@StrongBadActual Tweets 2016

This Tweet is a reply to @funkomatic, who drew Trogdor and asked Strong Bad's opinion on his use of consummate V's to settle a debate. The drawing features consummate V's throughout Trogdor's body rather than the small, round scales normally found on his middle section (of which Strong Bad has never actually spoken).

Fun Facts

• This is another reference to consummate V's.
• "Teeth, spinedies, and angry eyebrows" are the three things Strong Bad uses consummate V's to draw in dragon.
• In a later Tweet, Strong Bad clarifies that the scales on Trogdor's body are in fact "regimented U's".

This Tweet is a reply to @pullahoko, who was less concerned about Strong Bad's appearance in the previous Tweet and more about "Head About To Explode Homestar Bird".

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He lights the bomb. It blows up.

Fun Facts

• This Tweet announces Homestar Runner Goes for the Gold.

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{Open to Strong Bad on the stage dressed as Lin-Manuel Miranda}

STRONG BAD: {subtitled} FOR THE LAST TIME...

STRONG BAD: {subtitled} I'M NOT EVIL THOMAS JEFFERSON...

STRONG BAD: {subtitled} OR COLONIAL ICE-T...

STRONG BAD: {subtitled} I'M LIN-MANUEL FREAKIN' MIRANDA!!

Fun Facts

• Lin-Manuel Miranda is an actor, composer, lyricist and playwright best known for writing and starring in the Broadway musical Hamilton, referenced by Strong Bad's costume here. When Miranda got a million followers, he encouraged Twitter users to post one million GIFs. Evidently, Miranda himself is a fan of the site, as he follows the @StrongBadActual account and has quoted and referenced Strong Bad on several occasions on his own Twitter account.
• Strong Bad's costume replicates Miranda's Alexander Hamilton costume designed by Paul Tazewell.
• Strong Bad mentions he's not Evil Thomas Jefferson or Colonial Ice-T. Thomas Jefferson was one of Hamilton's chief political and personal rivals.
• This is a reference to Strong Bad's response after Homestar incorrectly guesses his Carmen Miranda costume in Homestarloween Party.

Fun Facts

• This Tweet announces the 2016 Fan Costumes toon, Fan Costumes 2016.
• Strong Bad calls it Fan Costume Fun-Of Make.

This Tweet is a reply to @lukesawczak, who noticed that the Homestar Runner Wiki was listing Sharpdene as "Sharp Dean" and asked if it was actually "Sharkdeen".

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PRANK IDEAS

-POODLE PROJECTOR (BEEF PRETENDER!)
-GUY LOOKING FOR HIS PANTS
-ROBOCALL FROM MARGARET GO-
STAND-OuTSiDERSON
-NEW GIRL CHARACTER CALLED
SHARPDENE (SOMeTHING ABouT COAT RACK?)
-STRONG SAD DIED, REALLY CRY FOR
A LONG TIME TELLING HER, FOLLOW
uP FOR WEEKS WHILE SS IS AT
MOCK u.N. CAMP ← GENiuS
-TELL MARZIPAN HOW YOu REALLY
FEEL ABOuT HeR. TIME iS RuNNiNG
OuT!
-MOVERS CALL HER. MAYBE ACTuALLY
FORCE HER TO MOVE B/W STEAL
ALL HER STuFF.

Fun Facts

• This is the first official written instance of Sharpdene's name, and the spelling on the wiki was promptly corrected.
• The list of prank call ideas refers to Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2, the introduction of Sharpdene.
• Strong Bad's ideas feature a guy looking for his pants, Margaret Go-Stand-Outsiderson, Strong Sad dying, and b/w.
• "Something about coat rack" refers to Sharpdene's claim in Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2 that she looked like a coat rack.

Fun Facts

• This Tweet announces the 2016 Halloween toon, Later That Night....
  • "Respect and condone" is a line by Sharpdene in the toon.

This Tweet is a reply to his Later That Night... Teaser Tweet.

