Strong Mad Evolution

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| [[Image:Sketchbook Three.PNG|150px]] || Early sketches || 1996 || [[Sketchbook (museum)]]<br>Middle right: ''[[flashback]]''; ''[[alternate universe]]''; ''[[Homestar Runner Goes for the Gold]]''; ''[[The Homestar Runner Enters The Spooky Woods]]'' || N/A
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|align=center|'''Early concept'''
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[[Image:Sketchbook Three.PNG|150px]]
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| Created for the unfinished book ''[[Homestar Runner Goes For The Gold!|Homestar Runner and The Brothers Strong]]''. Later adapted for Strong Mad's [[Storybook World]] design. || 1996 || [[Sketchbook (museum)]]<br>Middle right: ''[[flashback]]''; ''[[alternate universe]]''; ''[[Homestar Runner Goes for the Gold]]''; ''[[The Homestar Runner Enters The Spooky Woods]]'' || N/A
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| [[Image:marshmallowstrongmad.png|150px]] || First design || 1999 || [[Marshmallow's Last Stand]]; [[Old Characters Page]] || Strong Mad's design has been greatly simplified from the initial concepts, with no visible indication of a head. His singlet is black, with an M symbol on the center.
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|align=center|'''First design'''
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[[Image:marshmallowstrongmad.png|150px]]
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| || 1999 || [[Marshmallow's Last Stand]]; [[Old Characters Page]] || Strong Mad's design has been greatly streamlined from the initial concepts, with no visible indication of a head. His singlet is black, with an M symbol on the center.
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| [[Image:jjstrongmad.png|150px]] || Second design || 2000 || [[A Jumping Jack Contest]]; [[Strong Libs]]; [[Yearbook Character Page]] (in photo); [[Dancin' Bubs]]; [[Character Cards]] || His singlet has changed to purple. The chest hairs have disappeared, as has most of the shading. The outline is thinner and his skin is lighter and less reddish. His eyebrows are in a different shape, and they are thicker and rounder. His toes are thicker and more rounded. The point on his nose has moved down and left. His eyes now have a bit of a gleam/light reflection.
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|align=center|'''Second design'''
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[[Image:jjstrongmad.png|150px]]
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| || 2000 || [[A Jumping Jack Contest]]; [[Strong Libs]]; [[Yearbook Character Page]] (in photo); [[Dancin' Bubs]]; [[Character Cards]]
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| Strong Mad has been redrawn, primarily using clean vector shapes with consistent line weights rather than rougher traced lines; in particular, his fingers and boots are more defined and his nose is more triangular. He no longer has visible chest hairs, and his "M" crest is simplified. His eyes are slightly larger and have highlights, while his eyebrows are bolder and more defined.
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Most of the shading has been removed, his skin is a more natural flesh tone rather than pink, and his singlet has changed to purple.
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| [[Image:strongmadtheme.PNG|150px]] || Third design || 2000 || [[Theme Song Video]]; [[Strong Bad Sings]]; [[Homestarloween Party]]; ''[[2022 Costume Pack Now Available]]'' || The outline is now colored. He has brighter colors.
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|align=center|'''Third design'''
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[[Image:strongmadtheme.PNG|150px]]
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| || 2000 || [[Theme Song Video]]; [[Strong Bad Sings]]; [[Homestarloween Party]]; ''[[2022 Costume Pack Now Available]]'' || His outlines are now colored. Minor tweaks to his proportions have been made {{--}} his facial features are slightly higher and smaller, and his legs slightly stockier.
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| [[Image:sm_nom.png|150px]] || Fourth design || 2000 || [[A Holiday Greeting]]; [[Tis True, Pom Pom, Tis True]]; [[Yearbook Character Page]] || The "M" on his singlet is gone, his eyebrows are less slanted, and the shading is more advanced.
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|align=center|'''Fourth design'''
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[[Image:sm_nom.png|150px]]
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| || 2000 || [[A Holiday Greeting]]; [[Tis True, Pom Pom, Tis True]]; [[Yearbook Character Page]] || Strong Mad's facial features have been adjusted to be smaller and lower, and his eyebrows are less arched and rest higher {{--}} making his gaze appear more forwards than upwards. His body now has shading, and the "M" on his singlet has been removed.
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| [[Image:Strong Mad ajwd.png|150px]] || Fifth design || 2001 || [[A Jorb Well Done]], [[The Luau]], [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]] || The "M" on his singlet has returned with a new, more sweeping design. His shoes are a darker shade of red. His mouth is a bit smaller. His nose is facing a different direction, though it does still point left on occasion ([[Flipped Images|usually when he faces left]]).
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|align=center|'''Fifth design'''
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[[Image:Strong Mad ajwd.png|150px]]
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| || 2001 || [[A Jorb Well Done]], [[The Luau]], [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]] || The "M" on his singlet has returned with a new, more sweeping design. His shoes are a darker shade of red. His mouth is a bit smaller. His nose is facing a different direction, though it does still point left on occasion ([[Flipped Images|usually when he faces left]]).
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| [[Image:neweststrongmad.png|150px]] || Current design || 2001 || Toons from [[The Best Decemberween Ever]] to current; various [[Strong Bad Emails]] starting with [[little animal]]; [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 10]]; [[A Mother's Day Message]] || Strong Mad is drawn with a thicker and darker outline, and with more pronounced shading. His eyebrows are slightly more slanted. The "M" is back to a design similar to earlier versions, with more white space around it, and in a slightly different shade of red. His shoes are also a slightly different shade of red.
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|align=center|'''Sixth design'''
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[[Image:neweststrongmad.png|150px]]
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| This is the current design. || 2001 || Toons from [[The Best Decemberween Ever]] to current; various [[Strong Bad Emails]] starting with [[little animal]]; [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 10]]; [[A Mother's Day Message]]
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| Strong Mad is drawn with a darker outline, with varying thickness to imply dimension; shading is also more pronounced and now includes highlights. His facial features have been tweaked again, and his eyebrows are slightly higher and more angular. The "M" is back to a design similar to earlier versions, with more white space around it, and in a slightly different shade of red. His shoes are also a slightly different shade of red.
When he speaks, his voice is slightly higher (this is because his voice is not slowed down like it was in earlier designs) and also raspier. He also talks more often, instead of the occasional growls and grunts he made before.
When he speaks, his voice is slightly higher (this is because his voice is not slowed down like it was in earlier designs) and also raspier. He also talks more often, instead of the occasional growls and grunts he made before.

