History Characters / HomestarRunnerAlternateUniverses

* CowboyCop: Except when he's a PrivateDetective or a celebrity pharmacist.

* OneSteveLimit: Averted with Dangeresque, Too?

!!Yonder Website
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-> Debut: ''"[[Recap/HomestarRunnerCharactersFromYonderWebsite Characters from Yonder Website]]"''

A universe in the style of a TV show, best described as "unbelievably soothing children's programming".

* CanadaEh: Stingy Relenque is French-Canadian.

Dangeresque's loyal, semi-competant and enthically ambigous sidekick.

* {{Retirony}}: Parodied in ''Dangeresque 3'' where Renaldo constantly talks about his upcoming retirement and hwo he's got a long life of relaxing in perfect safety ahead of him.

* DistressedDude: Renaldo in "Dangeresque 3".

* ImpossibleThief: [[AllThereInTheManual According to the description on his Steam Trading Card]], Renaldo was recruited by Dangeresque when he caught him stealing just the [[BlandNameProduct Reesy Cups]] out his Ressey cup milkshake.

* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Renaldo's ethnicity is... confused. He wears a fez and turban with a moon and star on it (meaning he's either Middle Eastern, Moroccan, or [[BrotherhoodOfFunnyHats a shriner]]), and his name is Hispanic. Despite all of the above, Coach Z uses his usual vaguely Midwestern accent.

!!Yonder Website
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[[caption-width-right:350:Characters 1-7 in Characters from Yonder Website. That's right.]]
-> Debut: ''"[[Recap/HomestarRunnerCharactersFromYonderWebsite Characters from Yonder Website]]"''

A universe in the style of a TV show, best described as "unbelievably soothing children's programming".

* RoguesGallery: Baron Darin Diamonocle (played by Bubs), Perducci (played by the King of Town), Killingyouguy (Strong Mad), Uzi Bazooka ([[spoiler:Homestar]]), Szechuan Steve (the Cheat), Craig (also the Cheat), Stingy Relenque ([[spoiler: also]] Homestar), and an unnamed villain played by Shark Tooth Bubs.

Crooked Cop, Private Invesigator, Celebratry Pharmasist and everything Strong Bad wants in an action hero.

* CatchPhrase: The Homestar Runner's "What?" and "Now I'll do a dance." Old-Timey Strong Bad has "Curses!"

* CatchPhrase: Eh! Steve's is "Eh! Steve."

* CatchPhrase: As a pastiche of 80's action heroes, Dangeresque has a lot of them.

* DistressedDamsel: Dangeresque's maybe-girlfriend, Cutesy Buttons (played by Marzipan).

* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: After getting away with his crimes in the first and third movie, Perducci gets a taste of karma in ''Roomisode Triungulate'' where Dangeresque poisons him.

* RuleAbidingRebel: Dangeresque certainly gives this impression, given Strong Bad's insistence that "he fights the law" and "he works alone", neither of which appear to be true (in all of his appearances, he's out to stop criminals, and he works with at least one partner).

* CatchPhrase: Dangeresque uses "Looks like I'm gonna have to jump...!" In addition, he says "Sounds dangeresque!", "I work alone! Except when I work with Renaldo. Which is all the time.", "Or did I?", "Nobody do anything... Dangeresque!", and "Cool cool glasses!". Lampshades when he says "Six-syllable catchphrase!"

* DirtyCop: And proud of it, too.

* ImmediateSelfContradiction: Dangeresque works alone, except for when he works with Renaldo or Dangeresque Too, which is all the time.
* InformedAttribute: His jobs as a secret agent and celebrity pharmacist. Also, he supposedly plays for and against both sides of the law, but we only ever see him go up against Franchise/JamesBond-style {{Diabolical Mastermind}}s.
* InformedLoner / IWorkAlone: "Let's get one thing straight, meatball. Face. Butt. I work alone! 'Cept when I work with Renaldo. Which is all the time." In later films, he adds Dangeresque Too to his list of exceptions.

* MixAndMatchWeapon: His nunchuck gun.

* NoEscapeButDown: See CatchPhrase, above.

* PrivateDetective: Strong Bad can't seem to make up his mind if Dangeresque is this or a police detective.

* RuleAbidingRebel: Dangeresque certainly gives this impression, given Strong Bad's insistence that "he fights the law" and "he works alone", neither of which appear to be true (in all of his appearances, he's out to stop criminals, and he works with at least one partner).

!!Yonder Website
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[[caption-width-right:350:Characters 1-7 in Characters from Yonder Website. That's right.]]
-> Debut: ''"[[Recap/HomestarRunnerCharactersFromYonderWebsite Characters from Yonder Website]]"''

A universe in the style of a TV show, best described as "unbelievably soothing children's programming".

* LongTitle: Aside from ''Where My Hat is At?'' and ''Strong Bad Meets The Homestar Runner'', many of the book titles follow this format, along with CharacterActionTitle. Special mention goes to ''Strong Bad's Ghost Enters The Homestar Runner, Thereby Possessing Him Demonically''.

