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*Email [[strong badathlon]] — The poster for the "Homestar vs. Homestar?" fight says the match is available on '''Paper View'''! | *Email [[strong badathlon]] — The poster for the "Homestar vs. Homestar?" fight says the match is available on '''Paper View'''! | ||
*Email [[your funeral]] — Strong Bad is buried in a '''Coughin'''. | *Email [[your funeral]] — Strong Bad is buried in a '''Coughin'''. | ||
- | *Email [[more armies]] — | + | *Email [[more armies]] — Strong Bad holds up a '''Bro, Sure!''' at his [[On Point Kings]] booth. Inside, it mentions their '''fourfathers'''. |
*[[Rap Song]] — Music plays from a '''Mick's''' Tape. | *[[Rap Song]] — Music plays from a '''Mick's''' Tape. | ||
*[[Happy Dethemberween]] — The high pitched singers are singing from book called "'''Hims'''." | *[[Happy Dethemberween]] — The high pitched singers are singing from book called "'''Hims'''." |
Revision as of 01:07, 4 April 2009
Sometimes when text appears in a cartoon or game, a word that would be expected is replaced by a homophone, a word that is pronounced the same, but has a different spelling and meaning.
Appearances
- Thorax Corporation — There are various examples of homophones across the site. The list is as follows:
- "Our Gentle Staph" (The Page Title)
- "[...] we can't weight!" (Second pop-up)
- "Take the Rode less haggled with LEG DELABOR!" (Leg's "Path's to Total Stardom" page)
- "We don't want to waist our time or yours so we'll get ride to the point." (PROGRAM CONGRATULATION(TM)(R)(C))
- "The water cooler just down the hall from my ofice-cubikle provides me now with great sustenance and pried." (Sted Delabor's page)
- The King of Town DVD — The page title for the commentary reads "The King of Town Common Tation".
- In Search of the Yello Dello — The page title for the commentary reads "YELLO-DELLO COMMON TATERS".
- Email dullard — Dullard has "THE BEST BOSS IN THE WHOLE WHIRLED."
- Malloween Commercial — Homestar offers the trick-or-treating Marshie CAN D.
- Email couch patch — The Poopsmith wears a Has Matt? suit.
- Email colonization — The book on the history of Strong Badia shows the area as "The Neu Wirlde".
- Stinkoman 20X6 — FLASH 7 OR HIRE REQUIRED. This is also an example of deliberately poor English.
- Email garage sale — The can of peas that Senor Cardgage buys reads "Canopys."
- Sick Day — Strong Bad's box of tissues is labeled "Tish, You!"
- Thy Dungeonman 3 — A veggie cart dude says, "Visualize whirled peas."
- Email coloring — Marzipan's class is known as "L.U.R.N.."
- Email strong badathlon — The poster for the "Homestar vs. Homestar?" fight says the match is available on Paper View!
- Email your funeral — Strong Bad is buried in a Coughin.
- Email more armies — Strong Bad holds up a Bro, Sure! at his On Point Kings booth. Inside, it mentions their fourfathers.
- Rap Song — Music plays from a Mick's Tape.
- Happy Dethemberween — The high pitched singers are singing from book called "Hims."
- Email specially marked — Corn Krunch is IOWA GROAN, the oatmeal cereal box calls the cereal OH! T'MEEL, and Chocolate Breakfast Candy Bar Pops are "PART OF THIS NEW, TRITIOUS BREAKFAST".
- Most in the Graveyard — The page title reads "Ketchup Fountain SOUL'd Separately".
- 4 Gregs — Sci-Fi Greg says "halftime" as "Halph-Thyme".