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| - | [[Image:pomfamily.png|thumb|Meet the Parents]]
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| - | Although most of the [[characters]]' '''parents''' are [[Unseen Characters|never seen]], they are sometimes mentioned.
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| - | At the [[Flashforward 2006 Seattle - 28 Feb 2006|Flashforward 2006 Seattle]] public appearance, The Brothers Chaps revealed that emails they receive asking about the characters' parents are one of the [[Flashforward 2006 Seattle - 28 Feb 2006#Pre-animation Process - 4:05 p.m.|groups of emails]] that are virtually certain ''not'' to be answered.
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| - | ==Appearances==
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| - | ===Homestar Runner===
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| - | *[[Super NES]] and [[Theme Song Video]] — One of the lyrics to the song is "Homestar Runner, mom and dad".
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| - | *[[Secret Pages#Other Animations|Homestar's Yearbook]] — [[Homestar Runner|Homestar]] says, "Sign my yearbook! But don't use any [[swears]], because... my mom reads it."
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| - | *Email [[shapeshifter]] — Homestar doesn't want to talk to the "scarf from grandma," possibly implying that he thought that it was from his ''own'' grandmother.
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| - | * [[79 Seconds Left]] — Homestar refers to himself as the [[Cow Lamp|Cow]] [[Tape-Leg|Leg's]] daddy.
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| - | * [[Fan Costumes '09]] — Homestar seems to believe that [[Strong Bad]] is his kid, after seeing a picture that shows a man dressed as Homestar, a woman dressed as Marzipan, and a small child dressed as Strong Bad.
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| - | ===The Brothers Strong===
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| - | *[[Homestarloween Party]] — [[Strong Bad]] admits that his mom helped him with his [[Homestarloween Party Costumes|costume]].
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| - | *[[The Secrets That I Keep]] — The birthday card Strong Bad gave [[Strong Sad]] has "mom says I have to make you this kard <!--[sic]-->" written in it.
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| - | *Email [[50 emails]] (DVD Commentary) — After wondering why Strong Bad has a fondue pot, [[Matt Chapman]] suggests that it's his mom's. In mock fan obsession, he excitedly asks, "Oh man, what is his mom parent..ing like... today?"
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| - | *Email [[cheatday]] — [[The Cheat]] reads one email asking what [[The Brothers Strong]]'s parents looked like, but he responds by threatening to gnaw the email sender's face off (which apparently is his response to every email).
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| - | *[[The Screen Savers Interview - 24 Jan 2005]] — Joe from Pomona, California asks Strong Bad why we never get to see his parents. The question angers Strong Bad. Strong Bad later warns the host [[Wikipedia:Kevin Pereira|Kevin Pereira]] to never talk about his mom.
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| - | *Email [[the facts]] — Strong Bad tells [[Strong Mad]] that "Mom says to keep it down 'cause baby [[Strong Sad]]'s sleeping."
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| - | *Email [[the chair]] — After ripping his face off, Strong Bad holds up an alleged picture of his parents, although it is obscured by the new high-backed chair. However, using a flash decompiler reveals that the picture is blank except for the message "nice try dodongo".
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| - | *Email [[slumber party]] — Strong Bad mentions that Strong Sad used to get picked up early from the slumber parties they used to have in their own basement because he misses his mom.
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| - | *Email [[mini-golf]] — When the [[Drive-Thru Whale]] says, "Pour gravel on your stump please, ma'am," Strong Bad asks, "Did you just tell my mom to pour gravel on her stump?"
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| - | *Email [[environment]] — Strong Bad is seen typing up a list of mother-approved synonyms of "butt".
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| - | *Email [[buried]] — Strong Bad believes his parents are aliens.
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| - | *Email [[shapeshifter]] — Strong Bad mentions having the power to turn into "presents your grandma's knitted for you", and later transforms into a scarf from by his grandmother, whom he refers to as "G-moms".
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| - | *Email [[rated]] — Strong Bad admits that Coach Z kind of looks like his mom.
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| - | *Email [[specially marked]] — Strong Bad tells cereals that require a parent to write a check for the shipping and handling to "leave [his] mom out of this!"
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| - | *[[Homestar Ruiner]] — Strong Bad tries to get Strong Sad to get out of his room by pretended to be Strong Sad's mom. Strong Sad replied [[Homestar Ruiner Responses (House of Strong)#Strong Sad's Door|"You're not even my real mom!"]]
