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Coach Z's Accent

Stux — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:58:52 GMT

Stux: /* List of mispronounced words */ He says it so fast, but it sounds like a "d". Also fix table formatting.

[[File:coachztalker.PNG|thumb|All the wonders Coach Z's been talking abrat]]
''From a [[Giant Magazine Interview|2005 interview with ''Giant'' magazine]]:''
<blockquote>
'''[[MATT CHAPMAN]]:''' [Coach Z's accent] is definitely Midwestern, a little Bostonian{{--}}it's like all of those weird American accents that aren't Southern. We were born in Indiana and our grandma used to say "worsh the deeshes" instead of "wash the dishes." Most of the other words she said were normal, and then she would say, "Well, we gotta worsh the deeshes." It's just based on hearing those voices.</blockquote>

'''[[Coach Z]]'s accent''' has made him into a very quotable character as he frequently mispronounces words.

The accent combines elements of many regional American accents {{--}} most prominently {{w|North-Central American English|Upper Midwestern}}, {{w|Midland American English|Midland}}, and {{w|Eastern New England English|Eastern New England}} {{--}} in addition to more exaggerated sounds for comedic effect. This typically manifests in adding "R"s to words or transposing letter sounds: famously, [[A Jorb Well Done]] centers on Coach Z's titular mispronunciation of "job".

His accent is so strong that [[The Brothers Chaps]] have [[A Jorb Well Done#Commentary Transcript|referred to it]] as more of a speech impediment. Conversely, some toons have played with the idea that Coach Z is either deliberately playing up or entirely faking this manner of speech.

==List of mispronounced words==
{| class="wikitable"
! Original Word !! Coach Z's version(s) !! Appears In
|-
| '''Absolutely''' || Abso-prootley, Absalortly || Email [[Accent]], [[I Killed Pom Pom]]
|-
| '''About''' || Abrat/Abort || [[No Hands On Deck!]], [[Happy Hallow-day]], [[Loading Screens]], [[Doomy Tales of the Macabre]]
|-
| '''Accent''' || Orccent/Accernt || Email [[Accent]]
|-
| '''Action''' || Airkshin || [[Happy Fireworks]], [[Main Page 23]]
|-
| '''Adopted''' || Adorpted || [[Dangeresque Roomisode 2: The Intersection of Doom & Boom]]
|-
| '''Air Freshener''' || Air Fraershenaer || [[Dangeresque Roomisode 2: The Intersection of Doom & Boom]]
|-
| '''Apartment''' || Apratment || Email [[sbemail 206]]
|-
| '''Ashtray''' || Arshtray, aershtray || [[Dangeresque Roomisode 2: The Intersection of Doom & Boom]]
|-
| '''Athlete''' || Airthlete || [[The Homestar Runner Gets Something Stuck in His Craw]]
|-
| '''Awful''' || Orful || Email [[secret recipes]]
|-
| '''Back''' || Bork || [[I Killed Pom Pom]]
|-
| '''Balloon''' || B'lloon || [[Fall Float Parade]]
|-
| '''Baloney''' || Balarney || [[Mr. Poofers Must Die]]
|-
| '''Believe''' || Belorve || [[Haunted Photo Booth]]
|-
| '''Bomb''' || Baermb, Baerm || [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]], [[These peoples try to fade me]], [[Dangeresque Roomisode 2: The Intersection of Doom & Boom]], [[Dangeresque Roomisode 3: Keep My Enemies, Loser]]
|-
| '''Boulevard''' || Borlevard || [[I Killed Pom Pom]]
|-
| '''Captain''' || [[Media:Highschool 6.ogg|Craptain]] || Email [[high school]]
|-
| '''Charge''' || Chiioooorge || [[Strong Badia the Free]]
|-
| '''Chips''' || Chorps || [[3 Times Halloween Funjob]]
|-
| '''Chop''' || Chorp || [[Haunted Photo Booth]]
|-
| '''Class''' || Clarss || Email [[parenting]]
|-
| '''Connoisseur''' || Cornnoisuaer || [[Dangeresque Roomisode 2: The Intersection of Doom & Boom]]
|-
| '''Conversation''' || Cornversation || [[Dangeresque Roomisode 2: The Intersection of Doom & Boom]]
|-
| '''[[Crap]]''' || Crop || Email [[Accent]]
|-
| '''Credenza''' || Cradernzair || [[3 Times Halloween Funjob]]
|-
| '''Crickets''' || Crackets || [[Happy Hallow-day]]
|-
| '''Cubicle''' || Kyorbicle || [[DNA Evidence]]
|-
| '''[[Decemberween]]''' || Decemberwern || [[The Best Decemberween Ever]]
|-
| '''[[DELETED]]''' || DELORTED || Email [[replacement]]
|-
| '''Did''' || Doird || [[Dangeresque (karaoke)]]
|-
| '''Disco''' || Disca || [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 9.2]]
|-
| '''Do it''' || Dort, doot || [[Meeple Grove]], [[Dangeresque Roomisode 2: The Intersection of Doom & Boom]]
|-
| '''Drop''' || Drap || Email [[your funeral]]
|-
| '''[[Duck]]''' || Dook || [[Sbemail 169 Deleted Scene]]
|-
| '''Exaggerate''' || Exorggerate || Email [[Accent]]
|-
| '''Effigy''' || Orfigy, arfigy, RPG, first-person shooter || [[Strong Badia the Free]]
|-
| '''Farm''' || Faerm || [[Dangeresque Roomisode 3: Keep My Enemies, Loser]]
|-
| '''[[Fhqwhgads]]''' || Forhorglingrads || Email [[sibbie]] (Easter egg)
|-
| '''Field''' || Fierld || [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 1.0]], [[Coach Z's 110%]], Email [[dictionary]], Email [[parenting]]
|-
| '''Fittin'''' || Fortin' || [[I Killed Pom Pom]]
|-
| '''Five''' || Farve || [[A Decemberween Pageant]]
|-
| '''Flapjacks''' || Florpjacks || Email [[Accent]]
|-
| '''[[Fluffy Puff Marshmallows|Fluffy Puffs]]''' || Florfy Porfs || [[Later That Night...]]
|-
| '''Football Team''' || Foortball Torm || Email [[high school]]
|-
| '''Forgot to putt''' || Forgort to port, forgat to prat, gorka fa pork || Email [[mini-golf]]
|-
| '''Forward''' || Frorward || [[Doomy Tales of the Macabre]]
|-
| '''Fountain''' || Fortain || [[Dangeresque Roomisode 2: The Intersection of Doom & Boom]]
|-
| '''Goblin''' || Gorblin || [[2022 Costume Pack Now Available]]
|-
| '''Gosh''' || Gorsh || Email [[strong badathlon]], [[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]], [[Later That Night...]]
|-
| '''Gotta''' || Godda || [[Haunted Photo Booth]]
|-
| '''Globes''' || Glorbs || [[Later That Night...]]
|-
| '''Glove Box''' || Glorve Bax|| [[Dangeresque Roomisode 2: The Intersection of Doom & Boom]]
|-
| '''Gluten''' and '''Glutton''' || Glorten || [[Weclome Back]]
|-
| '''Great''' || Greart || [[Dangeresque Roomisode 2: The Intersection of Doom & Boom]]
|-
| '''Half''' || Ha'''l'''f (non-silent L) || [[Mr. Poofers Must Die]]
|-
| '''Halloween''' || Halloworn, Hallerwern || [[The Best Decemberween Ever]], [[Jibblies 2]]
|-
| '''Handlebar''' || Handlebrah || [[Haunted Photo Booth]]
|-
| '''Happy Hallow{{--}}''' || Horpy Horlow{{--}} || [[Happy Hallow-day]]
|-
| '''Happy T''' || Horpy Tor || [[Happy T!]]
|-
| '''Hello''' || Hellor || [[Homestar Presents: Presents]]
|-
| '''[[Homestar Runner|Homestar]]''' || Hamstray, Hamster, Stramstar, {{w|StairMaster}}, Homegrown, [[Wikipedia:Ramrod|Ramrod]], Humphel || [[A Jorb Well Done]]
|-
| '''Hoot''' || Hort || [[Happy Hallow-day]]
|-
|-'''Hot''' || Hat || Email [[part time job]]
|-
| '''I feel bad''' || Ir feer borld || Email [[part-time job#Commentary Transcript|part-time job (commentary)]]
|-
| '''Idea''' || Idear || [[Happy Hallow-day]]
|-
| '''Inappropriate''' || Inapprapriate || [[Fall Float Parade]]
|-
| '''Inoculate''' || Anorculate || [[The Brothers Chaps' Fansite Acknowledgments#Burning Horizon Forum|BHZ Anniversary Message]]
|-
| '''[[Jibblie]]''' || Jorbaly || [[Jibblies 2]]
|-
| '''Job''' || Jorb, Jaerb, Jarb, Joerghb, Jaeoreorb || [[A Jorb Well Done]], Email [[boring (really)]], [[Sbemailiarized!]]
|-
| '''Jobbie''' || Jorbie || [[Haunted Photo Booth]]
|-
| '''Jujyfruits''' || Jorjyfruits, Jerjyfrorts, Georgie Frorgie, {{w|George Foreman}} || [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]]
|-
| '''Kick''' || Kork || [[I Killed Pom Pom]], [[Haunted Photo Booth]]
|-
| '''[[Coach Z's Locker Room|Locker]]''' || Lacker, Lacquer || Email [[part-time job#Commentary Transcript|part-time job (commentary)]], Email [[myths & legends]] (Easter egg)
|-
| '''Look''' || Lork || [[Dangeresque Roomisode 2: The Intersection of Doom & Boom]]
|-
| '''Man''' || Marn, [[M'n]] || [[Dangeresque (karaoke)]], [[Mr. Poofers Must Die]]
|-
| '''Manifold Gasket''' || Cramifold Gaersket || [[Dangeresque Roomisode 2: The Intersection of Doom & Boom]]
|-
| '''Marshmallow''' || Mrashmallow || [[Later That Night...]]
|-
| '''[[Marzipan]]''' || Marziprawn || [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2]]
|-
| '''Medallion''' || Medalllllioraerlllllioren || [[Fan 'Stumes 2021]]
|-
| '''[[Mike Chapman|Mike]]''' || Mork || Email [[part-time job#Commentary Transcript|part-time job (commentary)]]
|-
| '''Mind''' || Mornd || [[Haunted Photo Booth]]
|-
| '''Mother'''|| Mudder|| [[No Hands On Deck!]]
|-
| '''Motivate''' || Mortavort || [[The Next April Fools' Thing]]
|-
| '''Mouthwash''' || Mouthwarsh || [[The Best Decemberween Ever]]
|-
| '''Music''' || Myorsic || [[Dangeresque Roomisode 2: The Intersection of Doom & Boom]]
|-
| '''Musical''' || Myorsical || [[No Hands On Deck!]]
|-
| '''Not''' || Nat || [[Decemberween Short Shorts]], [[Sbemail 169 Deleted Scene]]
|-
| '''October''' || Orctober || [[The Best Decemberween Ever]]
|-
| '''Off''' || Orf || Email [[underlings]], Email [[winter pool]], [[Dangeresque Roomisode 2: The Intersection of Doom & Boom]]
|-
| '''Office''' || Arfice, Orifice || [[In Search of the Yello Dello New Version|In Search of the Yello Dello]], [[Baddest of the Bands]]
|-
| '''Open''' || Orpen || [[Dangeresque Roomisode 2: The Intersection of Doom & Boom]]
|-
| '''Out''' || Oat || [[A Jorb Well Done]]
|-
| '''Paperclip''' || Paperclorp || [[Dangeresque Roomisode 2: The Intersection of Doom & Boom]]
|-
| '''Part''' || Prat || [[Where My Hat Is At? (toon)|Where My Hat Is At?]]
|-
| '''Party''' || Pratty || Email [[impression]], Email [[labor day]], Email [[being mean]]
|-
| '''{{w|PC LOAD LETTER|PC load letter}}''' || PC lourde letter || [[2022 Costume Pack Now Available]]
|-
| '''People''' || Perple, Pyorple || [[8-Bit is Enough]], [[Fish Eye Lens]]
|-
| '''Person''' || Porson || [[The Next April Fools' Thing]]
|-
| '''[[Wikipedia:Pert Plus|Pert Plus]]''' || Port Plus || [[Jibblies 2]], Email [[hremail 3184]] (part of actual packaging)
|-
| '''Piña coladas''' || Piña colordas || [[I Killed Pom Pom]]
|-
| '''[[Pom Pom]]''' || Pam Pam || [[Fall Float Parade]]
|-
| '''Pop''' || Porp || [[Dangeresque Roomisode 2: The Intersection of Doom & Boom]]
|-
| '''Probably''' || Prably, Prally || [[Coach Z's Character Video]], [[Dangeresque Roomisode 2: The Intersection of Doom & Boom]]
|-
| '''Problem''' || Praeblem, Prablem || [[In Search of the Yello Dello New Version|In Search of the Yello Dello]], [[On Break]], [[Who Said What Now?]]
|-
| '''Punch''' || Pornch || [[Haunted Photo Booth]]
|-
| '''Reward''' || Reeward || Email [[parenting]]
|-
| '''Real''' || Rrrl || [[A Folky Tale]]
|-
| '''Revealed''' || Revearled || Email [[cliffhangers]]
|-
| '''Rock bottom''' || Rack battom || [[Decemberween Short Shorts]]
|-
| '''Root beer''' || Root (pronounced with an "oo" as in "book") Ber || [[Mr. Poofers Must Die]]
|-
| '''Solid''' || Salid || Email [[Accent]]
|-
| '''Somebody''' || Somebaddy || [[Dangeresque Roomisode 2: The Intersection of Doom & Boom]]
|-
| '''Secret''' || Sorcret, "secret sorcret" || Email [[cliffhangers]]
|-
| '''Situation''' || Sitch'ation || [[A Folky Tale]]
|-
| '''''{Sneezing}''''' || Ha-chor || [[Haunted Photo Booth]]
|-
| '''Speakin' ''' || Sporkin' || Email [[love poems]]
|-
| '''Sports''' || Sprots || Email [[part-time job#Commentary Transcript|part-time job (commentary)]]
|-
| '''Star''' || Stair || [[Dangeresque Roomisode 2: The Intersection of Doom & Boom]]
|-
| '''Stick''' || Stark || [[Dangeresque (karaoke)|"The Theme from Dangeresque II" karaoke]]
|-
| '''Stop''' || Stap || [[Rap Song]]
|-
| '''[[Strong Bad]]''' || Spring Board || Email [[Accent]]
|-
| '''Suck''' || Sook || [[Sbemail 169 Deleted Scene]]
|-
| '''Swedish Fish''' || Swordish Forsh || [[3 Times Halloween Funjob]]
|-
| '''Talking''' || Torkin' || [[Dangeresque Roomisode 2: The Intersection of Doom & Boom]]
|-
| '''Talkin' about''' || Torkin' abort || [[Happy Hallow-day]]
|-
| '''Tater-tots''' || Tater-torts || [[2022 Costume Pack Now Available]]
|-
| '''Terrible''' || Terbirle || Email [[senior prom]]
|-

| '''[[The Cheat]]''' || The Chort || ''see [[Nicknames#The Cheat|The Cheat's Nicknames]]''
|-
| '''There''' || Dere, dare || Email [[lures & jigs]], [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 9.2]], Email [[theme park]], [[Sbemail 169 Deleted Scene]], [[Dangeresque Roomisode 2: The Intersection of Doom & Boom]]
|-
| '''Thousand''' || Trousand || [[Sbemail 169 Deleted Scene]]
|-
| '''Thug''' || Thorg || [[Halloween Fairstival]]
|-
| '''Thumb''' || Thermb || [[Some Stupid Turkey]]
|-
| '''[[Toilet]]''' || [[Terlet]] || [[Halloween Fairstival]], [[A Folky Tale]], Email [[unnatural]], [[The House That Gave Sucky Tricks]], [[Dangeresque Roomisode 2: The Intersection of Doom & Boom]]

|-
| '''Tomorrow''' || Tomoarow || [[A Jorb Well Done]]
|-
| '''Top notch''' || Torp nortch || [[I Killed Pom Pom]]
|-
| '''Touchdown''' || Torchdown || [[Where My Hat Is At? (toon)|Where My Hat Is At?]] ''[written]''
|-
| '''Trick or Treat''' || Track or Trort || [[3 Times Halloween Funjob]]
|-
| '''Undefeated''' || Undeforted || [[Decemberween Short Shorts]]
|-
| '''Unfortunate''' || Unfarchunate || [[Sbemail 169 Deleted Scene]]
|-
| '''Up''' || Arp, orp || [[Sbemail 169 Deleted Scene]], [[Dangeresque Roomisode 2: The Intersection of Doom & Boom]]
|-
| '''{{w|Volvo}}''' || Vorlvo || Email [[rated]]
|-
| '''What''' || Whort || [[Date Nite]]
|-
| '''Video''' || [[Videro]] || [[Coach Z's 110%]], [[Fish Eye Lens]]
|-
| '''Yipe''' || Yorp || Email [[redesign]], [[Homestar Ruiner]]
|-
| '''''{{w|Yo Gabba Gabba}}''''' || Yor gorble gorble || [[Most in the Graveyard]]
|-
| '''{{w|Let's Call the Whole Thing Off|You Say Tomato,''' '''I Say Tomato}}''' || You Say Tomater, "[[Quote of the Week#QW-2005-12-08|I zader matermorts]]" || [[Fall Float Parade]]
|-
|}

== Analysis ==
[[File:cantsayjob.png|thumb|"Coach, that's ridiculous. We've ''got'' to do something about that."]]
===Sounds Affected===
The most commonly mispronounced sounds are long e (e.g. The Cheat/"The Chort") and the short o (job/"jaerb"), which both come out as an "or" or "aer".

===Inconsistencies===

Evidence has suggested that Coach Z's accent may be bogus:

*[[3 Times Halloween Funjob]] {{--}} After saying "track or trort", Bubs gets on his case and he says "trick or treat" correctly. If given "Swedish Fish", he will identify it as "Swordish Forsh"; in response to Bubs grumbling again, Coach Z justifies with "It's a crowd-pleaser."
*Email [[boring (really)]] {{--}} While Strong Bad is writing his list of three-letter words, Coach Z interrupts him at the word "job", saying that "jorb is a four-letters word."
*Email [[mascot]] {{--}} Coach Z says "The Cheat" immediately after "The Chort", though he speaks as though he's talking about two different people.
*Email [[part-time job]] ([[part-time job#Commentary Transcript|DVD commentary]]) {{--}} [[Mike Chapman]] diagnoses Coach Z's "accent" as simply adding the letter R to words or randomly transposing letters, and in reply Coach Z partially admits to his accent being bogus.
*Email [[cliffhangers]] {{--}} In the process of his attempted unmasking of [[The Thnikkaman]], Coach Z says "secret sorcret" twice, referring to Thnikkaman's secret being revealed and his shame in having really bad hand-eye coordination.
*[[Baddest of the Bands]] {{--}} Coach Z refers to "Cheat kickers" just before suggesting to "[[Kicking The Cheat|kick The Chort]]".
*[[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]] {{--}} While playing [[Renaldo]], he [[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective Responses (Smoky Office)#Door|pronounces "off" both correctly and incorrectly in the same sentence]].
*[[Loading Screens]] {{--}} Coach Z's accent is much less pronounced than usual.
*[[Fish Eye Lens]] {{--}} Coach Z tells Strong Bad "the people" need him. When Strong Bad questions him, he amends to say "the pyorple".

This is inconsistent with the clear distress it causes him in [[A Jorb Well Done]], though it is possible that he's truly gained control over his accent after the mentioned toon, and he just keeps it around for the aesthetic.

== See Also ==
*[[A Jorb Well Done]]
*[[Coach Z Talker]]
*[[Coach Z's Problems]]
*[[Non-English Pronunciations]]
*[[Strong Bad's (Mis)use of English]]

[[Category:Coach Z]]
[[Category:Lists]]
[[Category:Irregular Pronunciations]]

Live Action Foods

Stux — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 11:39:38 GMT

Stux: /* Appearances */ Better to link to the redirect: it links to the specific item (even if it's at the top) and it's future-proofed if this ever becomes its own article

[[Image:cheat commandos complete breakfast.png|thumb|Ridiculous Real-Live Breakfast!]]
In the DVD commentary for [[space program]], [[The Brothers Chaps]] admit they "always love it when [they] get to make food for an Easter egg or part of an email". Because of their love of making these delicious (if occasionally ridiculous) [[concoctions]], '''[[live action]] foods''' have made the occasional appearance in a variety of cartoons.

==Appearances==
*Email [[50 emails]] {{--}} A [[Swiss Cake Roll]] with 5 and 0 candles to mark the 50th email.
*Email [[english paper]] {{--}} A live-action half-eaten breakfast burrito is sold by [[Homestar Runner]] in [[Some Type of Online Auction]].
*Email [[unused emails]] (Easter egg) {{--}} The picture in [[Bubs]]' Weekly Spamvertisement can be changed to a small cup of ketchup and a jar of three-bean salad.
*Email [[big white face]] (Easter egg) {{--}} By clicking on the [[cake]] that [[Strong Bad]] made for [[The Poopsmith]], the real cake appears, and with each additional click, the toppings are added, in this order: fortune cookies, Chinese food (which looks like it might be [[General Tso's Chicken]]), [[grapes]], [[Wikipedia:Golden Grahams|Golden Grahams]] [[Breakfast Cereal|cereal]], ice cubes, lemon slices, and finally, a Swiss Cake Roll and the "50" candle from 50 emails.
*Email [[no loafing]] {{--}} An ad for "Bubs's 30 cent Lunch Special" appears, consisting of chicken bones, a cup of ice, and a half-eaten candy bar.
*[[Cheat Commandos...O's]] {{--}} Live action Cheat Commandos...O's are shown at the ending as part of a ridiculous breakfast.
*Email [[other days]] {{--}} Features a live action glass of [[Piemonade]].
*Email [[bottom 10]] {{--}} All of the desserts with dangerous names are live action.
*Email [[bedtime story]] {{--}} Real [[Suudsu]] appears in an Easter egg.
*Email [[space program]] {{--}} A grilled [[cheese]] sandwich is Item 3B.
*Email [[death metal]] {{--}} In [[Taranchula]]'s music video, a [[stop motion]] [[steak]] creeps around and is stabbed by [[nails]].
*[[Decemberween Short Shorts]] {{--}} An image of [[the King of Town]]'s "Last Three Items in the Pantry" special is shown.
*[[Dangeresque: Puppet Squad]] {{--}} [[Dangeresque (character)|Dangeresque]] and [[Dangeresque Too]] go on a mission to recover stolen curly fries.
*[[Sbemailiarized!]] {{--}} [[Strong Bad]] drops his [[Homestar Runner Figurines|figurine]] onto a [[hamburger]].
*[[Record Store Day]] {{--}} The cover of ''[[Limozeen]]: but they're at brunch!'' has an image of a live-action breakfast food.
*[[The House That Gave Sucky Tricks]] (Easter egg) {{--}} The [[Strong Mad]] Oyster Smoothie Breath Caked Armpit Latte is featured in a live-action set.
*[[@StrongBadActual]] Tweet ([[@StrongBadActual Tweets 2017#933771635819245568|23 Nov 2017]]) {{--}} A recreation of the centerpiece Cornucopicron from the [[Skills of an Artist]] episode [[Cornucopia]] is featured.
*[[Dangeresque Puppet Squad: The Hot Jones Hijack]] {{--}} The Cheat Commandos...O's box returns, along with [[coffee]], canned goods, nutmeg, and [[Hot Jones]].
*[[The Actions You Can Do (video)]] (YouTube version) {{--}} [[Puppet Homestar Runner]] appears with a plate of sliced cantaloupe, to the horror of [[Doreauxgard]], who says it's his Aunt Crenshaw.
*[[sloshy - No-stalgia]] {{--}} The music video prominently features a pepper with the message "You're the best!" written on it in cursive. During the instrumental, a pepper, onion, and cheese fried [[egg]] omelette is created and served. Several times, a beverage is poured into a container and overflows.
*{{postref|1529148928297426944|24|May|2022}} {{--}} The commercial for the collectible Homestar Runner juice glasses shows live-action versions of [[melonade]], [[Smarty Juice]], and a combination of Suudsu and piemonade.
*[[Talk-It-Yourself Homestar Runner Puppet Plush‎]] {{--}} The Homestar Runner puppet plush talks to a bowl of chicken noodle soup about pre-algebra.

==Gallery of Real-Live Foods==
<gallery>
File:OnlineAuctionBurrito.PNG|Yellow peppers or lemon Jell-O?
File:50cake.PNG|The Poopsmith's second cake
Image:50cake.png|With extra toppings
Image:Bubs lunch special.PNG|30 cent lunch special
Image:p-nade.png|Piemonade
File:Grilled Cheese.png|He could use a Grilled Cheese sandwich.
Image:Chocozumas Revenge.PNG|Chocozuma's Revenge
Image:Suudsu.PNG|Suudsu
File:Last3itemsinpantry.PNG|The King of Town's Last Three Items in the Pantry Special!
Image:SBburger.png|"And just watch me go to work on this hambroiger!"
Image:Halloween Latte.png|"Oh my sweet Jennifer, there's no coming back from this one."
File:TwitterCornucopicron.jpg|May he devour all your holiday tablescapes and centerpieces!
</gallery>

[[Category:Food running gags]]
[[Category:Live Action]]

Portmanteaus

Stux — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 14:35:32 GMT

Stux: /* D */ add Demonished from privileges

'''[[Wikipedia:Portmanteau|Portmanteaus]]''' (or '''portmanteaux''') are commonly used in the [[Homestar Runner universe]]. A portmanteau is a combination of two or more words to make a new word or phrase, often going against the accepted traditions of how words are compounded. The term originally referred to a man's travel bag which contained two main pockets. Portmanteaus were first given that name by [[Wikipedia:Lewis Carroll|Lewis Carroll]] to describe "slithy" in the poem [[Wikipedia:Jabberwocky|Jabberwocky]], a combination of "lithe" and "slimy".

[[Strong Bad]] and [[Senor Cardgage]], especially, frequently create portmanteaus. [[The Brothers Chaps]] also often use portmanteaus when providing captions for [[Sketchbook]] and [[Weekly Fanstuff]] entries.

When made by Strong Bad, they are often preceded by the two words which they comprise. (e.g. "[[underlings|your smelly underling, or smunderling]]", or "[[The Homestar Runner Gets Something Stuck in his Craw|the craw object, or crawbject]]") He even points out this habit of his in the "dumb little song" of [[Fan 'Stumes 2023]] where he sings "And my head is all squished and withered! I call it 'squithered'. 'Cause you know I gotta portmanteau!"

This article only lists portmanteaus unique to the Homestar Runner universe.

==Portmanteaus in-[[Homestar Runner Universe|universe]]==
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
! Portmanteau !! Words Combined !! Spoken by !! Appears In
|-
| colspan="4" style="background-color:#D0D0D0;" |
===A===
|-
| Aboth
| Alike and both
|
| [[The Homestar Runner Enters The Spooky Woods]]
|-
| Actionsodes
| Action and episodes
|
| [[SBCG4AP Gameplay Trailer]]
|-
| A lottle
| A lot and a little
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[magic trick]]
|-
| Againymore
| Again and anymore
|
| [[Email]]
|-
| AngelCities 
| [[Wikipedia:Angelfire|Angelfire]] and [[Wikipedia:GeoCities|GeoCities]]
| [[Strong Sad]]
| [[fan club]]
|-
| Analogawesome
| Analog and awesome
|
| [[Poker Night at the Inventory]]
|-
| Appeteasers
| Appetizers and teasers
|
| [[Biz Cas Fri 1]]
|-
| Aslumber
| Asleep and slumber
| [[Homestar Runner]]
| [[Mr. Poofers Must Die]]
|-
| colspan="4" style="background-color:#D0D0D0;" |

===B===
|-
| Babeliens
| Babes and [[Wikipedia:alien|aliens]]
| [[Strong Bad]]; [[Limozeen]]
| [[best thing]], [[Baddest of the Bands]]; [[8-Bit is Enough]]
|-
| Backspacebar
| Backspace and spacebar
| [[Homestar Runner]]
| [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 13.2]]
|-
| Barbzerdry
| Barber and wizardry
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[haircut]]
|-
| Barninating
| Barn and Burninating
| [[Strong Bad]]
| {{Decemberweenvent Calendar|23}}
|-
| Begends
| Begins and ends
|
| [[Stinkoman 20X6]]
|-
| Begunderway
| Begun and underway
|
| [[Thorax Corporation]]
|-
| Betaflop-D
| [[wikipedia:Betamax|Betamax]], [[floppy disk]], and [[wikipedia:D-VHS|D-VHS]]
|
| [[too cool]]
|-
| Bis-borscht
| Bismol and borscht
|
| [[Disk 4 of 12 - World Games]]
|-
| Blistergeist
| Blister and poltergeist
|
| [[slumber party]]
|-
| Blue Las-alert
| [[Blue Laser]] and alert
| [[Silent Rip]]
| [[Shopping For Danger]]
|-
| Blue Laserdisc
| Blue Laser and [[Laserdisc]]
|
| [[Blue Laserdisc Challenge]]
|-
| Bodadical
| Bodacious and radical
| [[Stinkoman]]
| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 10]], [[8-Bit is Enough]]
|-
| [[Bookazon.com]]
| Book and Amazon.com
|
| [[studying]], [[diorama]], [[Mr. Poofers Must Die]]
|-
| Bouillon-aire
| Bouillon and billionaire
|
| [[space program]]
|-
| [[Brainkrieg]]
| [[Brain]] and [[Wikipedia:blitzkrieg|blitzkrieg]]
|
| [[death metal]], [[Homestar Ruiner]], [[Hooked on Decemberween]], [[Decomposing Pumpkins]]
|-
| Brainventory
| Brain and Inventory
| [[Dangeresque (character)|Dangeresque]]
| [[Dangeresque Roomisode 3: Keep My Enemies, Loser]]
|-
| Breadallelogram
| [[Bread]] and [[Wikipedia:parallelogram|parallelogram]]
|
| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 8]]
|-
| Breadpazoid
| Bread and trapezoid
|
| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 8]]
|-
| Breadtangle
| Bread and rectangle
| [[Cheerleader]]
| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 8]]
|-
| Brellow
| Brown and yellow
| [[Homestar Runner]]
| [[Hremail 62]]
|-
| Brhombus
| Bread and rhombus
|
| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 8]]
|-
| Broach
| Broil and poach
|
| [[Strong Bad Classics!]]
|-
| Broternal
| Brotherhood and fraternal
| [[Homestar Runner]]; [[Bubs]]
| [[Ever and More]]
|-
| Bubbleties
| Bubble and subtleties
| [[Homestar Runner]]
| [[lady...ing]]
|-
| [[Free Petry Dish, USA Variation#Bubsamecium|Bubsamecium]]
| [[Bubs]] and [[Wikipedia:Paramecium|paramecium]]
| [[Homestarmecium]]
| [[high school]]
|-
| [[King Bubsgonzola Supreme|Bubsgonzola]]
| [[Bubs]] and [[Wikipedia:Gorgonzola (cheese)|Gorgonzola]]
| Singers
| [[unnatural]]
|-
| Bubs-keep
| Bubs and barkeep
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[DNA Evidence]]
|-
| Bubslegum
| Bubs and bubblegum
|
| [[Bubslegum Comics]]
|-
| Bubslien
| Bubs and alien
| [[Larry Palaroncini]]
| [[8-Bit is Enough]]
|-
| Bubsmfort
| Bubs and [[wikipedia:Choice Hotels|Comfort]]
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[Fan Costumes 2017]]
|-
| Bubsmfortable
| Bubs and comfortable
| [[Bubs]]
| [[Fan Costumes 2017]]
|-
| Bubsmoeba
| Bubs and [[Wikipedia:Amoeba Music|Amoeba]]
|
| [[Record Store Day]]
|-
| Bubsness
| Bubs and business
| [[Homestar Runner]]
| [[Broken Compy Menu]]
|-
| Bucksonsoon
| Bucks and monsoon
| narrator
| [[dictionary]]
|-
| Burninate
| Burn and terminate
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[dragon]]
|-
| Butt-patented
| [[Butt-patting|Butt-pat]] and patented
| [[Coach Z]]
| [[Coach Z's 110%]]
|-
| Buychase
| Buy and purchase
| [[Senor Cardgage]]
| [[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]]
|-
| colspan="4" style="background-color:#D0D0D0;" |

===C===
|-
| Caffeinergy
| Caffeine and energy
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[road trip]], [[Strong Badia the Free]]
|-
| Canady canes
| Canada and candy canes
|
| [[Disk 4 of 12 - World Games]]
|-
| Cancun-nada
| Cancun and [[Canada]]
| [[Homestar Runner]]
| [[Hremail 62]]
|-
| Canceltation
| Cancelation and consultation
| [[Senor Cardgage]]
| [[Senor Mortgage]]
|-
| Caramel appletini
| Caramel apple and Appletini
|
| [[Flashforward]]
|-
| Charmisma
| Charm and charisma
|
| [[Poker Night at the Inventory]]
|-
| Carve-nival
| Carve and carnival
|
| [[Pumpkin Carve-nival]]
|-
| Cavalcanche
| Cavalcade and avalanche
|
| djmankiewicz@homestarrunner.com automated response
|-
| CG-ow
| [[wikipedia:CGI|CGI]] and [[Preeeeow]]
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[sbemail 206]]
|-
| Cheatachu
| Cheat and [[Pikachu]]
|
| [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]], [[Some Type of Online Auction]], [[marzipan]]
|-
| Cheatar
| [[The Cheat|Cheat]] and guitar
| [[Larry Palaroncini]]
| [[The Cheatar]]
|-
| Cheatday
| Cheat and birthday
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[cheatday]]
|-
| Cheatentina
| Cheat and Argentina
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[crying]]
|-
| Cheatribution
| Cheat and retribution
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[pop-up]]
|-
| Cheatsa
| Cheat and pizza
| [[Homestar Runner]]; [[The Cheat]]
| [[mile]], [[pizza joint]], [[The Homestar Runner Enters The Spooky Woods]]
|-
| Cheatventures
| Cheat and adventures
| [[Powered by The Cheat Strong Bad|PBTC Strong Bad]]
| [[bedtime story]]
|-
| Cheatviathan
| Cheat and Leviathan
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[Really Cool Boat]]
|-
| Cheeseburgwich
| Cheeseburger and sandwich
| [[Senor Cardgage]]
| [[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]]
|-
| Chocolardiac
| Chocolate and cardiac
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[bottom 10]]
|-
| Chocozuma's
| Chocolate and [[Wikipedia:Montezuma|Montezuma's]]
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[bottom 10]]
|-
| Chumpion
| Chump and champion
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[underlings]]
|-
| Cinemagic
| Cinema and magic
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]]
|-
| Closimonies
| Closing and ceremonies
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[strong badathlon]]
|-
| Coach Zibblies
| [[Coach Z]] and [[Jibblies]]
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[Fan Costumes 2016]]
|-
| Colden
| Cold and golden
| [[Homestar Runner]]
| [[Where My Hat Is At? (toon)]]
|-
| Cold-one-ibalism
| Cold one and cannibalism
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[Fan Costumes '08]]
|-
| Colognac
| Cologne and cognac
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[modeling]]
|-
| Combolations
| Combination and congratulations
| [[Senor Cardgage]]
| [[japanese cartoon]], [[flashback]]
|-
| Compé-per
| Compé and paper
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[dictionary]]
|-
| Compocktment
| Compartment and pocket
|
| [[sbemail 206]]
|-
| Concessionstantinople
| Concession stand and [[wikipedia:Constantinople|Constantinople]]
| [[Bubs]]
| [[Strong Badia the Free]]
|-
| Constabulate
| Constable and consummate
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[Trogday 08]]
|-
| Cooldratic
| Cool and quadratic
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[Baddest of the Bands]]
|-
| Coology
| Cool and eulogy
|
| [[your funeral]]
|-
| Coopreme
| Cooper and supreme
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[the movies]]
|-
| Cornucopourri
| Cornucopia and potpourri
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[pop-up]]
|-
| Corpy
| [[Wikipedia:Corporation|Corporation]] and [[Compy 386|Compy]]
|
| [[from work]], [[imaginary]]
|-
| Cosplaydinaire
| Cosplayer and extraordinaire
|
| [[I Killed Pom Pom]]
|-
| CostaLatte
| Cost a lot and Latte
|
| [[Hremail 7]]
|-
| Coughiversary
| Cough and anniversary
| [[So and So]]
| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 11]]
|-
| Couchscraper
| Couch and skyscraper
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[bike thief]]
|-
| [[Crackotage]]
| Crack and sabotage
|
| [[Cheat Commandos]]
|-
| Cram-packed
| Crammed and jam-packed
|
| [[Coach Z's 110%]]
|-
| Crapotage
| Crap and [[Crackotage]]
| [[Subtlefuge]]
| [[Cheat Commandos: 2 Part Episode: Part 2]]
|-
| Crap-valanche
| Crap and avalanche
| [[Strong Sad]]
| [[dictionary]]
|-
| Craptain
| Crap and captain
| [[Coach Z]]
| [[high school]]
|-
| Crawbject
| Craw and object
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[The Homestar Runner Gets Something Stuck In His Craw]]
|-
| Crudule
| Crud and nodule
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[from work]]
|-
| Cuss-mando
| Cuss and commando
| [[Gunhaver]]
| [[Commandos in the Classroom]]
|-
| colspan="4" style="background-color:#D0D0D0;" |

===D===
|-
| D'screetret
| Discreet and secret
|
| [[Decemberween Short Shorts]]
|-
| D'weeve
| Decemberween and eve
|
| [[A Death Defying Decemberween]]
|-
| Dadbysitter
| Dad and babysitter
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[bedtime story]]
|-
| [[Dadgeresque]]
| Dad and [[Dangeresque (character)|Dangeresque]]
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]]
|-
| Dan't
| Don't and can't
| [[Senor Cardgage]]
| [[garage sale]]
|-
| Dazzle-mazing
| Dazzling and amazing
| [[Coach Z]]
| [[Happy Fireworks]]
|-
| Decapitato-head
| Decapitate and [[Wikipedia:Mr. Potato Head|Mr. Potato Head]]
|
| [[Fan 'Stumes 2021]]
|-
| Deliberance
| Deliberate and deliverance
|
| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 13]]
|-
| Decemberween
| December and Halloween
|
| [[The Best Decemberween Ever]] (first mention), ''see [[Decemberween]]''
|-
| Decision-venture
| Decision and adventure
|
| [[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]]
|-
| Deckic
| Deck and epic
|
| [[No Hands On Deck!]]
|-
| Degradest
| Degrade and The Greatest
|
| [[Degradest Hits]]
|-
| Delivereceivables
| Deliverables and receivables
|
| [[business trip]]
|-
| Demonished
| Demonic and diminished
|
| [[privileges]]
|-
| [[Baron Darin Diamonocle|Diamonocle]]
| Diabolical and monocle
| [[Coach Z]]; [[Strong Bad]]
| [[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]]
|-
| Diaperbolical
| Diaper and diabolical
|
| [[Sam & Max Season Two Alternate Ending 101]]
|-
| Double deuce-blemint
| [[Double Deuce]] and {{w|Doublemint}}
|
| [[2 emails]] (Easter egg)
|-
| Dramatastration
| Dramatization and demonstration
|
| [[Malloween Commercial]]
|-
| Dreamail
| Dream and email
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[dreamail]]
|-
| Dudeical
| Dude and radical
|
| [[web comics]]
|-
| Duderonomy
| Dude and [[Wikipedia:Deuteronomy|Deuteronomy]]
|
| [[Email]]
|-
| colspan="4" style="background-color:#D0D0D0;" |

===E===
|-
| Eco-mail
| Ecology and email
|
| [[environment]]
|-
| Eggction
| Egg and auction
|
| [[Some Type of Online Auction]]
|-
| Entrangled
| Entranced and entangled
|
| [[what i want]]
|-
| Epi-snowed
| Episode and snowed
|
| [[The Next Epi-Snowed]]
|-
| Europa-pean
| [[Wikipedia:Europa (moon)|Europa]] and European
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[Drive-Thru]]
|-
| Everybloody
| Everybody and bloody
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[what i want]]
|-
| Excardon
| Excuse and pardon
| [[Senor Cardgage]]; [[Strong Sad]]
| [[kind of cool]]
|-
| Exqueptional
| Exquisite and exceptional
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[Disk 4 of 12 - Vampire's Castle]]
|-
| Extracurricularrific
| Extracurricular and terrific
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[death metal]]
|-
| colspan="4" style="background-color:#D0D0D0;" |

===F===
|-
| Facewich
| Face and sandwich
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 15.2]]
|-
| Fairstival
| Fair and festival
|
| [[Halloween Fairstival]]
|-
| Fangoriously
| Fang and gloriously
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[kid's book]]
|-
| Fat-thority
| Fat and authority
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[Strong Badia the Free]]
|-
| Ferty-tirst
| Fortieth and first
| Announcer
| [[Fall Float Parade]]
|-
| Fizzleweight
| Featherweight and sizzle
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[yes, wrestling]]
|-
| Flatghetti
| Flat and Spaghetti
| [[Perducci's]]
| [[Dangeresque Roomisode 3: Keep My Enemies, Loser]]
|-
| Flavornoid
| Flavor and flavonoid
| [[Homestar Runner]]
| [[specially marked]]
|-
| Flavorite/Flavourite
| Flavor/[[Commonwealth English|Flavour]] and favorite/favourite
| [[The Homestar Runner]]
| [[Fan Stuff]], [[Kick the Can]] commentary, [[New Stuff]]
|-
| Fleshtangle
| Flesh and rectangle
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[record book]] commentary, [[pop-up]]
|-
| Forty-twone
| Forty-two and forty-one
| [[Senor Cardgage]]; [[Strong Bad]]
| [[the movies]]
|-
| Formulawesome
| Formula and awesome
|
| [[Strong Badia the Free]]
|-
| Friendendum
| Friend (or FriendlyWare) and Addendum
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[Disk 4 of 12 - FrienDendum]]
|-
| Funtivities
| Fun and activities
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[specially marked]]
|-
| colspan="4" style="background-color:#D0D0D0;" |

===G===
|-
| Ganglo-Saxon
| Gangly and [[Wikipedia:Anglo-Saxon|Anglo-Saxon]]
|
| [[more armies]]
|-
| Garglemesh
| Gargle and [[Wikipedia:Gilgamesh|Gilgamesh]]
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[the paper]]
|-
| Gazemazement
| Gaze and amazement
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[magic trick]]
|-
| Gazemazing
| Gaze and amazing
| [[Bubs]]
| [[magic trick]]
|-
| Gentlemadies
| Gentlemen and ladies
| [[Homestar Runner]]
| [[Punkin Show]]
|-
| GeoFire
| [[Wikipedia:GeoCities|GeoCities]] and [[Wikipedia:Angelfire|Angelfire]]
| [[Strong Sad]]
| [[fan club]]
|-
| Geographist
| Geographer and scientist
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[death metal]]
|-
| Good Graphicketeers
| [[Good Graphics]] and musketeers
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[8-Bit is Enough]]
|-
| Grampson
| Gramps and grandson
|
| FBI warning for [[strongbad_email.exe Disc Six]]
|-
| Graveyardiganz
| [[Wikipedia:The Backyardigans|The Backyardigans]] and [[Wikipedia:Gravediggaz|Gravediggaz]]
|
| [[Most in the Graveyard]]
|-
| Gregapixel
| [[Greg]] and megapixel
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[Fan Costumes 2017]]
|-
| Gright
| Great and bright
|
| [[Death Defying Entertainment]]
|-
| Griniscule
| Grin and miniscule
|
| commentary for [[i love you]] on the [[Sbemails' 50 Greatest Hits DVD]]
|-
| Grizzlysharkasaurusbot
| [[Bear Holding a Shark|Grizzly, shark]], [[Dinosaurs|-saurus]], and [[robot]]
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]]
|-
| Grodalated
| Grody and mutilated
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[bedtime story]]
|-
| Grold
| Grown and old
| [[Senor Cardgage]]
| [[rated]]
|-
| Grood
| Great and good
| [[Cheerleader]]
| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 4]]
|-
| Grundies
| Gross (or Grody) and undies
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[Poker Night at the Inventory]]
|-
| Groodness
| Great and goodness
| [[Cheerleader]]
| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 14]]
|-
| [[Groupulon 5]]
| Groupie and [[wikipedia:Babylon 5|Babylon 5]]
|
| [[best thing]]
|-
| Gummel
| Gore and pummel
|
| [[Thy Dungeonman 3]]
|-
| Gunkistan
| [[Gun]] (or Gunk) and [[Wikipedia:Pakistan|Pakistan]]
|
| [[licensed]]
|-
| Gutterances
| Guttural and utterances
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[dictionary]]
|-
| Gymatorium
| Gymnasium and auditorium
|
| [[yes, wrestling]], [[Where U Goin' 2?]]
|-
| colspan="4" style="background-color:#D0D0D0;" |

===H===
|-
| Headbrow
| Head and eyebrow
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[haircut]]
|-
| Head-chunkularly
| Head chunk and spectacularly
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[Homestar Runner Goes for the Gold]]
|-
| Helloquialism
| Hello and colloquialism
| [[Senor Cardgage]]
| [[diorama]]
|-
| [[Unusual Greetings#Helscome|Helscome]]
| Hello and welcome
| [[Homestar Runner]]
| [[Homestar Runner's Website]], [[Tis True, Pom Pom, Tis True]] (Commentary), [[Flash is Dead!]]
|-
| Highscraper
| Highrise and skyscraper
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[dangeresque 3]]
|-
| Homestarmecium
| [[Homestar Runner|Homestar]] and [[Wikipedia:paramecium|paramecium]]
| [[Strongbadiophage]]
| [[high school]]
|-
| Homestarloween
| Homestar and Halloween
|
| [[Homestarloween Party]]
|-
| [[Homestarmy]]
| Homestar and army
| [[Homestar Runner]]; [[Strong Bad]]
| [[army]]; [[Strong Badia the Free]]
|-
| [[Homezipan]]
| Homestar and Marzipan
| [[Homestar Runner]]
| [[Strong Badia the Free]]
|-
| Homsartifact
| [[Homsar]] and artifact
|
| [[Strong Badia the Free]]
|-
| Homsolo
| Homsar and solo
|
| [[MixMastah 800]]
|-
| Hot-free
| Hotline and toll free
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[unnatural]]
|-
| colspan="4" style="background-color:#D0D0D0;" |

===I===
|-
| Identificaption
| Identification and caption
| [[Senor Cardgage]]; [[Strong Bad]]
| [[rated]]
|-
| Inbredtational
| Inbred and invitational
|
| [[pet show]]
|-
| Infotainment
| Information and entertainment
|
| [[theme song]]; [[Date Nite]]
|-
| Intregway
| Intrigued/Intriguing and [[Wikipedia:Segway|Segway]] (PT)
| [[Senor Cardgage]]; [[Homestar Runner]]
| [[concert]]; [[Halloween Hide & Seek]]
|-
| Intromercial
| Intro(duction) and infomercial
|
| [[technology]]
|-
| Investiga-awesome
| Investigate and awesome
| [[Strong Bad]]; [[Jibblies Painting]]
| [[local news]]; [[Action Cool News-oween Report]]
|-
| Irridisregardless
| Irrespective, disregard and regardless
|
| [[Peasant's Quest]]
|-
| Issue-versary
| Issue and anniversary
| [[Cheerleader]]
| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 10]]
|-
| colspan="4" style="background-color:#D0D0D0;" |

===J===
|-
| Janitator
| Janitor and terminator
|
| [[DNA Evidence]]
|-
| Jengaship
| [[Jenga]] and [[wikipedia:Battleship (game)|Battleship]]
| [[Homsar]]; [[Strong Sad]]
| [[Where's the Cheat?]]
|-
| Jerktionary
| Jerk and dictionary
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[dictionary]]
|-
| colspan="4" style="background-color:#D0D0D0;" |
===K===
|-
| Kansattica
| Kansas and Attica
| [[Senor Cardgage]]
| [[theme song]]
|-
| Keyswordtar
| [[Wikipedia:Keytar|Keytar]] and sword
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[portrait]]
|-
| [[Kickcheater]]
| [[wikipedia:Kickstarter|Kickstarter]] and [[Kicking The Cheat]]
|
| [[sbemail 206]]
|-
| [[Super Kingio Bros.|Kingio]]
| [[The King of Town|King]] and [[Wikipedia:Mario|Mario]]
|
| [[Pumpkin Carve-nival]]
|-
| Kuwaiting
| [[wikipedia:Kuwait|Kuwait]] and waiting
| [[Senor Cardgage]]
| [[Later That Night...]]
|-
| colspan="4" style="background-color:#D0D0D0;" |

===L===
|-
| Leomardbury Chauceinterviews
| [[Lem Sportsinterviews|Leomard "Lem" Sportsinterviews]], [[Wikipedia:Geoffrey Chaucer|Geoffrey Chaucer]] and [[Wikipedia:The Canterbury Tales|The Canterbury Tales]]
|
| [[Strong Bad reads "The Ocelot and the Porridge Maiden" (Teaser Trailer) - Worldbuilders 2014]]
|-
| Lieuteneral
| Lieutenant and general
| Announcer
| [[space program]]
|-
| Limozloshy
| [[Limozeen]] and [[sloshy]]
|
| [[Limozeen vs. sloshy]]
|-
| Linguiniist
| Linguist and linguini
| Strong Bad
| [[Strong Badia the Free]]
|-
| Loadink
| Loading and ink
|
| [[Doomy Tales of the Macabre]]
|-
| Loadry
| Loading and laundry
|
| [[Rap Song]]
|-
| Loin-cheese cloth
| Loincloth and cheesecloth
|
| [[Thy Dungeonman II]]
|-
| Longipops
| Long and lollipops
| [[Homestar Runner]]
| [[Homestar vs. Little Girl 2]]
|-
| Lyricbolical
| Lyric and diabolical
| [[Coach Z]]
| [[Rap Song]]
|-
| colspan="4" style="background-color:#D0D0D0;" |

===M===
|-
| Malloween
| Marshmallow and Halloween
| [[Marshie]]; [[Strong Bad]]
| [[Malloween Commercial]], [[Later That Night...]]
|-
| Mallvies
| Mall and movies
| [[Senor Cardgage]]; [[Strong Bad]]
| [[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]]
|-
| Mannonball
| Man and cannonball
| [[Strong Mad]]
| [[keep cool]]
|-
| Margaracheatas
| Margaritas and Cheat
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[Fan Costumes '06]]
|-
| Marshalades
| Marshmallows and melonade
| [[Homestar Runner]]
| [[Fluffy Puff Commercial]]
|-
| Marshiepan
| [[Marshie]] and [[Marzipan]]
| [[Marshie]]
| [[Fan 'Stumes 2019]]
|-
| Marzipants
| Marzipan and pants
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[vacation]]
|-
| Marziperson
| Marzipan and person
| [[Bubs]]
| [[Weclome Back]]
|-
| Marzipole
| Marzipan and pole
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[environment]]
|-
| Marzistar
| Marzipan and Homestar
| [[Marzipan]]
| [[Strong Badia the Free]]
|-
| Masterdly
| Masterful and dastardly
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[senior prom]]
|-
| Matt's Communications
| [[Matt]] and [[Wikipedia:Mass communication|Mass Communications]]
|
| [[theme song]]
|-
| Maxymoron
| Maximum and [[Wikipedia:Oxymoron|oxymoron]]
|
| [[road trip]]
|-
| McArby
| [[McDonald's]] and [[Arby's]]
| [[The King of Town]]
| [[Doomy Tales of the Macabre]]
|-
| McSwobert
| McSwain and Robert
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[videography]]
|-
| [[Melonade]]
| Melon and lemonade
|
| [[A Jumping Jack Contest]] (first mention), ''see [[Melonade]]''
|-
| Meltshake
| Melt and milkshake
|
| [[road trip]]
|-
| Millionzoic
| Million and [[Wikipedia:Geologic time scale|the general prehistoric suffix]] -zoic
|
| [[Summer Short Shorts]]
|-
| Mikezipan
| [[Mike]] and Marzipan
| [[Mike Chapman]]
| [[Halloween Safety]]
|-
| MimeogWrath
| [[Wikipedia:Mimeograph|Mimeograph]] and wrath
| [[Narrator Strong Bad]]
| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 14]]
|-
| Mojipan
| Squintmoji and Marzipan
|
| [[Squintmojis]] (Easter egg)
|-
| Mollybdenum
| Molly and [[wikipedia:molybdenum|molybdenum]]
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[diorama]]
|-
| Momzipan
| Mom and Marzipan
| [[Homestar Runner]]
| [[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]]
|-
| Momkins
| Mom and [[Tompkins]]
|
| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 13]]
|-
| Moneygician
| Money and magician
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[magic trick]]
|-
| Montesodium
| [[Wikipedia:Montessori school|Montessori]] and [[Wikipedia:Monosodium|monosodium]]
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[coloring]]
|-
| Morgue-tuary
| Morgue and mortuary
|
| [[The House That Gave Sucky Tricks]]
|-
| Mornideo
| Morning and video
|
| [[web comics]]
|-
| Mysfit-steries
| Misfit and mysteries
|
| [[high school]]
|-
| colspan="4" style="background-color:#D0D0D0;" |

===N===
|-
| [[Nerdular Nerdence]]
| Nerd and [[Wikipedia:Popular Science|Popular Science]]
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[car]]
|-
| Newlydead
| Newlywed and dead
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[your funeral]]
|-
| [[Dancin' Musical Nobots|Nobot]]
| No and robot
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[what i want]]
|-
| colspan="4" style="background-color:#D0D0D0;" |

===O===
|-
| Okratinis
| Okra and martinis
|
| [[senior prom]]

|-
| Org-ethnic
| Organic and ethnic
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[hremail 3184]]
|-
| colspan="4" style="background-color:#D0D0D0;" |
===P===
|-
| Parchmentic
| Parchment and photographic
|
| [[Thy Dungeonman II]]
|-
| Peli-luncheon
| Pelican and luncheon
|
| [[Disk 4 of 12 - World Games]]
|-
| Petrifries
| Petrified and fries
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[road trip]]
|-
| Philly Cheat-Steak
| Philly Cheese Steak and Cheat
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[Halloween Fairstival]]
|-
| [[Piemonade]]
| Pie and lemonade
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[other days]]
|-
| Plascardo
| Plastic and card
|
| [[Coach Z's 110%]]
|-
| Point-and-Clickture
| {{w|Point-and-click adventure}}
|
| [[Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triungulate Soundtrack]]
|-
| Polyhairsprayteasealate
| Poly-, hairspray, tease and -alate
| [[Larry Palaroncini]]
| [[4 branches]] (Easter egg)
|-
| [[Polymascotfoamalate]]
| Poly-, mascot, foam and -alate
| [[Coach Z]]; Old-Timey singers; [[Homestar Runner]]
| [[4 branches]]
|-
| Popstinkle Stand
| popsicle stand and stink
|
| [[Poker Night at the Inventory]]
|-
| Potion-ma-jig
| potion and thingamajig
|
| [[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]]
|-
| Prancibald
| Prance and Archibald
| [[Tiny-Handed Strong Bad]]
| [[flashback]]
|-
| Pretendicitis
| Pretend and appendicitis
| [[Strong Sad]]
| [[Strong Badia the Free]]
|-
| Pretendix
| Pretend and appendix
| [[Strong Sad]]; [[Strong Bad]]; [[Bubs]]
| [[Strong Badia the Free]]
|-
| Pretendous
| Pretend (or "pretentious") and tremendous
| [[Strong Bad]]; [[The King of Town]]
| [[Fan Costume Commentary]], [[extra plug]]
|-
| Pseudoname
| Pseudonym and name
| [[Strong Bad]]; [[Homestar Runner]]
| [[secret identity]]
|-
| Pukevalanche
| Puke and avalanche
| [[Strong Sad]]
| [[dictionary]]
|-
| Puttiature
| Putt and miniature
|
| [[mini-golf]]
|-
| colspan="4" style="background-color:#D0D0D0;" |

===Q===
|-
| colspan="4" style="background-color:#D0D0D0;" |
===R===
|-
| Raccoonolith
| Raccoon and Monolith
| [[Dangeresque (character)|Dangeresque]]
| [[Dangeresque Roomisode 2: The Intersection of Doom & Boom]]
|-
| Radacious
| Radical and bodacious
|
| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 10]]
|-
| Ramshankle
| Ramshackle and shank
| [[Subtlefuge]]
| [[Cheat Commandos: Two Part Episode: Part 2]]
|-
| Rapscalliwag
| Rapscallion and scallywag
|
| [[long pants]]
|-
| Reallysolved
| Really and resolved
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[retirement]]
|-
| Realginary
| Real and imaginary
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[imaginary]]
|-
| Restige
| Rest and prestige
| [[Bubs]]
| [[the chair]]
|-
| Revengeanceful
| Revenge, vengeance, and vengeful
| Announcer
| [[2 years]] (Easter egg)
|-
| Rhinociraptors
| Rhinoceros and velociraptors
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]]
|-
| Roadtripcionados
| Road trip and aficionados
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[road trip]]
|-
| Rock-dezvous
| Rock and rendezvous
| [[Strong Bad]]; [[Larry Palaroncini]]
| [[Baddest of the Bands]]
|-
| Roomisode
| Room and episode
|
| [[Dangeresque Roomisode 1: Behind the Dangerdesque]]
|-
| Roomy-VAC
| Room and UNIVAC
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[Compy Catalog]]
|-
| colspan="4" style="background-color:#D0D0D0;" |

===S===
|-
| Sad Sachary Taylor
| "Sad Sack" and {{w|Zachary Taylor}}
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[Homestar Runner Goes for the Gold]]
|-
| Safariventure
| Safari and adventure
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[theme park]]
|-
| Sawesome
| Super and awesome
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[dictionary]]
|-
| Sbemailiarized
| Sbemail and familiarized
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[Sbemailiarized!]], [[April Fool 09]]
|-
| Scram-oose
| Scram and vamoose
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[your edge]]
|-
| Senorial
| [[Senor Cardgage]] and memorial
| [[Senor Cardgage]]; [[Bubs]]
| [[Senorial Day]]
|-
| Sesquicentenn-email
| Sesquicentennial and email
| [[Strong Sad]]; [[Strong Bad]]
| [[Sbemail 150?!?]] and [[alternate universe]]
|-
| Shinoligans
| [[Wikipedia:Shinola|Shinola]] and shenanigans
|
| [[Quote of the Week#QW-2007-03-15|Quote of the Week]]
|-
| Shock-you-mentary
| Shock you and documentary
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[bedtime story]]
|-
| Six-thrixty
| Six, three, and sixty
|
| [[Disk 4 of 12 - World Games]]
|-
| Skelebrates
| Skeleton and vertebrate(s)
|
| [[big white face]] (Easter egg)
|-
| Smunderling
| Smelly and [[Glossary#U|underling]]
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[underlings]]
|-
| Sneak-toe
| Sneak and tiptoe
| [[The Homestar Runner]]
| [[Punkin Stencils]]
|-
| Snowballstiny
| Snowball and Destiny
| [[Strong Sad]]
| [[Front Facing]]
|-
| Snowhere
| Snow and nowhere
| [[Gunhaver]]
| [[The Next Epi-Snowed]]
|-
| Snowldiers
| Soldiers and snow
| [[Blue Laser]]
| [[The Next Epi-Snowed]]
|-
| Someteenth
| Something and sixteenth
| [[The Ugly One]]; [[Manolios Ugly One]]
| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 10]]
|-
| Spamvertisement
| Spam and advertisement
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[unused emails]]
|-
| Sportscarster
| Sports car and sportscaster
|
| [[local news]]
|-
| Squeazeled
| Squeeze and weaseled
|
| [[email thunder]]
|-
| Squintmoji
| Squint and emoji
|
| [[Squintmojis]]
|-
| squithered
| squished and withered
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[Fan 'Stumes 2023]]
|-
| Standby-orama
| Stand by and diorama
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[diorama]]
|-
| Stinkomanual
| [[Stinkoman]] and manual
|
| [[Stinkoman 20X6]]
|-
| Stragedy
| Strategy and tragedy
|
| [[FAQ]]
|-
| Stratergery
| Strategy and surgery
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[Homestar Ruiner]]
|-
| Stratosfear
| [[wikipedia:Stratosphere|Stratosphere]] and fear
|
| [[Stinkoman 20X6]]
|-
| Strong Badagement
| Strong Bad and management
|
| [[DNA Evidence]]
|-
| Strong Badathlon
| Strong Bad and -athlon
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[strong badathlon]]
|-
| Strongbadiophage
| Strong Bad and [[Wikipedia:bacteriophage|bacteriophage]]
| [[Homestarmecium]]
| [[high school]]
|-
| Stummy
| Stomach and tummy
| [[Stinkoman]]
| [[Stinkoman 20X6]]; [[8-Bit is Enough]]
|-
| Subtlefuge
| Subtle and subterfuge
| [[Crackotage]]
| [[2 Part Episode Part 1]]
|-
| Suckcross
| Suck and {{w|Seicross}}
|
| [[army]]
|-
| Suckquake
| Suck and earthquake
| narrator; [[Homestar Runner]]
| [[dictionary]]
|-
| Supermitfluous
| Superfluous and Permit
| [[Dangeresque (character)|Dangeresque]]
| [[Dangeresque Roomisode 2: The Intersection of Doom & Boom]]
|-
| Suppleties
| Supple and subtleties
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[lady...ing]]
|-
| colspan="4" style="background-color:#D0D0D0;" |

===T===
|-
| Tapesplay
| Tape and cosplay
|
| [[Fan 'Stumes 2019]]
|-
| Tapestume
| Tape and costume
|
| [[Fan 'Stumes 2019]]
|-
| Telegramophone
| Telegram, telephone, and gramophone
| [[Old-Timey Strong Bad]]
| [[50 emails]] (Easter egg) (first mention), ''see [[Old-Timey Strong Bad's Telegramophone]]''
|-
| Temporarios
| Temporary and [[Wikipedia:Cheerios|Cheerios]]
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[strong badathlon]]
|-
| Tenerrow'd
| [[Tenerence Love|Tenerence]] and [[Arrow'd]]
| [[Narrator Strong Bad]]
| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 15]]
|-
| Tenthennial
| Tenth and -ennial
| [[Narrator Strong Bad]]
| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 10]]
|-
| Thiefnique
| Thief and technique
|
| [[bike thief]]
|-
| Thugchantment
| Thug and enchantment
| [[So and So]]
| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 15]]
|-
| Thy Dungeonmusk
| [[Thy Dungeonman]] and musk
|
| [[Dangeresque Roomisode 2: The Intersection of Doom & Boom]]
|-
| Tophaticent
| Top hat and magnificent
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[more armies]]
|-
| Topplegangers
| Topple and doppelgangers
| [[Crackotage]]
| [[Cheat Commandos: Two Part Episode: Part 1]]
|-
| Tour-Bus-mozeen
| Tour bus and Limozeen
|
| [[Baddest of the Bands]]
|-
| Trajesty
| Tragedy and majesty
| [[Strong Bad]]
| {{Decemberweenvent Calendar|23}}
|-
| Trembalo
| Tremble and tremolo
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[guitar]]
|-
| Trench-hoodie
| Trenchcoat and hoodie
|
| [[sbemail 206]]
|-
| Triungulate
| Triangulate and triumvirate
|
| [[Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triungulate]]
|-
| Trogcar
| Trogdor and car
|
| [[Weekly Fanstuff 2006#WF-2006-11-03|Weekly Fanstuff 2006]], [[Fan Costumes '09]]
|-
| Trogday
| [[Trogdor]] and birthday
|
| [[Happy Trogday]]
|-
| Trogfamily
| Trogdor and family
|
| [[Peasant's Quest Movie Trailer]]
|-
| Trogventure
| Trogdor and adventure
|
| [[Peasant's Quest Movie Trailer]]
|-
| Turbolence
| Turbo and turbulence
|
| [[Stinkoman 20X6]]
|-
| Twenty-seventeen
| Twenty-seven and seventeen
| [[Larry Palaroncini]]
| [[Summer Short Shorts]]; [[Limozeen Live (practice)]]
|-
| Twii
| Two, three, and [[Wikipedia:Wii|Wii]]
|
| [[Kid Speedy]] Version 1.TWII
|-
| colspan="4" style="background-color:#D0D0D0;" |

===U===
|-
| Uglypan
| Ugly and Marzipan
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 3.0]]
|-
| Understandment
| Understanding and understatement
|
| [[theme song]]
|-
| Undisclothed
| Undisclosed and unclothed
| [[Strong Bad]]
| [[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]]
|-
| colspan="4" style="background-color:#D0D0D0;" |

===V===
|-
| Valentimes
| Valentine's and times
| [[Cheerleader]]; [[What's Her Face]]; [[The Ugly One]]
| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 12]]
|-
| Vantastic
| Van and fantastic
|
| [[Strong Bad is a Bad Guy]]
|-
| Videlectricks
| [[Videlectrix]] and tricks
| [[Videlectrix Guys]]
| [[videlectrix.com]] ([[videlectrix.com#November 19, 2008|November 19, 2008]])
|-
| Viidelectrix
| Videlectrix and [[Wii]]
|
| [[Viidelectrix]]
|-
| Vornado
| Vortex and tornado
| [[Stinkoman]]
| [[trading cards]]
|-
| colspan="4" style="background-color:#D0D0D0;" |

===W===
|-
| Waitre D
| waiter and maître d
|
| [[Dangeresque Roomisode 3: Keep my Enemies, Loser]]
|-
| Wastenado
| Waste and tornado
| narrator; [[Homestar Runner]]
| [[dictionary]]
|-
| Wheatgrasskini
| Wheatgrass and bikini
| [[Marzipan]]
| [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 14.2]]
|-
| Wheatgrasstini
| Wheatgrass and martini
| [[Marzipan]]
| [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 14.2]]
|-
| Why come?
| Why and how come?
|
| [[Yearbook Character Page]] (first mention), ''see [[Why Come]]''
|-
| colspan="4" style="background-color:#D0D0D0;" |

===X===
|-
| colspan="4" style="background-color:#D0D0D0;" |
===Y===
|-
| colspan="4" style="background-color:#D0D0D0;" |
===Z===
|}

==Portmanteaus in [[Sketchbook]] Captions==
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
! Portmanteau !! Words Combined !! Appears In
|-
| Basketbully
| Basketball and bully
| [[Sketchbook 2006#SK-2006-11-17|17 Nov 2006]]
|-
| Cheat-up
| Cheat and stick-up
| [[Sketchbook 2005#SK-2005-02-10|10 Feb 2005]]
|-
| Cowcopter
| Cow and helicopter
| [[Sketchbook 2004#SK-2004-08-05|05 Aug 2004]]
|-
| Exag-a-homestar
| Exaggerate and Homestar
| [[Sketchbook 2005#SK-2005-08-11|11 Aug 2005]]
|-
| Homestarms
| Homestar and arms
| [[Sketchbook 2004#SK-2004-09-30|30 Sep 2004]]
|-
| Homestarzigoats
| Homestar, Marzipan and goats
| [[Sketchbook 2009#SK-2009-08-07|07 Aug 2009]]
|-
| The Hotgly One
| Hot and [[The Ugly One]]
| [[Sketchbook 2005#SK-2005-10-20|20 Oct 2005]]
|-
| Limolosers
| Limozeen and losers
| [[Sketchbook 2005#SK-2005-06-23|23 Jun 2005]]
|-
| Pipestache
| Pipe and mustache
| [[Sketchbook 2007#SK-2007-10-04|04 Oct 2007]]
|-
| Stinkotetsuo
| Stinkoman and [[Wikipedia:Tetsuo Shima|Tetsuo]]
| [[Sketchbook 2005#SK-2005-09-01|01 Sep 2005]]
|-
| Strong Sadstronaut
| Strong Sad and astronaut
| [[Sketchbook 2006#SK-2006-03-30|30 Mar 2006]]
|-
| Trogmopolitan
| Trogdor and cosmopolitan
| [[Sketchbook 2007#SK-2007-08-09|09 Aug 2007]]
|}

==Portmanteaus in [[Weekly Fanstuff]] Captions==
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
! Portmanteau !! Words Combined !! Appears In
|-
| Cheatpod
| Cheat and [[Wikipedia:iPod|iPod]]
| [[Weekly Fanstuff 2005#WF-2005-10-06|06 Oct 2005]]
|-
| Cheatz-it
| Cheat and [[Wikipedia:Cheez-It|Cheez-It]]
| [[Weekly Fanstuff 2007#WF-2007-06-21|21 Jun 2007]]
|-
| Fanimation
| Fan and animation
| [[Weekly Fanstuff 2007#WF-2007-11-29|29 Nov 2007]]
|-
| Homespore Runner
| Homestar Runner and [[Wikipedia:Spore (2008 video game)|Spore]]
| [[Weekly Fanstuff 2008#WF-2008-06-19|19 Jun 2008]]
|-
| Homsunami
| Homsar and tsunami
| [[Weekly Fanstuff 2007#WF-2007-10-12|12 Oct 2007]]
|-
| Knitdor
| Knit and Trogdor
| [[Weekly Fanstuff 2006#WF-2006-01-12|12 Jan 2006]]
|-
| Legogdor
| Lego and Trogdor
| [[Weekly Fanstuff 2004#WF-2004-11-22|22 Nov 2004]]
|-
| Legomestar
| Lego and Homestar
| [[Weekly Fanstuff 2004#WF-2004-10-07|07 Oct 2004]]
|-
| Limojean jacket
| Limozeen and jean jacket
| [[Weekly Fanstuff 2007#WF-2007-11-01|01 Nov 2007]]
|-
| Monstrositea
| Monstrosity and tea
| [[Weekly Fanstuff 2006#WF-2006-06-29|29 Jun 2006]]
|-
| Stinkomural
| Stinkoman and mural
| [[Weekly Fanstuff 2007#WF-2007-03-22|22 Mar 2007]]
|-
| Trogapult
| Trogdor and catapult
| [[Weekly Fanstuff 2006#WF-2006-07-06|06 Jul 2006]]
|-
| Trogbloons
| Trogdor and balloons
| [[Weekly Fanstuff 2008#WF-2008-06-05|05 Jun 2008]]
|-
| Trogcake
| Trogdor and cake
| [[Weekly Fanstuff 2008#WF-2008-08-07|07 Aug 2008]]
|-
| Trogstorm
| Trogdor and storm
| [[Weekly Fanstuff 2008#WF-2008-05-22|22 May 2008]]
|}

==Portmanteaus in [[SBCG4AP Dev Blog]]==
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
! Portmanteau !! Words Combined !! Appears In
|-
| Endinning
| End and beginning
| [[SBCG4AP Dev Blog#The Endinning of the End|The Endinning of the End]] (14 May 2008)
|-
| Phensics
| Fence and physics
| [[SBCG4AP Dev Blog#Payable Demo!|Payable Demo!]] (10 Jun 2008)
|-
|}

==Portmanteaus in [[@StrongBadActual]]==
{{sectionstub}}
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
! Portmanteau !! Words Combined !! Appears In
|-
| Bandgeresque
| Band and [[Dangeresque (character)|Dangeresque]]
| {{prs|767898844247883776|22|Aug|2016}}
|-
| Bornulon
| {{w|Borne (novel)|Borne}} and [[Nebulon]]
| {{prs|1013133046223130624|30|Jun|2018}}
|-
| Brudyear
| [[Li'l Brudder|Brudder]] and year
| {{prs|761065054531760128|3|Aug|2016}}
|-
| Burner-nator
| {{w|Burner (mobile application)|Burner}} and [[Trogdor|burninator]]
| {{prs| 916720501699072000|7|Oct|2017}}
|-
| Cardbiordoscuro
| Cardboard and {{w|chiaroscuro}}
| {{prs|997272135096774656|17|May|2018}}
|-
| Carmsquint Freakin Mirandoji
| {{w|Carmen Miranda|Carmen}} and squint, and, Miranda and [[squintmoji]].
| {{prs|909064538250719232|16|Sep|2017}}
|-
| Checkmiddle
| check and middle
| {{prs|1232110648080969734|24|Feb|2020}}
|-
| Chubcus
| [[Draccus]] and chubby
| {{prs|949357661740523520|5|Jan|2018}}
|-
| Classio
| Classy and [[Casio Keyboards|Casio]]
| {{prs|901281018283425792|25|Aug|2017}}
|-
| Classterpiece
| class and masterpiece
| {{prs|1042476912252207104|19|Sep|2018}}
|-
| Conclutes
| Concludes and [[Stinkoman 20X6|continute]]
| {{prs|949823948220444672|6|Jan|2018}}
|-
| Cross-stitchummate V's
| Cross-stitch and [[consummate V's]]
| {{prs|1016486277888331776|9|Jul|2018}}
|-
| Dumbviousness
| dumb and deviousness
| {{prs|1036693097491652608|3|Sep|2018}}
|-
| DangerEGGsque
| Dangeresque and [[Where's an Egg?|egg]]
| {{prs|1067449126558859264|27|Nov|2018}}
|-
| Embroidulate V's
| Embroider and consummate V's
| {{prs|1016684753095987206|10|Jul|2018}}
|-
| Flask-sim
| [[Ye Flask|Flask]] and sim (short for simulator)
| {{prs|937452129932992512|3|Dec|2017}}
|-
| Grumblintake
| [[Grumblecake]] and intake
| {{prs|915397714141212672|3|Oct|2017}}
|-
| Hallowrath
| [[Halloween]] and wrath
| {{prs|926560139737468929|3|Nov|2017}}
|-
| Homestarchives
| Homestar and archives
| {{prs|710932898736570368|18|Mar|2016}}
|-
| Homesquint
| Homestar and Squintmoji
| {{prs|908791945614561282|15|Sep|2017}}
|-
| Ibu-pro-pro
| {{w|Ibuprofen}} and [[Ina-pro-pro]]
| {{prs|1027741591564419076|9|Aug|2018}} and [[Mario Paint Thursdays Compilation]]
|-
| Jefferson Perducciplane
| {{w|Jefferson Airplane}} and [[Perducci]]
| {{prs|1628465142559023107|22|Feb|2023}}
|-
| John McEnroji
| {{w|John McEnroe}} and squintmoji
| {{prs|908791945614561282|15|Sep|2017}}
|-
| Mojiween Squint-ouette
| [[Squintmoji Character Variations|Squintmoji]] and [[Halloween Teasers|Halloween]] [[silhouette]]
| {{prs|916493805699895296|6|Oct|2017}}
|-
| Nintentelldotales
| [[Nintendo]] and [[Telltale Games|Telltales]]
| {{prs|1009617033225560071|20|Jun|2018}}
|-
| Pointlevs
| points and levels
| {{prs|1232110648080969734|24|Feb|2020}}
|-
| Roguelywhatev
| {{w|Roguelike}} and [[Words with Omitted Syllables|whatev]]
| {{prs|764282956701691904|12|Aug|2016}}
|-
| Squintmageddon
| Squint and armageddon
| {{prs|903335285257367552|31|Aug|2017}}
|-
| Squintoman/Stinkomoji
| Squintmoji and [[Stinkoman]]
| {{prs|904533016663478272|3|Sep|2017}}
|-
| "Stop-motion opus" and "stop-mopus"
| [[stop motion]] and magnum opus
| {{prs|1048253954524700672|22|Oct|2018}} ([[@StrongBadActual Tweets 2018 Transcripts#1048253954524700672|transcript]])
|-
| Strong Badtendo of America
| [[Strong Bad]] and [[Nintendo]] {{w|Nintendo#Nintendo of America|of America}}
| {{prs|1054541887237955584|22|Oct|2018}}
|-
| Techrobocrosspeada
| {{w|Robotech}}, {{w|Macross}}, and {{w|Genesis Climber MOSPEADA}}
| {{prs|1444071424772165632|1|Oct|2021}}
|-
| Textroidvania
| Text and {{w|Metroidvania}} (which itself is a portmanteau)
| {{prs|937452129932992512|3|Dec|2017}}
|-
| Trog-lite
| Trogdor and rogue-lite, a preexisting portmanteau of {{w|roguelike}} and lite
| {{prs|1042435517223264256|19|Sep|2018}}
|-
| Thy Dungeonvania
| [[Thy Dungeonman]] and {{w|Metroidvania}}
| {{prs|1042435517223264256|19|Sep|2018}}
|-
| Thy Dungeresqueman
| [[Thy Dungeonman (character)|Thy Dungeonman]] and Dangeresque
| {{prs|937452129932992512|3|Dec|2017}}
|-
| Wormypan
| worm and [[Marzipan]]
| {{prs|1054472764919300098|22|Oct|2018}}
|}

== See Also ==
*[[Onomatopoeia]]
*[[Spoonerisms]]

[[Category:Word running gags]]
[[Category:Spelling and Grammar]]

Category talk:Video Games

Stux — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 08:49:02 GMT

Stux: response: trying to make some sense of what I did a year ago

== Difference from Category:Games ==

What's the difference between this and [[:Category:Games]]? Obviously [[:Category:Board Games]] wouldn't fit as a subcategory here, but everything else in the Games category seems like it could fit just as easily here, and vice versa. {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig}} 06:25, 4 July 2026 (UTC)
:Hmm, yeah, I can't see anything that clearly distinguishes the two categories and unifies their respective contents, with both having a mix of very old and more "modern" games, and also of playable and non-playable games: [[:Category:Games]] has [[Slumber Party Games]], which is also that category's only game of the non-video type (due to the article excluding [[Clapping Party]]), while [[:Category:Video Games]] has the non-playable [[Typing Tutor Turbo]]. I should also note that the [[:Category:Videlectrix Games]] subcategory also has a mix of playable and non-playable games. The Games category also has the unfinished [[Homestar Runner RPG]], while the Video Games category also has some games menus, but only two ([[Handheld Games Menu]] and [[Scrolling Shooter Games Menu]]) of the three "playable" (including the [[Second Games Menu]]) and five total menus.
:At the very least, everything in the Games category apart from [[Games]] and [[Slumber Party Games]] seems like it should fit in the Video Games subcategory. {{User:DEIDATVM/sig}} 10:53, 4 July 2026 (UTC)
::This category was a more recent creation, and although I'm a fan of video games (to the point that I'm probably the most knowledgeable person in my region on certain video games), as someone who's no fan of seemingly arbitrarily created new categories (especially if, as noted, there are no obvious differences!), I instead suggest moving everything back to Category:Games. {{User:RickTommy/sig}} 23:46, 21 July 2026 (UTC)

::: As the person responsible for creating this category, I would like to explain the rationale behind this new category, but I am having a hard time remembering what I was thinking a year ago. So, looking back, every game on this site is essentially a Video Game, so there isn't any overlap between this and [[:Category:Games]], in practice. I ''think'' my rationale was whether or not the game is a Video Game in universe? But that's definitely not a rationale that I kept to the letter. My intent wasn't to create this category arbitrarily but to better delineate the different types of games especially now that board games are a thing. Unfortunately, even I'm having a hard time drawing clear lines between what's an in-universe Video Game vs. just a "plain old game".
::: A good example of something that I've [http://hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Astro-Lite_2600&diff=837594&oldid=819521 miscategorized] would be: [[Astro-Lite 2600]], which is based on {{w|Lite-Brite}} which is a ''physical'' game. This is also the reason why [[Homestar Runner's "Sid" Game]] remained in Games. [http://hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Who_Said_What_Now%3F&diff=837595&oldid=826133 This diff] for [[Who Said What Now?]] reinforces that thought: I was trying to categorize based on whether or not the game is a board game or video game, or something else in-universe. Present me would disagree with past me about that specific decision. Note that [[Strong Bad Talker]] also wouldn't be a video game.
::: Other games that I think would definitely fall under the "Video Game" category would be: [[Nighttime Driving Type Game]] (based on {{w|Night Driver (video game)}}) and [[Typing Tutor Turbo]] (Which should be a parody of {{w|Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing}}, but looks like {{w|Space Invaders}} and {{w|Galaga}}).
::: But then what about [[Make-O Your Own Stinko]] and [[Egg Throwing Game]]? "Make-O Your Own Stinko" is based on a "Video Game Franchise" but it's about making comics. And "Egg Throwing Game" is about a "real-world activity" played in Video Game form (same for [[Kick The Cheat (game)]]).
::: I also added [[Super Kingio Bros.]] because it is parodying ''Video Games'' not just games in general.
::: Long story short: looking back, my intent was to try to delineate between Games (as a general concept), and Video Games (a more narrowly defined concept), not having taken into consideration that everything in this site is essentially a video game. I think a narrower, in-universe definition would be helpful, but even that can run into ambiguities since Video Games, in essence, are trying to emulate the real world in Electronic form. At a minimum, I do think we should try to delineate between "this is just a game, in general" and "this is relating to the video games as a specific concept", but to do so successfully, we'd need to draw clearer lines here.
::: Hopefully, I've gotten my point across, and I'm open to suggestions. If, ultimately, this isn't the right approach then we can bring everything back to the Games category. As I'm writing this, it occurred to me that "Super Kingio Bros." could also be a [[:Category:Video game references|Video game reference]]. However, what's the difference between a "Reference" and a game that completely parodies another? Are they same thing? --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 08:49, 22 July 2026 (UTC)

@strongbadnofoolin.bsky.social

Stux — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 07:54:30 GMT

Stux: catch up to missing posts, but lots of formatting, images and context are needed! Please review and update! Tweets likely still need the same TLC?

