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2	[[caption-width-right:350:Is this what television was invented for? Some say yes.]]
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4	''The Homestar Runner'' [[TheTheTitleConfusion or just]] ''Homestar Runner'' is a comedic and surreal cartoon by two guys from the state of Georgia, Mike and Matt Chapman ("The Brothers Chaps").[[note]]Really just a fake show imagined by Tropers/PancticeSquadCutterback.[[/note]] Starting as a dead-tree children's picture book, it eventually found its way to Creator/KidsWB as a well-regarded and fondly remembered modern classic.
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6	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]]. We also have Homsar, an odd-speaking midget who seems to be able to openly defy physics. And to round out this wacky cast, two more characters were intro introduced in the last season, Jelly, a walking mold of gelatin who is curious about the world around her, and Señor, an oddball adapted from the original book.
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8	The show is aired in [[ThreeShorts ABA/ABC]] format. The A episode is the main episode, or one of which, the C episode being the other, with the B episodes being Mail Strong Bad/Strong Bad Email shorts (depending on how the mail was sent), which is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.
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10	The series lasted five seasons from 1999-2005. Matt Chapman has hinted that the show may return, but in webisode form, once again guided by the Brothers.
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12	The show is now in reruns on Creator/TheHub.
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14	* TheAce: [[TheUnintelligible Supposedly,]] [[TakeOurWordForIt Pom-Pom]].
15	* BigEater: The King of Town. One episode however has him going anorexic, sorry, [[InsistentTerminology becoming a non-eater]].
16	* BitingTheHandHumor: Strong Bad says that only Strong Sad would watch Creator/KidsWB.
17	* BrokenAce: [[spoiler:Pom-Pom. He may have incredible athletic skills and high popularity, but under that is a life of being abused by his parents.]]
18	* BrownNote: Homsar's "evil face" causes Homestar to "piddle [his] pants-y-pants", as quoted by Coach Z.
19	* CashCowFranchise: During its peak, shirt and DVD sales were through the roof.
20	%%* CerebusSyndrome: Around the fourth season, this was parodied.
21	%%* CreditsPushback: Parodied in the MSB "Ending Credits".
22	* DoesNotLikeSpam: Homestar doesn't like sub sandwhiches.
23	* DownerEnding:
24	** Subverted in [[spoiler:"In Search of the Yellow Dello". The episode ''seems'' to end in Marzipan mistakenly believing he cooked the Yellow Dello (and declaring it's the worst birthday ever) and Homestar lamenting that he doesn't understand "the ladies". TheStinger shows Marzipan noticing that the Yellow Dello is fine after all, and going to apologize to him. This stinger is actually kept in on Creator/TheHub]].
25	** Played straight, however, in [[spoiler:"CGNU". Strong Bad is permanently expelled from the college]].
26	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first season in general was full of it, with hand-drawn animation, Matt Chapman voicing all the male characters, Missy Palmer voicing Marzipan, and the show just not being as good as its contemporary seasons, but the pilot "Marshmallow's Last Stand/The King of Town" seriously takes the cake. It didn't even have a Mail Strong Bad short.
27	* ElmuhFuddSyndwome: Homestar. When Matt Chapman voiced him, it was just "R" sounds, but [[Creator/BillyWest his later VA]] {{Flanderiz\|ation}}ed it to "L" sounds too.
28	* EndOfSeriesAwareness: The final episode has Homestar trying to tell everyone the series in ending.
29	* GoneHorriblyRight: Marzipan's attempts at getting Homestar to eat tofu in "No More Marshmallows!" actually work. Only problem is, he becomes ''addicted'' to it. And then some.
30	* HiddenDepths: Strong Sad is a motivational speaker. Who knew? [[spoiler:A ''de''motivational speaker, of course]]
31	* HypocriticalHeartwarming: "''I'm'' the only one allowed to kick The Cheat!"
32	* ItWillNeverCatchOn: Homestar decides not to patent a device that he believes won't be of use to most people. Strong Bad patents it instead.
33	* PigeonholedVoiceActor: Missy Palmer. For the rest of her life, even after being replaced by Creator/TaraStrong, it will probably be impossible for anybody to hear her speak and not think "Marzipan".
34	* [[YouMeanXmas You Mean Decemberween]]: It's like an altered form of Christmas, with "The Decemberween Thinkkaaman".
35	* YouSayTomato: This is Coach Z's schtick:

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