Editing Inconsistencies within the Homestar Runner universe

[[Image:Strong Badia Bubs' Stand.PNG|thumb|Is Bubs' right? Or is it left?]]
''From the [[geddup noise]] commentary:''
<blockquote>'''[[MATT CHAPMAN]]:''' There's no style guide. We don't have a continuity person working on set.</blockquote>
''From [[@StrongBadActual]] on {{prs|1200983950707101696|30|Nov|2019|full=1}}:
<blockquote>'''[[STRONG BAD]]:''' If you’re watching/playing my stuff for the canon, you might be doing it wrong.</blockquote>
With such an expansive bank of cartoons that rely so heavily on whimsical and absurd humor, it would be near impossible for [[the Brothers Chaps]] to keep the [[Homestar Runner universe]] completely consistent and have total continuity between cartoons.  Because of this large size and humorous nature, various '''inconsistencies occur throughout the [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner body of work]]'''.  These are usually very minor. According to the site's [[FAQ]], people often ask the Brothers Chaps about inconsistencies; to these questions they answer that "It was either done on purpose or [[TVTropes:Main/MST3KMantra|it's just a cartoon and you probably shouldn't worry about it]]."

==Appearances of Inconsistencies==
''From [[Sbemail 200 Fakeout]]:''
<blockquote>'''STRONG SAD:''' We're gonna play "Name That Inconsistency" later on if you want to join us.</blockquote>

===General===
*[[Strong Mad]] {{--}} [[Strong Mad#Physical Statistics|His height and weight]] are under constant scrutiny.
*[[Items#Strong Bad's Computers|Strong Bad's computers]] {{--}} Their [[Strong Bad's Computers Surpassing Their Assumed Capabilities|capabilities]] tend to vary. [[Matt Chapman]] even points this out in the [[homestar hair#DVD Version|DVD commentary]] for [[homestar hair]]. 
*[[Race Track|The race track]] {{--}} In [[autobiography]], lane five is the shortest lane, and seven the longest, while in [[disconnected]], the roles are reversed.
*[[Computer Room|The computer room]] {{--}} In most cartoons, the door of the computer room is on the right side of the room, but in [[techno]], [[interview]], [[monument]], and all episodes of [[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People]], it is on the left side.
*[[House of the Brothers Strong]] {{--}} [[Strong Bad]] claims to have found an [[old-timey]] video in the attic in a [[@StrongBadActual]] {{prs|831012521423360000|12|Feb|2017|alt=Tweet}}. In [[imaginary]], Strong Sad states that they don't have an attic.
*[[Basement of the Brothers Strong]] {{--}} [[Strong Mad's Character Video]], [[HomestarRunner.com: PAY PLUS!]], and [[The Li'l Brudder Show]] all show different ceiling heights.
*[[Bubs' Concession Stand]] {{--}} 
**[[Bubs]] emerges from its basement by walking up a set of stairs in [[Broken Compy Menu]]. However, he is seen entering it via an elevator in [[geddup noise]] and [[winter pool]].
**It does not appear to have ''any'' basement in [[Fall Float Parade]], as [[Homestar Runner]] is seen standing in a cardboard box on solid ground, where the concession stand stood before [[Strong Mad]] carried it away. Matt Chapman [[geddup noise#Commentary Transcript|suggested]] the cardboard box was covering the elevator shaft.

===Specific===
*Email [[50 emails]] {{--}} Homestar Runner is unable to recognize that the [[Compy 386]] is a computer, though he presumably used a computer to respond to an email forwarded by Strong Bad in [[credit card]].
*Email [[flashback]] {{--}}
**In the [[Yearbook Character Page]], it says that [[the King of Town]]'s reign as [[King of Town (title)|king]] dates back to "before any of you were born", but in this email, he is [[the Prince of Town]] and the other characters are, obviously, already born.
**To celebrate the 100th [[Strong Bad Email]], the screen of the Compy 386 displays "Congratulations! You have answered 100 emails!", even though there were some episodes, such as [[2 emails]], where he answered [[Strong Bad Email Statistics#Strong Bad Emails Featuring More Than One Email|more than one]]. He also checked 40 of these emails on the [[Tandy 400]] and other computers.
