Multiple Negatives

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Occasionally, a character, usually [[Strong Bad]], will use '''three or more negatives'''.
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[[Image:sbemail59picture.png|thumb|"Do you don't not dislike not Strong Bad?"]]
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Occasionally in the [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] body of work, a character, most often [[Strong Bad]], will use '''three or more negatives'''.
==Appearances==
==Appearances==
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*Email [[50 emails]] — Strong Bad says, "Don't nobody go nowheres," when interrupted by a phone call.
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*Email [[50 emails]] {{--}} Strong Bad says, "Don't nobody go nowheres," when interrupted by a phone call.
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*Email [[marzipan]] — Strong Bad says to [[Marzipan]], "Do you don't not dislike not Strong Bad?"
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*Email [[marzipan]] {{--}} Strong Bad says to [[Marzipan]], "Do you don't not dislike not Strong Bad?"
**While he was trying to mean "Do you like me?", he more accurately said "Do you dislike everyone but me?" without explicitly asking if she liked him.
**While he was trying to mean "Do you like me?", he more accurately said "Do you dislike everyone but me?" without explicitly asking if she liked him.
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*Email [[english paper]] — Strong Bad says, "Can't nobody say Strong Bad never did nothing for the [[peoples]]."
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*Email [[english paper]] {{--}} Strong Bad says, "Can't nobody say Strong Bad never did nothing for the [[peoples]]."
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*Email [[suntan]] — Strong Bad says to the sun, "Don't pull no punches neither."
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*[[Lookin' at a Thing in a Bag]] {{--}} [[Bubs]] says to [[Homestar Runner]], "I don't... know nothing about nothing."
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*Email [[rock opera]] — Strong Bad tells [[The Cheat]] to "ix-nay on the cut-it-out-throwing-roses-at-me-may", which is a mix of double negatives and Pig Latin.
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*Email [[suntan]] {{--}} Strong Bad says to the sun, "Don't pull no punches neither."
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*[[The King of Town's Very Own Quite Popular Cartoon Show!]] — [[The King of Town]] says to [[The Poopsmith]], "Don't forget to forget to wash your hands."
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*[[Peasant's Quest]] {{--}}
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*[[Strong Badia the Free]] — If Strong Bad tries to use his lighter on someone, he'll say, "I'd love to see him not not on fire, but not not not now."
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**Giving something to [[Jhonka]] results in him replying with, "Don't need nothing from no filthy [[peasants]]es!!"
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**The [[innkeeper]]'s generic response to being asked about something is, "I don't know nothing about no whatever you just said."
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*Email [[rock opera]] {{--}} Strong Bad tells [[The Cheat]] to "ix-nay on the cut-it-out-throwing-roses-at-me-may", which is a mix of double negatives and Pig Latin.
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*[[The King of Town's Very Own Quite Popular Cartoon Show!]] {{--}} [[The King of Town]] says to [[the Poopsmith]], "Don't forget to forget to wash your hands."
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*[[Strong Badia the Free]] {{--}} If Strong Bad tries to use his [[BMW Lighter|lighter]] on someone, he'll say, "I'd love to see him not not on fire, but not not not now."
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*[[Place Ya Bets!]] {{--}} Homestar says to [[the Deleteheads]], "I dunno nuttin' about nuttin'!"
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*[[Haunted Photo Booth]] {{--}} [[Coach Z]] says of a "handlebrah [[Mustaches|mustache]]",  "these things'll never not ironically be unironically... always..." before trailing off.
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*[[Onion Bubs iMessage Stickers]] {{--}} In an example of the stickers, [[Strong Sad]] asks if Strong Bad has seen his Garden Weasel, saying that he needs it "for good reasons and not not good reasons."
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==See also==
==See also==
*[[Deliberately Poor English]]
*[[Deliberately Poor English]]
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Current revision as of 16:45, 21 October 2022

"Do you don't not dislike not Strong Bad?"

Occasionally in the Homestar Runner body of work, a character, most often Strong Bad, will use three or more negatives.

[edit] Appearances


[edit] See also

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