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*Email [[ghosts]] — After looking [[Strong Badia]] over to see if it's haunted (just before the spirit of the [[Tandy 400]] shows up), [[Strong Bad]] says, "Looks like Strong Bad is ghost-free, proud to be."
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*Email [[ghosts]] {{--}} After looking [[Strong Badia]] over to see if it's haunted (just before the spirit of the [[Tandy 400]] shows up), [[Strong Bad]] says, "Looks like Strong Badia is ghost-free, proud to be."
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*[[A Decemberween Pageant]] — The slogan of [[Litigation Jackson]] is "The system really works, jerks!"
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*[[A Decemberween Pageant]] {{--}} The slogan of [[Litigation Jackson]] is "The system really works, jerks!"
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*Email [[monster truck]] — Homestar says, "Let's do this like Brutus."
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*Email [[monster truck]] {{--}} [[Homestar Runner]] says, "Let's do this like Brutus."
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**This is later repeated by Homsar in [[Strong Badia the Free]], when Strong Bad manages to understand what he says and convinces him to join Strong Badia.
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*Email [[autobiography]] {{--}} Strong Bad saves his email "for posterity", and "maybe a little prosperity".
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*Email [[crazy cartoon]] — Strong Bad says of [[The Cheat]]: "Let's see what he's cookin' up tonight. Today. Just right."
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*Email [[crazy cartoon]] {{--}} Strong Bad says of [[The Cheat]]: "Let's see what he's cookin' up tonight. Today. Just right."
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*Email [[sibbie]] — The Cheat distracts Strong Bad from his email, bringing it to a screeching halt. Strong Bad claims that his "focus is all... crocused."
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*Email [[sibbie]] {{--}} The Cheat distracts Strong Bad from his email, bringing it to a screeching halt. Strong Bad claims that his "focus is all... crocused."
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*[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 11.2]] — [[The King of Town]] ends his message with "This is the KoT... in the place to be."
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*Email [[the process]] {{--}} Strong Bad says that before [[The Paper]] comes down, he mutters "something... under my breath... about some girl named Beth."
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*Email [[time capsule]] — Strong Bad says that time boxes and time tennis ball cans are filled with "newspaper clippin's and toenail snippin's".
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*[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 11.2]] {{--}} [[The King of Town]] ends his message with "This is the KoT... in the place to be."
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*Email [[radio]] — Strong Bad says that drive time morning show radio hosts are like "bad stand up comics that you can't heckle. Or jeckle."
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*Email [[time capsule]] {{--}} Strong Bad says that time boxes and time tennis ball cans are filled with "newspaper clippin's and toenail snippin's".
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*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 8]] — After [[The Ugly One]] is "FLOOR TOMMED!" and "STEP-MOMMED!", she is "[[Pom Pom|POM-POMMED]]?"
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*Email [[radio]] {{--}}
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*Email [[long pants]] — Describing his pen, Strong Bad uses the adjective "trusty", followed by "somewhat dusty".
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**Strong Bad's test sentence for various genres of radio hosts is "The fish was delish and it made quite a dish."
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*[[Commandos in the Classroom]] — [[Gunhaver]] follows "Littering! Loitering!" with "Latering!" and "Lootering!" in his list of things the evil half of the brain likes.
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**Strong Bad says that drive time morning show radio hosts are like "bad stand up comics that you can't heckle. Or jeckle."
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*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 10]] — [[Cheerleader]] promises The Ugly One, "We'll be there like shareware!"  At the Sweet Someteen party, The Ugly One tells her guests, "let's get it on like Diddy Kong!"
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*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 8]] {{--}} After [[The Ugly One]] is "FLOOR TOMMED!" and "STEP-MOMMED!", she is "[[Pom Pom|POM-POMMED]]?"
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*[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 13.2]] — [[Old-Timey Strong Bad]] states that he's "got a hankering for a prankering".
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*Email [[long pants]] {{--}} Strong Bad describes his pen as "trusty, somewhat dusty".
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*Email [[senior prom]] — In his list of things he has crashed, Strong Bad follows "Homecoming Dances" with "Shortcoming Prances".
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*Email [[garage sale]] (Easter egg) {{--}} Homestar advertises himself as "slightly used and mostly confused".
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*Email [[keep cool]] — Strong Bad plans to shop for "pencil holders" and "stencil folders".
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*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 10]] {{--}} [[Cheerleader]] promises The Ugly One, "We'll be there like shareware!"  At the Sweet Someteen party, The Ugly One tells her guests, "let's get it on like Diddy Kong!"
