Sightings
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Homestar is slowly taking over the world, as shown by some of these documented sightings.
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TELEVISION
Aaron's 499 (NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, May 1, 2005)
An announcer described a 17-car wreck as "crazy go nuts."
Angel
In a season five episode of Angel entitled "The Girl In Question," (also entitled "An Italian job for Spike and Angel") Angel and Spike were looking for Buffy overseas. They arrived at the apartment where Buffy lives, but Andrew was the only one there. He was talking to them about someone named "The Immortal," and he was wearing a black Strong Bad t-shirt. Later in the episode, Andrew wore the same SB shirt with a pore strip plastered on his nose.
Incidentally, Andrew is the very same character who appeared in the Trogdor-laden Buffy reference. Since both shows are the brainchildren of creator/writer/executive director Joss Whedon, we can probably assume that the creator of the Buffyverse is also a fan of Homestarverse.
Buffy
In the series finale of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Ep 7x22) Trogdor was used as a creature in a game of Dungeons and Dragons. The following is a transcript of the reference.
GILES: I'm — I'm — I'm all turned around. You're here?
XANDER: By the pillar, yeah. I'm protecting this area.
GILES: That puts me over by the door. Demons around the perimeter. Right! I open the door.
Pan over to show Andrew is also at the table, but he's wearing a red hooded cloak.
ANDREW: (reading from a book) You go through the door and are confronted by Trogdor the Burninator.
GILES: Oh, bugger it. Fight. (rolls dice, sips wine)
ANDREW: Adios to 5 hit points. Trogdor has badly wounded you.
GILES: Well, wait a minute. What about my... (puts on glasses) bag of illusions?
ANDREW: (scoffs) Illusions against a Burninator? Silly, silly British man. (Giles sips his wine again)
AMANDA: I invoke a time flux on Trogdor.
ANDREW: (looks at Amanda) Step down, girlfriend, you can't just —
AMANDA: Ninth level sorcerer, and I carry the emerald chalice. Trogdor is frozen in time. Deal with it. (writes something down)
Cheat
On one episode of Cheat on G4TechTV, they were talking about a name generator on "Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic" and if you made names long enough, Homsar's name would show up.
CNN Student News
On CNN Headline News, there is this short news magazine called CNN Student News. On the December 15th 2004 edition, in one of the stories it shows what appears to be a trooper in Iraq getting a toy for Christmas from someone. The toy is a The Cheat plush toy.
Codename: Kids Next Door
On the Kids Next Door episode T.R.A.I.N.I.N.G. Numbuh 60's destination is their moon base, yet he calls it The Moon in a similar way as a soy-sauce drunk Strong Bad did in the Strong Bad Email personal favorites and Strong Bad Is In Jail Cartoon.
d'FUSED
March 12th, 2005 at approximately 1:20 pm
Featured on Addict'd to Gaming
A segment on Red Vs. Blue showed the cast of Homestar Runner in their real-world, plastic figurine state atop the preview monitor for a Red Vs. Blue episode.
Daytona 500 2005
In the 2005 Daytona 500, an announcer was heard to refer to the occasion as "Crazy Go Nuts" several times over the week.
"Firefly"
On the Complete Series DVD commentary on the episode, "War Stories," Alan Tudyk (the actor who plays Wash )reffered to a character on the show as "Crazy Go Nuts."
Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends
During the episode "Bloo's Brothers" a Bloo clone that looks freakishly similar to Homestar appears. It's only brief so blink and you'll miss it! If you have "TiVo" you can slow it down a bit.
The episode "A Sight For Sore Eyes" is very similar to Old Intro 2 at the ending.
G4tv.com
On this episode of G4tv.com on G4, an unnamed person, playing the role of Laura Foy's date, was seen wearing a "Trogdor" shirt.
The strange, but funny, videoclip, entitled Gamer Dating Do's And Don'ts is now available for viewing at this location.
The Geek Show
On "The Geek Show", Strong Bad Emails are frequently shown as an example of "What's funny on the internet." They have played both "japanese cartoon" and "dullard" on their show.
Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi
In "Rock and Roe", Yumi said, "Ami, I don't know where my head is at!", as a reference to Where My Hat is At?.
Invader Zim
In the episode "Gaz, Taster of Pork," On the Frankin Chokie box there is a picture of Bubs' head on the side.
Junkin
On the television show Junkin', the host "Dave" has appeared wearing Trogdor and Strong Bad T-shirts.
NFL Films: Game of the Week ('05 NFC Divisional Championship St Louis Rams Vs. Atlanta Falcons)
About three-quarters through this hour-long recap of the game, a Falcons' victory, one of the defensive linemen for Atlanta, Patrick Kearny, points to his family in the stands. One of them is holding up a sign that says "GOOD JORB!", an unmistakable reference to Coach Z.
Megas XLR
In an episode called "Breakout", Coop tried to use an attack called Double Deuce by jumping and putting two fists in front of him.
Monster House
In an episode of Monster House called "Sports House," the host Steve is wearing a Strong Bad T-shirt during the introductions. This episode first aired February 2, 2004.
Pulse Interview
In early 2004 the show Pulse on G4TechTV talked with the Brothers Chaps, and asked them about their new game that they are developing for the Atari 2600. They showed many video clips of their Atari game. The Chaps told about how they record their voices and how successful they have been. They announced that later this year they are going to release a DVD with the First 100 emails. Later after the commercial break they went to interview the company that is developing the Homestar Runner game. The company was Videlectrix of course. The whole interview was weird because you could tell that the Videlectrix owner was just one of the Brothers Chaps in a mustache but the whole making an Atari game was real.
The Screen Savers
On an episode of The Screen Savers on G4TechTV there was a guest on there that knows how to make Atari 2600 games and he is making a Homestar Runner RPG, which is still in development.
The January 24th episode of The Screen Savers had an interview with The Brothers Chaps. Also featured on this episode, puppet Strong Bad made his debut to answer questions from fans. The article also mentions that in order to learn more than one ever thought possible about Homestar Runner, one can head over to the Homestar Runner Wiki.
Super Size Me
In the movie Super Size Me, there are a group of kids at the computer where one is watching an old Tandy era Strong Bad Email.
Survivor: Pearl Islands
When Ryan Shoulders (known on the show as Ryan S.) picks up some tree mail (the show's system of getting messages to the castaways), he sings the opening to SB Email techno, singing it as "the tree mail, the tree mail, what, what, the tree mail." This may also explain Ryan S.' name appearing in the email "theme park".
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Leno was showing examples of absurd eBay auctions and having the audience guess whether they sold or not. One of them was a laptop that had been shot with a shotgun. It's subject line said "LIKE USED! SLIGHTLY SHOTGUNNED!" from virus. It sold.
Who's line is it Anyway?
Drew Cary said once "This next skit is for everybody, everybody!"
X-Play
On an episode of G4TechTV's X-Play, the wrestling game "WWE: Day of Reckoning" is reviewed, and when the "create your own wrestler" mode is being demoed, the created wrestler (presumably created for the show, not by the game's developers) looks suspiciously like Strong Bad, and appears to be named alternately "SB" and "Essbee". You can see the video here.
RADIO
Quizno's and Homestar on NPR
On March 9th 2004, Homestarrunner.com was featured on NPR's Talk of the Nation. You can find the radio segment here. You have to listen a little bit to get to the segment. It features kind of cool, as well as the email different town. It starts around 9:15 into the clip and lasts until the end.
The Rock
There was also a quote from Strong Bad's character page on a La Crosse, Wisconsin radio station called "95.7 The Rock." It goes from the part where strong bad says, "Ladies form a line to my left for makeouts! Dudes, form a line to my right for high-fives," and stops at the part where Homestar says, "Well, I was going to get a high-five, but I see that I'm already here."
