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==[[Badminton]]== | ==[[Badminton]]== | ||
- | [[Image:goodminton.png|thumb|"I dunno. Maybe there ''is'' a | + | [[Image:goodminton.png|thumb|"I dunno. Maybe there ''is'' a goodmiton."]] |
- | *[[Where's The Cheat?]] | + | *[[Where's The Cheat?]] — [[Strong Bad]] mentions the sport. |
- | *Email [[labor day]] | + | *Email [[labor day]] — [[Strong Mad]] and [[The Cheat]] are shown with badminton racquets. |
- | *Email [[army]] | + | *Email [[army]] — Strong Bad and Strong Mad discuss the sport and wonder what the official rules are. |
- | *[[SBCG4AP Dev Blog]] | + | *[[SBCG4AP Dev Blog]] — Strong Bad writes in the [[SBCG4AP Dev Blog#Large Decap Latte|10 Jul 2008 entry]] he's playing badminton. |
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==Baseball== | ==Baseball== | ||
- | [[Image:UmpireHomePlate.png|thumb|Waiting on Homestar to find his hat.]] | + | [[Image:UmpireHomePlate.png|thumb|100px|Waiting on Homestar to find his hat.]] |
- | *[[Mark Lemke | + | *[[Mark Lemke]] is a commonly referenced baseball player. |
*[[Coach Z]] is usually seen wearing an unbranded baseball cap. | *[[Coach Z]] is usually seen wearing an unbranded baseball cap. | ||
*A [[Wikipedia:Detroit Tigers|Detroit Tigers]] baseball cap is worn by Pom Pom and Strong Mad as part of their respective costumes in [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]] and [[3 Times Halloween Funjob]], respectively. | *A [[Wikipedia:Detroit Tigers|Detroit Tigers]] baseball cap is worn by Pom Pom and Strong Mad as part of their respective costumes in [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]] and [[3 Times Halloween Funjob]], respectively. | ||
- | *[[Where My Hat Is At?]] | + | *[[Where My Hat Is At?]] — [[Homestar Runner]] looks for his hat so he can play baseball. |
- | *[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 2]] | + | *[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 2]] — [[Thomas]] repeatedly clubs [[What's Her Face]] in the shins with a baseball bat (which hurts her) when she starts fawning for the [[Minor_Teen_Girl_Squad_Characters#No_.22I.22_in_Team_Boy|No "I" In Team Boy]]. |
- | + | *Email [[keep cool]] — [[Strong Sad]] mentions that baseball games are at two, eleven, and three. | |
- | + | *[[Strongest Man in the World]] — [[The Grape Fairie]] claims he got the [[golbol]] in 1974 from [[Wikipedia:Mookie Wilson|Mookie Wilson]]. Mookie Wilson was a professional baseball player during the 1980s and early 1990s best known for playing for the [[Wikipedia:New York Mets|New York Mets]], the team referenced in the golbol Easter egg. | |
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- | *[[Strongest Man in the World]] | + | |
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==Basketball== | ==Basketball== | ||
- | [[Image:abapompom.png|thumb|We all long for the days of the ABA]] | + | [[Image:abapompom.png|thumb|100px|We all long for the days of the ABA]] |
- | *[[Pom Pom, Too]] | + | * [[Pom Pom, Too]] — one of the Poms is colored like an [[ABA basketball]], and two of them look like NBA basketballs. |
- | + | *[[A Decemberween Pageant]] — [[Pom Pom]] is cast as [[Kobe|Kobe #1]] and Strong Mad is cast as [[Kobe|Kobe #2]]. | |
- | *[[A Decemberween Pageant]] | + | *[[Strong Bad#Character Video Transcript|Strong Bad Character Video]] — one of his accepted forms of payments is "[[Wikipedia:Denver Nuggets|Denver Nuggets]]." |
- | *[[Strong Bad | + | *Email [[new hands]] — one of the options for Strong Bad's hands is an ABA basketball. |
- | *Email [[new hands]] | + | *[[New Boots]] — The Cheat draws Strong Bad dribbling and spinning basketballs. |
- | + | *Email [[autobiography]] — Strong Bad supposedly played on a basketball team with "[[The Deke]]." | |
- | *[[New Boots]] | + | *Email [[different town]] — Strong Bad says "Pom Pom wouldn't change at all / 'cept he'd look like an ABA basketball." |
- | *Email [[autobiography]] | + | *Email [[secret recipes]] — Coach Z doesn't appear to know what a basketball is, referring to one as "a bounce thing". |
- | *Email [[different town]] | + | *[[Halloween Fairstival]] — Strong Mad dresses as [[Wikipedia:Ben Wallace|Ben Wallace]] of the [[Wikipedia:Detroit Pistons|Detroit Pistons]]. |
- | + | *Email [[bedtime story]] — [[Moses Malone]] is supposedly a buddy of [[The Cheat]]. | |
