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505 Unbelievably Stupid Web Pages
On page 125 of this book, "Strong Bad E-Mail" is listed as link number 256. The writer claims "...the answers to these questions require as much thought as you'd expect from a baboon."
AnimeNEXT
At AnimeNEXT's "Save Tokyo Tower" game, one of the disasters that occurs is Trogdor burninating Tokyo Tower.
BigStuf Camp
The youth camp program "BigStuf" held in Panama City, FL every year is home to several Homestar Runner sightings: The violin player in the camp's band consistently wears various Homestar Runner shirts, and a Homestar Runner character is always thanked on the last day of camp every year. In 2004, it was Homestar Runner. In 2005, it was Coach Z.
Camp Joy
In the year 2006, the revolving theme of the Boy Scouts summer camp Camp Joy was pirates, complete with antagonist Trogdor.
Celebration 3
Before Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, the official fan club held a convention in the Indiana Convention Center, where they showed cars modeled after several ships from the Star Wars universe. One of the X-Wing cars had a Homestar Runner cling sticker on it.
Extralife Radio Podcast
In the Extralife Radio podcast, episode number 104, the program begins by playing the audio of the easter egg in the Peasant's Quest Preview.
Great Teacher Largo Panel, Otakon
At the GLT panel, during the question and answer session, someone asked how Largo "typed with boxing gloves on". Largo replied that he was not Strong Bad, but he does "rock out like Trogdor" and sometimes his computer gets "burninated".
iPod + iTunes for Windows and Mac
The help book iPod + iTunes for Windows and Mac includes an "add to my library" dialog box, and a file called "alright42nite.mp3" is highlighted. The file is available for download on the site.
Macromedia Flash 8 Conference
As part of the first showing of the unreleased at the time Macromedia Flash Player 8, a graphical demo was shown with various effects that will be available in the new player being applied to both graphics, text, animations and movies on the fly. Of all the animations on the web, the Macromedia developers decided to feature both Homestar Runner and an animated The Homestar Runner, showing the new effects being applied to their forms.
This was the first use of Homestar Runner by Macromedia, the later being the short, Where the Crap Are We?, which appeared as an Easter egg in the about dialog of Macromedia Central.
- See the short, cut video (low resolution)
- See the short, cut video (high resolution)
- Listing of mirrors for the full technical demo movie
Official Rock-Paper-Scissors Strategy Guide
In a sample tournament bracket in this book on page 163, one of the players is Trogdor.
Pumpkin!
Around Halloween 2004, at "The Old Spaghetti Factory" restaurant in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (a fairly large chain, and a higher class restaurant), they had a large collection of carved pumpkins all over the place, and one prominently placed pumpkin near the entrance had a (excellently carved) likeness of Homestar in it.
Super Size Me
In the movie Super Size Me, there are a group of kids at the computer watching an old Tandy era Strong Bad Email.
Joss Whedon: Super Fan
Joss Whedon, already known to be a Homestar Runner fan, quipped "Just the claps" after a group of Browncoats sang him Happy Birthday on June 23, 2005.
Halo 2: Special Edition DVD
On the door of the recording room for a Halo internet cartoon, there are stickers of Homestar and Strong Bad.
Shadowrun: Fourth Edition
Shadowrun is a pen-and-paper RPG that combines elements of cyberpunk and fantasy. On page 87 (of the second printing), when discussing designing a character, it says (emphasis ours):
- Write down some quotes your character might say. Three or four should be good. Fiction is filled with characters that can be captured in a quote—everything from "Do you feel lucky, punk?" to "Double Deuce!"—capture our imaginations and give us something to hook a character on.
Crime Files: Four-Minute Forensic Mysteries: Body of Evidence
In the mystery "Gamer Over" found in the Jeremy Brown book "Crime Files: Four-minute Forensic Mysteries : Body of Evidence", the username of the victim is Trogdor139.
Kingdom Hearts 2 Strategy Guide
In the strategy guide for the Playstation 2 game "Kingdom Hearts II", on page 28 (the Aladdin Character page) there is a small blurb describing limits. The title says "Everybody To The Limit".
The Picture of Everything 2
In this work in progress among the characters in this scene are Strong Bad and Homestar Runner. Strong Bad is to the left of the Enterprise bridge, slightly right of center image. Homestar is below the right side of the Rolling Stone magazine cover, in the bottom left.
The Alphabet of Manliness
On page 141 of The Alphabet of Manliness, Maddox lists the Double Deuce as an effective way of showing frustration to bad drivers.
Wordplay
In the documentary Wordplay, Tyler Hinman is seen wearing a Trogdor shirt throughout the movie.
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