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* UnphasedEveryman: The Homestar Runner, in contrast to Modern Homestar Runner's role as TheFool acts as more of an understated straight man. This is most obvious when he squares off against Stinkoman in ''20X6 vs. 1936''.
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* ActingForTwo: [invoked] Marzipan (as Cutesy Buttons and her EvilCounterpart Sultry Buttons), Strong Sad (as five suspiciously identical informants and everybody's stunt double), and Homestar (as Dangeresque Too? and [[EvilTwin Uzi Bazooka]]) in ''Dangeresque 3''. Several characters also play different roles between episodes.
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* ActingForTwo: [invoked] [[invoked]] Marzipan (as Cutesy Buttons and her EvilCounterpart Sultry Buttons), Strong Sad (as five suspiciously identical informants and everybody's stunt double), and Homestar (as Dangeresque Too? and [[EvilTwin Uzi Bazooka]]) in ''Dangeresque 3''. Several characters also play different roles between episodes.
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* 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 thing on him is the lone dark spot in his back, and he makes helicopter noises when he floats, but that's it.
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* 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 thing things on him is are the lone dark spot in spots on his back, and he makes helicopter noises when he floats, but that's it.
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* LivingProp: Aside from the Brothers Strong, very few of the Storybook counterparts to the main cast do anything but fill crowd shots. Several book-only characters like Señor also lack lines.
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** Counterparts based on the main 12 that didn't come from the original book are usually taken from their preliminary sketches (seen in the Museum), while The Homestar Runner's voice is based on the early flashes.
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* SpellMyNameWithAThe: The Homestar Runner, The Cheat, and The Sneak have this naming scheme.
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* SpellMyNameWithAThe: The Homestar Runner, The Cheat, and The Sneak have this naming scheme. In "flashback", this also applies to Coach Z (as "The Coach Z") and Strong Sad (on the book cover of ''The Strong Sad Wets Yonder Bed'').
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* 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 Enters The Homestar Runner, Thereby Possessing Him Demonically''.
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* 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 Bad's Ghost Enters The Homestar Runner, Thereby Possessing Him Demonically''.
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* MythologyGag: Counterparts based on the main 12 that didn't come from the original book are usually taken from their preliminary sketches (seen in the Museum), while The Homestar Runner's voice is based on the early flashes.
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* MythologyGag: MythologyGag:
** The shorts are written similarly to the original book (and some of the early kids' book-like flashes).
** Counterparts based on the main 12 that didn't come from the original book are usually taken from their preliminary sketches (seen in the Museum), while The Homestar Runner's voice is based on the early flashes.
** The shorts are written similarly to the original book (and some of the early kids' book-like flashes).
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* StylisticSelfParody: The shorts are written similarly to the original book (and some of the early kids' book-like flashes), though they
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* LemonyNarrator: Starting with "Flashback", all stories taking place in this universe are narrated by Strong Bad, who quips and changes the narrative as he sees fit.
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* HeyYou: One of the running gags is Narrator Strong Bad's refusal to call Storybook Strong Sad by his name, instead referring to him by titles like "Some Fat Girl", "[[Literature/AChristmasCarol The Ghost of Christmas Suck]]", and "[[Literature/TheRaven A Pallid Bust of Pallas]]". The one time he does get his name right, it's grudgingly.
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* AdaptationNameChange: Downplayed for Coach Zee, whose name is spelled to reflect its pronunciation.
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* AdaptationNameChange: Zig-Zagged and Downplayed for Coach Zee, Z, whose name is spelled changed to "Coach Zee" to reflect its pronunciation.pronunciation in one book and spelt with a "The" in another.
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* 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 Enters The Homestar Runner, Thereby Possessing Him Demonically''.
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* LongTitle: Aside from ''Where My Hat is At?'' and ''Strong Bad Meets The Homestar Runner'' Runner'', many of the book titles follow this format, along with CharacterActionTitle. Special mention goes to ''Strong Bad Enters The Homestar Runner, Thereby Possessing Him Demonically''.
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* LongTitle: Aside from ''Where My Hat is At?'' many of the book titles follow this format, along with CharacterActionTitle. Special mention goes to ''Strong Bad Enters The Homestar Runner, Thereby Possessing Him Demonically''.
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* 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 Enters The Homestar Runner, Thereby Possessing Him Demonically''.
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** Both the narrator and the storybook character are Strong Bad, but the two are designated "Narrator Strong Bad" and "Tiny-Handed Strong Bad" to make it easier.
** The Homestar Runner and his similarly-named Old-Timey counterpart avert this in-universe, as they're both called as such without any modifiers.
** Both the narrator and the storybook character are Strong Bad, but the two are designated "Narrator Strong Bad" and "Tiny-Handed Strong Bad" to make it easier.
** The Homestar Runner and his similarly-named Old-Timey counterpart avert this in-universe, as they're both called as such without any modifiers.
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Characters originating from alternate universe or in-universe series.
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The first and oldest universe, the Storybook universe is a simplistic, crudely-drawn world based on the original children's book by Mike Chapman and Craig Zobel. The star of the show is The Homestar Runner, who often finds himself facing off with Tiny-Handed Strong Bad, a CardCarryingVillain who likes messing with him.
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The first and oldest universe, the Storybook universe is a simplistic, crudely-drawn world based on the original children's book by Mike Chapman and Craig Zobel. The star of the show is The Homestar Runner, a simpleminded, athletic fellow who often finds himself facing off with Tiny-Handed Strong Bad, a CardCarryingVillain who likes messing with him.
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The first and oldest universe, the Storybook universe is a simplistic, crudely-drawn world based on the original children's book by Mike Chapman and Craig Zobel.
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The first and oldest universe, the Storybook universe is a simplistic, crudely-drawn world based on the original children's book by Mike Chapman and Craig Zobel.
Zobel. The star of the show is The Homestar Runner, who often finds himself facing off with Tiny-Handed Strong Bad, a CardCarryingVillain who likes messing with him.
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!Storybook
->Debut: ''"Literature/TheHomestarRunnerEntersTheStrongestManInTheWorldContest"''
The first and oldest universe, the Storybook universe is a simplistic, crudely-drawn world based on the original children's book by Mike Chapman and Craig Zobel.
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* AdaptationNameChange: Downplayed for Coach Zee, whose name is spelled to reflect its pronunciation.
* DependingOnTheWriter: While some episodes show the Storybook world as a flashback setting, others portray it as a series of in-universe books.
* LemonyNarrator: Starting with "Flashback", all stories taking place in this universe are narrated by Strong Bad, who quips and changes the narrative as he sees fit.
* MythologyGag: Counterparts based on the main 12 that didn't come from the original book are usually taken from their preliminary sketches (seen in the Museum), while The Homestar Runner's voice is based on the early flashes.
* SpellMyNameWithAThe: The Homestar Runner, The Cheat, and The Sneak have this naming scheme.
* 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.
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->Debut: ''"Literature/TheHomestarRunnerEntersTheStrongestManInTheWorldContest"''
The first and oldest universe, the Storybook universe is a simplistic, crudely-drawn world based on the original children's book by Mike Chapman and Craig Zobel.
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* AdaptationNameChange: Downplayed for Coach Zee, whose name is spelled to reflect its pronunciation.
* DependingOnTheWriter: While some episodes show the Storybook world as a flashback setting, others portray it as a series of in-universe books.
* LemonyNarrator: Starting with "Flashback", all stories taking place in this universe are narrated by Strong Bad, who quips and changes the narrative as he sees fit.
* MythologyGag: Counterparts based on the main 12 that didn't come from the original book are usually taken from their preliminary sketches (seen in the Museum), while The Homestar Runner's voice is based on the early flashes.
* SpellMyNameWithAThe: The Homestar Runner, The Cheat, and The Sneak have this naming scheme.
* 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.
