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'''Teasers for an upcoming Halloween toon''' have been released semiannually, initially from 2007–2009 and continuing every year since 2014 in some form. These teasers not only announce that a full-length [[Halloween]] toon will be [[Acknowledged Update Delays|put on the site]] later, but provide a [[Silhouettes|silhouetted]] preview of [[Halloween Costumes|the characters' costumes]].

The brief teasers typically include a displayed line of humorous text, as well as brief dialogue from characters. A noticeable running gag is that [[Strong Bad]] is always wearing a [[Strong Bad's Teaser Costumes|recognizable and unbelievably realistic costume]] which is never the same as what he wears in the full toon. Most teasers include [[Nice Try|words]] hidden behind the silhouettes, [[Easter eggs|only visible by decompiling]] the [[Flash]] file. [#Not_Quite_Teasers 2020, 2021, and 2024] integrated the silhouetted previews into the Halloween main event rather than as an early sneak peek.

The first three teasers link back to the Halloween-themed [[Main Page 7]]; by 2014, it had become standard to [[Toons Without Back Buttons|not use "back" links]].

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== <span class="mw-headline">Teasers</span> ==

{| class="wikitable wikitable"
|-
! width="15%"| Teaser
! width="11%"| Days Until Release
! Image
! Strong Bad
! Hidden Words
! After Waiting
|-
| [[Jibblies 2 Teaser]]
| October 25–29<br />
(4 days)
| [[File:Halloween 2007 teaser.png|[[File:Halloween_2007_teaser.png|175px|thumb|Halloween Toon Next Week!]]]]
| [[File:Xenomorph Costume.PNG|[[File:Xenomorph_Costume.PNG|100px|thumb|Xenomorph]]]]
| [[File:nice try dan.png|[[File:nice_try_dan.png|300px|thumb|nice try dan]]]]
| [[Coach Z]] does his cricket and owl sound effects from [[Happy Hallow-day]].
|-
| [[Most in the Graveyard Teaser]]
| October 27–30<br />
(3 days)
| [[File:Ween 08 Teaser.PNG|[[File:Ween_08_Teaser.PNG|175px|thumb|Halloween Toon Sometime This Week!]]]]
| [[File:Predator Costume.PNG|[[File:Predator_Costume.PNG|100px|thumb|Predator]]]]
| [[File:NoCigar.png|[[File:NoCigar.png|300px|thumb|no cigar]]]]
| The [[Jibblies Painting]] appears and scares off the letter W in "Week".
|-
| [[Doomy Tales of the Macabre Teaser]]
| October 26–29<br />
(3 days)
| [[File:Ween 09 Teaser.png|[[File:Ween_09_Teaser.png|175px|thumb|Halloween Toon Sometime This Week!]]]]
| style="text-align: center;"| [[File:Robocop Costume.PNG|[[File:Robocop_Costume.PNG|75px|thumb|Robocop]]]]
| [[File:SorryCharlie.png|[[File:SorryCharlie.png|300px|thumb|sorry charlie]]]]
| [[Homestar Runner]] accuses the rest of the characters of stealing his "[[I really like your costume|covered all in black ink costume]]".
|-
| [[Halloween Safety]]
| October 20–30<br />
(10 days)
| [[File:Ween 14 Teaser.png|[[File:Ween_14_Teaser.png|175px|thumb|Halloween Toon Sometime Before Halloween]]]]
| [[File:HalloweenSafetySB.png|[[File:HalloweenSafetySB.png|100px|thumb|Bug from Starship Troopers]]]]
| [[File:weensaftey decompiledhiddenwords.png|[[File:weensaftey_decompiledhiddenwords.png|300px|thumb|hidden words]]]]
| Homestar [[Homestar Runner and Homestar Runner's Relationship|tells himself]] that [[I really like your costume|he really likes]] his "[[Spy vs. Spy|that one guy]] from ''Mad'' mazagine" costume (when he was really a Neighborhood Watch sign).
|-
| [[The House That Gave Sucky Tricks Teaser]]
| October 21–29<br />
(8 days)
| [[File:Halloween 2015 Teaser.png|[[File:Halloween_2015_Teaser.png|175px|thumb|Halloween Toon Sometime in the next 10 days!]]]]
| [[File:Strong Bad as Graboid Full.png|[[File:Strong_Bad_as_Graboid_Full.png|100px|thumb|A graboid]]]]
