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<p>Influential literature author <b><a class="extiw" href="/index.php?title=Charles_Dickens" title="wikipedia:Charles Dickens">Charles Dickens</a></b> has been referenced several times in the <a href="/index.php?title=Homestar_Runner_%28body_of_work%29" title="Homestar Runner (body of work)">Homestar Runner</a> body of work. | |||
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<a id="References" name="References"></a><h2> <span class="mw-headline">References</span></h2> | |||
<ul><li><a href="/index.php?title=A_Holiday_Greeting" title="A Holiday Greeting">A Holiday Greeting</a> — <a href="/index.php?title=Strong_Sad" title="Strong Sad">Strong Sad</a> says, "And God bless us every one", a quote from <i><a class="extiw" href="/index.php?title=A_Christmas_Carol" title="wikipedia:A Christmas Carol">A Christmas Carol</a></i>. | |||
</li><li><a href="/index.php?title=Pumpkin_Carve-nival" title="Pumpkin Carve-nival">Pumpkin Carve-nival</a> — <a href="/index.php?title=Homsar" title="Homsar">Homsar</a> calls himself "the <a class="extiw" href="/index.php?title=Ghost_of_Christmas_Past" title="wikipedia:Ghost of Christmas Past">Ghost of Christmas Past</a>", a figure who originated in <i>A Christmas Carol</i>. | |||
</li><li>Email <a href="/index.php?title=senior_prom" title="senior prom">senior prom</a> — <a href="/index.php?title=Marzipan" title="Marzipan">Marzipan</a> says, "Watch those hands, David Coppafeel!", referring to <i><a class="extiw" href="/index.php?title=David_Copperfield" title="wikipedia:David Copperfield">David Copperfield</a></i>. | |||
</li><li><a href="/index.php?title=Let_us_give_TANKS%21" title="Let us give TANKS!">Let us give TANKS!</a> — <a href="/index.php?title=Oliver_Smidgen" title="Oliver Smidgen">Oliver Smidgen</a> is based on <a class="extiw" href="/index.php?title=Oliver_Twist_%28character%29" title="wikipedia:Oliver Twist (character)">Oliver Twist</a>. In the DVD commentary, <a href="/index.php?title=The_Brothers_Chaps" title="The Brothers Chaps">The Brothers Chaps</a> call Smidgen "that little Dickensian boy". | |||
</li><li><a href="/index.php?title=The_Homestar_Runner_Gets_Something_Stuck_In_His_Craw" title="The Homestar Runner Gets Something Stuck In His Craw">The Homestar Runner Gets Something Stuck In His Craw</a> — <a href="/index.php?title=Strong_Bad" title="Strong Bad">Strong Bad</a> calls Strong Sad the "Ghost of Christmas Suck". | |||
</li><li><a href="/index.php?title=Strong_Badia_the_Free" title="Strong Badia the Free">Strong Badia the Free</a> — | |||
<ul><li>Under Strong Sad's rule, the <a href="/index.php?title=House_of_the_Brothers_Strong" title="House of the Brothers Strong">house of the Brothers Strong</a> is referred to as <a href="/index.php?title=Countries_in_Strong_Badia_the_Free" title="Countries in Strong Badia the Free">Bleak House</a>, the name of <a class="extiw" href="/index.php?title=Bleak_House" title="wikipedia:Bleak House">a novel</a> by Dickens. | |||
</li><li>When <a href="/index.php?title=Homestar_Runner" title="Homestar Runner">Homestar Runner</a> drafts himself into the <a href="/index.php?title=Homestarmy" title="Homestarmy">Homestarmy</a>, he refers to himself as an "Artful Draft Dodger", a reference to <i>Oliver Twist</i> character the <a class="extiw" href="/index.php?title=Artful_Dodger" title="wikipedia:Artful Dodger">Artful Dodger</a>. | |||
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</li><li><a href="/index.php?title=Decemberweenvent_Calendar" title="Decemberweenvent Calendar">Decemberweenvent Calendar</a> (<a href="/index.php?title=Decemberweenvent_Calendar" title="Decemberweenvent Calendar">Day 4</a>) — Strong Sad says he needs some "Dickensian" doom and gloom. | |||
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Latest revision as of 21:00, 18 July 2026
Influential literature author Charles Dickens has been referenced several times in the Homestar Runner body of work.
References
- A Holiday Greeting — Strong Sad says, "And God bless us every one", a quote from A Christmas Carol.
- Pumpkin Carve-nival — Homsar calls himself "the Ghost of Christmas Past", a figure who originated in A Christmas Carol.
- Email senior prom — Marzipan says, "Watch those hands, David Coppafeel!", referring to David Copperfield.
- Let us give TANKS! — Oliver Smidgen is based on Oliver Twist. In the DVD commentary, The Brothers Chaps call Smidgen "that little Dickensian boy".
- The Homestar Runner Gets Something Stuck In His Craw — Strong Bad calls Strong Sad the "Ghost of Christmas Suck".
- Strong Badia the Free —
- Under Strong Sad's rule, the house of the Brothers Strong is referred to as Bleak House, the name of a novel by Dickens.
- When Homestar Runner drafts himself into the Homestarmy, he refers to himself as an "Artful Draft Dodger", a reference to Oliver Twist character the Artful Dodger.
- Decemberweenvent Calendar (Day 4) — Strong Sad says he needs some "Dickensian" doom and gloom.
