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| - | [[Image:A dragon.PNG|thumb|200px|"And the Trogdor comes in the NIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT!!!!!"]]
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| - | '''Trogdor the Burninator''' is an S-shaped wingaling [[Dragons|dragon]] with a [[beefy arm]] that originated in the [[Strong Bad Email]] [[dragon]]. Trogdor [[Glossary#B|burninates]] the countryside, [[peasants]], and [[thatched-roof cottage]]s of [[Peasantry]]. He sprang from the wild imagination of [[Strong Bad]] when he was asked to show his "skills of an artist".
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| - | ==History and rise to popularity==
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| - | Trogdor quickly became more popular than [[The Brothers Chaps]] ever could have imagined, developing into one of the most recognizable figures from the [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] body of work, both on the Internet and in the real world. According to the [[Giant Magazine Interview]], the Trogdor shirt sold in the [[store]] was the best-selling item there at the time, even more than the [[strongbad_email.exe]] DVD. The original Trogdor shirt did not include the majestic lines for "majesty", but this was corrected in later prints. In September 2006, the [[store]] began selling a [[Store Baby Clothes|line of baby clothing]] bearing a more child-friendly image of Trogdor that sold out one day later. Fans even dress up as the character as seen in [[Fan Costumes]] toons, and have created some [[Weekly Fanstuff|fanstuff]].
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| - | In his debut email, there is a heavy metal song about Trogdor with a music video drawn in pencil sketches. According to [[dragon#Commentary Transcript|dragon's commentary]], there originally wasn't supposed to be a song in the email, but after [[Matt Chapman]] started singing it off the top of his head while making eggs, The Brothers Chaps knew they had to put it in the email. The [[Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits]] contains an [[TROGDOR (song)|extended version]] of the song. The song is also [[Trogdor (karaoke)|featured]] in [[KaraokeFun]] on the [[strongbad_email.exe Disc Two|DVD]]. [[Homestar Runner]] is the singer and gets a score of 84 out of 100. In November 2006, the extended version of the Trogdor song made an appearance as a bonus song in the PlayStation 2 and Xbox 360 game [[Guitar Hero|Guitar Hero II]].
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| - | On March 17, 2003, the [[TROGDOR!]] game was released. In [[Arcade Game]], it is shown to be an [[Stand up arcade games|arcade]] game found in the [[Basement of the Brothers Strong]]. The player controls Trogdor, and the goal of the game is to squish enough peasants required to achieve burnination, while at the same time avoiding [[The Red and Blue Knights]] and the Siamese archers. The game was a fan favorite before the debut of the game [[Peasant's Quest]]. In Peasant's Quest, killing the Burninator is [[Rather Dashing]]'s goal after Trogdor burninates his thatched-roof cottage. In this game, Trogdor's voice is an old speech synthesizer called the [[Wikipedia:Software Automatic Mouth|Software Automatic Mouth]], or S.A.M.
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| - | A [[20X6]] version of Trogdor, called [[Trogador]], was revealed at the [[NYU Talk - 1 Mar 2005|NYU Talk]], but did not appear in the Homestar Runner canon until [[Happy Trogday]] was released on the third anniversary of Trogdor's debut. According to the email [[myths & legends]], at some point, the CG Dinosaur Channel created a special called "Walking With Trogdor". In the email [[concert]], Strong Bad receives an email purporting to be from "Your Dragon, Trogdor", which he considered to be an impersonation.
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| - | Five of Trogdor's birthdays have been celebrated with new content. In 2006, [[Happy Trogday]] commemorated his third birthday with a fanstuff montage. However, [[Trogday 08|two years later]], Strong Bad decided to sing both an entire alphabet song and (though only after Trogdor showed up in person and forced him to) a heavy metal song about [[The S is for Sucks Dragon]] instead. He claimed that Internet users had ruined Trogdor, along with zombies, pirates, ninjas and himself. In 2018, an HTML version of the [[TROGDOR!]] game was released. In 2021, the Trogdor-themed [[Main Page 27]] was released. In 2022, the [[Trogday Micro Game]] was released. In 2023, for Trogdor's 20th Birthday, the trailer for a 30 year old [[Happy 20th Trogday!|VGA enhanced version of Peasant's Quest]] was released.
