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==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
- | *[[Pumpkin Carve-nival]] — [[Bubs]] gets awarded a "NOT LAST" ribbon for his pumpkin. | + | *[[Pumpkin Carve-nival]] — [[Bubs]] gets awarded a "'''NOT LAST'''" ribbon for his [[pumpkin]]. |
- | *Email [[personal favorites]] — The [[Grape-Nuts Robot]] has a "Not New!" sticker. | + | *Email [[unused emails]] — In an Easter egg, one of the unused emails seen in the middle stack of emails is signed "YOUR '''NOT BIGGEST FAN''', EVAN". |
+ | *Email [[personal favorites]] — The [[Grape-Nuts Robot]] has a "'''Not New'''!" sticker. | ||
**The label reappears in [[specially marked]] on a box of [[Cheat Commandos...O's]]. | **The label reappears in [[specially marked]] on a box of [[Cheat Commandos...O's]]. | ||
- | *[[Ballad of the Sneak]] — The Sneak does the Hully Gully on a barrel that was specified "Not the Panama Canal". | + | *[[Ballad of the Sneak]] — The Sneak does the Hully Gully on a [[barrel]] that was specified to be "'''Not the Panama Canal'''". |
- | *Email [[kids' book]] — Strong Bad finishes the book with "no two people are not on | + | *Email [[kids' book]] — Strong Bad finishes the book with "no two people are '''not on [[fire]]'''." |
- | + | *[[Thy Dungeonman]] — One of the exits is "'''Not [[Dennis]]'''". | |
- | *[[Thy Dungeonman]] — One of the exits is "Not [[Dennis]]". | + | *Email [[other days]] — Strong Bad's calendar shows he has "'''NOT swim practice'''!" scheduled for Saturday. |
- | *Email [[other days]] — Strong Bad's calendar shows he has "NOT swim practice!" scheduled for Saturday. | + | *Email [[old comics]] — Strong Bad claims that the reason for needing two authors for [[The Castlefunnies]] was: "one to '''not think of something funny''', and the other to think of something '''not funny'''." |
- | *Email [[old comics]] — Strong Bad claims that | + | *Email [[the facts]] — [[Strong Mad]]'s "[[floppy disk container]]" drawn on a [[cardboard box]] was originally labeled "'''NOT CAR PARTS'''". |
- | *Email [[the facts]] — | + | *[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 12.2]] — [[Marzipan]] leaves herself a prank call, claiming to be "'''Not Marzipan'''". |
- | *[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 12.2]] — [[Marzipan]] leaves herself a prank call, claiming to be "Not Marzipan". | + | *Email [[bottom 10]] — |
- | *Email [[bottom 10]] — Strong Bad describes dry T-shirt contests as a "waste of not water". He | + | **Strong Bad describes dry T-shirt contests as a "waste of '''not water'''". |
- | *Email [[highschool]] — Strong Bad concludes with the score report "Strong Bad Emails: 1, Not Strong Bad Emails: 0." Baby Coach Z is playing with a | + | **He says that the number 5 item on his bottom 10 is "'''not pigeons'''". |
- | *[[Kid Speedy]] — Completing the game awards the player with a message saying, "YOU GOT NOT DEAD LAST!" | + | *Email [[geddup noise]] — After the "The Git Outcha-Seat Sound" clip, Strong Bad claims it to be "'''not nu— anything'''". |
- | *Email [[theme song]] — It bugs Strong Bad that the emailer's face "doesn't have a not tons of acne". | + | *Email [[highschool]] — |
- | *Email [[trading cards]] — Strong Bad thinks [[Trading Cards|trading cards]] are "the biggest waste of not a video game on the planet". | + | **Strong Bad concludes with the score report "Strong Bad Emails: 1, '''Not Strong Bad Emails''': 0." |
- | *[[Fan | + | **Baby Coach Z is playing with a cardboard box that reads "'''Not A Ball'''". |
- | *Email [[looking old]] — Strong Bad asks "What am I not paying you people for?" | + | *[[Kid Speedy]] — Completing the game awards the player with a message saying, "YOU GOT '''NOT DEAD LAST'''!" |
- | <!-- Please do not add "are you ever not running out of ink" from mini-golf. It is grammatically normal. | + | *Email [[theme song]] — It bugs Strong Bad that the emailer's face "doesn't have a '''not tons of [[acne]]'''". |
- | *[[Jibblies 2]] — | + | *Email [[trading cards]] — Strong Bad thinks [[Trading Cards|trading cards]] are "the biggest waste of '''not a video game''' on the planet". |
- | *[[Toikey TV]] — Strong Bad wants to watch "not football". | + | *[[Fan Costumes '06]] — Strong Bad comments on a [[Homestar Runner]] costume saying, "Yes, a little chicken wire and papier mâché goes '''not a very long, long way'''." |
