Airdate: 2004, produced in 2001
An unfinished short by the Brothers Chaps. Homestar and Strong Bad are running to the end of the 100 Mile Superthon. Homestar is about to win the race when The Cheat ambushes him and hits him in the head with a baseball bat, sending him flying to a tree head-first. Strong Bad wins, but everyone else runs up to check on Homestar, who now believes that he is a bard.
Tropes:
- Comically Missing the Point: Strong Bad complains that his victory over Homestar was supposed to be a big deal, with him getting carried on everyone's shoulders and getting a keg of melonade thrown on him. Strong Mad tries to oblige his brother on the last part, but instead of dumping out the melonade on Strong Bad he just drops the whole keg on him.Strong Bad: You moron! That's not what I meant!
- Early-Installment Weirdness: Marzipan is voiced by Matt instead of Missy (it was originally just placeholder "scratch dialogue"), which makes her sound a lot like Strong Sad.
- Identity Amnesia: Homestar comes to believe he's a minstrel living in medieval times, since the King of Town was the first person he saw on awakening.
- Insulted Awake: The Brothers' Chaps speech at the end of the cartoon has Mike sum up the plot by saying Homestar finally gets his memories back after Marzipan blurts out that she wants to marry the new Homestar.
- Meaningless Villain Victory: Strong Bad wins the race, but everyone ignores him to check on Homestar.
- Ow, My Body Part!: After getting a keg of melonade dropped on him, Strong Bad complains to Strong Mad "I think you broke my clavicus... majorus."
- Rhymes on a Dime: One of the first things Homestar says upon waking up from getting knocked unconscious.Homestar Runner: "Hold! Whilst thy banter is the freshest of any month-old fruit, I must away, you popinjays! I'm off to find me lute! Forsooth!"
- Wandering Minstrel: Homestar's new identity, thanks to his Trauma-Induced Amnesia, is a lute-playing minstrel.
- Ye Olde Butchered English: Averted. Homestar's Early Modern English sentence is actually accurate.
