Multiple Negatives
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(the way i understand it, it has to be at least 3 to count on this list. "ix-nay on the" can be one, cut it out can be one, but that's only two. although it is awfully convoluted; maybe it should count) |
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| - | Occasionally, a character will use '''three or more negatives'''. | + | [[Image:sbemail59picture.png|thumb|"Do you don't not dislike not Strong Bad?"]] |
| + | Occasionally in the [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] body of work, a character, most often [[Strong Bad]], will use '''three or more negatives'''. | ||
==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
| - | *Email [[50 emails]] — | + | *Email [[50 emails]] — Strong Bad says, "Don't nobody go nowheres," when interrupted by a phone call. |
*Email [[marzipan]] — Strong Bad says to [[Marzipan]], "Do you don't not dislike not Strong Bad?" | *Email [[marzipan]] — Strong Bad says to [[Marzipan]], "Do you don't not dislike not Strong Bad?" | ||
| - | *Email [[english paper]] — Strong Bad says, "Can't nobody say Strong Bad did nothing for the [[peoples]]." | + | **While he was trying to mean "Do you like me?", he more accurately said "Do you dislike everyone but me?" without explicitly asking if she liked him. |
| + | *Email [[english paper]] — Strong Bad says, "Can't nobody say Strong Bad never did nothing for the [[peoples]]." | ||
| + | *[[Lookin' at a Thing in a Bag]] — [[Bubs]] says to [[Homestar Runner]], "I don't... know nothing about nothing." | ||
*Email [[suntan]] — Strong Bad says to the sun, "Don't pull no punches neither." | *Email [[suntan]] — Strong Bad says to the sun, "Don't pull no punches neither." | ||
| - | + | *[[Peasant's Quest]] — | |
| - | + | **Giving something to [[Jhonka]] results in him replying with, "Don't need nothing from no filthy [[peasants]]es!!" | |
| + | **The [[innkeeper]]'s generic response to being asked about something is, "I don't know nothing about no whatever you just said." | ||
| + | *Email [[rock opera]] — Strong Bad tells [[The Cheat]] to "ix-nay on the cut-it-out-throwing-roses-at-me-may", which is a mix of double negatives and Pig Latin. | ||
| + | *[[The King of Town's Very Own Quite Popular Cartoon Show!]] — [[The King of Town]] says to [[The Poopsmith]], "Don't forget to forget to wash your hands." | ||
| + | *[[Strong Badia the Free]] — If Strong Bad tries to use his [[BMW Lighter|lighter]] on someone, he'll say, "I'd love to see him not not on fire, but not not not now." | ||
| + | *[[Place ya bets!]] — Homestar says to [[the Deleteheads]], "I dunno nuttin' about nuttin'!" | ||
| + | *[[Haunted Photo Booth]] — [[Coach Z]] says of a "handlebrah [[Mustaches|mustache]]", "these things'll never not ironically be unironically... always..." before trailing off. | ||
{{incomplete list}} | {{incomplete list}} | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
| - | [[Deliberately Poor English]] | + | *[[Deliberately Poor English]] |
| + | *[[Not X]] | ||
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[[Category:Variable word running gags]] | [[Category:Variable word running gags]] | ||
Revision as of 06:48, 22 January 2019
Occasionally in the Homestar Runner body of work, a character, most often Strong Bad, will use three or more negatives.
Appearances
- Email 50 emails — Strong Bad says, "Don't nobody go nowheres," when interrupted by a phone call.
- Email marzipan — Strong Bad says to Marzipan, "Do you don't not dislike not Strong Bad?"
- While he was trying to mean "Do you like me?", he more accurately said "Do you dislike everyone but me?" without explicitly asking if she liked him.
- Email english paper — Strong Bad says, "Can't nobody say Strong Bad never did nothing for the peoples."
- Lookin' at a Thing in a Bag — Bubs says to Homestar Runner, "I don't... know nothing about nothing."
- Email suntan — Strong Bad says to the sun, "Don't pull no punches neither."
- Peasant's Quest —
- Giving something to Jhonka results in him replying with, "Don't need nothing from no filthy peasantses!!"
- The innkeeper's generic response to being asked about something is, "I don't know nothing about no whatever you just said."
- Email rock opera — Strong Bad tells The Cheat to "ix-nay on the cut-it-out-throwing-roses-at-me-may", which is a mix of double negatives and Pig Latin.
- The King of Town's Very Own Quite Popular Cartoon Show! — The King of Town says to The Poopsmith, "Don't forget to forget to wash your hands."
- Strong Badia the Free — If Strong Bad tries to use his lighter on someone, he'll say, "I'd love to see him not not on fire, but not not not now."
- Place ya bets! — Homestar says to the Deleteheads, "I dunno nuttin' about nuttin'!"
- Haunted Photo Booth — Coach Z says of a "handlebrah mustache", "these things'll never not ironically be unironically... always..." before trailing off.
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