[[Image:SBBSAvi.jpg|thumb|Oh, there's ''[[sisters|three]]'' of them...]]
'''{{pl|l=https://bsky.app/profile/strongbadnofoolin.bsky.social @strongbadnofoolin.bsky.social}}''' is the official {{w|Bluesky}} account for [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]]. Much like the Twitter account [[@StrongBadActual]], posts are written in-character as being from [[Strong Bad]].

The account was created on November 16, 2024. The first post was made on December 8, 2024.

== Profile ==
'''Avatar:''' Three plush Strong Bads, in descending order of size ([[Puppet Strong Bad]], [[Strong Bad Talking Plush]], and the Strong Bad plush prototype) lying on a rug

'''Banner:''' A screenshot of a 3DCG recreation of [[StrongBadZone]]

'''Display Name:''' Strong Bad

'''Description:''' CGNU founder, alum, and exiled drop-out

==2025 posts==

{{post
|table-begin=1
|setTypeOverride=Bluesky
|id=3mmp3qhclek26
|date=25 May 2026
|pic=
|text=Homestar is an idiot, but this IS a pretty good learning tool. If you're askin where are the demons/devils? I direct you to the Marshie group.
}}

{{post
|setTypeOverride=Bluesky
|id=3mmhfxqb7vs26
|date=22 May 2026
|pic=
|text=Doin an awesome-weird DLC collab with {{pl|l=https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:i5jnz4i5e6vhmtnj4v4z6oma @walkaboutminigolf.bsky.social}}! Bout to do a buncha stuff you prolly shouldn't do in a VR mini-golf game! Coming June 25th! [https://www.mightycoconut.com/homestar-runner www.mightycoconut.com/homestar-run...]
}}

{{post
|setTypeOverride=Bluesky
|id=3me2lojui3k2d
|date=4 Feb 2026
|pic=
|text=Carry on.
}}

{{post
|setTypeOverride=Bluesky
|id=3mbmrixrjnc2z
|date=4 Jan 2026
|pic=
|text=Good ol' Deater78 is still cranking away on the Apple ][ port of Peasant's Quest and recently got the rains down in Peasantry working. Check out his vid here: 
[[YouTube:DGcj_Xp9E70|youtu.be/DGcj_Xp9E70?...]]
}}

{{post
|setTypeOverride=Bluesky
|id=3mbi7ftwvgc2c
|date=2 Jan 2026
|pic=
|text=Where were y'all this year when The Cheat dropped? (music by the pronounceable Rich Trott {{pl|l=https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:y6aovwxr7rrhxb3gl4xogvgz @palacefamilysteakhouse.com}})
|table-end=1
}}

==2025 posts==
{{post
|table-begin=1
|setTypeOverride=Bluesky
|id=3maybbnlsek2q
|date=27 Dec 2025
|pic=
|text=Homestar keeps messin with all my Decemberween gadgets!! He left this jaunty, janky pixel prance on my Astro-Lite 5700!
}}

{{post
|setTypeOverride=Bluesky
|id=3mamebxzjys2x
|date=24 Dec 2025
|pic=
|text=Todaybordeve is Decemberweeve! Gambol/gamble around the piano with your fam to play this holiday... classic?
}}

{{post
|setTypeOverride=Bluesky
|id=3m7nloz3osc2c
|date=10 Dec 2025
|pic=
|text=Listen Ana! The @tmbgofficial collabo t-shirt sold out fast but you can pre-order here with new ones s'posed be shipping out later this week! [https://tmbgshop.com/ tmbgshop.com]
}}

{{post
|setTypeOverride=Bluesky
|id=3m6xk3scuh22n
|date=1 Dec 2025
|pic=
|text=Around 20 years ago, a couple dorks met their musical heroes and doodled the image on the left in a fit of excitement. Now it is an official {{p|l=https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ttyghfxxplrhfik4cgfmos2r @tmbg.bsky.social}} T-shirt! Getta yours here: [https://tmbgshop.com/collections/all/products/homestar-runner-shirt-on-black-unisex tmbgshop.com/collections/...]
}}

{{post
|setTypeOverride=Bluesky
|id=3m6x2mgevn22u
|date=1 Dec 2025
|pic=
|text=You awesome peoples bought almost everything HSR-related from {{p|l=https://bsky.app/profile/fangamer.com @fangamer.com}} but today is the LAST DAY to get free shipping on these two healthy, in-stock gentlemen: [https://www.fangamer.com/collections/homestar-runner?filter.p.product_type=Plushes www.fangamer.com/collections/...]
}}

{{post
|setTypeOverride=Bluesky
|id=3m6hxxiwuw223
|date=25 Nov 2025
|pic=
|text=Oh wait. nm
}}

{{post
|setTypeOverride=Bluesky
|id=3m6ftxnz6ck2d
|date=25 Nov 2025
|pic=
|nopic=1
|text=Man, I dunno how this little jankbot got Taranchula to write his theme song! Dark is the day, in-freakin-deed!
An error occurred while loading the video. Please try again.
}}

{{post
|setTypeOverride=Bluesky
|id=3m6ftxnz6ck2d
|date=24 Nov 2025
|pic=
|nopic=1
|text=Pretty much all the {{p|l=https://bsky.app/profile/fangamer.com @fangamer.com}} anniversary merch is SOLD OUT and now on preorder. But there are still a few of these D'ween stocking stuffers left! [https://www.fangamer.com/collections/homestar-runner/products/homestar-runner-cards www.fangamer.com/collections/...]
}}

{{post
|setTypeOverride=Bluesky
|id=3m6ezgygbb226
|date=24 Nov 2025
|pic=
|nopic=1
|text=It's Monday. So I thought I'd checka my email. 
flashy: [https://homestarrunner.com/sbemails/210-robots homestarrunner.com/sbemails/210...] 
tubey: [[YouTube:-zhsNdk1_Vc|youtu.be/-zhsNdk1_Vc?si]]
}}

{{post
|setTypeOverride=Bluesky
|id=3m5tsdukjmc2k
|date=17 Nov 2025
|pic=anniversary-merch-thumb.jpg
|text=Homestar Playing Cards and lotsa other great new crap from {{p|l=https://bsky.app/profile/fangamer.com @fangamer.com}}! Check it all out here: [https://www.fangamer.com/collections/homestar-runner www.fangamer.com/collections/...]
}}

{{post
|setTypeOverride=Bluesky
|id=3m5th6wrmak2z
|date=17 Nov 2025
|pic=TwitterPokeyRightCheekbone.jpeg
|text=Also, I gotta get me that no-joke right cheekbone they gave me! That thing could slice brisket!
|reply=the previous post.
}}

{{post
|setTypeOverride=Bluesky
|id=3m5th6wqnxs2z
|date=17 Nov 2025
|pic=TwitterWSUMarchingBand.jpeg
|text=The Washington State University Cougar Marching Band freakin' played Trogdor at their halftime show this weekend! And made ME! My husky head finally gets its due! 50 freakin' yards high man!
}}

{{post
|setTypeOverride=Bluesky
|id=3m3h4myej522n
|date=17 Oct 2025
|pic=mv25-boardgame.gif
|nopic=1
|text=In the ATL-ish area? Come demo Trogdor The Board Game, take some Skills of an Artist drawing lessons, or play my point n' click Dangeresque game with me this weekend at {{p|l=https://bsky.app/profile/multiversecon.bsky.social @multiversecon.bsky.social}}!
[https://www.eventeny.com/events/multiverse-2025-24085/guest/The-Brothers-Chaps-395 www.eventeny.com/events/multi...]
}}

{{post
|setTypeOverride=Bluesky
|id=3m2uc5ivtl226
|date=10 Oct 2025
|pic=multiverse25-vrix.jpg
|text=These people look suspiciously like those Videlectrix Guys.
[http://www.multiversecon.org/ www.multiversecon.org]
}}

{{post
|setTypeOverride=Bluesky
|id=3lxrxkrxoic2i
|date=1 Sep 2025
|pic=mp-labordabor-25.gif
|text=Todayborday, I'd like to wish alla y'alls a Mario Paint Labor Day!
|video transcript=''{A "Mario Paint" cover of [[Labor Dabor|"Todaybor Day Is Labor Day"]] plays as the animation loops.}''
}}

{{post
|setTypeOverride=Bluesky
|id=3lwrfy5orfs2k
|date=19 Aug 2025
|text=Let the sad times paunch! New Strong Sad Paunchbaby from
{{p|l=https://bsky.app/profile/fangamer.com @fangamer.com}}. Get yours here:
[https://www.fangamer.com/collections/homestar-runner/products/strong-sad-plush www.fangamer.com/collections/...]

[https://youtu.be/vdh97LOknp4 youtu.be/vdh97LOknp4?...]
}}

{{post
|setTypeOverride=Bluesky
|id=3lvsud47azc2z
|date=7 Aug 2025
|pic=ktc-bis_ig-thumb.jpg
|text=Listen to my long, saggy puppet arm! Kick the Cheat is finally back in stock and ready to squeak(squawk)!
[https://www.fangamer.com/products/kick-the-cheat-plush?_pos=1&_sid=490a68156&_ss=r www.fangamer.com/products/kic...]
|video transcript=:''See {{postref|site=Instagram|DNDb37bAiqj|7|Aug|2025}}''
}}

{{post
|setTypeOverride=Bluesky
|id=3lmzcaawxzs2q
|date=17 April 2025
|pic=20250417 BlueskyPost.jpg
||text=Let's all go back:
https://homestarrunner.com/toons/backtoawebsite
}}

{{post
|id=3lkszikafdk2w
|date=20 March 2025
|pic=20250320 BlueskyPost.jpg
||text=Less than 90mins left to get my {{p|l=https://bsky.app/profile/steampowered.com @steampowered.com}} game for only 4 of the dollaz! Point AND Click! Both! Get em here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2442020/Dangeresque_The_Roomisode_Triungulate/
}}

{{post
|id=3lizgfnsoik2v
|date=25 Feb 2025
|text=Holy crap! Kick The Cheat is back! Adopt (buy) yours today! [https://www.fangamer.com/collections/homestar-runner/products/kick-the-cheat-plush www.fangamer.com/collections/...]
|table-end=1
}}

==2024 posts==

{{post
|table-begin=1
|setTypeOverride=Bluesky
|id=3ldhf3qzaes2i
|date=16 Dec 2024
|text=Additional musics by the unspronchible {{p|l=https://bsky.app/profile/palacefamilysteakhouse.com @trott.bsky.social}}! Two years ago when we first opened up that cursed Decemberweenvent calendar, he was there every day making Guaraldian remixes. Go get them all here for some extra holiday styles: {{p|l=https://palacefamilysteakhouse.bandcamp.com palacefamilysteakhouse.bandcamp.com}}
|reply=the previous post.
}}

{{post
|id=3ldh6fwejbs2a
|date=16 Dec 2024
|text=Remastered 2022 Decemberweenvent Calendar with all new dumb crap added! Follow along! Follow astray! Watch all 24 days here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxC70soTGRg
}}

{{post
|id=3lcqald3s5k2i
|date=08 Dec 2024
|pic=241208 BlueSkyPost.jpg
|text=Bubs says this is the new way to dozens of dollars.
|table-end=1
}}

== Fun Facts ==
===Explanations===
*The username "strongbadactual" on Bluesky was already taken by a fan, hence the use of "no foolin'" in the handle instead.
===Trivia===
*Like [[@strongbadactual (Instagram)|on Instagram]], Strong Bad is not following any accounts on Bluesky.
*This account was not linked to from any official Homestar Runner source until February 25, 2025, when a link to the profile was included in the footer of [[The Deleteheads Download#Kick The Cheat Plush IS BACK! (February 25, 2025)|a Homestar Runner Updates email]].
**Prior to this, the account had been [https://bsky.app/profile/palacefamilysteakhouse.com/post/3lcqjzzffn22t identified as official] by [[contributor]] [[Rich Trott]].
*The avatar is an exclusive photograph that includes [[The Brothers Chaps]]' own one-of-a-kind Strong Bad puppets.
===Remarks===
*Bluesky allows for site owners to use their domain in their username rather than "bsky.social" (for instance, {{w|Wikipedia}}'s account is {{p|l=https://bsky.app/profile/wikipedia.org @wikipedia.org}}). As of yet, this account does not include [[homestarrunner.com]] in its handle.
===Inside References===
*Strong Bad's profile description refers to [[Crazy Go Nuts University]].
*"nofoolin" is a reference to [[couch patch]], specifically one of Strong Bad's attempts to print a million dollar bill.

==See Also==
*[[@StrongBadActual]]
*[[@strongbadactual (Instagram)]]
*[[Social Media]]
*[[Strong Bad Email]]

== External Links ==
*[https://bsky.app/profile/strongbadnofoolin.bsky.social Strong Bad (@strongbadnofoolin.bsky.social)] on Bluesky

[[Category:Social Media]]
[[Category:Regular Updates]]

@strongbadnofoolin.bsky.social

Stux — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 07:39:51 GMT

Stux: add more posts

[[Image:SBBSAvi.jpg|thumb|Oh, there's ''[[sisters|three]]'' of them...]]
'''{{pl|l=https://bsky.app/profile/strongbadnofoolin.bsky.social @strongbadnofoolin.bsky.social}}''' is the official {{w|Bluesky}} account for [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]]. Much like the Twitter account [[@StrongBadActual]], posts are written in-character as being from [[Strong Bad]].

The account was created on November 16, 2024. The first post was made on December 8, 2024.

== Profile ==
'''Avatar:''' Three plush Strong Bads, in descending order of size ([[Puppet Strong Bad]], [[Strong Bad Talking Plush]], and the Strong Bad plush prototype) lying on a rug

'''Banner:''' A screenshot of a 3DCG recreation of [[StrongBadZone]]

'''Display Name:''' Strong Bad

'''Description:''' CGNU founder, alum, and exiled drop-out

==2025 posts==

{{post
|table-begin=1
|setTypeOverride=Bluesky
|id=3m6hxxiwuw223
|date=25 Nov 2025
|pic=
|text=Oh wait. nm
}}

{{post
|setTypeOverride=Bluesky
|id=3m6ftxnz6ck2d
|date=25 Nov 2025
|pic=
|nopic=1
|text=Man, I dunno how this little jankbot got Taranchula to write his theme song! Dark is the day, in-freakin-deed!
An error occurred while loading the video. Please try again.
}}

{{post
|setTypeOverride=Bluesky
|id=3m6ftxnz6ck2d
|date=24 Nov 2025
|pic=
|nopic=1
|text=Pretty much all the [https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bxcle5czdiwqueyanwuwuhse @fangamer.com] anniversary merch is SOLD OUT and now on preorder. But there are still a few of these D'ween stocking stuffers left! [https://www.fangamer.com/collections/homestar-runner/products/homestar-runner-cards www.fangamer.com/collections/...]
}}

{{post
|setTypeOverride=Bluesky
|id=3m6ezgygbb226
|date=24 Nov 2025
|pic=
|nopic=1
|text=It's Monday. So I thought I'd checka my email. 
flashy: [https://homestarrunner.com/sbemails/210-robots homestarrunner.com/sbemails/210...] 
tubey: [[YouTube:-zhsNdk1_Vc|youtu.be/-zhsNdk1_Vc?si]]
}}

{{post
|setTypeOverride=Bluesky
|id=3m5tsdukjmc2k
|date=17 Nov 2025
|pic=anniversary-merch-thumb.jpg
|text=Homestar Playing Cards and lotsa other great new crap from {{p|l=https://bsky.app/profile/fangamer.com @fangamer.com}}! Check it all out here: [https://www.fangamer.com/collections/homestar-runner www.fangamer.com/collections/...]
}}

{{post
|setTypeOverride=Bluesky
|id=3m5th6wrmak2z
|date=17 Nov 2025
|pic=TwitterPokeyRightCheekbone.jpeg
|text=Also, I gotta get me that no-joke right cheekbone they gave me! That thing could slice brisket!
|reply=the previous post.
}}

{{post
|setTypeOverride=Bluesky
|id=3m5th6wqnxs2z
|date=17 Nov 2025
|pic=TwitterWSUMarchingBand.jpeg
|text=The Washington State University Cougar Marching Band freakin' played Trogdor at their halftime show this weekend! And made ME! My husky head finally gets its due! 50 freakin' yards high man!
}}

{{post
|setTypeOverride=Bluesky
|id=3m3h4myej522n
|date=17 Oct 2025
|pic=mv25-boardgame.gif
|nopic=1
|text=In the ATL-ish area? Come demo Trogdor The Board Game, take some Skills of an Artist drawing lessons, or play my point n' click Dangeresque game with me this weekend at {{p|l=https://bsky.app/profile/multiversecon.bsky.social @multiversecon.bsky.social}}!
[https://www.eventeny.com/events/multiverse-2025-24085/guest/The-Brothers-Chaps-395 www.eventeny.com/events/multi...]
}}

{{post
|setTypeOverride=Bluesky
|id=3m2uc5ivtl226
|date=10 Oct 2025
|pic=multiverse25-vrix.jpg
|text=These people look suspiciously like those Videlectrix Guys.
[http://www.multiversecon.org/ www.multiversecon.org]
}}

{{post
|setTypeOverride=Bluesky
|id=3lxrxkrxoic2i
|date=1 Sep 2025
|pic=mp-labordabor-25.gif
|text=Todayborday, I'd like to wish alla y'alls a Mario Paint Labor Day!
|video transcript=''{A "Mario Paint" cover of [[Labor Dabor|"Todaybor Day Is Labor Day"]] plays as the animation loops.}''
}}

{{post
|setTypeOverride=Bluesky
|id=3lwrfy5orfs2k
|date=19 Aug 2025
|text=Let the sad times paunch! New Strong Sad Paunchbaby from
[https://bsky.app/profile/fangamer.com @fangamer.com]. Get yours here:
[https://www.fangamer.com/collections/homestar-runner/products/strong-sad-plush www.fangamer.com/collections/...]

[https://youtu.be/vdh97LOknp4 youtu.be/vdh97LOknp4?...]
}}

{{post
|setTypeOverride=Bluesky
|id=3lvsud47azc2z
|date=7 Aug 2025
|pic=ktc-bis_ig-thumb.jpg
|text=Listen to my long, saggy puppet arm! Kick the Cheat is finally back in stock and ready to squeak(squawk)!
[https://www.fangamer.com/products/kick-the-cheat-plush?_pos=1&_sid=490a68156&_ss=r www.fangamer.com/products/kic...]
|video transcript=:''See {{postref|site=Instagram|DNDb37bAiqj|7|Aug|2025}}''
}}

{{post
|setTypeOverride=Bluesky
|id=3lmzcaawxzs2q
|date=17 April 2025
|pic=20250417 BlueskyPost.jpg
||text=Let's all go back:
https://homestarrunner.com/toons/backtoawebsite
}}

{{post
|id=3lkszikafdk2w
|date=20 March 2025
|pic=20250320 BlueskyPost.jpg
||text=Less than 90mins left to get my {{p|l=https://bsky.app/profile/steampowered.com @steampowered.com}} game for only 4 of the dollaz! Point AND Click! Both! Get em here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2442020/Dangeresque_The_Roomisode_Triungulate/
}}

{{post
|id=3lizgfnsoik2v
|date=25 Feb 2025
|text=Holy crap! Kick The Cheat is back! Adopt (buy) yours today! [https://www.fangamer.com/collections/homestar-runner/products/kick-the-cheat-plush www.fangamer.com/collections/...]
|table-end=1
}}

==2024 posts==

{{post
|table-begin=1
|setTypeOverride=Bluesky
|id=3ldhf3qzaes2i
|date=16 Dec 2024
|text=Additional musics by the unspronchible {{p|l=https://bsky.app/profile/palacefamilysteakhouse.com @trott.bsky.social}}! Two years ago when we first opened up that cursed Decemberweenvent calendar, he was there every day making Guaraldian remixes. Go get them all here for some extra holiday styles: {{p|l=https://palacefamilysteakhouse.bandcamp.com palacefamilysteakhouse.bandcamp.com}}
|reply=the previous post.
}}

{{post
|id=3ldh6fwejbs2a
|date=16 Dec 2024
|text=Remastered 2022 Decemberweenvent Calendar with all new dumb crap added! Follow along! Follow astray! Watch all 24 days here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxC70soTGRg
}}

{{post
|id=3lcqald3s5k2i
|date=08 Dec 2024
|pic=241208 BlueSkyPost.jpg
|text=Bubs says this is the new way to dozens of dollars.
|table-end=1
}}

== Fun Facts ==
===Explanations===
*The username "strongbadactual" on Bluesky was already taken by a fan, hence the use of "no foolin'" in the handle instead.
===Trivia===
*Like [[@strongbadactual (Instagram)|on Instagram]], Strong Bad is not following any accounts on Bluesky.
*This account was not linked to from any official Homestar Runner source until February 25, 2025, when a link to the profile was included in the footer of [[The Deleteheads Download#Kick The Cheat Plush IS BACK! (February 25, 2025)|a Homestar Runner Updates email]].
**Prior to this, the account had been [https://bsky.app/profile/palacefamilysteakhouse.com/post/3lcqjzzffn22t identified as official] by [[contributor]] [[Rich Trott]].
*The avatar is an exclusive photograph that includes [[The Brothers Chaps]]' own one-of-a-kind Strong Bad puppets.
===Remarks===
*Bluesky allows for site owners to use their domain in their username rather than "bsky.social" (for instance, {{w|Wikipedia}}'s account is {{p|l=https://bsky.app/profile/wikipedia.org @wikipedia.org}}). As of yet, this account does not include [[homestarrunner.com]] in its handle.
===Inside References===
*Strong Bad's profile description refers to [[Crazy Go Nuts University]].
*"nofoolin" is a reference to [[couch patch]], specifically one of Strong Bad's attempts to print a million dollar bill.

==See Also==
*[[@StrongBadActual]]
*[[@strongbadactual (Instagram)]]
*[[Social Media]]
*[[Strong Bad Email]]

== External Links ==
*[https://bsky.app/profile/strongbadnofoolin.bsky.social Strong Bad (@strongbadnofoolin.bsky.social)] on Bluesky

[[Category:Social Media]]
[[Category:Regular Updates]]

@StrongBadActual Tweets 2026 May

Stux — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 07:28:49 GMT

Stux: formatting

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==May==

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@StrongBadActual Tweets 2026

Stux — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 07:23:35 GMT

Stux: update

@StrongBadActual Tweets 2026 May

Stux — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 07:22:30 GMT

Stux: move draft contents here

May 22

https://x.com/StrongBadActual/status/2057869517351420321

Doin an awesome-weird DLC collab with {{@|WalkaboutMG}}! I'm bout to do a buncha stuff you prolly shouldn't do in a VR mini-golf game! Coming June 25th! [https://mightycoconut.com/homestar-runner mightycoconut.com/homestar-runner]

May 25

https://x.com/StrongBadActual/status/2058974960786297314

Homestar is an idiot, but this IS a pretty good learning tool. If you're askin where are the demons/devils? That's the Marshie group. Hoofton Scholastica should totally sell this thing to schools and libraries.

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:'''2001:''' [[The Best Decemberween Ever]]
:'''2002:''' [[A Decemberween Pageant]], [[Decemberween Email Menu]]
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:'''2006:''' [[what i want]], [[Decemberween Short Shorts]]
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:'''2008:''' [[Hooked on Decemberween]], [[A Death Defying Decemberween]]
:'''2010:''' [[A Decemberween Mackerel]], [[Which Ween Costumes?]] ([[Which Ween Costumes? Costumes|costumes]])
:'''2017:''' [[Dangeresque Puppet Squad: The Hot Jones Hijack]]
:'''2022:''' [[Decemberweenvent Calendar]] ([[Decemberweenvent Calendar (2022 Revisited)|2022 Revisited]])
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Stux: I was able to use autocolumn but the font size formatting was lost and I had to add it to every row... but the spacing is off. I'm committing as proof of concept but then will revert

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Michael Cascone

Stux — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:49:25 GMT

Stux: not sure how to best word and format this, but I figured it should be mentioned here too

'''Michael Cascone''' is a businessman. He served as "the Business Guy" for [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] from 2002 through 2004, managing the "nitty-gritty" of the [[store]] and other business aspects of the site.

A [[Georgia]] native, Cascone grew up in the same area as [[the Brothers Chaps]] and was introduced to the duo by a mutual friend.

==Fun Facts==
* The Brothers Chaps mentioned their "business guy" in interviews with ''[[Tastes Like Chicken Interview|Tastes Like Chicken]]'' and ''[[Wired News Radio Interview - 23 Jun 2003|Wired News Radio]]'' in 2003.
* Cascone is thanked in the liner notes of ''[[Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits]]'', for "helping us get this thing done".
* After Homestar Runner, Cascone worked for {{w|HowStuffWorks}} and oversaw the launch of their podcasts. In 2018, HSW podcast [[TechStuff Interview - 16 Feb 2018|''TechStuff'' interviewed the Brothers Chaps]].
* Cascone's email address from 2002 through 2004 was [[homestarrunner.com#Email Addresses|'''cascone'''@homestarrunner.com]]. This address was briefly listed on [[Email#Store support (2003)|the Email page in 2003]].

==See Also==
* [[Harmless Junk, Inc.]]

[[Category:People|Cascone, Michael]]

Redundancy

Stux — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:07:14 GMT

Stux: clear the image so that it doesn't collide with the "incomplete list" template (it does under certain circumstances)

[[File:heavy lourde.png|thumb|That sure is... a Heavy Lourde.]]
'''Word redundancy''' is a running joke in the [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] universe that concerns using more than one of the same word to describe an object, character, object, etc.

__TOC__
{{clear}}
==Appearances==
{{incompletelist}}
*[[Homestarloween Party]] {{--}} The party game the characters play is referred to by Homestar as "Flashlight Ghost Story Telling With a Flashlight".
*[[Downloads]] {{--}} The ATM asks for your "PIN#" {{--}} an abbreviation for "personal identification number number".
*[[Heavy Lourde]] {{--}} "Lourde" is [[French]] for "heavy".
*[[Justice Rocket Backpack Rocket Rocket]] {{--}} [[Reinforcements]]'s weapon is doubly redundant.
*[[Strong Bad's Character Video]] {{--}} [[Strong Bad]] claims to have been described as hot, the hottest, and real real hot.
*[[Bubs's Character Video]] {{--}} [[Bubs]] says "drinks" three times in a row when listing what [[Bubs' Concession Stand|his store]] sells.
*Email [[rampage]] {{--}} [[Marzipan]] says "would be" twice in a row.
*[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 12.2]] {{--}} [[The Thnikkaman]] says "drums" twice in his list of instruments.
*[[Decemberween Short Shorts]] — One of the plays on [[Coach Z]]'s list is "eyeball eyeball".
*Email [[more armies]] {{--}} [[The King of Town]] lists "the power" twice in his list of attributes of [[The Municipality]].
*Email [[yes, wrestling]] {{--}} "He's the Il Cartographer." Il is one of multiple Italian words for "the".
*Email [[fan club]] {{--}} The description for the [[Podstar Runner]] and [[YouTube]] versions is "Strong Bad realizes fan clubs and fan fiction aren't be so bad after all."
*Email [[shapeshifter]] {{--}} Coach Z puts Strong Bad shapeshifted into a $100 bill into the [[moist]] lining of his "sweaty sweat-sweats".
*[[Strong Badia the Free Cave Girl Squad]] {{--}} When the [[dinosaur]] [[egg]] hatches, one of the girls says, "My dinosaur hatched! We're gonna be best BFFs forever!" This means "best best friends forever forever".
*[[Quote of the Week#QW-2009-02-19|February 19, 2009 Quote of the Week]] {{--}} [[Cheerleader]] writes "YNCBIINAR2TMTSAYHAOBTHACTCM this summer" in someone's yearbook. She then explains that "This Summer" is part of the abbreviation, making it accounted for twice.
*[[Where U Goin' 2?]] {{--}} [[Strong Mad]] calls [[Strong Bad]] out on his use of "ATM machine" (Automated teller machine machine).
*Email [[dictionary]] {{--}} Strong Bad inadvertently says "restaurant-restaurant" after describing "frou-frou" desserts and then later says, "Shut up, [[shut up Lady]]!"

===[[Wikipedia:Pleonasm|Pleonasms]]===
*Email [[interview]] {{--}} Strong Bad says "...more better..." as part of his reply to Kerrek's email.
*Email [[candy product]] {{--}} Strong Bad uses a [[Homestar Runner]] junk mail filter called "[[Edgar's Baby's Daddy]]".
*Email [[road trip]] {{--}} Strong Bad makes a joke {{--}} "jumbo/LARGE"{{--}}before going on the trip.
*Email [[coloring]] {{--}} One of Strong Bad's [[crayons]] is called "Skin Flesh".
*Email [[rough copy]] {{--}} When Homestar sells Strong Bad Flavored Water, Strong Bad "shut[s] that mess down on the quickfast."
*Email [[your edge]] {{--}} Strong Bad says that he and [[The Cheat]] are "shenanigan-ing" each other "alone by ourselves".
*[[Haunted Photo Booth]] {{--}} Homestar says, "We shoulda had known!"
*[[Dangeresque Puppet Squad: The Hot Jones Hijack]] {{--}} The prices at the grocery stores are labelled "Per Each".
*[[The Homestar Runner Enters The Spooky Woods]] {{--}} The cover of the storybook claims it is "for kids and children aboth".

====Also, too====
*Email [[monster truck]] (Easter egg) {{--}} The flyer for [[Awexome Cross '98]] uses "Also, too".
*''[[Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits]]'' {{--}} A third list of thanked individuals begins with "Also, too".
*[[Quote of the Week]] ([[Quote of the Week#QW-2005-10-27|27 Oct 2005]]) {{--}} Strong Bad specifies that his improvised quote is "funny, also, too".

====Flavor taste====
*Email [[50 emails]] {{--}} [[Old-Timey Strong Bad]] advertises "Uncle Strong Bad's Flavor Taste Style Chewing Powders".
*[[Mr. Shmallow (toon)|Mr. Shmallow]] {{--}} [[Mr. Shmallow]] claims that the flavor taste of roasted [[Fluffy Puff Air-Puffed Sugar Delights]] will send one to [[the moon]].
*[[Fan Costumes 2017]] {{--}} Old-Timey Strong Bad calls attention to a fan's "Strong Bad's Flavour-Taste Tricks-&-Treats" sign.
*[[@StrongBadActual]] {{--}} Strong Bad talks about "flavortaste" on {{prs|1153460169306771456|22|Jul|2019}} and {{prs|1325844112868855809|9|Nov|2020}}.

====Mr. Senor====
*[[Senorial Day]] {{--}} Strong Bad calls [[Senor Cardgage]] "Mr. [[Senor]], sir".
*[[A Decemberween Mackerel]] {{--}} Marzipan says to Senor Cardgage, "Hi Mr. Senor! Happy [[Decemberween]]!"
*{{postref|902598337286873088|29|Aug|2017}} {{--}} Strong Bad releases a [[Squintmoji Character Variations#Senor Cardgage|Squintmoji of Senor Cardgage]], writing, "Mister Senor himself! Squint along with me brothers and sisters!"

==See Also==
*[[X, I mean X, I mean X]]
*[[Might Could]]
*[[redundancy|Redundancy]]

[[Category:Word running gags]]

Super Brave!!

Stux — Mon, 25 May 2026 17:38:55 GMT

Stux: internal link to Japan. I wanted it in the lede, but I wanted to keep the WP link to "Japanese people". Also {{w}}'s.

{{watchtoon|thesekidsrule.swf|watch|Mirror}}
[[Image:Superbrave.jpg|thumb|right|220px|These kids rule]]

'''Super Brave!!''' was a [[homestarrunner.com]] [[H*R.com updates 2003|update]] for February 21, 2003. It featured a class full of {{w|Japanese people|Japanese}} kids who had each drawn a picture of [[Homestar Runner]]; specifically, the "hs_crayon" [[wallpaper]]. Moving the mouse over the kids showed a little drawing of each of them. On February 24, the [[Main Page message]] was renamed to '''"these kids rule"'''.

==The kids==
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Image:Superbrave kid 4.png
Image:Superbrave kid 1.png
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Image:Superbrave kid 5.png
Image:Superbrave kid 7.png
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==Fun Facts==

*These drawings would later be featured in the [[KaraokeFun|Karaoke Videos]].
*The {{w|Seattle Mariners}} are an {{w|American League}} baseball team. The drawing of the child in the Mariners shirt wears an "Ichiro" shirt, a reference to their most well-known player at the time, {{w|Ichiro Suzuki}}.
*The photo was taken by John Podeszwa at Waiokeola English School in {{w|Osaka}}, [[Japan]].

==External Links==

*[[Mirror:superbrave.swf|view the Flash file for "Super Brave!!"]] (Mirror)
*[[Mirror:thesekidsrule.swf|view the Flash file for "These kids rule"]] (Mirror)

[[Category:Fan Material]]

TROGDOR!

Stux — Sat, 16 May 2026 15:25:31 GMT

Stux: /* Viidelectrix Version */ the target page has been turned into a redirect

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{{aboutgame}} {{for-nothe|other uses|Trogdor (disambiguation)}}

[[Image:trogdorgame.png|thumb|8-bit majesty!!]]

<blockquote>''"The beefy armed dragon has had it up to here with those pesky peasants. Achieve burnination and watch the countryside go up in flames."'' — [[Videlectrix]]</blockquote>

'''TROGDOR!''' is a game based on the character of [[Trogdor]] from the [[Strong Bad Email]] [[dragon]]. Trogdor squishes peasants and burninates cottages, all while avoiding knights and archers.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{film|Trogdor}}, Perez, Hackworth, 'The Steve', {{film|The Red and Blue Knights}}, The Siamese Archers, {{film|Strong Bad}}, {{film|Kerrek}}

'''Date:''' Monday, March 17, 2003

'''Page Title:''' TROGDOR!!!

'''Viidelectrix Page Title:''' And in the night, there is time for ... Trogdor!

== Instructions ==
<blockquote>
{| border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style="text-align:center"
|-
|Use the arrow keys to control Trogdor
|-
|Stomp 10 peasants to achieve burnination.
|-
|Burn all cottages to advance a level.
|-
|Avoid knights and archers!
|-
|Press SPACE to pause.
|-
|click anywhere to START
|-
|Programmed by Jonathan Howe
|-
|Designed by Mike and Matt
|}
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== Interludes ==
*There are a number of interludes after the following levels, similar to the ones between some levels of Pac-Man and other arcade games:
**Level 4 — "stompin' good"
::''{A lone peasant is on the left side of the screen. Trogdor approaches from the right with two knights in hot pursuit. Trogdor stomps the peasant and then turns to burninate the knights as they retreat.}''
:*Level 8 — "fry 'em up Dan"
::''{Trogdor is in the middle of the screen. Four peasants approach one by one from the left, are burninated, and exit at the bottom of the screen.}''
:*Level 12 — "parade of trogdors"
::''{Nine Trogdors parade from right to left across the screen.}''
:*Level 16 — "dancin' time"
::''{Trogdor breaks it down while surrounded by ten burninated peasants and two knights.}''
:*Level 20 — "flex it, troggie"
::''{Trogdor flexes his beefy arm.}''
:*Level 24 — "peasant dominoes"
::''{Seven peasants are in a line. Trogdor burninates the peasant on the right. The peasant to the left of the burninated peasant catches fire as the first peasant falls over. This effect dominoes down the line of peasants until they all fall over. Trogdor hops up and down with glee.}''
:*Level 30 — "trogdor incognito"
::''{Two peasants approach each other from opposite sides of the screen and stop in the middle. The peasant on the left burninates the peasant on the right. The peasant on the right runs off. The peasant on the left hops up and down.}''
:*Level 34 — "go trogdor # 2!"
::''{Seven peasants are hopping up and down as two Trogdors race across the screen from left to right. Trogdor number two wins the race.}''
:*Level 38 — "forbidden peasant love"
::''{Two peasants enter the screen from the right with a heart between them. As they reach the middle of the screen, a blue knight runs on screen and takes the peasant on the left away. The heart disappears as the peasant that was on the right is left alone.}''
:*Level 42 — "2 cottages"
::''{Two cottages appear.}''
:*Level 46 — "a funny joke"
::''{A knight is minding his own business on the left side of the screen. Out of nowhere, an archer appears on the right side of the screen and begins to shoot five arrows off of the knight's helmet. The archer leaves and the knight turns to face the spot where he was to find that no one is there.}''
:*Level 50 — "smote that kerrek!"
::''{Trogdor is on screen with The Kerrek. The Kerrek bounces up and down a few times before Trogdor burninates him.}''
::'''STRONG BAD:''' Mmmm! Roast Kerrek!
:*Level 100 — ''{A tiny arcade game Strong Bad enters the screen from the right.}''
::'''STRONG BAD:''' What the? What am I doing in this game?

::''{Arcade Strong Bad moves his arms up and down as the text "congratulations. you got good score" appears}

::'''GAME:''' Congratulations. You got good score.

::'''STRONG BAD:''' I sound so... realistic.

::''{roll credits}''

::'''cast:'''

::''{Trogdor appears}''

::'''trogdor'''

::''{A peasant appears}''

::'''perez'''

::''{A slightly different peasant appears}''

::'''hackworth'''

::''{An on-fire peasant appears}''

::''' 'the steve' '''

::''{A blue knight appears}''

::'''the blue knight'''

::''{A different blue knight appears}''

::'''the red knight'''

::''{Two archers appear, joined at their torso}''

::'''the siamese archers'''

::''{The Kerrek appears, burninated. His ashes form a roast Kerrek, complete with apple in mouth.}''

::'''and Wordly Wise as The Kerrek'''

::''{Trogdor and Arcade Strong Bad appear at an angle}''

::'''keep playing!'''

::''{The game advances to the high score screen}''

== Strong Bad Quotes ==
Strong Bad occasionally makes comments during gameplay, which are listed below.

:'''Sworded:'''
:*"Aw, this is the worst game I've ever played!"
:*"Stupid kn-friggin' knights." (This is always said if Trogdor is sworded while the peasant meter is at nine.)

:'''Arrowed:'''
:* "Ugh, stupid arch-deluxe."
:* "Ugh! Nothing more humiliating than getting killed by the archer... Arch-deluxe. Show you next time."

:'''Squish a peasant:'''
:*"Squished you, peasanty."
:*"I squish you."
:*"A squisha."
:*"A squisha squisha."
:*"A squisha squisha squisha squisha squisha toniiight." (rare)
:*"Ohh... this is the best game I've ever played."

:'''Achieve burnination:'''
:*"The tables have turned!"
:*"Advantage: Strong Bad." (HTML5 version)

:'''Burninate a cottage:'''
:*"[[Dooj]]!"

:'''Burninate a peasant:'''
:*''{laughing}'' "He's on fire!"
:*"Look at 'im burning!"

:'''Beat a level:'''
:*"Oh yeah!"
:*"Ohh... this is the best game I've ever played."
:*"Oh, yes! And the Trogdor comes in the niiight!"

:'''Game over (depending on actions):'''
:*"Oh, Trogdor! ''(in an Italian accent)'' I pine-a for you." (Under 1000 points)
:*'''STRONG BAD:''' "Beat that score, Strong Sad!" (Between 1000 and 2000 points)
::*'''STRONG SAD:''' "I don't even want to play that game."
:*"Whoa! That's like the coolest secret thing I ever found in a video game, man. It's like... some dude's name. Flashing and stuff." ''{Jonathan Howe's name appears flashing}'' (Over 2000 points)
:*"Ugh! Nothing more humiliating than getting killed by the archer... Arch-deluxe. Show you next time." (If Trogdor gets arrowed to end his last life)

== Easter Eggs ==
[[Image:Togdor secret.png|thumb|"It's like... some dude's name. Flashing and stuff."]]
*Click and hold the "G" in the TROGDOR title to see some game hints.
**Don't let the peasants return to their cottages.
**Once you're burninating, you're invicible.
**Burninated peasants set their cottages on fire.
**Get an extra man every 300 points.
**What's a treasure hut?!?!
**Secret Code?!?!
*After clicking on the "G" for the above Easter egg, press "up up down down left right left right B A" consecutively on the keyboard. When you click to start the game, you will begin with 30 lives.
*During the game, hit the "k" key to kick the game. This doesn't seem to give the player any advantage, but it does cause the machine to repeat the word "TROGDOR!" (a reference to [[Arcade Game]]).
*Certain huts contain gold. To get to them, Trogdor must burninate certain huts that block them. Be careful not to burninate the hut itself, as the gold inside will be inaccessible. If you enter a treasure hut, you will not be able to get any that come later in the game except in rounds with the same exact level map as the one you entered. For example, level 11 and level 43 have the same exact maps for the distribution of huts: if you get the treasure in level 11, you will not be able to get the treasure on level 16, but you will be able to get the one on level 43 because its map is identical to 11's, and then you won't be able to get it on 48, but you will be able to on 75 which is again the same as 11 and 43 (no more repetitions of that occur since the next one would be 107 and the game ends at 100).
**Some of these huts are:
**On level 7, the leftmost hut. Burninate the 4 huts in the way.
**On level 11, the lower right hut. Burninate the huts around it.
**On level 16, the upper left hut. Burninate the three huts in the way.
**On level 43, which is identical to level 11.
**On level 48, which is identical to level 16.
**On level 75, which is identical to level 11 and 43.
*If more than 2,000 points are scored and the player gets a game over, [[Jonathan Howe]]'s name is shown flashing at the bottom of the game screen.
* If the computer's clock is set to January 13th ([[Trogday (holiday)|Trogday]]), every time you go to the next level, it plays the game over music.

== Tips ==
*If a peasant makes it back into their cottage, a point is lost on the meter of peasants squished (unless the meter is already empty). This can be frustrating when some cottages are inaccessible. Make sure to not miss opportunities to squish peasants on these levels.
*Knights move in a pattern consisting of two moves (repeated over and over), completely ignoring Trogdor and the peasants. Their pattern gets "mirrored" when they hit a wall. Learning their patterns is one of the keys to doing well in the game.
*When Trogdor burninates peasants, they will run back to their cottage, which will burninate the cottage without need for direct burnination.
*Peasants will still come out of burninated cottages, though Trogdor can walk right through these cottages. Knights and arrows can go through any cottage.
*Archers appear in much greater frequency when progressing farther in the game, but knights tend to be the main obstacle. Be sure to pay attention to the edges of the screen for archers. Arrows go at about the same speed as Trogdor.

== Fun Facts ==
===Trivia===
*Using a [http://www.squarefree.com/bookmarklets/flash.html seek bar] suggests that this game was originally intended to have a high-score board. It actually does [http://www.homestarrunner.kitkorp.com/trogdor.html here]; unfortunately, this version has the old impossible level 27 (see below) and some bugs.
*Flex it Troggie, Forbidden Peasant Love, Smote That Kerrek, and Strong Bad's scene are the only four animations that use art that isn't used during gameplay.

===Remarks===
*In [[Peasant's Quest]], it shows that Trogdor is invincible, but he can die in this game. He is also significantly smaller.
*When an archer kills Trogdor, it shows Trogdor with several arrows stuck in him, even though the archer shot only one.
*When Trogdor gets sworded, the knight is still holding his sword and there is one sticking out of Trogdor.
*Strong Bad sings that Trogdor comes in the night, but the sky on several levels clearly shows Trogdor rampaging in broad daylight, or at sunset.
*Trogdor doesn't actually have to step on the peasants; just have them pass over Trogdor's sprite to do the job.
**This also works inversely, for being SWORDED!.

===Goofs===
*Sometimes, the peasants and knights walk too far upwards and end up standing in the sky.
*When the G on the "TROGDOR!" title is held down, the word "invincible" is spelled incorrectly. This is in both versions.
*On the Wii version, when the Videlectrix logo appears, and "le presente" is under it, the latter phrase almost immediately shifts over to the left by a little bit.

===Fixed Goofs===
[[Image:TROGDOR!Level27.png|thumb|The infamous (original) level 27.]]
*Level 27 was well nigh impossible. The peasant-paths were accessible only for 2 of the 6 cottages, so for every peasant Trogdor squished there were 2 left to wander back into their cottages (diminishing the burninator meter). Meanwhile, the cottages themselves walled him in to a very small area, which made him a sitting duck for archers and knights. This level was "fixed" as of February 12, 2005, making it much simpler to beat. The change is documented in the [[FAQ]].

===Glitches===
*Pausing causes a purple ball to become visible on the screen.
*If the game is paused as soon as Trogdor dies and there is a knight standing in the space where Trogdor respawns, Trogdor will be slain over and over and lose lives while the game is still paused.
*If Trogdor dies as soon as he achieves burnination status, he will come back to life with burnination, assuming the player has any mans left.
* When the game is paused while a cottage is burninating, it will continue to burninate until it is destroyed.
*Sometimes Trogdor will get "SWORDED" just because he is near the knight, not necessarily making contact with him.
*In the .swf version, right click and click play after the knight swords Trogdor on the last man to start at -1 mans, but click play again for game over.
*If the game is paused at the "LEVEL BEATEN" screen, Trogdor will be unmovable afterward and cannot unpause.
*If Trogdor is still burninating when he goes into a secret room, it will show the flame where he last was.
*For a very short moment after burnination stops (and the fire is no longer visible), Trogdor can still burninate cottages and peasants.
*Sometimes, while in a treasure hut, Trogdor will get randomly "SWORDED" but he won't lose any lives.
*If Trogdor burninates a peasant, then runs out of burnination and squishes that same peasant, then one of the cottages may spontaneously combust after a short time.
*Right before the "Stompin' Good" cutscene, the "It's Over!" screen flashes for a split second.
*If Trogdor gets SWORDED! right after he achieves burnination status, he will appear to be shooting fire out of his arm.
*Sometimes, the "Ohh... this is the best game I've ever played" quote and the "And the Trogdor comes in the niiiiight!!" quote play at the same time when you beat a level.
*The music from the It's Over! screen sometimes starts playing between levels.
*It is possible for the "Oh, Trogdor! I pine for you" quote to play at the Game Over screen with 1000 or more points.

===Fixed Glitches===
*If the game is paused (using the space bar) when an archer is out pulling his bow, he will get stuck there until the end of the level, even if Trogdor dies there.
**As of February 12, 2005, this glitch has been fixed so that archers will disappear after unpausing the game and reappear as normal. However, the glitch is still present on the [http://www.homestarrunner.kitkorp.com/trogdor.html version that includes a high score list.]

===Inside References===
*This game is featured in the [[Arcade Game]] short.
*"Oh, Trogdor! I [[Pining|pine]] for you." is a reference to [[trevor the vampire]].
*"ARROWED!" is a reference to [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 1]].
**"IT'S OVER!" is also a reference to [[Teen Girl Squad]].
*This game has a "[[Mans]]" counter.
*This game has a reference to [[blood]].
*Strong Bad mentions that this game is either the [[Best/Worst X Ever|best or worst he's ever played]].
*The [[G]] must be clicked for the hint menu.
*One of the interludes contains the phrase "[[X 'em Up|fry 'em up]] [[Dan]]".

===Real-World References===
*The {{wp|Arch Deluxe}} was a [[McDonald's]] hamburger that was discontinued due to its lack of popularity.
*Jonathan Howe's name being an Easter egg is a reference to {{wp|Adventure (Atari 2600)|Adventure}} for the [[Atari 2600]]. When it was made, Atari intentionally kept game designers from achieving celebrity status (or getting a sniff of royalties/credit). In rebellion to this, {{wp|Warren Robinett}} hid his name inside what is commonly regarded as the first video game Easter egg. It was accessible only by picking up an invisible object, carrying it through a dragon-infested maze, and touching it to a blank wall. Doing this revealed a room with Warren's name plastered all over in rainbow colors.
*{{wp|Wordly Wise}} is a series of textbooks designed to build student's vocabulary. What this has to do with the [[Kerrek]] is unknown, though it can be assumed that this "Wordly Wise" is an actor.
*When Trogdor dies, the replay button says "CHALLENGE AGAIN!". This references the ending of {{wp|Ghosts 'n Goblins}}, which says the same thing.
*"Fry 'em up Dan" is a direct quote from {{wp|Shel Silverstein}}'s poem "Ladies First".
*The peasants in love is a reference to the video game [[Pac-Man]] by [[Namco]], in which Pac-Man and Mrs. Pac-Man move onto the screen and a heart forms above them.
*The page title for the Viidelectrix version is a reference to the motto of ''{{wp|Klax (computer game)|Klax}}'', a video game from the '80s, whose motto was "It is the nineties and there is time for ... ''Klax''".
*The code that must be entered for the Easter egg to start the game with 30 lives is the {{wp|Konami code}}.

===Fast Forward===
*[[Dan]], from the caption "Fry 'em up Dan", is later used in [[Thy Dungeonman II]] and [[Peasant's Quest]], as well as [[Stinkoman 20X6]], and possibly [[Kid Speedy]]. This seems to have become a running gag with all of the new games.
*The odd pronunciation of Trogdor's name as "Trog'd'or" would later be used in [[Happy Trogday]] for [[Trogador]], a [[20X6]] version of Trogdor.
*The game would later be adapted into a [[board game]], [[Trogdor!! The Board Game]].

== Viidelectrix Version ==
There are a few differences between the original version of the game and the Viidelectrix version.
*The Videlectrix credit screen reads, "Videlectrix le presente".
*The instructions read:
<blockquote>
{| border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style="text-align:center"
|-
| colspan="2" | Turn that remote sideways and use the D-pad.
|-
| colspan="2" |Stomp 10 peasants to achieve burnination.
|-
| colspan="2" |Burn all cottages to advance a level.
|-
| colspan="2" |Avoid knights and archers!
|-
| colspan="2" |Press 1 to pause.
|-
| colspan="2" |point at screen and press A to START
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Programmed by Jonathan Howe || style="text-align:right" | Designed by Mike and Matt
|-
| colspan="2" |Remote programming from Mario Klingemann & Jerason Banes
|}
</blockquote>
*The "It's over!" screen reads "PRESS 1 TO CHALLENGE AGAIN!" in the lower right-hand corner.
*Unlike previous Viidelectrix games, TROGDOR! is controlled via the [[Wikipedia:D-pad|D-pad]] instead of the {{w|Wii Remote}} pointer. This is through an implementation of {{w|WiiCade|The WiiCade API}}, which would explain the additional programming credit to the developers.
*The Konami code cheat is enabled, but cannot be used on a Wii (no button is mapped to the "B" key, so the cheat cannot be completed).
*If playing on a PC, the "A" key now functions as the pause button.
*The Videlectrix logo and title screen can be skipped when the player presses the A button (or clicks).

== HTML5 Version ==
For Trogday 2018, a mobile-friendly HTML5 version of TROGDOR! was released and linked to from the [[index page]]. It introduced a number of changes; some aesthetic, others serving to decrease difficulty.
*There is a different loading screen.
*The text "Programmed by Jonathan Howe" in the instructions has been changed to "Original by Jonathan Howe", followed by "Programmed by Aeon Softworks".
*Peasants that safely return to their cottage no longer deduct points from the squished peasants counter.
*The flames over the "BURNINATE" text that appears after the 10th peasant is stomped shrinks and disappears instead of shifting in size.
*Upon achieving burnination status, Strong Bad will sometimes recite the new line "Advantage: Strong Bad".
**This line was also present in the original game, but went unused due to a bug.
*The WASD keys can now be used to move Trogdor.
*The "LEVEL BEATEN" text color on the level cleared screen was changed from red to white.
*Peasants who walk past other huts sometimes clip beneath them rather than over them. Trogdor can also occasionally clip through huts.
*Treasure huts are accessible from every layout that features one, rather than the just the layout where the player first enters one.
*Archers no longer increase in frequency with advancing levels.
*Extra lives were initially a lot easier to obtain at first release.
*On mobile devices touchscreen can be used to move Trogdor.
*On mobile devices a clickable pause button has been added.
*If the HTML5 version is accessed on certain mobile devices, the page redirects to a mobile version at a different URL. The mobile version has some changes compared to the regular version:
**The game takes up more of the screen.
**There is a blue "PLAY" button after the loading screen.

== External Links ==
*[[OldHR:trogdor-canvas|play "{{PAGENAME}}"]] (HTML5 version)
*[[oldhr:trogdor-canvas-m/index.html|play "{{PAGENAME}}"]] (HTML5 mobile version)
{{extlinks|action=play|trogdor}}
{{extlinks|action=play|trogdor_vii|site=Mirror|title=the Wii version of the game (mirror)|noquotes=true}}
*listen to the game music ([[Videlectrix:songs/trogdor theme.mp3|main theme]], [[Videlectrix:songs/trogdor intermission.mp3|intermission theme]])

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[[Category:Viidelectrix]]

Toons By Length

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[[Image:dangmuffinspie.png|thumb|'''[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2]]''' is the longest toon on the site, with a daunting time of thirty-one minutes and nine seconds.]]
[[File:intro.PNG|thumb|'''[[Old New Intro]]''' is the shortest toon on the site, with a time of twenty seconds.]]

This is a list of every '''[[Toons|toon]] in order of length'''.

The longest official toon is [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2]] ([[Decemberweenvent Calendar]] counting only [[Flash]] toons), and the shortest is the [[Old New Intro]]. Counting unofficial toons (for example, those that are absent from the Toons menu), the longest toon is the [[SBCG4AP Playthrough]] live stream at nearly two hours, and the shortest toon is [[Strong Bad]]'s three-second cameo in [[Dad's Garage]]'s [[Dad's Garage Celebrity Endorsement Kickstarter Video|Kickstarter video]].

