People who watched Homestar Runner back in the day: If you have watched any of the sbemails on the website, which sbemail is your favorite of the bunch?
Guess my favorites..!
"THE SYSTEM, IS DOWN. THE SYSTEM, IS DOWN. THE SYSTEM, IS DOWN. THE SYSTEM, IS DOWN. The Cheat! Is grounded!"
"What is this? Did the quadratic formula explode? I see a 'Strong ba' in there, but it's getting eaten, by some... Linux or something."
"BACK OFF BABY"
"No way. You're just a kid! Maybe when you're older..."
We had that light switch installed for you so you could turn the lights on and off. Not so you could throw light switch raves!
Computer over. Virus = very yes
"Computer over"? "Virus = very yes"!? That's not a good prize!
Dude, sbemail #118 - virus is pure meta brilliance.
Trogdooorr
The burninator
Consummate V's!
And I will never ever ever ever ever write a song about the Sibby.
"Well let me introduce you to my main man Edgar!"
-Edgar antivirus, programmed entirely in mom's basement
Techno. My son does too. He throws light switch raves.
Or Crazy Cartoon. Or Japanese Cartoon.
No, no, it's Virus. Tough to understand the jumping off the screen or popup gags these days, though.
Another vote for "Virus." Lots of 4th wall breaking. Also, the anti-virus report from "Edgar"
"Computer over? Virus = Very Yes?"
It's in a better place now. Actually, it's in the same place, but with a big hole in it!
You murderer! You killed my brother! I mean, computer!
“Virus.”
Computer over?
Virus = very yes?
That’s not a good prize!
I put the EdgarWare jingle into 8088 Tetris Attack.
"Very yes" has become an unironic part of my vocabulary.
I haven't been able to find it in years, but SB got an email from some chick who wanted to bone him (or whatever PG-13 lingo they used), and accidently deleted it. He panics, then gets another email that's all broken English, but claiming to be the same person. At first excited, he then says:
"You are not [name]! You are not even literate!" And let me tell you, my 10 year old ass laughed until I dang near pissed myself
"Come back Ali... Come back Ali's sister..."
That was the "sisters" sbemail!
"Well, Ali. There's ONE of me. A-deleted..."
Holy crap, I was convinced I'd never get to see it again! That's exactly the one, watched it just now! Thanks!
Then he'd dream about who's hotter. Ali or Ali's sister. And you could click on the pictures and they would cycle through women from Leisure Suit Larry.
Yes! OMG, I'd forgotten about that!
Checkin' my email hopin' it's from a female
My daughter's 8th grade French teacher was the writer of one. I felt brushed by fame.
We put that second lightswitch in so that you could turn the lights on and off
Not so you could throw light switch raves!
Techno:
I was never a huge fan of the series, only watched a few animations, but this stuck with me.
The system
Is down
The system
Is down
I often quote light switch rave 😁
Trogdor, Computer Virus.
Also, "A One that is not cold is scarcely a One at all"
“Hello, my name is Trevor. I am a vampire and…”
I am a vampire and what? I am a vampire and… here’s a million dollars?
Some of the very first ones were great; Trevor the vampire, and the one that birthed Homsar (possibly the very first one?). Stuck with it for all the classics; lightswitch rave, Trogdor, teen girl squad, 20X6, Sweet Cuppin' Cakes (I still bring up Eh, Steve! to this day).
Eventually they started getting longer and longer and lost a lot of the punchiness and I stopped watching.
I think my favourite is probably Trogdor. The way Strong Mad has just carved 'DAGRON' into the table always makes me chuckle for some reason.
Trogdor is definitely my number on sbemail.
I little email
Some you and me-mail
Haha that’s about as much as I can remember, aside from Trogdor
It is difficult to pick a favorite.
Of course I have a fondness for "Dragon."
"Virus" comes to mind as well as a particularly good showcase of Flash animation. Some of the magic is lost now that Flash is dead and you're probably going to view the cartoon in a video player, but as originally presented they really pulled off some great interface screws like having Homestar pick apart the links at the bottom.
I really miss the Flash era, it felt so much more creative. Hell just having "cartoon or game" as a sliding scale was cool; Homestar Runner cartoons were all at least slightly interactive in ways no one does anymore for lack of a suitable media.
It is difficult to pick a favorite.
All my emails is like my childrens!
i think this oc is relevant
The only one I really remember is Trogdor, but in order to keep it in my heart, I am a proud owner of Trogdor!!: The Boardgame
I had a trogdor polo shirt, with a little trogdor embroidered where the polo guy usually is. I think my ex covertly threw it away at some point while we dating for 7 years.
