Gender Confusion

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In addition to cross-dressing, characters also say and do things that suggest they are unclear about one's gender (though this is often done in apparent jest).

[edit] Appearances

[edit] Strong Bad

• Bug in Mouth Disease — Referring to himself, Strong Bad exclaims, "Can't you see Grandma's watching her stories?" when Homestar Runner distracts him during Caleb Rentpayer.
• Email senior prom — Strong Bad with no pants on is crowned the Prom Queen.
• Email isp — Homestar Runner calls Strong Bad "ma'am".
• Email road trip — Homestar mistakes Strong Bad and The Cheat for young lovers making out.
• Email looking old — Strong Sad mistakes lace-lifted Strong Bad for his "great-grandma".
• One Two, One Two — Strong Bad sings lyrics from the perspective of a woman. (e.g. "I'm a woman on the prowl...," "Look out world, I'm an independent girl...")
• Email mini-golf — The Drive-Thru Whale calls Strong Bad "ma'am", but Strong Bad interprets this as if the Whale is talking to his mother.
• Email your edge — Strong Bad and The Cheat pretend to be grandmas baking.
• Homestar Ruiner — When you talk to Strong Sad while he's in his room, Strong Sad will say, "You're not even my real mom!" to Strong Bad.
• Costume Commercial — Homestar calls Strong Bad "Mrs. Jankroe".
• Dangeresque Roomisode 1: Behind the Dangerdesque — Dangeresque pretends to be The Chief's wife, and makes the chief remark "I'M NOT FALLIN' FOR THAT CRAP AGAIN! GLADYS HAS BEEN DEAD FOR 30 YEARS!"
• On Break — One of the breaks that Bubs gives Strong Bad (that he has used already) is "maternity leave".
• Poker Night at the Inventory — Strong Bad says that, if he joined the RED team, his role would be as team mother.
• April Fools' 2014 — Homestar calls Strong Bad, "Simone".
• Strong Bad Classics! — Strong Sad, on pain-relief medicine after having his wisdom teeth removed, calls Strong Bad "Mrs. Strong Fast".

[edit] Coach Z

• Email 2 emails — Coach Z picks up a name tag and claims he's "Hot Girl #37".
• Email garage sale — Coach Z counts himself as a mom.
• Email senior prom — Homestar mistakes Coach Z for Strong Sad's date, "Debra".
• Date Nite — The last scene implies that Coach Z believes that Bubs is his date (hence the the fact that he acts like a housewife and wears hair curlers), while Bubs was really Marzipan's next date.
• Email rated — Strong Bad thinks Coach Z kind of looks like his mom, and Coach Z responds by asking if he should shave his legs.
• Kick-A-Ball — When confronting The Umpire, Coach Z says that he's playing women's lacrosse, and is seen wearing a pink skirt.
• Punkin Stencils — Upon carving the Stinkoman pumpkin, Homestar says that without him, people might call Coach Z, "Mrs. Grey" instead.

[edit] Senor Cardgage

• Email kind of cool — Strong Bad boasts that Creepy Comb-over Strong Bad would still be "so cool, that even if you were a dude, [he'd] still call at you like you were a lady." In an Easter egg, Senor Cardgage calls Strong Bad "ma'am," and later, "Ethel".
• Email flashback — Senor Cardgage refers to Strong Bad as "Elizagerth".
• Senor Mortgage — Senor Cardgage calls the Visor Robot "Valerie".
• Senorial Day — Senor Cardgage calls Strong Bad "Ms. America".
• Email rough copy — Senor Cardgage refers to Strong Bad as "Grendolyn".
• Email rated — Senor Cardgage calls Strong Bad "Bridget".