==List==
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===[[Toons#Big Toons|Big Toons]]===
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! width="10%"|Rank !! width="15%"|Length !! Toon
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| #{{vcount|big toons}} || {{tally time|big toons|{{hmss|7|02}}}} || [[Homestar Runner Goes for the Gold]]
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| #{{vcount|big toons}} || {{tally time|big toons|{{hmss|6|45}}}} || [[In Search of the Yello Dello New Version]]
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| #{{vcount|big toons}} || {{tally time|big toons|{{hmss|6|18}}}} || [[Where's The Cheat?]]
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| #{{vcount|big toons}} || {{tally time|big toons|{{hmss|6|00}}}} || [[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]]
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| #{{vcount|big toons}} || {{tally time|big toons|{{hmss|5|36}}}} || [[The Luau]]
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| #{{vcount|big toons}} || {{tally time|big toons|{{hmss|5|35}}}} || [[DNA Evidence]]
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| #{{vcount|big toons}} || {{tally time|big toons|{{hmss|5|24}}}} || [[Kick-A-Ball]]
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| #{{vcount|big toons}} || {{tally time|big toons|{{hmss|5|10}}}} || [[Cheat Commandos: Two Part Episode: Part 2]]
|-
| #{{vcount|big toons|0}} || {{tally time|big toons|{{hmss|5|10}}}} || [[Bug in Mouth Disease]]
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| #{{vcount|big toons|2}} || {{tally time|big toons|{{hmss|4|56}}}} || [[Shopping For Danger]]
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| #{{vcount|big toons}} || {{tally time|big toons|{{hmss|4|37}}}} || [[Weclome Back]]
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| #{{vcount|big toons}} || {{tally time|big toons|{{hmss|4|25}}}} || [[Career Day]]
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| #{{vcount|big toons|0}} || {{tally time|big toons|{{hmss|4|25}}}} || [[Strongest Man in the World]]
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| #{{vcount|big toons|2}} || {{tally time|big toons|{{hmss|4|17}}}} || [[Date Nite]]
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| #{{vcount|big toons}} || {{tally time|big toons|{{hmss|4|10}}}} || [[Cheat Commandos: Two Part Episode: Part 1]]
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| #{{vcount|big toons|0}} || {{tally time|big toons|{{hmss|4|10}}}} || [[A Folky Tale]]
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| #{{vcount|big toons|2}} || {{tally time|big toons|{{hmss|4|00}}}} || [[Cool Things]]
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| #{{vcount|big toons|0}} || {{tally time|big toons|{{hmss|4|00}}}} || [[A Jorb Well Done]]
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| #{{vcount|big toons|2}} || {{tally time|big toons|{{hmss|3|32}}}} || [[In Search of the Yello Dello Old Version]]
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| #{{vcount|big toons}} || {{tally time|big toons|{{hmss|2|38}}}} || [[Parsnips A-Plenty]]
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| #{{vcount|big toons}} || {{tally time|big toons|{{hmss|2|23}}}} || [[The Reddest Radish]]
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| #{{vcount|big toons}} || {{tally time|big toons|{{hmss|2|02}}}} || [[The King of Town DVD New Version]]
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| #{{vcount|big toons}} || {{tally time|big toons|{{hmss|1|26}}}} || [[The King of Town DVD Old Version]]
|}

===[[Toons#Holiday Toons|Holiday Toons]]===
{{hresetcount|holiday|holiday-sbe|holiday-total|tally=1}}{{#setvar:mam17_2_seconds|{{hmss|31|09}}}} 
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="75%"
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! width="10%"|Rank !! width="15%"|Length !! Toon
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| #{{vcount|holiday}} || {{format seconds|{{#var:mam17_2_seconds}}}}  || [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2]]
|-
| #{{vcount|holiday}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|17|59}}}} || [[Decemberweenvent Calendar]]
|-
| #{{vcount|holiday}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|14|33}}}} || [[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]]
|-
| #{{vcount|holiday}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|10|33}}}} || [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]]
|-
| #{{vcount|holiday}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|9|30}}}} || [[Fan 'Stumes 2021]]
|-
| #{{vcount|holiday}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|9|25}}}} || [[Mr. Poofers Must Die]]
|-
| #{{vcount|holiday}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|8|41}}}} || [[Fan 'Stumes 2022]]
|-
| #{{vcount|holiday}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|7|48}}}} || [[I Killed Pom Pom]]
|-
| #{{vcount|holiday}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|7|22}}}} || [[Dangeresque Puppet Squad: The Hot Jones Hijack]]
|-
| #{{vcount|holiday}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|6|58}}}} || [[Hooked on Decemberween]]
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| #{{vcount|holiday}} || {{tally time|holiday-sbe|{{hmss|6|52}}}} || [[the next april fools thing]]
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| #{{vcount|holiday}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|6|44}}}} || [[Jibblies 2]]
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| #{{vcount|holiday}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|6|43}}}} || [[Decemberween in July]]
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| #{{vcount|holiday}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|6|37}}}} || [[The Show: Ween Edition]]
|-
| #{{vcount|holiday}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|6|29}}}} || [[2022 Costume Pack Now Available]]
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| #{{vcount|holiday}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|6|25}}}} || [[Most in the Graveyard]]
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| #{{vcount|holiday}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|6|09}}}} || [[Fan 'Stumes 2020‎]]
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| #{{vcount|holiday}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|6|06}}}} || [[The Homestar Runner Enters The Spooky Woods]]
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| #{{vcount|holiday}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|6|05}}}} || [[Halloween Fairstival]]
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| #{{vcount|holiday|0}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|6|05}}}} || [[Decemberween Short Shorts]]
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| #{{vcount|holiday|0}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|6|05}}}} || [[A Decemberween Mackerel]]
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| #{{vcount|holiday|3}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|6|00}}}} || [[3 Times Halloween Funjob]]
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| #{{vcount|holiday}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|5|57}}}} || [[Doomy Tales of the Macabre]]
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| #{{vcount|holiday}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|5|38}}}} || [[Fan 'Stumes 2019]]
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| #{{vcount|holiday}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|5|34}}}} || [[Fan Costumes 2017]]
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| #{{vcount|holiday}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|5|32}}}} || [[Pumpkin Carve-nival]]
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| #{{vcount|holiday}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|5|30}}}} || [[The House That Gave Sucky Tricks]]
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| #{{vcount|holiday}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|5|27}}}} || [[A Death Defying Decemberween]]
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| #{{vcount|holiday}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|5|14}}}} || [[Happy Hallow-Day]]
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| #{{vcount|holiday}} || {{tally time|holiday-sbe|{{hmss|5|12}}}} || [[sbemail 206]]
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| #{{vcount|holiday}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|5|06}}}} || [[Later That Night...]]
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| #{{vcount|holiday}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|5|04}}}} || [[Homestarloween Party]]
|-
| #{{vcount|holiday}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|5|04}}}} || [[Fan Costumes 2016]]
|-
| #{{vcount|holiday}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|5|00}}}} || [[Halloween Hijinks]]
|-
| #{{vcount|holiday|0}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|5|00}}}} || [[Let us give TANKS!]]
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| #{{vcount|holiday|2}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|4|48}}}} || [[Fan Costumes '09]]
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| #{{vcount|holiday}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|4|47}}}} || [[April Fool 2014]]
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| #{{vcount|holiday|0}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|4|47}}}} || [[Sickly Sam's Big Outing]]
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| #{{vcount|holiday|2}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|4|43}}}} || [[The Best Decemberween Ever]]
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| #{{vcount|holiday}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|4|38}}}} || [[Fan 'Stumes 2023]]
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| #{{vcount|holiday}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|4|31}}}} || [[Haunted Photo Booth]]
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| #{{vcount|holiday}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|4|23}}}} || [[A Decemberween Pageant]]
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| #{{vcount|holiday}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|4|20}}}} || [[Homestar Presents: Presents]]
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| #{{vcount|holiday}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|4|08}}}} || [[Fan Costumes '07]]
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| #{{vcount|holiday}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|4|06}}}} || [[Fan Costumes '06]]
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| #{{vcount|holiday}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|4|01}}}} || [[Fan Costumes 2018]]
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| #{{vcount|holiday|0}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|4|00}}}} || [[That a Ghost]]
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| #{{vcount|holiday|2}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|3|57}}}} || [[Fan Costumes '08]]
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| #{{vcount|holiday}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|3|55}}}} || [[Fanstume (singular) '24|Fanstume [singular] '24]]
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| #{{vcount|holiday}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|3|28}}}} || [[Fall Float Parade]]
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| #{{vcount|holiday}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|3|25}}}} || [[Record Store Day]]
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| #{{vcount|holiday}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|3|10}}}} || [[Fan Costumes 2015]]
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| #{{vcount|holiday}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|3|05}}}} || [[More Fan Costumes]]
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| #{{vcount|holiday}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|2|51}}}} || [[Happy Dethemberween]]
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| #{{vcount|holiday}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|2|50}}}} || [[Senorial Day]]
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| #{{vcount|holiday}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|2|43}}}} || [[Best Caper Ever]]
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| #{{vcount|holiday}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|2|30}}}} || [[Toikey TV]]
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| #{{vcount|holiday}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|2|28}}}} || [[Fan Costume Commentary]]
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| #{{vcount|holiday}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|2|15}}}} || [[Trogday 08]]
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| #{{vcount|holiday}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|2|14}}}} || [[Twenty THANXty Six]]
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| #{{vcount|holiday}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|2|11}}}} || [[Costume Commercial]]
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| #{{vcount|holiday}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|2|06}}}} || [[A Prickly Scary Short]]
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| #{{vcount|holiday}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|1|49}}}} || [[Happy Trogday]]
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| #{{vcount|holiday}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|1|47}}}} || [[Under Construction]]
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| #{{vcount|holiday}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|1|46}}}} || [[Punkin Show]]
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| #{{vcount|holiday}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|1|40}}}} || [[Halloween Safety]]
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| #{{vcount|holiday|0}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|1|40}}}} || [[Malloween Commercial]]
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| #{{vcount|holiday|2}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|1|39}}}} || [[Happy 20th Trogday!]]
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| #{{vcount|holiday}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|1|38}}}} || [[A Holiday Greeting]]
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| #{{vcount|holiday}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|1|35}}}} || [[Decomposing Pumpkins]]
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| #{{vcount|holiday}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|1|33}}}} || [[Sloshybowl]]
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| #{{vcount|holiday}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|1|30}}}} || [[Happy Fireworks]]
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| #{{vcount|holiday}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|1|26}}}} || [[April Fool 09]]
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| #{{vcount|holiday}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|1|12}}}} || [[HomestarRunner.com: PAY PLUS!]]
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| #{{vcount|holiday}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|1|03}}}} || [[A Mother's Day Message]]
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| #{{vcount|holiday}} || {{tally time|holiday|{{hmss|1|00}}}} || [[Snowglobe]]
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| #{{vcount|holiday}} || {{tally time|holiday|54}} || [[Xeriouxly Forxe]]
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| #{{vcount|holiday}} || {{tally time|holiday|48}} || [[Rotten Eggs]]
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| #{{vcount|holiday}} || {{tally time|holiday|39}} || [[Superbowl Dealie]]
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| #{{vcount|holiday|0}} || {{tally time|holiday|39}} || [[Some Stupid Turkey]]
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| #{{vcount|holiday|2}} || {{tally time|holiday|15}} || [[Which Ween Costumes?]]
|}

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===[[Powered by The Cheat]]===
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| #{{vcount|pbtc}} || {{tally time|pbtc|{{hmss|3|19}}}} || [[Fish Eye Lens]]
|-
| #{{vcount|pbtc}} || {{tally time|pbtc|{{hmss|2|46}}}} || [[New Boots]]
|-
| #{{vcount|pbtc}} || {{tally time|pbtc|{{hmss|2|40}}}} || [[Rap Song]]
|-
| #{{vcount|pbtc}} || {{tally time|pbtc-sbe|{{hmss|2|27}}}} || [[Mile]]
|-
| #{{vcount|pbtc}} || {{tally time|pbtc|{{hmss|2|17}}}} || [[Trogdor Was A Man]]
|-
| #{{vcount|pbtc}} || {{tally time|pbtc|{{hmss|2|09}}}} || [[Crystal Fortress]]
|-
| #{{vcount|pbtc}} || {{tally time|pbtc|{{hmss|1|54}}}} || [[Everybody to the Limit]]
|-
| #{{vcount|pbtc}} || {{tally time|pbtc|{{hmss|1|47}}}} || [[Trudgemank]]
|-
| #{{vcount|pbtc}} || {{tally time|pbtc|{{hmss|1|20}}}} || [[The Cheat Theme Song]]
|-
| #{{vcount|pbtc}} || {{tally time|pbtc|{{hmss|1|12}}}} || [[Crazy Cartoon]]
|-
|}

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===[[Teen Girl Squad]]===
{{hresetcount|tgs|tally=1}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="75%"
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| #{{vcount|tgs}} || {{tally time|tgs|{{hmss|4|14}}}} || [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 15]]
|-
| #{{vcount|tgs}} || {{tally time|tgs|{{hmss|3|40}}}} || [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 14]]
|-
| #{{vcount|tgs}} || {{tally time|tgs|{{hmss|3|30}}}} || [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 11]]
|-
| #{{vcount|tgs|0}} || {{tally time|tgs|{{hmss|3|30}}}} || [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 10]]
|-
| #{{vcount|tgs|2}} || {{tally time|tgs|{{hmss|3|25}}}} || [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 13]]
|-
| #{{vcount|tgs}} || {{tally time|tgs|{{hmss|3|20}}}} || [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 12]]
|-
| #{{vcount|tgs}} || {{tally time|tgs|{{hmss|2|24}}}} || [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 8]]
|-
| #{{vcount|tgs}} || {{tally time|tgs|{{hmss|2|05}}}} || [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 9]]
|-
| #{{vcount|tgs}} || {{tally time|tgs|{{hmss|1|57}}}} || [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 5]]
|-
| #{{vcount|tgs}} || {{tally time|tgs|{{hmss|1|53}}}} || [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 7]]
|-
| #{{vcount|tgs}} || {{tally time|tgs|{{hmss|1|38}}}} || [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 4]]
|-
| #{{vcount|tgs}} || {{tally time|tgs|{{hmss|1|37}}}} || [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 3]]
|-
| #{{vcount|tgs}} || {{tally time|tgs|{{hmss|1|22}}}} || [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 6]]
|-
| #{{vcount|tgs}} || {{tally time|tgs|{{hmss|1|12}}}} || [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 2]]
|-
| #{{vcount|tgs}} || {{tally time|tgs|52}} || [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 1]]
|}

===[[Marzipan's Answering Machine]]===
{{hresetcount|mam|tally=1}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="75%"
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! width="10%"|Rank !! width="15%"|Length !! Toon
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| #{{vcount|mam}} || {{tally time|mam|{{#var:mam17_2_seconds}}}} || [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2]]
|-
| #{{vcount|mam}} || {{tally time|mam|{{hmss|5|39}}}} || [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 9.2]]
|-
| #{{vcount|mam}} || {{tally time|mam|{{hmss|4|50}}}} || [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 5.0]]
|-
| #{{vcount|mam}} || {{tally time|mam|{{hmss|4|42}}}} || [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 16.2]]
|-
| #{{vcount|mam}} || {{tally time|mam|{{hmss|4|24}}}} || [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 13.2]]
|-
| #{{vcount|mam}} || {{tally time|mam|{{hmss|4|06}}}} || [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 14.2]]
|-
| #{{vcount|mam}} || {{tally time|mam|{{hmss|3|57}}}} || [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 1.0]]
|-
| #{{vcount|mam}} || {{tally time|mam|{{hmss|3|56}}}} || [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 4.0]]
|-
| #{{vcount|mam}} || {{tally time|mam|{{hmss|3|30}}}} || [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 15.2]]
|-
| #{{vcount|mam}} || {{tally time|mam|{{hmss|3|18}}}} || [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 3.0]]
|-
| #{{vcount|mam}} || {{tally time|mam|{{hmss|3|17}}}} || [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 12.2]]
|-
| #{{vcount|mam}} || {{tally time|mam|{{hmss|3|16}}}} || [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 11.2]]
|-
| #{{vcount|mam|0}} || {{tally time|mam|{{hmss|3|16}}}} || [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 7.0]]
|-
| #{{vcount|mam|2}} || {{tally time|mam|{{hmss|3|04}}}} || [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 6.0]]
|-
| #{{vcount|mam}} || {{tally time|mam|{{hmss|2|39}}}} || [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 10.2]]
|-
| #{{vcount|mam}} || {{tally time|mam|{{hmss|2|38}}}} || [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 8.0]]
|-
| #{{vcount|mam}} || {{tally time|mam|{{hmss|2|24}}}} || [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 2.0]]
|}

===[[Character Videos]]===
{{hresetcount|character|tally=1}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="75%"
|-
! width="10%"|Rank !! width="15%"|Length !! Toon
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| #{{vcount|character}} || {{tally time|character|{{hmss|1|15}}}} || [[Strong Sad's Character Video]]
|-
| #{{vcount|character}} || {{tally time|character|{{hmss|1|09}}}} || [[Strong Bad's Character Video]]
|-
| #{{vcount|character}} || {{tally time|character|59}} || [[Homestar Runner's Character Video]]
|-
| #{{vcount|character}} || {{tally time|character|58}} || [[The Cheat's Character Video]]
|-
| #{{vcount|character|0}} || {{tally time|character|58}} || [[Marzipan's Character Video]]
|-
| #{{vcount|character|2}} || {{tally time|character|54}} || [[Bubs's Character Video]]
|-
| #{{vcount|character}} || {{tally time|character|51}} || [[Coach Z's Character Video]]
|-
| #{{vcount|character}} || {{tally time|character|49}} || [[Pom Pom's Character Video]]
|-
| #{{vcount|character}} || {{tally time|character|47}} || [[The King of Town's Character Video]]
|-
| #{{vcount|character}} || {{tally time|character|38}} || [[Homsar's Character Video]]
|-
| #{{vcount|character}} || {{tally time|character|36}} || [[The Poopsmith's Character Video]]
|-
| #{{vcount|character}} || {{tally time|character|34}} || [[Strong Mad's Character Video]]
|}

===[[Halloween Teasers]]===
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{| class="wikitable sortable" width="75%"
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! width="10%"|Rank !! width="15%"|Length !! Toon
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| #{{vcount|teaser}} || {{format seconds|{{#var:hween_safety_seconds}}}}  || [[Halloween Safety]]
|-
| #{{vcount|teaser}} || {{tally time|teaser|55}} || [[The House That Gave Sucky Tricks Teaser]]
|-
| #{{vcount|teaser}} || {{tally time|teaser|46}} || [[Haunted Photo Booth Teaser]]
|-
| #{{vcount|teaser}} || {{tally time|teaser|43}} || [[Doomy Tales of the Macabre Teaser]]
|-
| #{{vcount|teaser|0}} || {{tally time|teaser|43}} || [[Jibblies 2 Teaser]]
|-
| #{{vcount|teaser|0}} || {{tally time|teaser|43}} || [[The Homestar Runner Enters The Spooky Woods Teaser]]
|-
| #{{vcount|teaser|3}} || {{tally time|teaser|41}} || [[Most in the Graveyard Teaser]]
|-
| #{{vcount|teaser}} || {{tally time|teaser|36}} || [[Mr. Poofers Must Die Teaser]]
|-
| #{{vcount|teaser|0}} || {{tally time|teaser|36}} || [[2022 Costume Pack Now Available Teaser]]
|-
| #{{vcount|teaser|2}} || {{tally time|teaser|25}} || [[Later That Night... Teaser]]
|}

===[[Toons#Special Cartoons|Other]]===
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{| class="wikitable sortable" width="75%"
|-
! width="10%"|Rank !! width="15%"|Length !! Toon
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| #{{vcount|other}} || {{tally time|other-ls|{{hmss|1|12|16}}}} || [[Medium At A Distance]]
|-
| #{{vcount|other}} || {{tally time|other-ls|{{hmss|1|11|25}}}} || [[The Kali Kazoo Show - 18 Apr 2021]]
|-
| #{{vcount|other}} || {{tally time|other-ls|{{hmss|1|00|12}}}} || [[Trogdor! LIVE with the Brothers Chaps!]]
|-
| #{{vcount|other}} || {{tally time|other|{{hmss|5|30}}}} || [[Coffee Town with Homestar + Mike]]
|-
| #{{vcount|other}} || {{tally time|other|{{hmss|5|15}}}} || [[Dad's Garage & Friends - 13 Jun 2015]]
|-
| #{{vcount|other}} || {{tally time|other|{{hmss|4|19}}}} || [[Talkin' Strong Bad Plush Doll Recording Sesh]]
|-
| #{{vcount|other}} || {{tally time|other|{{hmss|3|38}}}} || [[W00tstock - 18 Jul 2013]]
|-
| #{{vcount|other}} || {{tally time|other|{{hmss|3|24}}}} || [[Baddest of the Bands Promo]]
|-
| #{{vcount|other|0}} || {{tally time|other|{{hmss|3|24}}}} || [[Burninate the House]]
|-
| #{{vcount|other|2}} || {{tally time|other|{{hmss|2|46}}}} || [[Sbemailiarized!]]
|-
| #{{vcount|other}} || {{tally time|other|{{hmss|2|11}}}} || [[These peoples try to fade me]]
|-
| #{{vcount|other}} || {{tally time|other|{{hmss|2|02}}}} || [[Lappynapped!]]
|-
| #{{vcount|other}} || {{tally time|other|{{hmss|2|00}}}} || [[SBCG4AP Gameplay Trailer]]
|-
| #{{vcount|other|0}} || {{tally time|other|{{hmss|2|00}}}} || [[SBCG4AP Advertisement]]
|-
| #{{vcount|other|2}} || {{tally time|other|{{hmss|1|52}}}} || [[First Time Here?]]
|-
| #{{vcount|other}} || {{tally time|other|{{hmss|1|45}}}} || [[slash/slash]]
|-
| #{{vcount|other}} || {{tally time|other|{{hmss|1|27}}}} || [[Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triungulate Trailer]]
|-
| #{{vcount|other}} || {{tally time|other|{{hmss|1|26}}}} || [[Super NES]]
|-
| #{{vcount|other}} || {{tally time|other|{{hmss|1|15}}}} || [[Broken Compy Menu]]
|-
| #{{vcount|other}} || {{tally time|other|{{hmss|1|04}}}} || [[Pom Pom, Too]]
|-
| #{{vcount|other}} || {{tally time|other|{{hmss|0|53}}}} || [[Strong Bad reads "The Ocelot and the Porridge Maiden" (Teaser Trailer) - Worldbuilders 2014|Strong Bad reads "The Ocelot and the Porridge Maiden" (Teaser Trailer)]]
|-
| #{{vcount|other}} || {{tally time|other|{{hmss|0|48}}}} || [[Halloween Hide & Seek v2.0 Trailer]] (listed version)
|-
| #{{vcount|other}} || {{tally time|other|{{hmss|0|45}}}} || [[Sam & Max Season Two Alternate Ending 101]]
|-
| #{{vcount|other}} || {{tally time|other|{{hmss|0|43}}}} || [[Field Day Intro]]
|-
| #{{vcount|other}} || {{tally time|other|{{hmss|0|39}}}} || [[Where the Crap Are We?]]
|-
| #{{vcount|other}} || {{tally time|other|{{hmss|0|35}}}} || [[Eggs (toon)|Eggs]]
|-
| #{{vcount|other}} || {{tally time|other|{{hmss|0|34}}}} || [[Respectably French!]]
|-
| #{{vcount|other}} || {{tally time|other|{{hmss|0|32}}}} || [[Old Everybody Intro]]
|-
| #{{vcount|other}} || {{tally time|other|{{hmss|0|31}}}} || [[Nerds & Music - 22 Aug 2020]] cameos combined
|-
| #{{vcount|other}} || {{tally time|other|{{hmss|0|30}}}} || [[Sbemail 100 Fakeout]]
|-
| #{{vcount|other|0}} || {{tally time|other|{{hmss|0|30}}}} || [[Workin' on the Game]]
|-
| #{{vcount|other|2}} || {{tally time|other|{{hmss|0|27}}}} || [[King of Townmail]]
|-
| #{{vcount|other}} || {{tally time|other|{{hmss|0|25}}}} || [[Sbemail 200 Fakeout]]
|-
| #{{vcount|other}} || {{tally time|other|{{hmss|0|24}}}} || [[Happy T!]]
|-
| #{{vcount|other}} || {{tally time|other|{{hmss|0|23}}}} || [[Store Thank You Messages#Homestar and Marzipan's Thank You|Homestar and Marzipan's Thank You Message]]
|-
| #{{vcount|other}} || {{tally time|other|{{hmss|0|20}}}} || [[Flag Intro]]
|-
| #{{vcount|other|0}} || {{tally time|other|{{hmss|0|20}}}} || [[Ween Intro]]
|-
| #{{vcount|other|2}} || {{tally time|other|{{hmss|0|17}}}} || [[King of Town Intro]]
|-
| #{{vcount|other|0}} || {{tally time|other|{{hmss|0|17}}}} || [[Store Thank You Messages#Late Night Thank You|Late Night Thank You Message]]
|-
| #{{vcount|other|2}} || {{tally time|other|{{hmss|0|15}}}} || [[Old Intro 2]]
|-
| #{{vcount|other|0}} || {{tally time|other|{{hmss|0|15}}}} || [[Old Intro]]
|-
| #{{vcount|other|2}} || {{tally time|other|{{hmss|0|11}}}} || [[Store Thank You Messages#Strong Bad and The Cheat's Thank You|Strong Bad and The Cheat's Thank You Message]]
|-
| #{{vcount|other}} || {{tally time|other|{{hmss|0|08}}}} || [[The Aquabats! Super Kickstarter!]]
|-
| #{{vcount|other}} || {{tally time|other|{{hmss|0|07}}}} || [[Needlepernt]]
|-
| #{{vcount|other}} || {{tally time|other|{{hmss|0|06}}}} || [[Store Thank You Messages#Back Door Message|Back Door Message]]
|-
| #{{vcount|other}} || {{tally time|other|{{hmss|0|05}}}} || [[Store Thank You Messages#Bubs's Thank You|Bubs's Thank You Message]]
|-
| #{{vcount|other}} || {{tally time|other|{{hmss|0|03}}}} || [[Dad's Garage Celebrity Endorsement Kickstarter Video]]
|}

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===[[Toons#Shorts|Shorts]]===
{{hresetcount|shorts|hremail|shorts-pbtc|shorts-total|tally=1}}
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| #{{vcount|shorts}} || {{tally time|shorts|{{hmss|6|10}}}} || [[Limozeen vs. sloshy]]
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| #{{vcount|shorts}} || {{tally time|shorts|{{hmss|5|30}}}} || [[Kick the Can]]
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| #{{vcount|shorts}} || {{tally time|shorts|{{hmss|4|25}}}} || [[Back To A Website]]
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| #{{vcount|shorts}} || {{tally time|shorts|{{hmss|4|15}}}} || [[Commandos in the Classroom]]
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| #{{vcount|shorts}} || {{tally time|shorts|{{hmss|4|10}}}} || [[The Next Epi-Snowed]]
|-
| #{{vcount|shorts}} || {{tally time|shorts|{{hmss|3|56}}}} || [[Donut Unto Others]]
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| #{{vcount|shorts}} || {{tally time|hremail|{{hmss|3|51}}}} || [[Hremail 7]]
|-
| #{{vcount|shorts}} || {{tally time|shorts|{{hmss|3|50}}}} || [[Lookin at a Thing in a Bag]]
|-
| #{{vcount|shorts}} || {{tally time|shorts|{{hmss|3|48}}}} || [[Compy Catalog]]
|-
| #{{vcount|shorts|0}} || {{tally time|shorts|{{hmss|3|48}}}} || [[Where My Hat is At? (toon)|Where My Hat Is At?]]
|-
| #{{vcount|shorts|2}} || {{tally time|shorts|{{hmss|3|34}}}} || [[Zeenin' Into The Night]]
|-
| #{{vcount|shorts}} || {{tally time|shorts|{{hmss|3|24}}}} || [[Sbemail 169 Deleted Scene]]
|-
| #{{vcount|shorts}} || {{tally time|shorts|{{hmss|3|20}}}} || [[4 Gregs]]
|-
| #{{vcount|shorts}} || {{tally time|shorts-pbtc|{{hmss|3|19}}}} || [[Fish Eye Lens]]
|-
| #{{vcount|shorts}} || {{tally time|shorts|{{hmss|3|10}}}} || [[Trogdor Con '97]]
|-
| #{{vcount|shorts}} || {{tally time|hremail|{{hmss|3|09}}}} || [[Hremail 2000]]
|-
| #{{vcount|shorts}} || {{tally time|shorts|{{hmss|3|07}}}} || [[No Hands On Deck!]]
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| #{{vcount|shorts}} || {{tally time|hremail|{{hmss|3|06}}}} || [[Hremail 62]]
|-
| #{{vcount|shorts}} || {{tally time|shorts|{{hmss|3|04}}}} || [[Characters from Yonder Website]]
|-
| #{{vcount|shorts}} || {{tally time|shorts|{{hmss|3|00}}}} || [[Experimental Film]]
|-
| #{{vcount|shorts|0}} || {{tally time|shorts|{{hmss|3|00}}}} || [[Strong Bad Classics!]]
|-
| #{{vcount|shorts|0}} || {{tally time|shorts|{{hmss|3|00}}}} || [[The Animated Adventures of Puppet Homestar]]
|-
| #{{vcount|shorts|0}} || {{tally time|shorts|{{hmss|3|00}}}} || [[The Homestar Runner Gets Something Stuck In His Craw]]
|-
| #{{vcount|shorts|4}} || {{tally time|shorts|{{hmss|2|54}}}} || [[The King of Town's Very Own Quite Popular Cartoon Show]]
|-
| #{{vcount|shorts}} || {{tally time|shorts|{{hmss|2|52}}}} || [[Summer Short Shorts]]
|-
| #{{vcount|shorts}} || {{tally time|shorts|{{hmss|2|50}}}} || [[Ever and More]]
|-
| #{{vcount|shorts}} || {{tally time|shorts|{{hmss|2|48}}}} || [[The Baloneyman]]
|-
| #{{vcount|shorts}} || {{tally time|shorts|{{hmss|2|47}}}} || [[The Interview]]
|-
| #{{vcount|shorts}} || {{tally time|shorts|{{hmss|2|46}}}} || [[Play Date]]
|-
| #{{vcount|shorts|0}} || {{tally time|shorts-pbtc|{{hmss|2|46}}}} || [[New Boots]]
|-
| #{{vcount|shorts|2}} || {{tally time|shorts|{{hmss|2|40}}}} || [[Where U Goin' 2?]]
|-
| #{{vcount|shorts|0}} || {{tally time|shorts-pbtc|{{hmss|2|40}}}} || [[Rap Song]]
|-
| #{{vcount|shorts|2}} || {{tally time|shorts|{{hmss|2|24}}}} || [[On Break]]
|-
| #{{vcount|shorts|0}} || {{tally time|shorts|{{hmss|2|24}}}} || [[Fluffy Puff Commercial]]
|-
| #{{vcount|shorts|2}} || {{tally time|shorts|{{hmss|2|19}}}} || [[Drive-Thru]]
|-
| #{{vcount|shorts}} || {{tally time|shorts-pbtc|{{hmss|2|17}}}} || [[Trogdor Was A Man]]
|-
| #{{vcount|shorts}} || {{tally time|shorts|{{hmss|2|13}}}} || [[Cheat Commandos...O's]]
|-
| #{{vcount|shorts}} || {{tally time|shorts|{{hmss|2|11}}}} || [[Somber Vacation]]
|-
| #{{vcount|shorts}} || {{tally time|shorts-pbtc|{{hmss|2|09}}}} || [[Crystal Fortress]]
|-
| #{{vcount|shorts}} || {{tally time|shorts|{{hmss|2|05}}}} || [[Loading Screens]]
|-
| #{{vcount|shorts|0}} || {{tally time|shorts|{{hmss|2|05}}}} || [[Ballad of the Sneak]]
|-
| #{{vcount|shorts|2}} || {{tally time|shorts|{{hmss|2|02}}}} || [[Pistols for Pandas]]
|-
| #{{vcount|shorts}} || {{tally time|shorts|{{hmss|2|01}}}} || [[An Important Rap Song]]
|-
| #{{vcount|shorts}} || {{tally time|shorts|{{hmss|2|00}}}} || [[Flash is Dead!]]
|-
| #{{vcount|shorts|0}} || {{tally time|shorts|{{hmss|2|00}}}} || [[The Li'l Brudder Show]]
|-
| #{{vcount|shorts|2}} || {{tally time|shorts|{{hmss|1|55}}}} || [[20X6 vs. 1936]]
|-
| #{{vcount|shorts}} || {{tally time|shorts-pbtc|{{hmss|1|54}}}} || [[Everybody to the Limit]]
|-
| #{{vcount|shorts}} || {{tally time|shorts|{{hmss|1|53}}}} || [[Limozeen Live (practice)]]
|-
| #{{vcount|shorts}} || {{tally time|shorts|{{hmss|1|50}}}} || [[Blubb-O's Commercial]]
|-
| #{{vcount|shorts}} || {{tally time|shorts|{{hmss|1|48}}}} || [[Quality Time With Cardboard Homestar]]
|-
| #{{vcount|shorts}} || {{tally time|shorts-pbtc|{{hmss|1|47}}}} || [[Trudgemank]]
|-
| #{{vcount|shorts}} || {{tally time|shorts|{{hmss|1|45}}}} || [[Sbemail 150?!?]]
|-
| #{{vcount|shorts}} || {{tally time|shorts|{{hmss|1|44}}}} || [[Arcade Game]]
|-
| #{{vcount|shorts|0}} || {{tally time|shorts|{{hmss|1|44}}}} || [[Strong Bad is a Bad Guy]]
|-
| #{{vcount|shorts|2}} || {{tally time|shorts|{{hmss|1|43}}}} || [[Sick Day]]
|-
| #{{vcount|shorts}} || {{tally time|shorts|{{hmss|1|42}}}} || [[Strong Bad Sings]]
|-
| #{{vcount|shorts|0}} || {{tally time|shorts|{{hmss|1|42}}}} || [[Coach Z's 110%]]
|-
| #{{vcount|shorts|2}} || {{tally time|shorts|{{hmss|1|31}}}} || [[One Two, One Two]]
|-
| #{{vcount|shorts}} || {{tally time|shorts|{{hmss|1|30}}}} || [[Place Ya Bets!]]
|-
| #{{vcount|shorts}} || {{tally time|shorts|{{hmss|1|22}}}} || [[Senor Mortgage]]
|-
| #{{vcount|shorts}} || {{tally time|shorts-pbtc|{{hmss|1|20}}}} || [[The Cheat Theme Song]]
|-
| #{{vcount|shorts}} || {{tally time|shorts|{{hmss|1|19}}}} || [[79 Seconds Left]]
|-
| #{{vcount|shorts}} || {{tally time|shorts|{{hmss|1|10}}}} || [[Peasant's Quest Preview]]
|-
| #{{vcount|shorts|0}} || {{tally time|shorts|{{hmss|1|10}}}} || [[Non-Sequitur Champion]]
|-
| #{{vcount|shorts|2}} || {{tally time|shorts|{{hmss|1|06}}}} || [[The System is Down]]
|-
| #{{vcount|shorts}} || {{tally time|shorts|{{hmss|1|03}}}} || [[Cheat Commandos (toon)|Cheat Commandos]]
|-
| #{{vcount|shorts|0}} || {{tally time|shorts|{{hmss|1|03}}}} || [[Mr. Shmallow (toon)|Mr. Shmallow]]
|-
| #{{vcount|shorts|2}} || {{tally time|shorts|{{hmss|1|00}}}} || [[Theme Song Video]]
|-
| #{{vcount|shorts}} || {{tally time|shorts|{{hmss|0|56}}}} || [[Diaper Sunrise]]
|-
| #{{vcount|shorts|0}} || {{tally time|shorts|{{hmss|0|56}}}} || [[Meet Marshie]]
|-
| #{{vcount|shorts|2}} || {{tally time|shorts|{{hmss|0|54}}}} || [[Squintmojis]]
|-
| #{{vcount|shorts|0}} || {{tally time|shorts|{{hmss|0|54}}}} || [[The Cheatar]]
|-
| #{{vcount|shorts|2}} || {{tally time|shorts|{{hmss|0|47}}}} || [[Stinkoman 20X6 Intro Cinematic]]
|-
| #{{vcount|shorts}} || {{tally time|shorts|{{hmss|0|32}}}} || [[500 The Cheats]]
|-
| #{{vcount|shorts}} || {{tally time|shorts|{{hmss|0|20}}}} || [[Old New Intro]]
|}

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===[[Puppet Stuff]]===
{{hresetcount|puppet|tally=1}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="75%"
|-
! width="10%"|Rank !! width="15%"|Length !! Toon
|-
| #{{vcount|puppet}} || {{tally time|puppet|{{hmss|7|22}}}} || [[Dangeresque Puppet Squad: The Hot Jones Hijack]]
|-
| #{{vcount|puppet}} || {{tally time|puppet|{{hmss|2|22}}}} || [[Marshie vs. Little Girl]]
|-
| #{{vcount|puppet}} || {{tally time|puppet|{{hmss|2|12}}}} || [[Dangeresque: Puppet Squad]]
|-
| #{{vcount|puppet}} || {{tally time|puppet|{{hmss|2|10}}}} || [[Biz Cas Fri 3]]
|-
| #{{vcount|puppet}} || {{tally time|puppet|{{hmss|2|00}}}} || [[Biz Cas Fri 2]]
|-
| #{{vcount|puppet|0}} || {{tally time|puppet|{{hmss|2|00}}}} || [[Labor Dabor]]
|-
| #{{vcount|puppet|2}} || {{tally time|puppet|{{hmss|1|53}}}} || [[Talk-It-Yourself Homestar Runner Puppet Plush]]
|-
| #{{vcount|puppet}} || {{tally time|puppet|{{hmss|1|52}}}} || [[Action Cool News-oween Report]]
|-
| #{{vcount|puppet}} || {{tally time|puppet|{{hmss|1|50}}}} || [[Biz Cas Fri 1]]
|-
| #{{vcount|puppet}} || {{tally time|puppet|{{hmss|1|31}}}} || [[Kick The Cheat Returns!]]
|-
| #{{vcount|puppet}} || {{tally time|puppet|{{hmss|1|25}}}} || [[Homestar vs. Other Little Girl]]
|-
| #{{vcount|puppet}} || {{tally time|puppet|{{hmss|1|21}}}} || [[Talkin' Strong Bad Plush Doll Commercial]]
|-
| #{{vcount|puppet}} || {{tally time|puppet|{{hmss|1|14}}}} || [[Puppet Jam: Bad Jokes]]
|-
| #{{vcount|puppet}} || {{tally time|puppet|{{hmss|1|11}}}} || [[Puppet Jam: Tropical Lazor Beams]]
|-
| #{{vcount|puppet|0}} || {{tally time|puppet|{{hmss|1|11}}}} || [[Puppet Time]]
|-
| #{{vcount|puppet|2}} || {{tally time|puppet|{{hmss|1|10}}}} || [[Puppet Jam: Vitamins/Celebrities]]
|-
| #{{vcount|puppet}} || {{tally time|puppet|{{hmss|1|08}}}} || [[Strong Bad vs. Little Girl]]
|-
| #{{vcount|puppet}} || {{tally time|puppet|{{hmss|1|07}}}} || [[Homestar vs. Little Girl 2]]
|-
| #{{vcount|puppet}} || {{tally time|puppet|{{hmss|1|06}}}} || [[Puppet Jam: Mission Control]]
|-
| #{{vcount|puppet}} || {{tally time|puppet|{{hmss|1|02}}}} || [[Everybody Knows It]]
|}

===[[Video Stuff]]===
{{hresetcount|vs|disk4of12|soa|vs-total|tally=1}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="75%"
|-
! width="10%"|Rank !! width="15%"|Length !! Toon
|-
| #{{vcount|vs}} || {{tally time|disk4of12|{{hmss|30|27}}}} || [[Disk 4 of 12 - Vampire's Castle]]
|-
| #{{vcount|vs}} || {{tally time|disk4of12|{{hmss|16|25}}}} || [[Disk 4 of 12 - World Games]]
|-
| #{{vcount|vs}} || {{tally time|disk4of12|{{hmss|14|00}}}} || [[Disk 4 of 12 - FriendlyWare]]
|-
| #{{vcount|vs}} || {{tally time|vs|{{hmss|11|13}}}} || [[Strong-Play: Marzipan Beef Reverser]]
|-
| #{{vcount|vs}} || {{tally time|disk4of12|{{hmss|6|17}}}} || [[Disk 4 of 12 - FrienDendum]]
|-
| #{{vcount|vs}} || {{tally time|soa|{{hmss|4|23}}}} || [[Skills of an Artist LIVE!!]]
|-
| #{{vcount|vs}} || {{tally time|vs|{{hmss|3|02}}}} || [[Kick The Cheat Voicebox Replacement Surgery]]
|-
| #{{vcount|vs}} || {{tally time|vs|{{hmss|2|55}}}} || [[Peasant's Quest Movie Trailer]]
|-
| #{{vcount|vs}} || {{tally time|soa|{{hmss|2|52}}}} || [[Really Cool Boat]]
|-
| #{{vcount|vs}} || {{tally time|vs|{{hmss|2|42}}}} || [[sloshy - No-stalgia]]
|-
| #{{vcount|vs}} || {{tally time|soa|{{hmss|2|19}}}} || [[Guitar]]
|-
| #{{vcount|vs}} || {{tally time|soa|{{hmss|2|15}}}} || [[Draccus]]
|-
| #{{vcount|vs}} || {{tally time|soa|{{hmss|2|14}}}} || [[End Boss]]
|-
| #{{vcount|vs}} || {{tally time|soa|{{hmss|2|13}}}} || [[Tennis Shorts]]
|-
| #{{vcount|vs}} || {{tally time|soa|{{hmss|2|09}}}} || [[Diskette]]
|-
| #{{vcount|vs|0}} || {{tally time|soa|{{hmss|2|09}}}} || [[Cornucopia]]
|-
| #{{vcount|vs|2}} || {{tally time|soa|{{hmss|2|08}}}} || [[Large Bean (toon)|Large Bean]]
|-
| #{{vcount|vs}} || {{tally time|soa|{{hmss|2|05}}}} || [[Cartoon Characters]]
|-
| #{{vcount|vs}} || {{tally time|soa|{{hmss|1|58}}}} || [[Strong Sad's Severed Soolnds]]
|-
| #{{vcount|vs}} || {{tally time|soa|{{hmss|1|54}}}} || [[Sammich]]
|-
| #{{vcount|vs|0}} || {{tally time|vs|{{hmss|1|54}}}} || [[Homestar Anniversary Merch]]
|-
| #{{vcount|vs|2}} || {{tally time|soa|{{hmss|1|52}}}} || [[Barf Bag]]
|-
| #{{vcount|vs}} || {{tally time|soa|{{hmss|1|50}}}} || [[Clownbread]]
|-
| #{{vcount|vs}} || {{tally time|soa|{{hmss|1|48}}}} || [[Classic Stand-up Arcade Game]]
|-
| #{{vcount|vs}} || {{tally time|soa|{{hmss|1|38}}}} || [[Muscleman]]
|-
| #{{vcount|vs|0}} || {{tally time|soa|{{hmss|1|38}}}} || [[Cannonmouth]]
|-
| #{{vcount|vs|2}} || {{tally time|soa|{{hmss|1|36}}}} || [[Posh Toilet Paper]]
|-
| #{{vcount|vs}} || {{tally time|vs|{{hmss|1|25}}}} || [[Expando Deck Promo]]
|-
| #{{vcount|vs}} || {{tally time|soa|{{hmss|1|23}}}} || [[Eagle]]
|-
| #{{vcount|vs}} || {{tally time|vs|{{hmss|1|01}}}} || [[Strong Sad Paunchbaby]]
|}

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===[[strongbad_email.exe]]===
{{hresetcount|exe|exe-sbe|exe-total|tally=1}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="75%"
|-
! width="10%"|Rank !! width="15%"|Length !! Toon
|-
| #{{vcount|exe}} || {{tally time|exe|{{hmss|8|34}}}} || [[Puppets on the Road]]
|-
| #{{vcount|exe}} || {{tally time|exe|{{hmss|8|13}}}} || [[Email Intros]]
|-
| #{{vcount|exe}} || {{tally time|exe|{{hmss|7|16}}}} || [[Sketchbook (video)]]
|-
| #{{vcount|exe}} || {{tally time|exe|{{hmss|6|07}}}} || [[Email Intros, Part Two]]
|-
| #{{vcount|exe}} || {{tally time|exe|{{hmss|4|38}}}} || [[Sample of Style Too]]
|-
| #{{vcount|exe}} || {{tally time|exe|{{hmss|4|12}}}} || [[Sample of Style]]
|-
| #{{vcount|exe}} || {{tally time|exe|{{hmss|3|54}}}} || [[Some Puppet Stuff]]
|-
| #{{vcount|exe}} || {{tally time|exe-sbe|{{hmss|3|39}}}} || [[Real-Live E-Mails]]
|-
| #{{vcount|exe|0}} || {{tally time|exe-sbe|{{hmss|3|39}}}} || [[Comic Book Movie]]
|-
| #{{vcount|exe|2}} || {{tally time|exe|{{hmss|3|32}}}} || [[Sample of Style Too: Some Outtakes]]
|-
| #{{vcount|exe}} || {{tally time|exe|{{hmss|3|07}}}} || [[Making of Email 100]]
|-
| #{{vcount|exe}} || {{tally time|exe|{{hmss|3|04}}}} || [[Some Extras]]
|-
| #{{vcount|exe}} || {{tally time|exe-sbe|{{hmss|3|03}}}} || [[Accent]]
|-
| #{{vcount|exe}} || {{tally time|exe|{{hmss|3|02}}}} || [[160 Seconds]]
|-
| #{{vcount|exe}} || {{tally time|exe|{{hmss|2|53}}}} || [[Puppets & Little Girl Outtakes]]
|-
| #{{vcount|exe}} || {{tally time|exe|{{hmss|2|45}}}} || [[Tis True, Pom Pom, Tis True]]
|-
| #{{vcount|exe}} || {{tally time|exe|{{hmss|2|36}}}} || [[Nite Mamas (Karaoke)]]
|-
| #{{vcount|exe}} || {{tally time|exe-sbe|{{hmss|2|32}}}} || [[Family Resemblence]]
|-
| #{{vcount|exe}} || {{tally time|exe|{{hmss|2|19}}}} || [[Because, It's Midnite (karaoke)]]
|-
| #{{vcount|exe}} || {{tally time|exe|{{hmss|2|08}}}} || [[Grumblecakes (video)]]
|-
| #{{vcount|exe}} || {{tally time|exe|{{hmss|1|56}}}} || [[Fhqwhgads (karaoke)]]
|-
| #{{vcount|exe}} || {{tally time|exe|{{hmss|1|51}}}} || [[Trogdor (Karaoke)]]
|-
| #{{vcount|exe}} || {{tally time|exe|{{hmss|1|45}}}} || [[Rock Opera (karaoke)]]
|-
| #{{vcount|exe}} || {{tally time|exe|{{hmss|1|41}}}} || [[Secret Song (video)]]
|-
| #{{vcount|exe}} || {{tally time|exe|{{hmss|1|38}}}} || [[Moving Very Slowly (video)]]
|-
| #{{vcount|exe}} || {{tally time|exe-sbe|{{hmss|1|37}}}} || [[Videro Games]]
|-
| #{{vcount|exe}} || {{tally time|exe|{{hmss|1|32}}}} || [[Dangeresque (Karaoke)]]
|-
| #{{vcount|exe}} || {{tally time|exe|{{hmss|1|29}}}} || [[Scroll Button Songs (video)]]
|-
| #{{vcount|exe}} || {{tally time|exe-sbe|{{hmss|1|20}}}} || [[Greeting Cards]]
|-
| #{{vcount|exe}} || {{tally time|exe|{{hmss|1|11}}}} || [[It's Like It Was Meant to Be (video)]]
|-
| #{{vcount|exe|0}} || {{tally time|exe|{{hmss|1|11}}}} || [[Space Program Alternate Take]]
|-
| #{{vcount|exe|2}} || {{tally time|exe-sbe|{{hmss|1|02}}}} || [[E-mail Birds]]
|-
| #{{vcount|exe}} || {{tally time|exe|54}} || [[The Cheatar (making of)]]
|-
| #{{vcount|exe}} || {{tally time|exe|45}} || [[3D Menu Screen Tests]]
|-
| #{{vcount|exe}} || {{tally time|exe|34}} || [[Alternate Universe Video]]
|-
| #{{vcount|exe}} || {{tally time|exe|19}} || [[Day at the Park]]
|}

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===[[Everything Else]]===
{{hresetcount|else|tally=1}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="75%"
|-
! width="10%"|Rank !! width="15%"|Length !! Toon
|-
| #{{vcount|else}} || {{tally time|else|{{hmss|4|03}}}} || [[Why Come Only One Girl?]]
|-
| #{{vcount|else}} || {{tally time|else|{{hmss|3|43}}}} || [[The Limozeen Advantage]]
|-
| #{{vcount|else}} || {{tally time|else|{{hmss|3|29}}}} || [[Blue Laserdisc Challenge]]
|-
| #{{vcount|else}} || {{tally time|else|{{hmss|3|13}}}} || [[Peasant's Quest Outtakes]]
|-
| #{{vcount|else}} || {{tally time|else|{{hmss|2|38}}}} || [[Puppet Jam: Everybody Knows It]]
|-
| #{{vcount|else}} || {{tally time|else|{{hmss|2|27}}}} || [[Exaggerations]]
|-
| #{{vcount|else}} || {{tally time|else|{{hmss|2|15}}}} || [[Halloween Awards Show]]
|-
| #{{vcount|else}} || {{tally time|else|{{hmss|1|59}}}} || [[Bubslegum Comics]]
|-
| #{{vcount|else}} || {{tally time|else|{{hmss|1|50}}}} || [[Puppet Jam: Apple Juice Blues]]
|-
| #{{vcount|else|0}} || {{tally time|else|{{hmss|1|50}}}} || [[From the Vault]]
|-
| #{{vcount|else|0}} || {{tally time|else|{{hmss|1|50}}}} || [[Flashforward]]
|-
| #{{vcount|else|3}} || {{tally time|else|{{hmss|1|29}}}} || [[Flash's 10th Birthday]]
|-
| #{{vcount|else}} || {{tally time|else|{{hmss|1|10}}}} || [[Your Hair is Messed Up]]
|-
| #{{vcount|else}} || {{tally time|else|38}} || [[Puppet Jam: President's Daughter]]
|-
| #{{vcount|else}} || {{tally time|else|32}} || [[An Open Forum]]
|}

===[[YouTube]] Exclusive===
{{hresetcount|youtube|tally=1}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="75%"
|-
! width="10%"|Rank !! width="15%"|Length !! Toon
|-
| #{{vcount|youtube}} || {{tally time|youtube|{{hmss|39|06}}}} || [[Trogdor!! The Board Game Playthrough]]
|-
| #{{vcount|youtube}} || {{tally time|youtube|{{hmss|20|35}}}} || [[Decemberweenvent Calendar (2022 Revisited)]]
|-
| #{{vcount|youtube}} || {{tally time|youtube|{{hmss|4|58}}}} || [[Social Media Crap Compilation 1]]
|-
| #{{vcount|youtube}} || {{tally time|youtube|{{hmss|4|16}}}} || [[Mario Paint Thursdays Compilation]]
|-
| #{{vcount|youtube}} || {{tally time|youtube|{{hmss|3|58}}}} || [[Social Media Crap Compilation 2]]
|-
| #{{vcount|youtube}} || {{tally time|youtube|{{hmss|3|28}}}} || [[Social Media Crap Compilation 3]]
|-
| #{{vcount|youtube}} || {{tally time|youtube|{{hmss|3|09}}}} || [[Joystick Wagglin' with Videlectrix: Halloween Edition]]
|-
| #{{vcount|youtube}} || {{tally time|youtube|{{hmss|2|46}}}} || [[Trogdor's Fiery Rage (video)]]
|-
| #{{vcount|youtube}} || {{tally time|youtube|{{hmss|2|29}}}} || [[Quickstart Overview (video)]]
|-
| #{{vcount|youtube}} || {{tally time|youtube|{{hmss|2|17}}}} || [[Strong Bad Sings on Vinyl!]]
|-
| #{{vcount|youtube}} || {{tally time|youtube|{{hmss|2|16}}}} || [[Stinkoman Level 10 Launch Trailer]]
|-
| #{{vcount|youtube}} || {{tally time|youtube|{{hmss|2|11}}}} || [[WarioWare D.I.Y. Compilation]]
|-
| #{{vcount|youtube}} || {{tally time|youtube|{{hmss|1|53}}}} || [[Strong Bad Gameways]]
|-
| #{{vcount|youtube}} || {{tally time|youtube|{{hmss|1|31}}}} || [[The Actions You Can Do (video)]]
|-
| #{{vcount|youtube}} || {{tally time|youtube|{{hmss|1|26}}}} || [[Kooky Moonlight]]
|-
| #{{vcount|youtube}} || {{tally time|youtube|{{hmss|1|19}}}} || [[Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triungulate Launch Trailer]]
|-
| #{{vcount|youtube}} || {{tally time|youtube|{{hmss|1|16}}}} || [[Record Store Day 2018]]
|-
| #{{vcount|youtube}} || {{tally time|youtube|{{hmss|1|09}}}} || [[Greatest American Homestar]]
|-
| #{{vcount|youtube}} || {{tally time|youtube|{{hmss|1|03}}}} || [[Stack 'Em to the Heavens!]]
|-
| #{{vcount|youtube}} || {{tally time|youtube|57}} || [[Halloween Hide & Seek v2.0 Trailer]] (unlisted version)
|-
| #{{vcount|youtube}} || {{tally time|youtube|19}} || [[Coach Z pukes in dude's toupee]]
|}

===[[Trogdor!! The Board Game]] Kickstarter===
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{| class="wikitable sortable" width="75%"
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! width="10%"|Rank !! width="15%"|Length !! Toon

|-
| #{{vcount|kickstarter}} || {{tally time|kickstarter-ls|{{hmss|1|48|11}}}} || [[SBCG4AP Playthrough]]
|-
| #{{vcount|kickstarter}} || {{tally time|kickstarter-ls|{{hmss|1|29|55}}}} || [[Trogdor Playthrough with Strong Bad & friends!]]
|-
| #{{vcount|kickstarter}} || {{tally time|kickstarter-ls|{{hmss|1|01|01}}}} || [[Final Hours Playthrough]]
|-
| #{{vcount|kickstarter}} || {{tally time|kickstarter-ls|{{hmss|55|44}}}} || [[Trogdor Live Playtest @ GenCon]]
|-
| #{{vcount|kickstarter}} || {{tally time|kickstarter|{{hmss|15|38}}}} || [[Six-Sadded, Die]]
|-
| #{{vcount|kickstarter}} || {{tally time|kickstarter|{{hmss|8|36}}}} || [[Six-Sadded, Die: Don't Make Daddy P.O.'d]]
|-
| #{{vcount|kickstarter}} || {{tally time|kickstarter|{{hmss|7|25}}}} || [[Six Sadded Die - Trogdor!! The Board Game Unboxing]]
|-
| #{{vcount|kickstarter}} || {{tally time|kickstarter|{{hmss|7|00}}}} || [[Six-Sadded Die - Trogdor!! The Board Game Expando Deck]]
|-
| #{{vcount|kickstarter}} || {{tally time|kickstarter|{{hmss|4|53}}}} || [[Six-Sadded, Die. - Peasant Burnination]]
|-
| #{{vcount|kickstarter}} || {{tally time|kickstarter|{{hmss|4|30}}}} || [[Six-Sadded, Die. - Trogdor's Fiery Rage]]
|-
| #{{vcount|kickstarter}} || {{tally time|kickstarter|{{hmss|3|43}}}} || [[Wyrmwood Video]]
|-
| #{{vcount|kickstarter}} || {{tally time|kickstarter|{{hmss|2|39}}}} || [[Trogdor!! The Board Game (video)]]
|-
| #{{vcount|kickstarter}} || {{tally time|kickstarter|{{hmss|2|31}}}} || [[Six-Sadded, Die. - The Void Tower]]
|-
| #{{vcount|kickstarter}} || {{tally time|kickstarter|{{hmss|1|55}}}} || [[Meeple Grove]]
|}

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==See Also==
*[[Strong Bad Email By Length]]
*[[All Toons]]

[[Category:Toons]]
[[Category:Lists]]

Strong Bad Email Statistics

Stux — Sun, 10 May 2026 08:30:52 GMT

Stux: /* Strong Bad Email Runtime */ since the images are on opposite sides of the page, it's not obvious what "this data" entails

[[Image:NoLoafingPieChart.png|thumb|No Loafing!]]

Over 200 [[Strong Bad Email]]s have been released on [[homestarrunner.com]]. This article is intended to track '''statistics''' reflecting relative use of computers and the runtime of emails. Charts and graphs have been created to visualize and analyze [[Strong Bad]] and his emails.

:''Unless noted otherwise, these data are as of [[robots]] and {{p|l=http://hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Strong_Bad_Email_By_Length&oldid=838719 the November 25, 2025 revision}} of [[Strong Bad Email By Length]].''

==Strong Bad Email Runtime==
[[Image:SBEScatter.png|thumb|200px|left|A scatter plot comparing emails' episode numbers against their runtime.]]
[[Image:SBEScatter2.png|thumb|200px|The same scatter plot comparing emails' episode numbers against their runtime, but with outliers removed.]]

The scatter plot to the left illustrates the relationship between the email number and its corresponding runtime (the red plots for the primary runtime, and the black plots including the Easter eggs). This can be mathematically modeled using a power regression curve, which allows us to measure the trend for email duration as well as predict the ongoing trend for future emails. The ''R²'' value for these curves identifies how strong this relationship is (how close the points are to the model): a value of 1 means that the model and the data are identical, while a 0 means that the model does not relate to the data at all (these functions have ''R²'' values ranging from 0.7 to 0.8).

The equation for the red curve is <math>y = 20.519x^{0.4706}</math> and the equation for the black curve is <math>y = 20.939x^{0.4853}</math>, where ''x'' is the email's episode number and ''y'' is its runtime in seconds. There are certain emails {{--}} [[vacation]], [[flashback]], [[alternate universe]], [[retirement]], and [[parenting]] {{--}} that ran for much longer than the emails surrounding them, termed ''outliers''. These outliers affect the accuracy of the model and, if removed, allow for greater precision. The graph on the right has removed the outliers, which subsequently improves the ''R²'' value for the curves. The red curve's equation becomes <math>y = 20.554x^{0.4684}</math> and the black equation becomes <math>y = 21.028x^{0.4822}</math>. This improved model gives us, for instance, an estimate that email 500 would run six minutes and eighteen seconds (7:01 with Easter eggs); of course, it should be noted that these models are by no means a guarantee.

In the email [[theme song]], Strong Bad tells his viewers that each email is about 3 to 5 minutes long. Approximately half of all emails fall within this range; however, this length did not become the standard until the late Compy era.

==Strong Bad Emails by Computer==
This section refers to the [[Strong Bad Email#Strong Bad Emails|computer eras]] {{--}} the [[Tandy 400]] (1{{-}}40), [[Compy 386]] (41{{-}}118), [[Lappy 486]] (119{{-}}201), [[Corpy NT6]] (202), [[Compé]] (203{{-}}205), and [[Lappier]] (206{{-}}210). [[strongbad_email.exe|DVD]] exclusive emails are included {{--}} two Tandy emails, two Compy emails, and three Lappy emails. For the purposes of this data, each cartoon is counted as a single "email" regardless of how many emails the characters read or write during it.

<gallery widths="200px" heights="160px">
Image:bar graph by length.PNG|<center>Average runtime of email toons by computer era</center>
Image:sbemail-by-computer-time chart.png|<center>Total runtime of email toons by computer era</center>
Image:sbemails-answered-by-computer chart.png|<center>Number of email toons per computer era</center>
</gallery>

===Remarks===
* The Lappy 486 was the most-used computer.
**A total of 86 emails were in the Lappy era, the most of any computer.
**Emails in the Lappy era make up over half of all total sbemail runtime, regardless of whether Easter eggs are counted or not.
**Given the current pace of updates, it is unlikely the Lappy will be surpassed in either category.
* The Compé was the first (and so far only) of Strong Bad's primary home computers to not surpass its predecessor in either volume or runtime of emails answered.
** The Lappier has already surpassed the Compé in both categories.

==Strong Bad Emails featuring more than one email==
Several Strong Bad Emails feature more than one email.
* [[credit card]] {{--}} After checking his email, Strong Bad sends an email to, and gets a reply from, [[Homestar Runner]].
* [[spring cleaning]] {{--}} Strong Bad checks five emails and promptly deletes each one.
* [[E-mail Birds]] {{--}} Strong Bad answers three emails on the [[Tandy 400|Tandy]].
* [[sisters]] {{--}} Strong Bad accidentally deletes the first email he gets and later receives a [[Poorly Written Emails|poorly written one]].
* [[50 emails]] {{--}} Strong Bad checks two emails (and begins to check another before [[Homestar Runner]] arrives and "answers" another two).
* [[huttah!]] {{--}} The first five emails Strong Bad checks all show particular interest in [[The Cheat]] (he deletes most of them). The last two are all directed to Strong Bad, but he attempts to fool The Cheat into thinking they're for him.
* [[fingers]] {{--}} Apart from the main email, Strong Bad also checks four emails asking him [[How do you type with boxing gloves on?|how he types with boxing gloves on]].
* [[personal favorites]] {{--}} In addition to the main email, Strong Bad mentions ten emails in fake flashbacks (eight in the main toon, two in Easter eggs).
* [[2 emails]] {{--}} Jimmy suggests Strong Bad check two emails a week and he does. He can also be seen checking a third email during the fast-forwarding.
* [[lunch special]] {{--}} After checking his email, Strong Bad receives another one from [[Strong Mad]].
* [[cheatday]] {{--}} After Strong Bad checks his email, he lets The Cheat check another three emails.
* [[other days]] {{--}} In addition to the main email, Strong Bad answers a Polish email (and a snail mail).
* [[dreamail]] {{--}} Strong Bad makes up an additional email and answers it.
* [[do over]] {{--}} Strong Bad re-answers two old emails.
* [[bottom 10]] {{--}} Strong Bad receives an email with large numbers of "Fwd:" and "Re:" in the subject line, as an example of #8 on his bottom 10.
* [[lady...ing]] {{--}} Strong Bad remembers an older email.
* [[theme song]] {{--}} Strong Bad can be seen answering an email in one of the theme song montages.
* [[retirement]] {{--}} Strong Bad answers an email on each of his first two computers.
* [[the chair]] {{--}} Strong Bad answers a second email, but his [[Le Restige|new chair]] obstructs almost the entire screen of the [[Lappy 486|Lappy]] while he does so.
* [[being mean]] {{--}} Strong Bad checks three emails from Nice Dad.
* [[email thunder]] {{--}} Strong Bad checks an email addressed to Homestar, then later sends another email to Homestar.
* [[sbemail 206]] {{--}} Strong Bad starts to check his first email on the [[Lappier]] at the end, but the viewer doesn't get to see it due to the April Fools' pop-up.

==Intervals between Strong Bad Emails==
[[Image:sb_email_frequency.png|thumb|200px|Frequency of Strong Bad Email updates]]

Although Strong Bad Emails were released weekly at one point, they have overall been released at widely varying frequencies. The graph to the right visualizes the frequency of a given number of days between email updates.
Here is a summary of the data:
* Mean: 42 days {{--}} Six emails have an interval much longer than 71 days (extending from 230 to 2,004 days); if these outliers are excluded, the mean becomes 13.1 days.
* Median: 7 days
* Mode: 7 days {{--}} 89 emails came out 7 days after the previous release. The longest streak of 7-day releases was [[band names]] through [[the bird]] {{--}} eight emails in a row were released seven days after their predecessor.
* Minimum: 1 day {{--}} There was 1 day between the releases of [[retirement]] parts [[retirement#Changes Between the Two-Part and One-Part Versions|A and B]]. The minimum interval between wholly separate emails was 4 days, which happened between [[brianrietta]] and [[i love you]] and again between [[ghosts]] and [[theme party]].
* Maximum: 2004 days {{--}} There were over 5 years between the releases of [[videography]] and [[sbemail 206]].
**Prior to [[Hiatuses|the site's hiatus]], the longest gap between emails was 280 days, between [[email thunder]] and [[hremail 3184]].
**Before Strong Bad Email was made a regular feature, the longest time between two emails was 71 days between [[halloweener]] and [[brianrietta]].
**The longest span between emails during an active period is 63 days, between [[the paper]] and [[mini-golf]].

==Other Information==
*In several [[Interviews and Public Appearances|interviews]] from 2002 through 2005, [[the Brothers Chaps]] provided rough estimates of the daily volume of emails sent to Strong Bad (often remarking that a significant amount was simply {{w|Email spam|spam}}).
**[[Legion Studios Interviews|Early/Mid-2002]] {{--}} "a few hundred emails a day"
**[[Run Devil Run Interview|January 2003]] {{--}} "Fifteen a day" when Strong Bad Emails started, "now it's like 500 or more" daily
**[[The Brunswickan Interview - 4 Apr 2003|April 2003]] {{--}} "3000 emails daily"
**[[UMFM Interview - 20 May 2003|May 2003]] {{--}} "A couple of weeks ago, it was around 3000 emails a day. It seems like it's recently jumped up again."
**[[Homestarrunner.net Interview - 21 May 2003|May 2003]] {{--}} "over 4000 a day lately"
**[[Atlanta Journal-Constitution Interview - 21 Jul 2003|July 2003]] {{--}} "about 7,000 e-mails a day."
**[[Club Aquatica Interview - 29 Oct 2003|October 2003]] {{--}} "a ridiculous amount of email, like between 5000-8000 a day."
**[[Inkhole Interview|July 2004]] {{--}} "between two and five thousand a day [...] There was definitely a peak maybe last summer where there was 8000 a day."
**[[NYU Talk - 1 Mar 2005|March 2005]] {{--}} "Maybe a thousand or two a day."
**[[Giant Magazine Interview|April/May 2005]] {{--}} "2000, 3000 a day, something like that."
**[[Cold Hard Flash Interview - 1 Dec 2005|December 2005]] {{--}} "over 3000 emails a day"
* Prior to the introduction of Strong Bad Emails, the brothers were only receiving [[l33t Interview|"five or ten mails a day"]]; even at the height of sbemail's popularity, they were only getting [[NYU Talk - 1 Mar 2005|"two dozen or something"]] emails a day that were directed at them rather than Strong Bad.
* There are seven substantiated claims of Strong Bad answering an email from an HRWiki or HRWiki forum user:
**[[montage]], sent by [[User:Porplemontage|Porplemontage]] (addressed as Steve)
**[[animal]], sent by [[User:Kerrek slaya|Kerrek slaya]] (addressed as Spud Jr.)
**[[space program]], sent by {{p|l=http://forum.hrwiki.org/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=2807 Ryan Sturmer}} (addressed as Ryan)
**[[cliffhangers]], sent by [[User:Cessna Man!|Cessna Man!]] (addressed as Jake)
**[[underlings]], sent by [[User:PlasticDiverGuy|PlasticDiverGuy]]
**[[the paper]], sent by [[User:Thewi2kbug|Thewi2kbug]] (addressed as Kyle Williams)
**[[slumber party]], sent by [[User:ThomasO|ThomasO]] (addressed as Thomas O.)
*The average [[Strong Bad Email By Length|sbemail runtime]] is 2:57, or 3:13 if Easter eggs are included.

''These data are as of [[parenting]] (April 1, 2022):''
*47% of all emails have no [[Strong Bad Email By Place|location]] given; 5% have no return sender at all.
*The Brothers Chaps most frequently have chosen emails with [[Strong Bad Email By Name of Sender|sender's names]] starting with J or S. Together these two initials make up 27%  of all emails. Census studies regularly place J and S among the most common letters to begin first names in the United States, with J commonly topping the list.

''These data are as of trading cards (September 13, 2006):''
*The average email is 1.81 sentences long.
*Only 18% of all emails are longer than two sentences. Only two emails ([[long pants]] and [[magic trick]]) longer than four sentences have ever been used.

{{StrongBadEmailInfo}}

Talk:Old New Intro

Stux — Mon, 04 May 2026 00:32:24 GMT

Stux: /**/Dates

==Random==
Ooer, Kilroy and I both thought to move that Halloween Fun Faqt from the inDEX page to the inTRO page at the same time :)
[[User:MetaStar|MetaStar]] 22:12, 25 Sep 2004 (MST)

I know, isn't that amazing? :D --[[User:Kilroy|Kilroy]] 22:12, 25 Sep 2004 (MST)

What is it that Homestar says at the end of this? It sounds like 'Everybody! Follow your leader! Everybody! Laddy da leda!"
:It's just "lah dee dah dee dah". --[[User:Upsilon|Upsilon]]
::I always thought it was "I be the leader!" since he's the star, but now that you mention it it it does sound like it's just singing. Of course, I don't see why Homestar would call himself a "leader." --[[User:Uh! Bob|<tt>'''''Úħ¡ βøв'''''</tt>]] 08:17, 22 Mar 2005 (MST)

Why does Homestar say "la dee dah de dah"? Why doesn't he just say "Everybody, Everybody" like how the song actually is?

I believe he says, "Everybody, Matt is our leader. Everybody, Matt is our leader," i.e., Matt Chapman is making his character refer to himself.

I always thought it was "Everybody! Everybo-dee-dah!" [[User:68.107.96.136|68.107.96.136]] 00:45, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

I really don't think so, Homestar clearly says "la dee la dee dah", atleast that is in my opinion... That's pretty much what it sounds like.. i guess. {{User:Homestramy20/sig}} 23:01, 2 Sep 2005 (UTC)

I read on Wikipedia that if you play the intro song backwards, you hear the kids singing "Viva Satan". Weird, huh? I tried it out myself, it's creepy. Yeah. {{User:Homfrog/sig}} 17:19, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

Homfrog, could you give me the link to hear the intro backwards? Because it's hard to think that it says what it says backwards.---[[User:Ava|Ava]]

[http://vivasatan.ytmnd.com/ It's here!] There ya go. (Be's careful, it's a YTMND page)(but it'll work.) --{{User:Homfrog/sig}} 11:34, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

The last word has always sounded like "doh" to me, not another "dah".--[[User:24.255.185.53|24.255.185.53]] 19:09, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

How could anyone think the words backwords are "Viva Satan"?
Backwords, it's obviously "Ydobyrve" or "Yee-Dobee-eer-vee". Duh! [[User:C-Son-L Sweaters|C-Son-L Sweaters]] 20:35, 18 October 2009 (UTC){{User:C-Son-L Sweaters/sig}}

Also, Homfrog why do you say to be careful 'cause it's a "YTMND" page?[[User:C-Son-L Sweaters|C-Son-L Sweaters]] 20:38, 18 October 2009 (UTC){{User:C-Son-L Sweaters/sig}}

== I know this is probably a coincidence... ==

Has anyone heard the song "That's Good" by Devo (from the 1982 album Oh, No! It's Devo)? 'Cause the "Everybody, everybody" of the Intro theme has the same rhythm as the lines "Everybody, it's a good thing" from the song I refer to. I know it's nothing truly notable, but I couldn't help but think of Homestar when I first heard the Devo song. Just a random comment.

* Now that I think about it, yeah. I think Homestar is more Devo than Strong Sad is.

-Alex H.

*OMG I just noticiced something!!!!! The intro drums to home star run go are almost the same as the intro drums to whip it! -Alex H.

== Possible reference to Super Dave Osbourne ==

I just came to realize that the lights in this intro may be a reference to the Super Dave Osbourne show from 1987-1993. As I recall (can't find a clip to verify) the wall lit up to spell out SUPER DAVE prior to it being lifted and Super Dave walking on stage. --[[User:74.224.8.207|74.224.8.207]] 03:58, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

==Kids?==
*Does anyone know who were the kids who actually sang the intro are? [[User:Jedibob5|Jedibob5]] 17:07, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

It's really [[The Brothers Chaps]] singing "Everybody", they said in an interview that they just sped the voices up to sound like little kids. [[User:C-Son-L Sweaters|C-Son-L Sweaters]] 20:28, 18 October 2009 (UTC){{User:C-Son-L Sweaters/sig}}

== Subliminal message ==

If you play the song backwards, it sounds like the kids are saying " We love satan, we love satan!"

thats true!

That scares me...oh and sign your name please.[[User:Ava|Ava]] 01:47, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

ALREADY BEEN MENTIONED. please read the rest of the talk page before posting something. [[User:Jedibob5|Jedibob5]] 14:09, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

That's a bunch of BULLHOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoONKEY!!! I mean c'mon guys there's no way on erf they're sayin' that...backwards [[User:C-Son-L Sweaters|C-Son-L Sweaters]] 20:49, 18 October 2009 (UTC){{User:C-Son-L Sweaters/sig}}

==newintro2==
Check out [[HR:newintro2.swf|newintro2.swf]]. It's two bytes larger than [[HR:newintro.swf|newintro.swf]], and I haven't taken the time to try and account for those two extra bytes. Anyway, yeehaw, another [[secret page]]! {{User:OptimisticFool/sig}} 09:10, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
:Now I did take some time to try and account for those two extra bytes... and failed. I thought it would be in the Scripts or whatever, but I didn't find anything extra there. Oh well. {{User:OptimisticFool/sig}} 17:32, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

Okay I tried the links. They are exactly the same as [[Old New Intro|Intro]]. It may be a [[Secret Page]] but there's really no difference. [[User:C-Son-L Sweaters|C-Son-L Sweaters]] 20:52, 18 October 2009 (UTC){{User:C-Son-L Sweaters/sig}}

== Ween Intro? ==

Why come they don't do the [[Ween Intro]] anymore? [[User:C-Son-L Sweaters|C-Son-L Sweaters]] 20:24, 18 October 2009 (UTC){{User:C-Son-L Sweaters/sig}}

== Dates ==

With regards to these 3 edits from:
* [http://www.hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Old_New_Intro&curid=1438&diff=839535&oldid=838957 Old New Intro], [http://www.hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Old_Intro_2&diff=839543&oldid=836851&rcid=802616 Old Intro 2], and [http://www.hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Old_Everybody_Intro&curid=1439&diff=839538&oldid=838479 Old Everybody Intro]
* I would like to know more about the "archived sources" being referenced.
* I checked out the Internet Archive and two of those entries ''seem'' to support the stated changes:
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20260000000000*/https://homestarrunner.com/intro.html Old New Intro] has entries since April 8, 2000
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20260000000000*/https://homestarrunner.com/run2x.html Old Intro 2] has entries since May 10, 2000
* But [https://web.archive.org/web/20260000000000*/https://homestarrunner.com/intro2.html Old Everybody Intro] doesn't have entries until 2003?
* And the SWF file archives are more recent:
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20260000000000*/https://homestarrunner.com/newintro.swf Old New Intro SWFs] weren't saved until 2002.
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20260000000000*/https://homestarrunner.com/run2x.swf Old Intro 2 SWFs] weren't saved until 2003.
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20260000000000*/https://homestarrunner.com/intro2.swf Old Everybody Intro SWFs] weren't saved until 2004.
* So that, to me, is a little confusing. Then again, most likely SWF files weren't being saved by the archive in 2000?
** Just in case, I opened the [https://web.archive.org/web/20000408025052/https://homestarrunner.com/intro.html Old New Intro from April 8, 2000] (which plays in Ruffle!) and it seems that it loaded a different intro? So the 2000 date seems incorrect. It's been so long that I don't remember much about the old stuff, but I'm thinking this information needs to be checked, revised and/or reverted... --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 00:32, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

The King of Town

Stux — Sun, 03 May 2026 21:31:26 GMT

Stux: /* Halloween Costumes */ There is a redirect we can use for "Hamburglar" in case the target ever changes ; same for the colonel and the miser ; also w templates...

{{acharnav|kot}}
{{aboutcharacter}} {{fortoon|The King of Town DVD}} {{for|[[Decemberween]] character|The King of Town (Decemberween)}} {{for|title|King of Town (title)}}

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== Biography ==
'''The King of Town''', self-nicknamed the "KOT", is a very rich man and the ''de jure'' ruler of [[Free Country, USA]], though in [[labor day]], [[Strong Bad]] suggests that his title is self-proclaimed. Either way, nobody wishes to acknowledge this; it's therefore possible that this character is a satire on the obsolescence of monarchy. His head is completely white with black lines for eyes, a [[mustache]] and a beard, though it was suggested in [[diorama]] that his head is completely covered in white hair; there were patches of pink flesh visible from where Strong Bad ripped parts of his beard off (presumably as payback for the King of Town having eaten all of Strong Bad's cotton balls). He wears a gold crown and what appears to be a red robe with white trim with [[Lack of Visible Arms|no visible arms]]. He has been seen in different attire resembling a striped one-piece swimming suit when swimming ([[keep cool]]) and in Strong Bad's amazing feats of wonder ([[retirement]]). When in this suit, it suggests that he has this white hair all over his body. In [[winter pool]], it is shown that he has an "Eat a Lot of Food" alert, which was triggered when [[The Poopsmith]] pressed a button on his shovel after having fallen into a pool full of [[Color flavored|red-flavored]] [[Fluffy Puff Translucent Dessert Related Substance]].

The King's middle name is [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 15.2#Message 6|Wad]], and it is a very sensitive subject for him as he only told [[Marzipan]] about it. However, after Strong Bad and [[Bubs]] called him names with the word "wad" in them, the King believed Marzipan told them his secret and threatened to reveal one of hers, a [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 15.2#Message 1|cosmetic surgery procedure]] nobody else knew about. Marzipan's surgery later was used in advertisements by the doctor who performed it, but it was not known if the King was responsible for that.

