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+The location of someone's '''parents' basement''' has been mentioned in a few cartoons as well as in public appearances of [[The Brothers Chaps]]. The phrase is used by [[Strong Bad]] usually as a means to ridicule other people. Sometimes the phrase is used in a singular possessive case ("parent's" with the apostrophe before the s), implying that there is only one parent in possession of the basement.
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+== Appearances ==
 * [[Thorax Corporation]] — The CEO, Gent Delabor, Sr. manages Delabor family affairs from his parents' basement.
-* Email [[virus]] — [[Edgarware]] is &quot;programmed entirely in mom's basement&quot;.
+* [[UMFM Interview - 20 May 2003]] — [[Matt Chapman]] refers to a time when they were running the store out of his [[Don and Harriet Chapman|parents]]' basement.
-* Email [[road trip]] — Strong Bad refers to an email sender as &quot;Pete from Pete's parents' basement.&quot;
+* [[Wired News Radio Interview - 23 Jun 2003]] — Matt says they put their friends to work in his parents' basement.
-* Email [[coloring]] ([[coloring|DVD Commentary]]) — [[Larry Palaroncini]] confirms that the members of [[Limozeen]] all live in &quot;the same woman's basement&quot;, and that they think she is their mother.
+* Email [[virus]] — [[Edgarware]] is "programmed entirely in mom's basement".
 * Email [[environment]] — Strong Bad says he's [[Making Out|making out]] with the environment in the parent's basement of a solar-powered house.
-* [[Limozeen Live (practice)|Limozeen Live!]] — The link to the video read &quot;Watch us practicing in our <s>parents'</s> basement.&quot;
+* [[Limozeen Live (practice)|Limozeen Live!]] — The link to the video read "Watch us practicing in our parents' basement."
-* Email [[magic trick]] — In an Easter egg, [[D n' D Greg]] asks [[Coach Z]] to leave his parent's basement.
+* Email [[magic trick]] — In an Easter egg, [[The Gregs|D n' D Greg]] asks [[Coach Z]] to leave his parent's basement.
-* [[Strong Badia the Free]] — Strong Bad [[Strong Badia the Free Responses (Bleak House)|tells an email sender]] to figure out where in his parents' basement to hang his Bob Marley poster when he moves back in after inevitably failing out of college.
+* [[Strong Badia the Free]] — Strong Bad tells an email sender to figure out where in his parents' basement to hang his Bob Marley poster.
-* [[Fan Costumes '08]] — Strong Bad describes a costumed fan as portraying a character who lives &quot;in the basement of his parents' basement&quot;.
+* [[Fan Costumes '08]] — Strong Bad accuses a dressed-up fan of living in the basement of his parents' basement.
-* [[Poker Night at the Inventory]] — [[Strong Bad's Responses in Poker Night at the Inventory|Strong Bad tells]] The Heavy that [[Penny Arcade|Tycho]] &quot;lives in his parent's basement and subsists on cheese doodles and rejection.&quot;
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The location of someone's '''parents' basement''' has been mentioned in a several cartoons, often used disparagingly by [[Strong Bad]]. Typically, it is stated or implied that an individual lives in their parents' basement, suggesting a lack of personal or professional success.

Sometimes the phrase is used in a singular possessive case ("parent's" with the apostrophe before the s), implying that there is only one parent in possession of the basement.

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

* [[Thorax Corporation]] — The CEO, Gent Delabor, Sr. manages Delabor family affairs from his parents' basement.
* Email [[virus]] — [[Edgarware]] is "programmed entirely in mom's basement".
* Email [[road trip]] — Strong Bad refers to an email sender as "Pete from Pete's parents' basement."
* Email [[coloring]] ([[coloring|DVD Commentary]]) — [[Larry Palaroncini]] confirms that the members of [[Limozeen]] all live in "the same woman's basement", and that they think she is their mother.
* Email [[environment]] — Strong Bad says he's [[Making Out|making out]] with the environment in the parent's basement of a solar-powered house.
* [[Limozeen Live (practice)|Limozeen Live!]] — The link to the video read "Watch us practicing in our <s>parents'</s> basement."
* Email [[magic trick]] — In an Easter egg, [[D n' D Greg]] asks [[Coach Z]] to leave his parent's basement.
* [[Strong Badia the Free]] — Strong Bad [[Strong Badia the Free Responses (Bleak House)|tells an email sender]] to figure out where in his parents' basement to hang his Bob Marley poster when he moves back in after inevitably failing out of college.
* [[Fan Costumes '08]] — Strong Bad describes a costumed fan as portraying a character who lives "in the basement of his parents' basement".
* [[Poker Night at the Inventory]] — [[Strong Bad's Responses in Poker Night at the Inventory|Strong Bad tells]] The Heavy that [[Penny Arcade|Tycho]] "lives in his parent's basement and subsists on cheese doodles and rejection."

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[[The Brothers Chaps]] have discussed their real-world parents' basement on occasion. Prior to February 2003, when they began working with a fulfillment company, distribution of [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] merchandise was done out of [[Don and Harriet Chapman|the Chapman parents']] basement; the brothers have repeatedly emphasized that they never ''lived'' in said basement, as the running gag had led some fans to believe.

* [[UMFM Interview - 20 May 2003]] — [[Matt Chapman]] shares an anecdote of the brothers fulfilling a great deal of Christmas orders in their parents' basement.
* [[Wired News Radio Interview - 23 Jun 2003]] — [[Mike]], Matt, and [[Missy]] again recall the Christmas rush, telling how friends were put to work in their parents' basement.
* [[Flashforward 2006 Seattle - 28 Feb 2006]] — The Brothers Chaps mention that they live in their own homes, not their parents' basement.
* [[Ron & Fez Show Interview - 19 Dec 2008]] — Matt again remarks that the running gag led fans to believe the brothers lived in their parents' basement, which they never did.

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* [[Parents]]
* [[Basement of the Brothers Strong]]

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