Trogdor
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Trogdor the Burninator is a fictional dragon that is a part of the Homestar Runner series of animated cartoons. Another character of the series, Strong Bad, created him when a fan e-mail requested him to display his "skills of an artist" by drawing a dragon.
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[edit] Character history
Trogdor is first featured in the email "Dragon" (which also includes the song "Trogdor," known for its heavy-metal sound and the phrase "And the Trogdor comes in the night!"), and he appears in two video games (Peasant's Quest and Trogdor!) on the site. Trogdor's nefarious deeds consist of "burninating the countryside", "burninating the peasants" and "burninating all the peoples and their thatched-roof cottages."
Trogdor's design is described, in Strong Bad's own words, as an S, paired with a "more different S," "closed-up real good at the top", with "consummate V's" for teeth, "spine-ities," and angry eyebrows. He also has a "big beefy arm," which "looks real good, coming out the back of his neck, there." Trogdor is also a specific variation on the basic design, called a "wing-a-ling dragon." Much like Strong Bad's attempt at describing his own made-up animal, as well, Trogdor is not the first dragon design Strong Bad tried drawing, as the first one featured too many muscular appendages and looked awkward. The final version of Trogdor is enhanced by flames coming from his mouth and radiant lines around him to represent his "majesty."
Other characters' attempts at drawing a dragon were not as well received. Coach Z drew something resembling a giant-headed eel, which Strong Bad criticized for not using "consummate V's". Strong Mad has only managed to carve the word "DAGRON" into the table with a knife, and, in an easter egg, Homsar has managed to write "Taster's Choice" on a piece of paper taped to the table. When Strong Sad reveals his drawing, enhanced by Chiaroscuro shading, Strong Bad "burninates" it with his BMW lighter.
Some fans prefer to write his name TROGDOR the BURNiNATOR, as this is the way Strong Bad originally wrote the name on a piece of paper, complete with the lowercase "i". The reason that the "i" was lowercase is because the font that The Brothers Chaps used for Strong Bad's handwriting, "Ahnberg Hand", does not have a capital "i". However, lowercase i's have since appeared in other fonts on the site (such as a store name, "PRiCE STYLE") and have become a running gag.
[edit] Game
The homestarrunner.com website hosts a game featuring Trogdor. In it, Trogdor achieves "Burnination" by squashing peasants. Knights and archers are also out to see him "Sworded" and "Arrowed," respectively. Occasionally, Trogdor can be "Swarrowed" (simultaneously sworded and arrowed). Once he has managed to crush ten peasants without dying, he begins breathing fire, allowing him to "burninate" both the peasants and the thatched-roof cottages. The count goes down for every peasant who makes it back into his cottage, and a burninated peasant does not count toward the next 10-count. When all the thatched-roof cottages are burninated, the game proceeds to the next level.
[edit] Later appearances
After the appearance of Trogdor in the original "Dragon" e-mail, the dragon appeared in various other forms, most notably in video game form, played by characters in the games Trogdor! and Peasant's Quest. Both games are available in Videlectrix form on the "Games" section of the website.
Trogdor has also made an appearance in a live-action mini-movie made by The Brothers Chaps and their friends. He, however, still remains in animation as he tramples the countryside while "burninating" it all. This movie is the live-action rendition of Peasant's Quest, which involves a peasant named Rather Dashing seeking revenge against Trogdor for "burninating" his thatched-roof cottage.
Strong Bad also considered cashing in on Trogdor's prestige when asked whether he had ever thought of opening a theme park. In Strong Bad's design for "Strong Bad's Mount Ridesplace, USA," the signature ride was to be called The Bowels of Trogdor, which would spin in a circle "until you either throw up or catch on fire somehow"
You can now play the song "Trogdor" in the game "Guitar Hero 2" for PlayStation 2
[edit] Song Lyrics
[edit] Original Version
- Trogdor!
- Trogdor!
- Trogdor was a man
- I mean, he was a dragon man
- Or maybe he was just a dragon
- But he was still Trogdor!
- Trogdor!
- Burninating the countryside,
- Burninating the peasants
- Burninating all the peoples
- And their thatched-roof cottages!
- Thatched-roof cottages!
- And the Trogdor comes in the night . . .
[edit] Strong Bad Sings Version
On the "Strong Bad Sings (And Other Type Hits)" CD, the below segment is also added before the final line:
- Whoa, this has wicked dueling guitar solos
- It's like squeedly versus meedley over here
- Go squeedly!
- Go squeedly!!
- Squeedly wins!!!
- When all the land is in ruins
- And burnination has forsaken the countryside
- Only one guy will remain
- My money's on
- Trogdor!
- Trogdor!
[edit] Trogday
On January 13, 2006, the three-year anniversary of the week Trogdor debuted on the site, a "Happy Trogday" animation was released, featuring fan-submitted pictures of Lite-Brite drawings, tattoos, Halloween costumes, pancakes, license plates, and other things inspired by Trogdor. At the end of the animation, Stinkoman rants, saying that those never happened on his birthday last week (which is true, because Stinkoman was created a week earlier than Trogdor), but instead, gets a challenge against "Trogador," a 20X6 version of Trogdor which bears a resemblance to a Chinese dragon, and Stinkoman thinks that was a birthday challenge. The design of Trogador had previously been revealed by the Brothers Chaps at a talk at New York University (NYU) on March 1, 2005, and was originally not set to make an appearance on the website.
