History WebAnimation / HoMeStarRunner

* SpillStainSabotage:
** Strong Bad as Dangeresque considers this trick by spilling [[WayPastTheExpirationDate either really old coffee or nasty Chinese takeout]] on the case file he has to solve before he leaves his office so it'll be unreadable and wash his hands of responsibility. This [[ItsAWonderfulFailure gets him landed in prison instead]].
** Homestar poured Mountain Dew on Strong Bad's computer [[MakesAsMuchSenseInContext to make a wet computer out of it]]. Strong Bad in turn pours an enormous bottle of Mountain Dew on Homestar's computer in turn as payback.

* SpinoffBabies: One [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail140.html email]] has baby versions of the main cast (except Homestar, who is still an adult, for some reason).

* SoLongSuckers: Homestar says this twice: once in the Strong Bad Email "secret recipes" after tricking himself into eating a pinecone, and once in one of the yearly Halloween episodes after tricking the King of Town (whose Halloween costume is Colonel Sanders) out of his secret blend of eleven herbs and spices needed to make Marzipan's Halloween potion.

* SmashCut: The sbemail ''hygeine'' has this little gem:
--> '''Strong Bad:''' Every morning, John wakes up and forgets to wash his stupid, dumb, stinking, FAT, SMELLY, STUPID, DU-

* SlumberParty: From the sbemail "slumber party", natch:
--> '''Strong Bad:''' According to Coolguy's law, the popularity of the host is inversely proportional to the amount of fun you can have at their house.

* SigningOffCatchPhrase: n-universe, Homestar Runner says at the end of every episode of his show "The Show", "CHANT! WORDS! TOGETHER!"
* SixDegreesOfKevinBacon: From the sbemail "the movies":
--> '''Strong Sad:''' Ooh, and he had a cameo as Stevedore #2 in the prequel, and he was in that car commercial with the wisecracking transmission, and he has a Bacon number of 4!

%%* ASimplePlan: Not writing a song about Sibbie...

* RuleOfFunny:
** Strong Bad waits patiently for Strong Mad and The Cheat to say "Douglas"...and when it's Strong Sad's turn, he smashes him with the computer's keyboard.
** The word "Douglas" in this trope doubles as a BrickJoke in an Easter egg for Strong Bad Email #76, in which Strong Bad tries to teach the characters to say, "Fhqwhgads."
--->'''Strong Bad:''' Fhqwhgads.\\
'''Homestar:''' Fubugrass.\\
'''Strong Bad:''' Say with a flourish: Fhqwhgads.\\
'''Homestar:''' Fubumagu.\\
'''Strong Bad:''' It doesn't sound like it looks. Fhqwhgads.\\
'''Coach Z:''' Forhorglingrads!\\
'''Strong Bad:''' Coach Z, I thought I asked you to leave, like, an hour ago.\\
'''Strong Mad:''' DOUGLAS!!!\\
'''Strong Bad:''' Whoa! We've just had a breakthrough! You get a gold star.

%%* ASimplePlan: Telling a bedtime story, not writing a song about Sibbie...

* RousingLullaby: After The Cheat gets recurring nightmares from a "shock-u-mentary" about gingivitis, Strong Bad and Strong Mad have to think of oddly specific ways to comfort him to sleep. One of these is a "lullaby" where Strong Mad revs up a chainsaw and Strong Bad yells the lyrics to a non-sequitor rhyme over it.

* RevengeSVP: In sbemail 83, "labor day," Strong Bad spends the day bored and insulting everyone who passes by. Turns out everyone is passing by because they're going to a cookout that he's doesn't know about.

* PottyEmergency:
** Happens to Homestar in the long-lost short "A Jumping Jack Contest", after being tricked into drinking too much melonade. He then relieves himself in a jar provided by the Poopsmith.
** In the sbemail "Extra Plug", after the power goes out, and they are told to not move, Homestar and Strong Sad start singing about how badly they have to pee, to Strong Bad's disgust.

* TheRashomon: In sbemail 88, "couch patch," we get 3 different stories of why there's a patch on the couch and [[SubvertedTrope one random anecdote]] [[TheDitz from Homestar]].
** Notably, it's possible that all of the stories are completely factual.

'''Peacey P:''' I'm a guest star on my own album, [[CatchPhrase y'all biscuitheads]]!

* PimpedOutCar: Mocked in the email toon, [[http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php/car "Car"]], with a ''baseball cap''.

* OverlyLongGag: After answering his 100th email, Strong Bad says "email" 100 times in a row, with increasingly silly pronunciations.
** Another example in the old-timey cartoon "Sickly Sam's Big Outing", which ends with [[spoiler:Sickly Sam eating Strong Bad.]]

