Left Handedness

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[[Image:Left_handy_SS.PNG|thumb|Strong Sad is <s>squirrel-handed</s> left-handed]]
[[Image:Left_handy_SS.PNG|thumb|Strong Sad is <s>squirrel-handed</s> left-handed]]
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Although only approximately 10% of the US population are '''{{w|left-handed}}''', a large portion of the [[characters]] in the [[Homestar Runner universe]] appear to be either left-handed or {{w|Cross-dominance|ambidextrous}} (even though some characters do not have [[Lack of Visible Arms|visible arms]]). Since all 3 of [[The Brothers Strong]] are ambidextrous, it may be a trait that runs in the family. In fact, given how different they really are from each other, it may be the only trait they have in common.
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Although only approximately 10% of the US population are '''{{w|left-handed}}''', a large portion of the [[characters]] in the [[Homestar Runner universe]] appear to be either left-handed or {{w|Cross-dominance|ambidextrous}} (even though some characters do not have [[Lack of Visible Arms|visible arms]]). Since all three of [[The Brothers Strong]] are ambidextrous, it may be a trait that runs in the family. In fact, given how different they really are from each other, it may be the only trait they have in common.
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== Left-handed Characters ==
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== Left-Handed Characters ==
*[[Pan Pan]]
*[[Pan Pan]]
*[[Rather Dashing]]
*[[Rather Dashing]]
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*[[Arcade Game]] {{--}} [[The Cheat]] plays [[TROGDOR!]] left-handed.
*[[Arcade Game]] {{--}} [[The Cheat]] plays [[TROGDOR!]] left-handed.
*[[20X6 vs. 1936]] {{--}} [[The Homestar Runner]] plays the washboard left-handed.
*[[20X6 vs. 1936]] {{--}} [[The Homestar Runner]] plays the washboard left-handed.
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*Email [[personal favorites]] {{--}} Pom Pom and Coach Z hold their knives in their left hands. Pom Pom later switches his to his right hand.
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*Email [[personal favorites]] {{--}} Pom Pom and [[Coach Z]] hold their knives in their left hands. Pom Pom later switches his to his right hand.
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*Email [[funny]] {{--}} [[Bubs]] is eating french fries with computer ketchup left-handed.
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*Email [[funny]] {{--}} [[Bubs]] is eating [[French fries]] with computer ketchup left-handed.
*Email [[suntan]] {{--}} Strong Bad is seen writing with a [[permanent marker]] using his left hand.
*Email [[suntan]] {{--}} Strong Bad is seen writing with a [[permanent marker]] using his left hand.
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**He also does this in emails [[couch patch]], [[car]], [[haircut]], and [[long pants]], and in [[Senorial Day]].
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**He also does this in the emails [[couch patch]], [[car]], [[haircut]], and [[long pants]], and in [[Senorial Day]].
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*Email [[kids' book]] {{--}} One of the original characters, Gregor, is listed to be left handed. Strong bad vandalizes the book to make him "squirrel-handed".
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*Email [[kids' book]] {{--}} One of the original characters, Gregor, is listed to be left-handed. Strong Bad vandalizes the book to make him "[[squirrel]]-handed".
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*Email [[army]] {{--}} Strong Mad holds his badminton racket in his left hand.
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*Email [[army]] {{--}} Strong Mad holds his [[badminton]] racket in his left hand.
*[[Under Construction]] {{--}} [[Pan Pan]] is shown "eating pudding with a spoon" left handed.
*[[Under Construction]] {{--}} [[Pan Pan]] is shown "eating pudding with a spoon" left handed.
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**Although he uses chopsticks with his right hand on [[Main Page 17]], {{w|Chopsticks}} are traditionally held in the right hand only, even by the left-handed.
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**Although he uses {{w|chopsticks}} with his right hand on [[Main Page 17]], chopsticks are traditionally held in the right hand only, even by the left-handed.
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*Email [[dangeresque 3]] {{--}} [[Strong Bad]] plays racquetball left-handed.
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*[[Cheat Commandos (toon)]] {{--}} Fightgar fires a laser gun at offscreen enemies in both directions, appearing to change hands from right to left back to right as he does so.
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*[[Peasant's Quest Preview]] {{--}} [[Rather Dashing]] holds the Trog-Sword left-handed.
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**This scene is re-used in an Easter egg in [[virus]], with the gun replaced with Homestar's leg.
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*Email [[dangeresque 3]] {{--}} Strong Bad plays racquetball left-handed.
