom]] — In his list of things he has crashed, Strong Bad follows "Homecoming Dances" with "Shortcoming Prances". | ||
*Email [[keep cool]] — Strong Bad plans to shop for "pencil holders" and "stencil folders". | *Email [[keep cool]] — Strong Bad plans to shop for "pencil holders" and "stencil folders". | ||
*[[Strongest Man in the World]] — [[The Announcer]] introduces [[Mr. Bland]] as "the prince of plain" and "the master of mundane". | *[[Strongest Man in the World]] — [[The Announcer]] introduces [[Mr. Bland]] as "the prince of plain" and "the master of mundane". | ||
| - | *Email [[retirement]] — In the commercial for the "My Lappy Got Stole" Sweepstakes, [[Marshie]] follows "First prize" with "second tries". | + | *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!" |
| - | + | *[[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?" | |
| - | * | + | *[[looking old]] — Of The Cheat's "Youth Through Editing" plan, Strong Bad says "I'm on board, I'm not bored." |
| - | * | + | *[[DNA Evidence]] — [[Bubs]] teaches a "toga yoga" class, which [[Marzipan]] attends. Strong Bad also mentions that he watches toga yoga videos. |
| - | + | *Email [[concert]] — Strong Bad remarks that [[sloshy]] "couldn't wear any of their spandex, or latex, or... Tex-mex..." | |
| - | *Email [[concert]] — Strong Bad | + | |
*Email [[yes, wrestling]] — The Announcer introduces Strong Bad thus: "And hailing from the age of exploration, the namer of nations, Il Cartographer!" | *Email [[yes, wrestling]] — The Announcer introduces Strong Bad thus: "And hailing from the age of exploration, the namer of nations, Il Cartographer!" | ||
| - | *[[Homestar Ruiner]] — Strong Bad | + | *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!". |
| + | *[[The Homestar Runner Gets Something Stuck In His Craw]] — While doing some yard work, Homestar quips, "This yard work is hard work!" | ||
| + | *[[Homestar Ruiner]] — | ||
| + | **Strong Bad says to Strong Sad, "I didn't want to go in your purple room of doom and gloom anyway!" | ||
| + | **After Strong Bad puts [[Total Load]] in Pom Pom's locker, [[Coach Z]] accuses Pom Pom of "cheatin' and chortin' and nonchalant cavortin'". | ||
| + | *[[Strong Badia the Free]] — | ||
| + | **Strong Bad refers to the [[Gremlin]] as a "trusty, somewhat rusty car". | ||
| + | **While talking to Homsar, Strong Bad refers to the King of Town as "that royal boil". | ||
| + | **Once he convinces Homsar to join Strong Badia, Homsar says "let's do this like Brutus", echoing Homestar in [[monster truck]]. | ||
| + | *[[Baddest of the Bands]] — [[Bubs]] asks, "Strong Bad, did you scandalize and vandalize [[The Stick]]?" | ||
*[[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]] — [[Dangeresque Too]] threatens [[Uzi Bazooka]], "You had what was coming to you, tofu!" | *[[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]] — [[Dangeresque Too]] threatens [[Uzi Bazooka]], "You had what was coming to you, tofu!" | ||
| - | *[[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!" | + | *[[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!" |
| + | *[[Sammich]] — Strong Bad, while drawing a sandwich, gives it "some salami, some pastrami, and some seasoned fortulami". | ||
| + | *[[The Next April Fools Thing]] — Homestar Runner uses many rhyming phrases for his [[Always Be'sing & Do'sing]] movement. | ||
| + | **"Always be'sing and do'sing! Never cheesing or choosing!" | ||
| + | **"If you're choosin', you're losin'." | ||
| + | **"Changin' attitudes with rhymin' platitudes!" | ||
| + | **"If you're not attending, you're gonna be lending." | ||
| + | *[[The Homestar Runner Enters the Spooky Woods Teaser]] — [[Storybook Character Variations|Storybook Strong Sad]] remarks on the "raucous cricket caucus!" | ||
| + | *[[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?" | ||
| + | *{{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. | ||
| - | *[[Mr. Shmallow (toon)]] — When [[Mr. Shmallow]] introduces himself, he says: "Greetings, fallows. I'm Mr. Shmallow." | + | *[[Mr. Shmallow (toon)|Mr. Shmallow]] — When [[Mr. Shmallow]] introduces himself, he says: "Greetings, fallows. I'm Mr. Shmallow." |
*[[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]] — Bubs sings, "I got a shallow gup and a crallow nup, somebody give me dat Mallow Cup." | *[[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]] — Bubs sings, "I got a shallow gup and a crallow nup, somebody give me dat Mallow Cup." | ||
| - | *Email [[keep cool]] — [[Monkey D]]'s "summer tips" include "Grip n' Glide time, Slide n' Slide time", "Tinkler time, Sprinkler time", and "Nose time, | + | *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". |
| + | *[[Homestar Ruiner]] — Strong Bad remarks, "Oh nophers. We've got gophers," while examining the hole outside his house. | ||
| + | *[[The Animated Adventures of Puppet Homestar]] — [[Shark-Tooth Bubs]] says, "Sorry, [[pile]]s, I got my own [[style]]s." | ||
| + | *[[Trogdor!! The Board Game Playthrough]] — | ||
| + | **Referring to the game's flippable tiles, Strong Bad comments, "I get excited when it's double-sided!" | ||
| + | **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". | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Deliberately Poor English]] | *[[Deliberately Poor English]] | ||
[[Category:Word running gags]] | [[Category:Word running gags]] | ||
Revision as of 03:45, 29 October 2020
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
- 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."