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| - | *[[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]] — Senor Cardgage '''ACTS''' as [[Dadgeresque]] A.K.A. [[Dangeresque]]'s dad. Dangeresque also admits the stikanie flower, he was showing to [[Cutesy Buttons]], was "for [his] mom".
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| - | *[[Dangeresque Roomisode 1: Behind the Dangerdesque]] — Strong Bad mentions that his grandma used to air her whoozit out.
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| - | *[[Compy Catalog]] — The Decemberween present in Strong Bad's imagination is given by either his mom or his dad.
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| - | ===Other Main Characters===
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| - | *[[Old Characters Page]] — [[The King of Town]]'s bio states that he is [[Marzipan]]'s father. However, it is the only such reference on the site, and The Brothers Chaps have since reported in interviews (such as the [[Club Aquatica Interview - 29 Oct 2003|Club Aquatica interview]]) that this was an idea they had early in the site's development but have since abandoned.
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| - | *[[Pom Pom, Too]] — [[Pom Pom]]'s [[General and Fraulein Pom Pom|parents]] are seen in a photo.
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| - | *Email [[interview]] — While demonstrating what an interview with [[Homsar]] would be like, [[Strong Bad]] as a Homsar puppet says "I was raised by a cup of [[coffee]]!"
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| - | *Email [[pom pom]] — Strong Bad writes a letter to Pom Pom's parents, addressing them as "General and Fraulein Pom Pom".
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| - | *[[Homestar Presents: Presents]] — [[Coach Z]] pretends to be talking to his parents on a [[Disconnected Telephones|disconnected phone]].
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| - | *[[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]] — Coach Z thinks Strong Bad is dressed up as Coach Z's hot mom.
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| - | *[[Weclome Back]] — Strong Bad says, to a gathering of main characters, but to no one in particular, "What am I, your dad?"
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| - | *[[Fan Costumes '06]] — Strong Bad thinks one of the costumes looks like The Cheat's hot mom.
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| - | **He later mentions the Cheat's hot mom in [[SBCG4AP]].
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| - | *Email [[fan club]] — Homsar states that he is the "son of a [[Wikipedia:Chipwich|Chipwich]]," and an Easter egg shows a picture of his "parents."
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| - | *Email [[pet show]] — The King Of Town berates the As Seen on TV Low-Fat Cooking Device by saying he's not its real father.
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| - | *Email [[garage sale]] — Coach Z claims that he is a mom.
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| - | *[[A Death-Defying Decemberween]] — Homestar and Marzipan go to Marzipan's parents' house at the end of the toon. Marzipan's mother, "Mrs. Marzipan", is apparently frequently divorced. Her current husband, Seth, is a philosophy professor.
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| - | *Email [[independent]] — Strong Bad mentions Pom Pom's father, who apparently owns his own studio.
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| - | ===Minor Characters===
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| - | *Email [[army]] — Homestar tells [[Mrs. Bennedetto]] that her son, [[Frank Bennedetto|Frank]], [[Death|died]] in [[The Battle of Strong Badia|battle]].
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| - | *[[The Li'l Brudder Show]] — [[Li'l Brudder]]'s parents are shown to be a unicycle and a dog.
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| - | *[[Let us give TANKS!]] — [[Reynold]] says that he is going to his [[Reynold's Parents' House|parents' house]] for Thanksgiving.
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| - | *Email [[hygiene]] — Gene's "young and hot" mother buys his clothes, and lets him take the boat out when she has a 'grown-up' headache.
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| - | *[[Limozeen Live! (practice)]] — The corner of the advertisement reads, "Watch us practicing in our <s>parents'</s> basement". Also, a pop-up during the video reads, "We use acoustics and no drums when we practice so our mom can talk to her friend Gerdith" (the word "mom" gets replaced with "landlord" after a few seconds).
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| - | *Email [[magic trick]] — The magician in the book apologizes to his mother after shoving a squirrel into his pants. Also, in the Easter Egg [[D n' D Greg]] tells Coach Z, "I'm gonna have to ask you to leave my parent's basement now."
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| - | *[[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]]— [[Dangeresque]]'s dad, [[Dadgeresque]], is shown in the movie.
