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A randomized template for the new Main Page. Includes 80 facts.

• Strong Bad and Strong Sad had brief animated cameos in the online Nerds & Music variety show in August 2020 (pictured).
• Bubs is based on a person the Brothers Chaps knew growing up who worked at a concession stand locally and spoke with the same gravelly voice.
• The site's first Easter egg can be found at the end of The King of Town DVD Old Version. If the sheep is clicked, it flies off behind the mountains.
• The Old Characters Page said that the King of Town was Marzipan's father. However, this idea has since been abandoned.

• One of the Trogdor!! The Board Game Kickstarter stretch goals was to make a new Strong Bad Email from a question submitted by one of the Kickstarter backers. It was eventually released four years later, titled parenting.
• The King of Town is shown to possess either powers of teleportation or skills as a ninja, as he can appear and disappear in a puff of smoke.
• Marzipan has a sister, according to Homestar Runner.
• Homsar never actually said his iconic line, "I was raised by a cup of coffee," until an Easter egg in Haunted Photo Booth.

• A Homestar Runner RPG (pictured) was once in development for the Atari 2600.
• The Cheat is always referred to with the "The", with very few exceptions.
• Typing the Konami Code on the hint screen of TROGDOR! starts the player off with 30 lives.
• Trogdor!! The Board Game originally included items such as "Ball of Fire", "Pauldrons of Greg", and "Bones of Luckman".

• Mike Chapman once noted that it is difficult to animate Bubs's elbows, leading to his lack of elbows in later toons (pictured).
• The Trogdor song was added to the Strong Bad Email dragon at the last minute by the Brothers Chaps, after Matt started spontaneously singing it while making breakfast.
• Behind the characters' silhouettes in each Halloween teaser is a different hidden message mocking those who try to reveal the costumes with a Flash decompiler.
• The Poopsmith, in his voiced appearances, is voiced by John Linnell of They Might Be Giants.

• There was originally going to be a sequel (pictured) to Peasant's Quest, either in the form of an adventure featuring the baby as an adult, or a fake online experience parodying MMORPGs.
• Exclusive new Strong Bad Email intros and Scroll Button Songs can be found in the Homestar Runner Original Soundtrack albums.
• Matt Chapman has said that Strong Sad is the most difficult main character to voice due to how delicate he sounds, leading to Mike substituting for Strong Sad's one word in cheat talk.
• Strong Bad makes an unintentional haiku in the intro to japanese cartoon.

• A main page pop-up (pictured) said that, without this very wiki, The Brothers Chaps could not remember which toon The Cheat held a spoon in. Incidentally, The Cheat has only held a spoon in Homestar Ruiner, which is not a toon.
• Thy Dungeonman's real name is Collagen Salvemonger III.
• Marzipan has a cousin named Debra whom Strong Bad said he considered hot.
• Abdi LaRue was an early fan of Homestar Runner to whom the Brothers Chaps reached out to send the first Strong Bad Email.

• The scales on Trogdor's body (pictured) are not consummate V's, but rather regimented U's, as revealed multiple times on Twitter.
• The Old Characters Page said that the King of Town was Marzipan's father. However, this idea has since been abandoned.
• The phone number at the end of Strong Bad Sings was originally 1-800-BAD-SONG, rather than 1-800-555-SBSINGS. However, it turned out that was a real number for a Limousine service.
• The site's first Easter egg can be found at the end of The King of Town DVD Old Version. If the sheep is clicked, it flies off behind the mountains.

• On Coach Z's emblem (pictured), the darker blue shine streak under the gold Z makes an additional Z formation.
• In Weclome Back, Homestar says to "get this www.show back on the road.com". This URL redirects to the homestarrunner.com home page.
• The Trog-Meter from Trogdor!! The Board Game was originally called "The Bowels of Trogdor".
• Coach Z's afro and mustache in his younger years is a reference to an old design from the Museum Sketchbook.

• One of the Trogdor!! The Board Game Kickstarter stretch goals was to make a new Strong Bad Email from a question submitted by one of the Kickstarter backers. It was eventually released four years later, titled parenting.
• The Brothers Chaps had originally named the Dangeresque series Danger Man. However, they changed the name after learning that the name had already been used as the title of the 1960s precursor to classic British television series The Prisoner.
• Marzipan is apparently allergic to pecans.
• Four quotes from the Cheat Commandos toon have been used for Quote of the Week, more than any other toon.