**Strong Bad claims he lost count around email 51, but he began [[caffeine]] (the 91st Strong Bad Email) with "Coming in at number 91, it's, E-Maaaaaaaaaaail!" 
*[[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]] {{--}} The scene [[behind the fence]] is missing the [[Bear Holding a Shark]] that scared [[The Cheat]] in [[date]].
*[[New Boots]] {{--}} Strong Bad claims that he doesn't wear [[underwear]], but he is seen wearing underwear in [[stand-up]], [[senior prom]], [[Main Page 24]] and [[nightlife]].
*Email [[pom pom]] {{--}} Strong Bad cannot type legibly when he is blindfolded, but in [[impression]] he could type properly even while wearing a paper plate mask. In [[morning routine]], he is also able to type with an empty potato chip bag on one hand.
*[[Strong Sad's Lament]] {{--}} Strong Sad writes that he can't jump, yet he manages to jump in [[Experimental Film]], as well as in [[boring (really)]].
*Email [[dreamail]] {{--}} Strong Bad imagines the [[Lappy 486]] as [[Female Lappy 486|female]], but in [[animal]] he claimed it was [[the Paper]]'s "new brother".
*Email [[bottom 10]] {{--}} Strong Bad's list includes "Songs that try to pass off la la's, na na's, and doot do's as legit lyrics", but Strong Bad sang "Na na na" in the intro to [[secret recipes]], does it again in [[Trogday 08]], and sings "da doot doot" in [[portrait]].
*Email [[geddup noise]] {{--}} Strong Bad corrects an email that refers to [[the Geddup Noise]] as "the get up noise", as if he is unfamiliar with that name, but he had called Chairscoot by that name in [[the bet]].
*Email [[bedtime story]] {{--}} The Cheat is slightly smaller compared to [[The King of Town's Grill|the grill]] than he is in [[Where's The Cheat?]] and [[pizza joint]].
**This was most likely deliberate both so that The Cheat could hold onto his glass of [[Suudsu]] and so Strong Bad could fit three [[Roach Killa!|roach foggers]] into the grill.
*[[Trogdor Con '97]] {{--}} The Cheat presumably reminds Strong Bad that he doesn't pay him, but in [[lackey]], Strong Bad pays The Cheat with pencil shavings.  Similarly, in [[rough copy]], he pays The Cheat in soft tacos. 
*Email [[alternate universe]] {{--}} [[Old-Timey Strong Bad]] calls the modern Strong Bad a "brightly-colored baboon", implying there is no color in the Old-Timey universe. However, the lyrics to the [[Ballad of The Sneak]] claimed [[The Sneak]] was yellow.
*[[Summer Short Shorts]] {{--}} The fence is seen to be between the woods and Bubs' Concession Stand, but was not at that location in [[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]].
*Email [[cliffhangers]] {{--}} Coach Z tries to reveal [[the Thnikkaman]]'s identity by removing his sunglasses, even though Bubs himself does this in [[monument]].
*Email [[retirement]] {{--}}
**Strong Bad states that the Lappy has a "5-meg hard drive", although in [[animal]] it claimed to have only a 2-meg hard drive.
**The hole in the screen of the Compy 386 is smaller than it was when [[Bubs]] shotgunned it in the end of [[virus]].
**The Tandy's ghost appeared to be broken in the email [[ghosts]]; however, in this email, it appears unbroken.
*Email [[coloring]] {{--}} Marzipan has written on her blackboard that "soy is also murder", yet in [[The Luau]], she has a [[tofu]] party, and in [[do over]], she asked "Homestar" for the [[Crisps, A-Soy!|soy crisps]]. 
*[[Happy Hallow-Day]] {{--}} This toon indicates that the [[Spooky Woods]] are only spooky during Halloween night, or at least at night. However, in [[Where's The Cheat?]], the woods appear as they do during the other Halloween toons, despite the fact it is neither Halloween nor night.
