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2008-08-02T01:32:23Z

GenisSageAceAttourny: /* Futurama: The Beast With A Billion Backs */ Changed the page so that it was not in the second person, and corrected some grammar

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== 505 Unbelievably Stupid Web Pages ==
On page 125 of [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1402201427/qid=1071549961/ this book], "Strong Bad E-Mail" is listed as link number 256. The writer claims "...the answers to these questions require as much thought as you'd expect from a baboon."

== Alamo Drafthouse Cinema ==
The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Austin, Texas, in lieu of more traditional "Please turn off your cellphones and pagers" messages, occasionally shows Homestar Runner clips, among other strange clips. One such clip is from [[the movies]] and shows Strong Bad detailing the many irritating things at the movie theater, including his frustration with "the kind of person that likes to talk to the movie".

==The Alphabet of Manliness==
On page 141 of [[Wikipedia:The Alphabet of Manliness|The Alphabet of Manliness]] (page 138 in the UK version), Maddox lists the [[Double Deuce]] as an effective way of showing frustration to bad drivers.

==AnimeNEXT==
At AnimeNEXT's "Save Tokyo Tower" game, one of the disasters that occurs is Trogdor burninating Tokyo Tower.

== BigStuf Camp ==
The youth camp program "BigStuf" held in Panama City, FL every year is home to several Homestar Runner sightings: The violin player in the camp's band consistently wears various Homestar Runner shirts, and a Homestar Runner character is always thanked on the last day of camp every year. In 2004, it was Homestar Runner. In 2005, it was Coach Z.

==BotCon 2008==
During the script reading [http://youtube.com/view_play_list?p=56AE7F601353E442 Bee in the City],
[http://transformers.wikia.com/wiki/Bumblebee_(Animated) Bumblebee] is at a drive-thru that, after he orders, proclaims the well-known [[Drive-Thru Whale]] line "Sever your leg please, it's the greatest day."

==Camp Joy==
In the year 2006, the revolving theme of the [[Wikipedia:Boy Scouts|Boy Scouts]] summer camp [http://okawbsa.org/~campjoy/ Camp Joy] was [[Wikipedia:Pirate|pirates]], complete with antagonist [[Trogdor]].

== Celebration 3 ==
[[Image:53028701.jpg|thumb|Homestar on X-Wing]]
Before ''[[Wikipedia:Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith|Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith]]'', the official fan club held a convention in the Indiana Convention Center, where they showed cars modeled after several ships from the [[Wikipedia:Star Wars|Star Wars universe]]. One of the [[Wikipedia:X-Wing|X-Wing]] cars had a Homestar Runner cling sticker on it.

==Crime Files: Four-Minute Forensic Mysteries: Body of Evidence==
In the mystery "Gamer Over" found in the Jeremy Brown book "[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0439769345/002-5890081-1025652?v=glance&n=283155&n=507846&s=books&v=glance Crime Files: Four-minute Forensic Mysteries : Body of Evidence]", the username of the victim is Trogdor139.

==Empire==
The bestselling book "Empire" by science fiction author Orson Scott Card contains a quote on the top of page 10 in which a university student says the familiar phrase, "My head a splode," in response to a main character's statements.

==Extralife Radio Podcast==
In the [http://www.myextralife.com Extralife Radio] podcast, episode number 104, the program begins by playing the audio of the Easter egg in the [[Peasant's Quest Preview]].

== Futurama: The Beast With A Billion Backs ==
In the arcade scene, on the side of the fictional Normal Kombat game, The Fist Of Knuckes logo from [[rated]] can be seen.

== Great Teacher Largo Panel, Otakon ==
At the GLT panel, during the question and answer session, someone asked how Largo "typed with boxing gloves on". Largo replied that he was not Strong Bad, but he does "rock out like Trogdor" and sometimes his computer gets "burninated".  

==Halo 2: Special Edition DVD==
On the door of the recording room for the Halo internet machinima, Red vs Blue, there are stickers of Homestar and Strong Bad. Homestar was also shown briefly in a PSA for the same machinima.