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* CelebrityVoiceActor:[invoked] Parodied with the Wheelchair, who is "voiced by" Bubs.
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* EldritchLocation: Sweet Puttin' Cakes, a mini-golf course based on the show. Nobody knows how they get there, the laws of physics apply themselves freely, and the only way out is to will yourself back to reality.
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* SpiritualAntithesis: The series is considered to be this to Teen Girl Squad. Though the two have a crudely drawn black-and-white style, Teen Girl Squad is incredibly violent. Yonder Website, however, is much more tranquil.
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* SpiritualAntithesis: The series is considered to be this to Teen ''Teen Girl Squad. Squad''. Though the two have a crudely drawn black-and-white style, Teen ''Teen Girl Squad is ''is incredibly violent. Yonder Website, however, is much more tranquil.
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The {{Animesque}} 20X6 is the future where all the Homestar characters have Japanese cartoon versions of themselves. Here, everyone seems to be obsessed with challenging, especially Stinkoman (Strong Bad). There is currently a [[VideoGame/Stinkoman20X6 game]], in which Level 10 has been in the works for... a while now, not getting released until December 2020.
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The {{Animesque}} 20X6 is the future where all the Homestar characters have Japanese cartoon versions of themselves. Here, everyone seems to be obsessed with challenging, especially Stinkoman (Strong Bad). There is currently a [[VideoGame/Stinkoman20X6 game]], in which Level 10 has been in the works for... a while now, not getting released until December 2020.
2020. See [[Characters/HomestarRunner20X6 its page]] for applicable character tropes.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Top row, L-R: Silent Rip, Fightgar, and Ripberger; Bottom row, L-R: Crackotage, Gunhaver, Firebert, and... Cracotage again?]]
->Debut: ''"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.
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!!Cheat Commandos
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[[caption-width-right:350:Top row, L-R: Silent Rip, Fightgar, and Ripberger; Bottom row, L-R: Crackotage, Gunhaver, Firebert, and... Cracotage again?]]
->Debut: ''"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.
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* AcCENTUponTheWrongSylLABle: Stinkoman speaks as if he's an English dub trying to match Japanese lip flaps.
* AdaptationalVillainy: [[spoiler:Coach Z]] is possibly one of the least antagonistic characters among the Homestar Runner cast. Not this case in the 20X6 Universe, where they're the BigBad to Stinkoman, seeking to take his place as "The Guy".
* AffectionateParody: Of anime and video games.
* AloofBigBrother: Stinkoman acts as one to 1-Up, as he barely makes any time for him and usually just outright ignores him. Despite this, [[BigBrotherInstinct he does go out of his way to help him once in a while]].
* BigBad: For this universe, it seems to be a figure who is constantly in shadow. [[spoiler:Revealed to be the 20X6 version of Coach Z, calling himself Z-Sabre]].
* CallingYourAttacks: [[LargeHam DOUBLE DEUUUUUUUCE!!!]]
* CatchPhrase: Stinkoman screams "DOUBLE DEUUUUUUUCE!!!" Also, "Are you ASKING FOR A CHALLENGE?!"
* ChallengeSeeker: Stinkoman ''lives'' for the thrill of a challenge seeker. It's even his Catchphrase.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Stinkoman has no comprehension of anything beyond challenge-n-fighting.
--> '''Stinkoman:''' ''Oh man,'' those first 400 bites of dirt were not so good. ''Maybe'' the next one will be ''better''.\\
''(reaches his hand into ground and bumps against something in it)''\\
'''Stinkoman:''' ''What'' is this? Some sort of a challenge buried in the ''GROUND''?
* DeadUnicornTrope: 20X6's "anime" spoofs are more reminiscent of '80s/early '90s video games than anything. Justified since it was created by Strong Bad, whose knowledge of anime is limited to having seen one anime once, but he is ''quite'' knowledgeable on the subject of similarly themed [[PacManFever 80's/early 90's video games]].
* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: Marzi-mei's original design was more reminiscent of the 90s ''Anime/SailorMoon'' anime, with her [[ShesGotLegs long legs]], bright blue eyes, and MinidressOfPower. By contrast, her design as of the Level 10 update and the animated opening gives her a hippie costume with GodivaHair.
* HandHidingSleeves: Marzi-Mei has these in her modern design, alongside pants that hide her feet, mirroring how Marzipan doesn't have visible arms and legs.
* IdiotHero: As a parody of anime heores, Stinkoman also parodies this trope doing things like leaping into the stratosphere to clear a wall just taller than his standard jump height and eating 400 bites of dirt in the hopes that he's eventually find a tasty one.
* InstrumentOfMurder: Marzi-Mei can shoot lasers from her guitar.
* JustAKid: 1-Up. Maybe when he's older…
* LargeHam: Stinkoman. Every sentence has him at the top of his lungs at some point.
* MagicalGirl: The Main Page variant for the universe features a version of Marzi-Mei that looks almost identical to any of the [[Anime/SailorMoon Sailor Senshi]]. Her Modern variant still has Magical Girl inspiration, using a laser blasting shamisen to do battle.
* NoIndoorVoice: Again, Stinkoman has a habit of punctuating his words at the top of his lungs.
* NoMouth: [[spoiler:Z-Sabre, being Coach Z's counterpart, had this going on. That is until he emerges from the wreckage of his castle, having gotten a mouth as a battle scar.]]
* RapidFireFisticuffs: Stinkoman likes to dish this out.
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Cheatball is round and huggable.
* SailorSenshiSendUp: Marzi-Mei was this before her redesign, with a little [[VideoGame/StreetFighter Chun-Li]] mixed in.
* ShallowParody: Invoked. The Chapman Brothers don't know much about anime, so they decided to have Strong Bad describe the most superficial, stereotypical western idea of 'japanimation' humanly possible.
* ShoutOut: Every 20X6 character after Stinkoman, 1-Up and Pan Pan is a reference to a specific anime/game character and/or trope. Stinkoman and 1-Up however, rock futuristic stylin' boots sigificant of a super anime themed video game also out in [[UpToEleven 2XXX]], being ''Franchise/MegaMan''.
** Marzi-Mei is based of MagicalGirl anime, with her first design being a direct shout-out to Sailor Moon. Her latest design from 2020 gives her more modern ''moe'' and ''kawaii'' based aesthetics with [[EasternRPG [=JRPG=]]] styled flowing long GodivaHair and a fringe with a blue headband like [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI Celes Chere]], while 20X6 Carol is aesthetically reminiscent of a [[VideoGame/KingdomHearts keyblade]].
** Cheatball parodies Pokemon, being a strange creature that [[PokemonSpeak only says it's name]] and has very confusing battle mechanics. Cheatball is also known to transform into a spaceship, not unlike cabbit Ryoki from ''Anime/TenchiMuyo''.
** The Shadowy Figure [[spoiler:Z Sabre is one to ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' combining elements of Zero and Sigma.]]
** The true final boss [[spoiler:Mecha-Trogador is one to Mecha-Godzilla.]]
** Sticklyman also takes naming conventions from ''Mega Man'', and is based off of the shared anime inspired Flash stick figure ''WebAnimation/XiaoXiao'' fighting animations.
* ShovelStrike: Sticklyman, a stick-figure with a shovel, believed to be The Poopsmith's 20X6 counterpart, uses a shovel as his main weapon.
* StockShonenHero: Stinkoman, being the fight-happy, kind of dimwitted, somewhat good hearted, and fisticuffs fighter of the heroes' side, fits this trope perfectly.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Prawns for Stinkoman and pudding for 1-Up.
* TruthInTelevision: You'd think that Strong Bad is just playing along, but it couldn't be any nearer to the truth. A lot of US anime fans around the 1990s/1980s were also exposed to anime moreso through Japanese video games than anime outright and were video gamers as a shared interest.