Q98
On Q98- 98.7 (a radio station in Fargo, ND/Moorhead, MN), The DJ, Stash, said something about checking out something on their website, and he said "... at q98.net, its dot com." Which could be an obvious reference to the First Time Here cartoon where Homestar says "Welcome to HomestarRunner.net ... It's dot com!"
ADVERTISING
Soap Box Commercial
A Soap Box racing commercial on Cartoon Network decorated a car with Teen Girl Squad.
SMS Advert
On a picture messaging advertisement in NZ/Aus, while it flicks through various picture messages/cell phone wallpapers, a picture of Trogdor pops up.
U.S Air Force Website Ad
A U.S Air Force ad on http://cube.ign.com features a picture of a man playing guitar. He is wearing a Trogdor t-shirt.
Bernardin Print Ad
A national print campaign in Canada for Bernardin home canning featured a young woman wearing a Trogdor T-shirt.
AdultSwim Ad
Anyone familiar with the Cartoon Network is definitely aware of how they promote their AdultSwim line-up: by answering viewer email during the 15 sec B&W spots called "Bumps". During a late-night AdultSwim bump, one viewer wrote in with this question: "How do you type with boxing gloves on?"
Numb Thumbs Ad
A TV spot for the Video Game store/website Numb Thumbs featured a man wearing a Fluffy Puff T-Shirt
MAGAZINES
=== SBC Skateboard === In an issue last year, Ryan Stutt said that he totally ripped off Strong Bad for a Sick Of It All review.
===Pottery Barn Teen Catalog=== In an issue of Pottery Barn Teen, there is a picture taken in a boys room where a strongbad bumper sticker is on the wall. The bumper sticker is one that can be bought in the Store
Game-Now Magazine
The now-defunct Game-Now magazine featured Homestar Runner as "Hot" in the "Hot or Not" section of its Issue 12. (Scan)
Wired Magazine
In Wired magazine, under a Transformers ad, It showed a picture of Homestar's new Atari game and some more stuff.
Computer Source Magazine
In Seattle there's a magazine called "Computer Source." The January 2004 issue mentions a group of people who, for fun, determined how many browser windows they could open to homestarrunner.com before the computer crashed.
More Wired Magazine
They Might Be Giants were interviewed and talked about Homestar and the Experimental Film toon, among other things. Read it here
Entertainment Weekly
In 2003, Entertainment Weekly proclaimed The Brothers Chaps were the "It Web Cartoonists" as part of their annual "It List," which names off who they consider to be the most significant entertainers of the year. They asked Matt whether or not they would ever consider putting Strong Bad and Homestar on TV, to which he replied: "It's more punk rock if you do it yourself." This article also mentioned the upcoming DVDs.
Tucson Weekly
Tucson Weekly had an interview of They Might Be Giants in their August 19, 2004 issue that included information on their relationship with The Brothers Chaps. Of particular note was the corroboration that a special Experimental Film video was being made for MTV. However, a new development is that the current internet version "is getting played on MTV in England, so it is finding some legitimate video life."
Time Magazine
On June 30, 2003, Time Magazine ran a short article called "A Star Is Born - On The Web" which featured a picture of Homestar from Where's The Cheat?, and said he was part of a funny cartoon website, namely homestarrunner.com. The article also mentions Strong Bad, and compares Homestar and his friends to a post-modern Peanuts gang. (preview of the article)
Muse Magazine
In their article about Dragons, they had the URLs for "Trogdor" the game and "Dragon" the email.
Hyper sighting
Is australia there is a magazine called Hyper, it's a electronics magazine, and H*R was featured is the special section. It had written "Dear readers, please go to homestarrunner.com before i beat the everloving snot out of you. sincerely, hyper
BANDS AND MUSIC
Karl Olson/Ultraklystron
Karl Olson(Also known as Ultraklystron) recorded two homestar-related songs, a cover of The Skate Party song Strong Sad Rocks Outand an original song, He's Homsar.
Strong Bad Live!
On June 7th, 2003 at Giants Stadium, Radiohead, the Beastie Boys, and other big name bands of that sort played, but the best part was the showing of Strong Bad emails over the JumboTron in between acts. They also showed Everybody to the Limit and it had a special new introduction wherein Strong Bad complained that he wasn't allowed on stage even though he had been the #1 hit for two summers in a row.
