The Homestar Runner Iceberg - EXPLAINED 

Strong Sad's Lament didn't predict Tumblr, it was a parody of LiveJournal. Way to make me feel absolutely ancient.

Homsar's brain injury, of course, starts a SBMail 4, when he is crushed by a large weight. In Marzipan's Answering Machine 5, Homsar leaves a message thanking Marzipan for sending him flowers while he was in the hospital. He states that he is feeling much better, but still can't feel his legs. In Marzipan's Answering Machine 17, Homsar leaves a message stating that he is able to speak coherently over the phone. He expresses frustration, calling his normal mode of speech, "the garbage that I spout." There's probably plenty of other evidence that I don't remember.

I know I clapped when Onion Bubs appeared in Spider Man No Way Home

Huh, you know i am surprised that strongbad being in Poker Night at the inventory isn't on this since that's how I learned about this series. Either way great job on this. Can't wait for more weird crap like this.

Add to the iceberg. There is a small recurring joke that despite Coach Z often seen as an old person, he was tried as a minor (Marzipan's Answering Machine 17) and in Playdate he was in juvenile prison.

Oh you've missed quite a bit with Strong Sad's death. Besides his general association with gloom and doom, being the deathly pallor and all, his singing of "Ghost of John" and his dressing as the reaper himself for Experimental Film, there's also the easter eggs in the sbemail "fingers", which feature a few appearances by Strong Sad's lifeless corpse crammed in various background elements of the imagined sequences.

I believe sbemail early drafts refers to early drafts of sbemail 136, geddup noise, that were released to the Homestar wiki by TBC in around 2010. The article is called "sbemail 136 alternate versions"

One thing you forgot to mention about Stinkoman 20x6 is that level 10 didn’t release until 15 years later, so people had to wait for a long time until that game would be finished

I listened to the Some Things Last A Long Time cover after you brought it up in the video and it got me so close to crying myself. Strong Sad is, like, the mopey depressing character by choice but it's all comedic. They've never actually shown him really crying. So the very end where his voice wavers and he breaks down punched me straight in the gut

This was fun, good content my guy. One of my favorite fun things about HR is that Homesar is more articulate over the phone, and makes sense and has coherent thoughts, and is very aware that when he hangs up he will descend into madness once again It's in one of the Marzipan's Voicemails videos

I’m surprised the horrendous Robot Chicken Homestar sketch wasn’t on the list. The one where the whole joke was that a bunch of the characters get gunned down in violent fashion, strong bad gets the chair because he’s Mexican while Homestar gets set free because he’s white, and Homsar makes a reference to Trump

Technically there are two vocalists for They Might Be Giants. They were a duo, that then got a full-time backing band. The other original band member, singer and guitarist is John Flansburgh (hence them being known colloqueally by fans as the Two Johns, with the rest of the band consisting of two Dans and Marty on the drums.)

About the King of Town's Cophrofagy: The Fan Club sbemail ends with an easter egg where Strong Bad draws a comic of The King Of Town eating an entire pile of whatsit (that's how they call it in-universe) only to the real KoT coming and stating "I wish that were fiction..." implying he really ate poop.

Not sure if someone got this one already, but Coach Z's mental health was mentioned in a Marzipan answering machine message when Coach Z would leave her messages, with one including him saying he didn't know what was real, and what was in his head.

I won’t be able to make it to the premiere because of class, but I saw it early on patreon and I was really surprised how in depth this was! I thought I knew everything about Homestar Runner but some of this stuff I had no idea about!

Notable thing about "Two More Eggs:" That name actually appears in two sbemails long before the series came out. Morning routine and pop-up.

There were a few things I had no info for during the video, so feel free to reply to this comment if you know anything out the topics that stumped me! Maybe I'll made an ammendment video or sumthin, I dunno

Honestly, I'm just surprised that it took THIS long for a Homestar Runner iceberg video to turn up... but whatever the case may be, this was worth the wait! With that said though, I'm kinda surprised that Strong Bad's appearance in Poker Night At The Inventory wasn't brought up. That's just a minor nitpick though, and even then I'm not even sure if I can CALL it one! Apart from that, great work!

Their first RU-vid channel wasn't actually tdougland - it was SlimChaps, which is no longer active, and is so little known that I've seen many an iceberg miss it out.

