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- | The '''Old-Timey''' era (also referred to as the '''1936''' era) is the collective name for the [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] [[Toons|toons]] said to have been made in the [[Wikipedia:1930s|1930s]]; they are in essence a pastiche or tribute to [[Wikipedia:The Golden Age of American animation|the cartoons of the time]]. The toons are in black and white and have intentionally sloppy edits, a grainy and scratched appearance, and a soundtrack filled with static and pops. The characters look different from their modern-day counterparts, and often have different personae, much in the way that the characters in the earliest [[Wikipedia:Mickey Mouse|Mickey Mouse]] and [[Looney Tunes]] cartoons are noticeably different from later incarnations. | + | The '''Old-Timey''' era (also referred to as the '''1936''' era) is the collective name for the [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] [[Toons|toons]] said to have been made in the [[Wikipedia:1930s|1930s]]; they are in essence a pastiche or tribute to [[Wikipedia:The Golden Age of American animation|the cartoons of the time]]. The toons are in black and white and have intentionally sloppy edits, a grainy and scratched appearance, and a soundtrack filled with static and pops. The characters look and sound different from their modern-day counterparts, and often have different personae, much in the way that the characters in the earliest [[Wikipedia:Mickey Mouse|Mickey Mouse]] and [[Looney Tunes]] cartoons are noticeably different from later incarnations. |
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==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
===Full Cartoons=== | ===Full Cartoons=== | ||
- | *[[Kick the Can]] | + | *[[Kick the Can]] - a series of shorts featuring The Homestar Runner kicking his "can of water soup" |
- | + | *[[Parsnips A-Plenty]] - old timey version of [[The Reddest Radish]] | |
- | *[[Parsnips A-Plenty]] | + | *[[Ballad of The Sneak]] - old timey version of [[The Cheat Theme Song]] |
- | *[[Ballad of The Sneak]] | + | *[[Mr. Shmallow (toon)|Mr. Shmallow]] - old timey version of [[Meet Marshie]] |
- | *[[Mr. Shmallow (toon)|Mr. Shmallow]] | + | *[[That A Ghost]] - old timey Halloween special |
- | *[[That | + | *[[Main Page 10]] - old timey main page |
- | *[[Sickly Sam's Big Outing]] | + | *[[Sickly Sam's Big Outing]] - old timey Valentine's special |
===Segments=== | ===Segments=== | ||
- | + | *Email [[little animal]] — In an Easter egg, Old-Timey Strong Bad gets in a never ending chase by Strong Man. | |
- | *Email [[little animal]] | + | *Email [[50 emails]] — In an Easter egg, there is segment where Old-Timey Strong Bad, along with The Sneak, answer "The Electronic Message." |
- | *Email [[50 emails]] | + | *[[20X6 vs. 1936]] — The Homestar Runner is featured throughout the toon. |
- | *[[20X6 vs. 1936]] | + | *Email [[2 emails]] — In an Easter egg, Old-Timey Strong Bad has a segment about "Uncle Strong Bad's Flavor Taste Style Chewing Powders." |
- | *Email [[2 emails]] | + | *Email [[flashback]] — In an Easter egg, there is a segment in which Old-Timey Strong Bad sends a message in his telegraph machine. |
- | *Email [[flashback]] | + | *Email [[radio]] — Old-Timey Strong Bad provides one of the examples of different types of radio broadcasts. There is also a follow-up to this in an Easter egg. |
- | *Email [[radio]] | + | *Email [[highschool]] — In an Easter egg, The Homestar Runner, Old-Timey Strong Bad, Sickly Sam, and Don Knotts have a short segment in Ancient Rome. |
- | *Email [[ | + | *[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 13.2]] — The Homestar Runner and Old-Timey Strong Bad leave messages on Marzipan's answering machine. |
- | *[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 13.2]] | + | *Email [[alternate universe]] — Old-Timey Strong Bad is featured in many places throughout the email. |
- | *Email [[alternate universe]] | + | *Email [[4 branches]] — The Homestar Runner, Old-Timey Strong Bad, and Rumble Red have a segment about [[Polymascotfoamalate]]. |
- | *Email [[4 branches]] | + | *[[Decemberween Short Shorts]] — The Homestar Runner, Old-Timey Marzipan, and Rumble Red have a segment about Decemberween. |
- | *[[Decemberween Short Shorts]] | + | *Email [[pet show]] — In an Easter egg, The Sneak wins a "Plague Show" for "having more infectious diseases than any other vermin" there. |
- | *Email [[pet show]] | + | |
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== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
