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''That little Dickensian boy''

Influential literature author '''[[Charles Dickens]]''' has been referenced several times in the [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] body of work.

== References ==

* [[A Holiday Greeting]] — [[Strong Sad]] says, "And God bless us every one", a quote from ''[[A Christmas Carol]]''.
* [[Pumpkin Carve-nival]] — [[Homsar]] calls himself "the [[Ghost of Christmas Past]]", a figure who originated in ''A Christmas Carol''.
* Email [[senior prom]] — [[Marzipan]] says, "Watch those hands, David Coppafeel!", referring to ''[[David Copperfield]]''.
* [[Let us give TANKS!]] — [[Oliver Smidgen]] is based on [[Oliver Twist (character)|Oliver Twist]]. In the DVD commentary, [[The Brothers Chaps]] call Smidgen "that little Dickensian boy".
* [[The Homestar Runner Gets Something Stuck In His Craw]] — [[Strong Bad]] calls Strong Sad the "Ghost of Christmas Suck".
* [[Strong Badia the Free]] —
** Under Strong Sad's rule, the [[House of the Brothers Strong|house of the Brothers Strong]] is referred to as [[Countries in Strong Badia the Free|Bleak House]], the name of [[Bleak House|a novel]] by Dickens.
** When [[Homestar Runner]] drafts himself into the [[Homestarmy]], he refers to himself as an "Artful Draft Dodger", a reference to ''Oliver Twist'' character the [[Artful Dodger]].
* [[Decemberweenvent Calendar]] ([[Decemberweenvent Calendar|Day 4]]) — Strong Sad says he needs some "Dickensian" doom and gloom.
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