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:A. It was either done on purpose or it's just a cartoon and you probably shouldn't worry about it. | :A. It was either done on purpose or it's just a cartoon and you probably shouldn't worry about it. | ||
*''Q. What the crap is '[[fhqwhgads]]' from?'' | *''Q. What the crap is '[[fhqwhgads]]' from?'' | ||
- | :A. It's from the Strong Bad email called '[[i love you]]'. The Cheat also made a music video bout it. Check out the [[Powered by the Cheat]] section for that. | + | :A. It's from the Strong Bad email called '[[i love you]]'. The Cheat also made a [[Everybody to the Limit|music video]] bout it. Check out the [[Powered by the Cheat]] section for that. |
*''Q. Where are [[A_Jumping_Jack_Contest|Jumping Jacks]] and the [[Marshmallow's Last Stand|wrestling one]]?'' | *''Q. Where are [[A_Jumping_Jack_Contest|Jumping Jacks]] and the [[Marshmallow's Last Stand|wrestling one]]?'' | ||
:A. They were taken down temporarily. Much like [[Wikipedia:Frosty_the_Snowman|Frosty]], they'll be back again someday. | :A. They were taken down temporarily. Much like [[Wikipedia:Frosty_the_Snowman|Frosty]], they'll be back again someday. |
Revision as of 18:31, 21 February 2011
- This article is about the list of frequently asked questions on the official site. For frequently asked questions regarding the wiki itself, see HRWiki:FAQ.
The current Frequently Asked Questions, or FAQ, page for HomestarRunner.com, based on Highlights for Children.
Date: February 15, 2005
Page Title: FAQ - Ouch. What do you do?
Contents |
Contents
Other than the FAQs, the page also contains the following:
- A randomized "What's Wrong with This Mess?" puzzle on the inside cover
- A fill-in-the-blanks puzzle about the characters' eyes on page 12
- A set of static figures that you can place on a field background found on the last page. These figures are
- Homestar Runner
- Strong Bad
- Pom Pom
- Marzipan
- Strong Sad
- The Poopsmith
- A 1 Ton weight (hidden beneath Pom Pom)
- A chicken leg (hidden beneath Strong Sad)
FAQs
Cartoons & SB Emails
- Q. Are the emails Strong Bad answers real?
- Q. How do I get my Strong Bad email answered?
- A. Pure luck. (Or try renting 'Pure Luck' with Danny Glover and Martin Short.)
- Q. Is there gonna be a full-length Peasant's Quest movie or what?
- A. There already is one. Its 'full length' is 3 minutes.
- Q. Where are all the old emails and cartoons?
- A. Try the museum section. Just click on the H*R logo on any of the homepages. If you can't find a Strong Bad email, just use the sweet, sweet scroll buttons on the email menu to scroll down. Most of the emails mentioned in 'personal favorites' were made up, so don't look for those so much.
- Q. I noticed a mistake or inconsistency in one of your cartoons!! AHHH!
- A. It was either done on purpose or it's just a cartoon and you probably shouldn't worry about it.
- Q. What the crap is 'fhqwhgads' from?
- A. It's from the Strong Bad email called 'i love you'. The Cheat also made a music video bout it. Check out the Powered by the Cheat section for that.
- Q. Where are Jumping Jacks and the wrestling one?
- A. They were taken down temporarily. Much like Frosty, they'll be back again someday.
- Q. Why come the 'Joy of Painting' cartoon on the Toons menu don't work?
- A. Cause it's not a real cartoon. We just wanted to show Marzipan with an afro and a beard.
Video Games of Distinction
- Q. There is a bug in the Games menu. My score never goes up.
- A. The Games menu is a menu, not a real game. Try clicking on one of the ships to play a real game, some of which have working scoring systems.
- Q. I am stuck in Peasant's Quest or Thy Dungeonman. Help!
- A. Maybe search the web for walkthroughs or hints. That's what we do.
- Q. Super Kingio Bros. is too hard. I can't even clear the first jump.
- A. Keep trying. You might want to buy the Stragedy Guide.
- Q. Where can I buy the Super Kingio Bros. 'Stragedy Guide?'
- A. Keep trying. You might want to buy the Stragedy Guide strategy guide.
- Q. No seriously, what is the deal with Super Kingio Bros?
- A. Okay you caught us. It was meant as a joke and you can't play it beyond the first screen. You get the persistence prize.
- Q. Level 27 of Trogdor: Intentionally unbeatable?
- A. Non. Just broken. We fixed it just for you.
Products
- Q. Will there be more DVDs? Like, ones with other cartoons on em?
- A. Yeah! Totally. Totally yeah.
- Q. Are them puppets for sale?
- A. Nossir, they's one of kind.
- Q. I have questions about an order I placed or want to place. Who I talk to?
- A. Head on over to store.yahoo.com/homestarrunner and click on either 'Returns, Exchanges, and Refunds' or 'Customer Service and Order Processing.'
