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505 Unbelievably Stupid Web Pages
On page 125 of this book, "Strong Bad E-Mail" is listed as link number 256. The writer claims "...the answers to these questions require as much thought as you'd expect from a baboon."
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema
The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Austin, Texas, in lieu of more traditional "Please turn off your cellphones and pagers" messages, occasionally shows Homestar Runner clips, among other strange clips. One such clip is from the movies and shows Strong Bad detailing the many irritating things at the movie theater, including his frustration with "the kind of person that likes to talk to the movie".
The Alphabet of Manliness
On page 141 of The Alphabet of Manliness (page 138 in the UK version), Maddox lists the Double Deuce as an effective way of showing frustration to bad drivers.
AnimeNEXT
At AnimeNEXT's "Save Tokyo Tower" game, one of the disasters that occurs is Trogdor burninating Tokyo Tower.
BigStuf Camp
The youth camp program "BigStuf" held in Panama City, FL every year is home to several Homestar Runner sightings: The violin player in the camp's band consistently wears various Homestar Runner shirts, and a Homestar Runner character is always thanked on the last day of camp every year. In 2004, it was Homestar Runner. In 2005, it was Coach Z.
BotCon 2008
During the script reading Bee in the City, Bumblebee is at a drive-thru that, after he orders, proclaims the well-known Drive-Thru Whale line "Sever your leg please, it's the greatest day."
Camp Joy
In the year 2006, the revolving theme of the Boy Scouts summer camp Camp Joy was pirates, complete with antagonist Trogdor.
Celebration 3
Before Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, the official fan club held a convention in the Indiana Convention Center, where they showed cars modeled after several ships from the Star Wars universe. One of the X-Wing cars had a Homestar Runner cling sticker on it.
Crime Files: Four-Minute Forensic Mysteries: Body of Evidence
In the mystery "Gamer Over" found in the Jeremy Brown book "Crime Files: Four-minute Forensic Mysteries : Body of Evidence", the username of the victim is Trogdor139.
Dragon Con 2008
Strong Bad introduced Paul and Storm at Dragon Con 2008. Paul and Storm were previously half of DaVinci's Notebook, which had previously performed The Ballad of the Sneak for the website. [1]
Empire
The bestselling book "Empire" by science fiction author Orson Scott Card contains a quote on the top of page 10 in which a university student says the familiar phrase, "My head a splode," in response to a main character's statements.
Extralife Radio Podcast
In the Extralife Radio podcast, episode number 104, the program begins by playing the audio of the Easter egg in the Peasant's Quest Preview.
Futurama: The Beast With A Billion Backs
In the arcade scene, on the side of the fictional Normal Kombat game, The Fist Of Knuckes logo from rated can be seen.
Great Teacher Largo Panel, Otakon
At the GLT panel, during the question and answer session, someone asked how Largo "typed with boxing gloves on". Largo replied that he was not Strong Bad, but he does "rock out like Trogdor" and sometimes his computer gets "burninated".
Halo 2: Special Edition DVD
On the door of the recording room for the Halo internet machinima, Red vs Blue, there are stickers of Homestar and Strong Bad. Homestar was also shown briefly in a PSA for the same machinima.
iPod + iTunes for Windows and Mac
The help book iPod + iTunes for Windows and Mac includes an "add to my library" dialog box, and a file called "alright42nite.mp3" is highlighted. The file is available for download on the site.
Joss Whedon: Super Fan
Joss Whedon, already known to be a Homestar Runner fan, quipped "Just the claps" after a group of Browncoats sang him Happy Birthday on June 23, 2005.
Kingdom Hearts 2 Strategy Guide
In the strategy guide for the Playstation 2 game "Kingdom Hearts II", on page 28 (the Aladdin Character page) there is a small blurb describing limits. The title says "Everybody To The Limit".
License Plates
A car has been spotted on the streets of Melbourne, Australia, with a license plate reading "TRGDOR". Another car has been spotted in Irvine, California with a license plate of "BURNIN8". Yet another in North Carolina has a plate reading "Fhqwagds" (sic).
Lost energy drink
The words "The System is Down" can be located on the "Lost" energy drink, above the Supplement Facts.
