Silhouettes

Strong Sad backlit by the moon

Perducci 's secret weapon

Silhouettes are the image of a person, object, or scene as a solid color, usually black. In the Homestar Runner universe, silhouetted characters are usually seen at night, presumably due to backlighting caused by moonlight. They are used in all the Halloween teasers in order to hint at the costumes that the main characters are wearing. They are also sometimes used as a reference to old Dennis the Menace comics, as noted in DVD commentaries.

Notable Appearances

• The Videlectrix Mascot is only seen silhouetted.
• The vast majority of Z Sabre's appearances are in silhouette.
• Fluffy Puff Commercial — Pressing "l" makes a silhouetted Abraham Lincoln appear. The same silhouette is shown in Everybody to the Limit.
• Pumpkin Carve-nival — Many of the decorated pumpkins have carvings of shapes, such as Pom Pom having a silhouette of a woman carved onto his pumpkin.
• Email couch patch — Coach Z, while silhouetted and with his voice "digitally altered" to protect his identity, gives the real story about the patch on the couch.
• Email dangeresque 3 — In a monologue by Perducci, a silhouette of Killingyouguy is shown, playing off a stereotypical tease of the main antagonist's plan to stop the protagonist. It is later revealed in the end-credits montage that The Cheat had simply painted Strong Mad with black paint in order to create a silhouette.
• Email myths & legends — Coach Z is again silhouetted with his voice digitally altered to protect his identity while he provides information on "the Biscuitdoughhandsman conspiracy".
• Email cliffhangers — In cliffhanger #3, Space Captainface and Strap are set on a collision course with a circle silhouette assumed to be Malmsteen's Comet, which is revealed in the resolution to just be a cantaloupe.
• Email retirement — The Fluffy Puff My Lappy Got Stole! Sweepstakes advertisement shows the main characters silhouetted with question marks in the middle.
• All Halloween Teasers — All characters are silhouetted with their costumes, with Strong Bad usually having an exaggerated costume not seen in the final toons.
  • Halloween Safety — Homestar Runner takes the silhouette gag even further by dressing up as a "roadside silhouette".
  • Mr. Poofers Must Die Teaser — The text in front of the characters reads "i always have to look up how to spell silhouettes".
  • The Homestar Runner Enters The Spooky Woods Teaser — Narrator Strong Bad refers to Tiny-Handed Strong Bad as "silhouetted Strong Bad". The page title is "The Homestar Runner Enters the Silhouettiest Man in the World Contest".
• Hremail 62 — Homestar thanks his silhouette in the beginning of the email.
• Hremail 2000 — Homestar appears in silhouette again to start the email.
• Email imaginary — The imaginary friends appear as silhouettes.
• A Decemberween Mackerel — The silhouettes of most of the rejected characters appear in line for Bubs' Concession Stand.

Dennis the Menace-Style Silhouettes

• Original Book and Strongest Man in the World — The page/scene in which The Grape Fairie adds another grape is silhouetted.
  • Strumstar Hammer — Strong Bad edits the page in question to suggest that "The Grape Fairie silhouetted everybody and put tiny, inverse suns on top of them."
• Lookin' at a Thing in a Bag — At one point while looking in the bag, Strong Bad, Strong Mad, The Cheat, and Homestar are silhouetted. Homestar is also silhouetted when he runs to Bubs' Concession Stand.
• Email flashback — The scene when The Homestar Runner wins the race and Tiny-Handed Strong Bad is awarded the egg is silhouetted.
• Email old comics — The last panel of the second The Castlefunnies comic is silhouetted.
• Email unnatural — The scene before King Bubsgonzola Supreme damages The King of Town's castle, as well as the scene where he is fed Kashi to return to normal, are silhouetted.
• Donut Unto Others — Twice during the toon, Homestar's donut shop and Bubs' Concession Stand are seen in silhouette.

See Also

• Halloween Teasers