Editing Total

[[Image:Total journalist.PNG|thumb|Strong Bad: Total Journalist]]
The word '''Total''' is often used to add emphasis to words or concepts in [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]]. This is typically done in a manner similar to the adverb "totally", though rarely in a grammatically correct manner. [[Strong Bad]] in particular emphasizes things by describing them as "total".

==Appearances==
*All [[Strong Badman]] comics are entitled "The Total Adventures of Strong Badman".
*[[Strong Bad Talker]] {{--}} One of the words in the talker is "total". Also, originally the code in order to unlock the [[Strong Bad Main Page]] was "Homestar is nothing but a total loser".
*[[Main Page 11]] {{--}} The Download button effect cuts to Strong Bad announcing that "Today's forecast is total [[crap]]!"
*Email [[trevor the vampire]] {{--}} Strong Bad [[Strong Bad Email Intros|opens the email]] with "I'm totally checking my email. Total, man."
*Email [[stand-up]] {{--}} The [[The VCR#The Older VCR|VCR]] is labeled "VHS TOTALTRONICS".
*Email [[CGNU]] {{--}} One of the degrees offered at [[Crazy Go Nuts University]] is "Total [[Spaceship]] Guy".
*Email [[superhero name]] {{--}} Strong Badman's death ray plan is captioned "TOTAL DEATH RAY".
*[[The Interview]] {{--}} The door outside the [[smoky office]] reads "Strong Bad: Total Journalist".
*Email [[lures & jigs]] {{--}} [[Fishing Challenge '91]] is made by [[Minor Companies|Totalsoft Electronicals LLC,,.]]
*[[Strong Bad's Website]] {{--}} The [[page title]] is "Total Grodal".
*Email [[autobiography]] {{--}} One of the words on the cover of [[Words I Probably Said]] is "total".
*Email [[the bet]] {{--}} After Strong Bad confirms either outcome of the bet, [[Homestar Runner]] replies, "That's the deal, man. The total deal."
*Email [[different town]] {{--}} [[Coach Z]]'s "cool jacket" reads "Totally [[style]]!"
*[[Cheat Commandos (toon)|Cheat Commandos]] {{--}} When [[Blue Laser Commander]] orders his men to "crush the [[Cheat Commandos]]!", the screen in the background reads "OPERATION: DON'T CRUSH OURSELVES T-MINUS: TOTAL".
*Email [[secret recipes]] {{--}} Strong Bad states that his family comes from [[Made-Up Places|Bumdumbourge]], which is near Totalslava.
*[[Commandos in the Classroom]] {{--}} When asked if [[Fightgar]] should be shot, a [[Blue Laser minion]] replies, "Abso-total-lutely!"
*Email [[alternate universe]] {{--}} One of the ingredients Homestar uses to make a real fruit smoothie is a jar of "[[Total Load]]".
**This product shows up again in [[Homestar Ruiner]] and Strong Bad uses the phrase in [[Loading Screens]].
*Email [[keep cool]] {{--}} Homestar describes the huge displacement of water created by [[Strong Mad]] as a "total wave". 
*[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 14.2]] {{--}} When pretending to be an automated phone robot, Strong Bad asks [[Marzipan]] to "press or say 'total yes'".
*The [[Strong Badman]] T-shirt reads "The Total Adventures of Strong Badman". 
*[[Baddest of the Bands]] {{--}} Strong Sad's film camera is called the "Totalmatic SuddenShot".
*[[Loading Screens]] {{--}} Strong Bad says "total load". The toon ends with "totally loaded."
*[[Later That Night... Teaser]] {{--}} [[Halloween Teasers#The Hidden Images|Decompiling]] the [[Flash]] file reveals the message "total [[cop-out]]" underneath the silhouettes.
*[[Disk 4 of 12 - FriendlyWare]] {{--}} Strong Bad edits the graphics of the Sea Battle game to name his battleship the "S.S. Totalbelow".
*[[Dangeresque Roomisode 2: The Intersection of Doom & Boom]] {{--}} [[Gremlin|Dangecaresque]] is equipped with a Totaltronics Symptom-7 No-Fi radio.

== See Also ==
*[[Total Load]]
*[[Seriously]]

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