Overdescriptive Nouns

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The names of many items within the [[Homestar Runner universe]] will be given '''unusually complex and descriptive names''' where a simpler title would be acceptable.
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Many items within the [[Homestar Runner universe]] will be given '''unusually complex and descriptive names''' where a simpler title would be acceptable.
==Appearances==
==Appearances==
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*[[First Time Here?]] — [[Strong Bad]] mocks [[Homestar Runner]] by introducing [[homestarrunner.com|the site]] as "I'm a big moron who can't remember his lines dot com".
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*[[First Time Here?]] {{--}} [[Strong Bad]] mocks [[Homestar Runner]] by introducing [[homestarrunner.com|the site]] as "I'm a big moron who can't remember his lines dot com".
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*[[Mr. Shmallow (toon)|Mr. Shmallow]] — The toon advertises "[[Fluffy Puff Air-Puffed Sugar Delights]]".
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*[[Mr. Shmallow (toon)|Mr. Shmallow]] {{--}} The toon advertises "[[Fluffy Puff Air-Puffed Sugar Delights]]".
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*Email [[theme park]] — Every hour at the main stage of [[Mount Ridesplace, USA]], there'd be a performance of "The [[Strong Sad]] Gets Decked Repeatedly Stunt Spook-tacular".
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*Email [[theme park]] {{--}} Every hour at the main stage of [[Mount Ridesplace, USA]], there'd be a performance of "The [[Strong Sad]] Gets Decked Repeatedly Stunt Spook-tacular".
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*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 6]] — [[Cheerleader]] describes her jump as a "double double whipless mochaccino half caf".
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*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 6]] {{--}} [[Cheerleader]] describes her jump as a "double double whipless mochaccino half caf".
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*Email [[old comics]] — At the end, Strong Bad goes off to start the "Who Put [[Pasta Salad]] in [[Strong Mad]]'s Underdrawer Drawer Scare of '04".
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*Email [[old comics]] {{--}} At the end, Strong Bad goes off to start the "Who Put [[Pasta Salad]] in [[Strong Mad]]'s Underdrawer Drawer Scare of '04".
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*Email [[long pants]] — Strong Bad edits the email using his "[[X-Pensive White|electronic light-pen input high-tech expensive device]]".
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*Email [[long pants]] {{--}} Strong Bad edits the email using his "[[X-Pensive White|electronic light-pen input high-tech expensive device]]".
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*Email [[record book]] — Strong Bad's record book is entitled "[[Count Longardeaux's Book of Party Tricks, Redneck Jokes, and Worldly Records]]".
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*[[Commandos in the Classroom]] {{--}} [[Reynold]] makes an "inappropriate peer-to-teen choice behavior".
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*[[Commandos in the Classroom]] — [[Reynold]] makes an "inappropriate peer-to-teen choice behavior".
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*[[Fall Float Parade]] {{--}} When Strong Sad thought that his and Strong Bad's [[The 4Tst Annual Fall Float Parade|float]] theme was going to be "Celebrating our nation's covered bridges", Strong Bad corrects him by saying that the theme is "Sticking-you-in-a-fake-snowman-and-beating-you-senseless-with-nunchucks... covered bridges".
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*[[Fall Float Parade]] — When Strong Sad thought that his and Strong Bad's [[The 4Tst Annual Fall Float Parade|float]] theme was going to be "Celebrating our nation's covered bridges", Strong Bad corrects him by saying that the theme is "Sticking-you-in-a-fake-snowman-and-beating-you-senseless-with-nunchucks... covered bridges".
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*Email [[death metal]] {{--}} Strong Bad mentions the [[Half-Hour Death Metal Dungeon Hour]].
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*Email [[death metal]] — Strong Bad mentions the [[Half-Hour Death Metal Dungeon Hour]].
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*Email [[myths & legends]] {{--}} Strong Bad mentions the "Homes with Rollercoasters in Them Network".
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*Email [[myths & legends]] — Strong Bad mentions the "Homes with Rollercoasters in Them Network".
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*Email [[senior prom]] {{--}} The email opens with an intro for "The King of Town's Very Own Quite Popular Cartoon Show!!". A [[The King of Town's Very Own Quite Popular Cartoon Show|proper episode of the show]] was released at a later date under the same name.
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*Email [[keep cool]] — While Strong Bad discusses what games to play, [[Bubs]], upon seeing Strong Mad on the diving board, exclaims, "Looks like we should be playin' 'Keep Strong Mad off the freakin' high dive for Pete's sake, man'!"
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*Email [[keep cool]] {{--}} While Strong Bad discusses what games to play, [[Bubs]], upon seeing Strong Mad on the diving board, exclaims, "Looks like we should be playin' 'Keep Strong Mad off the freakin' high dive for Pete's sake, man'!"
