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In this "scary car-toon" adventure from 1937, The Homestar Runner and his old-timey friends try to capture a ghost for a 27 cent "ree-ward", while Strong Bad and his lackeys try to beat them to the punch.
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In this "scary car-toon" adventure from 1937, The Homestar Runner and his old-timey friends try to capture a ghost for a 27 cent 27-cent "ree-ward", while Strong Bad and his lackeys try to beat them to the punch.
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* RidiculousFutureInflation: Inverted. The reward for capturing the ghost is a mere 27¢ which in real life would have only been worth $3.92 after inflation when the toon released, but is apparently enough to buy gold pants.
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* RidiculousFutureInflation: Inverted. The reward for capturing the ghost is a mere 27¢ 27¢, which in real life would have only been worth $3.92 after inflation from when the toon released, but is apparently enough to buy gold pants.
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* ShoutOut: Marzipan says "We should split up" to which The Homestar Runner answers with "[[Film/Ghostbusters1984 We can do more damage that way]]".
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* ShoutOut: Marzipan says "We should split up" up," to which The Homestar Runner answers with answers, "[[Film/Ghostbusters1984 We can do more damage that way]]".
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'''The Homestar Runner:''' I read that a ghost is here in town and there's a 27 cent ree-ward for its capture.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: The Homestar Runner doesn't seem too phased by the two one-eyed crows behind the PortraitPaintingPeephole.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: The Homestar Runner doesn't seem too phased by the two one-eyed crows behind the PortraitPaintingPeephole.
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'''The Homestar Runner:''' I read that a ghost is here in town and there's a 27 cent 27-cent ree-ward for its capture.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: The Homestar Runner doesn't seem toophased fazed by the two one-eyed crows behind the PortraitPaintingPeephole.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: The Homestar Runner doesn't seem too
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* BonesDoNotBelongThere: When the characters get scared out of their skins, we see that Marzipan has bones in her pigtails and Strong Bad has them in his mustache.
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* RidiculousFutureInflation: Inverted. The reward for capturing the ghost is a mere 27¢ which in real life would have only been worth $3.92 after inflation when the toon released, but is apparently enough to buy gold pants.
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Halloween-themed 1930s cartoon where The Homestar Runner and Strong Bad attempt to capture a ghost for a 27 cent "ree-ward".
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*AbsurdPhobia: Marzipan is afraid to look in the pumpkin patch.
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* ShoutOut: Marzipan and The Homestar Runner say "[[Film/Ghostbusters1984 We should split up" and "We can do more damage that way]]", respectively.
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* ShoutOut: Marzipan and says "We should split up" to which The Homestar Runner say answers with "[[Film/Ghostbusters1984 We should split up" and "We can do more damage that way]]", respectively.way]]".
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* SelfDeprecation: Implied by the page title: "Bury me deep I'm cold and clammy!"
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* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Sickly Sam is referred to as "[their] worst friend."
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* PyrrhicVictory: TheStinger has a skeletal Strong Bad trying on gold pants only to find that none of them will fit his frame.
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* TheGreatDepression: In full swing for this toon. Marzipan mentions not having eaten in weeks with The Homestar Runner wanting to make a meal out of a moth. The reward for capturing the ghost is a mere 27¢ but according to Strong Bad, that's enough to buy gold pants.
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* TheGreatDepression: In full swing for this toon. Marzipan mentions not having eaten in weeks with Food is so scarce that The Homestar Runner wanting (who tries to make eat a meal out of a moth.moth), Marzipan and Fat Dudley haven't eaten in weeks. The reward for capturing the ghost is a mere 27¢ but according to Strong Bad, that's enough to buy gold pants.
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* MeaningfulReleaseDate: Parodied in-universe. Strong Bad mentions buying Rockefeller's monocle with the reward. The cartoon was "released" in 1937; John D. Rockefeller died in May of that year.
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* ShoutOut: The Homestar Runner and Marzipan say "[[Film/Ghostbusters1984 We should split up" and "We can do more damage that way]]", respectively.
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* ShoutOut: Marzipan and The Homestar Runner and Marzipan say "[[Film/Ghostbusters1984 We should split up" and "We can do more damage that way]]", respectively.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: The Homestar Runner catches Fat Dudley sneaking some hooch. Prohibition ended in 1933, four years before this toon was "made".
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: AnachronismStew: Deliberate. The Homestar Runner catches Fat Dudley sneaking some hooch. Prohibition ended in 1933, four years before this toon was "made".
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* SkewedPriorities: Marzipan thinks searching the graveyard will be less scary than the pumpkin patch.
