Style

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For other uses, see Styles.

"Check it out, yo!"

From the modeling DVD commentary:

MATT: I sing that "Can you handle my style no you can't handle my style" song a lot. I think maybe I sang it before it was a Strong Bad Email song even.
MIKE: Probably. You tend to sing songs with lyrics that have "style" in them.
MATT: Styles upon styles, Mike.

The word "style" is frequently used in Homestar Runner, carrying a variety of meanings. Although regularly used with the standard definitions of "manner of doing something" or "design and fashion", "style" is just as often appended to adjectives (in a manner similar to -type) or used as a noun with a positive connotation but indeterminate meaning. Its consistent presence in the vernacular makes it one of the most common word running gags.

Appearances

Nebulon's style is often poorly recieved.

Strong Bad Email

• caper — The Jumble puzzle in one of the Easter eggs has a "hilarious cartoon style drawing" on it.
• 2 emails — In an Easter egg, Old-Timey Strong Bad advertises "Uncle Strong Bad's Flavor Taste Style Chewing Powders".
• the bet — Strong Bad and The King of Town consume "ice style cream". Strong Bad puts a can of "army-style mayo" in the King Of Town's air vent.
• different town — Coach Z's "cool jacket" reads "Totally Style".
• other days — The letter from Bubs' Concession Stand says that if Strong Bad does not remit payment of three dollars and sixty-two cents, he will be turned over to a "cut off your toes"-style collections agency.
• old comics — Strong Bad sings "Let's get it over with! With the email style, get it over with!"
• pizzaz — Strong Bad visits Strong Bad on his "Buffalo Style Ranch" and provides "buffalo style journalism".
• animal — Strong Bad calls the girl in the "Deep-Sea Fangly Fish" scene "Baby Styles".
• radio — Strong Bad's email song goes "I've got miles and miles of the email style!"
• modeling — Strong Bad's email song is "Can you handle my style, no you can't handle my style."
• geddup noise — Strong Bad calls the Git Outcha Seat Sound "everybody's favorite style".
• technology — Strong Bad shows off an infinitely repeating screen saver similar to 3D Maze on the Lappy with "Strong Bad gots the Style" written on some of the walls.
• narrator — Alien Marzipan confesses that she has always admired Nebulon's "styles".
• myths & legends (Easter egg) — Bubs demands more money for a frozen treat that he says is "Shawshank style".
• disconnected (Easter egg) — A stick of sbemail deodorant (Soccer Scent) appears with the slogan "I'm feeling my style... I've got confidence in my email!"
• senior prom — The email intro goes, "Can you see that I've got email styles?" Afterwards, Strong Bad, Strong Mad, and The Cheat plan to crash "the ever-loving style" out of the Entrapment All Up On the Moon Dance-themed prom.
• 4 branches — The title of the spreadsheet is "A GREAT IDEA FOR PERSONAL STYLE".
• looking old — After watching The Cheat's email remix, Strong Bad states that he doesn't know whether to puke or have a seizure. A piece of paper is then shown, with silhouettes of Strong Bad throwing up and seizing, labeled "STYLE 1" and "STYLE 2".
• your funeral — One of the boomboxes used to play Strong Bad's eulogy is named "Twicestyle".
• pizza joint — The sides of the pizza boxes read "Pizza Box" / "Neighborhood Style".
• slumber party — The sides of the pizza boxes read "Pizza Box" / "Slumber Party Style".
• business trip — Strong Bad remarks "Well, cramp my style," after he and Homestar seal the deal with the King of Town.

Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People

• SBCG4AP Advertisement — Strong Bad invites viewers to witness his "amazing videogame styles".
• SBCG4AP Gameplay Trailer — Strong Bad describes an "internet-style connection".
• SBCG4AP Dev Blog —
  • In his entry for May 21, 2008, Strong Bad refers to Telltale Games' decision to ignore his concept art as "total and complete bullstyle!"
  • In his entry for November 4, 2008, Strong Bad says to "click on a seven inch below to style yourself out!"
• Homestar Ruiner —
  • Strong Bad opens the game by singing a song telling that no one can handle his style, and ends the game singing a refrain of said song.
  • In a flashback of Marzipan's last party, Strong Bad declares that all will kneel before his style.
• Strong Badia the Free —
  • In the beginning of the game, after Strong Bad is put under house arrest, he claims it's "the worst thing to happen to [his] style in a long line of bad things happening to [his] style".
  • Normal-speaking Homsar asks why his people should risk open war for Strong Bad and his considerable style when asked to join Strong Badia.
• Baddest of the Bands — When Strong Bad asks Larry Palaroncini for his opinion on Homestar Runner's surprisingly smooth lyrics, Larry compares it to "Pom Pom [puking] all his style right into Homestar's mouth".
• 8-Bit Is Enough — When Strong Bad first defeats Trogdor, he says, "Your style! I couldn't handle it!!" in reference to the opening song from Homestar Ruiner.

