Chuck Taylor All-Stars

All-Stars

Chuck Taylor All-Stars (often called Chuck Taylors or simply Chucks) are an easily recognizable brand of sneakers made by Converse. Originally designed as basketball shoes, they have achieved longterm success as casual wear associated with musical or artistic subcultures or authentic and rebellious figures.

Appearances

• Debut: Old Flash Stuff — Clicking on the pink Chuck Taylor-like shoe leads to the Old Characters Page.
  • These same pink shoes appear as the Back button for She Loves Me! and also are seen walking in rock opera.
• Homestarloween Party — Homestar Runner's Kurt Cobain costume includes All-Star shoes, which Cobain helped to popularize.
• Email best thing — Strong Bad describes alternative rock musicians (and their fans) as "Chuck Taylor-wearing low-self-esteemers".
• Halloween Potion-ma-jig — Homestar once again wears Chuck Taylor shoes (with the star on the wrong side) as part of his Moocher costume.
• Weekly Fanstuff — A fan sent in a photo of Chuck Taylor shoes with Homestar, Pom Pom, Strong Bad, and The Cheat drawn and colored on them.
• Sketchbook — A sketch by Craig Zobel depicts Homestar Runner's house as a giant Chuck Taylor shoe with the door at the toe.
• Teen Girl Squad Issue 11 — So and So's boss at the Shirt Folding Store wears pink Chuck Taylor All-Stars.
• Limozeen vs. sloshy — On the cover, sloshy is represented by a Chuck Taylor shoe.
• Teen Girl Squad Issue 12 (DVD Commentary) — While discussing the footwear the commentators liked to wear, Matt Chapman states that he is partial to Chuck Taylor.
• Email web comics — In The Animated Adventures of Thy Dungeonman, the "Go North" character is wearing a pair of Chuck Taylors.
• Sloshybowl (Easter egg) — Audience members hold up colored cards to form an image of a Chuck Taylor sneaker.
• Sbemailiarized! — Matt Chapman wears green Chuck Taylors.

See Also

• Air Cardgage
• Freshley's