| [[File:dislikesmoke.png|[[File:dislikesmoke.png|300px|thumb|dislike smoke]]]]
| Homestar sings a [[Songs|song]] about how he really likes everyone's costumes.
|-
| [[Later That Night... Teaser]]
| October 26–28<br />
(2 days)
| [[File:Halloween 2016 Teaser.png|[[File:Halloween_2016_Teaser.png|175px|thumb|Halloween Something Coming up!]]]]
| style="text-align: center;"| [[File:Stranger Things Monster.png|[[File:Stranger_Things_Monster.png|90px|thumb|Monster from Stranger Things]]]]
| [[File:totalcop-out.png|[[File:totalcop-out.png|300px|thumb|total cop-out]]]]
| [[Strong Bad]] says he wishes he'd followed through with his silhouette costumes.
|-
| [[Haunted Photo Booth Teaser]]
| October 6–30<br />
(25 days)
| [[File:Halloween 2017 Teaser silhouettes only.png|[[File:Halloween_2017_Teaser_silhouettes_only.png|175px|thumb|Silhouettes are up early this year!]]]]
| [[File:RidleyCostume.png|[[File:RidleyCostume.png|100px|thumb|Ridley]]]]
| [[File:CantSeeThisOnYouTube.png|[[File:CantSeeThisOnYouTube.png|300px|thumb|can't see this on youtube]]]]
| [[Yonder Website Character Variations|Character 2]] walks by, while Strong Bad narrates in his soothing voice from [[Characters from Yonder Website]]. Character 2 asks for a costume and gets a "garland of [[Thyme|thyme]]", then gets eaten by Strong Bad's costume.
|-
| [[Mr. Poofers Must Die Teaser]]
| October 18–30<br />
(12 days)
| [[File:Halloween 2018 Teaser.png|[[File:Halloween_2018_Teaser.png|175px|thumb|i always have to look up how to spell silhouettes]]]]
| [[File:StrongBadTeaser2018.png|[[File:StrongBadTeaser2018.png|100px|thumb|BigDog]]]]
| [[File:SecretReading.png|[[File:SecretReading.png|300px|thumb|secret reading]]]]
| [[Humidibot]] talks to Strong Bad's [[robot]] costume.
|-
| [[The Homestar Runner Enters The Spooky Woods Teaser]]
| October 22–30<br />
(8 days)
| [[File:Halloween2019ScreenGrab.png|[[File:Halloween2019ScreenGrab.png|175px|thumb|Oh man! Quick! Screen grab! Seriously, hurry!]]]]
| [[File:StrongBadThing.png|[[File:StrongBadThing.png|100px|thumb|The Thing]]]]
| [[File:OhBlurryMoon.png|[[File:OhBlurryMoon.png|300px|thumb|oh blurry moon]]]]
| After one second, a "splat" sounds and everything turns into the [[Storybook Character Variations|Storybook variations]], albeit still silhouetted (with no Homsar).
|-
| [[2022 Costume Pack Now Available Teaser]]
| October 13–23<br />
(10 days)
| [[File:Halloween2022Teaser.png|[[File:Halloween2022Teaser.png|175px|thumb|woon toon soon]]]]
| [[File:StrongBadPowerLoader.png|[[File:StrongBadPowerLoader.png|100px|thumb|Power Loader]]]]
| [[File:you-are-error.png|[[File:you-are-error.png|300px|thumb|you are error]]]]
| The teaser is rendered in a style reminiscent of [[Homestarloween Party]]. Strong Bad comments on the old visuals and sound effects, and Homestar responds in his old voice.
|-
| [[@StrongBadActual]] tweet ([[@StrongBadActual Tweets 2023|23 Oct 2023]])
| October 23–29<br />
(6 days)
| [[File:Twitter2023silhouettes.jpg|[[File:Twitter2023silhouettes.jpg|175px|thumb|halloween is a day]]]]
| style="text-align: center;"| [[File:StrongBackrooms.jpg|[[File:StrongBackrooms.jpg|90px|thumb|Backrooms Monster]]]]
| N/A
| N/A (The teaser is a JPEG posted to Twitter)
|}

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=== <span class="mw-headline">Not Quite Teasers</span> ===

Occasionally, the teaser format — silhouetted figure(s) in costume on a hill silhouetted against a purple night sky, with audibly chirping crickets — has been utilized in the final Halloween production rather than a standalone preview. These may lack one or more signature elements of standard Halloween teasers, but still make use of the recognizable composition.

