The Stick
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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
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)