Other Appearances

Nice third-style upchuck!

• Sample of Style
• Sample of Style Too
• The menu bars on the Monosodium Dreams and The Cheat's new iMac have a menu labeled "Style".
• New Boots — According to Powered by The Cheat Strong Bad, nobody likes Nebulon's style.
• Decemberween in July — The link to Homestar and the Nice Present reads "Puppet Style".
• Scrolling Shooter Games Menu — Peasant's Quest is described as utilizing "text and graphic style!"
• Labor Dabor — Homestar Runner refers to Frank Bennedetto as "Third-style private Bennedetto", and asks him if he has eaten some bad "third-style rations".
• Shopping For Danger — The grocery store that Blue Laser frequents is called "Price Style".
• Homestar Presents: Presents — The credits read "Vocal styles by Missy & Matt".
• 50K Racewalker — The racer's default name is "Steak Styles".
• Stinkoman 20X6:
  • In the Stinkomanual, Astromund is described as an "astro style mund".
  • After defeating Nebulon in Level 5, 1-Up informs him that nobody likes his style.
  • In Level 10, when 1-Up says that the "Crystal Heart of Mecha-Trogador is about to asplode", Vector Strong Bad appears on Z Sabre's TV screen, saying that 1-Up should quit "bightening [his] style".
• strongbad_email.exe Disc Four — If the user waits for a while on the opening menu, the Female Lappy 486 says "I'm of a style".
• Puppets on the Road — Shark-Tooth Bubs says that "tomorrow is a brand style" and that "[his] style's got eight burgers." When he is seen hitting the ticket machine screen, he says that "it's a style, gotta get the points".
• Thy Dungeonman 3 —
  • Attempting to do anything other than leave the dungeon after jamming the spiked walls will result in the message "The walls in this room are totally cramping thy style."
  • When the troll gets pecked by the bird, the former says, "AGH! My style!"
• Summer Short Shorts — The description on the TV Time Toons Menu reads "Short styles for short clothing".
• Why Come Only One Girl? — Strong Bad gets slapped after mentioning his style.
• Blue Laserdisc Challenge — The player is prompted to "take control of Blue Laser Commander by mashing left or right on your laserdisc remote when you see this flashing style".
• Decemberween Short Shorts — A wanted poster shows that Coach Z is wanted "for creepy styles and creepier habits".
• An Important Rap Song — One of the lyrics is "Jet to the beach wearin' the freshest styles!"
• One Two, One Two — The link at the end of the cartoon to go to the MixMastah 800 says "MIX YOUR OWN STYLE".
• Teen Girl Squad Issue 13 — What's Her Face yells, "OW! MY STYLE! (or lack thereof)".
  • In the same episode, Peacey P's rap contains the line "crample-o stow," which is also the name of the record company. The phrase "crample-o stow" evokes the phrase "crampin' my style".
• Ever and More — The page title says "B.O.D.H. Local 1-1-Style".
• Jibblies 2 — After Homestar walks into the painting, he says, "Whoa, nice style!"
• Where's The Cheat? (game) — Upon locating the hidden room where Homsar is located, a message appears saying, "You Found: A Secret Style!"
• Trogday 08 — The S is for Sucks Dragon is mentioned to have an "Uneven Style".
• Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 15.2 — In his message, Homestar describes the hot blonde that just walked by as having "broomstick style".
• Limozeen Live! - 27 Mar 2008 — During Everybody to the Limit, Strong Bad thanks the crowd for putting up with his style.
• Punkin Show — The page description reads "All Aboard the Style Train!" In addition, the pumpkin of the 2006 Coach Z logo receives a score of "3rd Style" on the Ding-Board.
• Poker Night at the Inventory — One of Strong Bad's lines is "It's okay to be jealous of my style".
• Which Ween Costumes? — In an Easter egg, Homestar Runner sings about his "low budget style".
• Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2 — Homestar describes his suggestive voice as "suggestive styles".
• Characters from Yonder Website — In the Easter egg, Strong Bad invites the viewer to "style it out from the left, to the right" in his "Bend at the Knees" song.
• Dangeresque Puppet Squad: The Hot Jones Hijack — The first grocery store Dangeresque searches for Hot Jones is a Price Style.
• strongbadallthetimesogreat.com — Using the correct password includes an image of Powered by The Cheat Strong Bad saying "Secret styles!"
• Halloween Hide & Seek — Homestar Runner has "just gotta get enough style" to bounce through The King of Town's castle window on his trampoline. Marzipan claims that she can smell the "hummus and natural styles" of the whatsit-covered pumpkin.
• Fan 'Stumes 2020 — During his rap commentary for a picture of a fan cosplaying as himself, Crack Stuntman refers to permanent markers as "permanent styles".

See Also

• Styles Upon Styles
• Twice
• Type
• Homestar Runner's Fashion Sense