Presidents

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United States Presidents are mentioned and seen various times in the Homestar Runner universe, in particular presidents Martin Van Buren and Abraham Lincoln. This is perhaps a nod to They Might Be Giants, who frequently use presidents as a theme in their music.

Appearances

• Fluffy Puff Commercial— Pressing "l" will make a silhouette of Abraham Lincoln's head appear.
  • In Everybody to the Limit, this same silhouette is used. Also, pictures of John F. Kennedy and his brother Robert appear in the music video.
• Kick the Can— In one of the tapes, The Homestar Runner's shirt has the words "herbert hoover?" on it.
• Fortune Cookies— One of the "fortunes" reads "Hey, it worked for Taft."
• Email old comics— a quote from President Truman on the King Castlefunny Pencil Moistener reads "Everybody's going to need one!"
• The Cheat's Character Video— The Cheat throws a bust of Van Buren at the camera.
  • This bust later appears taped on The Proud Anselmo in space program.
• Experimental Film— Homestar Runner is playing a game with presidents on the ATM.
• Halloween Potion-Ma-Jig— Homestar does a bad impression of Ronald Reagan.
• 2 emails— Strong Bad puts a sticky note on the computer reading "Van Buren".
• Teen Girl Squad Issue 5— George Washington and Abraham Lincoln appear, along with Henry Rollins. They are the "cool or famous" people who take So and So parasailing with them.
  • These characters appear later in Teen Girl Squad Issue 10.
• Puppet Jam: President's Daughter— Homestar and They Might Be Giants make a song about the president's daughter.
• An Open Forum— the background has Abraham Lincoln heads.
• Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 13.2— William Henry Harrison and James Garfield are mentioned by Old-Timey Strong Bad.
• Email candy product— One possible shape for the SBLOUNSKCHED! Bar is a bust of Van Buren.