Excuse me, that sandwich is clearly full of light GLOBES. Great video! Just felt like making a joke haha

The piece you're missing from "Mellow Mushroom" is that, it isn't just inspired by TBC: it was literally actually made by them! This was the first instance of them getting hired to do their cartooning work for another company, and it would not be the last.

What's incredible to me more than anything is how Homestar's DNA is EVERYWHERE now.

10:30 absolutely criminal that one of homestars funniest lines is in this super hidden moment “Bubsy, I’m not gonna lie to ya, he flew away.”

Coach Z isn't homeless, he owns the gym. And sleeps in the locker room. He has bills to pay for it, which he forgets to do. Still, he has all sorts of mental and physical issues, not the least of which is his addiction to listerine, which he drinks regularly.

33:13 you forgot to mention how pom-pom went from being home star’s best friend to being an absolute a hole to him I’m pretty much not wanting to have anything to do with him

I think "Wii tutorial in game files" just refers to the sound files for the wii tutorial (from the wiiware version) that were left in the files of the pc version. Great video btw!

for context on the strong sad being adopted thing, strong bad says something about strong sad being adopted near the end of the caffeine sbemail

21:01 "Why, Ganondorf?! WHY?!"

I love how the only notable characters John Linnell’s ever voice acted are a twisted, uncomfortably cheery fake version of a tired overworked father, and a guy who shovels scat for a living

It’s astonishing that homestar runner has been such a fundamental pillar of internet culture and knowing what the brothers Chaps would do later with gravity falls it is safe to say that if homestar runner wasn’t a thing then the internet would be vastly different from what it is. I hope that they rerelease strong bads cool game for attractive people on steam after it got pulled.

27:43 Theory. homeschool winner got so annoying that strong bad decided to bury and suffocate homeschool winner to death

I grew up with and love Homestar runner and any obscure content related to it. Thank you for this video! Edit: dangeresque rommisode: episode 2 is now available. What a coincidence.

Here's a neat one about the Halloween costumes! In the 2008 toon "Most in the Graveyard", Coach Z dresses up as DJ Lance Rock from Yo Gabba Gabba, which Matt Chapman worked on at the time this toon was made!

YOOOOOO!. I’ve been waiting for someone to make a Homestar iceberg for so long!. This video was awesome man!, great work!

I'm surprised you didn't mention Matt Chapman's work on Gravity Falls!

The Poopsmith sang a little bit, and he left a message (with words) on Marzipans Answering Machine, which hqs been saved to RU-vid.

32:09 Im from Georgia, mellow mushroom is the BOMB like its really really good if you ever visit Atlanta or Georgia please go get some it slaps

You mentioned everything I was hoping you would except for the Limozeen live concert and the time Puppet Homestar appeared on stage with TMBG and has a clear dislike for Marty Beller, the drummer of TMBG.

POOT SLAP POOT SLAP DAUNCH WHATS THAT STONCH

The Head Injury could lead to one of the Marzipan Answering Machines that mentioned that Homsar was in the Hospital but idk? Homsar did acknowledge that he does spout out nonsense in Marizan's Answering Machine 17.2 but still does have the ability to do normal conversations. We don't count Episode 2 of SBCG4AP since that's different from the main core of the series.

A lot of incorrect or missing information here: 1. Marshmellow's Last Stand has for many years been available on the site in the Museum section. 2. The Homestar Runner RPG Demo ROM was in fact released. It can be played in an Atari 2600 emulator such as Stella and contains more than just the title screen, although it is very unfinished to the point that I would not call it a playable game exactly, but you can kind of explore it a little.

This was a great watch, I've been into H*R for almost 20 years now and I love iceberg videos.

I find it a bit troubling that I knew almost all of these without having to double check. Oh well, good reminder to re-watch everything again for the 500th time

Been waiting for this ^-^

I think the "Papa Cardgage's Puddin Patch" one is probably about the theory that Senor Cardgage is a cannibal, as all we here from him at that scene was (to the tone of Frere Jacques) "Where is Tomkins? Where is Coleslaw? Here I am."

