Appearance Inspired Work

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In interviews, public appearances, and commentaries, The Brothers Chaps sometimes discuss subjects that influence future Homestar Runner content.

[edit] Repurposed Content

Things shown at live events often end up being repurposed in some way.

• NYU Talk - 1 Mar 2005 —
  • Mike Chapman showed a cartoon he made "last night in [his] hotel room". It was later included on Everything Else, Volume 1 as An Open Forum.
  • Nibbles was shown, but wouldn't be used until the Strong Bad Email bottom 10 several months later.
  • Experimental animations were shown off, which would later be compiled in From The Vault (specifically the LEGO, Etch-a-Sketch, needlepoint, Bubs roller coaster, and film noir style clips).
  • The Limozeen Coloring Book was shown, which would later be released with coloring.
  • Trogador was shown, with the disclaimer that the character "will probably never get used". He would later appear in Happy Trogday.
• Georgia Tech - 26 Apr 2007 —
  • The clip of Homestar recorded for the event was used for that day's Quote of the Week.
  • The "Going Away!!!" animation was later shared on the @StrongBadActual Twitter account.
  • The "Keep on Truckin'" animation presented became the basis for One Two, One Two. It was apparently one of many random animations that Mike does behind Matt's back.
  • A portion of Theme from Stinkoman was played. Over a decade later, it would be included on Homestar Runner Original Soundtrack Volume 2, and used in the Stinkoman 20X6 Intro Cinematic.

[edit] Other Examples

• retroCRUSH Interview — Mike Chapman expresses interest in producing figurines. These would later be sold in the Store.
• Run Devil Run Interview — Mike says he'd "like to get the stuff out on DVD sometime in the near future", which would happen the following year.
• Giant Magazine Interview — Mike mentions that the "anime version of Homestar" is named either Extra Man or 1-Up. The latter name would be confirmed in Stinkoman 20X6.
• Zoinks! Magazine Interview — Matt Chapman "thought about having Strong Sad make one of those NES sprite comics using the sprites from our Stinkoman game", an idea that would be explored with Strong Bad instead in web comics.
• Adventure Gamers Interview - 2 Sept 2004 — Matt brings up a Scalding Lake T-shirt as a possibility. This would later be made available in the Store.
• invisibility (DVD commentary) — The Brothers Chaps tentatively decide on the name "Lappy 486" for Strong Bad's next computer.
• do over (DVD commentary) — The commentary was recorded before the email was made. In it, The Brothers Chaps make some "executive decisions", like the email's title and basic premise, and Strong Sad not appearing. Multiple points in the email are timed to the brothers' fake reactions, like Homestar's appearance and Strong Bad hitting Homestar with a keyboard.
• Georgia Tech - 26 Apr 2007 —
  • Matt Chapman mentions that due to the shifting background color, the DVDs' FBI warning screens are animated at a higher frame rate, making it especially hard to animate The Cheat. On strongbad_email.exe Disc Five, released just over a month later, the background color doesn't shift, allowing The Cheat to be animated at the usual framerate.
  • Matt Chapman talked about how halfway animations aren't very possible at 12fps, the frame rate of most toons, using Homestar Runner's mouth as an example. Homestar Runner eventually gained a half-open mouth, despite Matt saying "you're not going to get that much more in between."
  • Mike Chapman recalls the apparent pain of animating Bubs's elbows. His arm movements have since changed, presumably for ease of animation.
  • Matt raises the possibility of Stinkoman 20X6 level 10 releasing alongside alternate difficulties and level midpoints, which would come to pass over a decade later.
• road trip (DVD commentary) — Mike mentions that the band that plays Jammin' Tunes and The Dancing Brothers' song could be called "The Power Surge or something". They would return as "The Pow-uh Surge" in Trogdor Was A Man.
• Late Nite JengaJam Interview - 4 Oct 2007 —
  • The host, JengaShip, reminisces about the Powered by The Cheat updates. Matt agrees that "[they're] probably due" for new Powered by The Cheat cartoons. Rap Song was released roughly a month later.
  • When asked which character he would kill off, Matt mentions that Pom Pom "would be a good one" because "it would be really, really tragic". Pom Pom would briefly be killed in I Killed Pom Pom.
• ROFLCon - 26 Apr 2008 — All of the panelists, which consisted of Internet celebrities such as The Brothers Chaps, signed an OLPC XO-1 laptop that was later auctioned for charity. The Happy 8600 would debut in email thunder a few months later, inspired by the same laptop model.