This article is a list of fictional characters in the flash web cartoon series homestar runner and. Created by brothers matt and mike chapman and their filmmaker friend craig zobel during the summer olympics in 1996, the book which can still be seen in semianimated form was called the homestar. This is the dvd set of at least 100 of strongbads emails. I was thinking the other day how surprised i am that they havent put paperbacks of the original book and where my hat is at on the store already. But hey, whats better than watching your favorite internet cartoon while snuggling with your girlfriend this is actually great for any age. This is the original childrens book that started it all. When he snaps and the indirect result is homestar s serious injury, strong bad feels responsible and takes it upon himself to be his caretaker. Homestar runner often abbreviated hr, hsr or hr is a flash cartoon series. For the record, her name is astrid renee, and shes matt and mikes niece. Homestar runner is a comedic and sortof surreal webbased flash cartoon by two guys from the state of georgia, mike and matt chapman the brothers chaps. My shipping goggles are cracked and dirty from years of sitting on the shelf. The strong bad email series has largely eclipsed the rest of the homestar runner body of work in popularity for an admittedly good reason. In some ways, the history of matt and mike chapmans homestar runner is the history of the internet itself.
Homestar runner is the namesake character of the series, and is a terrific athlete that everybody loves the. Strong bad reveals how the homestar runner got something stuck in his craw. The homestar runner enters the spooky woods 166,212 views 5 months ago strong bad reads the gang a chilling new childrens book for halloween. Plus, i read enough cannon shoujo ai to satisfy my needs. Nov 21, 2010 strong bad and the gang break a few records. Record store day bw best of bsides homestarrunnerdotcom. Quoth the homestar runner wiki, the homestar runner enters the strongest man in the world contest written by mike chapman and craig zobel in 1996 is the original childrens book that started the entire homestar runner body of work. It mixes an absurdist sense of humor with copious references to 1980s and 1990s pop culture, notably video games, classic television and popular music. Homestarrunner best movies, books, apps, games for kids.
Its not shown, but what could be more of a consolation than most macaroni nailed to a paper towel tube. Homestar runner is funny, and my 11yr old brother loves it. In the book, strong bad and the cheat were defined as the main villains to homestar runner and pom pom, who were defined as the main protagonists. The homestar runner enters the strongest man in the world contest. Along the slow path to rehabilitation, he realizes that theres many more layers to unearth underneath not only homestar, but layers of compassion he. As of july 25, 2005, the womens world record for pole vault was 16 ft, 5 in. The youtube description for this email is strong bad tries to get a world record for his new record book. A beast has appeared in free, country usa and it is up to homestar runner and his friends to save the day. Count longardeauxs book of party tricks, redneck jokes, and worldly records is a record book made up and referenced by strong bad. Oct 06, 2015 the homestar runner guys have a new show. Even though trogdorthe board game has an awesome rulebook, we made a whole minialbum of new songs that explain the various rules.
My brother is such a big fan of homestar runner and was so excited when i got this for him. I dont need to think of what it would be like to have two of the hr characters hook up. One of the highlights of the homestar runner universe is the indie band sloshy, who were briefly strong bads favorite group after an opening gig for hair metal rockers limozeen mistakenly. This is the third email in a row to reference weena from the book the time machine by. People like twicestyle have started to work on a script, but the most popular and wellwritten although a tad too serious incarnation of the movie is the following one written by marzipanhomestr66 on his deviantart. Homestar runner no doubt intended to capture this intentionally with marshie. Homestar runner is a flashanimated surreal comedy web series created by mike and matt chapman, also known as the brothers chaps. Strong bad is a fictional character from the homestar runner series of animated flash web. The movie is a work of fan fiction written by mulitple people. Homestar runner simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The book that was hinted at at the end of email 100. It usually gets updated every monday but, except for an update on april fools day of 2014 and a few cartoons since, it has not been actively updated since december 2010 with a cartoon, a game, or a strong bad email. All 206 strong bad emails from homestar runner, ranked the. Though homestar runner was the character whose name the website bore, the breakout character was unquestionably strong bad, who was a force of unrepentant id, his gruff voice provided, as with almost all voices in the program, by matt chapman and unusual.
Homestar runner is an armless, beaniecopterwearing character with a job at a tech company, a speech impediment, a heart of gold, and an odd assortment of friends. Strong bad is the titular protagonist villain from homestar runner. Tracks by strong bad, limozeen, cool tapes, taranchula, sloshy, and even strong sad. That has, like, way four more cylinders than the standard nathan. The homestar runner enters the strongest man in the world. This instructable will show you how to make one of the coolest of the cool costumes ever a full homestar runner costume. Chronicles the bizarre lives and extended world of the residents of free country, usa, primarily a dimwitted athlete and a narcissistic wrestleman. Record store day is a real holiday celebrated on the third saturday of april to celebrate the culture of the independently owned record store. On homestar runner, the strong bad email record book, strong bad inadvertently earns the record for longest bull honkey after objecting at length to the cheats suggestion of most rectangular mouth. The homestar runner enters the spooky woods 161,116 views 4 months ago strong bad reads the gang a chilling new childrens book for halloween. An oral history of homestar runner, the internets favorite.
