Editing Homestar Runner Evolution

'''[[Homestar Runner]]''' has gone through the most design changes of all the characters in the [[Homestar Runner universe]].

Originally referred to as "The Homestar Runner", he has since dropped the [[integral article]] and that name has been inherited by his [[The Homestar Runner|Old-Timey counterpart]].

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! Image !! Remarks !! Created !! Appearances !! What's Changed?
|- id="0thEvolution"
| <center>'''Early design'''</center>
[[File:Homestar Zobel-Design.jpg|150px]]
| Proposed design for the Original Book. Drawn by [[Craig Zobel]]. || Summer 1996 || [[Instagram]]; [[@StrongBadActual]] || N/A
|-  id="1stEvolution"
|align="center"|<center>'''First design'''</center>
[[Image:firsthomestar.png|135px]]
| Called "The Homestar Runner" || July 1996 || [[Original Book]]; [[Super NES]]
''[[Strumstar Hammer]]''; ''[[flashback]]''; ''[[Main Page 20]]''; ''[[Strongest Man in the World]]''; ''[[The Homestar Runner Gets Something Stuck In His Craw]]''; ''[[Halloween Safety]]'' (Easter egg); ''[[Homestar Runner Goes for the Gold]]''; ''[[The Homestar Runner Enters The Spooky Woods]]''
| The rough design has been reworked and simplified, losing many details like hat panels and shirt seams. Homestar is more clearly [[dumb animal characters|not human]], [[Lack of Visible Arms|lacking arms]] and with an oversized head. He has a pronounced underbite, and his cap has a propeller but lacks a star.
|- id="2ndEvolution"
| <center>'''Second design'''</center>
[[Image:secondhomestar.png|150px]]
| || June 1999 || [[Where My Hat Is At?]]; [[Second Flash]]
''[[Where My Hat Is At? (toon)]]''
| His eyes, occasionally drawn as pie shapes, are now elongated into ovals. His mouth is smaller, with a more pointed and jutting "lower lip". His shirt is darker and no longer shown open at the bottom. His feet are a different shape, his hat and feet are brighter and his head is smaller.
Homestar is drawn at a more angular pose, looking to the side rather than forward. Adjustments to the art style also include thicker lines and new shading.
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|- id="3rdEvolution"
| <center>'''Third design'''</center>
[[Image:hr3.png|150px]]
| By this point, his name is simply "Homestar Runner". || November 1999 || [[Site Components#MLS_Loading|Old loading screen]]; [[Marshmallow's Last Stand]]; [[Bronco Trolleys]]; [[Old Characters Page]]; [[Old Intro]]; [[She Loves Me!]]; [[Hairstyle Runner]] (head)
''[[personal favorites]]''; ''[[lady...ing]]''; ''[[Loading Screens]]''
| His shirt is a brighter color, his feet have changed shape again, his shading is in different places, his underbite doesn't jut out as much and his hat and shoes have shading. His mouth now tends to open in a rectangular or rounded shape as opposed to the wedge shape that was more common earlier. His head is rounder. Homestar is drawn with cleaner, solid lines that are less "sketchy".
|- id="4thEvolution"
| <center>'''Fourth design'''</center>
[[Image:oldintro2homestar.png|150px]]
| || Early 2000 || [[Old Intro 2]]; [[Character Cards]]; [[Dancin' Bubs]]; [[The Reddest Radish]]; [[Yearbook Character Page]] (in photo) || His shirt is darker red and has a smaller star. His eyes have been redrawn, now featuring whites and a glint on the pupil. His proportions have been adjusted, giving him legs that are longer and closer together as well as a slightly taller overall height. Homestar is drawn with a more consistent line weight, lighter than the previous iteration; he is drawn in cleaner vector shapes than the previous hand-drawn feeling; he is no longer shaded.
|- id="5thEvolution"
| <center>'''Fifth design'''</center>
[[Image:jjhomestar.png|150px]]
| || April 2000 || [[A Jumping Jack Contest]]
''[[virus]]''; ''[[Main Page 22]]''; ''[[No Hands On Deck!]]''; ''[[Sbemailiarized]]''; ''[[Hremail 7]]''
|His star is slightly bigger and more symmetrical, his head is less squat, and his eyes are closer together. His shading is back, colors are overall darker and less saturated, and he has a thinner outline.
|- id="6thEvolution"
| <center>'''Sixth design'''</center>
[[Image:hr4.png|150px]]
