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Meet the Parents

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Although most of the [[Characters|characters]]' '''parents''' are [[Unseen Characters|never seen]], they are sometimes mentioned.

At the [[Flashforward 2006 Seattle - 28 Feb 2006|Flashforward 2006 Seattle]] public appearance, [[The Brothers Chaps]] revealed that [[Strong Bad Email|emails]] they receive asking about the characters' parents are one of the [[Flashforward 2006 Seattle - 28 Feb 2006|groups of emails]] that are virtually certain ''not'' to be answered.

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== Contents ==

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* [#Appearances 1 Appearances]
** [#Homestar_Runner 1.1 Homestar Runner]
** [#The_Brothers_Strong 1.2 The Brothers Strong]
** [#Other_Main_Characters 1.3 Other Main Characters]
** [#Minor_Characters 1.4 Minor Characters]
** [#Teen_Girl_Squad 1.5 Teen Girl Squad]
* [#Other_Relatives 2 Other Relatives]
* [#See_Also 3 See Also]

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

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=== <span class="mw-headline">[[Homestar Runner]]</span> ===

* [[Super NES]] and [[Theme Song Video]] — One of the lyrics to the song is "Homestar Runner, mom and dad".
* [[Secret Pages|Homestar's Yearbook]] — Homestar says, "Sign my yearbook! But don't use any [[Swears|swears]], because... my mom reads it."
* [[Senorial Day]] — As part of his role in [[Bubs]]'s commercial, Homestar acts like Bubs is his father and dresses up as such.
* Email [[shapeshifter]] — Homestar doesn't want to talk to the "scarf from grandma", possibly implying that he thought that it was from his ''own'' grandmother.
* [[79 Seconds Left]] — Homestar refers to himself as the [[Cow Lamp|Cow]] [[Tape-leg|Leg's]] daddy.
* [[Fan Costumes '09]] — Homestar seems to believe that [[Strong Bad]] is his kid, after seeing a picture that shows a man dressed as Homestar, a woman dressed as Marzipan, and a small child dressed as Strong Bad.

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=== <span class="mw-headline">[[The Brothers Strong]]</span> ===

* [[Homestarloween Party]] — [[Strong Bad]] admits that his mother helped him with his [[Homestarloween Party Costumes|costume]].
* [[The Secrets That I Keep]] — The birthday card that Strong Bad gave [[Strong Sad]] has "mom says I have to make you this kard " written in it.
* Email [[50 emails]] (DVD Commentary) — After wondering why Strong Bad has a [[fondue pot]], [[Matt Chapman]] suggests that it's his mom's. In mock fan obsession, he excitedly asks, "Oh man, what is his mom parent..ing like... today?"
* Email [[cheatday]] — [[The Cheat]] reads one email asking what [[The Brothers Strong]]'s parents look like, but he responds by threatening to [[The Cheat Gnawing|gnaw]] the email sender's face off (which apparently is his response to every email).
* Email [[the facts]] — Strong Bad tells [[Strong Mad]] that "Mom says to keep it down 'cause baby [[Strong Sad]]'s sleeping."
* [[The Screen Savers Interview - 24 Jan 2005]] — Joe from Pomona, California asks Strong Bad why we never get to see his parents. The question angers Strong Bad. Strong Bad later warns the host [[Kevin Pereira]] to never talk about his mother.
* Email [[the chair]] — After ripping his mask off, Strong Bad holds up an alleged picture of his parents, although it is obscured by the new high-backed [[Le Restige|chair]]. However, using a Flash decompiler reveals that the picture is blank except for the message "[[Nice Try|nice try]] dodongo".
* Email [[mini-golf]] — When the [[Drive-Thru Whale]] says, "Pour gravel on your stump please, ma'am," Strong Bad asks, "Did you just tell my mom to pour gravel on her stump?"
* Email [[slumber party]] — Strong Bad mentions that Strong Sad used to get picked up early from the slumber parties they used to have in [[Basement of the Brothers Strong|their own basement]] because he missed their mother.
* Email [[environment]] — Strong Bad is seen typing up a list of mother-approved synonyms of "butt".
* Email [[buried]] — Strong Bad believes his parents are aliens.
* Email [[shapeshifter]] — Strong Bad mentions having the power to turn into "presents your grandma's knitted for you", and later transforms into a scarf from by his grandmother, whom he refers to as "G-moms".
* Email [[rated]] — Strong Bad admits that Coach Z kind of looks like his mother.
* Email [[specially marked]] — Strong Bad tells cereals that require a parent to write a check for the shipping and handling to "leave [his] mom out of this!"
* [[Homestar Ruiner]] — Strong Bad tries to get Strong Sad to get out of his room by pretending to be their mother. Strong Sad replies, [[Homestar Ruiner Responses (House of Strong)|"You're not even my real mom!"]]
* [[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]] — Senor Cardgage acts as [[Dadgeresque]] ([[Dangeresque (character)|Dangeresque]]'s dad). Dangeresque also admits the stickanee flower he was showing to [[Cutesy Buttons]] was "for [his] mom".
* [[Dangeresque Roomisode 1: Behind the Dangerdesque]] — Dangeresque mentions that his grandma used to air her whoozit out.
* [[Compy Catalog]] — The Decemberween present in Strong Bad's imagination is given by either one of his parents.
* [[Later That Night...]] — Strong Bad tells Homestar, "You leave my father out of this!"