Beastie Boys 2004 Pageant Tour
On December 16th 2004 at the Zenith in Munich, Germany, the Beastie Boys used two JumboTron screens on the left and right side of the stage to present to the crowd the first one and a half minutes of Everybody to the Limit. Even though most of the listeners might have never heard of Homestar Runner or Strong Bad the crowd was cheering and clapping their hands rhythmically with the music. Everybody to the Limit and other Homestar Runner footage might have been part of other Beastie Boys shows during the 2004 Pageant Tour, but no other sightings were reported up until now. The JumboTron screens were an essential part of the show and were also used during the concert to show live footage of the stage as well as other pop culture reference material like accelerated footage of some Atari 2600 video games gameplay such as Frogger's and scenes from Battlestar Galactica (during their song Intergalactic).
Relient K
- The band Relient K has a h*r-like shirt logo.
- They also link to h*r from their website
Thursday
The band Thursday thanks Homestarrunner.com in the booklet to their latest album entitled War all the Time.
Mindless Self Indulgence
Strongbad's Techno beat and Everybody to the limit was played at the Metro in Chicago Illinois, at a Mindless Self Indulgence concert. The songs were played while the bands equipment was being set up. Also, after the show, I overheared the lead singer commenting about a strongbad shirt a fan was wearing. He continued to talk about how he had seen Homestar in Spin magazine the day before.
Five Iron Frenzy
The Christian ska band Five Iron Frenzy has a picture in their latest CD release's booklet of their lead singer, Reese Roper, wearing a The Cheat shirt.
During their performance at the 2003 Cornerstone Music Festival, the lead singer asked the crowd if they were "ready to achieve burnination".
Also in the CD Booklet, in their Thank Yous, Andy thanks Strong Bad.
Very Low Sodium Band!
An online band, The Very Low Sodium Band (www.verylowsodium.com) has a song that praises Homestar Runner. Hear the song Here. Guitarist and singer Michael Sanders then went on to start a band, Salsa Commodity. This band did a live version of the song, which is on their album, Official Homemade Ice Cream.
Tripleside
Tripleside (www.tripleside.net) wrote a song called "Legitimate Business" as an homage to Homsar, including many classic Homsar quotes. You can download the song from their downloads page or read the lyrics here.
ApologetiX
In the booklet for ApologetiX's newest CD "Adam Up," their guitarist is wearing a Strong Bad shirt. Also, at a show in Cincinnati, Ohio, the guitarist, Karl, wore his Strong Bad shirt (the mask shirt). In the booklet, he is wearing the full body shirt. He's got both!
Sons of Pitches
The Ithaca, NY band Sons of Pitches had a concert at the Cornell Business & Technology Park on July 24, 2004. Before their second set started, they were doing the thing at the end of the Theme Park where Homestar is on the Strongbadian Riverboat Super-fun ride. It sounded like Strong Bad including the line "Please keep your arms legs and valuables inside the vehicle at all times".
Time For Living
The San Francisco hardcore punk band Time For Living has a Homestar themed album with the title track "The Cheat is not Dead". They have songs called "Discount Brick", "Just A Friendly Reminder", "Population: Tire", and "The King Of Town." Beyond the titles, the songs don't have any relationship to Homestar Runner, which for legal reasons is good for the band.
Salsa Commodity
Salsa Commodity released the song A Tribute to Homestar Runner "Live" on their debut album, Official Homemade Ice Cream. Before all this, guitarist and singer Michael Sanders made a song about Teen Girl Squad, which can be found in the old music section of the site. There is also a sort of Trogdor cover there, using the singing from the email.
KJ-52
On his new album, "Behind the Muzik (A Boy Named Jonah)", Christian rapper KJ-52 lists Homestar Runner in his song "Things I Like."
The Planet Smashers
The hidden 13th track on The Planet Smasher's "Mighty" album proclaims "Trogdor!"
