Wallpaper

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Revision as of 19:52, 24 September 2009

Spice up your desktop with some H*R

Wallpapers in a Homestar Runner theme are available for your desktop on the Downloads page.

Descriptions

• Homestarmy themed posters on a wall
• Pom Pom tag on a metal door
• Atari 2600 Duck Pond screenshot
• A spoof on the Neil Young album "Harvest"
• Strong Bad types "Every time that I look at myself, I can't believe how awesome I am!!!" on his Tandy 400
• A spoof on the Apple Computer "Think Different" campaign
• Homestar Runner spelled in "waffle" style tiles
• Pencil crayon sketch of Homestar Runner
• The main characters (minus Homsar) depicted in a cardboard cut-out style with the text "everybody! everybody!"
• Photograph of a pile of marshmallows
• Evolution of Homestar Runner style from June 1997 to February 2001
• Tiled Pom Poms

Other Wallpaper

Download box on the Main Page.

• A The Poopsmith desktop by "Robotsuperstar" was made available to download (1024×768,1600×1200) on the Main Pages on January 28, 2008. The same image was featured in Weekly Fanstuff for January 24, 2008.
• A Trogdor desktop by Rob Schrab was made available to download (1024×768,1600×1200) on the Main Pages on January 14, 2008.
• A "Support the Municipality" desktop from disconnected was available to download (1024×768, 1600×1200) through the Main Pages on March 16, 2006.
• The Macintosh wallpapers from big white face are available to download (800×600, 1024×768) in an Easter egg at the end of the email.

Fun Facts

Trivia

• The Homestarmy poster was originally put up with the letter "m" removed, making it say "Homestary." Only a few hours after being up, the wall paper was changed to include the "m".

Remarks

• In the "Everybody, Everybody" wallpaper, The Poopsmith's lower arms are orange, while his upper arms are stained.
• Viewing the Flash file of the wallpaper pop-up (http://www.homestarrunner.com/hsicons/wallpaper.swf) instead of going through the Downloads page causes the links to not work. They come up as http://www.homestarrunner.com/hsicons/wallpapers/armywallpaper2.jpg instead of http://www.homestarrunner.com/wallpapers/armywallpaper2.jpg (for example).

Inside References

• Strong Bad's message "Every time that I look at myself, I can't believe how awesome I am!!!" is a quote from Strong Bad Sings.

Real-World References

• The Homestarmy poster is an obvious play on the poster featuring Uncle Sam with the words "I want you for U.S. Army".
  • The Homestarmy poster and those flanking it are all based on war propaganda posters disseminated by the U.S. government during World War II.
• The Municipality poster is a throw-back to George Orwell's classic dystopia novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.

External Links

• view the Flash file for the wallpapers
• view the old wallpapers page (includes the last nine above)