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A soon-to-be randomized template for the [[HRWiki:Main page redesign|soon-to-be Main Page]]. This should have 60-80 facts, ideally. Currently at 80.
A soon-to-be randomized template for the [[HRWiki:Main page redesign|soon-to-be Main Page]]. This should have 60-80 facts, ideally. Currently at 80.
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*[[Homestar Runner]] gained a half-open mouth animation frame, despite [[Matt Chapman]] [[Georgia Tech - 26 Apr 2007|saying it wasn't necessary at 12 frames per second]].
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*[[Strong Bad]] and [[Strong Mad]], and their original role as tag team wrestlers, came from the 1986 [[Nintendo]] video game [[Wikipedia:Tag Team Wrestling|Tag Team Wrestling]], in which one of the teams is called "The Strong Bads".
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*[[Strong Bad]] has more appearances than [[Senor Cardgage]], [[Homsar]], [[The Poopsmith]], [[Pom Pom]], and [[The King of Town]] combined.
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*At his fastest, [[Strong Bad]] types, on average, approximately 240 [[Wikipedia:Typing#Words per Minute|words per minute]] (in a segment in [[death metal]]).
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*[[Matt Chapman]] has said that [[Strong Sad]] is the most difficult main character to voice due to how delicate he sounds, leading to [[Mike Chapman|Mike]] substituting for Strong Sad's one word in [[cheat talk]].
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| 2 = {{:User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/didyouknow|8}}{{:User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/didyouknow|7}}{{:User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/didyouknow|6}}{{:User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/didyouknow|5}}{{:User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/didyouknow|4}}{{:User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/didyouknow|3}}{{:User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/didyouknow|2}}{{:User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/didyouknow|1}}
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*[[Strong Sad]] was originally going to sound like [[Wikipedia:Michael Stipe|Michael Stipe]], but this idea was quickly rejected.
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*[[Strong Sad]] [[independent|claims]] to have "minored in holding on wide shots for too long" in film school.
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*[[Strong Sad]] [[Fan Costumes '07|only has three ribs]].
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*[[Pom Pom]]'s "voice" is a re-used sample of [[Mike Chapman]] blowing bubbles into a glass of milk, making his the only voice that is never recorded fresh for every toon.
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*[[Pom Pom]] is the only main character never to have said anything [[Lack of Intelligible Speech|understandable as an English word]].
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*[[Pom Pom]] is the only main character whose [[parents]] ([[General and Fraulein Pom Pom]]) have been [[Pom Pom, Too|seen in the body of work]].
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| 1 = [[Homestar Runner]] gained a half-open mouth animation frame, despite [[Matt Chapman]] [[Georgia Tech - 26 Apr 2007|saying it wasn't necessary at 12 frames per second]].
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*The [[Old Characters Page]] said that [[the King of Town]] was [[Marzipan]]'s father. However, this idea has since been abandoned.
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| 2 = [[Strong Bad]] and [[Strong Mad]], and their original role as tag team wrestlers, came from the 1986 [[Nintendo]] video game [[Wikipedia:Tag Team Wrestling|Tag Team Wrestling]], in which one of the teams is called "The Strong Bads".
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*[[Marzipan]] is named after [[Wikipedia:Marzipan|marzipan]], a confectionery consisting primarily of ground almonds and sugar.
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| 3 = [[Strong Bad]] has more appearances than [[Senor Cardgage]], [[Homsar]], [[The Poopsmith]], [[Pom Pom]], and [[The King of Town]] combined.
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*[[Marzipan]] is apparently [[DNA Evidence|allergic to pecans]].
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| 4 = At his fastest, [[Strong Bad]] types, on average, approximately 240 [[Wikipedia:Typing#Words per Minute|words per minute]] (in a segment in [[death metal]]).
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*[[Marzipan]] has a cousin named [[Debra]] whom [[Strong Bad]] [[Happy Dethemberween|said he considered hot]].
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| 5 = [[Matt Chapman]] has said that [[Strong Sad]] is the most difficult main character to voice due to how delicate he sounds, leading to [[Mike Chapman|Mike]] substituting for Strong Sad's one word in [[cheat talk]].