One of the King's main problems is that he is a glutton and will eat anything in front of him, even [[Eating Non-Food Items|things that people would not consider edible]] like [[secret recipes|deodorant]], [[3 Times Halloween Funjob|electric holiday decorations]], and [[Most in the Graveyard|erasers]]. In fact, it is more difficult to find something the King would ''not'' consume. More specifically, there are three things that the King does not desire to consume. One is [[The Cheat]], who lives in a charcoal grill in his backyard. The other is [[peas]], and the King despises them to the point where he does not like anything containing them (as illustrated when Strong Bad and The Cheat [[Trogdor Con '97|threw pea soup at him]]). He also bears [[Halloween Hijinks|an unexplained grudge]] against {{wp|Ding Dong}}s. One thing it seemed the King could not bring himself to eat for quite some time was [[whatsit]], an aversion that he may have finally conquered in [[fan club]] and [[I Killed Pom Pom]], when it is implied that he ate [[The Poopsmith]]'s whatsit pile, though he deeply regretted it in the former example. It appears that he had been working towards this goal with The Poopsmith once before when [[The Virus]] caused him to be transported to a glitched [[Teen Girl Squad]] page, where he was slapped in the face [[nine times]] by a deformed [[The Ugly One]]. His favorite food is possibly [[butter]], but he also has "several hundred culinary weaknesses" in addition to that such as [[chocolate]], as he revealed in [[Homestar Ruiner]]. As a result of his unhealthy eating habits, [[The King of Town's Health Problems|the King's health]] is in question. For example, in [[record book]], he had several heart attacks after ingesting a giant pile of table salt, earning him the title "least healthiest (man?)". As revealed in the sbemail [[pizza joint]], he spends most of his day calling random numbers in hopes of finding a new restaurant, and has found [[The Pizz]] as a result. It is also implied several times throughout the years that the King's favorite holiday is [[Thanksgiving]], largely because of the holiday being associated with food. In fact, in [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 9.2]], the King's desire for it to be Thanksgiving is a plot point.

The King employs a [[Poopsmith]] (for personal reasons he does not care to disclose) and a [[:Category:King's Servants|few other characters]]. Like [[Homestar Runner]], [[Homsar]], and [[Marzipan]], he also has no [[Lack of Visible Arms|visible arms]], but can handle things as though he does. In [[space program]], he says that he is in his 60s, but in [[Which Ween Costumes?]], he implies that he's about 303 years old. He also leads the [[K.O.T.H.S. Junior Varsity Marching Band]] during the [[Fall Float Parade]]. According to a message he left on [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 13.2|Marzipan's answering machine]] and on Strong Bad's answering machine in [[Lappynapped!]], he can play the guitar, and was finally seen doing so in [[Baddest of the Bands]]. Along with [[The Cheat]], he has cut a remix demo called "Not Talkin' About Butter". He also has his very own "[[The King of Town's Very Own Quite Popular Cartoon Show|quite popular cartoon show]]" which, although it was pre-empted in favor of a [[Strong Bad Email]] in [[senior prom]], was shown some time later. He is also an authorized reseller of {{wp|Godzilla}} merchandise, as seen in [[Trogdor Con '97]].

It has become unclear whether the King has royal ancestors from whom he inherited the official honor of "King", or if his title is self-imposed and he simply purchased his crown from the "Costume Palace", as could be interpreted from his character video. In [[original]], [[Strong Bad]] claims that "there've been like twelve King of Towns". An Easter egg at the end of the email shows graves for 11 Kings of Town, including one known as "[[Onion Bubs|Onion]] King of Town", although it is unknown if this is real or imaginary. [[Marzipan]] and [[Bubs]] both claim that [[Strong Bad]] was lying about [[Original Bubs]], who angrily leaves due to the ''current'' King eating the [[mayonnaise]] off his [[egg]] [[salad]], ([[Homestar Runner|Homestar]] seems to miss Original Bubs, though) so Strong Bad may have been lying about the other Kings of Town as well. It is revealed in [[Strong Badia the Free]] that he hates his job, so much that he tricks [[Strong Bad]] into taking over his castle while getting his [[House of the Brothers Strong|house]]. A short time later in the game, he is tricked into retaking his throne.

Although the King wears his crown most of the time, it has been stolen by Strong Bad and [[The Cheat]] in [[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]]. It has also been worn by Strong Bad when he was on a "regal [[rampage]]", by [[Coach Z]] when he tackled The King while thinking he was going to eat The Cheat in [[Where's The Cheat?]], by The Cheat in [[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]], and [[Strong Bad]] took his spare crown in Strong Badia the Free.

The King can be heard [[The King of Town Booing|booing]] from time to time, even at himself.

In [[Play Date]], it is implied that the King has been [[Odd Marriages|married to a bowl of]] {{wp|Brunswick stew}} for fifty years, referred to by the King as the "dollop of sour cream" anniversary. Alternately, he may instead be married to Brunswick stew as a ''concept'', which would be considerably easier on his love life since it's highly unlikely his wife would make it past the appetizer course of the wedding dinner otherwise.

{{Character Video Transcript}}

== Fun Facts ==
[[File:KoT's Mouth.PNG|thumb|He has a mouth?]]
*In the [[The King of Town DVD Old Version|old version]] of [[The King of Town DVD|The King of Town]], The KOT's mouth shows for a bit.
*An [[old Characters page]] claimed the King was [[Marzipan]]'s father, but [[The Brothers Chaps]] have said they dropped this idea early on. "That was just something that we just toyed around with there briefly, but then decided that's not the way we wanted it to go. We just put that up, but most people don't visit the [[Museum]], so hopefully it doesn't cause too much mass confusion." — [[Matt Chapman]]
*According to [[A Decemberween Pageant]], a [[The King of Town (Decemberween)|King of Town]] was involved in the discovery of the first [[Decemberween]]. It is not clear, however, whether that King of Town and the current one are the same individual.
*He was once slim and trim, but, according to [[flashback]], may have gotten his weight from the lifetime supply of fishsticks because nobody else would claim them.
*Apparently, the King has a [[ham]] for a heart, as shown in [[Halloween Fairstival]].
*When playing the game [[Kid Speedy]] in KOT mode, the King appears to gain energy by eating junk food and [[swear]] words. Although he has exhibited his love of unhealthy food on many occasions, his predilection for foul language is otherwise unknown.
*The King once purchased Strong Bad's discarded [[Tandy 400]] from [[Bubs]], but was unable to make it run in order to check his [[King of Townmail|emails]]. He claimed it was "the last time [he'll] buy a used computer from Bubs". His email address is currently invalid. He also has had an [[answering machine]] that claims that he "has no messages...ever", that he has "no friends", and that "nobody likes" him.
*He may have [[German]] heritage, due to the fact that his Old-Timey variation is German and he wears a [[pickelhaube]] in [[Ever and More]].
*Though he claims he lives in "yon castle", Strong Bad claims in the [[The King of Town DVD Commentary|commentary]] to [[The King of Town DVD]] that he actually lives in a run-down two-bedroom home next door to him. (However, Strong Bad [[History according to Strong Bad|is known for his lack of a proper memory]] regarding these things.)
*In the short [[Donut Unto Others]], it is shown that the King possesses either powers of teleportation or skills as a ninja, as he can appear and disappear in a puff of smoke without any sign of him, even when standing in an open field.

==Food==
:''Main article: [[The King of Town's Food]]''

== Relationships ==
:''Main article: [[Character Relationships]]''
*[[Homestar Runner and The King of Town's Relationship]]
*[[Strong Bad and The King of Town's Relationship]]
*[[Strong Sad and The King of Town's Relationship]]
*[[Marzipan and The King of Town's Relationship]]
*[[Pom Pom and The King of Town's Relationship]]
*[[The Cheat and The King of Town's Relationship]]
*[[The King of Town and The Poopsmith's Relationship]]

== Variations ==
*[[The Kaiser]] ([[Old-Timey]])
*[[The Prince of Town]]
*[[Perducci]] (From [[Dangeresque (film series)|Dangeresque]])
*[[Munchox]] ([[8-Bit is Enough]])
*[[The Castlefunnies|King Castlefunny]]
*[[Trading Cards|The STING of Town]] ([[trading cards]])
*[[Xing Town]] ([[Xeriouxly Forxe]])

=== [[Halloween Costumes]] ===
* The {{w|Cap'n Crunch}} mascot in [[Homestarloween Party]]
* {{w|Hagar the Horrible}} in [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]]
* [[Mario]] in [[Pumpkin Carve-nival]]
* The {{w|Hamburglar}} in [[3 Times Halloween Funjob]]
* The Mayor of Halloweentown (from ''{{w|The Nightmare Before Christmas}}'') in [[Halloween Fairstival]]
* {{w|Harland Sanders|Colonel Sanders}} (the founder of {{w|KFC}}) in [[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]]
* {{w|Gorton's of Gloucester|The Gorton's Fisherman}} in [[Happy Hallow-day]]
* {{w|Al Sharpton|Rev. Al Sharpton}} in [[Jibblies 2]]
* {{w|Hello Kitty}} in [[Most in the Graveyard]]
* {{w|Colonel Mustard}} in [[Doomy Tales of the Macabre]]
* {{w|Heat Miser}} in [[Which Ween Costumes?]]
* {{w|Ram Man}} in [[I Killed Pom Pom]]
* {{w|Close Encounters of the Third Kind|Devil's Tower Mashed Potatoes}} in [[The House That Gave Sucky Tricks]]
* {{w|Scrubbing Bubbles}} in [[Later That Night...]]
* Alice (from the "{{w|Don't Come Around Here No More}}" video) in [[Haunted Photo Booth]]
* [[Little Debbie]] in [[Mr. Poofers Must Die]]
* Charlie (from ''{{w|The Mighty Boosh (TV series)|The Mighty Boosh}}'') in [[The Homestar Runner Enters The Spooky Woods]]
* {{w|Captain Cupcake}} in [[Halloween Hijinks]]
* The Antwerp (from ''{{w|Quest for Glory: So You Want to Be a Hero|Hero's Quest}}'', specifically the EGA version) in [[Halloween Hide & Seek]]
* {{w|Quaker Oats Company|Quaker Oats (Larry)}} (with elements of {{w|Wilford Brimley}}) in [[2022 Costume Pack Now Available]]
* {{w|Immortan Joe}} (from ''{{w|Mad Max: Fury Road}}'') in [[The Show: Ween Edition]]

==See Also==
*[[The King of Town Evolution]]
*[[The King of Town Other Costumes|Other Costumes]]
*[[Nicknames#The King of Town|Nicknames]]

==Quotes of the Week==
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*{{qotw|"I rule the school!"|[[Revenge of the King]]|Mirror:kot_ruleschool.mp3}}
*{{qotw|"Woo! What is that reek? The Poopsmith, you smell like a Crapsmith."|[[KOT's VOQPCS!]]|Mirror:kot_reek.mp3}}
*{{qotw|"Let the KOT have some!"|[[senior prom]] outtake|Mirror:kot_havesome.mp3}}
*{{qotw|Not Talkin' Bout Butter (remix by [[The Cheat|DJ Teh Cheat]])|[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 13.2]]|Mirror:nottalkinboutbutter.mp3}}
*{{qotw|"The punishment is not too bad, eh?"|[[Revenge of the King]]|Mirror:kot_punishment.mp3}}
*{{qotw|"Stop what? I don't do nothing!"|[[3 Times Halloween Funjob]]|Mirror:kot_donothing.mp3}}
*{{qotw|"Dwoo hoo! We hoo! Woo! I'm absolutely being assaulted! Woo di dhoo hoo!"|[[Where's The Cheat?]]|Mirror:k_assaulted.mp3}}
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== External Links ==
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{{Characters|King of Town}}

Popular Music References

Stux — Sun, 03 May 2026 21:20:29 GMT

Stux: /* {{w|Paula Abdul}} */ the line is actually from the song itself

Many '''real bands''' and '''popular music''' are referenced in the [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] body of work. Common references include [[Halloween costumes]], mentioning or even showing an album, quoting lyrics, or more oblique allusions to other signature musical elements.
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==[[wikipedia:38 Special (band)|.38 Special]]==
*[[Zeenin' Into the Night]] {{--}} The title is a reference to the song "[[wikipedia:Rockin' into the Night (song)|Rockin' Into the Night]]".

=={{w|Paula Abdul}}==
*Email [[different town]] {{--}} Modestly Hot [[Homsar]]'s line "I'm forever your girl" references Abdul's song ''{{w|Forever Your Girl (song)|Forever Your Girl}}'' from her debut album {{w|Forever Your Girl|of the same name}}.
*[[Doomy Tales Of The Macabre]] {{--}} Coach Z dresses up as {{w|MC Skat Kat}}, an animated character who appeared with Abdul in the music video for her song "{{w|Opposites Attract}}".
**In an Easter egg, Coach Z makes references to Abdul's songs "Opposites Attract", "{{w|Cold Hearted}}", "{{w|Straight Up (Paula Abdul song)|Straight Up}}", and "{{w|Rush Rush (Paula Abdul song)|Rush Rush}}", as well Abdul's showbiz origins as a {{w|Laker Girl}}.

=={{w|AC/DC}}==
{{seemain|AC/DC}}

=={{w|Aerosmith}}==
*[[Flash is Dead!]] {{--}} While trying to make a ''[[Deep Impact]]'' reference, [[Homestar Runner]] quotes {{w|I Don't Want to Miss a Thing|"I don't want to miss a thing!"}} from the Aerosmith song for the {{w|Twin films|similarly-themed film}} ''{{w|Armageddon (1998 film)|Armageddon}}''.
*[[2022 Costume Pack Now Available]] {{--}}
** In an Easter egg, [[Coach Z]] sings the guitar lick of "{{w|Walk This Way}}" in reference to the cover/collaboration version with [[Run-DMC]] (a member of which Coach Z was dressed up as).
** In another Easter egg, [[The Homestar Runner]] and [[Fat Dudley]] sing and dance to the guitar lick of "Walk This Way". [[Old-Timey Strong Bad]] additionally alludes to the lyrics of "{{w|Sweet Emotion}}" while speaking to the "[[The Demon|Arrow Smith]]".

=={{w|Alvin and the Chipmunks}}==
*Email [[strong badathlon]] {{--}} The song Homestar sings for the ending closimonies was from a commercial promoting "Alvin and the Chipmunks"-themed collectible glasses at Hardee's restaurants. The commercials used a rewritten version of "{{w|Old Time Rock and Roll}}" by {{w|Bob Seger}}.
**In the [[strong badathlon#Commentary Transcript|DVD commentary]], [[Coach Z]] recalls collecting said glasses.
**A [[@StrongBadActual Tweets 2021 Mar#1370086840863182855|follow-up tweet]] specified the reference was to Hardee's, not Seger.

=={{w|Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax}}==
*Email [[the chair]] {{--}} [[#Winger|Winger's]] {{w|Winger (album)|self-titled debut album}} is described as "less Anthrax-y".
*[[Trudgemank]] {{--}} Peacey P references Anthrax and [[#Public Enemy|Public Enemy]] mixing rap and heavy metal, referring to Anthrax's 1991 cover of "{{w|Bring the Noise}}".

=={{w|Balaam and the Angel}}==
*[[Marshmallow's Last Stand]] ([[Marshmallow's Last Stand#Commentary Transcript|DVD commentary]]) {{--}} Homestar reacts to the "BUH-LAM!" onomatopoeia with "Buh-lam and the Angels!"

=={{w|Beastie Boys}}==
{{seemain|Beastie Boys}}

=={{w|The Beatles}}==
{{seemain|The Beatles}}

=={{w|Black Flag (band)|Black Flag}}==
[[File:Yello Dello Deletedscene3.PNG|thumb|A stellar performance]]
*[[In Search of the Yello Dello Deleted Scenes]] {{--}} [[Strong Mad]] can be seen sporting a Black Flag tattoo in the third scene.

=={{w|Black Sabbath}}==
*[[Homestar Ruiner]] {{--}} When Strong Bad first tries to run the Race to the End of the Race and pick up the hurdle, he remarks that it must be made of some heavy metals, including "black sabbath".
*[[Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits]] {{--}} [[Taranchula]] song [[Moving Very Slowly]] resembles the doom metal style of Black Sabbath.

=={{w|Frank Black}}==
*[[Jibblies 2]] {{--}} A tarot card is labeled ''{{w|The Cult of Ray}}'', Frank Black's 1996 album, and includes the peculiar looking head from the album cover.

=={{w|Blue Öyster Cult}}==
*[[Baddest of the Bands]] {{--}} The {{w|heavy metal umlaut}} over the "O" in the band [[DÖI]] is a reference to Blue Öyster Cult, a connection furthered by "Oyster" being one of the foods that the King of Town can suggest to be the second word in the band's title.

=={{w|David Bowie}}==
{{seemain|David Bowie}}

=={{w|Boyz n da Hood (rap group)|Boyz N Da Hood}}==
*Email [[garage sale]] {{--}} Strong Bad wonders what sort of "da things" are mentioned and guesses both "da boyz" and "da hood".

=={{w|Garth Brooks}}==
*Email [[secret identity]] {{--}} Strong Bad reflects that "secret identities aren't just for superheroes and Garth Brooks anymore," referring to Brooks' {{w|Chris Gaines}} persona.

=={{w|The Brothers Johnson}}==
*Email [[comic]] {{--}} In an Easter egg, the band's album ''{{w|Winners (Brothers Johnson album)|Winners}}'' is visible in an independent record store.

=={{w|Bobby Brown}}==
*Email [[portrait]] {{--}} The term "TendaRONi" refers to Bobby Brown's song, "{{w|Roni (song)|Roni}}"; specifically, the lyric involving the phrase "tender Roni".

=={{w|Cab Calloway}}==
*[[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]] {{--}} Frustrated by [[I really like your costume|Homestar's incorrect identification of his costume]], Strong Bad retorts that he's not Cab Calloway. Marzipan comments that she likes Calloway.

=={{w|Glen Campbell}}==
*[[Decemberween Short Shorts]] {{--}} In the scene with the characters depicted as Decemberween ornaments, Homestar [[I really like your costume|thinks]] Strong Bad is a "{{w|Rhinestone Cowboy}}".

=={{w|The Carpenters}}==
*[[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]] {{--}} When Dadgeresque passes away, Dangeresque responds by stringing together the names of a bunch of sappy love songs, including "{{w|We've Only Just Begun}}".

=={{w|Chubby Checker}}==
*Email [[bottom 10]] ([[bottom 10#Commentary Transcript|DVD commentary]]) {{--}} [[Mike Chapman]] acknowledges Homestar's "[[buttdance]] again" song by quoting "Let's twist again, like we did last summer," from Checker's song "{{w|Let's Twist Again}}", a "sequel" to his previous song, "{{w|The Twist (song)|The Twist}}".

=={{w|Joe Cocker}}==
*[[TMBG Concert - 25 Sep 2004]] & [[TMBG Concert - 5 Mar 2010]] {{--}} [[Puppet Character Variations|Puppet]] [[Homestar Runner]] sings a version (with altered lyrics) of "{{w|With A Little Help from My Friends}}" that borrows from Cocker's performance of the song.

=={{w|Phil Collins}}==
*[[Stinkomanual]] {{--}} The description of the Bendini Sisters alludes to "{{w|In the Air Tonight}}".

=={{w|Jonathan Coulton}}==
*[[Make a Scene with Telltale: Strong Bad Edition]] {{--}} Strong Bad mentions Jonathan Coulton being at the PAX convention.
*[[The Brothers Chaps]] were guests on the 2019 JoCo Cruise.

=={{w|The Cure}}==
[[Image:Poster The Cure.PNG|thumb|Boys Don't Cry]]
*[[Fan Costume Commentary]] {{--}} Strong Bad describes the final Strong Sad costume as a "dumpy {{w|Robert Smith (musician)|Robert Smith}}", referring to the frontman of the Cure.
*Email [[radio]] {{--}} Strong Sad has a "{{w|Boys Don't Cry (The Cure song)|Boys Don't Cry}}" poster in [[Strong Sad's Room|his room]]. This poster has continued to appear in subsequent scenes set in his room.

=={{w|Daft Punk}}==
*[[The Cheat Theme Song]] {{--}} The visual accompanying "The Cheat is in the house" is reminiscent of the music video for "{{w|One More Time (Daft Punk song)|One More Time}}."
**The line itself may be a reference to earlier song "Teachers", in which several influential DJs are listed as being "in the house".

=={{w|Terence Trent D'Arby}}==
*[[3 Times Halloween Funjob]] {{--}} Coach Z misinterprets Strong Bad's Ozone costume as Terence Trent D'Arby.

=={{w|De La Soul}}==
{{seemain|De La Soul}}

=={{w|El DeBarge}}==
*[[3 Times Halloween Funjob]] {{--}} Homestar mistakes Strong Bad's Ozone costume for one of El DeBarge.

=={{w|John Denver}}==
*Email [[haircut]] ([[haircut#Commentary Transcript|DVD commentary]]) {{--}} The Brothers Chaps try to remember if John Denver's real last name was Düsseldorf; it was actually Deutschendorf.

=={{w|Devo}}==
[[File:Strong Sad as Devo Member.png|thumb|"Go forward! Move ahead. Try to detect it! It's not too late."]]
*[[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]] {{--}} Strong Sad dresses as an unspecified "Devo member", wearing the famous "{{w|energy dome}}" helmet. He also quotes their hit song {{w|Whip It (Devo song)|"Whip It"}}.
**Strong Sad's square glasses indicate he is most likely dressed as co-founder and singer {{w|Mark Mothersbaugh}}.
*[[The Show: Ween Edition]] {{--}} Homestar [[I really like your costume|mistakes]] Coach Z's "[[#Beastie Boys|Beastie Boy]] from the Intergalactic video" costume for a "Devo construction worker"
**In the same toon, Coach Z's initial guess was a "Devo crossing guard".

=={{w|Digital Underground}}==
*[[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]] {{--}} Coach Z dresses as Humpty Hump, the comedic alter ego of the group's leader {{w|Shock G}}.

=={{w|Dinosaur Jr.}}==
*[[Mr. Poofers Must Die]] {{--}} Marzipan dresses up as {{w|J Mascis}}. Strong Sad mentions two Dinosaur Jr. album titles and one EP title.

=={{w|Dire Straits}}==
*[[Doomy Tales of the Macabre]] {{--}} Strong Mad dresses as Sal from the animated {{w|Money for Nothing (song)|"Money For Nothing"}} music video, quoting the song's "MOVE-A, MOVE-A!" refrain.

=={{w|Dokken}}==
[[Image:rockermarzipan.PNG|thumb|"...and Marzipan would rock..."]]
*Email [[band names]] {{--}} Strong Bad uses Dokken as an example of a band named after a "really cool last name," referring to founder {{w|Don Dokken}}.
*Email [[different town]] {{--}} During Strong Bad's fantasy of how he would change [[Free Country, USA]], he envisions [[Marzipan]] as playing {{w|George Lynch (musician)|George Lynch's}} Skull N' Bones guitar.

=={{w|Bob Dylan}}==
{{seemain|Bob Dylan}}

=={{w|The Edsels}}==
*[[The System is Down]] {{--}} Bubs says that "someone tried to cram-a-lam a Swiss Cake Roll into the disk drive," a takeoff of the phrase "Rama Lama Ding Dong" originated by this band's 1958 song.

=={{w|Enuff Z'nuff}}==
*Email [[band names]] {{--}} Strong Bad uses Enuff Z'nuff as a lesser example of a band named after a "really cool last name," referring to cofounder Chip Z'nuff (Gregory Rybarski).

=={{w|The 5th Dimension}}==
*[[Main Page 8]] {{--}} When "[[Toons]]" is rolled over, Strong Bad is seen in a hot-air balloon done in his likeness as he sings the band's song {{w|Up, Up and Away (song)|"Up, Up and Away"}}.

=={{w|50 Cent}}==
*Email [[extra plug]] {{--}} Strong Bad's [[cloughb|pronunciation of "club"]] is a reference to "{{w|In da Club}}," wherein 50 rounds off the 'u' in the word 'club' the same way.

=={{w|Firehose (band)|Firehose}}==
*Email [[senior prom]] {{--}} The King of Town's line "Let the King have some!" may refer to the song title "{{w|Fromohio|Let the Drummer Have Some}}".

=={{w|Five Man Electrical Band}}==
*[[Strong Bad's Website]] {{--}} The "Long Haired Freaky Cheat" broken image is a reference to the "long-haired freaky people" mentioned in "{{w|Signs (Five Man Electrical Band song)|Signs}}".

=={{w|John Fogerty}}==
*Email [[too cool]] {{--}} [[Senor Cardgage]] distorts the line "Put me in, Coach, I'm ready to play" from "{{w|Centerfield (song)|Centerfield}}".

=={{w|Foghat}}==
*[[Baddest of the Bands]] {{--}} Strong Bad warns players not to confuse fog-bats with Foghat.

=={{w|Fu-Schnickens}}==
*Email [[dragon]] {{--}} The [[Strong Bad Email Intros|email intro]] is a direct reference to a line from the song "{{w|La Schmoove}}" (as {{prs|1089156505469927424|26|Jan|2019|alt=revealed in 2019}}).

=={{w|Lita Ford}}==
*Email [[cliffhangers]] {{--}} At the start of the Space Captainface scene, Strong Bad as Space Captainface is talking to Lita Ford on the phone.

=={{w|4 Non Blondes}}==
*Email [[bike thief]] (DVD commentary) {{--}} Mike asks Strong Bad if Matt based Marzipan's hairstyle on a member of 4 Non Blondes; Strong Bad responds by singing the "Hey, yay, yay, yay" segment of their song "{{w|What's Up? (song)|What's Up?}}".

=={{w|The Four Tops}}==
*Email [[sugarbob]] {{--}} Strong Bad says, "Sugarbob, funky bunch," a reference to The Four Tops' song, "{{w|I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)}}".

=={{w|Peter Frampton}}==
{{seemain|Peter Frampton}}

=={{w|Fugazi}}==
*Email [[geddup noise]] ([[geddup noise#Commentary Transcript|DVD commentary]]) {{--}} The brothers discuss a "This is not a Fugazi T-shirt" shirt while discussing Strong Sad's Geddup Noise shirt.

=={{w|The Furious Five}}==
*[[Homestarloween Party]] {{--}} Coach Z is overheard discussing an individual's "work with the Furious Five", presumably either {{w|Grandmaster Flash}} or {{w|Melle Mel}}.

=={{w|Gorillaz}}==
*[[Halloween Hijinks]] {{--}} Coach Z [[Halloween Hijinks Costumes|dresses up]] as {{w|Del the Funky Homosapien|Del}} tha Ghost Rapper, and quotes lines from the song "{{w|Clint Eastwood (song)|Clint Eastwood}}" that featured Del.

=={{w|Grateful Dead}}==
*Email [[theme party]] (Easter egg) {{--}} A "Spring Drink'n Formal 2002" [[t-shirt]] features a Grateful Dead Dancing Bear.

=={{w|Vince Guaraldi|The Vince Guaraldi Trio}}==
*Email [[comic]] {{--}} In the Easter egg, the album ''{{w|Jazz Impressions of A Boy Named Charlie Brown|A Boy Named Charlie Brown}}'' can be seen in an independent record store.
*[[Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triungulate]] [[Dangeresque Roomisode 2: The Intersection of Doom & Boom|Roomisode 2]] {{--}} If Dangeresque places the air freshener on the green car's antenna, the music that plays is an homage to the Vince Guaraldi Trio's soundtrack to the [[Peanuts]] special ''{{w|A Charlie Brown Christmas}}''.
*[[Strong Sad's Lament]] {{--}} Used an avatar of Vince Guaraldi in August 2005.

=={{w|Guns N' Roses}}==
{{seemain|Guns N' Roses}}

=={{w|Murray Head}}==
*[[Homestar Presents: Presents]] {{--}} Strong Sad sings "{{w|One Night in Bangkok}}".

=={{w|House of Pain}}==
*[[A Jorb Well Done]] {{--}} Coach Z says, "Pack it up, pack it in" as the game ends, quoting the opening lyrics to "{{w|Jump Around}}".
*[[Hallrunner]] {{--}} Selecting "jump it" against the home stereo system quotes "Jump Around": "Jump around, jump around, jump up jump up and get down."


=={{w|Ice-T}}==
*Email [[pizzaz]] {{--}} Strong Bad's closing line, "Canned or Dry, We Neva Die. Colors," is a reference to the song "{{w|Colors (Ice-T song)|Colors}}": "The gangs of L.A. will never die {{-}} just multiply (colors)".
*[[Baddest of the Bands]] {{--}} Bubs wishes for Coach Z to be more like an O.G.; though the abbreviation has historically had different meanings, Ice-T's album ''{{w|O.G. Original Gangster}}'' popularized the "original gangster" meaning especially in hip hop contexts.
*{{postref|801085577848324097|22|Nov|2016}} {{--}} Strong Bad, dressed as {{w|Lin-Manuel Miranda}} (in ''{{w|Hamilton (musical)|Hamilton}}''), specifies that [[What are you supposed to be?|he is not]] "Colonial Ice-T".

=={{w|Iggy Pop}}==
*Email [[technology]] {{--}} Strong Bad's line, "I'm using technology," refers to a lyric from the song, "{{w|Search and Destroy}}", which he sang with {{w|The Stooges}}.

=={{w|Natalie Imbruglia}}==
*[[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]] {{--}} One of Strong Sad's magic words includes Natalie's last name, though he pronounces it with the "g" sound.

=={{w|Iron Butterfly}}==
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 8]] {{--}} The "16 hour drum solo" refers to epic hard rock drum solos in songs such as {{w|In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida}}.

=={{w|Iron Maiden}}==
*Email [[3 wishes]] {{--}} Strong Bad says that if he had horns, he would go on tour with a heavy metal band as their mascot and do battle with the lead singer, a reference to how the Iron Maiden {{w|Eddie the Head|mascot}} always fought with the band on stage.
*[[Baddest of the Bands]] {{--}} Strong Bad says his stage prop is "maybe cooler than a giant robotic demon". This refers to the band's usage of elaborate stage props in their concerts, including giant puppets of demons and monsters.
*Several toons use a [[font]] called "Metal as in Heavy" which is very similar to that of Iron Maiden.

=={{w|The Isley Brothers}}==
*[[Senor Mortgage]] {{--}} The jingle plays the same chord progression as in "{{w|Twist and Shout}}".


=={{w|Judas Priest}}==
*[[Trogday 08]] {{--}} The [[heavy metal]] song at the end repeats "The S is for Sucks" in a similar manner to the chorus of "{{w|Breaking the Law}}".
*[[Baddest of the Bands]] {{--}} When "save/load" is moused over, one of the lines Strong Bad says in response is "Savin' the load! Savin' the load!", also in reference to "Breaking the Law."

=={{w|Michael Jackson}}==
{{seemain|Michael Jackson}}

=={{w|Rick James}}==
*Email [[gimmicks]] {{--}} Strong Bad's intro song repeats "super great" in the manner of "{{w|Super Freak}}".

=={{w|Scott Joplin}}==
*[[Kick the Can]] {{--}} Joplin's piano rag "{{w|The Entertainer (rag)|The Entertainer}}" scores the shorts; the song is often used to evoke the 1930s.

=={{w|Journey (band)|Journey}}==
*[[Baddest of the Bands]] {{--}}
**Strong Bad sings "Don't quit Strong Bad gaming!" when mousing over "Quit It" on the main menu, à la "{{w|Don't Stop Believin'}}".
**[[Limozeen's Hot Babelien Odyssey]] is a reference to the [[Atari 2600]] game ''{{w|Journey Escape}}''.
*[[Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triungulate]] [[Dangeresque Roomisode 2: The Intersection of Doom & Boom|Roomisode 2]] {{--}} Dangeresque's description for the street light is "just a city street light, born and raised in South Detrite", another reference to "Don't Stop Believin'".


=={{w|Kid 'n Play}}==
[[Image:CoachZ Kid.PNG|thumb|"Check it out, yo!"]]
*[[Pumpkin Carve-nival]] {{--}} Coach Z dresses as Kid from Kid 'n' Play.

=={{w|Kiss (band)|KISS}}==
*[[Main Page 9]] {{--}} The band's logo appears when rolling over "Characters".
*Email [[local news]] {{--}} Strong Bad's intro tune parodies "{{w|Cold Gin}}", swapping in "email" for "cold gin" in the chorus.
*Email [[coloring]] {{--}} A coloring page depicts Larry "screamin' like a demon" with his tongue hanging out. Band member {{w|Gene Simmons}} used the stage persona of "The Demon" and is well-known for sticking out his long tongue while performing.

=={{w|Kraftwerk}}==
*Email [[old comics]] {{--}} The cover for [[West Is Lip]]'s ''The Singles'' compilation bears some resemblance to the album cover for ''{{w|The Man-Machine}}''.

=={{w|Krokus (band)|Krokus}}==
*Email [[band names]] {{--}} In closing, Strong Bad announces that "the guys from Krokus" will be guests on the next email.
*[[Fan Costumes 2017]] {{--}} [[D n' D Greg]] claims the Krokus banner on his front porch drew [[What's Her Face]] near.


=={{w|Cyndi Lauper}}==
*[[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]] {{--}} When Dadgeresque passes away, Dangeresque responds by stringing together the names of a bunch of sappy love songs, yet bizarrely concludes the response with "{{w|She Bop}}".

=={{w|Led Zeppelin}}==
{{seemain|Led Zeppelin}}

=={{w|Lemon Demon}}==
*[[Homestar Ruiner]] {{--}} The Silver Trophy of Ultimate Destiny awarded for winning the Race to the End of the Race is a reference to {{w|The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny}}.

=={{w|Gordon Lightfoot}}==
*Email [[army]] {{--}} When Strong Bad refuses to join Homestar's [[Homestarmy|army]], the latter threatens the former with, "We'll see if those trees you're always hugging save you when Gordon Lightfoot's creeping round your back stair," referencing the song "{{w|Sundown (Gordon Lightfoot song)|Sundown}}".

=={{w|LL Cool J}}==
*Email [[hremail 3184]] {{--}} Homestar repeating the phrase "Don't call it a comeback", is a reference to the first line of "{{w|Mama Said Knock You Out (song)|Mama Said Knock You Out}}".

=={{w|Loverboy}}==
*[[Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits]] {{--}} The cowbell intro of "[[Because, It's Midnite]]" by [[Limozeen]] is similar to that of "{{w|Working for the Weekend}}".
*[[Strong Sad's Lament]] {{--}} The header of Strong Sad's post on September 9, 2005 is "Working For the Weak-End?"


=={{w|Yngwie Malmsteen}}==
[[File:Malmsteen'sComet.png|thumb|"We're on a collision course with Malmsteen's Comet!"]]
*Email [[cliffhangers]] {{--}} Strong Bad as Space Captainface and The Cheat as Strap are threatened by Malmsteen's Comet.

=={{w|Marilyn Manson}}==
*[[Trogdor Con '97]] ([[Trogdor Con '97#Commentary Transcript|DVD commentary]]) {{--}} The Brothers Chaps recall {{w|Dragon Con}} attendees wearing makeup reminiscent of Marilyn Manson, similar to how Strong Sad is dressed in the toon.

=={{w|Bob Marley}}==
*[[Happy Hallow-day]] {{--}} Marzipan says, "We be jammin'!", in reference to "{{w|Jamming (song)|Jamming}}".
*[[Strong Badia the Free]] {{--}} Strong Bad tells an email sender to think about where he should hang his Bob Marley poster once he moves back into his [[parents' basement]].

=={{w|Marsalis}}==
*Email [[theme song]] {{--}} The closing theme song for Strong Bad's email show is "by a Marsalis or two".

=={{w|MC Hammer}}==
*Email [[haircut]] {{--}} Strong Bad references "{{w|Hammer pants}}", baggy pants popularized by MC Hammer.
*[[Later That Night...]] {{--}} Homsar quotes "{{w|U Can't Touch This}}".

=={{w|Metallica}}==
{{seemain|Metallica}}

=={{w|M.I.A. (rapper)|M.I.A.}}==
*[[Happy Hallow-day]] {{--}} On the [[TV Time Toons Menu|Toons menu]], the description of this toon is "Ween night is M.I.A. Galang galang." This uses "M.I.A." to refer to both the concept of "missing in action" and a nod to the rapper; "{{w|Galang (song)|Galang}}" is her debut single.

=={{w|Miami Sound Machine}}==
*[[3 Times Halloween Funjob]] {{--}} Bubs mistakes Strong Bad's costume as being Miami Sound Machine.

=={{w|Bette Midler}}==
*[[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]] {{--}} When Dadgeresque passes away, Dangeresque responds by stringing together the names of a bunch of sappy love songs, including "{{w|Wind Beneath My Wings}}".

=={{w|Misfits (band)|The Misfits}}==
*[[Doomy Tales of the Macabre]] {{--}} Strong Sad dresses as {{w|Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein|Doyle}}, the guitarist of the band.

=={{w|Thelonious Monk}}==
*Email [[pizza joint]] {{--}} Strong Sad remarks that Strong Bad would call him "Thelonious Dump" when rejecting him from his Pizz List.

=={{w|Mos Def}}==
*Email [[love poems]] {{--}} Homestar's "This mo'nin'" jam sounds identical to the chorus of Mos Def's song "Got".

=={{w|Mötley Crüe}}==
{{seemain|Mötley Crüe}}

=={{w|Motörhead}}==
*Email [[band names]] {{--}} Strong Bad announces the next email will include a guest appearance by the band's leader, {{w|Lemmy Kilmister}}.
*Email [[death metal]] ([[death metal#Commentary Transcript|DVD commentary]]) {{--}} Strong Bad and Mike make reference to Lemmy, including discussing whether or not he hot-glued corn flakes to his face.

=={{w|Mr. Mister}}==
*[[Homestar Runner Goes for the Gold]] {{--}} Homestar references the hit "{{w|Broken Wings (Mr. Mister song)|Broken Wings}}".

=={{w|Mudhoney}}==
*Email [[comic]] {{--}} The single "You Stupid Asshole" appears in the "comic" Easter egg.
*[[Sick Day]] {{--}} The page title references the song "Here Comes The Sickness".

=={{w|Mudvayne}}==
*Email [[death metal]] {{--}} Strong Bad suggests to hot-glue cornflakes to one's face as a way to be in a death metal band. This refers to this band's guitarist who once glued corn chips to his face for a music video.


=={{w|Willie Nelson}}==
*[[Halloween Fairstival]] {{--}} Marzipan dresses as Willie Nelson.

=={{w|The Neville Brothers}}==
*Email [[theme song]] {{--}} Strong Bad claims that were his [[Strong Bad Email Show|email show]]'s "life-affirming pop-ballad type theme song" would probably be "sung by some variety of Neville."

=={{w|Newcleus}}==
*[[Happy Hallow-day]] {{--}} The skull with the rainbow-colored afro exclaims the title of the band's song, "Jam On It".
*Email [[love poems]] {{--}} Homestar's "This mo'nin'" jam is sung in imitation of "Jam On It".

=={{w|New Order}}==
*[[Fan Costumes 2015]] {{--}} Strong Sad sings a part of {{w|Age of Consent (song)|Age of Consent}}.

=={{w|Night Ranger}}==
*[[Baddest of the Bands]] {{--}} Strong Bad calls Strong Sad "{{w|Sister Christian}}", which is the title of one of this band's most famous songs.
*[[Homestar Runner Goes for the Gold]] {{--}} Homestar quotes a lyric from "Sister Christian".

=={{w|Nirvana (band)|Nirvana}}==
[[Image:Homestar KurtCobain.PNG|thumb|Corporate Rock Still Sucks]]
*[[Homestarloween Party]] {{--}} [[Homestar Runner]] dresses as {{w|Kurt Cobain}}. His T-shirt is a parody of a shirt worn by Cobain on the cover of ''{{w|Rolling Stone}}'', which reads, "Corporate Magazines Still Suck."
*Email [[geddup noise]] {{--}} Strong Sad's "Corporate [[The Geddup Noise]] Still Sucks" T-shirt is another parody of the same slogan.
*[[Baddest of the Bands]] {{--}} When the speaker has been brought down on the DÖI stage, Strong Bad remarks that it is probably Cobain-proofed.


=={{w|Sinéad O'Connor}}==
*Email [[from work]] ([[from work#Commentary Transcript|DVD commentary]]) {{--}} Homestar claims that Sinéad O'Connor is 2008's it-girl.

=={{w|Outkast}}==
{{seemain|Outkast}}

=={{w|Ozzy Osbourne}}==
*[[Baddest of the Bands]] {{--}} Strong Bad asking Marzipan if she plans to bite off Pazquel's head, The King of Town's on-stage devouring of bats, and Marzipan's allegation of Limozeen performing bat-head-biting all refer to a notorious episode in the career of Osbourne.


=={{w|Les Paul}}==
*[[Strong Badia the Free]] {{--}} While answering an email, Strong Bad calls the sender "Les Paul".

=={{w|Pavement (band)|Pavement}}==
*sloshy's performance of [[Because It's Midnite]] uses a style resemblant of Pavement.
*[[Fan Costumes 2017]] What's Her Face claims she likes Pavement.

=={{w|Tom Petty}}==
*[[Old Characters Page]] {{--}} Marzipan's description includes "She loves horses and her boyfriend, too" which is a line from Tom Petty's song, {{w|Free Fallin'}}.
*[[Haunted Photo Booth]] {{--}} The King of Town dresses up as the Alice cake from the music video from Tom Petty's song, {{w|Don't Come Around Here No More}}.

=={{w|Piebald}}==
*[[Strong Bad is a Bad Guy]] {{--}} The term "vantastic" is a possible reference to this band, who describe their tour van using the same word.

=={{w|Pink Floyd}}==
*[[Baddest of the Bands]] {{--}} Strong Bad says his stage prop is "almost better than a flying pig". This refers to a prop used in some performances by this band and the cover art of {{w|Animals (Pink Floyd album)|Animals}}.
*[[The Homestar Runner Enters The Spooky Woods]] {{--}} Strong Mad's costume references an iconic image of ''{{w|Pink Floyd – The Wall|Pink Floyd The Wall}}''.

=={{w|Poison (American band)|Poison}}==
*[[Baddest of the Bands]] {{--}} In the Teen Girl Squad comic, Gary refers to [[Cheerleader]] as "un-unskinny bop", a reference to Poison's song "{{w|Unskinny Bop}}".

=={{w|The Police}}==
*Email [[specially marked]] {{--}} The step counter has the phrase "Every step U take" displayed on it. This phrase is a line sung in The Police's song, "{{w|Every Breath You Take}}".

=={{w|The Postal Service}}==
*Email [[geddup noise]] ([[geddup noise#Commentary Transcript|DVD commentary]]) {{--}} The Brothers Chaps compare The Cheat's Geddup Noise indie-tronic remix to something that The Postal Service would do.

=={{w|Elvis Presley}}==
*Email [[vacation]] {{--}} Strong Bad's intro song is a reference to Elvis' song, "{{w|Heartbreak Hotel}}".

=={{w|Prince (musician)|Prince}}==
[[File:Halloween 2007 Marzipan.PNG|thumb|"E... A... D... G...."]]
*Email [[space program]] {{--}} Strong Bad's email intro is a parody of Prince's song, "{{w|When Doves Cry}}".
*[[Jibblies 2]] {{--}} Marzipan dresses as Prince circa his 1984 album and film ''{{w|Purple Rain (album)|Purple Rain}}''. Homestar references his 1985 hit "Raspberry Beret".
**[[The House That Gave Sucky Tricks]] (Easter egg) {{--}} Homestar and Marzipan refer back to this costume.

=={{w|The Promise Ring}}==
*Email [[no loafing]] {{--}} The poster on Strong Sad's wall in the "appointment" Easter egg is of this emo band.

=={{w|Public Enemy}}==
*[[Homestarloween Party]] {{--}} [[Coach Z]] dresses as {{w|Flavor Flav}}, the comic relief member of this group.
*[[Trudgemank]] {{--}} Peacey P. mentions them (as P.E.) and Anthrax mixing rap and heavy metal in 1991 or 1993.


=={{w|Queen (band)|Queen}}==
*Email [[space program]] {{--}} The Space Captainface song is a spoof on the theme song for ''{{w|Flash Gordon (film)|Flash Gordon}}'', as performed by this band.

=={{w|Queen Latifah}}==
[[File:Coach Z as Queen Latifah.png|thumb|"Hey, whatcha doing there, sista?"]]
*[[Happy Hallow-day]] {{--}} Coach Z dresses as Queen Latifah.

=={{w|Quiet Riot}}==
*Email [[the bet]] {{--}} Strong Bad tells Homestar to change his name to Kevin DuBrow if he fails to be cool, which does not happen.


=={{w|Ramones}}==
{{seemain|Ramones}}

=={{w|Ratt}}==
{{seemain|Ratt}}

=={{w|Red Hot Chili Peppers}}==
*[[Decemberween Short Shorts]] ([[Decemberween Short Shorts#Commentary Transcript|DVD commentary]]) {{--}} During the scene with Strong Bad writing a letter to tube socks, the Brothers Chaps compare this scene to how Red Hot Chili Peppers used tube socks.

=={{w|R.E.M.}}==
*[[In Search of the Yello Dello]] ([[In Search of the Yello Dello#Everything Else Vol. 2 Version|DVD version]]) {{--}} As seen in the fourth deleted scene, it was originally intended for Strong Sad to sound like {{w|Michael Stipe}}.
*[[Flash is Dead!]] {{--}} Homestar lists his full name on his profile as "Michael (Stipe) Runner".

=={{w|Lionel Richie}}==
*Email [[3 wishes]] {{--}} The intro is reference to a lyric to Richie's song, "{{w|Say You, Say Me}}".
*[[Homestar Runner's Character Video]] {{--}} "Lionel Richie" is one of the randomly-picked insults that Strong Bad calls Homestar during the latter's character video.

=={{w|Kenny Rogers}}==
*Email [[pom pom]] {{--}} Strong Bad's intro is a reference to Rogers' song, {{w|The Gambler (album)|"The Gambler"}}.

=={{w|The Rolling Stones}}==
*[[Baddest of the Bands]] {{--}} If you click on the fuse box at the DÖI Stage, Strong Bad remarks how his "frustration was sure to blow a 50 amp fuse." This is a reference to the Rolling Stones song "You Can't Always Get What You Want", where there is a line with a similar meaning.
*[[Limozeen vs. sloshy]] {{--}} The album cover resembles the cover for {{w|Jump Back}}, a Rolling Stones greatest hits album.

=={{w|Henry Rollins}}==
*[[Hairstyle Runner]] {{--}} A hairstyle giving Homestar a flattop and unibrow is labeled "{{w|Rollins Band|rollins band's}} 2nd to last album".
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 5]] and [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 10]] {{--}} [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Henry Rollins, Abraham Lincoln, and George Washington|Henry Rollins]] appears, later parasailing with [[So and So]].

=={{w|Run-DMC}}==
{{seemain|Run-DMC}}


=={{w|Sade}}==
*Email [[slumber party]] {{--}} Homestar sings, "Party. Slumber party. Listen to some Sade, at the slumber party."

=={{w|Joe Satriani}}==
*Email [[space program]] {{--}} The term "Satriani 5" is a spoof on Joe Satriani, who created the album ''Surfing with the Aliens''.
*Email [[cliffhangers]] ([[cliffhangers#Commentary Transcript|DVD commentary]]) {{--}} During the Space Captainface scene, Matt wonders if when the new Fantastic Four movie comes out, Joe Satriani will become more popular.

=={{w|Scorpions (band)|Scorpions}}==
[[File:Scorpions.png|thumb|We are the SCORPIONS!!]]
*[[Strong Sad's Lament]] {{--}} Strong Sad asks his readers to "rock [him] like an e-Hurricane", referencing their song "{{w|Rock You Like A Hurricane}}".
*Email [[your friends]] {{--}} During the scene with Strong Bad torturing [[Homsar]] with scorpions, the scorpions come from a box that reads, "We are the SCORPIONS!!", which is the concert-opening cry of lead singer Klaus Meine.
*[[Taranchula]] member Schenkel McDoo may be a reference to Scorpions guitarist {{w|Rudolf Schenker}}.

=={{w|Bob Seger}}==
*Email [[strong badathlon]] {{--}} During the ending closimonies, Homestar sings a ([[Youtube:sz5CRAhJtIg|misquoted]]) line from Seger's song "Old Time Rock 'n' Roll."

=={{w|Sepultura}}==
*[[Taranchula]] appears to be partially based on the death metal band Sepultura.

=={{w|Sex Pistols}}==
*Email [[sb_email 22]] {{--}} Strong Bad's suggested email closing "Nevermind the Bullocks" refers to a lyric from the band's controversial album, ''{{w|Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols}}'', which, like this email, was banned in the U.K.

=={{w|Simon and Garfunkel}}==
*Email [[do over]] {{--}} As Strong Bad bashes Homestar on the head with the Tandy's keyboard, he yells, "PARSLEY! SAGE! RoseMARY! And THYME!" These are lyrics to the song "{{w|Scarborough Fair}}", an English ballad made famous by this duo.
*Email [[love poems]] ([[love poems#Commentary Transcript|DVD commentary]]) {{--}} Mike and Matt both think that Homestar looks like Art Garfunkel, the second half of Simon and Garfunkel.

=={{w|Slaughter (band)|Slaughter}}==
*Email [[death metal]] {{--}} One of the bands featured on the [[Half-Hour Death Metal Dungeon Hour]] is "Schlaugh-ter".
*[[Homestar Runner Goes for the Gold]] {{--}} Homestar references Slaughter's hit, {{w|Fly to the Angels}}.

=={{w|Slayer (band)|Slayer}}==
*[[Fan Costumes 2017]] {{--}} [[D n' D Greg]] claims the Slayer poster in his hallway won What's Her Face's heart.

=={{w|The Smiths}}==
*[[Somber Vacation]] {{--}} In the Easter egg, Strong Sad can be heard singing ''{{w|Bigmouth Strikes Again}}''.

=={{w|Sonic Youth}}==
{{seemain|Sonic Youth}}

=={{w|Bruce Springsteen}}==
*[[Halloween Fairstival]] {{--}} [[Bubs]] dresses up as {{w|Clarence Clemons}}, saxophonist for the {{w|E-Street Band}}.
*Email [[love poems]] {{--}} Kimberly quotes {{w|Blinded by the Light}}, a song originally done by Bruce Springsteen.
*Email [[dictionary]] {{--}} Marzipan offers to play a cover of Bruce Springsteen's song, {{w|Glory Days (song)|Glory Days}}.

=={{w|The Strokes}}==
*[[Record Store Day]] {{--}} A dreaming [[Strong Sad]] warns the band's lead singer {{w|Julian Casablancas}} to look out.

=={{w|Stryper}}==
*[[Homestar Ruiner]] {{--}} When Strong Bad investigates the stands by the track, he remarks that they are emptier than a Stryper concert.

=={{w|Sugarhill Gang}}==
*[[Homsar's Character Video]] {{--}} Homsar mentions Wonder Mike, the lead singer for the Sugarhill Gang. His comment "Hi, Wonder Mike!" is a reference to the line in the Sugarhill Gang song ''Rapper's Delight'' that goes "I am Wonder Mike and I'd like to say hello."

=={{w|The Supremes}}==
*[[Hallrunner]] {{--}} If you choose "Fight it" when you come across love, the game replies that "you can't fight it and you can't hurry it. You just have to wait." This is a reference to the Supremes' song, "{{w|You Can't Hurry Love}}".


=={{w|Talking Heads}}==
[[Image:StrongSad DavidByrne.PNG|thumb|"This is not my beautiful house! This is not my beautiful wife!"]]
*[[3 Times Halloween Funjob]] {{--}} [[Strong Sad]] dresses as the band's leader {{w|David Byrne}}, wearing the "big suit" from ''{{w|Stop Making Sense}}''. He also quotes their song "{{w|Once in a Lifetime (Talking Heads song)|Once in a Lifetime}}" with the lines "This is not my beautiful house!" and "This is not my beautiful wife!"

=={{w|James Taylor}}==
*Email [[for kids]] {{--}} On Homsar's show, ''[[Whaddaya Know, Haddi-man?]]'', the guitarist, known as the [[Stave It Off Guy]], bears a striking resemblance to this folk singer, who would often appear on ''[[Sesame Street]]'' to sing educational songs.
*[[Crystal Fortress]] {{--}} The Stave It Off Guy returns.

=={{w|TLC (band)|TLC}}==
*[[Pumpkin Carve-nival]] {{--}} Marzipan dresses as {{w|Lisa Lopes|Left-Eye Lopes}}.

=={{w|The Treacherous Three}}==
*[[3 Times Halloween Funjob]] {{--}} Coach Z dresses as band member Kool Moe Dee.

=={{w|A Tribe Called Quest}}==
{{seemain|A Tribe Called Quest}}

=={{w|Tupac Shakur|Tupac}}==
[[Image:CoachZ_Tupac.PNG|thumb|Thorg Life]]
*[[Halloween Fairstival]] {{--}} Coach Z dresses as Tupac.

=={{w|Turbonegro}}==
*Email [[death metal]] {{--}} Strong Bad's suggestion to Dane to be fat refers to lead singer {{w|Hank Von Helvete}}, who is famous for his plump physique.

=={{w|Ike & Tina Turner|Ike Turner}}==
*Email [[autobiography]] {{--}} An Easter egg describes the tapes as being reviewed by Ike Turner, who, bizarrely enough, reviews it twice as "hootie hoo".


=={{w|U2}}==
*[[Thy Dungeonman 3]] {{--}} When you've beaten the game, the line "The sanctum begins to rattle and hum" is a reference to the U2 album ''{{w|Rattle and Hum}}''.


=={{w|Van Halen}}==
{{seemain|Van Halen}}

=={{w|Stevie Ray Vaughan}}==
*[[Most in the Graveyard]] {{--}} Marzipan dresses as Stevie Ray Vaughan.
**Homestar calls Marzipan "My little pride and joy," a reference to Stevie Ray Vaughan's 1983 hit, {{w|Pride and Joy (Stevie Ray Vaughan song)|Pride and Joy}}.

=={{w|Vinnie Vincent Invasion}}==
*Email [[death metal]] {{--}} One of the bands featured on the Half-Hour Death Metal Dungeon Hour is "the Winnie Wincent Inwasion".


=={{w|Weezer}}==
*Email [[concert]] {{--}} The discussion about Christmas lights used by sloshy refers to Weezer's similar usage in their music video of "{{w|El Scorcho}}".
*[[Decomposing Pumpkins]] {{--}} The intro notes are reminiscent of "{{w|Undone (The Sweater Song)}}".
*[[sloshy]]'s bassist resembles the drummer for Weezer.

=={{w|Wesley Willis}}==
*[[Baddest of the Bands]] {{--}} When you are finished talking to Bubs, he may utter the phrase "Rock over London, Rock on Chicago". This phrase was often used at the end of Willis' songs.

=={{w|Barry White}}==
*Email [[love poems]] {{--}} Tenerence Love sings his "Sweaty Overweight Jam" in imitation of soul singers like Barry White.
*[[Baddest of the Bands]] {{--}} Strong Bad refers to Homestar as "Very White".

=={{w|Whitesnake}}==
*Email [[mile]] {{--}} Strong Bad's line before jumping the ramp over Bubs' 19 buses, "Here I go again on my own," is a reference to the first line of the chorus of "{{w|Here I Go Again}}", an '80s standard by Whitesnake.

=={{w|The Who}}==
{{seemain|The Who}}

=={{w|Winger}}==
*Email [[death metal]] {{--}} One of the bands featured on the Half-Hour Death Metal Dungeon Hour is "Vinger".
*Email [[the chair]] {{--}} Bubs has a Winger album.

=={{w|Wu-Tang Clan}}==
[[Image:Wu-TangPumpkin.png|thumb|"Cool, a W. What's that supposed to stand for? Witches' brew?"]]
*[[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]] {{--}} If you give Coach Z the Cherry Clan as his Halloween treat, he will compare them to the Wu-Tang Clan and he asks you if he can come in and listen to the group's debut album, ''{{w|Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)|The 36 Chambers}}''.
*[[Pumpkin Carve-nival]] {{--}} The letter W in Coach Z's pumpkin entry is the symbol for the Wu-Tang Clan.
*[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 12.2]] {{--}} Homestar's mention of a "Goatface Killa" is a reference to {{w|Ghostface Killah}}, a member of Wu-Tang Clan.


=={{w|"Weird Al" Yankovic}}==
*Email [[long pants]] {{--}} Strong Bad writing on the Lappy with the light pen may be a reference to part of the lyrics to Weird Al's song, "It's All About the Pentiums".
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 13]] {{--}} The line "Ding dong. Ding dong, yo" is a line from the video for "{{w|Fat (song)|Fat}}".


=={{w|Frank Zappa}}==
*Email [[suntan]] {{--}} In the instructions, the man's facial hair is similar to that of Frank Zappa.
*Email [[modeling]] {{--}} "Stinkfoot" refers to a song title by Zappa.

=={{w|ZZ Top}}==
*[[Sketchbook 2005]] {{--}} In the November 10 entry, the King of Town is drawn as one of the band members.
*Email [[the bet]] ([[the bet#Commentary Transcript|DVD commentary]]) {{--}} Strong Bad makes reference to Billy Gibbons, the leader of this band.
*Email [[winter pool]] {{--}} The King of Town is seen watching an episode of [[Caleb Rentpayer]] where Tuxworth says, "You can't grow a ZZ Top beard!"

==See Also==
*[[Paul and Storm]]
*[[They Might Be Giants]]
*[[Y-O-U]]
*[[Heavy Metal]]
*[[Hip Hop]]
*[[Professional Athlete References]]
*[[Video Game References]]

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Popular Music References

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Many '''real bands''' and '''popular music''' are referenced in the [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] body of work. Common references include [[Halloween costumes]], mentioning or even showing an album, quoting lyrics, or more oblique allusions to other signature musical elements.
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==[[wikipedia:38 Special (band)|.38 Special]]==
*[[Zeenin' Into the Night]] {{--}} The title is a reference to the song "[[wikipedia:Rockin' into the Night (song)|Rockin' Into the Night]]".

=={{w|Paula Abdul}}==
*Email [[different town]] {{--}} Modestly Hot [[Homsar]]'s line "I'm forever your girl" references Abdul's debut album ''{{w|Forever Your Girl}}''.
*[[Doomy Tales Of The Macabre]] {{--}} Coach Z dresses up as {{w|MC Skat Kat}}, an animated character who appeared with Abdul in the music video for her song "{{w|Opposites Attract}}".
**In an Easter egg, Coach Z makes references to Abdul's songs "Opposites Attract", "{{w|Cold Hearted}}", "{{w|Straight Up (Paula Abdul song)|Straight Up}}", and "{{w|Rush Rush (Paula Abdul song)|Rush Rush}}", as well Abdul's showbiz origins as a {{w|Laker Girl}}.

=={{w|AC/DC}}==
{{seemain|AC/DC}}

=={{w|Aerosmith}}==
*[[Flash is Dead!]] {{--}} While trying to make a ''[[Deep Impact]]'' reference, [[Homestar Runner]] quotes {{w|I Don't Want to Miss a Thing|"I don't want to miss a thing!"}} from the Aerosmith song for the {{w|Twin films|similarly-themed film}} ''{{w|Armageddon (1998 film)|Armageddon}}''.
*[[2022 Costume Pack Now Available]] {{--}}
** In an Easter egg, [[Coach Z]] sings the guitar lick of "{{w|Walk This Way}}" in reference to the cover/collaboration version with [[Run-DMC]] (a member of which Coach Z was dressed up as).
** In another Easter egg, [[The Homestar Runner]] and [[Fat Dudley]] sing and dance to the guitar lick of "Walk This Way". [[Old-Timey Strong Bad]] additionally alludes to the lyrics of "{{w|Sweet Emotion}}" while speaking to the "[[The Demon|Arrow Smith]]".

=={{w|Alvin and the Chipmunks}}==
*Email [[strong badathlon]] {{--}} The song Homestar sings for the ending closimonies was from a commercial promoting "Alvin and the Chipmunks"-themed collectible glasses at Hardee's restaurants. The commercials used a rewritten version of "{{w|Old Time Rock and Roll}}" by {{w|Bob Seger}}.
**In the [[strong badathlon#Commentary Transcript|DVD commentary]], [[Coach Z]] recalls collecting said glasses.
**A [[@StrongBadActual Tweets 2021 Mar#1370086840863182855|follow-up tweet]] specified the reference was to Hardee's, not Seger.

=={{w|Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax}}==
*Email [[the chair]] {{--}} [[#Winger|Winger's]] {{w|Winger (album)|self-titled debut album}} is described as "less Anthrax-y".
*[[Trudgemank]] {{--}} Peacey P references Anthrax and [[#Public Enemy|Public Enemy]] mixing rap and heavy metal, referring to Anthrax's 1991 cover of "{{w|Bring the Noise}}".

=={{w|Balaam and the Angel}}==
*[[Marshmallow's Last Stand]] ([[Marshmallow's Last Stand#Commentary Transcript|DVD commentary]]) {{--}} Homestar reacts to the "BUH-LAM!" onomatopoeia with "Buh-lam and the Angels!"

=={{w|Beastie Boys}}==
{{seemain|Beastie Boys}}

=={{w|The Beatles}}==
{{seemain|The Beatles}}

=={{w|Black Flag (band)|Black Flag}}==
[[File:Yello Dello Deletedscene3.PNG|thumb|A stellar performance]]
*[[In Search of the Yello Dello Deleted Scenes]] {{--}} [[Strong Mad]] can be seen sporting a Black Flag tattoo in the third scene.

=={{w|Black Sabbath}}==
*[[Homestar Ruiner]] {{--}} When Strong Bad first tries to run the Race to the End of the Race and pick up the hurdle, he remarks that it must be made of some heavy metals, including "black sabbath".
*[[Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits]] {{--}} [[Taranchula]] song [[Moving Very Slowly]] resembles the doom metal style of Black Sabbath.

=={{w|Frank Black}}==
*[[Jibblies 2]] {{--}} A tarot card is labeled ''{{w|The Cult of Ray}}'', Frank Black's 1996 album, and includes the peculiar looking head from the album cover.

=={{w|Blue Öyster Cult}}==
*[[Baddest of the Bands]] {{--}} The {{w|heavy metal umlaut}} over the "O" in the band [[DÖI]] is a reference to Blue Öyster Cult, a connection furthered by "Oyster" being one of the foods that the King of Town can suggest to be the second word in the band's title.

=={{w|David Bowie}}==
{{seemain|David Bowie}}

=={{w|Boyz n da Hood (rap group)|Boyz N Da Hood}}==
*Email [[garage sale]] {{--}} Strong Bad wonders what sort of "da things" are mentioned and guesses both "da boyz" and "da hood".

=={{w|Garth Brooks}}==
*Email [[secret identity]] {{--}} Strong Bad reflects that "secret identities aren't just for superheroes and Garth Brooks anymore," referring to Brooks' {{w|Chris Gaines}} persona.

=={{w|The Brothers Johnson}}==
*Email [[comic]] {{--}} In an Easter egg, the band's album ''{{w|Winners (Brothers Johnson album)|Winners}}'' is visible in an independent record store.

=={{w|Bobby Brown}}==
*Email [[portrait]] {{--}} The term "TendaRONi" refers to Bobby Brown's song, "{{w|Roni (song)|Roni}}"; specifically, the lyric involving the phrase "tender Roni".

=={{w|Cab Calloway}}==
*[[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]] {{--}} Frustrated by [[I really like your costume|Homestar's incorrect identification of his costume]], Strong Bad retorts that he's not Cab Calloway. Marzipan comments that she likes Calloway.

=={{w|Glen Campbell}}==
*[[Decemberween Short Shorts]] {{--}} In the scene with the characters depicted as Decemberween ornaments, Homestar [[I really like your costume|thinks]] Strong Bad is a "{{w|Rhinestone Cowboy}}".

=={{w|The Carpenters}}==
*[[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]] {{--}} When Dadgeresque passes away, Dangeresque responds by stringing together the names of a bunch of sappy love songs, including "{{w|We've Only Just Begun}}".

=={{w|Chubby Checker}}==
*Email [[bottom 10]] ([[bottom 10#Commentary Transcript|DVD commentary]]) {{--}} [[Mike Chapman]] acknowledges Homestar's "[[buttdance]] again" song by quoting "Let's twist again, like we did last summer," from Checker's song "{{w|Let's Twist Again}}", a "sequel" to his previous song, "{{w|The Twist (song)|The Twist}}".

=={{w|Joe Cocker}}==
*[[TMBG Concert - 25 Sep 2004]] & [[TMBG Concert - 5 Mar 2010]] {{--}} [[Puppet Character Variations|Puppet]] [[Homestar Runner]] sings a version (with altered lyrics) of "{{w|With A Little Help from My Friends}}" that borrows from Cocker's performance of the song.

=={{w|Phil Collins}}==
*[[Stinkomanual]] {{--}} The description of the Bendini Sisters alludes to "{{w|In the Air Tonight}}".

=={{w|Jonathan Coulton}}==
*[[Make a Scene with Telltale: Strong Bad Edition]] {{--}} Strong Bad mentions Jonathan Coulton being at the PAX convention.
*[[The Brothers Chaps]] were guests on the 2019 JoCo Cruise.

=={{w|The Cure}}==
[[Image:Poster The Cure.PNG|thumb|Boys Don't Cry]]
*[[Fan Costume Commentary]] {{--}} Strong Bad describes the final Strong Sad costume as a "dumpy {{w|Robert Smith (musician)|Robert Smith}}", referring to the frontman of the Cure.
*Email [[radio]] {{--}} Strong Sad has a "{{w|Boys Don't Cry (The Cure song)|Boys Don't Cry}}" poster in [[Strong Sad's Room|his room]]. This poster has continued to appear in subsequent scenes set in his room.

=={{w|Daft Punk}}==
*[[The Cheat Theme Song]] {{--}} The visual accompanying "The Cheat is in the house" is reminiscent of the music video for "{{w|One More Time (Daft Punk song)|One More Time}}."
**The line itself may be a reference to earlier song "Teachers", in which several influential DJs are listed as being "in the house".

=={{w|Terence Trent D'Arby}}==
*[[3 Times Halloween Funjob]] {{--}} Coach Z misinterprets Strong Bad's Ozone costume as Terence Trent D'Arby.

=={{w|De La Soul}}==
{{seemain|De La Soul}}

=={{w|El DeBarge}}==
*[[3 Times Halloween Funjob]] {{--}} Homestar mistakes Strong Bad's Ozone costume for one of El DeBarge.

=={{w|John Denver}}==
*Email [[haircut]] ([[haircut#Commentary Transcript|DVD commentary]]) {{--}} The Brothers Chaps try to remember if John Denver's real last name was Düsseldorf; it was actually Deutschendorf.

=={{w|Devo}}==
[[File:Strong Sad as Devo Member.png|thumb|"Go forward! Move ahead. Try to detect it! It's not too late."]]
*[[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]] {{--}} Strong Sad dresses as an unspecified "Devo member", wearing the famous "{{w|energy dome}}" helmet. He also quotes their hit song {{w|Whip It (Devo song)|"Whip It"}}.
**Strong Sad's square glasses indicate he is most likely dressed as co-founder and singer {{w|Mark Mothersbaugh}}.
*[[The Show: Ween Edition]] {{--}} Homestar [[I really like your costume|mistakes]] Coach Z's "[[#Beastie Boys|Beastie Boy]] from the Intergalactic video" costume for a "Devo construction worker"
**In the same toon, Coach Z's initial guess was a "Devo crossing guard".

=={{w|Digital Underground}}==
*[[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]] {{--}} Coach Z dresses as Humpty Hump, the comedic alter ego of the group's leader {{w|Shock G}}.

=={{w|Dinosaur Jr.}}==
*[[Mr. Poofers Must Die]] {{--}} Marzipan dresses up as {{w|J Mascis}}. Strong Sad mentions two Dinosaur Jr. album titles and one EP title.

=={{w|Dire Straits}}==
*[[Doomy Tales of the Macabre]] {{--}} Strong Mad dresses as Sal from the animated {{w|Money for Nothing (song)|"Money For Nothing"}} music video, quoting the song's "MOVE-A, MOVE-A!" refrain.

=={{w|Dokken}}==
[[Image:rockermarzipan.PNG|thumb|"...and Marzipan would rock..."]]
*Email [[band names]] {{--}} Strong Bad uses Dokken as an example of a band named after a "really cool last name," referring to founder {{w|Don Dokken}}.
*Email [[different town]] {{--}} During Strong Bad's fantasy of how he would change [[Free Country, USA]], he envisions [[Marzipan]] as playing {{w|George Lynch (musician)|George Lynch's}} Skull N' Bones guitar.

=={{w|Bob Dylan}}==
{{seemain|Bob Dylan}}

=={{w|The Edsels}}==
*[[The System is Down]] {{--}} Bubs says that "someone tried to cram-a-lam a Swiss Cake Roll into the disk drive," a takeoff of the phrase "Rama Lama Ding Dong" originated by this band's 1958 song.

=={{w|Enuff Z'nuff}}==
*Email [[band names]] {{--}} Strong Bad uses Enuff Z'nuff as a lesser example of a band named after a "really cool last name," referring to cofounder Chip Z'nuff (Gregory Rybarski).

=={{w|The 5th Dimension}}==
*[[Main Page 8]] {{--}} When "[[Toons]]" is rolled over, Strong Bad is seen in a hot-air balloon done in his likeness as he sings the band's song {{w|Up, Up and Away (song)|"Up, Up and Away"}}.

=={{w|50 Cent}}==
*Email [[extra plug]] {{--}} Strong Bad's [[cloughb|pronunciation of "club"]] is a reference to "{{w|In da Club}}," wherein 50 rounds off the 'u' in the word 'club' the same way.

=={{w|Firehose (band)|Firehose}}==
*Email [[senior prom]] {{--}} The King of Town's line "Let the King have some!" may refer to the song title "{{w|Fromohio|Let the Drummer Have Some}}".

=={{w|Five Man Electrical Band}}==
*[[Strong Bad's Website]] {{--}} The "Long Haired Freaky Cheat" broken image is a reference to the "long-haired freaky people" mentioned in "{{w|Signs (Five Man Electrical Band song)|Signs}}".

=={{w|John Fogerty}}==
*Email [[too cool]] {{--}} [[Senor Cardgage]] distorts the line "Put me in, Coach, I'm ready to play" from "{{w|Centerfield (song)|Centerfield}}".

=={{w|Foghat}}==
*[[Baddest of the Bands]] {{--}} Strong Bad warns players not to confuse fog-bats with Foghat.

=={{w|Fu-Schnickens}}==
*Email [[dragon]] {{--}} The [[Strong Bad Email Intros|email intro]] is a direct reference to a line from the song "{{w|La Schmoove}}" (as {{prs|1089156505469927424|26|Jan|2019|alt=revealed in 2019}}).

=={{w|Lita Ford}}==
*Email [[cliffhangers]] {{--}} At the start of the Space Captainface scene, Strong Bad as Space Captainface is talking to Lita Ford on the phone.

=={{w|4 Non Blondes}}==
*Email [[bike thief]] (DVD commentary) {{--}} Mike asks Strong Bad if Matt based Marzipan's hairstyle on a member of 4 Non Blondes; Strong Bad responds by singing the "Hey, yay, yay, yay" segment of their song "{{w|What's Up? (song)|What's Up?}}".

=={{w|The Four Tops}}==
*Email [[sugarbob]] {{--}} Strong Bad says, "Sugarbob, funky bunch," a reference to The Four Tops' song, "{{w|I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)}}".

=={{w|Peter Frampton}}==
{{seemain|Peter Frampton}}

=={{w|Fugazi}}==
*Email [[geddup noise]] ([[geddup noise#Commentary Transcript|DVD commentary]]) {{--}} The brothers discuss a "This is not a Fugazi T-shirt" shirt while discussing Strong Sad's Geddup Noise shirt.

