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While [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] takes place in and around [[Free Country, USA]], there are a sizable number of cultural references to the '''[[Culture of France|French]]''', both the country of France and the French language, which is spoken around the world.

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* The [[Heavy Lourde]] — In French, "lourde" means "heavy", making the name [[Redundancy|redundant]].
* Email [[halloweener]] — [[Strong Bad]] says, "You'll be the belle of the ball." [[Homestar Runner]] replies, "I'm a belle." Belle means, in French, "beauty" or "a beauty", but in the feminine form.
* Email [[3 wishes]] — At the end of the email, Strong Bad says that the horns look like croissants. At the very end, he says "Croissants" in a French accent.
* Email [[action figure]] — While describing the action figure's "Chinese throwing croissant" action, he pronounces "croissants" in a heavy French accent.
* [[Parsnips A-Plenty]] — The way [[The Homestar Runner]] pronounces "depot" is the French pronunciation.
* Email [[cheat talk]] — In the Easter egg for the The Cheat language LP, the LP has the French flag displayed on it.
* [[A Decemberween Pageant]] — Marzipan and The Cheat are seen standing in front of the Eiffel Tower.
* [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 2]] — The word "Le" in the "Le Girl" magazine means "the" in French, but in the masculine form. The feminine form, which would correspond to "girl", is "La".
* Email [[unused emails]] — When he sees where the email came from, which is "Aurora, Illinois", Strong Bad pronounces "Illinois" in a French accent (as "Illi-nwah").
* [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 8.0]] — [[Marzipan]] says "Bonjour... Je m'appelle" meaning "Hello... My name is" (although she mixes her languages by including "amigos" in her greeting; "Amigos" is [[Spanish]] for "friends").
* [[Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits]] — In the song [[i think i have a chance with this guy]], [[What's Her Face]] hopes she goes to France with the guy in question.
* Email [[date]] — Homestar Runner [[Homestar Runner's "Sid" Game|plays a game]] with Marzipan asking her to guess Sid Hoffman or Sid Frenchman. He picks Sid Hoffrenchman, which is not a choice. Sid Hoffrenchman later reappears in a credits sequence in [[theme song]].
* Email [[colonization]] — One of the subs Strong Bad eats while traveling to [[Strong Badia]] is titled "The Dijon [[Chicken]]". [[Dijon]] is a city in eastern France, and the Dijon Chicken may refer to the [[Dijon Mustard|mustard]] named after the town.
* Email [[lunch special]] — The Cheat writes "[[Ducks|Duck]] a l'Orange" instead of "sbu". Duck a l'Orange is a pseudo-French duck dish consisting of roasted duck marinated in an orange sauce.
* Email [[dreamail]] — The official French abbreviation for Monsieur is "M.", but it is misspelled as "Mssr." in the "French Countryside" dream email. This may be based on the abbreviation "Messrs." or "Mssrs.", standing for Messieurs, the plural of Monsieur. The spelling also resembles the way French people actually pronounce "Monsieur", which Strong Bad imitates.
* Email [[origins]] — The name of the emailer's town, Eau Claire, means "Clear Water" in French. Strong Bad mispronounces "Eau".
* [[FAQ]] — A question asks if Level 27 of [[TROGDOR!]] is intentionally unbeatable. The response begins with "Non."
* [[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]] — French Homestar talks with a heavy French accent and acts very refined. He has a black comb-over or toupee.
* Email [[high school]] — Patrique is a French spelling of Patrick.
* Email [[narrator]] — Some smelly French studio makes the [[Films from narrator|movie]] "[[Whatsit]] All About", which is a four-hour film with no dialogue and no plot.
* Email [[senior prom]] — [[Strong Sad]] says [[Coach Z]] is supposed to be the chaperone (with a heavy French accent).
