Dan

Whose Dan is this, anyway?

The name Dan appears numerous times in the Homestar Runner body of work, especially in the newer games. The name is frequently used as "(verb) 'em up, Dan!" and "[adjective] Dan".

The Brothers Chaps have acknowledged their cousin Dan as a comedic influence. After Matt Chapman was interviewed by Dan from Carmel, Indiana in late 2003, the use of "Dan" became more prolific.

Appearances

• Thorax Corporation — Gent Delabor's "Thorax Dynamic Intern" page says that emailer PuckHead0 "need[s] to serve as [his] right hand dan".
• Fan Stuff — There is a picture of a cake with the words "Happy 4/20 The Dan" and the caption "The Big Dabrowski got this for hims birfday".
• The House That Gave Sucky Treats — A sketch of a person labeled Kewpie Dan appears in an Easter egg along with the the strange title "Get Fushling!!" The inset picture appears to show his arm being bitten by a vampire. "Kewpie" may be a reference to Kewpie dolls.
• Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 7.0 — Strong Bad makes a prank call as "Safety Dan".
• Email monster truck — Strong Bad answers an email from "Stan and Loretta", but he refers to them as "Dan and Linda".
• TROGDOR! — A cut-scene features Trogdor burninating four peasants in a row, with the caption "fry 'em up, Dan!"
  • This is a direct quote from Shel Silverstein's poem "Ladies First".
• Email sibbie — Strong Bad says The Cheat "thinks he's Clever Dan".
• Email kind of cool — Strong Bad stresses the "dan" in the sender's name, Jordan.
• Email lackey — In an Easter egg based on Strong Libs, the sentence begins with "No, dan...", despite the rest of the lib (minus the missing segments) matching Strong Bad's response to the email, in which he correctly uses the sender's actual name, "Steve".
• Thy Dungeonman II — Typing 'dan' will result in a message about Dan's status.
• Peasant's Quest — If you try to jump into the lake, the game responds with "Not so fast, Swimmer Dan!". In addition, typing 'dan' will result in a message about Dan's status.
• Email best thing — The DVD version's credits list shows the "Danimator" to be someone named "Dan Predge".
• Stinkoman 20X6 — The Stinkomanual contains a section on Terrell, in which it reads "Blast em up, Dan!"
• Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 12.2 — Homestar Runner calls himself "Boyfriend Dan".
• Email lady...ing — Strong Bad calls Lorenzo (or Fillbert) "Danny".
• Store T-Shirts —
  • "Danapolis" is one of the cities featured on the Limozeen shirt.
  • The description for the wind-up Homestar shirt includes the phrase "wind 'em up Dan".
• Kid Speedy — One of the "internet users" (actually a computer-controlled character) is "DAN".
• Email trading cards — Strong Bad acknowledges that he responds to a lot of emails from people named Daniel by referring to the sender as "Another freakin' guy named Daniel".
• Sbemail 169 Deleted Scene — Strong Bad says "Oh, Dan... guh. Dang. Oh dang!"
• DNA Evidence — Homestar confuses "DNA evidence" with "Dan evidence". Coach Z also claims that he is both a superhero, Damp Towel Man, and the superhero's mild-mannered alter ego, Dan Towelman.
• Email mini-golf — One of the places that Strong Bad advertises is "Waterslide Dan's MoistWorld". Also, one of the players in the Rumble Red's Kosmik Bowling scorecards is Dan.
• Email pizza joint — The King of Town uses a brand of lighter fluid called "Lite em up Dan".
• Jibblies 2 Teaser — There is a hidden text Easter egg that reads "nice try dan". This can only be viewed when the Flash file is decompiled.
• Email fan club — There are 10 Dans in total, 6 of which are to appear in FHQWHfest.
• Email your edge — "Lite em up Dan" makes a reappearance in Strong Bad's "arsenal of have-edgery".
• Snake Boxer 5 — In the manual, the "Lead Game Cartridge Cleaner"'s name is Dan Kaskoun.
• Place Ya Bets! — Strong Sad says there is a 20% chance that the sender of the 200th email is going to be named Dan.
• Email videography — "Lite em up Dan" lighter fluid reappears.
• TMBG Concert - 5 Mar 2010 — Homestar sings, "I've got so many friends! My friend is Dan! My friend is Dan!", referring to Dan Miller and Danny Weinkauf of They Might Be Giants.
• Fan Costumes 2017 — The page title is "Dress em' up Dan!"
• Trogdor!! The Board Game — There is an action card named "Flip 'em Up Dan" (and a similar card named "Flip 'em Up Fran").
  • Kickstarter Update #30 has a photo of sleeved playing cards captioned "Sleeve-em-up Dan!"