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"He is a good king and he rules the land quite nicely"

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The King of Town sends Homestar and Pom Pom to investigate the whereabouts of his missing sheep. This is one of the earliest [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] toons, later receiving a [[The King of Town DVD|"special edition DVD"]] upgrade.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[The King of Town]], [[The King of Town's Sheep]], [[Multi-Function Dragon]], [[Homestar Runner]], [[Pom Pom]], [[The Blacksmith]], [[The Poopsmith]], [[That Little Chef Guy]]

'''Places:''' [[King of Town's Castle]]

'''Date:''' c. January 2000

'''Running Time:''' 1:26

'''Page Title:''' The King of Town

'''DVD:''' [[Everything Else, Volume 2]]

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== Contents ==

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* [#Transcript 1 Transcript]
* [#Easter_Eggs 2 Easter Eggs]
* [#Fun_Facts 3 Fun Facts]
** [#Remarks 3.1 Remarks]
** [#Fast_Forward 3.2 Fast Forward]
* [#DVD_Version 4 DVD Version]
** [#Commentary_Transcript 4.1 Commentary Transcript]
* [#External_Links 5 External Links]

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

''{Open to a white background.}''

'''TEXT:''' [This is the King of Town]

''{The King of Town appears above the text with a cartoon sound effect; a few inches above his head is his crown, which hangs for a bit before falling on his head. The text moves to the left and off the screen.}''

''{Cut to a hilly pasture, as a harp strum plays and a butterfly passes by. Pan over to reveal three sheep standing by a fence, with the King of Town's castle and several hills in the horizon. One of the sheep bleats.}''

[He is a good king and he rules the land quite nicely]

''{Cut to the inside of the castle, near a window. The King is pacing back and forth nervously, sweating.}''

[But he worries all the time.]

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' ''{sweating}'' My sheep are missing! My sheep are missing!

''{Cut to a pasture where several sheep are grazing and bleating. A pink dragon appears from behind the hills, growling, and eats one of the sheep, taking a bite out of the hill at the same time. The dragon then disappears behind the hills.}''

[And I'm afraid a dragon has gobbled them up!]

''{Cut back to the castle interior, where a hatless Homestar Runner and Pom Pom have appeared, facing the King. The Knight has appeared beside the King. A harp strum plays.}''

[So he called Homestar Runner and Pom Pom and asked if they would help.]

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{nods}'' Ooookay!

''{Cut to The Blacksmith at his shop, where there is a hearth above an anvil. Homestar and Pom Pom are facing him. Metal is heard striking in the background.}''

[So they questioned the Blacksmith...]

'''THE BLACKSMITH:''' ''{shrugs}''

''{Cut to The Poopsmith at his pile of whatsit, where there are flies buzzing around. Homestar and Pom Pom are facing him. Splats are heard in the background.}''

[They questioned the Poopsmith...]

'''THE POOPSMITH:''' ''{shrugs}''

''{Cut to The Little Chef Guy at the castle interior, where there is a pantry stocked with foods and a large piece of meat with a knife stuck in it, spilling blood on the floor. Kitchen ambience is heard in the background.}''

[And finally they questioned the King's Chef...]

'''THE LITTLE CHEF GUY:''' ''{nods}''

''{Homestar and Pom Pom look at each other, surprised. An exclamation mark appears over their heads. With a harp strum, the King of Town's coat of arms appears, growing to cover the screen as a transition into the next scene, where it is placed on the wall. The King, Poopsmith, Chef, Knight, and Blacksmith stand in a group before Homestar and Pom Pom. There are flies buzzing around The Poopsmith.}''

[So they gathered everyone together]

''{A blackboard falls onto the wall over the coat of arms, and a graduate cap and pointer fall into Homestar's head and "hand" from above. Cut to a closer shot of Homestar at the blackboard.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I have found that the King's sheep were ''not'' eaten by a dragon.

''{As he says this, a sheep appears on the blackboard, which Homestar moves to the left with his pointer, after which he points to the right side of the blackboard, where a drawing of the dragon appears. He draws a big red "X" over the dragon with the pointer. Cut to a closeup of the King of Town.}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' Phew!