- | *Email [[business trip]] — The Cheat gets promoted to "Junior Executive Of Not Having To Go On Pointless Business Trips". | + | *Email [[looking old]] — Strong Bad asks, "What am I '''not paying you people''' for?" |
- | *Email [[diorama]] — Strong Bad reads the email sender's location, "Charlotte, N.C.", as "Charlotte, Not Charlotte". | + | <!-- Please do not add "are you ever not running out of ink" from mini-golf. It is grammatically normal. --> |
- | *Email [[nightlife]] — [[Strong Sad]] talks about busting out some fresh not dancing, to which Marzipan responds that she plans to bust out some fresh not hanging out with Strong Sad. | + | *[[Jibblies 2]] — Homestar tells Marzipan he's "busy '''not answering the phone'''", and eventually becomes done "'''not answering the phone'''". |
- | *Email [[environment]] — Strong Bad explains his most significant contribution to the environment by saying, "Every day I wake up and the first thing I do is NOT drop a piano on Marzipan's head." He | + | *[[Toikey TV]] — |
- | *Email [[buried]] — Strong Bad's business card refers to him as "Your Friendly Neighborhood Not-The-Police". | + | **Strong Bad wants to watch "'''not football'''". |
- | *[[SBCG4AP Dev Blog]] [[ | + | **[[The King of Town]] decries the dangers of "'''not fried turkeys'''". |
- | *Email [[love poems]] — Homestar's acrostic poem has the A in Marzipan stand for "not-organic apples" | + | *Email [[business trip]] — [[The Cheat]] gets promoted to "Junior Executive Of '''Not Having To Go On Pointless Business Trips'''". |
- | *Email [[magic trick]] — Strong Bad | + | *Email [[diorama]] — Strong Bad reads the email sender's location, "Charlotte, N.C.", as "Charlotte, '''Not Charlotte'''". |
- | *[[Homestar Ruiner]] — When Strong Bad finds a [[Teen Girl Squad]] card near the [[Race Track]] with the [[Taranchula Black Metal Detector]], he remarks, "Another Teen Girl Squad idea card, another totally not metal object." | + | *Email [[nightlife]] — [[Strong Sad]] talks about busting out some fresh '''not dancing''', to which Marzipan responds that she plans to bust out some fresh '''not hanging out''' with Strong Sad. |
- | *[[Strong Badia the Free]] — The newsreel reporter notes Strong Sad's display of "not courage" when Strong Bad conquers the Bleak House. | + | *Email [[environment]] — |
- | *Email [[email thunder]] — Strong Bad says he's "almost not totally disgusted" by [[The Poopsmith]] singing. | + | **Strong Bad explains his most significant contribution to the environment by saying, "Every day I wake up and the first thing I do is '''NOT drop a piano''' on Marzipan's head." |
- | *[[8-Bit is Enough]] — Strong Bad asks Gel-arshie why he's just standing around not not loafing. | + | **He admits that he's rescued greenhouse gases by "'''not mortally wounding ol' Marzipole'''". |
- | *[[Hremail 62]] — Homestar says that his brellow crayon can draw not quite hornets. | + | *Email [[buried]] — Strong Bad's business card refers to him as "Your Friendly Neighborhood '''Not-The-Police'''". |
- | *[[Where U Goin' 2]] — Marzipan's choir is labeled "not dumb" on a chalkboard. | + | *[[SBCG4AP Dev Blog]] ([[SBCG4AP Dev Blog#New Screenshots!|24 Apr 2008]]) — Strong Bad's "Currently Playing" field of the post was "'''Not [[MS Paint]]'''". |
- | + | *Email [[love poems]] — Homestar's acrostic poem has the A in Marzipan stand for "'''not-organic''' apples". | |
+ | *Email [[magic trick]] — Strong Bad describes "flowy-sleeved" magicians as having "really '''not a lot of magic'''." | ||
+ | *[[Homestar Ruiner]] — | ||
+ | **When Strong Bad finds a [[Teen Girl Squad]] card near the [[Race Track]] with the [[Taranchula Black Metal Detector]], he remarks, "Another Teen Girl Squad idea card, another totally '''not metal object'''." | ||
+ | **Strong Bad boasts that the winner of the Free Country, USA Tri-Annual Race to the End of the Race was actually himself in a "'''not-from-Marzipan's-float'''" Homestar disguise. | ||
+ | *[[Strong Badia the Free]] — The newsreel reporter notes Strong Sad's display of "'''not courage'''" when Strong Bad conquers the Bleak House. | ||
+ | *Email [[email thunder]] — | ||