- Q. So wait, you guys make a living just by selling this crap?
- A. Yup. Merch sales are fortunately enough to support ourselves and the site. Rock, rock on.
Tech support
- Q. Who does your hosting?
- A. The fine folks at Caro.net. They set us up real nice.
- Q. Some cartoons or games won't load on my 'puter! What gives?
- A. Make sure you have the latest version of the Flash player from Adobe.com. That usually helps.
- Q. Your updates don't show up and I cleared my cache and hit refresh even!
- A. Your internet provider might need to refresh their DNS or something like that. Leastways, that's what we've been told.
- A. We use Windows machines except for video and DVD stuff. That's done on a Mac.
- Q. Who does the voices for your dumb animal characters?
- A. Matt does all the voices 'cept Marzipan, that's Missy. Mike does the voices when the Cheat makes his own cartoons.
- Q. How do you make your cartoons? Like what software and hardware?
- A. We draw and animate everything in Flash. We run a mic through a USB preamp and record sound in Adobe Audition (formerly Cool Edit Pro). Most of the music we make with old Casio keyboards or worse.
- Q. I need help making my own Flash cartoons. Any advice?
- A. Flashkit.com is a good resource for Flash help. Also, the 'Visual Quickstart Guide' series of books on Flash are great.
- Q. Will you link to my website?
- A. There's no real place for that sorta thing on our website. We link to a couple sites here and there but only when it's appropriate.
- Q. Can I hire you guys to make a special cartoon for me?
- A. Homestar keeps us busy enough that we don't have time for freelance or personalized stuff. Thanks for thinking of us though.
Puzzle Solutions
What's Wrong with This Mess?
The What's Wrong with This Mess? puzzle is randomized. Among the things that can be potentially wrong in the picture:
- Character head and/or body floating in the sky in upper-left
- Strong Bad's right arm replaced.
- Object in bushes that doesn't belong
- The King of Town's mustache
- The plug-socket under Strong Bad's computer desk
- Coach Z's Z
- A t-bone steak
- Population: Tire sign wrong
- Strong Sadia Likes: Corn
- Coach Z's Lot Pop: Tore
- Wrong Badia Pop: Type
- Stop Sign Top: Pire
- Super Place Pop: Mark
- Strong Sad's head has been replaced by another character's
- Character floating in upper-right, upside down
Fill-In-The-Blanks
These are the answers to the Fill In The Blanks puzzle:
Homestar | Pom Pom |
Marzipan | Strong Sad |
Marshie | Biscuit Dough Hands Man |
Easter Eggs
- The static figures can be rotated and scaled using the arrow keys.
- If you make the static figures too small, they will turn upside down and start getting bigger.
- If you hold control (command on a Mac) with the up or down arrow keys, you can stretch/skew the figures.
- If you hold shift with the up or down arrow keys, you can make the figures wider.
Fun Facts
Trivia
- The left side of the cover of the magazine reads "Picature by Audrey". She created the drawing, entitled The picnic, with colored pencils, and posted it to deviantART under the username Elfwyn.
- If you zoom in on the Strong Bad static figure, you will see a small hole by his neck.
- If you zoom in on the Strong Sad static figure, you will see a small hole between his legs.
- If you zoom in on the weight static figure, you will notice two small holes by the top ring.
- On the Poopsmith static figure, whatsit is on the tops, not the hands of his gloves.
- The static clings of the characters are stylized in comparison to the usual character templates.
- Most of the static cling versions can be reduced to the size of a pixel, with the exception of Strong Bad.
- The hosting information was updated on October 10, 2006, from Sagonet.com to Caro.net.
Goofs
- In the question about fhqwhgads, The Brothers Chaps forgot to capitalize "Powered by the Cheat", as "The" is part of The Cheat's name.
- Also, the eye puzzle treats Biscuitdoughhandsman's name as four words.
- In the "What's Wrong with This Mess?" picture with Strong Mad upside down in the top-left corner, Strong Mad's teeth are white unlike the light tan on the rest of the page.
- When highlighting with tab, there is a button outside the frame which does nothing.
Glitches
- If you drag a static cling on the page corner, the corner of the page will still show.
- This also happens if you zoom in on one too much.
Inside References
- The question "Who does the voices for your dumb animal characters?" is based on one of Mike's lines from the DVD video Sample of Style or one of Matt's lines from the 2003 Wired News Interview that preceded Sample of Style.
- The design of the characters and background for the static cling activity is based on the stylized "Everybody! Everybody!" Wallpaper in the Downloads section.
- "Rock, rock on" is the Cheat Commandos' slogan.
Real-World References
- The page title is a reference to the NES game The Goonies II, in which characters would respond with this Engrish phrase when attacked.
External Links
Preceded by: Email FAQ | Site FAQ Page 2005-Present | Succeeded by: N/A |