== iPod + iTunes for Windows and Mac ==
The help book ''iPod + iTunes for Windows and Mac'' includes an "add to my library" dialog box, and a file called "[[Today is Alright 4 2Nite|alright42nite.mp3]]" is highlighted. The file is available for [[dangeresque_3#Easter_Eggs|download]] on the site.

==Joss Whedon: Super Fan ==
[[Image:Joss Whedon Buffy Strong Bad Shirt.jpg|thumb|Joss wearing a [[Strong Bad]] shirt]]
[[Wikipedia:Joss Whedon|Joss Whedon]], already [[Television Sightings#Buffy the Vampire Slayer|known to be a Homestar Runner fan]], quipped "Just the claps" after a group of [[Wikipedia:Browncoat|Browncoats]] sang him Happy Birthday on June 23, 2005.
*[http://www.serenitymovie.com/media/serenity_river_rev_700k.mov Clip of Joss quoting Strong Bad]

==Kingdom Hearts 2 Strategy Guide==
In the strategy guide for the Playstation 2 game "Kingdom Hearts II", on page 28 (the Aladdin Character page) there is a small blurb describing limits. The title says "Everybody To The Limit".

==Licence Plates==
[[Image:Trgdorcar.jpg|thumb|Burninate my ride.]]
A car has been spotted on the streets of Melbourne, Australia, with a license plate reading "TRGDOR".
Another car has been spotted in Irvine, California with a license plate of "BURNIN8".

== Lost energy drink ==
The words "The System is Down" can be located on the "Lost" energy drink, above the Supplement Facts.

== Macromedia Flash 8 Conference ==
[[Image:homestar_in_flash_8.png|thumb|H*R in Flash Player 8]]
As part of the first showing of the unreleased at the time [http://www.macromedia.com/flash Macromedia Flash Player] 8, a graphical demo was shown with various effects that will be available in the new player being applied to both graphics, text, animations and movies on the fly. Of all the animations on the web, the Macromedia developers decided to feature both [[Homestar Runner]] and an animated [[The Homestar Runner]], showing the new effects being applied to their forms.

This was the first use of Homestar Runner by Macromedia, the later being the short, [[Where the Crap Are We?]], which appeared as an Easter egg in the about dialog of [http://www.macromedia.com/software/central/ Macromedia Central].

*[http://media.putfile.com/Homestar-in-Flash-8---HiRes See the short, cut video (high resolution)]
*[http://www.moock.org/blog/archives/000146.html Listing of mirrors for the full technical demo movie]

==Movies in Fifteen Minutes==
In the book [http://community.livejournal.com/m15m/ Movies in Fifteen Minutes] by Cleolinda Jones, she makes several brief references to Strong Bad in her versions of popular movies.

== Official Rock-Paper-Scissors Strategy Guide ==
In a sample tournament bracket in this book on page 163, one of the players is Trogdor.

==The Picture of Everything 2==
[http://www.howardhallis.com/artgallery/tpoe2/index.html In this work in progress] among the characters in this scene are [[Strong Bad]] and [[Homestar Runner]]. Strong Bad is to the left of the Enterprise bridge, slightly right of center image. Homestar is below the right side of the Rolling Stone magazine cover, in the bottom left.

==The Prosh==
In the 2008 edition of this annual Western Australian satirical publication,
there is an image of Trogdor on an advertisement for a dragon-slayer on the back page.
In small text on the bottom, there is a message as follows- "Sorry. Trogdor will burninate your ****. Don't even bother."

== Pumpkin! ==
Around Halloween 2004, at "[http://www.osf.com/ The Old Spaghetti Factory]" restaurant in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (a fairly [http://www.osf.com/locations/alllocations.html large] [http://www.oldspaghettifactory.ca/locations.html chain], and a higher class restaurant), they had a large collection of carved pumpkins all over the place, and one prominently placed pumpkin near the entrance had an excellently carved likeness of Homestar in it.



