Editing Squintmojis

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[[File:Squintmojis.png|thumb|"Guaranteed to give you the slightest impression of a Homestar Runner character!"]]
Squintmojis are here! See which Homestar Runner characters you can barely recognize on your favorite mobile device!

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{film|Strong Bad}}, {{film|Homestar Runner}}, {{film|Coach Z}}, {{film|The Cheat}}, {{film|The King of Town}}, {{film|Strong Sad}}, {{film|Marzipan}} (Easter egg), {{film|Strong Mad}} (YouTube version only)

'''Places:''' [[The Field]]

'''Date:''' Monday, August 28, 2017

'''Running Time:''' 4:41 (official), 0:54 (actual), 1:11 (YouTube)

'''Page Title:''' Slightest Impression Guaranteed!

==Transcript==
'''STRONG BAD:''' Are you tired of people using ''{Strong Bad gestures and -moji appears in shiny black letters}'' -moji as a legitimate suffix?

''{"Neith" pops up above the -moji in sharp red letters, and "are we" and a second -moji appears below as Strong Bad speaks}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Neith-moji are we -moji!

''{Cut to a white background with animated blue tiles. Homestar Runner and Strong Bad float in onto the screen}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Introducing new Homestar Runner ''{the label appears}'' SQUINTmojis!

''{Homestar and Strong Bad are converted into an amalgam of emoji signs. Homestar is a bathtub, siren, and a sake bottle and cup with blue stripes. Strong Bad is a red car, Do Not Enter Sign, a Japanese rice cracker, boxing glove, table tennis paddle, and musical notes.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Guaranteed to give you the ''{pan slowly across the two emoji figures as Homestar and Strong Bad flash on top of them for comparison}''  ''slightest'' impression of a Homestar Runner character!

''{Cut to a yellow tiled background. A smartphone appears with a blue chat balloon reading "Hey bro, Wich<!--sic--> is one sez 'jorb'?"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Simply type them in...

''{A series of emojis appears consisting of a magnifying glass, a green lizard, a half-chopped cucumber, a green battery, another lizard, and a turtle is entered on the lower talk balloon.}''

''{Cut to Homestar's head. The word "SQUINT" appears squished as Homestar squints his eyes}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' ...and squint those eyes up!

''{Cut to a comparison shot. The original Coach Z is labelled "ORIGINAL", divided by a line next to the Squintmoji labelled "SQUINTMO'". Above reads "0% SQUINTIFICATION"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' More...

''{Squintification turns up to 10%. The image becomes blurrier}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover, more anticipatory}'' More...
 
''{Squintification turns up to 25%. The image becomes much blurrier}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover, angrily}'' More!

''{The scene shakes and blurs to 75%. Both images are barely visible}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover, laughing}'' There we go!

''{A rubber stamp with the word "INDISTINGUISHABLE!" is stamped on}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Indistinguishable!

''{Cut to Homestar in the field. His propeller cap is on backwards and his eyes look saggy and tired. The corner reads "Actual Talk-Say"}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{mumbling}'' I this one time I was hanging out with this kid, ''{pulls out a smartphone with a chicken head, siren, and a sake bottle and cup resembling Homestar}'' and he got a Squintmoji. And I was like, ''{pulls it away and squints very hard}'' "Hey, that's Homestar Runner". 

''{He moves the phone further and squints harder. Homestar puts down the phone and smiles.}''

'''GENERIC ANNOUNCER 1:''' That's a great story!

''{Homestar's hat spins around on his head.}''

''{Cut to another white tiled background. Homestar, Strong Bad, The Cheat, the King of Town, and Strong Sad appear and are brought up to size}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' New Homestar Runner ''{the label appears}'' Squintmojis!

''{The "squint" part is squeezed as the five figures transform into figures comprised of emojis. Text appears as an announcer speaks.}''

'''GENERIC ANNOUNCER 2:''' "Oh jeez, squintmojis!"

