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<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:194px;"><a class="image" href="/index.php?title=File:Trott_Profile.jpeg" title="Rich Trott"><img alt="" border="0" class="thumbimage" height="192" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/images/thumb/6/6a/Trott_Profile.jpeg/192px-Trott_Profile.jpeg" width="192"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a class="internal" href="/index.php?title=File:Trott_Profile.jpeg" title="Enlarge"><img alt="" height="11" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png" width="15"/></a></div>Rich Trott</div></div></div> | |||
<p><a href="/index.php?title=User:Trott" title="User:Trott"><b>Rich Trott</b></a> is a musician. After several unofficial musical interactions with <a href="/index.php?title=%40StrongBadActual" title="@StrongBadActual">Strong Bad on Twitter</a> in 2022 and 2023, Trott has officially contributed to <a href="/index.php?title=Homestar_Runner_%28body_of_work%29" title="Homestar Runner (body of work)">Homestar Runner</a> with music for <i><a href="/index.php?title=Dangeresque:_The_Roomisode_Triungulate" title="Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triungulate">Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triungulate</a></i>, <a href="/index.php?title=Fanstume_%28singular%29_%2724" title="Fanstume (singular) '24">Fanstume [singular] '24</a>, and <a href="/index.php?title=Decemberweenvent_Calendar_%282022_Revisited%29" title="Decemberweenvent Calendar (2022 Revisited)">Decemberweenvent Calendar (2022 Revisited)</a>. | |||
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<div class="thumb tleft"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:114px;"><a class="image" href="/index.php?title=File:Dangeresque_SoundtrackCover.png" title="He's gone mad with power!"><img alt="" border="0" class="thumbimage" height="112" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/images/thumb/e/ed/Dangeresque_SoundtrackCover.png/112px-Dangeresque_SoundtrackCover.png" width="112"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a class="internal" href="/index.php?title=File:Dangeresque_SoundtrackCover.png" title="Enlarge"><img alt="" height="11" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png" width="15"/></a></div>He's gone <a href="/index.php?title=%40StrongBadActual_Tweets_2023_Jun" title="@StrongBadActual Tweets 2023 Jun">mad with power</a>!</div></div></div> | |||
<p>The <a href="/index.php?title=Decemberween" title="Decemberween">Decemberween</a> toon for <a class="mw-redirect" href="/index.php?title=2022" title="2022">2022</a> was a <a href="/index.php?title=Decemberweenvent_Calendar" title="Decemberweenvent Calendar">Decemberweenvent Calendar</a>, sheet music of various <a href="/index.php?title=Homestar_Runner_%28body_of_work%29" title="Homestar Runner (body of work)">Homestar Runner</a> <a href="/index.php?title=Songs" title="Songs">songs</a> updated daily throughout December. On Twitter (<a class="extiw" href="https://twitter.com/trott" title="twitter:trott">@trott</a>), Rich Trott reinterpreted the daily songs "sorta mostly in the style of <a class="extiw" href="/index.php?title=A_Charlie_Brown_Christmas_%28soundtrack%29" title="wikipedia:A Charlie Brown Christmas (soundtrack)">the soundtrack to</a> <i><a href="/index.php?title=Peanuts" title="Peanuts">A Charlie Brown Christmas</a></i> by the <a class="extiw" href="/index.php?title=Vince_Guaraldi" title="wikipedia:Vince Guaraldi">Vince Guaraldi Trio</a>" and shared them; most were retweeted by <a href="/index.php?title=%40StrongBadActual" title="@StrongBadActual">@StrongBadActual</a>. Two years later, much of this music would be integrated into <a href="/index.php?title=Decemberweenvent_Calendar_%282022_Revisited%29" title="Decemberweenvent Calendar (2022 Revisited)">a YouTube compilation revisiting the Decemberweenvent Calendar</a>. | |||
</p><p>In May 2023, Strong Bad tweeted a jazz/funk remix of <a href="/index.php?title=Homestar_Runner_Original_Soundtrack_Volume_1" title="Homestar Runner Original Soundtrack Volume 1">the theme from</a> <a href="/index.php?title=Strong_Bad_is_in_Jail_Cartoon" title="Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon">Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon</a> as a teaser for <a href="/index.php?title=Dangeresque_Roomisode_2:_The_Intersection_of_Doom_%26_Boom" title="Dangeresque Roomisode 2: The Intersection of Doom & Boom">Dangeresque Roomisode 2</a>. When Trott again provided a jazz remix of the track, Strong Bad retweeted it and further challenged Trott to <a href="/index.php?title=%40StrongBadActual_Tweets_2023" title="@StrongBadActual Tweets 2023">"jazz-interpret [a] little song I made up"</a>; Trott responded with multiple covers of the song. | |||