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*[[Marzipan]] has a sister, [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2|according]] to [[Homestar Runner]].
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| 6 = [[Strong Sad]] was originally going to sound like [[Wikipedia:Michael Stipe|Michael Stipe]], but this idea was quickly rejected.
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*[[Marzipan]] has [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 15.2|apparently had]] [[Questionable Services|questionable surgery]] to have her [[Lack of Visible Body Parts|nose removed]].
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| 7 = [[Strong Sad]] [[independent|claims]] to have "minored in holding on wide shots for too long" in film school.
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*[[Marzipan]]'s latest stepfather as of [[A Death-Defying Decemberween]] is named Seth, and works in a philosophy department.
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| 8 = [[Strong Sad]] [[Fan Costumes '07|only has three ribs]].
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*[[Coach Z]]'s accent came from a depressing Midwestern voice that [[Matt Chapman]] and some friends would do in college.
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| 9 = [[Pom Pom]]'s "voice" is a re-used sample of [[Mike Chapman]] blowing bubbles into a glass of milk, making his the only voice that is never recorded fresh for every toon.
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*[[Coach Z]] is named after [[Craig Zobel]] (as revealed in the [[Wonkavision Magazine Interview|Wonkavision interview]]).
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| 10 = [[Pom Pom]] is the only main character never to have said anything [[Lack of Intelligible Speech|understandable as an English word]].
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*On [[Coach Z]]'s emblem, the darker blue shine streak under the gold Z makes a backwards Z formation.
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| 11 = [[Pom Pom]] is the only main character whose [[parents]] ([[General and Fraulein Pom Pom]]) have been [[Pom Pom, Too|seen in the body of work]].
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*According to the [[Old Characters Page]], [[Coach Z]] wasn't much of a coach at the time, and he just added the title because it sounded "cooler than just Z".
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*[[Bubs]] is based on a person [[the Brothers Chaps]] knew growing up who worked at a concession stand locally and spoke with the same gravelly voice.
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*[[Matt Chapman]] has admitted that [[Bubs]]'s voice was heavily borrowed from the voice of [[imdb:nm0289359|Redd Foxx]] (of [[imdb:tt0068128|''Sanford and Son'']] fame).
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*[[Mike Chapman]] [[Georgia Tech - 26 Apr 2007|once noted]] that it is difficult to animate Bubs's elbows, leading to his lack of elbows in later toons.
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*[[The King of Town]] wears a [[pickelhaube]] in [[Ever and More]], similar to his [[Old-Timey]] [[The Kaiser|counterpart]].
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*[[The King of Town]] is [[Donut Unto Others|shown to possess]] either powers of teleportation or skills as a ninja, as he can appear and disappear in a puff of smoke.
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| 1 = The [[Old Characters Page]] said that [[the King of Town]] was [[Marzipan]]'s father. However, this idea has since been abandoned.
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*[[The Poopsmith]], in his voiced appearances, is voiced by [[John Linnell]] of [[They Might Be Giants]].
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| 2 = [[Marzipan]] is named after [[Wikipedia:Marzipan|marzipan]], a confectionery consisting primarily of ground almonds and sugar.
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*[[Homsar]] is the only main character with no [[Old-Timey]] or [[Dangeresque (film series)|Dangeresque]] counterpart.
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| 3 = [[Marzipan]] is apparently [[DNA Evidence|allergic to pecans]].
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*[[Homsar]]'s coloring is similar to that of the unused character [[Homeschool Winner]].
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| 4 = [[Marzipan]] has a cousin named [[Debra]] whom [[Strong Bad]] [[Happy Dethemberween|said he considered hot]].
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*[[Strong Bad]]'s username on ''[[wikipedia:Tabletop Simulator|Tabletop Simulator]]'', which he has [[Trogdor! LIVE with the Brothers Chaps!|used to virtually play]] [[Trogdor!! The Board Game]], is [[Senor Cardgage|cardgage]]fan73.