*Email [[rough copy]] {{--}} Strong Sad writes a note to himself to get a bigger notebook, and couldn't manage to write the word "notebook" on one page. However, in [[record book]], he transcribed ''{{wp|Paradise Lost}}'' onto a single grain of basmati rice, in four languages. This is further contradicted in [[DNA Evidence]], in which he writes down notes from various character confessions.
*Email [[concert]] {{--}} Strong Sad tells Strong Bad he has never heard of [[Limozeen]], but they watched [[Limozeen: "but they're in space!"]] together in [[best thing]].
*Email [[hygiene]] {{--}} [[Coach Z]] has to ask Strong Bad where he can get hygiene, but in [[senior prom]] he assures Strong Sad he is spiking the punch with [[Listerine]] only because he is "looking out for all yer hygienes".
*Email [[pizza joint]] {{--}} [[Strong Bad]] is shocked to learn that there was "competition" between his pizza joint [[The Pizz]] and The Cheat's "Cheatsa Pizza", neglecting the existence of a ''third'' pizza brand, [[Bubs' Old Pizza]].
*Email [[nightlife]] {{--}} Bubs' Concession Stand is shown to be to the left of [[Strong Badia]], while in [[Summer Short Shorts]] and [[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]], Bubs' Concession Stand was on Strong Badia's right.
*[[Sickly Sam's Big Outing]] {{--}} Various details suggest that it was filmed in live-action, although previous Old-Timey toons such as [[Kick the Can]], [[Parsnips A-Plenty]], and [[That a Ghost]] are explicitly referred to as "cartoons."
*[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 15.2]] {{--}} Strong Bad translates The Cheat's prank call for Marzipan, although Marzipan has been shown as being able to understand The Cheat's language, most notably in [[Date Nite]] and [[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]].
*[[Blubb-O's Commercial]] {{--}} Bubs manages to open the window of the [[Gremlin]], but in [[road trip]], Strong Bad said the windows could not open from the inside.
*[[Somber Vacation]] {{--}} Strong Sad's vacation slideshow shows him having ordered a cup of black [[coffee]], and seemingly drank it with no ill effects. However, in [[caffeine]], he becomes [[Hyperactive Strong Sad|hyperactive]] after drinking orange juice laced with {{wp|Sanka}} coffee powder. 
*Email [[your edge]] {{--}} The [[Basement of the Brothers Strong]] is located underneath the [[living room of the Brothers Strong]], but in [[HomestarRunner.com: PAY PLUS!]], it was located underneath the computer room.
*[[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People]] {{--}}
**[[Strong Bad's room]] is located on the first floor of the House of the Brothers Strong, but in [[Nighttime Driving Type Game]] and [[nightlife]], it was in the basement.
**The computer room is missing the window that it has been shown to have in [[cheat talk]] and [[environment]].
**Strong Bad "refuses to throw away cereal boxes until he solves the mazes on the back" when he had previously beat up Homestar for wearing the mask and doing the maze on the back of boxes of Cheat Commandos... Os in [[specially marked]].
*[[Strong Badia the Free]] {{--}}
** When trying to recruit The Cheat to assist him in overthrowing the King of Town, Strong Bad can ask The Cheat to remember the good times they've had, such as stapling a grilled cheese sandwich to Homestar's face earlier that day. Shortly after, Homestar can be seen in the background with the sandwich in question stuck to his face. However, Homestar had been clearly featured in the episode prior to that moment, with no sandwich on his face. The only possible time when this action could have taken place was between Strong Bad's rally, the last time Homestar had been featured on screen, and Strong Bad's conversation with The Cheat, during which neither would have had the opportunity to pull off this prank.
**[[Tony Stony]] is depicted as much smaller in comparison to Strong Mad than in his first appearance in [[Homestar Presents: Presents]]. Presumably, this was done to make it more realistic that Strong Bad could carry Tony Stony in his pants (inventory). Paradoxically, however, Strong Bad remarks that Tony Stony has "put on a few pounds" since his last appearance.
*Email [[email thunder]] {{--}} Strong Bad has to ask if Homestar has an email address, but he has previously forwarded an email to Homestar in [[credit card]], and had a Homestar [[Edgar#Edgar's Baby's Daddy|junkmail filter]], as seen in [[candy product]].