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=== <span class="mw-headline">Other Main Characters</span> ===

* [[Old Characters Page]] — [[The King of Town]]'s bio states that he is [[Marzipan]]'s father. This is the only such concrete reference on the site, and The Brothers Chaps have since reported in interviews (such as the [[Club Aquatica Interview - 29 Oct 2003|Club Aquatica interview]]) that this was an idea they had early in the site's development but have since abandoned. However, it was revisited in [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2]].
* [[Pom Pom, Too]] — [[Pom Pom]]'s [[General and Fraulein Pom Pom|parents]] are seen in a photo.
* Email [[interview]] — While demonstrating what an interview with [[Homsar]] would be like, Strong Bad as a Homsar puppet says, "I was raised by a cup of [[Coffee|coffee]]!"
* Email [[pom pom]] — Strong Bad writes a letter to Pom Pom's parents, addressing them as "General and Fraulein Pom Pom".
* [[Homestar Presents: Presents]] — [[Coach Z]] pretends to be talking to his parents on a [[Disconnected Telephones|disconnected phone]].
* Email [[garage sale]] — Coach Z claims that he is a mother.
* [[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]] — Coach Z thinks Strong Bad is dressed up as Coach Z's hot mom.
* [[Weclome Back]] — Strong Bad says, to a gathering of main characters, but to no one in particular, "What am I, your dad?"
* [[Fan Costumes '06]] — Strong Bad thinks one of the costumes looks like The Cheat's hot mom.
** He later mentions The Cheat's hot mom in [[Homestar Ruiner]].
* Email [[fan club]] — Homsar states that he is the "son of a [[Chipwich]]", and an Easter egg shows a picture of his "parents".
* Email [[pet show]] — The King of Town berates the As Seen on TV Low-Fat Cooking Device by saying he's not its real father.
* [[A Death-Defying Decemberween]] — Homestar and Marzipan go to Marzipan's parents' house at the end of the toon. Marzipan's mother, "Mrs. Marzipan", is apparently frequently divorced. Her current husband, Seth, is a philosophy professor.
* Email [[independent]] — Strong Bad mentions Pom Pom's father, who apparently owns his own studio.
* [[Fan Costumes '09]] — Strong Bad implies that Homestar and Marzipan's son would be Homsar.
* [[I Killed Pom Pom]] — The King of Town says to [[The Poopsmith]], "Stop acting like my dad!"
* Email [[parenting]] — The main characters are practicing being parents with bags of [[Pudding|pudding]].

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=== <span class="mw-headline">Minor Characters</span> ===

* [[Homestarloween Party]] — The [[Visor Robot]]'s brain is said to have belonged to [[The Sad Kids|the Sad Kids]]' father.
* Email [[army]] — Homestar tells [[Mrs. Bennedetto]] that her son, [[Frank Bennedetto|Frank]], [[Death|died]] in [[The Battle of Strong Badia|battle]].
* [[The Li'l Brudder Show]] — [[Li'l Brudder]]'s parents are shown to be a unicycle and a [[Dogs|dog]].
* [[Let us give TANKS!]] — [[Reynold]] says that he is going to his [[Reynold's Parents' House|parents' house]] for Thanksgiving.
* Email [[hygiene]] — Gene's "young and hot" mother buys his clothes, and lets him take the boat out when she has a 'grown-up' headache.
* [[Limozeen Live! (practice)]] — The corner of the advertisement reads, "Watch us practicing in our <s>parents'</s> basement". Also, a pop-up during the video reads, "We use acoustics and no drums when we practice so our mom can talk to her friend Gerdith" (the word "mom" gets replaced with "landlord" after a few seconds).
* Email [[magic trick]] — The magician in the book apologizes to his mother after shoving a squirrel into his pants. Also, in an Easter egg, [[D n' D Greg]] tells Coach Z, "I'm gonna have to ask you to leave my parent's basement now."
* [[2 Part Episode: Part 1]] — At least one of the [[Blue Laser Minions]] calls [[Blue Laser Commander]] "Dad", which he apparently hates.
* [[Kooky Moonlight]] — [[Teenage Character Variations|Teenage Homestar Runner]] sings that [[Teenage Character Variations|Teenage Marzipan's]] parents don't respect him as a man.
* [[Stinkoman 20X6]] — In Level 10, Pan Pan has become the father to several babies (a hundred, if 1-Up is to be believed).

