Talk:Main Page 23

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Contents 1 Randomizer 2 Clapperboard 3 2 Homestars 4 Back Head 5 ? or ! 6 Incorrectly regarded as goofs 7 Comments 8 Home Pages vs. Main Pages

Randomizer

Is this main page featured on the main page randomizer, or is it another deal like Main Page 22? Homestar Coder 17:30, 19 Sep 2005 (UTC)

From decompiling main_nav.swf, all main pages would appear to be gettable using the "main" link on the navbar. Then again, I know practically nothing about decompiling stuff. --ENUSY , 18:37, 19 September 2005 (BST)

I hit the "main" button a few times and eventually hit 23. So yes, it's on the main page randomizer. As for 22, I don't know if it's currently there or not. --Jay (Talk) 17:40, 19 Sep 2005 (UTC)

I hit the main button on the bottom (not the one on the title page) and got 22. --- Camalex(talk)

I eventually got 21, 22, and 23. I removed part of the fact on Main Pages where it says you can't reach these pages. I haven't investigated whether clicking "come on in" will take you here. — It's dot com 20:19, 19 Sep 2005 (UTC)

Come On In will not take you to 12, 22, or 23. At least I didn't get any of them after five minutes. Username-talk 20:23, 19 Sep 2005 (UTC)

Just decompiled welcome.swf. The TOTAL_MAINPAGES line is set to 20, so yes, Main Pages 21, 22, and 23 are inaccesible by it. --ENUSY , 21:25, 19 September 2005 (BST)

Aw, man! That's what I was just doing. Erm, so, I can say that Venusy is right, at least. — It's dot com 20:53, 19 Sep 2005 (UTC)

Clapperboard

Is there an article for the Clab Board thing? I can't find it. If there isn't, i think there should. How do I add it?--Martin925 21:36, 19 Sep 2005 (UTC)

The clapperboard? Well anyway, to make a page put - [[Clapperboard]] in the sandbox or on your userpage and it should appear in red. Click on the link and that will take you to the editing screen. Then, edit away!-- Bkmlb(talk to me·stuff I did) 22:10, 19 Sep 2005 (UTC) (the link name was fixed in this post — It's dot com)

Here also is the Wikipedia link for clapperboard, which should come in handy for you. — It's dot com 22:26, 19 Sep 2005 (UTC)

Thanks guys. I call making it! lol I am so excited about learning how to make pages. Thanks so much!--Martin925 23:49, 19 Sep 2005 (UTC)

Okay! Calm down, spaz! -FaceCrap

FaceCrap, don't make fun of other users.-- Bkmlb(talk to me·stuff I did) 02:40, 20 Sep 2005 (UTC)

2 Homestars

Okay, this main page proves there are 2 Homestars. Freaky. Homestramy20|^Talk 21:59, 19 Sep 2005 (UTC)

I bet the one facing away from us is wearing a fake mustache. ;) — It's dot com 22:03, 19 Sep 2005 (UTC)

Good hypothisis! Homestramy20|^Talk 22:23, 19 Sep 2005 (UTC)

Should there be a cloned homestar charcter page?

Nah, I don't think so. It's just one of those weird things that happen on Homestar Runner Dot Com every now and then. Also, it's debatable how much of the Main Pages are actually canon anyway. --DorianGray

its meraly a joke about stunt doubles.Darkstalker

Back Head

This is really freaky! I was pressing on the tab bar, and after a second of the yellow box scrolling really fast, Strong Bad popped up but facing me and he said "Oh, It's the back of my head!". Has anyone else ever gottn this? It was on the .swf file, just to tell you. -FaceCrap

Um... yeah, that's what he does when you mouse over it a second time. You know we have a wiki, right? :P (Sorry, forum quote.) - Joshua

 ? or !

Maybe I'm being nitpicky here, but I think it would be more appropriate for the transcript to read "Sup, man!" and "Sup!" with exclamation points instead of question marks. Especially in this context, I don't think they're really questions so much as just greetings. I don't know. That's just me.

i agree.......greatly

I disagree, but not greatly. — It's dot com

Incorrectly regarded as goofs

I know this article is still young, but I think so far we've been overly critical with regard to the goofs. I think DorianGray said it best: "It's debatable how much of the Main Pages are actually canon anyway."

