Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Dangeresque and the Wise Old Wolfhound

(Update 4/24: Decided to feature "Dangeresque 3" instead of "Stunt Double", as I feel it illustrates the similarities between the two better)

Every time I watch the Bluey episode "Bumpy and the Wise Old Wolfhound", I can't help but notice all the similarities the episode has to the "Dangeresque" Strong Bad Emails in Homestar Runner. Think about it: both revolve around showing the characters' homemade movies, complete with wooden acting, editing errors, and lo-fi special effects. I feel like there's a good chance that Joe Brumm drew some inspiration from "Dangeresque" when writing "Bumpy".

Take a look at the similarities for yourself:



Pretty uncanny, if you ask me. Honestly, getting confirmation that Homestar Runner influenced an episode of Bluey would make the cartoon geek in me absolutely explode. Anyone on the production staff reading this? Anyone?

(Also, I learned while writing this that Joe Brumm confirmed that the episode "Cubby" was a reference to the Community episode "Conspiracy Theories and Interior Design". Now that's streets ahead.)

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