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* NothingIsFunnier: The only thing we know about Strong Bad and The Cheat's caper is that they took Homestar's melonade and The Cheat peed in said melonade. The end result is Homestar drifting in the middle of the Arctic somehow. The rest is left up to imagination.

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* NothingIsFunnier: The only thing we know about Strong Bad and The Cheat's caper is that they took Homestar's melonade melonade, and The Cheat peed in said melonade. The end result is Homestar drifting in the middle of the Arctic somehow. The rest is left up to the imagination.
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* NothingIsFunnier: The only thing we know about Strong Bad and The Cheat's caper is that they took Homestar's melonade and The Cheat peed in said melonade. The end result is Homestar drifting in the middle of the Arctic somehow. The rest is left up to imagination.
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* RiddleForTheAges: Strong Bad and The Cheat never figure out how they sent Homestar to the Arctic.

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* RiddleForTheAges: Strong Bad and The Cheat never figure out are confuzzled as to how they sent got Homestar to stranded in the Arctic.Arctic, and spend the bulk of the toon trying to figure it out. They never do.

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* SurveillanceAsThePlotDemands: Strong Bad and The Cheat just so happen to have a direct satellite video feed showing them how Homestar's handling the Arctic.

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* RiddleForTheAges: Strong Bad and The Cheat never figure out how they sent Homestar to the Arctic.
* SurveillanceAsThePlotDemands: Strong Bad and The Cheat just so happen to have a direct satellite video feed showing them how Homestar's handling the Arctic. [[LampshadeHanging They have no idea how they got said feed.]]

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%%* MissingStepsPlan: The basis of the toon, and one of the few examples that actually ''worked''.

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%%* * MissingStepsPlan: The basis of toon is centered on Strong Bad and The Cheat trying to figure out the toon, missing steps of their caper ''after'' they successfully pulled it off. They know it started with The Cheat peeing in Homestar's melonade, and one of ended with Homestar adrift in the few examples that actually ''worked''.arctic, but can't figure out how the former led to the latter.
-->'''Strong Bad:''' I think we might be missing a couple key steps there.
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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Homestar somehow thinks he's still at Marzipan's, tries to entertain himself by pretending to have a leg that's slightly shorter than the other, talks to a dead sea lion as if it's still alive, and thinks Strong Sad is a polar bear with magic ice breath.

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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Homestar Homestar, while stranded in the Arctic, somehow thinks he's still at Marzipan's, tries to entertain himself by pretending to have a leg that's slightly shorter than the other, talks to a dead sea lion as if it's still alive, and thinks Strong Sad is a polar bear with magic ice breath.

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* ToiletHumor: The Cheat peed in Homestar's melonade as a joke.

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* TitleDrop: When Strong Bad is trying to recall how they got Homestar stranded in the Arctic Ocean.
-->'''Strong Bad:''' Come on, man! This is like our ''best caper ever'', and we don't even remember what we did?!
* ToiletHumor: The Cheat [[TamperingWithFoodAndDrink peed in Homestar's melonade melonade]] as a joke.
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* NoodleIncident: How did Homestar end up in the Arctic? It started with The Cheat peeing in Homestar's melonade, but Strong Bad and The Cheat can't figure out how that lead to Homestar's current predicament.

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* NoodleIncident: How did Homestar end up in the Arctic? It started with The Cheat peeing in Homestar's melonade, but Strong Bad and The Cheat can't figure out how that lead led to Homestar's current predicament.
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* BaitAndSwitch: In the sole EasterEgg where Strong Bad takes The Cheat to the vet (read: Bubs), Bubs asks for a trashcan-sized sample of pee. Strong Bad assumes that he's talking to The Cheatbut Bubs points out that he isn't.

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* BaitAndSwitch: In the sole EasterEgg where Strong Bad takes The Cheat to the vet (read: Bubs), Bubs asks for a trashcan-sized sample of pee. Strong Bad assumes that he's talking to The Cheatbut Cheat but Bubs points out that he isn't.
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Strong Bad and The Cheat discover that they somehow sent Homestar to the Arctic, and try their best to remember how the heck it happened. Meanwhile, Homestar is unperturbed and just carries on as if nothing has happened.

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Strong Bad and The Cheat discover that they somehow sent Homestar to the Arctic, and try their best to remember how the heck it happened. Meanwhile, Homestar is unperturbed and just carries on as if nothing has happened.
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* BaitAndSwitch: In the sole EasterEgg where Strong Bad takes The Cheat to the vet (read: Bubs), Bubs asks for a trashcan-sized sample of pee. Strong Bad assumes that he's talking to The Cheat, but Bubs points out that he isn't.

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* BaitAndSwitch: In the sole EasterEgg where Strong Bad takes The Cheat to the vet (read: Bubs), Bubs asks for a trashcan-sized sample of pee. Strong Bad assumes that he's talking to The Cheat, but Cheatbut Bubs points out that he isn't.
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* MissingStepsPlan: The basis of the toon, and one of the few examples that actually ''worked''.

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* %%* MissingStepsPlan: The basis of the toon, and one of the few examples that actually ''worked''.
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* MissingStepsPlan: The basis of the toon, and one of the few examples that actually ''worked''.