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* GoshDangItToHeck: "Criminy crickets! Foiled again!"
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* HauntedHouse: Subverted with the Old Pietimer Place. Instead of finding the ghost, The Homestar Runner is disappointed to see "just a bunch of gross aminals."
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'''Airdate:''' Monday, October 18, 2004
Halloween-themed 1930s cartoon where The Homestar Runner and Strong Bad attempt to capture a ghost for a 27 cent "ree-ward".
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!!Tropes:
* ArtisticLicenseHistory: The Homestar Runner catches Fat Dudley sneaking some hooch. Prohibition ended in 1933, four years before this toon was "made".
* BadBadActing: The entire toon, but especially The Homestar Runner and Strong Bad "saying" their screams when they see the ghost.
* BedsheetGhost: The ghost wears a long black cloak.
* BuriedAlive: Happens to 1930s Bubs and Sickly Sam. In the latter's case, he willingly does this to himself on Tuesdays.
* ExtremeOmnivore: The Homestar Runner is so hungry he tries to eat a moth.
* TheGreatDepression: In full swing for this toon. Marzipan mentions not having eaten in weeks with The Homestar Runner wanting to make a meal out of a moth. The reward for capturing the ghost is a mere 27¢ but according to Strong Bad, that's enough to buy gold pants.
* MacGuffinSuperPerson: Non-living example in the ghost.
* PortraitPaintingPeephole: A painting's eyes in the Old Pietimer Place follow The Homestar Runner, making him suspicious. He takes off the portrait only to see two one-eyed crows.
* ShoutOut: The Homestar Runner and Marzipan say "[[Film/Ghostbusters1984 We should split up" and "We can do more damage that way]]", respectively.
* TemptingFate: The Homestar Runner asks where the real ghost is... and he appears.
* TitleDrop: Parodied in the opening scene.
-->'''The Homestar Runner:''' I read that a ghost.\\
'''Marzipan:''' You read that a ghost what?\\
'''The Homestar Runner:''' I read that a ghost is.\\
'''Marzipan:''' You read that a ghost is what?\\
'''The Homestar Runner:''' I read that a ghost is here in town and there's a 27 cent ree-ward for its capture.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: The Homestar Runner doesn't seem too phased by the two one-eyed crows behind the PortraitPaintingPeephole.
* WildTake: The Homestar Runner and Strong Bad do this when they see the ghost, their skeletons literally jumping out of their skins.
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Halloween-themed 1930s cartoon where The Homestar Runner and Strong Bad attempt to capture a ghost for a 27 cent "ree-ward".
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!!Tropes:
* ArtisticLicenseHistory: The Homestar Runner catches Fat Dudley sneaking some hooch. Prohibition ended in 1933, four years before this toon was "made".
* BadBadActing: The entire toon, but especially The Homestar Runner and Strong Bad "saying" their screams when they see the ghost.
* BedsheetGhost: The ghost wears a long black cloak.
* BuriedAlive: Happens to 1930s Bubs and Sickly Sam. In the latter's case, he willingly does this to himself on Tuesdays.
* ExtremeOmnivore: The Homestar Runner is so hungry he tries to eat a moth.
* TheGreatDepression: In full swing for this toon. Marzipan mentions not having eaten in weeks with The Homestar Runner wanting to make a meal out of a moth. The reward for capturing the ghost is a mere 27¢ but according to Strong Bad, that's enough to buy gold pants.
* MacGuffinSuperPerson: Non-living example in the ghost.
* PortraitPaintingPeephole: A painting's eyes in the Old Pietimer Place follow The Homestar Runner, making him suspicious. He takes off the portrait only to see two one-eyed crows.
* ShoutOut: The Homestar Runner and Marzipan say "[[Film/Ghostbusters1984 We should split up" and "We can do more damage that way]]", respectively.
* TemptingFate: The Homestar Runner asks where the real ghost is... and he appears.
* TitleDrop: Parodied in the opening scene.
-->'''The Homestar Runner:''' I read that a ghost.\\
'''Marzipan:''' You read that a ghost what?\\
'''The Homestar Runner:''' I read that a ghost is.\\
'''Marzipan:''' You read that a ghost is what?\\
'''The Homestar Runner:''' I read that a ghost is here in town and there's a 27 cent ree-ward for its capture.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: The Homestar Runner doesn't seem too phased by the two one-eyed crows behind the PortraitPaintingPeephole.
* WildTake: The Homestar Runner and Strong Bad do this when they see the ghost, their skeletons literally jumping out of their skins.
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