* OrigamiGag: In the Strong Bad Email "parenting", a flashback shows Strong Sad and Strong Mad practicing changing the diapers on their [[ItMakesSenseInContext banana-pudding babies]]. Strong Sad makes a paper boat instead, while Strong Mad ends up with a paper crane and squashes the "baby" in the process.

%%** The video game programmers in the DVD exclusive email, ''Videro Games''.

* OneLastJob: [[spoiler:The Tandy and the Compy]] both want to [[spoiler:check one last email]] in the ''Cliffhangers/Retirement'' arc, and [[spoiler:kidnap the Lappy in order to force Strong Bad to grant this request.]]

* MisplacedKindergartenTeacher: Strong Bad E-mail [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail160.html coloring]] has Marzipan be this. Though considering her students are [[DumbMuscle Strong Mad]], [[TheDitz Homestar]], and [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Homsar]]...

%%* ASimplePlan: Going on a road trip, telling a bedtime story, not writing a song about Sibbie...

* MeetMyGoodFriendsLeftyAndRighty: In an EasterEgg in the Strong Bad Email "road trip", Bubs combines this with a reference to a famous Los Angeles law firm:
-->'''Coach Z:''' Whaddya mean, I'm the green Bubs? If anything, you're the orange Coach Z! \\
'''Bubs:''' The first person to call me the orange Coach Z is gonna get a free consultation with my friends Jacoby ''(balls up his left fist)'' and Meyers! ''(balls up his right fist)''

** Strong Bad himself is also hinted to do this in the Sbemail "road trip".

* LamazeClass: An OrphanedPunchline referenced a time when Strong Bad apparently look one, only to learn that he didn't need it.

** When thinking of various art styles for his hypothetical portrait, Strong Bad suggests a painting of him in a 17th century photo-realistic Dutch style, and remarked that these types of paintings are often vandalized by art bandits. Cue The Cheat spray-painting a [[Franchise/TransformersGeneration1 RAD RAD ROBOTANK]] all over it. Strong Bad approves that after being vandalized, now it's worth something.

* ICantBelieveItsNotHeroin:
** The Sbemail "caffeine" has Strong Sad getting coked out of his mind just from drinking orange juice with some Sanka mixed into it. This is even funnier when you realize Sanka is a ''decaffeinated'' coffee mix.
** The Sbemail "personal favorites" shows a flashback of Strong Bad getting drunk off soy sauce. Soy sauce does have some alchocol as part of its makeup, but it's such a tiny percentage that you'd never get drunk on it.
** "Characters from Yonder Website" ends with most of the cast stoned out of their minds from... drinking expired juice. The label on it even has a list of side-effects such as drowsiness, euphoria and (hallucinating that you're starring in an) unbelievably soothing children's programming.

* InfoDrop: In the Strong Bad Email [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail162.html the chair]], Strong Bad taunts the audience by randomly pulling out a supposed picture of his parents, which is almost completely obscured by the screen-filling back of his new chair. However, decompiling the Flash reveals nothing on the photo but the message "nice try [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda dodongo!]]"

* ImaginaryFriend: One Strong Bad Email is dedicated to Strong Sad's childhood imaginary friend, Scotty Titi, and how much he annoyed Strong Bad.

%%* IfIHadANickel: "Man, if I had a nickel for every email I get, I would throw them at people in the food court. From that railing, like up above."

* IAteWhat: The [=SBEmail=] ''secret recipes'' has such culinary gems as Great Uncle Pawdabber's Pre-tend Ice Cream Showdown (which amounts to a bowl of sour cream mixed with The Cheat fur) and Stupid Uncle Egg's Goodtime Diaper Pie ([[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking which is just a pinecone]]).

* HeroicBSOD: Induced on Homestar by Strong Bad when the latter claims that Homestar doesn't wear pants, just blue soles glued to the bottoms of his feet. Homestar essentially has an emotional breakdown. Homestar [[UnexplainedRecovery gets over it]], however, when Marzipan tells him that [[spoiler:everyone thinks she is a broom, and Homestar is surprised (and upset) to learn that she isn't]].

* GroupieBrigade: In the Limozeen cartoon, the band is repeatedly trying to get away from crowds of fans, a la ''Film/AHardDaysNight''.

* FreePrizeAtTheBottom: Another they-spent-an-entire-episode-mocking-this-trope trope, this time in Strong Bad email "specially marked".

* FlippingTheBird: In "the bird" sbemail, Strong Bad, Pom Pom, and Homestar do this, despite neither of them having any visible fingers.

* FarSideIsland: There's a sbemail in which Strong Bad is asked what he would do if stranded on one.