Macromedia Flash 8 Conference
As part of the first showing of the unreleased at the time Macromedia Flash Player 8, a graphical demo was shown with various effects that will be available in the new player being applied to both graphics, text, animations and movies on the fly. Of all the animations on the web, the Macromedia developers decided to feature both Homestar Runner and an animated The Homestar Runner, showing the new effects being applied to their forms.
This was the first use of Homestar Runner by Macromedia, the later being the short, Where the Crap Are We?, which appeared as an Easter egg in the about dialog of Macromedia Central.
Movies in Fifteen Minutes
In the book Movies in Fifteen Minutes by Cleolinda Jones, she makes several brief references to Strong Bad in her versions of popular movies.
The Official Dictionary of Unofficial English
This dictionary has an entry for asplode that says "the term was popularized in 2004 by the character Strong Bad on the Homestar Runner web site homestarrunner.com". An excerpt of this book showing this entry can be found on Amazon.com.
Official Rock-Paper-Scissors Strategy Guide
In a sample tournament bracket in this book on page 163, one of the players is Trogdor.
The Picture of Everything 2
In this work in progress among the characters in this scene are Strong Bad and Homestar Runner. Strong Bad is to the left of the Enterprise bridge, slightly right of center image. Homestar is below the right side of the Rolling Stone magazine cover, in the bottom left.
The Prosh
In the 2008 edition of this annual Western Australian satirical publication, there is an image of Trogdor on an advertisement for a dragon-slayer on the back page. In small text on the bottom, there is a message as follows- "Sorry. Trogdor will burninate your ****. Don't even bother."
Pumpkin!
Around Halloween 2004, at "The Old Spaghetti Factory" restaurant in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (a fairly large chain, and a higher class restaurant), they had a large collection of carved pumpkins all over the place, and one prominently placed pumpkin near the entrance had an excellently carved likeness of Homestar in it.
Rialto Theatre
During the introduction to the weekly showings of the Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Rialto Theatre in Raleigh, North Carolina, a projector is frequently used to make The Cheat and Trogdor run across the screen.
Secure Programming Cookbook for C and C++
In the Acknowledgments section, they thank Strong Bad for teaching them how to type up a book while wearing boxing gloves.
Shadowrun: Fourth Edition
Shadowrun is a pen-and-paper RPG that combines elements of cyberpunk and fantasy. On page 87 (of the second printing), when discussing designing a character, it says (emphasis ours):
- Write down some quotes your character might say. Three or four should be good. Fiction is filled with characters that can be captured in a quote—everything from "Do you feel lucky, punk?" to "Double Deuce!"—capture our imaginations and give us something to hook a character on.
Spaceshipper
A couple of college students have created a game based on Spaceshipper, one of the unplayble video games by Videlectrix. The game can be found here.
Super Size Me
In the movie Super Size Me, there are a group of kids at the computer watching an old Tandy era Strong Bad Email.
Switchfoot Podcast Episode 17
In episode 17 of the offical Switchfoot Podcast, bassist Tim Foreman is seen playing Trogdor on Guitar Hero II for most of the episode.
The Toronto Star
In the May 13, 2008 edition of the Toronto Star, both in print and online, there was an article in the entertainment section about WiiWare. Although the article itself made no reference, the picture is a screen shot of Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People.
Untraceable
In one scene in the movie Untraceable a person in a chatroom has Cheerleader from Teen Girl Squad as an avatar.
WaTiki Waterpark
The WaTiki Indoor Waterpark in Rapid City, South Dakota had, as a transition on their electronic billboard, Homestar Runner running across the board.
Wil Wheaton's "Just a Geek"
In the introduction to this book, written by the actor-turned-author Wil Wheaton, who once played Wesley Crusher on Star Trek; The Next Generation, the author mentions a converstaion with his wife that covered whether or not to bring his Trogdor shirt to a book signing.
Wordplay
In the documentary Wordplay, Tyler Hinman is seen wearing a Trogdor shirt. In fact, Hinman has worn the shirt during the final round of each of the four American Crossword Puzzle Tournaments he has won. He can be seen wearing the shirt in the last image of this article about his 2008 win.
Charlie Brown's 'Cyclopedia
In the first issue, the cover has Charlie Brown on it with a sweatshirt that says "Coach". Their is a wrinkle on his shirt that looks like a Z, so it almost looks like it says Coach Z.
