ASCII art

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ASCII art is a recurring theme in the Homestar Runner world, especially on Strong Bad's computers. However, most of the ASCII art seen is not possible to make in a normal ASCII art setting – often, different characters are different sizes, or are offset vertically.

Appearances

• Email couch patch — The Compy 386 prints out an ASCII art million dollar bill.
• Thy Dungeonman and Thy Dungeonman II — The title screens are ASCII art.
• Email some kinda robot — The DVD version has an Easter egg which shows an ASCII art rendering of a robot.
• Email virus — The virus turns Marzipan into ASCII art.
• Email dreamail — An e-marlin jumps from the bottom of the Lappy 486's screen.
• Happy Trogday — One of the images is an ASCII art rendering of Trogdor.
• Email the movies — Strong Bad watches an ASCII art movie, Karate Car.
  • A sequel to Karate Car appears as an Easter egg on strongbad_email.exe Disc Six.
• Email from work — The Cheat is rendered in ASCII art on a floppy disk.
• Email the paper — New Paper has an ASCII art picture of a butt made from hyphens and dollar signs.
• Email rated — In response to the email being right aligned, Strong Bad starts his response by quickly jumping all over the screen in a style similar to that of E. E. Cummings.
• SBCG4AP Collector's DVD — An ASCII version of Marshie will sometimes appear during the menus.
• @StrongBadActual tweet (27 Sep 2014) — In one of his first Tweets, Strong Bad prints out an ASCII picture which he claims is a hi-res screengrab from his upcoming new jam. It was revealed to be a screenshot of Fish Eye Lens, which was released 6 days later.
• @StrongBadActual tweet (12 Feb 2020) — Strong Bad posts a GIF of a laughing ASCII art Cacodemon from Doom, which he dubs a "cackledemon".
  • It is shown again in Disk 4 of 12 - FriendlyWare.
• Strong Bad Emails 1-200 Six Disc Set — The front and back cover artwork of the set depict ASCII representations of Strong Bad's head and Trogdor, respectively.
• Disk 4 of 12 - FriendlyWare — Strong Bad plays FriendlyWare, which, being a DOS program, consists entirely of ASCII graphics.
  • Strong Bad wonders why he can't find med packs or ammo clips in the "Killer Maze". Both items are depicted in ASCII art.
  • A red ASCII art Corvette drives across the screen after it's unveiled as a prize in the Match game.
  • Strong Bad adds ASCII art of him and The Cheat aboard the boat in the Sea Battle game.
  • Upon seeing the name BASICA, Strong Bad imagines a Teen Girl Squad character of the same name drawn in green ASCII art.
• Museum of Trogdor — The page's title "The Museum of Trogdor" is rendered in ASCII art.