- A Decemberween Pageant — The slogan of Litigation Jackson is "The system really works, jerks!"
- Email monster truck — Homestar Runner says, "Let's do this like Brutus."
- Email crazy cartoon — Strong Bad says of The Cheat: "Let's see what he's cookin' up tonight. Today. Just right."
- 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."
- Email the process — Strong Bad says that before The Paper comes down, he mutters "something... under my breath... about some girl named Beth."
- Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 11.2 — The King of Town ends his message with "This is the KoT... in the place to be."
- Email time capsule — Strong Bad says that time boxes and time tennis ball cans are filled with "newspaper clippin's and toenail snippin's".
- 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."
- Teen Girl Squad Issue 8 — After The Ugly One is "FLOOR TOMMED!" and "STEP-MOMMED!", she is "POM-POMMED?"
- Email long pants — Strong Bad describes his pen as "trusty, somewhat dusty".
- 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!"
- 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."
- Halloween Potion-ma-jig — Homestar says Strong Sad's magic words are "the best magic words [he's] ever heards".
- Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 13.2 — Old-Timey Strong Bad states that he's "got a hankering for a prankering".
- Email senior prom — In his list of things he has crashed, Strong Bad follows "Homecoming Dances" with "Shortcoming Prances".
- Email keep cool — Strong Bad plans to shop for "pencil holders" and "stencil folders".
- Strongest Man in the World — The Announcer introduces Mr. Bland as "the prince of plain" and "the master of mundane".
- 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!"
- 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?"
- looking old — Of The Cheat's "Youth Through Editing" plan, Strong Bad says "I'm on board, I'm not bored."
- DNA Evidence — Bubs teaches a "toga yoga" class, which Marzipan attends. Strong Bad also mentions that he watches toga yoga videos.
- Email concert — Strong Bad remarks that sloshy "couldn't wear any of their spandex, or latex, or... Tex-mex..."
- Email yes, wrestling — The Announcer introduces Strong Bad thus: "And hailing from the age of exploration, the namer of nations, Il Cartographer!"
- 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!".
- The Homestar Runner Gets Something Stuck In His Craw — While doing some yard work, Homestar quips, "This yard work is hard work!"
- Homestar Ruiner —
- Strong Bad says to Strong Sad, "I didn't want to go in your purple room of doom and gloom anyway!"
- After Strong Bad puts Total Load in Pom Pom's locker, Coach Z accuses Pom Pom of "cheatin' and chortin' and nonchalant cavortin'".
- Strong Badia the Free —
- Strong Bad refers to the Gremlin as a "trusty, somewhat rusty car".
- While talking to Homsar, Strong Bad refers to the King of Town as "that royal boil".
- Once he convinces Homsar to join Strong Badia, Homsar says "let's do this like Brutus", echoing Homestar in monster truck.
- Baddest of the Bands — Bubs asks, "Strong Bad, did you scandalize and vandalize The Stick?"
- Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective — Dangeresque Too threatens Uzi Bazooka, "You had what was coming to you, tofu!"
- 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!"
- Sammich — Strong Bad, while drawing a sandwich, gives it "some salami, some pastrami, and some seasoned fortulami".
- The Next April Fools Thing — Homestar Runner uses many rhyming phrases for his Always Be'sing & Do'sing movement.
- "Always be'sing and do'sing! Never cheesing or choosing!"
- "If you're choosin', you're losin'."
- "Changin' attitudes with rhymin' platitudes!"
- "If you're not attending, you're gonna be lending."
- The Homestar Runner Enters the Spooky Woods Teaser — Storybook Strong Sad remarks on the "raucous cricket caucus!"
- The Homestar Runner Enters the Spooky Woods — Coach Zee, as the organelle in a life textbook, riddles The Homestar Runner, "Can you identify this organelle, that is located in a plant cell?"
- @StrongBadActual Tweet (22 Aug 2018), Mario Paint Thursdays Compilation — Strong Bad attributes his greatness to his "style points and file joints."
Occasionally, the less common phrase will precede the relevant one.
- Mr. Shmallow — When Mr. Shmallow introduces himself, he says: "Greetings, fallows. I'm Mr. Shmallow."
- The House That Gave Sucky Treats — Bubs sings, "I got a shallow gup and a crallow nup, somebody give me dat Mallow Cup."
- Email keep cool — Monkey D's "summer tips" include "Grip n' Glide time, Slide n' Slide time", "Tinkler time, Sprinkler time", and "Nose time, Hose time".
- Homestar Ruiner — Strong Bad remarks, "Oh nophers. We've got gophers," while examining the hole outside his house.
- The Animated Adventures of Puppet Homestar — Shark-Tooth Bubs says, "Sorry, piles, I got my own styles."
- Trogdor!! The Board Game Playthrough —
- Referring to the game's flippable tiles, Strong Bad comments, "I get excited when it's double-sided!"
- The group decides to have an "endum addendum" to demonstrate Trogdor's Fiery Rage. Strong Sad suggests an "endum addendum referendum".
