Video Game References

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This article is about references to video games. For the Strong Bad Email, see video games. For the DVD-exclusive email, see Videro Games.

Allusions to video games, especially those of the 8-bit era, are constantly being made within the Homestar Runner series. This is a list of all references to video games made in the cartoons.

Strong Bad Email

• homestar hair - Strong Bad goes to play "Temple of Apshai" as respite from the email.
• duck pond - Strong Bad brings up a Duck Pond simulation game.
• japanese cartoon - The credits to the 20X6 cartoon are lifted from Legend of Zelda for the NES.
• 2 emails - Strong Bad plays Pigs on Head during the fast-forward.
• mascot - One of the appliances in the pile of electronics is an NES system.
• video games - Taylor R. wants to know what Strong Bad would be like in a video game. Strong Bad explains that it would depend on what system he was on.
• lunch special
• pom pom
• bedtime story
• highschool
• secret identity - As Cara Carabowditbowdit, Strong Bad writes to Buttless in Bedstuy that she needs to play more video games.
• redesign
• keep cool
• trading cards
• 4 branches - Strong Bad uses the scoring system in video games as a simile to how Homestar's stupidity functions.

See Also

• Couch Mumbling
• Floppy Disk Container
• Strong Bad's Technology