* VolumetricMouth: Practically ''everyone'' when speaking. The only real exception is the Cheatball. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Strong Bad, when describing Stinkoman:
-->"Then there's my mouth. Real tiny when it's closed; ridiculously huge when it's open."
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Stinkoman, the TropeNamer.
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!!Cheat Commandos
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[[caption-width-right:350:Top row, L-R: Silent Rip, Fightgar, and Ripberger; Bottom row, L-R: Crackotage, Gunhaver, Firebert, and... Cracotage again?]]
->Debut: ''"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.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: [[spoiler:Coach Z]] is possibly one of the least antagonistic characters among the Homestar Runner cast. Not this case in the 20X6 Universe, where they're the BigBad to Stinkoman, seeking to take his place as "The Guy".
* AffectionateParody: Of anime and video games.
* AloofBigBrother: Stinkoman acts as one to 1-Up, as he barely makes any time for him and usually just outright ignores him. Despite this, [[BigBrotherInstinct he does go out of his way to help him once in a while]].
* BigBad: For this universe, it seems to be a figure who is constantly in shadow. [[spoiler:Revealed to be the 20X6 version of Coach Z, calling himself Z-Sabre]].
* CallingYourAttacks: [[LargeHam DOUBLE DEUUUUUUUCE!!!]]
* CatchPhrase: Stinkoman screams "DOUBLE DEUUUUUUUCE!!!" Also, "Are you ASKING FOR A CHALLENGE?!"
* ChallengeSeeker: Stinkoman ''lives'' for the thrill of a challenge seeker. It's even his Catchphrase.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Stinkoman has no comprehension of anything beyond challenge-n-fighting.
--> '''Stinkoman:''' ''Oh man,'' those first 400 bites of dirt were not so good. ''Maybe'' the next one will be ''better''.\\
''(reaches his hand into ground and bumps against something in it)''\\
'''Stinkoman:''' ''What'' is this? Some sort of a challenge buried in the ''GROUND''?
* DeadUnicornTrope: 20X6's "anime" spoofs are more reminiscent of '80s/early '90s video games than anything. Justified since it was created by Strong Bad, whose knowledge of anime is limited to having seen one anime once, but he is ''quite'' knowledgeable on the subject of similarly themed [[PacManFever 80's/early 90's video games]].
* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: Marzi-mei's original design was more reminiscent of the 90s ''Anime/SailorMoon'' anime, with her [[ShesGotLegs long legs]], bright blue eyes, and MinidressOfPower. By contrast, her design as of the Level 10 update and the animated opening gives her a hippie costume with GodivaHair.
* HandHidingSleeves: Marzi-Mei has these in her modern design, alongside pants that hide her feet, mirroring how Marzipan doesn't have visible arms and legs.
* IdiotHero: As a parody of anime heores, Stinkoman also parodies this trope doing things like leaping into the stratosphere to clear a wall just taller than his standard jump height and eating 400 bites of dirt in the hopes that he's eventually find a tasty one.
* InstrumentOfMurder: Marzi-Mei can shoot lasers from her guitar.
* JustAKid: 1-Up. Maybe when he's older…
* LargeHam: Stinkoman. Every sentence has him at the top of his lungs at some point.
* MagicalGirl: The Main Page variant for the universe features a version of Marzi-Mei that looks almost identical to any of the [[Anime/SailorMoon Sailor Senshi]]. Her Modern variant still has Magical Girl inspiration, using a laser blasting shamisen to do battle.
* NoIndoorVoice: Again, Stinkoman has a habit of punctuating his words at the top of his lungs.
* NoMouth: [[spoiler:Z-Sabre, being Coach Z's counterpart, had this going on. That is until he emerges from the wreckage of his castle, having gotten a mouth as a battle scar.]]
* RapidFireFisticuffs: Stinkoman likes to dish this out.
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Cheatball is round and huggable.
* SailorSenshiSendUp: Marzi-Mei was this before her redesign, with a little [[VideoGame/StreetFighter Chun-Li]] mixed in.
* ShallowParody: Invoked. The Chapman Brothers don't know much about anime, so they decided to have Strong Bad describe the most superficial, stereotypical western idea of 'japanimation' humanly possible.
* ShoutOut: Every 20X6 character after Stinkoman, 1-Up and Pan Pan is a reference to a specific anime/game character and/or trope. Stinkoman and 1-Up however, rock futuristic stylin' boots sigificant of a super anime themed video game also out in [[UpToEleven 2XXX]], being ''Franchise/MegaMan''.
** Marzi-Mei is based of MagicalGirl anime, with her first design being a direct shout-out to Sailor Moon. Her latest design from 2020 gives her more modern ''moe'' and ''kawaii'' based aesthetics with [[EasternRPG [=JRPG=]]] styled flowing long GodivaHair and a fringe with a blue headband like [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI Celes Chere]], while 20X6 Carol is aesthetically reminiscent of a [[VideoGame/KingdomHearts keyblade]].
** Cheatball parodies Pokemon, being a strange creature that [[PokemonSpeak only says it's name]] and has very confusing battle mechanics. Cheatball is also known to transform into a spaceship, not unlike cabbit Ryoki from ''Anime/TenchiMuyo''.
** The Shadowy Figure [[spoiler:Z Sabre is one to ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' combining elements of Zero and Sigma.]]
** The true final boss [[spoiler:Mecha-Trogador is one to Mecha-Godzilla.]]
** Sticklyman also takes naming conventions from ''Mega Man'', and is based off of the shared anime inspired Flash stick figure ''WebAnimation/XiaoXiao'' fighting animations.
* ShovelStrike: Sticklyman, a stick-figure with a shovel, believed to be The Poopsmith's 20X6 counterpart, uses a shovel as his main weapon.
* StockShonenHero: Stinkoman, being the fight-happy, kind of dimwitted, somewhat good hearted, and fisticuffs fighter of the heroes' side, fits this trope perfectly.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Prawns for Stinkoman and pudding for 1-Up.
* TruthInTelevision: You'd think that Strong Bad is just playing along, but it couldn't be any nearer to the truth. A lot of US anime fans around the 1990s/1980s were also exposed to anime moreso through Japanese video games than anime outright and were video gamers as a shared interest.
* VolumetricMouth: Practically ''everyone'' when speaking. The only real exception is the Cheatball. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Strong Bad, when describing Stinkoman:
-->"Then there's my mouth. Real tiny when it's closed; ridiculously huge when it's open."
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Stinkoman, the TropeNamer.
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!!Cheat Commandos
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[[caption-width-right:350:Top row, L-R: Silent Rip, Fightgar, and Ripberger; Bottom row, L-R: Crackotage, Gunhaver, Firebert, and... Cracotage again?]]
->Debut: ''"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.
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!WebAnimation/TeenGirlSquad
->Debut: ''"[[Recap/StrongBadEmailE53Comic Email comic]]"''
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.
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!Old-Timey
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[[caption-width-right:350:Fat Dudley, The Homestar Runner, and Old-Timey Marzipan]]
->Debut: ''"Kick the Can"''
The universe in the style of [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1930s cartoons]]. As in the original children's book, Homestar is [[SpellMyNameWithAThe "The" Homestar Runner]]. The characters have to deal with [[TheGreatDepression economic hardship]] as well as the schemes of the Old-Timey Strong Bad. Other recurring characters include The Homestar Runner's friends Old-Timey Marzipan and Fat Dudley (Pom Pom), Strong Bad's lackeys The Sneak (The Cheat) and The Strong Man (Strong Mad), Sickly Sam (Strong Sad), the Fort Wayne Locomotive (Coach Z), Old-Timey Bubs, Mr. Shmallow (Marshie), and Rumble Red (probably Nebulon). Old-Timey versions of the other characters also show up in most episodes.
[[folder:General Tropes]]
* 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?"
