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** The Kaiser (The King of Town's 1930s counterpart) is based on Wilhelm II, a German ruler who was ousted from power in 1918.

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** The Kaiser (The King of Town's 1930s counterpart) is based on Wilhelm II, a German ruler who was ousted from power in 1918.Kaiser (emperor) UsefulNotes/WilhelmII.
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** The "Buy U.S. Soup Bonds" Easter egg is a reference to World War II war bonds. The cartoon is apparently from 1936, and U.S. entry would not happen for another five years.

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** The "Buy U.S. Soup Bonds" Easter egg is a reference to World War II war bonds. The cartoon is apparently from 1936, 1936; the war would not start for another three years and the U.S. entry would not happen be involved for another five years.

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* FireAndBrimstoneHell: An Easter egg shows that Strong Bad and The Kaiser have both somehow ended up here.

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* FireAndBrimstoneHell: An Easter egg shows that Strong Bad and The Kaiser have both somehow ended up here. in Hell.
-->'''Strong Bad:''' Curses, I've gone to Hell! How unfortunate!
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* FireAndBrimstoneHell: An Easter egg shows Strong Bad and The Kaiser here, with Strong Bad being tormented by a demon who looks like The Poopsmith.

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* FireAndBrimstoneHell: An Easter egg shows that Strong Bad and The Kaiser here, with Strong Bad being tormented by a demon who looks like The Poopsmith.have both somehow ended up here.
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* FireAndBrimstoneHell: An Easter egg shows Strong Bad and The Kaiser here, with Strong Bad being tormented by a demon who looks like The Poopsmith.
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Parsnips A Plenty is a pastiche of early 1930s InkblotCartoonStyle cartoons with Homestar Runner characters as portrayed from the era. The toon is about The Homestar Runner, Marzipan and Fat Dudley (Pom Pom) attempting to buy parsnips for soup, only to run into Strong Bad, Strong Man (Strong Mad) and The Sneak (The Cheat).

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Parsnips A Plenty is a pastiche of early 1930s InkblotCartoonStyle cartoons shorts with Homestar Runner characters as portrayed from the era. The toon is about The Homestar Runner, Marzipan and Fat Dudley (Pom Pom) attempting to buy parsnips for soup, only to run into Strong Bad, Strong Man (Strong Mad) and The Sneak (The Cheat).
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Parsnips A Plenty is a pastiche of early 1930s RubberHoseAnimation cartoons with Homestar Runner characters as portrayed from the era. The toon is about The Homestar Runner, Marzipan and Fat Dudley (Pom Pom) attempting to buy parsnips for soup, only to run into Strong Bad, Strong Man (Strong Mad) and The Sneak (The Cheat).

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Parsnips A Plenty is a pastiche of early 1930s RubberHoseAnimation InkblotCartoonStyle cartoons with Homestar Runner characters as portrayed from the era. The toon is about The Homestar Runner, Marzipan and Fat Dudley (Pom Pom) attempting to buy parsnips for soup, only to run into Strong Bad, Strong Man (Strong Mad) and The Sneak (The Cheat).
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** Parodied with the cartoon in [[DeliberatelyMonochrome black and white]]. Although color cartoons were commonplace by 1936, ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' and ''ComicStrip/{{Popeye}}'' shorts continued to be produced in black and white until 1943.

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** Parodied with the The cartoon is in [[DeliberatelyMonochrome black and white]]. Although white]]; color cartoons were commonplace by 1936, 1936 with two notable exceptions. ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' and ''ComicStrip/{{Popeye}}'' shorts continued to be produced in black and white until 1943.
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** Parodied with the cartoon in [[DeliberatelyMonochrome black and white]]. Although color cartoons were the norm in 1936, ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' and ''ComicStrip/{{Popeye}}'' shorts continued to be produced in black and white until 1943.

