History Recap / HomestarRunnerMrPoofersMustDie

* DissonantSerenity: During the ''Characters From Yonder Website'' easter egg, Narrator Strong Bad never drops his calm, laid-back tone even while introducing Mr. Poofers as a "Beast of the Apocalypse" and telling Character 1 to make an offering of fruit to him to avert the apocalypse.

* AdorableAbomination: Mr. Poofers is an adorable fluffy dog...who also supernaturally prevents anyone from telling stories that would end with his untimely demise, which convinces the main cast to start worshiping him as their "dark overlord". In an EasterEgg, he's also referred to as a "beast of the apocalypse".

* IJustWriteTheThing: An exaggerated version, where the fictional Mr. Poofers supernaturally prevents anyone from telling stories about him that he doesn't like.

* AdorableAbomination: Mr. Poofers is an adorable fluffy dog...who also supernaturally prevents anyone from telling stories he doesn't like, which convinces the main cast to start worshiping him as their "dark overlord". In an EasterEgg, he's also referred to as a "beast of the apocalypse".
* BlackComedy: "Ain't nobaddy can get fatally irresponsible with an animal like Coach Z!"

** The name "Mr. Poofers" comes from a dog in a Homestar costume seen in one of the Fan Costume round-ups.

* ArtShift: Scenes that take place in Mr. Poofers' story are drawn in a loose, scribbly style with thick outlines, and Strong Bad's "unbelievably smooth children's programming voice" from "[[Recap/HomestarRunnerCharactersFromYonderWebsite Characters from Yonder Website]]".

** TheStinger features Character 1 from "Characters From Yonder Website" having an encounter with Mr. Poofers.

** During the costume round-up, Bubs does his "Check it out, check it out!" chant from "Looking at a Thing in a Bag"

* ArtShift: Scenes that take place in Mr. Poofers' story are drawn in a loose, scribbly style with thick outlines, similar to the "Trauncles" shorts from ''WebAnimation/TwoMoreEggs''.

* NoSavingThrow: Strong Sad recites a protection spell of sorts before telling his story so that he can kill the dog off. He then says "pimecone," and quits in a state of panic.

** The "ghost" from ''[[Recap/HomestarRunnerHauntedPhotoBooth Haunted Photo Booth]]'' reappears as decorations at Marzipan's house.

* BaitAndSwitch: Old Man Rootbeer hates Mr. Poofers for always eating his pine cones. Just before he goes to sleep, he shouts that nobody better touch his pine cones while he's napping. So Mr. Poofers waits until the opportune moment, sneaks up... and steals Old Man Rootbeer's beard, ignoring the pinecones.

-->'''Strong Bad:''' ''[accusingly]'' Strong Mad?
-->'''Strong Mad:''' FUNNY JOKE?
-->'''Strong Bad:''' Buddy?
-->'''Strong Mad:''' FUNNY JOKE ABOUT MY COSTUME?
-->'''Strong Bad:''' No, big fella. There are ''no'' jokes about your costume. Because no one knows who it is.

* RecognitionFailure: Continuing the running gag from previous Halloween cartoons, Homestar thinks Marzipan is dressed as "thrift store Gandalf", Strong Sad is "Bill Murray from cartoon Ghostbusters from the voice of Garfield: The Movie dot com", and Homsar is "Doug Henning made his own mustache disappear". Then [[SubvertedTrope he has no problem recognizing the K.O.T.'s Little Debbie costume]], which sets up the DoubleSubversion when he misidentifies Bubs' costume as "Little Debbie's dad".

** Homestar's ghost story gets a review page on Bookazon.com, which has been redesigned since its debut in [[[[Recap/StrongBadEmailE17Studying "studying"]].

** Similarly, Strong Sad tries to make a joke about Marzipan's costume by [[WaxingLyrical rattling off the names of albums by Dinosaur Jr.]], but Strong Bad protests that no one will get it. Marzipan chimes in to say that she gets the joke... but [[LamePunReaction "it's still pretty lame"]].

* RecognitionFailure: After misidentifying other characters' costumes several times in this cartoon (and in every prior Halloween cartoon before this), Homestar has no problem recognizing the King of Town's Little Debbie costume. Of course, this sets up the DoubleSubversion where Homestar misidentifies Bubs' costume as "Little Debbie's dad".

* SubvertedTrope: After misidentifying other characters' costumes several times in this cartoon (and in every prior Halloween cartoon before this), Homestar has no problem recognizing the King of Town's Little Debbie costume. Of course, this sets up the DoubleSubversion where Homestar misidentifies Bubs' costume as "Little Debbie's dad".

** Similarly, Strong Sad tries to make a joke about Marzipan's costume by rattling off the names of albums by Dinosaur Jr., but Strong Bad protests that no one will get it. Marzipan chimes in to say that she gets the joke... but "it's still pretty lame".

** Similarly, Strong Sad tries to make a joke about Marzipan's costume, but Strong Bad protests that no one will get it. Marzipan chimes in to say that she gets the joke... but it's not funny at all.

-->'''Strong Bad:''' Man Rootbeer stood at the end of the ave, flamethrower slung 'cross his back. "You ate one pimecone too many, Mr. Poofers!" harkened Old M. R... Beer. He took dead aim on Mr. ... ''[begins struggling to speak]'' Poofers... Dead aim, you see! And then... he... pulled... the tr-- trrrr-- trrrrrr-- ''[singing]'' Trolley 'round the block and then he gave it a ding! Mr. Poofers hopped aboard and they began to sing!

* LampshadedTheObscureReference: During the ending group shot, Strong Bad has to scold Strong Mad over his obscure costume choice.
-->'''Strong Bad:''' [accusingly] Strong Mad?

* ThatRemindsMeOfASong: Strong Bad's attempt at telling a Mr. Poofers story turns into an impromptu musical number.

Homestar and the gang try their hardest to kill an imaginary dog.

** Homestar repeatedly refers to pine cones as [[Recap/StrongBadEmailE124SecretRecipes "pimecones"]] throughout the cartoon.

-->'''Costumes (in order of appearance):''' Marzipan as [[Music/DinosaurJr J. Mascis]], Homestar as [[VideoGame/DragonsLair Dirk the Daring]], Strong Bad as VideoGame/ViewtifulJoe, Bubs as [[VideoGame/MonkeyIsland Stan S. Stanman]], Coach Z and Pom Pom as Music/MissyElliott, Strong Sad as [[WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears Tummi Gummi]], Strong Mad as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Company_(comics) Kano?]], The Cheat as a [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Korok]], the King of Town as Little Debbie, the Poopsmith as a Sea Monkey, Homsar as [[Film/ThisIsSpinalTap David St. Hubbins]]

** Homestar repeatedly refers to pinecones as [[Recap/StrongBadEmailE124SecretRecipes "pimecones"]] throughout the cartoon.

-->'''Strong Bad:''' No, big fella. There are ''no'' jokes about your costume. Because no one knows who it is.

** The "ghost" from ''Recap/HomestarRunnerHauntedPhotoBooth'' reappears as decorations at Marzipan's house.