=={{w|The Furious Five}}==
*[[Homestarloween Party]] {{--}} Coach Z is overheard discussing an individual's "work with the Furious Five", presumably either {{w|Grandmaster Flash}} or {{w|Melle Mel}}.

=={{w|Gorillaz}}==
*[[Halloween Hijinks]] {{--}} Coach Z [[Halloween Hijinks Costumes|dresses up]] as {{w|Del the Funky Homosapien|Del}} tha Ghost Rapper, and quotes lines from the song "{{w|Clint Eastwood (song)|Clint Eastwood}}" that featured Del.

=={{w|Grateful Dead}}==
*Email [[theme party]] (Easter egg) {{--}} A "Spring Drink'n Formal 2002" [[t-shirt]] features a Grateful Dead Dancing Bear.

=={{w|Vince Guaraldi|The Vince Guaraldi Trio}}==
*Email [[comic]] {{--}} In the Easter egg, the album ''{{w|Jazz Impressions of A Boy Named Charlie Brown|A Boy Named Charlie Brown}}'' can be seen in an independent record store.
*[[Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triungulate]] [[Dangeresque Roomisode 2: The Intersection of Doom & Boom|Roomisode 2]] {{--}} If Dangeresque places the air freshener on the green car's antenna, the music that plays is an homage to the Vince Guaraldi Trio's soundtrack to the [[Peanuts]] special ''{{w|A Charlie Brown Christmas}}''.
*[[Strong Sad's Lament]] {{--}} Used an avatar of Vince Guaraldi in August 2005.

=={{w|Guns N' Roses}}==
{{seemain|Guns N' Roses}}

=={{w|Murray Head}}==
*[[Homestar Presents: Presents]] {{--}} Strong Sad sings "{{w|One Night in Bangkok}}".

=={{w|House of Pain}}==
*[[A Jorb Well Done]] {{--}} Coach Z says, "Pack it up, pack it in" as the game ends, quoting the opening lyrics to "{{w|Jump Around}}".
*[[Hallrunner]] {{--}} Selecting "jump it" against the home stereo system quotes "Jump Around": "Jump around, jump around, jump up jump up and get down."


=={{w|Ice-T}}==
*Email [[pizzaz]] {{--}} Strong Bad's closing line, "Canned or Dry, We Neva Die. Colors," is a reference to the song "{{w|Colors (Ice-T song)|Colors}}": "The gangs of L.A. will never die {{-}} just multiply (colors)".
*[[Baddest of the Bands]] {{--}} Bubs wishes for Coach Z to be more like an O.G.; though the abbreviation has historically had different meanings, Ice-T's album ''{{w|O.G. Original Gangster}}'' popularized the "original gangster" meaning especially in hip hop contexts.
*{{postref|801085577848324097|22|Nov|2016}} {{--}} Strong Bad, dressed as {{w|Lin-Manuel Miranda}} (in ''{{w|Hamilton (musical)|Hamilton}}''), specifies that [[What are you supposed to be?|he is not]] "Colonial Ice-T".

=={{w|Iggy Pop}}==
*Email [[technology]] {{--}} Strong Bad's line, "I'm using technology," refers to a lyric from the song, "{{w|Search and Destroy}}", which he sang with {{w|The Stooges}}.

=={{w|Natalie Imbruglia}}==
*[[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]] {{--}} One of Strong Sad's magic words includes Natalie's last name, though he pronounces it with the "g" sound.

=={{w|Iron Butterfly}}==
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 8]] {{--}} The "16 hour drum solo" refers to epic hard rock drum solos in songs such as {{w|In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida}}.

=={{w|Iron Maiden}}==
*Email [[3 wishes]] {{--}} Strong Bad says that if he had horns, he would go on tour with a heavy metal band as their mascot and do battle with the lead singer, a reference to how the Iron Maiden {{w|Eddie the Head|mascot}} always fought with the band on stage.
*[[Baddest of the Bands]] {{--}} Strong Bad says his stage prop is "maybe cooler than a giant robotic demon". This refers to the band's usage of elaborate stage props in their concerts, including giant puppets of demons and monsters.
*Several toons use a [[font]] called "Metal as in Heavy" which is very similar to that of Iron Maiden.

=={{w|The Isley Brothers}}==
*[[Senor Mortgage]] {{--}} The jingle plays the same chord progression as in "{{w|Twist and Shout}}".


=={{w|Judas Priest}}==
*[[Trogday 08]] {{--}} The [[heavy metal]] song at the end repeats "The S is for Sucks" in a similar manner to the chorus of "{{w|Breaking the Law}}".
*[[Baddest of the Bands]] {{--}} When "save/load" is moused over, one of the lines Strong Bad says in response is "Savin' the load! Savin' the load!", also in reference to "Breaking the Law."

=={{w|Michael Jackson}}==
{{seemain|Michael Jackson}}

=={{w|Rick James}}==
*Email [[gimmicks]] {{--}} Strong Bad's intro song repeats "super great" in the manner of "{{w|Super Freak}}".

=={{w|Scott Joplin}}==
*[[Kick the Can]] {{--}} Joplin's piano rag "{{w|The Entertainer (rag)|The Entertainer}}" scores the shorts; the song is often used to evoke the 1930s.

=={{w|Journey (band)|Journey}}==
*[[Baddest of the Bands]] {{--}}
**Strong Bad sings "Don't quit Strong Bad gaming!" when mousing over "Quit It" on the main menu, à la "{{w|Don't Stop Believin'}}".
**[[Limozeen's Hot Babelien Odyssey]] is a reference to the [[Atari 2600]] game ''{{w|Journey Escape}}''.
*[[Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triungulate]] [[Dangeresque Roomisode 2: The Intersection of Doom & Boom|Roomisode 2]] {{--}} Dangeresque's description for the street light is "just a city street light, born and raised in South Detrite", another reference to "Don't Stop Believin'".


=={{w|Kid 'n Play}}==
[[Image:CoachZ Kid.PNG|thumb|"Check it out, yo!"]]
*[[Pumpkin Carve-nival]] {{--}} Coach Z dresses as Kid from Kid 'n' Play.

=={{w|Kiss (band)|KISS}}==
*[[Main Page 9]] {{--}} The band's logo appears when rolling over "Characters".
*Email [[local news]] {{--}} Strong Bad's intro tune parodies "{{w|Cold Gin}}", swapping in "email" for "cold gin" in the chorus.
*Email [[coloring]] {{--}} A coloring page depicts Larry "screamin' like a demon" with his tongue hanging out. Band member {{w|Gene Simmons}} used the stage persona of "The Demon" and is well-known for sticking out his long tongue while performing.

=={{w|Kraftwerk}}==
*Email [[old comics]] {{--}} The cover for [[West Is Lip]]'s ''The Singles'' compilation bears some resemblance to the album cover for ''{{w|The Man-Machine}}''.

=={{w|Krokus (band)|Krokus}}==
*Email [[band names]] {{--}} In closing, Strong Bad announces that "the guys from Krokus" will be guests on the next email.
*[[Fan Costumes 2017]] {{--}} [[D n' D Greg]] claims the Krokus banner on his front porch drew [[What's Her Face]] near.


=={{w|Cyndi Lauper}}==
*[[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]] {{--}} When Dadgeresque passes away, Dangeresque responds by stringing together the names of a bunch of sappy love songs, yet bizarrely concludes the response with "{{w|She Bop}}".

=={{w|Led Zeppelin}}==
{{seemain|Led Zeppelin}}

=={{w|Lemon Demon}}==
*[[Homestar Ruiner]] {{--}} The Silver Trophy of Ultimate Destiny awarded for winning the Race to the End of the Race is a reference to {{w|The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny}}.

=={{w|Gordon Lightfoot}}==
*Email [[army]] {{--}} When Strong Bad refuses to join Homestar's [[Homestarmy|army]], the latter threatens the former with, "We'll see if those trees you're always hugging save you when Gordon Lightfoot's creeping round your back stair," referencing the song "{{w|Sundown (Gordon Lightfoot song)|Sundown}}".

=={{w|LL Cool J}}==
*Email [[hremail 3184]] {{--}} Homestar repeating the phrase "Don't call it a comeback", is a reference to the first line of "{{w|Mama Said Knock You Out (song)|Mama Said Knock You Out}}".

=={{w|Loverboy}}==
*[[Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits]] {{--}} The cowbell intro of "[[Because, It's Midnite]]" by [[Limozeen]] is similar to that of "{{w|Working for the Weekend}}".
*[[Strong Sad's Lament]] {{--}} The header of Strong Sad's post on September 9, 2005 is "Working For the Weak-End?"


=={{w|Yngwie Malmsteen}}==
[[File:Malmsteen'sComet.png|thumb|"We're on a collision course with Malmsteen's Comet!"]]
*Email [[cliffhangers]] {{--}} Strong Bad as Space Captainface and The Cheat as Strap are threatened by Malmsteen's Comet.

=={{w|Marilyn Manson}}==
*[[Trogdor Con '97]] ([[Trogdor Con '97#Commentary Transcript|DVD commentary]]) {{--}} The Brothers Chaps recall {{w|Dragon Con}} attendees wearing makeup reminiscent of Marilyn Manson, similar to how Strong Sad is dressed in the toon.

=={{w|Bob Marley}}==
*[[Happy Hallow-day]] {{--}} Marzipan says, "We be jammin'!", in reference to "{{w|Jamming (song)|Jamming}}".
*[[Strong Badia the Free]] {{--}} Strong Bad tells an email sender to think about where he should hang his Bob Marley poster once he moves back into his [[parents' basement]].

=={{w|Marsalis}}==
*Email [[theme song]] {{--}} The closing theme song for Strong Bad's email show is "by a Marsalis or two".

=={{w|MC Hammer}}==
*Email [[haircut]] {{--}} Strong Bad references "{{w|Hammer pants}}", baggy pants popularized by MC Hammer.
*[[Later That Night...]] {{--}} Homsar quotes "{{w|U Can't Touch This}}".

=={{w|Metallica}}==
{{seemain|Metallica}}

=={{w|M.I.A. (rapper)|M.I.A.}}==
*[[Happy Hallow-day]] {{--}} On the [[TV Time Toons Menu|Toons menu]], the description of this toon is "Ween night is M.I.A. Galang galang." This uses "M.I.A." to refer to both the concept of "missing in action" and a nod to the rapper; "{{w|Galang (song)|Galang}}" is her debut single.

=={{w|Miami Sound Machine}}==
*[[3 Times Halloween Funjob]] {{--}} Bubs mistakes Strong Bad's costume as being Miami Sound Machine.

=={{w|Bette Midler}}==
*[[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]] {{--}} When Dadgeresque passes away, Dangeresque responds by stringing together the names of a bunch of sappy love songs, including "{{w|Wind Beneath My Wings}}".

=={{w|Misfits (band)|The Misfits}}==
*[[Doomy Tales of the Macabre]] {{--}} Strong Sad dresses as {{w|Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein|Doyle}}, the guitarist of the band.

=={{w|Thelonious Monk}}==
*Email [[pizza joint]] {{--}} Strong Sad remarks that Strong Bad would call him "Thelonious Dump" when rejecting him from his Pizz List.

=={{w|Mos Def}}==
*Email [[love poems]] {{--}} Homestar's "This mo'nin'" jam sounds identical to the chorus of Mos Def's song "Got".

=={{w|Mötley Crüe}}==
{{seemain|Mötley Crüe}}

=={{w|Motörhead}}==
*Email [[band names]] {{--}} Strong Bad announces the next email will include a guest appearance by the band's leader, {{w|Lemmy Kilmister}}.
*Email [[death metal]] ([[death metal#Commentary Transcript|DVD commentary]]) {{--}} Strong Bad and Mike make reference to Lemmy, including discussing whether or not he hot-glued corn flakes to his face.

=={{w|Mr. Mister}}==
*[[Homestar Runner Goes for the Gold]] {{--}} Homestar references the hit "{{w|Broken Wings (Mr. Mister song)|Broken Wings}}".

=={{w|Mudhoney}}==
*Email [[comic]] {{--}} The single "You Stupid Asshole" appears in the "comic" Easter egg.
*[[Sick Day]] {{--}} The page title references the song "Here Comes The Sickness".

=={{w|Mudvayne}}==
*Email [[death metal]] {{--}} Strong Bad suggests to hot-glue cornflakes to one's face as a way to be in a death metal band. This refers to this band's guitarist who once glued corn chips to his face for a music video.


=={{w|Willie Nelson}}==
*[[Halloween Fairstival]] {{--}} Marzipan dresses as Willie Nelson.

=={{w|The Neville Brothers}}==
*Email [[theme song]] {{--}} Strong Bad claims that were his [[Strong Bad Email Show|email show]]'s "life-affirming pop-ballad type theme song" would probably be "sung by some variety of Neville."

=={{w|Newcleus}}==
*[[Happy Hallow-day]] {{--}} The skull with the rainbow-colored afro exclaims the title of the band's song, "Jam On It".
*Email [[love poems]] {{--}} Homestar's "This mo'nin'" jam is sung in imitation of "Jam On It".

=={{w|New Order}}==
*[[Fan Costumes 2015]] {{--}} Strong Sad sings a part of {{w|Age of Consent (song)|Age of Consent}}.

=={{w|Night Ranger}}==
*[[Baddest of the Bands]] {{--}} Strong Bad calls Strong Sad "{{w|Sister Christian}}", which is the title of one of this band's most famous songs.
*[[Homestar Runner Goes for the Gold]] {{--}} Homestar quotes a lyric from "Sister Christian".

=={{w|Nirvana (band)|Nirvana}}==
[[Image:Homestar KurtCobain.PNG|thumb|Corporate Rock Still Sucks]]
*[[Homestarloween Party]] {{--}} [[Homestar Runner]] dresses as {{w|Kurt Cobain}}. His T-shirt is a parody of a shirt worn by Cobain on the cover of ''{{w|Rolling Stone}}'', which reads, "Corporate Magazines Still Suck."
*Email [[geddup noise]] {{--}} Strong Sad's "Corporate [[The Geddup Noise]] Still Sucks" T-shirt is another parody of the same slogan.
*[[Baddest of the Bands]] {{--}} When the speaker has been brought down on the DÖI stage, Strong Bad remarks that it is probably Cobain-proofed.


=={{w|Sinéad O'Connor}}==
*Email [[from work]] ([[from work#Commentary Transcript|DVD commentary]]) {{--}} Homestar claims that Sinéad O'Connor is 2008's it-girl.

=={{w|Outkast}}==
{{seemain|Outkast}}

=={{w|Ozzy Osbourne}}==
*[[Baddest of the Bands]] {{--}} Strong Bad asking Marzipan if she plans to bite off Pazquel's head, The King of Town's on-stage devouring of bats, and Marzipan's allegation of Limozeen performing bat-head-biting all refer to a notorious episode in the career of Osbourne.


=={{w|Les Paul}}==
*[[Strong Badia the Free]] {{--}} While answering an email, Strong Bad calls the sender "Les Paul".

=={{w|Pavement (band)|Pavement}}==
*sloshy's performance of [[Because It's Midnite]] uses a style resemblant of Pavement.
*[[Fan Costumes 2017]] What's Her Face claims she likes Pavement.

=={{w|Tom Petty}}==
*[[Old Characters Page]] {{--}} Marzipan's description includes "She loves horses and her boyfriend, too" which is a line from Tom Petty's song, {{w|Free Fallin'}}.
*[[Haunted Photo Booth]] {{--}} The King of Town dresses up as the Alice cake from the music video from Tom Petty's song, {{w|Don't Come Around Here No More}}.

=={{w|Piebald}}==
*[[Strong Bad is a Bad Guy]] {{--}} The term "vantastic" is a possible reference to this band, who describe their tour van using the same word.

=={{w|Pink Floyd}}==
*[[Baddest of the Bands]] {{--}} Strong Bad says his stage prop is "almost better than a flying pig". This refers to a prop used in some performances by this band and the cover art of {{w|Animals (Pink Floyd album)|Animals}}.
*[[The Homestar Runner Enters The Spooky Woods]] {{--}} Strong Mad's costume references an iconic image of ''{{w|Pink Floyd – The Wall|Pink Floyd The Wall}}''.

=={{w|Poison (American band)|Poison}}==
*[[Baddest of the Bands]] {{--}} In the Teen Girl Squad comic, Gary refers to [[Cheerleader]] as "un-unskinny bop", a reference to Poison's song "{{w|Unskinny Bop}}".

=={{w|The Police}}==
*Email [[specially marked]] {{--}} The step counter has the phrase "Every step U take" displayed on it. This phrase is a line sung in The Police's song, "{{w|Every Breath You Take}}".

=={{w|The Postal Service}}==
*Email [[geddup noise]] ([[geddup noise#Commentary Transcript|DVD commentary]]) {{--}} The Brothers Chaps compare The Cheat's Geddup Noise indie-tronic remix to something that The Postal Service would do.

=={{w|Elvis Presley}}==
*Email [[vacation]] {{--}} Strong Bad's intro song is a reference to Elvis' song, "{{w|Heartbreak Hotel}}".

=={{w|Prince (musician)|Prince}}==
[[File:Halloween 2007 Marzipan.PNG|thumb|"E... A... D... G...."]]
*Email [[space program]] {{--}} Strong Bad's email intro is a parody of Prince's song, "{{w|When Doves Cry}}".
*[[Jibblies 2]] {{--}} Marzipan dresses as Prince circa his 1984 album and film ''{{w|Purple Rain (album)|Purple Rain}}''. Homestar references his 1985 hit "Raspberry Beret".
**[[The House That Gave Sucky Tricks]] (Easter egg) {{--}} Homestar and Marzipan refer back to this costume.

=={{w|The Promise Ring}}==
*Email [[no loafing]] {{--}} The poster on Strong Sad's wall in the "appointment" Easter egg is of this emo band.

=={{w|Public Enemy}}==
*[[Homestarloween Party]] {{--}} [[Coach Z]] dresses as {{w|Flavor Flav}}, the comic relief member of this group.
*[[Trudgemank]] {{--}} Peacey P. mentions them (as P.E.) and Anthrax mixing rap and heavy metal in 1991 or 1993.


=={{w|Queen (band)|Queen}}==
*Email [[space program]] {{--}} The Space Captainface song is a spoof on the theme song for ''{{w|Flash Gordon (film)|Flash Gordon}}'', as performed by this band.

=={{w|Queen Latifah}}==
[[File:Coach Z as Queen Latifah.png|thumb|"Hey, whatcha doing there, sista?"]]
*[[Happy Hallow-day]] {{--}} Coach Z dresses as Queen Latifah.

=={{w|Quiet Riot}}==
*Email [[the bet]] {{--}} Strong Bad tells Homestar to change his name to Kevin DuBrow if he fails to be cool, which does not happen.


=={{w|Ramones}}==
{{seemain|Ramones}}

=={{w|Ratt}}==
{{seemain|Ratt}}

=={{w|Red Hot Chili Peppers}}==
*[[Decemberween Short Shorts]] ([[Decemberween Short Shorts#Commentary Transcript|DVD commentary]]) {{--}} During the scene with Strong Bad writing a letter to tube socks, the Brothers Chaps compare this scene to how Red Hot Chili Peppers used tube socks.

=={{w|R.E.M.}}==
*[[In Search of the Yello Dello]] ([[In Search of the Yello Dello#Everything Else Vol. 2 Version|DVD version]]) {{--}} As seen in the fourth deleted scene, it was originally intended for Strong Sad to sound like {{w|Michael Stipe}}.
*[[Flash is Dead!]] {{--}} Homestar lists his full name on his profile as "Michael (Stipe) Runner".

=={{w|Lionel Richie}}==
*Email [[3 wishes]] {{--}} The intro is reference to a lyric to Richie's song, "{{w|Say You, Say Me}}".
*[[Homestar Runner's Character Video]] {{--}} "Lionel Richie" is one of the randomly-picked insults that Strong Bad calls Homestar during the latter's character video.

=={{w|Kenny Rogers}}==
*Email [[pom pom]] {{--}} Strong Bad's intro is a reference to Rogers' song, {{w|The Gambler (album)|"The Gambler"}}.

=={{w|The Rolling Stones}}==
*[[Baddest of the Bands]] {{--}} If you click on the fuse box at the DÖI Stage, Strong Bad remarks how his "frustration was sure to blow a 50 amp fuse." This is a reference to the Rolling Stones song "You Can't Always Get What You Want", where there is a line with a similar meaning.
*[[Limozeen vs. sloshy]] {{--}} The album cover resembles the cover for {{w|Jump Back}}, a Rolling Stones greatest hits album.

=={{w|Henry Rollins}}==
*[[Hairstyle Runner]] {{--}} A hairstyle giving Homestar a flattop and unibrow is labeled "{{w|Rollins Band|rollins band's}} 2nd to last album".
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 5]] and [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 10]] {{--}} [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Henry Rollins, Abraham Lincoln, and George Washington|Henry Rollins]] appears, later parasailing with [[So and So]].

=={{w|Run-DMC}}==
{{seemain|Run-DMC}}


=={{w|Sade}}==
*Email [[slumber party]] {{--}} Homestar sings, "Party. Slumber party. Listen to some Sade, at the slumber party."

=={{w|Joe Satriani}}==
*Email [[space program]] {{--}} The term "Satriani 5" is a spoof on Joe Satriani, who created the album ''Surfing with the Aliens''.
*Email [[cliffhangers]] ([[cliffhangers#Commentary Transcript|DVD commentary]]) {{--}} During the Space Captainface scene, Matt wonders if when the new Fantastic Four movie comes out, Joe Satriani will become more popular.

=={{w|Scorpions (band)|Scorpions}}==
[[File:Scorpions.png|thumb|We are the SCORPIONS!!]]
*[[Strong Sad's Lament]] {{--}} Strong Sad asks his readers to "rock [him] like an e-Hurricane", referencing their song "{{w|Rock You Like A Hurricane}}".
*Email [[your friends]] {{--}} During the scene with Strong Bad torturing [[Homsar]] with scorpions, the scorpions come from a box that reads, "We are the SCORPIONS!!", which is the concert-opening cry of lead singer Klaus Meine.
*[[Taranchula]] member Schenkel McDoo may be a reference to Scorpions guitarist {{w|Rudolf Schenker}}.

=={{w|Bob Seger}}==
*Email [[strong badathlon]] {{--}} During the ending closimonies, Homestar sings a ([[Youtube:sz5CRAhJtIg|misquoted]]) line from Seger's song "Old Time Rock 'n' Roll."

=={{w|Sepultura}}==
*[[Taranchula]] appears to be partially based on the death metal band Sepultura.

=={{w|Sex Pistols}}==
*Email [[sb_email 22]] {{--}} Strong Bad's suggested email closing "Nevermind the Bullocks" refers to a lyric from the band's controversial album, ''{{w|Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols}}'', which, like this email, was banned in the U.K.

=={{w|Simon and Garfunkel}}==
*Email [[do over]] {{--}} As Strong Bad bashes Homestar on the head with the Tandy's keyboard, he yells, "PARSLEY! SAGE! RoseMARY! And THYME!" These are lyrics to the song "{{w|Scarborough Fair}}", an English ballad made famous by this duo.
*Email [[love poems]] ([[love poems#Commentary Transcript|DVD commentary]]) {{--}} Mike and Matt both think that Homestar looks like Art Garfunkel, the second half of Simon and Garfunkel.

=={{w|Slaughter (band)|Slaughter}}==
*Email [[death metal]] {{--}} One of the bands featured on the [[Half-Hour Death Metal Dungeon Hour]] is "Schlaugh-ter".
*[[Homestar Runner Goes for the Gold]] {{--}} Homestar references Slaughter's hit, {{w|Fly to the Angels}}.

=={{w|Slayer (band)|Slayer}}==
*[[Fan Costumes 2017]] {{--}} [[D n' D Greg]] claims the Slayer poster in his hallway won What's Her Face's heart.

=={{w|The Smiths}}==
*[[Somber Vacation]] {{--}} In the Easter egg, Strong Sad can be heard singing ''{{w|Bigmouth Strikes Again}}''.

=={{w|Sonic Youth}}==
{{seemain|Sonic Youth}}

=={{w|Bruce Springsteen}}==
*[[Halloween Fairstival]] {{--}} [[Bubs]] dresses up as {{w|Clarence Clemons}}, saxophonist for the {{w|E-Street Band}}.
*Email [[love poems]] {{--}} Kimberly quotes {{w|Blinded by the Light}}, a song originally done by Bruce Springsteen.
*Email [[dictionary]] {{--}} Marzipan offers to play a cover of Bruce Springsteen's song, {{w|Glory Days (song)|Glory Days}}.

=={{w|The Strokes}}==
*[[Record Store Day]] {{--}} A dreaming [[Strong Sad]] warns the band's lead singer {{w|Julian Casablancas}} to look out.

=={{w|Stryper}}==
*[[Homestar Ruiner]] {{--}} When Strong Bad investigates the stands by the track, he remarks that they are emptier than a Stryper concert.

=={{w|Sugarhill Gang}}==
*[[Homsar's Character Video]] {{--}} Homsar mentions Wonder Mike, the lead singer for the Sugarhill Gang. His comment "Hi, Wonder Mike!" is a reference to the line in the Sugarhill Gang song ''Rapper's Delight'' that goes "I am Wonder Mike and I'd like to say hello."

=={{w|The Supremes}}==
*[[Hallrunner]] {{--}} If you choose "Fight it" when you come across love, the game replies that "you can't fight it and you can't hurry it. You just have to wait." This is a reference to the Supremes' song, "{{w|You Can't Hurry Love}}".


=={{w|Talking Heads}}==
[[Image:StrongSad DavidByrne.PNG|thumb|"This is not my beautiful house! This is not my beautiful wife!"]]
*[[3 Times Halloween Funjob]] {{--}} [[Strong Sad]] dresses as the band's leader {{w|David Byrne}}, wearing the "big suit" from ''{{w|Stop Making Sense}}''. He also quotes their song "{{w|Once in a Lifetime (Talking Heads song)|Once in a Lifetime}}" with the lines "This is not my beautiful house!" and "This is not my beautiful wife!"

=={{w|James Taylor}}==
*Email [[for kids]] {{--}} On Homsar's show, ''[[Whaddaya Know, Haddi-man?]]'', the guitarist, known as the [[Stave It Off Guy]], bears a striking resemblance to this folk singer, who would often appear on ''[[Sesame Street]]'' to sing educational songs.
*[[Crystal Fortress]] {{--}} The Stave It Off Guy returns.

=={{w|TLC (band)|TLC}}==
*[[Pumpkin Carve-nival]] {{--}} Marzipan dresses as {{w|Lisa Lopes|Left-Eye Lopes}}.

=={{w|The Treacherous Three}}==
*[[3 Times Halloween Funjob]] {{--}} Coach Z dresses as band member Kool Moe Dee.

=={{w|A Tribe Called Quest}}==
{{seemain|A Tribe Called Quest}}

=={{w|Tupac Shakur|Tupac}}==
[[Image:CoachZ_Tupac.PNG|thumb|Thorg Life]]
*[[Halloween Fairstival]] {{--}} Coach Z dresses as Tupac.

=={{w|Turbonegro}}==
*Email [[death metal]] {{--}} Strong Bad's suggestion to Dane to be fat refers to lead singer {{w|Hank Von Helvete}}, who is famous for his plump physique.

=={{w|Ike & Tina Turner|Ike Turner}}==
*Email [[autobiography]] {{--}} An Easter egg describes the tapes as being reviewed by Ike Turner, who, bizarrely enough, reviews it twice as "hootie hoo".


=={{w|U2}}==
*[[Thy Dungeonman 3]] {{--}} When you've beaten the game, the line "The sanctum begins to rattle and hum" is a reference to the U2 album ''{{w|Rattle and Hum}}''.


=={{w|Van Halen}}==
{{seemain|Van Halen}}

=={{w|Stevie Ray Vaughan}}==
*[[Most in the Graveyard]] {{--}} Marzipan dresses as Stevie Ray Vaughan.
**Homestar calls Marzipan "My little pride and joy," a reference to Stevie Ray Vaughan's 1983 hit, {{w|Pride and Joy (Stevie Ray Vaughan song)|Pride and Joy}}.

=={{w|Vinnie Vincent Invasion}}==
*Email [[death metal]] {{--}} One of the bands featured on the Half-Hour Death Metal Dungeon Hour is "the Winnie Wincent Inwasion".


=={{w|Weezer}}==
*Email [[concert]] {{--}} The discussion about Christmas lights used by sloshy refers to Weezer's similar usage in their music video of "{{w|El Scorcho}}".
*[[Decomposing Pumpkins]] {{--}} The intro notes are reminiscent of "{{w|Undone (The Sweater Song)}}".
*[[sloshy]]'s bassist resembles the drummer for Weezer.

=={{w|Wesley Willis}}==
*[[Baddest of the Bands]] {{--}} When you are finished talking to Bubs, he may utter the phrase "Rock over London, Rock on Chicago". This phrase was often used at the end of Willis' songs.

=={{w|Barry White}}==
*Email [[love poems]] {{--}} Tenerence Love sings his "Sweaty Overweight Jam" in imitation of soul singers like Barry White.
*[[Baddest of the Bands]] {{--}} Strong Bad refers to Homestar as "Very White".

=={{w|Whitesnake}}==
*Email [[mile]] {{--}} Strong Bad's line before jumping the ramp over Bubs' 19 buses, "Here I go again on my own," is a reference to the first line of the chorus of "{{w|Here I Go Again}}", an '80s standard by Whitesnake.

=={{w|The Who}}==
{{seemain|The Who}}

=={{w|Winger}}==
*Email [[death metal]] {{--}} One of the bands featured on the Half-Hour Death Metal Dungeon Hour is "Vinger".
*Email [[the chair]] {{--}} Bubs has a Winger album.

=={{w|Wu-Tang Clan}}==
[[Image:Wu-TangPumpkin.png|thumb|"Cool, a W. What's that supposed to stand for? Witches' brew?"]]
*[[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]] {{--}} If you give Coach Z the Cherry Clan as his Halloween treat, he will compare them to the Wu-Tang Clan and he asks you if he can come in and listen to the group's debut album, ''{{w|Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)|The 36 Chambers}}''.
*[[Pumpkin Carve-nival]] {{--}} The letter W in Coach Z's pumpkin entry is the symbol for the Wu-Tang Clan.
*[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 12.2]] {{--}} Homestar's mention of a "Goatface Killa" is a reference to {{w|Ghostface Killah}}, a member of Wu-Tang Clan.


=={{w|"Weird Al" Yankovic}}==
*Email [[long pants]] {{--}} Strong Bad writing on the Lappy with the light pen may be a reference to part of the lyrics to Weird Al's song, "It's All About the Pentiums".
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 13]] {{--}} The line "Ding dong. Ding dong, yo" is a line from the video for "{{w|Fat (song)|Fat}}".


=={{w|Frank Zappa}}==
*Email [[suntan]] {{--}} In the instructions, the man's facial hair is similar to that of Frank Zappa.
*Email [[modeling]] {{--}} "Stinkfoot" refers to a song title by Zappa.

=={{w|ZZ Top}}==
*[[Sketchbook 2005]] {{--}} In the November 10 entry, the King of Town is drawn as one of the band members.
*Email [[the bet]] ([[the bet#Commentary Transcript|DVD commentary]]) {{--}} Strong Bad makes reference to Billy Gibbons, the leader of this band.
*Email [[winter pool]] {{--}} The King of Town is seen watching an episode of [[Caleb Rentpayer]] where Tuxworth says, "You can't grow a ZZ Top beard!"

==See Also==
*[[Paul and Storm]]
*[[They Might Be Giants]]
*[[Y-O-U]]
*[[Heavy Metal]]
*[[Hip Hop]]
*[[Professional Athlete References]]
*[[Video Game References]]

[[Category:Entertainment running gags]]
[[Category:Lists]]
[[Category:Real band Running gags|*]]

H*R.com updates 2026

Stux — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 21:22:35 GMT

Stux: specify which version was released

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==Thursday, March 5, 2026==
*[[Skunkape Games]] releases [[Poker Night at the Inventory]], revised and remastered

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[[Category:Regular Updates]]

HRWiki:Links to disambiguating pages

Stux — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 23:52:24 GMT

Stux: add Arby

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[[Category:Disambiguation|*]]

Arby's

Stux — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 23:48:23 GMT

Stux: link to AWMPSCE

[[Image:arby's.png|thumb|A mythical fast-food crossover franchise of legend?]]
The fast-food chain '''[[Wikipedia:Arby's|Arby's]]''' has been referenced multiple times in the [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] body of work. It is known for its roast beef sandwiches and curly fries.

==Appearances==
*[[Decemberween Sweet Cuppin' Cakes]] ([[Decemberween Sweet Cuppin' Cakes#Commentary Transcript|DVD commentary]]) {{--}} [[Strong Bad]] tells [[Mike Chapman|Mike]] that he got an Arby's collector's cup from Homestar's house.
*Email [[yes, wrestling]] {{--}} One of the names of Strong Bad and [[Strong Mad]]'s [[AWMPSCE|tag teams]] is "Rax and Arby: The Sanctum of Spiky Shoulder Pads". [[Wikipedia:Rax (restaurant)|Rax]] is a second franchise of roast beef sandwiches.
**In an Easter egg, when [[The Announcer]] interviews Strong Mad as Rax, he says, "BEEF AND CHEDDAR! FIVE FOR FIVE!"
*[[Doomy Tales of the Macabre]] {{--}} As [[The King of Town]] is lowered into a stew of mutton, he protests that he thought that the toon was about "tales of the McArby". This is a [[portmanteau]] of Arby's and another fast food franchise, [[McDonald's]].
*{{postref|943658612005752833|20|Dec|2017}} {{--}} Strong Bad responds to a post from Arby's official social media referencing [[what i want]].

==See Also==
*[[McDonald's]]

[[Category:Food running gags]]

HRWiki:Projects/Interwiki-style updates and maintenance

Stux — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 14:26:30 GMT

Stux: add proposals to table for visibility ; i give up on the colspan

{{Projects Navigation}}
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== Interwiki-style updates and maintenance ==
{{seealso|HRWiki:Projects/Introducing a new Interwiki link}}

As of July 2018 there are two new subdomains of [[homestarrunner.com]]: {{p|l=http://new.homestarrunner.com new.homestarrunner.com}} and {{p|l=http://trogdorboardgame.homestarrunner.com trogdorboardgame.homestarrunner.com}}. It would be good to have interwiki links (<code><nowiki>[[new:|]]</nowiki></code>, <code><nowiki>[[trogdorboardgame:|]]</nowiki></code>) for both for ease of linkage. {{User:Lira/sig}} 06:56, 6 December 2019 (UTC)
:I agree! (Though I s'pose that's kind of obvious, since there's not much reason to disagree. So, by "I agree", I mean "[[isp|do sum bow dis]]".) {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 21:20, 25 August 2020 (UTC)
::Hey! While we're at it, maybe we could add link prefixes for some other sites that have become relevant recently:
::*<code><nowiki>[[</nowiki>{{p|l=https://teespring.com teespring}}:|]]</code> Strong Bad's Specialty Shoppe (which we also badly need a page for but that's another issue)
::*<code><nowiki>[[</nowiki>{{p|l=https://www.fangamer.com fangamer}}:|]]</code> Fangamer store
::*<code><nowiki>[[</nowiki>{{p|l=https://songwhip.com songwhip}}:|]]</code> used to link to albums on the streamins
::*<code><nowiki>[[</nowiki>{{p|l=https://www.kickstarter.com kickstarter}}:|]]</code> stuff related to the [[Trogdor!! The Board Game]] campaign
::*<code><nowiki>[[</nowiki>{{p|l=https://www.twitch.tv twitch}}:|]]</code> streams linked to by Strong Bad a couple times; we wouldn't have to but we might as well
::{{User:Lira/sig}} 08:47, 27 September 2020 (UTC)
:::These links would be very useful and pretty and I think it would be really cool if we could do this. {{User:Lira/sig}} 05:43, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
::::I wonder if for some of these (like the less-often used ones or more transient ones) templates might be better solutions? For example: I'd imagine that new would eventually become the regular site and the regular site might become "old". This would also make it easier for regular users to react to changes. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 08:33, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
:::::I can't think of any reasons templates would be preferrable, aside from the new site for the reason you gave (and even then, we can just change the links if we have to). Some of them would be less used, but if anything, I see that as ''more'' reason to use interwiki links rather than templates. After all, interwiki links are built into the wiki, while templates require their own pages. But yeah, I still support all of these. {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 23:03, 7 December 2020 (UTC)

{| class="sortable plainlinks" border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=5 style="border-collapse:collapse" width="100%"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! interwiki !! base !! wikitext !! example link
|-
| <code>twitter</code> || <code><nowiki>http://twitter.com/</nowiki></code> || <code><nowiki>[[</nowiki>[[twitter:StrongBadActual/status/1335688989219622916]]<nowiki>]]</nowiki></code> || https://twitter.com/StrongBadActual/status/1335688989219622916
|-
| <code>youtube</code> || <code><nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=</nowiki></code> || <code><nowiki>[[</nowiki>[[youtube:-9yIAFldCuk]]<nowiki>]]</nowiki></code> || https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9yIAFldCuk
|-
| <code>oldhr</code> || <code><nowiki>https://old.homestarrunner.com/</nowiki></code> || <code><nowiki>[[</nowiki>[[oldhr:toons.html]]<nowiki>]]</nowiki></code> || https://old.homestarrunner.com/toons.html
|-
| <code>newhr</code> || <code><nowiki>http://new.homestarrunner.com/</nowiki></code> || <code><nowiki>[[</nowiki>[[newhr:images/logo_200x200.png]]<nowiki>]]</nowiki></code> || [https://new.homestarrunner.com/images/logo_200x200.png <nowiki>https://new.homestarrunner.com/images/logo_200x200.png</nowiki>]
|-
| <code>trogdorboardgame</code> || <code><nowiki>https://trogdorboardgame.homestarrunner.com/</nowiki></code> || <code><nowiki>[[</nowiki>[[trogdorboardgame:videos.html]]<nowiki>]]</nowiki></code> || https://trogdorboardgame.homestarrunner.com/videos.html
|-
| <code>sbattsg</code> || <code><nowiki>https://strongbadallthetimesogreat.com/</nowiki></code> || <code><nowiki>[[</nowiki>[[sbattsg:A447FD258AEBF8C4D4C5C26D7C26BD03EBE704A6]]<nowiki>]]</nowiki></code> || https://strongbadallthetimesogreat.com/A447FD258AEBF8C4D4C5C26D7C26BD03EBE704A6
|-
| <code>teespring</code> || <code><nowiki>https://teespring.com/</nowiki></code> || <code><nowiki>[[</nowiki>[[teespring:stores/strong-bads-specialty-shoppe]]<nowiki>]]</nowiki></code> || https://teespring.com/stores/strong-bads-specialty-shoppe
|-
| <code>fangamer</code> || <code><nowiki>https://www.fangamer.com/</nowiki></code> || <code><nowiki>[[</nowiki>[[fangamer:collections/homestar-runner]]<nowiki>]]</nowiki></code> || https://www.fangamer.com/collections/homestar-runner
|-
| <code>songwhip</code> || <code><nowiki>https://songwhip.com/</nowiki></code> || <code><nowiki>[[</nowiki>[[songwhip:strong-bad]]<nowiki>]]</nowiki></code> || https://songwhip.com/strong-bad
|-
| <code>kickstarter</code> || <code><nowiki>https://www.kickstarter.com/</nowiki></code> || <code><nowiki>[[</nowiki>[[kickstarter:projects/1999933720/trogdor-the-board-game]]<nowiki>]]</nowiki></code> || https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1999933720/trogdor-the-board-game
|-
| <code>twitch</code> || <code><nowiki>https://www.twitch.tv/</nowiki></code> || <code><nowiki>[[</nowiki>[[twitch:strongbadactual]]<nowiki>]]</nowiki></code> || https://www.twitch.tv/strongbadactual
|-
| <code>imdb</code> || <code><nowiki>https://www.imdb.com/title/</nowiki></code> || <code><nowiki>[[</nowiki>[[imdb:tt0092455]]<nowiki>]]</nowiki></code> || https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092455
|- colspan="4"
|<center>'''Proposals'''</center>
|-
| <code>imdb</code> || <code><nowiki>http://www.imdb.com/find?q=</nowiki></code> || <code><nowiki>[[</nowiki>[[imdb:tt0092455]]<nowiki>]]</nowiki></code> <code><nowiki>[[</nowiki>[[imdb:nm0000572]]<nowiki>]]</nowiki></code> || http://www.imdb.com/find?q=tt0092455 http://www.imdb.com/find?q=nm0000572
|-
| <code>teespring</code> || <code><nowiki>https://strong-bads-specialty-shoppe.creator-spring.com/</nowiki></code> || <code><nowiki>[[</nowiki>[[teespring:]]<nowiki>]]</nowiki></code> || https://strong-bads-specialty-shoppe.creator-spring.com
|}

Someone please fill in the table above. The thing I most need to know is whether the base for a given interwiki link should be a simple link to the domain (like Twitter) or something more complex that makes prettier shortcuts (like YouTube). Also I changed "new" to "newhr" because the former was too simple. If you'd like something different, please say so. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:19, 11 December 2020 (UTC)
:Done. The bases for these are all pretty simple. And "newhr" works for me. {{User:Lira/sig}} 22:27, 11 December 2020 (UTC)
::If we want icons for any of these links, here are some: [http://trogdorboardgame.homestarrunner.com/favicon/favicon.ico trogdorboardgame], [https://teespring.com/compiled_assets/shared/favicon-04c7467dcced3dc43c150d0bac2622b5ad19d8a837db0fcf5fdbac297ea75d92.ico teespring], [https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0014/1962/t/48/assets/favicon-32x32.png?v=4924675089918890079 fangamer], [https://songwhip.com/static/icons/favicon-32x32.png songwhip], [https://ksr-static.imgix.net/xr7jn0op-kickstarter-logo-k-green.png?ixlib=rb-2.1.0&auto=compress%2Cformat&w=1000&fit=min&s=8378b0b8c1e01b354ba21d44d7af0879 kickstarter], [https://static.twitchcdn.net/assets/favicon-32-d6025c14e900565d6177.png twitch]. <s>new dot homestarrunner dot com's current favicon is [http://new.homestarrunner.com/favicon/favicon.ico kind of ugly], so we may just want to reuse our "hr" icon for that one.</s> {{User:Lira/sig}} 22:47, 11 December 2020 (UTC)
:::Now that the site's been redesigned for 2021, we also need an <code>oldhr</code> to point to the old website. Note that both oldhr and regular hr use HTTPS now. Also, I can't help but wonder if there's a less confusing name we could use for new.homestarrunner.com now that it's a) not new and b) very abandoned. {{User:Lira/sig}} 22:39, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
::::I still agree with all of these, but <code>oldhr</code> especially needs to be done as soon as possible. (Also, now that the redesign is up and all the URLs are pretty much set in stone, I see even less reason to use templates. As for the <code>newhr</code> name, I don't think that's too confusing, since "new" is in the URL and it was planned to be the new website.) {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 04:56, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
:::::IMDB links are now broken. For some time now the us domain now leads to a help document, breaking all our links (and other site's links). See [[Teen_Girl_Squad_Issue_10#Real-World_References|this section]] for an example. I've added imdb to the table above with a fix (it won't work for names probably but the original wasn't set up for that either). --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 04:04, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
::::Done. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:25, 27 January 2021 (UTC)
:::::Sweeet! Thank you very much! --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 08:02, 27 January 2021 (UTC)
:While looking at [[Help:Namespaces]] (didn't realize that was a thing) I noticed that the [[Videlectrix]] namespace ([[Videlectrix:index.html]]) should now point to the old HR domain (e.g. {{p|l=https://old.homestarrunner.com/videlectrix/index.html this location}}) as the current setup generates 404 errors. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 08:49, 28 January 2021 (UTC)
::Fixed. I also fixed the [[Podstar:|Podstar]] link. I completely disabled "HRStore" because it was pointing to a sketchy domain reseller. (It used to point to homestarrunnerstore.com [is ''that'' noted anywhere?]; it now just points to [[Store]] as a placeholder.) I tried to point it to the Internet Archive, but I got an error. I'm open to suggestion. If there's no suitable place to point it, then we'll need to update any links that still use it. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:30, 28 January 2021 (UTC)
:::Thanks again Dot com! Now, linking to the internet archive can sometimes be tricky, but it's pretty flexible once you get things right. I would suggest trying the following format:
::::<code><nowiki>https://web.archive.org/web/20050626232117/http://store.yahoo.com/homestarrunner/</nowiki></code>
:::Using the [[Store Front Page News 2006]] page as reference, the [[HRStore:kickcheat1.html|Kick The Cheat]] link would the point to [https://web.archive.org/web/20050626232117/http://store.yahoo.com/homestarrunner/kickcheat1.html]. It may not always work since there are likely pages that were never archived by the site but it should hopefully cover a decent amount of pages. The explicit date will force the archive to find the version of the page closest to that date (I forget if it's before or after).
:::Also, it seems like a lot, if not all of the link favicons are gone? Not only "HR:" links but it seems also "Youtube:" links seem to be missing their icon. Was that deliberate or accidental? --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 07:19, 29 January 2021 (UTC)
::::Ah, okay. I was trying to look up the archive for the <code>homestarrunnerstore.com</code> domain directly, and it didn't like that. I pointed it to a date at the beginning 2007 before the Kick The Cheat was sold out. It doesn't have images, but it seems to work for most of the text, and it's better than nothing.
::::As for the favicons, I think that issue cropped up when we switched from <code>http</code> to <code>https</code> in our links. I attempted {{p|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Common.css&diff=prev&oldid=798775 a fix}}, but it's not showing up. I'm gonna give it a bit to see if it's just a matter of some cache refreshing before I try again. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:19, 29 January 2021 (UTC)
:::::Sweet! Thanks for the fix to the store links. These links seem to be working well :). As for the favicon fix, I tried looking with my very meager CSS skills (and with the help of the DOM inspector) all I could tell was that it seemed like the {{pl|l=http://hrwiki.org/w/skins/monobook/main.css monobook main.css}} page was involved (in the line <code><nowiki>#bodyContent a[href ^="https://"]</nowiki></code>) but that too was included but ignored. In fact my testing showed that not even [https://github.com/ruffle-rs/ruffle/issues regular https links] have the lock icon (http://hrwiki.org/w/skins/monobook/lock_icon.gif) displaying but non-https [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJB-Ji_YdMA youtube links] still work maybe because they don't have that possibly conflicting rule? --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 11:40, 30 January 2021 (UTC)
::::::I figured it out. It's always {{p|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Common.css&diff=798884&oldid=798775 the little things}} that trip you up. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 15:21, 30 January 2021 (UTC)
At some point [[Telltale:|Telltale.com]] moved their forums from the subdirectory www.telltale.com/forums to the sub''domain'' community.telltale.com {{--}} this breaks the interwiki-style link setup. Is there any way to adjust the link template to support this new link structure? --{{User:Bleu Ninja/sig}} 21:30, 4 August 2021 (UTC)
: Late reply, sorry. Is this still needed? I've identified exactly four pages that appear to link to the Telltale forums:
:* [[Snake Boxer 5]]
:* [[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People]]
:* [[Telltale Games]]
:* [[Talk:Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People]]
:Most of those have already been fixed to just use an external link. The rest could be easily. Is there really a call for a dedicated shortcut for that? As for the main Telltale links, they're all 404'd now. Should we adjust the shortcut so that it points to the Internet Archive or something? (If so, what exactly do we need to change it to?) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:16, 23 October 2022 (UTC)
::That's a fair point, I think the external link is working well enough. As far as main links, apart from https://www.telltale.com/strong-bads-cool-game-for-attractive-people/ the site's shifting in recent years makes me favor archive links generally. --{{User:Bleu Ninja/sig}} 19:06, 4 January 2023 (UTC)

=== Teespring? ===
It seems that Teespring has changed its url and previous links no longer work. See [[Talk:Teespring#Did Teespring rename itself recently or something?|this section]] for more information. I'm not sure what the best solution would be: update the link to point to the new url or create a new one? --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 01:48, 23 July 2023 (UTC)

=== IMDB Names ===
Sorry to bring this topic up again, but in the [[@ronginald]] page the following name link was not working and had to be {{p|l=http://hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=@ronginald&diff=823405&oldid=823366&rcid=786340 added manually}}: [[imdb:nm2956436|Joshua Pruett]] (see how it links to "[https://www.imdb.com/title/nm2956436 title]" instead of "[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2956436/ name]"). I thought the names issue had been automagically resolved? I vaguely remember suggesting a separate imdb names link which somehow became obsolete. But maybe I'm remembering it wrong. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 18:43, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
:Other instances: [http://hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Matt_Chapman&diff=828160&oldid=828156&rcid=791124 1], [http://hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Mike_Chapman&diff=828161&oldid=828158&rcid=791125 2], [http://hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=The_Brothers_Chaps&diff=828167&oldid=818271&rcid=791131 3], [http://hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Bubs&curid=929&diff=828169&oldid=816985&rcid=791133 4], [http://hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=techno&curid=969&diff=828170&oldid=827012&rcid=791134 5], [http://hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=crying&curid=981&diff=828171&oldid=819390&rcid=791135 6], [http://hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Songs&diff=828180&oldid=825213&rcid=791144 7], [http://hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Songs&diff=next&oldid=828181 8], [http://hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Bug_In_Mouth_Disease&curid=7485&diff=828183&oldid=824777&rcid=791147 9], [[Alex_Hirsch#External_Links|10]], [[Chad Eikhoff#External links|11]] --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 01:43, 23 July 2023 (UTC)
'''UPDATE:''' I found the solution to this problem in [https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/g/mediawiki/core/%2B/HEAD/maintenance/interwiki.list Mediawiki's own interwiki list]. It uses the following entry:
<pre>
imdb|http://www.imdb.com/find?q=$1&tt=on|0|
</pre>
I generated the following URL links:
* {{w|Flight of the Navigator}} {{--}} Generates [http://www.imdb.com/find?q=tt0091059 this link] which correctly redirects to: [[imdb:tt0091059]] ([https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091059 permalink])
* {{w|Sarah Jessica Parker}} {{--}} Generates [http://www.imdb.com/find?q=nm0000572 this link] which correctly redirects to: [[imdb:nm0000572]] ([https://www.imdb.com/title/nm0000572 permalink])
And I was able to use those links to navigate to the correct pages! --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 17:56, 24 September 2023 (UTC)

HRWiki:Projects/Interwiki-style updates and maintenance

Stux — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 14:17:22 GMT

Stux: /* IMDB Names */ reword examples for clarity

{{Projects Navigation}}
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== Interwiki-style updates and maintenance ==
{{seealso|HRWiki:Projects/Introducing a new Interwiki link}}

As of July 2018 there are two new subdomains of [[homestarrunner.com]]: {{p|l=http://new.homestarrunner.com new.homestarrunner.com}} and {{p|l=http://trogdorboardgame.homestarrunner.com trogdorboardgame.homestarrunner.com}}. It would be good to have interwiki links (<code><nowiki>[[new:|]]</nowiki></code>, <code><nowiki>[[trogdorboardgame:|]]</nowiki></code>) for both for ease of linkage. {{User:Lira/sig}} 06:56, 6 December 2019 (UTC)
:I agree! (Though I s'pose that's kind of obvious, since there's not much reason to disagree. So, by "I agree", I mean "[[isp|do sum bow dis]]".) {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 21:20, 25 August 2020 (UTC)
::Hey! While we're at it, maybe we could add link prefixes for some other sites that have become relevant recently:
::*<code><nowiki>[[</nowiki>{{p|l=https://teespring.com teespring}}:|]]</code> Strong Bad's Specialty Shoppe (which we also badly need a page for but that's another issue)
::*<code><nowiki>[[</nowiki>{{p|l=https://www.fangamer.com fangamer}}:|]]</code> Fangamer store
::*<code><nowiki>[[</nowiki>{{p|l=https://songwhip.com songwhip}}:|]]</code> used to link to albums on the streamins
::*<code><nowiki>[[</nowiki>{{p|l=https://www.kickstarter.com kickstarter}}:|]]</code> stuff related to the [[Trogdor!! The Board Game]] campaign
::*<code><nowiki>[[</nowiki>{{p|l=https://www.twitch.tv twitch}}:|]]</code> streams linked to by Strong Bad a couple times; we wouldn't have to but we might as well
::{{User:Lira/sig}} 08:47, 27 September 2020 (UTC)
:::These links would be very useful and pretty and I think it would be really cool if we could do this. {{User:Lira/sig}} 05:43, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
::::I wonder if for some of these (like the less-often used ones or more transient ones) templates might be better solutions? For example: I'd imagine that new would eventually become the regular site and the regular site might become "old". This would also make it easier for regular users to react to changes. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 08:33, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
:::::I can't think of any reasons templates would be preferrable, aside from the new site for the reason you gave (and even then, we can just change the links if we have to). Some of them would be less used, but if anything, I see that as ''more'' reason to use interwiki links rather than templates. After all, interwiki links are built into the wiki, while templates require their own pages. But yeah, I still support all of these. {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 23:03, 7 December 2020 (UTC)

{| class="sortable plainlinks" border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=5 style="border-collapse:collapse" width="100%"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! interwiki !! base !! wikitext !! example link
|-
| <code>twitter</code> || <code><nowiki>http://twitter.com/</nowiki></code> || <code><nowiki>[[</nowiki>[[twitter:StrongBadActual/status/1335688989219622916]]<nowiki>]]</nowiki></code> || https://twitter.com/StrongBadActual/status/1335688989219622916
|-
| <code>youtube</code> || <code><nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=</nowiki></code> || <code><nowiki>[[</nowiki>[[youtube:-9yIAFldCuk]]<nowiki>]]</nowiki></code> || https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9yIAFldCuk
|-
| <code>oldhr</code> || <code><nowiki>https://old.homestarrunner.com/</nowiki></code> || <code><nowiki>[[</nowiki>[[oldhr:toons.html]]<nowiki>]]</nowiki></code> || https://old.homestarrunner.com/toons.html
|-
| <code>newhr</code> || <code><nowiki>http://new.homestarrunner.com/</nowiki></code> || <code><nowiki>[[</nowiki>[[newhr:images/logo_200x200.png]]<nowiki>]]</nowiki></code> || [https://new.homestarrunner.com/images/logo_200x200.png <nowiki>https://new.homestarrunner.com/images/logo_200x200.png</nowiki>]
|-
| <code>trogdorboardgame</code> || <code><nowiki>https://trogdorboardgame.homestarrunner.com/</nowiki></code> || <code><nowiki>[[</nowiki>[[trogdorboardgame:videos.html]]<nowiki>]]</nowiki></code> || https://trogdorboardgame.homestarrunner.com/videos.html
|-
| <code>sbattsg</code> || <code><nowiki>https://strongbadallthetimesogreat.com/</nowiki></code> || <code><nowiki>[[</nowiki>[[sbattsg:A447FD258AEBF8C4D4C5C26D7C26BD03EBE704A6]]<nowiki>]]</nowiki></code> || https://strongbadallthetimesogreat.com/A447FD258AEBF8C4D4C5C26D7C26BD03EBE704A6
|-
| <code>teespring</code> || <code><nowiki>https://teespring.com/</nowiki></code> || <code><nowiki>[[</nowiki>[[teespring:stores/strong-bads-specialty-shoppe]]<nowiki>]]</nowiki></code> || https://teespring.com/stores/strong-bads-specialty-shoppe
|-
| <code>fangamer</code> || <code><nowiki>https://www.fangamer.com/</nowiki></code> || <code><nowiki>[[</nowiki>[[fangamer:collections/homestar-runner]]<nowiki>]]</nowiki></code> || https://www.fangamer.com/collections/homestar-runner
|-
| <code>songwhip</code> || <code><nowiki>https://songwhip.com/</nowiki></code> || <code><nowiki>[[</nowiki>[[songwhip:strong-bad]]<nowiki>]]</nowiki></code> || https://songwhip.com/strong-bad
|-
| <code>kickstarter</code> || <code><nowiki>https://www.kickstarter.com/</nowiki></code> || <code><nowiki>[[</nowiki>[[kickstarter:projects/1999933720/trogdor-the-board-game]]<nowiki>]]</nowiki></code> || https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1999933720/trogdor-the-board-game
|-
| <code>twitch</code> || <code><nowiki>https://www.twitch.tv/</nowiki></code> || <code><nowiki>[[</nowiki>[[twitch:strongbadactual]]<nowiki>]]</nowiki></code> || https://www.twitch.tv/strongbadactual
|-
| <code>imdb</code> || <code><nowiki>https://www.imdb.com/title/</nowiki></code> || <code><nowiki>[[</nowiki>[[imdb:tt0092455]]<nowiki>]]</nowiki></code> || https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092455
|}

Someone please fill in the table above. The thing I most need to know is whether the base for a given interwiki link should be a simple link to the domain (like Twitter) or something more complex that makes prettier shortcuts (like YouTube). Also I changed "new" to "newhr" because the former was too simple. If you'd like something different, please say so. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:19, 11 December 2020 (UTC)
:Done. The bases for these are all pretty simple. And "newhr" works for me. {{User:Lira/sig}} 22:27, 11 December 2020 (UTC)
::If we want icons for any of these links, here are some: [http://trogdorboardgame.homestarrunner.com/favicon/favicon.ico trogdorboardgame], [https://teespring.com/compiled_assets/shared/favicon-04c7467dcced3dc43c150d0bac2622b5ad19d8a837db0fcf5fdbac297ea75d92.ico teespring], [https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0014/1962/t/48/assets/favicon-32x32.png?v=4924675089918890079 fangamer], [https://songwhip.com/static/icons/favicon-32x32.png songwhip], [https://ksr-static.imgix.net/xr7jn0op-kickstarter-logo-k-green.png?ixlib=rb-2.1.0&auto=compress%2Cformat&w=1000&fit=min&s=8378b0b8c1e01b354ba21d44d7af0879 kickstarter], [https://static.twitchcdn.net/assets/favicon-32-d6025c14e900565d6177.png twitch]. <s>new dot homestarrunner dot com's current favicon is [http://new.homestarrunner.com/favicon/favicon.ico kind of ugly], so we may just want to reuse our "hr" icon for that one.</s> {{User:Lira/sig}} 22:47, 11 December 2020 (UTC)
:::Now that the site's been redesigned for 2021, we also need an <code>oldhr</code> to point to the old website. Note that both oldhr and regular hr use HTTPS now. Also, I can't help but wonder if there's a less confusing name we could use for new.homestarrunner.com now that it's a) not new and b) very abandoned. {{User:Lira/sig}} 22:39, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
::::I still agree with all of these, but <code>oldhr</code> especially needs to be done as soon as possible. (Also, now that the redesign is up and all the URLs are pretty much set in stone, I see even less reason to use templates. As for the <code>newhr</code> name, I don't think that's too confusing, since "new" is in the URL and it was planned to be the new website.) {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 04:56, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
:::::IMDB links are now broken. For some time now the us domain now leads to a help document, breaking all our links (and other site's links). See [[Teen_Girl_Squad_Issue_10#Real-World_References|this section]] for an example. I've added imdb to the table above with a fix (it won't work for names probably but the original wasn't set up for that either). --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 04:04, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
::::Done. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:25, 27 January 2021 (UTC)
:::::Sweeet! Thank you very much! --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 08:02, 27 January 2021 (UTC)
:While looking at [[Help:Namespaces]] (didn't realize that was a thing) I noticed that the [[Videlectrix]] namespace ([[Videlectrix:index.html]]) should now point to the old HR domain (e.g. {{p|l=https://old.homestarrunner.com/videlectrix/index.html this location}}) as the current setup generates 404 errors. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 08:49, 28 January 2021 (UTC)
::Fixed. I also fixed the [[Podstar:|Podstar]] link. I completely disabled "HRStore" because it was pointing to a sketchy domain reseller. (It used to point to homestarrunnerstore.com [is ''that'' noted anywhere?]; it now just points to [[Store]] as a placeholder.) I tried to point it to the Internet Archive, but I got an error. I'm open to suggestion. If there's no suitable place to point it, then we'll need to update any links that still use it. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:30, 28 January 2021 (UTC)
:::Thanks again Dot com! Now, linking to the internet archive can sometimes be tricky, but it's pretty flexible once you get things right. I would suggest trying the following format:
::::<code><nowiki>https://web.archive.org/web/20050626232117/http://store.yahoo.com/homestarrunner/</nowiki></code>
:::Using the [[Store Front Page News 2006]] page as reference, the [[HRStore:kickcheat1.html|Kick The Cheat]] link would the point to [https://web.archive.org/web/20050626232117/http://store.yahoo.com/homestarrunner/kickcheat1.html]. It may not always work since there are likely pages that were never archived by the site but it should hopefully cover a decent amount of pages. The explicit date will force the archive to find the version of the page closest to that date (I forget if it's before or after).
:::Also, it seems like a lot, if not all of the link favicons are gone? Not only "HR:" links but it seems also "Youtube:" links seem to be missing their icon. Was that deliberate or accidental? --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 07:19, 29 January 2021 (UTC)
::::Ah, okay. I was trying to look up the archive for the <code>homestarrunnerstore.com</code> domain directly, and it didn't like that. I pointed it to a date at the beginning 2007 before the Kick The Cheat was sold out. It doesn't have images, but it seems to work for most of the text, and it's better than nothing.
::::As for the favicons, I think that issue cropped up when we switched from <code>http</code> to <code>https</code> in our links. I attempted {{p|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Common.css&diff=prev&oldid=798775 a fix}}, but it's not showing up. I'm gonna give it a bit to see if it's just a matter of some cache refreshing before I try again. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:19, 29 January 2021 (UTC)
:::::Sweet! Thanks for the fix to the store links. These links seem to be working well :). As for the favicon fix, I tried looking with my very meager CSS skills (and with the help of the DOM inspector) all I could tell was that it seemed like the {{pl|l=http://hrwiki.org/w/skins/monobook/main.css monobook main.css}} page was involved (in the line <code><nowiki>#bodyContent a[href ^="https://"]</nowiki></code>) but that too was included but ignored. In fact my testing showed that not even [https://github.com/ruffle-rs/ruffle/issues regular https links] have the lock icon (http://hrwiki.org/w/skins/monobook/lock_icon.gif) displaying but non-https [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJB-Ji_YdMA youtube links] still work maybe because they don't have that possibly conflicting rule? --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 11:40, 30 January 2021 (UTC)
::::::I figured it out. It's always {{p|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Common.css&diff=798884&oldid=798775 the little things}} that trip you up. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 15:21, 30 January 2021 (UTC)
At some point [[Telltale:|Telltale.com]] moved their forums from the subdirectory www.telltale.com/forums to the sub''domain'' community.telltale.com {{--}} this breaks the interwiki-style link setup. Is there any way to adjust the link template to support this new link structure? --{{User:Bleu Ninja/sig}} 21:30, 4 August 2021 (UTC)
: Late reply, sorry. Is this still needed? I've identified exactly four pages that appear to link to the Telltale forums:
:* [[Snake Boxer 5]]
:* [[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People]]
:* [[Telltale Games]]
:* [[Talk:Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People]]
:Most of those have already been fixed to just use an external link. The rest could be easily. Is there really a call for a dedicated shortcut for that? As for the main Telltale links, they're all 404'd now. Should we adjust the shortcut so that it points to the Internet Archive or something? (If so, what exactly do we need to change it to?) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:16, 23 October 2022 (UTC)
::That's a fair point, I think the external link is working well enough. As far as main links, apart from https://www.telltale.com/strong-bads-cool-game-for-attractive-people/ the site's shifting in recent years makes me favor archive links generally. --{{User:Bleu Ninja/sig}} 19:06, 4 January 2023 (UTC)

=== Teespring? ===
It seems that Teespring has changed its url and previous links no longer work. See [[Talk:Teespring#Did Teespring rename itself recently or something?|this section]] for more information. I'm not sure what the best solution would be: update the link to point to the new url or create a new one? --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 01:48, 23 July 2023 (UTC)

=== IMDB Names ===
Sorry to bring this topic up again, but in the [[@ronginald]] page the following name link was not working and had to be {{p|l=http://hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=@ronginald&diff=823405&oldid=823366&rcid=786340 added manually}}: [[imdb:nm2956436|Joshua Pruett]] (see how it links to "[https://www.imdb.com/title/nm2956436 title]" instead of "[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2956436/ name]"). I thought the names issue had been automagically resolved? I vaguely remember suggesting a separate imdb names link which somehow became obsolete. But maybe I'm remembering it wrong. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 18:43, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
:Other instances: [http://hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Matt_Chapman&diff=828160&oldid=828156&rcid=791124 1], [http://hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Mike_Chapman&diff=828161&oldid=828158&rcid=791125 2], [http://hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=The_Brothers_Chaps&diff=828167&oldid=818271&rcid=791131 3], [http://hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Bubs&curid=929&diff=828169&oldid=816985&rcid=791133 4], [http://hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=techno&curid=969&diff=828170&oldid=827012&rcid=791134 5], [http://hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=crying&curid=981&diff=828171&oldid=819390&rcid=791135 6], [http://hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Songs&diff=828180&oldid=825213&rcid=791144 7], [http://hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Songs&diff=next&oldid=828181 8], [http://hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Bug_In_Mouth_Disease&curid=7485&diff=828183&oldid=824777&rcid=791147 9], [[Alex_Hirsch#External_Links|10]], [[Chad Eikhoff#External links|11]] --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 01:43, 23 July 2023 (UTC)
'''UPDATE:''' I found the solution to this problem in [https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/g/mediawiki/core/%2B/HEAD/maintenance/interwiki.list Mediawiki's own interwiki list]. It uses the following entry:
<pre>
imdb|http://www.imdb.com/find?q=$1&tt=on|0|
</pre>
I generated the following URL links:
* {{w|Flight of the Navigator}} {{--}} Generates [http://www.imdb.com/find?q=tt0091059&tt=on this link] which correctly redirects to: [[imdb:tt0091059]] ([https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091059 permalink])
* {{w|Sarah Jessica Parker}} {{--}} Generates [http://www.imdb.com/find?q=nm0000572&tt=on this link] which correctly redirects to: [[imdb:nm0000572]] ([https://www.imdb.com/title/nm0000572 permalink])
And I was able to use those links to navigate to the correct pages! --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 17:56, 24 September 2023 (UTC)

Mike Chapman

Stux — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 13:38:44 GMT

Stux: /* Personal Life */ use non-breaking hyphen for L-R

[[Image:Chapman_Mike_personal_photo.png|thumb|Teeg Dougland in the flesh! (In the sock cap!)]]
'''Michael "Mike" Raymond Chapman''' (born September 20, 1973) is the co-creator of [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]]. One half of creative duo [[the Brothers Chaps]], alongside younger brother [[Matt Chapman]], he serves as one of the principal creators of [[homestarrunner.com]].

== Career ==
===Education===
Born in [[Indiana]] and raised in the state of [[Georgia]],{{ref|9}} Mike attended Vanderlyn Elementary School and {{w|Dunwoody High School}} along with his brother.{{ref|16}}{{ref|19}} Mike studied Fine Art at the {{w|University of Georgia}}, earning a bachelor's degree in photography in 1997,{{ref|17}} after which he enrolled at a {{w|Postgraduate education|postgrad}} Master's photography program at {{w|Louisiana State University}}. After a year of classes, he realized his esoteric approach to photography meant he "didn't have the desire or the skills to be a commercial photographer", and he dropped out of the program by 1999.{{ref|2}}{{ref|15}}

Mike's other artistic pursuits were largely unschooled; he only took one introductory computer class in school.{{ref|15}} A "self-taught graphic designer/animator/illustrator/writer/musician",{{ref|1}} Mike worked as a freelance designer after college.{{ref|3}}

===Homestar Runner===
[[File:TwitterPAXGameplay.jpg|thumb|"Scruffy old brother" Mike (right) alongside "flaming peasant" Matt, playing [[Trogdor!! The Board Game]] at [[PAX East - 8 Apr 2018|PAX East 2018]]]]

In June 1996, Mike and his friend [[Craig Zobel]] co-wrote ''[[Original Book|The Homestar Runner Enters the Strongest Man in the World Contest]]'', originating the Homestar Runner world and characters. This was a short handmade picture book parodying children's stories. Mike, working with Zobel and/or his brother Matt, would occasionally revisit these characters: an unfinished sequel book ''[[Homestar Runner Goes For The Gold!]]'', an [[Super NES|animation in ''Mario Paint'']], or online short story ''[[Where My Hat Is At?]]''.

The idea to launch [[homestarrunner.com]] began in 1999. The Chapman brothers were living together in an apartment in Georgia and, when learning about the creative possibilities of [[Flash]], Mike and Matt chose Homestar Runner as the subject to use when teaching themselves the program.

{{sectionstub}}
====Characters====
''From [[Sample of Style]]:''
<blockquote>I'm Mike Chapman from HomestarRunner.com. People are [[all the time]] asking me, "Mike, how do you do those stupid voices for your [[dumb animal characters]]?" and I say, "I'm Mike! Matt does the voices!"</blockquote>
Although Matt is the primary voice actor for the site's [[characters]], a few secondary figures are portrayed by Mike. [[Pom Pom]]'s "voice" is a sound clip of Mike blowing bubbles into milk.{{ref|8}} Mike voices the [[Powered by The Cheat]] iterations of characters, impersonating Matt's voice [[Poor Acting|intentionally poorly]]; he uses similar voices for characters like [[Shark-Tooth Bubs]] and [[Craig]]. Mike once substituted as Strong Sad's voice, in [[cheat talk]], when Matt was too hoarse to deliver the character's line.{{ref|4}}
[[Image:teeg_dougland.png|thumb|[[Teeg Dougland]] resembles Mike, who provides his voice.]]
Other characters voiced by Mike include:

*The announcer in [[Where's The Cheat?]], and announcer #2 in [[Strong Bad Sings]].
*[[Blue Laser Babies]]
*[[The Knight]]
*[[The Worm]]
*[[Teeg Dougland]]
*[[That Time of Year]] narrator
*[[The Exact Same]]
Mike portrays the following characters via photo or video appearances:
*[[Videlectrix Guys|Videlectrix Programmer]] Number Two
*[[Dolph Hauldhagen]]
*Dave Olafstenston of [[Taranchula]]
*[[Thy Dungeonman (character)|Thy Dungeonman]]

== Music ==
[[Image:Bearded mike.JPG|thumb|107px|Mike [[b/w]] beard]]
Mike is a songwriter and vocalist, and plays bass guitar, [[Casio Keyboards|synthesizers]], and [[Paul Slocum|Synthcart]]. He has performed music as a member of [[sloshy]] both on the site and in live performances.