- | *Email [[secret recipes]] | + | *Email [[candy product]] — Coach Z gets a basketball stuck on his head. |
- | *[[Halloween Fairstival]] | + | *Email [[specially marked]] — The cereal [[Breakfast Cereals from Specially Marked#Fundament-O's|Fundament-O's]] features a fundamentally-sound college basketball player on the front of the box. |
- | *Email [[bedtime story]] | + | *[[HREmail 2000]] — Homestar tries to play basketball with [[Marzipan]] and refers to [[Wikipedia:John Stockton|John Stockton]]. |
- | *Email [[candy product]] | + | *[[Kick-A-Ball]] — [[The Umpire]] claims to have gotten the kickball from [[Wikipedia:Mookie Blaylock|Mookie Blaylock]] in 1984. |
- | + | *[[Where U Goin' 2?]] — [[The Cheat]] practices "flaming lay-up drills". | |
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- | *[[Kick-A-Ball]] | + | |
- | *[[Where U Goin' 2?]] | + | |
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==Beach Volleyball== | ==Beach Volleyball== | ||
- | [[Image:Strongsadbeachvolleyball.PNG|thumb|"...They won handily."]] | + | [[Image:Strongsadbeachvolleyball.PNG|thumb|150px|"...They won handily."]] |
- | *[[Shopping | + | *[[Shopping for Danger]] — After [[Gunhaver]] mentions that [[Blue Laser]] will use all their savings to make a button to make it snow at the beach, [[Silent Rip]] asks, "What about beach volleyball?", to which Gunhaver responds "There won't be anymore beach volleyball!" |
- | *[[An Important Rap Song]] | + | *[[An Important Rap Song]] — Part of the lyrics go "Beach volleyball slammajamma" and are accompanied by Silent Rip and [[Firebert]] playing beach volleyball against [[Blue Laser Commander]] and a [[Blue Laser minion|minion]] at [[the Beach]]. |
- | *[[Somber Vacation]] | + | *[[Somber Vacation]] — [[Strong Sad]] plays beach volleyball with pieces of algae-covered chunks of styrofoam coolers that he adds googley eyes and pipe cleaners to. |
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==Competitive Swimming== | ==Competitive Swimming== | ||
- | *Email [[other days]] | + | *Email [[other days]] — Strong Sad mentions that they will be late for swim practice (although earlier in the e-mail Strong Bad denies that he goes to swim practice). |
==Football== | ==Football== | ||
- | [[Image:superbowldealie.png|thumb|TAKE IT TO THE HOUSE!]] | + | [[Image:superbowldealie.png|thumb|150px|TAKE IT TO THE HOUSE!]] |
- | *Coach Z's old timey counterpart is a football player named "[[Fort Wayne Locomotive]] | + | *Coach Z's old timey counterpart is a football player named "[[Fort Wayne Locomotive]]." |
- | *[[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]] | + | *[[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]] — Strong Mad's costume is [[Wikipedia:William Perry (American football)|William "Refrigerator" Perry]], a famous football player from the 1980s. |
- | *Email [[island]] | + | * Email [[island]] — The message inside the bottle is really a flyer for [[Wikipedia:Super Bowl XIX|Super Bowl XIX]]. In an Easter egg, one pair of hallucinations that Strong Bad and Homestar have of each other are of the helmets worn by the two teams in said Super Bowl: the [[Wikipedia:San Francisco 49ers|San Francisco 49ers]] (Homestar's hallucination of Strong Bad) and the [[Wikipedia:Miami Dolphins|Miami Dolphins]] (Strong Bad's hallucination of Homestar). |
- | *[[Superbowl Dealie]] | + | *[[Superbowl Dealie]] — The entire toon is about annual professional football championship. |
- | + | * Email [[caffeine]] — Strong Sad claims while hyper, "I don't even watch football! I don't even watch football!" | |
- | * Email [[caffeine]] | + | *Email [[crying]] — Strong Bad "quotes" Li'l Brudder as saying "I'm gonna be a quarterback when I grow up. I'm gonna throw for 2,000 yards." |
- | *Email [[crying]] | + | *[[Senorial Day]] — [[Senor Cardgage]] and Strong Bad "play catch" with a football. |
- | *[[Senorial Day]] | + | *Email [[high school]] — "Middle School" Coach Z dreams of being "craptain of the foortball torm". |
- | *Email [[high school]] | + | *[[KOT's VOQPCS!]] — The King of Town's scheme to get the Poopsmith to smell better somehow involves a game of football. |
- | *[[KOT's VOQPCS!]] | + | *[[Ever and More!]] — Strong Mad's helmet is a football helmet, with an image of a nacho on the side. |