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Silhooty

{below is a picture of a silhouetted owl, with a speech bubble that reads:} Crark.

Fun Facts

• This Tweet announces Joystick Wagglin' with Videlectrix: Halloween Edition.

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Halloween Something
Coming up!

Fun Facts

• This Tweet announces the 2016 Halloween teaser, Later That Night... Teaser.

This Tweet is a reply to @Chip1329, who tweeted a picture of Strong Bad and The Cheat pumpkins, with a The Legend of Zelda pumpkin in the middle, saying there's a lot of awesome in the photo.

Fun Facts

• "Triumph Forks" is from a mispronunciation of Triforce, used by the fishmen in The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker.

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{Cut to Matt on stage with a microphone and Puppet Homestar}

HOMESTAR RUNNER: You know, guys, I like that song too, but you know what that always reminded me of?

AUDIENCE: What?

HOMESTAR RUNNER: The Night Court theme song!

AUDIENCE: {cheering}

{Music begins playing, Homestar dances for a bit}

HOMESTAR RUNNER: {sings the song with "boo" and "doot", as there are no lyrics}

{The song ends}

HOMESTAR RUNNER: Down in Fraggle Rock!

AUDIENCE: {cheering}

Fun Facts

• Homestar sang the Night Court theme song in car, claiming his hat was playing the song.
• "Down in Fraggle Rock" is the last lyric of Fraggle Rock's theme song. Both songs' endings sound vaguely similar.
• This is a clip from Homestar Runner 20th Anniversary Show a week before.

Fun Facts

• This refers to the previous Tweet, as well as The Brothers Chaps' appearance at the XOXO festival.

Fun Facts

• This refers to The Brothers Chaps' appearance at the XOXO festival in Portland.

This Tweet quotes wiki user @Gfdgsgxgzgdrc, who posted an image celebrating Homestar Runner's 20th anniversary, featuring a crowd of almost all the characters, reminiscent of the Everybody Everybody Poster.

Fun Facts

• This Tweet refers to the Homestar Runner 20th Anniversary Show two days before.

This Tweet is a reply to @zachlubarsky, who asked where sloshy was after seeing the Limozeen sound check in the previous tweet.

Fun Facts

• The members of sloshy (L-R) are Robert Schneider, James Huggins, Mike Chapman, Matt Chapman, and Ryan Sterritt; the band Air-Sea Dolphin.
• Mike's shirt says "DUNWOODY WILDCATS — 1972-1987", the football team for Dunwoody High School in Georgia. Matt's shirt has the logo for Sebadoh, an indie rock band.

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LARRY PALARONCINI: {singing} Oh, on the road of life, you'd better get back up, before you ever get knocked back down... town... fifty miles an hour ain't no way to live your— nite mamas! Always save a dance for a crazy mamma jamma like me— nite mamas! Always take a chance on a crazy mamma jamma like me— nite mamas! Always take a chance on a crazy mamma jamma like me— nite mamas! Always save a dance, always save a dance!

Fun Facts

• Limozeen plays Nite Mamas.
• "Sound check" refers to the Homestar Runner 20th Anniversary Show the night before.

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STRONG BAD: And you know what that means: things are about to get... bulbous. {waughmp waughmp} I bought a fisheye lens, and make a rap video With a couple of friends. It goes, {waughmp waughmp} {simultaneously} waughmp waughmp! All the ladies and mens, they know everything is better with a fisheye lens!

Fun Facts

• Strong Bad sings Fish Eye Lens.

This Tweet is a reply to @EdbotnikThe, who imported Ultimate Strong Bad from 8-Bit is Enough into Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. The video shows him in the Animal Crossing stage.

Fun Facts

• Tom Nook is a character from Animal Crossing who operates the village store.
• Strong Bad mentions robopants.

Fun Facts

• "I'm livin' the Strong Bad life, I take an email for my wife" is the Strong Bad Email intro for myths & legends.
• The image shows a nunchuck gun, a box of Cheat Commandos... O's, and Limozeen guitar picks (which were thrown into the audience during the first Homestar Runner 20th Anniversary Show).