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*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 12]] — [[The Ugly One]] exclaims, "[[Ow! My X!|Ow! My the fact that I was alive a second ago!]]"
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*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 12]] {{--}} [[The Ugly One]] exclaims, "[[Ow! My X!|Ow! My the fact that I was alive a second ago!]]"
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*[[KOT's VOQPCS!]] — The full title is "The King of Town's Very Own Quite Popular Cartoon Show!
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*Email [[business trip]] {{--}} The Cheat gets promoted to "Junior Executive Of [[Not X|Not Having To Go On Pointless Business Trips]]".
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*Email [[pizza joint]] — The Cheat names their pizza joint "Strong Bad's [[Strong Badia]]n Pizz[a]" before Strong Bad complains that the name is too long.
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*Email [[yes, wrestling]] {{--}} Strong Bad describes a wrestling league with "the longest name in pro wrestling": [[AWMPSCE|All World Mid-Pro Shirtless Championship Entertainment]], or AWMPSCE (pronounced omp-ski).
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*Email [[business trip]] — The Cheat gets promoted to "Junior Executive Of [[Not X|Not Having To Go On Pointless Business Trips]]".
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*[[Toikey TV]] {{--}} Strong Bad, Strong Mad, and [[The Cheat]] are watching the 2007 Falling Asleep On The Couch Watching Football Bowl.
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*Email [[yes, wrestling]] — Strong Bad describes a wrestling league with "the longest name in pro wrestling": [[AWMPSCE|All World Mid-Pro Shirtless Championship Entertainment]], or AWMPSCE (pronounced omp-ski).
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*Email [[environment]] {{--}} The [[Lappy 486]] has an "environmentally compliant sticker compliance sticker".
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*[[Toikey TV]] — Strong Bad, Strong Mad, and [[The Cheat]] are watching the 2007 Falling Asleep On The Couch Watching Football Bowl.
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*Email [[winter pool]] {{--}} Strong Bad, Strong Sad, and Homestar fill the [[swimming pool]] with "[[Fluffy Puff Translucent Dessert Related Substance]]".
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*Email [[environment]] — The [[Lappy 486]] has an "environmentally compliant sticker compliance sticker".
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*Email [[pet show]] {{--}} [[The King of Town]]'s pet is an "As Seen on TV Low-Fat Cooking Device".
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*Email [[winter pool]] — Strong Bad fills the [[swimming pool]] with "[[Fluffy Puff Translucent Dessert Related Substance]]".
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*[[Blubb-O's Commercial]] {{--}} One of the products sold at [[Blubb-O's]] is the Attempt-At-Competing-With-National-[[Coffee]]-Chains Premium Mocha-Chip Meltshake.
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*Email [[pet show]] — [[The King of Town]]'s pet is an "As Seen on TV Low-Fat Cooking Device".
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*Email [[shapeshifter]] {{--}} Strong Bad claims the rules of shapeshifting limit his "Turn-Into-A-Bulldozer-Whenever-I-Wantity".
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*[[Blubb-O's Commercial]] — One of the products is the Attempt-At-Competing-With-National-Coffee-Chains Premium Mocha-Chip Meltshake.
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*[[SBCG4AP]] {{--}} The game's full name is "Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People".
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*Email [[shapeshifter]] — Strong Bad claims the rules of shapeshifting limit his "turn-into-a-bulldozer-whenever-he-wants-ity".
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*Email [[specially marked]] {{--}} One of the [[Breakfast Cereals from Specially Marked|cereals]] is named "Chocolate Breakfast Candy Bar Pops".
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*[[SBCG4AP]] — The game's full name is "Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People".
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*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 14]] {{--}} [[Cheerleader]] says, while looking at a picture of herself in the yearbook with a finch taped to her face, that "they scheduled school pictures for the same day as tape-a-dead-thing-to-your-face day."
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*Email [[specially marked]] — One of the [[Breakfast Cereals from Specially Marked|cereals]] is named "Chocolate Breakfast Candy Bar Pops".
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*[[SBCG4AP Dev Blog]] - [[SBCG4AP Dev Blog#21 May 2008|May 21, 2008]] {{--}} Strong Bad thinks that concept art should be called "[[Pile]] on the Floor Under the Smelly Guy with the Glasses' Desk Amidst Several Months' Worth of Empty Cans of [[Bull Honkey]] Art".
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*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 14]] — [[Cheerleader]] says, while looking at a picture of herself in the yearbook with a finch taped to her face, that "they scheduled school pictures for the same day as tape-a-dead-thing-to-your-face day."
