cartoon
. It mixes surreal humor with references to retro pop culture, notably video games, classic television
, and popular music
.
The cartoons are nominally centered on the title character, Homestar Runner. However, a series titled Strong Bad Email or sbemail, in which another main character, Strong Bad
, answers emails from viewers, is the most popular and prominent feature of the site.
"Yes, Strong Bad, I ate Luigi. He tasted like mushrooms."
"What in Pete Sampras|Pete Sampras is going on here?!?"
"So kids, the moral of the story is 'Strong Sad doing Tai Chi is really, really funny'."
"Fugugrass."
Singing to the tune of The Neverending Story: "The blood is rushing to my head. Blacking out, blacking out, blacking out..." and also "Neverending so-oda. Ah Ah Aaah Ah Ah Aaah Ah Ah Aaah..."
"Seriously."
"Can you put this cow lamp back? We're running of of room in here. You won't get much for it anyway, it's not even a real cow."
"This does NOT look good for Homestar Runner."
(reading Strong Bad's e-mails) "Dear Strong Bad, what is your favorite leg? Jess and Tiff. (typing) Hey, Crapface! Why don'tcha go blow it out your ear! (sweetly) Your buddy, Strong Bad."