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*[[Strongest Man in the World]] — [[The Announcer]] introduces [[Mr. Bland]] as "the prince of plain" and "the master of mundane".
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*Email [[record book]] {{--}} When Strong Bad is talking about looking in the book of records, he says, "Let's take a look. A book-look."
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*Email [[retirement]] — In the commercial for the "My Lappy Got Stole" Sweepstakes, [[Marshie]] follows "First prize" with "second tries".
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*[[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]] {{--}} Homestar says [[Strong Sad]]'s magic words are "the best magic words [he's] ever heards".
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**In Part B (now merged), Strong Bad says, "The Lappy! You're back...y!"
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*[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 13.2]] {{--}} [[Old-Timey Strong Bad]] states that he's "got a hankering for a prankering".
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*[[Happy Hallow-day]] — Strong Bad asks, "How are we supposed to 'scandalize and vandalize' without the protective cover of Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha-Halloween night?"
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*Email [[senior prom]] {{--}} In his list of things he has crashed, Strong Bad follows "Homecoming Dances" with "Shortcoming Prances".
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*Email [[looking old]] — Strong Bad says, "I'm on board, I'm not bored."
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*Email [[keep cool]] {{--}} Strong Bad plans to shop for "pencil holders" and "stencil folders".
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*Email [[unnatural]] — Strong Bad declares that, of the people of Strong Badia, "We will recover. We will rebuild. We will reduce, reuse, recycle. We will be kind. We will rewind." Marzipan attempts to hold him to his declaration to recycle.
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*[[Strongest Man in the World]] {{--}} [[The Announcer]] introduces [[Mr. Bland]] as "the prince of plain" and "the master of mundane".
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*Email [[your funeral]] — Strong Bad follows "sweet-smelling flowers" with "sweat-smelling followers".
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*Email [[retirement]] {{--}} In the commercial for the "My Lappy Got Stole" Sweepstakes, [[Marshie]] follows "First prize" with "second tries". At the end, Strong Bad says, "The Lappy! You're back...y!"
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*[[DNA Evidence]] — [[Bubs]] teaches a "toga yoga" class, which Marzipan attends. Strong Bad also mentions that he watches toga yoga videos.
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*[[Happy Hallow-day]] {{--}} Strong Bad asks, "How are we supposed to scandalize and vandalize without the protective cover of Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha-Halloween night?"
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*Email [[concert]] — Strong Bad says, "They couldn't wear any of their spandex, or latex, or... Tex-mex..."
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*[[looking old]] {{--}} Of The Cheat's "Youth Through Editing" plan, Strong Bad says "I'm on board, I'm not bored."
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*Email [[yes, wrestling]] — The Announcer introduces Strong Bad thus: "And hailing from the age of exploration, the namer of nations, Il Cartographer!"
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*[[DNA Evidence]] {{--}} [[Bubs]] teaches a "toga yoga" class, which [[Marzipan]] attends. Strong Bad also mentions that he watches toga yoga videos.
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*[[Strong Badia the Free]] — While talking to Homsar, Strong Bad refers to the King of Town as "that royal boil".
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*Email [[concert]] {{--}} Strong Bad remarks that [[sloshy]] "couldn't wear any of their spandex, or latex, or... Tex-mex..."
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*[[Baddest of the Bands]] — [[Bubs]] asks, "Strong Bad, did you 'scandalize and vandalize' [[The Stick]]?"
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*Email [[yes, wrestling]] {{--}} The Announcer introduces Strong Bad thus: "And hailing from the age of exploration, the namer of nations, Il Cartographer!"
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*[[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]] — [[Dangeresque Too]] threatens [[Uzi Bazooka]], "You had what was coming to you, tofu!"
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*Email [[environment]] {{--}} Strong Sad and Marzipan chant, "Scrappy the Lappy! We think it's really crappy!" Marzipan tells Strong Bad that "That Lappy is energy sappy!" while holding a sign that says, "Lappy, Take the Dirt Nappy!".
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*[[8-Bit is Enough]] — [[Gel-arshie]] exclaims, "Here's a wall that's colored red! What's in this box fills me with dread!" and "This lava's red like me! Now here's a thing you couldn't see!" Strong Bad greets him with, "So, Freakshow."
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*[[The Homestar Runner Gets Something Stuck In His Craw]] {{--}} While doing some yard work, Homestar quips, "This yard work is hard work!"
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*[[The Animated Adventures of Puppet Homestar]] — [[Shark-Tooth Bubs]] says, "Sorry, [[pile]]s, I got my own [[style]]s."
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*[[Homestar Ruiner]] {{--}}
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**Strong Bad says to Strong Sad, "I didn't want to go in your purple room of doom and gloom anyway!"
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**After Strong Bad puts [[Total Load]] in Pom Pom's locker, [[Coach Z]] accuses Pom Pom of "cheatin' and chortin' and nonchalant cavortin'".
