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-->'''Strong Bad:''' So that's fan clubs, the next worst word you can couple with the word 'fan' is, you guessed it ''(ominous, eerie music plays)'' the word ''(Strong Bad's voice slows down, and the camera zooms in on the word as he types it)'' '''[[YouHaveBeenWarned fiction]].'''
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-->'''Strong Bad:''' So that's fan clubs, the next worst word you can couple with the word 'fan' is, you guessed it ''(ominous, eerie music plays)'' the word ''(Strong Bad's voice slows way down, and the camera zooms in on the word as he types it)'' '''[[YouHaveBeenWarned fiction]].'''
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* FireAndBrimstoneHell: Seen in the Easter egg from [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/parsnips.html "Parsnips A-Plenty"]], where Sir Strong Bad supposedly winds up after falling off the cliff.
-->'''Sir Strong Bad:''' Curses! I've gone to Hell! How unfortunate!
-->'''Sir Strong Bad:''' Curses! I've gone to Hell! How unfortunate!
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* AntiquatedLinguistics: Much of the Old-Timey version of Strong Bad's speech is comprised of this.
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* ArcWords: [=DNA=] evidence. [[spoiler:Turns out they're all referring to a phial of green DNA evidence that Strong Bad was using to prove Strong Sad was part-elephant.]]
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* YouMustBeThisTallToRide: In the Strong Bad e-mail "theme park", The Cheat tried to be tall enough to ride the Bowels of Trogdor roller coaster, but was unable to do so even when standing on tiptoes and wearing a top hat, so Strong Bad recommended he goes to Sweet Cuppin Cakes Land instead, much to his disappointment.
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* YouMustBeThisTallToRide: In the Strong Bad e-mail "theme park", The Cheat tried to be tall enough to ride the Bowels of Trogdor roller coaster, but was unable to do so even when standing on tiptoes and wearing a top hat, so Strong Bad recommended he goes to Sweet Cuppin Cakes Land instead, much to his disappointment.
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--->'''Singer: Remember those guys in that band Limozeen?\\
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But they're still Limozeen!\\
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But they're still Limozeen!\\Limozeen...
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* RecycledINSPACE: Parodied with the short-lived Limozeen cartoon. Lampshaded in the Strong Bad Email that introduced it.
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* RecycledINSPACE: Parodied with the short-lived Limozeen "Limozeen: But They're In Space!" cartoon. Lampshaded in the Strong Bad Email that introduced it.
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** Also lampshaded in the theme song of the cartoon itself:
--->'''Singer: Remember those guys in that band Limozeen?\\
Well, they turned their tour bus into a space machine.\\
But they're still Limozeen!\\
--->'''Larry Palaroncini:''' We're still Limozeen!
--->'''Singer:''' But they're in space!
--->'''Larry:''' But we're in space?
--->'''Teeg Dougland:''' (to the band) I'm afraid I've got some bad news, boys. You're in space.
--->'''Singer: Remember those guys in that band Limozeen?\\
Well, they turned their tour bus into a space machine.\\
But they're still Limozeen!\\
--->'''Larry Palaroncini:''' We're still Limozeen!
--->'''Singer:''' But they're in space!
--->'''Larry:''' But we're in space?
--->'''Teeg Dougland:''' (to the band) I'm afraid I've got some bad news, boys. You're in space.
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* YouMustBeThisTallToRide: In the Strong Bad e-mail "theme park", The Cheat tried to be tall enough to ride the Bowels of Trogdor roller coaster, but was unable to do so even when standing on tiptoes and wearing a top hat, so Strong Bad recommended he goes to Sweet Cuppin Cakes Land instead, much to his disappointment.
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Since the birth of Matt Chapman's second child in November 2009, the site's flow of new content has trickled to a halt. However, in late 2011, Matt confirmed via his Twitter page that the series has not been cancelled and that future updates are coming "sporadically and without warning" (and went so far to say that nobody in their right mind would voluntarily quit making ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' altogether). The Brothers Chaps have worked on other projects, including the [[http://www.gamestooge.com/2010/09/03/poker-night-at-the-inventory-announced/ game]] ''VideoGame/PokerNightAtTheInventory'', in which Strong Bad meets up with Tycho (''Webcomic/PennyArcade''), Max (''VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice''), and the Heavy (''VideoGame/TeamFortress2''), during the hiatus. More recently, Matt has become a writer and director for NickJr's ''YoGabbaGabba'' and TheHub's ''TheAquabatsSuperShow''. Matt Chapman recently posted the beginning of the script for Sbemail 206, which has been inactive since the start of the hiatus, stating "Someday, when you least expect it" confirming the site ain't dead.
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Since the birth of Matt Chapman's second child in November 2009, the site's flow of new content has trickled to a halt. However, in late 2011, Matt confirmed via his Twitter page that the series has not been cancelled and that future updates are coming "sporadically and without warning" (and went so far to say that nobody in their right mind would voluntarily quit making ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' ''Homestar Runner'' altogether). The Brothers Chaps have worked on other projects, including the [[http://www.gamestooge.com/2010/09/03/poker-night-at-the-inventory-announced/ game]] ''VideoGame/PokerNightAtTheInventory'', in which Strong Bad meets up with Tycho (''Webcomic/PennyArcade''), Max (''VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice''), and the Heavy (''VideoGame/TeamFortress2''), during the hiatus. More recently, Matt has become a writer and director for NickJr's ''YoGabbaGabba'' and TheHub's ''TheAquabatsSuperShow''. Matt Chapman recently posted the beginning of the script for Sbemail 206, which has been inactive since the start of the hiatus, stating "Someday, when you least expect it" confirming the site ain't dead.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Pretty much the DVD-exclusive cartoon "Why Come Only One Girl?", which shows ideas for other female HomestarRunner characters.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Pretty much the DVD-exclusive cartoon "Why Come Only One Girl?", which shows ideas for other female HomestarRunner ''Homestar Runner'' characters.
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* PunnyName: They show up every now and then. For example, the protagonist of Peasant's Quest is Rather Dashing and the stealth expert of the Cheat Commandos is [[ToiletHumour Silent Rip]].
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* PunnyName: They show up every now and then. For example, the protagonist of Peasant's Quest VideoGame/PeasantsQuest is Rather Dashing and the stealth expert of the Cheat Commandos is [[ToiletHumour Silent Rip]].
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* AdventureGame: ''Peasant's Quest'' and the ''Thy Dungeonman'' series.
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* AdventureGame: ''Peasant's Quest'' ''VideoGame/PeasantsQuest'' and the ''Thy Dungeonman'' series.
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* AManIsNotAVirgin: Averted in ''Peasant's Quest''. It's easy to miss, but when you type in "jump in hay" at the right point of the game, the response message subtly calls Rather Dashing a virgin by responding, "You've not known much better than a roll in the hay alone."
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* SpiritualSuccessor: The Dangeresque Roomisode game feels like a spiritual successor to ''Peasant's Quest''
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* SpiritualSuccessor: The Dangeresque Roomisode game feels like a spiritual successor to ''Peasant's Quest''''VideoGame/PeasantsQuest''
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** The Paper might also qualify, subverting the laws of ''[[PaintingTheFourthWall perspective]]''.
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** The Paper might also qualify, subverting the laws of ''[[PaintingTheFourthWall perspective]]''.''perspective''.
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Since the birth of Matt Chapman's second child in November 2009, the site's flow of new content has trickled to a halt. However, in late 2011, Matt confirmed via his Twitter page that the series has not been cancelled and that future updates are coming "sporadically and without warning" (and went so far to say that nobody in their right mind would voluntarily quit making ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' altogether). The Brothers Chaps have worked on other projects, including the [[http://www.gamestooge.com/2010/09/03/poker-night-at-the-inventory-announced/ game]] ''VideoGame/PokerNightAtTheInventory'', in which Strong Bad meets up with Tycho (''Webcomic/PennyArcade''), Max (''VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice''), and the Heavy (''VideoGame/TeamFortress2''), during the hiatus. More recently, Matt has become a writer and director for Nick Jr.'s ''YoGabbaGabba'' and The Hub's ''TheAquabatsSuperShow''. Matt Chapman recently posted the beginning of the script for Sbemail 206, which has been inactive since the start of the hiatus, stating "Someday, when you least expect it" confirming the site ain't dead.
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Since the birth of Matt Chapman's second child in November 2009, the site's flow of new content has trickled to a halt. However, in late 2011, Matt confirmed via his Twitter page that the series has not been cancelled and that future updates are coming "sporadically and without warning" (and went so far to say that nobody in their right mind would voluntarily quit making ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' altogether). The Brothers Chaps have worked on other projects, including the [[http://www.gamestooge.com/2010/09/03/poker-night-at-the-inventory-announced/ game]] ''VideoGame/PokerNightAtTheInventory'', in which Strong Bad meets up with Tycho (''Webcomic/PennyArcade''), Max (''VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice''), and the Heavy (''VideoGame/TeamFortress2''), during the hiatus. More recently, Matt has become a writer and director for Nick Jr.'s NickJr's ''YoGabbaGabba'' and The Hub's TheHub's ''TheAquabatsSuperShow''. Matt Chapman recently posted the beginning of the script for Sbemail 206, which has been inactive since the start of the hiatus, stating "Someday, when you least expect it" confirming the site ain't dead.
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* FunWithFlushing: In one episode, Bubs turns into a large {{Godzilla}}-like monster after accidentally flushing himself down the toilet while shaving.
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* FunWithFlushing: In one episode, Bubs turns into a large {{Godzilla}}-like monster after accidentally flushing himself down the toilet while shaving. Strong Bad tries to do this himself at the end.
* GentleGiant: Strong Mad, for all his muscle and hostility, nevertheless has a big heart and a soft side, especially towards The Cheat, to whom he is quite defensive (see also: PapaWolf). He also is quite childish and naïve.
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* [[GirlfriendInCanada Girlfriend In Outer Space]]: Strong Bad claims to have many, many girlfriends...who we never see because they're supposedly visiting other planets.
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* [[GirlfriendInCanada Girlfriend In Outer Space]]: Strong Bad claims to have many, many girlfriends...who whom we never see because they're supposedly visiting other planets.
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* PapaWolf: Strong Mad is very defensive of The Cheat. A perfect example of this occurs in Strong Bad Email #23: "little animal", when Strong Bad, asked what he would do if a little animal comes up to him, answers by kicking The Cheat and arousing Strong Mad's wrath as a result.
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*** The RSS feed offered up a possible explanation for all this Defictionalization: Strong Bad says that he makes things up, and then [[RedDwarf later he blacks out for a while, and when he comes to, that thing he made up has happened]].
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*** The RSS feed offered up a possible explanation for all this Defictionalization: Strong Bad says that he makes things up, and then [[RedDwarf [[Series/RedDwarf later he blacks out for a while, and when he comes to, that thing he made up has happened]].
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** Strong Mad, to a lesser degree, given his tenuous grasp on the English language.
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** Strong Mad, Mad qualifies, too, because he has [[NoIndoorVoice no indoor voice]] and, according to a lesser degree, given his Strong Bad, has "a pretty tenuous grasp on the English language." Example:
-->'''Strong Bad:''' *calling out* Hey, Strong Mad! What, uh, what's my favorite movie?
-->'''Strong Mad:''' GARBLEDINA!
-->'''Strong Bad:''' *calling out* Hey, Strong Mad! What, uh, what's my favorite movie?
-->'''Strong Mad:''' GARBLEDINA!
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* OnlyStoreInTown: Not only is his Concession Stand this, Bubs also seems to control every form of business in Free Country, USA.
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* OnlyStoreInTown: OnlyShopInTown: Not only is his Concession Stand this, Bubs also seems to control every form of business in Free Country, USA.
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* OnlyStoreInTown: Not only is his Concession Stand this, Bubs also seems to control every form of business in Free Country, USA.
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* YouDirtyRat: [[FluffyTheTerrible Percy the rat]] in ''Dangeresque II''.
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* YouDirtyRat: [[FluffyTheTerrible Percy the rat]] in ''Dangeresque ''Thy Dungeonman II''.
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** 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.
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** 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.pee, to Strong Bad's disgust.
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* SoLongSuckers: Homestar says this twice: once in the Strong Bad Email "secret recipes" after tricking himself into eating a pinecone, and once in a Halloween cartoon after tricking the King of Town (who is dressed as Colonel Sanders) out of his secret blend of eleven herbs and spices needed to make Marzipan's Halloween potion.
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* SoLongSuckers: Homestar says this twice: once in the Strong Bad Email "secret recipes" after tricking himself into eating a pinecone, and once in a one of the yearly Halloween cartoon episodes after tricking the King of Town (who (whose Halloween costume is dressed as Colonel Sanders) out of his secret blend of eleven herbs and spices needed to make Marzipan's Halloween potion.
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--> "Sir Strong Bad STOP How do you operate the 'telegramophone' [[AntiquatedLinquistics whilst]] wearing gentlemans' sporting gloves STOP Signed, Sir Elsington Halstindingdingworth STOP"
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--> "Sir Strong Bad STOP How do you operate the 'telegramophone' [[AntiquatedLinquistics [[AntiquatedLinguistics whilst]] wearing gentlemans' sporting gloves STOP Signed, Sir Elsington Halstindingdingworth STOP"
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* YouDirtyRat: In ''Thy Dungeonman II'', you must get past a rat named Percy, who has [[ThePlague bubonic plauge]] which he gives to you as you go past (this will kill you if you don't finish the game in a certain amount of time). At the end, Percy confronts you in the kitchen and [[spoiler:you must take off your loincloth and throw into a boiling pot to lure Percy into it to kill him]].
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* YouDirtyRat: In ''Thy Dungeonman II'', you must get past a rat named Percy, who has [[ThePlague bubonic plauge]] which he gives to you as you go past (this will kill you if you don't finish the game in a certain amount of time). At the end, [[FluffyTheTerrible Percy confronts you in the kitchen and [[spoiler:you must take off your loincloth and throw into a boiling pot to lure Percy into it to kill him]].rat]] in ''Dangeresque II''.
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* YouDirtyRat: In ''Thy Dungeonman II'', you must get past a rat named Percy, who has [[ThePlague bubonic plauge]] which he gives to you as you go past (this will kill you if you don't finish the game in a certain amount of time). At the end, Percy confronts you in the kitchen and [[spoiler:you must take off your loincloth and throw into a boiling pot to lure Percy into it to kill him]].
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* TheBrute: Strong Mad, definitely.
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* TheBrute: Strong Mad, definitely.Mad.
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-->'''Strong Bad:''' Fhqwhgads.\\
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* PistolWhipping: In "[[http://www.homestarrunner.com/dween_kidsbook.html That Time of Year"]], one of the pages in the book shows a boy building a snowman, which Strong Bad then defaces to include a gun in the boy's hand to make it look like the snowman is getting hit by it and adds in a giant mantis.
-->'''Strong Bad:''' (rewriting the book text) "De giant mantis is almost here. Get ready to be pistol-whipped, snowman!"
-->'''Strong Bad:''' (rewriting the book text) "De giant mantis is almost here. Get ready to be pistol-whipped, snowman!"
** 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.
-->'''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.
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* TearJerker: Invoked. Strong Bad has this drawing of a one-legged puppy nicknamed "Li'l Brudder", whose {{Woobie}}-ness is sufficient to drive Homestar into an ''existential crisis'' whenever Strong Bad shows it to him. He manages to do the same to Strong Sad with a picture of a two-legged elephant named "Tendafoot". [[invoked]]
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* TearJerker: Invoked. Strong Bad has this drawing of a one-legged puppy nicknamed "Li'l Brudder", whose {{Woobie}}-ness is sufficient to drive Homestar into an ''existential crisis'' whenever Strong Bad shows it to him. He manages to do the same to Strong Sad with a picture of a two-legged elephant named "Tendafoot". At the end, even Strong Bad himself starts choking up from it. [[invoked]]
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Since the birth of Matt Chapman's second child in November 2009, the site's flow of new content has trickled to a halt. However, in late 2011, Matt confirmed via his Twitter page that the series has not been cancelled and that future updates are coming "sporadically and without warning" (and went so far to say that nobody in their right mind would voluntarily quit making ''WebOriginal/HomestarRunner'' altogether). The Brothers Chaps have worked on other projects, including the [[http://www.gamestooge.com/2010/09/03/poker-night-at-the-inventory-announced/ game]] ''VideoGame/PokerNightAtTheInventory'', in which Strong Bad meets up with Tycho (''Webcomic/PennyArcade''), Max (''VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice''), and the Heavy (''VideoGame/TeamFortress2''), during the hiatus. More recently, Matt has become a writer and director for Nick Jr.'s ''YoGabbaGabba'' and The Hub's ''TheAquabatsSuperShow''. Matt Chapman recently posted the beginning of the script for Sbemail 206, which has been inactive since the start of the hiatus, stating "Someday, when you least expect it" confirming the site ain't dead.
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Since the birth of Matt Chapman's second child in November 2009, the site's flow of new content has trickled to a halt. However, in late 2011, Matt confirmed via his Twitter page that the series has not been cancelled and that future updates are coming "sporadically and without warning" (and went so far to say that nobody in their right mind would voluntarily quit making ''WebOriginal/HomestarRunner'' ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' altogether). The Brothers Chaps have worked on other projects, including the [[http://www.gamestooge.com/2010/09/03/poker-night-at-the-inventory-announced/ game]] ''VideoGame/PokerNightAtTheInventory'', in which Strong Bad meets up with Tycho (''Webcomic/PennyArcade''), Max (''VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice''), and the Heavy (''VideoGame/TeamFortress2''), during the hiatus. More recently, Matt has become a writer and director for Nick Jr.'s ''YoGabbaGabba'' and The Hub's ''TheAquabatsSuperShow''. Matt Chapman recently posted the beginning of the script for Sbemail 206, which has been inactive since the start of the hiatus, stating "Someday, when you least expect it" confirming the site ain't dead.
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Other features on the site include WebOriginal/TeenGirlSquad, a comic about shallow teenage girls [[TheyKilledKenny dying in]] [[CruelAndUnusualDeath improbable and hilarious ways]], which is written, drawn and narrated by Strong Bad; Old-Timey Homestar, what Homestar Runner would be like if it was made in the [[TheGreatDepression 1930s]]; and the Cheat Commandos, a parody of MerchandiseDriven shows in general and ''GIJoe'' in specific. The Brothers Chaps have also collaborated with TheyMightBeGiants a few times. A series of [[EpisodicGame episodic point-and-click adventure games]] by TelltaleGames, ''VideoGame/StrongBadsCoolGameForAttractivePeople'' (or [=SBCG4AP=]), was released for PC and [=WiiWare=] between August and December of 2008, and later ported to Playstation Network in 2010.
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Other features on the site include WebOriginal/TeenGirlSquad, WebAnimation/TeenGirlSquad, a comic about shallow teenage girls [[TheyKilledKenny dying in]] [[CruelAndUnusualDeath improbable and hilarious ways]], which is written, drawn and narrated by Strong Bad; Old-Timey Homestar, what Homestar Runner would be like if it was made in the [[TheGreatDepression 1930s]]; and the Cheat Commandos, a parody of MerchandiseDriven shows in general and ''GIJoe'' in specific. The Brothers Chaps have also collaborated with TheyMightBeGiants a few times. A series of [[EpisodicGame episodic point-and-click adventure games]] by TelltaleGames, ''VideoGame/StrongBadsCoolGameForAttractivePeople'' (or [=SBCG4AP=]), was released for PC and [=WiiWare=] between August and December of 2008, and later ported to Playstation Network in 2010.
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* ShowWithinAShow: Quite a few, including Sweet Cuppin' Cakes, ''Limozeen--But They're In Space!'', and ''Stinko Man K 20X6''. "Teen Girl Squad" started out as one of these before it became a [[WebOriginal/TeenGirlSquad feature of its own]], as did ''Cheat Commandos''.
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* ShowWithinAShow: Quite a few, including Sweet Cuppin' Cakes, ''Limozeen--But They're In Space!'', and ''Stinko Man K 20X6''. "Teen Girl Squad" started out as one of these before it became a [[WebOriginal/TeenGirlSquad [[WebAnimation/TeenGirlSquad feature of its own]], as did ''Cheat Commandos''.
