The Beatles

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Sgt. Cheater

The British rock band The Beatles dominated the music industries of at least two continents during the 1960s and set the standards for many bands that followed. It is quite obvious that the Beatles' immense popularity has also hit Free Country, USA and Strong Badia, since they are referenced in dialogue, commentary, or simply the cartoons themselves.

Appearances

• Email sb email 22 — In an Easter egg, after Strong Bad says "screw all y'all", the crowd gasps and a person with a Scouse accent says "I can't believe he said that". This is a reference to the Beatles scandal claiming that they were "more popular than Jesus".
• Ballad of The Sneak (DVD commentary) — The second commentary is a cacophony of the four men speaking over each other. Leaning into this, several of them repeat "Number nine..." from sound collage "Revolution 9" as well as quoting the misheard line "I buried Paul" from "Strawberry Fields Forever". "My Michelle" is also referenced.
• Email anything — The Cheat is wearing George Harrison's costume from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
  • In the commentary, Strong Bad says he and The Cheat "were gonna do our Beatles cover band for that Wednesday email, and then it got Shanghai'd".
• Strumstar Hammer — The line "The Grape Fairie granted each of them twenty grapes" is turned into "The Grape Fairie turned the original line-up of The Beatles into twenty grapes. watch out PETE BEST!!" Pete Best was the original drummer for the Beatles, before being replaced by Ringo Starr.
• TMBG Concert - 25 Sep 2004 — Homestar's name is spelled on the album as "Homestarr", a reference to Ringo Starr. Starr was the singer on "With a Little Help from My Friends", which was performed at the concert.
  • Homestar would perform the song again at the March 2010 They Might Be Giants show.
• Cool Things, Email imaginary, Baddest of the Bands — Strong Mad's bass when playing in Cool Tapes is the same shape as a Höfner 500/1 violin bass, as played by Paul McCartney.
• Email senior prom — In an Easter egg, a business card for the Walrus Association has the phrase "Koo koo ca-choo or summat". This is a reference to "Goo goo g'joob" in "I Am the Walrus".
• Summer Short Shorts and Limozeen Live (practice) — "Brain Sister" lyrics "Well she was only twenty-seventeen, she was a low res beauty queen" and "Th'all think you know what I mean" are a reference to "I Saw Her Standing There". The original line after "Well she was just seventeen" was originally going to be "never been a beauty queen", but was changed to "you know what I mean".
• Email cliffhangers — "You say you want a resolution, huh?" is a reference to "Revolution".
• Baddest of the Bands — In the first preview, Strong Bad, Strong Mad, and The Cheat perform on the rooftop of Bubs' Concession Stand. The Beatles similarly performed a rooftop concert as their last public performance.
• Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective — Sergeant Pepper-oni's Pizza Palace is another reference to Sgt. Pepper.
• Homestar Runner Goes For The Gold — The Homestar Runner quotes the song "Blackbird".
• 2022 Costume Pack Now Available — Marzipan is dressed as John Lennon from Yellow Submarine. In an Easter egg, she is shown in a yellow bathyscaphe with versions of The Homestar Runner dressed as other members of the band, as a Beatles-inspired version of the Homestar Runner theme song plays. Marzipan then grows a large white beard, referencing the film's "When I'm Sixty-Four" sequence. Homestar, at one point, calls her "Ringo".