{| class="wikitable wikitable"
|-
! width="20%"| Teaser
! Image
! Strong Bad
! Hidden Words
! Remarks
|-
| [[Halloween Hijinks]]<br />
October 28, 2020
| [[File:Silhoueen Toon.png|[[File:Silhoueen_Toon.png|175px|thumb|this is the whole cartoon this year]]]]
| [[File:Strong Bad as Beetlejuice Worm.png|[[File:Strong_Bad_as_Beetlejuice_Worm.png|100px|thumb|A sandworm from Beetlejuice]]]]
| [[File:SecretReading.png|[[File:SecretReading.png|300px|thumb|secret reading]]]]
| This toon was titled "Ween 2020 Silhouettes" on the [[TV Time Toons Menu]] and its [[Main Page Messages|Main Page message]] said "ween toon soon", giving the [[Misleading Main Page Messages|intentionally misleading impression]] that it was simply a teaser.
The toon begins in silence, as most teasers do; after a few moments, the characters begin to [[Fourth Wall Breaks|debate if the text is true]] and the cartoon will only feature their motionless silhouettes. The faux teaser soon transitions to a full Halloween toon.

|-
| [[Halloween Hide & Seek]]<br />
October 29, 2021
| [[File:HalloweenHideAndSeek.png|[[File:HalloweenHideAndSeek.png|175px|thumb|Halloween Hide & Seek: a "playable" ween "toon"]]]]
| [[File:StrongBadHalloweenHideAndSeekTitleScreen.png|[[File:StrongBadHalloweenHideAndSeekTitleScreen.png|100px|thumb|Chaos from Loom]]]]
| N/A
| The "teaser" is actually the title screen of the game, which can be clicked to start playing. The 2.0 version of the game includes an interactive element where Homestar guesses the silhouetted costumes.
|-
| [[A Prickly Scary Short]]<br />
October 30, 2024
| [[File:APricklyScaryTeaser.png|[[File:APricklyScaryTeaser.png|175px|thumb]]]]
| colspan="2"| N/A
| The main short does not feature costume-wearing. After an intermediary end card, a scene similar to the teasers appears, only featuring Homestar (Strong Bad explains that "nobody else wanted to dress up" because the costume they picked for Homestar was too good) without the text typical of teasers.
|}

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'''Other'''

'''Site Components'''

[[Main Page 7]], [[Ween Intro]], [[Punkin Stencils]]

'''Toons'''

[[halloweener]], [[ghosts]], [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 7.0]], [[Malloween Commercial]], [[That a Ghost]], [[Halloween Awards Show]], [[Costume Commercial]], [[Decomposing Pumpkins]], [[Punkin Show]], [[Halloween Safety]], [[Joystick Wagglin' with Videlectrix: Halloween Edition]], [[Large Bean (toon)|Large Bean]], [[Kooky Moonlight]]

'''Puppet Stuff'''

[[Homestar vs. Little Girl 2]], [[Marshie vs. Little Girl]], [[Greatest American Homestar]], [[Action Cool News-oween Report]]

'''Games'''

[[Egg Throwing Game]], [[Strong Bad's Treat Snatcha]], [[Marshie's Malloween Mix-Up]]

'''[[Fan Costumes]]'''

[[Fan Costume Commentary|2003]], [[More Fan Costumes|2005]], [[Fan Costumes '06|2006]], [[Fan Costumes '07|2007]], [[Fan Costumes '08|2008]], [[Fan Costumes '09|2009]], [[Fan Costumes 2015|2015]], [[Fan Costumes 2016|2016]], [[Fan Costumes 2017|2017]], [[Fan Costumes 2018|2018]], [[Fan 'Stumes 2019|2019]], [[Fan 'Stumes 2020|2020]], [[Fan 'Stumes 2021|2021]], [[Fan 'Stumes 2022|2022]], [[Fan 'Stumes 2023|2023]], [[Fanstume (singular) '24|2024]]

'''[[Halloween Costumes|Costumes]]'''

[[Rejected Costumes]], [[Other Halloween Costumes]], [[Strong Bad's Teaser Costumes]], [[What are you supposed to be?]], [[I really like your costume]], [[Icon References in Halloween Costumes|Icon References]]

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