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	''~~"~~mash~~"~~ redirects here.'' ''For the television series, see [[MAS*H]].''		''"mash" redirects here.'' ''For the television series, see [[MAS*H]].''

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	~~<div class="thumbinner" style="width:302px;">~~		''And so, The Cheat mashed play on an extremely expensive jambox.''

	[[~~File:sbemailahundred~~.~~png\|~~[[~~File:sbemailahundred.png\|300px\|thumb]]~~]]		There have been many occurrences of '''mashing go/play''' throughout the [[Homestar Runner (body of work)\|Homestar Runner]] body of work. This phrase generally replaces the term "push" or "press" in relation to a button. In the southern United States (e.g. Georgia, home of [[The Brothers Chaps]]), "mash" is a common dialect term, so although it has appeared several times in the Homestar Runner universe, the Chaps might not originally have intended for it to become a recurring theme, as they were probably accustomed to the term.
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	~~<div class~~=~~"magnify">~~		== Appearances ==

	~~[[File:sbemailahundred.png\|[[File:magnify-clip.png\|15px\|thumb]]]]~~		* '''Debut:''' Email [[1 step ahead]] — "Mash spacebar" to peg [[Strong Sad]].
			* [[Everybody Knows It]] — "Mash play on that [[Jam Box\|jambox]]."
	~~</div>~~		* Email [[flashback]] — "And so, [[The Cheat]] mashed play on an extremely expensive jambox..."
	~~And so, The Cheat mashed play on an extremely expensive jambox.~~		* The introduction to [[strongbad email.exe Disc One\|Disc One]] of [[strongbad email.exe]] — "Make your selection and mash GO, moron!"
			* Email [[alternate universe]] — "Mash go on that [[Blender\|blender]]!"
	~~</div>~~		* Email [[senior prom]] — "...when I mash go on it, everybody's [[Pants\|pants]] will POOF AWAY!"
			* [[Weclome Back]] — "...when I mash record on that camera...", then later "...Mash stop when you think you're mashing record and mash record when you think you're mashing stop..."
	~~</div>~~		* [[Marshmallow's Last Stand]] ([[Marshmallow's Last Stand\|DVD commentary]]) — "[[Pom Pom]] hit 'mash play' on the... jambox."
			* [[Blue Laserdisc Challenge]] — "Take control of [[Blue Laser Commander]] by mashing left or right on your laserdisc remote when you see this flashing [[Style\|style]]."
	~~</div>~~		* [[Guitar Hero]] — On the loading screen for the song [[Trogdor (song)\|Trogdor]] in Guitar Hero II, Strong Bad tells the player, "For squeadlies, mash on the trembalo. For meadlies, tone up on your chord surpassers. Oh, and I'm awesome."
	There have been many occurrences of "'''mashing'''" buttons throughout the [[Homestar Runner (body of work)\|Homestar Runner]] body of work, generally in place of the more common words "push" and "press". In the southern United States (including [[Georgia]], home of [[The Brothers Chaps]]), this is a common slang usage of the term, so initially the Chaps may have been using the word naturally rather than intending for it to become a recurring gag.		* [[Viidelectrix]] version of [[Duck Guardian One]] — "Point hereabouts and mash A to start."
			* [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 13]] — [[Tompkins]] presses buttons on his [[Nintendo\|Game Boy]]; as he does, the word "m.a.s.h." appears intermittently.
	~~<span id="appearances"></span>~~		* [[Nintendo Power Interview - July 2008]] — "Anyone who can't figure out how to mash a bunch of buttons on a game pad shouldn't be indulging in video-gamery in the first place."
	~~== <span class="mw-headline"> Appearances </span> ==~~