Outside of Homestar Runner, Matt has released music as part of groups [[Poot-Slap|3-Dee]], Hi-Score,{{ref|18}} and {{w|Air-Sea Dolphin}}.
===Favorite Music===
In a 2003 interview,{{ref|5}} Mike provided his top 5 favorite albums (in no particular order):
*{{w|Tom Waits}} — ''{{w|Rain Dogs}}''
*{{w|The Modern Lovers|Modern Lovers}} — ''{{w|The Modern Lovers (album)|The Modern Lovers}}''
*[[Beastie Boys]] — ''{{w|Paul's Boutique}}''
*{{w|Mudhoney}} — ''{{w|Superfuzz Bigmuff}}''
*{{w|Built to Spill}} — ''{{w|Ultimate Alternative Wavers}}''
Mike has also [[Run Devil Run Interview|expressed interest in]] {{w|The Glands}}, {{w|The Flaming Lips}}, {{w|Will Oldham}}, and [[Outkast]].{{ref|6}} He took the photographs for the cover of {{w|Thursday (band)|Thursday}} album ''{{w|Full Collapse}}''.{{ref|5}}

== Personal Life ==
[[File:MikeMattandDon.png|thumb|Brothers Mike, Matt, and Donnie (L{{nbh}}R)]]
Mike is the second-youngest of [[Don and Harriet Chapman]]'s five children. Eldest brother [[Donnie Chapman|Donnie]] is occasionally cited as a creative influence on The Brothers Chaps, particularly in sharing his interests about older video games or music.

Mike began dating [[Missy Palmer]], voice of [[Marzipan]], shortly before the site started in January of 2000.{{ref|7}} They were married February 28, 2004. Their daughter, referred to as the [[Very, Very Little Girl]], was born in 2006 and appeared in [[Summer Short Shorts#Easter Eggs|Homestar vs. Very, Very Little Girl]].

==Fun Facts==
*As of 2006, nearly ten years after graduating from UGA, Mike's Bachelor of Fine Arts degree was still kept rolled up in the cardboard tube it was mailed in.{{ref|1}}
*Mike has listed several toons as his favorites:
**[[Parsnips A-Plenty]]{{ref|8}}
**[[Cheat Commandos...O's]] and [[Shopping For Danger]]{{ref|9}}
**[[best thing]]{{ref|13}}
**[[kids' book]]{{ref|14}}
*His favorite character is [[The Homestar Runner]].{{ref|9}}{{ref|10}}
**Mike has also expressed fondness for the [[Fat Bluebird]].{{ref|11}}
*Mike was a panel member for the "Beyond Saturday Morning" discussion group at the 2004 {{w|Atlanta Film Festival}}.{{ref|12}}

== See Also ==
*[[Matt Chapman]]
*[[The Brothers Chaps' Fansite Acknowledgments]]
*[[HRWiki:Mike's 2007 birthday card|Mike's 2007 birthday card]]
*[[:Category:Mike Chapman Filmography|Mike Chapman filmography]]
===References===
<table width="95%">
<autocolumn cols="2" width="40%">
# {{note|1}} [http://web.archive.org/web/20060209234853/http://www.flashforwardconference.com/speakers?name=mike_chapman Speaker biography] from [[Flashforward 2006 Seattle - 28 Feb 2006|Flashforward 2006]] (archive link)
# {{note|2}} Chinsang, Wayne. [[Tastes Like Chicken Interview|"Homestar Runner's The Brothers Chaps", ''Tastes Like Chicken'']], June 2003
# {{note|3}} Carriveau, Derrick. [[Legion Studios Interviews|"Legion Interviews Mike Chapman of homestarrunner.com", ''Legion Studios'']], 2002
# {{note|4}} Carlson, Jay. [[Inkhole Interview|"The Inkhole Exclusive Interview with Homestar Runner Co-Creator Matt Chapman", ''The Inkhole'']], July 2004
# {{note|5}} Luczejko, Justin. [[Wonkavision Magazine Interview|"Homestarrunner.com: Like the Nintendo Entertainment System Without the Thumb-Blisters", ''Wonkavision'' #21]], spring 2003
# {{note|6}} Neutron, C. [[Run Devil Run Interview|"Interview with Mike and Matt Chapman, creators of Homestarrunner.com", ''Run Devil Run'']], 2003
# {{note|7}} [[Penguin Brothers Interview - 26 May 2003|"Homestar Runner Interview", ''Penguin Brothers'']], May 2003
#{{note|8}} Gumbrecht, Jamie. [[Atlanta Journal-Constitution Interview - 21 Jul 2003|"'Toon Bros.", ''Atlanta Journal-Constitution'']], 21 July 2003
# {{note|9}} Goldstein, Ben. [[Giant Magazine Interview|"Mike Chapman: Homestarrunner Co–creator", ''Giant'' magazine]], April/May 2005
# {{note|10}} {{dvdcom|20X6 vs. 1936}}, ''[[Everything Else, Volume 1]]''
# {{note|11}} {{dvdcom|Strong Bad Sings}}, ''Everything Else, Volume 1''
# {{note|12}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20040615055221/http://www.imagefv.org:80/aff2004/panels.htm Atlanta Film Festival 2004 panels] (archive link)
# {{note|13}} {{dvdcom|best thing}}, [[strongbad_email.exe Disc Four|''strongbad_email.exe'' disc four]]
# {{note|14}} Chapman, Mike and Matt. [[Flashforward 2006 Seattle - 28 Feb 2006|"How and Why Homestar Runner Cartoons Get Made"]], Flashforward 2006 Seattle, February 2006
# {{note|15}} Coyle, Michael. [[ResExcellence Interview - 30 Jan 2003|"The Creators of Homestar Runner, The Brothers Chapman", ''ResExcellence'']], January 2003
# {{note|16}} {{dvdcom|stand-up}}, {{dvdcom|A Decemberween Pageant}}
# {{note|17}} Mosley, Les. [https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/gua1179162/1997-03-13/ed-1/seq-1/#words=Chapman+Mike "And now for something completely different"] & [https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/gua1179162/1997-03-13/ed-1/seq-10/#words=Chapman+Mike "Senior exit exhibit closes tonight"], ''The Red and Black,'' 13 March 1997
# {{note|18}} Battagalia, Andy. [https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn94029049/1996-06-05/ed-1/seq-21/#words=Chapman+Mike "Hi-Score: Arcade Rock Pioneers?"], ''Flagpole'', 05 June 1996
# {{note|19}} [[Sketchbook (video)]]
</autocolumn>
</table>
''Additional videos and interviews are available at [[Interviews and Public Appearances]] and [[Links#Articles|Articles]].''

==External Links==
*{{w|The Brothers Chaps}} Wikipedia article
*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1053635/ Mike Chapman] on IMDb
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20090629081931/http://2005.sxsw.com/interactive/conference/panels/?action=bio&id=Z161906 Panelist biography] from [[SXSW Panel - 14 Mar 2005|SXSW 2005]] (archive link)

[[Category:Chapman family members|Chapman, Mike]]

File talk:Strongbad Meeple Bowling on Tabletop Simulator.jpeg

Stux — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 20:51:12 GMT

Stux: awesome sauce!

== File Source? ==
I just noticed this image on the [[Senor Cardgage]] page and realized that there seems to be no other information on this wiki about this event? Is there a streaming link where I can download and watch the event? Was this a paid event? Should there be a page on the wiki that documents this somewhere? --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 18:27, 17 February 2026 (UTC)
:Looks like this is from [[Trogdor! LIVE with the Brothers Chaps!]] {{--}} I'll add that information to the file description. --{{User:Bleu Ninja/sig}} 19:54, 17 February 2026 (UTC)
::Awesome! Thank you very much for figuring that out! I need to sit down and watch all these playthrough videos that I'm behind on... --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 20:51, 17 February 2026 (UTC)

HRWiki talk:DVD commentary transcripts

Stux — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 18:28:01 GMT

Stux: /**/Project Overview Tasks

== Advocacy ==
As I said in an {{pl|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Template:transcriptinprogress&curid=29540&diff=713637&oldid=682934&rcid=674918 earlier edit}} on {{[[Template:transcriptinprogress|transcriptinprogress]]}}, I feel that the awareness of this page isn't as strong as it should be. I tried to modify that template and it's parent template so I could fit a note in there, but I was reminded in its reversion that its use for DVD commentaries isn't too common. What should we do to advocate for this project page? My idea is to create a {{[[Template:commentaryinprogress|commentaryinprogress]]}} template, but I'm skeptical if that kind of a step is necessary. {{User:Soiled Bargains/sig}} 00:39, 19 December 2010 (UTC)
:I think it needs to be added to {{[[Template:dvdproofread|dvdproofread]]}}, something like "Once you have proofread, please remove this marker and track at [[HRWiki:DVD commentary transcripts]]". --{{User:Bleu Ninja/sig}} 06:50, 11 July 2021 (UTC)

== Project Overview Tasks ==

First of all, thank you @[[User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc|Gfdgsgxgzgdrc]] for completing the last of the proofread process! (Also thanks to RickTommy, Blue Ninja, and everyone else who helped proofread these DVD commentaries!)

Now, with regards to [http://www.hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=HRWiki:DVD_commentary_transcripts&curid=35589&diff=839169&oldid=838035 this diff], Gfd mentioned that we're "all done! except for the stuff at the top of the page." I was wondering about the first item, which says:
<blockquote> {{todo}} Now that every DVD commentary has been transcribed, they could use a second ear/proofreader. When proofreading, please pay particular attention to ensure that the speakers have been noted correctly; it's sometimes difficult to distinguish Mike's, Matt's, and Ryan's voices. </blockquote>

Now, for my question: Do we need a new "Second Proofreader" checkbox to go over the speakers or is it safe to consider the proofreads to have covered this and thus mark this item as complete? --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 18:28, 17 February 2026 (UTC)

File talk:Strongbad Meeple Bowling on Tabletop Simulator.jpeg

Stux — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 18:27:05 GMT

Stux: File Source?

Template:bigtoonnav-lookup

Stux — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:25:08 GMT

Stux: update titles after page moves

* The King of Town (toon)
* In Search of the Yello Dello
* The Reddest Radish
* A Jorb Well Done
* The Luau
* Where's The Cheat?
* Parsnips A-Plenty
* Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon
* Shopping For Danger
* Bug In Mouth Disease
* Cool Things
* A Folky Tale
* Weclome Back
* Strongest Man in the World
* Date Nite
* DNA Evidence
* Career Day
* Kick-A-Ball
* Cheat Commandos: 2 Part Episode: Part 1
* Cheat Commandos: 2 Part Episode: Part 2
* Homestar Runner Goes for the Gold

<noinclude>This template is used by the <code><nowiki>{{#navlist:}}</nowiki></code> [[Help:ParserFunctions##navlist:|parser function]] on the {{t|abigtoonnav}} template to navigate through the articles about [[Big Toons]].

[[Category:QuickNav Assistance Templates|{{PAGENAME}}]]
</noinclude>

Talk:Trogdor!! The Board Game Rulebook EP

Stux — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 11:17:59 GMT

Stux: undo revision 839102; revert vandalism

==Brainkrieg lyrics==

There's still a few words I don't understand before we can remove the stub section from the lyrics page: The second change to the refrain of "Trogdor's Fiery Rage". I think it might be "fly with the cards", but that doesn't feel right. The lyrics as I hear them are below - note the '''???'''s. - [[User:Portmanteauxses|Portmanteauxses]]

'''BRAINKRIEG:''' ''{singing}'' 
So you lost the game 
Well that's really lame 
But Troggie's got a fire 
That cannot be contained!

Trogdor's Fiery Rage! (Draw five cards!) 
Trogdor's Fiery Rage! ('''???''') 
Trogdor's Fiery Rage! (Draw five cards!) 
Trogdor's Fiery Rage!

He gets wraparound 
Burns everything down 
Just by touching it 
Except the archer lives

Trogdor's Fiery Rage! (Draw five cards!) 
Trogdor's Fiery Rage! ('''???''') 
Trogdor's Fiery Rage! (Draw five cards!) 
Trogdor's Fiery Rage!

''{spoken}'' Deck of cards! 
Jugga jigga wugga.

== Individual Pages ==

The page is a bit long and cluttered, and it will just become more confusing as more music videos are released. I think individual pages should be made for each song, similar to [[Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits]]. That way, this page will become more concise and clear, and whenever a song gets a video, we can just add the video information to the song's page. The song and the video would be covered on the same page, à la [[These peoples try to fade me]], so no "(video)" would be needed in the title. The lyrics would be transcribed [[HRWiki:Once And Only Once|Once and Only Once]]. {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 22:15, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
:I'm in favor. [[Special:Contributions/71.234.175.43|71.234.175.43]] 21:02, 10 May 2019 (UTC)
::So am I. That'd be a good idea. {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 22:59, 10 May 2019 (UTC)
:::[[These peoples try to fade me]] has the video and the song on the same page because the audio for the video and the song are both the same, which makes having a visuals page easy. Currently both of the music videos released for the EP have additional segments that differentiate them from their EP counterparts, which I think warrants them having separate "(video)" pages. (or possibly "(music video)" in the case of "Trogdor's Fiery Rage" since otherwise it could be [[Six-Sadded, Die. - Trogdor's Fiery Rage|ambiguous]].) The songs could probably be given their own pages since [[Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits|the other album we have a page on]] does the same. {{User:DEIDATVM/sig}} 14:30, 11 May 2019 (UTC)
::::Yeah, that's a good point. I agree. {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 18:43, 11 May 2019 (UTC)
:::::So should I create the pages? {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 00:23, 19 May 2019 (UTC)
::::::Why specifically you? {{User:RickTommy/sig}} 01:06, 19 May 2019 (UTC)
:::::::Because no one else seems to be doing it? No objections here. {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 01:44, 19 May 2019 (UTC)
::::::::What SRMX12 said. I was planning on doing it anyway, but it occured to me that I should ask first, just in case. And now it's done! {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 02:00, 19 May 2019 (UTC)

==Styles==
Can someone fill in the "Style" sections on the song pages? I did a few of them, but I'm not very good at genres. {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 05:48, 19 May 2019 (UTC)
:I also added a few, and left a few:
:*[[The Actions You Can Do]]: Completely stumped on this one. [[Secret Song]] is similar in terms of instrumentation, but that's labeled a "Love Song", which is a classification unrelated to instrumentation and which doesn't really fit here.
:*[[Peasant Spawning (Is Confusion)]]: The genre sounds familiar but it's on the tip of my tongue.
:*[[Don't Forget to Recharge]]: I feel like I'd call this the "default Homestar genre" of music but I'm not sure if I can give a name to that genre.
:*[[Trogdor's Fiery Rage (song)|Trogdor's Fiery Rage]]: [[Brainkrieg]] seems snarled in classification between "death metal", "grunge", "hardcore punk", and there's even a page that calls it "stoner rock". Unfortunately I don't know enough about those genres to definitively classify it.
:{{User:DEIDATVM/sig}} 15:05, 20 May 2019 (UTC)

==Merge Video and Visuals==
Right now, the songs with music videos are transcribed twice. Once on the song page, and once on the video page. I think that, instead of transcribing the songs on the video pages, we should put the visuals table there. That way, it would follow [[HRWiki:Once And Only Once|OAOO]]. I think three pages for one song is kind of redundant. {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 05:48, 19 May 2019 (UTC)
:On the same topic, I've been debating with myself whether or not I should go back and change the visuals-style [[Skills of an Artist]] transcripts for traditional ones, just for consistency. Visuals for music videos usually go on a separate page because they're not easy to transcribe traditionally. Do we have precedent on songs with videos? -- [[Special:Contributions/68.37.43.131|68.37.43.131]] 14:20, 19 May 2019 (UTC)
::As far as I can tell, we do: [[Moving Very Slowly (video)]], [[It's Like It Was Meant to Be]] (also a video page), and [[Secret Song (video)]] all just transcribe the visuals in their respective pages without using a visuals chart, keeping [[Moving Very Slowly|the]] [[It's like it was meant to be|song]] [[Secret Song|pages]] separate. All the [[KaraokeFun]] pages don't seem to transcribe visuals at all for some reason—except [[Rock Opera (karaoke)]] which puts them into the main [[Rock Opera Visuals]] page for [[rock opera|the original sbemail]]. If the visuals for these new ones can be transcribed in the same manner then I'd say it's reasonable to follow the precedent of the former three. [[Trogdor's Fiery Rage (video)|Trogdor's Fiery Rage]] has simple enough visuals that it could probably be transcribed on the same page but I'm not sure about [[Quickstart Overview (video)|Quickstart Overview]]. {{User:DEIDATVM/sig}} 16:46, 19 May 2019 (UTC)
:::Perhaps this might be a good discussion to have in the ''[[HRWiki talk:Standards|Wiki Standards talk page]]'' for possible inclusion as a standard? (If we want to have a standard way to handle visuals.) ==[[User:Stux|Stux]] 17:01, 19 May 2019 (UTC)
::Speaking of precedent, the other two Brainkreig songs have [[If I Don't Get Video Games... Visuals|visuals]] [[Decomposing Pumpkins Visuals|pages]], so Trogor's Fiery Rage can do the same. For a music video like Quickstart Overview, I think about how we did [[Rap Song Visuals|Rap Song]] and [[Trudgemank Visuals|Trudgemank]], where only the lyrics were transcribed and the visuals went on a separate page. That's how I think, anyway. The thing is that the songs DEIDATVM cited started as audio tracks first and the music video came separately later, just like the Trogdor EP, so we have separate pages for those. So I figure our standards should have a separate visuals page for each music video. -- [[Special:Contributions/68.37.43.131|68.37.43.131]] 20:46, 19 May 2019 (UTC)
:::The examples you cited, in my opinion, don't really work as precedents. It seems like you're looking at other songs with the same artists/genres for comparison, but they don't have separate song and video pages like these do, so it's not a fair comparison. ''These'' songs are transcribed twice, and I'm saying one of those times is unnecessary and can be replaced with visuals (in a chart or otherwise). I agree with DEIDATVM — we should probably follow the precedents of the first three he mentioned.
:::Also, I don't think a Wiki Standards discussion is necessary, since we already have a standard way to handle visuals. For music videos, we put them in a chart on a separate page, and for audio songs with videos created later, we put the visuals on the video page (which is what I'm suggesting). {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 00:40, 20 May 2019 (UTC)
::::{{p|l=http://hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=HRWiki:Sandbox&oldid=783774 This is what I'm suggesting}}. {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 18:24, 20 May 2019 (UTC)
:::::Now that there are three videos, let's resume the discussion. I don't see any drawbacks to putting the visuals right on the video page. {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 22:34, 17 June 2019 (UTC)
::::::I'll reiterate my support for the visuals to be transcribed on the video's page, though I'm undecided on the table format. {{User:DEIDATVM/sig}} 02:36, 26 October 2019 (UTC)
:::::::I went ahead and made the changes. As noted above, there is precedent for including visuals on the video's page if a separate song page exists, and there's no reason to transcribe the lyrics twice. I'm indifferent to the table format, so if anyone wants to rewrite the visuals in standard transcript format, go ahead. {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 03:50, 7 March 2021 (UTC)

== Album template ==

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! style="background:#6EED6E;text-align:center;" colspan="4" | [[Trogdor!! The Board Game Rulebook EP]]

|- style="font-size:smaller;"
| style="background-color:#CBFDCB;text-align:center;" width="3%"|'''1'''||width="30%"| [[Quickstart Overview]] ([[Quickstart Overview (video)|video]])
| style="background-color:#CBFDCB;text-align:center;" width="3%"|'''7'''||width="30%"| [[When The Knight Moves Thru Ya]]

|- style="font-size:smaller;"
| style="background-color:#CBFDCB;text-align:center;" |'''2'''|| [[The Actions You Can Do]] ([[The Actions You Can Do (video)|video]])
| style="background-color:#CBFDCB;text-align:center;" |'''8'''|| [[The Archer]]

|- style="font-size:smaller;"
| style="background-color:#CBFDCB;text-align:center;" |'''3'''|| [[Keepers of Trogdor]]
| style="background-color:#CBFDCB;text-align:center;" |'''9'''|| [[Don't Forget to Recharge]]

|- style="font-size:smaller;"
| style="background-color:#CBFDCB;text-align:center;" |'''4'''|| [[The Wraparound]]
| style="background-color:#CBFDCB;text-align:center;" |'''10'''|| [[The Troghammer]]

|- style="font-size:smaller;"
| style="background-color:#CBFDCB;text-align:center;" |'''5'''|| [[Surround the Cottages]]
| style="background-color:#CBFDCB;text-align:center;" |'''11'''|| [[Forget the Rules]]

|- style="font-size:smaller;"
| style="background-color:#CBFDCB;text-align:center;" |'''6'''|| [[Peasant Spawning (is Confusion)]]
| style="background-color:#CBFDCB;text-align:center;" |'''12'''|| [[Trogdor's Fiery Rage]] ([[Trogdor's Fiery Rage (video)|video]])
|}
I thought this album should have a template of its own to match [[Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits]]. On {{t|KickstarterVideos}}, then, we could just have a single link to [[Trogdor!! The Board Game Rulebook EP]] in a "music" section, along with [[Trogdor Was A Man|Trogdor Was Dragon Man]]. Thoughts? {{User:Lira/sig}} 01:38, 26 October 2019 (UTC)
:Well, the template sure looks nice and clean, and it's a nice way to organize all those pages all tightly and neatly. I say go for it, and tuck it on the bottom of every page linked on it. -- [[Special:Contributions/68.37.43.131|68.37.43.131]] 02:18, 26 October 2019 (UTC)
::I did slightly prefer the change made to the Strong Bad Sings template, so I'm leaning in favor of this too. Regarding {{t|KickstarterVideos}}, perhaps the three EP videos could remain on the template, since they still adhere to the "Videos" title? {{User:DEIDATVM/sig}} 02:36, 26 October 2019 (UTC)
:::I agree (with both Lira and DEIDATVM). {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 02:56, 26 October 2019 (UTC)
::::I agree with all of you! By which I mostly mean myself and DEIDATVM. I'll go do it. I decided on the colors in the template rather hastily, so that's open to rethinking. {{User:Lira/sig}} 03:40, 26 October 2019 (UTC)

Navigation Bar

Stux — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 11:15:52 GMT

Stux: add a little bit more space between the menu items ; add current links, since the buttons are blue on white, i'm leaving the links default blue

[[File:HR web screenshot 2021-01-01.png|thumb|The navigation bar is visible at the bottom of the [[index page]], as well as most pages on [[homestarrunner.com]].]]
The '''navigation bar''' (abbreviated as '''NavBar''') is a menu that appears in the footer of almost every page on [[homestarrunner.com|the website]]. This bar provides links to the most commonly accessed sections of the website. As of 2025, the NavBar consists of:

[[Index Page|''[h*r logo]'']]  [[Main Pages|main]]  [[TV Time Toons Menu|toons]]  [[Strong Bad Email Menu|sbemails]]  [[Scrolling Shooter Games Menu|games]]  [[Store|stores]]  [[Email|contact]]  [[Sitemap|sitemap]]

The NavBar is made out of HTML assets, rather than [[Flash]] as used for most prior iterations and site content.

== History ==
Prior to the implementation of the navbar, a pop-up menu was embedded in old toons and pages (such as the [[Yearbook Character Page]], where it can still be seen), revealed by mousing over the bottom of the toon frame. This used similar "bubble" graphics to the main pages:

[[Index Page|home]]  [[TV Time Toons Menu|'toons]]  [[Scrolling Shooter Games Menu|games]]  [[Character Videos|characters]]  [[Downloads|downloads]]  [[Store|store]]  [[Email|e-mail]]  [[museum]]

===Original NavBar===
[[File:norando.PNG|thumb|Original NavBar options]]
A navigation bar was first implemented on the site in 2003. Originally constructed out of HTML text, it was rebuilt as a Flash component in July 2004. This initial iteration of the menu consisted of: [[Main Pages|main]]  [[TV Time Toons Menu|toons]]  [[Handheld Games Menu|games]]  [[Character Videos|characters]]  [[Downloads|downloads]]  [[Flash Store|store]]  [[Strong Bad Email Menu|sb emails]]  [[Email|contact]]  [[Legal|legal stuff]]

The [[random toon]] function was added after "legal stuff" (which was shortened to "legal" to make room) sometime between August 18 and 22, 2005: [[Main Pages|main]]  [[TV Time Toons Menu|toons]]  [[Scrolling Shooter Games Menu|games]]  [[Character Videos|characters]]  [[Downloads|downloads]]  [[Yahoo Store|store]]  [[Strong Bad Email Menu|sb emails]]  [[Email|contact]]  [[Legal|legal]]  [[random toon|rando]]

A link to [[Podstar Runner]] was added between "sb emails" and "contact" on March 1, 2007: [[Main Pages|main]]  [[TV Time Toons Menu|toons]]  [[Scrolling Shooter Games Menu|games]]  [[Character Videos|characters]]  [[Downloads|downloads]]  [[Yahoo Store|store]]  [[Strong Bad Email Menu|sb emails]]  [[Podstar Runner|podcast]]  [[Email|contact]]  [[Legal|legal]]  [[random toon|rando]]

"Podcast" was replaced with a "subscribe" link to the [[FeedBurner Page|FeedBurner RSS feed]] between October 22 and 27, 2009: [[Main Pages|main]]  [[TV Time Toons Menu|toons]]  [[Scrolling Shooter Games Menu|games]]  [[Character Videos|characters]]  [[Downloads|downloads]]  [[Yahoo Store|store]]  [[Strong Bad Email Menu|sb emails]]  [[FeedBurner Page|subscribe]]  [[Email|contact]]  [[Legal|legal]]  [[random toon|rando]]

The "store" text color was changed to red sometime between January 17 and 21, 2010 (around the time [[:File:Intro decision page with store.png|the "shop our store" button]] was added to the [[index page]]); this was reverted between April 1 and 4, 2010: [[Main Pages|main]]  [[TV Time Toons Menu|toons]]  [[Scrolling Shooter Games Menu|games]]  [[Character Videos|characters]]  [[Downloads|downloads]]  [[Yahoo Store|store]]  [[Strong Bad Email Menu|sb emails]]  [[FeedBurner Page|subscribe]]  [[Email|contact]]  [[Legal|legal]]  [[random toon|rando]]

"Subscribe" was replaced by a link to the [[homestarrunnerdotcom]] [[YouTube]] channel between March 9 and April 2, 2015. This was the final iteration of the original NavBar: [[Main Pages|main]]  [[TV Time Toons Menu|toons]]  [[Scrolling Shooter Games Menu|games]]  [[Character Videos|characters]]  [[Downloads|downloads]]  [[Store|store]]  [[Strong Bad Email Menu|sb emails]]  [[homestarrunnerdotcom|youtube]]  [[Email|contact]]  [[Legal|legal]]  [[random toon|rando]]

===Current NavBar===
[[File:NavBar.PNG|thumb|The current NavBar menu]]
The modern NavBar redesign was first seen December 20, 2020, on the [[Stinkoman 20X6]] page after its Version 8.0 update {{--}} it was applied to the entire site [[Post-Flash Site Update|on December 31]] of that year. This Navbar is made out of HTML assets, in contrast with prior iterations being Flash files. [[Index Page|''[h*r logo]'']]  [[Main Pages|main]]  [[TV Time Toons Menu|toons]]  [[Strong Bad Email Menu|sbemails]]  [[Scrolling Shooter Games Menu|games]]  [[Store|stores]]  [[Email|contact]]

On April 16, 2025, a link to the [[sitemap]] was added; this coincided with the 25th-anniversary toon [[Back To A Website]]. [[Index Page|''[h*r logo]'']]  [[Main Pages|main]]  [[TV Time Toons Menu|toons]]  [[Strong Bad Email Menu|sbemails]]  [[Scrolling Shooter Games Menu|games]]  [[Store|stores]]  [[Email|contact]]  [[Sitemap|sitemap]]

== Pages without the NavBar ==
[[File:Homestar head no arms.PNG|thumb|[[virus]] memorably featured [[Homestar Runner]] [[Fourth Wall Breaks|interacting with]] the NavBar.]]
*[[Astro-Lite 2600]] {{--}} as of its July 29, 2004 inclusion in the [[Handheld Games Menu]]
*[[Under Construction]] {{--}} in its original [[April Fools' Day]] [[Index Page|presentation]]
*[[Strong Bad Email]] [[virus]] and [[Main Page 22]] {{--}} Both include recreations of the then-current NavBar as part of the Flash files, allowing for [[The Virus]] to distort its function as part of the toon's narrative.

== See Also ==
*[[Site Components]]
*[[Index Page]]
*[[Main Pages]]
*[[homestarrunner.com]]

== External Links ==
*[[OldHR:main nav.swf|Original NavBar]]

{{H*RNav}}

[[Category:H*R Navigation]]

boring (really)

Stux — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 10:58:14 GMT

Stux: /* Remarks */ link to Aliens

{{sbenav}}
[[Image:sbemail131.png|thumb|"That's just a little less than two fifty!"]]

Callie asks if it ever gets boring where Strong Bad lives. He answers the question a bit ''too'' well.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Bubs}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|Coach Z}} (voice only), {{Film|Pom Pom}} (Easter egg), {{Film|The King of Town}} (Easter egg), {{Film|Homsar}} (Easter egg), {{Film|The Poopsmith}} (Easter egg), [[Pom Pom's girls]] (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Bubs' Concession Stand]], [[The Stick]], [[King of Town's Castle]] (Easter egg)

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' Monday, June 6, 2005

'''Running Time:''' 4:40

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Five}}

==Transcript==

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{rapping}'' Email theme song! 1-2-3! A da-da-checka email wit' me, SB, y'all! ''{loads the email}''

<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: bored...</div>
Dear Strongbad, 
Does it ever get boring where you live? Right now I am 
bored out of my mind. 
 
With lots of crap, 
Callie, Lake Jackson, TX
</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad says "Strobah" in place of "Strongbad," "groan" in place of "crap," and pronounces "TX" as "[[Wikipedia:Tejas|Tejas]]".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' So, you're bored out of your mind, eh? Well, you've come to the right place. Let's see what I... can do... about... that. ''{really draws "that" out, like "thaaaaaahhht", even typing it very slowly}''

''{Strong Bad slowly walks off to his right, and the screen slowly zooms out from the Lappy while slow-paced keyboard music fades in. It then cuts to an extreme close-up of Bubs's face, the screen also slowly zooming away from it, and then cuts to show Bubs staring at the side of his concession stand while Strong Bad joins him. All the dialogue until Strong Sad's line is said at an exaggeratedly slow pace.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Bubs! What craziness... is going on... over here?

''{short pause}''

'''BUBS:''' Oh! Strong Bad! ''{Strong Bad begins to slowly look toward Bubs}'' You startled me. ''{cut to a slow-moving extreme close-up of the side of the stand}'' I was just counting the bricks on this side of the building. ''{cut back to Bubs}'' I'm up to two hundred forty-eight.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Two hundred and forty-eight... That's just a little less... than two fifty!

'''BUBS:''' Yep! I remember learning that in school.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{slowly looks away}'' Well, take care... Bubs. I'm gonna take real, ''{cut to an extreme close-up on Strong Bad's mouth}'' real ''{cut back to former view}'' tiny steps... on over to The Stick. ''{exits stage right {{--}} taking real, real tiny steps}''

''{another short pause}''

'''BUBS:''' Be's careful.

''{The screen cuts to a closeup behind Bubs, then cuts with Bubs slightly further across on the wall, counting bricks. Cut to Strong Bad, still walking in tiny steps, approaching Homestar Runner standing by the Stick. Homestar isn't blinking, and his mouth is open.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What are you... um... doing?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I'm practicing... closing... my eyes. I'm not very... good... at it... though.

'''STRONG BAD:''' I see.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' More like... ''I'' see.

''{Close up on Homestar closing his eyes slowly, with a tremble when they're nearly closed, eventually closing them completely}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ooh! There we go! Now I see what all the fuss is about! ''{opens eyes}'' Oops, I lost it. ''{Bubs enters from stage left}''

'''BUBS:''' Two hundred and ninety-six!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Wow. [[#Footnotes|1]] '''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{almost simultaneously}'' Wow.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' That's just a little less... than three hundred!

'''ALL:''' I remember learning that in schoo{{--}}

''{A hyperactive Strong Sad suddenly jumps in, accompanied by the background music of the "The Sturge" radio station, interrupting "school" as flames burst on the sides of the screen}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Wah-wah-wah-wait! You guys! You guys! I struck gold on the alien spaceship{{--}}I think it gave me super powers! There were wood-davers everywhere!

''{record scratching noise cuts back to Strong Bad at the Lappy}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' So, Jackson, as you can plainly see, things move a mile a minute 'round her'. Except for that Strong Sad. That guy's a real bore. And quite a fan of Danish physicist Niels Bohr. The most aptly named of all Danish physicists. So, I hope I bored you back into your mind. And I don't mean 'bored into your mind' like{{--}}

''{imitating a drill going through a brain and thrashing his head madly}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' REEER! Pssh psssshh! Blorgorg! Pfff! ''{typed as "(awesome drilling some brains sound)"}''. That's gross. But if you're still bored, sit back, relax, and prepare to experience the fury of... me naming all the three letter words I can think of.

''{Strong Bad makes an imitation of a walkie-talkie click, then clears his throat and brings up new screen}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Cat. The. Lob. Irk. Try. Wet. Cod. For. Her. Ebb. Egg. Goo. Elk. Ilk.

''{[[The Paper]] comes down.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Dog. Fat. Pat. Spy. Get. Sat. Sit. ''{screen dims}'' Wow. Man.

''{After a few seconds, the screen comes back up with many more words typed as Strong Bad continues to list words}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Huh. Not. Sty. Eye. Pie. Tug. Gut. Gun. Sap. Asp. Pus. Job {{--}}

'''COACH Z:''' ''{record scratching noise, then from offscreen:}'' I gotta stop you there, Strong Bad. I'm pretty sure "jorb" is a four letters word.

===Footnotes===
#''This could be "Whoa."''

==Easter Eggs==
[[Image:Did I err.PNG|thumb|"Did I err?"]]
* Click on "[[Wikipedia:Niels Bohr|Niels Bohr]]" to see a signed picture of him addressed to Strong Sad.
** The autograph reads<blockquote>yo yo, S² you're not BOHRN yet! ha ha!! {{--}}Nilly `16</blockquote>
* After the fade-in near the end, click on "try, wet, cod" for a pencil drawing of a fish on notebook paper, with the text "Try wet cod!!! (Please, oh, please)".
* After the fade-in near the end, click on "err" for a comic book drawing of Strong Bad and The Cheat as [[Wikipedia:Groo the Wanderer|Groo and Rufferto]].
* At the end, click on "old, bag" to see a short scene at a party thrown by the King of Town.
:''{Pom Pom, the King of Town, the Poopsmith, and Homsar are standing in the King's castle with two of Pom Pom's girls. Two bags of [[The King of Town's Food#Pork Ramblins and Pork Snagglins|Pork Ramblins and Pork Snagglins]] can be seen in the foreground. "It's the Weekend" (from [[montage]]) can be heard in the background as the party laugh aloud.}''
:'''POM POM:''' ''{bubbles}''
:'''HOMSAR:''' AaAaAaAaAaAaA!
:'''KING OF TOWN:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Hey, woo, exciting party!

==Fun Facts==
===Strong Bad's list of 3-letter words===
<blockquote class="lappy email" style="width:525px">
] Cat, the, lob, irk, try, wet, cod, for, her, ebb, egg, goo, 
elk, ilk, dog, fat, pat, spy, get, sat, sit, wow, man, see, dew 
jib, dub, orb, pip, nob, sag, use, vat, rot, tap, wee, saw, hub, 
dag, cot, wok, biz, was, won, all, awl, owl, pug, lug, con, err, 
hug, sad, mop, pan, nip, sbu, jut, lam, sod, too, you, old, bag, 
cup, bat, hut, rom, rip, one, rue, pal, jig, sup, fez, man, tad, 
log, tis, pod, new, vex, tar, wig, yok, fix, yon, use, hag, fad, 
huh, not, sty, eye, pie, tug, gut, gun, sap, asp, pus, job 
</blockquote>
* Note that "man" is listed twice (on the second line, third word from the right, and on the sixth line, second word from the right).
* The word "use" is also listed twice (on the third line, seventh word from the left, and on the seventh line, third word from the right).
* There is no comma after "dew" (last word on second line).
* There are 102 total words in the list, counting the two duplicates (an even 100 distinct words).
*Some of these 3-letter words appear elsewhere in the Homestar Runner body of work:
**[[Egg]], [[pie]], and [[gun]] are listed.
**"biz" is a reference to [[Puppet Stuff#Biz Cas Fri|Biz Cas Fri]].
**"sbu" is a reference to [[lunch special]].

===Explanations===
*Niels Bohr addresses Strong Sad as S², which in algebra is S times S, or SS (Strong Sad's initials).
**S² is also the [[Wikipedia:S orbital#Notation|standard notation]] for two electrons in the s orbital of an atom. This is appropriate, as Bohr made key contributions to understanding the nature of atoms and electrons.
[[File:SBGrooInstagram.jpg|thumb|The original "Did I err?" image, {{prs|site=Instagram|C-nw6PNRPYy|13|Aug|2024|alt=shared via Instagram}}.]]
=== Trivia ===
*The label on the disk in the floppy disk container reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#karateka|karateka]]".
*Using average brick and mortar dimensions, 296 bricks would be enough to make a wall that is 7 feet long and 8 feet high.

===Remarks===
*This email has two functional Back buttons on-screen simultaneously; the one that appears when the screen fades out remains (barely visible) when it fades back in.
*Strong Sad jumps into the scene, even though in his [[Strong Sad's Lament|lament]] he states he cannot.
**It is possible the "[[alien]] spaceship" gave him the power to jump.
*Although Homestar actually blinks far more than anyone else on the site, approximately once every 3.9 seconds, he does seem to have trouble keeping his [[Homestar Runner#Homestar's eyes|eyes]] closed consciously as demonstrated in [[A Holiday Greeting]].
*When Strong Bad leaves his computer room, his "new walk" as mentioned in the commentary is unusual in that it is with his right and left arms moving in sync with their respective legs. Regular walking (or running) involves alternating same side arms and legs opposite of each other but parallel to the alternate limb to maintain the best balance.

===Goofs===
*In Strong Bad's complete list of three-letter words (at the very end of the email), lines four through eight are indented slightly farther to the right than lines two and three.
*On the close-up of Strong Bad's face in the bottom left corner, Bubs's belt can be seen.
*Bubs looks shorter and smaller than Strong Bad when Bubs runs in the scene with Homestar and Strong Bad.

===Glitches===
*At the end of the Email, a second working "Back" button can be found in the lower-left corner of the Flash window beyond the Lappy screen. It is nearly invisible until the arrow is placed over it, at which point it appears as a semi-transparent image.

===Inside References===
*Strong Bad receives another email signed with the word [[Crapfully Yours|crap]].
*Strong Bad says "Prepare to experience the fury of... me naming all the three letter words I can think of." in his tour guide voice from [[theme park]], from which the first half of said line was taken. He ends with the sound of the microphone clicking off, also heard in theme park.
*[[Hyperactive Strong Sad|Strong Sad's hyperactivity]], twitching eye and mention of [[wood-davers]] are references to [[caffeine]].
**This scene also re-uses the Deathly Pallor music from [[radio]].
*Coach Z's comment on "jorb" being a four-letter word is a reference to [[A Jorb Well Done]].
*"A four letters word" may be a nod to [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 11.2]], in which said phrase was used by Homestar.
*The way Strong Bad runs when taking "real tiny steps" is similar to how [[Tiny-Handed Strong Bad|his past self]] ran the Ten-Step Footrace in [[flashback]].
*Strong Bad's hesitation before saying "doing" to Homestar may be a reference to Homestar's commentary on the word in [[car]].
*At one point, Bubs uses the word "[[be's]]".
*An Easter egg showing the King of Town, Pom Pom, and the Poopsmith holding a party previously appeared in [[Homestar Presents: Presents]].



===Real-World References===
* The comic book drawing features Strong Bad as [[Wikipedia:Groo the Wanderer|Groo the Wanderer]], the star of a comic book written and drawn by Sergio Aragonés, with The Cheat as Groo's dog Rufferto. Groo is a stupid, accident-prone barbarian whose catch phrase is "Did I err?".

== DVD Version ==
*After the hyperactive Strong Sad scene, instead of cutting directly to the Lappy, the toon cuts to a black screen and gradually fades in.
{{commentary|email=true}}

=== Commentary Transcript ===
('''Commentary by:''' [[Mike Chapman]], [[Matt Chapman]])

'''MATT:''' That's a nice rap, that he just sang.

'''MIKE:''' A rap song?

'''MATT:''' A rap hip-hop song.

'''MIKE:''' Wow. So, I haven't watched this email in probably a year... and a half, maybe?

'''MATT:''' So, you have watched this since we put it on the website?

'''MIKE:''' Maybe once or twice, but right around the time we put it out. ''{pause}'' I... As I remember, it really is pretty boring.

'''MATT:''' Well{{--}}

'''MIKE:''' We succeeded in{{--}}

'''MATT:''' Yeah, that was the goal, right? ''{pause}'' We weren't faking the funk. On this. Now despite the fact that this is not a nasty dunk, we were not faking the funk, on this, either. ''{pause}'' We even made a slower walk clip.

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' slower walk clip. ''{laughs}''

'''MATT:''' Slow zoom...

'''MIKE:''' See, I'm not{{--}} I'm just gonna wanna watch this.

'''MATT:''' ''{laughs}'' Ya haaa! That is a jarring closeup. It's almost, uh{{--}} There's a closeup of the brick wall at some point, and it's very David Lynch{{--}}ian.

'''MIKE:''' What{{--}}

'''MATT:''' Strong Sad would be way into it.

'''MIKE:''' What did the email ask? ''{laughs}''

'''MATT:''' I didn't read it. He's bored out of his mind, what do you do when you're bored, maybe?

'''MIKE:''' Oh, okay.

'''MATT:''' ''{laughs}'' Look at that slowly Strong Bad turns to look at him.

'''MIKE:''' It's more of the slow email. ''{laughs}'' Talk slow, and walk slow.

'''MATT:''' That's kind of boring though, if you did all those things.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' You'd be pretty boring.

'''MIKE:''' So, do you think they're actual bricks?

'''MATT:''' Yeah. So doesn't that come back a few times, "I remember that from school"?

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' "I remember that from school."

'''MATT:''' "I remember learning that in school." ''{laughs}'' Oh yeah, this is another, ah, ''{laughs}'' it's another walk clip. We{{--}} We really went the extra mile. ''{pause}'' Be's. Does be's{{--}} be's should have an entry on the Homestar Wiki.

'''MIKE:''' Probably. You been saying that for years.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, be's.

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' Be's.

'''MATT:''' Besing sweet, besing mean.

'''MIKE:''' I like how Homestar's mouth. What is{{--}}? Oh yeah. ''{laughs}''

'''MATT:''' Oh yeah, this makes a really gross noise. ''{pause}'' We should probably watch some of these before we do the commentary on them.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, next time. 'Cause we're just watching them. "Wait, hold on, I wanna watch this part."

'''MATT:''' Ewww. Those are gross noises...

'''MIKE:''' Umm... So, fun commentary, do a fun commentary!

'''MATT:''' Okay. I remember when we were writing this Mike and I were totally... ''{laughs}''

'''MIKE:''' Bubs looks a little short there.

'''MATT:''' He does look a little short. He's shorter than Strong Bad! What is your problem!? You made this scene, Mr.{{--}} Oh! ''{pause}'' That's the Sturge, that's WA3D's theme song.

''{long pause}''

'''MIKE:''' How's this commentary coming?

'''MATT:''' We might wanna try this one over, now that we've seen it.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, yeah.

'''MATT:''' I'll save this one.

'''MIKE:''' Alright.

'''MATT:''' Then, maybe we'll try it again.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah. Maybe... ''{laughs}''

'''MATT:''' Ewww, I wonder what it would sound like, Mike, if you took a drill...

'''MIKE:''' Three{{--}} half inch{{--}}

'''MATT:''' Half inch{{--}} ''{pause}'' This is, uh, River Quest Safari Venture voice. ''{pause}'' Where's that music? I like the boring music a lot. It's very{{--}}

'''MIKE:''' ''{singing}'' Do do doot. Do do doot. Doo. ''{pause}'' How long does this go on?

'''MATT:''' Awhile, it comes back even. We did a good{{--}} We weren't kidding, man. Don't test me!

'''MIKE:''' For anyone who was disappointed in this, we told you.

'''MATT:''' Yes. Don't try and test me. There are parenthesis after the name of this email that warn you explicitly what you're in for. ''{pause}'' Sbu is in there. Three letter word. ''{pause}'' Several of these have little Easter eggs, don't they?

'''MIKE:''' I know err does. "Did I err?"

'''MATT:''' "Did I err." Oh yeah, that's the drawing of him like ''{mumbles}''

===Fun Facts===
*Matt's comment about "faking the funk" and "a nasty dunk" is a reference to a [[YouTube:01-vPBqLplg|Reebok commercial starring Shaquille O'Neal]], which was previously referenced in [[interview]].
*[[David Lynch]] is a filmmaker known for his bizarre and often surreal imagery.
**Strong Sad described his storyboards as "Lynchian" in [[Sbemail 150?!?]].
*A wiki article for [[Be's]] would be created in March 2006.

==YouTube Version==
*The [[YouTube]] description for this email is "The most action-packed Strong Bad email ever! Bricks! Eye closings! Three-letter words!"
*None of the Easter eggs are included.

==External Links==
{{sbemailextlinks|131|3628|youtube=CRIEAhPUHhQ}}

{{Strong Bad Email}}

[[Category:Emails With DVD Commentary]]

Casio Head Strong Bad

Stux — Wed, 24 Dec 2025 11:17:29 GMT

Stux: /* Music */ found links about the demo song

[[Image:keyboardstrongbad.png|thumb|right|220px|"...My head would be an old keyboard, and when I get mad, it'd play the demo."]]

'''Casio Head Strong Bad''' is an incarnation of [[Strong Bad]] featured in his [[crazy cartoon|"kah-razy" cartoon]] [[Sweet Cuppin' Cakes]], with a [[Casio]] {{w|Casio VL-1|VL-Tone keyboard}} for a head and larger boxing gloves. When he gets mad, his keyboard head plays demo music. When music is playing from the keyboard, dancing usually ensues.

In a [[@StrongBadActual]] post, a [[Puppet Character Variations#Puppet Casio Head Strong Bad|puppet version of Casio Head Strong Bad]] appeared, as [[Puppet Strong Bad]] with a Casio keyboard in place of his head.

[[The Brothers Chaps]] state in the [[FAQ]] that most of the music on [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] is done on "old Casio keyboards or worse", providing a possible explanation for the use of one as Casio Head Strong Bad's head.

== Music ==
The keyboard has been heard playing several tunes, though they appear to be done via automatic playback as Casio Head Strong Bad [[How do you type with boxing gloves on?|does not manipulate the individual keys]].
* The [https://hsmusic.wiki/track/casio-vl-1-demo/ VL-1 demo] is played to express anger. The demo is a Japanese song, "[https://hsmusic.wiki/track/yama-no-ongakuka/ Yama no Ongakuka]" ("Mountain Musicians"), though the English manual refers to it as "German Folk Song". 
* The keyboard plays a rendition of "Jingle Bells" in [[Decemberween Sweet Cuppin' Cakes|"Cactus Coffee and the No Tell Motel"]]. This demo is from the Playtime Keyboard [[the Brothers Chaps]] often use, not the VL-1.
* In [[Main Page 18]], hovering the mouse over the [[Character Videos|Characters button]] will cause Casio Head Strong Bad to appear and play the "Rock 1" rhythm (which was notably used in the song "{{w|Da Da Da}}" by {{w|Trio (band)|Trio}}).

== Complete Filmography ==
*'''Debut:''' Email [[crazy cartoon]]
*[[:Category:Casio Head Strong Bad Filmography|Complete filmography]]
{{Strong_Bad_variations}}
[[Category: Sweet Cuppin' Cakes Characters]]

crazy cartoon

Stux — Wed, 24 Dec 2025 11:14:36 GMT

Stux: /* Real-World References */ add internal link ; found links about the demo song

{{aboutemail}} {{for|[[Powered By The Cheat]] short|Crazy Cartoon}}
{{sbenav}}
[[Image:sbemail72.png|thumb|"...And when I get mad, it'd play the demo."]]

Monkeydude asks Strong Bad to make a ''crazy'' cartoon.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{film|Sherlock}}, {{film|The Worm}}, {{Film|Eh! Steve!}}, {{film|The Wheelchair}}, {{film|Casio Head Strong Bad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Sweet Cuppin' Cakes Land]], [[The Cheat's Computer Room]], [[The Field]]

{{Comp|Compy 386}}

'''Date:''' Monday, May 5, 2003

'''Running Time:''' 2:39

'''Page Title:''' Compy 386!

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Two}}, {{dvd|Sbemails' 50 Greatest Hits DVD|notitle=true}}

== Transcript ==
'''STRONG BAD:''' I'm intrigued by these... how you say... emails.

''{Reading}''

<blockquote class="compy email">Hi strong bad! 
I wanted to know what your craziest 
cartoon would be like. Please make a 
CRAZY cartoon. 
 
Your awesome friend monkeydude</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Look, I'm not your friend, monkey dude. In fact, I'm not even gonna call you monkeydude ''{he types "******" instead of "monkeydude"}'' again. I'ma call you Josh. ''{pause}'' So, a kah-razy cartoon huh, Josh? Crazy cartoons usually have titles that have nothing to do with the cartoon itself. ''{stops typing}'' You know, like...

''{Cut to a weird cartoon landscape, where a cartoon logo appears.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Sweet Cuppin' Cakes!

''{The logo disappears.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' The main character would look like a mix between a cow and a helicopter.

''{Sherlock flies in accompanied by helicopter noise.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' And his talking would be just these weird sounds, and no words.

''{Sherlock makes incoherent mumbling sounds.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' And all the episodes would be about him trying to get a little worm out of the ground.

''{A hole in the ground opens up and a worm peeks out. Sherlock lands on top of it.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Oh! Oh! And at least once an episode, Eh! Steve! would show up to deliver his catchphrase!

''{Eh! Steve! drops down from the top of the screen}''

'''EH! STEVE!:''' Eh! Steve!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' And Bubs would definitely be the voice of the wheelchair.

''{Eh! Steve runs off and a badly drawn wheelchair pulls up}''

'''THE WHEELCHAIR:''' I'll get you Eh! Steve, if it's the last thing I dooooo!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' I'd be in there too, but my head would be an old keyboard, and when I get mad, it'd play the demo.

''{Strong Bad with a keyboard head starts dancing around while the demo plays. Sherlock starts dancing along, and Eh! Steve! runs past, pursued by the wheelchair. Cut back to the Compy.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' So that's a pretty crazy cartoon huh, Josh? But I'm not much of an animator. Though I bet The Cheat makes some crazy cartoons. Let's see what he's cookin' up tonight. Today. Just right.

''{Cut to'' {{The Cheat's crazy cartoon transcript}} ''"Click here to e-mail Strong Bad" is written in badly-formed letters.}''

== Easter Eggs ==
*At the end, click on Eh! Steve! on The Cheat's screen to see him again.
:''{Eh! Steve! drops in and stands in front of the scene.}''
:'''EH! STEVE!:''' Eh! Steve!
:''{Eh! Steve jumps upwards and leaves the scene.}''
*Also at the end, click on The Cheat's CD-ROM drive to [[Miscellaneous Downloads|get some]] Sweet Cuppin' Cakes [[OLDHR:sccicons.html|buddy icons]].

== Fun Facts ==

=== Trivia ===
*This is the first appearance of the main cast of [[Sweet Cuppin' Cakes]].
*There's a badnik in ''{{wp|Sonic the Hedgehog 3}}'' who is also named Monkeydude.
*The [[YouTube]] description for this email is "Strong Bad makes a crazy cartoon for Monkeydude. Sweet Cuppin' Cakes and Eh! Steve! are born! And then The Cheat makes one of his terrible cartoons even! This sbemail has it ALL!"

===Goofs===
*The shading on Sherlock's back legs disappears when his mouth stops moving.
*When Strong Bad first appears in Sweet Cuppin' Cakes, before he starts dancing, his legs are in front of his body.
*The sky in The Cheat's cartoon protrudes outside the computer's screen after Coach Z gives The Cheat a trophy.

=== Inside References ===
*Strong Bad saying that The Cheat's cartoon "didn't even deserve a [[pizza]]" is a reference to [[Everybody to the Limit]], where Strong Bad (impressed with The Cheat's cartoon) said he'd buy him a pizza.
*A number of items emerge from [[hammerspace]].

===Real-World References===
*The demo that is played by Casio Head Strong Bad is [https://hsmusic.wiki/track/casio-vl-1-demo/ the actual demo] from a [[Casio]] [http://www.synthmuseum.com/casio/casvltone01.html VL-Tone keyboard]. The tune is known as [https://hsmusic.wiki/track/yama-no-ongakuka/ Yama no Ongakuka] (which means "The Mountain Musicians" in Japanese), but is often incorrectly claimed to play "Unterlanders Heimweh" (which means "Homesickness of the Lowlander" in German), and for many years, was the only song used in Casio keyboard one-button-select demos.
**This song might later be the inspiration for [[The Cheatcakes]] song in the Easter egg for [[stupid stuff]].
*The [[Flash]] interface is shown on The Cheat's computer when he is working on his cartoon.
*The idea of Sherlock spending all of his time trying to catch a worm might be a throwback to the comic strip "{{wp|U.S. Acres}}", which was also featured as a segment of the TV series [[Wikipedia:Garfield and Friends|''Garfield and Friends'']]. In it, one of the running gags involved Booker the chick trying to catch a worm that always seemed to be smarter than he was.
*The surreal nature of ''Sweet Cuppin' Cakes'' may be a reference to the 1938 Warner Brothers short ''{{wp|Porky in Wackyland}}'', which is also the inspiration for the character {{wp|Gogo Dodo}} from ''{{wp|Tiny Toon Adventures}}''.

===Fast Forward===
*The clouds in the Powered by The Cheat cartoon are reused in [[mile]].
*The Powered by The Cheat section of this email would later be [[Crazy Cartoon|released as its own toon]] in the "Powered by The Cheat" category of the [[TV Time Toons Menu]].
*The phrase "I can do it, I will do it [[nine times]]" is said again in the email [[virus]] by [[The Ugly One]], albeit slightly misquoted. Also in the email [[fan club]], Strong Sad appears as "Twelve-Times-a-Day Man" with the slogan, "I can do it! I can do it twelve times!"
*The pizza trophy mentioned at the end appears in the music video [[Trudgemank]].

== DVD Version ==
*The buddy icons Easter egg is disabled for obvious reasons.
*The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch the DVD player's audio language selection while watching.

=== Commentary Transcript ===
('''Commentary by:''' [[Mike Chapman]], [[Matt Chapman]])

'''MIKE:''' Hi, I'm Mike.

'''MATT:''' Hi, my name's Matt C.

'''MIKE:''' We're gonna make the commentary on this Strong Bad Email... ''{pause}'' Is, uh... I don't know what I'm talking about.

'''MATT:''' Monkeydude, uh, you're thinking of Monkey D.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, okay, Monkey D came from, was those post{{--}}

'''MATT:''' ''{overlapping}'' It was first{{--}}

'''MIKE:''' cards, yeah.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, it was from the postcards and those just, we just made it up.

'''MIKE:''' Right.

'''MATT:''' And then, this guy's name is Monkey''dude'', which could also be construed as Monkey D. See?

'''MIKE:''' 'S true.

'''MATT:''' So, what else? There was{{--}}we had some other names, I remember, there was Sweet Cuppin' Cakes, and there was like some kinda Grandma{{--}}

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' I think it was Grandma, Grandma's Soup or something.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' That guy's name is Sherlock.

'''MATT:''' ''{chuckling}'' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Cow-copter, his real name is Sherlock, but it's never been revealed other than the files on our computer saved as "Sherlock".

'''MATT:''' Yeah. And, of course, Eh! Steve came from a doodle on a, during{{--}}we were having a meeting, and I doodled him on a paper{{--}}

'''MIKE:''' And the wheelchair, Matt just, like, as a joke, just drew this wheelchair real fast and was like, ''{false excited}'' "Mike, I got the wheelchair done." And I was like, ''{false serious}'' I was all like, "We should keep it just like that."

'''MATT:''' Yeah. And of course, that's the Casio VL tone, which, um, we have right here.

'''MIKE:''' Where is it? It's right there, we're holding it in our hands, but you probably can't{{--}}

'''MATT:''' ''{overlapping}'' Listen, Mitch, could you{{--}}There's no batteries in it, so but this is{{--}}

''{sound of fingers across the plastic keys}''

'''MIKE:''' This is what it sounds like when you hit it against Matt's head.

''{four light taps}''

'''MATT:''' You hear that? That's the{{--}}That's it, I swear. Um...

'''MIKE:''' And here's my chance to, uh, shine here in a second.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, Mike does{{--}}

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' As{{--}}As I voice The Cheat's bad cartoons.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Here I go. ''{over PbTC Homestar}'' That's me. ''{mumbled, then synched with cartoon as PbTC Strong Bad}'' I can do it! I will do it nine times. ''{mimics sound of PbTC Strong Bad kicking PbTC Homestar in the face three times}''

'''MATT:''' Now Mike, what if ''I'' sat here and just did my voice during my voice{{--}}

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' Hey, this is my ''one'' thing! I just wanna double{{--}}I gonna, ghe, double my own voices. ''{synched with cartoon as PbTC Strong Bad}'' Here The Cheat, have a trophy. ''{synched with cartoon as PbTC Homestar}'' Here The Cheat, have another trophy.

'''MATT:''' ''{laughs}'' Are you really just gonna do that throughout?

'''MIKE:''' Well... I like the pink Coach Z, though.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, the pink Coach Z is great, those clouds are, um, are awesome...

''{pause}''

''{both snicker at PbTC Eh! Steve}''

'''MIKE:''' But the best part is, uh, coming up here. ''{short pause}'' Wait...

'''MATT:''' What are you talking about?

'''MIKE:''' Oh, no, it's the [[mile]] one, with the parade...?

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' I was thinkin{{--}}

'''MATT:''' ''{overlapping}'' We'll do that one later.

'''MIKE:''' Okay. Can I still talk about the parade?

'''MATT:''' Yeah, yeah, yeah.

'''MIKE:''' I like the Poopsmith cleaning up there at the end of the parade.

'''MATT:''' ''{hurried stuttering}'' wel{{--}}no{{--}}I{{--}}bu{{--}}

== External Links ==
{{sbemailextlinks|72|youtube=VgVJC9eNb-g}}
*[[OldHR:sccicons.html|view the Sweet Cuppin' Cakes buddy icons]]

{{Strong Bad Email}}
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Songs

Stux — Wed, 24 Dec 2025 11:14:33 GMT

Stux: /* Songs not by The Brothers Chaps */ add internal link ; found links about the demo song

[[Image:Strong Bad in the studio.png|thumb|Strong Bad recording a number one jam.]]

{{redirects|Music}} {{for|soundtrack of the body of work|Homestar Runner Original Soundtrack}} {{for-nothe|[[sightings]] in popular music|Musical Sightings}} {{for-nothe|references to popular music|Popular Music References}}

'''Songs''' in the [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] body of work range greatly from the amateur musical stylings of [[Strong Bad]] to the occasional collaboration with [[They Might Be Giants]]. Here is a general listing of the songs and the toons they appear in.

== Songs by [[The Brothers Chaps]] (and/or [[Missy Palmer]]) ==
=== from Toons ===
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=4 style="border-collapse:collapse" width="50%"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! width=40%|Toon !! Songs
|-
| [[4 Gregs]] || 4 Gregs
|-
| [[A Decemberween Pageant]] || Everyone's Searching
|-
| [[A Folky Tale]] || Gonna Have a Good Time Tonight
|-
| [[Bug In Mouth Disease]] || Homestar Runner Theme Song Reprise
|-
| [[Cannonmouth]] || Cannonmouth
|-
| [[Cheat Commandos (toon)|Cheat Commandos]] || Cheat Commandos Theme ([[Mirror:cc_theme.zip|PC]] [[mirror:cc_theme.sit|MAC]])
|-
| [[Characters from Yonder Website]] || Bend at the Knees
|-
| [[Cool Things]] || A Bag of Four Grapes ([[Mirror:marzy_cooltapes.mp3|Download]] mirror)
|-
| [[Commandos in the Classroom]] || Commandos in the Classroom
|-
| [[Dangeresque Puppet Squad: The Hot Jones Hijack]] || [[Santam'n is a Blade Man|Santaman is a Blademan]]
|-
| [[Decemberween in July]] || [[Seasonal Sweaters]] ([[videlectrix:xmas08/SeasonalSweaters.zip|Download]])
|-
| [[Decemberween Short Shorts]] || Cheer Up Coach Z ([[mirror:hs_cheerupcz.mp3|Download]] mirror)
|-
| [[Decomposing Pumpkins]] || Decomposing Pumpkins ([[mirror:brainkrieg_pumpkins.mp3|Download]] mirror)
|-
| [[Disk 4 of 12 - FriendlyWare]] || Strong Bad's Disk 4 of 12 Theme All of My DOS Programming
|-
| [[Doomy Tales of the Macabre]] || So Macabre
|-
| [[Ever and More]] || Ever and More
|-
| [[Everybody Knows It]] || Everybody Knows It
|-
| [[Everybody to the Limit]] || [[Everybody to the Limit (Live)|Everybody to the Limit]]
|-
| [[Fan Costume Commentary]] || People With Too Much Time On Their Hands
|-
| [[Fan Costumes 2009]] || This One Doesn't Count Sterrance Costume Taped-On Star
|-
| [[Fan Costumes 2018]] || Impressive, Disturbing, and Makes Me Uncomfortable 2018 Truckhead Homestar
|-
| [[Fish Eye Lens]] || Fish Eye Lens Strong Bad's rhythmic babbling
|-
| [[Fluffy Puff Commercial]] || Fluffy Puff Marshmallows Jingle
|-
| [[Halloween Hijinks]] || [[Kooky Moonlight]]
|-
| [[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]] || Backyard Peaches
|-
| [[Happy Dethemberween]] || The Dethemberween [[Thnikkaman]]
|-
| [[A Holiday Greeting]] || Everybody, Everybody (Decemberween Mix) ([[HR:xmas.mp3|Download]])
|-
| [[Hooked on Decemberween]] || Homestar Runner Presents: Presents If I Don't Get Video Games for Decemberween
|-
| [[An Important Rap Song]] || 2 Many Knives ([[hr:songs/Too%20Many%20Knives.mp3|Download]])
|-
| [[In Search of the Yello Dello]] || Hello Yello Dello
|-
| [[Old New Intro]] || Everybody, Everybody
|-
| [[A Jumping Jack Contest]] || Who's the Guy Who Wins All the Contests?
|-
| [[Labor Dabor]] || Todabor Day Is Labor Day ([[Mirror:labordaysong_hs.zip|Download]] mirror)
|-
| [[Later That Night...]] || Lady Milhouse Costume
|-
| [[Let us give TANKS!]] || Buy All Our Playsets and Toys (Reprise) No 1 Understandz Me
|-
| [[The Li'l Brudder Show]] || Here Comes Li'l Brudder
|-
| [[Lookin at a Thing in a Bag]] || T-TV, TV Show
|-
| [[The Luau]] || [[Poot-Slap]]
|-
| [[Loading Screens]] || Loading Screens
|-
| [[Limozeen vs. sloshy]] || [[We Don't Really Even Care About You]] (Limozeen cover) [[Because, It's Midnite]] (sloshy cover)
|-
| [[Malloween Commercial]] || Stack 'Em to the Heavens They're Orange, They're Black
|-
| [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 5.0]] || Leave Me A Message
|-
| [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 12.2]] || You Said You'd Bake Us A Cake
|-
| [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 13.2]] || Not Talkin' About Butter Not Talkin' About Butter Remix
|-
| [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2]] || Let's Fhqwhgads Again Phoning This One In Let's Nite Mamas Again
|-
| [[Mr. Poofers Must Die]] || Why Can't We Slice That Pie
|-
| [[Mr. Shmallow (toon)|Mr. Shmallow]]|| Fluffy Puff Air-Puffed Sugar Delights
|-
| [[New Boots]] || Hip Hop Dance on My Head Hip Hop Dance
|-
| [[No Hands on Deck!]] || Where is My Mudder, Dee-Doo
|-
| [[One Two, One Two]] || One Two, One Two
|-
| [[Pumpkin Carve-nival]] || I Feel So Fine, I Feel So Elated
|-
| [[Quality Time with Cardboard Homestar]] || Marshmallows are Fluffy
|-
| [[Rap Song]] || Rap Song
|-
| [[Record Store Day]] || The B-est of B-sides
|-
| [[Senor Mortgage]] || Senor Cartgage Mortgage
|-
| [[Sing Along]] || Two Different Pies
|-
| [[Some Stupid Turkey]] || Some Stupid Turkey
|-
| [[Strong Bad is a Bad Guy]] || Strong Bad is a Bad Guy
|-
| [[Strong Bad Sings]] || I Can't Believe How Awesome I Am Let's Make Believe That We're In Love (So I Can Break Up With You) [[You've got an Ugly & Stupid Butt]] [[Somebody Told Me (Now I Believe Them)]]
|-
| [[Summer Short Shorts]] || [[Brain Sister]]
|-
| [[Super NES]] || [[Homestar Runner Theme Song]]
|-
| [[Talkin' Strong Bad Plush Doll Commercial]] || Talkin' Strong Bad Commercial Jingle
|-
| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 3]] || Teen Girl Squad Theme Song
|-
| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 5]] || I Miss Video Games
|-
| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 7]] || Mrs. Commanderson (Easter egg)
|-
| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 8]] || Ooncha Ooncha! It's Over (Kissyboots)
|-
| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 9]] || "Best Friends Squad" Theme Song
|-
| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 11]] || The Chumbly Wumbly Bear
|-
| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 12]] || Valentimes
|-
| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 13]] || [[Quote of the Week#QW-2007-06-21|Garbage Disposal]]
|-
| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 14]] || It's Over (Tite Rolled)
|-
| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 15]] || Light Purple Cummerbund
|-
| [[The Cheatar]] || Run Away (Easter egg)
|-
| [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]] || If You Give Me A Treat Gimme Some Candy Mallow Cup Dum-Dums
|-
| [[The House That Gave Sucky Tricks Teaser]] || Hey Homestar
|-
| [[Theme Song Video]] || Homestar Runner Theme Song
|-
| [[Trogdor Was A Man]] || Trogdor Was A Man
|-
| [[Trudgemank]] || Trudgemank
|-
| [[Weclome Back]] || Cool Tapes are Cool
|-
| [[Where U Goin' 2]] || Where U Goin' 2
|-
| [[Workin' on the Game]] || Good Graphics Song
|-
| [[Trogday 08]] || The S is for Sucks (children's version) The S is for Sucks (heavy metal version)
|-
| [[Xeriouxly Forxe]] || Xeriouxly Forxe theme song
|}

=== from [[Strong Bad Email]]s ===
This list does not include the original opening songs Strong Bad sings in most [[Strong Bad Email Intros]]. See [[#Songs partly by The Brothers Chaps|Songs partly by The Brothers Chaps]] and [[#Songs not by The Brothers Chaps|Songs not by The Brothers Chaps]] for non-original email intro songs.

