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To find the '''Strong Bad's Room''' main page, go to [[Homestar Talker]] and make [[Homestar Runner]] say "[[Pom Pom|Pom-Pom]] and Strong Bad are totally going out". Then you will get to Strong Bad Talker. Now make him say "But Homestar can win the stupid competition" and you will get to this main page.
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The '''Strong Bad Main Page''' is a hidden Main Page, found in the [[Homestar Talker]] game.
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'''Page Title:''' "Homestar Talker"
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'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, a cockroach <!--Please do not change this to Gavin.-->
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'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, A Cockroach <!-- Please do not change this to Gavin. A discussion about who this cockroach is is currently going on at Talk:Gavin. -->
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'''Places:''' [[Strong Bad's Room]]
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'''Place:''' [[Strong Bad's Room]]
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'''Date:''' October 29, 2000, or earlier
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'''Page Title:''' Homestar Talker
==Button Effects==
==Button Effects==
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*'''[[Toons Menu|Toons]]''' — "Oh, man, I hate this guy!" A dart will be thrown at a picture of [[Homestar Runner]]. You can add up to 5 darts by scrolling over the button again.
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*'''[[TV Time Toons Menu|Toons]]''' {{--}} "Oh, man, I hate this guy!" A dart will be thrown at a picture of [[Homestar Runner]]. Repeatedly rolling over the button can add up to 5 darts.
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*'''[[Scrolling Shooter Games Menu|Games]]''' — The game "[[Nighttime Driving Type Game|Night Driver]]" will play on the TV. "Oh, I love this game. I got a high score, man, fifty thousand! Try and beat that!"  
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*'''[[Scrolling Shooter Games Menu|Games]]''' {{--}} The game "[[Nighttime Driving Type Game|Night Driver]]" will play on the TV. "Oh, I love this game. I got the high score, man, fifty thousand! Try and beat that!"  
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*'''[[Character Videos|Characters]]''' — A black light comes on and a clip from "Do You Feel Like We Do?" by [[Wikipedia:Peter Frampton|Peter Frampton]] plays, while Strong Bad gushes, "Oh, check it out, this guy's guitar is totally talking!"
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*'''[[Character Videos|Characters]]''' {{--}} A black light comes on and a clip from "Do You Feel Like We Do?" by [[Peter Frampton]] plays, while Strong Bad gushes, "Oh, check it out, this guy's guitar is totally talking!"
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*'''[[Downloads]]''' — The stereo plays "[[Poot Slap]]".
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*'''[[Downloads]]''' {{--}} The stereo plays "[[Poot-Slap]]".
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*'''[[Store]]''' — "Help yourself to those chips, man. I mean, they've been there since like The Cheat's birthday party but..." A cockroach, possibly [[Gavin]], crawls out of the chip bag.
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*'''[[Store]]''' {{--}} "Help yourself to those chips, man. I mean, they've been there since like [[The Cheat]]'s birthday party but..." A cockroach, possibly [[Gavin]], crawls out of the chip bag.
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*'''[[Email]]''' — The unicorn poster peels back to reveal a [[Wikipedia:Image:Farrahf2.jpg|poster]] of [[Wikipedia:Farrah Fawcett|Farrah Fawcett]]. "Why hello there, Buda Sita, you looking good tonight."
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*'''[[Email|E-mail]]''' {{--}} The unicorn poster peels back to reveal a poster of Farrah Fawcett. "Uh, why hello there, Buda Sita, you looking good tonight."
== Fun Facts ==
== Fun Facts ==
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*The Unicorn blacklight poster is Funky Enterprises #939 "[http://www.art.com/asp/sp-asp/_/pd--10005263/sp--A/Unicorn_in_Paradise.htm Unicorn In Paradise]".
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===Trivia===
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*The [[Nighttime Driving Type Game]] is from the [[Strong Bad's Message Bored]] games. If you take his challenge and beat his score of fifty thousand on it you'll earn a secret video that refers to this main page:
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*The original ''{{w|Night Driver (video game)|Night Driver}}'' game for the [[Atari 2600]] is played with {{w|Paddle (game controller)|paddle controllers}}, not {{w|Atari CX40 joystick|the joystick}} as pictured.
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===Remarks===
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*The [[Quote of the Week]], [[Weekly Fanstuff]], and [[Sketchbook]] boxes appear slightly off-center, due to the black space on either side of the menu.
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*Strong Bad's Mexican-accented voice is used for the Toons, Games and Characters buttons, but his 2002/3 voice is used for the Store and Email buttons.
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*Strong Bad's body is [[Strong Bad Evolution|his 5th design]], but his head is his 6th design.
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===Goofs===