So Marzipan isn't a broom; she's a bone-in ham with a skirt over it

ok yes HUGE HUGE HUGE tip if you EVER want to do anything like this in the future. if you use quotes on google you can find pages which use the exact quote. i was able to find almost all of the entries you didnt understand using this method. The homsar brain damage thing is actually mentioned on the wiki discussion pages, and reddit a couple times. You were more or less right about it, but yeah it is an established theory within the community. Cool grundy is an unused variant of grundy found in the files of stinko man Early drafts of sbemails POSSIBLY refers to unused sbemails found in the code for SBCG4AP? Google didnt help with this one. 14:32 not really an error but he's specifically mentioned to drink listerine on two occasions. (OK IM SO STUPID. YOU SAYING UNSPECIFIC MOUTHWASH WAS A REFERENCE TO DECEMBERWEEN MACKRECEL!!!! I FEEL SO DUMB LOL. IM A FAKE FAN 😭😭😭😭) The "wii tutorial in game files" refers to how in the files of the PC version of the game it contains audio for the tutorial of the wii version which is slightly different (it talks about using the wii remote instead of a mouse.) About homeschool winner slight up date as of 2023 he possibly makes a cameo in the new dangeresque roomventure game. there's a sillohette in the arcade which looks a lot like him, though it might just be a generic character.

I already knew that the SNES Mario paint intro Existed It was ahead of it time but now it's just some cheesy Mario paint project but still it's really good

Unreleased merchandise probably refers to Shark-Tooth Bubs.

4:05 - 4:08 Oh, I thought(tho't) HomeStar Runner was telekinetic, but that idea wouldn't really fit with how foolish he is, so the HomeStar Runner having invisible arms idea makes more sense than the HomeStar Runner being telekinetic idea.

I'm surprised that "BUBS?" Didn't make it in as a reference to the They Might Be Giants contest for "Can't Keep Johny Down"

Oh man, I was an avid poster on the Message Bored.

Surprised that the Robot Chicken short and "Oiled up Bill Cosby" incident wasn't referenced

Always be’sing and do’sing never cheesing and choosing!

Well...we finally have Roomisode 2. And 3 even!

It's funny, at every "level" of the iceberg I had about the same chance of having heard of one of the things. Except below it which was mostly fan theories, not actual HR content.

Strong Bad named for the Strong Bads in wrestling game

24:00 that's uhh 🤔

Homestar lore is way too broad a subject and would take several days just to scratch the surface of the tip of that iceberg. Especially the explained part. That one has its own spreadsheet even.

21:24 this year actually, this released as part of "the roomisode triungulate"

Great video! I loved Homestar and sbemails in middle school and high school! I once pulled an all-nighter just playing around on the website. For some reason, I always thought the Brothers Chaps were Canadian. I’m so proud to have them as fellow Yankees!

I think the Homsar brain damage thing wasn't a theory, more just a stated fact referencing his call to Marzipan's answering machine.

*homestar voice* Hey TacoDwaws, I weawwy wike youw icebuwg video ⭐️

Dude, the onion bubs was the best.

How is my notification 48 minutes late

Dang someone beat me to the punch on this. Regardless this was a great video. Great job.

28:15 in episode two of strong bad’s cool game for attractive people strong bad can find a stone and it helps him get homstar to join him

Thankfully a certain person who claimed he owned HSR has been gone from the internet. Lets just say, they projected themselves onto everyone for over 2 decades, and word has it, they are now doing time for alledged stuff that got them busted to begin with. They have been off the radar since 2021, and now we can rejoice to enjoy HSR without some old troll commenting on all our stuff. Just wanted to say, HSR IS THE BEST.

Intros in order- Scott the Woz Nostalgia Critic this one could be anything in general but i would guess Merasmus????

ONION BUBS

I thought coach Z was just from Minnesota

22:52 ah this one is over on the cutting room floor. when sbcg4ap was put on pc the voice lines for the tutorial from the wii (yknow featuring phrases like "press the a button" & "wii remote") were kept in the game files. i'd give a link right to it but yt would hate me if i did

Livejournal! Oh no! Mine is still out there probably! That is terrifying...

I would not call it an iceberg, so much as a sedimentary mountain, as many, or most lore details of Homestarniverse are spun off from what was a one off, throwaway gag or bit of weirdness from a previous episode.

23:18 You dont know why its so low on the iceberg? Um didnt you make it Im confused.

cool

Flash is not dead! There are replacements, as would make sense.

Lore of The Homestar Runner Iceberg - EXPLAINED momentum 100

14:44

18:59 wtc

Finally someone made this to iceberg video

"Yeah THAT telltale games" You mean the dead and irrelevant company that stopped making adventure games to make pretend movies?

Ah damn I was working on a script for this one trying to be the first one to make it 💀

Velma today is a much more contentious topic. Marzipan- a far leftist- would still be appalled by the HBO Max version. As is everyone else from any other political bent.

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