</p><p><i><a href="/index.php?title=Dangeresque:_The_Roomisode_Triungulate" title="Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triungulate">Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triungulate</a></i> included Rich Trott's covers of <a href="/index.php?title=Stave_It_Off" title="Stave It Off">Stave It Off</a> and <a href="/index.php?title=Strong_Bad_is_a_Bad_Guy" title="Strong Bad is a Bad Guy">Strong Bad is a Bad Guy</a> in the game; Trott also <a href="/index.php?title=Dangeresque:_The_Roomisode_Triungulate" title="Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triungulate">is credited</a> among the game's playtesters. <a href="/index.php?title=Dangeresque:_The_Roomisode_Triungulate_Soundtrack" title="Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triungulate Soundtrack">The game's soundtrack</a> was released later that month, containing an additional thirteen new musical arrangements by Trott of music from the game. | |||
</p><p>Rich Trott provided the music for the song in <a href="/index.php?title=Fanstume_%28singular%29_%2724" title="Fanstume (singular) '24">Fanstume [singular] '24</a>. | |||
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<ul><li>Trott has been a <a class="extiw" href="/index.php?title=Node.js" title="wikipedia:Node.js">Node.js</a> maintainer since 2015. He started the practice of using the name <i><a href="/index.php?title=Fhqwhgads" title="Fhqwhgads">fhqwhgads</a></i> <a class="external text" href="https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Anodejs%2Fnode+fhqwhgads&type=code" rel="nofollow" title="https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Anodejs%2Fnode+fhqwhgads&type=code">in the code base</a> when an arbitrary string value or variable name is called for. | |||
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<ul><li><a class="external text" href="https://linktr.ee/richtrott" rel="nofollow" title="https://linktr.ee/richtrott">Rich Trott</a> on Linktree | |||
</li><li><a class="external text" href="https://palacefamilysteakhouse.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow" title="https://palacefamilysteakhouse.bandcamp.com/">Palace Family Steak House</a> on Bandcamp | |||
<ul><li><i>Songs in the Key of Decemberween</i> <a class="external text" href="https://palacefamilysteakhouse.bandcamp.com/album/songs-in-the-key-of-decemberween-volume-1" rel="nofollow" title="https://palacefamilysteakhouse.bandcamp.com/album/songs-in-the-key-of-decemberween-volume-1">Volume 1</a> and <a class="external text" href="https://palacefamilysteakhouse.bandcamp.com/album/songs-in-the-key-of-decemberween-volume-2" rel="nofollow" title="https://palacefamilysteakhouse.bandcamp.com/album/songs-in-the-key-of-decemberween-volume-2">Volume 2</a> | |||
</li><li><a class="external text" href="https://palacefamilysteakhouse.com/decemberween-liner-notes.html" rel="nofollow" title="https://palacefamilysteakhouse.com/decemberween-liner-notes.html">Liner notes for <i>Songs in the Key of Decemberween</i></a> | |||
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Latest revision as of 21:00, 18 July 2026
Rich Trott is a musician. After several unofficial musical interactions with Strong Bad on Twitter in 2022 and 2023, Trott has officially contributed to Homestar Runner with music for Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triungulate, Fanstume [singular] '24, and Decemberweenvent Calendar (2022 Revisited).
The Decemberween toon for 2022 was a Decemberweenvent Calendar, sheet music of various Homestar Runner songs updated daily throughout December. On Twitter (@trott), Rich Trott reinterpreted the daily songs "sorta mostly in the style of the soundtrack to A Charlie Brown Christmas by the Vince Guaraldi Trio" and shared them; most were retweeted by @StrongBadActual. Two years later, much of this music would be integrated into a YouTube compilation revisiting the Decemberweenvent Calendar.
In May 2023, Strong Bad tweeted a jazz/funk remix of the theme from Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon as a teaser for Dangeresque Roomisode 2. When Trott again provided a jazz remix of the track, Strong Bad retweeted it and further challenged Trott to "jazz-interpret [a] little song I made up"; Trott responded with multiple covers of the song.
Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triungulate included Rich Trott's covers of Stave It Off and Strong Bad is a Bad Guy in the game; Trott also is credited among the game's playtesters. The game's soundtrack was released later that month, containing an additional thirteen new musical arrangements by Trott of music from the game.
Rich Trott provided the music for the song in Fanstume [singular] '24.
Fun Facts
- Trott has been a Node.js maintainer since 2015. He started the practice of using the name fhqwhgads in the code base when an arbitrary string value or variable name is called for.
External Links
- Rich Trott on Linktree
- Palace Family Steak House on Bandcamp
- Songs in the Key of Decemberween Volume 1 and Volume 2
- Liner notes for Songs in the Key of Decemberween