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*[[Peasant's Quest Preview]] {{--}}  
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**[[Rather Dashing]] holds the Trog-Sword left-handed.
**He also pulls his bow string back with his left hand while killing the [[Kerrek]].
**He also pulls his bow string back with his left hand while killing the [[Kerrek]].
*Email [[old comics]] {{--}} In an Easter egg, [[Strong Mad]] holds the [[Orange Bowl and Spoon#Orange Spoon|orange spoon]] with his left hand.
*Email [[old comics]] {{--}} In an Easter egg, [[Strong Mad]] holds the [[Orange Bowl and Spoon#Orange Spoon|orange spoon]] with his left hand.
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 8]] {{--}} [[What's Her Face]] plays the bass left-handed.
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 8]] {{--}} [[What's Her Face]] plays the bass left-handed.
*[[Senorial Day]] {{--}} [[Senor Cardgage]] signs the football with his right hand, but winds up to throw it with his left.
*[[Senorial Day]] {{--}} [[Senor Cardgage]] signs the football with his right hand, but winds up to throw it with his left.
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*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 9]] {{--}} What's Her Face holds the spoon left-handed when she is eating staple sauce.
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*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 9]] {{--}}  
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**In this same issue, [[The Ugly One]] holds a [[Big Knife]] with her left hand when she carves "BFF" into the tree.  
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**What's Her Face holds the spoon left-handed when she is eating staple sauce.
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**[[The Ugly One]] holds a [[Big Knife]] with her left hand when she carves "BFF" into the tree.  
*Email [[space program]] {{--}} The Cheat throws the CD case at Homestar using his left arm.
*Email [[space program]] {{--}} The Cheat throws the CD case at Homestar using his left arm.
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*Email [[portrait]] {{--}} While stuck in the frame, Strong Bad is painting left handed.
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*Email [[portrait]] {{--}} While stuck in the frame, Strong Bad is painting left-handed.
*Email [[high school]] {{--}} Homestar plays the bass left-handed.
*Email [[high school]] {{--}} Homestar plays the bass left-handed.
*Email [[narrator]] {{--}} [[Strong Sad]] is seen eating his Rogan Josh pot pie with his spoon in his left hand.
*Email [[narrator]] {{--}} [[Strong Sad]] is seen eating his Rogan Josh pot pie with his spoon in his left hand.
*Email [[alternate universe]] {{--}} Strong Sad plays a classical [[Characters' Instruments#Strong Sad's Instruments|guitar]] left-handed.
*Email [[alternate universe]] {{--}} Strong Sad plays a classical [[Characters' Instruments#Strong Sad's Instruments|guitar]] left-handed.
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*Email [[senior prom]] {{--}} [[The Blacksmith]] appears to be left handed, since the snare drum is on the right hand side of the drum set.  
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*Email [[senior prom]] {{--}} [[The Blacksmith]] appears to be left-handed, since the snare drum is on the right hand side of the drum set.  
*Email [[redesign]] {{--}} Strong Bad holds his spear in his left hand and his shield in his right.
*Email [[redesign]] {{--}} Strong Bad holds his spear in his left hand and his shield in his right.
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*Email [[keep cool]] {{--}} Strong Bad raises his left hand, inviting the viewer to "give [him] [[High Fives|five]]".
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*Email [[keep cool]] {{--}}  
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**Strong Bad raises his left hand, inviting the viewer to "give [him] [[High Fives|five]]".
**Strong Sad later uses his left hand to grab a spoonful of hoisin sauce off his head and eat it.
**Strong Sad later uses his left hand to grab a spoonful of hoisin sauce off his head and eat it.
*Email [[trading cards]] {{--}} Strong Bad uses his left hand to draw himself bench-pressing dinosaurs on a sticky note.
*Email [[trading cards]] {{--}} Strong Bad uses his left hand to draw himself bench-pressing dinosaurs on a sticky note.
**Despite this, Strong Bad is seen drawing right-handed in both [[3 wishes]] and [[comic]].
**Despite this, Strong Bad is seen drawing right-handed in both [[3 wishes]] and [[comic]].
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*Email [[cliffhangers]] {{--}} Strong Bad holds the Big Knife in his left hand.
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*Email [[cliffhangers]] {{--}}  
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**Also, when Coach Z reaches for the Thnikkaman's shades, he reaches with his left hand.
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**Strong Bad holds the Big Knife in his left hand.
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*Email [[retirement]] {{--}} Strong Bad swings the pickaxe with his left hand.