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* KnifeThrowingAct: The old theme song video ("old" as in "replaced 10 years ago") has Strong Bad as the knife thrower and Strong Sad as the (unwilling) target. It's obvious that Strong Bad is trying to hit Strong Sad, but the camera cuts away before the knife hits.
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Other features on the site include WebOriginal/TeenGirlSquad, a comic about shallow teenage girls dying in [[CruelAndUnusualDeath improbable and hilarious ways]], which is written, drawn and narrated by Strong Bad; Old-Timey Homestar, what Homestar Runner would be like if it was made in the [[TheGreatDepression 1930s]]; and the Cheat Commandos, a parody of MerchandiseDriven shows in general and ''GIJoe'' in specific. The Brothers Chaps have also collaborated with TheyMightBeGiants a few times. A series of [[EpisodicGame episodic point-and-click adventure games]] by TelltaleGames, ''VideoGame/StrongBadsCoolGameForAttractivePeople'' (or [=SBCG4AP=]), was released for PC and [=WiiWare=] between August and December of 2008, and later ported to Playstation Network in 2010.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Is this what the internet was invented for? Some say yes.]]
->''"Everybody loves the Homestar Runner. He is a terrific athlete."''
-->'''Original Children's Book, ''The Homestar Runner Enters the Strongest Man in the World Contest'''''
->''"Everybody loves the me! I'm a terrific athlete!"''
-->'''Homestar Runner, being [[TheDitz himself]]'''
''[[http://www.homestarrunner.com Homestar Runner]]'' is a comedic and sort-of surreal [[WebAnimation web-based]] [[AdobeFlash Flash cartoon]] by two guys from the state of Georgia, Mike and Matt Chapman ("The Brothers Chaps"). Starting as a dead-tree children's picture book, it eventually found its way to the internet and spread through word of mouth.
The main character is the eponymous Homestar Runner, a goodhearted athlete with no arms and no clue. However, Strong Bad, a narcissistic, loudmouthed "wrestleman" with a Luchador mask for a face and boxing gloves for hands, seems to have exceeded the titular character in popularity. Along with his pint-sized lackey The Cheat and hulking brute older brother Strong Mad, Strong Bad constantly pushes everybody around, especially his gray, depressed younger brother Strong Sad. Other characters include Homestar's on-and-off hippie girlfriend Marzipan, Homestar's best friend and straight man Pom Pom, the verbally challenged and slightly creepy Coach Z, greedy concession stand owner Bubs, the ever-hungry King of Town, and [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the Poopsmith]]. And to round out this wacky cast, we also have Homsar, an odd-speaking midget who seems to be able to openly defy physics. Over the years, the series has come to include many recurring and minor characters, many of which simply debuted as one-off jokes.
The most popular part of the site is the Strong Bad Emails (aka "sbemails"), where Strong Bad [[FourthWallMailSlot responds to viewers' questions and suggestions]], such as "[[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail117.html Why don't you creat a montage?]]", "[[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail130.html What would you do different, if you could do it all over again?]]", and the ever-popular "[[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail63.html How do you type with boxing gloves on?]]" This usually involves mocking the sender's spelling and grammar mistakes (in fact, the character of Homsar was actually [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail2.html created this way]]), and quite often not actually answering the question.
Other features on the site include WebOriginal/TeenGirlSquad, a comic about shallow teenage girls dying in [[CruelAndUnusualDeath improbable and hilarious ways]], which is written, drawn and narrated by Strong Bad; Old-Timey Homestar, what Homestar Runner would be like if it was made in the [[TheGreatDepression 1930s]]; and the Cheat Commandos, a parody of MerchandiseDriven shows in general and ''GIJoe'' in specific. The Brothers Chaps have also collaborated with TheyMightBeGiants a few times. A series of [[EpisodicGame episodic point-and-click adventure games]] by TelltaleGames, ''VideoGame/StrongBadsCoolGameForAttractivePeople'' (or [=SBCG4AP=]), was released for PC and [=WiiWare=] between August and December of 2008, and later ported to Playstation Network in 2010.
Most episodes include {{Easter Egg}}s, accessible by clicking on the right part of the screen at the right time.
Thanks to TheWikiRule and to its Internet longevity, a [[http://hrwiki.org/ disturbingly comprehensive wiki]] has been built up by fans over the years.
Since the birth of Matt Chapman's second child in November 2009, the site's flow of new content has trickled to a halt. However, in late 2011, Matt confirmed via his Twitter page that the series has not been cancelled and that future updates are coming "sporadically and without warning" (and went so far to say that nobody in their right mind would voluntarily quit making ''WebOriginal/HomestarRunner'' altogether). The Brothers Chaps have worked on other projects, including the [[http://www.gamestooge.com/2010/09/03/poker-night-at-the-inventory-announced/ game]] ''VideoGame/PokerNightAtTheInventory'', in which Strong Bad meets up with Tycho (''Webcomic/PennyArcade''), Max (''VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice''), and the Heavy (''VideoGame/TeamFortress2''), during the hiatus. More recently, Matt has become a writer and director for Nick Jr.'s ''YoGabbaGabba'' and The Hub's ''TheAquabatsSuperShow''. Matt Chapman recently posted the beginning of the script for Sbemail 206, which has been inactive since the start of the hiatus, stating "Someday, when you least expect it" confirming the site ain't dead.
If you find the speech hard to understand, the wiki has [[http://www.hrwiki.org/wiki/HRWiki:Subtitles subtitled versions of most toons]]
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!!This series is the TropeNamer for:
* BehindTheBlack: In Strong Bad Email [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemailahundred.html "flashback"]].
* BigOlEyebrows: From the sbemail "haircut".
** BigOlUnibrow: By relation to the above.
* ExtyYearsFromNow: Partially in "Stinkoman".
* FMinusMinus: In the sbemail "for kids".
* KingOfTown: The so-named character[[hottip:*:Well, ex-TropeNamer]]
* LongPants: The sbemail of the same name.
* ThisIsntHeaven: From a cartoon that was an EasterEgg in Macromedia Central.
* YouCantGetYeFlask: From the game "Thy Dungeonman" in sbemail "video games".
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Stinkoman from the "japanese cartoon" sbemail.
* YourHeadASplode: The game ''Strong Bad Zone'' in the sbemail "video games".
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[[folder:General Tropes about the Homestar Runner Universe]]
* AbsenteeActor: Strong Bad doesn't appear in email "anything", which was instead answered by Homestar.
* TheAce: [[TheUnintelligible Supposedly,]] [[TakeOurWordForIt Pom-Pom]].
** He was once named Prom King at a dance he wasn't even attending, if you want proof.
* AdamSmithHatesYourGuts: Taken to [[UpToEleven Eleven]] with Bubs. In the most extreme case, he once actually sold Wireless Extension Cords for $100 apiece. [[TheDitz Homestar]] bought four of them.
* AdiposeRex: The King of Town.
* AllThereInTheManual: Several of the character's names are only mentioned on DVD Commentaries.
* AlternateUniverse: Several, each with its own version of the cast. Many of the universes appeared in [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail150.html this Strong Bad Email.]]
* AlwaysNight: Sweet Cuppin' Cakes Land
* AmericanAccents: Bubs and Coach Z bear exaggerated versions of regional accents.
* AnachronismStew: The "Old-Timey" era, supposedly the 1930s, but containing elements from the 19th Century to the 1950s.
** Strong Bad's computers are Anachronism Stews all on their own, from a Tandy with a monochrome display that can display a full-resolution image of the Hairstyle Runner Flash game, to the new Compé, an all-in-one widescreen flat-panel that's apparently limited to VGA-level graphics.
** Videlectrix is a pretty good example of this Trope too, a modern company that produces Atari-level games.
** How about Bubs' internet service, whose lone customer is (surprise) Strong Bad? Strong Bad claims his normal connection speed is "1200 baud", a measurement of connection speed so outdated, there are Bachelor of Computer Science graduates who've never even heard of it.
* AnimateInanimateObject: ''Loads and loads'' of them.
* AnvilOnHead: The Heavy Lourde, which has a habit of dropping on Homsar.
* ArtEvolution: As spoofed in the Strong Bad Emails "flashback" and "lady...ing"
* TheArtifact: Pom-Pom was originally created to be Homestar's best friend and sidekick. However, his personality was never developed much beyond that, and with the shift of focus from Homestar to Strong Bad, he's pretty much superfluous these days. (The fact that he speaks only in bubbles probably makes it hard to write dialogue for him as well.)
** Not to mention that he's generally been the StraightMan in a series that doesn't often have much use for one, as the other characters went through {{Flanderization}}.
* ArtShift: Several different versions of the characters, including Old Timey, 20X6 {{Animesque}}, Powered By The Cheat, and [[LiveActionAdaptation Puppet stuff]].
* AuthorityInNameOnly: The King of Town was the former TropeNamer.
* AWildRapperAppears: Parodied with Peacey P, to the point that he's a guest star on one of his own albums.
-->''Crample-O Stow Records presents "Deliberance", the new album from Peacey P! Featuring: Large Craig, featuring: The Overripe MC, featuring: Tenerence Love, featuring: Akryllix & 3rd Lung, featuring: Peacey P!''\\
'''Peacey P:''' I'm a guest star on my own album, [[CatchPhrase y'all biscuitheads]]!
* BadBadActing: Happens pretty much any time a character is given a script to read. Two very prominent examples are the ''Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People'' tutorial and Coach Z's performance in the Dangeresque installments.
* {{Badbutt}}: Strong Bad. To a lesser extent, Strong Mad.
* BeamMeUpScotty: Strong Sad was never sad that he was flying; that was a Powered By The Cheat version, not the real deal. His line "I don't like food anymore" was something Strong Bad dreamed up.
** The Quote of the Week often supplies misquotes to some lines, such as Strong Sad himself saying "Some animal died!" or Senor Cardgage saying "You bet '''small girl'''! How 'bout I hit you on the slant?" This could be attributed to the creators using outtakes as quotes of the week.
* BerserkButton: It's probably not a good idea to question Homestar about his apparent lack of pants.
-->"W-well, that's simply not true! I have long pants, I wear long pants. I'm a long pants man, long pants long pants... Long pants, Strong Bad! The longest pants! Everybody everybody, longest pants. ''Long long long long long long pants!''"
** Also, don't hurt The Cheat whenever Strong Mad is around, as Strong Bad learned the hard way in the Strong Bad Email #23 "[[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail23.html Little Animal]]".
* BetterThanABareBulb
* BetterThanSex: ''[[http://www.homestarrunner.com/amazon.html This Book is Better Than 1st, 2nd, and Quite Possibly Even 3rd Base]]'' from the sbemail "[[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail17.html studying]]."
* BigEater: The King of Town.
* TheBlacksmith: Mostly just a cameo character.
* BlatantLies: So common, the Homestar Wiki has a page to list nearly every occasion of an obvious lie. Most of them are from Strong Bad.
** Parodied in the toon "Cool Things" where Homestar falls into a random pit marked "Death Hole". The fact that the pit's, like, three feet deep doesn't stop him from yelling like he's still falling.
* BleachedUnderpants: The [[http://hrwiki.org/wiki/Poot-Slap_(Thorax_Corp) original version]] of the [[http://hrwiki.org/wiki/Poot-Slap Poot-Slap]] song is less than family-friendly.
* BraggingThemeTune: '''TROGDOOOOOOR!'''
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Here's a [[http://www.hrwiki.org/wiki/Breaking_the_Fourth_Wall list]] for all the examples.
* BrickJoke: In sbemail #38, titled [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail38.html helium]], we discover that Strong Mad's voice doesn't change at all when he sucks helium, to his annoyance. Exactly ''114 emails later'' in sbemail #152, [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail152.html isp]], we find out that [[spoiler: Strong Bad's internet connection is so slow because Strong Mad is siphoning his bandwidth through a garden hose. Apparently bandwidth acts like "super helium" and Strong Mad finally gets his helium voice.]]
** The short "The Luau" begins with Homestar peeing behind Marzipan's gazebo. Later on in the short, when Homestar visits Strong Bad's party, and finds out that he can't get the wood to start on fire, Homestar then asks if Strong Bad got the wood from behind the gazebo, in which Strong Bad answers "Yes, why?". Homestar then explains "Well it all started when I drank 32 glasses of melonade..."
* TheBrute: Strong Mad, definitely.
* BuffySpeak: Used a lot.
* ButtMonkey: Strong Sad, The King of Town, Coach Z, and Nebulon when he appears. (No one likes ''his'' style.)
* CaptainSpaceDefenderOfEarth: Strong Badia's space program has Space Captainface. Pretender of the Galaxy.
* CargoShip: Among other examples, Sign and Cinder Block in "2 years", and Strong Bad and a Wagon Fulla Pancakes in "montage". [[invoked]]
* CasanovaWannabe: Both Strong Bad and, occasionally, Homestar.
* CashCowFranchise: Not to the extent of [[ScoobyDoo other]] [[{{Pokemon}} cash]] [[TheSimpsons cows]], but when co-creator Matt Chapman looked at all the T-shirt orders he received, he wondered "Are there even this many people in '''''the world!?'''''" The creators now live entirely off of the sales of their merchandise.
* CharacterTitle
* [[CheatedAngle The Cheat-ed Angle]]: Homestar and The Cheat are ''never'' seen from the front.
* ChocolateFrostedSugarBombs: "Cheat Commandos...O's", featured in its own short cartoon.
* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: Characters Strong Bad made up in his emails become actual characters. Example; Señor Cardgage was a theoretical Strong Bad, but now is a character in his own right.
* ClingyCostume: Strong Bad's mask/head and boxing gloves.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Homsar, and possibly Senor Cardgage. Also, Homestar at times.
** King of Town certainly qualifies.
** Strong Mad, to a lesser degree, given his tenuous grasp on the English language.
** Free Country, USA might as well be CloudCuckooland.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Most main characters happen to do this regularly, but Homestar, being an outright [[TheDitz ditz]], deserves mention.
-->'''Homestar Runner:''' Hey, girlfriend, have you tried any of this free ice cream Strong Bad made?
-->'''Marzipan:''' Homestar, didn't anyone tell you? That's, like, cottage cheese and The Cheat hair!
-->'''Homestar Runner:''' WHAT!? [[SpitTake *spit take*]] [[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne Strong Bad told me it was]] ''[[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne sour cream]]'' [[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne and The Cheat hair!]]
* ComicTrio: Strong Bad, Strong Mad, and The Cheat.
* CompanionCube: [[http://hrwiki.org/index.php/Pseudocharacters Quite a few.]]
* ContinuityLockout: It's not really a continuity cartoon, but half of the gags will make no dang sense if you don't start at the beginning and work your way forward. Because everything's broken into separate series, there's no way to be sure you're watching it all in the right order, either. They've even referenced cartoons that had already been removed from the site. Thank goodness there's a [[http://www.hrwiki.org/wiki/Main_Page fan wiki.]]
* CoolCar: In his contribution to the Halloween story, Bubs describes a cool car the Goblin owns: a pimped-out AMC Gremlin that includes, among other things, a [[BackToTheFuture flux capacitor]].
** The same car appears in later cartoons and is...[[TheAllegedCar decidedly less cool]]. And decidedly less functional.
*** Shark Mobile! Can it work?
*** Don't forget the chainsaw car! (Which, sadly, has only ever appeared in the form of a toy prize from a box of cereal.)
* CoolHelmet: Various styles are worn by "The [[{{Portmanteau}} Broternal]] [[TheOrder Order]] of [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Different Helmets]]," introduced in "[[http://www.homestarrunner.com/helmets.html Ever and More]]."
* CoolShades: A [[http://hrwiki.org/wiki/Cool_Shades running staple]] of the series, most notably worn by Dangeresque and Dangeresque Too. In fact Dangeresque Too's shades are so cool, they can be worn in ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' by the Demoman.
* CrackFic: Strong Bad's fanfic in the sbemail, "fan club" has qualities of one.
* CrackPairing: A number of in-universe examples.
** Homsar's parents are a cup of coffee and a Chipwich.
** Lil' Brudder's Maw and Paw are, respectively, a dog and a unicycle.
* {{Crunchtastic}}: Mocked on many occasions, most notably on the sbemail "Dictionary", which is overflowing with made-up words.
* CuckoolandianCounterpart: Homsar for Homestar, and Senor Cardgage for Strong Bad. Strong Bad actually has more than one, as highlighted in the sbemail "alternate universe".
* DastardlyWhiplash: The Old-Timey version of Strong Bad.
* {{Defictionalization}}: Several in-universe examples, almost all without any involvement (or in some cases, even ''awareness'') from the character who came up with them in the first place (usually Strong Bad). {{Fake Band}}s Limozeen and Taranchula, the [[ShowWithinAShow TV shows]] ''Stink's Reach'' and ''Dartmouth''...the list goes on.
** Limozeen has played two live shows, once headlining and once opening for Of Montreal. Its most famous single ending up in the ''GuitarHero'' series along with "Trogdor" might also count.
*** The RSS feed offered up a possible explanation for all this Defictionalization: Strong Bad says that he makes things up, and then [[RedDwarf later he blacks out for a while, and when he comes to, that thing he made up has happened]].
* DelusionsOfEloquence: Many of the characters often "try" this, which leads to them creating new mangled words or {{portmanteau}}s. In fact, these portmanteaus and BuffySpeak are a staple of the series' humor.
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Several minor jokes, mostly in labeling products. For instance, "Heavy Lourde" means "Heavy Heavy" ("Lourde" is French for "heavy").
** Alternatively, they were simply using a bilingual label, such as are required on many products in Canada. Nevertheless, the object has officially become known as a "Heavy Lourde".
** Lampshaded in "Where U Goin 2?":
-->'''Strong Bad:''' I dunno. Maybe he's just going to the ATM Machine.\\
'''Strong Mad:''' THAT'S REDUNDANT!!!
* DevelopmentGag
* DevelopmentHell: In-universe: ''Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective'', eventually made into the fourth episode of [=SBCG4AP=].
* DiscoDan: The Videlectrix guys are ridiculously behind the times, releasing Atari 2600-style games in the present day.
** Strong Bad himself, as far as video games and technology are concerned. His computers are all hopelessly outdated, and his most current system is a TurboGrafxSixteen. To put that into perspective, Old-Timey Strong Bad is still using the telegraph in 1936, when the telephone had seen widespread use for over 50 years.
*** That, and only in 2009 has he upgraded to a computer with a graphical interface, having used command prompts on all his previous computers, including his (16-pound!) laptop. Not very surprising when his favorite manufacturer, Compy, still makes house-sized computers. The Cheat, on the other hand...
--->'''Homestar:''' (''sees Strong Bad digging out the Tandy 400 from his garbage can'') Umm... that's my old one. It barely works. I'd be surprised [[CallForward if you could check more than forty emails on it]].\\
'''Strong Bad:''' Ohh, you can't fool me. This thing's top of the line! It's got ''[[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome two]]'' [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome contrast knobs]]!
*** Bubs too. Strong Bad's internet connection (and, thusly, Bubs' internet ''service'') is so out of date it's still measured in baud (a measurement of connection speed so small in comparison to actual bytes-per-second that it would literally be faster to just wait until you next met up with any given friend and talk about whatever was on the webpage you wanted to see). Then again, Bubs is probably doing this deliberately, in order to take advantage of Strong Bad's unfamiliarity with modern technology.
* DistaffCounterpart: According to the toon "Why Come Only One Girl?", Champeen was originally going to be this to Homestar. Unfortunately, she never showed up in any toons (though she does appear in one of the backgrounds of the Dancin' Bubs game).
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Inverted when matters of dating are explained by comparison to sports.
-->'''Homestar:''' Well, it's Marzipan's birthday, and I don't know what to get her!\\
'''Coach Z:''' Well, Homestar, I tell you. Girls are like a great sports play. [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar You can't just rush in to the score zone!]] You kiddin' me? You'd be clobbered! You've gotta stick and move and zig and zag to get past the defenses, so youse can score!
** This tends to be Coach Z's answer to everything.
* DoubleStandard: Homestar and Marzipan's relationship is a curious example of this at work. For all that Marzipan gets offended and dumps Homestar on a weekly basis, other evidence would suggest that he's actually a much better boyfriend than she is girlfriend; Homestar appears to actually pay attention to her when he isn't inadvertently insulting her in a half-aware fit of ditziness, while Marzipan is just about aware that Homestar is, in fact, rather dim.