GAMES
Counter-Strike
In some Counter-Strike servers there is a message that comes up saying "(username) was burninated by Trogdor, er by (username)"
Toontown Online
Far into the game you meet some one Coach Zucini that sais "You can call me coach Z"
Custom Robo
A little way through the game there is a quiz on basic game knowledge. One of the (wrong) answers to a multiple-choice question is "Parts Burninator".
Amazing Island
On page 9/10 of the manual, there are instructions on creating a new character. Whoever took the picture had named his character Homestar.
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
One of the default name choices at the beginning is "Homsar Star". Hmm, Brave Jedi Knight that one be... "Kerrek" will show up as well.
Cyborg Livestock Outer Space
If you defeat the alien mothership from Shockwave's Cyborg Livestock from Outer Space, the end text says that the ship "asplode," just as your head does in the game StrongBadZone.
World of Warcraft
Homestarrunner.com appears in the "Additional Thanks" section of the credits. Screenshot
In Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, a guard at Jaina's cell is named "Trogdar".
X-Men Legends
"Strong Bad and Friends" are thanked in the "Special Thanks" section of the End Credits.
Kings of Chaos
When your army wins a battle, one of the phrases is "You burninated the enemy!" Likewise, when your army is beaten, one of the phrases is "The enemy burninated your army!" Kings of Chaos
Urbz Sims in the City
One of the Xizzles you can get is called 'All up ons' a reference to suntan
Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls
A man in Hellfire Chasm says "This is private property. Trespassers will be burninated."
In Whisperwind Cove one of the items you obtain in one of the floors from a dwarf is called 'Witches Brew"
(Both these areas were exclusively for the GBA version of the games, and were not on the original copies for the NES.)
The Kingdom of Loathing
On The kingdom of loathing, when you smash the hippy stone at the campground you will go to player vs player combat. One of the ways to attack a player is to "BURNINATE".
In The Barrel Full Of Barrels, one of the events is entitled "Your Barrel A Splode".
In The Hidden Temple, one of the events is entitled "Arrowed!".
In the chat function, the chat command '/baleet username' carries out the same affect as '/ignore username'.
The item "Marzipan Skull", in its name (Sort of), picture(Probably) and description, are references to Marzipan. The description says, "You were afraid this thing came out of a girl who looks like a broomstick with a wig and a skirt, but really it's just compressed sugar and almond extract."
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Driving around Las venturas, one can find a "Bub's Hardware." The sign also seems to say something about "Cheats." A map is included here. "maybe a sighting"
Adventure Quest
In the free flash RPG Adventure quest, occasionally when a guardian summons the guardian dragon, the dragon will say: "BURNINATE!!! (Please don't sue us)"
Tony Hawk's Underground
In the Moscow level, if you jump into a certain chimney, you die and the screen gives you a message. One of the messages is "BURNINATED!".
In the Vancouver level, when you drive the limo, the license plate on the back of it says "LimoZeen".
Neverwinter Nights
New NWN patches have demo modules that illustrate creatures that have been added in those patches. These modules, created by Jay Watamaniuk, tend to be a bit silly in tone. The demo module included in v1.64, Land Sea-Puma, has a signpost with following directions:
- North - Certain Dhoom
- East - Most Likely Dhoom
- West - Fair to Excellent Conditions for Dhoom
- Dennis - Ye Will Find Nothing of Yon Interest Here Aye
Goblin Commander: Unleash the Horde
In the credits it says "Additional Thanks To: Strongbad"
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
The fuel tank for the flamethrower is identified as "Burninator" brand.
SKINS
Winamp Skins
One of the available skins at Winamp.com is "Tandy AMP 400". Other SB skins - "Compy 386", "Teen Girl Squad", and "The Cheat's iMac". Also, if you find the SMB3 skin, you'll find the songs from Strong Bad Sings on the preview's playlist. Whoever made that skin must have bought the CD from the Store.
OTHER SITES
History of the Internet
The "archivists" make a reference to H*R, saying that because of them, "The internet is finally given purpose".