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| - | *[[2 Part Episode: Part 1]] — At least one of the [[Blue Laser Minions]] calls [[Blue Laser Commander]] "Dad", which he apparently hates.
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| - | ===Teen Girl Squad===
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| - | *[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 4]] — [[Cheerleader]] has "cool parents!"
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| - | *[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 5]] — [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Olda Boys|Olda boy 2]] says "I miss my mom!"
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| - | *[[Decemberween Teen Girl Squad]] — [[What's Her Face]] "wants a new stepdad!"
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| - | *[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 8]] — [[So and So|So and So's]] stepmother is seen, referred to as Mrs. So and So[[names ending in -erson|erson]]
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| - | *[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 10]] — [[The Ugly One|The Ugly One's]] father, [[Manolios Ugly One]], is seen.
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| - | *[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 13]] — [[Tompkins|Tompkins's]] mother, [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Momkins|Momkins]], is seen. At the end, [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Timkins|Timkins]] points at one of the [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Policemen|policemen]] and says, "You're not my real father!"
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| - | *[[Decomposing Pumpkins]] — [[Brainkrieg]] plays in their lead singer's mom's garage. The "plump kid" whose "mom did not give us good candy on Halloween" is revealed at the end to be their drummer.
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| - | ==Other Relatives==
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| - | *[[Decemberween Teen Girl Squad]] — What's Her Face "wants a new stepdad!"
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| - | *Email [[Family Resemblence]] — Strong Bad tries to envision Pom Pom's [[Pom Pom's Hypothetical Family|family]] "resembling" him (at least, to the same extent that Strong Bad's brothers resemble himself).
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| - | *[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 8]] — The girls practice for the battle of the bands in [[So and So]]'s [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Mrs. So-and-so-erson|stepmom]]'s closet. She tells the girls to "Shut your yaps!" Afterwards, she pours ranch dressing on [[The Ugly One]].
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| - | *Email [[alternate universe]] — [[Senor Cardgage]] wants to adopt Strong Bad, but Strong Bad disappears before he can do so.
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| - | *Email [[secret recipes]] — Strong Bad and Homestar reference several (possibly and/or definitely made-up) relatives: Strong Bad's "Great Uncle Pawdabber", his "Crazy Aunt Eulatherm", his mystifying "Poopaw", and Homestar's (definitely non-existent) "Stupid Uncle [[Egg]]".
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| - | *[[Happy Hallow-day]] — Homestar Runner reminisces about pushing his grandma on a wheelchair through "the old town". This (most likely false) memory is stimulated by [[Coach Z]]'s unrealistic broken-wheelchair-on-cobblestone sound effects.
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| - | *Email [[looking old]] — Strong Sad allegedly mistakes Strong Bad for their great-grandmother after he gets a "lace-lift".
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| - | *Email [[more armies]] — The [[On Point Kings]]' brochure mentions The Cheat's sister as one of their clients.
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| - | *[[Happy Dethemberween]] — Marzipan reminds Strong Bad that [[The Thnikkaman|The Decemberween Thnikkaman]] is not better than her "hot cousin" Deborah.
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| - | *Email [[bedtime story]] — Strong Bad says that he is The Cheat's "Dadbysitter".
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| - | *[[Strong Badia the Free]] — Homsar performs an ancient ceremony his Uncle Chet taught.
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| - | *[[Page Load Error]] — Part of the error message says "Did you make a mistake when typing the domain? Did you grandma?"
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| - | *[[Homestar Ruiner]] — When you use the car on any girl in the Teen Girl Squad minigame, she says that her dad bought it.
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| - | *[[Most in the Graveyard]] — After [[Bubs]] clears up that he and [[Coach Z]] are only distant relatives at the most, Coach Z comments, "So your sister and I can..." before Bubs proceeds to punch him. An outtake later featured as the [[Quote of the Week]] had Bubs saying, "Stay away from my sister!"
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| - | * Email [[candy product]]— One line of Strong Bad's jingle says "Livin' in the gutter with grandma".
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| - | * [[Hooked on Decemberween]] — Brainkrieg's song "If I Don't Get Videogames..." mentions "Crazy Uncle Edgar".
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| - | ==See Also==
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| - | *[[How do you type with boxing gloves on?]]
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| - | *[[Draw Trogdor Again]]
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| - | *[[Children]]
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| - | *[[Hot Moms]]
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