Lack of Visible Arms

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How does Homestar pick things up?

One of the ultimate mysteries of the series is that Homestar Runner, Marzipan, The King of Town and Homsar all lack visible arms and hands, yet in spite of this they have the ability to pick stuff up and carry it around. The most common explanations for the phenomenon are that they either have invisible arms or can manipulate objects with some kind of psychokinesis. Usually none of the other characters seem to pay attention to this curiosity, although sometimes their lack of hands is referenced.

References

• Armless Invaders - Homestar is the "armless invader" of the title.
• Email vacation - Strong Bad imagines, in a hypothetical email from Monkey D, "How does Homestar pick stuff up if he's not wearing any Marzi-pants?"
• Email action figure - Homestar's action figure box reads "No arms! Like real life!"
• Email your friends - Strong Bad asks Marzipan to hold out her hands; instead of replying that she doesn't have any, she just says she doesn't want to.
• The Interview - Strong Bad refers to Homestar as a "no-armed whitey".
• Email fingers - Homestar makes himself a pair of fake arms.
• Strong Bad is a Bad Guy - Strong Mad starts to say that Homestar doesn't have arms, but is cut off by the end of the cartoon.

Oddities

• In Search of the Yello Dello - Marzipan slaps Homestar across the face, leaving a visible handprint.
  • In the commentary, Strong Bad says that Marzipan has really nice hands and Homestar replies, "Yeah, I suppose she does."
• The Reddest Radish - Marzipan knocks on the door of Homestar's house with her head, despite the fact she could have used her invisible arms/telekinetic powers instead.
  • Likewise, in 3 Times Halloween Funjob, Homestar also knocks on Marzipan's door with his head, although he's probably just being silly.
    • Also, in Homestar vs. Little Girl 2, when Puppet Homestar plays Tag with Little Girl, he touches her with his head.
• Email the bird - Strong Bad flips Homestar off, and after Homestar replies "Right back atcha," Strong Bad exclaims, "He just gave me the bird!"
• Strong Bad Sings - One of Strong Bad's songs is titled "This One Time I Saw Homestar Punching a Kitten in the Throat".
• Email marzipan - Strong Bad remarks that "Marzipan can't keep her hands offa" him.
• Email time capsule - Homestar is able to manipulate the box, box lid, and wig all at the same time, as if he has multiple invisible arms.
  • This is also seen in Strong Bad email the show and Main Page 19, where Homestar holds a microphone and sorts through a stack of index cards at the same time.
• Decemberween Sweet Cuppin' Cakes - The Wheelchair is seen lifting the lid of his pot of Burled Holiday Cabbage.
• Puppet Jam: Everybody Knows It - Puppet Homestar gives high fives to They Might Be Giants.
• Homestar can type on a keyboard, as shown in email 50 emails, anything, and short Arcade Game.
  • Similarly, in the King of Town Email (reached via the King of Town Main Page), the King of Town is heard typing on the keyboard of the broken Tandy 400.
• Puppet Jam: Apple Juice Blues - Homestar says "my arm really really hurts."

See also

• How Do You Type With Boxing Gloves On?

Cast of Characters With No Visible Arms

Homestar Runner	Marzipan	The King of Town	Homsar
The Knight	The Bishop	The Little Chef Guy	The Prince of Town
The Goblin	The Sad Kids	The Homestar Runner	Old-Timey Marzipan
1-Up	The Wheelchair	Unnamed Girl	Homeschool Winner
Abraham Lincoln