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Since 2007, every year [[The Brothers Chaps]] released full-length [[Halloween]] toons, they would also release '''teasers''' in advance, announcing that the Halloween toon will be [[Acknowledged Update Delays|put on the site]] later. The characters’ [[Halloween Costumes|costumes]] are represented as vague [[silhouettes]].  [[Strong Bad]] is the exception, as he always has on an [[Strong Bad's Teaser Costumes|unbelievably realistic and recognizable costume]] which is never the same in the full toon. Also, in every teaser, one can decompile the [[Flash]] file to see [[Nice Try|words]] written behind the silhouettes. There is always some action that occurs after waiting, the first two referencing the previous year's toon. The first three teasers link back to the Halloween-themed [[Main Page 7]] (by the time the remaining teasers were released, it had become standard to [[Toons Without Back Buttons|not use "back" links]]). There were no teasers from 2010 to 2013, as there were no accompanying full-length toons.
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'''Teasers for an upcoming Halloween toon''' have been released semiannually, initially from 2007{{-}}2009 and continuing every year since 2014 in some form. These teasers not only announce that a full-length [[Halloween]] toon will be [[Acknowledged Update Delays|put on the site]] later, but provide a [[silhouette]]d preview of [[Halloween Costumes|the characters' costumes]].
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==List==
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The brief teasers typically include a displayed line of humorous text, as well as brief dialogue from characters. A noticeable running gag is that [[Strong Bad]] is always wearing a [[Strong Bad's Teaser Costumes|recognizable and unbelievably realistic costume]] which is never the same as what he wears in the full toon. Most teasers include [[Nice Try|words]] hidden behind the silhouettes, [[Easter eggs|only visible by decompiling]] the [[Flash]] file. [[#Not Quite Teasers|2020, 2021, and 2024]] integrated the silhouetted previews into the Halloween main event rather than as an early sneak peek.
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The first three teasers link back to the Halloween-themed [[Main Page 7]]; by 2014, it had become standard to [[Toons Without Back Buttons|not use "back" links]].
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==Teasers==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! width=15% |Teaser !! width=11% |Days Until Release !! Image !! Strong Bad !! Hidden Words !! After Waiting
! width=15% |Teaser !! width=11% |Days Until Release !! Image !! Strong Bad !! Hidden Words !! After Waiting
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|[[Jibblies 2 Teaser]]
|[[Jibblies 2 Teaser]]
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| October 25 - October 29<br>(4 days)
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| October 25{{-}}29<br>(4 days)
|[[File:Halloween 2007 teaser.png|175px|Halloween Toon Next Week!]]
|[[File:Halloween 2007 teaser.png|175px|Halloween Toon Next Week!]]
|[[Image:Xenomorph_Costume.PNG|100px|Xenomorph]]
|[[Image:Xenomorph_Costume.PNG|100px|Xenomorph]]
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|[[Most in the Graveyard Teaser]]
|[[Most in the Graveyard Teaser]]
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| October 27 - October 30<br>(3 days)
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| October 27{{-}}30<br>(3 days)
|[[File:Ween 08 Teaser.PNG|175px|Halloween Toon Sometime This Week!]]
|[[File:Ween 08 Teaser.PNG|175px|Halloween Toon Sometime This Week!]]
|[[Image:Predator Costume.PNG|100px|Predator]]
|[[Image:Predator Costume.PNG|100px|Predator]]
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|[[Doomy Tales of the Macabre Teaser]]
|[[Doomy Tales of the Macabre Teaser]]
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| October 26 - October 29<br>(3 days)
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| October 26{{-}}29<br>(3 days)
|[[File:Ween 09 Teaser.png|175px|Halloween Toon Sometime This Week!]]
|[[File:Ween 09 Teaser.png|175px|Halloween Toon Sometime This Week!]]
|align=center|[[File:Robocop Costume.PNG|75px|Robocop]]
|align=center|[[File:Robocop Costume.PNG|75px|Robocop]]
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|[[Halloween Safety]]
|[[Halloween Safety]]
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| October 20 - October 30<br>(10 days)
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| October 20{{-}}30<br>(10 days)
|[[File:Ween 14 Teaser.png|175px|Halloween Toon Sometime Before Halloween]]
|[[File:Ween 14 Teaser.png|175px|Halloween Toon Sometime Before Halloween]]
|[[File:HalloweenSafetySB.png|100px|Bug from Starship Troopers]]
|[[File:HalloweenSafetySB.png|100px|Bug from Starship Troopers]]
|[[File:weensaftey_decompiledhiddenwords.png|300px|hidden words]]
|[[File:weensaftey_decompiledhiddenwords.png|300px|hidden words]]
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|Homestar [[Homestar Runner and Homestar Runner's Relationship|tells himself]] that he really likes his "that one guy from Mad Mazagine" costume (when he's really a Neighborhood Watch sign).  
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|Homestar [[Homestar Runner and Homestar Runner's Relationship|tells himself]] that [[I really like your costume|he really likes]] his "{{w|Spy vs. Spy|that one guy}} from ''Mad'' mazagine<!--sic-->" costume (when he was really a Neighborhood Watch sign).  
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|[[The House That Gave Sucky Tricks Teaser]]
|[[The House That Gave Sucky Tricks Teaser]]
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| October 21 - October 29<br>(8 days)
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| October 21{{-}}29<br>(8 days)
|[[File:Halloween 2015 Teaser.png|175px|Halloween Toon Sometime in the next 10 days!]]
|[[File:Halloween 2015 Teaser.png|175px|Halloween Toon Sometime in the next 10 days!]]
|[[File:Strong Bad as Graboid Full.png|100px|A graboid]]  
|[[File:Strong Bad as Graboid Full.png|100px|A graboid]]  
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|[[Later That Night... Teaser]]
|[[Later That Night... Teaser]]
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| October 26 - October 28<br>(2 days)
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| October 26{{-}}28<br>(2 days)
|[[File:Halloween 2016 Teaser.png|175px|Halloween Something Coming up!]]
|[[File:Halloween 2016 Teaser.png|175px|Halloween Something Coming up!]]
|align=center|[[File:Stranger_Things_Monster.png|90px|Monster from Stranger Things]]
|align=center|[[File:Stranger_Things_Monster.png|90px|Monster from Stranger Things]]
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|[[Haunted Photo Booth Teaser]]
|[[Haunted Photo Booth Teaser]]
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| October 6 - October 30<br>(25 days)
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| October 6{{-}}30<br>(25 days)
