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- | [[Image:TheCheat Izzy.PNG|thumb|The Cheat As Izzy]]
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- | '''[[Wikipedia:Olympic Games|The Olympics]]''' have [[History of homestarrunner.com|historical significance]] to the [[Homestar Runner universe]] as the [[Original Book]] was created while [[Mike Chapman]] and [[Craig Zobel]] had jobs in the [[Wikipedia:1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Summer Olympics]]. The worldwide sports event receives as much attention in the Homestar universe as it does in the real world.
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- | ==Appearances==
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- | *Under [[Fan Stuff]], there is a picture of [[Homestar Runner]] as [[Wikipedia:Speed skating|speed skater]] [[Wikipedia:Apolo Anton Ohno|Apolo Ohno]]. The comment reads "I didn't watch much winter olympics but Stephanie sure did!"
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- | *[[3 Times Halloween Funjob]] — [[The Cheat]] dresses up as Izzy, the mascot of the 1996 Olympics.
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- | *[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 9.2]] — [[Strong Bad]] tells [[Marzipan]] that she should get a [[Wikipedia:Cable television|cable TV]] subscription that includes the Olympic Triplecast, which was an extention of [[Wikipedia:NBC|NBC]]'s Olympic coverage.
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- | *[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 7|Teeny Tiny Girl Squad]] — After [[Tompkins]] "[[Death|dies]] somehow" his torso, legs and head are seen on a [[Wikipedia: podium|podium]] and the caption reads "torso takes the silver".
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- | *[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 10]] — [[Cheerleader]] claims they can't go to [[The Ugly One]]'s party because "they have the Olympics tonight". When it turns out to be a "b'g'rl p'rty", Cheerleader claims that "Coach just called to say the Olympics are dumb", and that "they'll be there like [[Wikipedia:Shareware|shareware]]".
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- | *[[Flashforward]] — the maximum value is eventually labeled "The Olympics!"
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- | *Email [[strong badathlon]] — A whole email about mock-up Olympics called the [[Strong Badathlon (contest)|Strong Badathlon]].
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- | ==See Also==
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- | *[[Sports]]
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- | [[Category: Inside Jokes]]
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- | [[Category: Entertainment running gags]]
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Revision as of 02:07, 15 July 2008