Allegedly Real Things

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Of course it's real! It says so right there in the title bar!

Many times, objects are specifically (and often awkwardly) described as real or actual when it's plainly obvious that they are not.

Examples

• Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 6.0 — Strong Bad insists that his girlfriend is real, over and over again.
• Email credit card — The writers of the email "promise that [they] are real and not just trying to steal [Strong Bad's] money."
• Email 50 emails — Homestar Runner posts a fake error message after crashing the Compy 386. The error message's title bar reads "This is real."
  • The System is Down, Not the 100th Email!!!, and Main Page 22 — Similar fake error messages to the above appear with "This is real" in the title bar.
• Email autobiography — Strong Bad specifically notes that the description of his alleged girlfriend was a true part.
• Email technology (Easter egg) — Bubs advertises wireless extensions cords as being "lightweight, existent, and shockproof!"
• Decemberween Short Shorts — Coach Z tells Homestar Runner that he's having "all kinds of real people over to [his] house for a coupla real people parties."
• Email diorama — Strong Bad's book, a "real book that exists", is allegedly written by "Ronmartin Realdude" (who insists that he is "a living, breathing person, not a cat") and printed by the "Actual Publishing Company". Coach Z talks to "Ronmartin Realdude" via a notepad with a cell phone drawn on it.
• Email shapeshifter — Bubs responds to Strong Bad's asking the cost of the Lamborghini hot tub "back there" with, "Oh, that Lamborghini hot tub! It sure is back here!"

See also

• Blatant lies