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=== Banana Manana? ===
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{{stufffact|Homestar is walking around talking into the banana as we are hearing the message for message 6. There are three equally implausible explanations for this:
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*He is mouthing the words to his already-recorded message into a banana.
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*Message 6 is actually a section of blank tape of equal length to Homestar's banana-message.
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*The banana really is a phone, and the viewer is hearing him record the message live.
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*It's good to muse on deeper issues like this.
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*Simply commenting ruins the joke. It's not needed.
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*Its a cartoon... people can use a banana as a phone without the need of an explanation.
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*Sing it with me... "Homestar is a dumb guy, a dumb guy, a dumb guy..."
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*All this is just speculation.
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*I don't think TBC intended any of the above options--I know that's somewhat speculative, but this seems to fall into the homestar flying around category--things that are just funny without having a deeper meaning.
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*It is indeed good to muse on such possibilities. But this wiki is primarily for documenting the objective facets of H*R cartoons; ''although'' there ''is '''some''''' room for speculative hypothesizing and subjective interpretation in main-page articles, they can find a cozy and happy home on [[Talk:Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 13.2#Pay, Plause, and Rewind Live TV!|the talk pages]], or, if they choose, run amok like proverbial bulls in proverbial china shops on the forum.
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*It could be that Homestar is leaving the message as he's walking by, and the answering machine is simply playing it aloud like many machines do.
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*This fact is ruining the whole joke. I don't want facts explaining why Homestar fly away in [[technology]] or Homsar can fly around.
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**This fact is making the joke better. I enjoy thinking about such things.
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***It's just cartoon magic. All of these possibilities seem contrived and spoil the joke.
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*What about option 4: the "Homestar talking into a banana" is actually a service robot programmed by Louis and Gilbert from [http://imdb.com/title/tt0088000/ Revenge of the Nerds] to provide a visual representation of the messages left on the answering machine.  The answering machine is, of course, connected to the "Homestar" robot by invisible nanowires or Marzipan's wireless network.
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*homsar does heaps of impossible things, strong mad sent an email via paper bag and we're caring about a banana?
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*I'd say it's a mixture of comments 1 and 2; Homestar ''did'' actually record the message, but he just happens to be walking by with his Bananaphone at the same time.
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**Another theory is that the Homestar on Pom Pom's mobile is, in actual fact, [[Mustachioed Homestar Runner]], and the ''real'' Homestar just happens to be walking by with his Bananaphone at the same time. (It may just be another instance of [[Twin Characters]], but as it is believed by a minority that Mustachioed Homestar and Homestar are two separate characters, and assuming that the Homestar on [[Main Page 23]] is actually Mustachioed Homestar (we never see his face), I will put forward this theory also.)
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***Obviously, these are both theories, and are not necessarily true. Indeed, they may bring up further questions, such as ''How did Pom Pom manage to mistake Mustachioed Homestar for Homestar?''. The ambiguity of the seemingly innocent gag is further intensified when taking into account the events of [[pizzaz]] (although the interview conducted in pizazz may have been obtained by Strong Bad filming himself twice, and splicing the footage together later. However, this further brings into question Strong Bad's video editing skills, as seen in [[stunt double]] and [[dangeresque 3]]). The world may never know.
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**Option 2 is unlikely since there wouldn't be a recording on an answering machine if it was silence. Most answering machines (even earlier ones) can distinguish a dial-tone and background noise and just stop recording after two or three seconds of opening silence. I think option 1 is the most likely.
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*the bananaphone is a cellular phone...
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*Though I'm familiar with the concept of pretending that a banana is a telephone, I've never heard of this CD.  (In other words, one can pretend to talk into one's banana without it being a reference to our dear friend Mr. Raffi and his beloved compact disc.)
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*It's just a comedic gag as old as slipping on a bananna peel. Raffi was not the first person to use a banana as a phone. It's been done far too many times to be a specific reference to him.
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*Once again must we bring up the fact that Homestar is a very dim light bulb.  If this was the only toon every we'd see that by him trying to send a text message to an answering machine.
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*Homestar has treated a [[Where the Crap Are We?|Twinkie]] as a phone before, too. If anything, it's a reference to that.
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* I admit that "Bananaphone" did cross my mind as I watched it, but the thought went something like "I bet someone on the Wiki is going to say that's a reference to 'Bananaphone'." I'm split either way, myself.
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* There also is a popular vaudeville joke in which one person has a banana in his ear, and somebody comes up to him and says "Hey, do you know you have a banana in your ear?" to which the man replies "I can't hear you, I've got a banana in my ear!".
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Banana Manana?

Homestar is walking around talking into the banana as we are hearing the message for message 6. There are three equally implausible explanations for this:
  • He is mouthing the words to his already-recorded message into a banana.
  • Message 6 is actually a section of blank tape of equal length to Homestar's banana-message.
  • The banana really is a phone, and the viewer is hearing him record the message live.

