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Many '''[[Strong Bad Email]]s resulted in spin-off [[Characters|characters]] and series''' that later became a part of the website. If it weren't for these emails, these characters and series that originated from them would probably not exist today. Listed below are all the spinoffs in chronological order.
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''From [[NYU Talk - 1 Mar 2005|"A Date with Homestar Runner"]]:''
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<blockquote>'''AUDIENCE QUESTION:''' When Teen Girl Squad was created in one of [Strong Bad]'s emails, did you expect that it would become such an entity unto itself?<br>
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'''[[MATT CHAPMAN]]:''' No. We never, at any time...<br>
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'''[[MIKE CHAPMAN]]:''' All that stuff: Trogdor and Stinkoman and...<br>
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'''MATT CHAPMAN:''' Strong Bad just keeps making new brands for us on accident.</blockquote>
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Many [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] toons, series, characters, and enterprises '''spun off from one-off gags in [[Strong Bad Email]]s'''. Listed below are all the spin-offs in chronological order.
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| 2 || [[homsar]] || [[Homsar]] || A spelling blunder in which email sender Vinnie C. writes "Homsar" instead of "Homestar"
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| 2 || [[homsar]] || [[Homsar]] || [[Poorly Written Emails|A spelling blunder]] in which email sender Vinnie C. writes "Homsar" instead of "[[Homestar Runner|Homestar]]".
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| 9 || [[i love you]] || [[Fhqwhgads]], [[Painting of a Guy with a Big Knife]] || The name of the email sender, Fhqwhgads, is later used in a [[Powered by The Cheat]] [[Everybody to the Limit|music video]], and is occasionally referenced later on.
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| 11 || [[i rule]] || [[Strong Badia]] || Email sender Mike, UK, asks Strong Bad if he is so evil, then why he doesn't rule the world or at least some kind of field. Strong Bad contradicts this by introducing the public to his domain.
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| 16 || [[band names]] || [[Lazor]], [[Bigg Nife]], [[Taranchula]] and [[Limozeen]] || Possible names for email sender Dan's band.
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| 17 || [[studying]] || [[Lem Sportsinterviews]] || Writer of the book "[[This Book is Better Than 1st, 2nd, and Quite Possibly Even 3rd Base]]", mentioned in the email.
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| 29 || [[superhero name]] || [[Strong Badman]] || Email sender Stiny wonders why Strong Bad's name doesn't end in "man".
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| 32 || [[flag day]] || [[Strong Badia National Anthem]], Strong Badian Flag || Strong Bad and The Cheat hold a flag-raising ceremony.
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| 37 || [[dullard]] || [[Dullard]] Comic Strips || Comics posted in Strong Bad's cubicle while he uses methods to describe to email sender Jason how to deal with office dullards.
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| 45 || [[techno]] || [[The System is down (song)|The System is Down]] || Strong Bad describes what techno music sounds like.
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| 47 || [[new hands]] || [[These peoples try to fade me]] || Coach Z briefly sings with Strong Bad accompanying on his buckethand.
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| 48 || [[ghosts]] || [[Bad Graphics Ghost]] || The ghost of the exploded [[Tandy 400]] haunts Strong Badia.
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| 49 || [[theme party]] || [[Circles]] || Strong Bad gives an example of white blues to play at a frat party.
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| 51 || [[website]] || [[Strong Sad's Lament]] || Strong Bad links to [[Strong Sad]]'s blog in his [[Strong Bad's Website|website]].
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| 52 || [[island]] || [[Stinkoman]] || Strong Bad later gives the name Homestar calls him to an [[anime]]-like fighter.
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| 53 || [[comic]] || [[Teen Girl Squad]] || Email sender Brittany asks Strong Bad to create a comic about her friends.
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| 57 || [[japanese cartoon]] || [[20X6]], [[1-Up]], [[Pan Pan]] || Email sender James F. asks Strong Bad what he would look like if he were a Japanese cartoon.  The result is not only an anime version of Strong Bad, but also a whole anime universe version of the Homestar universe.
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| 58 || [[dragon]] || [[Trogdor]], [[The S is for Sucks Dragon]], [[Wormdingler]], [[Skills of an Artist]] ||  Email sender Kaizer asks Strong Bad to draw a [[Dragons|dragon]].
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| 62 || [[interview]] || [[Kerrek]] || Name of the email sender that Strong Bad likes so much that he decides to use it as a character in Trogdor's world (and also as a [[Peasant's Quest]] character).
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| 66 || [[the show]] || [[The Show]] || Strong Bad shows footage from Homestar's game show when Tori asks why Homestar doesn't do anything funny anymore.