I will never forgive her.
"The Cheat is grounded!"
"We had that lightswitch installed for you so you could turn the lights on and off. Not so you can throw lightswitch raves!
Now let's go break open that glowstick and pour it into Homestar Runner's Mountain Dew."
I hear they have to pump your stomach when you drink that stuff
The intro to #41, Invisibility, has always been a favorite. Don't need this anymore. Don't need THIS anymore 'smacks computer off desk' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7YdvkSJUjM
For behold, the 386! A spectacle of graphics and sound!
I don't really remember them well enough to say. I remember the iconic ones but those weren't necessarily my favorites.
I used to watch Teen Girl Squad Valentimes every Valentine's Day for a long time, but that's not a sbemail.
I loved Teen Girl Squad so much
"And the dragon comes in the ...NIIIIIIIIIGH"
"There's a rainbow in my pocket and I think it's starting to melt"
Is a quote from them and I can't remember which? Not i was literally just singing this to myself.
But I really like a lot of them... But if I had to pick one off the top of my head?
TROGDOR or children's book (? Title? - no two kids are not on fire!)
“There’s a rainbow in my pocket and I think it’s starting to melt”
children's book (? Title? - no two kids are not on fire!)
Damn near pissed myself laughing the first time I saw it.
Gotta have blue hair
Man, "japanese cartoon" really was the birth of a legend. Can't forget the fond memories of playing that Stinkoman video game!
Strongbad email maybe from a female.
My favorite is Kids' Book. "Some people are very tall and merciless, Quincy is destroying San Antonio."
Strongbad email maybe from a female.
That was the "sisters" sbemail, where Strong Bad gets a message from Ali asking if he has a girlfriend, and that there's two of them, implying she has a sister. Strong Bad talks in a romantic voice, and ends up accidentally deleting Ali's message.
Senor Cardgage Mortgage
When he taped on a bunch of fake "fingers" to get people to stop asking "how do you type with boxing gloves on?"
"Hey Strongbad - check out my creepy pants!"
DELETED / DELORTED
The one about techno is probably my favorite. I still have that song stuck in my head and I haven't heard it in probably 10+ years. I'll randomly say THE SYSTEM IS DOWN every now and then
the cheat is grounded
a friend of mine used that song as his on-call ringtone for a while as a sysadmin
I quote this ALL. THE. TIME.
And… if you are some sort of robot, do you use your powers for good? Or for awesome?
I caught my kids to throw light switch raves, but they don't know the context. It's spread to their friends, also context-less.
But really, I don't think anything can top that one email where Compy gets Old Yellered.
There's one where someone asks him how to start a metal band(?). Gotta be ugly or else hot glue cornflakes to your face and use words that start with 'DE' like decrepit or decompose. Except maybe...
DENTIST Jugga jigga wugga DELI-STYLE jugga jigga wugga
Idk if it was an sbemail or not but I love the news report one where strongmad is throwing the cheat up in there air for a helicopter live update
"The Cheat is one handsome fellow!
...
That was definitely an ugly bird."
Lil Brudder was always my favorite. He has the heart of a champion!
Trogdor
I liked the one where he drank a whole bottle of soy sauce and tried to fly Bubs' concession stand.
"my mouth tastes like.. emails"
whatever the gd one with stinko man is gold
I still refer to energy drinks as caffeinergy sauce.
Whats homestar runner? I looked it up but didn't understand very quickly so I figured fans could tell me in a shorter way than a websearch can
Old animated webcomic
How do you choose? I always loved Teen Girl Squad.
A lot of my favorites have already been mentioned, but I don't see "Caper" yet.
"Thanks for stopping by; thanks for breaking my cow lamp," is still common parlance in our household.
And "The Cheat Is Not Dead" is a classic Strongbad hit.
Can't remember specifics, but I do remember playing the point and click adventure game on Steam, that was a blast
Yeah, man. I'll gnaw your face off.
Teh C.
The one where he talks about hot gluing corn flakes to your face, singing from the bowels of your lungs, and creeping rusty meat in reference to death metal is good.
What are you? Some kind of tape leg?
Check check, check da emails!!!
Strongbad gets a virus...yes...very yes!
I see a Strong Ba in there, but it's getting eaten by some Linux or something.
"Spring Cleaning" felt like a turning point to me, in a good way! I feel so fresh, so clean!
"Kid's Book" was absolutely my favorite.
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