*[[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]] {{--}} In a [[@StrongBadActual Tweets 2018#972229997032243202|Tweet]], Strong Bad claims that "SBCG4AP doesn't count" as a release of Dangeresque 3, and that the film remains unreleased. However, [[sbemail 206]] acts as if the movie was released with a fake trailer for "Dangeresque 4 ÷ 2 = 6".
*[[8-Bit is Enough]] {{--}}
**The events of the game occur shortly after the gang all watches Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective. Even though the computer room had no calendar when Strong Bad brought the tape downstairs, there is one in 8-Bit is Enough.
**When Strong Bad jumps in Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective, he jumps straight at Marzipan. In 8-Bit is Enough, he jumps towards the same place, but Marzipan isn't there anymore.
**Strong Bad is surprised to learn that [[Charlemagne]] is a male, but had previously addressed the plant as a male in [[Strong Badia the Free]].
*[[Hremail 7]] {{--}}
**This old-fashioned toon suggests Strong Bad knew about [[Hremails]] since 2001, yet in [[email thunder]], Strong Bad seems surprised that Homestar also has an email show.
**Strong Bad is shown to have first gotten the Tandy 400 in 2001, but [[no loafing]] showed that he had it in [[1987]] as well.
**Though the copyright year is given as 2001, the black-outlined style of animation was not used that year, having last been seen in mid-2000.
**Strong Bad is shown to be unaware of emails in 2001. However, flashbacks seen in [[personal favorites]] and [[lady...ing]] showed Strong Bad checking emails in [[Strong Bad Evolution|a design]] from early 2000 (the latter flashback is given an approximate date of 1999-2000).
**Strong Bad had trouble saying the word "email" and seemed ignorant of the Internet. But in [[looking old]], Strong Bad talked about "eStrong Vague Online Investments" that was sold in the late 1990s.
*[[4 Gregs]] {{--}} [[Cheerleader]] says she is more of a cheerleader in the way she dresses and treats other girls, but she was seen cheering in [[Homestar Ruiner Teen Girl Squad|Homestar Ruiner]].
**She also claimed to be "off duty" in [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 15]].
*Email [[hremail 3184]] {{--}} Strong Bad is shown to have an email from Homestar, but in [[candy product]], he mentions that the Lappy has a Homestar junkmail filter.
*[[On Break]] {{--}} 
** Strong Bad denies being a smoker despite the fact that he's been seen smoking a cigar in a [[Store Thank You Message]]. 
** Strong Bad works for Bubs as the [[Tragic Clown Dog]] despite quitting in [[part-time job]].
*[[Which Ween Costumes?]] {{--}} The King of Town suggests in his Easter egg that he is around 303 years old. However, in [[space program]], released five years earlier, he claimed to be in his sixties.
*[[April Fool 2014]] {{--}} Strong Bad uses the non-broken Compy 386 despite it being shotgunned by Bubs in virus and eaten by Strong Mad in retirement. 
*[[Dad's Garage & Friends - 13 Jun 2015]] {{--}} 
**Strong Bad uses the Lappy 486 despite him blowing it up in [[hremail 3184]].
**The Paper appears despite being burnt in [[the paper]] and [[email thunder]].
*[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2]] {{--}} 
**Despite having been replaced in [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 16.2|version 16.2]] by the [[PhoneTime XL800]], the [[PhoneTime XL8]] returns in this toon. Unlike before, it now has the record button that was seen on the XL800.
**In [[Senor Mortgage]], the [[Visor Robot]] speaks with a {{wp|Microsoft Sam}}-esque voice. However, in this toon, it speaks with the voice that its [[Powered by The Cheat]] self has in [[Everybody to the Limit]], which is provided by Macintosh's {{w|PlainTalk|Zarvox}}
*[[Halloween Hijinks]] {{--}} The King of Town criticizes {{w|Ding Dong}}s, saying that he would never dress up as their mascot, King Ding Dong, but he had previously expressed interest in eating the snack cakes (using their Canadian name, King Dons) in [[Jibblies 2]].
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==See Also==
*[[Ages of Characters]]
*[[Blatant Lies]]
*[[History according to Strong Bad]]

[[Category:Research]]