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== <span class="mw-headline">Button Effects</span> ==
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* '''[[TV Time Toons Menu|Toons]]''' — A red black-and-white-striped bowling ball bowls a strike.
* '''[[TV Time Toons Menu|Toons]]''' — A bowling ball with [[Eddie Van Halen]]'s &quot;[[Frankenstrat]]&quot; stripe scheme bowls a strike.
* '''[[Scrolling Shooter Games Menu|Games]]''' — A watermelon-colored bowling ball gets a 7-10 split. Scroll again and the ball hits both pins for a spare.
* '''[[Scrolling Shooter Games Menu|Games]]''' — A watermelon-colored bowling ball gets a 7-10 split. Scroll again and the ball hits both pins for a spare.
* '''[[Character Videos|Characters]]''' — The lights dim and each set of bowling pins turns a different color. Then some lighting effects come on, and &quot;[[The System is Down (song)|The System is Down]]&quot; plays.
* '''[[Character Videos|Characters]]''' — The lights dim, some lighting effects come on, and &quot;[[The System is Down (song)|The System is Down]]&quot; is played.
* '''[[Downloads]]''' — Homestar holds up a ball that looks like [[Strong Bad]]'s head, twirls it, and puts it back down.
* '''[[Downloads]]''' — Homestar holds a ball that looks like [[Strong Bad]]'s head, twirls it and puts it back.
* '''[[Store]]''' — A bowling ball that looks like a globe falls through the floor, producing a hole that then fades away.
* '''[[Store]]''' — A bowling ball that looks like a globe falls through the floor.
* '''[[Email|E-mail]]''' — The globe ball rolls slowly down the gutter.
* '''[[Email|E-mail]]''' — The globe ball rolls down the gutter.


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* Originally, the &quot;Characters&quot; animation was accompanied by a sample from &quot;[[Renegade Master|Renegade Master '98]]&quot; by [[Fatboy Slim]]. Although it has since been replaced with &quot;[[The System is Down (song)|The System is Down]]&quot;, the unused &quot;Renegade Master&quot; audio is [[Secret Pages|still hosted on the site]].
* For a while, a sample from ''Renegade Master'' by [[Fatboy Slim]] was played when &quot;Characters&quot; was rolled over. (See [[Secret Pages]] for the loop.)
** It is unknown when exactly the music was changed. [[Mike Chapman]] had acknowledged the need to replace the audio in [[l33t Interview|the summer of 2001]]. &quot;The System is Down&quot; was first heard in [[techno|October 2002]].


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* When scrolling over &quot;Store&quot;, then &quot;Toons&quot;, the hole overlaps the striped ball.
* When scrolling over Store, then Toons, the hole from the bowling ball overlaps the globe.


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* The 4-pointed stars on the back wall are similar to the stars seen in the main bowling alley in ''[[The Big Lebowski]]''.
* The 4-pointed stars on the back wall are similar to the stars seen in the main bowling alley in ''[[The Big Lebowski]]''.
* The ball that bowls a strike in the &quot;Toons&quot; effect has the stripe scheme of [[Van Halen|Eddie Van Halen]]'s &quot;[[Frankenstrat]]&quot; guitar.


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* The lighting effects are nearly the same as [[The Cheat]]'s light raves that he makes with his own special [[The Cheat's Lightswitch|light switch]] in [[Computer Room|Strong Bad's computer room]], as seen in the email [[techno]], which also includes &quot;The System is Down&quot;.
* The lighting effects are nearly the same as [[The Cheat]]'s light raves that he makes with his own special [[The Cheat's Lightswitch|light switch]] in [[Computer Room|Strong Bad's computer room]], as seen in the email [[techno]], which also included &quot;The System is Down&quot;.
* A similar Frankenstrat-patterned bowling ball appears in [[Fanstume (singular) '24|Fanstume (singular) '24]].


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Homestar Runner is in a bowling alley.

Cast (in order of appearance): Homestar Runner

Places: A bowling alley

Icon: Bowling ball and pin

Page Title: The Comeback Kid!! Also known as Homestar Runner!

  • [#Button_Effects 1 Button Effects]
  • [#Fun_Facts 2 Fun Facts]
    • [#Explanations 2.1 Explanations]
    • [#Trivia 2.2 Trivia]
    • [#Remarks 2.3 Remarks]
    • [#Goofs 2.4 Goofs]
    • [#Inside_References 2.5 Inside References]
    • [#Real-World_References 2.6 Real-World References]
    • [#Fast_Forward 2.7 Fast Forward]
  • [#External_Links 3 External Links]

Button Effects

  • Toons — A bowling ball with Eddie Van Halen's "Frankenstrat" stripe scheme bowls a strike.
  • Games — A watermelon-colored bowling ball gets a 7-10 split. Scroll again and the ball hits both pins for a spare.
  • Characters — The lights dim, some lighting effects come on, and "The System is Down" is played.
  • Downloads — Homestar holds a ball that looks like Strong Bad's head, twirls it and puts it back.
  • Store — A bowling ball that looks like a globe falls through the floor.
  • E-mail — The globe ball rolls down the gutter.

Fun Facts

Explanations

  • The 7-10 split, as seen in the "games" option, is the hardest spare to pull off in bowling.

Trivia

  • For a while, a sample from Renegade Master by Fatboy Slim was played when "Characters" was rolled over. (See Secret Pages for the loop.)

Remarks

  • When scrolling over Store, the falling bowling ball makes no sound.

Goofs

  • When scrolling over Store, then Toons, the hole from the bowling ball overlaps the globe.

Inside References

Real-World References

  • The 4-pointed stars on the back wall are similar to the stars seen in the main bowling alley in The Big Lebowski.

Fast Forward