- | + | :''Main article: [[Characters#Old-Timey|Characters]]'' | |
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The following lists every Old-Timey character with their modern counterpart in parentheses. Some characters do not have modern counterparts. | The following lists every Old-Timey character with their modern counterpart in parentheses. Some characters do not have modern counterparts. | ||
* [[The Homestar Runner]] ([[Homestar Runner]]) | * [[The Homestar Runner]] ([[Homestar Runner]]) | ||
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* [[Rumble Red]] | * [[Rumble Red]] | ||
* [[Dee]] | * [[Dee]] | ||
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==Dates== | ==Dates== | ||
- | As far as we know, all of the toons in this style take place in the 1930s, although only three of them are dated. Kick the Can, Parsnips A Plenty, and That | + | As far as we know, all of the toons in this style take place in the 1930s, although only three of them are dated. Kick the Can, Parsnips A Plenty, and That A Ghost are labeled 1933, 1936, and 1937, respectively. The early "1933" toons did not have voices and were much more cartoony than the later Old-Timey cartoons, with heads coming off, body-parts changing and characters flying away, among other things. (See the [[Old-Timey Other Costumes|variants]] from ''Kick the Can''.) Toons released in later years featured voices and were more realistic (if only slightly). |
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==References To Other Periods== | ==References To Other Periods== | ||
- | There are also some references to | + | There are also some references to pre-1930s and post-1930s years. This could mean that the Brothers Chaps did not intend necessarily to limit it to just referencing the thirties. |
- | === | + | ===19th Century=== |
- | *Email [[ | + | *Email [[flashback]] — Old-Timey Strong Bad has once been seen using a [[Wikipedia:telegraph|telegraph]]. |
- | === | + | ===Aughts=== |
- | * | + | *[[Kick the Can]] — [[Wikipedia: The Entertainer (rag)|The Entertainer]] plays in the background of each segment. |
- | *[[Ballad of the Sneak]] | + | *[[Ballad of the Sneak]] — The Sneak flies the [[Wikipedia: Wright Brothers|Wright Brothers]] plane. |
- | === | + | ===Tens=== |
- | *[[ | + | *[[The Kaiser]] — His design is a reference to German totalitarianism. |
- | *[[ | + | *[[Sickly Sam's Big Outing]] — The toon is animated as an experimental color film. |
- | === | + | ===Twenties=== |
- | *[[ | + | *[[Parsnips-A-Plenty]] — The toon is summarized as "the first Homestar Runner [[Wikipedia:talkie|talkie]]". |
- | *[[ | + | *[[That a Ghost]] — Fat Dudley sneaking some alcohol references [[Wikipedia: Prohibition in the United States|Prohibition]]. |
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- | === | + | ===Forties=== |
- | *[[Parsnips-A-Plenty]] | + | *[[Parsnips-A-Plenty]] (Easter Egg) — The "Buy US Soup Bonds" ad is a reference to buying bonds for [[Wikipedia: World War II|World War II]]. |
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- | === | + | ===Fifties=== |
- | *[[ | + | *[[Ballad of the Sneak]] — Characters dance the [[Wikipedia: Hully Gully|Hully Gully]]. |
+ | *[[Mr. Shmallow (toon)]] — The "look lively" scene features period fashion and science fiction. | ||
+ | *Email [[4 branches]] — The Homestar Runner referrs to Rumble Red as a "communist fool" is a reference to the second [[Wikipedia: Red Scare|Red Scare]]. | ||
- | === | + | ===Sixties=== |
- | + | *[[Mr. Shmallow (toon)]] The "look lively" scene features period fashion and science fiction. | |
- | *[[Mr. Shmallow (toon)]] | + | |
- | + | ==Color== | |
- | + | It appears as if the Old-Timey world is actually entirely gray, rather than filmed with old timey camera equipment. Old-Timey characters are still gray, even when appearing in colorful time periods, as in 20X6 vs. 1936. When [[The Homestar Runner]] is seen on [[Planet K]], he is still in black and white, with slight scratching appearing over him and crackling audio whenever he speaks (as in the full cartoons). Also, Strong Bad is still in full color when he appears in the black-and-white Old-Timey world in the email [[alternate universe]]. However, the [[Ballad of The Sneak]] establishes The Sneak as being "small and smart and ''yellow''", and the toon [[Sickly Sam's Big Outing]] was presented in "A Color", adding a very light pink to certain items in the toon, so the idea of color in the Old-Timey world is still open to debate. | |
- | ==See | + | ==See also== |
*[[Old-Timey Other Costumes]] | *[[Old-Timey Other Costumes]] | ||
[[Category:Old-Timey|*]] | [[Category:Old-Timey|*]] |