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| 5 = [[Marzipan]] has a sister, [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2|according]] to [[Homestar Runner]].
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*[[Senor Cardgage]]'s [[weird shrub]] was originally going to be named Strongberg.
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| 6 = [[Marzipan]] has [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 15.2|apparently had]] [[Questionable Services|questionable surgery]] to have her [[Lack of Visible Body Parts|nose removed]].
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*The blurred-out writing on [[Olympic Man and Coach|Olympic Man]]'s shirt says "hiphop man" in [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 13]].
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| 7 = [[Marzipan]]'s latest stepfather as of [[A Death-Defying Decemberween]] is named Seth, and works in a philosophy department.
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*[[Strong Sad]]'s [[marzipan|comment about vinegar toast]] was based on [[Matt Chapman]] feeding it to [[Mike Chapman|his brother]] when they were kids.
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| 8 = [[Coach Z]]'s accent came from a depressing Midwestern voice that [[Matt Chapman]] and some friends would do in college.
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*One of the two [[Homestar Runner]]s who appear in [[Senorial Day]] is wearing a [[Mustachioed Homestar Runner|mustache]].
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| 9 = [[Coach Z]] is named after [[Craig Zobel]] (as revealed in the [[Wonkavision Magazine Interview|Wonkavision interview]]).
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*Typing anything with the word "[[The Cheat|cheat]]" in it in [[Peasant's Quest]] will result in the response "Meh."
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| 10 = On [[Coach Z]]'s emblem, the darker blue shine streak under the gold Z makes a backwards Z formation.
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*[[Strong Bad]] makes an unintentional [[haiku]] in the intro to [[japanese cartoon#Remarks|japanese cartoon]].
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| 11 = According to the [[Old Characters Page]], [[Coach Z]] wasn't much of a coach at the time, and he just added the title because it sounded "cooler than just Z".
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*[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2]] is the [[Toons By Length|longest cartoon]] on [[homestarrunner.com]], at 31:09.
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*The [[Trogdor (song)|Trogdor song]] was added to [[dragon]] at the last minute by [[the Brothers Chaps]], after [[Matt Chapman|Matt]] started spontaneously singing it while making breakfast.
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*[[The Brothers Chaps]] didn't come up with the reveal in [[Pumpkin Carve-nival]] that [[Homestar Runner]] was [[Strong Bad]] in disguise until the toon was almost finished.
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*[[Homsar]] never actually said his iconic line, "I was raised by a cup of coffee," until an [[Easter egg]] in [[Haunted Photo Booth]].
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*[[Abdi LaRue]] was an early fan of [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] to whom [[the Brothers Chaps]] reached out to send [[some kinda robot|the first Strong Bad Email]].
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*[[Fluffy Puff Marshmallows|Fluffy Puffs]] are a real marshmallow brand in [[wikipedia:Israel|Israel]].
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| 1 = [[Bubs]] is based on a person [[the Brothers Chaps]] knew growing up who worked at a concession stand locally and spoke with the same gravelly voice.
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*[[Strong Mad#Physical Statistics|Strong Mad's height]] varies from [[i she be|6 ft]] to [[Secret Pages#smposse|8 ft 3]] depending on the source.
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| 2 = [[Matt Chapman]] has admitted that [[Bubs]]'s voice was heavily borrowed from the voice of [[imdb:nm0289359|Redd Foxx]] (of [[imdb:tt0068128|''Sanford and Son'']] fame).
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*The little girl who appears in [[The Next April Fools Thing]] is based on a design for a character named "[[Folly]]", seen in [[Why Come Only One Girl?]].
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| 3 = [[Mike Chapman]] [[Georgia Tech - 26 Apr 2007|once noted]] that it is difficult to animate Bubs's elbows, leading to his lack of elbows in later toons.
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*The [[Visor Robot]] was given its name by this wiki. The name was adopted by [[the Brothers Chaps]] and used officially in [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2]].
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| 4 = [[The King of Town]] wears a [[pickelhaube]] in [[Ever and More]], similar to his [[Old-Timey]] [[The Kaiser|counterpart]].