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| 9 || [[i love you]] || [[fhqwhgads]]; [[Painting of a guy with a big knife]] || The name of the email sender, later used in various other toons, including a [[Everybody to the Limit|music video]] made by [[The Cheat]]; idea of something Strong Bad can do in the same time it takes to say the sender's name
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| 72 || [[crazy cartoon]] || [[Sweet Cuppin' Cakes]] || Strong Bad is asked what his craziest cartoon would be like. 
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| 11 || [[i rule]] || [[Strong Badia]] || Email sender Mike, UK, asks Strong Bad if he is so evil, then why he doesn't rule the world or at least some kind of field. Strong Bad contradicts this by introducing the public to his domain
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| 80 || [[stunt double]] || [[Dangeresque (film series)|Dangeresque]] series || Email sender Louis asks Strong Bad if he has ever used a [[The Stunt Double|stunt double]], which he claims to have never done, and he demonstrates using some movies involving him as a crime fighter.
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| 16 || [[band names]] || [[Taranchula]]; [[Limozeen]] || Possible names for email sender Dan's band
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| 81 || [[date]] || [[Bear Holding a Shark]] || This was first seen as a means of security countermeasure in Strong Badia to prevent The Cheat from touching the [[Tire]].
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| 29 || [[superhero name]] || [[Strong Badman]] || Email sender Stiny wonders why Strong Bad's name doesn't end in "man"
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| 82 || [[impression]] || [[Jhonka]] || Strong Bad came up with this name when he noticed that the email sender did not sign their name. As with Kerrek, Jhonka became a Trogdor and Peasant's Quest character.
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| 45 || [[techno]] || [[The System is Down]] || Strong Bad describes what techno music sounds like
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| 84 || [[kids' book]] || [[That Time of Year]], [[Strong Bad Classics!]] || Strong Bad attempts to write children's books by tampering with some of [[Leomard Sportsinterviews]]' books.
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| 51 || [[website]] || [[Strong Bad's Website]]; [[Strong Sad's Lament]] || Strong Bad describes how to build a website by showing off his own
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| 86 || [[no loafing]] || [[Mendelev]] || The name on the Tandy 400 later became a Peasant's Quest character.
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| 53 || [[comic]] || [[Teen Girl Squad]] || Email sender Brittany asks Strong Bad to create a comic about her friends
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| 92 || [[kind of cool]] || [[Senor Cardgage]] || Email sender Jordan asks Strong Bad what he would be like if he wasn't the stylish, buff, handsome man in a wrestling mask that he is.
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| 57 || [[japanese cartoon]] || [[Stinkoman]]; [[20X6]] || Email sender James F. asks Strong Bad what he would look like if he were a Japanese cartoon
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| 93 || [[army]] || [[Homestarmy]], [[Frank Bennedetto]], [[Cheat Commandos]], [[Firebert]] || The Cheat (as Firebert) goes on a reconnaissance mission, and his alter ego spawns an entire line of [[Wikipedia:G.I. Joe|G.I. Joe]]-type crime fighters.
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| 58 || [[dragon]] || [[Trogdor]] || Email sender Kaizer asks Strong Bad to draw a dragon
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| 94 || [[video games]] || [[Thy Dungeonman]] series (and its [[Thy Dungeonman (character)|main character]]), [[StrongBadZone]], [[Vector Strong Bad]], [[A Splode]], [[RhinoFeeder]], and [[Secret Collect]] || Strong Bad is asked what he would look like in a video game.  In addition to three games starring himself, he also creates a text adventure where the protagonist explores a dungeon.
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| 62 || [[interview]] || [[Kerrek]] || Name of the email sender and Strong Bad likes it so much that he decides to use it as a character in Trogdor's world (and also as a [[Peasant's Quest]] character)
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| 100 || [[flashback]] || [[The Homestar Runner Gets Something Stuck in His Craw]] || The story that Strong Bad was about to tell Homestar Runner, when he is congratulated on his 100th email. It later became a [[Flash]] cartoon.
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| 72 || [[crazy cartoon]] || [[Sweet Cuppin' Cakes]] || Strong Bad is asked what his craziest cartoon would be like
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| 109 || [[crying]] || [[Li'l Brudder]], [[Tendafoot]] || Strong Bad attempts to make Homestar [[Crying|cry]] by drawing a one-legged [[Dogs|puppy]]; he also insults [[Strong Sad]] by comparing him to another drawing: a two-legged [[elephant]]. The puppy and the elephant later get their own [[The Li'l Brudder Show|TV show]].
