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Looking to your south, experience the fury of: [[Homestar Runner (body of work)]]. This is the page about Homestar Runner ''[[Homestar Runner (body of work)|body of work]]'', not the character of [[Homestar Runner]] himself. This page tells people about all the [[Timeline of Homestar Runner]] and the [[homestarrunner.com|life of the site]] (and maybe the [[Homestar Runner|life]] of Homestar Runner.) It is a helpful page if you don't know much about homestarrunner.net ([[First Time Here?|It's Dot Com!]]).

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'''Homestar Runner''' (often abbreviated as '''HR''', '''HSR''' or '''H*R''') is primarily a [[Flash]] cartoon available through [[homestarrunner.com]]. Although originally conceived as a mock [[Original Book|children's book]], the site is perhaps most popular with (and has been gravitating toward) young adults.

== Characters ==

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''The Homestar Runner cast, as shown on the Everybody Everybody Poster .''

The [[Toons|cartoons]] nominally center on the [[Characters|character]] [[Homestar Runner]], a somewhat dim but good-hearted athlete. The character [[Strong Bad]], however, is often more popular among fans, mostly through his near-weekly updates of [[Strong Bad Email]] (before the [[HRWiki:Hiatuses|hiatus]]), short cartoons in which he answers actual emails from viewers. Strong Bad works closely with his sidekick [[The Cheat]] and uses his brother [[Strong Mad]] as the muscle in his operations. Together, the three prey on Strong Bad's depressed brother [[Strong Sad]]. Many of the site's features — [[Songs|music]], [[Games|games]], [[Main Pages|main pages]], [[Characters|characters]], etc. — are based on concepts from the Strong Bad Emails.

Several other characters fill out the world of [[Free Country, USA]], where most of the characters live: Homestar's hippie girlfriend [[Marzipan]], whose [[Marzipan's Answering Machine|answering machine]] is a frequent target for [[Aliases Used in Prank Calls|prank callers]], his best friend [[Pom Pom]], the verbally challenged [[Coach Z]], local [[Bubs' Concession Stand|concession stand]] owner [[Bubs]], and [[The King of Town]] and his [[The Poopsmith|Poopsmith]]. Rounding out the cast is [[Homsar]], an odd-speaking character created on account of (and in mockery of) a [[homsar|poorly written email to Strong Bad]]. Many of these characters have [[Characters|alternate versions]].

== Toons ==

From January 2002 to November 2009, new content was added to the website nearly every week, usually on Monday, such as a [[Shorts|short]], a [[Big Toons|longer cartoon]], a [[Strong Bad Email]], an [[Games|online Flash game]], or [[Store|real-life merchandise]] like [[Store CD/DVDs|DVDs]] and [[Store Toys|action figures]]. Strong Bad Email is the most expansive and popular series on the website, and has produced several [[Strong Bad Email Spin-offs|spin-offs]], such as [[Strong Bad]]'s crudely drawn comic series ''[[Teen Girl Squad]]''. The comic parodies four archetypal high-school girls and their equally archetypal quest for attractiveness, popularity, and love, which is continually frustrated by their violent [[Teen Girl Squad Deaths|deaths]] in every episode.

Some other types of cartoons include ''[[Marzipan's Answering Machine]]'', toons with little animation in which characters call Marzipan on her answering machine; ''[[Puppet Stuff]]'', which uses [[Live Action|live action]] [[Puppet Character Variations|puppets]] instead of animation; and ''[[Powered by The Cheat]]'', poorly animated and voice-acted cartoons created by [[The Cheat]]. Some [[Toons|toons]] feature the characters celebrating [[Holidays|holidays]], like [[Decemberween]], a holiday similar to Christmas, and [[Halloween]].

The website, built mostly out of Flash animations, is filled with hidden [[Easter egg|Easter eggs]]: if a certain area on the page is mouse-clicked at the right time, an additional cartoon or screen will appear. For example, in the Strong Bad Email [[studying]], viewers can view a hidden [[Bookazon.com|Web page]] about a book that Strong Bad mentions. Also, at the end of the email [[vacation]], viewers can click on one of five postcards to hear what Strong Bad thinks of the particular [[Strong Bad's Vacation Spots|place he has visited]].

Some cartoons feature spin-offs like [[Old-Timey]], black-and-white cartoons parodying the style of the 1930s; [[20X6]], a parody [[Anime|anime]] cartoon featuring the main character [[Stinkoman]]; and [[Dangeresque (film series)|Dangeresque]], a film series created by Strong Bad.

== Real World ==

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''The Brothers Chaps making the 100th Strong Bad Email , as seen in the DVD feature " Making of Email 100 ".''

The website is the product of [[Mike Chapman|Mike]] and [[Matt Chapman]], who typically call themselves "[[The Brothers Chaps]]". Matt Chapman provides the voices of the male characters, while [[Missy Palmer]], Mike's wife, does that of Marzipan. Mike Chapman provides the stilted voices for [[Powered by The Cheat|The Cheat's amateurish Flash cartoons]]. Both brothers do the [[Flash]] animating for the cartoons. Many other [[Contributors|people]] also help with the series.

Because the Brothers Chaps run their own website, they have a creative freedom that they would not have doing a regular TV show. Though the site sells Homestar merchandise, it has no advertisements, and a few of the cartoons parody advertising, with made-up products like [[Fluffy Puff Marshmallows]]. The Internet has allowed them to reach a large audience that they wouldn't have access to otherwise. Originally, they developed Homestar Runner as a labor of love, and for their own amusement. It has grown large enough that merchandise sales pay for all of the costs of running the website. An article in the ''Chicago Tribune'' on July 24, 2003, reported the retired [[Don and Harriet Chapman|parents of the Brothers Chaps]] were spending a lot of time dealing with the business aspects of the website.

== References ==

* "Homestar Runner." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 9 Dec 2004, 03:57 UTC. 16 Dec 2004, 13:00 <[[Homestar Runner|http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Homestar_Runner&oldid=8505608]]>.

''Content for the above was taken chiefly from the [[Main Page|Wikipedia]] article for [[Homestar Runner]] found at [[Homestar Runner|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestar_Runner]]. As such, this article is licensed under the [http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html GNU Free Documentation License].''

== See Also ==

* [[Timeline of Homestar Runner]]
* [[Homestar Runner universe]]
* [[Inconsistencies within the Homestar Runner universe]]

== External links ==

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