Icon References in Halloween Costumes
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During the Halloween toons, the characters dress up in costumes in which to go 'trick or treating'. More often than not, such costumes are of an icon or celebrity from the 1970s, 80s and 90s. As a result, at least one character per toon occasionally speaks in dialogue or lines (or moves around) that somehow pertains to his/her respective costume.
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Occurrences
Homestarloween Party
- Coach Z — Dressed as Flavor Flav of the rap group Public Enemy, Homestar comments on his costume by saying, "Coach Z is down with the PE". This is a reference to the group's song, "Burn Hollywood Burn", wherein guest-rapper Ice Cube raps "Ice Cube is down with the PE".
- The Cheat — Dressed as Garfield, he holds his teddy bear, Pooky, which is actually Garfield's own teddy bear.
- Strong Bad — Dressed as Carmen Miranda a famous actor from the 1940's.
- King of Town — Dressed as Captain Crunch a cereal mascot for a cereal of the same name.
- The Poopsmith — Dressed as Kevin Flynn from Tron.
The House That Gave Sucky Treats
- Coach Z — Dressed as Humpty Hump, the rap he performs is from Digital Underground's hit song, "The Humpty Dance," only Coach Z substitutes his own name for Humpty's.
- Strong Mad — Dressed as William "Refrigerator" Perry, he does a variation of that old prank phone call, "Is your refrigerator running?" In this case, he says, "Is your refrigerator perry running?"
- Marzipan — Dressed as Joey Ramone of the punk rock group, The Ramones, she says, "Hey ho, let's go!" This is part of the lyrics to their song, "Blitzkrieg Bop", and also both a reference and tribute to Joey after he died earlier in 2001.
- Homsar — Dressed as Popeye comic strip character, J. Wellington Wimpy, who really adores hamburgers, he says, "I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for some candy today." This is a parody of Wimpy's catch phrase, "I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today," only Homsar substitutes "some candy" for "a hamburger".
- Strong Bad — Dressed as Carmen Sandiego, he says, "Where in the world is my candy?" This is a reference to the computer game and TV show that features Carmen, "Where In the World Is Carmen Sandiego?"
Pumpkin Carve-nival
- The King of Town — Dressed as famous video game character Mario, he comments that he is a video game (which Marzipan wouldn't know, since she doesn't play video games). Later, after Homestar (or rather, Strong Bad dressed up as Homestar) gives him a worst prize, he laments, "Sorry, king, but our princess is in another castle." This is a reference to the first Super Mario Bros. game, in which, after clearing each level (prior to the eighth and final level), the mushroom people Mario saves say, "Thank you, Mario. But our princess is in another castle!"
3 Times Halloween Funjob
- The King of Town — Dressed as the Hamburglar, he says that he is "dressed to 'hamburgle'" and even utters the Hamburglar's catchphrase, "Robble-robble!"
- Stinkoman — Dressed as Speed Racer, he declares that he's "a demon on wheels". This is directly lifted from the show's theme song, which also describes the title protagonist as "a demon on wheels".
- Strong Mad — Dressed as Magnum P.I., he bellows "Higgins!", who is actually Tom Selleck's boss on that show.
- Strong Sad — Dressed as David Byrne, leader of new wave group Talking Heads, he says, "This is not my beautiful house! This is not my beautiful wife!" These are lyrics from the song, "Once In a Lifetime," by Talking Heads.
- The Poopsmith — Dressed as Street Fighter character, M. Bison, he performs a flaming maneuver. This is actually M. Bison's Psycho Crusher attack.
Halloween Fairstival
- Strong Bad — Dressed as the Joker, he calls his posse his "bad pennies", which is what the Joker calls his henchmen. Later, at the end, he says, "Hello, kiddies, a-meet the Joker!"
- Homsar — Dressed as Kumar from the movie Bottle Rocket, he says one of the character's most famous lines, "AaAaAa... I blew it, man! I just lost my touch."
- The King of Town — Dressed as the Mayor from the movie The Nightmare Before Christmas, he turns his head around to show a second face with a blue tint and difference expression. The Mayor in the movie changes his face around when his mood changes.
- Homestar Runner — Dressed as Carl Spackler from the movie Caddyshack, Homestar comments, "So I got that going for me. Which is nice." This was a line spoken by Spackler in that movie.
- Marzipan — Dressed as Willie Nelson, Strong Bad notices this by saying to her, "Hey Marzi, I just can't wait for you to get on the road again... and get hit by a schoolbus." The first part of this line is a reference to Nelson's song, appropriately titled "On the Road Again."
Halloween Potion-ma-jig
- Strong Bad — Dressed as Jambi the Genie from Pee-wee's Playhouse, he says to The Cheat about Homestar, "Meka-leka-hi-meka-The Cheat, throw a TV on him...ho." This is a reference to Jambi's favorite incantation, "Meka-leka-hi-meka-hiney-ho." Later, when asked of what he is supposed to be, Strong Bad says he's Jambi and even says another of the character's signature lines to prove it: "Wish? Did somebody say 'wish'?"
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