Inconsistencies within the Homestar Runner universe

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Is Bubs' right? Or is it left?

With such an expansive bank of cartoons that rely so heavily on whimsical humor, it would be near impossible for The Brothers Chaps to keep the Homestar Runner universe completely consistent and have total continuity between cartoons. Because of this large size and humorous nature, various inconsistencies occur throughout the website and the DVDs. These are usually very minor. According to the site's FAQ, people often ask The Brothers Chaps about inconsistencies, to these questions they answer that "It was either done on purpose or it's just a cartoon and you probably shouldn't worry about it."

Appearances of Inconsistencies

• Strong Mad — His height and weight are under constant scrutiny.
• Strong Bad's computers — Their capabilities tend to vary. Matt Chapman even points this out in the DVD commentary for homestar hair.
  • Email retirement — Strong Bad states that the Lappy 486 has a "5 meg hard-drive", although in animal it claimed to have only a 2 meg hard drive.
• The race track — In autobiography lane five is the shortest lane, and seven the longest, while in disconnected, the roles are reversed.
• Email flashback — To celebrate the 100th Strong Bad Email, the screen of the Compy 386 displays "Congratulations! You have answered 100 emails!", even though there were some episodes, such as 2 emails, where he answered more than one.
• Email flashback — Strong Bad claims he lost count around email 51, but he began caffeine (the 91st Strong Bad Email) with "Coming in at number 91, it's, E-Maaaaaaaaaaail!" and ended nightlife (email 185) with "This has been Strong Bad, with Strong Bad E-mail 185. Thanks for listening."
• Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon — The scene behind the fence is missing the Bear Holding a Shark that scared The Cheat in date.
• Email pom pom — Strong Bad can not type legibly when he is blindfolded, but in impression he could type properly even while wearing a paper plate mask, and with an empty bag on one hand.
• Strong Sad's Lament — Strong Sad writes that he can't jump, yet he manages to jump in A Jumping Jack Contest, as well as in Experimental Film, stunt double, and boring (really).
• Halloween Fairstival — Strong Bad states that he doesn't know or care what a haiku is, but he had previously recited one in japanese cartoon.
• Email dreamail — Strong Bad imagines the Lappy as female, but in animal he claimed it was The Paper's "new brother."
• HomestarRunner.com PAY PLUS! — The ceiling of the Basement of the Brothers Strong is not as high as it was in The Li'l Brudder Show.
• Email bottom 10 — Strong Bad's list includes "Songs that try to pass off la la's, na na's, and doot do's as legit lyrics", but Strong Bad sang "Na na na" in the intro to secret recipes and goes on to do it again in Trogday 08.
• Email geddup noise — Strong Bad corrects an email that refers to The Geddup Noise as "the get up noise," as if he is unfamiliar with that name, but he had called Chairscoot by that name in the bet.
• Email bedtime story — The Cheat is slightly smaller compared to the grill than he is in Where's The Cheat? and pizza joint.
  • This was most likely deliberate both so that The Cheat could hold onto his glass of SUUDSU and so Strong Bad could fit three roach foggers into the grill.
• TrogdorCon '97 — The Cheat reminds Strong Bad that he doesn't pay him, but in lackey Strong Bad pays The Cheat with pencil shavings. Similarly, in rough copy, he pays The Cheat in soft tacos.
• Email alternate universe — Old-Timey Strong Bad calls the modern Strong Bad a "brightly colored baboon," implying there is no color in the Old-Timey universe. However, the lyrics to The Ballad of The Sneak claimed The Sneak was yellow, and Sickly Sam's Big Outing is presented in "a color": pink hearts and a pink bouquet appear in the cartoon.
• Email retirement — The hole in the screen of the Compy 386 is smaller than it was when Bubs shotgunned it in the end of virus.
  • This was likely deliberate so that all the text would fit on the screen.
• Email coloring — Marzipan says that "soy is also murder", yet in do over, she asked "Homestar" for the soy crisps.
• Happy Hallow-Day — This toon indicates that the Spooky Woods are only spooky during Halloween night, or at least at night. However, in Where's The Cheat?, the woods appear as they do during the other Halloween toons, despite the fact it is neither Halloween nor night.
• Email rough copy — Strong Sad writes a note to himself to get a bigger notebook, and couldn't manage to write the word "notebook" on one page. However, in record book he transcribed "Paradise Lost" onto a single grain of rice, in four languages. This is further contradicted in DNA Evidence, in which he writes down notes from various character confessions.
• Email concert — Strong Sad tells Strong Bad he never heard of Limozeen, but they watched Limozeen: "but they're in space!" together in best thing.
• Email hygiene — Coach Z has to ask Strong Bad where he can get hygiene, but in senior prom he assures Strong Sad he is spiking the punch with Listerine only because he is "looking out for all yer hygienes."
• Email pizza joint — Strong Bad was shocked to learn that there was "competition" between his pizza joint, The Pizz and the Cheat's "Cheatsa Pizza", forgetting that there is in fact a third pizza brand, Bubs' Old Pizza.
• Email nightlife — Bubs' Concession Stand is shown to be to the left of Strong Badia, while in Summer Short Shorts Bubs' Concession Stand was on Strong Badia's right.
• Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 15.2 — Strong Bad translates The Cheat's prank call for Marzipan, although Marzipan has been shown as being able to understand The Cheat's language, most notably in Date Nite and Halloween Potion-ma-jig.
  • Additionally, Strong Bad claimed that he can't speak The Cheat in the email cheat talk.
• Blubb-O's Commercial — Bubs managed to open the window of the Gremlin, but in road trip Strong Bad said the windows could not open from the inside.
• Email your edge — The Basement of the Brothers Strong is located underneath the Living Room of the Brothers Strong, but in HomestarRunner.com PAY PLUS! it was located underneath the Computer Room.
• Strong Bad's Cool Game For Attractive People — Strong Bad's Room is located on the first floor of the House of the Brothers Strong, but in Nighttime Driving Type Game and nightlife it was located near the Basement of the Brothers Strong. Additionally, the computer room is missing the window that it has been shown to have in cheat talk and environment.
• Email email thunder — Strong Bad has to ask if Homestar has an e-mail address, but he has previously forwarded an e-mail to Homestar in credit card.