Airdate: Monday, December 22, 2008
Homestar plans to sled down a very steep hill on Decemberween, to Strong Bad's jealousy.
Tropes:
- Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: It turns out the mattress Homestar buried at the base of the Steep Deep was full of "hammers, broken glass, and candy canes sucked down 'til they're all pointy".
- Buffy Speak: The Announcer introduces Homestar with "Here he is, the man that's about to do a thing, Homestar Runner!"
- Continuity Nod: When Bubs appears during Homestar's special, one of the cheering audience members is actually yelling "Onion Bubs!"
- Downer Ending: Played for Laughs. Because Homestar "SAFELY" made it down the Steep Deep, he can't get out of spending Decemberween with Marzipan and her parents.
- Enemy Mine: As it turns out, Homestar enlisted the help of The Cheat in order to make sure he got seriously injured in his stunt so he could get out of spending the holidays with Marizpan's family.
- Fourth Wall Greeting: Parodied during Homestar's "Death-Defying Decemberween Special".Bubs: Well, hey, Homestar! You didn't tell me you were having a holiday special over tonight!
- Five-Second Foreshadowing: Once Homestar makes it safely down the Steep Deep, he is just as shocked as Strong Bad is, if not more:Coach Z: He made it!
Homestar: (shocked) I made it?! (looks around his sled) - Grave Humor: Bubs has an epitaph printed onto Homestar's sled, so it doubles as a gravestone if he doesn't survive his trip down the Steep Deep. The epitaph reads, "Here Lies Homestar Runner.com: Death-Fying Entertainer and Father of Six", with the "Father of Six" part hastily crossed out.
- Home Made Sweater From Hell: Homestar receives an ugly brown sweater from Marzipan's mom for Decemberween, and barely tries to disguise his contempt.Homestar: Oh-ho-ho-ho-ho, brown sweater. It's like you read my mind!
- Noodle Implements: We never do find out what goes into "hot jones".
- Noodle Incident: Strong Bad apparently got sent to jail again, and is out on parole. Also, the conditions of his parole prevent him from taking part in dare-devilry or promoting said dare-devilry in a flimsy holiday-themed set on a soundstage.
- Sarcasm Mode: Used heavily by Homestar when he ends up spending Decemberween with Marzipan and her parents.Homestar: (deadpan; annoyed) Oh, the joy and the glory. Because I (mad) SAFELY made it down the Steep Deep, (deadpan) I get to spend another Decemberween with Mrs. Marzipan, and her latest husband.
- Saying Sound Effects Out Loud: Homestar says "Gulp!" after Bubs shows how his new sled doubles as a tombstone.
- Spanner in the Works: After noticing Homestar and the Cheat burying the mattress, Strong Bad decides to move it, unknowingly preventing Homestar's plan of intentionally getting hurt.
- Spoof Aesop: At the end, Strong Bad sums up what he's learned from the episode as the set and props from Homestar's "Death-Defying Decemberween Special" are lowered into place.Strong Bad: I gotta give Homestar credit. Using ridiculously elaborate schemes involving bone-curdling injuries to avoid spending time with family is the kind of Decemberween tradition I can get behind!
- Springtime for Hitler: Strong Bad tries to sabotage Homestar's attempt to sled down the Steep Deep by removing the mattress Homestar and the Cheat hid at the bottom of the hill... only for Homestar to safely land. And then it turns out the mattress was full of sharp objects, and the whole stunt was an attempt by Homestar to get out of having to spend another Decemberween with Marzipan's mom "and her latest husband."
- Stylistic Suck: "Homestar Runner's Death-Defying Decemberween Special" is full of it, from the forced laughter to the shoddily-made sets to Bubs (and later Coach Z) being visible throwing around fake snow from just out of sight.
- Violence Discretion Shot: The cartoon cuts to "The End" just before the Cheat gets to working Strong Bad over with a two-by-four full of nails.
- Wham Line: "The Cheat... What happened to my mattress filled with hammers, broken glass, and candy canes sucked down till they're all pointy?"
- With Lyrics: The Spotify version of Hooked on Decemberween features a lyrical version of the theme song from this cartoon, called "Death Defying Entertainment".Homestar & Strong Bad: Death-defying entertainment
Makes the season gright
Strong Bad: (spoken) That's "great" and "bright"!
Homestar & Strong Bad: Make your funeral arrangements
In case something doesn't go right!