• The Weeklies buttons are not truly flipped. It should go in this order, left to right: Random Toon, Sketchbook, Weekly Fanstuff, then Quote of the Week.
  • While this is true, TBC would have had to make another newbutton.swf for this to happen. So by them not doing this, we consider this a goof?
    • They went to the trouble to make the rest of the page reversed, why leave this one out? — It's dot com
      • I think they left this out simply due to the reason I supplied: Having to make an "reversed" flash file. I'll further extend this to homepage_23.swf. They didn't reverse the numerical order for a similiar reason. The only notable change I see from homepages.swf is the that the buttons are justified to the right instead of the left. —THE PAPER ^PREEEOW
        • But in making "homepages_23", they proved that they could, if they wanted to, have made "newbutton_23". Also, now that you bring it up, I think the numerical order should be reversed on the home pages. Again, why do most of a joke but not all of it? — It's dot com 21:51, 20 Sep 2005 (UTC)
          • I can't speak for TBC, but I would say they probably didn't reverse order of the weeklies and the homepages because of difficulties in doing so. At this point, we're both speculating as to why TBC didn't complete the joke. I think it comes down to the limits of what you can do in Flash easily. I stress easily here not to discredit any of TBC's work, but to show that I think they would have done it had it been more feasable. My argument here is that it isn't GOOF. —THE PAPER ^PREEEOW 22:19, 20 Sep 2005 (UTC)
            • It's still notable, so I'll meet you halfway. Moving to remarks. — It's dot com 22:29, 20 Sep 2005 (UTC)

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• If The Cheat falls while the other Homestar is walking past, Homestar is in front of The Cheat even though from the perspective he should be farther away.
  • Things like this happen many times in main pages, See Firebird's edit on Main Page 13.
    • I could do without this one. Isn't it a Flash artifact and therefore disqualified anyway? In fact, I'm gonna give this one the del taco on those grounds. — It's dot com
      • Actually, I think that TBC can do the layering themselves, and it actually is their own mistake. I work in flash, so I'd probably know. -FaceCrap
        • Still, each button is its own segment, independent of the others. — It's dot com 01:07, 21 Sep 2005 (UTC)

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• The support behind Homestar's head would be visible from the front, but doesn't show up on any of the other main pages.
  • It is true that other main pages do not have a piece of wood in that spot. However, for all we know it was added to the wooden "set" between Main Page 22 and this one for all we know. Perhaps we can move this to "remarks".
    • I'll move this to remarks. — It's dot com

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• Homestar is standing in front of the set and the piece of wood that falls is behind it, so it should drop behind him, not hit him on the head.
  • Again, I think we're being overly critical here. Generally odd things that defy the laws of physics happen on main pages. Is it a goof every time Homsar's hat falls back to his head when normally it should have missed his head and fell on the ground? —THE PAPER ^PREEEOW 20:38, 20 Sep 2005 (UTC)
    • Meh, I could go either way on this one. — It's dot com 20:43, 20 Sep 2005 (UTC)
    • Perhaps the wooden set is leaning away from the camera, so its actually over Homestar's head

Comments

I really like the fact that Strong Sad could very easily have said "I'm the floating head of doom" himself, but instead for some reason he plays a recording of himself saying it. Funny stuff. --Der Pepper

That is because Strong Sad would have to repeat it over and over, never sounding different.

That's barely an issue. I mean, Strong Bad and Homestar do that just fine here. - Joshua 17:18, 21 Sep 2005 (UTC)

Home Pages vs. Main Pages

TBC have called them 'home pages' and the wiki calls them 'Main Pages'. Is there any difference between these two terms or is this one of those wikisms like 'The Guy at the Depot'? —THE PAPER ^PREEEOW 22:36, 20 Sep 2005 (UTC)

Er, the button on the main page reads "new main page" and the link in the navbar reads "main" AND Coach Z calls it "main page number 23". — It's dot com 22:39, 20 Sep 2005 (UTC)

BTW, there's a space in the "home pages" title above the links to the, um, main pages. — It's dot com

True. Every main page except this one. See 'homepages' in FAQ. Looks like even TBC can't keep it straight. Just like the canon spelling of The Paper's sound. ;) —THE PAPER ^PREEEOW 22:45, 20 Sep 2005 (UTC)

Ah, touché, mon ami. There's actually a lot of examples like that, now that I think about it (listing them all would take up too much space here). But I did think of another "main" argument: Just look at the file name for each of the pages. — It's dot com 22:54, 20 Sep 2005 (UTC)

You got me there. Clearly the preferred term is 'main page'. Now I wonder why 'mainpage' never caught on. —THE PAPER ^PREEEOW 23:01, 20 Sep 2005 (UTC)

I dunno. I kinda prefer the two-word form myself. Main page. Home page. Here on the wiki: User page. Talk page. — It's dot com