+ | **Strong Bad says he's "almost '''not totally disgusted'''" by [[The Poopsmith]] singing. | ||
+ | **Later, Strong Bad asks Homestar for a tour of his "'''not-in-front-of-your-computer'''". | ||
+ | **During a [[Review Revue|review]], Strong Sad tells the viewers to "be sure and '''not check out [his] [[Strong Sad's Lament|blog]]'''". | ||
+ | *[[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]] — If [[Dangeresque (character)|Dangeresque]] inspects one of the city limit signs, he'll say that that direction is "'''too not dangerous''' enough for [him] to bother with". | ||
+ | *[[8-Bit is Enough]] — Strong Bad asks [[Gel-arshie]] why he's just standing around '''not not loafing'''. | ||
+ | *[[Hremail 62]] — Homestar says that his [[brellow crayon]] can draw '''not quite hornets'''. | ||
+ | *[[Where U Goin' 2]] — Marzipan's choir is labeled "'''not dumb'''" on a chalkboard. | ||
+ | *[[Poker Night at the Inventory]] — Upon being eliminated from play, Strong Bad may say, "Well, that was a quivering pile of '''not fun'''." | ||
+ | *[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2]] — After leaving depressing messages on the [[PhoneTime XL8|answering machine]], Strong Sad says "Take that, '''not-depressing''' Strong Sad!" | ||
+ | *[[Fan Costumes 2017]] — The game cartridge for Xeliogravius IV says "'''Not a [[total]] rip-off'''!" | ||
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===Non X=== | ===Non X=== | ||
- | *Email [[flashback]] — Strong Bad says that if Homestar lived in the [[house of the Brothers Strong]] he'd have less non-broken bones. | + | *Email [[flashback]] — Strong Bad says that if Homestar lived in the [[house of the Brothers Strong]], he'd have less '''non-broken bones'''. |
- | *Email [[pop-up]] — Strong Bad claims that pop-up books supply | + | *Email [[pop-up]] — Strong Bad claims that pop-up books supply The Cheats and four-year-olds with seconds of '''non-ripped-apart fun'''. |
- | *Email [[web comics]] — Strong Bad advises the creators of video game comics, "when your pixel comic's not funny, MS Paint your way to a non-punchline!" | + | *Email [[web comics]] — Strong Bad advises the creators of video game comics, "when your pixel comic's not funny, MS Paint your way to a '''non-punchline'''!" |
- | *[[8-Bit is Enough]] — One of the rankings in the game is called "Non-Lame Movie Tie-In". | + | *Email [[licensed]] — One of the knock-off DVDs that has a generic title is "Jungle Animals in Decidedly '''Non-Jungle Situations'''". |
+ | *[[8-Bit is Enough]] — One of the rankings in the game is called "'''Non-Lame''' Movie Tie-In". | ||
== See Also == | == See Also == | ||
*[[Nondescript Nouns]] | *[[Nondescript Nouns]] | ||
*[[Integral Article]] | *[[Integral Article]] | ||
+ | *[[Multiple Negatives]] | ||
- | [[Category: | + | [[Category:Variable word running gags]] |
[[Category:Lists]] | [[Category:Lists]] |
Revision as of 02:50, 15 June 2019
The description Not X (where "X" can be anything) is sometimes used in odd ways or contexts. It is often used in the context of "something other than".
Appearances
- Pumpkin Carve-nival — Bubs gets awarded a "NOT LAST" ribbon for his pumpkin.
- Email unused emails — In an Easter egg, one of the unused emails seen in the middle stack of emails is signed "YOUR NOT BIGGEST FAN, EVAN".
- Email personal favorites — The Grape-Nuts Robot has a "Not New!" sticker.
- The label reappears in specially marked on a box of Cheat Commandos...O's.
- Ballad of the Sneak — The Sneak does the Hully Gully on a barrel that was specified to be "Not the Panama Canal".
- Email kids' book — Strong Bad finishes the book with "no two people are not on fire."
- Thy Dungeonman — One of the exits is "Not Dennis".
- Email other days — Strong Bad's calendar shows he has "NOT swim practice!" scheduled for Saturday.
- Email old comics — Strong Bad claims that the reason for needing two authors for The Castlefunnies was: "one to not think of something funny, and the other to think of something not funny."
- Email the facts — Strong Mad's "floppy disk container" drawn on a cardboard box was originally labeled "NOT CAR PARTS".
- Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 12.2 — Marzipan leaves herself a prank call, claiming to be "Not Marzipan".
