Template:didyouknow
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A soon-to-be randomized template for the soon-to-be Main Page. This should have 60-80 facts, ideally. Currently at 80.
- Pigs on Head was originally going to get a sequel entitled Butcher Bros. (pictured), in which the player delivers sausages to cooks and delis.
- Marzipan's latest stepfather as of A Death Defying Decemberween is named Seth, and works in a philosophy department.
- The site's first Easter egg can be found at the end of The King of Town DVD Old Version. If the sheep is clicked, it flies off behind the mountains.
- The Brothers Chaps wrote a script for a toon called Soap Box Doiby. This toon was never finished, and the script was emailed to the Homestar Runner Wiki administrators.
- The King of Town wears a pickelhaube in Ever and More (pictured), similar to his Old-Timey counterpart in Ballad of The Sneak.
- Abdi LaRue was an early fan of Homestar Runner to whom the Brothers Chaps reached out to send the first Strong Bad Email.
- Strong Sad was originally going to sound like Michael Stipe, but this idea was quickly rejected.
- Coach Z's afro and mustache in his younger years is a reference to an old design from the Museum Sketchbook.
- The little girl who appears in the next april fools thing is based on a design for a character named "Folly", seen in Why Come Only One Girl? (pictured).
- Strong Sad's comment about vinegar toast was based on Matt Chapman feeding it to his brother when they were kids.
- Sketches for the Strong Bad Email vacation show places such as "Egg or Rice", "Fake Palms Resort", "Giant Book", "Cruckscrew Bend's Fairly Oversized Elbow Macaroni", "No Dumping and No Dumping Street", and "Not A Very Big Ball O' Belts".
- Thy Dungeonman's real name is Collagen Salvemonger III.
- Pom Pom was originally going to have a dog named Trivia Time (pictured). Its design would later be used as an influence for his cookie jar.
- The longest Strong Bad Email is parenting, at 7:53 (or 10:00 on YouTube).
- Bubs is based on a person the Brothers Chaps knew growing up who worked at a concession stand locally and spoke with the same gravelly voice.
- The Poopsmith, in his voiced appearances, is voiced by John Linnell of They Might Be Giants.
- Homestar Runner was going to have two cousins named Preshy and Rafferty (pictured) in an unfinished cartoon seen in Why Come Only One Girl?.
- The site's first Easter egg can be found at the end of The King of Town DVD Old Version. If the sheep is clicked, it flies off behind the mountains.
- The Brothers Chaps have used our articles on Headbands, Googly Eyes, and Pie as examples of the Homestar Runner Wiki's exhaustiveness.
- The King of Town is shown to possess either powers of teleportation or skills as a ninja, as he can appear and disappear in a puff of smoke.
- Items in the Homestar Runner universe are commonly priced at $11.01 (pictured), a reference to creator Matt Chapman's birthday.
- The Old Characters Page said that the King of Town was Marzipan's father. However, this idea has since been abandoned.
- Marzipan is named after marzipan, a confectionery consisting primarily of ground almonds and sugar.
- Matt Chapman has admitted that Bubs's voice was heavily borrowed from the voice of Redd Foxx (of Sanford and Son fame).
- In the game Where's an Egg?, one of the suspects (pictured) resembles tennis player John McEnroe.
- Strong Bad's username on Tabletop Simulator, which he has used to virtually play Trogdor!! The Board Game, is cardgagefan73.
- Sketches for the Strong Bad Email vacation show places such as "Egg or Rice", "Fake Palms Resort", "Giant Book", "Cruckscrew Bend's Fairly Oversized Elbow Macaroni", "No Dumping and No Dumping Street", and "Not A Very Big Ball O' Belts".
- The Brothers Chaps had originally named the Dangeresque series Danger Man. However, they changed the name after learning that the name had already been used as the title of the 1960s precursor to classic British television series The Prisoner.
- Strong Bad and Strong Sad had brief animated cameos in the online Nerds & Music variety show in August 2020 (pictured).
- Kick-A-Ball's background music is a remix of the theme from Weclome Back.
- Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2 is the longest cartoon on homestarrunner.com, at 31:09.
- There is a secret page on the site that only shows the text "this is strongbad".
