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'''Teen Girl Squad''' is a purposefully crudely drawn [[comic]] series, drawn on notebook paper, which centers around four stereotypical teenage girls' quest to become popular and to look "SO GOOD!", or so they say. Of course, they never appear to succeed due to being always on a different track. Its origins began in the [[Strong Bad Email]] [[comic]], when a girl named Brittany asked [[Strong Bad]] to make a comic strip about her four friends. Strong Bad's spur-of-the-moment comic soon became a series of its own; the [[Brothers Chaps]] have also admitted to using it as an outlet for new female characters.  In each issue, the blandly named girls — [[Cheerleader]], [[So and So]], [[What's Her Face]], and [[The Ugly One]] — perform typical teenage activities, such as going to the mall, attracting cute boys, or babysitting, but Strong Bad's overactive imagination often subjects the girls to strange and gruesome deaths.  Being [[Teen Girl Squad Deaths|killed]] doesn't seem to be a problem for the girls, however, as they always return for the next issue, or sometimes simply later in the episode. The two most popular gags in the series are the girls' catchphrase, "SO GOOD!", and the onomatopoeia used when a character dies — [[-'d]], for example: "Lathe'd!" used to describe What's Her Face's being killed by spinning near a blade.  Another common gag involves the girls exclaiming something in the format [[Ow! My X!]] to express pain in an unorthodox area, such as "my most of me" or "my [[style]]".
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'''Teen Girl Squad''' is [[Strong Bad]]'s comic series, crudely drawn on [[Paper Background|notebook paper]], centered around four blandly named teenage girls {{--}} [[Cheerleader]], [[So and So]], [[What's Her Face]], and [[The Ugly One]] {{--}} and their futile attempts to become popular, attract cute boys, and look "SO GOOD!". Each issue shows the girls performing different stereotypical teenage activities, such as going to the mall, babysitting, or taking exams, often ending in the girls' [[Teen Girl Squad Deaths|strange and gruesome deaths]] thanks to Strong Bad's overactive imagination. Due to the series' loose continuity, the girls always return from their untimely deaths before the next issue, or sometimes later in the episode.
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The series began in the [[Strong Bad Email]] [[comic]], when a girl named Brittany asked Strong Bad to make a comic strip about her four friends. Strong Bad's spur-of-the-moment comic soon became a series of its own, with fifteen installments, two spin-off shorts, and numerous appearances in unrelated toons. [[The Brothers Chaps]] have also admitted to using it as an outlet for [[The Only Girl|new female characters]].
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The most popular [[running gags]] in the series are the girls' catchphrase, "SO GOOD!"; the vocalized [[onomatopoeia]]s used when a character dies, often ending in [[-'d]] as in "MSG'd" or "cerebullum'd"; and the girls' unorthodox exclamations of pain in the format [[Ow! My X!]], such as "my most of me" or "my [[style]]". Each issue ends with Strong Bad exclaiming "IT'S OVER!".
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| [[Image:Kissy Boots.PNG|100px]] || [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 8|Issue 8]] || 2:24 || January 17, 2005
| [[Image:Kissy Boots.PNG|100px]] || [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 8|Issue 8]] || 2:24 || January 17, 2005
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| [[Image:Tgs payplus sample.PNG|100px]] || [[HomestarRunner.com PAY PLUS!#Teen Girl Squad Sample|Issue 8&frac12;]]<br>(from [[HomestarRunner.com PAY PLUS!]]) || 0:25 || April 1, 2005
 