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** Parodied with the cartoon in [[DeliberatelyMonochrome black and white]]. Although color cartoons were the norm in commonplace by 1936, ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' and ''ComicStrip/{{Popeye}}'' shorts continued to be produced in black and white until 1943.
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** Parodied with the cartoon in [[DeliberatelyMonochrome black and white]]. Although color cartoons were the norm in 1936, ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' and ''ComicStrip/Popeye'' shorts continued to be produced in black and white until 1943.

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** Parodied with the cartoon in [[DeliberatelyMonochrome black and white]]. Although color cartoons were the norm in 1936, ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' and ''ComicStrip/Popeye'' ''ComicStrip/{{Popeye}}'' shorts continued to be produced in black and white until 1943.
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** Also, this cartoon is in [[DeliberatelyMonochrome black and white]] which had been obsolete by 1935, the year before this cartoon was "made".

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** Also, this Parodied with the cartoon is in [[DeliberatelyMonochrome black and white]] which had been obsolete by 1935, white]]. Although color cartoons were the year before this cartoon was "made".norm in 1936, ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' and ''ComicStrip/Popeye'' shorts continued to be produced in black and white until 1943.
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** The "Buy U.S. Soup Bonds" Easter egg is a reference to World War II war bonds. The cartoon is apparently from 1936 and U.S. entry would not happen for another five years.

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** The "Buy U.S. Soup Bonds" Easter egg is a reference to World War II war bonds. The cartoon is apparently from 1936 1936, and U.S. entry would not happen for another five years.



** Also, this cartoon is in black and white which had been obsolete by 1935, the year before this cartoon was "made".

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** Also, this cartoon is in [[DeliberatelyMonochrome black and white white]] which had been obsolete by 1935, the year before this cartoon was "made".
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* LiteralMetaphor: The Homestar Runner tells Fat Dudley he's "all wet", and is right in both the figurative sense (since the parsnip soup turned out to not be such a good idea) and the literal sense (since Homestar just did a SpitTake into Fat Dudley's face).

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Parsnips A Plenty is a pastiche on early 1930s cartoons with Homestar Runner characters as portrayed from the era. The toon is about The Homestar Runner, Marzipan and Fat Dudley (Pom Pom) attempting to buy parsnips for soup, only to run into Strong Bad, Strong Man (Strong Mad) and The Sneak (The Cheat).

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Parsnips A Plenty is a pastiche on of early 1930s RubberHoseAnimation cartoons with Homestar Runner characters as portrayed from the era. The toon is about The Homestar Runner, Marzipan and Fat Dudley (Pom Pom) attempting to buy parsnips for soup, only to run into Strong Bad, Strong Man (Strong Mad) and The Sneak (The Cheat).



* DastardlyWhiplash: Strong Bad's 1930s self, complete with a sinister voice and mustache.

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* BigRedDevil: An Easter egg shows Strong Bad being tormented in Hell by a devil that resembles the Poopsmith with horns, a spaded tail, and a pitchfork. He's not red (because the 1936 cartoons are DeliberatelyMonochrome), but otherwise fits the stereotype.
* DastardlyWhiplash: Strong Bad's 1930s self, complete with a sinister voice upper-class accent and mustache.



* EvilIsPetty: Strong Bad plans to buy all the parsnips in hopes that The Homestar Runner will go hungry. Justified, since this is...
* TheGreatDepression: The setting of the toon.

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* EvilIsPetty: Strong Bad plans to buy all the parsnips in hopes that The Homestar Runner will go hungry. Justified, since this is...
* TheGreatDepression: The setting of
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* WinkDing: Homestar gives one of these to the audience as the cartoon does an IrisOut at the end.
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* InstantMysteryJustDeleteScene: The results of the duel aren't explained. Just as Strong Bad takes his final pace, it cuts to a card reading "SCENE MISSING!" and the next scene after that has him falling off a cliff.