This Tweet is a reply to @makingislands and @edzelyago. @makingislands added a beefy arm and fire to a green Ethernet cable, making it resemble Trogdor. @edzelyago replied with new lyrics to TROGDOR using TCP/IP terminology.

Fun Facts

• "7r09d0r" is an instance of leet.
• Strong Bad Pings is a reference to Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits.
  • ping is a computer network administration software utility used to test the reachability of a host on an IP network.

This Tweet links to the Get Ye Flask T-shirt.

This Tweet is a reply to @nihaho13, who wanted a Get Ye Flask T-shirt after seeing that it was not yet being sold as part of the "Wave o' T-Shirts". It went on sale shortly thereafter.

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STRONG BAD: {singing} He works alone, except when he works with Renaldo, which is all the time, Dangeresque. He's a private eye, a crooked cop, a secret agent, and a celebrity pharmacist, Dangeresque. That guy is Dangeresque, Dangeresque, Dangeresque, Dangeresque! Or did I?

Fun Facts

• Strong Bad sings The theme from DANGERESQUE II: This time, it's not Dangeresque I.
• "Bandgeresque" is a portmanteau of band and Dangeresque.
• Strong Bad mentions his husky head.

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Fun Facts

• This tweet announces the second Homestar Runner 20th Anniversary Show.
• The image is an edited version of the previous announcement Tweet.
  • Like the first, this scene is reminiscent of the final storybook scene in flashback.

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{A wave of T-shirts is about to fall on What's Her Face}

HAWAIIAN GUY: wave o' t-shirts!

Fun Facts

• This Tweet announces the Store's 20th Anniversary Wave o' T-Shirts.
• The GIF is a reference to the "wave o' babies" from Teen Girl Squad Issue 6.
• A bit of the T-shirts can be seen through the Hawaiian Guy's right ear.

This Tweet is a reply to @lizzylizzard04, who asked if the events of each Strong Bad Email (such as invisibility) were canon.

This Tweet is a reply to @dan_r_parsons, who pointed out that Tech from the previous Tweet seems like Ms. Tompkinsrobotmomerson's ex-husband.

Fun Facts

• The picture includes baby Tompkins from Teen Girl Squad Issue 7.

This Tweet is a reply to @OsakaJack, who asked what "Tech N Olive" is, referring to the hashtag from the previous Tweet.

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#Tech 'n Olive

Fun Facts

• The drawing style is similar to Teen Girl Squad.

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STRONG BAD: Doo doo doo {clicks button with his foot} doo doo doo doo {his mouth stops moving, but the noises repeat throughout the song} Duddle-up-dup. {his mouth stops moving, but the noises repeat throughout the song} The system... {again, these words repeat throughout the song}

{Cut to Puppet The Cheat walking up to a lightswitch, then back to Puppet Strong Bad}

STRONG BAD: ...is down. {repeats throughout song}

{Cut back to The Cheat, who is switching the lights on and off} Doodle-ba-doo-diddle, doodle-ba-doo-diddle, doodle-ba-doo-diddle, doodle-ba-doo-diddle {repeats throughout song} {stops all sounds as the lights turn back on} Da-da-do-da-da-da-doo-doo-da-{cut to a Teen Girl Squad-style drawing of a hairy arm holding a cigarette, with "DOOJ" written on it} DOOJ!

Fun Facts

• Strong Bad sings The System is down.
• This is the first video appearance of the new Puppet Strong Bad.
• The "DOOJ" arm is similar to the scene transitions in Teen Girl Squad, in which the scene or place is usually written on a person in some shape or form.
• "Techno live" refers to the Homestar Runner 20th Anniversary Show, where the song would later be performed.

Fun Facts

• This is an edited version of an Instagram post by the US Department of the Interior, who posted the original, unaltered version of this photo of a lightning bolt on Instagram. Rather than resembling Trogdor, it was in the shape of a Tyrannosaurus Rex head.
• This was also posted on Strong Bad's Instagram account.