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| [[Image:Drivers Eded.png|100px]] || [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 9|Issue 9]] || 2:05|| June 20, 2005
| [[Image:Drivers Eded.png|100px]] || [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 9|Issue 9]] || 2:05|| June 20, 2005
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| [[Image:TeenGirlSquad13.png|100px]] || [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 13|Issue 13]] || 3:25 || June 18, 2007
| [[Image:TeenGirlSquad13.png|100px]] || [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 13|Issue 13]] || 3:25 || June 18, 2007
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| [[Image:tgs14 Scantron armor.png|100px]] || [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 14|Issue 14]]<br> || 3:40 || May 12, 2008
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| [[Image:tgs14 Scantron armor.png|100px]] || [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 14|Issue 14]] || 3:40 || May 12, 2008
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| [[Image:tgs 15.png|100px]] || [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 15|Issue 15]] ||  4:14 || May 11, 2009
| [[Image:tgs 15.png|100px]] || [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 15|Issue 15]] ||  4:14 || May 11, 2009
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===Spin-Offs===
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These are also listed on the Teen Girl Squad menu despite not being proper issues.
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| [[File:FourGregs.png|100px]] || [[4 Gregs]] || 3:20 || February 16, 2009
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| [[File:brainkrieg.png|100px]] || [[Decomposing Pumpkins]] || 1:35 || October 19, 2009
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==[[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People]]==
==[[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People]]==
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During the first three episodes of Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People, Strong Bad makes some Teen Girl Squad comics. In the first two episodes, the comics are mini-games where the goal is to kill all four girls before the comic ends; the more Strong Bad laughs, the higher the player's score. This requires using the correct items on the right girls during the right scenes; however, some items are unavailable until Strong Bad finds the corresponding card elsewhere in the game.
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In [[Baddest of the Bands]], the Teen Girl Squad issue is non-interactive.
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*Email [[theme park]] (Easter egg)
*Email [[theme park]] (Easter egg)
*Email [[death metal]]
*Email [[death metal]]
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*[[HomestarRunner.com: PAY PLUS!#Teen Girl Squad Sample|HomestarRunner.com: PAY PLUS!]] (a segment of Teen Girl Squad is shown)
*Email [[pizza joint]]
*Email [[pizza joint]]
*Email [[love poems]]
*Email [[love poems]]
*Email [[magic trick]] (Easter egg)
*Email [[magic trick]] (Easter egg)
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*[[4 Gregs]]
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*[[The House That Gave Sucky Tricks]]
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*[[Decomposing Pumpkins]]
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*[[Really Cool Boat]]
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*{{Decemberweenvent Calendar|13}}
==Fun Facts==
==Fun Facts==
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*Every episode has a different "description" of each girl on their title cards at the beginning. An extra set of these descriptions is also viewable in the preview of Teen Girl Squad on the [[TV Time Toons Menu]], which can be seen by holding the cursor over the Teen Girl Squad button ([http://www.homestarrunner.com/menuswfs/menu_tgs.swf swf file here]). The descriptions tend to refer to Cheerleader's spoiled nature, So and So's book-smarts, What's Her Face's awkwardness or poverty, and The Ugly One's weirdness or lack of hygiene.
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*Every episode has a different "description" of each girl on their title cards at the beginning. An extra set of these descriptions is also viewable in the preview of Teen Girl Squad on the [[TV Time Toons Menu]], which can be seen by holding the cursor over the Teen Girl Squad button ([[oldHR:menuswfs/menu_tgs.swf|swf file here]]). The descriptions tend to refer to Cheerleader's spoiled nature, So and So's book-smarts, What's Her Face's awkwardness or poverty, and The Ugly One's weirdness or lack of hygiene.
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| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 9|Issue 9]] || backyard pool! || library! || 24 hour diner! || parking deck?
| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 9|Issue 9]] || backyard pool! || library! || 24 hour diner! || parking deck?
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| Issue 9 [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 9#YouTube Version|(YouTube version)]] || pool lifeguard! || math tutor! || sandwich artist! || still goes to camp!
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| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 10|Issue 10]] || groovy grapefruit pink || viscious<!--[sic]--> violent violet || radacious bodadical razzberry blue || gnarly nursing home green
| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 10|Issue 10]] || groovy grapefruit pink || viscious<!--[sic]--> violent violet || radacious bodadical razzberry blue || gnarly nursing home green
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*The AhnbergHand [[font]] used for Strong Bad's handwriting contains a few European-style slashes, including lowercase 'q' which [[The Brothers Chaps]] have been known to "Americanize". However, they have not altered the European seven in the current TGS main menu.
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*The AhnbergHand [[font]] used for Strong Bad's handwriting contains a few European-style slashes, including lowercase 'q' which [[The Brothers Chaps]] have been known to "Americanize". However, they have not altered the European seven in the current Teen Girl Squad main menu.
*The page title (T33n G1rl Squ4dx0rx!!11) is Teen Girl Squad[[Wikipedia:Leet#Use of xor and zor|xorx]]!!!! in [[Internet Slang|leetspeak]].
*The page title (T33n G1rl Squ4dx0rx!!11) is Teen Girl Squad[[Wikipedia:Leet#Use of xor and zor|xorx]]!!!! in [[Internet Slang|leetspeak]].
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*So and So was originally referred to as Kristen in the first issue, with the name coming from the original suggestion.  Shortly afterwards, though, she is called Kristina, making it clear that Strong Bad was already forgetting the names.
*So and So was originally referred to as Kristen in the first issue, with the name coming from the original suggestion.  Shortly afterwards, though, she is called Kristina, making it clear that Strong Bad was already forgetting the names.
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*Different toons' back buttons link to different places. TGS 1-3, 8-10 and 13 link back to the Toons page while the rest links back to the TGS Menu.
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*Different toons' back buttons link to different places. Teen Girl Squad issues 1-3, 8-10 and 13 link back to the [[TV Time Toons Menu]] while the rest links back to the Teen Girl Squad Menu.
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*The game ''Age of Empires'' 3 has the girls' catchphrase "Sooo Good" as a cheat. The cheat activates as special feature that describes what killed something in the same fashion as most of the girls' deaths (example: Death by Musketeer is labeled "Musketeer'ed")
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==External Links ==
==External Links ==
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*[[HR:tgsmenu.html|Teen Girl Squad Menu]]
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*[https://homestarrunner.com/toons#Teen%20Girl%20Squad view the Teen Girl Squad menu]  
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*[[HR:tgsmenu.swf|View the Flash file for the Teen Girl Squad Menu]]
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Current revision as of 23:43, 4 May 2024

