Nondescript Nouns

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The "That Paintball Place Down the Street" Scorecard.

Nondescript Nouns are generic nouns used where either a proper noun or a more specific common noun is expected. This has occurred numerous times in the Homestar Runner universe.

Appearances

• Original Book (and Strongest Man in the World) — The robot who won the competition last year is named "The Robot."
• Where My Hat is At? — Homestar Runner prepares for the "Big Game".
• Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 5.0 — Homestar says that he represents "Distinguished Businessman".
  • This line appears again in An Open Forum.
• Email dullard — During the demonstration for "Method 3", Homestar tries to discuss last night's episode of "Popular Reality Show" with Strong Bad.
• Email vacation — Strong Bad sends postcards from such locations as "That Clock" and historic "Over There".
• Email comic — Strong Bad creates Teen Girl Squad, giving the main characters the nondescript names Cheerleader, So and So, What's Her Face, and The Ugly One.
• Email english paper — In an Easter egg we see a parody of eBay called Some Type of Online Auction.
• Lookin at a Thing in a Bag — Homestar orders red, blue, and orange drinks. He and the viewers also never find out for sure what Strong Bad and the others were pretending was the "thing in a bag".
• Email anything — The postcard for Fish Lake states that it's "Home of this fish". Additionally, Homestar gives Marzipan "Really Slow Old People Music", "Pretty Slow Old People Music", and "Very Slow Old People Music" CDs.
• Teen Girl Squad Issue 4 — So and So carries a "Subject" textbook. Cheerleader asks Quarterback out.
• Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits — The last song on the album is Homestar's Secret Song.
• Teen Girl Squad Issue 5 — What's Her Face receives a postcard from "A Beach".
• Email different town — At the end of the email, Strong Bad says "I'm gonna go... Place." Then, in an Easter egg, you can see a postcard from Place.
• Email crying — At the end of the email, Strong Bad says he has "a food...in the oven."
• Cheat Commandos (toon) — Coach Z plays with a figurine named "Reinforcements".
• Email other days — Strong Bad's calendar has "A Month" written on the top. Homestar brags about his frag count in "Online Gaming".
• Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 11.2 — Strong Bad, under the alias "Bob Statesman", claims to be running for the office of "Elected Official".
• Email montage — Strong Bad announces one of his guests will be "Some Guy from the Zoo".
• Email origins — The book Ewww, Claire!! Why??? has won "Some Award".
• Stinkoman 20X6 — One of the game's bosses is called "An Ice Machine".
• Biz Cas Fri 1 — Homestar tries to persuade Strong Bad to go to "Beach Themed Restaurant".
• Email modeling — There is a map which shows the locations of "Place" and "Land".
• Puppets on the Road — Shark-Tooth Bubs says that a regular stand has "a food" for sale.
• TrogdorCon '97 — In an Easter egg, Strong Bad suggests someone wear "like five or six... more clothes...."
• Exaggerations — The picture that cycled through various puns in the original Marshmallow's Last Stand simply reads "a joke" in the Exaggerations.
• Teen Girl Squad Issue 11 — So and So is forced to take a summer job at Shirt Folding Store.
• Email cliffhangers — Coach Z and Homestar Runner accuse themselves of being The Thnikkaman and stealing the Lappy 486, respectively, and try to cover it up by talking about "sports team".
• Email the chair — After Strong Bad and Strong Sad each get hurt while trying out Le Restige and the Styleron Ecochair, each exclaims, "I can't feel my parts."
• Email looking old — Bubs sells "iTems".
• Email strong badathlon — An announcer on the television announces the upcoming "Cute little girl from sit-com sings patriotic song." Strong Bad acts as though he knows exactly which little girl is singing.
• Let us give TANKS! — Gunhaver salutes a flag marked "The Flag".
• Teen Girl Squad Issue 12 — Boy 1 and Boy 2 are talking about "band name".
• Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 14.2 — Strong Bad uses a robotic voice and claims to be "Nadine Automated Menu Burger" calling from "Trusted Financial Institution".
• Drive-Thru — The Drive-Thru Whale describes the week's toy as "brown". When this upsets The Cheat, Strong Bad exclaims that they must be out of "blue ones". Later, in an Easter egg, Strong Bad asks for a "blue one" for The Cheat.
• Teen Girl Squad Issue 13 — Momkins says, "Listen, I'll be at a place until a time. My cell phone number is some numbers. The baby needs stuff."
• strongbad_email.exe Disc Five — the inside of the case lists "stuff, things, and more!" as bonus features.
• Email mini-golf — One of the places that Strong Bad calls out the name of is called "That Paintball Place Down the Street".
• Email hygiene — A pennant on the wall during the hygiene video reads "A sport!".
• Rap Song — Coach Z and Peacey P sing "Rap Song".
• Email yes, wrestling — The Announcer hosts an interview in "historic empty high school gymnasium".
• Email diorama — Strong Bad's fake book is decorated with "Some Award". Its summary is "A real book that exists," and it is allegedly printed by the "Actual Publishing Company".
• Trogday 08 — Strong Bad holds a book titled Things I'm About to Say.
• Population: Tire — The introduction states that "You are Soldier!"
• Sloshybowl — sloshy performs as the halftime show for American Football Championship Game.
• Email pet show — The King of Town's entry is an "As Seen on TV Low-Fat Cooking Device".
• Email licensed — Strong Bad mentions knock-off DVDs with such generic titles as Jungle Animals in Decidedly Non-Jungle Situations.
• SBCG4AP Dev Blog — In the May 7 2008 entry, a generic Videogame Company Logo screen is shown.

See Also

• Cold One
• Integral Article
• Type
• Not X