Talk:Homestar Runner

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Revision as of 16:21, 11 May 2005

I'm a-seriously thinking that this page needs a new Homestar image soonish, especially since the page is currently leeching its image from another website. --TheNintenGenius 18:54, 29 Sep 2004 (MST)

Sooo.. upload a new one! -- InterruptorJones 19:15, 29 Sep 2004 (MST)

Well if I had a good image handy, I would, but as it currently stands, I don't. I was giving a heads-up is all. --TheNintenGenius 19:58, 29 Sep 2004 (MST)

For reference, this has been all fixered. Donno when, but it has. :) --Southpaw018 16:25, 30 Oct 2004 (MST)

is it just me

is it just me, or is Homestar shrinking? has anyone else noticed this?

It's you. --Upsilon

If anything, he's gotten taller. He has a bigger cap and longer legs than he used to. Poopsmith Z

Uh...

How come I don't see any mention or discussion about Homestar's arms ?!?!? It should say somewhere on his character page one of the following:

1. His arms are invisible (the leading theory)
2. He has no arms
3. TBC left this ambiguous on purpose.

Acknowledged and added. I said that he has no arms (which seems clear enough to me, since otherwise he'd need sleeves) and left it at that. --Upsilon

Invisible arms? that's insane. clearly he has a form of basic psycho-kinetic ability that allows him to move objects around without arms.

It's always been my favorite theory that he has disembodied invisible hands that he controls remotely. But this is just wild speculation. --Upsilon

Personaly, I think it's pretty obvious he has no arms, and shouldn't be on here. →FireBird

I think he's telecanetic. Like you know, he imagines things to float, and he picks stuff up that way.

Armless in Santa Rosa, -User:CGNU_Grad PS: No, really I have arms... Homestar doesn't.

Telekinetic. --Jay 23:39, 27 Jan 2005 (MST)

I think it's purposefully ambiguous, but I'm leaning towards invisible arms, myself.

I think he, unlike his girlfriend, has no hands at all. In the In Search Of The Yello Dello DVD, Marzipan slaps Homestar, clearly showing her invisible hand's print, but Homestar has no such evidence

Fixing links

I've fixed a TON of links to this page and I'm getting sick of it. Use the "What links here" link in the toolbox, that'll help you do it more quickly. Personally I think making the Homestar Runner (flash cartoon) page was an idiotic idea because of all the links that would need fixing, but oh well. - Forteblast

I think it would have been much easier to disambig at the top of the page, like we do for pom pom/Pom Pom and interview/The Interview. In fact, taking a look at all those links, I think this would be a much better option. I know we have to fix Homsar (character)/homsar (email) and Marzipan (character)/marzipan (email) like we did the Pom Pom pages too. -- Tom 13:42, 18 Dec 2004 (MST)

Okay, I fixed Homsar (character)/homsar (email) (now Homsar/homsar) and Marzipan (character)/marzipan (email) (now Marzipan/marzipan). Now what to do with this page? -- Tom 14:15, 18 Dec 2004 (MST)

Okay, I'm totally thinking that we can move Homestar Runner (character) back to Homestar Runner and then only fix the "Homestar Runner" links that need redirecting to Homestar Runner (flash cartoon). And we'd of course add a disambig note at the top of both pages. -- Tom 14:39, 18 Dec 2004 (MST)

Since nothing should intentionally link to a redirect page, all the Marzipan and Homsar links need to be switch back to their appropriate pages. - Dr Haggis - Talk 14:44, 18 Dec 2004 (MST)

Agreed. And the Homestar Runner (character) page has been fixed as I previously noted. -- Tom 14:47, 18 Dec 2004 (MST)

Blinking

Ever since I found a pause button for Flash I've noticed that, in most cartoons, Homestar blinks even when the cartoon is paused. I think it may have something to do with the "template" or whatever they use for Homestar in each cartoon, but since I don't know anything about the nuts and bolts of Flash (Can't you tell?), I don't know how to present this as interesting yet factual insight into the behind-the-scenes process. Any ideas? -- FortyTwo 21:04, 20 Jan 2005 (MST)

HRWiki:FAQ, number three. It's a bit of Flash called a sprite, I believe. It's a thing that keeps happening indefinitely. Marzipan does the same thing. -- Tom 23:19, 20 Jan 2005 (MST)

Thanks. If it's in the FAQ, it's just as well that I didn't attempt a poorly-thought-out fun fact on the subject. =) -- FortyTwo 23:31, 20 Jan 2005 (MST)

Eyes...

Are two theories on Homestar's eyes really needed, let alone even one? I mean, four eyes? Come on. He's a cartoon character, not some physics-defying robot or something.

Actually, when I first realized how strange his eyes were, I thought he probably had four eyes. But now I've found evidence for both theories.

But with that logic, wouldn't it mean that Homestar also has two stars on his shirt? Chew on that...

Yes, he would. But that's not nearly as weird as the four eyes part. But I'm not saying its true in a cartoon sense, just in a logical sense. -- Joshua 11:01, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Well I'm saying that the four eyes theory is just plain silly and on the verge of over-analysis. Common sense should just give us two eyes, since it's not even something that's as ambiguous as the arms issue.

Homestar as the King of Town?

Get this: If The King of Town is Marzipan's father as stated in the Old Characters Page, that would make her the princess. If the King dies, she will become queen, and if her relationship with Homestar works its way up to marriage, Homestar will be the new King of Town! Weird, huh? -- Homeschool Winner 05:39, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I suppose... but since it's questionable that the KoT has any real power, and since TBC have said in interviews that the idea that the KoT is Marzipan's father was long ago scrapped, this is kind of a moot point. --Jay (Talk) 07:11, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Even if that did happen, Homestar would merely be the Prince of Town. Royal tradition states that "king" is superior to "queen", but the heir to the throne must be superior to the spouse. If the heir is a woman, her husband becomes the prince, not the king.--homestar3.14 13:19, 5 May 2005 (UTC)

More than two probl....I mean, arms?!

I've noticed in several of the emails, H*R seems to be manipulating more than two things at once. Either he has extremely nimble 'fingers' or he has three arms. Examples of what I'm taking about:

In the email "The Show", and Main Page 19, he is shown holding the microphone while shuffling cards. In the email "Time Capsule, he's holding his "time box", its lid, and the gross old wig at the same time.

I'm sure there are other references. All the 'armless' characters seem to be able to move things anyway. I refer to this as the "Vegetale effect" in which the characters without arms possess a limited telekinetic power that allows them to "grab" other objects. Am I just reading too deep into this? --NFITC1 02:48, 2 May 2005 (UTC)

• Yes --unknown user