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*[[Homestar Runner]] was going to have two cousins named [[Preshy and Rafferty]] in an unfinished cartoon seen in [[Why Come Only One Girl?]].
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| 5 = [[The King of Town]] is [[Donut Unto Others|shown to possess]] either powers of teleportation or skills as a ninja, as he can appear and disappear in a puff of smoke.
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*Behind the characters' silhouettes in each [[Halloween teaser]] is a different [[Nice Try|hidden message]] mocking those who try to reveal the [[Halloween Costumes|costumes]] with a [[Flash]] decompiler.
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| 6 = [[The Poopsmith]], in his voiced appearances, is voiced by [[John Linnell]] of [[They Might Be Giants]].
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*Typing the [[wikipedia:Konami Code|Konami Code]] on the hint screen of [[TROGDOR!]] starts the player off with 30 lives.
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| 7 = [[Homsar]] is the only main character with no [[Old-Timey]] or [[Dangeresque (film series)|Dangeresque]] counterpart.
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*[[Naked Ned]] from [[Peasant's Quest]] lurks in the artwork of one of the [[Trogdor!! The Board Game Items#Tiles|forest tiles]] in [[Trogdor!! The Board Game]].
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| 8 = [[Homsar]]'s coloring is similar to that of the unused character [[Homeschool Winner]].
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*A [[Homestar Runner RPG]] was once in development for the [[Atari 2600]].
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| 9 = [[Strong Bad]]'s username on ''[[wikipedia:Tabletop Simulator|Tabletop Simulator]]'', which he has [[Trogdor! LIVE with the Brothers Chaps!|used to virtually play]] [[Trogdor!! The Board Game]], is [[Senor Cardgage|cardgage]]fan73.
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*A [[Cheat Commandos]]-themed [[Cheat Commandos Tactics|tactics game]] was once in development.
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| 10 = [[Senor Cardgage]]'s [[weird shrub]] was originally going to be named Strongberg.
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*There was originally going to be a [[Dangeresque Roomisode 2|sequel]] to [[Dangeresque Roomisode 1: Behind the Dangerdesque]], in which [[Dangeresque (character)|Dangeresque]] must defuse a bomb inside the [[Gremlin|DangeCar-esque]].
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}}
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*[[Pigs on Head]] was originally going to get a sequel entitled [[Butcher Bros.]], in which the player delivers sausages to cooks and delis.
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*There was originally going to be a [[Peasant's Quest Proposed Sequels|sequel]] to [[Peasant's Quest]], either in the form of an adventure featuring [[Baby Lady & Her Baby#The Baby|the baby]] as an adult, or a fake online experience parodying [[wikipedia:Massively multiplayer online role-playing game|MMORPGs]].
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*The 136th [[Strong Bad Email]], [[geddup noise]], was originally going to be about [[Sbemail 136 Alternate Versions|kitchen appliances]].
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*[[The Brothers Chaps]] wrote a script for a toon called [[Soap Box Doiby]]. This toon was never finished, and the script was emailed to the Homestar Runner Wiki administrators.
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*{{#switch:{{#rand:1|11}}
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*[[Trogdor!! The Board Game]] originally included items such as "Ball of Fire", "Pauldrons of [[Greg]]", and "Bones of Luckman".
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| 1 = The blurred-out writing on [[Olympic Man and Coach|Olympic Man]]'s shirt says "hiphop man" in [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 13]].
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*[[Homestar Runner]] was originally going to have a more humanoid shape, with arms and an overbite, while [[Strong Bad]] resembled a reptillian creature in a mask.
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| 2 = [[Strong Sad]]'s [[marzipan|comment about vinegar toast]] was based on [[Matt Chapman]] feeding it to [[Mike Chapman|his brother]] when they were kids.
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*[[Strong Sad]] was originally going to have stripes.
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| 3 = One of the two [[Homestar Runner]]s who appear in [[Senorial Day]] is wearing a [[Mustachioed Homestar Runner|mustache]].
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*[[Original Bubs]] was based on an old [[Bubs]] design from the [[Sketchbook (museum)|Museum Sketchbook]].