== Rialto Theatre ==
During the introduction to the weekly showings of the Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Rialto Theatre in Raleigh, North Carolina, a projector is frequently used to make The Cheat and Trogdor run across the screen.

==Secure Programming Cookbook for C and C++==
In the Acknowledgments section, they thank Strong Bad for teaching them how to type up a book while wearing boxing gloves.

==Shadowrun: Fourth Edition==
Shadowrun is a [[Wikipedia:Tabletop role-playing game|pen-and-paper RPG]] that combines elements of cyberpunk and fantasy. On page 87 (of the second printing), when discussing designing a character, it says (emphasis ours):
:Write down some quotes your character might say. Three or four should be good. Fiction is filled with characters that can be captured in a quote—everything from "Do you feel lucky, punk?" to "'''Double Deuce!'''"—capture our imaginations and give us something to hook a character on.

==Spaceshipper==
A couple of college students have created a game based on [[Spaceshipper]], one of the unplayble video games by [[Videlectrix]]. The game can be found [http://www.tomkortbeek.nl/space.html here].

== Super Size Me ==
In the movie ''[[Wikipedia:Super Size Me|Super Size Me]]'', there are a group of kids at the computer watching an old Tandy era Strong Bad Email.
[[Category: Sightings]]

==Switchfoot Podcast Episode 17==
In episode 17 of the offical [[Wikipedia:Switchfoot|Switchfoot]] Podcast, bassist [[Wikipedia:Tim Foreman|Tim Foreman]] is seen playing Trogdor on Guitar Hero II for most of the episode.

== The Toronto Star ==

In the May 13, 2008 edition of the [http://www.thestar.com Toronto Star], both in print and [http://www.thestar.com/article/424683 online], there was an article in the entertainment section about [[Wikipedia:WiiWare|WiiWare]]. Although the article itself made no refrence, the picture is a screen shot of [[SBCG4AP|Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People]].

==WaTiki Waterpark==
The WaTiki Indoor Waterpark in Rapid City, South Dakota had, as a transition on their electronic billboard, Homestar Runner running across the board.

==Wordplay==
In the documentary [[IMDB:tt0492506|Wordplay]], [http://rpipuzzleguy.livejournal.com/ Tyler Hinman] is seen wearing a [[Trogdor]] shirt. In fact, Hinman has worn the shirt during the final round of each of the four [http://www.crosswordtournament.com/ American Crossword Puzzle Tournaments] he has won. He can be seen wearing the shirt in the last image of [http://geekoutnewyork.com/2008/03/crossword.php this article about his 2008 win].

[[Category:Sightings]]

Other Sightings

2008-08-02T01:27:45Z

GenisSageAceAttourny: /* BotCon 2008 */ Just making the section a little more complete, adding a few words. General stuff.

{{sightingslanguagewarning}}
{{Template:sightingslist}}

== 505 Unbelievably Stupid Web Pages ==
On page 125 of [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1402201427/qid=1071549961/ this book], "Strong Bad E-Mail" is listed as link number 256. The writer claims "...the answers to these questions require as much thought as you'd expect from a baboon."

== Alamo Drafthouse Cinema ==
The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Austin, Texas, in lieu of more traditional "Please turn off your cellphones and pagers" messages, occasionally shows Homestar Runner clips, among other strange clips. One such clip is from [[the movies]] and shows Strong Bad detailing the many irritating things at the movie theater, including his frustration with "the kind of person that likes to talk to the movie".

==The Alphabet of Manliness==
On page 141 of [[Wikipedia:The Alphabet of Manliness|The Alphabet of Manliness]] (page 138 in the UK version), Maddox lists the [[Double Deuce]] as an effective way of showing frustration to bad drivers.

==AnimeNEXT==
At AnimeNEXT's "Save Tokyo Tower" game, one of the disasters that occurs is Trogdor burninating Tokyo Tower.

== BigStuf Camp ==
The youth camp program "BigStuf" held in Panama City, FL every year is home to several Homestar Runner sightings: The violin player in the camp's band consistently wears various Homestar Runner shirts, and a Homestar Runner character is always thanked on the last day of camp every year. In 2004, it was Homestar Runner. In 2005, it was Coach Z.

