Pumpkins

"Good prize! Ding!"

Given that Halloween is one of the main holidays celebrated in the Homestar Runner universe, it's no surprise that pumpkins have been featured quite prominently, both in the Halloween toons, and in other small features related to halloween, most especially the annually updated Punkin Stencils. They have been carved, gnawed, and even been the trigger for Easter eggs. In addition, two popular mispronunciations for the word have come to exist.

Notable Appearances

• Fan Stuff — One of the photos features a pumpkin carved to look like Homestar Runner's head with the caption "Seriously, Pom-Pom, I'm a total pumpkin."
• Homestarloween Party — The Poopsmith is bobbing for pumpkins.
• The House That Gave Sucky Treats — The traditional Homsar Easter egg is triggered by giving the Poopsmith the pumpkin instead of a treat.
• Lucky Toons Menu — The description for Homestarloween Party reads, "Pumpkin and sweetbread. Comes w/ punch."
• Pumpkin Carve-nival — The toon revolves around a pumpkin carving contest.
• Punkin Stencils — An annually updated feature, which presents pumpkins with Homestar Runner-related images gnawed into them, and stencils for making them.
• Malloween Commercial — An Easter egg shows a photo of a pumpkin carved to look like Marshie.
• 3 Times Halloween Funjob — One of the ways to trigger the Stinkoman Easter egg is by giving Coach Z and Bubs the pumpkin instead of a treat.
• That a Ghost — The Homestar Runner, Fat Dudley, and Old-Timey Marzipan go to a "punkin patch" in search of a ghost.
• Homestar vs. Little Girl 2 — Homestar and Little Girl appear to be in a pumpkin patch. In addition, Little Girl is dressed as a pumpkin.
• More Fan Costumes — A pumpkin carved to look like the Jibblies Painting gives Strong Bad the Jibblies.
• Fan Costumes '08 — An incorrectly linked Easter egg features a photo of a pumpkin carved to look like Peacey P.
• Decomposing Pumpkins — Brainkrieg sing about throwing rotting pumpkins for not giving out good candy.
• Punkin Show — Homestar rates fan-submitted pumpkins after an open call for entries.
• I Killed Pom Pom — Homestar mistakes a deflated inflatable jack-o'-lantern for Pom Pom's corpse.
• Halloween Hide & Seek — Homestar fools Marzipan into thinking that a whatsit-covered pumpkin is a "roasted browned pumpkin" to get her out of her house.

Mispronunciations of Pumpkin

Punkin

"Scared of what? Punkins? They're just punkins."

An incorrect pronunciation and spelling of "pumpkin" usually used to make a character sound more old-timey.

• Punkin Stencils — The title is an instance. In addition, in the 2009 edition, if Old-Timey Strong Bad is clicked on, The Homestar Runner describes what he would do if he had carved a punkin like that.
• That a Ghost — The Old-Timey gang go to the punkin patch, and The Homestar Runner asks Old-Timey Marzipan if she's afraid of punkins.
• Punkin Show — The title is another instance.
• Dangeresque Puppet Squad: The Hot Jones Hijack — Dangeresque says that the Santaman's Chimney is "the new punkin spice".
• Halloween Hide & Seek — The pumpkin item is referred to as a punkin.

Pumpakin

Usually used for Halloween-related page titles.

• Pumpkin Carve-nival — The page title is "A Pumpakin Carve-nival". In the toon, Homestar tells The Cheat to ask Strong Mad "why come he didn't carve his pumpakin".
• Punkin Stencils — The page title from 2003 through 2008 was "Make-a Your Own-a Pumpakin!".
• Halloween Hide & Seek — Homestar calls the pumpkin a "perfectly good pumpakin" when he picks it up.