a brief introduction to homestar runner

[MedioPlague]

And you can’t forget they have a whole Telltale video game called “StrongBad’s cool game for attractive people”

[saxxonpike]

HSR aged better than it had any right to. Thanks to the community for all the efforts to keep it alive despite the death of Flash. I still catch myself referencing it subconsciously.

[AdirondackRuby]

Talk about aging well, I about died laughing rewatching an email when SB uttered the line "who wrote this? The geniuses behind she-hulk?!"

[Abelhawk]

The Brothers Chaps were smart to keep the humor clean. It ages so much better and lasts so much longer.

[isabellamorris]

Homestar Runner was one of those Internet phenomena I was too young for but the internet circles i lurked in quoted it ALL THE TIME.

[Devixicus]

Homestar Runner is the sort of thing you catch references to in the wild just from pyorple's random sayings that you may realize aren't THEIR random sayings. My favorite to throw in is "Yes. Very yes."

[HDEDCRW]

what I learned from this is that front-facing homestar goes way back to the old days

[YukiKoyuki]

LETS GOOOO ive been rewatching sbemails here an there instead of scrolling tiktok when im bored and they hold up so well

[septuagint]

my english teacher played an episode of the Homestar runner e-mail series one day during class lol. it was a very fun surprise

[Iwatchcartoonsobsessively]

The creators of this show also made a short series on Disney XD called “Two More Eggs”, which has an incredibly similar style.

[thisisapictureofmydog.isnt]

Thank you so much it’s hard to explain this series to someone who hasn’t there at the time. Fingers crossed younger gen z finds this so the series won’t be lost to time

[OBJECTIVE_FUN]

I can see where BFDI got the idea from

[sapphiregamgee]

Still one of the best and most wholesome things ever on the internets. I literally rewatch these every time I need a pick-me-up. Something about them makes me not only laugh, but just feel good in general. Keep the Trogflame alive!

[magicianstuff]

Also it's super quotable. A lot of goofy pronunciations and phrases that are fun to say

[llmkursk]

Literally just started watching episodes here and there. 4 Branches is my current favorite

This juice box is cooking up good and plenty! Dark and lovely! Bed, Bath, and Beyond!

[CooperDooper]

I was introduced to it in middle school via my best friend quoting mainly quoting Decomposing Pumpkins and Trogdor the Burninator, among a few others.
So glad I checked it out

[TJFreeq]

Maaaan. I remember a friend of mine put me on Homestar Runner in 6th grade.... Horrible times for myself, but great times for the internet.

[Permanentally]

He inspired Cary Huang to make BFDI
He participated (unofficially) in an object show called ANOSIMBIB (An Object Show I Made Because I’m Bored)
He is officially a part of the OSC (object show community)

[stapler]

Homestar aging well just on a picture quality level can be attributed in part to the miracle that is vector graphics. :) Even though it's emulation now for Flash and there's the occasional glitchy part.

[twinfantasytowers]

Homestar runner is so iconic that my dad was showing me it before lmao. I know, I have the coolest dad ever. (I was already aware of its existence but y’know)