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* HowIsThatEvenPossible: Strong Bad and The Cheat struggle to comprehend how peeing into Homestar' melonade is able to send him to the Arctic.

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* HowIsThatEvenPossible: Strong Bad and The Cheat struggle to comprehend how peeing into Homestar' melonade is able to send started a chain of events that stranded him to in the Arctic.



* ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext: How did Homestar end up in the Arctic? The Cheat peed in his melonade. Not even Strong Bad and The Cheat can figure out how that works.

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* ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext: NoodleIncident: How did Homestar end up in the Arctic? It started with The Cheat peed peeing in his melonade. Not even Homestar's melonade, but Strong Bad and The Cheat can can't figure out how that works.lead to Homestar's current predicament.



* LostAtSea: Homestar is stuck on a small ice flow in the middle of the ocean somewhere in the Arctic Circle.

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* LostAtSea: Homestar is stuck on a small ice flow floe in the middle of the ocean somewhere in the Arctic Circle.Circle. Near the end of the cartoon, Strong Sad also appears floating on a chunk of ice.
* OhNoNotAgain: After running into Homestar while adrift at sea, Strong Sad mutters "Boy, did I pick the wrong hemisphere to aimlessly drift through this year."


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* WhatDidIDoLastNight: All Strong Bad and The Cheat can remember about the "Best Caper Ever" is that it started with The Cheat taking a whiz in Homestar's melonade.
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* LostAtSea: Homestar is stuck on a small iceburg in the middle of the ocean somewhere in the Arctic Circle.

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* LostAtSea: Homestar is stuck on a small iceburg ice flow in the middle of the ocean somewhere in the Arctic Circle.
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Strong Bad and The Cheat discover that they somehow sent Homestar to the Arctic, and try their best to remember how the heck it happened.

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Strong Bad and The Cheat discover that they somehow sent Homestar to the Arctic, and try their best to remember how the heck it happened. Meanwhile, Homestar is unperturbed and just carries on as if nothing has happened.
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* TooDumbToLive: Homestar ends up throwing away several items that would help him escape his predicament, such as a satellite phone and a flare gun.

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* TooDumbToLive: Homestar doesn't realize that he's in the Arctic. He then ends up throwing away several items that would help him escape his predicament, such as a satellite phone and a flare gun.
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The short can be viewed on the official ''Homestar Runner'' [=YouTube=] channel [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=HpzTFPb0qI8 here]].
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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Homestar somehow thinks he's still at Marzipan's, tries to entertain himself by pretending to have a leg that's slightly shorter than the other, talks to a dead sea lion as if it's still alive, and thinks Strong Sad is a polar bear with magic ice breath.


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* IncrediblyLameFun: Homestar tries to entertain himself by pretending one of his legs is shorter than the other.
-->'''Homestar:''' ''[swinging leg above the ground]'' It doesn't touch...
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* LostAtSea: Homestar is stuck on a small iceburg in the middle of the ocean somewhere in the Arctic Circle.
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* BaitAndSwitch: In the sole EasterEgg where Strong Bad takes The Cheat to the vet (read: Bubs), Bubs asks for a trashcan-sized sample of pee. Strong Bad assumes that he's talking to The Cheat, but Bubs points out that he wasn't.

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* BaitAndSwitch: In the sole EasterEgg where Strong Bad takes The Cheat to the vet (read: Bubs), Bubs asks for a trashcan-sized sample of pee. Strong Bad assumes that he's talking to The Cheat, but Bubs points out that he wasn't.isn't.



* SurveillanceAsThePlotDemands: Strong Bad and The Cheat just so happen to have a direct satellite video feed showing them Homestar's location in the Arctic.

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* SurveillanceAsThePlotDemands: Strong Bad and The Cheat just so happen to have a direct satellite video feed showing them how Homestar's location in handling the Arctic.
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* HowIsThatEvenPossible: Strong Bad and The Cheat struggle to comprehend how peeing into Homestar' melonade is able to send him to the Arctic.


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* TooDumbToLive: Homestar ends up throwing away several items that would help him escape his predicament, such as a satellite phone and a flare gun.
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->'''Airdate:''' February 9, 2009

Strong Bad and The Cheat discover that they somehow sent Homestar to the Arctic, and try their best to remember how the heck it happened.

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* BaitAndSwitch: In the sole EasterEgg where Strong Bad takes The Cheat to the vet (read: Bubs), Bubs asks for a trashcan-sized sample of pee. Strong Bad assumes that he's talking to The Cheat, but Bubs points out that he wasn't.
* ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext: How did Homestar end up in the Arctic? The Cheat peed in his melonade. Not even Strong Bad and The Cheat can figure out how that works.
* LampshadeHanging: Strong Bad and The Cheat inexplicably have a direct satellite video feed to Homestar's location in the Arctic. Strong Bad makes sure to point out that they don't know how they got it.
* SurveillanceAsThePlotDemands: Strong Bad and The Cheat just so happen to have a direct satellite video feed showing them Homestar's location in the Arctic.
* ToiletHumor: The Cheat peed in Homestar's melonade as a joke.
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