Neopets
Neopets once released a new avatar with the caption "Your Lupe A Splode" which is an obvious reference to video games and Strong Bad Zone
Olde English
In their General Procrastination sketch, Razin was holding off going to battle by going on the internet and watching the new Strong Bad Email. (which really wasn't even an email, he opened up the Strong Bad bio 'toon and the email menu.)
G4tv.com
The 404 message that comes up when the G4 site can't retrieve an ad includes a graphic featuring a panda - and the Teen Girl Squad-esque message "ERROR'ed!!"
"Audition With Marzipan" Remix
The Thilo run The 2nd Best Page In The Universe made a remix of "Thoughts Of A Bird" from the Audition With Marzipan game. A download of the remix is available here And the article about it Here
"Asplode" on Double-Tongued Word Wrester
Neolinguist Grant Barret has done an entry on "asplode" on his site. It looks like "asplode" was not coined by the Brothers Chaps, but he agrees that its appearance in the toons and games is probably responsible for its recent popularity.
All Your Base Are Belong To Homestar
An "All Your Base" parody starring Homestar can be seen here
Weebl & Bob
- A fan made a piece of art with Trogdor burninating Bobs' style of animation
Bryan Waterman Interview
Bryan Waterman, who does the series "Waterman" had an interview and he mentioned the best internet cartoon was Homestar Runner!:
- Who is your favorite flash movie artist or flash artists if you have more than one? What are some of your favorite flash movie series?
BW: Above all else Homestar Runner not only do I love the cartoon, Mike and Matt are two good friends of mine. Bonus Stage is another one I really like and I do look forward to Joseph's animations. See It Here
Eric Conveys The Brothers Chaps?
Eric at Eric Conveys an Emotion got together with The Brothers Chaps for a rough and tumble game of football, complete with Eric's warped and hilarious sense of humour. See a step-by-step progression of The Game. On page 1 Trogdor is in the background, on page 2 The Ugly One is in the background, on page 3 1936 Homestar is in the background, on page 4 Homestar is in the background, on page 5 Strongbad is in the background, on page 6, The Cheat is actually in the foreground, on page 7, The Cheat and Strong Mad are in the background, and on page 8, Stinkoman is in the background.
- Also, in "getting a great idea... while falling to your doom" Eric has a Homsar shirt on. greatideafalldoom.jpg
Red vs Blue
At Red vs Blue they made a public service announcement about tattoos (It appears every 4 weeks or so in the season 1 archive). When Church suggests you get a tattoo of your favorite character from your favorite online comic (obviously referring to himself), Strong Bad's face appears on-screen instead.
A Strong Bad, and a Homestar sticker is also seen during the Red vs. Blue segment in the Halo 2 Limited Collectors Edition DVD, on the window of a door.
Live Action Dangeresque!
Some guys at Strongfans.com made this awesome parody of Strong Bad's big-time blockbuster. Complete with orchestrated music!
The 2004 Cartoonist's Choice Awards
Homestar Runner won in best use of flash category at "The 2004 Cartoonist's Choice Awards".
BB-Spot-Which website are you?
In the website personality test at www.bbspot.com, one of the posible answers you can get is Homestarrunner.com.
newgrounds.com
If you search for Homestar on New Grounds, there will be a bunch of fan made Homestar flash games and short films..
zone38
This blog entry links to a Fark Photoshop thread which featured several Homestar Runner-related parodies of Magic: The Gathering cards, with local copies of the now-defunct images from the thread.
Google Blog
Google Blog mentioned the Homestarism 'Asplode' in this entry.
Shoot the Cliche
A certain infamous burninator "Trogdor" appears in this game from another site. Blast Away!
Your phone a splode
The website Fark.com linked to a Yahoo News story about exploding cell phones under the headline "Your phone a splode."
Also, Fark linked to [1]
OTHER
Hershey Park Face Paintings
At Hershey Park, you can get a face painting of Homestar, Strong Bad, Marzipan, Pom Pom, or The Cheat.