Teen Girl Squad menu
The girls are looking SO GOOD!

Teen Girl Squad is Strong Bad's comic series, crudely drawn on notebook paper, centered around four blandly named teenage girls — Cheerleader, So and So, What's Her Face, and The Ugly One — and their futile attempts to become popular, attract cute boys, and look "SO GOOD!". Each issue shows the girls performing different stereotypical teenage activities, such as going to the mall, babysitting, or taking exams, often ending in the girls' strange and gruesome deaths thanks to Strong Bad's overactive imagination. Due to the series' loose continuity, the girls always return from their untimely deaths before the next issue, or sometimes later in the episode.

The series began in the Strong Bad Email comic, when a girl named Brittany asked Strong Bad to make a comic strip about her four friends. Strong Bad's spur-of-the-moment comic soon became a series of its own, with fifteen installments, two spin-off shorts, and numerous appearances in unrelated toons. The Brothers Chaps have also admitted to using it as an outlet for new female characters.

The most popular running gags in the series are the girls' catchphrase, "SO GOOD!"; the vocalized onomatopoeias used when a character dies, often ending in -'d as in "MSG'd" or "cerebullum'd"; and the girls' unorthodox exclamations of pain in the format Ow! My X!, such as "my most of me" or "my style". Each issue ends with Strong Bad exclaiming "IT'S OVER!".

Menu Page Title: T33n G1rl Squ4dx0rx!!

Contents

[edit] Issues

Screenshot Issue Running Time Date
Issue 1
(from comic) 		0:52 December 2, 2002
Issue 2 1:12 February 10, 2003
Issue 3 1:37 May 12, 2003
Issue 4 1:38 September 15, 2003
Issue 5 1:57 March 1, 2004
Issue 6
(Decemberween Special) 		1:22 July 12, 2004
Issue 7
(Teeny Tiny Girl Squad) 		1:53 August 23, 2004
Issue 8 2:24 January 17, 2005
Issue 9 2:05 June 20, 2005
Issue 10
(Tenthennial Extravaganza) 		3:34 October 10, 2005
Issue 11 3:30 July 17, 2006
Issue 12
(Valentimes Day Special) 		3:20 February 12, 2007
Issue 13 3:25 June 18, 2007
Issue 14 3:40 May 12, 2008
Issue 15 4:14 May 11, 2009

[edit] Spin-Offs

These are also listed on the Teen Girl Squad menu despite not being proper issues.

Screenshot Issue Running Time Date
4 Gregs 3:20 February 16, 2009
Decomposing Pumpkins 1:35 October 19, 2009

[edit] Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People

During the first three episodes of Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People, Strong Bad makes some Teen Girl Squad comics. In the first two episodes, the comics are mini-games where the goal is to kill all four girls before the comic ends; the more Strong Bad laughs, the higher the player's score. This requires using the correct items on the right girls during the right scenes; however, some items are unavailable until Strong Bad finds the corresponding card elsewhere in the game.

In Baddest of the Bands, the Teen Girl Squad issue is non-interactive.

