Where My Hat Is At?
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- This article is about the book. For the short, see Where My Hat Is At? (toon).
The second Homestar Runner children's "book", and the first Homestar Runner web appearance. Homestar has lost his hat, and he can't play in the big game without it! Will he find his hat in time?
Cast (in order of appearance): The Homestar Runner (storybook), Pom Pom, Coach Z, Bubs, The Umpire
Page Title: The Homestar Runner
DVD: Everything Else, Volume 2
Contents |
[edit] The Story
| Image description | Text | Link |
|---|---|---|
| A portrait view of Homestar, standing in a green star | Everyone loves the Homestar Runner. He is a terrific athlete. | hs1 |
| Homestar stands with an arrow pointing to his head and the words "no hat" | On the day of the Big Game, the Homestar Runner lost his hat. Without it, he wouldn't be allowed to play. | hs2 |
| Homestar lifts a couch, looking underneath | It wasn't under the couch. | hs3 |
| Homestar looks at an old TV set with static on the screen | Or on top of the teleset. | hs4 |
| Portrait view of Homestar with a speech bubble which reads, "WHERE MY HAT IS AT?" inside | hs5 | |
| Homestar is in a swimming pool with a beach ball | It wasn't in the pool. | hs6 |
| Homestar is looking at a grill with a steak on it | Or cooking on the grill. | hs7 |
| The same view of Homestar saying "WHERE MY HAT IS AT?" is seen | hs8 | |
| Homestar is looking at an empty postbox with the word "HOMESTAR" on top | It wasn't in the postbox. | hs9 |
| Homestar is lying under a red car | Or under the auto. | hs10 |
| "WHERE MY HAT IS AT?" screen is seen again | hs11 | |
| Homestar is standing next to Pom Pom | Pom-Pom hadn't seen it. | hs12 |
| Homestar is standing next to Coach Z | Neither had Coach Zee. | hs13 |
| Homestar is standing in front of Bubs' Concession Stand, and Bubs is shrugging his shoulders | Bubs from the concession stand hadn't seen it. | hs1x |
| The umpire is seen behind a baseball plate speaking to Homestar | "If you can't find your hat, you're not allowed to play in today's Big Game," said the umpire. | hs14 |
| Homestar is kicking a can sadly | "Looks like I won't be able to play then," the Homestar Runner said reluctantly.. | hs15 |
| Homestar walks down a road | hs16 | |
| Homestar stands in front of a refrigerator | "I could go for a few cold ones right about now," said the Homestar Runner. So he opened the icebox to grab a couple. | hs17 |
| A view of the inside of the refrigerator is seen with various items inside, including Homestar's hat | When he opened the icebox, he noticed something strange, but he couldn't put his finger on it. | hs18 |
| The "WHERE MY HAT IS AT?" panel is seen again, only the speech bubble reads, "THERE MY HAT IS AT!!" | Between the milk and the cold ones was his hat. | hs19 |
| Homestar now has his hat on and is running while drinking a Cold One | So, he grabbed his hat and a couple cold ones and ran to the Big Game. | hs20 |
| Homestar runs onto the Home Plate, and the umpire yells, "SAFE!" | He got there just in time to score the winning run. | hs21 |
| Homestar, Pom Pom, Coach Z, and the umpire stand next to Homestar | "Where did you find your hat?" asked Coach Zee. "Between the milk and the cold ones." | hs22 |
| A portrait shot of Homestar in a green star is seen, with the words "THE END" | hs23 |
[edit] Fun Facts
[edit] Trivia
- According to "The Evolution of Homestar" wallpaper, the book was made in June of 1999.
- Coach Z, Bubs, and the Umpire made their debuts in this story.
- "Coach Zee" would be renamed to simply "Coach Z" by the time of the Old Characters Page.
- This book includes the first instances of a character using a non-inverted question, Homestar kicking a can, and cold ones.
- This is one of the few times Homestar is seen drinking cold ones. He also does so in Theme Song Video, Summer Short Shorts and Date Nite.
[edit] Inside References
- The book opens with "Everyone loves the Homestar Runner. He is a terrific athlete." The Original Book opened with the same phrase, albeit with "Everybody" instead of "Everyone".
[edit] Fixed Glitches
- In the old version, on the image with Bubs, the page URL is hs1x, whereas the others are hs1, hs2, hs3, etc. The Brothers Chaps may have forgotten to put it in, which is why it didn't follow the order, and clicking 'back' from hs14 would lead to hs13, rather than hs1x as it should have. This has since been fixed in the new version made on February 14, 2006, found in the museum.
- In the old version, there were buttons for 'next' on the last image, and 'back' on the first image. Those would lead to cartoons.html, which was 404'd. This has also since been corrected in the new version made on February 14, 2006.
[edit] Fast Forward
- In 2009, the book was remade as a Flash cartoon.
[edit] DVD Version
- Instead of the images being fullscreen, the book is now presented in a similar fashion to kids' book, with music from pop-up playing and the story read aloud.
- The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch the DVD player's audio language selection while watching.
[edit] Commentary Transcript
(Commentary by: Matt Chapman, Mike Chapman)
MATT: Look, Mike, it's an old book! How many times do you think I say something about, "Look Mike", or "Hi Mike", or "Hey Mike" at the beginning at a commentary?
MIKE: All of them. This is the last bit of Homestar Runner-ery before the website.
MATT: That's right. This was done on Mike's old Free Country, USA website.
MIKE: Yeah, this is just a HTML page click-through story book. Mindspring.com... what was your old...
MATT: ~mikechapman?
MIKE: Yeah, yeah. So, for some reason the "post box" and the "auto" is basically British. Old Homestar sort of had this weird Japanese feel, and then he went through this weird British phase.
{both laugh}
MIKE: And this is the uh... when Bubs and Coach Z, their first appearance.
MATT: De-butt.
MIKE: De-butt. And the umpire, too. Who, uh...
{Matt laughs}
MATT: Who we forgot to make that Easter egg! We were going to put the Umpire in an Easter egg in the last email we made.
MIKE: You'll never hear from him again now! That was his one chance!
MATT: I like the weird shadow of the can. The wind from the can flying. The motion lines.
MIKE: Yeah.
MATT: That's a nice fridge.
MIKE: Well... well, thanks.
MATT: I want to punch this narrator, Mike.
MIKE: That's you, Matt. He's really...
MATT: I don't like him. He's very soft-spoken. He's pandering. I feel like if I was a child I would be insulted by him. Like, "This guy thinks I'm an idiot! I need to be handled with kid gloves." Say something else, Mike.
MIKE: Eh...
MATT: What do you think of your style? Were you... you know, kind of "loosely fill in..."
MIKE: Go outside the lines?
MATT: Yeah, like they tell you not to do!
MIKE: Yeah. I was breaking all the rules with this one. {"The End" shows up on the screen} I agree.
MATT: Yeah...
[edit] External Links
| Museum |
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| Sketchbook | Original Book | Super NES | Where My Hat Is At? | Fan Stuff | Old Flash Stuff |