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*[[Strong Badia the Free]] {{--}}
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**Strong Bad refers to the [[Gremlin]] as a "trusty, somewhat rusty car".
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**While talking to Homsar, Strong Bad refers to the King of Town as "that royal boil".
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**Once he convinces Homsar to join Strong Badia, Homsar says "let's do this like Brutus", echoing Homestar in [[monster truck]].
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*[[Baddest of the Bands]] {{--}} [[Bubs]] asks, "Strong Bad, did you scandalize and vandalize [[The Stick]]?"
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*[[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]] {{--}} [[Dangeresque Too]] threatens [[Uzi Bazooka]], "You had what was coming to you, tofu!"
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*[[8-Bit is Enough]] {{--}} [[Gel-arshie]] exclaims, "Here's a wall that's colored red! What's in this box fills me with dread!" and "This lava's red like me! Now here's a thing you couldn't see!"
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*Email [[dictionary]] {{--}} The [[Count Longardeaux's Jerktionary]] entry for "boodroscotch" describes it as a "boodro-based sauce that doubles as a kudrow-based adhesive".
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*[[Sammich]] {{--}} Strong Bad, while drawing a sandwich, gives it "some salami, some pastrami, and some seasoned fortulami".
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*[[The Next April Fools Thing]] {{--}} Homestar Runner uses many rhyming phrases for his [[Always Be'sing & Do'sing]] movement.
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**"Always be'sing and do'sing! Never cheesing or choosing!"
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**"If you're choosin', you're losin'."
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**"Changin' attitudes with rhymin' platitudes!"
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**"If you're not attending, you're gonna be lending."
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*[[The Homestar Runner Enters The Spooky Woods Teaser]] {{--}} [[Storybook Character Variations|Storybook Strong Sad]] remarks on the "raucous cricket caucus!"
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*[[The Homestar Runner Enters The Spooky Woods]] {{--}} [[Storybook Character Variations|Coach Zee]], as the organelle in a life textbook, riddles [[The Homestar Runner (storybook)|The Homestar Runner]], "Can you identify this organelle, that is located in a plant cell?"
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*{{postref|1032482957523599360|22|Aug|2018}}, [[Mario Paint Thursdays Compilation]] {{--}} Strong Bad attributes his greatness to his "style points and file joints."
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Occasionally, the less common phrase will precede the relevant one.
Occasionally, the less common phrase will precede the relevant one.
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*[[Mr. Shmallow (toon)]] — When [[Mr. Shmallow]] introduces himself, he says: "Greetings, fallows. I'm Mr. Shmallow."
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*[[Mr. Shmallow (toon)|Mr. Shmallow]] {{--}} When [[Mr. Shmallow]] introduces himself, he says: "Greetings, fallows. I'm Mr. Shmallow."
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*[[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]] — Bubs sings, "I got a shallow gup and a crallow nup, somebody give me dat Mallow Cup."
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*[[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]] {{--}} Bubs sings, "I got a shallow gup and a crallow nup, somebody give me dat Mallow Cup."
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*Email [[keep cool]] &mdash; [[Monkey D]]'s "summer tips" include "Grip n' Glide time, Slide<!--sic--> n' Slide time", "Tinkler time, Sprinkler time", and "Nose time, hose time".
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*Email [[keep cool]] {{--}} [[Monkey D]]'s "summer tips" include "Grip n' Glide time, Slide<!--sic--> n' Slide time", "Tinkler time, Sprinkler time", and "Nose time, Hose time".
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*[[Homestar Ruiner]] &mdash; Strong Bad remarks, "Oh nophers. We've got gophers." while examining the hole outside his house.
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*[[Homestar Ruiner]] {{--}} Strong Bad remarks, "Oh nophers. We've got gophers," while examining the hole outside his house.
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*[[The Animated Adventures of Puppet Homestar]] {{--}} [[Shark-Tooth Bubs]] says, "Sorry, [[pile]]s, I got my own [[style]]s."
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*[[Trogdor!! The Board Game Playthrough]] {{--}}
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**Referring to the game's flippable tiles, Strong Bad comments, "I get excited when it's double-sided!"
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**The group decides to have an "endum addendum" to demonstrate [[Trogdor!! The Board Game#Trogdor's Fiery Rage|Trogdor's Fiery Rage]]. Strong Sad suggests an "endum addendum referendum".
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==See also==
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==See Also==
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*[[Or At Least]]
*[[Deliberately Poor English]]
*[[Deliberately Poor English]]
[[Category:Word running gags]]
[[Category:Word running gags]]

Current revision as of 15:47, 6 November 2024

Nose time, Hose time

In the Homestar Runner universe, characters sometimes follow one common or relevant phrase with a less-common phrase that rhymes with or sounds like the first, but makes less sense.

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Occasionally, the less common phrase will precede the relevant one.

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