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	== <span class="mw-headline">Button Effects</span> ==		== <span class="mw-headline">Button Effects</span> ==

	* '''[[TV Time Toons Menu\|Toons]]''' — A ~~red black-and-white-striped~~ bowling ball bowls a strike.		* '''[[TV Time Toons Menu\|Toons]]''' — A bowling ball with [[Eddie Van Halen]]'s "[[Frankenstrat]]" stripe scheme bowls a strike.
	* '''[[Scrolling Shooter Games Menu\|Games]]''' — A watermelon-colored bowling ball gets a 7-10 split. Scroll again and the ball hits both pins for a spare.		* '''[[Scrolling Shooter Games Menu\|Games]]''' — A watermelon-colored bowling ball gets a 7-10 split. Scroll again and the ball hits both pins for a spare.
	* '''[[Character Videos\|Characters]]''' — The lights dim ~~and each set of bowling pins turns a different color. Then~~ some lighting effects come on, and "[[The System is Down (song)\|The System is Down]]" ~~plays~~.		* '''[[Character Videos\|Characters]]''' — The lights dim, some lighting effects come on, and "[[The System is Down (song)\|The System is Down]]" is played.
	* '''[[Downloads]]''' — Homestar holds up a ball that looks like [[Strong Bad]]'s head, twirls it, and puts it back ~~down~~.		* '''[[Downloads]]''' — Homestar holds a ball that looks like [[Strong Bad]]'s head, twirls it and puts it back.
	* '''[[Store]]''' — A bowling ball that looks like a globe falls through the floor~~, producing a hole that then fades away~~.		* '''[[Store]]''' — A bowling ball that looks like a globe falls through the floor.
	* '''[[Email\|E-mail]]''' — The globe ball rolls ~~slowly~~ down the gutter.		* '''[[Email\|E-mail]]''' — The globe ball rolls down the gutter.

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

	* ~~Originally~~, ~~the "Characters" animation was accompanied by~~ a sample from ~~"[[Renegade Master\|~~Renegade Master '~~98]]"~~ by [[Fatboy Slim]]~~. Although it has since been replaced with~~ "~~[[The System is Down (song)\|The System is Down]]~~"~~, the unused "Renegade Master" audio is~~ [[Secret Pages~~\|still hosted on the site~~]].		* For a while, a sample from ''Renegade Master'' by [[Fatboy Slim]] was played when "Characters" was rolled over. (See [[Secret Pages]] for the loop.)
	** It is unknown when exactly the ~~music was changed. [[Mike Chapman]] had acknowledged the need to replace the audio in [[l33t Interview\|the summer of 2001]]. "The System is Down" was first heard in [[techno\|October 2002]]~~.

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

	* When scrolling over ~~"~~Store~~"~~, then ~~"~~Toons~~"~~, the hole overlaps the ~~striped ball~~.		* When scrolling over Store, then Toons, the hole from the bowling ball overlaps the globe.

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	* The 4-pointed stars on the back wall are similar to the stars seen in the main bowling alley in ''[[The Big Lebowski]]''.		* The 4-pointed stars on the back wall are similar to the stars seen in the main bowling alley in ''[[The Big Lebowski]]''.
	* The ball that bowls a strike in the "Toons" effect has the stripe scheme of [[Van Halen\|Eddie Van Halen]]'s "[[Frankenstrat]]" guitar.

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	=== <span class="mw-headline">Fast Forward</span> ===		=== <span class="mw-headline">Fast Forward</span> ===

	* The lighting effects are nearly the same as [[The Cheat]]'s light raves that he makes with his own special [[The Cheat's Lightswitch\|light switch]] in [[Computer Room\|Strong Bad's computer room]], as seen in the email [[techno]], which also ~~includes~~ "The System is Down".		* The lighting effects are nearly the same as [[The Cheat]]'s light raves that he makes with his own special [[The Cheat's Lightswitch\|light switch]] in [[Computer Room\|Strong Bad's computer room]], as seen in the email [[techno]], which also included "The System is Down".
	* A similar Frankenstrat-patterned bowling ball appears in [[Fanstume (singular) '24\|Fanstume (singular) '24]].

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Homestar Runner is in a [[Bowling|bowling]] alley.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[Homestar Runner]]

'''Places:''' A bowling alley

'''Icon:''' Bowling ball and pin

'''Page Title:''' The Comeback Kid!! Also known as Homestar Runner!

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* [#Fun_Facts 2 Fun Facts]
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** [#Remarks 2.3 Remarks]
** [#Goofs 2.4 Goofs]
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== <span class="mw-headline">Button Effects</span> ==

* '''[[TV Time Toons Menu|Toons]]''' — A red black-and-white-striped bowling ball bowls a strike.
* '''[[Scrolling Shooter Games Menu|Games]]''' — A watermelon-colored bowling ball gets a 7-10 split. Scroll again and the ball hits both pins for a spare.
* '''[[Character Videos|Characters]]''' — The lights dim and each set of bowling pins turns a different color. Then some lighting effects come on, and "[[The System is Down (song)|The System is Down]]" plays.
* '''[[Downloads]]''' — Homestar holds up a ball that looks like [[Strong Bad]]'s head, twirls it, and puts it back down.
* '''[[Store]]''' — A bowling ball that looks like a globe falls through the floor, producing a hole that then fades away.
* '''[[Email|E-mail]]''' — The globe ball rolls slowly down the gutter.

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* The 7-10 [[Split (ten pin bowling)|split]], as seen in the "games" option, is the hardest [[Spare (bowling)|spare]] to pull off in bowling.

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

* Originally, the "Characters" animation was accompanied by a sample from "[[Renegade Master|Renegade Master '98]]" by [[Fatboy Slim]]. Although it has since been replaced with "[[The System is Down (song)|The System is Down]]", the unused "Renegade Master" audio is [[Secret Pages|still hosted on the site]].
** It is unknown when exactly the music was changed. [[Mike Chapman]] had acknowledged the need to replace the audio in [[l33t Interview|the summer of 2001]]. "The System is Down" was first heard in [[techno|October 2002]].

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

* When scrolling over Store, the falling bowling ball makes no sound.

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

* When scrolling over "Store", then "Toons", the hole overlaps the striped ball.

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=== <span class="mw-headline">Inside References</span> ===

* The globe bowling ball is the same image used in [[Main Page 1]] and is similar to the one used in the [[Theme Song Video]].

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=== <span class="mw-headline">Real-World References</span> ===

* The 4-pointed stars on the back wall are similar to the stars seen in the main bowling alley in ''[[The Big Lebowski]]''.
* The ball that bowls a strike in the "Toons" effect has the stripe scheme of [[Van Halen|Eddie Van Halen]]'s "[[Frankenstrat]]" guitar.

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=== <span class="mw-headline">Fast Forward</span> ===

* The lighting effects are nearly the same as [[The Cheat]]'s light raves that he makes with his own special [[The Cheat's Lightswitch|light switch]] in [[Computer Room|Strong Bad's computer room]], as seen in the email [[techno]], which also includes "The System is Down".
* A similar Frankenstrat-patterned bowling ball appears in [[Fanstume (singular) '24|Fanstume (singular) '24]].

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== <span class="mw-headline"> External Links </span> ==

* [https://homestarrunner.com/main/4 go to "Main Page 4"]
* [https://old.homestarrunner.com/main4.html go to "Main Page 4"] on the old [[Flash]] site
* [https://old.homestarrunner.com/main4.swf view the Flash file for "Main Page 4"]

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