| [[The Brothers Chaps]] nicknamed this design "Fat Body Homestar". || May 2000 || [[Theme Song Video]]; [[The Luau]]; [[Homestarloween Party]]; [[A Holiday Greeting]]; [[A Jorb Well Done]] (pre-May 2001); Main Pages [[Main Page 9|9]] and [[Main Page 12|12]]; [[In Search of the Yello Dello Theatrical trailer]]; [[In Search of the Yello Dello Deleted Scenes|In Search of the Yello Dello Deleted Scene 2]];   [[Yearbook Character Page]]; [[Homestar Runner and Strong Bad Screensaver|Homestar Runner Screensaver]]; [[Why Come Only One Girl?]]
''[[2022 Costume Pack Now Available]]''
| His outlines are colored. and his eyes now periodically flip depending on the direction he is looking. His head's and body's shading no longer match a consistent light source, staying on his back no matter the direction they are facing; the shading on his legs is now symmetrical.<br/>
The back view of this design is sometimes seen in toons that otherwise use the eighth design, such as [[japanese cartoon]] (Easter egg), [[A Jorb Well Done]] and [[Malloween Commercial]].
|- id="7thEvolution"
| <center>'''Seventh design'''</center>
[[Image:hr4x.png|150px]]
| This is beginning of his "modern" look. || February 2001 || [[Fluffy Puff Commercial]]; [[Sing Along]]; [[Tis True, Pom Pom, Tis True]]; [[halloweener]]; [[Some Stupid Turkey]]; [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]]; [[The Interview]]; [[Old New Intro]]; [[Old Everybody Intro]] || Homestar is overall taller, thinner, and more angular. His shirt is brighter with an asymmetrical star. He now stands with his feet together. His propeller is bigger, and his underbite is not as curved and juts out further. His outlines are much thicker yet colored lighter; the shading on his legs is asymmetrical again. Occasionally his shirt is colored with a magenta tint, (as noted on many of the commentaries in [[Everything Else Vol. 1]]). 
|- id="8thEvolution"
| <center>'''Eighth design'''</center>
[[Image:NewestHomestar.png|150px]]
| || May 2001 || All [[Main Pages]] except [[Main Page 9|9]], [[Main Page 10|10]], [[Main Page 12|12]], [[Main Page 13|13]], [[Main Page 15|15]], [[Main Page 17|17]], [[Main Page 20|20]], [[Main Page 21|21]], [[Main Page 25|25]], and [[Main Page 26|26]]; toons from [[A Jorb Well Done]] to [[I Killed Pom Pom]]; [[First Time Here?]]; various [[Strong Bad Emails]] starting with [[the bird]]; [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 9.2|Marzipan Answering Machine Versions 9.2]], [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 13.2|13.2]], and [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 14.2|14.2]] || His outline is thicker and darker, and the star on his shirt is more angular and less puffy. His mouth has gone back slightly and is more level. His head is stationary when he talks. His eyes are slightly higher. His shirt has more shading and his legs have less (they are symmetrically shaded again). His legs are slightly shorter and his feet are smaller; he stands level rather than angled. His shirt is darker, and it gains a highlight in addition to its shading.<br />Starting with [[Coach Z's 110%]], Homestar has a new mouth position for when closing his mouth.<br /><br />There were minor variations in the design across its appearances, often incorporating elements of previous versions: sometimes his colors would be brighter; other times his shirt would be that of the previous version; in [[time capsule]], [[dreamail]], and [[modeling]], his eyes are closer together; in [[Main Pages]] before [[Main Page 15|15]] and in [[The Best Decemberween Ever]], his head outline and mouth are shaped like the previous version; and in one scene of [[A Jorb Well Done]], his legs are an older design but the rest of his body is the current one.
|- id="9thEvolution"
| <center>'''Ninth design'''</center> 
[[Image:NewerestHomestar.png|150px]]
| This is the current design. || February 2007 || All toons and emails beginning with [[unnatural]] || Homestar's feet are larger and his legs are slightly longer. His mouth is now bent into a very subtle frown, although it does sometimes change back to the previous design. Overall shading is lighter, with some additional shading in the brim of his hat, and his outlines are slightly thinner.<br />Starting with [[too cool]], he has gained a new facial expression indicating curiosity or confusion.
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