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''Strong Bad: Total Journalist''

The word '''Total''' is often used to add emphasis to words or concepts in [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]]. This is typically done in a manner similar to the adverb "totally", though rarely in a grammatically correct manner. [[Strong Bad]] in particular emphasizes things by describing them as "total".

== Appearances ==

* All [[Strong Badman]] comics are entitled "The Total Adventures of Strong Badman".
* [[Strong Bad Talker]] — One of the words in the talker is "total". Also, originally the code in order to unlock the [[Strong Bad Main Page]] was "Homestar is nothing but a total loser".
* [[Main Page 11]] — The Download button effect cuts to Strong Bad announcing that "Today's forecast is total [[Crap|crap]]!"
* Email [[trevor the vampire]] — Strong Bad [[Strong Bad Email Intros|opens the email]] with "I'm totally checking my email. Total, man."
* Email [[stand-up]] — The [[The VCR|VCR]] is labeled "VHS TOTALTRONICS".
* Email [[CGNU]] — One of the degrees offered at [[Crazy Go Nuts University]] is "Total [[Spaceships|Spaceship]] Guy".
* Email [[superhero name]] — Strong Badman's death ray plan is captioned "TOTAL DEATH RAY".
* [[The Interview]] — The door outside the [[Smoky Office|smoky office]] reads "Strong Bad: Total Journalist".
* Email [[lures & jigs]] — [[Fishing Challenge '91]] is made by [[Minor Companies|Totalsoft Electronicals LLC,,.]]
* [[Strong Bad's Website]] — The [[Page Titles|page title]] is "Total Grodal".
* Email [[autobiography]] — One of the words on the cover of [[Words I Probably Said]] is "total".
* Email [[the bet]] — After Strong Bad confirms either outcome of the bet, [[Homestar Runner]] replies, "That's the deal, man. The total deal."
* Email [[different town]] — [[Coach Z]]'s "cool jacket" reads "Totally [[Style|style]]!"
* [[Cheat Commandos (toon)|Cheat Commandos]] — When [[Blue Laser Commander]] orders his men to "crush the [[Cheat Commandos]]!", the screen in the background reads "OPERATION: DON'T CRUSH OURSELVES T-MINUS: TOTAL".
* Email [[secret recipes]] — Strong Bad states that his family comes from [[Made-up Places|Bumdumbourge]], which is near Totalslava.
* [[Commandos in the Classroom]] — When asked if [[Fightgar]] should be shot, a [[Blue Laser Minion|Blue Laser minion]] replies, "Abso-total-lutely!"
* Email [[alternate universe]] — One of the ingredients Homestar uses to make a real fruit smoothie is a jar of "[[Total Load]]".
** This product shows up again in [[Homestar Ruiner]] and Strong Bad uses the phrase in [[Loading Screens]].
* Email [[keep cool]] — Homestar describes the huge displacement of water created by [[Strong Mad]] as a "total wave".
* [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 14.2]] — When pretending to be an automated phone robot, Strong Bad asks [[Marzipan]] to "press or say 'total yes'".
* The [[Strong Badman]] T-shirt reads "The Total Adventures of Strong Badman".
* [[Baddest of the Bands]] — Strong Sad's film camera is called the "Totalmatic SuddenShot".
* [[Loading Screens]] — Strong Bad says "total load". The toon ends with "totally loaded."
* [[Later That Night... Teaser]] — [[Halloween Teasers|Decompiling]] the [[Flash]] file reveals the message "total [[Cop-out|cop-out]]" underneath the silhouettes.
* [[Disk 4 of 12 - FriendlyWare]] — Strong Bad edits the graphics of the Sea Battle game to name his battleship the "S.S. Totalbelow".
* [[Dangeresque Roomisode 2: The Intersection of Doom & Boom]] — [[Gremlin|Dangecaresque]] is equipped with a Totaltronics Symptom-7 No-Fi radio.

== See Also ==

* [[Total Load]]
* [[Seriously]]
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