''{The scene briefly goes dark and blurry in a squint, then back to normal}.

'''GENERIC ANNOUNCER 2:''' Suh{{--}} somebody's already used that, right? ''{the music cuts out}'' We should check into that. Get Lawrence. Is he{{--}} is he still on the payroll? Lawrence?

==Easter Eggs==
*Click on the Homestar Squintmoji at the end for an extra scene.
:''{Squintmoji Homestar is running through an emoji-sculpted version of the Field as "[[Everybody Everybody#The song|Everybody! Everybody!]]" plays in the background. He encounters a Squintmoji Marzipan and stops abruptly.}''
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ah! Moji-pan!

==Fun Facts==
===Explanations===
*This toon is based on [[Wikipedia:Emoji|emojis]], pictograms used in modern web applications.

===Trivia===
*Starting from this toon, Strong Bad has a new mouth for when his normal mouth is very short.
*The [[YouTube]] description for this toon is "The newest craze! The slightest impression will slightly impress! Text your friends! Create your own!"

===Remarks===
*This cartoon was only categorized under [[New Stuff]] for a few days, until it was added to Shorts on August 31st, 2017, the same day [[Homestar Runner Goes for the Gold]] was added to Big Toons.
*In the Flash version, the "Oh jeez, squintmojis!" text can be highlighted.

===Fixed Goofs===
[[File:CoachZTyped.png|thumb|That almost looks like Coach Z!]]
*Originally, on the comparison shot, the Squintmoji Coach Z was labelled "Original" and the original Coach Z was labelled "Squintmo'". This was fixed by swapping the position of the original image and the Squintmoji image, though the goof can still be seen in the YouTube version.
*As a side effect of fixing the previous goof, the previous scene showed parts of the actual Coach Z being typed into the phone instead of emojis. This, too, was later fixed.

=== Fixed Glitches ===
*Since the Ruffle update, the "Original / Squintmo" screen was completely blank, and in the next scene, Homestar was missing his mouth until he pulled his phone out, at which point it reappeared; however, the main part of his hat vanished, leaving only the bill and propeller. The background was also missing from the "actual talk say" scene, resulting in a plain white void.

===Inside References===
*The message about Coach Z uses [[Internet slang]]. Additionally, the mention of Coach Z being the one that says 'jorb' references [[A Jorb Well Done]].
*Homestar's account of using a Squintmoji reflects the "summer talk" he uses in [[The Baloneyman]].
**The disclaimer during this account reads "actual talk-say", an instance of [[Noun-Verb|using a verb after a noun in quick succession]].
*At the end, the The Cheat Squintmoji is partially constructed of a [[cheese]], which The Cheat was previously compared to in [[huttah!]] and [[Date Nite]].

===Fast Forward===
*Following the release of this toon, Squintmojis of [[Squintmoji Character Variations|numerous other characters]] have been shown on [[@StrongBadActual]].
*"Strong Mad versus Wind-Up Drinks", shown in the [[YouTube Related Video Thumbnails|YouTube autoplay thumbnail]], was released on [[@strongbadactual (Instagram)|Instagram]].

==YouTube Version==
[[File:SquintmojiAutoplay.png|thumb|"WHERE'S THE APPLE JUICE?"]]
*The video's title is "Homestar Runner Squintmojis".
*Once again, there is a [[YouTube Related Video Thumbnails|false autoplay image]], this one depicting a video called "Strong Mad versus Wind-Up Drinks". Afterwards, the running Homestar emoji Easter egg plays automatically.
**[[The Brothers Chaps]] [http://web.archive.org/web/20110708100736/http://www.brotherschaps.com/?p=6 blogged about collecting wind-up drink toys in 2010].* 
*As noted above, the Goof where Coach Z and his Squintmoji are mislabeled is still present.

==See Also==
*[[Squintmoji Character Variations]] for information about which symbols make up the characters.

==External Links==
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