* DummiedOut: Several [[http://www.hrwiki.org/wiki/Secret_Pages secret pages]], along with a few of the [[http://www.hrwiki.org/wiki/Site_Components site components]].
* EasterEgg: The sbemails are covered in them. Most toons have at least a couple on the final screen.
* TheEeyore: Strong Sad.
* {{Egopolis}}: Strong Badia.
** Even more so in "Strong Badia the Free", which had seven "countries" named for their founder... or founders in the case of Marzistar/Homezipan. There are even more if you count inanimate objects like The Stick as characters (it has a country called Sticktenstein).
* ElephantInTheLivingRoom: What would happen if Homestar and Marzipan got married and had kids? Also, none of the characters think it strange for the two to be together, despite their two [[IdiotHero completely]] [[GranolaGirl different]] personalities.
* ElmuhFuddSyndwome: Homestaw suffows fwom this. "I have twouble with my aw's."
** Lampshaded when he tells Coach Z to "Say words right", while the chalkboard behind him writes this the way he says it, aka "Say wouds wide."
* {{Elseworld}}: Old-Timey and [[ExtyYearsFromNow 20X6]] versions of the cast and setting. Interestingly, the two elseworlds have met at least once.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: [[ShowWithinAShow Eh! Steve!]] is an in-universe parody of this phenomenon. So is Onion Bubs.
** [[RunningGag Onion Bubs! ONION BUBS! *cue clapping*]]
* EraSpecificPersonality: The 1936 (and Romans), storybook, early 2000s and 20X6 characters.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Strong Bad, as seen [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWp7BxI6NdU here]] starting at about 6:10 and ending at about 6:22. Don't touch his mom.
* EverythingsWorseWithBears[=/=]EverythingIsEvenWorseWithSharks: The Bear Holding A Shark fulfills both.
* {{Expositron 9000}}: Strong Bad's computer.
* ExpressiveMask: Strong Bad's mask ''is'' his face.
* ExtremeOmnivore: The King of Town will eat extreme quantities of things like eggs, butter, and deodorant, but hates peas and [[UnusualEuphemism "whatsit"]]. Strong Mad will eat nails, rocks, computers [[spoiler:and The Cheats]].
** At one point, Strong Mad is actually seen eating ''bandwidth'' from a wire hooked to a group of computer towers. And it acted like helium, while actual helium had no effect on him when he tried it earlier.
* FakeBand: [[HairMetal Limozeen]], [[DeathMetal Taranchula]], Cool Tapes, [[AlternativeRock Sloshy]], K.o.T. High School Marching Band, Kissy Boots, Fatty's Big Chance, Brainkrieg...this is one of their favorite jokes, actually.
* FakeVideoCameraView: A number of examples, including the "videos" on the character page and Strong Bad's "most amazing e-mail" from "Weclome Back".
* FanDisservice: Nobody seems to wear pants except Strong Bad.
** {{Lampshaded}} [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail127.html here]], along with some other things.
* FantasyTwist: Not that the Homestar Runner 'verse is mundane, but it doesn't stop Strong Bad from imagining it being more fantastic.
* FingerInTheMail: Parodied when Strong Bad's old computers kidnap his Lappy, they send him her "toe" (a keyboard key) through the mail.
* {{Flanderization}}: Arguably for the better, in that the series took several characters with somewhat generic personalities and gave them memorable quirks which could be mined for humor.
* FridgeLogic: A rare case of it being applied ''in-universe'' with "Best Caper Ever," in which Strong Bad doesn't quite understand how he and the Cheat managed to get Homestar stranded on an ice floe in the Arctic simply by stealing his melonade and peeing in it.
* FunnyAnsweringMachine: Marzipan's Answering Machine is mostly about the funny ''calls'' she gets, but some of her answering machine messages can be pretty unusual, too.
* FunWithFlushing: In one episode, Bubs turns into a large {{Godzilla}}-like monster after accidentally flushing himself down the toilet while shaving.
* {{GASP}}: The webtoon uses a "GASP!" stock effect whenever a character declares they're going to do something daring (or [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome what they think is daring.]]) A good example is [[http://homestarrunner.com/xmas08.html Decemberween]].
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Not really much of a radar to get past, as [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids it isn't exactly regarded as being for little kids in the first place]], but if it were, their subtle innuendos could help them get away with a hell of a lot.
* [[GirlfriendInCanada Girlfriend In Outer Space]]: Strong Bad claims to have many, many girlfriends...who we never see because they're supposedly visiting other planets.
-->'''Strong Bad:''' And she was a very, very special lady. And she loved me so much and had skinny blonde hair and was always hanging out at the beach, gazing at a photo of me... Too bad when she had to go to another planet for reasons too complex to elaborate on. I'll probably never see her again. And neither will any of you.
* GoldMakesEverythingShiny
* AGoodNameForARockBand: The appropriately-titled Strong Bad Email "band names", in which Strong Bad explains how to pick a good one. Two [[ShowWithinAShow in-world]] [[FakeBand bands]], Limozeen and Taranchula, got their names in this email.
** When Homestar writes ''Cool Tapes'' on Marzipan's wall she is at first upset, but then decides she likes it and makes it the name for her band.
** According to the commentary for Experimental Film, Strong Bad thinks "Real Smooth Moves" is the best band name ever.
* GoshDangItToHeck: Cursing is ''very'' rare and only done a handful of times in-universe. This means the worst language most characters use are euphemisms like "freaking," "crap," "sucks," "screw." unintelligible {{Angrish}}, or [[UnusualEuphemism bizarre phrases]] like "sweet genius!"
** In VideoGame/PokerNightAtTheInventory, there is the option to keep swears in the dialogue, or bleep them out. Even if you keep them in, Strong Bad's are still bleeped out.
* GrammarNazi: Strong Bad, [[HypocriticalHumor despite making many spelling and grammatical errors of his own]].
* GrandRomanticGesture
* GranolaGirl: Marzipan.
* GretzkyHasTheBall: The series was named for a friend of the Chaps getting confused about baseball. See AGoodNameForARockBand.
* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: Lampshaded endlessly.
* HalloweenCosplay
* HalloweenEpisode: Once a year.
* HaveIMentionedIAmSexuallyActiveToday: Strong Bad, from his "girlfriends", to his theoretical situations with many hot girls.
* {{Hammerspace}}: Constantly used.
* HerCodeNameWasMarySue: Dangeresque and the Powered By The Cheat cartoons are prominent examples. The definitive example, however, has to be Strong Sad's original character Twelve-Times-A-Day Man from the "fan fiction" Strong Bad Email.
** There's also Gene in the email "Hygiene", until Strong Bad's hygiene film takes an odd turn and has the StrawLoser played by Homestar get his life together and turn out successful while Strong Bad's MartyStu Gene falls from his high pedestal.
* HonestJohnsDealership: Bubs and Senor Cardgage.
* HypercompetentSidekick: The Cheat, on more than one occasion. Pom-Pom also has his moments.
* IAteWhat: Many characters have been known to [[http://www.hrwiki.org/wiki/Eating_Non-Food_Items eat non-food items]], whether due to ravenous eating habits or just barefaced ignorance.
* ICallItVera: Marzipan calls her guitar Carol.
* ImpossibleShadowPuppets: In "[[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail155.html theme song]]", Strong Bad makes a "Trogdor" shadow that breathes fire. Wearing gloves ''without fingers''.
* ImpossiblyDeliciousFood: The Sblounskched! bar, which is made of (are you ready for this?) marshmallow vapor wrapped in licorice colloid in a sea of nougat rolled in a cookie log covered with rich, creamy [[BreadEggsMilkSquick pepperoni]] sprinkled with entire tiny bowls of puffy rice cereal covered in [[FunWithAcronyms Boring Brown Chocolate]]. In the shape of a pair of pants.
** With a bite taken out of them. For security. Because who would want to steal a half-eaten pair of choco-pants? [[spoiler:(Homestar.)]]
* IncendiaryExponent: Strong Bad loves things being on fire. Science fair projects, kids in children's books, the car in his album cover concept...
* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Strong Badman's idea of villainy involves wasting water and stealing cable from his neighbors while bossing around his sidekick Stiny.
** Strong Bad himself sometimes qualifies.
* InherentlyFunnyWords: The cartoons' [[http://www.hrwiki.org/wiki/Twice gratuitous misuse of "twice"]] seems to stem from this.
** Really anything Coach Z says is an example of this. [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/cantsayjob.html One toon]] focuses entirely on his inability to say the word "job".
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: Trogdor.
** OurDragonsAreDifferent: Trogdor has one helluva beefy human arm sticking out of his back, "for good measure".
*** The one that's occasionally seen hanging around the King of Town's castle looks like a lavender kangaroo with elements of bug and Roswell Gray mixed in. Its stomach scales are also labeled with various functions (such as "sanitize", "puree" and "pots n pans"), presumably to control the strenght of its fire breath, but the only one that's shown is the one labeled "instant death", which does ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.
* InvisibleAnatomy: Often {{Lampshaded}}.
* ItMeantSomethingToMe: The Compy.
* {{Jerkass}}: Strong Bad, and proud of it.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Strong Bad has his moments of this.
* JuxtaposedStore: Bubs' Concession Stand sells a lot more than just food.
* KillItWithFire: Trogdor the Burninator, as in he kills everything else with fire.
* LampshadeHanging: Lots of it. A veritable lampshade factory on par with XKCD. A good example is the beginning of ''8-Bit is Enough''.
-->'''Strong Sad:''' It sounds like the fan is broken. You'll have to get it serviced.\\
'''Strong Bad:''' Serviced? But where am I gonna get... FanService... around here?\\
(''Trogdor machine comes to life'')
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: For instance, just try and figure out how [[http://hrwiki.org/wiki/Arrow%27d_Guy this character]] fits into the HR universe.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfLoading: Depending on your internet connection, especially true back ion the days of dial-up. Taken quite literally in [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/loadingscreens.html this short.]]
* LoadBearingBoss: [[spoiler:Ultimate Trogdor]] in 8-Bit is Enough. Homestar even calls him a load-bearing [[spoiler:dragon]].
** {{Lampshaded}} in the email "[[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail173.html the paper]]". Strong Bad finds himself on a sinking island and exclaims "How is this island sinking? I didn't even kill any end bosses!"
* LongPants: Supposedly...
* LoudGulp: The Cheat Commandos ''say'' it out loud.
* {{Malaproper}}: Senor Cardgage is perhaps the most evident example, but Strong Bad, Homestar, and other characters do this on occasion, as a lot of the series' humor revolves around wordplay.
* ManOfAThousandVoices: Matt Chapman voices pretty much every character on the site except Marzipan. And the times when his brother does [[StylisticSuck intentionally bad]] impressions of the characters for the Cheat's cartoons.
* MaskedLuchador: Strong Bad wears the mask.
* MeaningfulName: This is how a lot of the characters got their original names. Homestar Runner had no arms, is an athlete, and wears a star on his shirt. Strong Bad is mean, Strong Mad is frequently angry, and Strong Sad is constantly depressed. The Cheat was originally created to help Strong Bad, well... cheat.
* MenaceDecay: Strong Bad. Lampshaded in "[[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail197.html your edge]]", where Strong Bad tries to get his edge back. And fails. [[EpicFail Epically.]]
* MerchandiseDriven: Cheat Commandos...sort of, as there actually isn't much ''real'' CC merchandise, but they're meant to be this way as a spoof of ''GIJoe''.
-->"Buy all our playsets and toys!"
* MetaGuy: Usually Strong Bad or Strong Sad.
* MindScrew: Sbemaliarized Entertainment. ("Uhhh, can you say 'mindblow?'")
** [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/4gregs.html The ending of this toon.]]
* MisplacedSorrow: Done with Frank Bennedetto (a popcorn popper), complete with the standard "he owes me $5" lament.
* {{Montages}}: [[ConversationalTroping Conversed]], with specific subexamples given, in the Strong Bad email ''montage''. The ones used are, in order, a FallingInLoveMontage, a TravellingSalesmanMontage, a TrainingMontage and an [[CreditsMontage end-credits]] PhotoMontage (complete with [[WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue "where are they now?"]] subtitles).
* MyNameIsNotDurwood: Senor Cardgage routinely addresses other characters with incorrect (female) names.
** Strong Bad often employs this deliberately with his email correspondents.
* NoBudget: All of Strong Bad's artistic work, especially his ''Dangeresque'' films.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Some of the band members of Sloshy resemble members of Weezer.
** Bubs' voice was originally a very blatant Redd Foxx impression before it evolved into a more distinctive form.
** Likewise, Strong Sad's voice was originally inspired by [[{{REM}} Michael Stipe]].
* NoIndoorVoice: Strong Mad.
* NoInnerFourthWall: There are numerous crossover gags involving the main cast and characters from the {{ShowWithinAShow}}s. The best example is probably ''8-Bit Is Enough'', which features Strong Bad hopping in and out of many in-universe video games, as well as several characters from said games showing up in Free Country USA.
* NoodleIncident: A couple of them, like the incident that somehow gave Strong Sad the nickname Dairy Queen. That one is (almost certainly) a reference to that disturbing soft-serve flip on his head. Strong Bad's mentioned it before.
* OutOfFocus: Pom Pom is hardly used at all anymore.
* OverlyLongName: Fhqwhgadshgnsdhjsdbkhsdabkfabkveybvf. It has a string of sixteen consonants in a row. Strong Bad manages to pronounce it just fine, but quickly shortens it to "Fhqwhgads" because in the time it took him to say that, he could have made a [[RunningGag painting of a guy with a big knife]]...which he does at the end of the email.
* PacManFever: Strong Bad's technologically backwards. Let's just say that.
* PaperThinDisguise: When dressed like The Thnikkaman, Bubs dresses the same way he normally does, only with a pair of shades and a piece of paper with "tH" written on it taped to his chest. Despite this, most of the main characters (save Homestar in "Happy Dethemberween") are completely oblivious to The Thnikkaman's true identity.
* ParodicTableOfTheElements: [[http://hrwiki.org/wiki/The_Periodic_Table_of_Candy_Elements The Periodic Table of Candy Elements]].
* ParodyCommercial: Oh so many.
* PigeonholedVoiceActor: Missy Palmer. For the rest of her life, it will probably be impossible for anybody to hear her speak and not think "Marzipan". Possibly the reason why all her DVD commentary appearances are in-character as Marzipan.
* ThePigPen: The Poopsmith, due to his job.
** Coach Z as well, who among other things, leaked what could only be crude oil after [[FanDisservice taking off a ratty thong]] in the swimming pool.
--> '''Strong Mad:''' PUT IT BACK ON! '''PUT IT BACK ON!'''
* {{Pixellation}}: This happens whenever Homestar's shirt is removed, because without it he's totally nakers. The funny thing about this being that the entire area his shirt normally covers is pixellated, implying ''everything'' there isn't fit for all ages.
* PokeThePoodle: Strong Badman's "evil schemes" turn out to be this sort, to Strong Bad's disappointment. Strong Bad catches himself heading down this path in the email "Your Edge".
* {{Portmanteau}}: The series is very, very fond of these, to the extent that it's practically a defining feature of the dialogue. As with other gags, there's a complete list [[http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php/Portmanteaus on the wiki]].
* ProductPromotionParade: ''Cheat Commandos'' is a deliberate parody of this, with the sets being literally referred to in-universe as "playsets" and a theme song that ends in "Buy all our playsets and toys!"
** AscendedMeme There are toys available for the Cheat Commandoes. There are playsets, too, but they're free cardboard-cutouts.
* PunnyName: They show up every now and then. For example, the protagonist of Peasant's Quest is Rather Dashing and the stealth expert of the Cheat Commandos is [[ToiletHumour Silent Rip]].
* PutOnABus: Happens to Crack Stuntman when he makes one too many frivolous demands on the producers, although apparently he eventually gets his job back.
* RapidFireComedy: Used very often, especially in [[SelfParody self parodies]] of the original kids' book like [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/stuckincraw.html this.]]
* RealityWarper: Homsar is such a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} that he defies the laws of physics, floating, shapeshifting, and even distorting the scenery.
** Senor Cardgage recently completed his transformation into a second Homsar in hremail3184, in which he manages to walk in place as if the carpet had no friction and make ambient city sounds appear out of nowhere. Strong Bad put it best: "I'm ... quite scared right now."
** The Paper might also qualify, subverting the laws of ''[[PaintingTheFourthWall perspective]]''.
** Heck, even Strong Bad might qualify. Several things he's imagined have become real, including the future of his entire world.
** Sufficient quantities of viruses (virii?) on one computer cause reality to go mad until the computer is shut off and/or destroyed.
* {{Replacement|Scrappy}} [[StealthPun Scrappy]]: New Paper. At least in Strong Bad's opinion. [[invoked]]
* RiddleForTheAges: There are a number of mysteries about the Homestar Runner universe which the creators have said will likely never be given a serious answer.
** "How does Strong Bad type with boxing gloves on?"
** "What do the characters' parents look like?"
** Often thought to be an example by the fans is the question "What does Strong Bad look like without his mask?" However, this one actually ''has'' been answered: [[spoiler:That's not a mask- it's his face!]]
*** He ''did'' remove his mask once, [[TheUnreveal but he was sitting in an armchair that covered his face]], and he said he is never going to do it again.
* RepeatingSoTheAudienceCanHear: Done with Pom-Pom and The Cheat, eventually lampshaded in ''Strong Badia the Free''.
** Justified in "The Best Caper Ever". For once, he's not informing the audience of what The Cheat's saying -- he's trying to work out how they got from "[The Cheat] made peepee in [Homestar's] melonade" to watching him via satellite feed (which they also don't know how they got) on an ice floe in another hemisphere entirely.
* {{Ridiculympics}}: One Strong Bad Email is about [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail165.html the "Strong Badathalon"]], with events such as "Greco-Roman Homestar Crud-Out-Of-Beating", the "Clean and Jerk Strong Mad's Underwears Over His Head" ("fortunately, you don't really have to clean them") and [[BlatantLies "Probably Something with Guitars, Lasers, Robots, and Hot Girls"]].
* RunningGag: A good third of the dialogue consists of in-jokes at this point. Based on the Homestar Runner Wiki, there are ''over five-hundred.''
** Especially in ''8-bit Is Enough''. With the inclusion of gamer in-jokes, practially any joke in that game requires you know what they're referencing.
* ScheduleSlip: The creators have been guilty of this from time to time, mainly when the creators' family lives get in the way. Also, while Strong Bad Emails were originally meant to be released every week, they were later reduced to being "updated somedays" so that other kinds of cartoons could get their fair share.
** From April to December 2010, the Brothers Chaps went over eight months without producing any new cartoons, a combination of family matters (both brothers are parents now) and working on other projects. The site began updating again in December...before totally dropping off the radar for all of 2011.
*** In addition to the revelation of ''VideoGame/PokerNightAtTheInventory'', Nick Niespodziani (of the Atlanta music collective {{Pleaserock}}, who has worked with the Chaps several times) announced that he was recording with Strong Bad again, which may be an indicator of a second music album.
* SecondEpisodeIntroduction: Bubs and Coach Z.
* ShoutOut: Lots, mostly to friends of the creators, or musicians or movies they liked as kids, although most of the sources tend to be ''extremely'' obscure. Not always, though.
** The word "LEMKE" has a particularly special meaning. See AGoodNameForARockBand, above.
* ShowWithinAShow: Quite a few, including Sweet Cuppin' Cakes, ''Limozeen--But They're In Space!'', and ''Stinko Man K 20X6''. "Teen Girl Squad" started out as one of these before it became a [[WebOriginal/TeenGirlSquad feature of its own]], as did ''Cheat Commandos''.
* SilentOffer: In [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail182.html Stong Bad Email #182]], the King of Town and Strong Bad negotiate in this way. What is being negotiated over is never revealed, and the King of Town's offer is "a piece of lasagna."
* SimpletonVoice: Strong Mad and Homsar are an extreme version of this. Homestar is slightly less extreme.
* SmallNameBigEgo: ShowWithinAShow and InUniverse example- Crack Stuntman, the voice of Gunhaver in ''Cheat Commandos'', who insists on script changes and even voicing different characters because he "likes that guy's lines better."