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| 4 = Typing anything with the word "[[The Cheat|cheat]]" in it in [[Peasant's Quest]] will result in the response "Meh."
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*[[Coach Z]]'s [[afro]] and [[mustache]] in his younger years is a reference to an old design from the [[Sketchbook (museum)|Museum Sketchbook]].
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| 5 = [[Strong Bad]] makes an unintentional [[haiku]] in the intro to [[japanese cartoon#Remarks|japanese cartoon]].
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*[[Pom Pom]] was originally going to have a dog named [[Rejected Characters#Trivia Time|Trivia Time]]. Its design would later be used as an influence for his [[Trivia Time|cookie jar]].
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| 6 = [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2]] is the [[Toons By Length|longest cartoon]] on [[homestarrunner.com]], at 31:09.
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*[[Blue Laser Commander]] was originally going to be an [[Rejected Characters#The Unguraits|Ungurait]], a rejected species of bandit-like characters.
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| 7 = The [[Trogdor (song)|Trogdor song]] was added to [[dragon]] at the last minute by [[the Brothers Chaps]], after [[Matt Chapman|Matt]] started spontaneously singing it while making breakfast.
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*The photograph of [[Limozeen]] from [[monster truck]] is actually multiple photographs of [[the Brothers Chaps]]' brother [[Donnie Chapman|Donnie]], dressed as [[wikipedia:Vince Neil|Vince Neil]] in [[Halloween]] [[1987]].
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| 8 = [[The Brothers Chaps]] didn't come up with the reveal in [[Pumpkin Carve-nival]] that [[Homestar Runner]] was [[Strong Bad]] in disguise until the toon was almost finished.
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*The [[@StrongBadActual]] Twitter account was registered in 2011, three years before its first activity.
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| 9 = [[Homsar]] never actually said his iconic line, "I was raised by a cup of coffee," until an [[Easter egg]] in [[Haunted Photo Booth]].
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*Before the [[flashback|hundredth]] [[Strong Bad Email]] was released, a [[Not the 100th Email!!!|secret cartoon]] was hidden at the "sbemail100.html" URL for those who tried to access the email early.
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}}
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*A [[Where the Crap Are We?|secret cartoon]] can be found in the program [[Wikipedia:Macromedia Central|Macromedia Central]] by going into "Help → About Central" and Ctrl-doubleclicking on the "C" logo, then typing "sbemail" into the password field.
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*The site's first [[Easter egg]] can be found at the end of [[The King of Town DVD Old Version]]. If the sheep is clicked, it flies off behind the mountains.
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*[[Everybody to the Limit]] was played at the Field Day concert at [[Wikipedia:Giants Stadium|Giants Stadium]] on June 7, 2003. A [[Field Day Intro|special introduction]] was shown for the occasion.
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*There is a [[secret page]] on the site that only shows the text "[[hr:default.htm|this is strongbad]]".
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*{{#switch:{{#rand:1|11}}
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*Pressing L without caps on during [[Fluffy Puff Commercial]] causes the edges of the screen to be obscured by a silhouette of Abraham Lincoln's head.
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| 1 = [[Abdi LaRue]] was an early fan of [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] to whom [[the Brothers Chaps]] reached out to send [[some kinda robot|the first Strong Bad Email]].
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*[[Missy Palmer]], the voice actress of [[Marzipan]], is credited for helping write [[The Luau]], her only writing credit in the series.
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| 2 = [[Fluffy Puff Marshmallows|Fluffy Puffs]] are a real marshmallow brand in [[wikipedia:Israel|Israel]].
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*In [[Weclome Back]], Homestar says to "get this www.show back on the road.com". This URL redirects to the [[homestarrunner.com]] home page.
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| 3 = [[Strong Mad#Physical Statistics|Strong Mad's height]] varies from [[i she be|6 ft]] to [[Secret Pages#smposse|8 ft 3]] depending on the source.
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*[[Strongest Man in the World]]'s [[page title]] claims to be the longest. However, the record actually goes to [[Shopping for Danger]]. Notably, both page titles are nineteen syllables long.