In the original book, he helped strong bad cheat in the strongest man in the world contest, which gave him his name. The homestar runner gets something stuck in his craw youtube. With matt chapman, missy palmer, mike chapman, craig zobel. Come in to read stories and fanfics that span multiple fandoms in the homestar runner universe. Homestar runner also showed something vital to the continued success of any serialized program. Count longardeauxs book of party tricks, redneck jokes, and worldly records is a record book made up and referenced by. Its centered around the titular character, and consists mostly in animated shorts, but there also are many videogames and. Some records are made specifically for record store day and distributed to stores celebrating the holiday. Generally the puppet toons rank between mediocre and notsogreat in my opinion, but ive always loved this one. Shes a ponytailed tofuloving animal rights activist, who sings happy songs. The series started as a deadtree childrens book, but eventually became a very popular web series.
Homestar runner wiki forum view topic the homestar runner. The homestar runner wiki describes marshie as the genuinely alarming mascot for fluffy puff marshmallows, and several cartoons have featured fake commercials starring marshie that are downright creepy, featuring nonsequitur rantings, disturbing closeups, inappropriate sound effects, faintly desperate pleas and. Homestar runner attempts to act in a commercial for fluffy puff marshmallows, but he cant remember his lines. He is mostly known for his email series dubbed sbemails where he responds to selected emails from fans and watchers. Homestar runners creators just released a massive soundtrack.
Homestar runner, also called hr, is an internet cartoon that was made using macromedia flash. Homestar runner homestar runner works archive of our own. Starting as a deadtree childrens picture book, the homestar runner enters the strongest man in the world contest, it eventually found its way to the internet. Starting as a deadtree childrens picture book, it eventually found its way to the internet and spread through word of mouth. Count longardeauxs book of party tricks, redneck jokes, and worldly records is a record. Its a rather weird story, and only has some of the characters, but its still pretty cool. Homestar runner, trogdor the burninator, and the birth of the.
From baseballcapwearing naif homestar runner to mexicanwrestlingmaskclad strong bad. Someone writes in asking about a strong bad popup book, strong bad creates a popup book. The most frequently used sound effects are the geddup noise and the papers preeeeow. It mixes surreal humor, selfparody, and references to 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s pop culture, in particular video games, classic television, and popular music. Sound effects are commonly used and recycled in the. Strong bad made fun of it in the strong bad email kids book. The homestar runner guys celebrated record store day by.
Strong bad places the record book of world records the book. A musical glimpse into a day in the life of the cheat. A page marked mustachiod homestar runner was created and was then merged into the article for the toon. Matt adlibbing homestar while playing off of little girls general cuteness and strange responses equals instant comedy. Strong bad started out in the childrens book homestar runnner enters the strongest man in the world contest as the villain who.
Homestar runner was created in atlanta in 1996 by university of georgia student mike chapman and friend craig zobel, who wrote the original picture book, the homestar runner enters the strongest man in the world contest while working summer jobs surrounding the 1996 summer olympics. The following text is written in script formatting, as it is intended to be a fan episode. For example, theres his sometime girlfriend, marzipan. An archive of our own, a project of the organization for transformative works. This being an oddity until you take a look at the raw flash file and see the one further out of frame has a mustache on. It was hilariously sarcastic, but unlike the rest of the flash landscape in the. This did change, however, as each character developed its own style. The homestar runner, pom pom, strong bad, and three others enter. The archive in the museum includes the story plus some alternate cover ideas. Homestar runner fanfiction archive with over 179 stories.
All profits go towards keeping homestar runner up and running. It has a few good episodes, but i think strongbad email is better. In one scene of a particular homestar runner short, two homestar runners appear in one frame. The homestar runner enters the strongest man in the world contest is the original childrens book that started the entire homestar runner body of work. A backup of the website, with server tech and browser to allow for viewing of the flash content. If you grew up on the internet, homestar runner represents a time when the world wide web felt a little bit smaller. Sound effects are commonly used and recycled in the homestar runner body of work. But the character homestar was waaaaaaay too annoying for my taste. Homestar runner wiki homestar runner is a series of multimediatic works released mainly through the website, created by michael mike chapman and matthew matt chapman, also known as the brothers chaps. He serves as the star athlete of an unspecified sports team led by coach z, and has partaken in rather rigorous exercise routines. I would lose my gashdang mind if they ever published the original book somehow and put it for sale in the store. All audio files on this page are encoded in the ogg vorbis and the mp3 format. Homestar runner is a series created by mike and matt chapman, collectively known as the brothers chaps, known for being very.
Feb 29, 2020 all 206 strong bad emails from homestar runner, ranked. All 206 strong bad emails from homestar runner, ranked. Strong bad tries to get a world record for his new record book. Bad debuted in the brothers chaps childrens book entitled the homestar runner enters the strongest man in the world contest. How homestar runner changed web series for the better. Proof that the remaining 10% is worth doing it twelve times here these are recommendations made by tropers for homestar runner, all of which have been signed. The main character is the eponymous homestar runner, a goodhearted athlete with no arms and no clue.
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