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=== <span class="mw-headline">Teen Girl Squad</span> ===

* [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 4]] — [[Cheerleader]] has "cool parents!".
* [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 5]] — [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters|Olda boy 2]] says "I miss my mom!"
* [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 6]] — [[What's Her Face]] "wants a new stepdad!".
* [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 8]] — [[So and So]]'s stepmother is seen, referred to as Mrs. So and So[[Names ending in -erson|erson]]. The girls practice for the battle of the bands in Mrs. So and So-erson's closet. She tells the girls to "Shut your yaps!". Afterwards, she pours ranch dressing on The Ugly One.
* [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 10]] and [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 15]] — [[The Ugly One]]'s father, [[Manolios Ugly One]], is seen.
* [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 13]] — [[Tompkins]]' mother, [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters|Momkins]], is seen. At the end, [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters|Timkins]] points at one of the [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters|policemen]] and says, "You're not my real father!"
* [[Homestar Ruiner Teen Girl Squad|Homestar Ruiner]] — Giving the [[Cars|car]] to a girl will make her mention her "real dad".
* [[Baddest of the Bands Teen Girl Squad Meets Limozeen|Baddest of the Bands]] — What's Her Face accuses [[Limozeen]] of being older than both her fathers.
* [[Decomposing Pumpkins]] — [[Brainkrieg]] plays in their lead singer's mother's garage. The "plump kid" whose "mom did not give us good candy on [[Halloween]]" is revealed at the end to be their drummer.
* [[@StrongBadActual]] — One post suggests that the robot detective Tech is also Tompkins' father.

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== <span class="mw-headline">Other Relatives</span> ==

* Email [[Family Resemblence]] — Strong Bad tries to envision Pom Pom's [[Pom Pom's Hypothetical Family|family]] "resembling" him (at least, to the same extent that Strong Bad's brothers resemble himself).
* Email [[secret recipes]] — Strong Bad and Homestar reference several (possibly and/or definitely made-up) relatives: Strong Bad's "Great Uncle Pawdabber", his "Crazy Aunt Eulatherm", his mystifying "Poopaw", and Homestar's (definitely non-existent) "Stupid Uncle [[Eggs|Egg]]".
* Email [[bedtime story]] — Strong Bad says that he is The Cheat's "Dadbysitter".
* Email [[secret identity]] — Strong Bad claims to have a secret second family and kids in Broiter Grove under the identity of "[[Vance Mudgeman]]". One of the children is supposedly named Jeffrey Beffrey Mudgeman. Strong Bad treats them firmly.
* Email [[candy product]] — One line of Strong Bad's jingle says "Livin' in the gutter with grandma".
* Email [[alternate universe]] — [[Senor Cardgage]] wants to adopt Strong Bad, but Strong Bad disappears before he can do so.
* [[Happy Hallow-day]] — Homestar Runner reminisces about pushing his grandma on a wheelchair through "the old town". This (most likely false) memory is stimulated by [[Coach Z]]'s unrealistic broken-wheelchair-on-cobblestone sound effects.
* Email [[looking old]] — Strong Sad allegedly mistakes Strong Bad for their great-grandmother after he gets a "lace-lift".
** [[A Death-Defying Decemberween]] — Strong Bad asks The Cheat to injure him with a wooden board so he doesn't have to visit his great-grandmother. It is not known if they are the same person.
* Email [[more armies]] — The [[On Point Kings]]' brochure mentions The Cheat's sister as one of their clients.
* Email [[slumber party]] — Bubs mentions his cousins Louis and Harold, who are both deceased.
* [[Happy Dethemberween]] — Marzipan reminds Strong Bad that [[The Thnikkaman|The Decemberween Thnikkaman]] is not better than her "hot cousin" [[Debra]].
* [[Homestar Ruiner]] — When using the car on any girl in the Teen Girl Squad minigame, she says that her father bought it.
* [[Strong Badia the Free]] — Homsar performs an ancient ceremony his Uncle Chet taught.
* [[Sbemail 200 Fakeout]] — Part of the error message says "Did you make a mistake when typing the domain? Did you grandma?"
* [[Most in the Graveyard]] — After Bubs clears up that he and [[Coach Z]] are only distant relatives at the most, Coach Z comments, "So your sister and I can..." before Bubs proceeds to punch him. An outtake later featured as the [[Quote of the Week]] had Bubs saying, "Stay away from my sister!"
* [[Hooked on Decemberween]] — Brainkrieg's song "If I Don't Get Video Games..." mentions "Crazy Uncle Edgar".
* Email [[videography]] — Strong Bad suggests that recording [[Grandmaw Auntpaw]] falling down the stairs in her wheelchair would make Internet gold.
* [[Fish Eye Lens]] — Strong Bad says that with a fish eye lens, "your mom" would say, "Those are some exceptionally smooth moves!"
* [[The House That Gave Sucky Tricks]] — Strong Bad decides to use a [[Jibblies Painting]] of ''Somebody's Dad'' to scare people who enter [[St. Cadaverstump's Morgue-tuary]].
* [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2]] — [[Homestar Runner]] mentions that [[Marzipan]] has a sister.

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* [[How do you type with boxing gloves on?]]
* [[Draw Trogdor Again]]
* [[Children]]
* [[Hot Moms]]
* [[Parents' Basement]]

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