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| 4 = The little girl who appears in [[The Next April Fools Thing]] is based on a design for a character named "[[Folly]]", seen in [[Why Come Only One Girl?]].
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*[[Kick-A-Ball]]'s background music is a remix of the theme from [[Weclome Back]].
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| 5 = The [[Visor Robot]] was given its name by this wiki. The name was adopted by [[the Brothers Chaps]] and used officially in [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2]].
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*Before [[The Umpire]]'s animated debut in [[Kick-A-Ball|2009]], he was supposed to appear in an unknown 2006 [[Strong Bad Email]] until [[the Brothers Chaps]] forgot.
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| 6 = [[Homestar Runner]] was going to have two cousins named [[Preshy and Rafferty]] in an unfinished cartoon seen in [[Why Come Only One Girl?]].
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*[[The Brothers Chaps]] worked on a [[Flash]] [[Mellow Mushroom|website]] for the restaurant chain [[wikipedia:Mellow Mushroom|Mellow Mushroom]] in 2001, with a similar interface to the [[Main Pages]] of [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]].
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| 7 = Behind the characters' silhouettes in each [[Halloween teaser]] is a different [[Nice Try|hidden message]] mocking those who try to reveal the [[Halloween Costumes|costumes]] with a [[Flash]] decompiler.
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*In the game [[Where's an Egg?]], one of the suspects resembles tennis player [[John McEnroe]].
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| 8 = Typing the [[wikipedia:Konami Code|Konami Code]] on the hint screen of [[TROGDOR!]] starts the player off with 30 lives.
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*[[The Brothers Chaps]] made [[Dad's Garage & Friends - 13 Jun 2015|an exclusive Strong Bad Email]] for the theater company [[Dad's Garage]].
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| 9 = [[Naked Ned]] from [[Peasant's Quest]] lurks in the artwork of one of the [[Trogdor!! The Board Game Items#Tiles|forest tiles]] in [[Trogdor!! The Board Game]].
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}}
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*{{#switch:{{#rand:1|11}}
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| 1 = A [[Homestar Runner RPG]] was once in development for the [[Atari 2600]].
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| 2 = A [[Cheat Commandos]]-themed [[Cheat Commandos Tactics|tactics game]] was once in development.
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| 3 = There was originally going to be a [[Dangeresque Roomisode 2|sequel]] to [[Dangeresque Roomisode 1: Behind the Dangerdesque]], in which [[Dangeresque (character)|Dangeresque]] must defuse a bomb inside the [[Gremlin|DangeCar-esque]].
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| 4 = [[Pigs on Head]] was originally going to get a sequel entitled [[Butcher Bros.]], in which the player delivers sausages to cooks and delis.
 +
| 5 = There was originally going to be a [[Peasant's Quest Proposed Sequels|sequel]] to [[Peasant's Quest]], either in the form of an adventure featuring [[Baby Lady & Her Baby#The Baby|the baby]] as an adult, or a fake online experience parodying [[wikipedia:Massively multiplayer online role-playing game|MMORPGs]].
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| 6 = The 136th [[Strong Bad Email]], [[geddup noise]], was originally going to be about [[Sbemail 136 Alternate Versions|kitchen appliances]].
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| 7 = [[The Brothers Chaps]] wrote a script for a toon called [[Soap Box Doiby]]. This toon was never finished, and the script was emailed to the Homestar Runner Wiki administrators.
 +
| 8 = [[Trogdor!! The Board Game]] originally included items such as "Ball of Fire", "Pauldrons of [[Greg]]", and "Bones of Luckman".
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}}
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*{{#switch:{{#rand:1|10}}
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| 1 = [[Homestar Runner]] was originally going to have a more humanoid shape, with arms and an overbite, while [[Strong Bad]] resembled a reptillian creature in a mask.
 +
| 2 = [[Strong Sad]] was originally going to have stripes.
 +
| 3 = [[Original Bubs]] was based on an old [[Bubs]] design from the [[Sketchbook (museum)|Museum Sketchbook]].