|[[File:Halloween 2017 Teaser silhouettes only.png|175px|Silhouettes are up early this year!]]
|[[File:Halloween 2017 Teaser silhouettes only.png|175px|Silhouettes are up early this year!]]
|[[File:RidleyCostume.png|100px|Ridley]]
|[[File:RidleyCostume.png|100px|Ridley]]
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|[[Mr. Poofers Must Die Teaser]]
|[[Mr. Poofers Must Die Teaser]]
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|October 18 - October 30<br>(12 days)
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|October 18{{-}}30<br>(12 days)
|[[File:Halloween 2018 Teaser.png|175px|i always have to look up how to spell silhouettes]]
|[[File:Halloween 2018 Teaser.png|175px|i always have to look up how to spell silhouettes]]
|[[File:StrongBadTeaser2018.png|100px|BigDog]]
|[[File:StrongBadTeaser2018.png|100px|BigDog]]
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|[[Humidibot]] talks to Strong Bad's [[robot]] costume.
|[[Humidibot]] talks to Strong Bad's [[robot]] costume.
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|[[The Homestar Runner Enters the Spooky Woods Teaser]]
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|[[The Homestar Runner Enters The Spooky Woods Teaser]]
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|October 22 - October 30<br>(8 days)
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|October 22{{-}}30<br>(8 days)
|[[File:Halloween2019ScreenGrab.png|175px|Oh man! Quick! Screen grab! Seriously, hurry!]]
|[[File:Halloween2019ScreenGrab.png|175px|Oh man! Quick! Screen grab! Seriously, hurry!]]
|[[File:StrongBadThing.png|100px|The Thing]]
|[[File:StrongBadThing.png|100px|The Thing]]
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|After one second, a "splat" sounds and everything turns into the [[Storybook Character Variations|Storybook variations]], albeit still silhouetted (with no Homsar).
|After one second, a "splat" sounds and everything turns into the [[Storybook Character Variations|Storybook variations]], albeit still silhouetted (with no Homsar).
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|[[Halloween Hijinks]]
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|[[2022 Costume Pack Now Available Teaser]]
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|October 28<br>(N/A)
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|October 13{{-}}23<br>(10 days)
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|[[File:Halloween2022Teaser.png|175px|woon toon soon]]
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|[[File:StrongBadPowerLoader.png|100px|Power Loader]]
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|[[File:you-are-error.png|300px|you are error]]
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|The teaser is rendered in a style reminiscent of [[Homestarloween Party]]. Strong Bad comments on the old visuals and sound effects, and Homestar responds in his old voice.
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|{{postref|1716643548412490009|23|Oct|2023}}
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|October 23{{-}}29<br>(6 days)
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|[[File:Twitter2023silhouettes.jpg|175px|halloween is a day]]
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|align=center|[[File:StrongBackrooms.jpg|90px|Backrooms Monster]]
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|N/A
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|N/A (The teaser is a JPEG posted to Twitter)
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===Not Quite Teasers===
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Occasionally, the teaser format {{--}} silhouetted figure(s) in costume on a hill silhouetted against a purple night sky, with audibly chirping crickets {{--}} has been utilized in the final Halloween production rather than a standalone preview. These may lack one or more signature elements of standard Halloween teasers, but still make use of the recognizable composition.
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{| class="wikitable"
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! width=20% |Teaser !! Image !! Strong Bad !! Hidden Words !! Remarks
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|[[Halloween Hijinks]]<br>October 28, 2020
|[[File:Silhoueen Toon.png|175px|this is the whole cartoon this year]]
|[[File:Silhoueen Toon.png|175px|this is the whole cartoon this year]]
|[[File:Strong Bad as Beetlejuice Worm.png|100px|A sandworm from Beetlejuice]]
|[[File:Strong Bad as Beetlejuice Worm.png|100px|A sandworm from Beetlejuice]]
|[[File:SecretReading.png|300px|secret reading]]
|[[File:SecretReading.png|300px|secret reading]]
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|The Halloween toon begins.
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|This toon was titled "Ween 2020 Silhouettes" on the [[TV Time Toons Menu]] and its [[Main Page message]] said "ween toon soon", giving the [[Misleading Main Page Messages|intentionally misleading impression]] that it was simply a teaser.
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The toon begins in silence, as most teasers do; after a few moments, the characters begin to [[Fourth Wall Breaks|debate if the text is true]] and the cartoon will only feature their motionless silhouettes. The faux teaser soon transitions to a full Halloween toon.
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|[[Halloween Hide & Seek]]
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|[[Halloween Hide & Seek]]<br>October 29, 2021
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|October 29<br>(N/A)
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|[[File:HalloweenHideAndSeek.png|175px|Halloween Hide & Seek: a "playable" ween "toon"]]
|[[File:HalloweenHideAndSeek.png|175px|Halloween Hide & Seek: a "playable" ween "toon"]]
|[[File:StrongBadHalloweenHideAndSeekTitleScreen.png|100px|Chaos from Loom]]
|[[File:StrongBadHalloweenHideAndSeekTitleScreen.png|100px|Chaos from Loom]]
|N/A
|N/A
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|The teaser is the title screen of the game, which can be clicked to start.
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|The "teaser" is actually the title screen of the game, which can be clicked to start playing. The 2.0 version of the game includes an interactive element where Homestar guesses the silhouetted costumes.
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|[[A Prickly Scary Short]]<br>October 30, 2024
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|[[File:APricklyScaryTeaser.png|175px]]
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|colspan=2|N/A
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|The main short does not feature costume-wearing. After an intermediary end card, a scene similar to the teasers appears, only featuring Homestar (Strong Bad explains that "nobody else wanted to dress up" because the costume they picked for Homestar was too good) without the text typical of teasers.
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Current revision as of 05:05, 21 November 2024

