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<p>There are numerous references in the <a href="/index.php?title=Homestar_Runner_%28body_of_work%29" title="Homestar Runner (body of work)">Homestar Runner body of work</a> to the subject of <b><a href="/index.php?title=Death" title="Death">death</a></b>. These range from a <a href="/index.php?title=Characters" title="Characters">character</a>'s death or near-death, to imagining or behaving as though a character has died. As in many cartoons, when a character dies, the death is usually impermanent — the character may reappear alive, often with no explanation. However, in the <a href="/index.php?title=Homestar_Runner_universe" title="Homestar Runner universe">Homestar Runner universe</a>, death is kept mainly as a running gag that nearly every cartoon today has, and is no exception in that sense. Usually, death is an empty threat that <a href="/index.php?title=Strong_Bad" title="Strong Bad">Strong Bad</a> and several other main characters use, and, possibly excluding <a class="mw-redirect" href="/index.php?title=Strong_Bad%27s_Computers" title="Strong Bad's Computers">Strong Bad's computers</a>, no main universe character has remained dead forever. <b><a href="/index.php?title=Death" title="Death">(more...)</a></b> | |||
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There are numerous references in the Homestar Runner body of work to the subject of death. These range from a character's death or near-death, to imagining or behaving as though a character has died. As in many cartoons, when a character dies, the death is usually impermanent — the character may reappear alive, often with no explanation. However, in the Homestar Runner universe, death is kept mainly as a running gag that nearly every cartoon today has, and is no exception in that sense. Usually, death is an empty threat that Strong Bad and several other main characters use, and, possibly excluding Strong Bad's computers, no main universe character has remained dead forever. (more...)