Stinkoman 20X6 Inside References

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There are many inside references within Stinkoman 20X6.

General

• The title of the page, "Check Out My New Gameplay!" is a reference to Stinkoman's first line in 3 Times Halloween Funjob, "Check out my new cosplay!"
• The error message "FLASH 7 OR HIRE REQUIRED" is a homophone.

Levels 1 to 4

• The health-restoring pills are a reference to the capsule containing the "power crunch" from the Strong Bad Email time capsule.
  • They are also a reference to the Scrolling Shooter Games Menu, where you can get similar capsules to change your ship.
  • Additionally, 1-Up borrows Stinkoman's "Power Crunch" at the beginning of Level 4.
• The Stobats in Level 2 blow up like the ducks in Duck Guardian after being hit with the hatch ray.
• The red and green lamps on Level 2 are similar to the one in the bar in the Theme Song Video.
• Stlunko, the Level 3 boss, bears a striking resemblance to the Visor Robot.
• 1-Up saying "I'm going this way!" is a reference to Meet Marshie.
• The Saargtsson intro cinema contains yet another appearance of Stinkoman's signature attack, the Double Deuce, but this time uses a Single deuce.
• Stinkoman's tongue is green when his "stummy" hurts, much like Strong Bad in Super NES.

Level 5

• 1-Up saying that he's just a kid, and maybe when he's older is a reference to japanese cartoon.
• 1-Up in the level 5 cut scene says "Mooooooon" just like Strong Bad did in personal favorites and Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon.
• The background in Level 5 looks like the third background in the Games menu.
• The ship that flies by at the beginning of 5.1 and 5.2 is featured twice in japanese cartoon.
• When 1-Up defeats Nebulon, he tells him "no one likes your style". Powered by The Cheat Strong Bad said the same thing in New Boots.

Levels -0 and 9

• The background music for Level -0 is a remix of all the music from the previous levels.
• There are ladders in Level -0 that resemble ducks from Duck Guardian.
• Ekersby, the Level -0 boss, has a ham for a heart. The King of Town also is revealed to have a ham-heart in Halloween Fairstival.
• The ship you fly in Level 9 is the Stinkoman ship in the Scrolling Shooter Games Menu.
• The side of the ship you fly in Level 9 resembles Regular Strong Bad's head.
• Stinkoman's line at the end of Level 9, "Prawn salad", is a reference to the Easter egg in 3 Times Halloween Funjob, where Stinkoman says "I love prawns! Simple as that!"
  • Prawns have also appeared in other 20X6 contexts, as well as the email fingers.

Level 10

• The Worst End Boss Ever is the same one created by Strong Bad in the Skills of an Artist episode End Boss.
• Level 10.3's boss battle against Z Sabre takes place in a Locker Room.
• Level 10.4's boss theme against Mecha-Trogador is a remix of the Level 1 theme and Trogdor's theme song.
• When 1-Up says the base is about to asplode, Vector Strong Bad tells him to quit bightening his style.

The Stinkomanual

• Grundy's illustration in the manual shows him running in a manner similar to Homestar Runner.
• The Rose Blake's description in the manual as a "'Lectric burner" is a reference to the email extra plug, where Strong Bad gets 'Lectric Boots.
• The line "blast 'em up Dan!" is an adaptation of "fry 'em up, Dan!" from TROGDOR!.
• The sentence in the manual, "Falling from the skies and bove", references That Time of Year.
• The picture of Stinkoman on the manual's cover is a reference to his bulked-up appearance in time capsule after eating the power crunch.
• The word style appears several times in the Stinkomanual.