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| 80 || [[stunt double]] || [[Dangeresque]] series || Email sender Louis asks Strong Bad if he has ever used a stunt double, which he claims to have never done, and he demonstrates using some movies involving him as a crime fighter
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| 110 || [[for kids]] || [[Stave It Off Guy]] || He appears during ''What Do You Know, Haddi Man?''.
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| 81 || [[date]] || [[Bear holding a Shark]] || This was first seen as a means of security countermeasure in Strong Badia to prevent The Cheat from touching the [[Tire]].
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| 111 || [[other days]] || [[Puppet Stuff#Biz Cas Fri|Biz Cas Fri]] series || Strong Bad, describing what he does the days when he doesn't check emails, reveals Friday is Business Casual Friday at the office.
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| 82 || [[impression]] || [[Jhonka]] || Strong Bad came up with this name when he learned that the email sender did not sign his/her name. As with Kerrek, Jhonka became a Trogdor and Peasant's Quest character
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| 117 || [[montage]] || [[Wagon Fulla Pancakes]] || Strong Bad explains that all of his different montages (save for the end credits photo montage) would feature a wagon full of pancakes.
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| 91 || [[caffeine]] || [[Hyperactive Strong Sad]] || Email sender Justin suggests to Strong Bad to slip [[Strong Sad]] some caffeine to make his living with him a little less unbearable and Strong Bad decides to use this recommendation as his project in the All-Wide Science Fair
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| 118 || [[virus]] || [[Main Page 22]] || The [[Compy 386]] is infected with 423,827 [[The Virus|viruses]] that proceed to infect the rest of [[homestarrunner.com]] and later one of the [[Main Pages]].
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| 92 || [[kind of cool]] || [[Senor Cardgage]] || Email sender Jordan asks Strong Bad what he would be like if he wasn't the stylish, buff, handsome man in a wrestling mask that he is
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| 119 || [[animal]] || [[Sterrance]] and [[Da Huuuuuudge]] || Strong Bad describes what he would look like if he were a [[Made-Up Strong Bad Animals|made-up animal]].
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| 93 || [[army]] || [[Cheat Commandos]] || [[The Cheat]] (as [[Firebert]]) goes on a reconnaissance mission, and his alter ego spawns an entire line of [[Wikipedia:G.I. Joe|G.I. Joe]]-type crime fighters
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| 133 || [[bottom 10]] || [[Jibblies Painting]] and [[Shut Up, Lady]] || Strong Bad talks about the Jibblies Painting for number nine of his Bottom 10, and while expressing his disdain for ridiculously named chocolate desserts for number three, Shut Up, Lady makes her first appearance.
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| 94 || [[video games]] || Various [[Games|Strong Bad-themed video games]]; [[Vector Strong Bad]] || Strong Bad is asked what he would look like in a video game; one of the many forms of Strong Bad is in the [[StrongBadZone|3D vector game]], in which he is depicted as a 3D version of his head that you must destroy
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| 151 || [[senior prom]] || [[The King of Town's Very Own Quite Popular Cartoon Show!]] || The email starts off as an episode of "The King of Town's Very Own Quite Popular Cartoon Show," but is later interrupted to play the email.
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| 103 || [[haircut]] || [[Ready For Primetime]] || One of Strong Bad's many haircut styles he demonstrates on Strong Mad, who comments on how this style looks like a Sweet Cuppin' Cakes character (or as Strong Mad puts it: "SWEETIE CAKES")
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| 165 || [[strong badathlon]] || [[DNA Evidence]] || [[Marzipan]] informs Homsar that DNA evidence has been tampered with. A [[DNA Evidence (running gag)|subplot]] begins to build up through the next five emails that is elaborated and resolved in the toon.
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| 109 || [[crying]] || [[Li'l Brudder]]; [[Tendafoot]] || Strong Bad attempts to make Homestar cry by drawing a one-legged puppy; he also insults [[Strong Sad]] by comparing him to another drawing: a two-legged elephant. Both the puppy and the elephant later get their own [[The Li'l Brudder Show|TV show]]
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| 175 || [[concert]] || [[sloshy]] || Strong Bad begins to like (and then dislike) a band that is not metal.
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| 117 || [[montage]] || [[Wagon Fulla Pancakes]] || Strong Bad shows off a montage involving the Wagon Fulla Pancakes, including when he actually dates it, when it and The Cheat are down-on-their-luck door-to-door salesman and when it trains for the championship
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| 177 || [[original]] || [[Onion Bubs]] || Strong Bad claims Onion Bubs was a fan-favorite guest [[Bubs]] who ran the [[Bubs' Concession Stand|concession stand]] some time in between [[Original Bubs]]' departure and Bubs' addition to the [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] cast.