==BotCon 2008==
During the script reading [http://youtube.com/view_play_list?p=56AE7F601353E442 Bee in the City],
[http://transformers.wikia.com/wiki/Bumblebee_(Animated) Bumblebee] is at a drive-thru that, after he orders, proclaims the well-known [[Drive-Thru Whale]] line "Sever your leg please, it's the greatest day."

==Camp Joy==
In the year 2006, the revolving theme of the [[Wikipedia:Boy Scouts|Boy Scouts]] summer camp [http://okawbsa.org/~campjoy/ Camp Joy] was [[Wikipedia:Pirate|pirates]], complete with antagonist [[Trogdor]].

== Celebration 3 ==
[[Image:53028701.jpg|thumb|Homestar on X-Wing]]
Before ''[[Wikipedia:Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith|Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith]]'', the official fan club held a convention in the Indiana Convention Center, where they showed cars modeled after several ships from the [[Wikipedia:Star Wars|Star Wars universe]]. One of the [[Wikipedia:X-Wing|X-Wing]] cars had a Homestar Runner cling sticker on it.

==Crime Files: Four-Minute Forensic Mysteries: Body of Evidence==
In the mystery "Gamer Over" found in the Jeremy Brown book "[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0439769345/002-5890081-1025652?v=glance&n=283155&n=507846&s=books&v=glance Crime Files: Four-minute Forensic Mysteries : Body of Evidence]", the username of the victim is Trogdor139.

==Empire==
The bestselling book "Empire" by science fiction author Orson Scott Card contains a quote on the top of page 10 in which a university student says the familiar phrase, "My head a splode," in response to a main character's statements.

==Extralife Radio Podcast==
In the [http://www.myextralife.com Extralife Radio] podcast, episode number 104, the program begins by playing the audio of the Easter egg in the [[Peasant's Quest Preview]].

== Futurama: The Beast With A Billion Backs ==
In the arcade part, on the side of Normal Kombat, you'll find The Fist Of Knuckes logo from [[rated]].

== Great Teacher Largo Panel, Otakon ==
At the GLT panel, during the question and answer session, someone asked how Largo "typed with boxing gloves on". Largo replied that he was not Strong Bad, but he does "rock out like Trogdor" and sometimes his computer gets "burninated".  

==Halo 2: Special Edition DVD==
On the door of the recording room for the Halo internet machinima, Red vs Blue, there are stickers of Homestar and Strong Bad. Homestar was also shown briefly in a PSA for the same machinima.

== iPod + iTunes for Windows and Mac ==
The help book ''iPod + iTunes for Windows and Mac'' includes an "add to my library" dialog box, and a file called "[[Today is Alright 4 2Nite|alright42nite.mp3]]" is highlighted. The file is available for [[dangeresque_3#Easter_Eggs|download]] on the site.

==Joss Whedon: Super Fan ==
[[Image:Joss Whedon Buffy Strong Bad Shirt.jpg|thumb|Joss wearing a [[Strong Bad]] shirt]]
[[Wikipedia:Joss Whedon|Joss Whedon]], already [[Television Sightings#Buffy the Vampire Slayer|known to be a Homestar Runner fan]], quipped "Just the claps" after a group of [[Wikipedia:Browncoat|Browncoats]] sang him Happy Birthday on June 23, 2005.
*[http://www.serenitymovie.com/media/serenity_river_rev_700k.mov Clip of Joss quoting Strong Bad]

==Kingdom Hearts 2 Strategy Guide==
In the strategy guide for the Playstation 2 game "Kingdom Hearts II", on page 28 (the Aladdin Character page) there is a small blurb describing limits. The title says "Everybody To The Limit".

==Licence Plates==
[[Image:Trgdorcar.jpg|thumb|Burninate my ride.]]
A car has been spotted on the streets of Melbourne, Australia, with a license plate reading "TRGDOR".
Another car has been spotted in Irvine, California with a license plate of "BURNIN8".

