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<p>Many times in the Homestar Runner Universe, a character will use a <b>singular noun in a phrase where it would normally be pluralized</b>.
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<a id="Appearances" name="Appearances"></a><h2> <span class="mw-headline">Appearances</span></h2>
<ul><li><a href="/index.php?title=King_of_Town_Main_Page" title="King of Town Main Page">King of Town Main Page</a> — The buttons are labelled "'<b>toon</b>" "<b>game</b>", and "<b>download</b>"; <a href="/index.php?title=The_King_of_Town" title="The King of Town">The King of Town</a> pronounces them as such.
</li><li><a href="/index.php?title=A_Decemberween_Pageant" title="A Decemberween Pageant">A Decemberween Pageant</a> — <a href="/index.php?title=Bubs" title="Bubs">Bubs</a> says one of his lines as "50 <b>Bag</b> of golds".
</li><li>Email <a href="/index.php?title=kids%27_book" title="kids' book">kids' book</a> — In <a href="/index.php?title=Strong_Bad" title="Strong Bad">Strong Bad</a>'s book, "Everyone Is Different", one page reads "Some people <b>wears</b> glasses."
</li><li>Email <a href="/index.php?title=old_comics" title="old comics">old comics</a> — In the last strip of <a href="/index.php?title=The_Castlefunnies" title="The Castlefunnies">The Castlefunnies</a>, the King Castlefunny says "Thank you to all our <b>reader</b>."
</li><li><a href="/index.php?title=Shopping_For_Danger" title="Shopping For Danger">Shopping For Danger</a> — One of the items found on Aisle 6 is "<b>A Cracker</b>."
</li><li>Email <a href="/index.php?title=Family_Resemblence" title="Family Resemblence">Family Resemblence</a> — While trying to imagine Pom Pom's hypothetical family, Strong Bad states that Pom Pom's parents would be <b>a file cabinet</b>.
</li><li>Email <a href="/index.php?title=record_book" title="record book">record book</a> — Strong Bad says that "<b>Bubs</b> won cutest couple" in <a href="/index.php?title=Count_Longardeaux%27s_Book" title="Count Longardeaux's Book">his record book</a>.
</li><li>Email <a href="/index.php?title=isp" title="isp">isp</a> — Bubs and Strong Bad head down to the "<b>datum</b> center".
</li><li><a href="/index.php?title=Decemberween_Short_Shorts" title="Decemberween Short Shorts">Decemberween Short Shorts</a> — According to <a href="/index.php?title=Coach_Z" title="Coach Z">Coach Z</a>, "the '74s were the prime of [his] dating <b>year</b>".
</li><li><a href="/index.php?title=DNA_Evidence" title="DNA Evidence">DNA Evidence</a> — Bubs said that his DNA <a href="/index.php?title=Snow_Cones" title="Snow Cones">snow cone</a> "sold like <b>hotcake</b>!"
</li><li>Email <a href="/index.php?title=buried" title="buried">buried</a> — When talking about the <a href="/index.php?title=Taranchula_Black_Metal_Detector" title="Taranchula Black Metal Detector">Taranchula Black Metal Detector</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="/index.php?title=Schenkel_McDoo" title="Schenkel McDoo">Schenkel McDoo</a> says "Yah guys! Maybe find some <b>coin</b>!"
</li><li><a href="/index.php?title=Sickly_Sam%27s_Big_Outing" title="Sickly Sam's Big Outing">Sickly Sam's Big Outing</a> — The cartoon is presented "in <b>a color</b>!"
</li><li><a href="/index.php?title=Strong_Badia_the_Free" title="Strong Badia the Free">Strong Badia the Free</a> —
<ul><li>The <a href="/index.php?title=Homsar_Reservation" title="Homsar Reservation">Homsar Reservation</a> flag is described as "the flag of a proud, weird <b>person</b>, rich with proud, weird <b>tradition</b>".
</li><li>It is said that <a class="mw-redirect" href="/index.php?title=Country" title="Country">Country</a> was "Once a proud land, filled with proud <b>person</b>".
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</li><li><a href="/index.php?title=4_Gregs" title="4 Gregs">4 Gregs</a> — <a href="/index.php?title=Tompkins" title="Tompkins">Tompkins</a> exclaims "Ow! All my <b>client</b>!" when his website is "HAXXORED" by <a href="/index.php?title=The_Gregs" title="The Gregs">Open Source Greg</a>.
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<a id="See_Also" name="See_Also"></a><h2> <span class="mw-headline">See Also</span></h2>
<ul><li><a href="/index.php?title=Deliberately_Poor_English" title="Deliberately Poor English">Deliberately Poor English</a>
</li><li><a href="/index.php?title=Plural_Instead_of_Singular" title="Plural Instead of Singular">Plural Instead of Singular</a>
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''All one of them.''


Many times in the Homestar Runner Universe, a character will use a '''singular noun in a phrase where it would normally be pluralized'''.


== Appearances ==
 
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* [[King of Town Main Page]] — The buttons are labelled "''''toon'''" "'''game'''", and "'''download'''"; [[The King of Town]] pronounces them as such.
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* [[A Decemberween Pageant]] — [[Bubs]] says one of his lines as "50 '''Bag''' of golds".
* Email [[kids' book]] — In [[Strong Bad]]'s book, "Everyone Is Different", one page reads "Some people '''wears''' glasses."
* Email [[old comics]] — In the last strip of [[The Castlefunnies]], the King Castlefunny says "Thank you to all our '''reader'''."
* [[Shopping For Danger]] — One of the items found on Aisle 6 is "'''A Cracker'''."
* Email [[Family Resemblence]] — While trying to imagine Pom Pom's hypothetical family, Strong Bad states that Pom Pom's parents would be '''a file cabinet'''.
* Email [[record book]] — Strong Bad says that "'''Bubs''' won cutest couple" in [[Count Longardeaux's Book|his record book]].
* Email [[isp]] — Bubs and Strong Bad head down to the "'''datum''' center".
* [[Decemberween Short Shorts]] — According to [[Coach Z]], "the '74s were the prime of [his] dating '''year'''".
* [[DNA Evidence]] — Bubs said that his DNA [[Snow Cones|snow cone]] "sold like '''hotcake'''!"
* Email [[buried]] — When talking about the [[Taranchula Black Metal Detector]], [[Schenkel McDoo]] says "Yah guys! Maybe find some '''coin'''!"
* [[Sickly Sam's Big Outing]] — The cartoon is presented "in '''a color'''!"
* [[Strong Badia the Free]] —
** The [[Homsar Reservation]] flag is described as "the flag of a proud, weird '''person''', rich with proud, weird '''tradition'''".
** It is said that [[Country]] was "Once a proud land, filled with proud '''person'''".
* [[4 Gregs]] — [[Tompkins]] exclaims "Ow! All my '''client'''!" when his website is "HAXXORED" by [[The Gregs|Open Source Greg]].
 
== See Also ==
 
* [[Deliberately Poor English]]
* [[Plural Instead of Singular]]
[[Category:Word running gags]]



Latest revision as of 21:00, 18 July 2026

All one of them.

Many times in the Homestar Runner Universe, a character will use a singular noun in a phrase where it would normally be pluralized.

Appearances

See Also