[edit] Teen Girl Squad

• Teen Girl Squad Menu — In one version, The Ugly One tells the other girls "Teacher just called me 'young man'".
• Teen Girl Squad Issue 7 — The Ugly One has "boy or girl?" written next to her picture in the opening.
• Teen Girl Squad Issue 9 — Mr. Pitters wants to be a "Teen Girl".
• Teen Girl Squad Issue 11 — So and So's job at Shirt Folding Store requires her to wear a name tag labeled "Mark". Later, she is shown with stubble.
• Teen Girl Squad Issue 12 — A boy refers to What's Her Face as a "dude" and a "she" within the same sentence.

[edit] Other Characters

• Tis True, Pom Pom, Tis True — Homestar, while delirious, sees Strong Sad as a nun.
• Email 1 step ahead — In the ending where Strong Sad's hands get glued to his butt, Bubs scolds him for not being "very ladylike".
• Email kids' book — On the page with Beth, Strong Bad rewrites that with her glasses, she "looks like a dude".
• Malloween Commercial — Homestar calls Marshie "little boy or Girl".
• Email couch patch — Lil' Strong Bad mistakes Carl Lewis for a girl and writes graffiti on the couch proclaiming that "shes hot".
• Under Construction — Stinkoman refers to 1-Up and Pan Pan as "ladies".
• Homestar Presents: Presents — Coach Z confuses his father for his mother. Later, Homestar calls Marzipan "Marzi-man".
• Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 12.2 — Strong Bad calls Marzipan "the go-to guy, or gal" for joining a Goatface Club. He says it would be hard to tell which because of her goatface.
• Email high school — According to Strong Bad's "extremely unphotographic memory", during "middle school", Homestar Runner behaved and dressed up as a nanny.
• Summer Short Shorts — Strong Bad and Strong Mad refer to The Cheat as if he is Strong Mad's girlfriend.
• Email cliffhangers — Homestar mistakes himself for a pregnant woman.
• Lappynapped! — Homestar's voice sounds female when he gets a spit bubble stuck in his throat.
• Email coloring — Homestar calls Marzipan "Teacherman".
• Email 4 branches — Strong Bad refers to Phone Tree Survivor Number Thirteen as both "ma'am" and "sir".
• Email the movies — Strong Bad calls Homestar "the little girl behind [him] who wouldn't shut up".
• Email pizza joint — Homestar's avatar on VirtualPizz.biz has lipstick.
• Email diorama — Strong Bad calls the email's sender, "Mollyman".
• Email nightlife — Homestar dreams of being a girl scout.
• Email environment — Strong Bad refers to the email's senders, Lyd and Jules, as "maybe ladies".
• The Homestar Runner Gets Something Stuck in his Craw — Narrator Strong Bad calls Strong Sad "some fat girl".
• Homestar Ruiner — If you make Strong Bad prank call himself using Homestar's phone, he will pretend to be Homestar Runner, claiming to be an "attractive woman".
  • Homestar sings the same "Independent Girl" song that Strong Bad sang in One Two, One Two.
• Baddest of the Bands —
  • The Two-O-Duo have a song titled "Throwin' Rocks Through Ol' Man Marzipan's Windows".
  • PomStar's audience, consisting of Marzipan and Coach Z, are referred to as "ladies".
• 8-Bit is Enough —
  • Strong Bad and Rather Dashing pretend Strong Sad is a princess.
  • Stinkoman states that "all the girls think [he is] a boy."
• Donut Unto Others — Homestar says "Yes sir!" to Marzipan after being asked about wanting a doughnut shop.
• Punkin Stencils — Upon carving the Stinkoman pumpkin, Homestar says that without him, Marzipan might be called "Bellsman" instead.
• I Killed Pom Pom — Homestar calls Pom Pom his best friend and concubine.
• Later That Night... — Strong Bad asks Homestar if he knows that he's dressed up as a lady.
• Haunted Photo Booth — Homestar's third guess of The Cheat's Maxwell Halloween costume is "swollen cow udders on your head lady".

[edit] See Also

• Identity Confusion
• Cross-dressing
• Pregnancy