* AnachronismStew: Despite being set in the 1930s, there are references to concepts from as late as 1960 to as early as '''''the 1800's'''''. Examples include The Sneak doing [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hully_Gully the Hully Gully]] (which was first introduced in 1959) in "The Ballad of the Sneak" and "Mr. Shmallow" having an overall {{Zeerust}} aesthetic.
* AntiquatedLinguistics:
--> Old-Timey Strong Bad: Everything ''is'' better with this pescatory oculation![[note]]"fish eye lens"[[/note]]
* CardCarryingVillain: Old-Timey Strong Bad, compared to his modern-day counterpart, is much more villainous.
* CatchPhrase: The Homestar Runner's "What?" and "Now I'll do a dance." Old-Timey Strong Bad has "Curses!"
* TheChewToy: Strong Sad's counterpart, Sickly Sam, possibly even more so than Strong Sad himself; The Homestar Runner refers to him as the gang's "worst friend".
* DastardlyWhiplash: Old-Timey Strong Bad.
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The whole sub-series. Exceptions are Sickly Sam's Big Outing which parodied early color films where one color was added afterwards (in this case, pink) and the 2014 April Fools where it was colorized. Sickly Sam still showed up in grayscale.
* DemBones: As seen in "That A Ghost", the characters get so scared of the ghost in question that their skins all melt off, revealing their skeletons inside. Marzipan has bones in her pigtails, and Old-Timey Strong Bad has bones in his mustache and his shoes.
** Also, Sickly Sam has bony legs.
* FlatWhat: Spoken by The Homestar Runner several times in "Parsnips A-Plenty" when Old-Timey Strong Bad challenges him to a duel over a parsnip.
-->'''Old-Timey Strong Bad:''' We'll have our parsnip pie and The Homestar Runner ''will go hungry!'' It's curtains for you!\\
'''The Homestar Runner:''' ...What?\\
'''Old-Timey Strong Bad:''' ''(producing a gun)'' We'll have a duel!\\
'''The Homestar Runner:''' What?\\
'''Old-Timey Strong Bad:''' ''(as he and The Homestar Runner hold the guns)'' Ten paces, turn and fire!\\
'''The Homestar Runner:''' What?
* HalloweenSpecial: "That A Ghost".
* LargeHam: Old-Timey Strong Bad. "Curses! I've gone to hell! How unfortunate!"
* {{Retraux}}: Made in the style of black and white cartoons from the early 1900s.
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: How Old-Timey Strong Bad speaks.
* TheStrongman: The Old-Timey equivalent of Strong Mad, who dresses in the costume of a circus strongman.
* StylisticSuck: They have deliberately bad pacing and voice acting. Marzipan, in particular, has horrible timing and often repeats her lines awkwardly until somebody responds.
* WartimeCartoon: The King of Town's counterpart is The Kaiser, a Germanophobic stereotype.
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!!20X6
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[[caption-width-right:350:Stinkoman, 1-Up, and Cheatball]]
->Debut: ''"[[Recap/StrongBadEmailE57JapaneseCartoon Email Japanese cartoon]]"''
The {{Animesque}} 20X6 is the future where all the Homestar characters have Japanese cartoon versions of themselves. Here, everyone seems to be obsessed with challenging, especially Stinkoman (Strong Bad). There is currently a [[VideoGame/Stinkoman20X6 game]], in which Level 10 has been in the works for... a while now, not getting released until December 2020.
[[folder:General Tropes]]
* AcCENTUponTheWrongSylLABle: Stinkoman speaks as if he's an English dub trying to match Japanese lip flaps.
* AdaptationalVillainy: [[spoiler:Coach Z]] is possibly one of the least antagonistic characters among the Homestar Runner cast. Not this case in the 20X6 Universe, where they're the BigBad to Stinkoman, seeking to take his place as "The Guy".
* AffectionateParody: Of anime and video games.
* AloofBigBrother: Stinkoman acts as one to 1-Up, as he barely makes any time for him and usually just outright ignores him. Despite this, [[BigBrotherInstinct he does go out of his way to help him once in a while]].
* BigBad: For this universe, it seems to be a figure who is constantly in shadow. [[spoiler:Revealed to be the 20X6 version of Coach Z, calling himself Z-Sabre]].
* CallingYourAttacks: [[LargeHam DOUBLE DEUUUUUUUCE!!!]]
* CatchPhrase: Stinkoman screams "DOUBLE DEUUUUUUUCE!!!" Also, "Are you ASKING FOR A CHALLENGE?!"
* ChallengeSeeker: Stinkoman ''lives'' for the thrill of a challenge seeker. It's even his Catchphrase.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Stinkoman has no comprehension of anything beyond challenge-n-fighting.
--> '''Stinkoman:''' ''Oh man,'' those first 400 bites of dirt were not so good. ''Maybe'' the next one will be ''better''.\\
''(reaches his hand into ground and bumps against something in it)''\\
'''Stinkoman:''' ''What'' is this? Some sort of a challenge buried in the ''GROUND''?
* DeadUnicornTrope: 20X6's "anime" spoofs are more reminiscent of '80s/early '90s video games than anything. Justified since it was created by Strong Bad, whose knowledge of anime is limited to having seen one anime once, but he is ''quite'' knowledgeable on the subject of similarly themed [[PacManFever 80's/early 90's video games]].
* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: Marzi-mei's original design was more reminiscent of the 90s ''Anime/SailorMoon'' anime, with her [[ShesGotLegs long legs]], bright blue eyes, and MinidressOfPower. By contrast, her design as of the Level 10 update and the animated opening gives her a hippie costume with GodivaHair.
* HandHidingSleeves: Marzi-Mei has these in her modern design, alongside pants that hide her feet, mirroring how Marzipan doesn't have visible arms and legs.
* IdiotHero: As a parody of anime heores, Stinkoman also parodies this trope doing things like leaping into the stratosphere to clear a wall just taller than his standard jump height and eating 400 bites of dirt in the hopes that he's eventually find a tasty one.
* InstrumentOfMurder: Marzi-Mei can shoot lasers from her guitar.
* JustAKid: 1-Up. Maybe when he's older…
* LargeHam: Stinkoman. Every sentence has him at the top of his lungs at some point.
* MagicalGirl: The Main Page variant for the universe features a version of Marzi-Mei that looks almost identical to any of the [[Anime/SailorMoon Sailor Senshi]]. Her Modern variant still has Magical Girl inspiration, using a laser blasting shamisen to do battle.
* NoIndoorVoice: Again, Stinkoman has a habit of punctuating his words at the top of his lungs.
* NoMouth: [[spoiler:Z-Sabre, being Coach Z's counterpart, had this going on. That is until he emerges from the wreckage of his castle, having gotten a mouth as a battle scar.]]
* RapidFireFisticuffs: Stinkoman likes to dish this out.
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Cheatball is round and huggable.
* SailorSenshiSendUp: Marzi-Mei was this before her redesign, with a little [[VideoGame/StreetFighter Chun-Li]] mixed in.
* ShallowParody: Invoked. The Chapman Brothers don't know much about anime, so they decided to have Strong Bad describe the most superficial, stereotypical western idea of 'japanimation' humanly possible.
* ShoutOut: Every 20X6 character after Stinkoman, 1-Up and Pan Pan is a reference to a specific anime/game character and/or trope. Stinkoman and 1-Up however, rock futuristic stylin' boots sigificant of a super anime themed video game also out in [[UpToEleven 2XXX]], being ''Franchise/MegaMan''.
** Marzi-Mei is based of MagicalGirl anime, with her first design being a direct shout-out to Sailor Moon. Her latest design from 2020 gives her more modern ''moe'' and ''kawaii'' based aesthetics with [[EasternRPG [=JRPG=]]] styled flowing long GodivaHair and a fringe with a blue headband like [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI Celes Chere]], while 20X6 Carol is aesthetically reminiscent of a [[VideoGame/KingdomHearts keyblade]].