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**When Coach Z reaches for [[the Thnikkaman]]'s shades, he reaches with his left hand.
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*Email [[coloring]] {{--}} When The Cheat is manufacturing a "laser lemon", he is holding the soldering iron in his left hand.
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*Email [[retirement]] {{--}} Strong Bad swings the [[pickaxe]] with his left hand.
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*Email [[coloring]] {{--}} When The Cheat is manufacturing a "[[laser lemon]]", he is holding the soldering iron in his left hand.
*[[Why Come Only One Girl?]] {{--}} One of the proposed designs of [[The Hurricane]] has her playing guitar left-handed.
*[[Why Come Only One Girl?]] {{--}} One of the proposed designs of [[The Hurricane]] has her playing guitar left-handed.
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*Email [[unnatural]] {{--}} When Strong Bad and the Cheat are having tea, the handle of the cup on Strong Bad's side is angled as if it was held by the left hand.
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*Email [[unnatural]] {{--}} When Strong Bad and The Cheat are having tea, the handle of the cup on Strong Bad's side is angled as if it was held by the left hand.
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*Email [[rough copy]] {{--}} The Cheat is throwing water balloons at Homestar left handed.
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*Email [[rough copy]] {{--}}  
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**Also, Strong Bad and The Cheat alternate which hand they hold their guns in.
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**The Cheat is throwing water balloons at Homestar left-handed.
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**Strong Bad and The Cheat alternate which hand they hold their guns in.
*[[DNA Evidence]] {{--}} Strong Sad writes left handed with a fountain pen, but switches to his right hand halfway through, and then back to his left hand.
*[[DNA Evidence]] {{--}} Strong Sad writes left handed with a fountain pen, but switches to his right hand halfway through, and then back to his left hand.
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*Email [[mini-golf]] {{--}} [[Coach Z]] is playing "cack-handed": he has a right-handed stance, but his left hand is on the bottom.
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*Email [[mini-golf]]  
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**Coach Z is playing "cack-handed": he has a right-handed stance, but his left hand is on the bottom.
**Also, The Cheat putts right-handed.
**Also, The Cheat putts right-handed.
*Email [[pizza joint]] {{--}} The Cheat writes [[The Pizz]]'s sign left-handed.
*Email [[pizza joint]] {{--}} The Cheat writes [[The Pizz]]'s sign left-handed.
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*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 14]] {{--}} So-and-So's "armor" goes on her left hand/arm when she calls out for a number 2 pencil.
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 14]] {{--}} So-and-So's "armor" goes on her left hand/arm when she calls out for a number 2 pencil.
**However, she is later shown using a pencil with her right hand (albeit as a spear).
**However, she is later shown using a pencil with her right hand (albeit as a spear).
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*[[Cheat Commandos (toon)]] {{--}} Fightgar fires a laser gun at offscreen enemies in both directions, appearing to change hands from right to left back to right as he does so.
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*Email [[email thunder]] {{--}} The Cheat plays the flute left-handed.
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*Email [[email thunder]] {{--}} The Cheat plays the flute left handed.
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*[[Kick-A-Ball]] {{--}} Homestar and Pom Pom are seen pitching the ball with their left hands.
*[[Kick-A-Ball]] {{--}} Homestar and Pom Pom are seen pitching the ball with their left hands.
*{{postref|1519568200165376002|27|Apr|2022}} {{--}} Strong Bad claims that The Cheat's [[Powered by The Cheat|animation]] corrected [[They Might Be Giants]]' drawing by "making Homsar play [guitar] lefty".
*{{postref|1519568200165376002|27|Apr|2022}} {{--}} Strong Bad claims that The Cheat's [[Powered by The Cheat|animation]] corrected [[They Might Be Giants]]' drawing by "making Homsar play [guitar] lefty".
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Revision as of 11:59, 21 December 2022

Strong Sad is squirrel-handed left-handed

Although only approximately 10% of the US population are left-handed, a large portion of the characters in the Homestar Runner universe appear to be either left-handed or ambidextrous (even though some characters do not have visible arms). Since all three of The Brothers Strong are ambidextrous, it may be a trait that runs in the family. In fact, given how different they really are from each other, it may be the only trait they have in common.

Left-Handed Characters

Ambidextrous Characters

Appearances

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