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

	''{Two vertical brown lines come up from the bottom of the screen, while a blue one comes down from the top. Homestar Runner appears in the center of the screen. A firework bursts on the left, along with the text "everyone loves the homestar runner". Homestar turns to the right as another firework appears, creating the text "he is a terrific athlete". As more fireworks explode, off-white arrows push the text offscreen. The vertical lines and the arrows spin away, as the camera zooms into Homestar's right eye. Homestar's eye sparkles, and then a star appears as another firework goes off. Homestar appears inside the star, which changes from white to blue, and spins around as several fireworks explode against the black background. Homestar's eye sparkles again. After one last firework surrounds the star and disappears, an [[Homestar Runner (body of work)\|h*r]] logo appears underneath the star, with either the word "enter" (in the old version) or "close" (in the current version) written under it.}''		''{Two vertical brown lines come up from the bottom of the screen, while a blue one comes down from the top. Homestar Runner appears and approaches the camera in the center of the screen. A firework bursts on the left, along with the text "everyone loves the homestar runner". Homestar turns to the right as another firework appears, creating the text "he is a terrific athlete". As more fireworks explode, Homestar turns back left and off-white arrows push the text offscreen. The vertical lines and the arrows spin away, as the camera zooms into Homestar's right eye. Homestar's eye sparkles, and then a star appears as another firework goes off. Homestar appears inside the star, which changes from white to blue, and spins around as several fireworks explode against the black background. Homestar's eye sparkles again. After one last firework surrounds the star and disappears, an [[Homestar Runner (body of work)\|h*r]] logo appears underneath the star, with either the word "enter" (in the old version) or "close" (in the current version) written under it.}''

	~~<br />~~		''{Afterwards, rolling over the h*r logo gives it a yellow outline and a yellow star, with the h and r switching colors; click it and Homestar will say, "Hello!" as the text changes from "enter" to "you're in!"}''
	Afterwards, ~~roll~~ over the h*r logo ~~to give~~ it a yellow outline and yellow star ~~and~~ the h and r ~~switch~~ colors; ~~if you~~ click it~~, you~~ will ~~hear Homestar~~ say, "Hello!" ~~and it will say~~ "~~you're in!~~" ~~instead of~~ "~~enter~~".

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

	* ~~This intro quotes~~ the [[Original Book]].		* "Everyone loves the Homestar Runner" and "He is a [[Terrific Athlete\|terrific athlete]]" quote the opening lines from the [[Original Book]], though the book read "Everybody" instead of "Everyone".

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	* The intro music is the "Chord" rhythm on the [[Casio Keyboards\|Casio SK-1 keyboard]], played on different pitches.		* The intro music is the "Chord" rhythm on the [[Casio Keyboards\|Casio SK-1 keyboard]], played on different pitches.

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			* The intro appears as part of the visuals of [[Back To A Website\|Back to a Website]].

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He is a terrific athlete

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The original intro to the site.

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

'''Running Time:''' 0:15

'''Page Title:''' That's Mike going 'Beeooo!'

'''Original Page Title:''' Everyone Loves the Homestar Runner

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* [#Fun_Facts 2 Fun Facts]
** [#Trivia 2.1 Trivia]
** [#Remarks 2.2 Remarks]
** [#Inside_References 2.3 Inside References]
** [#Real-World_References 2.4 Real-World References]
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''{Two vertical brown lines come up from the bottom of the screen, while a blue one comes down from the top. Homestar Runner appears in the center of the screen. A firework bursts on the left, along with the text "everyone loves the homestar runner". Homestar turns to the right as another firework appears, creating the text "he is a terrific athlete". As more fireworks explode, off-white arrows push the text offscreen. The vertical lines and the arrows spin away, as the camera zooms into Homestar's right eye. Homestar's eye sparkles, and then a star appears as another firework goes off. Homestar appears inside the star, which changes from white to blue, and spins around as several fireworks explode against the black background. Homestar's eye sparkles again. After one last firework surrounds the star and disappears, an [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|h*r]] logo appears underneath the star, with either the word "enter" (in the old version) or "close" (in the current version) written under it.}''

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Afterwards, roll over the h*r logo to give it a yellow outline and yellow star and the h and r switch colors; if you click it, you will hear Homestar say, "Hello!" and it will say "you're in!" instead of "enter".

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== <span class="mw-headline"> Fun Facts </span> ==

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* According to the page title, [[Mike Chapman]] did the [[Fireworks|firework]] sound effects.

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* The Enter button only works between frames 122 and 127, when it sparkles.
* The Enter button links to either [[Main Page 1]], [[Main Page 2]], or [[Main Page 3]]. Presumably, this is because the other main pages had not been created yet.

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

* This intro quotes the [[Original Book]].

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

* The intro music is the "Chord" rhythm on the [[Casio Keyboards|Casio SK-1 keyboard]], played on different pitches.

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

* [https://old.homestarrunner.com/oldintro.html watch "Old Intro"] on the old [[Flash]] site
* [https://old.homestarrunner.com/oldintro.swf view the Flash file for "Old Intro"]
* [https://homestarrunner.com/intro.swf View the Flash file used in Old Flash Stuff] ("Enter" replaced with "Close")

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