** Cheatball parodies Pokemon, being a strange creature that [[PokemonSpeak only says it's name]] and has very confusing battle mechanics. Cheatball is also known to transform into a spaceship, not unlike cabbit Ryoki from ''Anime/TenchiMuyo''.
** The Shadowy Figure [[spoiler:Z Sabre is one to ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' combining elements of Zero and Sigma.]]
** The true final boss [[spoiler:Mecha-Trogador is one to Mecha-Godzilla.]]
** Sticklyman also takes naming conventions from ''Mega Man'', and is based off of the shared anime inspired Flash stick figure ''WebAnimation/XiaoXiao'' fighting animations.
* ShovelStrike: Sticklyman, a stick-figure with a shovel, believed to be The Poopsmith's 20X6 counterpart, uses a shovel as his main weapon.
* StockShonenHero: Stinkoman, being the fight-happy, kind of dimwitted, somewhat good hearted, and fisticuffs fighter of the heroes' side, fits this trope perfectly.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Prawns for Stinkoman and pudding for 1-Up.
* TruthInTelevision: You'd think that Strong Bad is just playing along, but it couldn't be any nearer to the truth. A lot of US anime fans around the 1990s/1980s were also exposed to anime moreso through Japanese video games than anime outright and were video gamers as a shared interest.
* VolumetricMouth: Practically ''everyone'' when speaking. The only real exception is the Cheatball. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Strong Bad, when describing Stinkoman:
-->"Then there's my mouth. Real tiny when it's closed; ridiculously huge when it's open."
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Stinkoman, the TropeNamer.
[[/folder]]
!!Cheat Commandos
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[[caption-width-right:350:Top row, L-R: Silent Rip, Fightgar, and Ripberger; Bottom row, L-R: Crackotage, Gunhaver, Firebert, and... Cracotage again?]]
->Debut: ''"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.
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[[folder:General Tropes]]
* 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]]
[[/folder]]
!!Sweet Cuppin' Cakes
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[[caption-width-right:350:L-R: Sherlock (the cowcopter), Eh! Steve (with D-ween styles), The Worm, Keyboard Strong Bad, and The Wheelchair]]
->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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[[folder:General Tropes]]
* AllThereInTheManual: Sherlock--the cowcopter--is never named in any of the videos on the site, but on one of the [=DVDs=].
* AuthorAvatar: Strong Bad inserted a keyboard-headed version of himself into the cartoon.
* BreakoutCharacter: Eh! Steve is a parody of this.
* BrooklynRage: The Wheelchair is apparently from Brooklyn judging by the way he pronounces "boiled" ("burled"). He's also pretty angry.
* CatchPhrase: Eh! Steve's is "Eh! Steve."
* CelebrityVoiceActor:[invoked] Parodied with the Wheelchair, who is "voiced by" Bubs.
* {{Cloudcuckooland}}: The whole place lacks any kind of sense.
* DerangedAnimation: Made intentional with the challenge of Strong Bad to make a crazy cartoon.
* EyesAlwaysShut: Sherlock.
* MindScrew: Even its creator doesn't understand a lick of it.
* NonIndicativeTitle: The show has nothing to do with cupcakes at all.
* NonstandardCharacterDesign: Keyboard Strong Bad and Ready For Primetime both have colored outlines, given that they're respectively based on Strong Bad and Strong Mad.
* PokemonSpeak: Eh! Steve.
* SitcomArchnemesis: The Wheelchair to Eh! Steve. Or vice versa. Hard to tell.
* SurrealHumor: So surreal, that the humor in the rest of the show seems normal.
* TheUnintelligible: Sherlock.
* TheVoiceless: Ready for Primetime (aka Eh! Greg) and Keyboard Strong Bad.
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!!Dangeresque
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[[caption-width-right:350:Dangeresque and his sidekick Renaldo]]
->Debut: ''"[[Recap/StrongBadEmailE80StuntDouble Email stunt double]]"''
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.
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[[folder:General Tropes]]
* AccidentalMisnaming: Baron Darin Diamonocle gets everyone's names wrong--for instance, "Dangerskew" and "Perdukey".
* ActingForTwo: [invoked] Marzipan (as Cutesy Buttons and her EvilCounterpart Sultry Buttons), Strong Sad (as five suspiciously identical informants and everybody's stunt double), and Homestar (as Dangeresque Too? and [[EvilTwin Uzi Bazooka]]) in ''Dangeresque 3''. Several characters also play different roles between episodes.
* AerithAndBob: Dangeresque, Renaldo, Perducci... and Craig.
* [[AprilFoolsDay April Fool's Gag]]: ''Dangeresque 6'', InUniverse.
* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: Stingy Relenque's "French" line for "Done in by my own Decemberween theme" is complete gibberish.
* AwesomeMcCoolName: Invoked with Uzi Bazooka.
* 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.
* BadSanta: Stingy Relenque's robotic Santam'n.
* BigBad: Perducci in "Dangeresque 1" and (supposedly) Baron Darin Diamonocle in "Dangereseque 2".
* BigBadDuumvirate: Perducci and Uzi Bazooka in "Dangeresque 3".
* BrownBagMask: All of Strong Sad's costumes while serving as someone's stunt double include wearing a paper bag over his head.
* TheBrute: Killingyouguy.
* CanadaEh: Stingy Relenque is French-Canadian.
* 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!"
* TheCity: Brainblow City (a badly-painted cardboard backdrop).
* ClassyCatBurglar: Sultry Buttons.
* CoolShades: Dangeresque's trademark. Both of them.
* CowboyCop: Except when he's a PrivateDetective.
* CrosscastRole: The Poopsmith as a "beautiful woman" in ''Dangeresque 3''.
* DevelopmentHell: ''Dangeresque 3'' was stuck there for several years, in-universe and out.
* DirtyCop: And proud of it, too.
* DistressedDamsel: Dangeresque's maybe-girlfriend, Cutesy Buttons (played by Marzipan).
* DistressedDude: Renaldo in "Dangeresque 3".
* TheDragon: Killingyouguy plays this role to Perducci.
* DyeingForYourArt: [[invoked]]. Marzipan's normally blond hair is dyed black as Sultry Buttons.
* FemmeFatale: Dangeresque's ex-girlfriend, Sultry Buttons (played by Marzipan with a dye job).
* FrenchJerk: Stingy Relenque has a French accent and is a smuggler slash Decemberween-themed supervillain.
* HamAndCheese: InUniverse. Homestar does this as Stingy Relenque in "Dangeresque: Puppet Squad - the Hot Jones Hi-Jack!" with an ''outrageous'' French accent.
* HerCodeNameWasMarySue: These films serve as an attempt by Strong Bad to make himself look as cool as possible. Keyword being "[[StylisticSuck attempt]]."
* HighClassGlass: Worn by Diamonocle.
* 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.
* TheJuggernaut: Killingyouguy in ''Dangeresque 3''. He is immune to bullets, smoke clouds, and sawmerangs. Also, he can maintain pace with a high-speed vehicle chase entirely on foot.
* MacGuffin: The serum in ''Dangeresque 1'' and various collectable items in ''Dangeresque 3''.
* MixAndMatchWeapon: His nunchuck gun.
* MovieMakingMess
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Killingyouguy, played by Strong Mad.
* NoEscapeButDown: See CatchPhrase, above.
* 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.
* NumberedSequels: ''Dangeresque 1: Dangeresque... Too?'', ''Dangeresque 2: This Time, it's Not Dangeresque 1!'', and ''Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective''.
* ObviousStuntDouble: Strong Sad serves as everyone's incredibly obvious stunt double.
* OneSteveLimit: Averted with Dangeresque, Too?
* OnIce: ''Dangeresque: Put 'Em on Ice''.
