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X 'em up
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"'Em Up!"
The words 'em up are sometimes added after verbs in odd contexts. The name Dan is frequently used in these structures.
Appearances
- TROGDOR! — One of the interludes contains the phrase "fry 'em up Dan", which is a direct quote from Shel Silverstein's poem "Ladies First".
- Duck Guardian One — The hint for wave 17 instructs the player to shoot an egg with the Hatch Ray to "HATCH 'em up".
- Stinkoman 20X6 — Terrell's description in the Stinkomanual tells the player to "Blast em up Dan!".
- Email pop-up — As Strong Bad pulls the tab that makes him kick The Cheat, he says "Boot 'em up, boot 'em up, boot 'em up, y'all."
- Kid Speedy — The Videlectrix catalog describes the game as a "hilarious arcade-style race 'em up". This is probably derived from the phrase "shoot 'em up", a genre of video game.
- Lappynapped! — Strong Bad calls the Lappy 486 his "full-on favorite fold-'em-up computer".
- Fan Costumes '06 — The page title is "The Crazy Dress 'Em Ups".
- Email pizza joint — The King of Town carries "Lite Em Up Dan" lighter fluid.
- The lighter fluid appears again in your edge, videography, and Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2.
- The phrase "Wind 'em up Dan!" was used to introduce the Wind-Up Homestar T-shirt.
- Email yes, wrestling — Homestar Runner's wrestling persona is "The Jack 'Em Up Kid".
- The Jack 'Em Up Kid is referenced in Homestar Ruiner, and was featured in the Sketchbook on November 29, 2007 and November of the 2011 Calendar.
- SBCG4AP Advertisement — Strong Bad describes the game as "a 3D point-and-click-'em-up adventure".
- The phrase "point-and-click-'em-up adventure" describing SBCG4AP also appears in the Telltale Games press release, the SBCG4AP Collector's DVD, a Main Page pop-up, and the Videlectrix website, and was on the Store's front page on August 27, 2009.
- Homestar Ruiner — Homestar goes through his "pre-race psyche-'em-ups".
- 8-Bit is Enough — Homestar refers to TROGDOR! as a "walk 'em up" videogame.
- Posh Toilet Paper — Strong Bad uses "close-'em-up" to refer to a line that closes an open shape.
- Cartoon Characters — Strong Bad uses a "cross em up" to draw the bottom of Character 2's shirt.
- Fan Costumes 2017 — The page is titled "Dress em' up Dan!"
- Stack 'Em to the Heavens! — Marshie states that in the titular game, players take turns making "radical stack-'em-ups".
- Trogdor!! The Board Game — Two action cards named "Flip 'em Up Dan" and "Flip 'em Up Fran" allow the player to burninate tiles surrounding Trogdor.
- Kickstarter Update #30 has a photo of sleeved playing cards captioned "Sleeve-em-up Dan!"
- Expando Deck Promo — One of the cards included in the expansion is "Sneak 'Em Up Stan"
- Fan 'Stumes 2022 — Strong Bad refers to the challenges to costume makers that he posts to Twitter as a "tweet-'em-ups challenge".
- Decemberweenvent Calendar (Day 2) — Stave It Off is referred to as a "kids' learn-em-up song".
- Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triungulate — The "Save" and "Load" menus are labeled "SAVE-EM-UP-DAN" and "LOAD-EM-UP-DAN".
