Video Game References

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This article is about references to video games. For the Strong Bad Email, see video games. For the DVD-exclusive email, see Videro Games.

Allusions to video games, especially those of the 8-bit era, are constantly being made within the Homestar Runner body of work. Since references are commonly made to Nintendo, Atari 2600, Sega, and Intellivision, those instances are listed in their respective articles. This article is a list of allusions to video games in general or to less common systems.

Strong Bad Email

• homestar hair — Strong Bad goes to play "Temple of Apshai" as respite from the email.
• video games — Taylor R. wants to know what Strong Bad would be like in a video game. Strong Bad explains that it would depend on what system he was on.
• pom pom — Pom Pom beats Strong Bad up by kicking him into the air and 'juggling' him through several strikes, similar to a fighting game. Combo signs appear after his fourth, fifth and sixth strikes, and Pom Pom ultimately scores a "1-up".
• the facts — The tune Homestar Runner sings to in the Easter egg is the same tune as the intermission theme from Pac-Man.
• secret identity — As Cara Carabowditbowdit, Strong Bad writes to Buttless in Bedstuy that she needs to play more video games.
• keep cool — One of the pool rules is to, among other things, "press UP, A, and START" before re-entering the pool after eating.
• 4 branches — Strong Bad uses the scoring system in video games as a simile to how Homestar's stupidity functions.
• Videro Games — Strong Bad describes the effects of video games on children.
• invisibility — Before dying, the Tandy 400 reveals the famous Metroid password "Justin Bailey ****** ******" (in which the lower-case letters should be replaced by upper-case letters and the asterisks should be replaced by hyphens).
• japanese cartoon — The "credits music" is directly taken from the first level of Rad Racer.
• lunch special — Clicking on the words "Larry, legend" reveals a screenshot from the NES version of Jordan vs Bird: One on One.
• montage — An Easter egg features a modified clip from the NES game Mike Tyson's Punch Out!!.
• highschool — Baby Strong Bad says that he's pretending he's playing better video games.
• Email bedtime story — The Cheat and Moses Malone play The Adventures of Lolo and The Adventures of Bayou Billy in "The Ch8t's Cheatventures in Moses MaloneLand".
• modeling — An advertisement for foot cream includes the phrase "GOT STINKFOOT?". In Parodius, gaining a power-up will sometimes result in the main character saying "GOT A STINKFOOT?!" out of a megaphone.
• specially marked — Strong Bad gives a piece of his brain, which is based on the second form of the final boss in the game Contra III: The Alien Wars.
• Email: from work — Strong Bad says he hasn't taken his "sit in the men's room and play Tetris for an hour break" yet.

Other Appearances

• Teen Girl Squad Issue 9 — Strong Bad is surprised that Babbage's no longer carries Turbografx games.
• FAQ — The page title includes the words "Ouch. What do you do?" In The Goonies II, non-player characters in mazes would respond with this Engrish phrase when attacked.
• Weekly Fanstuff, September 4, 2008 — The entry depicted cover art for a Wii Guitar Hero game starring Limozeen on the cover and The Cheatar as the controller.
• In Teen Girl Squad Issue 13, Tompkins is "Baby-sat" and yells for Timkins not to play his PSOne.
• Doomy Tales of the Macabre — Pom Pom is dressed as a Pucca from Dig Dug

See Also

• Cacodemons
• Couch Mumbling
• Floppy Disk Container
• Strong Bad's Technology