* PrivateDetective: Strong Bad can't seem to make up his mind if Dangeresque is this or a police detective.
* TheProfessor: Professor Experimento, played by Pom Pom.
* RoboticReveal: [[spoiler:Uzi Bazooka]].
* RobotMaster: Stingy Relenque unleashes a robotic "Santam'n" on Dangeresque and Firebert.
* 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.
* 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).
* SayMyName / SkywardScream: "'''Perducciiii!!!'''"
* SerkisFolk: Subverted. Strong Sad was ''supposed'' to play motion capture for a tentacle-armed T-rex in ''Dangeresque 3'', but the Cheat forgot to fix it in post.
* ShowWithinAShow: These are homemade movies made by Strong Bad.
* StylisticSuck: Basically what a movie made in a weekend would look like if Strong Bad was writing, starring, and directing, and only had a VHS camcorder for equipment -- and edited everything in-camera.
* TookALevelInBadass: Killingyouguy was quickly disposed of in ''Dangeresque 1: Dangeresque, too?'' In ''Dangeresque 3'', Killingyouguy becomes a juggernaut.
* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: InUniverse, Homestar, Strong Bad, Marzipan, and the King of Town are the only actors who at least try to give a good performance. Marzipan and the King of Town give actually decent, if unrefined, performances. By comparison, Homestar and Strong Bad are evidently trying, but their performances ultimately fall short.
* VanityProject: At the end of the premiere of ''Dangeresque 3'', Strong Bad states flat out that parts of the movie are edited to make him look good.
* WorthyOpponent: Uzi Bazooka.
[[/folder]]
!!Yonder Website
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yonderwebsite.png]]
[[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".
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[[folder:General Tropes]]
* CanonImmigrant: Mr. Poofers. It helps he looks like a Yonder character to begin with.
* ContinuityNod: The "Yonder Website" versions of the characters are based on the "Cartoon Characters" episode of Strong Bad's ''Skills of an Artist'' series, where Strong Bad draws simplified versions of himself and Homestar and labels them "Character 1" and "Character 2".
* DancePartyEnding: The time comes for everyone to bend at the knees, at which point they do. (Well, the Marzipan {{Expy}} can't, so she just bends over at the waist.)
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: All the Characters from Yonder Website are drawn in black and white.
* {{Expy}}: Characters 1 through 8 are re-drawn versions of a 'regular' character.
* MushroomSamba: The series is revealed to be the result of the cast all tripping on expired Smarty Juice.
* 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.
* SpeakingSimlish: The Yonder Website versions of the cast all speak in different types of gibberish.
* SpiritualAntithesis: The series is considered to be this to Teen Girl Squad. Though the two have a crudely drawn black-and-white style, Teen Girl Squad is incredibly violent. Yonder Website, however, is much more tranquil.
* SugarBowl: The universe of the Characters from Yonder Website is more playful and sedated than Free Country, USA.
* SurrealHumour: The entire short runs on a parody of "unbelievably soothing children's programming", which involves characters solving their problems by "going on an inordinately long walk", thinking up ways to combine their "personal type of spice", and taking time out of the day to "bend at the knees".
* StylisticSuck: While not as overtly amateurish as the Powered by The Cheat segments, the simplistic plot, music and character designs are thrown in sharp relief to the 'regular' style.
* VerbalTic: The narrator frequently uses "That's right" or "Far out" to punctuate sentences.
[[/folder]]
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!WebAnimation/TeenGirlSquad
->Debut: ''"[[Recap/StrongBadEmailE53Comic Email comic]]"''
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.
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!Old-Timey
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[[caption-width-right:350:Fat Dudley, The Homestar Runner, and Old-Timey Marzipan]]
->Debut: ''"Kick the Can"''
The universe in the style of [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1930s cartoons]]. As in the original children's book, Homestar is [[SpellMyNameWithAThe "The" Homestar Runner]]. The characters have to deal with [[TheGreatDepression economic hardship]] as well as the schemes of the Old-Timey Strong Bad. Other recurring characters include The Homestar Runner's friends Old-Timey Marzipan and Fat Dudley (Pom Pom), Strong Bad's lackeys The Sneak (The Cheat) and The Strong Man (Strong Mad), Sickly Sam (Strong Sad), the Fort Wayne Locomotive (Coach Z), Old-Timey Bubs, Mr. Shmallow (Marshie), and Rumble Red (probably Nebulon). Old-Timey versions of the other characters also show up in most episodes.
[[folder:General Tropes]]
* 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?"
* AnachronismStew: Despite being set in the 1930s, there are references to concepts from as late as 1960 to as early as '''''the 1800's'''''. Examples include The Sneak doing [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hully_Gully the Hully Gully]] (which was first introduced in 1959) in "The Ballad of the Sneak" and "Mr. Shmallow" having an overall {{Zeerust}} aesthetic.
* AntiquatedLinguistics:
--> Old-Timey Strong Bad: Everything ''is'' better with this pescatory oculation![[note]]"fish eye lens"[[/note]]
* CardCarryingVillain: Old-Timey Strong Bad, compared to his modern-day counterpart, is much more villainous.
* CatchPhrase: The Homestar Runner's "What?" and "Now I'll do a dance." Old-Timey Strong Bad has "Curses!"
* TheChewToy: Strong Sad's counterpart, Sickly Sam, possibly even more so than Strong Sad himself; The Homestar Runner refers to him as the gang's "worst friend".
* DastardlyWhiplash: Old-Timey Strong Bad.
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The whole sub-series. Exceptions are Sickly Sam's Big Outing which parodied early color films where one color was added afterwards (in this case, pink) and the 2014 April Fools where it was colorized. Sickly Sam still showed up in grayscale.
* DemBones: As seen in "That A Ghost", the characters get so scared of the ghost in question that their skins all melt off, revealing their skeletons inside. Marzipan has bones in her pigtails, and Old-Timey Strong Bad has bones in his mustache and his shoes.
** Also, Sickly Sam has bony legs.
* FlatWhat: Spoken by The Homestar Runner several times in "Parsnips A-Plenty" when Old-Timey Strong Bad challenges him to a duel over a parsnip.
-->'''Old-Timey Strong Bad:''' We'll have our parsnip pie and The Homestar Runner ''will go hungry!'' It's curtains for you!\\
'''The Homestar Runner:''' ...What?\\
'''Old-Timey Strong Bad:''' ''(producing a gun)'' We'll have a duel!\\
'''The Homestar Runner:''' What?\\
'''Old-Timey Strong Bad:''' ''(as he and The Homestar Runner hold the guns)'' Ten paces, turn and fire!\\
'''The Homestar Runner:''' What?
* HalloweenSpecial: "That A Ghost".
* LargeHam: Old-Timey Strong Bad. "Curses! I've gone to hell! How unfortunate!"
* {{Retraux}}: Made in the style of black and white cartoons from the early 1900s.
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: How Old-Timey Strong Bad speaks.
* TheStrongman: The Old-Timey equivalent of Strong Mad, who dresses in the costume of a circus strongman.
* StylisticSuck: They have deliberately bad pacing and voice acting. Marzipan, in particular, has horrible timing and often repeats her lines awkwardly until somebody responds.
* WartimeCartoon: The King of Town's counterpart is The Kaiser, a Germanophobic stereotype.
[[/folder]]
!!20X6
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[[caption-width-right:350:Stinkoman, 1-Up, and Cheatball]]
->Debut: ''"[[Recap/StrongBadEmailE57JapaneseCartoon Email Japanese cartoon]]"''
The {{Animesque}} 20X6 is the future where all the Homestar characters have Japanese cartoon versions of themselves. Here, everyone seems to be obsessed with challenging, especially Stinkoman (Strong Bad). There is currently a [[VideoGame/Stinkoman20X6 game]], in which Level 10 has been in the works for... a while now, not getting released until December 2020.