A [[StylisticSuck badly-drawn]] comic made by Strong Bad. The main characters are 4 girls who only want one thing: Boys. Lots and lots of BOYS. However, more often than not, [[KillEmAll everybody dies]] before this is accomplished. See [[WebAnimation/TeenGirlSquad its own page]] for applicable tropes.

* CowboyCop: Except when he's a PrivateDetective.

* MovieMakingMess

* AwesomeMcCoolName: Invoked with Uzi Bazooka.

* DenserAndWackier: Compared to the main universe, situations seem far stranger in the books than in the main cartoons. For example, in one adventure, there is a swimming compeition. The Homestar Runner uses a submarine to win, while Tiny-Handed Strong Bad has a fish pushed through his head. This is even lampshaded by Narrator Strong Bad at times.

* PhraseCatcher: The Homestar Runner is usually called "a terrific athlete" by both the narration and people he knows.

* StylisticSuck: It looks a cleaned-up version of the book visuals, wobbly lines and all. The voices for The Homestar Runner and Tiny-Handed Strong Bad are also much more wooden.

* AdaptationalIntelligence: Compared to his modern-day counterpart, Old-Timey Homestar is quite a bit more on-the-ball about things. However, he also seems to be partially deaf, as he has difficulty understanding people and just goes "What?"

When Strong Bad is challenged by a viewer to make "[his] craziest cartoon", the result is something so bizarre even he doesn't understand it. ''Sweet Cuppin' Cakes'' is apparently about a half-cow/half-helicopter creature who tries to get a little worm out of the ground, and a wheelchair (voiced by Bubs) who chases a talking trapezoid named Eh! Steve... but who can tell? Strong Bad himself is also a character, except his head is an old keyboard that plays the demo music when he gets angry.

* InformedSpecies: Sherlock is stated to be a cowcopter, but compared to to the {{portmanteau}}'s components (a cow and a helicopter), he resembles neither. The only cowlike things on him are the dark spots on his back, and he makes helicopter noises when he floats, but that's it.

* TheUnintelligible: Sherlock.

A character played by Strong Bad in a trilogy of home movies produced, written, directed, and starring himself. He's a private and/or police detective who doesn't play by the rules, aided by his sidekicks Renaldo (played by Coach Z) and Dangeresque, Too? (played by Homestar). The rest of the cast play various supporting roles, and Strong Sad plays pretty much everyone's beleaguered stunt double, mostly against his will.

* ObviousStuntDouble: Strong Sad serves as everyone's incredibly obvious stunt double. Even when he's not availible, like when multiple characters have to jump, this trope still applies- during a Dangeresque 3 "Jump", Marzipan is replaced with a cardboard cutout of her and Coach Z's is a bush with his Z taped on it.

* ProductPlacement: Today's episode of Characters From Yonder Website is brought to you by "a grant from Greencheat and our corporate sponsors: Smarty Juice: A faceless MegaCorp with a couple of hills on the logo". It's revealed that this is because the cartoon is a result of the cast tripping out on expired Smarty Juice.

* DenserAndWackier: Compared to the main universe, situations seem far stranger in the books than in the main cartoons. For example, in one adventure, there is a swimming compeition. Homestar Runner uses a submarine to win, while Strong Bad has a fish pushed through his head. This is even lampshaded by Strong Bad at times.

[[caption-width-right:350:Top row, L-R: Silent Rip, Fightgar, and Ripberger; Bottom row, L-R: Crackotage, Gunhaver, Firebert, and... Cracotage again?]]

* BadBadActing: Everyone talks in a stilted tone as if they're just reading something out loud. Except for Homestar, Strong Bad, Marzipan, Pom-Pom, and oddly enough, The King of Town.

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* ObviousStuntDouble: Strong Sad serves as everyone's incredibly obvious stunt double.

An AffectionateParody on ''WesternAnimation/GIJoe'' and other MerchandiseDriven cartoons from TheEighties. Every character (not counting the voice actors and A. Chimendez) resembles The Cheat.