* [[Weclome Back]] — Marzipan saying "Toot sweet" is a play on the French phrase "tout de suite", which translates to "immediately" or "at once".
* Email [[the chair]] — Strong Bad's ill-fated chair is called [[Le Restige]].
* Email [[your funeral]] — Strong Sad says that he was about to perform his "chaup au fan". He says this with a French accent.
* [[Drive-Thru]] — Strong Bad orders another bottle of Château Prétende, a mistranslation of "Pretend Manor" and a play on classic French wines.
* [[Date Nite]] — [[The Cheat]] and Marzipan eat at [[Marshmallow's Last Stand (place)|Marshmallow's l'est Stand]].
* [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 13]] — [[Cheerleader]] is killed by a French [[Toilets|toilet]]. While killing her, it says "Eau de toilette!"
* [[The Limozeen Advantage]] — Thinking that Advantage is from the French Nebula instead of Jersey, [[Larry Palaroncini]] repeatedly pronounces the band's name with a French accent.
* Email [[yes, wrestling]] — Strong Sad's pronunciation of "bring it on" seems to again invoke his French accent.
* [[Trogday 08]] — Strong Bad uses a faux French accent to sing the final chorus of the [[The S is for Sucks]] song.
* Email [[fan club]] — Strong Sad and Homestar say "[[Twizzlers|Twizzlérs]]" with a French pronunciation.
* [[Homestar Ruiner]] — Strong Bad claims a French guy told him to beat up Homestar.
* [[SBCG4AP Dev Blog]] — In the "[[SBCG4AP Tech Demo|Playable Demo]]", an Easter egg adds a [[Mustaches|mustache]] on Homestar's face, and Strong Bad calls him a "Frenchman".
* [[Strong Badia the Free]] — When Strong Bad tricks Strong Sad into taking his temperature in the [[Homsar Reservation]], Strong Sad pronounces "thermometer" with a French accent.
* [[Baddest of the Bands]] — The song "'Hugo Left Me' By The Frollos" refers to [[Victor Hugo]] and two of his novels: ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'' and ''[[Les Misérables]]''.
* [[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]] — When learning about the location of his [[Dadgeresque|long-lost father]] in [[Venice]], Dangeresque mistakenly states that he is going to France before a jump cut correction stating that he is going to Italy. Additionally, certain events in the movie take place in Paris.
* [[Hremail 62]] — Homestar pronounces the word "Advancement" in his letter with a French accent.
* [[Kick-A-Ball]] — Homestar asks Strong Sad to recite a couplet from the French poet [[Charles Baudelaire]].
** Homestar also says "on the contraire" and "au the contrary" when talking to Strong Bad, both referring to the French phrase "au contraire", meaning "on the contrary".
* [[Donut Unto Others]] — Homestar claims he dreamt he was a French long-jump champion.
* [[Poker Night at the Inventory]] — Strong Bad says "Are you talking to moi?", pronouncing it as "moy".
* [[Haunted Photo Booth]] — Strong Sad says his [[Hercule Poirot]] costume gives him the perfect opportunity to practice his French accent.
* [[Dangeresque Puppet Squad: The Hot Jones Hijack]] — [[Stingy Relenque]] is described as being French-[[Canada|Canadian]]. He speaks in a fake, exaggerated French accent, and at one point, speaks in unintelligible faux French.
* [[Six-Sadded, Die. - Peasant Burnination]] — When the flaming text appears, it is accompanied by a voiceover of a French translation of the text.
* [[Fan 'Stumes 2019]] — Strong Bad refers to a fan's [[Biscuitdoughhandsman]] costume as Loaves-of-crusty-baguette-hands-monsieur, and afterwards chastises Coach Z's attempt to speak in a French accent.
* [[Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triungulate]]
** Roomisode 1: Dangeresque names his filing cabinet "Filene Cabinay" and talks with/as her as if she's his French secretary.
** Epilogue: Dangeresque Too also talks with/as Filene Cabinay in a bad French accent.

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* [[Prance]]
* [[Croissants]]
* [[Berets]]
* [[German]]
* [[Spanish]]
* [[Russia]]
* [[Canada]]
* [[Scandinavia]]
* [[Italy]]

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