Screenshot Issue
Homestar Ruiner Teen Girl Squad
Strong Badia the Free Cave Girl Squad
Baddest of the Bands Teen Girl Squad Meets Limozeen

[edit] Other Appearances

[edit] Fun Facts

  • Every episode has a different "description" of each girl on their title cards at the beginning. An extra set of these descriptions is also viewable in the preview of Teen Girl Squad on the TV Time Toons Menu, which can be seen by holding the cursor over the Teen Girl Squad button (swf file here). The descriptions tend to refer to Cheerleader's spoiled nature, So and So's book-smarts, What's Her Face's awkwardness or poverty, and The Ugly One's weirdness or lack of hygiene.
Issue Cheerleader So and So What's Her Face The Ugly One
Toons Menu hair products! plaid skirt! baggy clothes! drill team!
Issue 1 cheer! fashion sense! unpopular! hygiene?
Issue 2 growth spurt! school spirit! pity friend! psoriasis!
Issue 3 boy crazy! math crazy! whatev! actually crazy
Issue 4 cool parents! student council! shop lifting? prepaid lunch!
Issue 5 two piece! one piece! same clothes! three piece?!!
Issue 6 wants a pony wants a savings bond wants a new stepdad wants to be cheerleader
Issue 7 fattycakes! polite and boring! lice and more! boy or girl?
Issue 8 top 40 hits! hooked on classics! college radio! listens to pinebark!
Issue 9 backyard pool! library! 24 hour diner! parking deck?
Issue 9 (YouTube version) pool lifeguard! math tutor! sandwich artist! still goes to camp!
Issue 10 groovy grapefruit pink viscious violent violet radacious bodadical razzberry blue gnarly nursing home green
Issue 11 cell phone! pager! rotary phone! geiger counter!
Issue 12 red undies! whitman's sampler! black roses! pink eye!
Issue 13 $15/hour!! $4.75/hour! plain yogurt/hour!
Issue 14 most likely to! more than likely to succeed! least likely to care like, mostly to secede?
Homestar Ruiner college boys!! mathlete boys!! any boys!! shrimp po'boys!
Issue 15 strapless! puffy sleeves! tie and t-shirt! leftover brine??!


  • Each time the Teen Girl Squad menu page loads, the girls say something different. The message on Cheerleader's shirt also changes. The possibilities are below.
Quote Cheerleader's Shirt
THE UGLY ONE: teacher just called me "young man" solid
gold
THE UGLY ONE: i'm in love with liquid paper. party
thyme
WHAT'S HER FACE: nothing is cool. hott
type!
SO AND SO: on a roll with Honor Roll. rich
grrl
CHEERLEADER: you can't be popular AND smart 2
cool
4
u
CHEERLEADER: lets have a boy/girl party! boy
:P
monger
ALL EXCEPT CHEERLEADER: SO GOOD! 2
cute
  • The AhnbergHand font used for Strong Bad's handwriting contains a few European-style slashes, including lowercase 'q' which The Brothers Chaps have been known to "Americanize". However, they have not altered the European seven in the current Teen Girl Squad main menu.
  • The page title (T33n G1rl Squ4dx0rx!!11) is Teen Girl Squadxorx!!!! in leetspeak.
  • So and So was originally referred to as Kristen in the first issue, with the name coming from the original suggestion. Shortly afterwards, though, she is called Kristina, making it clear that Strong Bad was already forgetting the names.
  • Different toons' back buttons link to different places. Teen Girl Squad issues 1-3, 8-10 and 13 link back to the TV Time Toons Menu while the rest links back to the Teen Girl Squad Menu.

[edit] External Links

Teen Girl Squad
Characters Main: Cheerleader, So and So, What's Her Face, The Ugly One
Gregs: Sci-Fi Greg, D n' D Greg, Open Source Greg, Japanese Culture Greg
Minor: Arrow'd Guy, The Birds, Brainkrieg, Fighting Growlbacks, Manolios, Mr. Pitters, Mrs. Commanderson, Olympic Man and Coach, Peacey P, Quarterman, she likes cloth, Thomas, Tompkins
Issues Main: Issue 1, Issue 2, Issue 3, Issue 4, Issue 5, Issue 6, Issue 7, Issue 8, Issue 8½, Issue 9, Issue 10, Issue 11, Issue 12, Issue 13, Issue 14, Issue 15
SBCG4AP: Homestar Ruiner, Cave Girl Squad, Teen Girl Squad Meets Limozeen
Toons: 4 Gregs, Decomposing Pumpkins
Miscellaneous Locations, Costumes, Theme Song, Fangs, -'d, Ow! My X!, Captioned Transitions
Other Teen Girl Squad Deaths, 404'd, Neon 404'd, Teen Girl Squadcast


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