{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=4 style="border-collapse:collapse" width="50%"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! width=40%|Email !! Songs
|-
| [[flag day]] || [[Strong Badia National Anthem]]
|-
| [[helium]] || Welcome to the High Voice Crew song
|-
| [[vacation]] || It's That Clock
|-
| [[lures & jigs]] || Lures and Jigs
|-
| [[techno]] || [[The System is Down (song)|The System Is Down]]
|-
| [[new hands]] || [[These Peoples Try to Fade Me]]
|-
| [[theme party]] || [[Circles]] ([[HR:songs/Circles.zip|PC]] [[HR:songs/Circles.sit|Mac]])
|-
| [[dragon]] || [[Trogdor (song)|Trogdor]]
|-
| [[marzipan]] || [[Oh Yeah Yeah]] ([[HR:ohyeahyeah.mp3|Download]])
|-
| [[monster truck]] || [[Because, It's Midnite]] (Download [[HR:midnight.swf|CD Version Excerpt]])
|-
| [[fingers]] || [[Moving Very Slowly]]
|-
| [[caper]] || [[The Cheat is Not Dead]] (Download [[HR:cheatnotdead.swf|CD Version Excerpt]])
|-
| [[mascot]] || C.G.N.U. Fight Song
|- valign="top"
| [[sibbie]] || Song about Sibbie I Freakin' Hate Sibbie
|-
| [[mile]] || And I Pretend That It's Made of Money Dunkin' The Ch8
|-
| [[stunt double]] || [[The Theme from Dangeresque II]]
|-
| [[labor day]] || Everybody Knows It
|- valign="top"
| [[local news]] || It's Its! ([[Mirror:sb_itsits.mp3|Download]] mirror) Whatever Happened to Capitalization? Don't Forget to Spellcheck Your, You're When You Email Me ([[local_news#Easter Eggs|lyrics]])
|-
| [[kind of cool]] || You smell like pea soup
|- valign="top"
| [[monument]] || Here Comes [[the Thnikkaman]] ([[Mirror:hs_thnikkaman.mp3|Download Homestar's version]] mirror) Technochocolate
|-
| [[stupid stuff]] || [[The Cheatcakes]] advert jingle (Easter egg)
|-
| [[lunch special]] || Chickenshine (Download for [[Mirror:bubs_chickenshine.zip|PC]] [[Mirror:bubs_chickenshine.sit|Mac]] mirrors)
|-
| [[haircut]] || [[Cardboard Boxes|It's Tuff Bein' A Box]] (Easter egg)
|-
| [[replacement]] || And then I put it on my face
|-
| [[dangeresque 3]] || [[Today is Alright 4 2Nite]]
|- valign="top"
| [[cheatday]] || Mike Control The Day of Birth Song the two-o duo (Easter egg)
|- valign="top"
| [[for kids]] || "[[Whaddaya Know, Haddi-man?]]" Theme Song [[Stave It Off]] [[All Is On]] song (Easter egg)
|-
| [[old comics]] || She Partied Without Dancing
|-
| [[pizzaz]] || Here Comes the Strong Bad
|-
| [[the facts]] || Homestar Runner Will Be Right Back (Easter egg)
|-
| [[time capsule]] || Strong Bad's #1 Future Jam: "Grumblecakes" (Easter egg)
|- valign="top"
| [[extra plug]] || [[All Is On]] I Really Gotta Pee
|- valign="top"
| [[montage]] || [[Mirror:youreagirl.zip|You're A Girl]] (mirror) You Can't Do It (So Give Up Now) [[Showdown]] Partyin' (Party Party Party)
|-
| [[animal]] || Cheweh Cheweh
|-
| [[radio]] || Portly Washboy Laundry Paste Theme Song
|-
| [[part-time job]] || When All My Dreams Come True (Easter egg)
|-
| [[origins]] || Bread Sing-A-Longs
|-
| [[rock opera]] || SBEMAIL!
|-
| [[best thing]] || [[Limozeen: "but they're in space!"]] Theme Song
|-
| [[rampage]] || Lyrical Rampage
|-
| [[do over]] || Big Ol' Red Head
|- valign="top"
| [[bottom 10]] || Feed the Childrens Buttdance Again
|-
| [[record book]] || The "I'm Just Me" Song
|-
| [[lady...ing]] || Laserdisc
|-
| [[geddup noise]] || Geddup Noise (Indietronic Remix) ([[Mirror:geddupnoise.mp3|Download]] mirror)
|-
| [[bedtime story]] || Bran Muffin
|-
| [[space program]] || [[Space Captainface]]: "Pretender of the Galaxy"
|-
| [[high school]] || Havin' Fun With My Friends
|- valign="top"
| [[death metal]] || The Decoupage Tonite, Woman Brief clips of songs by [[Brainkrieg]] and [[Strong Mad]]
|-
| [[lady fan]] || Twees It Out
|-
| [[candy product]] || Sblounskched! theme song ([[Mirror:sblounskched.mp3|Download]] mirror)
|-
| [[alternate universe]] || Save The Last Email For Strong Bad
|-
| [[senior prom]] || Quite Popular Cartoon Show
|-
| [[isp]] || Hold Music
|-
| [[theme song]] || The Strong Bad Email Show Theme Song Ballad
|-
| [[road trip]] || Jumbo Large
|- valign="top"
| [[coloring]] || Coloring (Outside the Lines) Pressed Bunson
|-
| [[your funeral]] || Brother in a Jar
|-
| [[concert]] || [[We Don't Really Even Care About You]] ([[Mirror:sloshy_wedont.mp3|Download]] mirror)
|-
| [[original]] || Original Bubs
|-
| [[yes, wrestling]] || Il Cartographer Gardenboy
|-
| [[nightlife]] || Smart Drinks ([[Mirror:smartdrinks.mp3|Download]] mirror)
|- valign="top"
| [[love poems]] || The "Mo'nin" song Sweaty Overweight Jam
|-
| [[independent]] || Really Great Gas Mileage
|-
| [[too cool]] || Couch Z (Easter egg)
|}

=== from Games ===

{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=4 style="border-collapse:collapse" width="50%"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! width=40%|Game !! Songs
|- valign="top"
| [[Audition with Marzipan]] || Thoughts on a Bird Your Own Medicine Summertime is Here
|- valign="top"
| [[Dancin' Bubs]] || [[Everybody Everybody]] [[The System is Down (song)|The System Is Down]] [[Everybody to the Limit]]
|-
| [[Homestar Quiz]] || Stupidest Guy
|-
| [[Homestar Ruiner]] || [[Handle My Style]]
|-
| [[Strong Badia the Free]] || [[Justice Combo Meal]] aka Protest Song
|- valign="top"
| [[Baddest of the Bands]] || [[Food-Related Love]] Stealin' Stuff from My Own Dang Store Left Shift-Alt-Delete Slide to the Right Y'all Bridesmaids [[Songs from SBCG4AP|Doin' the Wigglie]] Roll Wit' 'Da Punches Hugo Left Me Miserable The Three O'Clock Twist [[Songs from SBCG4AP|My Face (Please Don't Put Needles In It)]] Boys, Boys, Boys Throwing Rocks through Old Man Marzipan's Window [[Songs from SBCG4AP|Limozeen is Not Very Nice]] The Same Riff for Several Minutes Smooth Charade [[Songs from SBCG4AP|Kick the Chort]]
|}


=== from [[Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits]] ===
These songs originated on the "Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits" CD.
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=4 style="border-collapse:collapse" width="50%"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! width=40%|Track !! Songs
|-
| 7 || [[Let's Get Started on Doing All Those Awesome Things I Suggested]]
|-
| 9 || [[Sweet Cuppin' Cakes Theme Song]]
|-
| 10 || [[I Think I Have a Chance With This Guy]] (by [[What's Her Face]])
|-
| 11 || [[It's Like It Was Meant to Be]]
|-
| 12 || [[Nite Mamas]] (by [[Limozeen]])
|-
| 13 || [[Sensitive To Bees]] (by [[Marzipan]])
|-
| 16 || [[The Ladies in My Town All Know My Name]]
|-
| 20 (end) || [[Secret Song]]
|}

=== from [[Trogdor!! The Board Game Rulebook EP]] ===
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=4 style="border-collapse:collapse" width="50%"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! width=40%|Track !! Songs
|-
| 1 || [[Quickstart Overview]]
|-
| 2 || [[The Actions You Can Do]]
|-
| 3 || [[Keepers of Trogdor]]
|-
| 4 || [[The Wraparound]]
|-
| 5 || [[Surround the Cottages]]
|-
| 6 || [[Peasant Spawning (is Confusion)]]
|-
| 7 || [[When The Knight Moves Thru Ya]]
|-
| 8 || [[The Archer]]
|-
| 9 || [[Don't Forget to Recharge]]
|-
| 10 || [[The Troghammer]]
|-
| 11 || [[Forget the Rules]]
|-
| 12 || [[Trogdor's Fiery Rage (song)|Trogdor's Fiery Rage]]
|}

===from [[Hooked on Decemberween]]===
This song is exclusive to the album version of "Hooked on Decemberween".
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=4 style="border-collapse:collapse" width="50%"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! width=40%|Track !! Songs
|-
| 8 || [[Death Defying Entertainment]]
|}

===from [[Homestar Runner Original Soundtrack Volume 3]]===
This song is exclusive to the "Homestar Runner Original Soundrack Volume 3".
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=4 style="border-collapse:collapse" width="50%"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! width=40%|Track !! Songs
|-
| 47 || [[Fabulous Guys]]
|}

===from [[Degradest Hits]]===
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=4 style="border-collapse:collapse" width="50%"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! width=40%|Track !! Songs
|-
| 4 || [[No-Stalgia]]
|-
| 7 || [[E-mail Thunderclap]]
|}

=== from [[strongbad_email.exe]] ===

{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=4 style="border-collapse:collapse" width="50%"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! width=40%|Toon !! Songs
|- valign="top"
| [[sugarbob]] (hidden commentary) || Sugarpie, Sugarbob (by Marzipan) The Saddest Song (by Marzipan)
|- valign="top"
| [[long pants]] (hidden commentary) || Fangle Jangle (by Marzipan) Jingle Jangle (by Marzipan)
|-
| [[Puppets on the Road]] || Overlook (by Homestar and Mike)
|-
|[[secret identity]] (hidden commentary) || "This Time It's You (This Time It's Me)" (by Homestar)
|}

=== from other sources ===

{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=4 style="border-collapse:collapse" width="50%"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! width=40%|Source !! Songs
|-
| [[Strong Bad Main Page]] || [[Poot-Slap]]
|-
| [[Quote of the Week]], 06 July 2006 || We Are The Cool Tapes
|-
| [[Quote of the Week]], 18 August 2006 || When Email Comes To Town
|-
| [[Quote of the Week]], 03 November 2006 || Bread and Butter Pickles
|-
| [[Limozeen Live! - 27 Mar 2008]] || [[Women and Men]]
|-
| [[They Might Be Giants]] Podcast37A || [[Crystal Fortress]]
|-
| [[Dad's Garage & Friends - 13 Jun 2015]] || Four Score and Several More
|-
| [[Homestar Runner 20th Anniversary Show - 7 Oct 2016]] || [[3 Times Halloween Funjob (song)|3 Times Halloween Funjob]]
|-
| [[@StrongBadActual]] Tweet ([[@StrongBadActual Tweets 2018#831012521423360000|12 Feb 2017]]) || Are We Gonna Make Romance
|-
| [[@StrongBadActual]] Tweet ([[@StrongBadActual Tweets 2017#898656242654162944|18 Aug 2017]]) || Two Seeds
|-
| [[@StrongBadActual]] Tweet ([[@StrongBadActual Tweets 2020#1241933290170449920|22 Mar 2020]]) || Rhythm N' Health
|-
| [[@StrongBadActual]] Tweet ([[@StrongBadActual Tweets 2020#1297215902254075905|22 Aug 2020]]) || Two Different Words
|}

=== [[TMBG Concert - 3 May 2006]] ===
*Everybody To The Limit (by TBC, performed by Strong Bad and TMBG)

== Songs partly by The Brothers Chaps ==
<h3 id="from_Toons-p">from Toons</h3>
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=4 style="border-collapse:collapse" width="50%"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! width=40%|Toon !! Songs
|-
| [[A Holiday Greeting]] || Oh Holy Crap (based on "O Holy Night", music by {{w|Adolphe Adam}})
|-
| [[April Fool 2014]] || "{{w|The Rose (song)|The Rose}}" by [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0564389 Amanda McBroom] (parody lyrics sung by Homestar Runner and Strong Bad)
|-
| [[Ever and More]] || DuckTales by Mark Mueller (Parody lyrics sung by Homestar)
|-
| [[Greatest American Homestar]] || Believe It Or Not ("Theme From {{w|The Greatest American Hero}}"), by Stephen Geyer and {{w|Mike Post}} (parody lyrics sung by Homestar)
|-
| [[Halloween Hijinks]] || Overworld Theme (from the original {{w|The Legend of Zelda (video game)|The Legend of Zelda}}), by {{w|Koji Kondo}} (parody lyrics sung by Homestar)
|-
| [[Puppet Jam: Bad Jokes]] || Bad Jokes (collaborative effort with TBC and TMBG)
|-
| [[Puppet Jam: Tropical Lazor Beams]] || Tropical Lazor Beams (collaborative effort with TBC and TMBG)
|- valign="top"
| [[Puppet Jam: Vitamins/Celebrities]] || Vitamins (collaborative effort with TBC and TMBG) Celebrities (collaborative effort with TBC and TMBG)
|-
| [[Sing Along]] || "{{w|The Rose (song)|The Rose}}" by [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0564389 Amanda McBroom] (parody lyrics sung by Homestar Runner)
|-
| [[The Best Decemberween Ever]] || O Decemberween (based on "O Tannenbaum"/"O Christmas Tree", composer unknown)
|- valign="top"
| [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]] || {{w|Blitzkrieg Bop}} by {{w|The Ramones}} (parody lyrics sung by Marzipan) Believe It Or Not ("Theme From {{w|The Greatest American Hero}}"), by Stephen Geyer and {{w|Mike Post}} (parody lyrics sung by Homestar)
|-
| [[Which Ween Costumes?]] || "Do You Realize??" by {{w|The Flaming Lips}} (parody lyrics sung by Homestar Runner)
|}

<h3 id="from_Strong_Bad_Emails-p">from [[Strong Bad Email]]s</h3>

{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=4 style="border-collapse:collapse" width="50%"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! width=40%|Email !! Songs
|-
| [[japanese cartoon]] || Rad Racer/Stinkoman Theme Song (Music by {{w|Nobuo Uematsu}}, MIDI by Tony Thai, lyrics by The Brothers Chaps)
|-
| [[anything]] || {{w|The NeverEnding Story (film)#Music|The NeverEnding Story}} (music by {{w|Giorgio Moroder}}), parody lyrics sung by Homestar Runner
|- valign="top"
| [[colonization]] || O Shanama (based on "O Canada!", music by {{w|Calixa Lavallée}}) Shanama! (based on "{{w|Panama (song)|Panama}}" by [[Van Halen]])
|- valign="top"
| [[different town]] || email intro song, new lyrics to "[[TMBW: Ana Ng|Ana Ng]]" by They Might Be Giants Different Town (music by They Might Be Giants, lyrics by The Brothers Chaps)
|-
| [[Videro Games]] || email intro song based on "{{w|We Are the World}}" by {{w|Michael Jackson}} and {{w|Lionel Richie}}
|-
| [[montage]] || "{{w|You're the Best}}" (Easter egg), parody lyrics sung by Homestar Runner
|-
| [[the paper]] || {{w|The NeverEnding Story (film)#Music|The NeverEnding Story}} (music by {{w|Giorgio Moroder}}), parody lyrics sung by Homestar Runner
|-
| [[pizza joint]] || Pizza Party board game jingle (Easter egg), parody lyrics sung by Homestar Runner
|-
| [[slumber party]] || Pizza Party board game jingle (Easter egg), parody lyrics sung by Homestar Runner
|}

=== [[TMBG Concert - 25 Sep 2004]] ===
[[Image:TMBG Marshie closeup 20040925.jpg|thumb|Marshie on stage]]
*[[TMBG Concert - 25 Sep 2004#Marshy's Song|Marshy's Song]] (collaborative effort with TBC and TMBG)
*[[TMBG Concert - 25 Sep 2004#With a Little Help From My Friends|With a Little Help From My Friends]] (song by {{w|Lennon-McCartney}}, collaborative effort with TBC and TMBG)
**Also as [[TMBG Concert - 25 Sep 2004#Soundcheck - Homestar and Friends|Homestar and Friends]]
*[[TMBG Concert - 25 Sep 2004#Soundcheck - Marshy Make-Up|Marshy Make-Up]] (collaborative effort with TBC and TMBG)

== Songs not by The Brothers Chaps ==
<h3 id="from_Toons-n">from Toons</h3>
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=4 style="border-collapse:collapse" width="50%"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! width=40%|Toon !! Songs
|-
| [[Ballad of The Sneak]] || "The Ballad of The Sneak", written and sung by [[Paul and Storm|members of DaVinci's Notebook]]
|-
| [[Doomy Tales of the Macabre]] || "Saria's Song" (from {{w|The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time}}), by {{w|Koji Kondo}} (sung by Homestar Runner)
|-
| [[Donut Unto Others]] || Theme from {{w|Inspector Gadget (1983 TV series)|Inspector Gadget}} by {{w|Shuki Levy}} and {{w|Haim Saban}} (sung by Homestar Runner)
|-
| [[Experimental Film]] || "{{w|Experimental Film}}" by [[They Might Be Giants]]
|-
| [[Kick the Can]] || "{{w|The Entertainer (rag)|The Entertainer}}" by {{w|Scott Joplin}}
|-
| [[Malloween Commercial]] || "{{w|Toccata and Fugue in D Minor}}" (BWV 565) by {{w|Johann Sebastian Bach}}
|-
| [[Marshmallow's Last Stand]] || "{{w|Tropicalia (Beck song)|Tropicalia}}" by {{w|Beck}} (Note: Not currently present in the toon. See [[Secret Pages#Music|Secret Pages]].) ''{{w|The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (soundtrack)|The Good, the Bad and the Ugly}}'' main theme by {{w|Ennio Morricone}}
|-
| [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 7.0]] || "{{w|Back In Black}}" by {{w|AC/DC}} (sung by Homestar Runner)
|-
| [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 14.2]] || "{{w|An American Tail#Soundtrack|Somewhere Out There}}" by {{w|James Horner}}, {{w|Barry Mann}} and {{w|Cynthia Weil}} (sung by Homestar Runner)
|-
| [[Pumpkin Carve-nival]] || Overworld theme, Death jingle, Game Over theme (from {{w|Super Mario Bros.}}) by {{w|Koji Kondo}} (sung by The King of Town)
|- valign="top"
| [[Strong Bad Sings]] || (web version) "{{w|Happy Birthday to You}}", music by Patty and Mildred Hill, lyricist anonymous (Barely sung by Strong Mad) (DVD version) "{{w|Hot cross bun#Music|Hot Cross Buns}}", traditional (Barely sung by Strong Mad)
|-
| [[The Cheat Theme Song]] || "The Cheat Theme Song" by [[The Skate Party]]
|-
| [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]] || {{w|Entrance of the Gladiators}} (sung by Homestar)
|-
| [[On Break]] || "{{w|Yakety Sax}}" by {{w|Boots Randolph}} and James Q. "Spider" Rich (sung by [[The Brothers Chaps]])
|}

<h3 id="from_Strong_Bad_Emails-n">from [[Strong Bad Email]]s</h3>
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=4 style="border-collapse:collapse" width="50%"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! width=40%|Toon !! Songs
|-
| [[ghosts#Easter_Eggs|ghosts]] || "Ghost of John" (traditional, sung by Strong Sad)
|-
| [[crazy cartoon]] || [[Casio]] VL-1 Keyboard [https://hsmusic.wiki/track/casio-vl-1-demo/ demo song] ([https://hsmusic.wiki/track/yama-no-ongakuka/ Yama no Ongakuka])
|-
| [[lunch special]] || "{{w|Aloha 'Oe}}" (sung by [[The Brothers Chaps]])
|-
| [[car]] || "Theme from {{w|Night Court}}" by {{w|Jack Elliot}} (sung by [[Homestar Runner]])
|-
| [[strong badathlon]] || "{{w|Old Time Rock and Roll}}" by {{w|Bob Seger}} (sung by Homestar Runner)
|-
| [[your funeral]] || {{w|Piano Sonata No. 2 (Chopin)|Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, op. 35}} (Movement 3, main theme) by {{w|Frédéric Chopin}} (sung by Strong Bad)
|-
| [[email thunder]] || "[[songwhip:they-might-be-giants/200-sbemails-for-homestar-runner|200 sbemails]]" by They Might Be Giants (sung by John Linnell as [[The Poopsmith]]) (later featured on the TMBG's "Album Raises New And Troubling Questions")
|}
<h3 id="from_Homestar_Ost_2-n">from [[Homestar Runner Original Soundtrack Volume 2]]</h3>
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=4 style="border-collapse:collapse" width="50%"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! width=40%|Toon !! Songs
|-
|[[Under Construction]] || "[[Theme from Stinkoman]]" by [[Paul & Storm]]
|}
<h3 id="from_other-n">from other sources</h3>
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=4 style="border-collapse:collapse" width="50%"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! width=40%|Toon !! Songs
|-
| [[Main Page 4]] || "Renegade Master" by {{w|Fatboy Slim}} (Note: Only on older version of [[Main Page 4]]. See [[Secret Pages#Music|Secret Pages]].)
|-
| [[Main Page 6]] || "{{w|Knockin' On Heaven's Door}}" by {{w|Bob Dylan}} (sung by Strong Bad)
|-
| [[Main Page 8]] || "{{w|Up, Up and Away}}" by {{w|The Fifth Dimension}} (sung by Strong Bad)
|-
| [[Strong Bad Main Page]] || "{{w|Do You Feel Like We Do}}" by {{w|Peter Frampton}}
|-
| [[Quote of the Week]], 25 July 2009 || Stinkoman 20X6 level 1 heavy metal remix by VikingGuitar
|-
| [[The Kali Kazoo Show - 18 Apr 2021]] || "{{wp|Burning Down the House}}" by {{wp|Talking Heads}} sung by Kali, Homestar, and Strong Bad, with a few ad-libbed lyrics
|}

== Songs by [[Matt Chapman]] from Sealab 2021 ==
*[[The Brothers Chaps' Side Projects#Television|Respek Knuckles]]
*[[The Brothers Chaps' Side Projects#Television|The Knowledge Hat]]

{{Songs}}

[[Category:Lists]]
[[Category:Songs|*]]

In Search of the Yello Dello

Stux — Sun, 14 Dec 2025 20:03:34 GMT

Stux: /* Everything Else Vol. 2 Version */ an internal link to the redirect is probably better

{{abigtoonnav|toons/yellodellomenu}}
[[Image:searchfortheyellodello.PNG|thumb|200px|One hot bird.]]

One of the earliest [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] toons, featuring Homestar's quest for a rare bird for Marzipan's birthday present, is remade and expanded with DVD-ish features, commentary, and behind-the-scenes information.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|Pom Pom}}, [[Unnamed Characters#Other Characters|The Alien Guy]], [[The Mountain Goat]], [[The Yello Dello]], {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Marzipan}}, {{Film|The Announcer}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}

'''Places:''' [[The Athletic Field]], [[Coach Z's Locker Room]], A Mountain, [[Far Off Lands]], Various Fields, Marzipan's Garden, [[Homestar Runner's House]]

'''Date:''' Friday, August 17, 2001 or earlier

'''Page Title:''' LIMITED EDITION COLLECTORS' PLATE -- I MEAN DVD!!

{{dvd|Everything Else, Volume 2}}

==Menu==
The screen is styled after a typical [[interactive menus|DVD menu]]. The Yello Dello stands silhouetted on a mountaintop, in front of the title "In Search of the Yello-Dello". Six menu options, in two columns of three on either side of the mountain, make up much of the page:

* '''[[In Search of the Yello Dello New Version|new version]]'''
* '''[[In Search of the Yello Dello Commentary|commentary]]'''
* '''[[In Search of the Yello Dello Theatrical Trailer|theatrical trailer]]'''
* '''[[In Search of the Yello Dello Storyboards|storyboards]]'''
* '''[[In Search of the Yello Dello Deleted Scenes|deleted scenes]]'''
* '''[[In Search of the Yello Dello Old Version|old version]]'''

Selecting the new version, commentary, trailer, or old version will redirect to the respective page; once it finishes playing, the browser automatically redirects back to the menu. "Deleted Scenes" opens a menu of three options to select, which then redirects the viewer to the page as before.

== Fun Facts ==
=== Explanations ===
*The way the music fades as it reaches the end of a loop (unlike most other loops on the site) mimics the looping music used on some early DVD menus where due to technical limitations the background music could not loop.

=== Trivia ===
* A "DVD version" of the Yello Dello toon was teased by [[Mike Chapman]] in [[l33t Interview|a 2001 interview]], approximately a week before it was posted to the site.

=== Remarks ===
*Onscreen [[title card]]s for both versions as well as this menu hyphenate "Yello-Dello". However, "Yello Dello" is not hyphenated in Toons menus (from the [[Lava Lamp Toons Menu]] through the [[TV Time Toons Menu|present]]), the current [[page title]]s, or the [[Everything Else Vol. 2]] menu.

=== Glitches ===
* As of the [[post-Flash site update]], the storyboard link does not function.

=== Real-World References ===
*The menu theme is similar to the music from ''{{w|Pitfall II: Lost Caverns}}''.

=== Fast Forward ===
*[[Matt Chapman]] would later joke [[The Best Decemberween Ever#Commentary Transcript|in a 2006 DVD commentary]] that he was unlikely to reference "The Yello Dello" again.

== Everything Else Vol. 2 Version ==
*Switch the audio in the Old Version to hear commentary from Mike and Matt Chapman and [[Y-O-U|Peter Olson]].
*The storyboard now has commentary.
*When played in "Play All", only the New Version is played.
*An Easter egg is added, featuring a fourth deleted scene. To access it, select the deleted scenes option and press right three times and click on the red Yello-Dello drawing.

:''{Open to a blue background with Michael Stipe's face with a message reading "Deleted Scene #4; 'Yello Dello' featured Strong Sad's first spoken lines in a cartoon. This was the first stab at his voice: Matt's bad [[R.E.M.|Michael Stipe]] impression. So bad, in fact, that it was never to be heard again". Cut to Strong Sad in a scene from the new version of Yello Dello.}''

:'''STRONG SAD:''' I don't know, Homestar. That looks... really dangerous.

== See Also ==
*[[The King of Town DVD]]
*[[The Yello Dello]]

== External Links ==
{{nextlinks|{{HR||yellodellomenu|}}|old=yellodellomenu|action=view|title="In Search of the Yello Dello" DVD menu|noquotes=true}}

{{YelloDello}}

[[Category:In Search of the Yello Dello]]

Georgia

Stux — Sun, 14 Dec 2025 19:59:21 GMT

Stux: /* Georgia references */ oops! period goes inside the link

[[Image:Georgia Underdrawers.PNG|thumb|300px|The Cheat and Strong Bad view TBC's home state in all its undergarbed glory.]]
{{redirects|Atlanta}} {{for-nothe|The Brothers Chaps' local baseball team|Atlanta Braves}}
Since [[The Brothers Chaps]] live in the {{w|Atlanta}} area, there are often references to things specific to the state of '''{{w|Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia}}'''.

==Georgia references==
*Email [[weird dream]] {{--}} The state of Georgia is one of the many states seen wearing underwear in an Easter egg.
*Email [[couch patch]] {{--}} [[Lil' Strong Bad]] is wearing a T-shirt that says "See {{w|Rock City (attraction)|Rock City}}", a geographical formation in Georgia. Many barns around Rock City have "See Rock City" painted on their roofs.
*Email [[pizzaz]] {{--}} "This interview is OVER!" is a reference to [[Professional Wrestling|pro wrestling]] manager {{w|James J. Dillon|J.J. Dillon}}, who managed Ric Flair in the early '80s in Georgia. He would end every interview with the same comment.
*[[Halloween Fairstival]] {{--}} The sign in the locka-room that reads "Don't go into the marsh!!!!" refers to a similar sign in the Monster Plantation ride (now turned into the Monster Mansion ride) at {{w|Six Flags Over Georgia}}.
*[[50K Racewalker]] {{--}} Luke Schenscher, one of the secret characters in the game, is an Australian-born basketball player who led {{w|Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets|Georgia Tech}} to the 2004 NCAA Final Four.
*[[Peasant's Quest Movie Trailer]] {{--}} For the scene where Rather Dashing climbs up the mountain, that mountain is actually {{w|Stone Mountain}}.
*Email [[lady...ing]] {{--}} "Ramblin' Wreck of Email Check" is a reference to Georgia Tech. The first line of the fight song declares, "I'm a Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech..."
*[[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]] {{--}} Hovan is a restaurant chain in Florida and Georgia, located in mall food courts, that sell gyro-style wraps.
*[[Strong Badia the Free]] {{--}} Strong Bad receives an email from a sender in Athens, Georgia. However, he mumbles the state name.
*[[Flash is Dead!]] {{--}} Homestar Runner's Dating Profile reads "Homestar Michael (stipe) Runner", a reference to {{w|Michael Stipe}}, the lead singer of the Georgia-based band [[R.E.M.]]
*[[Haunted Photo Booth]]: Homestar [[Haunted Photo Booth Costumes|dresses as]] the Power Alley {{w|Dale Murphy}} card.

==References with Atlanta ties==
{{seealso|Atlanta Braves}}, ''[[Mark Lemke]]''
There are also a number of references to more nationally recognizable things that have specific ties to Atlanta, Georgia.

*[[Hairstyle Runner]] {{--}} In addition to one photo's title referencing a former Atlanta Braves player, the title "L5P" refers to {{w|Little Five Points}}, a neighborhood in Atlanta known for the tattoo-and-piercing crowd.
*[[Thorax Corporation]] {{--}} "Program: The Sky's the Limit!" PRODUKT's instructions on how to be removed from the mailing list states that "Fanning the flames will not work, nor will the {{wp|Atlanta Flames}}."
*[[Pumpkin Carve-nival]] {{--}} [[Marzipan]] is dressed as {{w|Lisa Lopes|Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes}}, who was a member of the Atlanta-based R&B music group {{w|TLC (band)|TLC}}.
*[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 8.0]] {{--}} "Pointy point five" and "voice of Paughkeegan State" are references to Atlanta's local "eighty eight point five" (Album 88) "the voice of Georgia State."
*[[3 Times Halloween Funjob]]
**[[The Cheat]] is dressed as Izzy, the mascot of the {{w|1996 Olympic Games}} in Atlanta. His story is that he is a creature called a Whatizit who lives inside the Olympic Flame.
**[[Pom Pom]] is dressed as {{w|Kamala (wrestler)|Kamala the Ugandan Giant}}, a wrestler played by James Harris, who ran a BBQ joint in Atlanta.
*Email [[local news]] {{--}} "SkyCheat Traffic" likely refers to "Sky Team Traffic", as seen on [http://www.wsbtv.com Channel 2 Action News], on the Atlanta television station {{w|WSB-TV|WSB}}.
*[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 9.2]] {{--}} {{w|Richway Department Stores|Richway}} was a discount store in the Atlanta area.
*[[Senor Mortgage]] {{--}} [[Senor Cardgage]] complains that none of [[Senor Cardgage Mortgage]]'s "handsome talking experts" are offering to take him to {{w|Chick-fil-A}}, a fast-food restaurant chain based in Atlanta, Georgia.
*[[Stinkoman 20X6]] {{--}} [[Stinkoman 20X6 Enemies and Items#Gokul|Gokul]] is named after a sweets shop in Decatur, not far from [[Office of The Brothers Chaps|the Brothers Chaps' office space]].
*[[Weclome Back]] {{--}} The [[Weclome Back#Commentary Transcript|DVD commentary]] reveals that the "Merch Masala" sign refers to an Indian restaurant called Mirch Masala located near the Brothers Chaps' office space.
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 11]] {{--}} The page title "11 Division Titles!" likely refers to the Atlanta Braves, who, at the time of the toon, had won 11 consecutive division titles.
*Email [[trading cards]] {{--}} The Crunk Warriors is a reference to the Atlanta CBA team called the {{w|Atlanta Krunk Wolverines}}.
*Email [[bike thief]] {{--}} The [[Crazy Go Nuts University]] building bears a strong resemblance to {{w|Tech Tower}}, the main administrative building on the Georgia Tech campus.
*[[Jibblies 2]] {{--}} Coach Z dresses up as the logo for {{w|So So Def Recordings}}, an Atlanta record label.
*[[Six Sadded Die - Trogdor!! The Board Game Unboxing]] {{--}} Strong Sad compares the meeples to the lineup of the {{w|Atlanta Hawks}} basketball team.

===Live Events===
{{seemain|Interviews and Public Appearances#Public Appearances|Public Appearances}}
*[[They Might Be Giants]] concerts at the {{w|Variety Playhouse}} in Atlanta:
**[[TMBG Concert - 25 Sep 2004|25 Sep 2004]]
**[[TMBG Concert - 3 May 2006|3 May 2006]]
**[[TMBG Concert - 15 Mar 2008|15 Mar 2008]]
**[[TMBG Concert - 5 Mar 2010|5 Mar 2010]]
*[[Dragon Con 2005]] - Sep 2{{-}}5, 2005
*[[Paste Rock 'n Reel Festival - 22 Oct 2005]]
*[[Georgia Tech - 26 Apr 2007]]
*[[The Lucky Yates Show - 3 Nov 2007]]
*[[Limozeen Live! - 27 Mar 2008]]
*[[Limozeen Live! - 8 Nov 2008]]
*[[Aquabats Concert - 18 Jan 2011]]
*[[Dad's Garage]]
**[[Dad's Garage & Friends - 11 Jul 2014|11 Jul 2014]]
**[[Dad's Garage & Friends - 13 Jun 2015|13 Jun 2015]]
*[[Homestar Runner 20th Anniversary Show]]s - 2 Sep & 7 Oct 2016

== See also ==
*[[Florida]]
*[[Idaho]]
*[[Indiana]]
*[[Iowa]]

{{Georgia}}

[[Category:U.S. States]]

Georgia

Stux — Sun, 14 Dec 2025 19:56:20 GMT

Stux: /* Georgia references */ why not use a redirect?

[[Image:Georgia Underdrawers.PNG|thumb|300px|The Cheat and Strong Bad view TBC's home state in all its undergarbed glory.]]
{{redirects|Atlanta}} {{for-nothe|The Brothers Chaps' local baseball team|Atlanta Braves}}
Since [[The Brothers Chaps]] live in the {{w|Atlanta}} area, there are often references to things specific to the state of '''{{w|Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia}}'''.

==Georgia references==
*Email [[weird dream]] {{--}} The state of Georgia is one of the many states seen wearing underwear in an Easter egg.
*Email [[couch patch]] {{--}} [[Lil' Strong Bad]] is wearing a T-shirt that says "See {{w|Rock City (attraction)|Rock City}}", a geographical formation in Georgia. Many barns around Rock City have "See Rock City" painted on their roofs.
*Email [[pizzaz]] {{--}} "This interview is OVER!" is a reference to [[Professional Wrestling|pro wrestling]] manager {{w|James J. Dillon|J.J. Dillon}}, who managed Ric Flair in the early '80s in Georgia. He would end every interview with the same comment.
*[[Halloween Fairstival]] {{--}} The sign in the locka-room that reads "Don't go into the marsh!!!!" refers to a similar sign in the Monster Plantation ride (now turned into the Monster Mansion ride) at {{w|Six Flags Over Georgia}}.
*[[50K Racewalker]] {{--}} Luke Schenscher, one of the secret characters in the game, is an Australian-born basketball player who led {{w|Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets|Georgia Tech}} to the 2004 NCAA Final Four.
*[[Peasant's Quest Movie Trailer]] {{--}} For the scene where Rather Dashing climbs up the mountain, that mountain is actually {{w|Stone Mountain}}.
*Email [[lady...ing]] {{--}} "Ramblin' Wreck of Email Check" is a reference to Georgia Tech. The first line of the fight song declares, "I'm a Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech..."
*[[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]] {{--}} Hovan is a restaurant chain in Florida and Georgia, located in mall food courts, that sell gyro-style wraps.
*[[Strong Badia the Free]] {{--}} Strong Bad receives an email from a sender in Athens, Georgia. However, he mumbles the state name.
*[[Flash is Dead!]] {{--}} Homestar Runner's Dating Profile reads "Homestar Michael (stipe) Runner", a reference to {{w|Michael Stipe}}, the lead singer of the Georgia-based band [[R.E.M]].
*[[Haunted Photo Booth]]: Homestar [[Haunted Photo Booth Costumes|dresses as]] the Power Alley {{w|Dale Murphy}} card.

==References with Atlanta ties==
{{seealso|Atlanta Braves}}, ''[[Mark Lemke]]''
There are also a number of references to more nationally recognizable things that have specific ties to Atlanta, Georgia.

*[[Hairstyle Runner]] {{--}} In addition to one photo's title referencing a former Atlanta Braves player, the title "L5P" refers to {{w|Little Five Points}}, a neighborhood in Atlanta known for the tattoo-and-piercing crowd.
*[[Thorax Corporation]] {{--}} "Program: The Sky's the Limit!" PRODUKT's instructions on how to be removed from the mailing list states that "Fanning the flames will not work, nor will the {{wp|Atlanta Flames}}."
*[[Pumpkin Carve-nival]] {{--}} [[Marzipan]] is dressed as {{w|Lisa Lopes|Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes}}, who was a member of the Atlanta-based R&B music group {{w|TLC (band)|TLC}}.
*[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 8.0]] {{--}} "Pointy point five" and "voice of Paughkeegan State" are references to Atlanta's local "eighty eight point five" (Album 88) "the voice of Georgia State."
*[[3 Times Halloween Funjob]]
**[[The Cheat]] is dressed as Izzy, the mascot of the {{w|1996 Olympic Games}} in Atlanta. His story is that he is a creature called a Whatizit who lives inside the Olympic Flame.
**[[Pom Pom]] is dressed as {{w|Kamala (wrestler)|Kamala the Ugandan Giant}}, a wrestler played by James Harris, who ran a BBQ joint in Atlanta.
*Email [[local news]] {{--}} "SkyCheat Traffic" likely refers to "Sky Team Traffic", as seen on [http://www.wsbtv.com Channel 2 Action News], on the Atlanta television station {{w|WSB-TV|WSB}}.
*[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 9.2]] {{--}} {{w|Richway Department Stores|Richway}} was a discount store in the Atlanta area.
*[[Senor Mortgage]] {{--}} [[Senor Cardgage]] complains that none of [[Senor Cardgage Mortgage]]'s "handsome talking experts" are offering to take him to {{w|Chick-fil-A}}, a fast-food restaurant chain based in Atlanta, Georgia.
*[[Stinkoman 20X6]] {{--}} [[Stinkoman 20X6 Enemies and Items#Gokul|Gokul]] is named after a sweets shop in Decatur, not far from [[Office of The Brothers Chaps|the Brothers Chaps' office space]].
*[[Weclome Back]] {{--}} The [[Weclome Back#Commentary Transcript|DVD commentary]] reveals that the "Merch Masala" sign refers to an Indian restaurant called Mirch Masala located near the Brothers Chaps' office space.
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 11]] {{--}} The page title "11 Division Titles!" likely refers to the Atlanta Braves, who, at the time of the toon, had won 11 consecutive division titles.
*Email [[trading cards]] {{--}} The Crunk Warriors is a reference to the Atlanta CBA team called the {{w|Atlanta Krunk Wolverines}}.
*Email [[bike thief]] {{--}} The [[Crazy Go Nuts University]] building bears a strong resemblance to {{w|Tech Tower}}, the main administrative building on the Georgia Tech campus.
*[[Jibblies 2]] {{--}} Coach Z dresses up as the logo for {{w|So So Def Recordings}}, an Atlanta record label.
*[[Six Sadded Die - Trogdor!! The Board Game Unboxing]] {{--}} Strong Sad compares the meeples to the lineup of the {{w|Atlanta Hawks}} basketball team.

===Live Events===
{{seemain|Interviews and Public Appearances#Public Appearances|Public Appearances}}
*[[They Might Be Giants]] concerts at the {{w|Variety Playhouse}} in Atlanta:
**[[TMBG Concert - 25 Sep 2004|25 Sep 2004]]
**[[TMBG Concert - 3 May 2006|3 May 2006]]
**[[TMBG Concert - 15 Mar 2008|15 Mar 2008]]
**[[TMBG Concert - 5 Mar 2010|5 Mar 2010]]
*[[Dragon Con 2005]] - Sep 2{{-}}5, 2005
*[[Paste Rock 'n Reel Festival - 22 Oct 2005]]
*[[Georgia Tech - 26 Apr 2007]]
*[[The Lucky Yates Show - 3 Nov 2007]]
*[[Limozeen Live! - 27 Mar 2008]]
*[[Limozeen Live! - 8 Nov 2008]]
*[[Aquabats Concert - 18 Jan 2011]]
*[[Dad's Garage]]
**[[Dad's Garage & Friends - 11 Jul 2014|11 Jul 2014]]
**[[Dad's Garage & Friends - 13 Jun 2015|13 Jun 2015]]
*[[Homestar Runner 20th Anniversary Show]]s - 2 Sep & 7 Oct 2016

== See also ==
*[[Florida]]
*[[Idaho]]
*[[Indiana]]
*[[Iowa]]

{{Georgia}}

[[Category:U.S. States]]

Flash is Dead!

Stux — Sun, 14 Dec 2025 19:56:19 GMT

Stux: /* Real-World References */ why not use a redirect?

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[[Image:FlashisDead.png|thumb|right|"See? That's a chunk of Flash authoring interface right there!"]]
[[Flash]] is dying, and the citizens of [[Free Country, USA]] have to head for the hills (or bushes) until they can learn [[Post-Flash Site Update|HTML5]].

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{film|Homestar Runner}}, {{film|Strong Bad}}, [[F-Sack]], {{film|Bubs}} (voice only; Easter egg), {{film|Coach Z}} (voice only; Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[The Field]], [[Bubs' Concession Stand]] (Easter egg)

'''Date:''' Monday, August 3, 2015

'''Running Time:''' 2:00

'''Page Title:''' Oh man! We're so doomed!!

==Transcript==
''{The Flash Plugin Error appears reading "This plugin is vulnerable and should be updated" and the text below it reading "Activate Flash". Homestar Runner soon after pops up from below}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Wo-ho! Check it out! I'm vulnerable and should be updated. ''{The scene pans out to show the error screen is a sign being held up by two planks, as Homestar Runner is in the field with it}'' Hey, that sounds like my dating profile!

''{Strong Bad runs to Homestar Runner, hyperventilating, with a filthy sack behind his back.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{dropping his sack}'' Homestar! What are you doing, man? This is horse giblets!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{bending forward towards the sack}'' Oh, hello, horse giblets! ''{Strong Bad turns around at the sack}'' I thought you were just a filthy sack!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Strong Bad turns around to Homestar as Homestar stands back upright}'' No, I'm not referring to the filthy sack, whose name incidentally is F-Sack. I'm talking about the situation, man!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' What situation? I'm trying to update my dating profile.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Haven't you heard? Flash is dying!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, well, good! I'm a way better runner than that guy anyways.

'''STRONG BAD:''' No, I'm talking about Flash. Like, what we breathe. The thing what creates us all.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Strong Bad! If I didn't know any better, I'd say you were getting a little ''{Homestar's cap hovers a bit}'' religioso on me.

''{''hsbody'' layer and ''draw'' icons fall from the sky and embed themselves slightly into the ground}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ahh! See? That's a chunk of Flash Authoring Interface right there! It's falling apart! We gotta head for the hills!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Are those hills? I always thought they was bushes.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Figurative.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' But actually, I never walked a couple of feet to find out for sure.

'''STRONG BAD:''' I meant it figuratively.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hey, let's do it right now!

'''STRONG BAD:''' I'm being figurative.

''{Homestar runs towards the bushes in the background, eventually running into them and falling back.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Blah! Bush. Definitely bush.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Now listen. I've got enough classic motion tweens and deprecated actions in ol' F-Sack here to last us at least six months until we can learn HTML5.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ooh, I know what that stands for! Hyper-Text Markup Lotion! ''{Homestar holds up a lotion with the HTML logo, minus the L, which is used at the bottom with the word "LOSCHE!".}'' Let me poop a little bit out for you. ''{Homestar squeezes the bottle and makes a small flatulent sound with his mouth three times}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Nope, nope, nope, the land of ten-thousand nopes. Homestar, the death of Flash is equivalent to a giant meteor heading straight for the Earth!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oohhh, I got you. Sounds like somebody's asking for another heaping helping of... ''{Homestar holds up a DVD cover of ''Deep Impact''}'' ''Deep Impact''!

''{Strong Bad groans}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{putting the DVD in front of his face and then impersonating a commander}'' Strong Bad, this is Morgan Shawshank, I need you to hit that meteor with every Duvall you've got.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Never mind. I'll be in Bubs' fallout shelter if anybody needs me. ''{Picking up his sack and walking away}'' Good luck with yourself, Homestar.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I don't want to miss a thing!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{in the distance}'' Wrong movie.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Wait, those were two different movies?

''{The Flash Plugin Error screen fills the scene with the text "Oh, man", and below it, "We gotta figure something out, fast!".}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' But they both came out, like, the same summer even.

==Easter Eggs==
* At the end, click on the Red Button on the Flash Plugin Error screen to see a scene with the Concession Stand.
:''{the shutter of the Concession Stand is down and the sign reads "BUBS' FALLOUT 5HELTER"}''.
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Bubs, where's the bathroom in this place? It's just a bunch of canned goods.
:'''BUBS:''' Well, you know what they say, Strong Bad. Today's Pork and Beans is tomorrow's toilet.
:'''COACH Z:''' And in some rare cases, today's.
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Ugh! Bubs, I thought you said this fallout shelter was Coach Z-free.
:'''BUBS:''' Well, somebody's gotta carry on the human race.
:'''STRONG BAD:''' W-ah! I don't want to think about words any more.
* At the end, click on "gotta" to see Homestar's dating profile on his website.
<blockquote>head> )title(Untitled)title( /head} ,body. 
 
helscome my dating prolif 
 
its not done. 
 
Name: Homestar Michael (stipe) Runner 
Type: Single-ish no-armed whitey. Is vulnerable and 
should be updated. 
Status: Marzipan'd 
Likes: beans b/w rice. thats all i can think umf tonight. 
No likes: four door sedans. billfolds.
 
*this site is best viewed using Ned's cape 1.0 or lower</blockquote>
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Welcome to my dating profile. It's not done. Name, Homestar Michael Runner. Type! Single-ish no-armed whitey, is vulnerable and should be updated. Status, Marzipan'd! Likes! Beans backed with rice. Umm... that's all I can think of tonight. No likes. Aw, this one is easy; four-door Sedans and billfolds! I don't even know what a billfold is. Boo-ding! This site is best viewed using Ned's cape 1.0 or lower.
* At the end, click on "fast" to see a scene with F-Sack.
:'''F-SACK:''' Aw man, Strong Bad. Sometimes, I wish you had named me "Horse Giblets". Better than that ol' name F-Sack; sounds unsavory.

==Fun Facts==
===Explanations===
*{{w|HTML}} stands for "HyperText Markup ''Language''", the standard format websites are written in.
*The entire short alludes to {{w|Adobe Flash Player}}, which was the software platform used to play all the [[homestarrunner.com]] cartoons in web browsers. There had been periodic concerns about security issues with Flash Player; with {{w|Thoughts on Flash#Response|many calling for Flash to be abandoned}} entirely in favor of the more modern and secure {{w|HTML5}}. This movement gained significant momentum when the browsers {{w|Firefox|Mozilla Firefox}} and {{w|Google Chrome}} officially deprecated Flash, tagging them as permanently non-secure plugins "in need of an update" regardless of their actual version. This situation led directly to the creation of the cartoon: the opening recreates the Firefox error message for an out-of-date plugin.

===Trivia===
*This is the first short since [[The Animated Adventures of Puppet Homestar]] in September of 2009, nearly six years earlier. This closes what was then the biggest gap ever in between a type of toon; it has since been surpassed by the over-seven-year gap between [[Marzipan's Answering Machine]] Versions [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 16.2|16.2]] and [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2|17.2]].
*This is the first appearance of Homestar's updated asymmetrical squint/eyebrow raise, which would be used again in [[Homestar Runner Goes for the Gold]]. The only time previously that the older version of this animation appeared is in [[secret recipes]].
*The [[YouTube]] description for this toon is "Strong Bad tries to warn Homestar of impending doom. Homestar tries to update his dating profile."

===Remarks===
*This is the sixth toon in a row not to include a [[toons without back buttons|back button]].
*On the [[TV Time Toons Menu]], the description reads "It's all over! Head for the hills!" in the [[New Stuff]] menu while the [[Shorts]] section simply reads "It's all over!".
*The Easter egg showing Homestar's dating profile is read aloud instead of opening in a separate window, making it reminiscent of a DVD version of such an Easter egg.

===Fixed Goofs===
* Originally, the tall grass around objects embedded into the ground was a different shade of green from the rest of the grass. It was fixed within a few minutes, with only the grass around the Flash authoring interface pieces remaining the alternate shade of green.

===Glitches===
*All three Easter eggs have a clickable field around them before Homestar finishes talking, but cannot be activated until then.

===Inside References===
*Homestar Runner's dating profile is a reference to [[Homestar Runner's Website]].
**The profile contains the phrase "[[beans]] [[b/w]] rice".
**Homestar describes his [[Homestar Runner and Marzipan's Relationship|relationship]] status as [[Marzipan]][['d]].
*Strong Bad previously called Homestar a "no-armed whitey" in [[The Interview]].
*Homestar previously gave Strong Bad a ''[[Deep Impact]]'' DVD in [[The Best Decemberween Ever]] and [[Real-Live E-Mails]].
**The DVD cover appears here as a vectorized version with alternate text.
*Bubs mentions [[pork]] and beans, which were previously mentioned in [[helium]], [[Arcade Game]], and [[business trip]].
*Marzipan called Homestar "Homestar Michael Runner" in [[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]].

===Real-World References===
*Homestar mistakes Flash for the comic book hero of the same name, {{w|Flash (comics)|The Flash}}.
*Strong Bad references the {{w|List of U.S. state nicknames|state nickname}} of {{w|Minnesota}}, "The Land of 10,000 Lakes".
*{{w|Michael Stipe}} is a musician best known as the lead singer of the band [[R.E.M.]] He was the first inspiration for [[Strong Sad]]'s voice.
*The film Homestar is confusing for ''Deep Impact'' is ''{{w|Armageddon (1998 film)|Armageddon}}'', which was directed by {{w|Michael Bay}} and released several weeks after ''Deep Impact'' in 1998. {{w|twin films|Both films had similar subject matter}}, which involved objects from space potentially striking Earth.
*"{{w|I Don't Want to Miss a Thing}}" was a song from the soundtrack to ''Armageddon''. The song was written by {{w|Diane Warren}} and performed by {{w|Aerosmith}}, and was the first song by the band to reach the top of the Billboard Hot 100.
*Homestar's mention of "Morgan Shawshank" refers to ''Deep Impact'' star {{w|Morgan Freeman}}, who played the President of the United States in the film and starred as Red in ''{{w|The Shawshank Redemption}}''.
**He also mentions {{w|Robert Duvall}}, who played Captain Spurgeon "Fish" Tanner in ''Deep Impact''.
*"Ned's cape 1.0" is a reference to [[Netscape]] 1.0, an Internet browser released in 1994.
*{{w|Jeffrey Lyons}}, mentioned on the vectorized ''Deep Impact'' cover, is a film, theater, and television critic based in New York City. He has hosted several television programs based on film reviews, including the PBS-produced ''{{w|Sneak Previews}}'' where he was one of the replacements for the original hosts, {{w|Siskel & Ebert|Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert}}.

===Fast Forward===
*The accompanying [[@StrongBadActual]] Tweet also refers to Hypertext Markup Lotion.
*This toon is later referenced in [[the Brothers Chaps]]' [[Lost in the Stacks Interview - 15 Dec 2017|interview from Lost in the Stacks]] in 2017, where they further discuss what the death of Flash means for the future of Homestar Runner.
**The website started updating its content to HTML5 format starting with [[TROGDOR!]] on January 13, 2018. A [[newhr:|new version of the site]] was launched on July 17, 2018 and ultimately abandoned. This was followed by [[Post-Flash Site Update|a second redesign]] on December 31, 2020 which updated the site to have HTML5 menus and play Flash files on the emulator [[Ruffle]].

==YouTube Version==
[[File:flashisdeadfakethumbnails.png|thumb|220px|"The death of Flash is equivalent to a giant meteor heading straight for the Earth!"]]
*The YouTube version has two exclamation marks in its name.
*As with most of the YouTube versions of recent toons, a [[YouTube Related Video Thumbnails#Flash is Dead!|group of nine thumbnails]] appears at the end of the main cartoon, parodying YouTube's related video thumbnails. However, unlike the previous two toons with these fake thumbnails, all of the thumbnails present in this version are new. The thumbnails are as follows:
{| {{standardtable}}
|-
| [[Homsar]] and F-Sack and in The Field as there's an explosion in the background. This is a reference to the "meteor" Strong Bad compared Flash's death to. || A thumbnail drawn by [[The Cheat]] reading "Pow'd by The Cheat", a reference to [[Powered By The Cheat]]. || [[Pom Pom]] is seen on blue gradient without a head and his eyes moved onto his body. There is white text above him reading "The New Style!".
|-
| A cross-eyed dancing Bubs is on a gray floor against a purple polka-dotted background with the text above him reading "Still Dang Dancin'!", a reference to [[Dancin' Bubs]]. || A real-life plushie Strong Bad is seen in a room with a poster in the background. This plushie is first seen in [[Dangeresque: Puppet Squad]] and is first shown clearly in a tweet by [[@StrongBadActual]]. || [[Puppet Homestar]] is with [[Mike Chapman]] again in "Coffee Town with Homestar + Mike" Episode 12. However, the name of the show is in black text in a white box and is over Mike's face.
|-
| There are four Strong Bads with one of their arms extended against a blue gradient. || A [[peasant]] from [[Peasant's Quest Proposed Sequels|Peasant's Quest Online?]] hovering over the [[Compé]]'s keyboard on Strong Bad's desk. The peasant is leaving a bouncy, dashed white line behind him, à la [[Where U Goin' 2?]] || Multiple light brown, blue and white diagonal stripes. Text above reads "Cool Stripes w/ [[The Poopsmith]]".
|}
*After the thumbnails, the Easter eggs are played in the order of Bubs' Fallout Shelter, the monologue by F-Sack, and then Homestar Runner's dating website.

==External Links==
{{nextlinks|toons/flash-is-dead|37781|youtube=L0nuQ5o2DYU|old=flashisdead|}}

[[Category:Shorts]]

R.E.M.

Stux — Sun, 14 Dec 2025 19:56:00 GMT

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#REDIRECT [[Popular Music References#R.E.M.]]

On Break

Stux — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 12:18:11 GMT

Stux: /* Explanations */ link to new Korea article and use w templates

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[[Image:Mascots.png|thumb|"What is up, my fellow sweat factories?"]]

Three costumed mascots take a break and share their experiences.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{film|Strong Bad}}/[[Tragic Clown Dog]], {{film|Coach Z}}/[[Drive-Thru Whale]], {{film|Homestar Runner}}/[[The Jolly Dumple]], CGNU Freshmen, {{film|Pom Pom}}, {{film|Bubs}}, Child, {{film|The Announcer}}, {{film|Matt Chapman}} (voice only), {{film|Mike Chapman}} (voice only), [[Strong Bad's Mount RidesPlace! USA#Mascots|Poppy and Stoppy]] (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[The Field]], [[Crazy Go Nuts University]], [[Bubs' Concession Stand]], [[The Athletic Field]], [[Strong Bad's Mount Ridesplace! USA]] (Easter egg)

'''Date:''' Monday, August 24, 2009

'''Running Time:''' 2:24

'''Page Title:''' Thinking Mascots Union Local 282

==Transcript==
''{Short opens with pan down to the field. Cut to a close-up of the Tragic Clown Dog's face. Zoom out to a medium shot of Strong Bad's face visible in an open flap of the costume, taking a drag off what appears to be a cigarette and exhaling audibly. Coach Z, wearing the Drive-Thru Whale costume, enters screen right.}''

'''COACH Z:''' Well, hey there, fellow mascot! I didn't know you was the smokin' type!

''{Cut to a close-up of Strong Bad}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{whisperingly}'' Shh! I'm not! ''{normally}'' But Bubs only gives me one of each kind of break. I've already used pee, coffee, and maternity leave today. And this is a white crayon.

''{Cut to a medium shot. Homestar Runner enters screen left, wearing the Jolly Dumple costume.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' What is up, my fellow sweat factories?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa, I didn't know ''you'' were working today.

''{Close up of Homestar.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yeah, it's freshman orientation. I'm in charge of orienting them freshly!

''{Cut to Homestar in the field with the CGNU tower visible in the back, and silhouettes of freshmen in the front. The words of Homestar's song are shown at the bottom of the screen, with a ball bouncing as he sings each word.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{singing}'' You're gonna have to 
share a bafroom 
with some kid from Alabama 
that kinda sucks. 
The financial aid office 
is closed on Tuesdays 
and steer clear of the 
beef stroganoff at the 
dining hall!

''{Close-up of Homestar.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' C! G! N! ...U! ''{whispering}'' And then, and then you guys all say "Me?"

''{Cut back to medium shot.}''

'''FRESHMEN:''' ''{mumbling}'' No way, no way.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ah, that's good, that's good. ''{dancing, quietly}'' We got spirit!

''{Cut back to Homestar and Strong Bad.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' At least you get college kids! I got little snot-butted kids messing with my costume all day!

''{Pan over to Coach Z.}''

'''COACH Z:''' I used to have that prablem, too, but now I just swallow 'em up and spit 'em out in the baall baath! ''{throws several colored balls out from the mouth of his costume}''

''{Close-up of Coach Z. The top of his costume gains and loses bumps as an unseen child stuck in the costume knocks on it.} ''

'''CHILD:''' Mommy! Mommy! I don'{{--}} can't see!

'''COACH Z:''' Oop! Looks like I forgot one. He'll be fine for at least a week.

''{Cut back to medium shot of all three.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey, where's Pom Pom, anyway?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, P-squared's not in the union. He doesn't even get a break.

''{Cut a low shot of Pom Pom strapped to the roof of Bubs' Concession Stand, with a sign that reads "RIGHT CAR! RIGHT PPICE!"}''

'''BUBS:''' What is wrong with you? Attract more customers! ''{Cut to an inflatable gorilla with glasses behind the [[Gremlin]] with a sign that reads "YOUR TEXT HERE!"}'' That gorilla's pulling his own!

''{Cut back to a close-up of Homestar}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{sniffing}'' Man, what ''is'' that smell?

''{Cut to a shot of all three}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh, Homestar, we're three grown men working in mascot costumes in the dead of summer! What ''isn't'' that smell? ''{close up of Strong Bad}'' I can name about forty different odors emanating from this thing right now. There's death, rot, decay{{--}}

''{Cut to close up of Coach Z}''

'''COACH Z:''' Damp, moist, kimchi!

''{Cut to a close up of Homestar}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{holding yellow alarm clock, which rings once}'' Ah! It's time. ''{shot of all three}'' Let's do this.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{as Homestar and Coach Z walk off}'' Ugh, not again....

''{Cut to a close-up of a speaker on a wooden pole}''

'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' That's right, ladies and gentlemen! ''{Cut to a shot of The Announcer in the booth}'' For your between-inning unjoyment, it's the Bumbling Mascot Race Around the Field!

''{Matt and Mike sing "Yakety Sax" while Coach Z, Homestar, and Strong Bad move randomly around a baseball diamond.}''

''{Cut to the inflatable gorilla with a sign that reads "The Ending Here!"}''

'''MATT:''' Does it end different?

'''MIKE:''' I dunno. Let's do it again.

==Easter Eggs==
*Click on the Gorilla's mouth at the end to see an animation of a video game with the mascots.
*:''{A black screen with "GAME START!" appears. The mascots run around on platforms and ladders, referencing the old video game 'Burger Time', while Mike and Matt hum the theme music. Eventually, Mike stops humming. "GAME OVER" flashes on screen.}''
*:'''MATT:''' Go longer.
*:''{Mike starts and stops again}''
*:'''MATT:''' No, I mean you stopped longer.

*Click on the word "Here!" at the end to see Homestar and Coach Z (as Poppy and Stoppy, respectively, from [[theme park]]) have a conversation at Mount Ridesplace, USA. Music plays and a pink border is present.
*:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Man, these mascot costumes in Strong Bad's imagination are ''way'' better than the real-life ones!
*:'''COACH Z:''' Boy, I'll say! Mine's got a minibar and air conditionin'!
*:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' My ol' Dumple costume had air conditioning. It conditioned the air to think it smelled like... dead zut.

==Fun Facts==

===Explanations===
*{{w|Kimchi}} is a pickled [[Korea]]n dish made with beef stock, cabbage, and hot peppers, and is known for its distinctive pungent smell and mildly spicy taste.
*Mascots or other costumed figures are featured at {{w|Sausage Race|several}} {{w|Presidents Race|ballparks}} {{w|Great Pierogy Race|racing}} around the field between innings during baseball games.

===Trivia===
*The [[FeedBurner Page#Short - On Break|RSS description]] of this toon is:<blockquote>'''Matt says''' - When you unintentionally create [[HR:sbemail73.html|three different]] [[HR:sbemail121.html|giant foam]] [[HR:blubbos.html|mascot costumes]] several years apart, you KNOW you're doing something right. Mike and I were walking from the car place to Oga's on a very pedestrian unfriendly highway when we wrote most of this short. There were lotsa car dealerships though, with all types of undualting, inflatable eye-catchers to help inspire us. Mike lost his flip flop crossing the 8-lane street and had to wait for the light to change to run back and get it. </blockquote>

===Remarks===
*The collar and tie on Strong Bad's costume have been moved down since their last appearance, to make room for the door.
*Although Strong Bad denies being a [[Smoking|smoker]], he's been seen smoking a cigar in a [[Store Thank You Message]].
**In consideration that the costumes are likely made from [[Polymascotfoamalate]], smoking in one would be potentially dangerous (more so than usual), as seen in [[4 branches]]; however, only the Jolly Dumple costume is known to be made of Polymascotfoamalate.
*Strong Bad indicates that he, Homestar, and Coach Z are grown men; a rare clue as to [[Ages of Characters|their relative ages]].
*Just as it was in [[Blubb-O's Commercial]], the Gremlin's passenger-side window is completely opaque and gray.
*When the scene cuts back to the three mascots after the gorilla balloon, the "ball bath" balls have disappeared.
*When Strong Bad runs around at the end of the toon and in the Easter egg, the door on his costume [[Flipped Images|switches sides]] whenever he turns around. However, the animation in these sequences seems to be intentionally poor.
*Even though Strong Bad says his "cigarette" is a white crayon, its tip seems to be smoking.
*Strong Bad has a much easier time walking in his costume than he did in [[part-time job]].

===Goofs===
*When Homestar is holding his alarm clock, there is a very thin white gap between the black border and the bottom of the green background.
*As Homestar walks away from Strong Bad, he vanishes shortly before he has walked completely offscreen.

===Inside References===
*The various costumes:
**Strong Bad appears as the [[Tragic Clown Dog]], seen in [[part-time job]]. (At the end of that email, however, he quit working for Bubs.)
**Coach Z appears as the [[Drive-Thru Whale]], from [[Blubb-O's Commercial]].
**Homestar once more wears his [[Jolly Dumple]] costume, first seen in [[mascot]]. (The sing-along style of Homestar's song, as well as the ending, are also references to this email.)
**In an Easter egg, Coach Z and Homestar appear as [[Strong Bad's Mount RidesPlace! USA#Mascots|Poppy]] the [[Tire]] and [[Strong Bad's Mount RidesPlace! USA#Mascots|Stoppy]] the [[Stop Sign]], who appeared in [[theme park]].
*The pink border in the [[Mount Ridesplace, USA]] Easter egg is from [[dreamail]].
*Strong Bad [[Smoking|smokes]] a white [[crayon]].
*The background music for Homestar's orientation song is the version of the CGNU Fight Song played by a high school band that was featured as the [[Quote of the Week#QW-2006-02-09|Quote of the Week]] on February 9, 2006.
*Strong Bad mentions "[[Peeing|pee]], [[coffee]], and [[Pregnancy|maternity leave]]" as the types of breaks he has taken that day.
*Homestar mentions [[sucks]] during his song.
*Coach Z mentions his smells as being [[moist]].
*"Kids from Alabama" were previously mentioned in [[An Important Rap Song]].

===Real-World References===
*The instrumental "[[Wikipedia:Yakety Sax|Yakety Sax]]" is [[The Brothers Chaps Singing|sung]] while the mascots race around the Athletic Field.
*The Easter egg activated by clicking the gorilla's mouth is a parody of [[Wikipedia:BurgerTime|BurgerTime]].
*The [[page title]] is a reference to the band [[Wikipedia:Thinking Fellers Union Local 282|Thinking Fellers Union Local 282]].
*When the kid shouts "Mommy! I don- can't see!", it may be a reference to the 1982 film [[Wikipedia:Poltergeist (film)|Poltergeist]], when Carol Anne shouts the same thing from inside another dimension.

==External Links==
{{nextlinks|toons/on-break|15746|old=onbreak}}

[[Category:Shorts]]

Korea

Stux — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 12:17:51 GMT

Stux: /* Appearances */ link to wp article

{{w|Korea}} is a peninsula in East Asia. Since the early 1950s, it's been divided into two countries with opposing regimes: the communist, isolationist Democratic People's Republic of Korea ({{w|North Korea}}) and the capitalist, market-driven Republic of Korea ({{w|South Korea}}).

==Appearances==
*Email [[montage]] (DVD commentary) — [[Marzipan]] says that [[Homestar Runner]] is trained in {{w|Tae Kwon Do}}.
*[[Inkhole Interview]] — [[Matt Chapman]] recounted that Rusty told them that if there were Korean subtitles, it would become one of the most popular websites in Korea "within a week".
*Email [[the paper]] — In one of the flashback scenes, Strong Bad told [[The Paper]] that he thought he was still in {{w|Pyongyang}}.
*[[On Break]] {{--}} [[Coach Z]] says his mascot suit smells like damp, [[moist]], and {{w|kimchi}}, a fermented cabbage dish from Korea.
*[[Strong Badia the Free]] — [[Countries in Strong Badia the Free#Marzistar/Homezipan|Marzistar/Homezipan]] follows the pattern of countries that were divided in two during proxy wars, with Korea being the only one today. Marzistar is implied to be communist (like North Korea) and Homezipan, according to Strong Bad, a monarchy (even though South Korea is a republic). However, unlike those examples, Marzistar/Homezipan uses a unified flag, while divided countries created from such conflicts use different flags, or, like what happened during the two Germanies, the flag of the other country with a variation.

[[Category:Countries]]

User talk:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc

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== bit o help there? ==
Sup Gfdgsgxgzgdrc, Im here to give you a couple pointers on a few things. 
1. Span Tags: Whenever you change the <nowiki></nowiki>Color of words. You have to end it with a, otherwise, it'll keep going down the page with that color. If you have more than one span tags, you have to close each of them with a <nowiki></nowiki>, not just a single tag. 
 
2. Templates you keep using: You also seem to be using unneeded templates. IE: [http://www.hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc&diff=prev&oldid=704202 Edit Remove], [http://www.hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc&diff=prev&oldid=704084 headline], and [http://www.hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc&diff=next&oldid=703141 some maner of sig type deal]. 
[[File:Show preview.png|thumb|539px|This one, not that one. We got that? Now gimmie five.]]
3. Show Preview: I've that you have made several consecutive edits to the same page. I'd like to point out the Show Preview button. It's right next to the Save Page button when you edit. You should use it whenever you are making a lot of experimental edits, for example when you are trying to get formatting right, or checking to se if the above templates exist. Using the Show Preview button is quicker and easier than saving and clicking "edit" again, and will keep [[Special:Recentchanges|recent changes]] and page histories from being flooded.
 
 
That's all that I've noticed, but if there's anything thing else, anything at all, please contact me on my [[User talk:Movie magic man|talk page]]. Keep on tranglin -{{User:Movie magic man/sig}} 23:13, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

==Outdated Conversations==
Hey Gfdgsgxgzgdrc; just thought you should know that it is generally advised not to reply to conversations that are more than a couple months old unless you have an argument of some kind to bring up. People are on the ball around here, and things are generally taken care of pretty quickly. basically, pay more attention to the timestamps. if there isn't one, look around the talk post for others that are logically nearby. If the talk post was added in 2006, the discussion is probably dead by now. Also, if you want to put something on the talk page of a user who hasn't been here in a while, on the left side of the screen, right under the search box is a "toolbox" menu. you can click on "User contributions" in that menu and see how long ago the most recent date was. If they haven't been here in a couple years, maybe refrain from putting anything on their talk page. These are just basic guidelines to follow to keep the wiki running more smoothly. {{User:The Knights Who Say Ni/sig}} 05:17, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
:[http://www.hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:rock_opera&curid=5555&diff=722179&oldid=715362&rcid=683788 You did it again]. That conversation is over six years old, and long dead. As the Knights said, it's not advised to reply to these. It's a simple matter to check how old a conversation is, and it's all explained in the message above this. {{User:Theycallmefree/sig}} 15:29, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

== April Fools' ==

Regarding your {{p|l={{FULLURL:Talk:Main Page|diff=727698&oldid=727660}} recent edit to the Main talk page}}, it's not as bad of an idea imo as the {{p|l={{FULLURL:Talk:Main Page|diff=727699&oldid=727698}} follow-up edit}} would suggest. The problem with your idea this time is the fact that you suggested it in the first place. If you spend much time on the forum, it's just like proposed Halloween costumes: suggesting one practically eliminates any chance of it ever being used on the site. It removes the element of surprise. Additionally, as far as i'm aware, the bureaucrats aren't really looking for suggestions, and even if they were, they would not want the suggestions to be publicly announced for the same reason. However, if you believe that it is a great April Fools' Day prank, you are more than welcome to replace your user page with it when the time comes. {{User:The Knights Who Say Ni/sig}} 06:49, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

== Scalawaggery ==

"It's", with the apostrophe, is always short for "it is". If "it is" does not make sense, the correct spelling is "its". You wouldn't say "Strong Bad's Computer Exceeding '''It Is''' Technical Specifications", would you? --{{User:Jay/sig}} 02:23, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
:Well, "it's" can also mean "it has" but it can not mean "the X belonging to it". See also [[Strong Bad's Rhythm N' Grammar]]. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 13:21, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
::''Oh.'' I'm so sorry. {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 00:56, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

== Homsar Wiki ==

Hey Gfdgsgxgzgdrc, I noticed that picture you have of Homsar. It's really funny. I was bored and decided to make an improved one for you, but you don't have to use it though. Hope you like it! {{User:Tenerence Love/sig}} 22:54, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

https://sites.google.com/site/virtualpizz/homsarwiki.png

:That. is. ''AWESOME''. Good job. {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 01:03, 10 May 2012 (UTC)

== Main Page 15 ==

How was the Main Page 15 picture without the button effects better? The other main page pictures have buttons turned on. --{{User:Fangoriously/SIGGY HERE!}} 12:34, 10 August 2012 (UTC)
:Because it makes the picture look less crowded. {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig}}

== fish i lenz ==

I fixed the Fish Eye Lens subtitles some time ago and found out today that it was ''you'' that broke it. The Gfdgsgxgzgdrc. is '''GROUNDED'''. - {{User:Catjaz63/sig}} 22:34, 25 May 2015 (UTC)
:Oh. Ummm... sorry about that... {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig}}

== Edit Summaries ==

Hi Gfdgsgxgzgdrc, I wanted to drop a reminder about edit summaries. I wish I had noticed this sooner but [[Special:Contributions/Gfdgsgxgzgdrc|almost none of your contributions]] have any edit summaries. Edit Summaries help other editors know at a glance what it is that your edits are changing. So please don't neglect edit summaries and let the community know what it is that you're working on. Thanks and keep on tranglin'. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 19:00, 28 June 2015 (UTC)
:Okay! I'll remember that. {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 18:11, 29 June 2015 (UTC)
::Hey man, just wanted to pop in and offer a friendly reminder about this again. Thanks! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:03, 10 August 2016 (UTC)
:::Argh! Sorry about that. Thanks for the reminder. {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 01:23, 10 August 2016 (UTC)

== Main Page 26 subtitles ==

Why does Main Page 26 [[Subtitles:main26/en|have subtitles]]? the amount of frames you're listing isn't even on the page for me and none of the buttons use the Flash frames. Is it just me? - {{User:Catjaz63/sig}} 13:52, 17 August 2015 (UTC)
:Oh. Umm... I tried to make subtitles for Main Page 26, but it didn't work. You can just delete it. {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 20:47, 17 August 2015 (UTC)

== Meat and Cheese Subs ==

You gonna finish those subtitles? - {{User:Catjaz63/sig}} 00:05, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
:Oh. Right. Umm... probably not. Nope. {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 00:53, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
::I did 'em. I can did it twelve times! - {{User:Catjaz63/sig}} 05:11, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
:::Nice! {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 18:37, 14 November 2015 (UTC)

== I'm honored, but... ==

...is it really important enough to redirect "Purple Wrench" to Hremail 62? Are users searching for it a lot?