== Lost energy drink ==
The words "The System is Down" can be located on the "Lost" energy drink, above the Supplement Facts.

== Macromedia Flash 8 Conference ==
[[Image:homestar_in_flash_8.png|thumb|H*R in Flash Player 8]]
As part of the first showing of the unreleased at the time [http://www.macromedia.com/flash Macromedia Flash Player] 8, a graphical demo was shown with various effects that will be available in the new player being applied to both graphics, text, animations and movies on the fly. Of all the animations on the web, the Macromedia developers decided to feature both [[Homestar Runner]] and an animated [[The Homestar Runner]], showing the new effects being applied to their forms.

This was the first use of Homestar Runner by Macromedia, the later being the short, [[Where the Crap Are We?]], which appeared as an Easter egg in the about dialog of [http://www.macromedia.com/software/central/ Macromedia Central].

*[http://media.putfile.com/Homestar-in-Flash-8---HiRes See the short, cut video (high resolution)]
*[http://www.moock.org/blog/archives/000146.html Listing of mirrors for the full technical demo movie]

==Movies in Fifteen Minutes==
In the book [http://community.livejournal.com/m15m/ Movies in Fifteen Minutes] by Cleolinda Jones, she makes several brief references to Strong Bad in her versions of popular movies.

== Official Rock-Paper-Scissors Strategy Guide ==
In a sample tournament bracket in this book on page 163, one of the players is Trogdor.

==The Picture of Everything 2==
[http://www.howardhallis.com/artgallery/tpoe2/index.html In this work in progress] among the characters in this scene are [[Strong Bad]] and [[Homestar Runner]]. Strong Bad is to the left of the Enterprise bridge, slightly right of center image. Homestar is below the right side of the Rolling Stone magazine cover, in the bottom left.

==The Prosh==
In the 2008 edition of this annual Western Australian satirical publication,
there is an image of Trogdor on an advertisement for a dragon-slayer on the back page.
In small text on the bottom, there is a message as follows- "Sorry. Trogdor will burninate your ****. Don't even bother."

== Pumpkin! ==
Around Halloween 2004, at "[http://www.osf.com/ The Old Spaghetti Factory]" restaurant in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (a fairly [http://www.osf.com/locations/alllocations.html large] [http://www.oldspaghettifactory.ca/locations.html chain], and a higher class restaurant), they had a large collection of carved pumpkins all over the place, and one prominently placed pumpkin near the entrance had an excellently carved likeness of Homestar in it.



== Rialto Theatre ==
During the introduction to the weekly showings of the Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Rialto Theatre in Raleigh, North Carolina, a projector is frequently used to make The Cheat and Trogdor run across the screen.

==Secure Programming Cookbook for C and C++==
In the Acknowledgments section, they thank Strong Bad for teaching them how to type up a book while wearing boxing gloves.

==Shadowrun: Fourth Edition==
Shadowrun is a [[Wikipedia:Tabletop role-playing game|pen-and-paper RPG]] that combines elements of cyberpunk and fantasy. On page 87 (of the second printing), when discussing designing a character, it says (emphasis ours):
:Write down some quotes your character might say. Three or four should be good. Fiction is filled with characters that can be captured in a quote—everything from "Do you feel lucky, punk?" to "'''Double Deuce!'''"—capture our imaginations and give us something to hook a character on.

==Spaceshipper==
A couple of college students have created a game based on [[Spaceshipper]], one of the unplayble video games by [[Videlectrix]]. The game can be found [http://www.tomkortbeek.nl/space.html here].

== Super Size Me ==
In the movie ''[[Wikipedia:Super Size Me|Super Size Me]]'', there are a group of kids at the computer watching an old Tandy era Strong Bad Email.
[[Category: Sightings]]

==Switchfoot Podcast Episode 17==
In episode 17 of the offical [[Wikipedia:Switchfoot|Switchfoot]] Podcast, bassist [[Wikipedia:Tim Foreman|Tim Foreman]] is seen playing Trogdor on Guitar Hero II for most of the episode.

