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Featured era: 2003
Trogdor
“Trogdor, the Burninator.”
- Featured era
- 2003
- Peak era
- 2003-2006
- Company
- The Brothers Chaps (Mike and Matt Chapman)
- Category
- Viral Videos
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Strong Bad Email No. 58, "dragon"
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About This Video
- From:
- homestarrunnerdotcom
- Added:
- March 31, 2009
- Length:
- 3:30
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What Was It?
Trogdor the Burninator was born in Strong Bad Email No. 58, "dragon", on Homestar Runner, the Flash cartoon site made by brothers Mike and Matt Chapman. Asked to draw a dragon, Strong Bad gives a drawing lesson in the style of Ed Emberley's books and comes up with a fire-breathing serpent with stick-figure feet and a single, huge, muscular arm.
He finishes with a heavy metal theme song, and Trogdor's fiery destruction got its own word, "burnination". The dragon became so popular that his merchandise was consistently the best seller in the site's store.
An extended version of the song appeared on the 2003 album Strong Bad Sings, and "Trogdor" later turned up as a bonus song in Guitar Hero II. He also got his own arcade-style browser game and, in 2018, a board game that raised more than $1.4 million on Kickstarter.
Things You Probably Forgot
- The one beefy arm
- Burninating the peasants and their thatched-roof cottages
- Learning to draw him step by step
- Playing the Trogdor song in Guitar Hero II
The Story
- 2001 Strong Bad Email began on Homestar Runner.
- 2003 An extended version of the Trogdor song appeared on the album Strong Bad Sings.
- 2018 A Trogdor board game raised more than $1.4 million on Kickstarter.
Its Legacy
Homestar Runner is still online, and the original cartoon is on its YouTube channel. Trogdor long ago outgrew the email that created him, living on in games, merchandise and the word "burninate".
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