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'''[[April Fools' Day]]''' (celebrated on April 1) is a time of tomfoolery for [[homestarrunner.com]]. In early years, the prank would often replace the [[Index Page]], but in more recent years, the prank has come in the form of a regular [[Toons|toon]].
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== April Fools' Toons ==


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* [[King of Town Intro|kingoftown.com]] (2003)
** [[King of Town Main Page]]
** [[Revenge of the King]]
** [[King of Town Email]]
* [[Under Construction]] (2004)
* [[HomestarRunner.com PAY PLUS!]] (2005)
* [[April Fools' 2006]] (2006) — The site is turned upside down for the purpose of recognizing April Fools'.
* [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 14.2]] (2007) — While not an April Fools' Day toon, Strong Sad leaves a message about planned April Fools' Day pranks.
* [[April Fool 09]] (2009)
* [[Xeriouxly Forxe]] (2010)
* [[April Fool 2014]] (2014)
* [[sbemail 206]] (2015)
* [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2]] (2016)
* [[the next april fools thing|The Next April Fools Thing]] (2018)
* [[Discount Strong Bad emails|Discount Strong Bad Emails]] (2019) — [https://twitter.com/JanelleCShane Janelle Shane] generated [https://aiweirdness.com/post/183868402192/discount-strong-bad-emails a series of emails] with a neural network in response to [[@StrongBadActual Tweets 2019|Strong Bad's Twitter post]].


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'''[[April Fools' Day]]''' (celebrated on April 1) is a time of tomfoolery for [[homestarrunner.com]]. In early years, the prank would often replace the [[Index Page]], giving the impression that the site had been drastically redesigned or refocused. After the site's major [[Hiatuses|hiatus]], April Fools' is more likely to be marked by a full [[Toons|toon]] — often joking about how long it had been since the last toon.
 
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* '''2003:''' A [[King of Town Intro|introduction video]] rebrands the site as [[King of Town Intro|kingoftown.com]], complete with a [[King of Town Main Page]], the game [[Revenge of the King]], and [[Strong Bad Email]] spoof [[King of Townmail]].
* '''2004:''' The index page is replaced with a faux [[Domain parking|parked domain]] page, indicating that the [[homestarrunner.com]] URL is now held by [[Thorax Corporation]]. After a few seconds, [[Stinkoman]] emerges to reveal this is actually a new [[20X6]] toon: [[Under Construction]].
* '''2005:''' The announcement of [[HomestarRunner.com: PAY PLUS!]] informed viewers that Homestar Runner had become a subscription-based site, charging exorbitant prices for &quot;the same content&quot;. After several pages of low-quality previews, viewers are brought back to the regular main page.
* '''2006:''' [[April Fools' 2006|The site is turned upside down]], affecting nearly all pages.
* '''2007:''' Although there was nothing released for April 1, [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 14.2]] (released March 5) included a message from [[Strong Sad]] discussing plans for April Fools' Day pranks.
* '''2009:''' The toon [[Sbemailiarized!]], released March 30, had discussed how &quot;the other cartoons&quot; could be made into [[Strong Bad Emails]]. [[April Fool 09]] applied this [[Sbemailiarized Entertainment|"sbemailiarization"]] to the index page, changing the [[Old New Intro|intro]] into a Strong Bad email.
* '''2010:''' The intro toon [[Xeriouxly Forxe]] announced extreme redesigns for the characters, complete with [[Main Page 21|a new, matching main page]].
* '''2014:''' [[April Fool 2014|The index page appeared old and dilapidated]] before playing a toon joking about [[Hiatuses|the current status of the website]]. This alternate index page would remain in place for roughly three months.
* '''2015:''' [[sbemail 206]] features Strong Bad giving Internet pranks a piece of his mind.
* '''2016:''' [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2]] catches up on a full inbox (over a half-hour's worth of messages) received in the seven years since the prior series entry.
* '''2018:''' [[the next april fools thing]] features [[Folly]]'s excited pitch for an April Fools' toon — which abruptly transitions to a new Strong Bad Email partway through.
** Folly's audio [[PAX East - 8 Apr 2018|was recorded as a response to 2014's video]].
* '''2019:''' [[@StrongBadActual]] expresses [[@StrongBadActual Tweets 2019|a wish for "discount neural network" emails]]; these [[Discount Strong Bad emails|Discount Strong Bad Emails]] are provided by [https://twitter.com/JanelleCShane Janelle Shane]'s [https://aiweirdness.com/post/183868402192/discount-strong-bad-emails AI Weirdness blog].
* '''2022:''' Strong Bad Email [[parenting]], a reward for a [[Trogdor!! The Board Game]] Kickstarter backer, is released. A <span class="plainlinks">[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1999933720/trogdor-the-board-game/posts/3469478 Kickstarter update]</span> specifies that, despite being announced April 1, the toon is &quot;Not an April Fool's Joke! Just a long-forgotten cartoon that we decided to complete!&quot;
 
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* [[Halloween]]
* [[Halloween]]
* [[Decemberween]]
* [[Decemberween]]
* [[Holidays]]
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'''2003:''' [[King of Town Intro|kingoftown.com]] ([[King of Town Main Page]], [[Revenge of the King]], [[King of Town Email]])
'''2004:''' [[Under Construction]]
'''2005:''' [[HomestarRunner.com PAY PLUS!]]
'''2006:''' [[April Fools' 2006]]
'''2009:''' [[April Fool 09]]
'''2010:''' [[Xeriouxly Forxe]]
'''2014:''' [[April Fool 2014]]
'''2015:''' [[sbemail 206]]
'''2016:''' [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2]]
'''2018:''' [[the next april fools thing|The Next April Fools Thing]]
'''2019:''' [[Discount Strong Bad emails]]
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The new site. For real.

April Fools' Day (celebrated on April 1) is a time of tomfoolery for homestarrunner.com. In early years, the prank would often replace the Index Page, but in more recent years, the prank has come in the form of a regular toon.

April Fools' Toons

See Also

April Fools' Day

2003: kingoftown.com (King of Town Main Page, Revenge of the King, King of Town Email) 2004: Under Construction 2005: HomestarRunner.com PAY PLUS! 2006: April Fools' 2006 2009: April Fool 09 2010: Xeriouxly Forxe 2014: April Fool 2014 2015: sbemail 206 2016: Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2 2018: The Next April Fools Thing 2019: Discount Strong Bad emails

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