[edit] Guitar Hero II
On October 24, 2006, an image was leaked confirming Trogdor's theme song to be a bonus track in Guitar Hero II. This marks Trogdor's first appearance in a non-Videlectrix video game beyond a simple reference [1]. The song has since been confirmed as an unlockable bonus track in the final version of the game, released on November 7, 2006. The version of this song is the same one found on the "Strong Bad Sings (And Other Type Hits)" CD. [2]
[edit] References to Trogdor in other media
- Trogdor was also mentioned in the final episode of the television series Buffy The Vampire Slayer as a character in a game of Dungeons and Dragons that the cast was playing in the episode. Series creator Joss Whedon is a fan of Homestar Runner [3] and has been seen wearing a Strong Bad T-shirt (of the same design later seen worn by the character Andrew in the Buffy spin-off Angel when Angel and Spike went to find Buffy in Italy).
- In the MMORPG World of Warcraft, "Master Smith Burninate" is a quest-giving NPC at Thorium Point. [4]
- In the comic book mini-series Smax, a spinoff of Alan Moore's Top Ten comic series, produced by America's Best Comics.
- In the video game Guild Wars, you have a chance to learn the spells 'Rodgort's Invocation' and 'Mark of Rodgort', where Rodgort spelled backwards is Trogdor. The name fits perfectly as a fire element skill, as Trogdor is a dragon that breathes fire. There is also a boss in Talmark Wilderness named "Hops Flameinator" that uses the Mark of Rodgort skill.
- The word "Burninate" also appears in Final Fantasy I & Final Fantasy II: Dawn of Souls for Game Boy Advance in one of the bonus dungeons added into the GBA version. In Hellfire Chasm, one of the NPCs says, "This is private property. Trespassers will be burninated!" [5]
- In Kingdom of Loathing, if you attack someone with your Mysticality in a PvP battle you are said to "burninate" your opponent. Also, one of the items in the game is a jumbo olive that has been "sworded".
- In Brian Clevinger's 8-Bit Theatre, Black Mage imagines Drizz'l's Guardian to look like Trogdor.[6]
- In the Warcraft 3 expansion, Frozen Throne, a soldier guarding the cell occupied by Kael is named Trogdar. He is "burninated' shortly after his introduction by Lady Vashj.
- In Tony Hawk's Underground's Russia level, falling into the buildings' smokestacks will occasionally result in the text "Burninated!" appearing onscreen.
- In the Half-Life modification Counter-Strike, servers running AdminMod occasionally display the message, "(Player 1) was burninated by Trogdor, er by (Player 2)."
- Howstuffworks.com now uses the word "burninate." In an article concerning cold heat soldering tools, it is on the caption describing the condition of the solder after being worked with.
- The website Neopets has an avatar with the word "burninate" in it.
- Multiple tributes to the song have been made, such as one tribute by Lessthan3 and another by Screaming Mechanical Brain.
- Google Page Creator was codenamed "Trogdor".
- In the video game Kingdom Hearts II, one of the boss fights (The Hydra, a Dragon itself) grants you a special attack which involves throwing huge clay urns at the boss. The attack is called "Urninator".
- In the video game The Sims 2, one of the songs you can have on the stereo says "Trogador" in the bizarre language of "Simlish."
- The 13th track of the Planet Smashers album Mighty, "Girl in the Front Row", begins with a band member yelling, "TROGDOR!".
- The loading screen messages of Auto Assault are particularly notable for saying completely random things, rather than saying what they are actually loading. One of the loading messages is "Burninating the peasants...".
- In the video game Gladius you have a chance of fighting a Minotaur named Tr'gdor at the Exuro's Eye arena.
- In the PS2 video game, Bujingai: The Forsaken City, the player has to fight a boss battle against a creature named Trogdar which uses fire attacks.
- In the online game Legend of the Green Dragon, there exists a Forest Event where a player can be BURNiNATED by Trogdor.[7]
- In the online game Adventure Quest, there exists a guardian blade that summons the mighty Guardian Dragon to attack the enemy in battle, during the summon the dragon uses many quotes, one of them is "BURNINATE!!!!"
- On the 2006 King Kong Extended Edition DVD, there is a picture in the Skull Island concept montage of a "Ceratops" dinosaur. His name is given as Angror the Invincinator. He is stated as looking for wrestling partners.
- The freeware audio player for Windows foobar2000's CD burning component is called foo_burninate. [8]
- In Guitar Hero II, there is the option of buying it as a song, it also has an added guitar solo
[edit] Downloads
- The song is downloadable for Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh on the HomestarRunner.com Downloads page for free.
- At the website, you can download the actual e-mail, along with others, for a video iPod. This includes the Homsar easter egg before Strong Sad shows his picture.
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