From: Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 13.2
Posted on: 04:20, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

Arguments for:

  • It's good to muse on deeper issues like this.

Arguments against:

  • Simply commenting ruins the joke. It's not needed.
  • Its a cartoon... people can use a banana as a phone without the need of an explanation.
  • Sing it with me... "Homestar is a dumb guy, a dumb guy, a dumb guy..."
  • All this is just speculation.
  • I don't think TBC intended any of the above options--I know that's somewhat speculative, but this seems to fall into the homestar flying around category--things that are just funny without having a deeper meaning.
  • It is indeed good to muse on such possibilities. But this wiki is primarily for documenting the objective facets of H*R cartoons; although there is some room for speculative hypothesizing and subjective interpretation in main-page articles, they can find a cozy and happy home on the talk pages, or, if they choose, run amok like proverbial bulls in proverbial china shops on the forum.
  • It could be that Homestar is leaving the message as he's walking by, and the answering machine is simply playing it aloud like many machines do.

Additional comments:

  • This fact is ruining the whole joke. I don't want facts explaining why Homestar fly away in technology or Homsar can fly around.
    • This fact is making the joke better. I enjoy thinking about such things.
      • It's just cartoon magic. All of these possibilities seem contrived and spoil the joke.
  • What about option 4: the "Homestar talking into a banana" is actually a service robot programmed by Louis and Gilbert from Revenge of the Nerds to provide a visual representation of the messages left on the answering machine. The answering machine is, of course, connected to the "Homestar" robot by invisible nanowires or Marzipan's wireless network.
  • homsar does heaps of impossible things, strong mad sent an email via paper bag and we're caring about a banana?
  • I'd say it's a mixture of comments 1 and 2; Homestar did actually record the message, but he just happens to be walking by with his Bananaphone at the same time.
    • Another theory is that the Homestar on Pom Pom's mobile is, in actual fact, Mustachioed Homestar Runner, and the real Homestar just happens to be walking by with his Bananaphone at the same time. (It may just be another instance of Twin Characters, but as it is believed by a minority that Mustachioed Homestar and Homestar are two separate characters, and assuming that the Homestar on Main Page 23 is actually Mustachioed Homestar (we never see his face), I will put forward this theory also.)
      • Obviously, these are both theories, and are not necessarily true. Indeed, they may bring up further questions, such as How did Pom Pom manage to mistake Mustachioed Homestar for Homestar?. The ambiguity of the seemingly innocent gag is further intensified when taking into account the events of pizzaz (although the interview conducted in pizazz may have been obtained by Strong Bad filming himself twice, and splicing the footage together later. However, this further brings into question Strong Bad's video editing skills, as seen in stunt double and dangeresque 3). The world may never know.
    • Option 2 is unlikely since there wouldn't be a recording on an answering machine if it was silence. Most answering machines (even earlier ones) can distinguish a dial-tone and background noise and just stop recording after two or three seconds of opening silence. I think option 1 is the most likely.


Votes to accept: Votes to decline:
  1. —FireBird|Talk
  2. ⇔Thunderbird⇔
  3. DorianGray
  4. — Seriously (Talk)
  5. — Has Matt? (talk)
  6. — Lapper (talk)
  7. TheThingé
  8. Spell4yr
  9. --Dacheatbot · Communicate
  10. TimMierz
  1. — It's dot com
  2. - Qermaq - (T/C) Image:Qermaqsigpic.png
  3. Dagger (talk · edits)
  4. TheNicestGuy
  5. Jweb Guru
  6. — Elcool (talk)(contribs)
  7. YK
  8. Trelawney
  9. Benabik
  10. I R F
  11. – The Chort
  12. Trey56
  13. Racerx is Alive
  14. — Image:kskunk_fstandby.gif KieferSkunk (talk) —
  15. Mycroft Holmes
  16. LePorello / T / C
  17. — Kilroy / talk
  18. Stonecold5987 (talk·edits)
  19. — User:ACupOfCoffee@
  20. AbdiViklas
  21. Alcnolien Has Spoken!
  22. Good Commando Name

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Bana...Banamana...Banamanamana tonight!

Homestar using a banana as a telephone may be a reference to the Raffi CD and subsequent Internet phenomenon Bananaphone.

From: Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 13.2
Posted on: 15:13, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

Arguments for:

  • the bananaphone is a cellular phone...
  • 'I've never heard of this CD' isn't a reason to decline.

Arguments against:

  • Though I'm familiar with the concept of pretending that a banana is a telephone, I've never heard of this CD. (In other words, one can pretend to talk into one's banana without it being a reference to our dear friend Mr. Raffi and his beloved compact disc.)
  • It's just a comedic gag as old as slipping on a bananna peel. Raffi was not the first person to use a banana as a phone. It's been done far too many times to be a specific reference to him.
  • Once again must we bring up the fact that Homestar is a very dim light bulb. If this was the only toon every we'd see that by him trying to send a text message to an answering machine.
  • Homestar has treated a Twinkie as a phone before, too. If anything, it's a reference to that.

