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| - | *Email [[ghosts]] | + | *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]] | + | *[[A Decemberween Pageant]] {{--}} The slogan of [[Litigation Jackson]] is "The system really works, jerks!" |
| - | *Email [[monster truck]] | + | *Email [[monster truck]] {{--}} [[Homestar Runner]] says, "Let's do this like Brutus." |
| - | *Email [[crazy cartoon]] | + | *Email [[autobiography]] {{--}} Strong Bad saves his email "for posterity", and "maybe a little prosperity". |
| - | *Email [[sibbie]] | + | *Email [[crazy cartoon]] {{--}} Strong Bad says of [[The Cheat]]: "Let's see what he's cookin' up tonight. Today. Just right." |
| - | *Email [[the process]] | + | *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." |
| - | *[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 11.2]] | + | *Email [[the process]] {{--}} Strong Bad says that before [[The Paper]] comes down, he mutters "something... under my breath... about some girl named Beth." |
| - | *Email [[time capsule]] | + | *[[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 [[radio]] | + | *Email [[time capsule]] {{--}} Strong Bad says that time boxes and time tennis ball cans are filled with "newspaper clippin's and toenail snippin's". |
| - | *[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 8]] | + | *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 [[long pants]] | + | *[[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 10]] | + | *Email [[long pants]] {{--}} Strong Bad describes his pen as "trusty, somewhat dusty". |
| - | *Email [[record book]] | + | *[[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!" |
| - | *[[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]] | + | *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." |
| - | *[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 13.2]] | + | *[[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]] {{--}} Homestar says [[Strong Sad]]'s magic words are "the best magic words [he's] ever heards". |
| - | *Email [[senior prom]] | + | *[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 13.2]] {{--}} [[Old-Timey Strong Bad]] states that he's "got a hankering for a prankering". |
| - | *Email [[keep cool]] | + | *Email [[senior prom]] {{--}} In his list of things he has crashed, Strong Bad follows "Homecoming Dances" with "Shortcoming Prances". |
| - | *[[Strongest Man in the World]] | + | *Email [[keep cool]] {{--}} Strong Bad plans to shop for "pencil holders" and "stencil folders". |
| - | *Email [[retirement]] | + | *[[Strongest Man in the World]] {{--}} [[The Announcer]] introduces [[Mr. Bland]] as "the prince of plain" and "the master of mundane". |
| - | *[[Happy Hallow-day]] | + | *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]] | + | *[[DNA Evidence]] {{--}} [[Bubs]] teaches a "toga yoga" class, which [[Marzipan]] attends. Strong Bad also mentions that he watches toga yoga videos. |
| - | *Email [[concert]] | + | *Email [[concert]] {{--}} Strong Bad remarks that [[sloshy]] "couldn't wear any of their spandex, or latex, or... Tex-mex..." |
| - | *Email [[yes, wrestling]] | + | *Email [[yes, wrestling]] {{--}} The Announcer introduces Strong Bad thus: "And hailing from the age of exploration, the namer of nations, Il Cartographer!" |
| - | *Email [[environment]] | + | *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]] | + | *[[The Homestar Runner Gets Something Stuck In His Craw]] {{--}} While doing some yard work, Homestar quips, "This yard work is hard work!" |
| - | *[[Homestar Ruiner]] | + | *[[Homestar Ruiner]] {{--}} |
**Strong Bad says to Strong Sad, "I didn't want to go in your purple room of doom and gloom anyway!" | **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'". | **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 Badia the Free]] {{--}} |
**Strong Bad refers to the [[Gremlin]] as a "trusty, somewhat rusty car". | **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". | **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]]. | **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]] | + | *[[Baddest of the Bands]] {{--}} [[Bubs]] asks, "Strong Bad, did you scandalize and vandalize [[The Stick]]?" |
| - | *[[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]] | + | *[[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]] {{--}} [[Dangeresque Too]] threatens [[Uzi Bazooka]], "You had what was coming to you, tofu!" |
| - | *[[8-Bit is Enough]] | + | *[[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]] | + | *Email [[dictionary]] {{--}} The [[Count Longardeaux's Jerktionary]] entry for "boodroscotch" describes it as a "boodro-based sauce that doubles as a kudrow-based adhesive". |
| - | *[[The Next April Fools Thing]] | + | *[[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!" | **"Always be'sing and do'sing! Never cheesing or choosing!" | ||
**"If you're choosin', you're losin'." | **"If you're choosin', you're losin'." | ||
**"Changin' attitudes with rhymin' platitudes!" | **"Changin' attitudes with rhymin' platitudes!" | ||
**"If you're not attending, you're gonna be lending." | **"If you're not attending, you're gonna be lending." | ||
| - | *[[The Homestar Runner Enters | + | *[[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 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]] | + | *{{postref|1032482957523599360|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. | Occasionally, the less common phrase will precede the relevant one. | ||
| - | *[[Mr. Shmallow (toon)|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]] | + | *[[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]] | + | *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]] | + | *[[Homestar Ruiner]] {{--}} Strong Bad remarks, "Oh nophers. We've got gophers," while examining the hole outside his house. |
| - | *[[The Animated Adventures of Puppet Homestar]] | + | *[[The Animated Adventures of Puppet Homestar]] {{--}} [[Shark-Tooth Bubs]] says, "Sorry, [[pile]]s, I got my own [[style]]s." |
| - | *[[Trogdor!! The Board Game Playthrough]] | + | *[[Trogdor!! The Board Game Playthrough]] {{--}} |
**Referring to the game's flippable tiles, Strong Bad comments, "I get excited when it's double-sided!" | **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". | **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 | + | ==See Also== |
| + | *[[Or At Least]] | ||
*[[Deliberately Poor English]] | *[[Deliberately Poor English]] | ||
[[Category:Word running gags]] | [[Category:Word running gags]] | ||
Current revision as of 09:50, 15 November 2023
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.
[edit] 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 autobiography — Strong Bad saves his email "for posterity", and "maybe a little prosperity".
- 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!"
- Email dictionary — The Count Longardeaux's Jerktionary entry for "boodroscotch" describes it as a "boodro-based sauce that doubles as a kudrow-based adhesive".
- 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".
