Left Handedness

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Strong Sad is squirrel-handed left-handed

Although only approximately 10% of the US population are left-handed, a large portion of the characters in the Homestar Runner universe appear to be either left-handed or ambidextrous (even though some characters do not have visible arms). Since all 3 of The Brothers Strong are ambidextrous, it may be a trait that runs in the family. In fact, given how different they really are from each other, it may be the only trait they have in common.

Left-handed Characters

• Homestar Runner
• Pan Pan
• Rather Dashing
• The Blacksmith
• The Ugly One
• What's Her Face
• The Cheat

Ambidextrous Characters

• Senor Cardgage
• Strong Bad
• Strong Mad
• Strong Sad

Appearances

• In Egg Throwing Game, Strong Bad throws left-handed.
• Homestar plays the lute left-handed in Tis True, Pom Pom, Tis True.
• In kids' book, one of the original characters, Gregor, is listed to be left handed.
• In Under Construction, Pan Pan is shown "eating pudding with a spoon" left handed.
  • Although Pan Pan uses chopsticks with his right hand on Main Page 17, chopsticks are traditionally held in the right hand only even by the left-handed.
• In Peasant's Quest Preview, Rather Dashing holds the Trog-Sword left-handed.
• In an Easter Egg of old comics, Strong Mad holds the orange spoon with his left hand.
  • He holds the X-acto knife right handed in dragon.
• In Teen Girl Squad Issue 8, What's Her Face plays the bass left-handed.
• In Senorial Day, Senor Cardgage signs the football with his right hand, but winds up to throw it with his left.
• In Teen Girl Squad Issue 9, What's Her Face holds the spoon left-handed when she is eating staple sauce.
  • In this same issue, The Ugly One holds a Big Knife with her left hand when she carves "BFF" into the tree.
• In highschool, Homestar plays the bass left-handed.
• Strong Sad plays a classical guitar left-handed in alternate universe.
• In senior prom, The Blacksmith appears to be left handed, since the snare drum is on the right hand side of the drum set.
• In redesign, Strong Bad holds his spear in his left hand and his shield in his right.
• In keep cool, Strong Bad raises his left hand, inviting the viewer to "give [him] five". Strong Sad later uses his left hand to grab a spoonful of hoisin sauce off his head and eat it.
• In trading cards, Strong Bad uses his left hand to draw himself bench-pressing dinosaurs on a sticky note.
  • Despite this, Strong Bad is seen drawing right-handed in both 3 Wishes and comic.
• Strong Bad is seen using a left-handed marker in emails suntan, couch patch, car, haircut, and long pants. It was also later seen in the holiday toon Senorial Day.
• In narrator, Strong Sad is seen eating his Rogan Josh pot pie with his spoon in his left hand.
• In space program, The Cheat throws the CD case at Homestar using his left arm.
• In coloring, when The Cheat is manufacturing a "lemon laser", he is holding the soldering iron in his left hand.
• In funny, Bubs is eating french fries with computer ketchup left handed.
• The Cheat is throwing water balloons at Homestar left handed in rough copy.
• While stuck in the frame, Strong Bad is painting left handed in portrait.
• In the toon DNA Evidence, Strong Sad writes left handed with a fountain pen, but switches to his right hand halfway through, and then back to his left hand.
• In Arcade Game, The Cheat plays TROGDOR! left handed.
• In rough copy, The Cheat throws water balloons with his left hand.
• In 20X6 vs. 1936, The Homestar Runner plays the washboard left-handed.