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'''Carol''' is [[Marzipan]]'s guitar, on which she plays syrupy songs. In the [[Powered by The Cheat]] music videos ''"Oh Yeah"'' from the email [[marzipan]] and [[Seasonal Sweaters]] from [[Decemberween In July]], she is called "Carl". She is modeled after a nylon-string classical/Spanish guitar. Carol features a drawing of a snake. In [[monster truck]], [[Strong Mad]] was going to smash her over [[Homestar Runner|Homestar]]'s head. Marzipan played Carol in a band with The Cheat (drums) and Strong Mad (bass) in the toon [[Cool Things]]. However, the sound Carol makes in the song ''"[[Cool Tapes]]"'' and the short ''"[[One Two, One Two]]"'' is much more like that of an electric guitar with distortion. It is possible that Carol is an [[wikipedia:electric_acoustic_guitar|acoustic-electric]] guitar, but most acoustic-electric guitars do not have nylon strings. Carol also appears when [[Strong Bad]] auditions for [[replacement|people to take over checking emails]] when he retires. Marzipan plays two [[scroll button songs]], both of which Strong Bad dislikes. However, he ends up using one of them.
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'''Carol''' is [[Marzipan]]'s guitar, on which she plays syrupy songs. In the [[Powered by The Cheat]] music videos "Oh Yeah Yeah" (from the email [[marzipan]]) and [[Seasonal Sweaters]] (from [[Decemberween In July]]), she is called "Carl". She is modeled after a nylon-string classical/[[Spanish]] guitar. Carol features a drawing of a snake and the word "carol", written in the font [[Fonts#MotterFemD|MotterFemD]]. In [[monster truck]], [[Strong Mad]] was going to smash her over [[Homestar Runner]]'s head. Marzipan played Carol in the band [[Cool Tapes]] with [[The Cheat]] (drums) and Strong Mad (bass). The sound Carol makes in [[Cool Things]] and [[One Two, One Two]] has a [[Wikipedia:Fuzztone|Fuzztone]]-like [[Wikipedia:Distortion (music)|distortion effect]] applied to it. This means Carol is either an [[wikipedia:Electric acoustic guitar|acoustic-electric]] guitar, or there was a microphone used in these instances so that the effect could be applied. Carol also appears when [[Strong Bad]] auditions for [[replacement|people to take over checking emails]] when he retires. Marzipan plays two [[scroll button songs]], both of which Strong Bad dislikes. However, he later uses one of them.
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According to Marzipan's comments on the email [[marzipan]] (found on the [[strongbad_email.exe]] DVD), Carol is not her real guitar; her real guitar is named Joan. However, in these commentaries, Marzipan takes the rare position that the Homestar Runner characters are actors, and that the events we see in their cartoons are performed for us, and not, as everything else would imply, their actual "lives." It is debatable how literally the "Joan" comment can be taken.
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According to Marzipan in the commentary for the email [[marzipan]] (found on the [[strongbad_email.exe]] DVD), Carol is not her real guitar; her real guitar is named Joan. However, in these commentaries, Marzipan takes the rare position that the Homestar Runner characters are actors, and that the events we see in their cartoons are performed for us, and not, as everything else would imply, their actual "lives". It is debatable how literally the "Joan" comment can be taken.
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Carol was named after Missy Palmer's mother, Carol Palmer.
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==Appearances==
==Appearances==
*'''Debut:''' Email [[marzipan]]
*'''Debut:''' Email [[marzipan]]
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*[[Marzipan]]'s Character Video
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*[[Marzipan's Character Video]]
*Email [[monster truck]]
*Email [[monster truck]]
*Email [[replacement]]
*Email [[replacement]]
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*[[One Two, One Two]]
*[[One Two, One Two]]
*[[Quality Time]]
*[[Quality Time]]
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*[[Baddest of the Bands]]
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*Email [[dictionary]]
[[Category:Instruments]][[Category:Pseudocharacters]]
[[Category:Instruments]][[Category:Pseudocharacters]]

Revision as of 22:25, 7 December 2016

"Come on Carol, let's rock!"
Powered by the Carl

Carol is Marzipan's guitar, on which she plays syrupy songs. In the Powered by The Cheat music videos "Oh Yeah Yeah" (from the email marzipan) and Seasonal Sweaters (from Decemberween In July), she is called "Carl". She is modeled after a nylon-string classical/Spanish guitar. Carol features a drawing of a snake and the word "carol", written in the font MotterFemD. In monster truck, Strong Mad was going to smash her over Homestar Runner's head. Marzipan played Carol in the band Cool Tapes with The Cheat (drums) and Strong Mad (bass). The sound Carol makes in Cool Things and One Two, One Two has a Fuzztone-like distortion effect applied to it. This means Carol is either an acoustic-electric guitar, or there was a microphone used in these instances so that the effect could be applied. Carol also appears when Strong Bad auditions for people to take over checking emails when he retires. Marzipan plays two scroll button songs, both of which Strong Bad dislikes. However, he later uses one of them.

According to Marzipan in the commentary for the email marzipan (found on the strongbad_email.exe DVD), Carol is not her real guitar; her real guitar is named Joan. However, in these commentaries, Marzipan takes the rare position that the Homestar Runner characters are actors, and that the events we see in their cartoons are performed for us, and not, as everything else would imply, their actual "lives". It is debatable how literally the "Joan" comment can be taken.

Appearances

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