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| 119 || [[animal]] || [[Sterrance]]; [[Made-Up_Strong_Bad_Animals#Da_Huuuuuudge|Da Huuuuuudge]] || Strong Bad describes what he would look like if he were a made-up animal
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| 188 || [[fan club]] || [[Non-Sequitur Champion]] || [[The Deleteheads]] discuss if the non-sequitur champion is Homsar or Senor Cardgage. Homsar wins, leading Senor Cardgage to serve a punishment.
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| 121 || [[dreamail]] || [[Lappy 486#Female Lappy 486|Female Lappy 486]] || Strong Bad conjures up this version of the [[Lappy 486]] while describing what his perfect email would look like
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| 200 || [[email thunder]] || [[Hremails]] || Homestar reveals that he also hosts a show where he answers emails from fans with humorous results.
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Current revision as of 21:36, 16 June 2025

Just look at all these Strong Bad-related faces.

From "A Date with Homestar Runner":

AUDIENCE QUESTION: When Teen Girl Squad was created in one of [Strong Bad]'s emails, did you expect that it would become such an entity unto itself?
MATT CHAPMAN: No. We never, at any time...
MIKE CHAPMAN: All that stuff: Trogdor and Stinkoman and...
MATT CHAPMAN: Strong Bad just keeps making new brands for us on accident.

Many Homestar Runner toons, series, characters, and enterprises spun off from one-off gags in Strong Bad Emails. Listed below are all the spin-offs in chronological order.

# Email title Spin-off(s) Reason for spin-off
2 homsar Homsar A spelling blunder in which email sender Vinnie C. writes "Homsar" instead of "Homestar".
9 i love you Fhqwhgads, Painting of a Guy with a Big Knife The name of the email sender, Fhqwhgads, is later used in a Powered by The Cheat music video, and is occasionally referenced later on.
11 i rule Strong Badia Email sender Mike, UK, asks Strong Bad if he is so evil, then why he doesn't rule the world or at least some kind of field. Strong Bad contradicts this by introducing the public to his domain.
16 band names Lazor, Bigg Nife, Taranchula and Limozeen Possible names for email sender Dan's band.
17 studying Lem Sportsinterviews Writer of the book "This Book is Better Than 1st, 2nd, and Quite Possibly Even 3rd Base", mentioned in the email.
29 superhero name Strong Badman Email sender Stiny wonders why Strong Bad's name doesn't end in "man".
32 flag day Strong Badia National Anthem, Strong Badian Flag Strong Bad and The Cheat hold a flag-raising ceremony.
37 dullard Dullard Comic Strips Comics posted in Strong Bad's cubicle while he uses methods to describe to email sender Jason how to deal with office dullards.
45 techno The System is Down Strong Bad describes what techno music sounds like.
47 new hands These peoples try to fade me Coach Z briefly sings with Strong Bad accompanying on his buckethand.
48 ghosts Bad Graphics Ghost The ghost of the exploded Tandy 400 haunts Strong Badia.
49 theme party Circles Strong Bad gives an example of white blues to play at a frat party.
51 website Strong Sad's Lament Strong Bad links to Strong Sad's blog in his website.
52 island Stinkoman Strong Bad later gives the name Homestar calls him to an anime-like fighter.
53 comic Teen Girl Squad Email sender Brittany asks Strong Bad to create a comic about her friends.
57 japanese cartoon 20X6, 1-Up, Pan Pan Email sender James F. asks Strong Bad what he would look like if he were a Japanese cartoon. The result is not only an anime version of Strong Bad, but also a whole anime universe version of the Homestar universe.
58 dragon Trogdor, The S is for Sucks Dragon, Wormdingler, Skills of an Artist Email sender Kaizer asks Strong Bad to draw a dragon.
62 interview Kerrek Name of the email sender that Strong Bad likes so much that he decides to use it as a character in Trogdor's world (and also as a Peasant's Quest character).
66 the show The Show Strong Bad shows footage from Homestar's game show when Tori asks why Homestar doesn't do anything funny anymore.
72 crazy cartoon Sweet Cuppin' Cakes Strong Bad is asked what his craziest cartoon would be like.
80 stunt double Dangeresque series Email sender Louis asks Strong Bad if he has ever used a stunt double, which he claims to have never done, and he demonstrates using some movies involving him as a crime fighter.