Teasers for an upcoming Halloween toon have been released semiannually, initially from 2007–2009 and continuing every year since 2014 in some form. These teasers not only announce that a full-length Halloween toon will be put on the site later, but provide a silhouetted preview of the characters' costumes.

The brief teasers typically include a displayed line of humorous text, as well as brief dialogue from characters. A noticeable running gag is that Strong Bad is always wearing a recognizable and unbelievably realistic costume which is never the same as what he wears in the full toon. Most teasers include words hidden behind the silhouettes, only visible by decompiling the Flash file. 2020, 2021, and 2024 integrated the silhouetted previews into the Halloween main event rather than as an early sneak peek.

The first three teasers link back to the Halloween-themed Main Page 7; by 2014, it had become standard to not use "back" links.

[edit] Teasers

Teaser Days Until Release Image Strong Bad Hidden Words After Waiting
Jibblies 2 Teaser October 25–29
(4 days) 		Halloween Toon Next Week! Xenomorph nice try dan Coach Z does his cricket and owl sound effects from Happy Hallow-day.
Most in the Graveyard Teaser October 27–30
(3 days) 		Halloween Toon Sometime This Week! Predator no cigar The Jibblies Painting appears and scares off the letter W in "Week".
Doomy Tales of the Macabre Teaser October 26–29
(3 days) 		Halloween Toon Sometime This Week! Robocop sorry charlie Homestar Runner accuses the rest of the characters of stealing his "covered all in black ink costume".
Halloween Safety October 20–30
(10 days) 		Halloween Toon Sometime Before Halloween Bug from Starship Troopers hidden words Homestar tells himself that he really likes his "that one guy from Mad mazagine" costume (when he was really a Neighborhood Watch sign).
The House That Gave Sucky Tricks Teaser October 21–29
(8 days) 		Halloween Toon Sometime in the next 10 days! A graboid dislike smoke Homestar sings a song about how he really likes everyone's costumes.
Later That Night... Teaser October 26–28
(2 days) 		Halloween Something Coming up! Monster from Stranger Things total cop-out Strong Bad says he wishes he'd followed through with his silhouette costumes.
Haunted Photo Booth Teaser October 6–30
(25 days) 		Silhouettes are up early this year! Ridley can't see this on youtube Character 2 walks by, while Strong Bad narrates in his soothing voice from Characters from Yonder Website. Character 2 asks for a costume and gets a "garland of thyme", then gets eaten by Strong Bad's costume.
Mr. Poofers Must Die Teaser October 18–30
(12 days) 		i always have to look up how to spell silhouettes BigDog secret reading Humidibot talks to Strong Bad's robot costume.
The Homestar Runner Enters The Spooky Woods Teaser October 22–30
(8 days) 		Oh man! Quick! Screen grab! Seriously, hurry! The Thing oh blurry moon After one second, a "splat" sounds and everything turns into the Storybook variations, albeit still silhouetted (with no Homsar).
2022 Costume Pack Now Available Teaser October 13–23
(10 days) 		woon toon soon Power Loader you are error The teaser is rendered in a style reminiscent of Homestarloween Party. Strong Bad comments on the old visuals and sound effects, and Homestar responds in his old voice.
@StrongBadActual tweet (23 Oct 2023) October 23–29
(6 days) 		halloween is a day Backrooms Monster N/A N/A (The teaser is a JPEG posted to Twitter)