 +
| 4 = [[Coach Z]]'s [[afro]] and [[mustache]] in his younger years is a reference to an old design from the [[Sketchbook (museum)|Museum Sketchbook]].
 +
| 5 = [[Pom Pom]] was originally going to have a dog named [[Rejected Characters#Trivia Time|Trivia Time]]. Its design would later be used as an influence for his [[Trivia Time|cookie jar]].
 +
| 6 = [[Blue Laser Commander]] was originally going to be an [[Rejected Characters#The Unguraits|Ungurait]], a rejected species of bandit-like characters.
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| 7 = The photograph of [[Limozeen]] from [[monster truck]] is actually multiple photographs of [[the Brothers Chaps]]' brother [[Donnie Chapman|Donnie]], dressed as [[wikipedia:Vince Neil|Vince Neil]] in [[Halloween]] [[1987]].
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| 8 = The [[@StrongBadActual]] Twitter account was registered in 2011, three years before its first activity.
 +
| 9 = Before the [[flashback|hundredth]] [[Strong Bad Email]] was released, a [[Not the 100th Email!!!|secret cartoon]] was hidden at the "sbemail100.html" URL for those who tried to access the email early.
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| 10 = A [[Where the Crap Are We?|secret cartoon]] can be found in the program [[Wikipedia:Macromedia Central|Macromedia Central]] by going into "Help → About Central" and Ctrl-doubleclicking on the "C" logo, then typing "sbemail" into the password field.
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| 11 = The site's first [[Easter egg]] can be found at the end of [[The King of Town DVD Old Version]]. If the sheep is clicked, it flies off behind the mountains.
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}}
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*{{#switch:{{#rand:1|12}}
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| 1 = [[Everybody to the Limit]] was played at the Field Day concert at [[Wikipedia:Giants Stadium|Giants Stadium]] on June 7, 2003. A [[Field Day Intro|special introduction]] was shown for the occasion.
 +
| 2 = There is a [[secret page]] on the site that only shows the text "[[hr:default.htm|this is strongbad]]".
 +
| 3 = Pressing L without caps on during [[Fluffy Puff Commercial]] causes the edges of the screen to be obscured by a silhouette of Abraham Lincoln's head.
 +
| 4 = [[Missy Palmer]], the voice actress of [[Marzipan]], is credited for helping write [[The Luau]], her only writing credit in the series.
 +
| 5 = In [[Weclome Back]], Homestar says to "get this www.show back on the road.com". This URL redirects to the [[homestarrunner.com]] home page.
 +
| 6 = [[Strongest Man in the World]]'s [[page title]] claims to be the longest. However, the record actually goes to [[Shopping for Danger]]. Notably, both page titles are nineteen syllables long.
 +
| 7 = [[Kick-A-Ball]]'s background music is a remix of the theme from [[Weclome Back]].
 +
| 8 = Before [[The Umpire]]'s animated debut in [[Kick-A-Ball|2009]], he was supposed to appear in an unknown 2006 [[Strong Bad Email]] until [[the Brothers Chaps]] forgot.
 +
| 9 = [[The Brothers Chaps]] worked on a [[Flash]] [[Mellow Mushroom|website]] for the restaurant chain [[wikipedia:Mellow Mushroom|Mellow Mushroom]] in 2001, with a similar interface to the [[Main Pages]] of [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]].
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| 10 = In the game [[Where's an Egg?]], one of the suspects resembles tennis player [[John McEnroe]].
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| 11 = [[The Brothers Chaps]] made [[Dad's Garage & Friends - 13 Jun 2015|an exclusive Strong Bad Email]] for the theater company [[Dad's Garage]].
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Revision as of 02:48, 22 April 2020

A soon-to-be randomized template for the soon-to-be Main Page. This should have 60-80 facts, ideally. Currently at 80.

"Keep on Zeenin'!"
"I'd like to clean his clock."
Naked Ned in his natural habitat
"I am cold and frightened and dunno what to think about this."
The Z on Coach Z's Z
Blue Laser was gonna be an Ungurait?!
It is real in Israel.
"Do these look like V's?!!"
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