81 date Bear Holding a Shark This was first seen as a means of security countermeasure in Strong Badia to prevent The Cheat from touching the Tire.
82 impression Jhonka Strong Bad came up with this name when he noticed that the email sender did not sign their name. As with Kerrek, Jhonka became a Trogdor and Peasant's Quest character.
84 kids' book That Time of Year, Strong Bad Classics! Strong Bad attempts to write children's books by tampering with some of Leomard Sportsinterviews' books.
86 no loafing Mendelev The name on the Tandy 400 later became a Peasant's Quest character.
92 kind of cool Senor Cardgage Email sender Jordan asks Strong Bad what he would be like if he wasn't the stylish, buff, handsome man in a wrestling mask that he is.
93 army Homestarmy, Frank Bennedetto, Cheat Commandos, Firebert The Cheat (as Firebert) goes on a reconnaissance mission, and his alter ego spawns an entire line of G.I. Joe-type crime fighters.
94 video games Thy Dungeonman series (and its main character), StrongBadZone, Vector Strong Bad, A Splode, RhinoFeeder, and Secret Collect Strong Bad is asked what he would look like in a video game. In addition to three games starring himself, he also creates a text adventure where the protagonist explores a dungeon.
100 flashback The Homestar Runner Gets Something Stuck in His Craw The story that Strong Bad was about to tell Homestar Runner, when he is congratulated on his 100th email. It later became a Flash cartoon.
109 crying Li'l Brudder, Tendafoot Strong Bad attempts to make Homestar cry by drawing a one-legged puppy; he also insults Strong Sad by comparing him to another drawing: a two-legged elephant. The puppy and the elephant later get their own TV show.
110 for kids Stave It Off Guy He appears during What Do You Know, Haddi Man?.
111 other days Biz Cas Fri series Strong Bad, describing what he does the days when he doesn't check emails, reveals Friday is Business Casual Friday at the office.
117 montage Wagon Fulla Pancakes Strong Bad explains that all of his different montages (save for the end credits photo montage) would feature a wagon full of pancakes.
118 virus Main Page 22 The Compy 386 is infected with 423,827 viruses that proceed to infect the rest of homestarrunner.com and later one of the Main Pages.
119 animal Sterrance and Da Huuuuuudge Strong Bad describes what he would look like if he were a made-up animal.
133 bottom 10 Jibblies Painting and Shut Up, Lady Strong Bad talks about the Jibblies Painting for number nine of his Bottom 10, and while expressing his disdain for ridiculously named chocolate desserts for number three, Shut Up, Lady makes her first appearance.
151 senior prom The King of Town's Very Own Quite Popular Cartoon Show! The email starts off as an episode of "The King of Town's Very Own Quite Popular Cartoon Show," but is later interrupted to play the email.
165 strong badathlon DNA Evidence Marzipan informs Homsar that DNA evidence has been tampered with. A subplot begins to build up through the next five emails that is elaborated and resolved in the toon.
175 concert sloshy Strong Bad begins to like (and then dislike) a band that is not metal.
177 original Onion Bubs Strong Bad claims Onion Bubs was a fan-favorite guest Bubs who ran the concession stand some time in between Original Bubs' departure and Bubs' addition to the Homestar Runner cast.
188 fan club Non-Sequitur Champion The Deleteheads discuss if the non-sequitur champion is Homsar or Senor Cardgage. Homsar wins, leading Senor Cardgage to serve a punishment.
200 email thunder Hremails Homestar reveals that he also hosts a show where he answers emails from fans with humorous results.
Strong Bad Email Info
Site Components Menu (Scroll Button Songs), Irregular Back Links, Irregular URLs, Page Titles, Descriptions, Podstar Runner
Emails by Title, Length, Intros (DVD, Part 1; Part 2), Subject, Greeting, Closing, Sender, Place, Outros, Release Dates
Running Gags Intros Relevant to the Email, Crapfully Yours, Until Next Time..., DELETED, Draw Trogdor Again, How do you type with boxing gloves on?
Spin-offs, Emails Edited by Strong Bad, Emails Taken in a Different Direction
Abdi LaRue, Ali and Ali's Sister, Bogus Mathematical Theorems, DNA Evidence, Edgar, Tape-leg
Email Number References, Acknowledged Update Delays
Background Emails, Nonexistent Emails
Technology Strong Bad's Computers (Malfunctioning, Surpassing Their Assumed Capabilities, Relationships, Stylized Text), Papers (Preeeeow), Floppy Disk Container
Analysis Statistics, Emails That Meet Strong Bad's Approval, Poorly Written Emails
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