== The Toronto Star ==

In the May 13, 2008 edition of the [http://www.thestar.com Toronto Star], both in print and [http://www.thestar.com/article/424683 online], there was an article in the entertainment section about [[Wikipedia:WiiWare|WiiWare]]. Although the article itself made no refrence, the picture is a screen shot of [[SBCG4AP|Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People]].

==WaTiki Waterpark==
The WaTiki Indoor Waterpark in Rapid City, South Dakota had, as a transition on their electronic billboard, Homestar Runner running across the board.

==Wordplay==
In the documentary [[IMDB:tt0492506|Wordplay]], [http://rpipuzzleguy.livejournal.com/ Tyler Hinman] is seen wearing a [[Trogdor]] shirt. In fact, Hinman has worn the shirt during the final round of each of the four [http://www.crosswordtournament.com/ American Crossword Puzzle Tournaments] he has won. He can be seen wearing the shirt in the last image of [http://geekoutnewyork.com/2008/03/crossword.php this article about his 2008 win].

[[Category:Sightings]]

Other Sightings

2008-08-02T01:19:59Z

GenisSageAceAttourny: /* Alamo Drafthouse Cinema */ Changed some wording to make it sound a bit more professional.

{{sightingslanguagewarning}}
{{Template:sightingslist}}

== 505 Unbelievably Stupid Web Pages ==
On page 125 of [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1402201427/qid=1071549961/ this book], "Strong Bad E-Mail" is listed as link number 256. The writer claims "...the answers to these questions require as much thought as you'd expect from a baboon."

== Alamo Drafthouse Cinema ==
The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Austin, Texas, in lieu of more traditional "Please turn off your cellphones and pagers" messages, occasionally shows Homestar Runner clips, among other strange clips. One such clip is from [[the movies]] and shows Strong Bad detailing the many irritating things at the movie theater, including his frustration with "the kind of person that likes to talk to the movie".

==The Alphabet of Manliness==
On page 141 of [[Wikipedia:The Alphabet of Manliness|The Alphabet of Manliness]] (page 138 in the UK version), Maddox lists the [[Double Deuce]] as an effective way of showing frustration to bad drivers.

==AnimeNEXT==
At AnimeNEXT's "Save Tokyo Tower" game, one of the disasters that occurs is Trogdor burninating Tokyo Tower.

== BigStuf Camp ==
The youth camp program "BigStuf" held in Panama City, FL every year is home to several Homestar Runner sightings: The violin player in the camp's band consistently wears various Homestar Runner shirts, and a Homestar Runner character is always thanked on the last day of camp every year. In 2004, it was Homestar Runner. In 2005, it was Coach Z.

==BotCon 2008==
During the script reading [http://youtube.com/view_play_list?p=56AE7F601353E442 Bee in the City],
[http://transformers.wikia.com/wiki/Bumblebee_(Animated) Bumblebee] is at a drive-thru, which after he orders responds: "Sever your leg please, it's the greatest day."

==Camp Joy==
In the year 2006, the revolving theme of the [[Wikipedia:Boy Scouts|Boy Scouts]] summer camp [http://okawbsa.org/~campjoy/ Camp Joy] was [[Wikipedia:Pirate|pirates]], complete with antagonist [[Trogdor]].

== Celebration 3 ==
[[Image:53028701.jpg|thumb|Homestar on X-Wing]]
Before ''[[Wikipedia:Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith|Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith]]'', the official fan club held a convention in the Indiana Convention Center, where they showed cars modeled after several ships from the [[Wikipedia:Star Wars|Star Wars universe]]. One of the [[Wikipedia:X-Wing|X-Wing]] cars had a Homestar Runner cling sticker on it.

==Crime Files: Four-Minute Forensic Mysteries: Body of Evidence==
In the mystery "Gamer Over" found in the Jeremy Brown book "[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0439769345/002-5890081-1025652?v=glance&n=283155&n=507846&s=books&v=glance Crime Files: Four-minute Forensic Mysteries : Body of Evidence]", the username of the victim is Trogdor139.