Revision as of 05:19, 27 August 2025

Despite numerous design changes, Strong Mad's basic shape has been more or less constant. The only major changes he has gone through are with his singlet, which has altered in color, and at one point lost and regained the trademark "M".

Image Remarks Created Appearances What's Changed?
Early concept

Created for the unfinished book Homestar Runner and The Brothers Strong. Later adapted for Strong Mad's Storybook World design. 1996 Sketchbook (museum)
Middle right: flashback; alternate universe; Homestar Runner Goes for the Gold; The Homestar Runner Enters The Spooky Woods
N/A
First design

1999 Marshmallow's Last Stand; Old Characters Page Strong Mad's design has been greatly streamlined from the initial concepts, with no visible indication of a head. His singlet is black, with an M symbol on the center.
Second design

2000 A Jumping Jack Contest; Strong Libs; Yearbook Character Page (in photo); Dancin' Bubs; Character Cards Strong Mad has been redrawn, primarily using clean vector shapes with consistent line weights rather than rougher traced lines; in particular, his fingers and boots are more defined and his nose is more triangular. He no longer has visible chest hairs, and his "M" crest is simplified. His eyes are slightly larger and have highlights, while his eyebrows are bolder and more defined.

Most of the shading has been removed, his skin is a more natural flesh tone rather than pink, and his singlet has changed to purple.

Third design

2000 Theme Song Video; Strong Bad Sings; Homestarloween Party; 2022 Costume Pack Now Available His outlines are now colored. Minor tweaks to his proportions have been made — his facial features are slightly higher and smaller, and his legs slightly stockier.
Fourth design

2000 A Holiday Greeting; Tis True, Pom Pom, Tis True; Yearbook Character Page Strong Mad's facial features have been adjusted to be smaller and lower, and his eyebrows are less arched and rest higher — making his gaze appear more forwards than upwards. His body now has shading, and the "M" on his singlet has been removed.
Fifth design

2001 A Jorb Well Done, The Luau, The House That Gave Sucky Treats The "M" on his singlet has returned with a new, more sweeping design. His shoes are a darker shade of red. His mouth is a bit smaller. His nose is facing a different direction, though it does still point left on occasion (usually when he faces left).
Sixth design

This is the current design. 2001 Toons from The Best Decemberween Ever to current; various Strong Bad Emails starting with little animal; Teen Girl Squad Issue 10; A Mother's Day Message Strong Mad is drawn with a darker outline, with varying thickness to imply dimension; shading is also more pronounced and now includes highlights. His facial features have been tweaked again, and his eyebrows are slightly higher and more angular. The "M" is back to a design similar to earlier versions, with more white space around it, and in a slightly different shade of red. His shoes are also a slightly different shade of red.

When he speaks, his voice is slightly higher (this is because his voice is not slowed down like it was in earlier designs) and also raspier. He also talks more often, instead of the occasional growls and grunts he made before.

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