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*[[8-Bit Is Enough]] — Strong Bad says to Strong Mad, "Ich bin ein donut," after he gives him the trophy at Halfathlon. This is based on the [[Wikipedia:Ich bin ein Berliner#Jelly doughnut urban legend|well-known urban legend]] that during a famous speech addressing a crowd in Berlin, U.S. President [[Wikipedia:John F. Kennedy|John F. Kennedy]] had made a grammatical error by saying the words "Ich bin ein Berliner", referring to himself not as a citizen of Berlin, but as a jelly donut. | *[[8-Bit Is Enough]] — Strong Bad says to Strong Mad, "Ich bin ein donut," after he gives him the trophy at Halfathlon. This is based on the [[Wikipedia:Ich bin ein Berliner#Jelly doughnut urban legend|well-known urban legend]] that during a famous speech addressing a crowd in Berlin, U.S. President [[Wikipedia:John F. Kennedy|John F. Kennedy]] had made a grammatical error by saying the words "Ich bin ein Berliner", referring to himself not as a citizen of Berlin, but as a jelly donut. | ||
**When Strong Bad confronts the King of Town in one of Trogdor's hallways brandishing machine guns, the King says, "Mein strudel!" When defeated, the King says, "Der Poopsmith, auf wiedersehen!" | **When Strong Bad confronts the King of Town in one of Trogdor's hallways brandishing machine guns, the King says, "Mein strudel!" When defeated, the King says, "Der Poopsmith, auf wiedersehen!" | ||
| - | *[[Doomy Tales of the Macabre]] — [[Marzipan]], dressed as Lola from the German film ''[[Wikipedia:Lola rennt|Lola rennt]]'', calls Strong Bad a "[[Wikipedia:Kinder-Überraschung|Kinder-Überraschung]]". | + | *[[Doomy Tales of the Macabre]] — [[Marzipan]], dressed as Lola from the German film ''[[Wikipedia:Lola rennt|Lola rennt]]'', calls Strong Bad a "[[Wikipedia:Kinder-Überraschung|Kinder-Überraschung]]", which means "Kinder Surprise". |
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
Revision as of 00:12, 11 March 2016
While Homestar Runner takes place in and around Free Country, USA, there are some cultural references to the Germans.
Appearances
- Main Page 2 — Homestar Runner wears lederhosen.
- In Search of the Yello Dello — At one point, when Coach Z informs Homestar to get Marzipan "some rare flower from the tallest mountain", the scene depicts Homestar wearing lederhosen.
- In Search of the Yello Dello Commentary — During the aforementioned scene, Strong Bad sarcastically asks Homestar if he can call him "Homestar von Runnerberger". Strong Sad protests that Homestar was wearing the former's lederhosen at the time.
- Ballad of The Sneak — The Kaiser says "Ach, du lieber", which is German for "Oh, dear".
- Email haircut — The email comes from Harry Earlenmacherg of the German town of Düsseldorf. Strong Bad refers to him as Düsseldörke and Ger-man, and then as Deutschman, whose name becomes the name of a character in the Strong Badman comic book series.
- Email pom pom — In an Easter egg, Strong Bad refers to Pom Pom's parents as General and Fraulein Pom Pom. Fräulein is a German prefix similar to the English "Miss", meaning "unmarried woman".
- Email virus (DVD commentary) — Matt says that Strong Bad's computer got a "wirus" and calls it the "German pronunciation", referring to the tendency of German speakers to confuse the V and W sounds.
- Stinkomanual — In the section about Boss 4, Saargtsson, the quote's author is Saargtsson-Bosch, GmbH(Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung), which is the German version of LLC.
- Email portrait — One of Strong Bad's ideas for a portrait is one done by a Deutsch Master.
- Decemberween Short Shorts — One of the plays written on Coach Z's clipboard is "cake und pie". "Und" is the German word for "and".
- Email strong badathlon — When Strong Bad learns he has been disqualified from the Remote Put for a faulty battery, he shouts that the games are fixed and to check the East Germans' pants.
- Email original — The first shot of the montage scene where Original Bubs is written "into stories" has both Homestar and Strong Bad wearing lederhosen.
- 8-Bit Is Enough — Strong Bad says to Strong Mad, "Ich bin ein donut," after he gives him the trophy at Halfathlon. This is based on the well-known urban legend that during a famous speech addressing a crowd in Berlin, U.S. President John F. Kennedy had made a grammatical error by saying the words "Ich bin ein Berliner", referring to himself not as a citizen of Berlin, but as a jelly donut.
- When Strong Bad confronts the King of Town in one of Trogdor's hallways brandishing machine guns, the King says, "Mein strudel!" When defeated, the King says, "Der Poopsmith, auf wiedersehen!"
- Doomy Tales of the Macabre — Marzipan, dressed as Lola from the German film Lola rennt, calls Strong Bad a "Kinder-Überraschung", which means "Kinder Surprise".