* SmallReferencePools: Averted, especially during the Halloween specials. They will come up with some of the most bizarrely obscure characters and mascots from decades ago. How many people honestly could recognize Marzipan's "[[TwinPeaks log lady]]" costume at the first glance?
** Lampshaded on multiple occasions, with the other characters [[http://www.hrwiki.org/wiki/What_are_you_supposed_to_be%3F frequently unable to identify]] what their friends are dressed as.
--->'''Strong Bad:''' So, Bubs, your approach this year was to ensure that absolutely no one recognized your costume?\\
'''Bubs:''' (dressed as the Clarence Clemons character from ''BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure'') You got it!
* SoBadItsGood: Dangeresque as a whole, though this is intentional. [[invoked]]
* StupidStatementDanceMix: The Cheat has made a couple, including one of the "geddup noise" (the sound Strong Bad's chair makes when he leaves his computer) and the King of Town's attempt at a jam. Strong Bad's "The System Is Down" could, arguably, also be one.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Marzipan is the only girl character in the main cast. The situation was [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in the DVD exclusive toon "Why Come Only One Girl?"
* SpecialEffectsFailure: '''Strong Bad''': "Introducing Tito the Top-Haticent! And his beautiful assistant: Strong Mad with two basketballs shoved down his singlet!" [[invoked]]
* TheSpeechless: The Poopsmith. Subverted, when he broke his vow of silence for Strong Bad's 200th email and was voiced by John Linnell of TheyMightBeGiants fame.
* SpellMyNameWithAThe: The Cheat, The King of Town, The Poopsmith, etc.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The character is named Stinkoman, but his anime series is called "Stinko Man K 20X6". And although the character's name is usually spelled "Coach Z", it was originally intended to be "Coach Zee".
--->'''Strong Bad:''' Or "Coach Zed", as you Canucks call him.
* StalkerWithACrush: Coach Z, towards Marzipan. It's hinted at but seldom explored in the cartoons; in VideoGame/StrongBadsCoolGameForAttractivePeople, it gets turned UpToEleven [[SerialEscalation and then some]].
--->'''Strong Bad:''' Congratulations, Coach! I just spent several hours carrying around my brother's internal organs, and you ''still'' managed to outdo me on the creepy scale!
* TheStoner: Probably Senor Cardgage.
* StoppedClock: In the Strong Bad Email "vacation", Strong Bad sends a postcard from (among several other places) "It's that CLOCK (Look at it go!)". Of course, the clock isn't going at all.
-->'''Strong Bad:''' Okay, the best thing about this postcard is if you look at the clock, that's the exact same time that I first laid eyes on the clock! 2:55, man. And like, iddi—oh, wait, it still says... 2:55. Okay, well, the clock is broken, but still! It's about the best thing I've ever seen [sings] in my whole liiiiiife!
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Averted. Members of the Strong Family have no resemblence to one another. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in the DVD exclusive email "family resemblance".
* StylisticSelfParody: Usually with arms.
* StylisticSuck: Basically any time the characters attempt anything artistic, though Strong Sad is ''sometimes'' an exception. Notable examples are The Cheat's cartoons, the Teen Girl Squad, and Dangeresque.
* SureWhyNot: The Brothers Chaps themselves forgot that the Fhqwhgads Robot's FanNickname "Visor Robot" was {{Fanon}}, and upon realizing their mistake, gave the nickname a SureWhyNot instead of [[DisprovenByCanon Jossing]] it.
* SurrealHumor: Huge doses of it. In fact, this is ''all'' Sweet Cuppin' Cakes is.
** Especially in the DVD-exclusive content, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrbGDSo07dc&feature=related this]] being a prime example.
* TakeThat: Strong Bad has poked fun at both {{Memetic Mutation}}s ([[http://www.homestarrunner.com/trogday08.html here's his take on the Trogdor phenomenon]]) and the [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail188.html darker side of fandom.]] Funnily enough, the fans haven't been offended. This is probably because it's Strong Bad, who's ''supposed'' to be a jerk about these things, and because it's really funny.
** While the Brothers Chaps are usually more quiet about their political views, the Strong Bad Email "environment" as well as their Earth Day toon made it clear that they don't particularly care for the environmentalist movement.
* TalkingToHimself: All of the major characters except Marzipan, Pom Pom (who only speaks in bubbles), and The Poopsmith (who has only spoken once in the cartoon's entire history), are usually portrayed by one guy. And let's not get into the ramifications of the characters impersonating each other's voices...
** ''And'' you can tell which character is impersonating the other.
* TalkingToThemself: Homestar ''frequently'' seems to forget who he is and behaves as if that "Homestar Runner" guy is someone else, leading to several instances where he will argue with or even ''fight'' himself. This also happens to be a fairly regular occurence anyway, what with the old-timey and 20X6 incarnations coexisting with the main Free Country USA citizens.
* TeasingCreator: They have acknowledged a lot of fan questions that will never be answered. [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail127.html This, for example.]]
* TelegraphGagSTOP:
--> "Sir Strong Bad STOP How do you operate the 'telegramophone' [[AntiquatedLinquistics whilst]] wearing gentlemans' sporting gloves STOP Signed, Sir Elsington Halstindingdingworth STOP"
* ThemeTune: ''[[http://www.homestarrunner.com/intro.html Everybody! Everybody!]]''
** The Very Low Sodium Band made a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DNnU0y7Nbo catchy remix]] that's actually really good!
* TotallyRadical: Coach Z.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Marshmallows, especially of the Fluffy Puff variety, even though Marshie is creepy as sin. There's also Melonade, contractually speaking.
* TwoDecadesBehind
* TheUnintelligible: The Cheat, Pom Pom, Homsar to some extent.
** Senor Cardgage, albeit to a lesser extent.
* UnreliableNarrator: Strong Bad, [[http://www.hrwiki.org/wiki/History_according_to_Strong_Bad quite frequently.]]
* TheUnreveal: Strong Bad's face and the appearance of his parents, as the eventual response to numerous emails about it. The Brothers Chaps have gone on record as stating that these two questions, in addition to the issue of [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/hremail7.html how Strong Bad types with boxing gloves on]], will in all likelihood never be given a serious response.
** Played for laughs in-universe in sbemail [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail158.html "cliffhangers"]]. [[spoiler:"You missed unmasking the Thnikkaman!!!"]]
* UnusualEuphemism: Strong Bad has a lot of them, like "ample hind-bosom".
* VagueAge: On the one hand, they have their own houses and some of them drink [[strike:beer]] [[FrothyMugsOfWater Cold Ones]]; on the other, they don't seem to have much choice about going to swimming lessons. In one email, Strong Sad is referred to as an "18-to-24-year-old", and in another the King of Town says he is in his 60s. Bubs and Coach Z are implied to be old men, but exactly how old isn't clear.
* VillainProtagonist: Strong Bad, although his status as a villain is mainly in his head.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Strong Bad and Homestar.
* VocalEvolution: Most notably Strong Bad and Strong Sad. Homestar is pretty noticeable, too. And Bubs, who started out as a Redd Foxx.
* TheVoiceless: The Poopsmith, while Pom Pom "speaks" through soap bubble blowing sound effects.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Strong Bad never wears a shirt, and Homestar gets a few of these as well, but unfortunately [[FanDisservice he doesn't seem to wear pants]].
* [[WeAllLiveInAmerica We All Live In Free Country USA]]: Intentionally and in-universe, as Strong Bad forces his own unique views onto writers of emails regardless of where they're from.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The Brothers Chaps toyed with the idea of making the King of Town Marzipan's father in the [[http://www.hrwiki.org/wiki/Old_Characters_Page early days of the series.]]
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome: E-MAIL. CHECKING.
** Also [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail144.html this sbemail]], epically the one which made a SeinfeldianConversation about a napkin some type of action apocalyptic movie.
** [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/loadingscreens.html Loading Screens.]]
** Also, Strong Bad seems to idolize and admire Senor Cardgage, while everyone else is creeped out by him.
* WidgetSeries
* TheWoobie: Lil' Brudder is an in-universe example: a parody of this Trope with a hint of Glurge that Strong Bad created to drive others to tears. [[HoistByHisOwnPetard It works a bit too well.]]
* WordSaladHumor: Homsar and, more recently, Senor Cardgage (although his dialog is a mix of this and malapropisms).
* WorstWhateverEver: Used lots.
* XtremeKoolLetterz: Parodied with such uses as "awexome".
** And "[[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail191.html Videlectrix Kidx]]".
*** And "[[http://www.homestarrunner.com/aprilfool10.html Xerioxly Forxe]]"
* YouMeanXmas: Decemberween.
* YourAnswerToEverything: Coach Z's advice to Homestar is always "It's like a great sports play. You can't just rush into the score zone." Lampshaded by Homestar in "The Best Decemberween Ever" when he tells Coach Z that's his answer to everything.
* YouSayTomato: Coach Z's schtick
-->''"You say tomater, I zader matermorts."''
** [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/cantsayjob.html I Say Tomato You Say Jorb]]
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[[folder:Tropes specific to individual cartoons]]
* [[ThreeDMovie 3D Movie]]: ''[[http://hrwiki.org/wiki/Dangeresque:_THREE_in_3D Dangeresque: D3 in 3D]]'' (a bonus feature on the ''[[VideoGame/StrongBadsCoolGameForAttractivePeople SBCG4AP]]'' DVD) takes a bunch of ''Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective'' cutscenes and turns them into an actual ThreeDMovie, [[CallBack just as Strong Bad]] [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail80.html originally intended]].
* AnimatedAdaptation: Bizarrely enough, but yes. "[[http://hrwiki.org/wiki/Strongest_Man_in_the_World Strongest Man in the World]]" and "[[http://hrwiki.org/wiki/Where_My_Hat_Is_At%3F_%28Short%29 Where My Hat Is At?]]" started as physical book and a digital book respectively. They got more detailed and more sarcastic.
** ''Limozeen, [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail126.html But They're in SPACE!]]''
* AnimatedMusicVideo: Including one ([[http://www.homestarrunner.com/expfilm.html Experimental Film]]) with TheyMightBeGiants.
* ArcWords: "DNA evidence", which started as a mere RunningGag.
* ASimplePlan: Going on a road trip, telling a bedtime story, not writing a song about Sibbie...
* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: [[http://homestarrunner.com/sbemail166.html King Bubsgonzola Supreme!]]
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:The Paper subverts this]] in ''Email Thunder''
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Sbemail #118, "[[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail118.html Virus]]". Strong Bad's attempt to run to the next room for help results in him running outside of the ''frame'' (into the surrounding black background) instead. Homestar then starts playing with the toolbar links that appear at the bottom of the page.
--> '''Strong Bad:''' Wait -- that's not supposed to be possible...!!"
* BurgerFool: "Blubb-O's"
* ByTheLightsOfTheirEyes: Happens to Strong Bad and The Cheat in Strong Bad Email #197, "your edge", when they saw a hole in the floor and fall in through it and into total darkness:
-->'''Strong Bad:''' Whoa! Where are we? I suddenly feel so... easy to animate.
* {{Calvinball}}: The nebulous and nameless sport Coach Z coaches and Homestar plays, as shown in the opening of "A Jorb Well Done".
* CargoShip: In-universe, StrongSad and some cans of Yella paint in "Cool Tapes".
** From "[[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail136.html Geddup Noise]]".
--->'''Homestar:''' ''(when the Chairscoot noise is made, little hearts flutter from Homestar, as he swoons dreamily)'' Ah! There it is! It's positively dreamy! ''(faints)''
* ChattyHairdresser: Strong Sad acts like one in the sbemail "pet show", when he's getting The Cheat ready for the pet competition.
* ChirpingCrickets: A running gag in the Puppet Stuff shorts.
* [[strike:[[ChristmasSpecial Christmas]]]] [[ChristmasSpecial Decemberween Special]]
* CollegeRadio: Mocked in the Strong Bad Email [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail120.html "radio"]].
* ConfusingMultipleNegatives: "Do you don't not dislike not Strong Bad?"
* ConsolationWorldRecord: Longest saying of "bull honkey".
** Most Macaronis nailed to a paper towel tube ...by Strong Mad
* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: On multiple occasions Crack Stuntman has referred to Gunhaver (''the character he plays'') as names such as "Gunshaver" and "Cheat Commander."
* CrazyPrepared: Strong Sad, of all people, [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail170.html here]] when he counters Strong Bad's earlier barrage of water balloons with a barrage of snowballs. When there was no snow anywhere. That he removed from a giant notebook.
-->'''Strong Bad:''' Where did you get ''snowballs'' at this time of year?? And how did you fit them in that notebook?!?
-->'''Strong Sad:''' ''[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome I've been saving these in the freezer since I was eight!!]]''
* {{Crossdresser}}: For Halloween, Marzipan has been Prince, Willie Nelson and Joey Ramone, just to name a few. Lampshaded by Homestar in the 2008 Halloween toon. There are also other instances of this, such as Pom Pom as the Statue of Liberty, Strong Bad as "Carmen freakin' Miranda" and "[[CarmenSandiego Carmen freakin' Sandiego]]", Coach Z as Queen Latifah, or The King of Town as [[HelloKitty Hello Kitty]].
** Coach Z does this inside his mind. Constantly.
* {{Crossover}}: Telltale's ''Poker Night at the Inventory'', which crosses over with ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'', ''PennyArcade'', and ''SamAndMax''.
* CurseCutShort: In the sbemail, "trevor the vampire", Strong Bad types "what the f--" before interrupting himself with another train of thought.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Parodied in the new intro for April Fool's Day 2010, with HSR [[XtremeKoolLetterz Xeriousxly Forxe]]. ([[http://www.homestarrunner.com/aprilfool10.html]])
-->''Revamped for [[TheNineties the nineties]]!''
-->''So much more exciting!''
-->''[[LampshadeHanging Pointy elbows and lots of lightning!]]''
-->''Edgy and angry, so zesty and tangy!''
-->''[[AnimationAgeGhetto There's new demographics]]''
-->''When nobody asked for it!''
* ADayInTheLimelight: "[[http://www.homestarrunner.com/kotpopshow.html The King Of Town's Very Own Quite Popular Cartoon Show]]".
* DeadAir: In the Strong Bad email "radio", he summes up CollegeRadio in five words: "DeadAir, 'um', DeadAir".
* DepthDeception: "Bubs' foot isn't huge! He's just in the foreground!"
* DickDastardlyStopsToCheat: In the sbemail "pet show", Strong Bad should be able to win the pet show in a walk since his entry, The Cheat, is the only one resembling an actual pet. (The other contestants are a dog-shaped cookie jar, a George Foreman grill, and... Homestar Runner.) Yet he feels compelled to cheat anyway, and proceeds to sabotage the other contestants. And then he almost gets away with it, only to be disqualified for an unrelated rule infraction (The Cheat's unauthorized use of "relish foot").
* DidIJustSayThatOutLoud?: Coach Z's reaction in an EasterEgg on the cartoon "[[http://www.homestarrunner.com/trogday08.html Trogday 08]]", when he has said to "Wormdingler" (his snake-like drawing of a "dragon" from the [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail58.html Sbemail of the same name]]): "You don't need no consummate V's ta be my bride..."
* DiscreditedMeme: Invoked by Strong Bad, who complains in "Trogday '08" that the internet ruined Trogdor, along with "zombies, pirates, ninjas, and Strong Bad!"
* TheDogWasTheMastermind: Appears in the "DNA Evidence" arc. After being ArcWords in a number of otherwise unrelated shorts, we get a story about a vial of green DNA Evidence that keeps changing hands and getting stolen. Turns out that it was from [[spoiler:Strong Sad, who doesn't want anyone to find out if he's part elephant]].
* DoomyDoomsOfDoom: The 2009 Halloween cartoon, "Doomy Tales of the Macabre".
* DramaticEllipsis: Spelled out by Stinkoman.
* DumbAndDrummer: In the Limozeen cartoon, the following exchange takes place:
-->'''Drummer:''' How come they made me fat and have orange hair? \\
'''Lead Singer:''' Because you're the drummer! You're the PluckyComicRelief!
* DumbassDJ: In the email "radio", regarding morning drive deejays: "These guys are like bad stand-up comics that you can't [[ShoutOut heckle... or jeckle]]... or throw highball glasses at."
* EldritchLocation: The Sweet Puttin' Cakes miniature golf course. You get there by desiring to play miniature golf. [[ItGotWorse It goes downhill from there.]]
* EyesAlwaysShut: Mr. Shmallow.
* FakeOutOpening: The sbemail "[[http://www.homestarrunner.com/kotpoptoon.html senior prom]]" starts with an opening for "The King of Town's Very Own Quite Popular Cartoon Show", which is quickly pre-empted by the email.
* FakeShemp: Parodied in the email "original"; after Original Bubs quit, they tried to hide his non-presence. Literally. Behind large objects.
-->'''Homestar:''' Original Bubs, who is totally behind that dishwasher box (''cut'') behind that washer/dryer box (''cut'') that hot water heater box (''cut'') behind that... toothpick sculpture?
* FanFic: An episode, "[[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail188.html fan club]]" was devoted to it.
-->'''Strong Bad:''' So that's fan clubs, the next worst word you can couple with the word 'fan' is, you guessed it ''(ominous, eerie music plays)'' the word ''(Strong Bad's voice slows down, and the camera zooms in on the word as he types it)'' '''[[YouHaveBeenWarned fiction]].'''
* FanworkBan: Done in-universe in ''[[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail170.html Rough Copy]]''
* FarSideIsland: There's a sbemail in which Strong Bad is asked what he would do if stranded on one.
* FashionMagazine: Spoofed in the sbemail [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail132.html "Modeling".]]
* FlashbackWithTheOtherDarrin: The sbemail 200 flashbacks are done with Strong Bad's current model.
* FlippingTheBird: In "the bird" sbemail, Strong Bad, Pom Pom, and Homestar do this, despite neither of them having any visible fingers.
* FollowTheLeader: Made fun of by the sbemail "geddup noise". The "Geddup Noise", the noise Strong Bad's stool makes when he gets out of it, is apparently a huge hit, and a lot of furniture shifting type sound effect shows try to cash in on the wagon.
* FreePrizeAtTheBottom: Strong Bad email "specially marked".
* GoKartingWithBowser: The Thanksgiving-themed Cheat Commandos toon, "Let Us Give TANKS", in which Blue Laser invites the Cheat Commandos over for Thanksgiving dinner.
* GroupieBrigade: In the Limozeen cartoon.
* 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]].
** Strong Bad when Bubs shoots his computer.
*** Earlier, he had another one when said shot computer got 423,827 viruses. (A new record!)
* HostileShowTakeover: Strong Sad in [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/answer16.html this]] episode of ''Marzipan's Answering Machine''; he apparently considers recording over people's outgoing voicemail messages as one of the best perks of house-sitting.
* 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."
* ImaginaryFriend: Lil' Strong Sad's friend, Scotty Titi.
* IncrediblyLamePun: Vantastic!
* InterfaceScrew: Strong Bad's computer gets a virus that [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail118.html quickly spreads to the site itself.]]
* IntoxicationEnsues: Sbemail #91, "Caffeine".
* ISeeLondon: Strong Bad's pants poofed away [[CaughtWithYourPantsDown at the senior prom]] because when he tried to make everyone else's pants disappear, he forgot that he was the only one at the prom who was technically wearing pants.
* IsThisThingOn: [[http://homestarrunner.com/sbemail149.html Sbemail #149]]
* IWillShowYouX: In the dragon Strong Bad email:
-->'''Strong Sad:''' I think I've improved on your methods a bit, too. I employed some chiaroscuro shading, and-\\
'''Strong Bad:''' I'll improve on your methods!\\
(''Strong Bad sets Strong Sad's drawing on fire and reduces it to nothing'')\\
'''Strong Sad:''' What?! That's not an improvement!
* JailBake: In "Strong Bad is in Jail", Strong Mad bakes a cake with a ''jackhammer'' in it for Strong Bad and The Cheat.
* JumpingTheShark: Referenced in-universe.
-->'''Marzipan:''' You mean [[AllJustADream the whole last season was a dream]]?! Gimme a break! [[BabiesEverAfter They shoulda just had babies]], [[WeddingsForEveryone and then the babies shoulda gotten married]].
* KilledMidSentence: In the Strong Bad Email "trevor the vampire", when the email ends abruptly, Strong Bad assumes the worst.
