Canada
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The Homestar Runner toons mostly take place in the United States, but occasionally they reference the Great White North, often in strange and various ways.
[edit] Appearances
- Homestar Quiz — One of the answer choices for where Bubs attends night classes is Canada.
- Emails new hands, 50 emails, fingers, lackey, dangeresque 3, E-mail Birds, do over, Sick Day, myths & legends, redesign, theme song, trading cards, and underlings — An/the email sender identifies as Canadian.
- Ballad of the Sneak — The Dapper Swindler is known as The Sneak in the Northwest Territories.
- Email colonization (Easter egg) — Strong Bad sings "O Shanama" to the tune of "O Canada".
- Email army — Homestar Runner references Canadian folk musician Gordon Lightfoot and his song "Sundown" when he warns Strong Bad of Gordon Lightfoot "creeping round [his] back stair".
- Email do over — When Strong Bad sees the email sender Richie Z as being from Canada, he wonders if Coach Z is called Coach Zed in Canada and calls the sender a "Canuck", a nickname for a Canadian.
- Email narrator — Strong Sad is hit in the face with a Canada goose.
- Email pop-up — An Easter egg shows a comparison between Strong Sad's head and the Manicouagan Reservoir.
- Email coloring — The two "of-age" girls in the coloring book both have a Canadian flag on their shirts.
- Decemberween Sweet Cuppin' Cakes (DVD commentary) — As Mike Chapman and Strong Bad discuss where Sweet Cuppin' Cakes was made, they say that it could be from Europe or maybe even Canada. Strong Bad then makes a remark about the Film Board of Canada.
- Happy Hallow-day — Homsar's Halloween costume is Ed Grimley, who is played by Martin Short on both SNL and Canada's own SCTV.
- Email original — Both Homestar and Strong Bad are at Bubs' Concession Stand dressed as Canadian Mounties.
- Homestar Ruiner — Strong Bad calls Jela-ton, "Pixy Stix's ugly Canadian cousin".
- Baddest of the Bands — When clicking on Strong Bad's bed, he says he'll even take Canadian coins at this point.
- Hremail 62 — Homestar and Marzipan encounter a honeymooning couple whom Homestar believes to be either Canadian or Cancun-adian.
- Dangeresque Puppet Squad: The Hot Jones Hijack — French-Canadian villain Stingy Relenque (played by Homestar Runner) wears a maple leaf on his shirt instead of the star.