[[folder:General Tropes]]
* AcCENTUponTheWrongSylLABle: Stinkoman speaks as if he's an English dub trying to match Japanese lip flaps.
* AdaptationalVillainy: [[spoiler:Coach Z]] is possibly one of the least antagonistic characters among the Homestar Runner cast. Not this case in the 20X6 Universe, where they're the BigBad to Stinkoman, seeking to take his place as "The Guy".
* AffectionateParody: Of anime and video games.
* AloofBigBrother: Stinkoman acts as one to 1-Up, as he barely makes any time for him and usually just outright ignores him. Despite this, [[BigBrotherInstinct he does go out of his way to help him once in a while]].
* BigBad: For this universe, it seems to be a figure who is constantly in shadow. [[spoiler:Revealed to be the 20X6 version of Coach Z, calling himself Z-Sabre]].
* CallingYourAttacks: [[LargeHam DOUBLE DEUUUUUUUCE!!!]]
* CatchPhrase: Stinkoman screams "DOUBLE DEUUUUUUUCE!!!" Also, "Are you ASKING FOR A CHALLENGE?!"
* ChallengeSeeker: Stinkoman ''lives'' for the thrill of a challenge seeker. It's even his Catchphrase.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Stinkoman has no comprehension of anything beyond challenge-n-fighting.
--> '''Stinkoman:''' ''Oh man,'' those first 400 bites of dirt were not so good. ''Maybe'' the next one will be ''better''.\\
''(reaches his hand into ground and bumps against something in it)''\\
'''Stinkoman:''' ''What'' is this? Some sort of a challenge buried in the ''GROUND''?
* DeadUnicornTrope: 20X6's "anime" spoofs are more reminiscent of '80s/early '90s video games than anything. Justified since it was created by Strong Bad, whose knowledge of anime is limited to having seen one anime once, but he is ''quite'' knowledgeable on the subject of similarly themed [[PacManFever 80's/early 90's video games]].
* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: Marzi-mei's original design was more reminiscent of the 90s ''Anime/SailorMoon'' anime, with her [[ShesGotLegs long legs]], bright blue eyes, and MinidressOfPower. By contrast, her design as of the Level 10 update and the animated opening gives her a hippie costume with GodivaHair.
* HandHidingSleeves: Marzi-Mei has these in her modern design, alongside pants that hide her feet, mirroring how Marzipan doesn't have visible arms and legs.
* IdiotHero: As a parody of anime heores, Stinkoman also parodies this trope doing things like leaping into the stratosphere to clear a wall just taller than his standard jump height and eating 400 bites of dirt in the hopes that he's eventually find a tasty one.
* InstrumentOfMurder: Marzi-Mei can shoot lasers from her guitar.
* JustAKid: 1-Up. Maybe when he's older…
* LargeHam: Stinkoman. Every sentence has him at the top of his lungs at some point.
* MagicalGirl: The Main Page variant for the universe features a version of Marzi-Mei that looks almost identical to any of the [[Anime/SailorMoon Sailor Senshi]]. Her Modern variant still has Magical Girl inspiration, using a laser blasting shamisen to do battle.
* NoIndoorVoice: Again, Stinkoman has a habit of punctuating his words at the top of his lungs.
* NoMouth: [[spoiler:Z-Sabre, being Coach Z's counterpart, had this going on. That is until he emerges from the wreckage of his castle, having gotten a mouth as a battle scar.]]
* RapidFireFisticuffs: Stinkoman likes to dish this out.
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Cheatball is round and huggable.
* SailorSenshiSendUp: Marzi-Mei was this before her redesign, with a little [[VideoGame/StreetFighter Chun-Li]] mixed in.
* ShallowParody: Invoked. The Chapman Brothers don't know much about anime, so they decided to have Strong Bad describe the most superficial, stereotypical western idea of 'japanimation' humanly possible.
* ShoutOut: Every 20X6 character after Stinkoman, 1-Up and Pan Pan is a reference to a specific anime/game character and/or trope. Stinkoman and 1-Up however, rock futuristic stylin' boots sigificant of a super anime themed video game also out in [[UpToEleven 2XXX]], being ''Franchise/MegaMan''.
** Marzi-Mei is based of MagicalGirl anime, with her first design being a direct shout-out to Sailor Moon. Her latest design from 2020 gives her more modern ''moe'' and ''kawaii'' based aesthetics with [[EasternRPG [=JRPG=]]] styled flowing long GodivaHair and a fringe with a blue headband like [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI Celes Chere]], while 20X6 Carol is aesthetically reminiscent of a [[VideoGame/KingdomHearts keyblade]].
** Cheatball parodies Pokemon, being a strange creature that [[PokemonSpeak only says it's name]] and has very confusing battle mechanics. Cheatball is also known to transform into a spaceship, not unlike cabbit Ryoki from ''Anime/TenchiMuyo''.
** The Shadowy Figure [[spoiler:Z Sabre is one to ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' combining elements of Zero and Sigma.]]
** The true final boss [[spoiler:Mecha-Trogador is one to Mecha-Godzilla.]]
** Sticklyman also takes naming conventions from ''Mega Man'', and is based off of the shared anime inspired Flash stick figure ''WebAnimation/XiaoXiao'' fighting animations.
* ShovelStrike: Sticklyman, a stick-figure with a shovel, believed to be The Poopsmith's 20X6 counterpart, uses a shovel as his main weapon.
* StockShonenHero: Stinkoman, being the fight-happy, kind of dimwitted, somewhat good hearted, and fisticuffs fighter of the heroes' side, fits this trope perfectly.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Prawns for Stinkoman and pudding for 1-Up.
* TruthInTelevision: You'd think that Strong Bad is just playing along, but it couldn't be any nearer to the truth. A lot of US anime fans around the 1990s/1980s were also exposed to anime moreso through Japanese video games than anime outright and were video gamers as a shared interest.
* VolumetricMouth: Practically ''everyone'' when speaking. The only real exception is the Cheatball. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Strong Bad, when describing Stinkoman:
-->"Then there's my mouth. Real tiny when it's closed; ridiculously huge when it's open."
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Stinkoman, the TropeNamer.
[[/folder]]
!!Cheat Commandos
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[[caption-width-right:350:Top row, L-R: Silent Rip, Fightgar, and Ripberger; Bottom row, L-R: Crackotage, Gunhaver, Firebert, and... Cracotage again?]]
->Debut: ''"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.
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[[folder:General Tropes]]
* 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]]
[[/folder]]
!!Sweet Cuppin' Cakes
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cuppin_8971.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:L-R: Sherlock (the cowcopter), Eh! Steve (with D-ween styles), The Worm, Keyboard Strong Bad, and The Wheelchair]]
->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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[[folder:General Tropes]]
* AllThereInTheManual: Sherlock--the cowcopter--is never named in any of the videos on the site, but on one of the [=DVDs=].
* AuthorAvatar: Strong Bad inserted a keyboard-headed version of himself into the cartoon.
* BreakoutCharacter: Eh! Steve is a parody of this.
* BrooklynRage: The Wheelchair is apparently from Brooklyn judging by the way he pronounces "boiled" ("burled"). He's also pretty angry.
* CatchPhrase: Eh! Steve's is "Eh! Steve."
* CelebrityVoiceActor:[invoked] Parodied with the Wheelchair, who is "voiced by" Bubs.
* {{Cloudcuckooland}}: The whole place lacks any kind of sense.
* DerangedAnimation: Made intentional with the challenge of Strong Bad to make a crazy cartoon.
* EyesAlwaysShut: Sherlock.
* MindScrew: Even its creator doesn't understand a lick of it.
* NonIndicativeTitle: The show has nothing to do with cupcakes at all.
* NonstandardCharacterDesign: Keyboard Strong Bad and Ready For Primetime both have colored outlines, given that they're respectively based on Strong Bad and Strong Mad.