- | *[[Ever and More]] | + | *[[Everything Else, Volume 3]] — On the Holidays menu, one of the powerups The Cheat collects is a football. |
- | *[[Everything Else, Volume 3]] | + | *[[Toikey TV]] — Strong Mad, Strong Bad, and The Cheat wind up watching the 2007 Falling Asleep On The Couch Watching Football Bowl. |
- | *[[Toikey TV]] | + | *[[Sloshybowl]] — Strong Sad watches sloshy on the Superbowl half-time show. |
- | *[[Sloshybowl]] | + | *[[4 Gregs]] — [[The Gregs]] go to a football game, and [[D n' D Greg]] explains how the game is played |
- | *[[4 Gregs]] | + | |
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===Soccer referred to as Football=== | ===Soccer referred to as Football=== | ||
- | *Email [[little questions]] | + | *Email [[little questions]] — The sender asks "Has you some time play football?" and Strong Bad answers by saying that he loves football (referring to American football). |
- | *[[The System | + | *[[The System Is Down (song)|The System Is Down]] — Strong Bad shouts "football!", a reference to a soccer song. |
==Golf== | ==Golf== | ||
- | [[Image:golf club team.png|thumb|Is it golf?]] | + | [[Image:golf club team.png|thumb|150px|Is it golf?]] |
- | *Email [[mascot]] | + | *Email [[mascot]] — The Cheat uses a golf club to hit things on the [[Crazy Go Nuts University|CGNU]] Golf Club Team. |
- | *Email [[the paper]] | + | *Email [[the paper]] — [[The Paper]] has the word "golf" visible under its sweatshirt during its preppy phase. |
- | *Email [[mini-golf]] | + | *Email [[mini-golf]] — The entire email is concerned with the miniature version. |
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==Hockey== | ==Hockey== | ||
- | *[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 9.2]] | + | *[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 9.2]] — Homestar, pretending to be Coach Z, asks [[Marzipan]] why she missed field hockey practice. |
- | *[[Superbowl Dealie]] | + | *[[Superbowl Dealie]] — Homestar shows up in a [[Wikipedia:Boston Bruins|Boston Bruins]] jersey. |
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==Lacrosse== | ==Lacrosse== | ||
- | *[[Kick-A-Ball]] | + | *[[Kick-A-Ball]] — Coach Z claims to be playing [[Gender Confusion|women's]] lacrosse. |
- | *Email [[videography]] | + | *Email [[videography]] — Strong Bad pretends to videotape a lacrosse match. |
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==Martial Arts== | ==Martial Arts== | ||
- | [[Image:Champeenship.PNG|thumb|The Champeenship]] | + | [[Image:Champeenship.PNG|thumb|150px|The Champeenship]] |
- | *[[Theme Song Video]] | + | *[[Theme Song Video]] — Pom Pom is seen practicing martial arts. |
- | *Email [[pom pom]] | + | *Email [[pom pom]] — Pom Pom manages to "beat the everloving snot" out of Strong Bad. |
- | *Email [[montage]] | + | *Email [[montage]] — Homestar participates in the "[[Champeenship]]," which seems to be a judo/karate type tournament. |
- | *[[Summer Short Shorts]] | + | *[[Summer Short Shorts]] — Pom Pom is seen wielding a [[Wikipedia:Bō|bo]] and performing impressive acrobatics in one of the segments. |
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==Soccer== | ==Soccer== | ||
- | *Email [[little questions]] | + | *Email [[little questions]] — Strong Bad mentions that he hates soccer. |
- | *Email [[ghosts]] | + | *Email [[ghosts]] — Strong Bad tells the ghost of the Tandy "The Cheat has soccer practice." |
- | *Email [[caffeine]] | + | *Email [[caffeine]] — [[Hyperactive Strong Sad]] asks Coach Z if he wants to play some soccer. |
- | *[[Happy Hallow-day]] | + | *[[Happy Hallow-day]] — [[Bubs]] is dressed as Coach McGuirk, the soccer coach in the television series [[Wikipedia:Home Movies (TV series)|Home Movies]]. |
- | *[[Sloshybowl]] | + | *[[Sloshybowl]] — [[sloshy]] say they played soccer in high school and Strong Sad is hit by a soccer ball at the end. |
- | *[[Strong Badia the Free]] | + | *[[Strong Badia the Free]] — At the Homsar Reservation, before being enlightened to Homsar's way, he says, in response to Strong Bad trying to speak like him, "Sign me up for soccer class, Debra!" |
- | *[[ | + | *[[2 Part Episode: Part 1]] — The [[Blue Laser Minions]] appear on a soccer field and imply that they were at soccer practice. |
==Tennis== | ==Tennis== | ||
