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Integral Article

Robbing Dog — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 15:32:58 GMT

Robbing Dog:

[[Image:Integral The.PNG|thumb|"Count us off, The Ugly One."]]
The world of Homestar Runner contains several names of characters, places, sound effects, etc., where an [[Wikipedia:Article (grammar)|article]] (''A'', ''An'', or ''The'') is treated as integral to the name. With varying consistency, these names will include the article, even when it makes the construction of the sentence extremely odd ("And out poured a lifetime supply of fishsticks. And a The Cheat!!!!"). [[The Cheat]] is the most renowned and recognizable example. Even for The Cheat, however, this rule is occasionally overlooked or suspended. For instance, in [[replacement]], [[Strong Bad]]'s epitaph reads, "...and kicking Cheats in the hereafter."

It's interesting that the very first appearance of The Cheat, in the [[Original Book]], did not follow this practice. Although he was referred to as "that CHEAT" and "the cheat", it wasn't really treated as his name—note the lack of capitalization. He was simply being used by Strong Bad as a cheat to win the competition. However, by the time he appeared in [[A Jumping Jack Contest]], [[The Brothers Chaps]] had presumably decided to adopt "The Cheat" as his official name; several characters address him as such. Thus the unusual inclusion of the article may have started as an inside joke: the Brothers poking fun at themselves for choosing a passing phrase from the book as a major character's name.

On a side note, Wizard's character page on the [[Mellow Mushroom]] site has a page title that reads: "Not THE Wizard, Just Wizard."

{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 style="border-collapse:collapse"
|+ '''Names with an Integral Article'''
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! Name !! Sample Usage !! Comments
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| <center>[[Image:The Cheat Character Video.PNG|100px]] [[The Cheat]]</center> || The title of [[500 The Cheats]] || Only rarely has The Cheat been named without the article. This practice even extends to his language ("Learn to speak... The Cheat" in [[cheat talk]]) and species ("My very own The Cheat!" in [[flashback]]). Strangely, however, [[Cheat Commandos]] ignore this completely. The integral article appears to be overlooked in the title of the email [[cheat talk]] and every instance of the phrase [[cheatday]]. Also, in [[replacement]], Strong Bad says he'll be "kickin' Cheats 'till the day I die." In [[secret recipes]], Homestar calls Strong Bad and The Cheat 'Cheat and The Strong Bad', although this is obviously not a mistake on the part of The Brothers Chaps.
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| <center>[[Image:poopsmith.PNG|100px]] [[The Poopsmith]]</center> || [[King of Town Email]]: "Anybody? The Poopsmith? That little chef guy? I need some help here!" || This is a rare instance where The Poopsmith was clearly named with an integral article. There are many occasions when he has been referred to as "a Poopsmith", "my Poopsmith", or simply "Poopsmith", although Strong Bad did capitalize the ''The'' when typing in [[secret identity]].
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| <center>[[Image:close Paper.png|100px]] [[The Paper]]</center> || [[for kids]]: "THE PAPER, PLEASE TAKE US HOME." || The Paper is never named without the article.
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| <center>[[Image:TheStick.png|100px]] [[The Stick]]</center> || [[labor day]]: "High five, The Stick." || The Stick is never named without the article, but only a few times has it been unambiguously integral.
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| <center>[[Image:qod_31_-_geddup_noise.png]] [[The Geddup Noise]]</center> || [[geddup noise]]: "THIS IS NOT A THE GEDDUP NOISE T-SHIRT" || The Geddup Noise generally only includes the article when grammar allows. Strong Sad's T-shirts, for some reason, are the exception to this.
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| <center>[[Image:the teach.PNG|100px]] [[The Teach]]</center> || [[geddup noise]]: "Isn't that right, The Teach?" || The Teach's name only appears twice. The other appearance was on [[Monkey D]]'s T-shirt in an Easter egg, where it was unclear whether the article was integral.
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| <center>[[Image:thehstarr2.png|100px]] [[The Homestar Runner]]</center> || [[That A Ghost]]: "The Homestar Runner, I'm suh-suh-suh-suh-scared!" || The Homestar Runner is never named without the article, but this is the only instance where it was clearly integral. Of course it's notable that the article distinguishes him from his latter-day counterpart, [[Homestar Runner]].
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| <center>[[Image:thesneak.PNG|100px]] [[The Sneak]]</center> || [[2 emails]]: "How was that phraseology, The Sneak?" || The Sneak is never named without the article.
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| <center>[[Image:The Moon.PNG|100px]] [[The Moon]]</center> || [[Mr. Shmallow (toon)|Mr. Shmallow]]: "That's right, The Moon." || "The Moon" was only used as a proper name once in this toon. Other references to the moon (including in the same toon) are constructed as one would normally expect.
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| <center>[[Image:tgs-uglyone.PNG|100px]] [[The Ugly One]]</center> || [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 8]]: "Count us off, The Ugly One." || The Ugly One is never named without the article, but only in a few cases was it clearly integral. Note that her father's name is [[Manolios Ugly One]], suggesting that "The" is actually her first name.
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| <center>[[Image:stinkogame-enemy-tornado.png|100px]] [[Stinkoman 20X6 Walkthrough Level 6#Level 6 Boss: The Liekand|The Liekand]]</center> || [[Stinkomanual]]: "'Fashion first, ask sections later.' -The Liekand" || The name of this [[Stinkoman 20X6]] boss appears only briefly in the Stinkomanual. Even so, the article seems to be treated as part of its name.
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| <center>[[Image:Better_An_Ice_Machine.png|100px]] [[Stinkoman 20X6 Walkthrough Level 7#Level 7 Boss: An Ice Machine (Transcript)|An Ice Machine]]</center> || [[Stinkomanual]]: "'LOOK! I'M TRYING! OKAY?!' -An Ice Machine" || This boss's name is featured similarly to The Liekand's. It is the only example to date of an integral article other than "the".
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[[Category:Name running gags]]

