Scandinavia
From Homestar Runner Wiki
Scandinavia is a group of countries in northern Europe consisting of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Iceland. It has been mentioned numerous times in the Homestar Runner body of work.
[edit] Appearances
- The House That Gave Sucky Treats — The King of Town dresses as Hagar the Horrible, a Viking character from the comic strip of the same name.
- Email superhero name — Strong Badman asks for a Danish pastry.
- Email little questions — The email is from Sweden, Strong Bad signs his reply with "Stark Dålig", the Swedish flag appears in the Easter egg, and the Easter egg plays Swedish music.
- Dancin' Bubs — The Swedish music is one of the songs that can be played.
- Everybody to the Limit — The song is performed in Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland.
- 3 Times Halloween Funjob — One of the candies you can give to Coach Z and Bubs is Swedish Fish.
- Thy Dungeonman series — Thy Dungeonman wears a Viking helmet.
- Peasant's Quest — The pillow is said to be made of Swedish foam.
- Email cheatday — The Cheat's fake ID says he's a Scandinavian miner called Ilko Skevüld.
- Email pom pom — The Swedish flag appears in an Easter egg.
- Sample of Style — When doing the Strong Mad and Coach Z voices, Matt Chapman mentions Björn Borg, a Swedish tennis player.
- Email rock opera — The word "danish" (from Superhero Name) is used in the rock opera.
- Email death metal — Strong Bad says that Scandinavia is the only place left where death metal will get you any girls. Then Strong Bad shows some footage from the Scandinavian band Taranchula.
- Email the chair — Strong Bad says that he doesn't care how Swedish the Styleron Ecochair is.
- Email the movies, Ever and More, Fan Costumes 08, and email dictionary — Homestar Runner wears a viking helmet.
- Email the paper — The way Strong Bad "cremates" the Paper using his BMW lighter after it "dies" is very reminiscent of a Viking funeral.
- Trudgemank — Taranchula returns. Peacey P raps that he is getting paid to rhyme with Scandinavians.
- Happy Dethemberween — St. Olaf, a Norwegian saint, is mentioned.
- Email buried — The lead singer of Taranchula does an advertisement in his accent.
- Email shapeshifter — Strong Bad says "Swedish deals" and "Norwegian deals".
- Email magic trick — The email is from Sweden.
- Homestar Ruiner — The results of the Free Country USA Race to the End of the Race are sent to Sweden.
- The Homestar Runner Enters The Spooky Woods — Homestar Runner dresses as Snufkin, a character from the Moomintrolls series, which originally comes from Finland.
- Fan 'Stumes 2020 — One of the costumes is called Champeeni Longstocking, which Strong Bad refers to as his favorite obscure Swedish character. The name is based on Pippi Longstocking, a character from a book written by Swedish novelist Astrid Lindgren.
- Halloween Hide & Seek — In Version 2.0, The King of Town refuses to be found as long as he's bouncing, citing Turkish-Swedish-Amish rules.
