Tooty-two

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'''Tooty-two''' is a random number that keeps popping up in various places.  It is sometimes included in a phone number, a price tag, and so on.  It also might be a vague reference to [http://www.petcaretips.net/sally_brown_peanuts.html Sally Brown] of ''Peanuts'' fame, who has been quoted as insisting, "Two times two is tooty-two; three times three is threety-three; four times four is four-forty-four."
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'''Tooty-two''' is a "number" that appears in several places in the [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] body of work. It is variously used as a substitute for "twenty-two" or written out as 2T2.
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It also reminds one of when Grampa Simpson informs Bart's class that one objective of World War Two was to get back our word for "Twenty", which had been changed to "Diggity". He later refers to "Nineteen Digity-Two"
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The term appeared in the [https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1970/11/2 November 2, 1970] ''[[Peanuts]]'' comic strip, depicting {{w|Sally Brown}} practicing multiplication and determining "two times two is tooty-two."
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==Sightings==
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==Appearances==
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*In [[lackey]], Bubs informs The Cheat that his total comes out to "fifteen tooty-two."
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*[[Strong Bad Sings]] {{--}} A copy of the album can be ordered by calling 1-800-428-64 tooty-two.
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*In the [[Homestar Quiz]], tooty-two is one of the proposed answers to how many melonades Homestar drank.
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*[[Homestar Quiz]] {{--}} Tooty-two is one of the proposed answers to how many [[Melonade]]s [[Homestar Runner]] drank in [[The Luau]].
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*In [[Strong Bad Sings]], you can order your copy of the album by calling 1-800-428-64 tooty-two.
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*[[Email]] {{--}} One of the [[zip codes]] is 642T2.
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*On the [[Email]] page, one of the zip codes appears as 2x2x2 -- which is technically tooty-two-two, of course.
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*Email [[lackey]] {{--}} [[Bubs]] informs [[The Cheat]] that his total for [[Hollerin' Jimmy's Hobby Kit]] comes out to "fifteen tooty-two".
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*Also on the Email page, one of the zip codes is 642T2.  When read aloud, 2T2 is pronounced "tooty-two."
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*Email [[what i want]] {{--}} The part number for the "[[Dancin' Musical Nobots#Dancin' Strong Bad Musical Nobot|Dancin' Strong Bad Musical Nobot]]" is 3DT178-2t2.
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*In [[part-time job]], Bubs says he's going to be "two times two."
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*[[The Show: Ween Edition]] {{--}} The giant check's routing number is 7072T2.
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[[Category: Inside Jokes]]
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==Not Quite Tooty-twos==
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*[[Bookazon.com]] {{--}} ''This Book is Better Than 1st, 2nd, and Quite Possibly Even 3rd Base'' is sold for $28.9T.
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*[[Fall Float Parade]] {{--}} This parade is known as the "[[The 4Tst Annual Fall Float Parade]]". Some ambiguity, even among [[The Brothers Chaps]], exists between pronouncing it "firty-tirst" (as the [[Generic Announcers|announcer]] did in the toon) and "forty-tirst" (as [[Matt Chapman]] did in the commentary).
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*Email [[part-time job]] {{--}} Bubs says "And I'm gonna be two times two!"
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[[Category:Inside Jokes]]
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[[Category:Word running gags]]

Current revision as of 09:01, 31 October 2023

Tooty-two: less than tooty-three.

Tooty-two is a "number" that appears in several places in the Homestar Runner body of work. It is variously used as a substitute for "twenty-two" or written out as 2T2.

The term appeared in the November 2, 1970 Peanuts comic strip, depicting Sally Brown practicing multiplication and determining "two times two is tooty-two."

[edit] Appearances

[edit] Not Quite Tooty-twos

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