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- | [[Image:11soaps.png|thumb| | + | [[Image:11soaps.png|thumb|I'll take it! I'll take eleven!]] |
- | The ''' | + | 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== | ||
- | * | + | *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. |
- | * | + | *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 {{wp|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 [[Type]]s". | ||
+ | *[[Everything Else, Volume 3]] {{--}} Homestar jumps over the soapbox on the Toons menu of the DVD; the soapbox is unlabeled in this appearance. | ||
+ | *Email [[hiding]] {{--}} [[Animatronic 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". | ||
- | [[Category: | + | ==See Also== |
- | [[Category: | + | *[[Barrels]] |
+ | *[[Cardboard Boxes]] | ||
+ | *[[Wooden Crates]] | ||
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+ | [[Category:Object running gags]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Containers]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Signage]] |
Revision as of 12:10, 24 February 2021
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 hiding — Animatronic 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".