* LamazeClass: And Strong Bad didn't even need it.
* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: A borderline example in one of the DVD toons, "Why Come Only One Girl?", in a montage of Strong Bad meeting different ideas for a new girl character.
-->'''Strong Bad:''' -my style. ''(gets slapped, cut)'' -my types. ''(gets slapped, cut)'' -my stuff. ''(gets slapped, cut)'' -The Cheat. ''(gets slapped)''
* LittlestCancerPatient: Lil' Brudder. He's... he's such a trooper... got such a strong... one... leg... [[TearJerker sniff]]...
* MisplacedKindergartenTeacher: Marzipan, in [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail160.html this]] email.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: An Easter Egg in the 2010 Decemberween cartoon spoofs this in their introduction of a new drink, the ''Hot Pooey''. The tagline: "Dear god, what have we done?"
* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer: On the main page, the ticker for the [[ScheduleSlip very long awaited]] Decemberween 2010 cartoon says "for real!" when moused over.
* TheNudifier: In the Strong Bad E-mail "senior prom", Strong Bad tries to prank the prom by bringing in a device that makes everyone's pants "poof away".
* 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.]]
* OnlySaneMan: Admiral Flashfight, when Blue Laser's latest scheme is revealed to be that he's ultimately caused skeeball prizes to cost more tickets.
-->"You've made a game for 8-year-olds slightly more of a ripoff. I still don't see how this concerns the military."
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: In ''Weclome Back'' (sic), Strong Bad states he recorded his very first, very awesome mid-air [=SBemail=] check. Unfortunately, he pulled the old mash-Stop-when-you-think-you're-mashing-Record-and-mash-Record-when-you-think-you're-mashing-Stop routine.
--> '''Strong Bad:''' Oh, the believing is hard to be doing, because that was so incredible! We met so many celebrities in midair! And the part with the narwhale was so illegal.
* OpaqueLenses
** Reynold in ''Cheat Commandos''.
** Flight Engineer Ted Avril in ''Career Day''.
** The video game programmers in the DVD exclusive email, ''Videro Games''.
** The Lowball Kid from The Sketchbook.
* TheOtherDarrin: The sbemail "[[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail177.html original]]" is a parody of this phenomenon.
* OverlyLongGag: After answering his 100th email, Strong Bad says "email" 100 times in a row, with increasingly silly pronunciations.
* ParodyMagicSpell: ''Halloween Potion-Ma-Jig'' has Homestar gathering ingredients for a Halloween potion, including one of three possible incantations:
-->"Loquentia, Imbruglia, Precipitous, Saraleecheesecakea, Denouement!"\\
"Bettah ask somebod-ay!"\\
"Do you even have half a brain!"
* PerformanceAnxiety: In the short "A Decemberween Pageant", Strong Sad gets the part of The First Decemberween in the titular pageant. He gets so nervous that he locks himself in the bathroom before his scene, and the rest of the cast are forced to improvise to extend the play. When Strong Sad finally does come on-tage, it turns out that The First Decemberween's entire part consists of walking on-stage and saying "What?" (or alternately, that Strong Sad's part was supposed to be larger, and no one in the audience noticed or cared that he messed it up).
* PhoneNumberJingle: 555-55-5585-555-SENOR-MORTGAGE-TODAY.
* PimpedOutCar: Mocked in the email toon, [[http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php/car "Car"]], with a ''baseball cap''.
* 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.
* PrecisionFStrike: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFAMTBxJ8yM That is some [BLEEP] up [BLEEP], man!]] It's obviously bleeped out to keep the family friendly appeal, but...''damn!''
* RecycledINSPACE: Parodied with the short-lived Limozeen cartoon. Lampshaded in the Strong Bad Email that introduced it.
-->'''Strong Sad:''' Why are they in space? There's no reason for them to be in space!
-->'''Strong Bad:''' On the contrary, my dear fatson, there's ''every'' reason for them to be in space.
* RevengeSVP
* {{Ridiculympics}}: The Strong Badathlon, from the [=SBEmail=] of the same name.
* RibcageStomach: Played straight in Teen Girl Squad 6 and Sickly Sam's Big Outing, averted in the Stinkoman Thanksgiving special.
* RocksFallEveryoneDies / DownerEnding: Strong Sad's [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/homestarloween.html conclusion]] to an improvised Halloween story bums everyone out.
* 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.
* SayMyName / SkywardScream: Per-duc-ci!!
* SceneryCensor: Done to hide the fact that one Limozeen member was played by a woman in one [[ArtShift live-action sequence]].
* SelfDeprecation: The Flash adaptations of ''The Homestar Runner Enters the Strongest Man in the World Contest'' and ''Where My Hat Is At?'' make a point to have the cast lampshade how ridiculous the plots and scripts are. Example:
-->'''Homestar:''' [My hat] isn't cooking on the grill? Man, I really thought it'd make complete sense if my non-edible hat would be cooking on a food grill!
* SerendipitousSymphony: The "One, Two, One, Two" music video is nothing if not this.
* 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!
* SoLongSuckers: Homestar says this twice: once in the Strong Bad Email "secret recipes" after tricking himself into eating a pinecone, and once in a Halloween cartoon after tricking the King of Town (who is dressed as Colonel Sanders) out of his secret blend of eleven herbs and spices needed to make Marzipan's Halloween potion.
* 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).
* {{Squee}}: Homestar's [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail136.html reaction]] to "Chairscoot".
* StupidSexyFlanders: In a Halloween Costume cartoon, Strong Bad freaks out at the sight of a hot girl dressed as Homestar.
* SwallowedAFly: "Bug In Mouth Disease" features Homestar distraught because he accidentally swallowed a bug. "The good times are over!"
* TearJerker: Invoked. Strong Bad has this drawing of a one-legged puppy nicknamed "Li'l Brudder", whose {{Woobie}}-ness is sufficient to drive Homestar into an ''existential crisis'' whenever Strong Bad shows it to him. He manages to do the same to Strong Sad with a picture of a two-legged elephant named "Tendafoot". [[invoked]]
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Reynold in "Shopping for Danger" after he falls backward onto the rocket pack he's wearing
-->[[GoshDangItToHeck My land.]] I can't see this ending well.
* ThisIsntHeaven: An EasterEgg in the program Macromedia Central features a [[http://www.hrwiki.org/mirror/egg.html cartoon]] where Homestar and Strong Bad are stuck in "blue-fadey-land." Homestar thinks they died and went to heaven, and Strong Bad agrees after they find a Twinkie. Then Homestar says that it's just Strong Bad and him, forever! It suddenly dawns on Strong Bad that they're definitely not in heaven. He pounds on the edge of the frame screaming frantically as the background turns red...
* ThrowTheDogABone: Subverted in the 2009 Halloween toon. Strong Sad, upset at not being invited to any Halloween parties, turns around to discover all of his friends standing behind him to throw him a surprise party. Or so it seems. Turns out that his "friends" are actually a large cardboard prop, and their cheering is provided by a tape recorder. The whole thing was set up by Strong Sad himself to make himself seem more popular to the viewers.
* TwoScenesOneDialogue: The opening scene in "Date Nite".
* TyrantTakesTheHelm: Played with in the Cheat Commandos toon ''[[http://www.homestarrunner.com/ccdo7.html 2 Part Episode]]'', where Admiral Flashfight shows up to take over command of the Cheat Commandos from Gunhaver. Unlike your typical Tyrant arc, Admiral Flashfight actually makes the Cheat Commandos ''effective'' (the very first thing he does is arrest Blue Laser, [[GoKartingWithBowser who at the time had been invited over to play video games]]), but since the Commandos are used to goofing off (and he summarily fired Gunhaver, Silent Rip, and Crackotage) they chafe under his leadership.
* VillainousCrossDresser: Strong Bad dressed up as a woman for Halloween two years in a row. Sadly for him, this resulted in ''the King of Town'' making fun of him.
* VillainsOutShopping: One ''Cheat Commandos'' episode had the Commandos trying to stop the Blue Lasers from shopping at the supermarket, believing their activities were cover for some nefarious scheme, like trying to "make it [[WeatherControlMachine snow at the beach]] or something". However, it turned out that the Blue Lasers truly were just buying groceries.
** Then subverted because the latest computer analysis pointed to mold in the showers as the reason the Cheat Commandos remained uncrushed.
* VinylShatters: In [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail175.html concert]], Strong Bad breaks a Sloshy record over Strong Sad's head.
* VomitDiscretionShot: Used in the Strong Bad Email "bottom 10", when Homestar starts to perform a butt dance for Strong Bad.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Pretty much the DVD-exclusive cartoon "Why Come Only One Girl?", which shows ideas for other female HomestarRunner characters.
* WhiteVoidRoom: Homsar's children's show, ''Whaddaya Know, Haddi-man?''.
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[[folder:Tropes unique to the Flash Games]]
* AdventureGame: ''Peasant's Quest'' and the ''Thy Dungeonman'' series.
* BackAlleyDoctor: ''Thy Dungeonman 2'' has the Saw Doctor. When the player gets the plague, you can see him to have it "sawed off". He also gives you a sucker for being a good patient, which you can use to explode the Dongrel that's disguised as a sous chef.
* {{Defictionalization}}: [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail94.html This]] cartoon had the four "games that may be released in a possible future" redone into ''Thy Dungeonman'', ''Secret Collect'', ''Rhino Feeder'', and ''Strong Bad Zone''.
* EmptyRoomPsych: Quite literal in ''Thy Dungeonman 3'', which has a room with absolutely ''nothing'' in it.
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: In the easter egg game Super Kingio Brothers, The King of Town is too out of shape to jump over the first goomba, making it impossible to survive for more than a few seconds.
* FishingMinigame: There's one hidden as an EasterEgg in the email "lures and jigs", but being that this is Homestar Runner, it's an...''unusual''...take on the idea. "Come on and get in the boat!"
* AManIsNotAVirgin: Averted in ''Peasant's Quest''. It's easy to miss, but when you type in "jump in hay" at the right point of the game, the response message subtly calls Rather Dashing a virgin by responding, "You've not known much better than a roll in the hay alone."
* NintendoHard: The ''Stinkoman 20X6'' game.
* RhinoRampage: Videlectrix's video game "Rhino Feeder", which stars Strong Bad.
* SpiritualSuccessor: The Dangeresque Roomisode game feels like a spiritual successor to ''Peasant's Quest''
* {{Vaporware}}: Level 10 of ''Stinkoman 20X6''. Eventually subverted by ''Dangeresque 3'', which was referenced for years before finally being made in video game form.
* TheWallsAreClosingIn: ''Thy Dungeonman 3'' has walls of [[SpikesOfDoom spikes]] that smash the character if they are not stopped [[spoiler:with the convenient bone lying around]] before 12 turns have elapsed.
[[/folder]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Is this what the internet was invented for? Some say yes.]]
->''"Everybody loves the Homestar Runner. He is a terrific athlete."''
-->'''Original Children's Book, ''The Homestar Runner Enters the Strongest Man in the World Contest'''''
->''"Everybody loves the me! I'm a terrific athlete!"''
-->'''Homestar Runner, being [[TheDitz himself]]'''
''[[http://www.homestarrunner.com Homestar Runner]]'' is a comedic and sort-of surreal [[WebAnimation web-based]] [[AdobeFlash Flash cartoon]] by two guys from the state of Georgia, Mike and Matt Chapman ("The Brothers Chaps"). Starting as a dead-tree children's picture book, it eventually found its way to the internet and spread through word of mouth.
The main character is the eponymous Homestar Runner, a goodhearted athlete with no arms and no clue. However, Strong Bad, a narcissistic, loudmouthed "wrestleman" with a Luchador mask for a face and boxing gloves for hands, seems to have exceeded the titular character in popularity. Along with his pint-sized lackey The Cheat and hulking brute older brother Strong Mad, Strong Bad constantly pushes everybody around, especially his gray, depressed younger brother Strong Sad. Other characters include Homestar's on-and-off hippie girlfriend Marzipan, Homestar's best friend and straight man Pom Pom, the verbally challenged and slightly creepy Coach Z, greedy concession stand owner Bubs, the ever-hungry King of Town, and [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the Poopsmith]]. And to round out this wacky cast, we also have Homsar, an odd-speaking midget who seems to be able to openly defy physics. Over the years, the series has come to include many recurring and minor characters, many of which simply debuted as one-off jokes.
The most popular part of the site is the Strong Bad Emails (aka "sbemails"), where Strong Bad [[FourthWallMailSlot responds to viewers' questions and suggestions]], such as "[[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail117.html Why don't you creat a montage?]]", "[[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail130.html What would you do different, if you could do it all over again?]]", and the ever-popular "[[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail63.html How do you type with boxing gloves on?]]" This usually involves mocking the sender's spelling and grammar mistakes (in fact, the character of Homsar was actually [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail2.html created this way]]), and quite often not actually answering the question.
Other features on the site include WebOriginal/TeenGirlSquad, a comic about shallow teenage girls dying in [[CruelAndUnusualDeath improbable and hilarious ways]], which is written, drawn and narrated by Strong Bad; Old-Timey Homestar, what Homestar Runner would be like if it was made in the [[TheGreatDepression 1930s]]; and the Cheat Commandos, a parody of MerchandiseDriven shows in general and ''GIJoe'' in specific. The Brothers Chaps have also collaborated with TheyMightBeGiants a few times. A series of [[EpisodicGame episodic point-and-click adventure games]] by TelltaleGames, ''VideoGame/StrongBadsCoolGameForAttractivePeople'' (or [=SBCG4AP=]), was released for PC and [=WiiWare=] between August and December of 2008, and later ported to Playstation Network in 2010.
Most episodes include {{Easter Egg}}s, accessible by clicking on the right part of the screen at the right time.
Thanks to TheWikiRule and to its Internet longevity, a [[http://hrwiki.org/ disturbingly comprehensive wiki]] has been built up by fans over the years.
Since the birth of Matt Chapman's second child in November 2009, the site's flow of new content has trickled to a halt. However, in late 2011, Matt confirmed via his Twitter page that the series has not been cancelled and that future updates are coming "sporadically and without warning" (and went so far to say that nobody in their right mind would voluntarily quit making ''WebOriginal/HomestarRunner'' altogether). The Brothers Chaps have worked on other projects, including the [[http://www.gamestooge.com/2010/09/03/poker-night-at-the-inventory-announced/ game]] ''VideoGame/PokerNightAtTheInventory'', in which Strong Bad meets up with Tycho (''Webcomic/PennyArcade''), Max (''VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice''), and the Heavy (''VideoGame/TeamFortress2''), during the hiatus. More recently, Matt has become a writer and director for Nick Jr.'s ''YoGabbaGabba'' and The Hub's ''TheAquabatsSuperShow''. Matt Chapman recently posted the beginning of the script for Sbemail 206, which has been inactive since the start of the hiatus, stating "Someday, when you least expect it" confirming the site ain't dead.
If you find the speech hard to understand, the wiki has [[http://www.hrwiki.org/wiki/HRWiki:Subtitles subtitled versions of most toons]]
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!!This series is the TropeNamer for:
* BehindTheBlack: In Strong Bad Email [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemailahundred.html "flashback"]].
* BigOlEyebrows: From the sbemail "haircut".
** BigOlUnibrow: By relation to the above.
* ExtyYearsFromNow: Partially in "Stinkoman".
* FMinusMinus: In the sbemail "for kids".
* KingOfTown: The so-named character[[hottip:*:Well, ex-TropeNamer]]
* LongPants: The sbemail of the same name.
* ThisIsntHeaven: From a cartoon that was an EasterEgg in Macromedia Central.
* YouCantGetYeFlask: From the game "Thy Dungeonman" in sbemail "video games".
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Stinkoman from the "japanese cartoon" sbemail.
* YourHeadASplode: The game ''Strong Bad Zone'' in the sbemail "video games".
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[[folder:General Tropes about the Homestar Runner Universe]]
* AbsenteeActor: Strong Bad doesn't appear in email "anything", which was instead answered by Homestar.
* TheAce: [[TheUnintelligible Supposedly,]] [[TakeOurWordForIt Pom-Pom]].
** He was once named Prom King at a dance he wasn't even attending, if you want proof.
* AdamSmithHatesYourGuts: Taken to [[UpToEleven Eleven]] with Bubs. In the most extreme case, he once actually sold Wireless Extension Cords for $100 apiece. [[TheDitz Homestar]] bought four of them.
* AdiposeRex: The King of Town.
* AllThereInTheManual: Several of the character's names are only mentioned on DVD Commentaries.
* AlternateUniverse: Several, each with its own version of the cast. Many of the universes appeared in [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail150.html this Strong Bad Email.]]
* AlwaysNight: Sweet Cuppin' Cakes Land
* AmericanAccents: Bubs and Coach Z bear exaggerated versions of regional accents.
* AnachronismStew: The "Old-Timey" era, supposedly the 1930s, but containing elements from the 19th Century to the 1950s.
** Strong Bad's computers are Anachronism Stews all on their own, from a Tandy with a monochrome display that can display a full-resolution image of the Hairstyle Runner Flash game, to the new Compé, an all-in-one widescreen flat-panel that's apparently limited to VGA-level graphics.
** Videlectrix is a pretty good example of this Trope too, a modern company that produces Atari-level games.
** How about Bubs' internet service, whose lone customer is (surprise) Strong Bad? Strong Bad claims his normal connection speed is "1200 baud", a measurement of connection speed so outdated, there are Bachelor of Computer Science graduates who've never even heard of it.
* AnimateInanimateObject: ''Loads and loads'' of them.
* AnvilOnHead: The Heavy Lourde, which has a habit of dropping on Homsar.
* ArtEvolution: As spoofed in the Strong Bad Emails "flashback" and "lady...ing"
* TheArtifact: Pom-Pom was originally created to be Homestar's best friend and sidekick. However, his personality was never developed much beyond that, and with the shift of focus from Homestar to Strong Bad, he's pretty much superfluous these days. (The fact that he speaks only in bubbles probably makes it hard to write dialogue for him as well.)
** Not to mention that he's generally been the StraightMan in a series that doesn't often have much use for one, as the other characters went through {{Flanderization}}.
* ArtShift: Several different versions of the characters, including Old Timey, 20X6 {{Animesque}}, Powered By The Cheat, and [[LiveActionAdaptation Puppet stuff]].
* AuthorityInNameOnly: The King of Town was the former TropeNamer.
* AWildRapperAppears: Parodied with Peacey P, to the point that he's a guest star on one of his own albums.
-->''Crample-O Stow Records presents "Deliberance", the new album from Peacey P! Featuring: Large Craig, featuring: The Overripe MC, featuring: Tenerence Love, featuring: Akryllix & 3rd Lung, featuring: Peacey P!''\\
'''Peacey P:''' I'm a guest star on my own album, [[CatchPhrase y'all biscuitheads]]!
* BadBadActing: Happens pretty much any time a character is given a script to read. Two very prominent examples are the ''Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People'' tutorial and Coach Z's performance in the Dangeresque installments.
* {{Badbutt}}: Strong Bad. To a lesser extent, Strong Mad.
* BeamMeUpScotty: Strong Sad was never sad that he was flying; that was a Powered By The Cheat version, not the real deal. His line "I don't like food anymore" was something Strong Bad dreamed up.
** The Quote of the Week often supplies misquotes to some lines, such as Strong Sad himself saying "Some animal died!" or Senor Cardgage saying "You bet '''small girl'''! How 'bout I hit you on the slant?" This could be attributed to the creators using outtakes as quotes of the week.
* BerserkButton: It's probably not a good idea to question Homestar about his apparent lack of pants.
-->"W-well, that's simply not true! I have long pants, I wear long pants. I'm a long pants man, long pants long pants... Long pants, Strong Bad! The longest pants! Everybody everybody, longest pants. ''Long long long long long long pants!''"
** Also, don't hurt The Cheat whenever Strong Mad is around, as Strong Bad learned the hard way in the Strong Bad Email #23 "[[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail23.html Little Animal]]".
* BetterThanABareBulb
* BetterThanSex: ''[[http://www.homestarrunner.com/amazon.html This Book is Better Than 1st, 2nd, and Quite Possibly Even 3rd Base]]'' from the sbemail "[[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail17.html studying]]."
* BigEater: The King of Town.
* TheBlacksmith: Mostly just a cameo character.
