Television Sightings
From Homestar Runner Wiki
Turns out Homestar Runner isn't just for your computer. Here's a bunch of appearances and references from the 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. Of course this may be cooincidental as the series has been known to use many bubs-esqe characters.
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.
