Religion

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Fairly religious overtones!

Religion has occasionally been referenced in the Homestar Runner universe.

Appearances

• Renaldo — Wears a sideways star and crescent, a symbol of Islam.
• Email — one of the return addresses is "Duderonomy", a reference to Deuteronomy.
• Tis True, Pom Pom, Tis True — Homestar sees Strong Sad as a nun.
• A Holiday Greeting — Strong Bad performs a parody of O Holy Night. Strong Sad ends with the phrase "and God bless us, everyone", albeit interrupted. Strong Sad's phrase is from A Christmas Carol.
• Where's The Cheat — It's Strong Sad's night to play "Caaardinal Sins". Cardinal sins are another name for the Seven Deadly Sins of Catholicism.
• Hallrunner — One of the obstacles is a Franciscan monk.
• Pumpkin Carve-nival (Easter egg) — Homsar remarks, "And also with you," a traditional response by the congregation to the priest's "The Lord be with you" in some Christian denominations.
• Email record book (commentary) — Strong Bad says, "I mean, I remember as a kid thinking that the Guinness Book of World Records was like, up there with the Bible."
• Sketchbook for 10 March 2006 — features Shaker Homestar and Mike.
• Thy Dungeonman II — Removing the loin-cheesecloth results in the message "Thou art as naked as the day god made thee."
• Thy Dungeonman 3 — A fat monk, who lives alone in a monastery, tries to eat you.
• Teen Girl Squad Issue 10 — After being LATHE'D!, What's Her Face says that she hopes they have corn chips in Heaven.
• Teen Girl Squad Issue 11 (commentary) — Ryan Sterritt recalls attending a Bible study camp.
• Email looking old — Strong Bad's age is protected by monks. Marzipan drinks kosher tea.
• The King of Town's Very Own Quite Popular Cartoon Show!! — the King of Town has a Cleric who tries to marry The Poopsmith to a pleasant odor in a chapel.
• Email more armies (Easter egg) — Taranchula's album Shady Missionaries features "Fairly Religious Overtones!"
• Non-Sequitur Champion — Senor Cardgage says, "Thank yo, Presbyterian."
• Email hiding — Strong Bad tells The Cheat about a prestigious monk.
• Baddest of the Bands — Strong Bad calls Strong Sad "Sister Christian".
• Email Accent — Coach Z shows Strong Bad a picture of an ear of corn with a halo on it; Strong Bad calls it "religious corn", but Coach Z calls it a "holy crop".
• Jibblies 2 — Strong Bad tells Bubs he needs, among other things, crosses and holy water.
• Strong Badia the Free — The Egyptian god Anubis makes an appearance. Also, Strong Bad says "Speak to me, O burning bush!" which is a reference to the story in the book of Exodus where God speaks to Moses in the form of a bush that is burning but not being consumed.
• Comic Book Movie — Strong Bad remarks, "Kindred soul? You sound like a religious metal band. You know, the kind that try and offset their religiousness with evil fonts and drippy graphics!"
• 2 Part Episode: Part 2 — Dryghost says he got the Headquarters Playset for his Bar Mitzvah.
• Email videography — Strong Bad uses "Bar-mitzfvfahs" as one example of an occasion he can videograph.
• Email your funeral — Homestar reads from "the book of phone" as if he was reading from a book of the Bible.
• An easter egg in A Decemberween Mackerel makes a reference to God.

See Also

• Decemberween#References to Christmas
• Heaven
• Hell
• Angels
• Demons
• Don and Harriet Chapman (for the Brothers Chaps' religious background)
• Swears