==Empire==
The bestselling book "Empire" by science fiction author Orson Scott Card contains a quote on the top of page 10 in which a university student says the familiar phrase, "My head a splode," in response to a main character's statements.

==Extralife Radio Podcast==
In the [http://www.myextralife.com Extralife Radio] podcast, episode number 104, the program begins by playing the audio of the Easter egg in the [[Peasant's Quest Preview]].

== Futurama: The Beast With A Billion Backs ==
In the arcade part, on the side of Normal Kombat, you'll find The Fist Of Knuckes logo from [[rated]].

== Great Teacher Largo Panel, Otakon ==
At the GLT panel, during the question and answer session, someone asked how Largo "typed with boxing gloves on". Largo replied that he was not Strong Bad, but he does "rock out like Trogdor" and sometimes his computer gets "burninated".  

==Halo 2: Special Edition DVD==
On the door of the recording room for the Halo internet machinima, Red vs Blue, there are stickers of Homestar and Strong Bad. Homestar was also shown briefly in a PSA for the same machinima.

== iPod + iTunes for Windows and Mac ==
The help book ''iPod + iTunes for Windows and Mac'' includes an "add to my library" dialog box, and a file called "[[Today is Alright 4 2Nite|alright42nite.mp3]]" is highlighted. The file is available for [[dangeresque_3#Easter_Eggs|download]] on the site.

==Joss Whedon: Super Fan ==
[[Image:Joss Whedon Buffy Strong Bad Shirt.jpg|thumb|Joss wearing a [[Strong Bad]] shirt]]
[[Wikipedia:Joss Whedon|Joss Whedon]], already [[Television Sightings#Buffy the Vampire Slayer|known to be a Homestar Runner fan]], quipped "Just the claps" after a group of [[Wikipedia:Browncoat|Browncoats]] sang him Happy Birthday on June 23, 2005.
*[http://www.serenitymovie.com/media/serenity_river_rev_700k.mov Clip of Joss quoting Strong Bad]

==Kingdom Hearts 2 Strategy Guide==
In the strategy guide for the Playstation 2 game "Kingdom Hearts II", on page 28 (the Aladdin Character page) there is a small blurb describing limits. The title says "Everybody To The Limit".

==Licence Plates==
[[Image:Trgdorcar.jpg|thumb|Burninate my ride.]]
A car has been spotted on the streets of Melbourne, Australia, with a license plate reading "TRGDOR".
Another car has been spotted in Irvine, California with a license plate of "BURNIN8".

== Lost energy drink ==
The words "The System is Down" can be located on the "Lost" energy drink, above the Supplement Facts.

== Macromedia Flash 8 Conference ==
[[Image:homestar_in_flash_8.png|thumb|H*R in Flash Player 8]]
As part of the first showing of the unreleased at the time [http://www.macromedia.com/flash Macromedia Flash Player] 8, a graphical demo was shown with various effects that will be available in the new player being applied to both graphics, text, animations and movies on the fly. Of all the animations on the web, the Macromedia developers decided to feature both [[Homestar Runner]] and an animated [[The Homestar Runner]], showing the new effects being applied to their forms.

This was the first use of Homestar Runner by Macromedia, the later being the short, [[Where the Crap Are We?]], which appeared as an Easter egg in the about dialog of [http://www.macromedia.com/software/central/ Macromedia Central].

*[http://media.putfile.com/Homestar-in-Flash-8---HiRes See the short, cut video (high resolution)]
*[http://www.moock.org/blog/archives/000146.html Listing of mirrors for the full technical demo movie]

==Movies in Fifteen Minutes==
In the book [http://community.livejournal.com/m15m/ Movies in Fifteen Minutes] by Cleolinda Jones, she makes several brief references to Strong Bad in her versions of popular movies.

== Official Rock-Paper-Scissors Strategy Guide ==
In a sample tournament bracket in this book on page 163, one of the players is Trogdor.

