Homestar Runner: The Movie

Homestar Runner: The Movie is an American 3D/Flash-animated surreal comedy written and directed by The Brothers Chaps in their directorial debut. Based on the series of the same name, it also serves as the series finale to the entire series. It is also the first in a Homestar-related film series consisting of this film, an SBCG4AP film series, and others. Produced by Harmless Junk, Inc., Videlectrix Films, Thorax Legitimate, and Cheap as Free, and distributed by CDX Studios, it was released on VOD on November 24 and in select theaters on December 16, 2020.
== Premise ==
An evil robot invades Free Country, USA and it's sub-worlds to destroy everyone, as it is following "the order". Now Homestar, Strong Bad, and everyone else must join forces to defeat the robot and save their worlds, and possibly themselves.
== Plot ==
It is just another day in Free Country, USA. Strong Bad is checking emails, Homestar is being dumb, and so on. As Strong Bad goes outside, he notices a strange greenish thing appearing from the sky. Everyone else also notices as it comes down creating a large crater on the ground. A robot, named Razor, emerges from the crater, and at first seems calm and peaceful, but starts attacking. As Marzipan considers orchestrating a team named The HomeStars to stop Razor, Strong Bad joins Razor to attack everyone. That is, until Razor quickly betrays Strong Bad by setting Strong Badia on fire. Furious, Strong Bad reluctantly joins the HomeStars.
Later, Razor starts invading several sub-worlds, such as Sweet Cuppin' Cakes, Teen Girl Squad, Puppet Stuff, and so on. Suddenly, he accidentally creates a portal that can make anyone travel to any world. The HomeStars find out and use it to help the other worlds stop Razor. After they rescue them, Strong Bad's computers suddenly appear and tell everyone about Razor.
The computers say that Razor is a world-traveling killing machine that happens to obey something called The Order, and that he is taking orders from somebody named Adobe, to wipe out every universe that uses something. They also say that an ancient dragon named Dagron had fought Razor before, until they were both sealed away. Before they can explain what that "something" is, Razor's minions start attacking the HomeStars' main base. Before the robots can kill any of them, The Paper suddenly appears and destroys every robot in one swift blow. As everyone escapes, Razor uses his airship to follow them.
Razor then appears and everyone starts fighting. Razor manages to overpower nearly everyone, and just as he is about to escape back into his airship, Homestar and Strong Bad throw a giant bomb at Razor, blowing up his airship and presumably killing him. Their victory is short-lived, as Dagron appears and starts attacking Brainblow City. Strong Bad then summons Trogdor to defeat Dagron.
Trogdor and Dagron start fighting, but Dagron somehow overpowers Trogdor. Homestar then notices a controlling device on Dagron's neck. As they try to free him, Razor appears, somehow surviving the explosion. He then explains that the "something" Free Country uses is the Adobe Flash Player, and reveals that his master Adobe, is him. Now furious, Dagron, The Paper, and everyone else start brutally attacking Razor. Homestar then kicks Razor into the portal, struggling to escape, before being sucked in.
As the portal vanishes, everyone celebrates as Free Country grows to include more areas, due to the other worlds merging together. In the future, Strong Bad reunites with his brothers, Coach Z becomes a millionaire rapper, and Homestar and Marzipan have kids. At the end, it's revealed that Homestar was telling the entire story to his son, Homestar Jr., before he sends him to bed.
During the credits, Dagron is flying through space, in search for other worlds. Nebulon, who didn't appear in the movie, briefly gets lost from his spaceship, then reunites with it. In the final part of the credits, Razor's lifeless body is attacked by several asteroids, with one going through his chest, before all of his body parts break apart and slowly go away. We then zoom into Earth to see the new Free Country as the screen fades out, ending the movie, and the series.
== Cast ==
* Matt Chapman as almost everyone 
* Mike Chapman as the Powered by The Cheat characters, The Worm, The Knight, and Shark-Tooth Bubs
* Missy Palmer as Marzipan and her character variations
* Craig Zobel as Razor, while Robosoft 2 plays Razor's robotic voice
* Jonathan Howe as Rather Dashing and The Paper
== Production ==
The Chaps have wanted to make a Homestar movie for a while, but couldn't come up with an idea. That was until Craig Zobel sent them a script of a murderous robot trying to invade Free Country, and The Chaps approved the idea.
=== Animation ===
The film uses CGI and the character models are borrowed from SBCG4AP with some minor tweaks, most notably Homestar's head and The Cheat. Animation was jointly done by Sony Pictures Imageworks and CDX Studios.
== Release ==
=== Marketing ===
CDX spent $20 million on marketing, and merchandise was used for stuff, like McDonalds, Walmart, and others.
=== Distribution ===
The film was turned down by big distributors, until CDX contacted the brothers to distribute and market the film.
=== Rating ===
The film's rating was disputed for a long time. Many people expected to be rated PG-13 due the film's content. The MPA rated the film PG for "mild language, crude humor, action, and cartoon violence".
=== Home media and TV rights ===
CDX Home Entertainment will handle home media rights to the film, while the TV rights were sold to the Nexstar Media Group (which acquired a 50% stake of CDX prior to the film's release, the other 50% was owned by WarnerMedia, until January 2021). Despite this, CDX still owns the rights to the film. The film was released on Blu-Ray, DVD, and digitally on March 22, 2021.
The film made it's pay cable debut on TubeTV Movies in May 20, 2021.
== Reception ==
=== Box-office ===
The film has grossed $60 million at the US box-office, and $140 million internationally, for a total of $200 million.
== Spin-offs ==
Although this is the series finale to the series, it is the first film in the Homestar Runner film series. The next film, Homestar Ruiner, will be released very soon.
Category:Homestar Runner
Category:2020 animated films
Category:Animated films based on animated series
Category:American animated films