''{Cut back to Homestar at the blackboard, with a drawing of a sheep.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{opening his mouth wide}'' But, they ''were'' eaten! ''{he points to the drawing as a bite mark appears on the sheep}''

''{Cut back to the King}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' ''{sweating}'' Oh, no! What could have done such a thing?

''{Cut to a wide shot of Homestar, Pom Pom and the King. The blackboard is gone.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Why don't you ask yourself, King? ''{pokes King's belly with pointer}''

''{Cut back to a closeup of the King}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' ''{blushes}'' Oh, yeah. They were delicious! ''{burps; his crown jumps}''

''{Cut to the outside of the castle as everyone laughs. Zoom out of the castle to focus on a sheep grazing in the field. The sheep bleats.}''

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* Click on the sheep at the end of the toon to make it fly off behind the mountains.

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

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

* The King of Town's mouth is visible under his mustache when he belches.

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=== <span class="mw-headline">Fast Forward</span> ===

* In 2001, this toon was [[The King of Town (new)|remade]] and [[The King of Town (toon)|rereleased in a format reminiscent of Special Edition DVDs]].

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== <span class="mw-headline"> DVD Version </span> ==

* The sheep Easter egg has been removed.
* The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch the DVD player's audio language selection while watching.

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

('''Commentary by:''' [[Mike Chapman]], [[Matt Chapman]])

'''MIKE:''' So here's the first cartoon that we ever put on the Homestar website.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Matt made this all by himself at work, right?

'''MATT:''' I made that fence. That fence was really good looking. ''{Mike laughs}''

'''MIKE:''' The King of Town doesn't say "Doo hoo hoo" as much as he used to.

'''MATT:''' He— he definitely doesn't. There's some line width issues, Mike.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, there's bricks— that background has very thick outlines right there.

'''MATT:''' This is the cartoon that introduced the King of Town, the Poopsmith, the Blacksmith, all the King's men.

'''MIKE:''' The Poopsmith was never intended to, uh, make it past this cartoon any more than the Blacksmith or the Chef was, but uh—

'''MATT:''' Right, he was just sort of a, uh, sight gag in the midst of those few guys.

'''MIKE:''' For whatever reason, he transcended.

'''MATT:''' He transcends times and space...s.

'''MIKE:''' Those flies stopped buzzing.

'''MATT:''' ''{laughing}'' Apparently. This is a nice magical chalkboard Homestar has.

'''MIKE:''' At the beginning of every scene, there's two or three seconds of silence before anything happens or anyone says anything.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, that's some good looping animation on his sweat. ''{Mike laughs}'' Some good red cheeks too. Just kinda sp— Oh, look, he had a mouth there! See his mouth?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, he did. I didn't even notice. Wow.

'''MATT:''' A rare glimpse. Bye.

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

* [https://homestarrunner.com/toons/kingoftown watch "The King of Town"]
* [https://old.homestarrunner.com/kingoftown.html watch "The King of Town"] on the old [[Flash]] site
* [https://old.homestarrunner.com/kingoftown.swf view the Flash file for "The King of Town"]

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[/wiki/Special:Categories Categories]: <span dir="ltr">[[Category:The King of Town Filmography|The King of Town Filmography]]</span> | <span dir="ltr">[[Category:Multi-Function Dragon Filmography|Multi-Function Dragon Filmography]]</span> | <span dir="ltr">[[Category:Homestar Runner Filmography|Homestar Runner Filmography]]</span> | <span dir="ltr">[[Category:Pom Pom Filmography|Pom Pom Filmography]]</span> | <span dir="ltr">[[Category:The Blacksmith Filmography|The Blacksmith Filmography]]</span> | <span dir="ltr">[[Category:The Poopsmith Filmography|The Poopsmith Filmography]]</span> | <span dir="ltr">[[Category:That Little Chef Guy Filmography|That Little Chef Guy Filmography]]</span> | <span dir="ltr">[[Category:Everything Else, Volume 2|Everything Else, Volume 2]]</span> | <span dir="ltr">[[Category:DVD Commentary|DVD Commentary]]</span> | <span dir="ltr">[[Category:Articles with Missing Information|Articles with Missing Information]]</span> | <span dir="ltr">[[Category:The King of Town DVD|The King of Town DVD]]</span>

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