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| [https://homestarrunner.com/toons/old-new-intro watch]
| [[Theme Song Video|← Theme Song Video]]
| [[Fluffy Puff Commercial|Fluffy Puff Commercial →]]
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"Everybody! Lah-dee-dah-dee-dah!"

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An introductory animation for [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] that greeted visitors to [[homestarrunner.com|the site]] for nearly two decades.

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

'''Date:''' 2001

'''Running Time:''' 0:20

'''Page Title:''' Remember when you couldn't skip this?!

'''Original Page Title:''' Everybody! Everybody!

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* [#Transcript 1 Transcript]
* [#Fun_Facts 2 Fun Facts]
** [#Explanations 2.1 Explanations]
** [#Trivia 2.2 Trivia]
** [#Remarks 2.3 Remarks]
** [#Goofs 2.4 Goofs]
** [#Fast_Forward 2.5 Fast Forward]
* [#External_Links 3 External Links]

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'''KIDS:''' ''{singing in background, music continually loops throughout intro}'' Everybody! Everybody! Everybody! Everybody!

''{A lit version of Homestar Runner, similar to graphics seen on sports scoreboards, runs in place. The normal Homestar, smaller than the graphic, runs across the top of the screen, leaving the letters "H O M E S T A R" from left to right in a scoreboard-like typeface, then runs offscreen. The letters fade between a cycle of red, white, and blue. He re-enters at the bottom right leaving the similarly-displayed letters "R U N N E R" from right to left, then runs off the left side of the screen. Appearing slightly larger from the left, he runs across the middle of the screen, causing the words "HOMESTAR" and "RUNNER" to scatter. His logo, also in scoreboard style, fades in behind him as he runs, and then fades into the glossy, higher-detail version of the logo. The star from the logo elongates itself toward the camera into a star-shaped tunnel, alternating in red, white and blue, and eventually zooming upon Homestar standing in front of a blue background with light blue stripes emanating from the center.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{out of sync with the background music}'' Everybody! Lah-dee-dah-dee-dah! ''{background music fades out}'' Everybody! Lah-dee-dah-dee-dah!

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

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

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Remember when you ''could'' skip this?!

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* This introduction was in place on [[homestarrunner.com]] from 2001, retired in 2021 as part of [[Post-Flash Site Update|a major reworking of the site's structure]].
** At first, as the [[Page Titles|page title]] alludes to, the intro played whenever navigating to the homestarrunner.com URL.
** In mid-2003, a [[Index Page|landing page]] was put in place on the index, giving visitors the choice to either watch the intro or "come on in" directly to a [[Main Pages|main page]].
** As of 2021, the index page ''only'' offers the choice to "come on in". The retired Old New Intro can now be watched via the [[TV Time Toons Menu]].

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* In [[retroCRUSH Interview|an interview with retroCRUSH]], [[Mike Chapman]] revealed that he and [[Matt Chapman|Matt]] sung the background song and sped up their voices to achieve the childlike higher pitch.
** A similar method was used to create the [[Homestar Runner Theme Song]].

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

* The HTML filename (intro.html) does not match its SWF counterpart, named newintro.swf. intro.swf is the Flash file for the [[Old Intro]].
* The lightbulbs that make up the outline of Homestar's picture have only a fraction of them glow.
* Once the "skip" button disappears, clicking the star on Homestar's shirt jumps straight to the [[Main Pages]] without having to wait for Homestar to finish singing.
* The intro will only lead to [[Main Pages]] 1 through 14.
* On some [[Halloween|Halloweens]] from 2001 through 2005, the page was replaced with a [[Ween Intro|Halloween-styled variation]] that featured Homestar wearing orange and black. This intro always led to [[Main Page 7]], the Halloween graveyard main page.

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[[Lack of Visible Arms|Lack of visible legs]]

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* When the big yellow Homestar lifts his front leg, a yellow line is visible between two of the scoreboard lights.
* There is a single frame toward the end where most of Homestar's body should be visible, yet his legs are missing.
* When Homestar opens his mouth, his hat changes to a darker red and goes back when he closes it.

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* The [[Everybody Everybody|"Everybody Everybody" song]] has been reused on many occasions.
* The main menu for the [[DVD]] [[Everything Else, Volume Two]] depicts a felt version of Homestar on the blue background.
* The intro to [[strongbad email.exe Disc Five]] starts as an expanded 3D version of this intro.
* On [[April Fool 09|April Fools' Day 2009]], [[Strong Bad]] [[Sbemailiarized Entertainment|Sbemailiarized]] the animation.
* For [[April Fools' Day]] 2010, the normal intro and the [[Index Page|index page]] were replaced by [[Xeriouxly Forxe]].
* The scoreboard animation makes a brief appearance in [[Back To A Website|Back to a Website]].

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* [https://homestarrunner.com/toons/old-new-intro watch "Old New Intro"]
* [https://old.homestarrunner.com/intro.html watch "Old New Intro"] on the old [[Flash]] site
* [https://old.homestarrunner.com/newintro.swf view the Flash file for "Old New Intro"]

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