The Stick

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In all its hangingoutitude!

This article is about the hangout spot and pseudocharacter. For the wiki's community portal, see HRWiki:The Stick.

The Stick, whose name includes an integral article, is a largish stick poking out of the ground (or perhaps a prematurely dead tree) in an otherwise nondescript field.

It is typically referenced as a meeting point, especially by Strong Bad and his cohorts; they've considered it an excellent place to hang out ever since they drove Homestar Runner and his bread sing-alongs away from the area, as related in origins. Nonetheless, for reasons that are unclear, Strong Bad and Homestar both express hatred for The Stick in Jibblies 2 (though it may have just been because of its Halloween costume). The Stick participates in other festivities as well, such as being a Decemberween tree or being placed on a snowman.

Fun Facts

• According to origins, The Stick presently rates a 10 in hangingoutitude, but was considerably lower in hangingoutitude during the period it was the site of Homestar Runner's bread sing-alongs. It was also the place where the On Point Kings spray-painted Marzipan, then glued her to Homsar and left them for dead.
• In Main Page 16, The Stick is decorated with tinsel, ornaments, and a star for Decemberween.
• In labor day, Strong Bad accidentally breaks part of The Stick off while giving it a high-five. Curiously, the piece that broke off was never seen before that particular toon, and hasn't been seen since.
• In army, when Homestar gives his troops a pep-talk by The Stick, The Cheat mysteriously pops out from the side of The Stick, though the viewer previously had no idea he was there.
• In different town, Strong Bad imagines the Stick as a "Big Ol' Tree" that would try to eat everyone except The Cheat and himself (and possibly Strong Mad).
• In Cheat Commandos, The Stick is made up to look like a satellite dish.
• In Happy Hallow-day, The Stick is referred to as a twig by Marzipan.
• In Jibblies 2, The Stick is dressed as Lowly Worm from the Busytown books for Halloween. Strong Bad and Homestar both inexplicably state their hatred of The Stick to it.
• In hiding, The Stick is shown as Strong Mad's preferred hiding spot.
• In Homestar Ruiner, Strong Bad calls the Stick "beautiful".
• In Strong Badia the Free, The Stick briefly becomes a minor country known as Sticktenstein.
• In Baddest of the Bands, Strong Bad covers The Stick with Z-covered toilet paper in order to make Coach Z look responsible for vandalism, calling back to one of his songs with the Two-O Duo, "Let's TP The Stick".
• In Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective, it plays the last surviving specimen of the Stickanee Tree, whose flower is needed for a formula to save the rainforest. Strong Bad as Dangeresque has to cut off a piece of The Stick so that he can grow another flower for Sultry Buttons.
• In A Death Defying Decemberween, The Stick is placed on top of a snowman that some of the characters are building.
• In imaginary, a younger The Stick is seen sporting a single green leaf.
• In Main Page 26, the Stick undergoes a Xeriouxly Forxe transformation, turning it into a glowing crystal jutting out of the ground.

Gallery

The Stick as a Big Ol' Tree	The Decemberween Stick	The enemy radar dish	Dressed up for Halloween
On a snowman	Younger with leaf	Revamped for the nineties

Appearances

• Debut: Where's The Cheat?
• Email the bird
• Main Page 16
• Email unused emails
• Lookin at a Thing in a Bag
• Email labor day
• 3 Times Halloween Funjob
• Email kind of cool (Easter egg)
• Email army
• Email different town
• Cheat Commandos
• Email montage
• Email Videro Games (Easter egg)
• Email virus
• Email origins
• Email boring (really)
• Email keep cool
• No Hands On Deck!
• Happy Hallow-day
• Decemberween Short Shorts
• Email more armies
• 160 Seconds
• Email bike thief
• Jibblies 2 (as Lowly Worm)
• Email hiding
• Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People —
  • Homestar Ruiner
  • Strong Badia the Free
  • Baddest of the Bands
  • Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective (as "The Stickanee Tree")
  • 8-Bit is Enough
• A Death Defying Decemberween
• Email imaginary
• Main Page 26
• Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2 (mentioned)
• Fan Costumes 2017 (appears on map)