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*Rolling over the "Store" button and waiting about 10 seconds will cause the page to return to the Homestar Talker. Rolling over any of the other buttons, except for "Downloads", will stop this.
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*When the black light comes down for the "Characters" effect, the chips, darts, and poster of Homestar do not change color, except for Homestar's tongue and saliva.
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===Glitches===
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*Putting the mouse over "Toons" several times in quick succession may cause some darts to freeze in mid-flight, or while wobbling. In this situation, putting the mouse over the button again will move the frozen dart to another frozen position. Each subsequent dart is unaffected by what is done to a previous dart.
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*After Strong Bad says his line for mousing over the "Toons", "Games", "Characters", and "E-mail" buttons, all the buttons (except for the buttons to the left, "SB" Museum link included) disappear briefly. This is particularly noticeable in the [[Main Page Messages]] alert oval, since the sequence of messages starts over.
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*Clicking the [[H*R.com updates 2007#Monday, July 2, 2007|baby lady message]] that appeared from July 2, 2007 and onwards caused the message to appear behind both Strong Bad and the "Store" button.
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===Inside References===
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*Though it is unsure and probably unlikely, this might be an appearance of [[Gavin]].
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:'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, so you beat my high score, huh? Well check this out. I just finished this game {shows you the end screen with one point more that you got}. Oh, tough luck man. I guess it's back to the drawing board for you. Or, uhh, back to the night driving board for you, err, umm...GET OUT OF MY BASEMENT!
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===Real-World References===
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*The Unicorn blacklight poster is "Unicorn In Paradise" (allegedly) by Funky Enterprises, Inc.
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*The [[Wikipedia:Farrah Fawcett|Farrah Fawcett]] [[Wikipedia:Farrah Fawcett red swimsuit poster|poster]] is considered to be the best-selling pin-up poster of all time, with more than 12 million copies sold.
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*"Do You Feel Like We Do?" is a 14-minute song from the classic album ''[[Wikipedia:Frampton Comes Alive!|Frampton Comes Alive!]]'' where by using a [[Wikipedia:Talk box|talk box]] Frampton would make his guitar "talk" (as Strong Bad points out).
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*Strong Bad's comment about the talking guitar closely resembles the ''[[The Simpsons]]'' episode "[[Wikipedia:Homerpalooza|Homerpalooza]]" where the character Jimbo says "Man, that guy's guitar is talking" during Frampton's performance of the song.
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Even if you cheated and were able t get to the video without getting over 50000, it'll still show you one more point that the score than the one you really got.
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===Fast Forward===
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*"Do You Feel Like We Do?" is a 14-minute song from the classic album [[Wikipedia:Frampton_Comes_Alive!|''Frampton Comes Alive!'']] where by using a [[Wikipedia:Talk box|talk box]] Frampton would make his guitar "talk" (as Strong Bad pointed out).
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*The [[Nighttime Driving Type Game]] is from the [[Strong Bad's Message Bored]] games. Taking on his challenge and beating his score of fifty thousand will earn a secret video that refers to this Main Page.
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*The Quotes, Weekly Fanstuff, and Sketchbook boxes appear slightly off-center, due to the black space on either side of the menu.
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*When you mouse over the '''Toons''', '''Games''', and '''Characters''' buttons, Strong Bad's voice is the old voice. However, if you do that to the '''Store''' and '''Email''' button, he has his modern voice.
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*If you roll over the '''Store''' button, then wait about 10 seconds, you return to the Homestar Talker. This is stopped if you roll over any of the other buttons, except for '''Downloads'''.
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*If you put the mouse over "Toons" several times in quick succession, some darts may freeze in mid-flight, or while wobbling. In this situation, putting the mouse over it again will move the frozen dart to another frozen position. Each subsequent dart is unaffected by what is done to a previous dart.
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== External Links ==
== External Links ==
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*Play [[HR:talky2.html|Homestar Talker]] (and follow the instructions above)
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{{nextlinks|action=play|talky2|old=talky2|title=Homestar Talker}}
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*Play [[HR:talky2.swf|Homestar Talker (Flash file)]]
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*[[OldHR:mainsb.swf|view the Flash file for the poster animation]]
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Current revision as of 18:29, 3 August 2024

