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''"No! I'm— I'm Diamond Dave!"''

The American hard rock band '''[[Van Halen]]''' has been referenced multiple times in the [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] body of work.

== References ==

* [[Main Page 4]] — When rolling over Toons, a bowling ball with Eddie Van Halen's [[Frankenstrat]] stripe scheme bowls a strike.
* [[Main Page 9]] — When rolling over Characters, the band's logo appears.
* [[The Cheat Theme Song]] — When the lyric "Who's gonna start a rock and roll band?" is sung, it is accompanied by a "[[The Cheat]]" symbol that looks like the the band's logo.
* Email [[band names]] — Strong Bad uses Van Halen as an example of a band named after a "really cool last name," referring to brothers [[Alex Van Halen|Alex]] and [[Eddie Van Halen]].
* Email [[colonization]] — Parodying [[Strong Bad Email By Name of Sender|the sender's name]] "Shana Ma", Strong Bad sings "Shana-Ma! Shana-Ma ha-ho-ha-HA-ha!" to the tune of "[[Panama (song)|Panama]]".
* [[The House That Gave Sucky Tricks]] — Strong Bad [[The House That Gave Sucky Tricks Costumes|dresses up as]] former Van Halen vocalist [[David Lee Roth]], in particular the cover of Roth's first post-Van Halen solo album ''[[Eat 'Em and Smile]]''.
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