ASCII art
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| - | [[Image:Karatecar.PNG|thumb|[[Karate Car]], a movie entirely in ASCII]] | + | [[Image:Karatecar.PNG|thumb|[[Karate Car]], a movie entirely in ASCII art]] |
| - | [[Wikipedia:ASCII art|ASCII art]] is a recurring theme in the [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner world]], especially on Strong Bad's computers. However, most of the ASCII seen is not possible to make | + | [[Wikipedia:ASCII art|ASCII art]] is a recurring theme in the [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner world]], especially on Strong Bad's computers. However, most of the ASCII art seen is not possible to make in a normal ASCII art setting – often, different characters are different sizes, or are offset vertically. |
== Appearances == | == Appearances == | ||
| - | *'''Debut''': [[couch patch]] — The [[Compy 386]] prints out an ASCII milllion dollar bill. | + | *'''Debut''': [[couch patch]] — The [[Compy 386]] prints out an ASCII art milllion dollar bill. |
| - | *[[flashback]] — The Compy rewards Strong Bad's hundredth email with ASCII fireworks. | + | *[[flashback]] — The Compy rewards Strong Bad's hundredth email with ASCII art fireworks. |
| - | *[[Thy Dungeonman II]] — The title screen is ASCII. | + | *[[Thy Dungeonman II]] — The title screen is ASCII art. |
| - | *[[virus]] — [[The Virus]] turns [[Marzipan]] into ASCII. | + | *[[virus]] — [[The Virus]] turns [[Marzipan]] into ASCII art. |
*[[dreamail]] — The [[e-marlin]] jumps from the bottom of the [[Lappy 486|Lappy 486's]] screen. | *[[dreamail]] — The [[e-marlin]] jumps from the bottom of the [[Lappy 486|Lappy 486's]] screen. | ||
| - | *[[Happy Trogday]] — One of the images is an ASCII-rendered [[Trogdor]]. | + | *[[Happy Trogday]] — One of the images is an ASCII-art-rendered [[Trogdor]]. |
| - | *[[the movies]] — Strong Bad watches an ASCII movie, [[Karate Car]]. | + | *[[the movies]] — Strong Bad watches an ASCII art movie, [[Karate Car]]. |
| - | *[[from work]] — [[The Cheat]] is rendered in ASCII on a floppy disk. | + | *[[from work]] — [[The Cheat]] is rendered in ASCII art on a floppy disk. |
[[Category:Electronics running gags]] | [[Category:Electronics running gags]] | ||
Revision as of 14:12, 27 May 2007
ASCII art is a recurring theme in the Homestar Runner world, especially on Strong Bad's computers. However, most of the ASCII art seen is not possible to make in a normal ASCII art setting – often, different characters are different sizes, or are offset vertically.
Appearances
- Debut: couch patch — The Compy 386 prints out an ASCII art milllion dollar bill.
- flashback — The Compy rewards Strong Bad's hundredth email with ASCII art fireworks.
- Thy Dungeonman II — The title screen is ASCII art.
- virus — The Virus turns Marzipan into ASCII art.
- dreamail — The e-marlin jumps from the bottom of the Lappy 486's screen.
- Happy Trogday — One of the images is an ASCII-art-rendered Trogdor.
- the movies — Strong Bad watches an ASCII art movie, Karate Car.
- from work — The Cheat is rendered in ASCII art on a floppy disk.
