Editing Homestar Runner (section)

=== Collaborations with other artists ===

The Brothers Chaps have partnered up with rock band [[They Might Be Giants]] and supplied animation for a [[music video]] of their song "[[Experimental Film (song)|Experimental Film]]".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Experimental Film |url=http://www.homestarrunner.com/expfilm.html |last1=Chapman, Matt |last2=Chapman, Mike |website=homestarrunner.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070101044204/http://www.homestarrunner.com/expfilm.html |archive-date=January 1, 2007 |access-date=January 3, 2007}}</ref> The creators of ''Homestar Runner'' spent time with the band and wrote songs that have been released on the website as "Puppet Jam", a spin-off of "Puppet Stuff", where Puppet Homestar sings with TMBG.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Puppet Jam: Bad Jokes |url=http://www.homestarrunner.com/puppetjam1.html |last1=Chapman, Matt |last2=Chapman, Mike |website=homestarrunner.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051029025603/http://www.homestarrunner.com/puppetjam1.html |archive-date=October 29, 2005 |access-date=January 3, 2007}}</ref> TMBG also wrote the music for Strong Bad Email #99, ''different town'', and the band wrote and vocalized the intro song of the 200th Strong Bad Email.<ref>{{Cite web |title=TMBG-News |url=http://theymightbegiants.com/news.htm |publisher=TMBG |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070103173331/http://www.theymightbegiants.com/news.htm |archive-date=January 3, 2007 |access-date=January 3, 2007}}</ref> Another group, The Skate Party, helped The Brothers Chaps create "The Cheat Theme Song".<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Cheat Theme Song |url=http://www.homestarrunner.com/cheatvideo.html |last1=The Skate Party |last2=Chapman, Matt |website=homestarrunner.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020306000146/http://homestarrunner.com/cheatvideo.html |archive-date=March 6, 2002 |access-date=February 2, 2007 |last3=Chapman, Mike}}</ref> The band [[Y-O-U]] helped with the [[Strong Bad Sings]] and Other Type Hits CD, as well as songs on the [[#Strong Bad Email|strongbad_email.exe]]<!-- INTENTIONAL UNDERSCORE! Please don't change that. --> DVDs. The Brothers Chaps also employed the services of [[Paul and Storm]] of the a cappella band [[Da Vinci's Notebook]] to create a theme song for the Old-Timey version of The Cheat, called "Ballad of The Sneak"; the duo later wrote the theme tune for the ''Stinkoman 20X6'' game.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ballad of the Sneak |url=http://www.homestarrunner.com/sneakvideo.html |website=homestarrunner.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030626013827/http://www.homestarrunner.com/sneakvideo.html |archive-date=June 26, 2003 |access-date=March 20, 2007}}</ref> Matt Chapman provided guest vocals as Strong Bad on [[The Aquabats]]' "Pink Pants!" from their 2011 album, ''[[Hi-Five Soup!]]''.  Strong Bad's voice also appears on [[Shellac (band)|Shellac]]'s "Genuine Lulabelle" off the album "[[Excellent Italian Greyhound]]" from 2007.

Discussing how he and his sibling decide which projects to work on, Mike Chapman said, "We learned how to politely say no to things that were going to affect our lives negatively. If it's going to be fun, if we're going to enjoy doing it, and if the end project is going to be something we want to have happen, we say yes."<ref name="Mike Chapman quote">{{Cite book |last=Kirsner |first=Scott |url=http://www.scottkirsner.com/fff |title=Fans, Friends & Followers: Building an Audience and a Creative Career in the Digital Age |publisher=CinemaTech Books |year=2009 |isbn=978-1-4421-0074-9 |location=Boston, MA |page=44 |access-date=April 10, 2009 |archive-date=June 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190630034130/http://www.scottkirsner.com/fff/ |url-status=live }}</ref>