Additional comments:

  • I admit that "Bananaphone" did cross my mind as I watched it, but the thought went something like "I bet someone on the Wiki is going to say that's a reference to 'Bananaphone'." I'm split either way, myself.
  • There also is a popular vaudeville joke in which one person has a banana in his ear, and somebody comes up to him and says "Hey, do you know you have a banana in your ear?" to which the man replies "I can't hear you, I've got a banana in my ear!".


Votes to accept: Votes to decline:
  1. Ppk01
  2. Alcnolien Has Spoken!
  3. Homsar999
  4. TheThingé
  5. - Ronald Ray Gun ☭ Click Here!
  6. — Has Matt? (talk)
  7. — Lapper (talk)
  1. Trey56
  2. ⇔Thunderbird⇔
  3. Qduk
  4. —FireBird|Talk
  5. I R F
  6. Heimstern Läufer
  7. — Elcool (talk)(contribs)
  8. Mycroft Holmes
  9. - Qermaq - (T/C) Image:Qermaqsigpic.png
  10. Mad Jaqk
  11. DorianGray
  12. D2htornado
  13. Benabik
  14. Traveling Ham
  15. YK
  16. Image:Walkl2.gifCh'meraImage:Walkl2.gif
  17. — Seriously (Talk)
  18. — Image:kskunk_fstandby.gif KieferSkunk (talk) —
  19. Jay (Gobble)
  20. Stonecold5987 (talk·edits)
  21. AbdiViklas
  22. LePorello / T / C
  23. — Kilroy / talk
  24. Good Commando Name

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Speculation into the Stratosphere

The fact that The Strong Bad supposedly "launched the recording into the stratosphere" could be another reference to time capsule.

From: Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 13.2
Posted on: 20:53, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

Arguments for:

Arguments against:

  • It's a stretch.

Additional comments:

  • Nothing was launched anywhere in time capsule, the capsule was just buried. This doesn't even make sense.
  • I agree that there are similarities to Time Capsule, in that OTSB is sending a message to the future. Maybe a revised version that draws the comparison a little more circumspectly would be in order.
    • OTSB also sent his mustache and a message to present-day Strong Bad in flashback. But in both time capsule and flashback, there was no launching involved - if there's a reference to anything in the "launching", I would think it'd be to space program, but even that's a stretch.


Votes to accept: Votes to decline:
  1. This is my page. I writes things on it. Ya....


And that's all I can do because wikicode is toooooo confusing. Of course.

  1. ⇔Thunderbird⇔
  2. —FireBird|Talk
  3. - Qermaq - (T/C) Image:Qermaqsigpic.png
  4. DorianGray
  5. — Seriously (Talk)
  6. I R F
  7. — Image:kskunk_fstandby.gif KieferSkunk (talk) —
  8. — Has Matt? (talk)
  9. TheThingé
  10. Qduk, yo
  11. — Lapper (talk)
  12. Nintendostar_Runner
  13. Benabik
  14. — Elcool (talk)(contribs)
  15. —NFITC1talk
  16. Mycroft Holmes
  17. LePorello / T / C
  18. — Kilroy / talk

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A hankering for some prankering

Old-Timey Strong Bad's line "I've got a hankering for a prankering" might be a reference to a Homer Simpson line in "Two Dozen & One Greyhounds (2F18)": "Which is lucky, too, because it's spanking season, and I got a hankering for some spankering!"

From: Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 13.2
Posted on: 15:44, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

Arguments for:

  • Copious other Simpsons references on H/R.

Arguments against:

  • Much like the banana, rhyming "hankering" with something that normally wouldn't rhyme is an old, 'oft used joke.
  • I've never heard this gag anywhere else. Can you cite that?

Additional comments:


Votes to accept: Votes to decline:
  1. Totoro
  1. ⇔Thunderbird⇔
  2. —FireBird|Talk
  3. Mycroft Holmes
  4. - Qermaq - (T/C) Image:Qermaqsigpic.png
  5. GG Crono
  6. Alcnolien Has Spoken!
  7. DorianGray
  8. Jay (Gobble)
  9. D2htornado
  10. Benabik
  11. Heimstern Läufer
  12. Traveling Ham
  13. TheThingé
  14. YK
  15. Image:Walkl2.gifCh'meraImage:Walkl2.gif
  16. — Seriously (Talk)
  17. I R F
  18. — Image:kskunk_fstandby.gif KieferSkunk (talk) —
  19. — Has Matt? (talk)
  20. Qduk
  21. — Lapper (talk)
  22. Witches_Brew_82

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