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A randomized template for the new Main Page. Includes 80 facts.
- Pigs on Head was originally going to get a sequel entitled Butcher Bros. (pictured), in which the player delivers sausages to cooks and delis.
- Strong Bad's username on Tabletop Simulator, which he has used to virtually play Trogdor!! The Board Game, is cardgagefan73.
- 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 Sad's comment about vinegar toast was based on Matt Chapman feeding it to his brother when they were kids.
- In the game Where's an Egg?, one of the suspects (pictured) resembles tennis player John McEnroe.
- Strong Bad makes an unintentional haiku in the intro to japanese cartoon.
- Marzipan is apparently allergic to pecans.
- In Weclome Back, Homestar says to "get this www.show back on the road.com". This URL redirects to the homestarrunner.com home page.
- The photograph of Limozeen from monster truck (pictured) is actually multiple photographs of the Brothers Chaps' brother Donnie, dressed as Vince Neil in Halloween 1987.
- Strongest Man in the World's page title claims to be the longest. However, the record actually goes to Shopping For Danger. Notably, both page titles are nineteen syllables long.
- Behind the characters' silhouettes in each Halloween teaser is a different hidden message mocking those who try to reveal the costumes with a Flash decompiler.
- Strong Bad has more appearances than Senor Cardgage, Homsar, The Poopsmith, Pom Pom, and The King of Town combined.
- Mike Chapman once noted that it is difficult to animate Bubs's elbows, leading to his lack of elbows in later toons (pictured).
- Matt Chapman has admitted that Bubs's voice was heavily borrowed from the voice of Redd Foxx (of Sanford and Son fame).
- Strong Mad's height varies from 6 ft to 8 ft 3 depending on the source.
- Strong Sad claims to have "minored in holding on wide shots for too long" in film school.
- Homestar Runner gained a half-open mouth animation frame (pictured), despite Matt Chapman saying it wasn't necessary at 12 frames per second.
- 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.
- According to the Old Characters Page, Coach Z wasn't much of a coach at the time, and he just added the title because it sounded "cooler than just Z".
- The DVD version of Theme Song Video includes extra scenes to help sync the music and the visuals. Some of these scenes feature Homsar and Strong Bad Email, which had not been introduced at the time of the original toon.
- Homestar Runner and Strong Bad appeared briefly in a Kickstarter video for The Aquabats in July 2018 (pictured).
- Strong Sad was originally going to sound like Michael Stipe, but this idea was quickly rejected.
- The live SBCG4AP Playthrough is the longest official Homestar Runner content, at an hour and 48 minutes.
- Strong Sad was originally going to sound like Michael Stipe, but this idea was quickly rejected.
- A Homestar Runner RPG (pictured) was once in development for the Atari 2600.
- 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 Sad's comment about vinegar toast was based on Matt Chapman feeding it to his brother when they were kids.
- Strong Mad's height varies from 6 ft to 8 ft 3 depending on the source.
- The secret page Strong Sad's Secret Styles (pictured) was originally accessed through an automatic reply if one emailed depressio@homestarrunner.com.
- 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.
- 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.
- Abdi LaRue was an early fan of Homestar Runner to whom the Brothers Chaps reached out to send the first Strong Bad Email.