==The Picture of Everything 2==
[http://www.howardhallis.com/artgallery/tpoe2/index.html In this work in progress] among the characters in this scene are [[Strong Bad]] and [[Homestar Runner]]. Strong Bad is to the left of the Enterprise bridge, slightly right of center image. Homestar is below the right side of the Rolling Stone magazine cover, in the bottom left.

==The Prosh==
In the 2008 edition of this annual Western Australian satirical publication,
there is an image of Trogdor on an advertisement for a dragon-slayer on the back page.
In small text on the bottom, there is a message as follows- "Sorry. Trogdor will burninate your ****. Don't even bother."

== Pumpkin! ==
Around Halloween 2004, at "[http://www.osf.com/ The Old Spaghetti Factory]" restaurant in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (a fairly [http://www.osf.com/locations/alllocations.html large] [http://www.oldspaghettifactory.ca/locations.html chain], and a higher class restaurant), they had a large collection of carved pumpkins all over the place, and one prominently placed pumpkin near the entrance had an excellently carved likeness of Homestar in it.



== Rialto Theatre ==
During the introduction to the weekly showings of the Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Rialto Theatre in Raleigh, North Carolina, a projector is frequently used to make The Cheat and Trogdor run across the screen.

==Secure Programming Cookbook for C and C++==
In the Acknowledgments section, they thank Strong Bad for teaching them how to type up a book while wearing boxing gloves.

==Shadowrun: Fourth Edition==
Shadowrun is a [[Wikipedia:Tabletop role-playing game|pen-and-paper RPG]] that combines elements of cyberpunk and fantasy. On page 87 (of the second printing), when discussing designing a character, it says (emphasis ours):
:Write down some quotes your character might say. Three or four should be good. Fiction is filled with characters that can be captured in a quote—everything from "Do you feel lucky, punk?" to "'''Double Deuce!'''"—capture our imaginations and give us something to hook a character on.

==Spaceshipper==
A couple of college students have created a game based on [[Spaceshipper]], one of the unplayble video games by [[Videlectrix]]. The game can be found [http://www.tomkortbeek.nl/space.html here].

== Super Size Me ==
In the movie ''[[Wikipedia:Super Size Me|Super Size Me]]'', there are a group of kids at the computer watching an old Tandy era Strong Bad Email.
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==Switchfoot Podcast Episode 17==
In episode 17 of the offical [[Wikipedia:Switchfoot|Switchfoot]] Podcast, bassist [[Wikipedia:Tim Foreman|Tim Foreman]] is seen playing Trogdor on Guitar Hero II for most of the episode.

== The Toronto Star ==

In the May 13, 2008 edition of the [http://www.thestar.com Toronto Star], both in print and [http://www.thestar.com/article/424683 online], there was an article in the entertainment section about [[Wikipedia:WiiWare|WiiWare]]. Although the article itself made no refrence, the picture is a screen shot of [[SBCG4AP|Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People]].

==WaTiki Waterpark==
The WaTiki Indoor Waterpark in Rapid City, South Dakota had, as a transition on their electronic billboard, Homestar Runner running across the board.

==Wordplay==
In the documentary [[IMDB:tt0492506|Wordplay]], [http://rpipuzzleguy.livejournal.com/ Tyler Hinman] is seen wearing a [[Trogdor]] shirt. In fact, Hinman has worn the shirt during the final round of each of the four [http://www.crosswordtournament.com/ American Crossword Puzzle Tournaments] he has won. He can be seen wearing the shirt in the last image of [http://geekoutnewyork.com/2008/03/crossword.php this article about his 2008 win].

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[[Image:Bloostar.PNG|thumb|100px|Look Familiar?]]
The [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] body of work has become quite popular and widespread during its time on the Internet. With dozens of references in websites, comics, and animations, Homestar Runner is a favorite of many Internet animators. It has even shown up in far more mainstream places, such as a demo at a major [[Macromedia Flash]] conference, and even on the series finale of a popular TV show. Pick a category to find out more!
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