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YouTube is a video sharing website, utilized by The Brothers Chaps as a secondary platform for Homestar Runner toons and videos.

The vast majority of the body of work is hosted on homestarrunner.com through embedded Flash files; YouTube versions of toons are typically mirrors of these videos with minor changes like adding title cards, adjusting Easter eggs to account for the lack of interactivity, or adding false ending cards. As of 2021, in response to the discontinuation of Flash, site content is now played through a combination of YouTube videos and Ruffle Flash emulation. Prominent links to YouTube appear next to most toon listings on the Toons menu and Strong Bad Email menu, playing embedded YouTube videos on the main site. Occasionally, uploads to YouTube are not featured on homestarrunner.com and are exclusive to the platform.

The channel homestarrunnerdotcom is the primary profile where videos are uploaded. Additional side channels have been occasionally used for limited purposes but see vanishingly little activity compared to the main channel. Many of The Brothers Chaps' other projects, such as Two More Eggs, are uploaded to YouTube channels managed by their project's owners.

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[edit] YouTube Channels

homestarrunnerdotcom
See main article: homestarrunnerdotcom

homestarrunnerdotcom is the official YouTube channel where most toons have been uploaded. First registered on October 1, 2007, the channel has been used since early 2009.

[edit] Side channels

These channels have been used briefly, but no videos have been added to either since late 2009.

[edit] sportsinterviewa

sportsinterviewa

On April 1, 2008, an Easter egg was added to shapeshifter which contained the code 3uSyK2RdlUY, the YouTube video ID for an exclusive video, Strong Bad Gameways. On October 5, 2009, a similar Easter egg in videography pointed to _Z-C8NU3SVM, the video Coach Z pukes in dude's toupee.

The name "sportsinterviewa" is a reference to oft-used surname Sportsinterviews (the account "sportsinterviews" was already taken, hence the change to the final letter). The channel profile image is a still from Strong Bad Gameways, parodying a graphic from a Nintendo Wii health and safety warning.

[edit] tdougland

tdougland

Fourteen videos from the March 27, 2008 "Limozeen Live!" performance were uploaded on April 4, 2008; the channel's description reads, "Limozeen's March 27 show at the 10 High Club in Atlanta, Ga!" The channel was linked to from homestarrunner.com via main page message "limozeen show online".

The name "tdougland" is a reference to Teeg Dougland, Limozeen's manager. The profile image is a still from the Fhqwhgads live performance.

[edit] Music streaming

See main article: Music Streaming Profiles

YouTube auto-generates "Topic" channels for musical artists. Due to "weird limits on compilations and various artists albums", the majority of Homestar Runner music on streaming is simply credited to "Strong Bad" — and, as a result, appear on the Strong Bad - Topic channel — regardless of what characters or fictional bands perform the song. The exception is the streaming version of Degradest Hits, released under the sloshy name, which is under the separate channel Sloshy - Topic.

[edit] Defunct

slimchaps was The Brothers Chaps' personal YouTube account. One video, "Punch-Out!!: The Movie", was featured in a Homestar Runner panel at PAX East on April 8, 2018. The channel has since been deleted.

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