[edit] Not Quite Teasers

Occasionally, the teaser format — silhouetted figure(s) in costume on a hill silhouetted against a purple night sky, with audibly chirping crickets — has been utilized in the final Halloween production rather than a standalone preview. These may lack one or more signature elements of standard Halloween teasers, but still make use of the recognizable composition.

Teaser Image Strong Bad Hidden Words Remarks
Halloween Hijinks
October 28, 2020 		this is the whole cartoon this year A sandworm from Beetlejuice secret reading This toon was titled "Ween 2020 Silhouettes" on the TV Time Toons Menu and its Main Page message said "ween toon soon", giving the intentionally misleading impression that it was simply a teaser.

The toon begins in silence, as most teasers do; after a few moments, the characters begin to debate if the text is true and the cartoon will only feature their motionless silhouettes. The faux teaser soon transitions to a full Halloween toon.

Halloween Hide & Seek
October 29, 2021 		Halloween Hide & Seek: a "playable" ween "toon" Chaos from Loom N/A The "teaser" is actually the title screen of the game, which can be clicked to start playing. The 2.0 version of the game includes an interactive element where Homestar guesses the silhouetted costumes.
A Prickly Scary Short
October 30, 2024 		N/A The main short does not feature costume-wearing. After an intermediary end card, a scene similar to the teasers appears, only featuring Homestar (Strong Bad explains that "nobody else wanted to dress up" because the costume they picked for Homestar was too good) without the text typical of teasers.
Halloween Toons
Big Toons
(Teasers, Costumes)

2000: Homestarloween Party (costumes)
2001: The House That Gave Sucky Treats (costumes)
2002: Pumpkin Carve-nival (costumes)
2003: 3 Times Halloween Funjob (costumes, theme song)
2004: Halloween Fairstival (costumes)
2005: Halloween Potion-ma-jig (costumes)
2006: Happy Hallow-day (costumes)

2007: Jibblies 2 (teaser, costumes)
2008: Most in the Graveyard (teaser, costumes)
2009: Doomy Tales of the Macabre (teaser, costumes)
2010: Which Ween Costumes? (costumes)
2014: I Killed Pom Pom (teaser, costumes)
2015: The House That Gave Sucky Tricks (teaser, costumes)
2016: Later That Night... (teaser, costumes)
2017: Haunted Photo Booth (teaser, costumes)

2018: Mr. Poofers Must Die (teaser, costumes)
2019: The Homestar Runner Enters The Spooky Woods (teaser, costumes)
2020: Halloween Hijinks (costumes)
2021: Halloween Hide & Seek (costumes, walkthrough, responses, v2.0 trailer)
2022: 2022 Costume Pack Now Available (teaser, costumes)
2023: The Show: Ween Edition (teaser, costumes)
2024: A Prickly Scary Short (costume)

Other Site Components Main Page 7, Ween Intro, Punkin Stencils
Toons halloweener, ghosts, Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 7.0, Malloween Commercial, That a Ghost, Halloween Awards Show, Costume Commercial, Decomposing Pumpkins, Punkin Show, Halloween Safety, Joystick Wagglin' with Videlectrix: Halloween Edition, Large Bean, Kooky Moonlight
Puppet Stuff Homestar vs. Little Girl 2, Marshie vs. Little Girl, Greatest American Homestar, Action Cool News-oween Report
Games Egg Throwing Game, Strong Bad's Treat Snatcha, Marshie's Malloween Mix-Up
Fan Costumes 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Costumes Rejected Costumes, Other Halloween Costumes, Strong Bad's Teaser Costumes, What are you supposed to be?, I really like your costume, Icon References
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