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| - | Trogdor was also the main subject of the finale of [[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People]], [[8-Bit is Enough]]. In it, the [[TROGDOR! arcade machine]] breaks and Trogdor is released into [[Free Country, USA]], and promptly burninates [[Strong Badia]]. Driven for revenge (much like [[Rather Dashing]] in [[Peasant's Quest]]), Strong Bad sets out to kill Trogdor by enlisting the help of various other [[Videlectrix]] characters. When Strong Bad finally confronts his foe, Trogdor morphs into [[ULTIMATE TROGDOR!!!]], but is still no match for [[Ultimate Strong Bad]].
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| - | The toon [[Fan Costumes 2016]] referenced the scene in which Trogdor was first drawn. In the scene, Strong Bad shows the audience how to draw a star, after seeing poorly drawn stars on Homestar costumes. This may have been the inspiration for the "[[Skills of an Artist]]" series, introduced on July 12, 2017. The series takes its title, music, and premise from the Trogdor-drawing scene.
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| - | On September 29, 2017, Strong Bad began to tease a potential Trogdor [[board game]] on social media. On July 17, 2018, [[Trogdor!! The Board Game]] (an adaptation of the TROGDOR! game) was put on Kickstarter. The goal was $75,000, but it was surpassed in the first three hours. By the end of the campaign on August 15, $1,421,903 had been pledged by 23,338 backers. Later that year, [[The Cheat]] made a [[Trogdor Was A Man|music video]] for a song from a '70s commercial of said board game.
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| - | *'''Domicile:''' The [[Trog-Cave]]
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| - | *'''Debut:''' Email [[dragon]]
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| - | *[[:Category:Trogdor Filmography|Complete Filmography]]
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| - | == How to draw a dragon (according to Strong Bad) ==
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| - | #Draw an S.
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| - | #Draw a more different S.
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| - | #Close it up real good at the top for his head.
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| - | #Using consummate V's, give him teeth, spinities, and angry eyebrows.
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| - | #You can add smoke or fire.
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| - | #And maybe add some wings, you know, if he's a wing-a-ling dragon.
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| - | #Put one of those beefy arms back on him for good measure.
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| - | #Name him. (Strong Bad named him ''TROGDOR the BURNiNATOR'')
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| - | #Add majestic lines... for majesty.
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| - | === Trivia ===
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| - | Contrary to popular belief, the scales on Trogdor's body are ''not'' consummate V's. As Strong Bad has explained multiple times on [[@StrongBadActual|Twitter]], the scales are "regimented U's" and are a side detail that he did not comment on during his first drawing of Trogdor (see Tweets from [[@StrongBadActual Tweets 2016#814176957856411649|28 Dec 2016]], [[@StrongBadActual Tweets 2018#951232322526949376|10 Jan 2018]], and [[@StrongBadActual Tweets 2019#1202968564963172358|6 Dec 2019]]).
