Fire

"YEEOW! Hot bees!"

>I also really like fake fire of any kind. >— Mike Chapman, HOW Magazine Interview

Things in the

Homestar Runner universe

have a tendency to catch or be set on

fire

, usually thanks to

Strong Bad

and

The Cheat

.

Trogdor

also enjoys burninating the

countryside

, the

peasants

, and the

thatched-roof cottages

.

Appearances

Toons

• Theme Song Video — Strong Mad writes "Homestar Stinks" with gasoline, and The Cheat lights it, causing the gasoline to catch fire.
• Kick the Can — In one short, The Homestar Runner shoots fire from his mouth.
• The Luau — Strong Bad tries to light a fire with damp wood; Marzipan's tofu roast catches fire.
• Mr. Shmallow — A marshmallow roasting over a campfire is shown.
• Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 11.2 — Strong Bad claims no responsibility for the fax machine that's on fire in Marzipan's front yard.
• Biz Cas Fri 3 — Homestar Runner sends all the employees of the office a three-gigabyte video of a cat on fire falling out of an airplane.
• Summer Short Shorts — During the "Millionzoic Era" segment, Caveman Strong Bad expresses a desire to "set the face on fires". Later, The Cheatsaurus drinks lava out of a volcano and breathes fire on everyone.
• Rap Song — An image of a flaming foot appears while Coach Z is singing about itchy toes.
• Sickly Sam's Big Outing — Sickly Sam touching a bouquet of flowers causes the flowers to catch on fire. The bouquet then burns Old-Timey Bubs' depot.
• Strong Bad Gameways — "Rubble" is represented by a burning Jeep.
• Where U Goin' 2? — The Cheat checks on a mattress fire and practices flaming lay-up basketball drills.
• Strong Bad Classics! — On the second page of the book, the Porridge Maiden is stirring a pot with a fire in it.

Strong Bad Emails

• Email guitar — Strong Bad uses his BMW Lighter after scatting through a series of solos, charring The Paper.
• Email website — One of the animated icons on Strong Bad's Website cycles between the word "fire!" and a picture of a flame.
• Email dragon — Strong Bad draws Trogdor breathing fire, and later burns Strong Sad's dragon drawing.
• Email caper — Strong Bad recalls setting fire to Strong Sad's underwears.
• Email the process — The Cheat sets Bubs's foot on fire.
• Email kids' book — Strong Bad defaces the final page of a picture book so that all the kids in the picture are on fire.
• Email caffeine — Strong Bad's original science project was on the effects of gasoline on fire.
• Email theme park — The King of Town catches fire somehow while riding the Bowels of Trogdor ride.
• Email pom pom — Strong Bad attempts to set Pom Pom on fire and poke him with a pin. He then believes that Pom Pom exploded in a big fiery ball that was visible from space.
• Email other days — Strong Bad burns a collection letter from Bubs' Concession Stand.
• Email bottom 10 — During the Fluffy Puff Nibbler Commercial, the marshmallows in the cup of hot chocolate catch fire.
• Email technology — During Strong Bad's suggestions for coming up with an email address, one of the "hobbies" that appears is "fire".
• Email retirement — The Cheat's "Flea Prison Riot" includes a fire in the prison.
• Email 4 branches — Homestar starts a campfire in his Jolly Dumple costume.
• Email the chair — An old home movie shows Lil' Strong Bad throwing a flaming newspaper onto somebody's doorstep.
• Email pizza joint — Homestar's and the King of Town's avatars start burning after Strong Bad starts a "flame war" on VirtualPizz.biz.
• Email yes, wrestling — At the end of the email, Strong Sad's watering can inexplicably spurts fire.
• Email imaginary — Frishy Freshy Dragonman burninates Scotty Titi. Strong Bad says he's not suggesting the email sender breathe fire on his brother's friend.
• Email videography — One of Strong Bad's professions is a "fireman". Strong Bad holds a chainsaw on fire.

Games

• Fortune Cookies — One of the fortune cookies advises the reader to "Start a little fire. A little one!"
• TROGDOR! — The object of the game is to set cottages on fire with Trogdor's breath.
• Peasant's Quest — One of the tasks Rather Dashing must complete is being on fire like a peasant.
• SBCG4AP Tutorial — Strong Bad's compliment to Bubs is "Cheer up, Bubs. At least you're not on fire."
• Homestar Ruiner —
  • The list of things to unlock in the episode includes a picture of Strong Bad on fire.
  • When Strong Bad cuts the Homestar float's head off, a torch burns down the float.
  • In Snake Boxer 5 Super Secret Forbidden Mode, the player can breathe fire.
  • The basketball player in the Teen Girl Squad game throws a flaming chest pass.
• Strong Badia the Free — Homestar, Strong Mad, The Cheat, and Coach Z burn an effigy of The King of Town. Also, once Strong Bad acquires the lighter, he can use it to set various things on fire. While using the lighter, he says he would like to see each of the other characters on fire.
• Baddest of the Bands — Strong Bad's entry for the album cover contest depicts the Gremlin surrounded by fire. Also, Larry Palaroncini breathes fire on The Ugly One in that episode's Teen Girl Squad.
• Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective — Fire gradually appears in the Awesomeness List's drawing of Dangeresque's eyes.
• Trogdor!! The Board Game — The goal of the game is to set the countryside, the cottages, and possibly the peasants on fire.

See Also

• BMW Lighter
• Candles
• Explosions