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::That's what I was thinking. The "universe" is so big, you can't really draw the line on who's really part of it or not. But it's seems safe to say Balding Man is the only human ''cartoon character who actually exists'' from TBC we've seen so far, for whatever that's worth (just to clarify that, ARROW'D Guy is a cartoon, but could never interact with, say, Coach Z - Balding Man might be able to). But even then - it's these little things about HR/H*R that blow my mind. Since we never see the little guy interact with another character (only the announcer) who's to say he's not a cartoon within a cartoon (a la [[Sweet Cuppin' Cakes]])? I like him, though, and maybe I'll add a little blurb about his human-ness. Seems harmless enough. [[User:Thesmokingmonkey|The Smoking Monkey]] 15:11, 24 Jul 2005 (UTC) | ::That's what I was thinking. The "universe" is so big, you can't really draw the line on who's really part of it or not. But it's seems safe to say Balding Man is the only human ''cartoon character who actually exists'' from TBC we've seen so far, for whatever that's worth (just to clarify that, ARROW'D Guy is a cartoon, but could never interact with, say, Coach Z - Balding Man might be able to). But even then - it's these little things about HR/H*R that blow my mind. Since we never see the little guy interact with another character (only the announcer) who's to say he's not a cartoon within a cartoon (a la [[Sweet Cuppin' Cakes]])? I like him, though, and maybe I'll add a little blurb about his human-ness. Seems harmless enough. [[User:Thesmokingmonkey|The Smoking Monkey]] 15:11, 24 Jul 2005 (UTC) | ||
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| + | :::(Laughing) Well, '''it's dot com''' (can I call you 'idc'?), you're right, and I feel wiser for hashing out the human aspect to H*R. There's just too many examples of humanity scattered through the toons and easter eggs and what-not to justify making Balding Guy (I think I'll just call him 'baldy' for short now) feel special that he's the only human. He'd just give an exhausted sigh, anyway. One final note on this: if [[Limozeen]] is indeed a "real" aspect of the Universe, if they interacted with [[Strong Bad]] and the gang, would they appear as Matt Chapman in video form with Strong Bad as a puppet, or as they did in the failed pilot as toons? [[User:Thesmokingmonkey|The Smoking Monkey]] 15:32, 24 Jul 2005 (UTC) | ||
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Human?
Would it be worthwhile (or even accurate) to note that Balding Man is the only human character in the HR Universe? Besides Strong Bad (who may or may not be human) Strong Mad (who comes very close, except he has no head) and Senor Cardgage, none of the recurring characters in any group (20X6's super-human looking Marzipan only shows up once for a half-second) are as obviously human as Balding Man. If anyone reads this, I'm sure I'll get chided for failing to take into account the Teen Girls or ARROW'D Man, or Rather Dashing and the peasants are human, or... Since they're all cartoons and are really drawings as opposed to being human, anyway, it doesn't really matter, but I'd like a second opinion. The Smoking Monkey 14:42, 24 Jul 2005 (UTC)
- I think that's a good notice, except you're forgetting about the Shareholders. Even if you say Puppet Stuff isn't part of the H*R universe proper (although I think it is), there are still others I believe (but can't prove) are human: all of the announcers, the clapper loader, the director, the audience at little Strong Bad's stand-up, some of the people in Marshmallow's Last Stand, and probably others I can't remember.
But Balding Man seems to be the only human character we've ever really gotten a good look at.— It's dot com 14:55, 24 Jul 2005 (UTC) - I thought of some more: Lem and Beverly Sportsinterviews and Limozeen (who did appear in cartoon form). — It's dot com
- That's what I was thinking. The "universe" is so big, you can't really draw the line on who's really part of it or not. But it's seems safe to say Balding Man is the only human cartoon character who actually exists from TBC we've seen so far, for whatever that's worth (just to clarify that, ARROW'D Guy is a cartoon, but could never interact with, say, Coach Z - Balding Man might be able to). But even then - it's these little things about HR/H*R that blow my mind. Since we never see the little guy interact with another character (only the announcer) who's to say he's not a cartoon within a cartoon (a la Sweet Cuppin' Cakes)? I like him, though, and maybe I'll add a little blurb about his human-ness. Seems harmless enough. The Smoking Monkey 15:11, 24 Jul 2005 (UTC)
- (Laughing) Well, it's dot com (can I call you 'idc'?), you're right, and I feel wiser for hashing out the human aspect to H*R. There's just too many examples of humanity scattered through the toons and easter eggs and what-not to justify making Balding Guy (I think I'll just call him 'baldy' for short now) feel special that he's the only human. He'd just give an exhausted sigh, anyway. One final note on this: if Limozeen is indeed a "real" aspect of the Universe, if they interacted with Strong Bad and the gang, would they appear as Matt Chapman in video form with Strong Bad as a puppet, or as they did in the failed pilot as toons? The Smoking Monkey 15:32, 24 Jul 2005 (UTC)