[[File:Homestar puppet as McEnroe.jpg|thumb|"That ball was on the line!"]] | [[File:Homestar puppet as McEnroe.jpg|thumb|"That ball was on the line!"]] | ||
*[[John McEnroe]] is a commonly referenced tennis player. | *[[John McEnroe]] is a commonly referenced tennis player. | ||
- | *Email [[flashback]] | + | *Email [[flashback]] — Strong Bad and Coach Z play tennis on the moon. |
- | + | *[[Senorial Day]] — Bubs holds a tennis racquet and has a John McEnroe wig on. | |
- | *[[Senorial Day]] | + | *[[Decemberween Short Shorts]] — Strong Bad admits he likes tennis player [[Wikipedia:Martina Navratilova|Martina Navratilova]]. |
- | *[[Decemberween Short Shorts]] | + | *Email [[the paper]] — During The Paper's preppy phase, it is seen wearing a sweater with the word "tennis". |
- | *Email [[the paper]] | + | |
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==Track and Field== | ==Track and Field== | ||
- | [[Image:racetrack.png|thumb|It's a dark day for Track and Field]] | + | [[Image:racetrack.png|thumb|150px|It's a dark day for Track and Field]] |
:''See [[Racing]] for more examples.'' | :''See [[Racing]] for more examples.'' | ||
*Homestar is seen running several times, most notably at the beginning of [[Bug In Mouth Disease]]. | *Homestar is seen running several times, most notably at the beginning of [[Bug In Mouth Disease]]. | ||
- | *Email [[autobiography]] | + | *Email [[autobiography]] — [[The King of Town]] is seen "running". |
- | *Email [[disconnected]] | + | *Email [[disconnected]] — "Head Bad" attempts to beat Homestar in a race, only to find that Homestar didn't enter. |
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+ | ==Racquetball== | ||
+ | *Email [[dangeresque 3]] — Homestar and Strong Bad are seen playing racquetball in the [[Basement of the Brothers Strong|Basement]]. | ||
+ | *[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 14.2]] — Strong Sad mentions slow-pitch racquetball. | ||
+ | ==Kickball== | ||
+ | [[Image:TheCheatKickball.png|thumb|150px|"Meh!"]] | ||
+ | *[[Theme Song Video]] — Strong Bad rolls a kickball to Homestar and he kicks it. | ||
+ | *[[Kick-A-Ball]] — The whole cartoon is about the characters playing kickball. | ||
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==Fantasy Sports== | ==Fantasy Sports== | ||
- | *[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 4]] ([[Teen Girl Squad Issue 4#Commentary Transcript|commentary]]) | + | *[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 4]] ([[Teen Girl Squad Issue 4#Commentary Transcript|commentary]]) — After Mike mentions that he wouldn't mind making a [[Growlbacks]] shirt, Matt jokingly says "It could be a fantasy football team!" |
- | *Email [[from work]] (Easter egg) | + | *Email [[from work]] (Easter egg) — A [[Dullard]] comic mentions fantasy foosball. |
- | *[[4 Gregs]] | + | *[[4 Gregs]] — [[D n' D Greg]] claims to be an expert at fantasy football. |
==Invented Sports== | ==Invented Sports== | ||
- | *[[In Search of the Yello Dello]] | + | *[[In Search of the Yello Dello]] — A strange sport with a football being thrown on the same field as a basketball net being used simultaneously is played. Strong Bad comments on it in the [[In Search of the Yello Dello Commentary|commentary]], and Homestar replies that it is America's pastime. |
- | + | *Email [[1 step ahead]] — The viewer is allowed to play a new sport: the [[Peg Strong Sad]] game. | |
- | *Email [[1 step ahead]] | + | *Email [[mascot]] — [[The Cheat]] is the head of the "Golf-Club Team" of [[Crazy Go Nuts University]]. The "sport" he plays is beating the opposing "team" with a golf-club. |
- | *Email [[mascot]] | + | *Email [[theme park]] — [[Homsar]] says it is time for "tasteball". How tasteball is to be interpreted is a mystery, though by its name it seems to be a sport of some kind. |
- | *Email [[theme park]] | + | *Email [[the paper]] — Homestar and Homsar play Strong Bad and [[The Paper]] in what appears to be basketball, but played with an American football. |
- | *[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 14.2]] | + | *[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 14.2]] — Coach Z reminds Marzipan of upcoming "shin" tryouts. The sport apparently involves shin-guards, shin-pads, shin-protectors, and shin-balls. Presumably, the sport is played with one's shins. |
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