This Tweet is a reply to @Wazzaldorp, who created the fanart in the top half of the image seen here.

Fun Facts

• Bionic Commando is a video game franchise consisting of an original arcade game released in 1987, and several later versions and sequels.
• "Looks like I'm gonna have to jump" is one of Dangeresque's catch phrases.

This Tweet is a reply to BatteryStaple Games, who were asked by @OoruTech to reference Stinkoman 20X6 presumably in their upcoming game 20XX. They liked the idea enough to request The Brothers Chaps' permission.

Fun Facts

• Metroidvania is a subgenre of action-adventure games, using game design and mechanics that are similar to Metroid and Castlevania.
• "Metroidvania'd" ends with -'d.
• "Roguelywhatev" is a portmanteau of roguelike and whatev.
  • Roguelike is a subgenre of role-playing video games, characterized by a dungeon crawl through procedurally generated game levels, turn-based gameplay, tile-based graphics, and permanent death of the player-character.
  • "Whatev" is an instance of words with omitted syllables.

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See Social Media Crap Compilation 2#Early Craig Zobel Character Designs

Fun Facts

• The drawings were seen in an Instagram post, except in this video, the Homestar design is facing towards the Strong Bad design, and the lines under the Strong Bad design have been removed.
• The audio is reused from Fan Costumes 2015.
• Craig Zobel replied to the tweet, saying "dunno, but I clearly drank a lot of em. I'ma go ahead and say that say Miyazaki stole my mask idea in Spirited Away tho..."

This Tweet is a reply to @CaulinLucas, who made a remastered MIDI of the Peasant's Quest theme.

Fun Facts

• Strong Bad mentions cheese.

This Tweet is a reply to @kitty8mysundae, who replied to Strong Bad's previous Tweet, asking him to bring back some of the previous merchandise sold at the Store.

This Tweet is a reply to @JamesAttridge, who claimed that the phrase "gZ gRXS g htgh dtz", found in the previous Tweet in place of the Original Book's cover, was a classic quote from Homestar.

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gZ gRXS g htgh dtz

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Everyone loves the Homestar
runner. He is a terrific athlete.

r gZ gRXS g
htgh dtz

One day his friend, Pom-Pom, asked
him to enter the Strongest Man in the
World Contest.

not hold up.

Suddenly, th{obscured}ot shut down and dropped
his grapes. Th{obscured} Homestar Runner knew
something was up.

the homestar run
enters the strongest man in the world con

CHILDREN'S STORY

Fun Facts

• This is an image of pages from the Original Book.

This Tweet is a reply to @Phantomazing, who replied to Strong Bad's previous reply, asked if "that big fish" could survive when pitted against the elephant seal.

Fun Facts

• Strong Bad mentions BBC Natural History broadcaster David Attenborough.
• The image depicts Penguin Strong Bad, the Deep Sea Fangly Fish, and Elephant Seal Strong Sad.

This Tweet is a reply to @pullahoko, who drew two interpretations of Strong Bad's unusual mouth shape from his "Rushmore" image Tweet. The second interpretation was a still drawing of the Big Mouth Billy Bass parody shown in this GIF.

Fun Facts

• Both the GIF and the Tweet itself are references to animal.

This Tweet is a reply to @HeyitsThorny, who replied to Strong Bad's Instagram link with a picture of Strong Bad's head with a slice of pizza for a mouth, saying "mouthflesh belongs in a triangle" in reference to the "breadtangle of pizza" Teen Girl Squad Issue 8.

This Tweet is a reply to his previous Tweet.

Fun Facts

• The image is the same as the Instagram photo that was linked to.

Fun Facts

• This Tweet links to an Instagram post.

This Tweet is a reply to @lennysundahl, who replied to Strong Bad's Li'l Brudder Tweet and remarked that, due to mistaking the 80th anniversary for the 5th, Strong Bad wasn't "very good at math".