* BlatantLies: So common, the Homestar Wiki has a page to list nearly every occasion of an obvious lie. Most of them are from Strong Bad.
** Parodied in the toon "Cool Things" where Homestar falls into a random pit marked "Death Hole". The fact that the pit's, like, three feet deep doesn't stop him from yelling like he's still falling.
* BleachedUnderpants: The [[http://hrwiki.org/wiki/Poot-Slap_(Thorax_Corp) original version]] of the [[http://hrwiki.org/wiki/Poot-Slap Poot-Slap]] song is less than family-friendly.
* BraggingThemeTune: '''TROGDOOOOOOR!'''
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Here's a [[http://www.hrwiki.org/wiki/Breaking_the_Fourth_Wall list]] for all the examples.
* BrickJoke: In sbemail #38, titled [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail38.html helium]], we discover that Strong Mad's voice doesn't change at all when he sucks helium, to his annoyance. Exactly ''114 emails later'' in sbemail #152, [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail152.html isp]], we find out that [[spoiler: Strong Bad's internet connection is so slow because Strong Mad is siphoning his bandwidth through a garden hose. Apparently bandwidth acts like "super helium" and Strong Mad finally gets his helium voice.]]
** The short "The Luau" begins with Homestar peeing behind Marzipan's gazebo. Later on in the short, when Homestar visits Strong Bad's party, and finds out that he can't get the wood to start on fire, Homestar then asks if Strong Bad got the wood from behind the gazebo, in which Strong Bad answers "Yes, why?". Homestar then explains "Well it all started when I drank 32 glasses of melonade..."
* TheBrute: Strong Mad, definitely.
* BuffySpeak: Used a lot.
* ButtMonkey: Strong Sad, The King of Town, Coach Z, and Nebulon when he appears. (No one likes ''his'' style.)
* CaptainSpaceDefenderOfEarth: Strong Badia's space program has Space Captainface. Pretender of the Galaxy.
* CargoShip: Among other examples, Sign and Cinder Block in "2 years", and Strong Bad and a Wagon Fulla Pancakes in "montage". [[invoked]]
* CasanovaWannabe: Both Strong Bad and, occasionally, Homestar.
* CashCowFranchise: Not to the extent of [[ScoobyDoo other]] [[{{Pokemon}} cash]] [[TheSimpsons cows]], but when co-creator Matt Chapman looked at all the T-shirt orders he received, he wondered "Are there even this many people in '''''the world!?'''''" The creators now live entirely off of the sales of their merchandise.
* CharacterTitle
* [[CheatedAngle The Cheat-ed Angle]]: Homestar and The Cheat are ''never'' seen from the front.
* ChocolateFrostedSugarBombs: "Cheat Commandos...O's", featured in its own short cartoon.
* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: Characters Strong Bad made up in his emails become actual characters. Example; Señor Cardgage was a theoretical Strong Bad, but now is a character in his own right.
* ClingyCostume: Strong Bad's mask/head and boxing gloves.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Homsar, and possibly Senor Cardgage. Also, Homestar at times.
** King of Town certainly qualifies.
** Strong Mad, to a lesser degree, given his tenuous grasp on the English language.
** Free Country, USA might as well be CloudCuckooland.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Most main characters happen to do this regularly, but Homestar, being an outright [[TheDitz ditz]], deserves mention.
-->'''Homestar Runner:''' Hey, girlfriend, have you tried any of this free ice cream Strong Bad made?
-->'''Marzipan:''' Homestar, didn't anyone tell you? That's, like, cottage cheese and The Cheat hair!
-->'''Homestar Runner:''' WHAT!? [[SpitTake *spit take*]] [[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne Strong Bad told me it was]] ''[[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne sour cream]]'' [[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne and The Cheat hair!]]
* ComicTrio: Strong Bad, Strong Mad, and The Cheat.
* CompanionCube: [[http://hrwiki.org/index.php/Pseudocharacters Quite a few.]]
* ContinuityLockout: It's not really a continuity cartoon, but half of the gags will make no dang sense if you don't start at the beginning and work your way forward. Because everything's broken into separate series, there's no way to be sure you're watching it all in the right order, either. They've even referenced cartoons that had already been removed from the site. Thank goodness there's a [[http://www.hrwiki.org/wiki/Main_Page fan wiki.]]
* CoolCar: In his contribution to the Halloween story, Bubs describes a cool car the Goblin owns: a pimped-out AMC Gremlin that includes, among other things, a [[BackToTheFuture flux capacitor]].
** The same car appears in later cartoons and is...[[TheAllegedCar decidedly less cool]]. And decidedly less functional.
*** Shark Mobile! Can it work?
*** Don't forget the chainsaw car! (Which, sadly, has only ever appeared in the form of a toy prize from a box of cereal.)
* CoolHelmet: Various styles are worn by "The [[{{Portmanteau}} Broternal]] [[TheOrder Order]] of [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Different Helmets]]," introduced in "[[http://www.homestarrunner.com/helmets.html Ever and More]]."
* CoolShades: A [[http://hrwiki.org/wiki/Cool_Shades running staple]] of the series, most notably worn by Dangeresque and Dangeresque Too. In fact Dangeresque Too's shades are so cool, they can be worn in ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' by the Demoman.
* CrackFic: Strong Bad's fanfic in the sbemail, "fan club" has qualities of one.
* CrackPairing: A number of in-universe examples.
** Homsar's parents are a cup of coffee and a Chipwich.
** Lil' Brudder's Maw and Paw are, respectively, a dog and a unicycle.
* {{Crunchtastic}}: Mocked on many occasions, most notably on the sbemail "Dictionary", which is overflowing with made-up words.
* CuckoolandianCounterpart: Homsar for Homestar, and Senor Cardgage for Strong Bad. Strong Bad actually has more than one, as highlighted in the sbemail "alternate universe".
* DastardlyWhiplash: The Old-Timey version of Strong Bad.
* {{Defictionalization}}: Several in-universe examples, almost all without any involvement (or in some cases, even ''awareness'') from the character who came up with them in the first place (usually Strong Bad). {{Fake Band}}s Limozeen and Taranchula, the [[ShowWithinAShow TV shows]] ''Stink's Reach'' and ''Dartmouth''...the list goes on.
** Limozeen has played two live shows, once headlining and once opening for Of Montreal. Its most famous single ending up in the ''GuitarHero'' series along with "Trogdor" might also count.
*** The RSS feed offered up a possible explanation for all this Defictionalization: Strong Bad says that he makes things up, and then [[RedDwarf later he blacks out for a while, and when he comes to, that thing he made up has happened]].
* DelusionsOfEloquence: Many of the characters often "try" this, which leads to them creating new mangled words or {{portmanteau}}s. In fact, these portmanteaus and BuffySpeak are a staple of the series' humor.
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Several minor jokes, mostly in labeling products. For instance, "Heavy Lourde" means "Heavy Heavy" ("Lourde" is French for "heavy").
** Alternatively, they were simply using a bilingual label, such as are required on many products in Canada. Nevertheless, the object has officially become known as a "Heavy Lourde".
** Lampshaded in "Where U Goin 2?":
-->'''Strong Bad:''' I dunno. Maybe he's just going to the ATM Machine.\\
'''Strong Mad:''' THAT'S REDUNDANT!!!
* DevelopmentGag
* DevelopmentHell: In-universe: ''Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective'', eventually made into the fourth episode of [=SBCG4AP=].
* DiscoDan: The Videlectrix guys are ridiculously behind the times, releasing Atari 2600-style games in the present day.
** Strong Bad himself, as far as video games and technology are concerned. His computers are all hopelessly outdated, and his most current system is a TurboGrafxSixteen. To put that into perspective, Old-Timey Strong Bad is still using the telegraph in 1936, when the telephone had seen widespread use for over 50 years.
*** That, and only in 2009 has he upgraded to a computer with a graphical interface, having used command prompts on all his previous computers, including his (16-pound!) laptop. Not very surprising when his favorite manufacturer, Compy, still makes house-sized computers. The Cheat, on the other hand...
--->'''Homestar:''' (''sees Strong Bad digging out the Tandy 400 from his garbage can'') Umm... that's my old one. It barely works. I'd be surprised [[CallForward if you could check more than forty emails on it]].\\
'''Strong Bad:''' Ohh, you can't fool me. This thing's top of the line! It's got ''[[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome two]]'' [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome contrast knobs]]!
*** Bubs too. Strong Bad's internet connection (and, thusly, Bubs' internet ''service'') is so out of date it's still measured in baud (a measurement of connection speed so small in comparison to actual bytes-per-second that it would literally be faster to just wait until you next met up with any given friend and talk about whatever was on the webpage you wanted to see). Then again, Bubs is probably doing this deliberately, in order to take advantage of Strong Bad's unfamiliarity with modern technology.
* DistaffCounterpart: According to the toon "Why Come Only One Girl?", Champeen was originally going to be this to Homestar. Unfortunately, she never showed up in any toons (though she does appear in one of the backgrounds of the Dancin' Bubs game).
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Inverted when matters of dating are explained by comparison to sports.
-->'''Homestar:''' Well, it's Marzipan's birthday, and I don't know what to get her!\\
'''Coach Z:''' Well, Homestar, I tell you. Girls are like a great sports play. [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar You can't just rush in to the score zone!]] You kiddin' me? You'd be clobbered! You've gotta stick and move and zig and zag to get past the defenses, so youse can score!
** This tends to be Coach Z's answer to everything.
* DoubleStandard: Homestar and Marzipan's relationship is a curious example of this at work. For all that Marzipan gets offended and dumps Homestar on a weekly basis, other evidence would suggest that he's actually a much better boyfriend than she is girlfriend; Homestar appears to actually pay attention to her when he isn't inadvertently insulting her in a half-aware fit of ditziness, while Marzipan is just about aware that Homestar is, in fact, rather dim.
* DummiedOut: Several [[http://www.hrwiki.org/wiki/Secret_Pages secret pages]], along with a few of the [[http://www.hrwiki.org/wiki/Site_Components site components]].
* EasterEgg: The sbemails are covered in them. Most toons have at least a couple on the final screen.
* TheEeyore: Strong Sad.
* {{Egopolis}}: Strong Badia.
** Even more so in "Strong Badia the Free", which had seven "countries" named for their founder... or founders in the case of Marzistar/Homezipan. There are even more if you count inanimate objects like The Stick as characters (it has a country called Sticktenstein).
* ElephantInTheLivingRoom: What would happen if Homestar and Marzipan got married and had kids? Also, none of the characters think it strange for the two to be together, despite their two [[IdiotHero completely]] [[GranolaGirl different]] personalities.
* ElmuhFuddSyndwome: Homestaw suffows fwom this. "I have twouble with my aw's."
** Lampshaded when he tells Coach Z to "Say words right", while the chalkboard behind him writes this the way he says it, aka "Say wouds wide."
* {{Elseworld}}: Old-Timey and [[ExtyYearsFromNow 20X6]] versions of the cast and setting. Interestingly, the two elseworlds have met at least once.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: [[ShowWithinAShow Eh! Steve!]] is an in-universe parody of this phenomenon. So is Onion Bubs.
** [[RunningGag Onion Bubs! ONION BUBS! *cue clapping*]]
* EraSpecificPersonality: The 1936 (and Romans), storybook, early 2000s and 20X6 characters.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Strong Bad, as seen [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWp7BxI6NdU here]] starting at about 6:10 and ending at about 6:22. Don't touch his mom.
* EverythingsWorseWithBears[=/=]EverythingIsEvenWorseWithSharks: The Bear Holding A Shark fulfills both.
* {{Expositron 9000}}: Strong Bad's computer.
* ExpressiveMask: Strong Bad's mask ''is'' his face.
* ExtremeOmnivore: The King of Town will eat extreme quantities of things like eggs, butter, and deodorant, but hates peas and [[UnusualEuphemism "whatsit"]]. Strong Mad will eat nails, rocks, computers [[spoiler:and The Cheats]].
** At one point, Strong Mad is actually seen eating ''bandwidth'' from a wire hooked to a group of computer towers. And it acted like helium, while actual helium had no effect on him when he tried it earlier.
* FakeBand: [[HairMetal Limozeen]], [[DeathMetal Taranchula]], Cool Tapes, [[AlternativeRock Sloshy]], K.o.T. High School Marching Band, Kissy Boots, Fatty's Big Chance, Brainkrieg...this is one of their favorite jokes, actually.
* FakeVideoCameraView: A number of examples, including the "videos" on the character page and Strong Bad's "most amazing e-mail" from "Weclome Back".
* FanDisservice: Nobody seems to wear pants except Strong Bad.
** {{Lampshaded}} [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail127.html here]], along with some other things.
* FantasyTwist: Not that the Homestar Runner 'verse is mundane, but it doesn't stop Strong Bad from imagining it being more fantastic.
* FingerInTheMail: Parodied when Strong Bad's old computers kidnap his Lappy, they send him her "toe" (a keyboard key) through the mail.
* {{Flanderization}}: Arguably for the better, in that the series took several characters with somewhat generic personalities and gave them memorable quirks which could be mined for humor.
* FridgeLogic: A rare case of it being applied ''in-universe'' with "Best Caper Ever," in which Strong Bad doesn't quite understand how he and the Cheat managed to get Homestar stranded on an ice floe in the Arctic simply by stealing his melonade and peeing in it.
* FunnyAnsweringMachine: Marzipan's Answering Machine is mostly about the funny ''calls'' she gets, but some of her answering machine messages can be pretty unusual, too.
* FunWithFlushing: In one episode, Bubs turns into a large {{Godzilla}}-like monster after accidentally flushing himself down the toilet while shaving.
* {{GASP}}: The webtoon uses a "GASP!" stock effect whenever a character declares they're going to do something daring (or [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome what they think is daring.]]) A good example is [[http://homestarrunner.com/xmas08.html Decemberween]].
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Not really much of a radar to get past, as [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids it isn't exactly regarded as being for little kids in the first place]], but if it were, their subtle innuendos could help them get away with a hell of a lot.
* [[GirlfriendInCanada Girlfriend In Outer Space]]: Strong Bad claims to have many, many girlfriends...who we never see because they're supposedly visiting other planets.
-->'''Strong Bad:''' And she was a very, very special lady. And she loved me so much and had skinny blonde hair and was always hanging out at the beach, gazing at a photo of me... Too bad when she had to go to another planet for reasons too complex to elaborate on. I'll probably never see her again. And neither will any of you.
* GoldMakesEverythingShiny
* AGoodNameForARockBand: The appropriately-titled Strong Bad Email "band names", in which Strong Bad explains how to pick a good one. Two [[ShowWithinAShow in-world]] [[FakeBand bands]], Limozeen and Taranchula, got their names in this email.
** When Homestar writes ''Cool Tapes'' on Marzipan's wall she is at first upset, but then decides she likes it and makes it the name for her band.
** According to the commentary for Experimental Film, Strong Bad thinks "Real Smooth Moves" is the best band name ever.
* GoshDangItToHeck: Cursing is ''very'' rare and only done a handful of times in-universe. This means the worst language most characters use are euphemisms like "freaking," "crap," "sucks," "screw." unintelligible {{Angrish}}, or [[UnusualEuphemism bizarre phrases]] like "sweet genius!"
** In VideoGame/PokerNightAtTheInventory, there is the option to keep swears in the dialogue, or bleep them out. Even if you keep them in, Strong Bad's are still bleeped out.
* GrammarNazi: Strong Bad, [[HypocriticalHumor despite making many spelling and grammatical errors of his own]].
* GrandRomanticGesture
* GranolaGirl: Marzipan.
* GretzkyHasTheBall: The series was named for a friend of the Chaps getting confused about baseball. See AGoodNameForARockBand.
* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: Lampshaded endlessly.
* HalloweenCosplay
* HalloweenEpisode: Once a year.
* HaveIMentionedIAmSexuallyActiveToday: Strong Bad, from his "girlfriends", to his theoretical situations with many hot girls.
* {{Hammerspace}}: Constantly used.
* HerCodeNameWasMarySue: Dangeresque and the Powered By The Cheat cartoons are prominent examples. The definitive example, however, has to be Strong Sad's original character Twelve-Times-A-Day Man from the "fan fiction" Strong Bad Email.
** There's also Gene in the email "Hygiene", until Strong Bad's hygiene film takes an odd turn and has the StrawLoser played by Homestar get his life together and turn out successful while Strong Bad's MartyStu Gene falls from his high pedestal.
* HonestJohnsDealership: Bubs and Senor Cardgage.
* HypercompetentSidekick: The Cheat, on more than one occasion. Pom-Pom also has his moments.
* IAteWhat: Many characters have been known to [[http://www.hrwiki.org/wiki/Eating_Non-Food_Items eat non-food items]], whether due to ravenous eating habits or just barefaced ignorance.
* ICallItVera: Marzipan calls her guitar Carol.
* ImpossibleShadowPuppets: In "[[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail155.html theme song]]", Strong Bad makes a "Trogdor" shadow that breathes fire. Wearing gloves ''without fingers''.
* ImpossiblyDeliciousFood: The Sblounskched! bar, which is made of (are you ready for this?) marshmallow vapor wrapped in licorice colloid in a sea of nougat rolled in a cookie log covered with rich, creamy [[BreadEggsMilkSquick pepperoni]] sprinkled with entire tiny bowls of puffy rice cereal covered in [[FunWithAcronyms Boring Brown Chocolate]]. In the shape of a pair of pants.
** With a bite taken out of them. For security. Because who would want to steal a half-eaten pair of choco-pants? [[spoiler:(Homestar.)]]
* IncendiaryExponent: Strong Bad loves things being on fire. Science fair projects, kids in children's books, the car in his album cover concept...
* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Strong Badman's idea of villainy involves wasting water and stealing cable from his neighbors while bossing around his sidekick Stiny.
** Strong Bad himself sometimes qualifies.
* InherentlyFunnyWords: The cartoons' [[http://www.hrwiki.org/wiki/Twice gratuitous misuse of "twice"]] seems to stem from this.
** Really anything Coach Z says is an example of this. [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/cantsayjob.html One toon]] focuses entirely on his inability to say the word "job".
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: Trogdor.
** OurDragonsAreDifferent: Trogdor has one helluva beefy human arm sticking out of his back, "for good measure".
*** The one that's occasionally seen hanging around the King of Town's castle looks like a lavender kangaroo with elements of bug and Roswell Gray mixed in. Its stomach scales are also labeled with various functions (such as "sanitize", "puree" and "pots n pans"), presumably to control the strenght of its fire breath, but the only one that's shown is the one labeled "instant death", which does ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.
* InvisibleAnatomy: Often {{Lampshaded}}.
* ItMeantSomethingToMe: The Compy.
* {{Jerkass}}: Strong Bad, and proud of it.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Strong Bad has his moments of this.
* JuxtaposedStore: Bubs' Concession Stand sells a lot more than just food.
* KillItWithFire: Trogdor the Burninator, as in he kills everything else with fire.
* LampshadeHanging: Lots of it. A veritable lampshade factory on par with XKCD. A good example is the beginning of ''8-Bit is Enough''.
-->'''Strong Sad:''' It sounds like the fan is broken. You'll have to get it serviced.\\
'''Strong Bad:''' Serviced? But where am I gonna get... FanService... around here?\\
(''Trogdor machine comes to life'')
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: For instance, just try and figure out how [[http://hrwiki.org/wiki/Arrow%27d_Guy this character]] fits into the HR universe.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfLoading: Depending on your internet connection, especially true back ion the days of dial-up. Taken quite literally in [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/loadingscreens.html this short.]]
* LoadBearingBoss: [[spoiler:Ultimate Trogdor]] in 8-Bit is Enough. Homestar even calls him a load-bearing [[spoiler:dragon]].
** {{Lampshaded}} in the email "[[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail173.html the paper]]". Strong Bad finds himself on a sinking island and exclaims "How is this island sinking? I didn't even kill any end bosses!"
* LongPants: Supposedly...
* LoudGulp: The Cheat Commandos ''say'' it out loud.
* {{Malaproper}}: Senor Cardgage is perhaps the most evident example, but Strong Bad, Homestar, and other characters do this on occasion, as a lot of the series' humor revolves around wordplay.
* ManOfAThousandVoices: Matt Chapman voices pretty much every character on the site except Marzipan. And the times when his brother does [[StylisticSuck intentionally bad]] impressions of the characters for the Cheat's cartoons.
