Line #25 Recap/HomestarRunnerTheHouseThatGaveSuckyTricks


1	'''Airdate:''' Thursday, October 29, 2015
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3	->'''Costumes (in order of appearance)''': Strong Mad as the [=TiVo=] logo, Strong Bad as Music/DavidLeeRoth, The Cheat as Fudgie the Whale, Homestar Runner as [[Film/RaisingArizona H.I. McDunnough]], Marizpan as Film/CaptainEO, the King of Town as [[Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind Devil's Tower Mashed Potatoes]], the Poopsmith as [[Film/Dune1984 Feyd-Rautha]], Homsar as [[Film/TimeBandits Fidgit]], the Knight as an Astro-Pop, Strong Sad as [[Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff Cameron Frye]], Coach Z as [[Music/OutKast Andre 3000]], Bubs as Creator/ChuckBarris, Pom Pom as [[Film/CastAway Wilson]]
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5	Homestar's lame haunted house inspires Strong Bad to make his own lame haunted house.
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8	!!Tropes:
9	* BodyHorror: Marzipan is briefly shown with Homestar and Strong Sad's severed legs and Strong Mad's severed arm haphazardly sewn to her body.
10	* BookEnds: Strong Mad’s reaction is to Homestar’s haunted house is to say how this Halloween is not working. By the end, Strong Bad agrees with him.
11	* ChairReveal: Strong Bad uses a swivel chair to introduce Large Bean.
12	* ContinuityNod:
13	** The title of this cartoon is a nod to the earlier Halloween cartoon [[Recap/HomestarRunnerTheHouseThatGaveSuckyTreats The House that Gave Sucky Treats]].
14	** Coach Z had previously thought about dressing as Andre 3000 for Halloween in [[Recap/HomestarRunnerHalloweenFairstival Halloween Fair-stival]].
15	** The Horrible Painting from [[Recap/StrongBadEmailE133Bottom10 bottom 10]] and [[Recap/HomestarRunnerJibblies2 Jibblies 2]] makes an appearance in the first room of St. Cadaverstump's.
16	** Homestar confuses Marizpan's Captain EO costume for her Prince costume from [[Recap/HomestarRunnerJibblies2 Jibblies 2]].
17	** The "Shut Up!" Lady from [[Recap/StrongBadEmailE133Bottom10 bottom 10]], [[Recap/StrongBadEmailE168YourFuneral your funeral]], and other [=SBEmails=] makes an appearance during the "Two-Star Bed and Breakfast" segment.
18	** The security monitor from [[Recap/StrongBadEmailE81Date date]] and [[Recap/HomestarRunnerBestCaperEver Best Caper Ever]] makes an appearance.
19	* CordonBleughChef: An Easter egg features an advertisement for an actual "Strong Mad Oyster-Smoothie-Breath-Caked-Armpit Latte".
20	* CrossesTheLineTwice: {{Invoked}}. Continuing the MyGodWhatHaveIDone reaction to Hot Pooey, the Strong Mad Oyster-Smoothie-Breath-Caked-Armpit Latte has [[OurSloganIsTerrible the tagline]]: "Oh my sweet Jennifer, there's no coming back from this one".
21	* {{Expy}}: {{Invoked}} Strong Bad attempts to create a new horror icon, Large Bean. Basically a large white bean sitting atop a button down shirt and dress pants, emulating the almost normal nature of internet horror icon, Slenderman. Any attempt it had at being unsettling is immediately derailed by Homestar making a tour exhibit out of it.
22	* FantasyTwist:
23	** First, Strong Bad's attempt to trick Strong Sad into sticking his hand into a dirty toilet is foiled when Strong Sad starts over-thinking the RoomEscapeGame he's in.
24	** Then, after the Large Bean exhibit falls flat, Homestar comes in acting like a museum tour guide and spoils the mood further.
25	* FauxHorrific: This cartoon is almost a love-letter to this trope:
26	** Homestar's "haunted house" includes shoddy home-made Halloween decorations, a pile of "scary shoes" (not to be confused with the "spooky shoes"), and an incomplete jigsaw puzzle Marzipan was originally going to donate to Goodwill, which seems to terrify The Cheat at least.
27	** Strong Bad's haunted house includes a black-light Horrible Painting of Someone's Dad (who tries to make himself look like a hard-core cyclist), a sterile white room with an overwhelming stench, a run-down two-star bed-and-breakfast, and "the new face of terror, Large Bean!"
28	* LongList: The stench room apparently smells like "Strong Mad Oyster-Smoothie-Breath-Caked-Armpit Latte".
29	* MonsterClown: Strong Bad imagines a scary version of the Tragic Clown Dog.
30	* NoodleIncident: The King of Town apparently had Homsar executed for some reason, [[UnreliableNarrator according to Strong Bad's fantasy anyway]].
31	* ParodyCommercial: An Easter egg features a commercial for the "Strong Mad Oyster-Smoothie-Breath-Caked-Armpit Latte", from the makers of [[Recap/HomestarRunnerADeathDefyingDecemberween Hot Jones]] and [[Recap/HomestarRunnerADecemberweenMackerel Hot Pooey]].
32	-->'''Announcer:''' Oh my sweet Jennifer, there's no coming back from this one.
33	* PokeThePoodle: Strong Bad's attempt at subtle horror is a little too subtle. His "haunted house" is just a crappy-but-harmless bed and breakfast, his "SpookyPainting" is just a painting of someone's obnoxious dad, and his "scary monster" is a giant lima bean taped to some kid's clothes.
34	* PretentiousPronunciation: Strong Sad crops up to correct Strong Bad's pronunciation of "machete" and Bubs' pronunciation of "antimacassar", only to be told to "Shut up!" both times.
35	* RoomEscapeGame: Strong Bad has one of these set up at St. Cadaverstump's. It's really an attempt to [[ToiletHumor get Strong Sad to root around in a toilet full of poop]].
36	* ShoutOut: Coach Z's constantly-changing costume is a reference to the outfits worn by Andre 3000 in the music videos for ''The Love Below''
37	* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Strong Bad's hypothetical haunted house is "St. Cadaverstump's ''Totally-Not-Just-An-Old-Furniture-Warehouse'' Morgue-tuary".
38	* TakeThat: Strong Bad pokes fun at the ''Film/ParanormalActivity'' series by imagining the Sad Kids as "bloody-eyed found-footage children".
39	-->'''Sad Girl:''' Nine...\
40	'''Sad Boy:''' Sequels...
41	* TooMuchInformation: Strong Bad is concerned that the King of Town will try to eat The Cheat's Fudgie the Whale costume, but the King says not to worry:
42	-->'''King of Town:''' No, no, I'm more of a Cookie Puss man, myself! Fudgie the Whale always made me a little [[ToiletHumor fudgy...]]
43	-->'''Strong Bad:''' [[SuddenlyShouting YOU SAY NO MORE WORD TALK!]]
44	* UnexplainedRecovery: Pom Pom has somehow come back from being exploded in [[Recap/HomestarRunnerIKilledPomPom "I Killed Pom Pom!"]], which is lampshaded by Homestar.
45	* WaxingLyrical: Coach Z chants "Alright, alright, alright, alright," capping it off with "Now ladies!" in reference to "Hey Ya!" by Music/{{OutKast}}.

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