David Bowie
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*[[New Boots]] — [[The Cheat]]'s boots are a reference to Bowie's song, "The Man Who Sold The World". On the inside liner cover of the similarly titled [[Wikipedia:The Man Who Sold the World (album)|record album]], there is a picture of a cowboy holding a shotgun, with a pair of boots with dollar signs emblazoned on the sides of them that look almost exactly like the boots The Cheat is wearing in the toon. | *[[New Boots]] — [[The Cheat]]'s boots are a reference to Bowie's song, "The Man Who Sold The World". On the inside liner cover of the similarly titled [[Wikipedia:The Man Who Sold the World (album)|record album]], there is a picture of a cowboy holding a shotgun, with a pair of boots with dollar signs emblazoned on the sides of them that look almost exactly like the boots The Cheat is wearing in the toon. | ||
| - | *[[Thy Dungeonman II]] — Custodial Magistrate Ripberger's office has paintings of him shaking hands with famous people, including David Bowie. If you type "look david bowie" here, the game replies: "There's something about that man... The picture was taken during the Tin Machine era. Thou art more of a Ziggy Stardust fan." | + | *[[Thy Dungeonman II]] — Custodial Magistrate Ripberger's office has paintings of him shaking hands with famous people, including David Bowie. If you type "look david bowie" here, the game replies: "There's something about that man... The picture was taken during the [[Wikipedia:Tin Machine|Tin Machine]] era. Thou art more of a [[Wikipedia:Ziggy Stardust (character)|Ziggy Stardust]] fan." |
*[[Halloween Fairstival]] — [[Strong Sad]] dresses as David Bowie as he appears on the cover of his album ''[[Wikipedia:Aladdin Sane|Aladdin Sane]]''. | *[[Halloween Fairstival]] — [[Strong Sad]] dresses as David Bowie as he appears on the cover of his album ''[[Wikipedia:Aladdin Sane|Aladdin Sane]]''. | ||
*[[Baddest of the Bands]] — [[Bubs]] refers to [[Coach Z]] as the "Thin Green Duke", a reference to David Bowie's persona, "[[wikipedia:The Thin White Duke|The Thin White Duke]]". | *[[Baddest of the Bands]] — [[Bubs]] refers to [[Coach Z]] as the "Thin Green Duke", a reference to David Bowie's persona, "[[wikipedia:The Thin White Duke|The Thin White Duke]]". | ||
Revision as of 12:14, 10 December 2020
Popular musician David Bowie has been referenced numerous times in the Homestar Runner body of work.
Appearances
- New Boots — The Cheat's boots are a reference to Bowie's song, "The Man Who Sold The World". On the inside liner cover of the similarly titled record album, there is a picture of a cowboy holding a shotgun, with a pair of boots with dollar signs emblazoned on the sides of them that look almost exactly like the boots The Cheat is wearing in the toon.
- Thy Dungeonman II — Custodial Magistrate Ripberger's office has paintings of him shaking hands with famous people, including David Bowie. If you type "look david bowie" here, the game replies: "There's something about that man... The picture was taken during the Tin Machine era. Thou art more of a Ziggy Stardust fan."
- Halloween Fairstival — Strong Sad dresses as David Bowie as he appears on the cover of his album Aladdin Sane.
- Baddest of the Bands — Bubs refers to Coach Z as the "Thin Green Duke", a reference to David Bowie's persona, "The Thin White Duke".
- @StrongBadActual tweet (11 Jan 2016) — The day after Bowie's death, Strong Bad posted, "I'll never be able to call Strong Sad 'The Thick White Dump' again without shedding a little tear," with an attached picture of Strong Sad dressed as him, from Halloween Fairstival.
- Halloween Hijinks — Homestar Runner erroneously compliments Marzipan on her "zombie Ziggy Stardust costume".