* MaskedLuchador: Strong Bad wears the mask.
* MeaningfulName: This is how a lot of the characters got their original names. Homestar Runner had no arms, is an athlete, and wears a star on his shirt. Strong Bad is mean, Strong Mad is frequently angry, and Strong Sad is constantly depressed. The Cheat was originally created to help Strong Bad, well... cheat.
* MenaceDecay: Strong Bad. Lampshaded in "[[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail197.html your edge]]", where Strong Bad tries to get his edge back. And fails. [[EpicFail Epically.]]
* MerchandiseDriven: Cheat Commandos...sort of, as there actually isn't much ''real'' CC merchandise, but they're meant to be this way as a spoof of ''GIJoe''.
-->"Buy all our playsets and toys!"
* MetaGuy: Usually Strong Bad or Strong Sad.
* MindScrew: Sbemaliarized Entertainment. ("Uhhh, can you say 'mindblow?'")
** [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/4gregs.html The ending of this toon.]]
* MisplacedSorrow: Done with Frank Bennedetto (a popcorn popper), complete with the standard "he owes me $5" lament.
* {{Montages}}: [[ConversationalTroping Conversed]], with specific subexamples given, in the Strong Bad email ''montage''. The ones used are, in order, a FallingInLoveMontage, a TravellingSalesmanMontage, a TrainingMontage and an [[CreditsMontage end-credits]] PhotoMontage (complete with [[WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue "where are they now?"]] subtitles).
* MyNameIsNotDurwood: Senor Cardgage routinely addresses other characters with incorrect (female) names.
** Strong Bad often employs this deliberately with his email correspondents.
* NoBudget: All of Strong Bad's artistic work, especially his ''Dangeresque'' films.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Some of the band members of Sloshy resemble members of Weezer.
** Bubs' voice was originally a very blatant Redd Foxx impression before it evolved into a more distinctive form.
** Likewise, Strong Sad's voice was originally inspired by [[{{REM}} Michael Stipe]].
* NoIndoorVoice: Strong Mad.
* NoInnerFourthWall: There are numerous crossover gags involving the main cast and characters from the {{ShowWithinAShow}}s. The best example is probably ''8-Bit Is Enough'', which features Strong Bad hopping in and out of many in-universe video games, as well as several characters from said games showing up in Free Country USA.
* NoodleIncident: A couple of them, like the incident that somehow gave Strong Sad the nickname Dairy Queen. That one is (almost certainly) a reference to that disturbing soft-serve flip on his head. Strong Bad's mentioned it before.
* OutOfFocus: Pom Pom is hardly used at all anymore.
* OverlyLongName: Fhqwhgadshgnsdhjsdbkhsdabkfabkveybvf. It has a string of sixteen consonants in a row. Strong Bad manages to pronounce it just fine, but quickly shortens it to "Fhqwhgads" because in the time it took him to say that, he could have made a [[RunningGag painting of a guy with a big knife]]...which he does at the end of the email.
* PacManFever: Strong Bad's technologically backwards. Let's just say that.
* PaperThinDisguise: When dressed like The Thnikkaman, Bubs dresses the same way he normally does, only with a pair of shades and a piece of paper with "tH" written on it taped to his chest. Despite this, most of the main characters (save Homestar in "Happy Dethemberween") are completely oblivious to The Thnikkaman's true identity.
* ParodicTableOfTheElements: [[http://hrwiki.org/wiki/The_Periodic_Table_of_Candy_Elements The Periodic Table of Candy Elements]].
* ParodyCommercial: Oh so many.
* PigeonholedVoiceActor: Missy Palmer. For the rest of her life, it will probably be impossible for anybody to hear her speak and not think "Marzipan". Possibly the reason why all her DVD commentary appearances are in-character as Marzipan.
* ThePigPen: The Poopsmith, due to his job.
** Coach Z as well, who among other things, leaked what could only be crude oil after [[FanDisservice taking off a ratty thong]] in the swimming pool.
--> '''Strong Mad:''' PUT IT BACK ON! '''PUT IT BACK ON!'''
* {{Pixellation}}: This happens whenever Homestar's shirt is removed, because without it he's totally nakers. The funny thing about this being that the entire area his shirt normally covers is pixellated, implying ''everything'' there isn't fit for all ages.
* PokeThePoodle: Strong Badman's "evil schemes" turn out to be this sort, to Strong Bad's disappointment. Strong Bad catches himself heading down this path in the email "Your Edge".
* {{Portmanteau}}: The series is very, very fond of these, to the extent that it's practically a defining feature of the dialogue. As with other gags, there's a complete list [[http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php/Portmanteaus on the wiki]].
* ProductPromotionParade: ''Cheat Commandos'' is a deliberate parody of this, with the sets being literally referred to in-universe as "playsets" and a theme song that ends in "Buy all our playsets and toys!"
** AscendedMeme There are toys available for the Cheat Commandoes. There are playsets, too, but they're free cardboard-cutouts.
* PunnyName: They show up every now and then. For example, the protagonist of Peasant's Quest is Rather Dashing and the stealth expert of the Cheat Commandos is [[ToiletHumour Silent Rip]].
* PutOnABus: Happens to Crack Stuntman when he makes one too many frivolous demands on the producers, although apparently he eventually gets his job back.
* RapidFireComedy: Used very often, especially in [[SelfParody self parodies]] of the original kids' book like [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/stuckincraw.html this.]]
* RealityWarper: Homsar is such a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} that he defies the laws of physics, floating, shapeshifting, and even distorting the scenery.
** Senor Cardgage recently completed his transformation into a second Homsar in hremail3184, in which he manages to walk in place as if the carpet had no friction and make ambient city sounds appear out of nowhere. Strong Bad put it best: "I'm ... quite scared right now."
** The Paper might also qualify, subverting the laws of ''[[PaintingTheFourthWall perspective]]''.
** Heck, even Strong Bad might qualify. Several things he's imagined have become real, including the future of his entire world.
** Sufficient quantities of viruses (virii?) on one computer cause reality to go mad until the computer is shut off and/or destroyed.
* {{Replacement|Scrappy}} [[StealthPun Scrappy]]: New Paper. At least in Strong Bad's opinion. [[invoked]]
* RiddleForTheAges: There are a number of mysteries about the Homestar Runner universe which the creators have said will likely never be given a serious answer.
** "How does Strong Bad type with boxing gloves on?"
** "What do the characters' parents look like?"
** Often thought to be an example by the fans is the question "What does Strong Bad look like without his mask?" However, this one actually ''has'' been answered: [[spoiler:That's not a mask- it's his face!]]
*** He ''did'' remove his mask once, [[TheUnreveal but he was sitting in an armchair that covered his face]], and he said he is never going to do it again.
* RepeatingSoTheAudienceCanHear: Done with Pom-Pom and The Cheat, eventually lampshaded in ''Strong Badia the Free''.
** Justified in "The Best Caper Ever". For once, he's not informing the audience of what The Cheat's saying -- he's trying to work out how they got from "[The Cheat] made peepee in [Homestar's] melonade" to watching him via satellite feed (which they also don't know how they got) on an ice floe in another hemisphere entirely.
* {{Ridiculympics}}: One Strong Bad Email is about [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail165.html the "Strong Badathalon"]], with events such as "Greco-Roman Homestar Crud-Out-Of-Beating", the "Clean and Jerk Strong Mad's Underwears Over His Head" ("fortunately, you don't really have to clean them") and [[BlatantLies "Probably Something with Guitars, Lasers, Robots, and Hot Girls"]].
* RunningGag: A good third of the dialogue consists of in-jokes at this point. Based on the Homestar Runner Wiki, there are ''over five-hundred.''
** Especially in ''8-bit Is Enough''. With the inclusion of gamer in-jokes, practially any joke in that game requires you know what they're referencing.
* ScheduleSlip: The creators have been guilty of this from time to time, mainly when the creators' family lives get in the way. Also, while Strong Bad Emails were originally meant to be released every week, they were later reduced to being "updated somedays" so that other kinds of cartoons could get their fair share.
** From April to December 2010, the Brothers Chaps went over eight months without producing any new cartoons, a combination of family matters (both brothers are parents now) and working on other projects. The site began updating again in December...before totally dropping off the radar for all of 2011.
*** In addition to the revelation of ''VideoGame/PokerNightAtTheInventory'', Nick Niespodziani (of the Atlanta music collective {{Pleaserock}}, who has worked with the Chaps several times) announced that he was recording with Strong Bad again, which may be an indicator of a second music album.
* SecondEpisodeIntroduction: Bubs and Coach Z.
* ShoutOut: Lots, mostly to friends of the creators, or musicians or movies they liked as kids, although most of the sources tend to be ''extremely'' obscure. Not always, though.
** The word "LEMKE" has a particularly special meaning. See AGoodNameForARockBand, above.
* ShowWithinAShow: Quite a few, including Sweet Cuppin' Cakes, ''Limozeen--But They're In Space!'', and ''Stinko Man K 20X6''. "Teen Girl Squad" started out as one of these before it became a [[WebOriginal/TeenGirlSquad feature of its own]], as did ''Cheat Commandos''.
* SilentOffer: In [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail182.html Stong Bad Email #182]], the King of Town and Strong Bad negotiate in this way. What is being negotiated over is never revealed, and the King of Town's offer is "a piece of lasagna."
* SimpletonVoice: Strong Mad and Homsar are an extreme version of this. Homestar is slightly less extreme.
* SmallNameBigEgo: ShowWithinAShow and InUniverse example- Crack Stuntman, the voice of Gunhaver in ''Cheat Commandos'', who insists on script changes and even voicing different characters because he "likes that guy's lines better."
* SmallReferencePools: Averted, especially during the Halloween specials. They will come up with some of the most bizarrely obscure characters and mascots from decades ago. How many people honestly could recognize Marzipan's "[[TwinPeaks log lady]]" costume at the first glance?
** Lampshaded on multiple occasions, with the other characters [[http://www.hrwiki.org/wiki/What_are_you_supposed_to_be%3F frequently unable to identify]] what their friends are dressed as.
--->'''Strong Bad:''' So, Bubs, your approach this year was to ensure that absolutely no one recognized your costume?\\
'''Bubs:''' (dressed as the Clarence Clemons character from ''BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure'') You got it!
* SoBadItsGood: Dangeresque as a whole, though this is intentional. [[invoked]]
* StupidStatementDanceMix: The Cheat has made a couple, including one of the "geddup noise" (the sound Strong Bad's chair makes when he leaves his computer) and the King of Town's attempt at a jam. Strong Bad's "The System Is Down" could, arguably, also be one.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Marzipan is the only girl character in the main cast. The situation was [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in the DVD exclusive toon "Why Come Only One Girl?"
* SpecialEffectsFailure: '''Strong Bad''': "Introducing Tito the Top-Haticent! And his beautiful assistant: Strong Mad with two basketballs shoved down his singlet!" [[invoked]]
* TheSpeechless: The Poopsmith. Subverted, when he broke his vow of silence for Strong Bad's 200th email and was voiced by John Linnell of TheyMightBeGiants fame.
* SpellMyNameWithAThe: The Cheat, The King of Town, The Poopsmith, etc.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The character is named Stinkoman, but his anime series is called "Stinko Man K 20X6". And although the character's name is usually spelled "Coach Z", it was originally intended to be "Coach Zee".
--->'''Strong Bad:''' Or "Coach Zed", as you Canucks call him.
* StalkerWithACrush: Coach Z, towards Marzipan. It's hinted at but seldom explored in the cartoons; in VideoGame/StrongBadsCoolGameForAttractivePeople, it gets turned UpToEleven [[SerialEscalation and then some]].
--->'''Strong Bad:''' Congratulations, Coach! I just spent several hours carrying around my brother's internal organs, and you ''still'' managed to outdo me on the creepy scale!
* TheStoner: Probably Senor Cardgage.
* StoppedClock: In the Strong Bad Email "vacation", Strong Bad sends a postcard from (among several other places) "It's that CLOCK (Look at it go!)". Of course, the clock isn't going at all.
-->'''Strong Bad:''' Okay, the best thing about this postcard is if you look at the clock, that's the exact same time that I first laid eyes on the clock! 2:55, man. And like, iddi—oh, wait, it still says... 2:55. Okay, well, the clock is broken, but still! It's about the best thing I've ever seen [sings] in my whole liiiiiife!
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Averted. Members of the Strong Family have no resemblence to one another. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in the DVD exclusive email "family resemblance".
* StylisticSelfParody: Usually with arms.
* StylisticSuck: Basically any time the characters attempt anything artistic, though Strong Sad is ''sometimes'' an exception. Notable examples are The Cheat's cartoons, the Teen Girl Squad, and Dangeresque.
* SureWhyNot: The Brothers Chaps themselves forgot that the Fhqwhgads Robot's FanNickname "Visor Robot" was {{Fanon}}, and upon realizing their mistake, gave the nickname a SureWhyNot instead of [[DisprovenByCanon Jossing]] it.
* SurrealHumor: Huge doses of it. In fact, this is ''all'' Sweet Cuppin' Cakes is.
** Especially in the DVD-exclusive content, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrbGDSo07dc&feature=related this]] being a prime example.
* TakeThat: Strong Bad has poked fun at both {{Memetic Mutation}}s ([[http://www.homestarrunner.com/trogday08.html here's his take on the Trogdor phenomenon]]) and the [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail188.html darker side of fandom.]] Funnily enough, the fans haven't been offended. This is probably because it's Strong Bad, who's ''supposed'' to be a jerk about these things, and because it's really funny.
** While the Brothers Chaps are usually more quiet about their political views, the Strong Bad Email "environment" as well as their Earth Day toon made it clear that they don't particularly care for the environmentalist movement.
* TalkingToHimself: All of the major characters except Marzipan, Pom Pom (who only speaks in bubbles), and The Poopsmith (who has only spoken once in the cartoon's entire history), are usually portrayed by one guy. And let's not get into the ramifications of the characters impersonating each other's voices...
** ''And'' you can tell which character is impersonating the other.
* TalkingToThemself: Homestar ''frequently'' seems to forget who he is and behaves as if that "Homestar Runner" guy is someone else, leading to several instances where he will argue with or even ''fight'' himself. This also happens to be a fairly regular occurence anyway, what with the old-timey and 20X6 incarnations coexisting with the main Free Country USA citizens.
* TeasingCreator: They have acknowledged a lot of fan questions that will never be answered. [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail127.html This, for example.]]
* TelegraphGagSTOP:
--> "Sir Strong Bad STOP How do you operate the 'telegramophone' [[AntiquatedLinquistics whilst]] wearing gentlemans' sporting gloves STOP Signed, Sir Elsington Halstindingdingworth STOP"
* ThemeTune: ''[[http://www.homestarrunner.com/intro.html Everybody! Everybody!]]''
** The Very Low Sodium Band made a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DNnU0y7Nbo catchy remix]] that's actually really good!
* TotallyRadical: Coach Z.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Marshmallows, especially of the Fluffy Puff variety, even though Marshie is creepy as sin. There's also Melonade, contractually speaking.
* TwoDecadesBehind
* TheUnintelligible: The Cheat, Pom Pom, Homsar to some extent.
** Senor Cardgage, albeit to a lesser extent.
* UnreliableNarrator: Strong Bad, [[http://www.hrwiki.org/wiki/History_according_to_Strong_Bad quite frequently.]]
* TheUnreveal: Strong Bad's face and the appearance of his parents, as the eventual response to numerous emails about it. The Brothers Chaps have gone on record as stating that these two questions, in addition to the issue of [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/hremail7.html how Strong Bad types with boxing gloves on]], will in all likelihood never be given a serious response.
** Played for laughs in-universe in sbemail [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail158.html "cliffhangers"]]. [[spoiler:"You missed unmasking the Thnikkaman!!!"]]
* UnusualEuphemism: Strong Bad has a lot of them, like "ample hind-bosom".
* VagueAge: On the one hand, they have their own houses and some of them drink [[strike:beer]] [[FrothyMugsOfWater Cold Ones]]; on the other, they don't seem to have much choice about going to swimming lessons. In one email, Strong Sad is referred to as an "18-to-24-year-old", and in another the King of Town says he is in his 60s. Bubs and Coach Z are implied to be old men, but exactly how old isn't clear.
* VillainProtagonist: Strong Bad, although his status as a villain is mainly in his head.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Strong Bad and Homestar.
* VocalEvolution: Most notably Strong Bad and Strong Sad. Homestar is pretty noticeable, too. And Bubs, who started out as a Redd Foxx.
* TheVoiceless: The Poopsmith, while Pom Pom "speaks" through soap bubble blowing sound effects.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Strong Bad never wears a shirt, and Homestar gets a few of these as well, but unfortunately [[FanDisservice he doesn't seem to wear pants]].
* [[WeAllLiveInAmerica We All Live In Free Country USA]]: Intentionally and in-universe, as Strong Bad forces his own unique views onto writers of emails regardless of where they're from.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The Brothers Chaps toyed with the idea of making the King of Town Marzipan's father in the [[http://www.hrwiki.org/wiki/Old_Characters_Page early days of the series.]]
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome: E-MAIL. CHECKING.
** Also [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail144.html this sbemail]], epically the one which made a SeinfeldianConversation about a napkin some type of action apocalyptic movie.
** [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/loadingscreens.html Loading Screens.]]
** Also, Strong Bad seems to idolize and admire Senor Cardgage, while everyone else is creeped out by him.
* WidgetSeries
* TheWoobie: Lil' Brudder is an in-universe example: a parody of this Trope with a hint of Glurge that Strong Bad created to drive others to tears. [[HoistByHisOwnPetard It works a bit too well.]]
* WordSaladHumor: Homsar and, more recently, Senor Cardgage (although his dialog is a mix of this and malapropisms).
* WorstWhateverEver: Used lots.
* XtremeKoolLetterz: Parodied with such uses as "awexome".
** And "[[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail191.html Videlectrix Kidx]]".
*** And "[[http://www.homestarrunner.com/aprilfool10.html Xerioxly Forxe]]"
* YouMeanXmas: Decemberween.
* YourAnswerToEverything: Coach Z's advice to Homestar is always "It's like a great sports play. You can't just rush into the score zone." Lampshaded by Homestar in "The Best Decemberween Ever" when he tells Coach Z that's his answer to everything.
* YouSayTomato: Coach Z's schtick
-->''"You say tomater, I zader matermorts."''
** [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/cantsayjob.html I Say Tomato You Say Jorb]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Tropes specific to individual cartoons]]
* [[ThreeDMovie 3D Movie]]: ''[[http://hrwiki.org/wiki/Dangeresque:_THREE_in_3D Dangeresque: D3 in 3D]]'' (a bonus feature on the ''[[VideoGame/StrongBadsCoolGameForAttractivePeople SBCG4AP]]'' DVD) takes a bunch of ''Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective'' cutscenes and turns them into an actual ThreeDMovie, [[CallBack just as Strong Bad]] [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail80.html originally intended]].
* AnimatedAdaptation: Bizarrely enough, but yes. "[[http://hrwiki.org/wiki/Strongest_Man_in_the_World Strongest Man in the World]]" and "[[http://hrwiki.org/wiki/Where_My_Hat_Is_At%3F_%28Short%29 Where My Hat Is At?]]" started as physical book and a digital book respectively. They got more detailed and more sarcastic.
** ''Limozeen, [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail126.html But They're in SPACE!]]''
* AnimatedMusicVideo: Including one ([[http://www.homestarrunner.com/expfilm.html Experimental Film]]) with TheyMightBeGiants.
* ArcWords: "DNA evidence", which started as a mere RunningGag.
* ASimplePlan: Going on a road trip, telling a bedtime story, not writing a song about Sibbie...
* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: [[http://homestarrunner.com/sbemail166.html King Bubsgonzola Supreme!]]
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:The Paper subverts this]] in ''Email Thunder''
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Sbemail #118, "[[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail118.html Virus]]". Strong Bad's attempt to run to the next room for help results in him running outside of the ''frame'' (into the surrounding black background) instead. Homestar then starts playing with the toolbar links that appear at the bottom of the page.
--> '''Strong Bad:''' Wait -- that's not supposed to be possible...!!"
