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''"All right, Rafferty, my maybe-cousin, maybe-nephew, maybe-at-risk-youth-outreach-program-mentee!"''<br />
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Rafferty is given an opportunity to join the Halloween party.<br />
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'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[Homestar Runner]], [[Rafferty]], Muommy, [[The Sad Kids]], [[Preshy]], [[Strong Bad]]<br />
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See '''[[A Prickly Scary Short Costumes]]''' for more information on what Homestar Runner was wearing.<br />
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'''Places:''' [[The Field]]<br />
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'''Date:''' Wednesday, October 30, 2024<br />
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'''Running Time:''' 2:06<br />
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'''Page Title:''' Everybody get blecthed up!<br />
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== Transcript ==<br />
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''{Opens on a yellow bush with "a prickly, scary short" written on it, as a beat plays and some wind rushes by. Cut to Homestar, talking to Rafferty.}''<br />
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'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' All right, Rafferty, my maybe-cousin, maybe-nephew, maybe-at-risk-youth-outreach-program-mentee!<br />
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'''RAFFERTY:''' ''{cheers indistinctly}''<br />
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'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' If you wanna come to this year's Halloween party, you gotta have a good enough ghost story! Now take ya best shot!<br />
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'''RAFFERTY:''' Once upon a time, there was a head-a-less mommy.<br />
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''{An image of a woman appears, and her head falls off with a pop.}''<br />
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'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Wait, a mummy ''{an image of a mummy appears}'' or mommy? ''{the mummy's wrappings fall off, leaving the same woman (with her head) as the previous image}''<br />
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'''RAFFERTY:''' Muommy! ''{an image of the woman with a mummy head and left arm appears}''<br />
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'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{sardonic}'' Great, that really clears things up.<br />
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'''RAFFERTY:''' ''{with the original image of the woman next to him}'' And there was a prickly, ''{pointed blades spawn from the woman's body}'' scary, ''{the woman's face distorts}'' scary ''{it further distorts, becoming cycloptic and green}'' mommy!<br />
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'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hold on. Are we talking about two different mommies? One head-a-less ''{the headless woman appears on the left side of the screen}'' and one prickly scary scary, ''{the "prickly scary scary" woman appears on the right; both slide upward}'' or just one mommy ''{the original woman appears}'' that is both headless ''and'' prickly scary scary? ''{The woman's head flies off, the blades reappear, and the cycloptic eye and mouth appear on the woman's torso}''<br />
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'''RAFFERTY:''' And the other two persons...<br />
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''{The Sad Kids walk up.}''<br />
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'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Wait, what other two persons?! Where did they come from?!<br />
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'''RAFFERTY:''' The other two persons getted gooey! ''{black goop falls on the Sad Kids}''<br />
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'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' They getted gooey?!<br />
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''{Rafferty is now lying on the ground, and points upward.}''<br />
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'''RAFFERTY:''' And getted blechted up!<br />
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'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Blechted up, huh?<br />
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''{Rafferty nods.}''<br />
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'''RAFFERTY:''' The end.<br />
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'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Of course it is. Sorry, kid, but you're not comin' to this year's party. Let's see if your sister can do any better. Preshy?<br />
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''{Pan up to show Preshy standing on Homestar's head, holding a hammer.}''<br />
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'''PRESHY:''' ''{hits Homestar at the beginning of each line}'' It is a computer? It is a computer? It is a computer?<br />
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''{Rafferty leans in and both laugh. Preshy hits Homestar and the screen cuts to a screen reading "blechted." Fade to at night, where Homestar alone stands, costumed and in silhouette.}''<br />
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'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Psst! Hey, Strong Bad! Why am I the only one here?<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{leaning in}'' 'Cuz your costume's too good! Nobody else wanted to dress up!<br />
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'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' But you guys told me to dress like this! I don't even get the reference!<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' That's perfect! Look, just get ready to say the line!<br />
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'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Why do I have to say that word?<br />
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, you'll see! Everybody's gonna love it! Just trust me!<br />
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'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Okay, here goes:<br />
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''{Strong Bad ducks away and a drumroll plays as the camera zooms in on Homestar. As the drumroll finishes, Homestar comes fully into view. He looks around for a moment, and then raises the arms of his costume.}''<br />
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'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Mawwiage!<br />
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''{Applause. A text box reading "Homestar as The Impressive Clergyman" appears below him.}''<br />
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'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I still don't get the reference. Makin' me dress up like grody old Pope Santam'n.<br />
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''{Fade out. The word "ended." appears from the top of the screen.}''<br />
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== Fun Facts ==<br />
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=== Trivia ===<br />
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* Out of all the annual Halloween toons, this features the fewest main characters (with only two, [[Strong Bad]] and [[Homestar Runner]], appearing).<br />
** This is the third overall to not feature [[Appearances By All 12 Main Characters|all twelve main characters]], after [[Homestarloween Party]] and [[Which Ween Costumes?]] (which did not include [[Homsar]]; Homestarloween Party pre-dated his creation).<br />
* This is the first annual Halloween toon to be officially described as a short.<br />
* For the first time since the earliest toons (like [[A Jumping Jack Contest]]), the characters' shading remains consistent with their movement, not flipping to the other side when they turn around (except when Homestar is in costume).<br />
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=== Remarks ===<br />
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* Rafferty's story resembles Homestar's ghost story from [[Homestarloween Party]], as it begins with an odd creature standing around and ends with [[The Sad Kids]] getting squashed.<br />
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=== Inside References ===<br />
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''A Muommy?''<br />
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* Although this is the first time Preshy and Rafferty have starred in a toon on [[homestarrunner.com|the site]], they had been originally designed over 20 years prior for an ultimately-[[Unfinished Toons|unfinished toon]] called "Those Darn Cousins" (a portion of which was shown in [[Why Come Only One Girl?]] and posted to [[@StrongBadActual|Twitter]] on [[@StrongBadActual Tweets 2019|December 1, 2019]]). As [[Rejected Characters|rejected characters]], their only subsequent appearances on the site were as easy-to-miss [[Silhouettes|silhouettes]] in [[A Decemberween Mackerel]] and [[The Show: Ween Edition]] until they finally made their proper debut in this toon.<br />
* The "Muommy" design was previously shown in a [[Sketchbook]] entry on [[Sketchbook 2004|August 12, 2004]].<br />
* The word "blechted up" was also used in [[Dangeresque Roomisode 3: Keep My Enemies, Loser]] to describe a cask blocked by a wax candle.<br />
* Homestar [[What are you supposed to be?|mistakes his costume]] for a Pope [[Santaman]].<br />
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=== Real-World References ===<br />
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* Homestar being told to say "Mawwiage" is a reference to the film ''[[The Princess Bride (film)|The Princess Bride]]'', where the Impressive Clergyman (who [[A Prickly Scary Short Costumes|Homestar is dressed as]]) has a similar speech impediment to Homestar's and begins his speech with that word.<br />
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== YouTube Version ==<br />
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The [[YouTube]] description for this toon is "Rafferty lays his best scary-scary story on Homestar, hoping to get into this year's Halloween party."<br />
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== External Links ==<br />
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* [https://homestarrunner.com/toons/a-prickly-scary-short watch "A Prickly Scary Short"]<br />
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2i9ODzFS3M watch "A Prickly Scary Short"] on [[YouTube]]<br />
* [https://homestarrunner.com/media/pages/toons/a-prickly-scary-short/1923682cd1-1730323347/pricklyscary.swf view the Flash file for "A Prickly Scary Short"]<br />
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