* ArtisticLicenseGunSafety: The crew play with a new bulletproof vest they got by shooting each other with Gunhaver's gun. Later Admiral Flashfight is killed because everyone thought he was wearing the vest.
* AtrociousAlias: Firebert.
-->'''Gunhaver:''' Firebert, you stay here and think of a better commando name!
* ADayInTheLimelight: Firebert gets to team up with Dangeresque in "Dangeresque: Puppet Squad - the Hot Jones Hi-Jack!"
* BigShutUp: In "Comamndos In the Classroom", one of the "pro-positive life tools" Gunhaver gives to Reynold is to "envision [his] inapprorpriate-ors as giant slices of pizza". In an Easter egg, Blue Laser Commander says this to some Blue Laser foot soldiers who are dressed up like pizza slices:
-->'''Blue Laser minion:''' ''(to Blue Laser Commander)'' Um, I'm not entirely sure this is what they were talking about, sir.\\
'''Blue Laser Commander:''' SHUT IT! Pizza can't talk!
* ButtMonkey: Reynold, the bespectacled nerdy contractor, gets absolutely no respect from the commandos. Also, Firebert, who is asked to come up with a better commando name before getting involved with any missions.
* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: Weirdly inverted with Reynold. The other Cheat Commandoes will treat him like absolute garbage for pretty much any reason they can think of and typically use him as their scapegoat when things go wrong, but any time he's actually the one responsible for a screw-up, the others will usually let him off or misinterpret it as an act of courage and commend him for it.
* CatchPhrase: Played with. By default, their catchphrase is "Cheat Commandos, rock, rock on!" When Gunhaver says "Cheat Commandos, riggidy-roll!", Silent Rip objects and says that it is not what they usually say. Also, when Agent Chimendez takes over, he says "Cheat Commandos, let's rrrrrrock, rrrrock on!" with trilling R's.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Agent Chimendez, who overthrew Gunhaver at the end of "The Next Epi-Snowed". Come the EasterEgg in "Pistols for Pandas" and Gunhaver is the leader again, with Agent Chimendez never mentioned again after that.
* TheChewToy: Reynold
* TheChick: [=FoxFace=] and New Bad Guy Girl Character
* {{Crossover}}: WebAnimation/TeenGirlSquad episode 7 in an Easter Egg, showing Mrs. Commanderson standing amid Gunhaver and Fightgar, drawn in the TGS style.
-->'''Cheat Commandos theme song singers:''' Mrs. Commanderson, she's some kind of bird-reptile, and she teaches Pre-K!\\
'''Mrs. Commanderson:''' EERRAAAK!!
* EmoTeen: Reynold's brother
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: New Bad Guy Girl Character
* ExtremeOmnivore: Limited-Edition Firebert will eat ''anything'' with nutmeg on it, even holiday decoration lights.
* FaceHeelTurn: During the "2-Part Episode", [[spoiler:Reynold is so disgruntled by the Commandos' treatment of him that he joins forces with Blue Laser as Scrawn Job.]]
* FamilyFriendlyFirearms: Played with. The two factions use laser weapons and play this trope straight (Blue Laser's name even deriving from it), but Gunhaver carries a real pistol, apparently his special skill on the team. See ArtisticLicenseGunSafety above.
* FightingClown: A literal example with Fudgeclank of the Topplegangers.
* HandbagOfHurt: A lineup of accessories shows that Foxface's weapon is a bulletproof handbag.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: The Topplegangers are sometimes good guys, sometimes bad guys.
* MonsterClown: Fudgeclank
* NoIndoorVoice: Blue Laser Commander
* OnlySaneMan: Flashfight (although for some reason, he [[DamnedByAFoolsPraise likes]] [[AtrociousAlias Firebert's]] commando name).
* TheOtherDarrin: In-Universe Example. Gunhaver's voice actor, Crack Stuntman, is temporarily fired due to "contractual mumbo-jumbo". Crack also tries to take over the role of Crackotage at one point.
* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: As an evil league of violence, Blue Laser naturally has several plans for world domination. However, the toons seen never actually show them carrying out such plans (or they try to, but are hindered by something like ''mildew''). Others are self defeating plans like attempting to blow up the ocean.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: New Bad Guy Girl Character is added to the show simply because Crack wanted his girlfriend to be able to play a character.
* RedShirt: The Green Helmets
-->'''Gunhaver:''' We've got, like, 50 of them.
* RhymesOnADime: Crackotage usually speaks in rhyme.
* SissyVillain: Blue Laser Commander.
* SpellMyNameWithAThe: Normally an [[AvertedTrope aversion]] of this trope wouldn't be the slightest bit noteworthy, but considering the fact that the characters elsewhere unfailingly refer to The Cheat as '''"The''' Cheat" no matter how odd it sounds, it can actually be a bit weird to hear these characters just call their group "Cheat Commandos."
* TheUnintelligible: Firebert is the only one who actually speaks like a regular The Cheat.
* VerbalTicked: Crackotage doesn't always succeed in making rhymes.
-->'''Crackotage:''' Movie night is my favorite night. I think it is my favorite night!\\
'''Silent Rip:''' Are you even trying anymore?
** In an Easter egg in the toon where the above line of dialog is said, there is another exchange between Silent Rip and Crackotage:
--->'''Silent Rip:''' Aw, you can do it. Try another one.\\
'''Crackotage:''' [[LampshadeHanging I think my rhymes are truly broke! Broke, broke, broke, broke, broke, broke, broke!]]
* WhosLaughingNow: Reynold / [[spoiler:Scrawn Job]]
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!!Sweet Cuppin' Cakes
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->Debut: ''"[[Recap/StrongBadEmailE72CrazyCartoon Email crazy cartoon]]"''

When Strong Bad is challenged by a viewer to make "[his] craziest cartoon", the result is something so bizarre even he doesn't understand it. ''Sweet Cuppin' Cakes'' is apparently about a half-cow/half-helicopter creature who tries to get a little worm out of the ground, and a wheelchair (voiced by Bubs) who chases a talking trapezoid named Eh! Steve... but who can tell? Strong Bad himself is also a character, except his head is an old keyboard that plays the demo music when he gets angry.
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!!Cheat Commandos

An AffectionateParody on WesternAnimation/GIJoe and other MerchandiseDriven cartoons from TheEighties. Every character (not counting the voice actors and A. Chimendez) resembles The Cheat.