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Was instead of Were
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"How did you seen out when you was a baby?"
Sometimes, a character will say the word "was" when they should be saying "were", usually Coach Z. The phrase "when we was kids" is also spoken surprisingly frequently.
Appearances
- Email impression — Coach Z says, "Bubs, the hot cold cuts was great!"
- Email caffeine — Coach Z says to Strong Sad, "You was tryin' to jank me!"
- Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon — Coach Z says to Strong Bad and The Cheat, "I mighta guessed you was behind all this!"
- Puppets on the Road — Homestar Runner talks about Overlook, a song that he and Mike Chapman made up "when we was kids".
- Email rampage — Strong Bad says to Strong Sad, "I didn't know you was hood!"
- Puppet Jam: Bad Jokes (DVD version) — Puppet Homestar says, "They was laughin'".
- Fall Float Parade — Coach Z apologizes to Marzipan for any inappropriate comments he might have made "while we was at commercial".
- Senorial Day (DVD commentary) — Strong Bad uses the phrase, "when we was kids".
- Happy Fireworks (DVD commentary) — Matt Chapman says, "I did most of this while you was gone, Mike!"
- Email disconnected — Coach Z says, "Sorry, Head Bad, but you was the only one competin' this year!"
- Decemberween Short Shorts — Coach Z tells Homestar, "We was undeforted!"
- Marshie vs. Little Girl (Easter egg) — Homestar tells Little Girl, "I thought you was a little ghoul."
- Jibblies 2 — Coach Z tells Strong Bad, "I thought you was gonna dress up as the alien this year!"
- Email bike thief (DVD commentary) — Strong Bad says, "Seems like that happened when we was kids."
- Email magic trick (DVD commentary) — Matt, set to do a commentary about buried, says that Mike had a metal detector "when we was kids".
- Strong Badia the Free —
- Coach Z says, "We was gonna burn it", referring to the effigy of The King of Town.
- During the Cave Girl Squad, after a girl is shot by the shopper, she says "Remember when we was kids" at the beginning of her sentence.
- On Break — Coach Z says, "I didn't know you was the smokin' type!"
- Pumpkin Stencils — When the Old-Timey Strong Bad pumpkin is clicked on, The Homestar Runner says, "If I was you, and I had carved a punkin like that, I'd sneak-toe up to your house while you was sleepin'".
- Sbemail 136 Alternate Versions — At the end of the first draft, Strong Bad starts a sentence with "We was just, uh..."
- Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2 — Coach Z says, "The rest I would ignore if I was you."
Variations
- In Search of the Yello Dello — Homestar says, "I think I has the solution!" This phrase is repeated in little questions by Strong Bad and Haunted Photo Booth by Strong Sad.
- The Homestarmy's slogan is "Do you has what it takes?"
- Email hremail 3184 — Coach Z finishes a sentence with "but now I don't has to!"
