Lack of Visible Arms
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One of the ultimate mysteries of HomestarRunner.com is that Homestar Runner, Marzipan, The King of Town, Homsar, and many other characters all lack visible arms and hands. In spite of this, they have the ability to pick stuff up and carry it around. The most common explanations for the phenomenon are that they either have invisible arms or can manipulate objects with some kind of psychokinesis. Usually none of the other characters seem to pay attention to this curiosity, although sometimes their lack of arms is referenced.
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References
- Armless Invaders — Homestar is the "armless invader" of the title.
- Email vacation — Strong Bad imagines, in a hypothetical email from Monkey D, "How does Homestar pick stuff up if he's not wearing any Marzi-pants?"
- Email action figure — Homestar's action figure box reads "No arms! Like real life!"
- The Interview — Strong Bad refers to Homestar as a "no-armed whitey".
- Email fingers — Homestar makes himself a pair of fake arms.
- Strong Bad is a Bad Guy — Strong Mad starts to say that Homestar doesn't have arms, but is cut off by the end of the cartoon.
- Stinkomanual — Level 5's intro reads, "1-Up takes matters into his own, um, torso!"
Oddities
- In Search of the Yello Dello — Marzipan slaps Homestar across the face, leaving a visible handprint.
- In the commentary, Strong Bad says that Marzipan has really nice hands and Homestar replies, "Yeah, I suppose she does."
- The Reddest Radish — Marzipan knocks on the door of Homestar's house with her head, despite the fact she could have used her invisible arms/telekinetic powers instead.
- Likewise, in 3 Times Halloween Funjob, Homestar knocks on Marzipan's door with his head, although he's probably just being silly, or possibly because he's holding his bagful of candy with both 'hands'.
- Homestar vs. Little Girl 2 — When Puppet Homestar plays Tag with Little Girl, he touches her with his head.
- Email the bird — Strong Bad flips Homestar off, and after Homestar replies "Right back atcha," Strong Bad exclaims, "He just gave me the bird!"
- Email your friends — Strong Bad asks Marzipan to hold out her hands; instead of replying that she doesn't have any, she just says she doesn't want to.
- Strong Bad Sings — One of Strong Bad's songs is titled "This One Time I Saw Homestar Punching a Kitten in the Throat".
- Email marzipan — Strong Bad remarks that "Marzipan can't keep her hands offa" him, although this could be just a figure of speech.
- Email time capsule — Homestar is able to manipulate the box, box lid, and wig all at the same time, as if he has multiple invisible arms.
- This is also seen in Email the show and Main Page 19, where Homestar holds a microphone and sorts through a stack of index cards at the same time.
- Puppet Jam: Everybody Knows It — Puppet Homestar gives high fives to They Might Be Giants.
- Arcade Game, and emails 50 emails and anything — Homestar can type on a keyboard.
- Similarly, in the King of Town Email (reached via the King of Town Main Page), the King of Town is heard typing on the keyboard of the broken Tandy 400.
- Puppet Jam: Apple Juice Blues - Homestar says, "my arm really really hurts," though it is probably Matt Chapman speaking about his own arm.
- Email highschool Highschool-Homestar sings "Shaking hands with my man".
- Biz Cas Fri 1 — When Homestar "helps" Strong Bad with his spreadsheet, Homestar types with his head, when he could type with his "hands" in Emails 50 emails, anything, and Arcade Game.
- Email virus — Homestar's head falls off his body, and then the head picks up the links in the navigation bar.
- Email senior prom — When the lights go out, Marzipan warns someone to "watch those hands". This is notable if she was speaking to her date, Homestar. On the other hand, when the lights come back on, she is standing quite a distance from Homestar and Strong Mad is the nearest one to her.
Other Apparently Invisible Body Parts
Coach Z's Face
Various references are made to parts of Coach Z's face that are not visible to the viewer:
- The Best Decemberween Ever — Coach Z is seen drinking mouthwash.
- A Jorb Well Done — When Marzipan is trying to teach Coach Z how to say "job", she tells him to make his mouth into an "O".
- The Luau — Coach Z, Bubs and Pom Pom are seen eating marshmallows. (Pom Pom also does not appear to have a mouth, and Bubs' mouth appears to be a solid wall of teeth.)
- Scrolling Shooter Games Menu — 20X6 Coach Z appears to speak by wiggling his eyebrow.
- Fall Float Parade — Coach Z claims to have "fairly good teeth".
- Email narrator — Coach Z claims a napkin has his "snot balls" on it, and Bubs tells him he doesn't even have a nose.
- Sbemail 150?!? — Strong Sad mentions wanting to pour black coffee over Coach Z's head so it "continually streams down his mouthless face." (This later happens in email alternate universe.)
Strong Bad's Nose
Similarly, references are occasionally made to Strong Bad's nose, even though he does not appear to have one.
- Email autobiography — In his autobiography tape, Strong Bad claims that "milk and cookies shot out my nose!"
- Email alternate universe — Stinkoman calls Strong Bad "big nose", then refers to his nose.
- Email big white face — Strong Bad acts like he's holding his nose when near The Poopsmith.
Ears
None of the main characters appear to have ears, yet they still act as though they do.
- Email impression — In a tape recording, Strong Sad tells Strong Bad to stop flicking his ear.
- Email stunt double — Dangeresque wears cool glasses which are apparently held on his head by invisible ears.
- This is seen again in emails dangeresque 3, disconnected, and alternate universe.
- Homestar and The Thnikkaman also wear sunglasses in several toons.
- Email alternate universe — Tiny-Handed Strong Bad attempts to dig to China with his ear.
See also
Characters With No Visible Arms
Debatable Characters
These characters lack visible arms, but have never been seen to manipulate objects.