Irregular Loading Screens

Robbing Dog — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 03:13:32 GMT

Robbing Dog: /* List */

In many [[Toons|toons]] and [[Games|games]], the '''loading screen''' has something on other than the standard "Loading...". Many of these have some relevance to the toon/game they appear in.

==List==
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3 style="border-collapse:collapse"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! Toon/Game !! Loading Screen !! Relevance to toon/game !! Picture
|-
| [[50K Racewalker]] || loada... || None || [[Image:Loada.png|150px]]
|-
| [[Experimental Film]] || comin' up || None || [[Image:Comin' up.png|150px]]
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| [[Hallrunner]] || loadaling || None || [[Image:Loadaling.png|150px]]
|-
| [[Happy Fireworks]] || Loafing... || What Coach Z and Bubs are doing at the start of the toon || [[Image:Loafing.png|150px]]
|-
| [[Homestarloween Party]] || loading the Halloween deal || It's a Halloween toon. || [[Image:Loading the Halloween deal.png|150px]]
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| [[HomestarRunner.com PAY PLUS!]] ''[[HomestarRunner.com PAY PLUS!#Strong Bad "Trap Door" Sample|The Email Show]]'' sample || loading free pay sample... || A free sample of the PAY PLUS content. || [[Image:Loading free pay sample.png|150px]]
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| [[Kick The Cheat]] || Loadin || None || [[Image:Loadin.png|150px]]
|-
| [[Marshie's Malloween Mix-Up]] || Lourding... || None, but it may refer to the [[Heavy Lourde]] || [[Image:Lourding.png|150px]]
|-
| [[More Fan Costumes]] || loadems... || None || [[Image:Loadems.png|150px]]
|-
| [[Peasant's Quest Movie Trailer]] || Rather loading... || The main character is [[Rather Dashing]]. || [[Image:Rather Loading.png|150px]]
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| [[Peasant's Quest Movie Trailer]] Old Version || loading a fairly big deal... || [[The Brothers Chaps|TBC]] made a big deal of this toon, so much their server crashed by the initial onslaught of viewers || [[Image:Loading a fairly big deal.png|150px]]
|-
| [[Peasant's Quest Preview]], [[Snowglobe]] || VOADING || It's a preview of a [[Videlectrix]] game. || [[Image:Voading.png|150px]]
|-
| [[Seasonal Sweaters]] || LOAD IT! || None || [[Image:Load it.png|150px]]
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| [[Stinkoman 20X6]] || LOAD IT UP... || None || [[Image:Load it up.png|150px]]
|-
| [[The Cheatar]] || Comin' up... || None || [[Image:Comin' up (Cheatar).png|150px]]
|-
| [[Strong Bad's Website]] || LO-DING || None || [[Image:Lo-Ding.PNG|150px]]
|}

[[Category:Lists]]

User talk:Robbing Dog

Robbing Dog — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 18:41:00 GMT

Robbing Dog:

This here's my talk page. Yup.

User:Robbing Dog

Robbing Dog — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 18:40:33 GMT

Robbing Dog:

Howdy, howdy, howdy!

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Robbing Dog — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 18:40:04 GMT

Robbing Dog:

Howdy, howdy, howdy!

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