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TV, Atari, and Frampton. Yes.

The Strong Bad Main Page is a hidden Main Page, found in the Homestar Talker game.

Cast (in order of appearance): Strong Bad, a cockroach

Places: Strong Bad's Room

Date: October 29, 2000, or earlier

Page Title: Homestar Talker

Contents

[edit] Button Effects

  • Toons — "Oh, man, I hate this guy!" A dart will be thrown at a picture of Homestar Runner. Repeatedly rolling over the button can add up to 5 darts.
  • Games — The game "Night Driver" will play on the TV. "Oh, I love this game. I got the high score, man, fifty thousand! Try and beat that!"
  • Characters — A black light comes on and a clip from "Do You Feel Like We Do?" by Peter Frampton plays, while Strong Bad gushes, "Oh, check it out, this guy's guitar is totally talking!"
  • Downloads — The stereo plays "Poot-Slap".
  • Store — "Help yourself to those chips, man. I mean, they've been there since like The Cheat's birthday party but..." A cockroach, possibly Gavin, crawls out of the chip bag.
  • E-mail — The unicorn poster peels back to reveal a poster of Farrah Fawcett. "Uh, why hello there, Buda Sita, you looking good tonight."

[edit] Fun Facts

[edit] Trivia

[edit] Remarks

  • The Quote of the Week, Weekly Fanstuff, and Sketchbook boxes appear slightly off-center, due to the black space on either side of the menu.
  • Strong Bad's Mexican-accented voice is used for the Toons, Games and Characters buttons, but his 2002/3 voice is used for the Store and Email buttons.
  • Strong Bad's body is his 5th design, but his head is his 6th design.

[edit] Goofs

  • Rolling over the "Store" button and waiting about 10 seconds will cause the page to return to the Homestar Talker. Rolling over any of the other buttons, except for "Downloads", will stop this.
  • When the black light comes down for the "Characters" effect, the chips, darts, and poster of Homestar do not change color, except for Homestar's tongue and saliva.

[edit] Glitches

  • Putting the mouse over "Toons" several times in quick succession may cause some darts to freeze in mid-flight, or while wobbling. In this situation, putting the mouse over the button again will move the frozen dart to another frozen position. Each subsequent dart is unaffected by what is done to a previous dart.
  • After Strong Bad says his line for mousing over the "Toons", "Games", "Characters", and "E-mail" buttons, all the buttons (except for the buttons to the left, "SB" Museum link included) disappear briefly. This is particularly noticeable in the Main Page Messages alert oval, since the sequence of messages starts over.
  • Clicking the baby lady message that appeared from July 2, 2007 and onwards caused the message to appear behind both Strong Bad and the "Store" button.

[edit] Inside References

  • Though it is unsure and probably unlikely, this might be an appearance of Gavin.

[edit] Real-World References

  • The Unicorn blacklight poster is "Unicorn In Paradise" (allegedly) by Funky Enterprises, Inc.
  • The Farrah Fawcett poster is considered to be the best-selling pin-up poster of all time, with more than 12 million copies sold.
  • "Do You Feel Like We Do?" is a 14-minute song from the classic album Frampton Comes Alive! where by using a talk box Frampton would make his guitar "talk" (as Strong Bad points out).
  • Strong Bad's comment about the talking guitar closely resembles the The Simpsons episode "Homerpalooza" where the character Jimbo says "Man, that guy's guitar is talking" during Frampton's performance of the song.

[edit] Fast Forward

[edit] External Links

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