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| - | [[Image:heavy_lourde.png|thumb|Would ''you'' like to heave a Heavy Lourde on someone else?]]
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| - | [[Image:heavyhomsar.PNG|thumb|The Heavy Lourde doing what it does best.]]
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| - | The '''Heavy Lourde''' is an extremely large weight that drops on various characters. The most frequent victim of this weight is [[Homsar]]. In [[French]], "lourde" means "heavy", making the name redundant. "Lourde" might also be a deliberate mispronunciation of "load".
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| - | This gag is a reference to countless classic cartoons in which characters were incapacitated by a falling weight or anvil.
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| - | The bilingual labeling on the weight may refer to the [[Wikipedia:bilingual sign|bilingual labeling]] of items [[Wikipedia:Bilingualism in Canada|required]] in Canada and becoming more prevalent in the United States since the advent of [[Wikipedia:NAFTA|NAFTA]]. When a bag is over a certain weight, a label is added to the bag saying "Heavy Lourde" on two lines in the same way it appears on the large weight.
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| - | In the [[FAQ]], a similar weight (labeled "1 TON") appears in the activity on the last page. Also, in [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 4]], [[What's Her Face]] is squashed by a similar weight reading "NO Pounds".
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| - | ==Appearances==
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| - | *'''Debut:''' Email [[homsar]] — Homsar is squished.
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| - | *[[Homsar Main Page]] — Homsar is again squished when the "[[Scrolling Shooter Games Menu|Games]]" button is selected.
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| - | *Email [[stunt double]] — [[Strong Sad]] gets "what [he] like[s] to call a broken neck", as a stunt double for [[Strong Bad]], who is playing [[Dangeresque (character)|Dangeresque]], when the Heavy Lourde is dropped on him.
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| - | *Email [[garage sale]] — The Heavy Lourde is for sale at Strong Bad's garage sale.
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| - | *[[Homestar Ruiner]] — In the second part of the Triannual Race to the End of the Race, competitors must carry the Lourde while jumping on a pogo stick.
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Revision as of 08:05, 17 August 2009