* BurgerFool: "Blubb-O's"
* ByTheLightsOfTheirEyes: Happens to Strong Bad and The Cheat in Strong Bad Email #197, "your edge", when they saw a hole in the floor and fall in through it and into total darkness:
-->'''Strong Bad:''' Whoa! Where are we? I suddenly feel so... easy to animate.
* {{Calvinball}}: The nebulous and nameless sport Coach Z coaches and Homestar plays, as shown in the opening of "A Jorb Well Done".
* CargoShip: In-universe, StrongSad and some cans of Yella paint in "Cool Tapes".
** From "[[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail136.html Geddup Noise]]".
--->'''Homestar:''' ''(when the Chairscoot noise is made, little hearts flutter from Homestar, as he swoons dreamily)'' Ah! There it is! It's positively dreamy! ''(faints)''
* ChattyHairdresser: Strong Sad acts like one in the sbemail "pet show", when he's getting The Cheat ready for the pet competition.
* ChirpingCrickets: A running gag in the Puppet Stuff shorts.
* [[strike:[[ChristmasSpecial Christmas]]]] [[ChristmasSpecial Decemberween Special]]
* CollegeRadio: Mocked in the Strong Bad Email [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail120.html "radio"]].
* ConfusingMultipleNegatives: "Do you don't not dislike not Strong Bad?"
* ConsolationWorldRecord: Longest saying of "bull honkey".
** Most Macaronis nailed to a paper towel tube ...by Strong Mad
* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: On multiple occasions Crack Stuntman has referred to Gunhaver (''the character he plays'') as names such as "Gunshaver" and "Cheat Commander."
* CrazyPrepared: Strong Sad, of all people, [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail170.html here]] when he counters Strong Bad's earlier barrage of water balloons with a barrage of snowballs. When there was no snow anywhere. That he removed from a giant notebook.
-->'''Strong Bad:''' Where did you get ''snowballs'' at this time of year?? And how did you fit them in that notebook?!?
-->'''Strong Sad:''' ''[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome I've been saving these in the freezer since I was eight!!]]''
* {{Crossdresser}}: For Halloween, Marzipan has been Prince, Willie Nelson and Joey Ramone, just to name a few. Lampshaded by Homestar in the 2008 Halloween toon. There are also other instances of this, such as Pom Pom as the Statue of Liberty, Strong Bad as "Carmen freakin' Miranda" and "[[CarmenSandiego Carmen freakin' Sandiego]]", Coach Z as Queen Latifah, or The King of Town as [[HelloKitty Hello Kitty]].
** Coach Z does this inside his mind. Constantly.
* {{Crossover}}: Telltale's ''Poker Night at the Inventory'', which crosses over with ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'', ''PennyArcade'', and ''SamAndMax''.
* CurseCutShort: In the sbemail, "trevor the vampire", Strong Bad types "what the f--" before interrupting himself with another train of thought.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Parodied in the new intro for April Fool's Day 2010, with HSR [[XtremeKoolLetterz Xeriousxly Forxe]]. ([[http://www.homestarrunner.com/aprilfool10.html]])
-->''Revamped for [[TheNineties the nineties]]!''
-->''So much more exciting!''
-->''[[LampshadeHanging Pointy elbows and lots of lightning!]]''
-->''Edgy and angry, so zesty and tangy!''
-->''[[AnimationAgeGhetto There's new demographics]]''
-->''When nobody asked for it!''
* ADayInTheLimelight: "[[http://www.homestarrunner.com/kotpopshow.html The King Of Town's Very Own Quite Popular Cartoon Show]]".
* DeadAir: In the Strong Bad email "radio", he summes up CollegeRadio in five words: "DeadAir, 'um', DeadAir".
* DepthDeception: "Bubs' foot isn't huge! He's just in the foreground!"
* DickDastardlyStopsToCheat: In the sbemail "pet show", Strong Bad should be able to win the pet show in a walk since his entry, The Cheat, is the only one resembling an actual pet. (The other contestants are a dog-shaped cookie jar, a George Foreman grill, and... Homestar Runner.) Yet he feels compelled to cheat anyway, and proceeds to sabotage the other contestants. And then he almost gets away with it, only to be disqualified for an unrelated rule infraction (The Cheat's unauthorized use of "relish foot").
* DidIJustSayThatOutLoud?: Coach Z's reaction in an EasterEgg on the cartoon "[[http://www.homestarrunner.com/trogday08.html Trogday 08]]", when he has said to "Wormdingler" (his snake-like drawing of a "dragon" from the [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail58.html Sbemail of the same name]]): "You don't need no consummate V's ta be my bride..."
* DiscreditedMeme: Invoked by Strong Bad, who complains in "Trogday '08" that the internet ruined Trogdor, along with "zombies, pirates, ninjas, and Strong Bad!"
* TheDogWasTheMastermind: Appears in the "DNA Evidence" arc. After being ArcWords in a number of otherwise unrelated shorts, we get a story about a vial of green DNA Evidence that keeps changing hands and getting stolen. Turns out that it was from [[spoiler:Strong Sad, who doesn't want anyone to find out if he's part elephant]].
* DoomyDoomsOfDoom: The 2009 Halloween cartoon, "Doomy Tales of the Macabre".
* DramaticEllipsis: Spelled out by Stinkoman.
* DumbAndDrummer: In the Limozeen cartoon, the following exchange takes place:
-->'''Drummer:''' How come they made me fat and have orange hair? \\
'''Lead Singer:''' Because you're the drummer! You're the PluckyComicRelief!
* DumbassDJ: In the email "radio", regarding morning drive deejays: "These guys are like bad stand-up comics that you can't [[ShoutOut heckle... or jeckle]]... or throw highball glasses at."
* EldritchLocation: The Sweet Puttin' Cakes miniature golf course. You get there by desiring to play miniature golf. [[ItGotWorse It goes downhill from there.]]
* EyesAlwaysShut: Mr. Shmallow.
* FakeOutOpening: The sbemail "[[http://www.homestarrunner.com/kotpoptoon.html senior prom]]" starts with an opening for "The King of Town's Very Own Quite Popular Cartoon Show", which is quickly pre-empted by the email.
* FakeShemp: Parodied in the email "original"; after Original Bubs quit, they tried to hide his non-presence. Literally. Behind large objects.
-->'''Homestar:''' Original Bubs, who is totally behind that dishwasher box (''cut'') behind that washer/dryer box (''cut'') that hot water heater box (''cut'') behind that... toothpick sculpture?
* FanFic: An episode, "[[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail188.html fan club]]" was devoted to it.
-->'''Strong Bad:''' So that's fan clubs, the next worst word you can couple with the word 'fan' is, you guessed it ''(ominous, eerie music plays)'' the word ''(Strong Bad's voice slows down, and the camera zooms in on the word as he types it)'' '''[[YouHaveBeenWarned fiction]].'''
* FanworkBan: Done in-universe in ''[[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail170.html Rough Copy]]''
* FarSideIsland: There's a sbemail in which Strong Bad is asked what he would do if stranded on one.
* FashionMagazine: Spoofed in the sbemail [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail132.html "Modeling".]]
* FlashbackWithTheOtherDarrin: The sbemail 200 flashbacks are done with Strong Bad's current model.
* FlippingTheBird: In "the bird" sbemail, Strong Bad, Pom Pom, and Homestar do this, despite neither of them having any visible fingers.
* FollowTheLeader: Made fun of by the sbemail "geddup noise". The "Geddup Noise", the noise Strong Bad's stool makes when he gets out of it, is apparently a huge hit, and a lot of furniture shifting type sound effect shows try to cash in on the wagon.
* FreePrizeAtTheBottom: Strong Bad email "specially marked".
* GoKartingWithBowser: The Thanksgiving-themed Cheat Commandos toon, "Let Us Give TANKS", in which Blue Laser invites the Cheat Commandos over for Thanksgiving dinner.
* GroupieBrigade: In the Limozeen cartoon.
* 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]].
** Strong Bad when Bubs shoots his computer.
*** Earlier, he had another one when said shot computer got 423,827 viruses. (A new record!)
* HostileShowTakeover: Strong Sad in [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/answer16.html this]] episode of ''Marzipan's Answering Machine''; he apparently considers recording over people's outgoing voicemail messages as one of the best perks of house-sitting.
* 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."
* ImaginaryFriend: Lil' Strong Sad's friend, Scotty Titi.
* IncrediblyLamePun: Vantastic!
* InterfaceScrew: Strong Bad's computer gets a virus that [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail118.html quickly spreads to the site itself.]]
* IntoxicationEnsues: Sbemail #91, "Caffeine".
* ISeeLondon: Strong Bad's pants poofed away [[CaughtWithYourPantsDown at the senior prom]] because when he tried to make everyone else's pants disappear, he forgot that he was the only one at the prom who was technically wearing pants.
* IsThisThingOn: [[http://homestarrunner.com/sbemail149.html Sbemail #149]]
* IWillShowYouX: In the dragon Strong Bad email:
-->'''Strong Sad:''' I think I've improved on your methods a bit, too. I employed some chiaroscuro shading, and-\\
'''Strong Bad:''' I'll improve on your methods!\\
(''Strong Bad sets Strong Sad's drawing on fire and reduces it to nothing'')\\
'''Strong Sad:''' What?! That's not an improvement!
* JailBake: In "Strong Bad is in Jail", Strong Mad bakes a cake with a ''jackhammer'' in it for Strong Bad and The Cheat.
* JumpingTheShark: Referenced in-universe.
-->'''Marzipan:''' You mean [[AllJustADream the whole last season was a dream]]?! Gimme a break! [[BabiesEverAfter They shoulda just had babies]], [[WeddingsForEveryone and then the babies shoulda gotten married]].
* KilledMidSentence: In the Strong Bad Email "trevor the vampire", when the email ends abruptly, Strong Bad assumes the worst.
* LamazeClass: And Strong Bad didn't even need it.
* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: A borderline example in one of the DVD toons, "Why Come Only One Girl?", in a montage of Strong Bad meeting different ideas for a new girl character.
-->'''Strong Bad:''' -my style. ''(gets slapped, cut)'' -my types. ''(gets slapped, cut)'' -my stuff. ''(gets slapped, cut)'' -The Cheat. ''(gets slapped)''
* LittlestCancerPatient: Lil' Brudder. He's... he's such a trooper... got such a strong... one... leg... [[TearJerker sniff]]...
* MisplacedKindergartenTeacher: Marzipan, in [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail160.html this]] email.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: An Easter Egg in the 2010 Decemberween cartoon spoofs this in their introduction of a new drink, the ''Hot Pooey''. The tagline: "Dear god, what have we done?"
* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer: On the main page, the ticker for the [[ScheduleSlip very long awaited]] Decemberween 2010 cartoon says "for real!" when moused over.
* TheNudifier: In the Strong Bad E-mail "senior prom", Strong Bad tries to prank the prom by bringing in a device that makes everyone's pants "poof away".
* 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.]]
* OnlySaneMan: Admiral Flashfight, when Blue Laser's latest scheme is revealed to be that he's ultimately caused skeeball prizes to cost more tickets.
-->"You've made a game for 8-year-olds slightly more of a ripoff. I still don't see how this concerns the military."
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: In ''Weclome Back'' (sic), Strong Bad states he recorded his very first, very awesome mid-air [=SBemail=] check. Unfortunately, he pulled the old mash-Stop-when-you-think-you're-mashing-Record-and-mash-Record-when-you-think-you're-mashing-Stop routine.
--> '''Strong Bad:''' Oh, the believing is hard to be doing, because that was so incredible! We met so many celebrities in midair! And the part with the narwhale was so illegal.
* OpaqueLenses
** Reynold in ''Cheat Commandos''.
** Flight Engineer Ted Avril in ''Career Day''.
** The video game programmers in the DVD exclusive email, ''Videro Games''.
** The Lowball Kid from The Sketchbook.
* TheOtherDarrin: The sbemail "[[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail177.html original]]" is a parody of this phenomenon.
* OverlyLongGag: After answering his 100th email, Strong Bad says "email" 100 times in a row, with increasingly silly pronunciations.
* ParodyMagicSpell: ''Halloween Potion-Ma-Jig'' has Homestar gathering ingredients for a Halloween potion, including one of three possible incantations:
-->"Loquentia, Imbruglia, Precipitous, Saraleecheesecakea, Denouement!"\\
"Bettah ask somebod-ay!"\\
"Do you even have half a brain!"
* PerformanceAnxiety: In the short "A Decemberween Pageant", Strong Sad gets the part of The First Decemberween in the titular pageant. He gets so nervous that he locks himself in the bathroom before his scene, and the rest of the cast are forced to improvise to extend the play. When Strong Sad finally does come on-tage, it turns out that The First Decemberween's entire part consists of walking on-stage and saying "What?" (or alternately, that Strong Sad's part was supposed to be larger, and no one in the audience noticed or cared that he messed it up).
* PhoneNumberJingle: 555-55-5585-555-SENOR-MORTGAGE-TODAY.
* PimpedOutCar: Mocked in the email toon, [[http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php/car "Car"]], with a ''baseball cap''.
* 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.
* PrecisionFStrike: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFAMTBxJ8yM That is some [BLEEP] up [BLEEP], man!]] It's obviously bleeped out to keep the family friendly appeal, but...''damn!''
* RecycledINSPACE: Parodied with the short-lived Limozeen cartoon. Lampshaded in the Strong Bad Email that introduced it.
-->'''Strong Sad:''' Why are they in space? There's no reason for them to be in space!
-->'''Strong Bad:''' On the contrary, my dear fatson, there's ''every'' reason for them to be in space.
* RevengeSVP
* {{Ridiculympics}}: The Strong Badathlon, from the [=SBEmail=] of the same name.
* RibcageStomach: Played straight in Teen Girl Squad 6 and Sickly Sam's Big Outing, averted in the Stinkoman Thanksgiving special.
* RocksFallEveryoneDies / DownerEnding: Strong Sad's [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/homestarloween.html conclusion]] to an improvised Halloween story bums everyone out.
* 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.
* SayMyName / SkywardScream: Per-duc-ci!!
* SceneryCensor: Done to hide the fact that one Limozeen member was played by a woman in one [[ArtShift live-action sequence]].
* SelfDeprecation: The Flash adaptations of ''The Homestar Runner Enters the Strongest Man in the World Contest'' and ''Where My Hat Is At?'' make a point to have the cast lampshade how ridiculous the plots and scripts are. Example:
-->'''Homestar:''' [My hat] isn't cooking on the grill? Man, I really thought it'd make complete sense if my non-edible hat would be cooking on a food grill!
* SerendipitousSymphony: The "One, Two, One, Two" music video is nothing if not this.
* 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!
* SoLongSuckers: Homestar says this twice: once in the Strong Bad Email "secret recipes" after tricking himself into eating a pinecone, and once in a Halloween cartoon after tricking the King of Town (who is dressed as Colonel Sanders) out of his secret blend of eleven herbs and spices needed to make Marzipan's Halloween potion.
* 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).
* {{Squee}}: Homestar's [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail136.html reaction]] to "Chairscoot".
* StupidSexyFlanders: In a Halloween Costume cartoon, Strong Bad freaks out at the sight of a hot girl dressed as Homestar.
* SwallowedAFly: "Bug In Mouth Disease" features Homestar distraught because he accidentally swallowed a bug. "The good times are over!"
* TearJerker: Invoked. Strong Bad has this drawing of a one-legged puppy nicknamed "Li'l Brudder", whose {{Woobie}}-ness is sufficient to drive Homestar into an ''existential crisis'' whenever Strong Bad shows it to him. He manages to do the same to Strong Sad with a picture of a two-legged elephant named "Tendafoot". [[invoked]]
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Reynold in "Shopping for Danger" after he falls backward onto the rocket pack he's wearing
-->[[GoshDangItToHeck My land.]] I can't see this ending well.
* ThisIsntHeaven: An EasterEgg in the program Macromedia Central features a [[http://www.hrwiki.org/mirror/egg.html cartoon]] where Homestar and Strong Bad are stuck in "blue-fadey-land." Homestar thinks they died and went to heaven, and Strong Bad agrees after they find a Twinkie. Then Homestar says that it's just Strong Bad and him, forever! It suddenly dawns on Strong Bad that they're definitely not in heaven. He pounds on the edge of the frame screaming frantically as the background turns red...
* ThrowTheDogABone: Subverted in the 2009 Halloween toon. Strong Sad, upset at not being invited to any Halloween parties, turns around to discover all of his friends standing behind him to throw him a surprise party. Or so it seems. Turns out that his "friends" are actually a large cardboard prop, and their cheering is provided by a tape recorder. The whole thing was set up by Strong Sad himself to make himself seem more popular to the viewers.
* TwoScenesOneDialogue: The opening scene in "Date Nite".
* TyrantTakesTheHelm: Played with in the Cheat Commandos toon ''[[http://www.homestarrunner.com/ccdo7.html 2 Part Episode]]'', where Admiral Flashfight shows up to take over command of the Cheat Commandos from Gunhaver. Unlike your typical Tyrant arc, Admiral Flashfight actually makes the Cheat Commandos ''effective'' (the very first thing he does is arrest Blue Laser, [[GoKartingWithBowser who at the time had been invited over to play video games]]), but since the Commandos are used to goofing off (and he summarily fired Gunhaver, Silent Rip, and Crackotage) they chafe under his leadership.
* VillainousCrossDresser: Strong Bad dressed up as a woman for Halloween two years in a row. Sadly for him, this resulted in ''the King of Town'' making fun of him.
* VillainsOutShopping: One ''Cheat Commandos'' episode had the Commandos trying to stop the Blue Lasers from shopping at the supermarket, believing their activities were cover for some nefarious scheme, like trying to "make it [[WeatherControlMachine snow at the beach]] or something". However, it turned out that the Blue Lasers truly were just buying groceries.
** Then subverted because the latest computer analysis pointed to mold in the showers as the reason the Cheat Commandos remained uncrushed.
* VinylShatters: In [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail175.html concert]], Strong Bad breaks a Sloshy record over Strong Sad's head.
* VomitDiscretionShot: Used in the Strong Bad Email "bottom 10", when Homestar starts to perform a butt dance for Strong Bad.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Pretty much the DVD-exclusive cartoon "Why Come Only One Girl?", which shows ideas for other female HomestarRunner characters.
* WhiteVoidRoom: Homsar's children's show, ''Whaddaya Know, Haddi-man?''.
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* AdventureGame: ''Peasant's Quest'' and the ''Thy Dungeonman'' series.
* BackAlleyDoctor: ''Thy Dungeonman 2'' has the Saw Doctor. When the player gets the plague, you can see him to have it "sawed off". He also gives you a sucker for being a good patient, which you can use to explode the Dongrel that's disguised as a sous chef.
* {{Defictionalization}}: [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail94.html This]] cartoon had the four "games that may be released in a possible future" redone into ''Thy Dungeonman'', ''Secret Collect'', ''Rhino Feeder'', and ''Strong Bad Zone''.
* EmptyRoomPsych: Quite literal in ''Thy Dungeonman 3'', which has a room with absolutely ''nothing'' in it.
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: In the easter egg game Super Kingio Brothers, The King of Town is too out of shape to jump over the first goomba, making it impossible to survive for more than a few seconds.
* FishingMinigame: There's one hidden as an EasterEgg in the email "lures and jigs", but being that this is Homestar Runner, it's an...''unusual''...take on the idea. "Come on and get in the boat!"
* AManIsNotAVirgin: Averted in ''Peasant's Quest''. It's easy to miss, but when you type in "jump in hay" at the right point of the game, the response message subtly calls Rather Dashing a virgin by responding, "You've not known much better than a roll in the hay alone."
* NintendoHard: The ''Stinkoman 20X6'' game.
* RhinoRampage: Videlectrix's video game "Rhino Feeder", which stars Strong Bad.
* SpiritualSuccessor: The Dangeresque Roomisode game feels like a spiritual successor to ''Peasant's Quest''
* {{Vaporware}}: Level 10 of ''Stinkoman 20X6''. Eventually subverted by ''Dangeresque 3'', which was referenced for years before finally being made in video game form.
* TheWallsAreClosingIn: ''Thy Dungeonman 3'' has walls of [[SpikesOfDoom spikes]] that smash the character if they are not stopped [[spoiler:with the convenient bone lying around]] before 12 turns have elapsed.
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