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| - | == Trogdor's many incarnations ==
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| - | <gallery>
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| - | Image:sbemail58picture2a.PNG|<center>TROGDOR the BURN[[Lowercase i's|i]]NATOR</center>
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| - | Image:A man.PNG|<center>''Trogdor was a man!''</center>
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| - | Image:A dragonman.PNG|<center>''I mean, he was a dragon-man!''</center>
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| - | Image:A dragon.PNG|<center>''Er, maybe he was just a dragon.''</center>
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| - | Image:trogdorgame.png|<center>''But he was still'' '''[[TROGDOR!]]'''</center>
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| - | Image:Trogdor from the game.PNG|<center>Trogdor game sprite</center>
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| - | Image:Bowels of Trogdor.PNG|<center>[[Strong Bad's Mount RidesPlace! USA|Bowels of Trogdor]] from '''[[theme park]]'''</center>
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| - | Image:PQTrogdor.png|<center>From '''[[Peasant's Quest]]'''</center>
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| - | Image:Movie trailer trogdor.JPG|<center>From the '''[[Peasant's Quest Movie Trailer|movie trailer]]'''</center>
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| - | Image:Trogdor mario paint.jpg|<center>''[[Strong Bad is a Bad Guy|Trogdor is a bad, bad guy!]]''</center>
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| - | Image:Trogador.PNG|<center>'''[[Trogador]]'''</center>
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| - | Image:Topiary garden trogdor.PNG|<center>Trogdor bush in the '''[[Topiary Garden]]'''</center>
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| - | Image:Trogdorshadow.png|<center>'''Shadow puppet''' from '''[[theme song]]''' </center>
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| - | Image:Baby Trogdor (store).png|<center>'''Baby Trogdor''' from the [[Store]]</center>
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| - | Image:Minitrogdor.PNG|<center>From '''[[concert]]'''</center>
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| - | Image:Homestarrunner 1966 198755.jpeg|<center>'''Trogdor Poster''' from the [[Store]]</center>
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| - | Image:Trogor.png|<center>'''"Trogor"''' from [[Make-O Your Own Stinko]]</center>
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| - | Image:Trogdor Intro.png|<center>'''"5-dor"''' from an [[Index Page]]</center>
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| - | Image:Trogdor in window.png|<center>'''In real life?'''<br>from [[Trogday 08]]</center>
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| - | Image:HedgeTrogdor.png|<center>'''Hedge Trogdor'''<br>from [[Homestar Ruiner]]</center>
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| - | Image:SBCG4APBurninator.png|<center>'''3D Trogdor'''<br>from [[8-Bit is Enough]]</center>
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| - | Image:Ultimate Trogdor.PNG|<center>'''[[ULTIMATE TROGDOR!!!]]'''<br>from [[8-Bit is Enough]]</center>
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| - | Image:dragon_man.PNG|<center>'''[[Frishy Freshy Dragonman]]!'''<br>from [[imaginary]]</center>
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| - | Image:InstagramTrogbuildening.png|<center>'''The Trogbuildening'''<br>from [[@strongbadactual (Instagram)]]</center>
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| - | Image:meeples trogdor on.png|<center>'''Trogdor Game Piece'''<br>from [[Trogdor!! The Board Game]]</center>
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| - | Image:meeples trogdor off.png|<center>'''Trogdor Meeple'''<br>from Trogdor!! The Board Game</center>
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| - | Image:PBTCTrogdor.png|<center>'''Powered by The Cheat Trogdor'''<br>from [[Trogdor Was A Man]]</center>
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| - | Image:PBTCTrogdorMan.png|<center>'''Powered by The Cheat Trogdor Man'''<br>from Trogdor Was A Man</center>
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| - | Image:PBTCTrogdorDragonMan.png|<center>'''Powered by The Cheat Trogdor Dragon Man'''<br>from Trogdor Was A Man</center>
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| - | Image:PBTCTrogdor2.png|<center>'''Powered by The Cheat Trogdor'''<br>from Trogdor Was A Man</center>
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| - | Image:Trogdor.png|<center>'''Realistic'''<br>from [[Main Page 27]]</center>
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| - | Image:SB6DVDSET COVER.png|<center>'''ASCII''' from [[Strong Bad Emails 1-200 Six Disc Set]] </center>
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| - | Image:fg_Trogdor-the-Burninator_shirt.png|<center>'''Trogdor the Burninator T-Shirt'''<br>by Nina Matsumoto for [[Fangamer]]</center>
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| - | Image:trogday-micro sprite.png|<center>From '''[[Trogday Micro Game]]'''</center>
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| - | Image:Decemberweenvent Trogdor.png|<center>From '''[[Decemberweenvent Calendar]]'''</center>
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| - | Image:20TrogdorDrawing.png|<center>'''Shaped like the numbers two and zero'''<br>from [[Happy 20th Trogday!]]</center>
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| - | </gallery>
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| - | == See Also ==
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| - | *[[Dragons]]
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| - | {{Trogdor}}
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| - | [[Category:Trogdor|*]]
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| - | [[Category:Peasant's Quest Characters]]
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| - | [[Category:Strong Bad Email Spin-offs]]
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| - | [[Category:Trogdor!! The Board Game]]
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