- Email bottom 10 —
- Strong Bad describes dry T-shirt contests as a "waste of not water".
- He says that the number 5 item on his bottom 10 is "not pigeons".
- Email geddup noise — After the "The Git Outcha-Seat Sound" clip, Strong Bad claims it to be "not nu— anything".
- Email highschool —
- Strong Bad concludes with the score report "Strong Bad Emails: 1, Not Strong Bad Emails: 0."
- Baby Coach Z is playing with a cardboard box that reads "Not A Ball".
- Kid Speedy — Completing the game awards the player with a message saying, "YOU GOT NOT DEAD LAST!"
- Email theme song — It bugs Strong Bad that the emailer's face "doesn't have a not tons of acne".
- Email trading cards — Strong Bad thinks trading cards are "the biggest waste of not a video game on the planet".
- Fan Costumes '06 — Strong Bad comments on a Homestar Runner costume saying, "Yes, a little chicken wire and papier mâché goes not a very long, long way."
- Email looking old — Strong Bad asks, "What am I not paying you people for?"
- Jibblies 2 — Homestar tells Marzipan he's "busy not answering the phone", and eventually becomes done "not answering the phone".
- Toikey TV —
- Strong Bad wants to watch "not football".
- The King of Town decries the dangers of "not fried turkeys".
- Email business trip — The Cheat gets promoted to "Junior Executive Of Not Having To Go On Pointless Business Trips".
- Email diorama — Strong Bad reads the email sender's location, "Charlotte, N.C.", as "Charlotte, Not Charlotte".
- Email nightlife — Strong Sad talks about busting out some fresh not dancing, to which Marzipan responds that she plans to bust out some fresh not hanging out with Strong Sad.
- Email environment —
- Strong Bad explains his most significant contribution to the environment by saying, "Every day I wake up and the first thing I do is NOT drop a piano on Marzipan's head."
- He admits that he's rescued greenhouse gases by "not mortally wounding ol' Marzipole".
- Email buried — Strong Bad's business card refers to him as "Your Friendly Neighborhood Not-The-Police".
- SBCG4AP Dev Blog (24 Apr 2008) — Strong Bad's "Currently Playing" field of the post was "Not MS Paint".
- Email love poems — Homestar's acrostic poem has the A in Marzipan stand for "not-organic apples".
- Email magic trick — Strong Bad describes "flowy-sleeved" magicians as having "really not a lot of magic."
- Homestar Ruiner —
- When Strong Bad finds a Teen Girl Squad card near the Race Track with the Taranchula Black Metal Detector, he remarks, "Another Teen Girl Squad idea card, another totally not metal object."
- Strong Bad boasts that the winner of the Free Country, USA Tri-Annual Race to the End of the Race was actually himself in a "not-from-Marzipan's-float" Homestar disguise.
- Strong Badia the Free — The newsreel reporter notes Strong Sad's display of "not courage" when Strong Bad conquers the Bleak House.
- Email email thunder —
- Strong Bad says he's "almost not totally disgusted" by The Poopsmith singing.
- Later, Strong Bad asks Homestar for a tour of his "not-in-front-of-your-computer".
- During a review, Strong Sad tells the viewers to "be sure and not check out [his] blog".
- Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective — If Dangeresque inspects one of the city limit signs, he'll say that that direction is "too not dangerous enough for [him] to bother with".
- 8-Bit is Enough — Strong Bad asks Gel-arshie why he's just standing around not not loafing.
- Hremail 62 — Homestar says that his brellow crayon can draw not quite hornets.
- Where U Goin' 2 — Marzipan's choir is labeled "not dumb" on a chalkboard.
- Poker Night at the Inventory — Upon being eliminated from play, Strong Bad may say, "Well, that was a quivering pile of not fun."
- Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2 — After leaving depressing messages on the answering machine, Strong Sad says "Take that, not-depressing Strong Sad!"
- Fan Costumes 2017 — The game cartridge for Xeliogravius IV says "Not a total rip-off!"
Non X
- Email flashback — Strong Bad says that if Homestar lived in the house of the Brothers Strong, he'd have less non-broken bones.
- Email pop-up — Strong Bad claims that pop-up books supply The Cheats and four-year-olds with seconds of non-ripped-apart fun.
- Email web comics — Strong Bad advises the creators of video game comics, "when your pixel comic's not funny, MS Paint your way to a non-punchline!"
- Email licensed — One of the knock-off DVDs that has a generic title is "Jungle Animals in Decidedly Non-Jungle Situations".
- 8-Bit is Enough — One of the rankings in the game is called "Non-Lame Movie Tie-In".