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[[Image:HomsarDavidStHubbins.png|thumb|Quite exciting this [[Mr. Poofers Must Die Costumes|costume]] magic!]]
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The Brothers Chaps have made many references to both the band '''[[Wikipedia:Spinal Tap|Spinal Tap]]''' and the movie [[Wikipedia:This Is Spinal Tap|<span style="font-family:Code2000, Code2001, Free Serif, TITUS Cyberbit Basic, Doulos SIL, Chrysanthi Unicode, Bitstream Cyberbit, Bitstream CyberBase, Thryomanes, Gentium, GentiumAlt, Lucida Grande, Free Sans, Arial Unicode MS, Microsoft Sans Serif, Lucida Sans Unicode, sans-serif">''This Is Sp&#305;n&#776;al Tap''</span>]] about them in some of their cartoons.
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[[wikipedia:Spinal Tap (band)|'''Spinal Tap''']] is a fictional [[heavy metal]] band from the mockumentary ''{{wp|This Is Spinal Tap}}''. The movie focuses on the troubles the band faces on tour, featuring comedic (largely improvised) dialogue and parody music framed as a "rockumentary". [[The Brothers Chaps]] have made many references to the movie in their cartoons.
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*[[Arcade Game]] &mdash; The page title is from the movie; "Quite exciting this computer magic!"
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*[[Fortune Cookies]] {{--}} One fortune reads "Have a good time, all the time". Keyboardist Viv Savage provided this quote when asked for a philosophy he lived by.
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*[[Fortune Cookies]] &mdash; One fortune reads "Have a good time, all the time", a quote from the movie.
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*[[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]] {{--}} The first name on [[Strong Bad]]'s "People to egg" list (revealed by giving him [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats#Marshmallow Bunny|the marshmallow bunny]]) is Ronnie Pudding, former bassist for the group when they were known as The Thamesmen.
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*Email [[death metal]] DVD commentary &mdash; [[Strong Bad]] compares the drummer of Brainkrieg to Joe Mama Besser.
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*[[Arcade Game]] {{--}} The page title, "Quite Exciting this Computer Magic!" is a quote from the movie, said by Savage when playing a video game.
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*Email [[origins]] DVD commentary &mdash; Mike and [[Homestar Runner]] lift dialog from the film about harmonizing to "Heartbreak Hotel" when discussing Homestar's bread songs.
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**This line is quoted again in [[The Limozeen Advantage]].
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*[[Weclome Back]] &mdash; Homestar sleeps in a green ribcage shirt, the same as Nigel Tufnel.
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*Email [[death metal]] ([[death metal#Commentary Transcript|DVD commentary]]) {{--}} [[Strong Bad]] compares the drummer of [[Brainkrieg]] to Spinal Tap drummer Joe "Mama" Besser, and [[Mike]] references how Besser met an untimely end in the movie.
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**The Eh! Steve song "Sweet Cups and Cakes" is likely a reference as well, since "Cups and Cakes" is the name of a Spinal Tap song.
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*Email [[origins]] ([[origins#Commentary Transcript|DVD commentary]]) {{--}} Mike and [[Homestar Runner]] lift dialogue from the film, from when the band members are harmonizing to "Heartbreak Hotel", while discussing Homestar's bread songs.
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*[[The Limozeen Advantage]] &mdash; The quote "Quite exciting this computer magic!" is from the movie.
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*[[Weclome Back]] {{--}} Homestar [[Homestar Runner's Sleepwear|sleeps in a green ribcage shirt]], [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088258/mediaviewer/rm2386737920/ as worn by] lead guitarist {{wp|Nigel Tufnel}}.
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*[[Blubb-O's Commercial]] &mdash; The restaurant serves sandwiches called "The Original", "The New Original", and "The Regular". In the film, Spinal Tap were formerly named The Originals, and later The New Originals, after they found the name had already been taken. The Originals were said to have later changed their name to The Regulars.
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*[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2]] {{--}} [[Litigation Jackson]] prefaces his catchphrase ("the system really works, jerks!") with "so say all of us". This same phrasing was used by the president of Spinal Tap's record company as he promoted their ''Tap Into America'' tour: "...and so say all of us: 'Tap into America!'"
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*[[Mr. Poofers Must Die]] {{--}} [[Homsar]]'s [[Mr. Poofers Must Die Costumes|Halloween costume]] is lead singer {{w|David St. Hubbins}}.
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*[[Disk 4 of 12 - Vampire's Castle]] {{--}} Strong Bad references the ''Tap Into America'' speech when introducing the episode: "And so say all of us: Please insert Disk 4 of 12."
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== See Also ==
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* [[Limozeen]]
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Current revision as of 06:17, 21 June 2025

Quite exciting this costume magic!

Spinal Tap is a fictional heavy metal band from the mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap. The movie focuses on the troubles the band faces on tour, featuring comedic (largely improvised) dialogue and parody music framed as a "rockumentary". The Brothers Chaps have made many references to the movie in their cartoons.

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