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*[[Homestar Ruiner]] {{--}} Strong Bad must compete in the "[[Free Country USA]] Triannual Race to the End of the Race" (FCUTRER) to win the "Free Country USA Triannual Race to the End of the Race Silver Trophy of Ultimate Destiny" (FCUTRERSTUD).
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*[[SBCG4AP Dev Blog#21 May 2008|SBCG4AP Dev Blog - May 21, 2008]] — Strong Bad thinks that concept art should be called "[[Pile]] on the Floor Under the Smelly Guy with the Glasses' Desk Amidst Several Months' Worth of Empty Cans of [[Bull Honkey]] Art".
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*Email [[being mean]] {{--}} The greeting Strong Bad uses for one of Nice Dad's emails is "Hey 42-year-old online game playing man-child that still lives with his ex-wife's parents..."
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*[[Homestar Ruiner]] — Strong Bad must compete in the "[[Free Country USA]] Triannual Race to the End of the Race" (FCUTRER) to win the "Free Country USA Triannual Race to the End of the Race Silver Trophy of Ultimate Destiny" (FCUTRERSTUD).
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*[[Strong Badia the Free]] {{--}} The King of Town tells [[The Poopsmith]], after placing Strong Bad under house arrest, that he needs to "go collect on [his] new Pour-a-Bag-of-Jellybeans-Down-My-Gullet tax".
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*Email [[being mean]] — The greeting Strong Bad uses for one of Nice Dad's emails is "Hey 42-year-old online game playing man-child that still lives with his ex-wife's parents..."
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*[[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]] {{--}} When Strong Bad types out the email at the beginning that he has finished the movie, he types the greeting as "Dear all the annoying morons who have been bugging me about it for four and a half years..."
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*[[Strong Badia the Free]] — The King of Town tells [[The Poopsmith]], after placing Strong Bad under house arrest, that he needs to "go collect on [his] new Pour-a-Bag-of-Jellybeans-Down-My-Gullet tax".
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*Email [[hremail 3184]] {{--}} Strong Bad consistently refers to "those blast-wavy Saturn rings that've become so popular lately".
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*[[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]] — When Strong Bad types out the email at the beginning that he has finished the movie, he types the greeting as "Dear all the annoying morons who have been bugging me about it for four and a half years..."
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** Additionally, one of Strong Bad's suggestions is "The coolest looking explosion [he] ever rigged in Strong Sad's org-ethnic breakfast pouch on a Tuesday".
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*Email [[hremail3184]] — Strong Bad consistently refers to "those blast-wavy Saturn rings that've become so popular lately".
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*Email [[imaginary]] {{--}} [[Coach Z]]'s [[imaginary friend]] is "[[Allegedly Real Things|Real Live Actual Mr. Blangcaster Next Door]]".
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*Email [[imaginary]] — [[Coach Z]]'s [[imaginary friend]] is "[[Allegedly Real Things|Real Live Actual Mr. Blangcaster Next Door]]".
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*Email [[dictionary]] {{--}} Strong Bad's dictionary is entitled "[[Count Longardeaux's Jerktionary|Count Longardeaux's Strong Badian Jerktionary Fo' My Own Words!]]". The alternate name is equally overdescriptive: "Count Longardeaux's Strong Badian talkwords for saying from your mouth" for short.
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*Email [[dictionary]] — Strong Bad's dictionary is entitled "[[Count Longardeaux's Jerktionary|Count Longardeaux's Strong Badian Jerktionary Fo' My Own Words!]]". The alternate name is equally overdescriptive: "Count Longardeaux's Strong Badian talkwords for saying from your mouth" for short.
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*[[A Decemberween Mackerel]] {{--}} One of the activities Homestar and [[Marzipan]] use to cram [[Senor Cardgage]] full of [[Decemberween]] cheer is "The Annual Lighting of the Lights Attached to [[Telephone Pole|a Pole]] in a Tree-Shaped Fashion".
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*[[The House That Gave Sucky Tricks]] {{--}} The name of Strong Bad's hypothetical haunted house attraction is called "[[St. Cadaverstump's Morgue-tuary|St. Cadaverstump's totally not just an old furniture warehouse Morge-Tuary]]".
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*{{postref|1160736280365457408|11|Aug|2019}} {{--}} In response to a Tweet showing the [[Shopify Store Other Items#Toys|Homestar Runner meeples]] being used in a ''{{wp|Die Hard}}'' board game, Strong Bad expresses hope that his meeple represented "''{{wp|Family Matters}}'' [[wikipedia:Reginald VelJohnson|Dad]] Who Sits In The Car and Has A Dead Guy Fall On Said Car".
==See Also==
==See Also==

Current revision as of 05:11, 9 June 2023

"As Seen on TV"

Many items within the Homestar Runner universe will be given unusually complex and descriptive names where a simpler title would be acceptable.

[edit] Appearances

[edit] See Also

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