Homsar

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This article is about the character. For the Strong Bad Email, see homsar.

Biography

Homsar is perhaps the strangest and most enigmatic of all the main characters in the Homestar Runner universe. He was originally created as a result of a typo in the email homsar, in which Vinnie C. asked, "If you hate homsar so much, why don't you kill him?" Presumably, Vinnie had actually meant Homestar Runner, but Strong Bad promptly dropped a Heavy Lourde on Homsar and left him for dead. The Brothers Chaps later decided to keep Homsar as a main character, and they brought him back in Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 5.0, where he thanked Marzipan for the flowers she sent him while he was in the hospital.

Homsar occasionally makes brief appearances in various cartoons, but most of the time he appears only in Easter eggs (and has even been referred to as the "secret character"). In every Halloween toon since his introduction, Homsar has appeared in an Easter egg somewhere in the middle of the Toon. (This is usually triggered by clicking somewhere on or near The Poopsmith.)

Homsar is a friend to Strong Sad and Marzipan, but he is generally regarded as a nuisance by the other characters. In particular, Homestar, Strong Bad and Bubs seem to dislike him the most. Despite this, he serves in the Homestarmy and occasionally attends parties where these characters are present. He enjoys playing board games with Strong Sad, and he has organized his own activities, such as a tree hugging concert and the play "Butt's Twelve by Pies" (starring Lighting and Set Decoration).

Distinctive Characteristics

Speech

Perhaps the most well-known aspect of Homsar is that he speaks almost entirely in word salads, a speech disorder characteristic of schizophrenia, in which grammar and sentence structure is intact, but the words have no meaning. However, Homsar has more recently made confused statements as opposed to outright nonsense. For instance, Homsar, after his second appearance in Marzipan's answering machine, began to make strange statements such as "Don't look now, I'm just a friendly reminder", and "I'm a song from the sixties". In recent times, however, he has taken to just saying normal statements completely out of context, like "Let's sing a song of Pennzoil", and "You gotta get yours, I gotta get mine". Interestingly, in his first two appearances, Homsar spoke normally, excepting the fact that even then he had the habit of beginning a statement with "AaAaAaA" and dragging out the last syllable in the sentence. Because he called Marzipan after being crushed by the Heavy Lourde and his speech made sense, it is clear that it was probably not a concussion that made him speak the way he does now.

Bowler Hat and Psychokinesis

Another aspect of Homsar is that his yellow bowler hat can float. It appears that this hat, which levitates when Homsar speaks, is actually being manipulated, as opposed to just flying about on its own. Homsar is, after all, a character lacking visible arms, and in the Strong Bad Email, time capsule, Homestar is seen manipulating a box, its lid, and a nasty old wig all at the same time. A theory for this is that Homestar, and quite possibly the other characters lacking arms, have limited psychokinetic abilities. Support for this theory is not only the fact that Homsar's hat floats whenever he speaks, but that it can float even when he isn't. Homsar himself is even capable of levitation, as demonstrated in narrator, his character video, A Folky Tale, and Halloween Fairstival. Apart from levitation, Homsar can duplicate himself (Fall Float Parade), make a paintbrush ring like a bell (Homestar Presents: Presents), transmute his bowler hat into an engineer's cap (Character Video) and perhaps manipulate time (3 Times Halloween Funjob) and metamorphose (impression). (Homsar's supposed metamorphosis in impression is generally accepted to be just a very convincing costume by most people, however, but this cannot exactly be proven or disproven.)

Naming of Other Characters

Homsar often assigns the other characters, including himself, strange names. This could be because he has forgotten their real names, is confused, or disregards their real names. These "names" are sometimes based on the character's appearance (Strong Sad: That Rhinoceros) or a similar-sounding name (Bubs: Tubbs). Others (Strong Bad: Reggie) don't make much sense.

• Debut: Email homsar
• Complete Filmography

Character Video Transcript

{Page Title: The Hand-Me-Down Clown!} {Place: The Field}

{The background is upside-down throughout the video, with the blue sky on the bottom of the screen and the green grass at the top.}

HOMSAR: AaAaAaAaAaAaA! Hi, Wonder Mike! I'm Homsar! The captain of the gravy train. {bowler hat pops up and turns into a train conductor's hat} Climb aboard! {hat returns to normal} I've brought my best foot flowered... Pshoooo! {hat slides down the back of his head, then snaps back at the end of the sound} Sure beats breaking up with me. Don't look now! I'm just a friendly reminder. AaAaAaAaAaAaA! AaAaAaAaAaAaA! {spins around the screen backwards and ends up at the top, upside down} Think I won the Powerball.

(Note: To view Homsar's character video, click "Eject" on the VCR, then click the tape.)

Fun Facts

• Wonder Mike is a member of The Sugarhill Gang, famous for the song "Rapper's Delight." In the beginning of "Rapper's Delight", Wonder Mike says "I am Wonder Mike and I'd like to say hello", so Homsar saying "Hi, Wonder Mike" could possibly be a response.
• "Think I won the Powerball" is a reference to the multistate Powerball Lottery, which is known for having large jackpots.
• Homsar's character page is the only one with background music.
• Homsar's nonsensical but grammatically correct dialogue is evidence of a trait found in some mental illnesses, and may be either Word Salad or Receptive Aphasia.
• Since the camera is presumably upside-down throughout his character video, Homsar starts the video upside-down and ends it right-side-up; this was more visible during April Fool's 2006. He "stands on air" again in the long toon A Folky Tale as an Easter egg.
• He is also seen floating in the Strong Bad email, narrator.
• Mr. Shmallow and Nibbles make the same walking noise as Homsar.
• In most Halloween Toons, Homsar is usually unlocked by something to do with The Poopsmith.

Also known as...

• Haddi-Man
• Modestly Hot Homsar
• Ryan S.

Halloween Costumes

• Wimpy in The House That Gave Sucky Treats.
• Ghost Dog in Pumpkin Carve-nival.
• Slash in 3 Times Halloween Funjob.
• Kumar (from Bottle Rocket) in Halloween Fairstival.
• Tingle from The Legend of Zelda series in Halloween Potion-ma-jig.

See Also

• Homsar Evolution
• Other Costumes
• Nicknames
• Bowler Hats

External Links

• watch Homsar's character video
• view the Flash file for Homsar's character video