Editing Mysfit-steries Character Variations

In the [[Strong Bad Email]] [[highschool]], [[Strong Bad]] took a guess as to what the [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] gang was like back in high school. This page elaborates on how Strong Bad remembered what the characters were like in their '''teenage years''' It should be noted, however, that Strong Bad himself admits that he has "an extremely unphotographic" (or "doodle") memory, and it is therefore uncertain to what extent these recollections are accurate. They are portrayed in the show [[The Homestar Runner Mysfit-steries]], which appears to be a parody of [[Wikipedia:Scooby-Doo|Scooby-Doo]].

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! Image !! Description !! Appearances
|-id="Teenage Homestar Runner"
| align="center" | [[File:Homestar in highschool.png|100px|"I don't want to take any chances. We should play in a band, just to be safe."]] || '''Teenage [[Homestar Runner]]'''
[[Image:011206 sketchbook teen homestars.PNG|thumb|Other Teenage Homestar Runners from [[Sketchbook 2006#SK-2006-01-12|Sketchbook]].]]
He appears on the show [[The Homestar Runner Mysfit-steries]] with his friends Marzipan, Strong Bad, and Strong Mad, all in their teenage years. Unlike the regular Homestar, he has brown hair, a blue jersey with the number 9, red-and-white vertically-striped pants, and black shoes. His eyes point sideways, and he seems more levelheaded than his regular counterpart. He also lacks Homestar's trademark [[Homestar Runner Without His Speech Impediment|rhotacism]]. Strong Bad and Strong Mad are frequently trying to get Teenage Homestar out of his [[-èd|stripèd]] pants. He also has his friends play in a band, just to be safe; he himself plays [[Left Handedness|left-handed]] guitar. He is similar to [[Wikipedia:Fred Jones (Scooby-Doo)|Fred]] on Scooby-Doo.

Alternate sketches of Teenage Homestar appeared in the Sketchbook four days after his debut email was released. The first sketch depicts him with a hat, longer hair, and a polo shirt. The second shows him with slanted eyes, a droopier underbite, shorter hair, and an exclamation mark on his shirt. The third has his usual star shirt, a slight beard, and lowered eyelids. Over a decade later, he was recreated in [[Squintmoji Character Variations|squintmoji form]] by Strong Bad on his Twitter account.
| [[highschool]], [[Sketchbook]] ([[Sketchbook 2006#SK-2006-01-12|Jan 12 2006]]), [[@StrongBadActual]] ([[@StrongBadActual Tweets 2017#902876781434343425|Aug 30 2017]]), [[Halloween Hijinks]]
|-id="Teenage Marzipan"
| align="center" | [[File:Marzipan_in_highschool.png|100px|"Stampers! My long lost uncle's abandoned pie factory sure is mysterious."]] || '''Teenage [[Marzipan]]'''
In contrast to the normal, "adult" Marzipan, this teenage persona features a nose and visible human legs. She also has more realistic proportions and her hair is not in a ponytail. She wears a pink dress with a yellow belt, a  purple bandana around her neck, and purple shoes. In spite of her [[Normal-Human Characters|human-like proportions]], she still [[Lack of Visible Arms|lacks arms]]. Despite this, she can play the tambourine, and does so in the gang's band. She has a long-lost uncle who owns a now-abandoned [[pie]] [[Pie Factory|factory]], which she believes is mysterious, although Teenage Strong Bad doesn't agree. Teenage Marzipan looks like [[Wikipedia:Daphne Blake|Daphne]] of the show Scooby-Doo, and parodies the gang's nonsense catch phrases with expressions like "Stampers!" and "Zigglies!"
| [[highschool]], [[Halloween Hijinks]]
|-id="Teenage Strong Bad"
| align="center" | [[File:Strong Bad in highschool.png|100px|"Ah, there's no such thing as 'mysterious'."]] || '''Teenage [[Strong Bad]]'''
He looks like his usual counterpart, but with an opening mouth as opposed to his usual [[Tangle|fleshtangle]]. He also wears a green backwards baseball cap with a pink brim, resembling that regularly worn by [[Coach Z]]. He is taller than the regular Strong Bad, with longer, droopier arms, a longer neck, and a slumped posture, resembling that of [[Senor Cardgage]]. He plays keyboard in their band, despite [[How do you type with boxing gloves on?|having boxing gloves for hands]]. He and Strong Mad are always trying to "liberate" Homestar from his ridiculous stripèd pants. He doesn't believe in "mysterious". Strong Bad appears to have the stature of "[[Wikipedia:Norville "Shaggy" Rogers|Shaggy]]" from various Scooby-Doo television series. His hat also bears the color of Shaggy's green shirt and reddish pants.
| [[highschool]], [[alternate universe]], [[Halloween Hijinks]]
|-id="Teenage Strong Mad"
| align="center" | [[File:Strong Mad in highschool.png|150px|Teenage brother Graw Mad]] || '''Teenage [[Strong Mad]]'''
He has brown curly hair on his head, square [[Cool Shades#Other glasses|glasses]] with no arms, [[acne]], and a nervous expression. His singlet is a brighter blue, and has a lowercase "m" and a period. Unlike his modern day counterpart, he appears to have more fat than muscle. He is also a rounder shape. He and Strong Bad are always trying to "liberate" Homestar from his ridiculous stripèd pants. He looks very similar to [[Wikipedia:Velma Dinkley|Velma]] on the show Scooby-Doo.

A [[Teen Strong Mad|teenage version]] of Strong Mad in the normal Homestar Runner style was later seen in [[imaginary]]. It greatly resembles this version, but with slight facial hair, rounder glasses, an angrier expression with bigger eyebrows, and a different "M" on his singlet. He looks more like the regular Strong Mad.
| [[highschool]],  [[Halloween Hijinks]]

|-id="Creepy Night Watchmen Bubs and Coach Z"
|align=center| [[File:z_and_b.PNG|150px|The creepy night watchmen]] || '''Night Watchman [[Coach Z]] and [[Bubs]]'''
Coach Z's appearance is based on his [[Other Character Variations#Afro Coach Z|1974 design]], with brown hair and a mustache. Bubs has a fully opening mouth and a more humanoid head shape with a black beard. Both characters wear night watchmen uniforms, and have black eyes with bags under them, as well as black eyebrows.
| [[Halloween Hijinks]]

|-id="Councilman Zonepermit"
|align=center| [[File:zoning2.PNG|150px|Councilman Zonepermit]] || '''Councilman Zonepermit'''
Councilman Zonepermit appears to be loosely based on [[the King of Town]]. He has a [[Lack of Visible Body Parts|visible mouth]] and [[Lack of Visible Arms|arms]]. He wears glasses instead of a crown, and his mustache and balding hair is gray.
| [[Halloween Hijinks]]

|-id="Stave it Off Guy"
|align=center| [[File:stave bean.PNG|150px|Stave it Off Guy dressed as Large Bean]] || '''[[Stave it Off Guy]]'''
Stave it Off Guy murders Councilman Zonepermit because he wouldn't give Stave it Off Guy a permit. He looks about the same as his usual appearance.
| [[Halloween Hijinks]]

|-id="Large Bean"
|align=center| [[File:HijinksLargeBean.png|150px|Large Bean]] || '''[[Large Bean (character)|Large Bean]]'''
He has a visible mouth, and eyebrows above the spot in the center of his head. He wears a tattered green robe that covers his claw-like hands.
| [[Halloween Hijinks]]
|}

==See Also==
*[[Middle School Variation]]
*[[Free Petry Dish, USA Variation]]

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