* PokemonSpeak: Eh! Steve.
* SitcomArchnemesis: The Wheelchair to Eh! Steve. Or vice versa. Hard to tell.
* SurrealHumor: So surreal, that the humor in the rest of the show seems normal.
* TheUnintelligible: Sherlock.
* TheVoiceless: Ready for Primetime (aka Eh! Greg) and Keyboard Strong Bad.
[[/folder]]
!!Dangeresque
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[[caption-width-right:350:Dangeresque and his sidekick Renaldo]]
->Debut: ''"[[Recap/StrongBadEmailE80StuntDouble Email stunt double]]"''
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.
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[[folder:General Tropes]]
* AccidentalMisnaming: Baron Darin Diamonocle gets everyone's names wrong--for instance, "Dangerskew" and "Perdukey".
* ActingForTwo: [invoked] Marzipan (as Cutesy Buttons and her EvilCounterpart Sultry Buttons), Strong Sad (as five suspiciously identical informants and everybody's stunt double), and Homestar (as Dangeresque Too? and [[EvilTwin Uzi Bazooka]]) in ''Dangeresque 3''. Several characters also play different roles between episodes.
* AerithAndBob: Dangeresque, Renaldo, Perducci... and Craig.
* [[AprilFoolsDay April Fool's Gag]]: ''Dangeresque 6'', InUniverse.
* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: Stingy Relenque's "French" line for "Done in by my own Decemberween theme" is complete gibberish.
* AwesomeMcCoolName: Invoked with Uzi Bazooka.
* 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.
* BadSanta: Stingy Relenque's robotic Santam'n.
* BigBad: Perducci in "Dangeresque 1" and (supposedly) Baron Darin Diamonocle in "Dangereseque 2".
* BigBadDuumvirate: Perducci and Uzi Bazooka in "Dangeresque 3".
* BrownBagMask: All of Strong Sad's costumes while serving as someone's stunt double include wearing a paper bag over his head.
* TheBrute: Killingyouguy.
* CanadaEh: Stingy Relenque is French-Canadian.
* 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!"
* TheCity: Brainblow City (a badly-painted cardboard backdrop).
* ClassyCatBurglar: Sultry Buttons.
* CoolShades: Dangeresque's trademark. Both of them.
* CowboyCop: Except when he's a PrivateDetective.
* CrosscastRole: The Poopsmith as a "beautiful woman" in ''Dangeresque 3''.
* DevelopmentHell: ''Dangeresque 3'' was stuck there for several years, in-universe and out.
* DirtyCop: And proud of it, too.
* DistressedDamsel: Dangeresque's maybe-girlfriend, Cutesy Buttons (played by Marzipan).
* DistressedDude: Renaldo in "Dangeresque 3".
* TheDragon: Killingyouguy plays this role to Perducci.
* DyeingForYourArt: [[invoked]]. Marzipan's normally blond hair is dyed black as Sultry Buttons.
* FemmeFatale: Dangeresque's ex-girlfriend, Sultry Buttons (played by Marzipan with a dye job).
* FrenchJerk: Stingy Relenque has a French accent and is a smuggler slash Decemberween-themed supervillain.
* HamAndCheese: InUniverse. Homestar does this as Stingy Relenque in "Dangeresque: Puppet Squad - the Hot Jones Hi-Jack!" with an ''outrageous'' French accent.
* HerCodeNameWasMarySue: These films serve as an attempt by Strong Bad to make himself look as cool as possible. Keyword being "[[StylisticSuck attempt]]."
* HighClassGlass: Worn by Diamonocle.
* 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.
* TheJuggernaut: Killingyouguy in ''Dangeresque 3''. He is immune to bullets, smoke clouds, and sawmerangs. Also, he can maintain pace with a high-speed vehicle chase entirely on foot.
* MacGuffin: The serum in ''Dangeresque 1'' and various collectable items in ''Dangeresque 3''.
* MixAndMatchWeapon: His nunchuck gun.
* MovieMakingMess
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Killingyouguy, played by Strong Mad.
* NoEscapeButDown: See CatchPhrase, above.
* 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.
* NumberedSequels: ''Dangeresque 1: Dangeresque... Too?'', ''Dangeresque 2: This Time, it's Not Dangeresque 1!'', and ''Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective''.
* ObviousStuntDouble: Strong Sad serves as everyone's incredibly obvious stunt double.
* OneSteveLimit: Averted with Dangeresque, Too?
* OnIce: ''Dangeresque: Put 'Em on Ice''.
* PrivateDetective: Strong Bad can't seem to make up his mind if Dangeresque is this or a police detective.
* TheProfessor: Professor Experimento, played by Pom Pom.
* RoboticReveal: [[spoiler:Uzi Bazooka]].
* RobotMaster: Stingy Relenque unleashes a robotic "Santam'n" on Dangeresque and Firebert.
* 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.
* 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).
* SayMyName / SkywardScream: "'''Perducciiii!!!'''"
* SerkisFolk: Subverted. Strong Sad was ''supposed'' to play motion capture for a tentacle-armed T-rex in ''Dangeresque 3'', but the Cheat forgot to fix it in post.
* ShowWithinAShow: These are homemade movies made by Strong Bad.
* StylisticSuck: Basically what a movie made in a weekend would look like if Strong Bad was writing, starring, and directing, and only had a VHS camcorder for equipment -- and edited everything in-camera.
* TookALevelInBadass: Killingyouguy was quickly disposed of in ''Dangeresque 1: Dangeresque, too?'' In ''Dangeresque 3'', Killingyouguy becomes a juggernaut.
* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: InUniverse, Homestar, Strong Bad, Marzipan, and the King of Town are the only actors who at least try to give a good performance. Marzipan and the King of Town give actually decent, if unrefined, performances. By comparison, Homestar and Strong Bad are evidently trying, but their performances ultimately fall short.
* VanityProject: At the end of the premiere of ''Dangeresque 3'', Strong Bad states flat out that parts of the movie are edited to make him look good.
* WorthyOpponent: Uzi Bazooka.
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!!Yonder Website
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yonderwebsite.png]]
[[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".
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[[folder:General Tropes]]
* CanonImmigrant: Mr. Poofers. It helps he looks like a Yonder character to begin with.
* ContinuityNod: The "Yonder Website" versions of the characters are based on the "Cartoon Characters" episode of Strong Bad's ''Skills of an Artist'' series, where Strong Bad draws simplified versions of himself and Homestar and labels them "Character 1" and "Character 2".
* DancePartyEnding: The time comes for everyone to bend at the knees, at which point they do. (Well, the Marzipan {{Expy}} can't, so she just bends over at the waist.)
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: All the Characters from Yonder Website are drawn in black and white.
* {{Expy}}: Characters 1 through 8 are re-drawn versions of a 'regular' character.
* MushroomSamba: The series is revealed to be the result of the cast all tripping on expired Smarty Juice.
* 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.
* SpeakingSimlish: The Yonder Website versions of the cast all speak in different types of gibberish.
* SpiritualAntithesis: The series is considered to be this to Teen Girl Squad. Though the two have a crudely drawn black-and-white style, Teen Girl Squad is incredibly violent. Yonder Website, however, is much more tranquil.
* SugarBowl: The universe of the Characters from Yonder Website is more playful and sedated than Free Country, USA.
* SurrealHumour: The entire short runs on a parody of "unbelievably soothing children's programming", which involves characters solving their problems by "going on an inordinately long walk", thinking up ways to combine their "personal type of spice", and taking time out of the day to "bend at the knees".
* StylisticSuck: While not as overtly amateurish as the Powered by The Cheat segments, the simplistic plot, music and character designs are thrown in sharp relief to the 'regular' style.
* VerbalTic: The narrator frequently uses "That's right" or "Far out" to punctuate sentences.
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