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* InstantMysteryJustDeleteScene: The results of the duel aren't explained. Just as Strong Bad takes his final pace, it cuts to a card reading "SCENE MISSING!" MISSING" and the next scene after that has him falling off a cliff.
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* EvilIsPetty: Strong Bad plans to buy the parsnips before The Homestar Runner does.

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* EvilIsPetty: Strong Bad plans to buy all the parsnips before in hopes that The Homestar Runner does.will go hungry. Justified, since this is...
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* AdaptationalVillainy: 1930s Strong Bad is much more evil than his modern-day counterpart, going as far as having a duel with The Homestar Runner over parsnips.

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* AdaptationalVillainy: 1930s Strong Bad is much more evil than his modern-day counterpart, going as far as having a duel with challenging The Homestar Runner to a duel over parsnips.

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* TheGreatDepression: The setting of the toon.



* TheGreatDepression: The setting of the toon.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: 1930s Strong Bad is this compared to his modern-day counterpart.

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* AdaptationalVillainy: 1930s Strong Bad is this compared to much more evil than his modern-day counterpart.counterpart, going as far as having a duel with The Homestar Runner over parsnips.
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* IDoNotLikeGreenEggsAndHam: Inverted. The Homestar Runner seems excited about trying parsnip soup. When he tries some, he gags and spits it in Fat Dudley's face.

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* IDoNotLikeGreenEggsAndHam: Inverted. The Homestar Runner seems excited about trying eating parsnip soup. When he tries some, he gags and spits it in Fat Dudley's face.
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* DastardlyWhiplash: Strong Bad's 1930s self, complete with a sinister voice and mustache.
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: The Homestar Runner and Marzipan both say "Let's make soup!" in the opening scene.
* EvilIsPetty: Strong Bad plans to buy the parsnips before The Homestar Runner does.
* IDoNotLikeGreenEggsAndHam: Inverted. The Homestar Runner seems excited about trying parsnip soup. When he tries some, he gags and spits it in Fat Dudley's face.
* InstantMysteryJustDeleteScene: The results of the duel aren't explained. Just as Strong Bad takes his final pace, it cuts to a card reading "SCENE MISSING!" and the next scene after that has him falling off a cliff.



* SchizoTech: Inverted.

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* SchizoTech: Inverted.TheRoaringTwenties: Some references show up. The Homestar Runner tells Fat Dudley he's "all wet" which is 1920s slang for being incorrect.
* ShoutOut: Fat Dudley's speech is based on the scarecrow from the 1934 short "Jack Frost" from WesternAnimation/ComiColorCartoons.
* TwoDecadesBehind: Downplayed in-universe.



* ShoutOut: Fat Dudley's speech is based on the scarecrow from the 1934 short "Jack Frost" from WesternAnimation/ComiColorCartoons.

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* ShoutOut: Fat Dudley's speech is based on the scarecrow from the 1934 short "Jack Frost" from WesternAnimation/ComiColorCartoons.----
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Parsnips A Plenty is a pastiche on early 1930s cartoons with Homestar Runner characters as portrayed from the era. The toon is about The Homestar Runner, Marzipan and Fat Dudley (Pom Pom) attempting to buy parsnips for soup, only to run into Strong Bad, Strong Man (Strong Mad) and The Sneak (The Cheat).
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* AnachronismStew: Parodied.
** The "Buy U.S. Soup Bonds" Easter egg is a reference to World War II war bonds. The cartoon is apparently from 1936 and U.S. entry would not happen for another five years.
** The Kaiser (The King of Town's 1930s counterpart) is based on Wilhelm II, a German ruler who was ousted from power in 1918.
* TheGreatDepression: The setting of the toon.
* SchizoTech: Inverted.
** This is billed as the first Homestar talkie, despite sound cartoons being the norm by 1929.
** Also, this cartoon is in black and white which had been obsolete by 1935, the year before this cartoon was "made".
* ShoutOut: Fat Dudley's speech is based on the scarecrow from the 1934 short "Jack Frost" from WesternAnimation/ComiColorCartoons.

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