I mean, I guess [[Homestar Dinoland]] does redirect there too... --{{User:Purple Wrench/sig}}00:29, 20 July 2016 (UTC)
:Well, it's possible that someone who's new to Homestar Runner might think that the purple wrench is a running gag, so they search it up on the wiki. I see no reason for it to not be a redirect. {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 00:32, 20 July 2016 (UTC)

== Hey man. ==
Thanks for helping me with uploading pictures. I didn't even know that! Anyway, I kinda need some more help with creating a signature. I dont know how to do that.
-Mml554
:You should create your signature [[User:Mml554/sig|here]]. It should have a link to your page (<nowiki>[[User:Mml554|Mml554]]</nowiki>). And maybe a link to your talk page as well. It can also have colors and '''small''' pictures (like about this size: {{u|hr}}) and other stuff. Just read [[HRWiki:Signatures|this]] to know how to do everything. After you [[montage|creat]] your signature, go to "[[Special:Preferences|my preferences]]" and in the text box where it says "Signature", type "<nowiki>{{User:Mml554/sig}}</nowiki>". Then check the box that says "Treat signature as wikitext (without an automatic link)". [[flashback|Combolations]], you have a signature! {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 04:27, 31 July 2016 (UTC)

== new update!!!!! ==
Dude,Homestar Runner's LIVE!! There's a new update!!!! :D {{User:Mml554/sig‎}}
:I know! It's awesome! I'm so excited. Also, your sig is too big. It should be this big: [[Image:sigbox.png|maximum signature size]]. And it should have a link to your userpage. How about this? '''[[User:Mml554|Mml554]]''' {{u|hr}} It fits the requirements and isn't to big. You can also make it different colors if you'd like ('''[[User:Mml554|Mml554]]''' {{u|hr}}) or add a link to your [[User talk:Mml554|talk page]] or [[Special:Contributions/Mml554|contributions]], or both ('''[[User:Mml554|Mml554]]''' {{u|hr}} [[User talk:Mml554|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mml554|Cont]]). I can design it for you, if you'd like. You can find out more [[HRWiki:Signature|here]] and also [[Help:Signature|here]]. {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 21:25, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
Thanks man! My only problem is I don't know how to make that my sig, since copy/paste doesn't work.
:I can copy and paste it for you. What do you want your sig to look like? {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 03:03, 8 August 2016 (UTC)
The orange one should do.
:Okay, I did it. Anything you want me to change about it? {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 19:37, 9 August 2016 (UTC)
Nope. Thanks! {{User:Mml554/sig}}

Sorry to bother you, but can you make the picture a link to my talk page? Thanks, {{User:Mml554/sig}}

== Incomplete articles are not necessarily stubs ==

You nearly doubled the size of that article. (Great! Unfortunately the "Others" section is rather unwieldy and is in dire need of further organization.) Still, that didn't necessarily make it a stub. A stub is an article that is so bare bones that it can't be considered encyclopedic yet. The stub template is supposed to be a cue to the reader that the current content is basically a placeholder. Once there's some real meat to the article, it loses its stub status, even if it can still be expanded quite a bit. Likewise very short articles that ''can't'' be expanded because there's nothing else to add are not stubs. They're just short. I did a random sampling of the articles currently in the stub category and noticed that most of them are probably not stubs. Also, edit summaries of articles are in general a poor place to make editorial comments directed at specific users. Cheers. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 05:15, 22 September 2016 (UTC)
:Oh, okay. Sorry, I didn't know that. Thanks! (And it wasn't really an editorial comment directed at you, I was just making an ironic joke.) {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 22:43, 22 September 2016 (UTC)

== Everybody Everybody twitter post ==

Did you make that picture yourself? Pretty dang impressive. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 08:21, 20 October 2016 (UTC)
:Why yes, I did. Thanks a lot!! {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 01:41, 21 October 2016 (UTC)

== Subtitle Tips ==

Hey there! First of all, thanks for doing the subtitles. And so far, they've been great! But I want to give a few criticisms if you're fine with that. First, you should edit in your subtitles in one go. Use Notepad++ (I recommend Notepad++ '''heavily''') or whatever text editor you desire and just type down the whole subtitles and release it in one go. There's really no point in releasing it in segments like with transcripts. Speaking of transcripts, don't include elements in transcripts such as italics on shows or other material like ''Seinfeld'' and don't include notes such as ''{speaking in a southern accent}''. Transcripts are supposed to be a secondary source of the toons' actions while subtitles are meant to be a guide to the toons. Subtitles are supposed to simply show what the characters are saying and nothing else. (Besides SFX) Also, speaking of editing, test, test, test. Your last subtitles update has numerous errors in it, including a pretty obvious error with a line's start being before the end of a former line and an odd error where you had a starting bracket in the middle of a line which the all-in-one mistakes for a target. Testing subtitles before release and checking the timings to be as close as you want are good ways to make great subtitles. Other than that... you did a [[A Jorb Well Done|great jorb]]. - {{User:Catjaz63/sig}} 02:40, 30 October 2016 (UTC)
:<s>Hey guys Catjaz here. Back again with some new subtitles tips.</s> Hey there. Few more tips. First is that you shouldn't let subtitles hang when the characters are done saying their lines. If the character stops talking, then just end that line there. You can leave blank frames without lines just fine and they'll appear more natural with the character's talking. Second is that you shouldn't let lines hang on the end frames. If a toon stops at 1255 frames, you should end the line, usually the (music) sfx line, at 1254. Alright that's about it. Great job with the subs! - {{User:Catjaz63/sig}} 22:00, 30 October 2016 (UTC)
::Yup, 'kay. Sorry. Thanks for the tips! {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 22:42, 30 October 2016 (UTC)

== Anahnimus Kuntribewtore ==

Your edit summaries have not gone unappreciated. {{User:The thing/sig}} 06:07, 22 November 2016 (UTC)
:They have now gone appreciated. - {{User:Catjaz63/sig}} 07:13, 23 November 2016 (UTC)
::Oh, thanks, guys. That warms my heart. [[A Decemberween Mackerel|Not enough to stave off the onset of hypothermia, of course.]] But a month-long coma's nothing I haven't dealt with before. {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 23:36, 23 November 2016 (UTC)

==Creating redirects for a potential rename==
Hey, I've noticed that a couple of times, there has been a discussion of renaming an article, and you've created a redirect in the intended move space to the already existing title. This actually achieves the opposite result than what we're looking to do, since it effectively keeps the page from being moved to that title. (I once tried to move [[Family Resemblence]] to the correct spelling of "resemblance" but was informed that I couldn't because the redirect was in place. I didn't know at the time that it was intentionally spelled that way.) Most recently you [[Talk:Keyboard Strong Bad|supported]] a move from "Keyboard Strong Bad" to "Casio Head Strong Bad", but then you created that redirect back to the original title. If we want to move it, we don't want the "Casio Head Strong Bad" redirect to exist, or it probably won't be moved there, as was the case with The Brothers Chaps' Side Projects with its suggested move to The Brothers Chaps' Other Projects. If you could chill on that for a while, that'd be great. {{User:The Knights Who Say Ni/sig}} 17:32, 10 December 2016 (UTC)
:Ohhh. Sorry... I didn't know that. Won't do it anymore. {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 21:21, 10 December 2016 (UTC)

== Transparent images ==

Hi, Gfdgsgxgzgdrc. I've noticed you've been uploading images with transparent backgrounds. I question the necessity of that because it removes important context from the images. If you think this is something we should embrace, I'd like to see a discussion on [[HRWiki:Standards]] about it first. Even if we do decide to do it, you should not overwrite the old images. Please upload using a new filename instead. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:06, 15 December 2016 (UTC)
:Okay... sorry! I'll remember that next time! {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 03:08, 15 December 2016 (UTC)

== Whoa ==

Wow, I didn't realize you were CoolGuyBug from Scratch! I'm i-like-luigi, by the way, if you didn't already know. --{{User:Mml554/sig}} 23:42, 24 January 2017 (UTC)

== About "Cut it out" ==

Hey. Just thought I'd mention something to you: Usually, telling a troll or vandal to stop won't help. Many of them actually like it when people are angry or annoyed at them, so in some cases, it may only encourage them toward more trolling and/or vandalism. Usually it's best just to make a simple edit summary like "rv/v". Anyway, thanks for the reverts, and keep on tranglin'. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 06:20, 28 February 2017 (UTC)
:Ah, thanks. Sorry, I didn't realize that. {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 07:16, 28 February 2017 (UTC)
:: FYI, I have changed the summary to be simply "rv". Cheers. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:06, 28 February 2017 (UTC)

== Transparent images improval ==

Please improve the transparencies on [[:File:humidibot.png|humidibot.png]] and [[:File:AWFy.PNG|AWFy.PNG]]. I can see visible pixels around both images. --[[Special:Contributions/78.160.150.38|78.160.150.38]] 21:43, 16 April 2017 (UTC)
:A'ight. Thanks. I did those when I was still inexperienced at transparentizing stuff, and before I started using a Flash decompiler. I'm sure I could do better now. In fact, there are a few more images that could be improved. {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 06:41, 17 April 2017 (UTC)

== Thanks ==

Hey, I just wanted to say thanks for cleaning up my edits yesterday. It's been quite a while since I edited the wiki, I just saw an unfinished project that seemed easy to work on and did a bunch of them when I had some free time. [[User:Freshasabagel|Freshasabagel]] 04:13, 22 June 2017 (UTC)
:Thanks! I mean, you're welcome. I mean... both. Nice job on those descriptions, by the way. They're really good. {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 04:53, 22 June 2017 (UTC)

== Replacing the content of an image ==

Hello. I'd like to direct your attention to [[:File:SB bathroom.PNG]] and [[:File:LaundryRoom.PNG]], which are just two examples of images that you've replaced recently. I don't have a problem with updated or stitched-together versions of images, but if the content of the new image is dramatically different from the previous version, the new version should be uploaded under its own filename, especially if the old image has stood for years. With rare exceptions, we should completely overwrite an image only to improve some technical or compositional aspect of the image without changing the subject. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:42, 3 September 2017 (UTC)
:Okay, thanks! I understand, but I'm not quite sure why this is so important. If I simply replace the content of an image, hardly anything else will have to be updated. If I upload it under a new name, I'd have to replace the name of the image on all of the pages the old version was used on, and the old version will be unused and have to be deleted. If the image will only become useless, why not just change it instead? Replacing the content will have the same effect on the pages, but with less work, and nothing will have to be deleted. Additionally, both images are only used on two pages, so replacing the content won't make too much of a difference. Anyway, I'm fine with this rule, and I'll remember to follow it in the future, but I'd just appreciate an explanation. {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 00:56, 4 September 2017 (UTC)
:: We would not delete the old versions. It's not hurting anything for them to stay on the server. (In fact, from a technical standpoint, the only difference between uploading under a new name and "overwriting" an existing image is a little bit of database overhead; none of the old versions are ever ''really'' gone unless we take extra steps. In addition, the only images we tend to delete are personal images.) The problem with uploading noticeably different content over a longstanding image is that it makes it impossible to properly view a previous version of a page. We also never know when an unused image might become relevant again. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:31, 4 September 2017 (UTC)
:::Okay then. [[flashback|Now I understand.]] Thanks! {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 01:37, 4 September 2017 (UTC)

== Look here... ==

Look here bud... My contributions were worth while... OK? (My notices and legal stuff were kinda stupid... BUT STILL!) The reason I edited that "FeedBruner" Article was because none of the "Old Feed Content was not old and is still on the FEEDBRUNER! So I suggest you all get with the program, and by "program", I mean the guidelines set forth on... Er... Eeeerrr... OH YEAH! https://www.gov.uk! (Oh wait I don't own that website... DOH! Don't go on it you won't find me there... I was just... thinking... of a website... to use...) Anyway! My main point is, please at your immediate convenience, talk to me at my talk page, so we can deal with this matter. Hows that? Huh? I may be a kid, I may be naive, I may be stupid, I may of only joined this wiki yesterday! But I'm very political and kinda know my law stuff! OK?... M'KAY!?!? {{User:CoachZiscool1978/sig}} (Man now I feel like Derek Savage, I gotta stop getting angry at miniscule things...)
: Errrr... little bit aggressive there, CoachZiscool... However, his edit was correct; the FeedBurner page does, in fact, list all of those allegedly "Deleted" entries. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 20:26, 4 September 2017 (UTC)
::Wait, what?! Okay... that's weird. I distinctly remember seeing CoachZiscool's edit, checking the FeedBurner page, and seeing that the old content wasn't there before reverting the edit. I dunno, it might've had something to do with my browser cache... maybe I just didn't check thoroughly enough... I'm not sure what happened there. So I guess you were right. Sorry about that.
::Also, no need to be so aggressive. Were you frustrated about the message I left on your talk page? I wasn't mad at you in the slightest, I was just giving you some pointers. Just trying to help you out, that's all. But if you were kind of angry about your edit being reverted by me... yeah, that I can kind of understand. I might be a bit frustrated if that happened to me too. I'm still not sure how I missed those old messages.
::Also ''also'', I'm not sure what the "defacements" box-style-type on your userpage is all about. I've never edited your userpage, much less defaced it. The only other person who has edited your userpage is [[User:It's dot com|Dot com]], and it wasn't a defacement, it was for a good reason. (By the way, I like that Coach Z on your userpage. Looks cool.) [[secret identity|Eat a steak,]] {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 22:31, 4 September 2017 (UTC)

Lets talk ok? I was very mad at what you "did" to me, and... I guess the anger got over me a little... bit... yeah. (Thats what I'm going with) But I'm sorry
if what I did was upsetting to you... I just fight back when I'm mad.
On a higher note, You like my Coach Z? I took a lot of care into making look unique so I wouldn't be a user with a boring Coach Z...
{{User:CoachZiscool1978/sig}} 08:16 5th September 2017 (UTC)
PS: The whole thing about "So I suggest you all get with the program" thing is just edited quotes from [[Marzipan%27s_Answering_Machine_17.2|Marzipan's Answering Machine 17.2]]
: I should point out that if you had included an edit summary stating ''why'' you made the change to that page, this could potentially have been avoided. Edit summaries are especially important when the reason for a change isn't obvious, and edits that outright remove data without explanation are often reverted with prejudice, at least until we can figure out what's going on. Edit summaries help us do that, so please use them. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:13, 5 September 2017 (UTC)
Ok I'll take note of that...{{User:CoachZiscool1978/sig}} 21:54, 5th September 2017

== Because I can't put it any better than It's dot com did that one time ==

Take a look at [[User talk:Jay#Putting it on the page|this]]. It was in the aftermath of [[Talk:Teen Girl Squad Issue 10#Overlooked goof?|this catch by a new user]]. Last night, a new user was trying to help the wiki, but his procedure was a little off. Like DC did in the above links, I was trying to give him an opportunity to get it right. I wasn't expecting you to do it for him. Basically, if a new user has an opportunity to gain some practice, you should let him have the chance. Just some food for thought. {{User:The Knights Who Say Ni/sig}} 20:15, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
:I'm sorry. That didn't occur to me. Thanks, I'll try to remember that! {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 20:51, 23 August 2018 (UTC)

== Kind Words ==

I read all that nice stuff you wrote about me on the {{p|l=http://hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=HRWiki_talk:Standards&oldid=779825 talk page to the HRWiki Standards page before it was removed.}} Thanks for your support. It's nice to know that my efforts are recognized and appreciated. -- [[Special:Contributions/68.37.43.131|68.37.43.131]] 14:12, 28 October 2018 (UTC)
:You're weclome! {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 19:14, 28 October 2018 (UTC)

== Poofers flash file ==

Where did you find the swf file for Mr. Poofers must die? Can you add it to the toon page? -[[Special:Contributions/174.62.238.201|174.62.238.201]] 14:40, 14 November 2018 (UTC)
:The image was from the [[hr:menuswfs/menu_ween18.swf|Toons menu preview]]. {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 22:44, 14 November 2018 (UTC)

== Nice job with the pages :) ==

Subject line -[[Special:Contributions/50.234.189.37|50.234.189.37]] 23:26, 13 March 2020 (UTC)
Can you brighten up and double and edit the Autoplay Thumbnails?

==Nerds and Gaming Page==
You can fix it up to higher standards, but here it is, my first page: http://www.hrwiki.org/wiki/Nerds_and_gaming
--[[User:Jeffjman|Jeffjman]][http://www.scratch.mit.edu/users/jeffjman][[File:Baby_strong_bad.png‎|30px]] 21:05, 24 August 2020 (UTC)
:You done a great jorb there. At least a good jaerb. {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 23:18, 24 August 2020 (UTC)

== I played your April Fools text adventure ==

...And oh man are my fingers tired! I liked it so much. It's really funny and well made. One of the best user creations I've seen here! How long did it take you to all this? {{User:Elcool/sig}} 07:19, 25 November 2020 (UTC)
:Thank you quite much! It's nice to know someone's played it. It probably took some hours, most likely over the course of several months. (I didn't really keep track of the time I spent on it.) {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 23:37, 27 November 2020 (UTC)

== Template:@ ==

Just wanted to say a quick thanks with regards to your template work, and more specifically about the {{t|@}} template. Turns out the template helped me inadvertently fix an issue! In {{pl|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=%22Er%22_pronounced_as_%22Oi%22&diff=802234&oldid=767961 this edit}} I switched to using the template and didn't notice until I was checking the preview that the old link was incorrect! So pretty cool beans! --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 13:33, 24 February 2021 (UTC)
:Thank you, and you're welcome! Those beans are quite cool indeed. {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 20:09, 24 February 2021 (UTC)

== Glitchy Glitches? ==

Hi Gfd,

I noticed that a lot of entries had been {{pl|l=http://hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Stinkoman_20X6_Glitches&diff=802647&oldid=801659&rcid=765595 removed}} from the [[Stinkoman 20X6 Glitches]] page. (The RC shows a 1354 character reduction which doesn't balance out with the 272 character increase in {{pl|l=http://hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Stinkoman_20X6_Remarks&diff=802648&oldid=802588&rcid=765596 remarks}}.) Were those removed because they were no longer an issue in the latest version of the application? Or were they never an issue in the first place? Or were they perhaps out of scope from what the page should cover? I started trying to go over them but realized many of these needed to be played through and/or carefully reviewed. I just wanted to get your rationale since a somewhat significant portion of content ahd been removed. Cheers, --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 07:46, 12 March 2021 (UTC)
:Sorry! That edit ended up being much more significant than I anticipated, and I really should've split it up into multiple edits. The character reduction was also much more than I expected, and I was very surprised to see such a large number. But I'll try to describe everything that might have caused that:
:*I removed the "Part 1", "Part 2", and "Boss" headers for each level, as there was very little reason to divide such short sections. I also removed the "Flash Related" header, as it only contained one fact.
:*I shortened many long and/or redundant sentences, so that might account for some of the removed characters.
:*Some glitches didn't quite qualify as glitches and/or were already listed on other pages (e.g. Stinkoman can fall to 1-Up's level in 4.1 and 4.2).
:*Some glitches were mentioned multiple times (e.g. the explosion animation pausing), so I removed one of the instances.
:*As mentioned, I moved a small group of facts to Remarks.
:So, it was a lot of small things that added up to a massive character reduction. I hope that clears it up! {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 21:21, 12 March 2021 (UTC)
::Yes! It does! It makes sense now to see that there was a lot of repetition in the text and among entries. Thank you! --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 21:35, 12 March 2021 (UTC)

== Song categories ==

For your work on updating the song categories, you get the redundant cat award:
http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/wp-content/redundant-cat.jpg
-[[Special:Contributions/107.77.106.76|107.77.106.76]] 18:23, 24 March 2021 (UTC)
:Thank you! Now I feel bad for removing so many redundant cats. Turns out they're actually quite cute. {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 19:18, 24 March 2021 (UTC)

== Discord issues ==
I know i asked you a few weeks ago on discord to send me those scans of the 2011 calendar, um, my discord broke. I was Potatogilz, by the way. I got locked out and can't get back in without deleting my account, so, 2 weeks from now is when I will be able to get back to discord. Just letting you know the only way I can. ----[[User:Jeffjman|J∃ffJMan]][[File:jeffjsigchrismas.png|50px]] 15:19, 5 January 2022 (UTC)
:Oh, okay. That's fine! I sent you the images, so they should be there the next time you log on (assuming you'll be using the same account). {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 21:10, 5 January 2022 (UTC)
::Actually, that's what I was trying to tell you, I will have to delete my account entirely, so... may want to send those again when I get my new one, which I will publicly announce on the Hrwiki discord ----[[User:Jeffjman|J∃ffJMan]][[File:jeffjsigchrismas.png|50px]] 22:35, 5 January 2022 (UTC)
:::Ah, I see. Okay then! {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 22:54, 5 January 2022 (UTC)
I'm be's back! Send on back those hustlesome jpegs on over any time you want, Gfdrxerm'n! ---[[User:Jeffjman|J∃ffJMan]][[File:jeffjsigchrismas.png|50px]] 19:11, 20 January 2022 (UTC)

== how did you do that? ==

I was looking at your April Fool’s gags, and HOW IN HECK DID YOU MAKE THAT TEXT ADVENTURE? [[User:TMBGLOVER|TMBGLOVER]] 00:00, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
:I figured out a scrolling method that allows one text box to be visible at a time, then chipped away at the game in a Notepad document over the course of a few months. Then did it again for the second one. Glad you enjoyed them! {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig}} 00:18, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
::is it easy to make? I might do it for April 1st, (with you credited with the idea, of course!) [[User:TMBGLOVER|TMBGLOVER]] 00:22, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
:::I found it relatively easy, albeit time-consuming due to the scope. It helps to have some knowledge of wiki formatting {{--}} try looking at the {{p|l=http://hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc&action=edit&oldid=790344 source code}} to see what it would be like to make your own. {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig}} 00:53, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
:::: Ok! Are you Ok with me using the idea? I’ll credit you with the idea. Edit: THAT WAS WAY TOO COMPLICATED. I’ll do something like edit my user page to something funny. [[User:TMBGLOVER|TMBGLOVER]] 01:01, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
:::::I’m playing Thy Wikiuser 2, and what is the answer to the PIN Easter egg? I haven’t been able to complete it, no matter what I’ve tried. [[User:TMBGLOVER|TMBGLOVER]] 17:07, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
::::::Try consulting the [[Downloads]] article for clues. {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig}} 23:16, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
:::::::I DID. NOTHING! Every time, “It says #WRONG PIN! I bet you stole this card!” And it won’t let me enter more then 1 number! Could you please tell me? [[User:TMBGLOVER|TMBGLOVER]] 23:48, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
::::::::Re-read the entire first bullet point on the Easter Eggs section again. You may have missed a step. {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig}} 23:59, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
::::::::: I'm sorry to bother you again, but does TW2 always end with Homeschool Winner burninating you? [[User:TMBGLOVER|TMBGLOVER]] 00:55, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
::::::::::No. You may have to utilize some of the skills you've picked up along the way... {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig}} 02:21, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
::::::::::: Oh, I got it now. Bye! [[User:TMBGLOVER|TMBGLOVER]] 18:31, 26 November 2022 (UTC)

== help with the first clue? ==

I cannot find a word with "bovine" overlaid, if a word on top of a word is what you mean. help? [[User:TMBGLOVER|I wanna be the TMBGLOVER too!]] 19:44, 1 April 2023 (UTC)
:There is a wiki article with drawings of bovine overlaid on an object. This object is the same as the 18th word. {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig}} 20:54, 1 April 2023 (UTC)
:: I tried, I really tried, but I might need another hint. I poured over every sketchbook sketch, I quadruple counted every word in the Marzipan article (still the generic, really hard to narrow down "tall"), and I need a hint. [[User:TMBGLOVER|I wanna be the TMBGLOVER too!]] 21:41, 1 April 2023 (UTC)
:::I guessed [[Marzipan Beef Reverser]] but I dunno. This Gfdgsgxgzgdrc person is a good riddler. {{--}} [[User:HoveringSombrero]]
::Well, starting at the page [[The Only Girl]], I counted eighteen words and got the word "lampshade". We have an article about a [[Cow Lamp]]. Then, I looked in the history for the Cow Lamp page and saw the page was created with a timestamp of 22:47. But I still don't know exactly what I'm supposed to type to get where I should be going. (Typing "cowlamp" by itself led me to an Amazon page selling a novelty night light in the shape of a cow. Adding numbers led me nowhere). -- [[Special:Contributions/68.37.43.131|68.37.43.131]] 22:33, 1 April 2023 (UTC)
:::OK, [insert IP address] I get it now. (I’m autistic, so I do overcomplicate things sometimes) I’m trying to figure out wether to put “8” or “22” after the tiny url thing, but they returned a [[404]]. [[User:TMBGLOVER|I wanna be the TMBGLOVER too!]] 22:49, 1 April 2023 (UTC)
::Using a 24 hour clock, 22:00 is actually 10 PM. (22-12=10). But neither number worked for me. -- [[Special:Contributions/68.37.43.131|68.37.43.131]] 23:04, 1 April 2023 (UTC)
:::Carefully read the wording on the first clue. You'll want to type both the word and the number together into a specific URL, similar to the first link: https://tinyurl.com/thisisthefirstriddle {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig}} 23:15, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

== Not to be a bother, but... ==

Your page is still the april foolin' one, I noticed your sig says 13 years of Gfdgsgxgzgdrc on it, so I was wondering if you had any userpage anniversary plans in mind. (You know, the 13th year is the dollop of [[Play Date|sour cream]] year ----[[User:Jeffjman|J∃ffJ]][[User_talk:Jeffjman|Ma]][[Special:Contributions/Jeffjman|n]][[File:jeffjsigchrismas.png|23px]] 14:54, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
:Yep, I'll change my page back to normal soon... it's already been solved once, but it doesn't hurt to give some others more time to figure it out. And no, I usually don't do anything for my userpageversary, but thanks! {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig}} 20:37, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

== WOW ==

It's been 38 days since I started on your April Fools riddle, and HOLY COW that was insane!!! You must have planned this for months! I gotta say, no new Homestar toon on April Fools was disappointing, but this riddle (sorta) made up for the lack of new Homestar. How did you come up with all those clues??? {{--}} {{User:HoveringSombrero/sig}} 17:52, 8 May 2023 (UTC)
:Thank you! Unlike the text adventures I had made for previous April Fools' pranks, the planning and setup was done in only a couple weeks this time... I reckon it's a lot easier to come up with clues than to solve them. I just tried to think of every place on the wiki I could hide clues, then added the most difficult ones as optional branching paths. {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig}} 21:52, 8 May 2023 (UTC)
::"Knights was attempting to decode the binary"? Yes, I successfully decoded the binary, typing each number into a decoder sequentially, and I got to the last clue that way. I couldn't figure out what you wanted for the other three options. Then I didn't know how to proceed until the type of cipher was identified - even if I did recognize that "aaxua://giyqnva.vvq/" translated to "<nowiki>https://tinyurl.com/</nowiki>". I was asking about the encryption on the last clue when I said that. So, "Knights had solved the binary on clue #7d" would have been more accurate. But, as I said before, I wouldn't have gotten past the first two clues without the first part of the thread on TMBGLOVER's talk page. And it didn't occur to me to search the Wayback Machine to find ''the number of orphaned articles on March 1, 2010'', although I did think you were asking about the line in italics. So, thanks for that clarification, and well done with the adventure. {{User:The Knights Who Say Ni/sig}} 05:33, 9 May 2023 (UTC)
:::Additionally, since you've created a number of intricate April Fool's pranks over the years, I might suggest creating a subpage to document them rather than having a single edit in your user page's history. {{User:The Knights Who Say Ni/sig}} 14:35, 9 May 2023 (UTC)
::::Right, sorry, I missed that part when I was reading the discussion again. Thanks for reminding me! Also, the intention was that the revision would be linked on my userpage as if it was a subpage, but an actual subpage sounds like it might be a better idea now that I think about it. I'll be sure to note your achievements more accurately when I get to that! {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig}} 22:15, 9 May 2023 (UTC)

== No Mere Anonny ==
Thanks for writing about my contributions on your April Fools page. However, while I've been contributing to the wiki anonymously for a very long time, and I really prefer to keep my identity a secret, as a right-perpendicular bookstacker I have an objection to being referred to as "they" or "their" because I'm only one person. (I have no objection to "he or she". I'm definitely one of those). Don't worry about misgendering me. I get that a lot in real life, too. -- [[Special:Contributions/68.37.43.131|68.37.43.131]] 02:20, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

== Maybe we need a checklist? ==

In response to [http://www.hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=homestarrunnerdotcom&curid=56471&diff=832944&oldid=830814 this edit]: I don't think we have a checklist that says "when there's a new toon, be sure to update all these pages". And I'm pretty sure there are several pages that need updating. Perhaps we could create a new checklist? --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 19:09, 22 May 2024 (UTC)
:Yep! It's at the top of [[Talk:Toons]]. {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig}} 21:42, 22 May 2024 (UTC)
:: Oh, man! It's clear I completely forgot about it! Thanks Gfd! :D --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 12:42, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

== Thanks! ==

Appreciate your little edit to [[Template:ref]] that fixed the line spacing issue! As I've been working on more heavily-cited articles the weird spacing caused by too-large superscript was really bothering me, it reads a lot cleaner now. --{{User:Bleu Ninja/sig}} 18:04, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

== New Visor Robot ==

Hi @Gfdgsgxgzgdrc,

I noticed that you've updated [[:File:newvisorrobot.png]] with a new version from robots. But looking at the image history, the new image looks quite different from the previous one. It's standing up and sideways, instead of a Bust Portrait. And it's a full profile of the entire robot. In general, I don't think we should be overwriting "different" images over the same file. It can "break" the illustration wherever the file is used. I like the way Commons encourages changed files to be uploaded as new files and in-file revisions are kept for minor fixes and updates.

Would it be possible to revert that upload and save it as a new file? We can then update [[Visor Robot]] and [[Characters]] to use that file instead. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 02:39, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
:Good point, the image dimensions are quite different and I just noticed it's used in someone's signature on a bunch of talk pages. Probably best not to mess with that. {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig}} 23:15, 27 November 2025 (UTC)

::Thank you for the fixes! And nice catch on the talk signatures as well! I agree it's probably best to leave that be. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 15:03, 2 December 2025 (UTC)

Talk:Main Page

Stux — Sat, 29 Nov 2025 13:12:59 GMT

Stux: /* E-mail */ speculative reply

{{Main Page Talk}}

''It has been [[HRWiki talk:Main page redesign|suggested]] that the Main Page be redesigned. Feel free to use [[HRWiki:Main page redesign|its project page]] for proposed redesigns.''

== sbemail templates ==
:''See [[Talk:Strong Bad Email#sbemail templates|Talk:Strong Bad Email → sbemail templates]]''

== Trogday decor ==

Does the '''Featured content of the day (or whenever)''' template automatically switch to different links on certain days? Such as linking to [[dragon]], [[Trogday '08]] and other things when the time comes? Or is that done manually? Because tomorrow is Trogday. - [[User:HoveringSombrero|HoveringSombrero]] ([[User talk:HoveringSombrero|talk]]) [[File:Shoulder shoomps.png|23px]]
:It's not automatic, but as you can see (at the time of this writing), the decorations were indeed put up to coincide with Trogday. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:43, 24 January 2023 (UTC)

== How many references do you need? ==

How many references to a thing need to be on a page for the thing the page is about to become a real page? Just curious because my mock-up seinfeld page includes eight references to the titular show. The page on [[The Big Lebowski]] has the same amount of references... so do I just make a [[Seinfeld]] page now? ----[[User:Jeffjman|J∃ffJ]][[User_talk:Jeffjman|Ma]][[Special:Contributions/Jeffjman|n]][[File:jeffjsigchrismas.png|23px]] 20:13, 7 February 2023 (UTC)
:done and done ----[[User:Jeffjman|J∃ffJ]][[User_talk:Jeffjman|Ma]][[Special:Contributions/Jeffjman|n]][[File:jeffjsigchrismas.png|23px]] 20:14, 7 February 2023 (UTC)
::See our [[HRWiki:Inclusion guidelines|inclusion guidelines]]. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:02, 7 February 2023 (UTC)

== Songs archive ==

Would it be OK if I created a subpage to my user page with a complete archive of every existing song in the Homestar universe? [[User:TMBGLOVER|I wanna be the TMBGLOVER too!]] 22:28, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
:I'm pretty sure we [[Songs|have that covered]]. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:18, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
::Well, I was gonna add MP3 files with them, so people could download them and stuff. Is that still OK? [[User:TMBGLOVER|I wanna be the TMBGLOVER too!]] 00:26, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
:::No, that's not what the user space is for. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:43, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

== dot dot dot ==

Why come whenever I try to link to [[lady…ing]] and [[Cheat Commandos…O's]], the link is broken? Is it because of those ellipses? {{--}} {{User:HoveringSombrero/sig}}
:Sort of! "…" is different from "...", it's a single character rather than three periods. Try highlighting it and you can see. This is kind of like the difference between “curly quotes” and "straight quotes" - in both cases, the former is typically made via autocorrect in word processors or mobile keyboards, while the latter is preferred by the wiki. So while [[lady…ing]] and [[lady...ing]] may ''look'' the same, they are actually two different typed entries. --{{User:Bleu Ninja/sig}} 22:17, 11 March 2023 (UTC)
::I've added redirects to fix the issue. {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig}} 23:06, 11 March 2023 (UTC)
:::Thanks! {{--}} {{User:HoveringSombrero/sig}}

== Navigation sidebar - adding @StrongBadActual? ==

[[Strong Bad Email]] has been in the sidebar for as long as I can remember, presumably because it was the most popular and most actively updated portion of the website. With the Twitter account handily outpacing both sbemails and "H*R.com updates" (not to mention the [[CGI Paper]] directing viewers to tweet rather than email), might it be worth adding it over there? I know I regularly find myself navigating to the [[@StrongBadActual]] page(s) to fill out "Fast Forward" sections of pages or to find dates when an item or project was mentioned. --{{User:Bleu Ninja/sig}} 20:16, 31 March 2023 (UTC)
:I agree (and I'm not going to do the whole "Don't you think I agree" part, this isn't [[E-mail Birds]], but it is bird season.), and I fully support putting it there. It's a handy page and we've put a lot of work into cataloging every post made by strong bad on twitter, with fun facts to boot! So consider this my '''SUPPORT'''. ----[[User:Jeffjman|J∃ffJ]][[User_talk:Jeffjman|Ma]][[Special:Contributions/Jeffjman|n]][[File:jeffjsigchrismas.png|23px]] 22:52, 31 March 2023 (UTC)
::I also '''SUPPORT'''. {{--}} {{User:HoveringSombrero/sig}}
:::, So I '''SUPPORT''' this too, but I like having easy access to the Strong Bad Email page, considering I usually watch the sbemails by clicking on the external links. So, maybe we keep both? [[User:TMBGLOVER|I wanna be the TMBGLOVER too!]] 22:28, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
::::Maybe we link to it as <code><nowiki>[[@StrongBadActual Tweets 2023|Twitter]]</nowiki></code> and put it above [[Strong Bad Email]] and underneath [[Special:RecentChanges|Recent changes]]? {{--}} {{User:HoveringSombrero/sig}}
::::: GREAT IDEA! I like it! [[User:TMBGLOVER|I wanna be the TMBGLOVER too!]] 18:00, 10 April 2023 (UTC)

== Editing user pages ==

Alright, so, I've been thinking. The block log has a lot of "user banned for editing userpages of other users". So, the main page, for example, has a system so only sysops can edit it. What if we add a system to all user pages that basically makes it impossible for anybody but the user to edit it? [[User:TMBGLOVER|I wanna be the TMBGLOVER too!]] 22:52, 18 July 2023 (UTC)
:The thing is, I feel sysops / admins / wiki bots should probably still be able to edit user pages. For example, an admin fixing a bug on the page or a bot auto-replacing a link. But I agree that no one else should edit other user pages. Or somehow make a system where users can choose who can edit the page. {{--}} {{User:HoveringSombrero/sig}} 18:10, 19 July 2023 (UTC)
::We already have [[HRWiki:User space#Ownership and editing of pages in the user space|explicit guidelines]] on who can and should edit user pages. If a user page is edited for anything other than a legitimate reason, the edit typically gets quickly reverted. No harm done. Anyone that might be banned in relation to user page edits is most likely doing it in a disruptive manner. In any case, the block logs mostly include bans for spamming. There really is no compelling reason to add user page security settings or tools for this. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 21:10, 19 July 2023 (UTC)

== Wiki availability ==

For about the past week, I haven't been able to access the HRWiki, and downforeveryoneorjustme.com consistently confirmed (and still does) that hrwiki.org is down. However, I see that plenty of edits have been made to the wiki in that time, so obviously it wasn't entirely down. Basically, I've been presented with a white screen that occasionally loaded the hills in the background and sometimes the Homestar logo in the top-left corner, and if I moved the mouse around the screen, it would recognize where links and drop-down menus were, but it wouldn't show me any text for the links and all. Any idea what may have happened/be happening? {{User:The Knights Who Say Ni/sig}} 20:32, 22 August 2023 (UTC)

:Hey Knights. Usually, when a big update is released, wiki activity jumps exponentially and typically the wiki reaction times can slow down to a crawl. Pages still load but they take forever and one must be patient. Eventually that goes away as edits taper down. However, for a site like "downforeveryoneorjustme", their timeout is likely far shorter than regular browsers when reporting if a site is down. In your particular case it seems that not all website elements are loading and some may be timing out and not loading at all. I'd typically expect that behavior during peak edit times. Hope this helps a tiny bit! --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 06:05, 25 August 2023 (UTC)
::At some point I did see pages seemingly load but remain blank unless I interacted with the tab in some way, though that could have been a browser issue, it never really prevented me from accessing the wiki, and I haven't been experiencing it for a while. I've also had some "unable to connect" errors because sometimes when loading the wiki, it attempts to load an https URL. Most of the time, though, especially after a new release, it's been just slowdowns. {{User:DEIDATVM/sig}} 21:09, 4 September 2023 (UTC)

=== Still Slow ===
It seems that the wiki hasn't fully recovered from its slowdowns back in August. In the last couple of months I've come across the Job Queue and [[MW:Manual:Job queue|this mediawiki page]] detailing what it is and how it's supposed to function. I get the impression that currently, all jobs on the wiki are running when a page is being requested. The page outlines a means by which the jobs can be run in the background (either via cron job or background process; I'd recommend the background process) and then the job run rate could be set to zero (so that pages aren't spending time running jobs while loading). Is this something that is already in place or could this perhaps be implemented in order to improve overall performance even during busy periods? --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 11:41, 16 December 2023 (UTC)

==glitch on the main pages ==

Noticed a glitch on the main pages, done by holding the cursor on one of the buttons, and then moving away, and then moving your finger off the mouse. to see what this does and what I mean, refer to this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgM-NA0Rja4 [[User:TMBGLOVER|I wanna be the TMBGLOVER too!]] 21:08, 26 August 2023 (UTC)
:There's a whole page about this. [[Main Page Glitches]] {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig}} 21:21, 26 August 2023 (UTC)

== Why does the website still have the Halloween theme? ==
Halloween ended 18 days ago, and so did October in general, so why does the website still have the Hallow's Eve theme? --{{User:Cy4nIsN0tB1u3/sig}} 04:33, 19 November 2023 (UTC)
:Because we're still waiting for the annual Fan Costumes toon to close out the season, even if we have to wait [[Decomposing Pumpkins|days after Thanksgiving]]. Also, because the sysops in charge of changing the wiki settings are busy people with lives and tend to wait a while to get around to it. -- [[Special:Contributions/68.37.43.131|68.37.43.131]] 23:56, 19 November 2023 (UTC)

==New Fan Stumes’!==

The 2023 Fan Stumes has been released! And not only that, but my costume from last year is the very first Strong Bad costume! That counts as a fun fact, right? We should probably note that like how we note when a wikian sent a email. [[User:TMBGLOVER|I wanna be the TMBGLOVER too!]] 17:12, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

== Permafrosted logo? ==

The Decemberween themed logo is still up, but December ended 11 days ago. The weirdest part in my opinion is that there's no d'ween themed colors despide icicles and Homestar's hat. Is there something we're waiting for, like a new not-Decemberween toon?
Yours truly,
The guy who confused Dobbs for Daubs. {{unsigned|206.110.189.60|11 January 2024 16:34 (UTC)}}

:I'm not an admin, but I'm assuming the style is simply for the winter season. Even though the Christmas lights have been taken down, it's still a chilly and snowy time of year for {{w|March equinox|at least another month and a half}}. (P.S. Even if you don't have an account, please sign your posts with four tildes: <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>) --{{User:Bleu Ninja/sig}} 17:34, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

== Load times and potential solutions ==

The wiki's been crawling along like something funny that crawls along for about a year now. This hasn't been much more than a minor inconvenience on my end, but it comes up pretty frequently on [https://www.reddit.com/r/HomestarRunner/ the Homestar subreddit], with a concerning number saying they haven't been able to access it at all. [https://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/hrwiki.org downforeveryoneorjustme.com] consistently insists that the system is down. I don't know what the hosting situation is like, nor am I anything close to an expert on such things, so unfortunately I can't diagnose the issue... But, [[DNA Evidence|after <s>extensive</s> investigation]], I'm ready to release my findings.
*[[Talk:Main Page#Still Slow]] {{--}} A few months ago, [[User:Stux|Stux]] proposed a solution involving MediaWiki's [[mw:Manual:Job queue|job queue]]. Seems like something worth looking into.
*[https://www.linode.com/docs/guides/host-a-website-with-high-availability/ Host a Website with High Availability] {{--}} The wiki's web host Linode features a guide on how to host a website with high availability. I can understand at most seven words of this, and I'm not sure how well it applies to wikis, but it might be helpful to someone. (They also have guides for [https://www.linode.com/docs/guides/security/ssl/ enabling HTTPS], which improves security... Maybe performance too, but I've heard mixed things about that.)
*[[Special:Version]] {{--}} The wiki is currently powered by MediaWiki 1.15, which released in 2011. Later versions have added collapsible elements, citation features, slideshow galleries, an optional visual editor interface, the ability to rename categories, and most relevant to this particular discussion, [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/ResourceLoader improved performance]. The current stable release is 1.41.
*[[HRWiki:Donations]] {{--}} I just discovered that [[HRWiki:2011 Server Move|the wiki moved servers in 2011]] to cut back on expenses, which [[HRWiki talk:2011 Server Move#Slowness|apparently resulted in slower load times]] (at least initially, while settings were still being optimized). According to [[Special:Ledger]], there haven't been any donations since then (additionally, it still lists FellowSites hosting dues instead of the new host). I've seen multiple people offering to donate if they could, so if the more recent slowness is once again a financial issue, it might help to [https://www.paypal.com/us/cshelp/article/ts2067 get the donation links working again].
*{{p|l=http://hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3AListUsers&group=developer Special:ListUsers&group=developer}} {{--}} I have no way of knowing how actively people have been working on maintaining backend stuff, but I can see that of the six developers, only [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] and [[User:Tom|Tom]] have been editing consistently since 2016. I realize I'm asking quite a lot of two people at most, and I really don't want to be too demanding... so I can't help but wonder if my suggestions might seem more reasonable if there were more people responsible for backend maintenance. I'm not qualified for that sort of thing, but I wouldn't be surprised if there were active users with MediaWiki and/or web development experience. As much as I want this wiki to be accessible to more people, I really don't want anyone losing sleep over it.
Anyway, sorry I can't offer more help than this, but I hope someone finds this stuff useful (and that I didn't get anything terribly wrong)! {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig}} 01:06, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
:Out of curiosity, I decided to use [[Special:Statistics]] and the WayBack Machine to calculate roughly how many people have been affected by the slow load times. After comparing the last seven months (from around the start of the slowdowns to now) to the seven months prior, I found that the average number of edits per day has decreased from 22 to 14, and the average number of active users has dropped from 27 to 17. That's a 37% decrease in ''both'' areas, leading me to believe they are linked by a common cause...
:Unfortunately I couldn't figure out if that percentage corresponded to anything specific, like "37% of people use this certain type of Internet connection"... That information would tell me which people are having problems accessing the wiki, and from there I might be able to research a potential solution, assuming any of that works the way I think it does. Maybe I'll do an off-site poll somewhere, but I'd need to know what information would be most pertinent to ask... Would that be helpful at all? {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig}} 05:18, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

Wait a minute, it seems fine now. What happened? {{unsigned|71.195.40.33|08:25, November 15, 2024 (UTC)}}

== Availability of the wiki over https ==

Are there any plans to upgrade the wiki from http to https?
--{{User:UN_TACO/sig}} 00:36, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

== Created page with a technical oddity in the edit summary ==

So far this month, [[Special:Contributions/Bleu Ninja|Bleu Ninja]] has created a few pages that have started with a picture, and in the edit summary, a pair of opening square brackets is included in the link. [http://www.hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&offset=20251023195002&limit=1&target=Bleu+Ninja This] is the most recent one. I don't know how it can read it that way. However, there doesn't seem to be any problem in the page itself. A secondary question regarding [http://www.hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&offset=20251007190720&limit=1&target=Bleu+Ninja This one] is that "Dangeresque (character)" appears hyperlinked in the edit summary text. However, on the page itself, the link is piped and reads as "Dangeresque". All the rest of the links seem to be properly piped in the edit summaries. Are these just quirks that don't need to be worried about? Or why is it doing it that way? {{User:The Knights Who Say Ni/sig}} 01:22, 24 October 2025 (UTC)
:Wow! That's an interesting observation I hadn't noticed! I'd lean towards this being a "quirk" that we don't need to worry about. As to the why, I can try to make an educated guess:
:* First off, we must keep in mind that since edit summaries are mostly text, they're limited in terms of the wiki code they can render (well mainly, none except links, I think?) Also, both edit summaries are automatically generated when a new page is created with no summary.
:* Now, here's the wiki code in question from the first link:
<pre>
[[File:TwitterJoCoHiddenTrogdor.gif|thumb|[[Trogdor]] [[meeples]] were hidden around the ship for fellow passengers to find and collect.]]
</pre>
:* Since we're processing a simpler subset of wiki code, the parser is likely different, and simpler. It most likely does not expect image links to be embedded with their own wiki links, and so there's no need to process the case where we have a link within an image tag. This means that the code, once it sees an open pair of brackets (<code><nowiki>[[</nowiki></code>) it will immediately find the first closing pair and consider that part of the link. And so it sees this:
<pre>
[[File:TwitterJoCoHiddenTrogdor.gif|thumb|[[Trogdor]]
</pre>
:* If we were to render only the above wikicode we'd see: ''[[:File:TwitterJoCoHiddenTrogdor.gif|<nowiki>[[</nowiki>Trogdor]]'' (I had to tweak the actual wiki code to render the same as in the edit summary. It also seems to magically ignore the "thumb" parameter. This is likely deliberate.)
:* The rest would look like: ''[[:File:TwitterJoCoHiddenTrogdor.gif|<nowiki>[[</nowiki>Trogdor]] [[meeples]] were hidden around the ship for fellow passengers to find and collect.]]''
:Hope this helps form a picture of what's likely going on behind the scenes when it comes to parsing edit summaries. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 12:54, 24 October 2025 (UTC)
::For the secondary question, it seemingly has to do with <code><nowiki>[[Dangeresque (character)|]]</nowiki></code> automatically hiding the content of the parentheses. According to [[Help:Editing]] the pipe is only filled in when the page is saved, which apparently means it doesn't work on edit summaries. (See {{p|l=http://hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Main_Page&diff=838395&oldid=838384 this revision}}, where the content of the edit and the summary are the same code, but are interpreted differently) {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig}} 02:00, 25 October 2025 (UTC)

== E-mail ==

I'm having problems with the e-mail feature. I've tried sending myself an e-mail, but I'm not getting it, nor am I getting the copy of it that you have the option of getting. I've changed my e-mail address, but the new address isn't getting the confirmation e-mail. What is the cause of all this? {{User:RickTommy/sig}} 08:04, 29 November 2025 (UTC)
:I wouldn't be surprised if the cause is more stringent spam prevention protocols such as {{w|DMARC}}, {{w|Sender Policy Framework|SPF}} and/or {{w|DKIM}} being implemented virtually everywhere. And if a host sending email isn't using these, most likely their emails get treated as spam. This is likely a seldom used feature these days since [[HRWiki:Why create an account?|account creation is now a manual process]]. But that's only a guess. It's possible your issue may have a different cause. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 13:12, 29 November 2025 (UTC)

robots

Stux — Sat, 29 Nov 2025 13:02:28 GMT

Stux: /* Remarks */ period outside link

{{sbenav}}
[[File:robots.png|thumb|"Time for you to go... DEEP UNDERCOVER!"]]
{{aboutemail}} {{for|general concept|Robots}} {{for-nothe|other uses|Robots (disambiguation)}}
Strong Bad sends The Cheat undercover to infiltrate a secret council!

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{film|Strong Bad}}, {{film|The Cheat}}, {{film|The Robot (storybook)|The Robot}}, {{film|Visor Robot}}, {{film|Homestar Runner}}, {{film|Larry Palaroncini}} (voice only), {{film|Grape Nuts Robot}}, {{film|Humidibot}}, {{film|Coach Z}}, {{film|The King of Town}}, {{film|Strong Sad}}, {{film|Strong Mad}}, {{film|Taranchula}} (voice only)

'''Places (in order of appearance):''' [[Computer Room]], [[The Field]]

{{Comp|Lappier}}

'''Date:''' Monday, November 24, 2025

'''Running Time:''' 6:05 (Flash), 6:54 (YouTube)

'''Page Title:''' Lappier Than Thou

==Transcript==

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' I'm making this email up! 'Cause I hate everybody! Hate everybody-body! On the Internet! The Internet!

<blockquote class="lappy email">
DearSB, 
You got all these robots round your town, but 
you never DO anything with them. What giveth? 
 
Carrie 
Larry, IA 
</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad pronounces SB as "sbu" and "IA" as "Internet asker"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Hmmm. Good point, Care-lare, good point. It does seem like a bit of an oversight. ''{stops typing}'' Say, The Cheat!

''{The Cheat rushes in from the left. Strong Bad turns to greet him.}''

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noises}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Bring up our files on thems of the robotic persuasion.

''{The Cheat produces a file folder.}''

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noises}''

''{Cut to the folder. The first page displays a dossier for The Robot from the Original Book.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' First up, we've got the walking metal robot{{--}}

''{Cut to The Robot standing in the field, plugged into a detached wall outlet.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' The Robot!

''{The Robot raises its arm.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' One very specific size of nut{{--}}

''{Zoom in. A dotted line shows where a nut would fit inside The Robot's wrench hand.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' {{--}}doesn't stand a chance against this guy!

''{Cut back to the folder. A page featuring the dossier for the Visor Robot appears.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And this guy was last seen doing a brief stint as one o' them personal assistants.

''{Cut to Homestar Runner in the kitchen. A Visor Robot-shaped AI assistant sits on the table.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Say, fhqwh-bot, add "amazing thing" to my shopping list.

'''VISOR ROBOT:''' ''{visor flashes: subtitled}'' Okay. I added a lazy bean to your shopping list Homestar.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{frustrated}'' That is not what I asked for. ''{pulls up a bundle of Large Bean plushes}'' And I already own all the lazy beans!

'''VISOR ROBOT:''' ''{visor flashes: subtitled}'' Now playing "Hazy Jeans" from Larry Palaroncini's solo album.

''{Song begins to play}''

'''LARRY PALARONCINI:''' ''{singing}'' Well, I can't see a thing through these hazy jeans...

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{frustrated groaning}'' Fhqwh-bot set a timer for a thousand million years!

''{Homestar walks out.}''

'''VISOR ROBOT:''' ''{visor flashes: subtitled}'' Okay. Setting a timer for aAAraRrrRRaarRaA{{--}}

''{The Visor Robot malfunctions and explodes, knocking all the lazy beans off the table and exposing its lightbulb.}''

''{Cut back to the file.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And we can't forget my robotic{{--}} ''{a dossier for the Grape Nuts Robot appears}'' doppelgänger! Who, in an unexpected twist, became the spokesperson for competing cereal companies.

''{Cut to the kitchen. The Grape Nuts Robot is standing next to a box of Cheat Commandos...O's. The Cheat Commandos music plays.}''

'''GRAPE NUTS ROBOT:''' ''{subtitled}'' Now spell. Come back, Flavor. Come back, Nutrition.

''{Cut back to the computer.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' And finally, the leader of them all... that technological terror... the pinnacle of mechanical panic!

''{Cut to the file showing a dossier for Humidibot. The picture shows an imposing silhouette with a "?" sign on it. The name is unknown.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' You know him. You fear him.

''{Cut to the field. Humidibot rolls up.}''

'''HUMIDIBOT:''' ''{spitting water, singing}'' It's a great day for Humidibot! This is not my theme song!

''{Humidibot rolls off.}''

''{Strong Bad and The Cheat peek from behind the buses as Humidibot rolls past.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' There he goes, The Cheat. On his way to a secret robot council meeting! Time for you to go...

''{Behind the bushes, Strong Bad and The Cheat have an empty The Cheatbot shell.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' DEEP UNDERCOVER!

''{Strong Bad shoves the The Cheatbot shell on The Cheat.}''

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{scuttling around}'' ''{beeping The Cheat noises}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Poifect! Now follow him and learn what their robot world domination plans are so we can copy 'em!

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{doubtful The Cheat noises}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Of course they want to take over the world! Why else would robots be having a secret council meeting?

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noises}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{stroking his chin}'' Oh. I suppose a firmware upgrade is a possibility. If it is, ''{takes out a 5.25" floppy disk}'' then take this floppy and download it.

''{Strong Bad shoves the floppy into The Cheatbot's eyehole.}''

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{painful The Cheat noises}'' ''{blood drips}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oops. Sorry. The higher the tech, the sharper the corners. That's what Compy Corp. says, anyways.

''{Cut to a commercial for a very pointy computer monitor called the Slicey 86, paired with a keyboard with very spiky keys.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{narrating}'' Yes, the Compy Slicey 86. ''{schwing noise}'' Our sharpest PC yet!

''{A suture kit appears}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{narrating}'' Suture kit included!

''{Cut back to the field.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Now get moving, Cheatbot!

'''THE CHEATBOT:''' ''{scuttles away}'' ''{beeping The Cheat noises}''

''{A group of robots is assembled in the Field behind a sign reading Council of Grayish ROBOTS. Present are an ATM, Humidibot, The Robot, the Grape-Nuts Robot, and the full-sized Visor Robot.}''

'''VISOR ROBOT:''' ''{subtitled}'' I think spicy chili crisp is too played out.

''{The Cheatbot joins the group.}''

'''VISOR ROBOT:''' ''{subtitled}'' I'm switching back to sriracha.

'''GRAPE NUTS ROBOT:''' ''{subtitled}'' I mixed up marsala and masala at my in-laws' house. Soooo embarassing.

'''HUMIDIBOT:''' ''{spitting water}'' On that note, should we start back up our Béchamel versus Hollandaise debate? Cause I'm Humidibot?

''{Cut back to Strong Bad and The Cheat, without The Cheatbot shell.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{frustrated}'' They were just talking about friggin' sauce?

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{shrugging}'' ''{The Cheat noises}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' You sure it wasn't like... mind control sauce? Or melt the human stomach so we can take over the world sauce!

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{shakes head}'' ''{The Cheat noises}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I refuse to accept that! There's just no way robots would secretly congregate only to discuss various types of sauce! ''{hovering in mid-air}'' You must have missed something. ''{lands on the ground}'' You gotta go back.

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{shrugging}'' ''{The Cheat noises}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What do you mean you don't know any sauces? Just make something up! Find out how sauce equals world domination. Solve for sauce.

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{frustrated The Cheat noises}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Back in the bucket!

''{Strong Bad shoves the bucket shell back on The Cheat.}''

''{Cut to Humidibot discussing sauces.}''

'''HUMIDIBOT:''' ''{spitting water, singing}'' Coodeman's Burrelli sauce.

''{The Cheatbot joins the group.}''

''{Cut to an ad for sauce.}''

'''HUMIDIBOT:''' ''{singing}'' "It's gonna fill up your belly, hoss!"

''{The belly on the chef guy on the ad inflates. A button pops off.}''

''{Cut back to the robot assembly.}''

'''HUMIDIBOT:''' ''{spitting water}'' Remember that?

'''VISOR ROBOT:''' ''{subtitled}'' Classic. Just classic.

'''GRAPE NUTS ROBOT:''' ''{subtitled}'' Hahaha Ha ha ha ha.

'''VISOR ROBOT:''' ''{subtitled}'' Your turn, CashMatic.

''{The ATM's screen displays "Dispensing Cash" as a tone plays. A thought cloud shows the ATM spitting out dollar bills, but no such thing happens outside the thought cloud. With some more tones, the screen changes to read "???".}''

'''HUMIDIBOT:''' ''{spitting water}'' Oops, sorry. You lose.

''{The Robot gives a floppy switching noise and angrily lifts his wrench arm. He shoves it into the screen of the ATM and pulls out a hexagonal nut filled with wires. The ATM machine falls over. The Cheatbot looks terrified.}''

'''THE CHEATBOT:''' ''{terrified screaming}''

'''HUMIDIBOT:''' ''{spitting water}'' Oh! Hi, new-timer! We were just playing a round of "Recite your favorite sauce commercial perfectly, or we rip out your insides!" ''{ominously}'' And now it's your turn!

''{The Cheatbot gulps.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{flashback}'' Just make something up! Up! Up!

''{A second Strong Bad head appears.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{flashback}'' Solve for sauce! Sauce! Sauce!

''{The first Strong Bad head peeks in.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Why do I have a southern accent now? Now? Now?

''{The Strong Bad heads leave.}''

'''THE CHEATBOT:''' ''{nervous The Cheat noises}''

''{A thought bubble appears showing Coach Z's hand holding a bun with nothing on it. A cloud of dust appears on top of it.}''

'''COACH Z:''' ''{holding two buns in the locker room}'' Dry bun.

''{The doorbell rings.}''

'''COACH Z:''' Oh! Who's doing that?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Sawman's doin' 'at!

''{Homestar produces a jar of sauce and pours it onto Coach Z's dry hamburger bun.}''

''{Cut to the King of Town eating something purple on top of a bowl of Ice Style Cream.}''

'''KING OF TOWN:''' This Salisbury sundae tastes more like a Monday.

''{The doorbell rings}''

'''KING OF TOWN:''' Oh! Who is doing that?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Sawman's doin' 'at!

''{Homestar produces a jar of sauce and splatters it onto the King of Town's sundae.}''

''{Cut to Strong Sad brushing his teeth with No Flav-O toothpaste.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' I'm all out of unflavored dentifrice!

''{The doorbell rings}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Oh! Who keeps doing that?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' It's Sawman's doin' 'at!

''{Homestar produces a jar of sauce and splatters it all over Strong Sad's toothbrush.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' The condiment for whatever you're doin'!

''{Ad for sauce.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{singing}'' Who, you ask is doin' 'at? It's Sawman's doin' 'at! Sauce!

''{Cut back to a nervous The Cheatbot.}''

'''THE CHEATBOT:''' ''{The Cheat noises}''

''{Drumroll. The Visor Robot, the Grape Nuts Robot, and The Robot all stare.}''

'''HUMIDIBOT:''' ''{spitting water}'' We love Sawman's Doin' 'at!

'''THE ROBOT:''' ''{subtitled}'' YAAAAAAAAY!

'''VISOR ROBOT:''' ''{subtitled}'' Hooray!

'''HUMIDIBOT:''' That means you're our new robot council leader!

'''THE CHEATBOT:''' ''{curious The Cheat noises}''

''{Cut to Strong Bad at his computer, inside a The Cheatbot shell.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing, voice echoes}'' And that Car Lar... car alarm, is how The Cheat became our supreme robotic overlord. ''{angrily}'' Thanks for freakin' asking!

''{Strong Bad is compressed in a The Cheatbot shell. He jumps off his stool and strains as he shuffles across the floor.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{in pain}'' Ooh... my neck-breaky... legbendum... spinefold.

''{The Cheatbot sits on a throne made from cans of Sawman's Doin' 'At sauce surrounded by the Council of Grayish Robots. Strong Bad shuffles up in his robot shell.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{beeping noises}''

''{Homestar also shuffles past compressed in a robot shell.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{beeping noises}''

''{Coach Z is also shuffling around in a robot shell.}''

'''COACH Z:''' ''{Coach Z-accented beeping noises}''

''{Strong Mad jumps in on one foot in a tiny robot shell.}''

'''STRONG MAD:''' BEEP! BOOP!

''{Cut to Humidibot rolling along dramatically. "Humidibot" appears in fancy bloody letters as death metal music plays.}''

'''TARANCHULA:''' ''{singing}'' Dark is the day of Humidibot! This is his actual theme song!

''{Humidibot rolls off.}''

''{Cut to Strong Bad's computer. The [[CGI paper]] comes down. It reads >CGEEOW<}''

'''NARRATOR STRONG BAD:''' C-G-eeow!

==Easter Eggs==
*Click on the disk holder to see other things the Visor Robot does.
:''{Cut back to the dossier showing the Visor Robot.}''

:'''STRONG BAD:''' And there was that sad period where he was selling personalized greetings.

:''{Cut to the Visor Robot, who faces the viewer.}''

:'''VISOR ROBOT:''' ''{subtitled}'' Happy 50th Birthday, Joshua. I said Come On FhqwhJosh.

:''{Everybody to the Limit begins playing.}''

:'''VISOR ROBOT:''' ''{subtitled: pronounces each "i" seperately}'' Si-i-i-i-igh.

*Click on the Lappier's plug to see a sample of the video game Saucegebra.
:''{Cut to a Videlectrix game Saucegebra.} A chef holding a pan asks "cups of cream?" SOLVE FOR SAUCE! blinks. A carton of cream flies in. The chef's belly inflates.}''

*Click on the Lappier's screen to see Homestar Runner a thousand million years from now.

:''(An aged Homestar Runner is sleeping on his bed under a glass cover. The broken Visor Robot assistant is on his drawer. A wake-up chime plays.}''

:'''VISOR ROBOT:''' Okay. That's your timer for a thousand million years, Homestar.

:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' It's all right. It's okay. There's something to live for.

:''{Cut back to show that Homestar's room is only a cutout suspended in outer space.}''

==Fun Facts==

===Explanations===
* {{w|Chili crisp}} is a type of Chinese condiment consisting of fried chilis mixed with oil and aromatics.
* {{w|Sriracha}} is a vinegar-based sauce of Thai origin made with chili peppers and garlic.
* {{w|Marsala}} is a type of wine produced in [[Italy]] commonly used for cooking.
* {{w|Masala (spice)|Masala}} is an [[Indian Food|Indian]] spice mix used in dishes such as chicken tikka masala.
* {{w|Hollandaise}} is a sauce made by blending butter and egg yolks.
* {{w|Béchamel sauce}} is a [[French]] sauce made by whisking warm milk, butter, and flour.

===Robots' Files===
*The Robot is manufactured by Zobot Inc. His powers include 2 red dials and being able to lift (press) over 50 grapes.
*The Visor Robot's manufacturer is listed as "[[Made-Up Real Things|me]]?". His powers include "VOIP" (not the phone kind) and "human brain?".
*The Strong Bad Robot is manufactured by [[Bubs]]Tech. His powers include doing-sproings and spelling quiz.
*Humidibot's name is listed as "????" His manufacturer is HumidiTek. His powers are that he can identify himself 10 times a day.

===Trivia===
*There are no fewer than four commercials in this toon: for [[Cheat Commandos...O's]], the [[Slicey 86]], [[Coodeman's Burrelli sauce]], and [[Sawman's Doin' At sauce]].
*This is the first time [[Larry Palaroncini]], usually the lead singer of [[Limozeen]], is a solo artist.

===Remarks===
*Strong Bad says in the email song that he made this email up. This would go against his standard practice of answering actual emails or tweets that fans had sent him.
*The silhouette on Humidibot's dossier is much more mysterious and ominous than Humidibot himself is, much like the running gag of Strong Bad's costume being more detailed than the others during the [[Halloween teasers]].
*The Cheat's and Strong Bad's robot shells have mouths drawn on, while Homestar's, Coach Z's, and Strong Mad's robot shells do not.
*A thousand million years is more typically expressed as a billion years.
**The term is barely used in English. The long-scale system is preferred in most of Europe, much of Latin America, and most of sub-Saharan Africa.
* The shining sound effect used in the Slicey86 portion is also well-known as a common sword unsheathing sound effect in Roblox, [https://create.roblox.com/store/asset/12222225/unsheathwav unsheath.wav].

===Inside References===
*"The walking metal robot, [[The Robot]]" was how [[The Announcer]] introduced the character in [[Strongest Man in the World]].
*The [[Visor Robot]] was seen doing commercials for [[Senor Cardgage Mortgage]] in [[Senor Mortgage]].
*One of the Visor Robot's abilities is having a human brain, something Strong Sad made up in a story featured in [[Homestarloween Party]].
**Homestar calls the Visor Robot "fhqwh-bot" because of his appearance in [[Everybody to the Limit]], where he said, "Come On, [[Fhqwhgads]]."
**As another reference to the story in [[Homestarloween Party]], the King of Town refers to his [[ice cream]] as a Salisbury sundae.
*Homestar Runner's [[Grocery Lists|shopping list]] was full of the term "amazing thing" in [[love poems]].
*Lazy bean dolls are based on [[Large Bean]]. Plushes were sold at the gift shop at Strong Bad's haunted house/science museum in [[The House That Gave Sucky Tricks]].
*"Doing-sproings" was a word used to describe a fan's burninated [[peasant]] costume in [[Fan 'Stumes 2020]].
*The Grape-Nuts Robot repeats lines he recited in [[personal favorites]], based on Strong Bad's lines in [[sisters]]: "Come back, [[Ali and Ali's Sister|Ali]]. Come back, Ali's sister."
*The Cheatbot was originally seen in [[technology]].
*The [[ATM]] from [[Experimental Film]] appears in full color.
*No Flav-o Toothpaste consists of a [[Words ending in -o|word ending in "-o"]].
*[[wikipedia:Dentifrice|Dentifrice]] was previously mentioned in [[Sickly Sam's Big Outing]].
*[[Chicken]] in a pan with a glass of milk was considered an upsetting meal offering in [[slumber party]].
*The Cheat's [[blood]] is spilled when Strong Bad accidentally stabs him. Humidibot's name also drips blood.
*The jingle for Sawman's Doin' At sauce is eerily similar to the theme song for [[The King of Town's Very Own Quite Popular Cartoon Show]].
*Saucegebra is similar to the [[Videlectrix]] game [[Rabbit Algebra]].
*The aged Homestar Runner uses the design from the [[Homestar Anniversary Merch]] commercial, released the previous week.

===Real-World References===
*The Visor Robot's VOIP is specified as "not the phone kind". {{w|Voice over IP|VoIP}} is an abbreviation of "Voice Over Internet Protocol," which handles phone calls made over an internet connection.
*The Visor Robot's sad personalized greeting period is a reference to the app {{w|Cameo (website)|Cameo}}, where users can commission custom video greetings from celebrities.
*Old Homestar's line in the Easter egg is quote from the independent short film ''{{w|Coven (1997 film)|Coven}}''. The documentary ''{{w|American Movie}}'' showcased the troubled production of the low-budget film, including a memorable scene when the writer-director's aged uncle repeatedly struggles to recall and deliver his line "It's all right, it's okay! There's something to live for! Jesus told me so!"
**''American Movie'' was previously referenced in a [[Sketchbook]] illustration from [[Sketchbook 2005#SK-2005-06-30|June 30, 2005]], which featured [[Strong Sad]] as {{w|Mike Schank}} (another prominent figure in the documentary).

==YouTube Version==
*The YouTube description of this email is "Strong Bad sends The Cheat undercover to infiltrate the mysterious robotic denizens of Free Country USA."
* The CGI Paper reads:<blockquote>>pretend here to email< >>strong bad<<</blockquote>
*A false autoplay image appears at the end of the email, showing a chicken in a pan reads "Next Level Chicken in a Pan!! (Wait Until You See the Glass of Milk!)"
*The following Easter eggs play automatically:
**Visor Robot's greeting
**Saucegebra
**Aged Homestar

==External Links==
{{sbemailextlinks|210|youtube=-zhsNdk1_Vc}}
*[[HR:toons/sbemail-210-robots|watch "robots"]] as linked from the Toons menu

{{Strong Bad Email}}

Old New Intro

Stux — Thu, 27 Nov 2025 16:23:59 GMT

Stux: undo revision 838811; quotes implies that before you couldn't, which you could. Italics emphasizes that you no longer have the option to either watch the intro or skip it.

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[[Image:intro.PNG|thumb|"Everybody! Lah-dee-dah-dee-dah!"]]

An introductory animation for [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] that greeted visitors to [[homestarrunner.com|the site]] for nearly two decades.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Homestar Runner}}

'''Date:''' 2001

'''Running Time:''' 0:20

'''Page Title:''' Remember when you couldn't skip this?!

'''Original Page Title:''' Everybody! Everybody!

== Transcript ==
'''KIDS:''' ''{singing in background, music continually loops throughout intro}'' Everybody! Everybody! Everybody! Everybody!

''{A lit version of Homestar Runner, similar to graphics seen on sports scoreboards, runs in place. The normal Homestar, smaller than the graphic, runs across the top of the screen, leaving the letters "H O M E S T A R" from left to right in a scoreboard-like typeface, then runs offscreen. The letters fade between a cycle of red, white, and blue. He re-enters at the bottom right leaving the similarly-displayed letters "R U N N E R" from right to left, then runs off the left side of the screen. Appearing slightly larger from the left, he runs across the middle of the screen, causing the words "HOMESTAR" and "RUNNER" to scatter. His logo, also in scoreboard style, fades in behind him as he runs, and then fades into the glossy, higher-detail version of the logo. The star from the logo elongates itself toward the camera into a star-shaped tunnel, alternating in red, white and blue, and eventually zooming upon Homestar standing in front of a blue background with light blue stripes emanating from the center.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{out of sync with the background music}'' Everybody! Lah-dee-dah-dee-dah! ''{background music fades out}'' Everybody! Lah-dee-dah-dee-dah!

== Fun Facts ==
===Explanations===
[[File:Intro decision page.png|thumb|Remember when you ''could'' skip this?!]]
*This introduction was in place on [[homestarrunner.com]] from 2001, retired in 2021 as part of [[Post-Flash Site Update|a major reworking of the site's structure]].
** At first, as the [[page title]] alludes to, the intro played whenever navigating to the homestarrunner.com URL.
** In mid-2003, a [[Index Page|landing page]] was put in place on the index, giving visitors the choice to either watch the intro or "come on in" directly to a [[Main Pages|main page]].
** As of 2021, the index page ''only'' offers the choice to "come on in". The retired Old New Intro can now be watched via the [[TV Time Toons Menu]].

===Trivia===
*In [[retroCRUSH Interview|an interview with retroCRUSH]], [[Mike Chapman]] revealed that he and [[Matt Chapman|Matt]] sung the background song and sped up their voices to achieve the childlike higher pitch.
**A similar method was used to create the [[Homestar Runner Theme Song]].

===Remarks===
*The HTML filename (intro.html) does not match its SWF counterpart, named newintro.swf. intro.swf is the Flash file for the [[Old Intro]].
*The lightbulbs that make up the outline of Homestar's picture have only a fraction of them glow.
*Once the "skip" button disappears, clicking the star on Homestar's shirt jumps straight to the [[Main Pages]] without having to wait for Homestar to finish singing.
*The intro will only lead to [[Main Pages]] 1 through 14.
*On some [[Halloween]]s from 2001 through 2005, the page was replaced with a [[Ween Intro|Halloween-styled variation]] that featured Homestar wearing orange and black. This intro always led to [[Main Page 7]], the Halloween graveyard main page.

===Goofs===
[[Image:Legless Homestar Intro.PNG|thumb|[[Lack of visible arms|Lack of visible legs]]]]
*When the big yellow Homestar lifts his front leg, a yellow line is visible between two of the scoreboard lights.
*There is a single frame toward the end where most of Homestar's body should be visible, yet his legs are missing.
*When Homestar opens his mouth, his hat changes to a darker red and goes back when he closes it.

===Fast Forward===
*The [[Everybody Everybody#The song|"Everybody Everybody" song]] has been reused on many occasions.
*The main menu for [[Everything Else, Volume Two]] depicts a felt version of Homestar on the blue background.
*The intro to [[strongbad_email.exe Disc Five]] starts as an expanded 3D version of this intro.
*On [[April Fool 09|April Fools' Day 2009]], [[Strong Bad]] [[Sbemailiarized Entertainment|Sbemailiarized]] the animation.
*Late at night on March 31, 2010, the normal intro and the [[index page]] were replaced by [[Xeriouxly Forxe]].
*The scoreboard animation makes a brief appearance in [[Back to a Website]].

== External Links ==
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