This Tweet is a reply to @NoMoreSpearows, who replied to Strong Bad's Li'l Brudder Tweet, asking why he drew himself, rather than Homestar, in a wedding dress.

Fun Facts

• Vera Wang is an American fashion designer.
• David's Bridal is a clothier in the United States that specializes in wedding dresses, prom gowns, and other formal wear.
• Strong Bad in a wedding dress may also be a reference to senior prom.

This Tweet is a reply to @RoboNinja103, who replied to Strong Bad's previous Tweet, explaining that it would actually be the 80th anniversary of Homestar Runner in Li'l Brudder years rather than the 5th anniversary.

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See Social Media Crap Compilation 3#Homestar at 20

Fun Facts

• Gene Simmons appears.
• Li'l Brudder is noted to have "chronic jibblies".
• "Brudyear" is a portmanteau of Brudder and year.
• RPWLCP is an acronym for "regular people with, like, cell phones".
• The Homestar Runner and Tiny-Handed Strong Bad's wedding is an instance of odd marriages.
• Strong Bad's wedding dress is an example of cross-dressing.
• If a brudyear is a fourth of a year, that means it would be Homestar Runner's 80th anniversary rather than its 5th, as noted in future Tweets.

Fun Facts

• Strong Bad noting his name is two words refers to the fact that his name is spelled "Strongbad" on the tickets page.
  • He has also corrected this mistake in myths & legends.

Fun Facts

• This tweet announces the Homestar Runner 20th Anniversary Show.
• The scene reenacts the final storybook scene in flashback.
• In addition to showing "cartoons you've already seen", a brand-new cartoon was shown.

Video Transcript

{An electric guitarist, whose face is unseen, plays a frantic solo. The backing music bears a strong resemblance to Moving Very Slowly.}

Fun Facts

• This was likely for the Homestar Runner 20th Anniversary Show, officially announced five days later.

This Tweet is a reply to @TheFinalDoctor, who accepted @midnight's challenge to describe Comic-Con in five words, by saying "the day Strong Sad's happy".

Fun Facts

• The image is from different town, in which he dressed up as Calibos from Clash of the Titans and asked for his "bust of Bubo", quoted here.
• Strong Bad called Strong Sad "dork dork dork" in a haiku from Halloween Fairstival, also quoted here.

This Tweet is a reply to @coffeeordie, who replied to the Dijjery Doo Tweet, asking how to catch a The Cheat and providing the base photo of the Kick The Cheat shown here.

Fun Facts

• Like the Dijjery Doo Tweet, this is a reference to Pokémon Go.

Fun Facts

• This refers to the production of the Screenland interview; specifically, the script-reading scene. The interview was released almost a year later.
• A framed pixelated portrait of the Videlectrix Guys can be seen, as well as a wood carving that reads "Free Country, USA".
• This is the first appearance of the new Strong Bad puppet with an opening mouth; however, his mouth can't be seen here, making him look like the old puppet.

Fun Facts

• Dijjery Doo was an abandoned character at the time of this Tweet. This is the first mention of him since sketches were seen in the Museum sketchbook, released in 2000.
• This animation was supposed to be used in the 20th anniversary toon, Homestar Runner Goes for the Gold, until they decided to use Flash instead of Mario Paint, as revealed in an Easter egg from said toon and the Screenland interview.
  • This reveals that the toon was in production as early as July 18, 2016.
• Tiny-Handed Strong Bad has a green tongue here.
• The Tweet text is likely a reference to the Pokémon game Pokémon Go.

This Tweet is a reply to @DeFriendlyTroll, who replied to Strong Bad's previous Tweet, urging the Strong Bad penguin to run.

Fun Facts

• The seal is similar to the seal in the previous Tweet, in the shape of Strong Sad's body with dejected eyes.
• The penguin is from a previous Tweet.
• A small amount of blood is seen.

Fun Facts

• Strong Sad is very often compared to an elephant.
• Strong Bad calls Strong Sad "Dumptake".

