Airdate: Thursday, October 30, 2008
- Costumes (in order of appearance): Bubs as The Junkyard Dog, Coach Z as DJ Lance Rock, Homestar as Yahoo Serious(ly), Marzipan as Stevie Ray Vaughan, Strong Bad as the planet on the cover of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Strong Mad as a Thwomp, the Cheat as Drywall, The King of Town as Hello Kitty, the Poopsmith as Dr. Zoidberg, Strong Sad as Sam Kinison, Pom Pom as SCUD, Homsar as Captain Caveman.
The citizens of Free Country, USA visit the graveyard, where Homestar looks for the Green Goblin, Marizpan looks for photo opportunities, and Strong Bad looks for a corpse to reanimate. Oh, and there's a carnivorous undead sheep on the prowl.
Tropes
- Big Damn Heroes: Homestar and Pom Pom are saved from Subject X by the Green Goblin.
- Bindle Stick: The gravestone of a guy named "Plutis" has one of these, apparently confirming Strong Bad's conjecture about a time when hobos ruled the world.
- Brick Joke: When Coach Z tells Bubs that being in the presence of his dead relatives want to make him start a horror themed rap group and call himself "Coach Zgor Mortizzzz", Bubs points out the grave of another one of his relatives actually named Zgor, telling Coach Z to show some respect. Later, when Strong Bad is searching the cemetery for a corpse for a cool name to reanimate, Strong Mad votes on ...Zgor.
- Another one comes when Marzipan photographs Strong Sad, but he doesn't show up in the photos, leading him to believe he willed himself to death. The cartoon ends with a phony
In Memoriam to Strong Sad, complete with one of the mentioned blank photos.
- Another one comes when Marzipan photographs Strong Sad, but he doesn't show up in the photos, leading him to believe he willed himself to death. The cartoon ends with a phony
- Comically Missing the Point: As he explores the graveyard with Pom Pom, Homestar seems to believe at first that he's at one of the Disney Theme Parks. "Don't forget, we parked in the Goofy lot!"
- Continuity Nod: Homestar announcing "Yahoo Serious-ly Pom Pom, I'm about to pee my pants," is a nod to "A Jumping Jack Contest".
- Dance Party Ending: The cartoon ends with everyone dancing to an "extended dance remix of the Goblin song".
- Everyone Is Related: Coach Z claims that his good great-aunt and Bubs great-great granduncle are the same person (somehow). A skeptical Bubs remarks that would make them "sixth-fourth-second-fifth cousins, thrice removed".
- Glamour Failure: Strong Sad fails to show up in the photos of him Marzipan takes, leading him to believe he successfully willed himself to death.
- I Don't Like the Sound of That Place: Homestar and Pom Pom start their search for the Goblin at "Snarling Hungry Sheep Hill".
- It's the Best Whatever, Ever!: Strong Bad thinks that "Subject X" is "the coolest name ever."
- Lampshade Hanging: After several Halloweens of going unnoticed, Homestar finally voices his concern on the fact that Marzipan keeps dressing up as dudes.
- My Sister Is Off-Limits: Coach Z suggests that, since they're only distant cousins, it'd still be okay for him to date Bubs' sister. Bubs responds by punching Coach Z square in the face mid-sentence.
- Noodle Implements: Strong Bad's plot to revive a zombie involves jumper cables and a jar of pickled monkey fingers.
- Oh, No... Not Again!: Homestar mistakes the Carnivorous Undead Sheep for The Cheat, shouting "The Cheat's got rabies again!"
- Raising the Steaks: The gang is stalked by a Carnivorous Undead Sheep, AKA "Subject X".
- Security Cling: Homestar jumps into Pom Pom's arms when the two are attacked by the Carnivorous Undead Sheep.
- Shout-Out:
- The song that plays during the King of Town's Halloween party is an acoustic version of "Ana Ng" by They Might Be Giants.
- Strong Bad wonders if there was a secret period in history when hobos ruled the Earth.
- During the costume round-up, Bubs and Coach Z quote the Junkyard Dog's entrance theme, "Grab Them Cakes".
- Strange Minds Think Alike: When hearing Subject X's roar, Homestar and Strong Bad separately guess that it's the result of The Cheat contracting rabies.
- Unfortunate Names: Strong Bad, wanting a reanimated zombie minion with a really cool name, is unimpressed by the names of the dead people in the cemetery.Strong Bad: "Jimnelius Hog-chigger"? "Hebby Screbby"? Is there some secret period in history when hobos ruled the Earth that I'm unaware of?
