New Toon Soon
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New toon soon! (and variations thereof) is a main page message used by The Brothers Chaps to inform visitors that an anticipated site update is delayed.
From 2002 through 2009, homestarrunner.com was typically updated on Monday mornings with a new toon or Strong Bad Email. These new toons would be indicated by a Main Page Message, such as "new cartoon!" or "halloween toon!". If the expected toon was not ready to release on Monday morning (or on another day of the week, such as a holiday), the "soon" message would be posted instead. "Soon" typically meant the toon would be released later the same day or on the next day. The exception was recent Halloween toons, which made use of special teasers and frequently took several additional days for their full release.
The Main Page messages were essentially deprecated in favor of index page messages during the post-Flash site update on December 31, 2020. Main page messages no longer use unique "new" text, instead simply pointing towards "latest toon" without indicating if it is new. As Homestar Runner is only "updated every Someday", it is unlikely that a "new toon soon!" main page message will be used again.
[edit] Messages
| Message | Date | Day | Toon | Release Delay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| new short soon | April 7, 2003 | Monday | Lookin at a Thing in a Bag | 1 day later |
| email soon | February 21, 2005 | Monday | rock opera | 1 day later |
| new sbemail soon | March 7, 2005 | Monday | best thing | 1 day later |
| new short shortly | May 30, 2005 | Monday | Senorial Day | 0, same day |
| new sbemail a-comin' | June 6, 2005 | Monday | boring (really) | 0, same day |
| new sbemail a-comin' | July 11, 2005 | Monday | bottom 10 | 0, same day |
| email soon | August 8, 2005 | Monday | lady...ing | 0, same day |
| new toon soon! | August 22, 2005 | Monday | A Folky Tale | 0, same day |
| new toon soon! | September 12, 2005 | Monday | Commandos in the Classroom | 1 day later |
| email soon | October 24, 2005 | Monday | bedtime story | 0, same day |
| workin as fast as we can | October 31, 2005 | Monday | Halloween Potion-ma-jig | 1 day later |
| email soon | February 13, 2006 | Monday | myths & legends | 0, same day |
| email soon | March 20, 2006 | Monday | candy product | 1 day later |
| new toon soon | May 2, 2006 | Tuesday | senior prom | 1 day later |
| New toon soon! | July 24, 2006 | Monday | Summer Short Shorts | 1 day later |
| email soon | September 18, 2006 | Monday | cliffhangers | 0, same day |
| new toon soon | October 30, 2006 | Monday | Happy Hallow-day | 0, same day |
| email soon | November 13, 2006 | Monday | 4 branches | 0, same day |
| holiday toon a-brewin | November 20, 2006 | Monday | Let us give TANKS! | 1 day later |
| email soon | December 4, 2006 | Monday | the chair | 0, same day |
| email soon | January 28, 2007 | Sunday | strong badathlon | 1 day later |
| email soon | February 5, 2007 | Monday | unnatural | 0, same day |
| email soon | February 19, 2007 | Monday | the movies | 1 day later |
| new toon soon | February 26, 2007 | Monday | KOT's VOQPCS! | 0, same day |
| email soon | March 12, 2007 | Monday | your funeral | 0, same day |
| email soon | April 9, 2007 | Monday | from work | 0, same day |
| new toon soon | April 23, 2007 | Monday | Date Nite | 1 day later |
| new toon soon | May 14, 2007 | Monday | DNA Evidence | 1 day later |
| short toon soon! | June 25, 2007 | Monday | Ever and More | 1 day later |
| email soon | September 24, 2007 | Monday | pizza joint | 0, same day |
| email soon | October 8, 2007 | Monday | web comics | 0, same day |
| ween toon soon | October 25, 2007 | Thursday | Jibblies 2 | 4 days later (the following Monday) |
| new short soon | November 12, 2007 | Monday | Rap Song | 0, same day |
| email soon | December 10, 2007 | Monday | nightlife | 0, same day |
| email soon | February 18, 2008 | Monday | licensed | 1 day later |
| email soon | July 14, 2008 | Monday | hiding | 0, same day |
| email soon | September 22, 2008 | Monday | email thunder | 1 day later |
| new short soon | October 20, 2008 | Monday | Costume Commercial | 0, same day |
| ween toon soon | October 27, 2008 | Monday | Most in the Graveyard | 3 days later |
| new short soon | March 9, 2009 | Monday | Career Day | 1 day later |
| new toon soon | March 16, 2009 | Monday | Kick-A-Ball | 1 day later |
| new toon soon | June 8, 2009 | Monday | Cheat Commandos: Two Part Episode: Part 2 | 0, same day |
| new toon soon | June 29, 2009 | Monday | hremail 3184 | 1 day later |
| sbemail soon! | August 31, 2009 | Monday | dictionary | 1 day later |
| new short soon | September 14, 2009 | Monday | The Animated Adventures of Puppet Homestar | 1 day later |
| sbemail soon! | October 5, 2009 | Monday | videography | 0, same day |
| ween toon soon | October 26, 2009 | Monday | Doomy Tales of the Macabre | 3 days later |
| ween toon soon | October 21, 2015 | Wednesday | The House That Gave Sucky Tricks | 8 days later |
| ween toon soon | October 26, 2016 | Wednesday | Later That Night... | 2 days later |
| ween toon soon | October 6, 2017 | Friday | Haunted Photo Booth | 25 days later (the day before Halloween) |
