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The '''Soapbox''' is a small wooden shipping box that [[Homestar Runner]] has used as a [[Wikipedia:Podium|podium]] in several toons. Its capacity increases with every appearance.
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The '''soapbox''' is a small wooden shipping box that [[Homestar Runner]] has used as a {{wp|podium}} in several toons. Its contents increase by one with most appearances.  To get "on a {{wp|soapbox}}" is a popular American idiom that means to make a flamboyant or persuasive speech in an unofficial setting.
==Appearances==
==Appearances==
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*In the email [[fingers]], Homestar talks while standing on a box labeled "Eleven Soaps". In an Easter egg, one can see that an unconscious (or possibly [[Death#Strong Sad's Imagined Death|dead]]) [[Strong Sad]] is crammed inside the box.   
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*Email [[fingers]] {{--}} Homestar talks while standing on a box labeled "Eleven Soaps". In an Easter egg, one can see that an unconscious (or possibly [[Death#Strong Sad|dead]]) [[Strong Sad]] is crammed inside the box.   
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*In the email [[army]] he recites his "fight speech" for the [[Homestarmy]] from atop a box labeled "Twelve of Them".
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*Email [[army]] {{--}} Homestar recites his "fight speech" for the [[Homestarmy]] from atop a box labeled "Twelve of Them".
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*In the email [[record book]] he tells bad redneck jokes standing on a box labeled "Thirteen, Y'all".
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*Email [[record book]] {{--}} Homestar tells bad redneck jokes standing on a box labeled "Thirteen, Y'all".
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*In the email [[4 branches]] he does math problems and explains [[Wikipedia:Coulomb's law|Coulomb's law]] on a box labeled "Fourteen Times".
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*Email [[4 branches]] {{--}} Homestar does math problems and explains {{wp|Coulomb's law}} on a box labeled "Fourteen [[Times]]".
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*[[Decemberween Short Shorts]] {{--}} While Homestar is singing to [[Coach Z]], Coach Z sits on the soapbox, but it isn't labeled.
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*Email [[business trip]] {{--}} Strong Sad gives a business lecture on the soapbox, now labeled "Fifteen [[Type]]s".
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*[[Everything Else, Volume 3]] {{--}} Homestar jumps over the soapbox on the Toons menu of the DVD; the soapbox is unlabeled in this appearance.
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*Email [[hiding]] {{--}} [[Animatronic Strong Bad]] stands on the soapbox labeled "Sixteen For You".
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*Email [[magic trick]] {{--}} Strong Bad performs magic while standing on the soapbox, which is labelled "Seventeen For Free".
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*[[SBCG4AP Tutorial]] {{--}} The soapbox appears behind Bubs' Concession Stand, with the label "Sixteenzies".
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==See Also==
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[[Category:Items]]
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*[[Barrels]]
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*[[Cardboard Boxes]]
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*[[Wooden Crates]]
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[[Category:Object running gags]]
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[[Category:Containers]]
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[[Category:Signage]]

Revision as of 12:10, 24 February 2021

I'll take it! I'll take eleven!

The soapbox is a small wooden shipping box that Homestar Runner has used as a podium in several toons. Its contents increase by one with most appearances. To get "on a soapbox" is a popular American idiom that means to make a flamboyant or persuasive speech in an unofficial setting.

Appearances

  • Email fingers — Homestar talks while standing on a box labeled "Eleven Soaps". In an Easter egg, one can see that an unconscious (or possibly dead) Strong Sad is crammed inside the box.
  • Email army — Homestar recites his "fight speech" for the Homestarmy from atop a box labeled "Twelve of Them".
  • Email record book — Homestar tells bad redneck jokes standing on a box labeled "Thirteen, Y'all".
  • Email 4 branches — Homestar does math problems and explains Coulomb's law on a box labeled "Fourteen Times".
  • Decemberween Short Shorts — While Homestar is singing to Coach Z, Coach Z sits on the soapbox, but it isn't labeled.
  • Email business trip — Strong Sad gives a business lecture on the soapbox, now labeled "Fifteen Types".
  • Everything Else, Volume 3 — Homestar jumps over the soapbox on the Toons menu of the DVD; the soapbox is unlabeled in this appearance.
  • Email hidingAnimatronic Strong Bad stands on the soapbox labeled "Sixteen For You".
  • Email magic trick — Strong Bad performs magic while standing on the soapbox, which is labelled "Seventeen For Free".
  • SBCG4AP Tutorial — The soapbox appears behind Bubs' Concession Stand, with the label "Sixteenzies".

See Also

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