King of Town
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King of Town (sometimes abbreviated KoT) is a fictional character in the Homestar Runner series of animated cartoon. The overweight and mustachioed King of Town appears to be ruler of nothing he surveys, and is merely humored by the other characters. By coincidence, his personality is similar to King Toadstool of the Mario comics. The King's most notable attribute is that he will eat just about everything he can get his (invisible) hands on — except peas. In his debut cartoon, he ate an entire flock of sheep (except one), forgot, then summoned Homestar Runner to uncover what happened.
As one of the Strong Bad emails reveal, the King of Town was not always the overweight, "santa"-like, unpopular character he always was. In the Strong Bad email "flashback", the King of Town is depicted as the "young, handsome, and hip (as well as skinny) Prince of Town, who would always dance with the origin version of Bubs.
The King of Town employs The Poopsmith to shovel manure at the castle for "reasons [the King doesn't] care to disclose". He also has a few other servants, including a blacksmith, a royal chef, a bugler, and a knight, although they are rarely seen. He keeps large stores of poor-quality food such as "Butter-da" (butter soda, which could possibly be for automotive use only), "Pork Snagglins," "1983 Awwww Gratin Potatoes," and "Ice Style Cream."
The King of Town has his own website, which nobody visits, and his own answering machine, although nobody ever calls him. Bubs sold him Strong Bad's old Tandy 400 computer, which refuses to work, and therefore the King cannot check the e-mail that he never gets. Despite — or because of — his overwhelming unpopularity within the cartoons themselves, he does have a fan following.
The King of Town was originally envisioned as Marzipan's father, but this was later removed and is no longer part of the Homestar Runner canon.
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Alternate versions
1936 - The Kaiser
The 1936 variation on the King of Town is "The Kaiser". This character has only been seen briefly, but appears to be modelled loosely after Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany. The possibility exists that another 1936 character, "The Bossman", is the KoT's equivalent, but this is unclear.
The Prince of Town
Strong Bad tells us through a storybook that the King of Town was once the svelt Prince of Town; he became a glutton once Strong Bad won "a lifetime supply of fish sticks" (along with The Cheat), which Strong Bad apparently didn't claim.
The Castlefunnies
Strong Bad has also claimed that the King of Town was the star of an unfunny comic strip called The Castlefunnies, co-authored by the prolific Lem Sportsinterviews. In the strip, "King Castlefunny"'s primary action was complaining to the Poopsmith (then named "Mushy Chamberpot") about his ailing hip joints. The strip was canceled when its only reader died.
Acting Career
The King of Town starred in Strong Bad's action movie, Dangeresque 1: Dangeresque, too?, where he played the part of the criminal mastermind, "Perducci." Perducci attempted to intercept a serum which would prevent Cutesy Buttons (played by Marzipan) from being kidnapped. Strong Sad, a.k.a. "Hot Tub" was one of his minions, as was Killingyouguy (played by Strong Mad).
External links
- Video introduction (http://homestarrunner.com/vcr_kot.html)
- Secret King of Town website (http://www.homestarrunner.com/kingintro.html)
- The King of Town at the Homestar Runner Wiki