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MY HEAD A SPENGUIN

Fun Facts

• This is an animated version of Strong Bad's "MY HEAD A SPENGUIN" drawing in a recent Tweet.
  • The animation is nearly identical to the animation in the previous Tweet, and the movements match precisely.
• Vector Strong Bad refers to Stinkoman as his "DOGE" in alternate universe, an example of deliberately poor English and a reference to Biz Cas Fri 1.

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my head as penguin

Fun Facts

• This is an animated version of Strong Bad's "my head as penguin" drawing in a recent Tweet.

This Tweet is a reply to @AAPLTree, who linked to Strong Bad's previous Tweet, asking if he meant "my head a spenguin", with the hashtag #StrongBadZone.

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MY HEAD A SPENGUIN

Fun Facts

• This refers to Vector Strong Bad's catch phrase, "YOUR/MY HEAD A SPLODE".
• This also refers to the previous Tweet, in which Strong Bad draws his head as a penguin, labeled "my head as penguin".

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my head as penguin
my head as penguinSB

Fun Facts

• This Tweet announces the 2016 April Fools' toon, Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2.
  • In the toon, Strong Bad asks if the science is sound, referenced in this Tweet.

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.....
The truck broke down without a sound but
cash is often sweeter.

Can it, marjory! Or i'll be wincing 'til tuesday.

A couple of kids can cause a stole my
rachet set, I need it to soften the blow.

Pretend, for a moment, you're out on the town,
livinitup while your pants, they are down.

THE FISH WAS DeLISH AND IT MADe
QUITe A DISH.

{On the underside of the paper, the following sentences show through upside down:}

The requested style is not valid. Please try
again.

At first

Eaten mildly and with a sense of smell,
the meal

Fun Facts

• The test sentence for radio was "the fish was delish and it made quite a dish".
• One of the sentences mentions pants.
• homestarchives is a portmanteau of Homestar and archives

This Tweet is a reply to @buenothebear (Pendleton Ward) and @BrandonHoang_, the latter of which had posted a Tweet about an ultrasound, remarking the baby to appear similar to Strong Bad, while the former directed it to Strong Bad's Twitter. The tweet is also retweeted to John Hodgman, although the reason is unclear.

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{The entire video is through the vision of an ultrasound previously sent in a Tweet to Strong Bad. The baby appears to be talking as Strong Bad speaks.}

STRONG BAD: Alright, everyone just calm down, okay? This is a perfectly natural stage of childhood development. Every baby hits the Strong Bad stage right after that lookin'-like-a-fried-shrimp stage.

{The frame cuts to a blank ultrasound, with a picture of a fried shrimp appearing shortly after}

STRONG BAD: You know what I'm talkin' about?

{The frame cuts back to the Strong Bad-like ultrasound}

STRONG BAD: Check out my adorable little single deuce. Deuce! Deuce! {A circle resembling a hand next to the face moves up with every "deuce" said by Strong Bad} Hey, lady, can you feel this? Deuce deuce! Deuce deuce deuce! {The entire frame moves slightly with every deuce said by Strong Bad} Alright, now I'm creeping myself out. Sorry who's-so-ever's-innards-these-are.

Fun Facts

• Strong Bad does a single deuce.

This Tweet is a reply to his previous Tweet.

This Tweet, while not technically a reply, refers to a Tweet by @Band1tDav3, suggesting Teen Trogdor Squad.

Video Transcript

See Social Media Crap Compilation 1#Trog Girl Squad

Fun Facts

• All of the drawings are from the sketches in the previous Tweet.
• This is a reference to Trogdor's 13th birthday (making him a teen) and the Teen Girl Squad introductions.

Fun Facts

• Many of these drawings were seen in the strongbad_email.exe Sketchbook.
• In addition to Trogdor, a few S is for Sucks-like dragons and Wormdingler can be seen.

Fun Facts

• This refers to David Bowie's death the previous day.
  • "The Thick White Dump" is a reference to David Bowie's nickname, "The Thin White Duke".
• The image depicts Strong Sad's Halloween costume from Halloween Fairstival.