Strong Bad Email Spin-offs
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Many Strong Bad Emails resulted in spin-off characters, series and running gags that later became a part of the website. Listed below are all the spin-offs in chronological order.
| # | Email title | Spin-off(s) | Reason for spin-off |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | homsar | Homsar | A spelling blunder in which email sender Vinnie C. writes "Homsar" instead of "Homestar" |
| 9 | i love you | Fhqwhgads; Painting of a Guy with a Big Knife | The name of the email sender, later used in various other toons, including a music video made by The Cheat; idea of something Strong Bad can do in the same time it takes to say the sender's name |
| 11 | i rule | Strong Badia | Email sender Mike, UK, asks Strong Bad if he is so evil, then why he doesn't rule the world or at least some kind of field. Strong Bad contradicts this by introducing the public to his domain |
| 16 | band names | Taranchula; Limozeen | Possible names for email sender Dan's band |
| 29 | superhero name | Strong Badman; Stiny | Email sender Stiny wonders why Strong Bad's name doesn't end in "man". Stiny later becomes Strong Badman's sidekick |
| 39 | dullard | The Office; Dullard Comic Strips | Strong Bad uses methods to describe to email sender Jason how to deal with office dullards |
| 45 | techno | The System is Down | Strong Bad describes what techno music sounds like |
| 51 | website | Strong Sad's Lament | Strong Bad links to Strong Sad's blog in his website |
| 52 | island | Stinkoman | Homestar accidentally calls Strong Bad "Stinkoman," which Strong Bad later names one of his creations |
| 53 | comic | Teen Girl Squad | Email sender Brittany asks Strong Bad to create a comic about her friends |
| 57 | japanese cartoon | 20X6 | Email sender James F. asks Strong Bad what he would look like if he were a Japanese cartoon |
| 58 | dragon | Trogdor | Email sender Kaizer asks Strong Bad to draw a dragon |
| 62 | interview | Kerrek | Name of the email sender and Strong Bad likes it so much that he decides to use it as a character in Trogdor's world (and also as a Peasant's Quest character) |
| 66 | the show | The Show | Strong Bad shows footage from "The Show" when Tori asks why Homestar doesn't do anything funny anymore |
| 72 | crazy cartoon | Sweet Cuppin' Cakes | Strong Bad is asked what his craziest cartoon would be like |
| 80 | stunt double | Dangeresque series | Email sender Louis asks Strong Bad if he has ever used a stunt double, which he claims to have never done, and he demonstrates using some movies involving him as a crime fighter |
| 81 | date | Bear holding a Shark | This was first seen as a means of security countermeasure in Strong Badia to prevent The Cheat from touching the Tire. |
| 82 | impression | Jhonka | Strong Bad came up with this name when he noticed that the email sender did not sign his/her name. As with Kerrek, Jhonka became a Trogdor and Peasant's Quest character. |
| 83 | labor day | Everybody Knows It | The song that Homestar later turns into a puppet video plays at a labor day party |
| 86 | no loafing | Mendelev | The name on the Tandy 400 later became a Peasant's Quest character. |
| 91 | caffeine | Hyperactive Strong Sad | Email sender Justin suggests to Strong Bad to slip Strong Sad some caffeine to make his living with him a little less unbearable and Strong Bad decides to use this recommendation as his project in the All-Wide Science Fair |
| 92 | kind of cool | Senor Cardgage | Email sender Jordan asks Strong Bad what he would be like if he wasn't the stylish, buff, handsome man in a wrestling mask that he is |
| 93 | army | Cheat Commandos | The Cheat (as Firebert) goes on a reconnaissance mission, and his alter ego spawns an entire line of G.I. Joe-type crime fighters |
| 94 | video games | Various Strong Bad-themed video games; Thy Dungeonman; Vector Strong Bad | Strong Bad is asked what he would look like in a video game; one of the many forms of Strong Bad is in the 3D vector game, in which he is depicted as a 3D version of his head that you must destroy. He also mentions a text adventure game where you have to explore a dungeon |
| 97 | monument | The Thnikkaman | An email sender ask Strong Bad if he's "SUPER COOL" then why not build a monument of himself. He was just getting started but then the chorus starts to sing "Here comes the Thnikkaman!" and Strong Bad gets destracted when Bubs/The Thnikkaman comes |
| 103 | haircut | Ready For Primetime | One of Strong Bad's many haircut styles he demonstrates on Strong Mad, who comments on how this style looks like a Sweet Cuppin' Cakes character (or as Strong Mad puts it: "SWEETIE CAKES") |
| 109 | crying | Li'l Brudder; Tendafoot | Strong Bad attempts to make Homestar cry by drawing a one-legged puppy; he also insults Strong Sad by comparing him to another drawing: a two-legged elephant. Both the puppy and the elephant later get their own TV show |
| 111 | other days | Biz Cas Fri | Strong Bad, describing what he does the days when he doesn't check emails, reveals Friday is Business Casual Friday at the office |
| 117 | montage | Wagon Fulla Pancakes | Strong Bad shows off a montage involving the Wagon Fulla Pancakes, including when he actually dates it, when it and The Cheat are down-on-their-luck door-to-door salesman and when it trains for the Champeenship |
| 118 | virus | The Virus | The Compy 386 is infected with 429,837 viruses that proceed to infect the rest of homestarrunner.com and later Main Page 22 |
| 119 | animal | Sterrance | Strong Bad describes what he would look like if he were a made-up animal. Sterrance becomes his favorite among his creations |
| 122 | dreamail | Female Lappy 486 | Strong Bad conjures up this version of the Lappy 486 while describing what his perfect email would look like |
| 151 | senior prom | KOT's VOQPCS! | The email starts off as an episode of "The King of Town's Very Own Quite Popular Cartoon Show," but is later interrupted to play the email |