	* '''Debut:''' Email [[1 step ahead]] — ~~The player is instructed to "mash~~ spacebar~~"~~ to ~~[[Peg Strong Sad\|~~peg~~]] a defenseless~~ [[Strong Sad]].
	* [[Everybody Knows It]] — ~~[[Homestar Runner]] tells [[The Cheat]] to "mash~~ play on that [[Jam Box\|jambox]]~~" prior to starting his song~~.
	* Email [[flashback]] — ~~The~~ [[~~Storybook World\|storybook~~]] ~~that [[Strong Bad]] reads ends with The Cheat mashing~~ play on an ~~"~~extremely expensive jambox~~"~~.
	* [[strongbad email.exe]] [[strongbad email.exe ~~Disc One\|Disc One~~]] — ~~If the viewer remains on the main menu for too long, [[The Paper]] tells them to "make~~ your selection and mash GO, moron!~~"~~
	* Email [[alternate universe]] — ~~Strong Bad orders The Cheat to "mash~~ go on that [[Blender\|blender]]!~~" in order to activate their alternative universe machine.~~
	* Email [[senior prom]] — ~~Crashing the 'Entrapment [[All up ons\|All Up On]] the Moon' Dance, Strong Bad reveals a [[Single-Button Remote Control\|remote control]], explaining that "~~...when I mash go on it, everybody's [[Pants\|pants]] will POOF AWAY!~~"~~
	* [[Weclome Back]] — ~~Strong Bad informs the [[Lappy 486]] that they will skydive out of an [[Airplane\|airplane]] once he mashes '~~record' on ~~their~~ camera. ~~After realizing he pressed the wrong button~~, ~~preventing the email he checked during the jump from being recorded, he gets mad at himself for having made the "mash~~ stop when you think you're mashing record and mash record when you think you're mashing stop~~" mistake~~.
	* [[Marshmallow's Last Stand]] ([[Marshmallow's Last Stand\|DVD commentary]]) — ~~Homestar claims that his last line in the toon was prerecorded on tape, with [[Mike Chapman]] suggesting that~~ [[Pom Pom]] hit ~~"~~mash play~~"~~ on a jambox ~~in order to play the line~~.
	* [[Blue Laserdisc Challenge]] — ~~During the game's intro, the player is told to "take~~ control of [[Blue Laser Commander]] by mashing left or right on your ~~[[Laserdisc\|LaserDisc]]~~ remote when you see this flashing [[Style\|style]].~~"~~
	* ''[[Guitar Hero~~\|Guitar Hero II~~]]'' — On the loading screen for the song [[Trogdor (song)\|Trogdor]], Strong Bad ~~advises~~ the player~~: "~~For squeadlies, mash on the trembalo.~~"~~
	* [[Viidelectrix]] version of [[Duck Guardian One]] — ~~At the beginning of each round, the game instructs the player to "point~~ hereabouts and mash A to start.~~"~~
	* [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 13]] — As [[Tompkins]] presses buttons on his [[Nintendo\|Game Boy]], the word ~~"[[MAS*H\|~~m.a.s.h.~~]]"~~ appears intermittently.
	* [[Telltale Games]] — A [http://www.telltalegames.com/company/pressreleases/id-65 press release] describes [[TROGDOR!]] as an "arcade peasant-masher".
	* [[Nintendo Power Interview - July 2008]] — ~~Denying that anybody would miss the physical manuals that came with older video games, Strong Bad claims that "anyone~~ who can't figure out how to mash a bunch of buttons on a game pad shouldn't be indulging in ~~[[Noun-ery\|~~video-gamery]] in the first place.~~"~~
	* [[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People]] — The [[SBCG4AP Tutorial\|tutorials]] explain the controls by telling the player to mash specific buttons on their controller.		* [[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People]] — The [[SBCG4AP Tutorial\|tutorials]] explain the controls by telling the player to mash specific buttons on their controller.
	* [[Homestar Ruiner]] — Strong Bad wonders what will happen if he mashes the erase button on the camera at the [[Race Track\|race track]].		* [[Homestar Ruiner]] — Strong Bad wonders what will happen if he mashes the erase button on the camera at the [[Race Track\|race track]].
	* [[CollegeHumor Interview - 15 Sep 2008]] — [[Matt Chapman]] says that Homestar's favorite video game would be ~~''[[Olympic Decathlon\|~~Microsoft Decathlon~~]]''~~, ~~"~~a game where you just mashed keys as fast as you could, and Homestar would love doing that with his head.~~"~~		* [[CollegeHumor Interview - 15 Sep 2008]] — [[Matt Chapman\|Matt]] says that [[Homestar Runner\|Homestar]]'s favorite video game would be Microsoft Decathlon, "a game where you just mashed keys as fast as you could, and Homestar would love doing that with his head."
	* [[8-Bit is Enough]] — Homestar mentions he used his lucky quarter to beat the game ''[[Street Fighter\|Street Masher]]''.		* [[8-Bit is Enough]] — Homestar mentions he used his lucky quarter to beat the game ''[[Street Fighter\|Street Masher]]''.
	* Email [[too cool]] — [[Senor Cardgage]] asks Strong Bad to mash play on the air freshener to record his [[Character Videos\|character video]].		* Email [[too cool]] — [[Senor Cardgage]] asks Strong Bad to mash play on the air freshener to record his [[Character Videos\|character video]].
	* [[Disk 4 of 12 - FriendlyWare]] — Strong Bad, amused that [[FriendlyWare]] keeps asking him to ~~"~~strike~~"~~ keys, suggests that the words ~~"~~press~~"~~ and ~~"~~mash~~"~~ hadn't been invented by the early eighties.		* [[Disk 4 of 12 - FriendlyWare]] — Strong Bad, amused that [[Friendlyware\|FriendlyWare]] keeps asking him to "strike" keys, suggests that the words "press" and "mash" hadn't been invented by the early eighties.
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