Editing A Decemberween Pageant

[[Image:xmas2002.png|thumb|A Decemberween Pageant]]

The gang puts on a play about Decemberween's origins.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' 
*[[Homestar Runner]] as [[The King of Town (Decemberween)|The King of Town]]
*[[Marzipan]] as [[The Angel]]
*[[The King of Town]]
*[[Bubs]] as [[Dr. Christmas]]
*[[Coach Z]]
*[[Strong Bad]] as [[Archibald]]
*[[Pom Pom]] as [[Kobe | Kobe #1]]
*[[The Cheat]] as [[The Popular Vote]]
*[[Strong Sad]] as [[The First Decemberween]]
*[[Strong Mad]] as [[Kobe | Kobe #2]]

'''Page Title:''' A Decemberween Pageant

== Transcript ==
''{Marzipan and Homestar Runner are in costumes, Marzipan as an angel and Homestar as the King of Town.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Wow. I can't believe the night of the big Decemberween pageant has finally arrived! After all the weeks and weeks of rehearsing and practicing and memorizing lines...

'''MARZIPAN:''' Homestar, I don't think those are your lines.

''{Zoom out to see that they're both onstage, actually performing. The audience laughs.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' What?!

''{Cut to the title sequence. "A DECEMBERWEEN PAGEANT" "THE USUAL CREDITS" "FADE TO COMMERCIAL" It fades to black, then comes back on with the "A DECEMBERWEEN PAGEANT" title.}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' A Decemberween Pageant is brought to you by Fluffy Puff Marshmallows and Marshmallow Mayonnaise. ''{singing poorly}'' "Made from the best stuff!" And Litigation Jackson, in theaters December 27th!

''{Fade to black. It fades up on Bubs and the King of Town, the latter of whom is wearing a Santa outfit.}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' Puts on a Burger King crown and thinks he's cock of the block! I can't ''believe'' they cast Homestar as the King of Town.

'''BUBS:''' Yep. They did.

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' At least I still get to play Dr. Christmas. I can't wait to--

'''BUBS:''' Oh yeah! I forgot to tell you about that. Uh...

''{Bubs takes the cap from the King of Town, puts it on, and walks off. Coach Z pops his head in.}''

'''COACH Z:''' Uh... Kingy? You can go home.

''{Cut to the stage, where Bubs and Strong Bad are on. Strong Bad has a spear, a turtleneck, and a beanie cap.}''

'''BUBS:''' Archibald! We've got to find the first Decemberween!

'''STRONG BAD:''' I'll search down by the docks.

'''BUBS:''' What?

'''STRONG BAD:''' The docks. I'll search down by the docks.

'''BUBS:''' Ooh. I thought you said ducks. Good thinking! I'll come with ya.

''{They walk off, applause is heard. Cut to backstage as they continue walking and Coach Z is there.}''

'''COACH Z:''' Now that's what I call actin', boys! Don't go too far, Bubs! You're on again in farve!

''{Cut to Marzipan and Pom Pom, who is wearing a Lakers jersey.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' I hardly recognize the Cheat, his costume is really convincing.

''{Cut to back on stage. Bubs is there, as well as Homestar Runner, and The Cheat, who is wearing a sign that says "The Popular Vote". There are gears in the background.}''

'''BUBS:''' We'll need fifty bags of jold! I mean, gold! Fifty bag of golds.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I just can't do it, Dr. Christmas. Famine has ruined all the town's gold. Let us away, Popular Vote!

''{Homestar starts getting lifted up by a rope. Pulley sounds are heard and Homestar is grunting. The audience makes impressed noises, then applauds. Homestar stops at about halfway up.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{offstage}'' Okay. That's all you're getting out of me. ''{The curtain closes.}'' Guy's like a frickin' house.

''{We hear a thud.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oww!

''{Cut to backstage. Strong Sad is holding his head.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Augh! I'm totally freaking out here! I can't remember my lines, and if I don't remember my lines, then I'll ruin the whole play! At least the pageant.

''{Cut back to the stage. Strong Bad is in a boat named the "USS Trimball" and there are cardboard cut-out waves being pulled back and forth, along with tentacles sticking out of stage right.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' How unfortunate! Oh, what a terrible fate has bestowed with me...uh, become to me... There's a squid.

''{Cut to later, onstage, with Marzipan and The Cheat standing by a prop Eiffel Tower.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' I'll never forget you, Popular Vote, not in a million years! ''{the Cheat starts crying}'' Don't cry! Popular Votes aren't supposed to cry! You might rust. ''{audience laughs}''

''{Cut to backstage, with Coach Z)''

'''COACH Z:''' Oh! Hey! Ooh! Where's Strong Sad? He's on in two scenes!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh. He got nervous and went to the bathroom. I think he might be up-chucking.

''{Coach Z goes to Strong Mad}''

'''COACH Z:''' Hey Strong Mad. I need you to go get your brother.

'''STRONG MAD:''' I'M OPEN! I'M OPEN!

'''COACH Z:''' 'Course you are, big guy. 'Course you are.

''{Cut to the stage where Strong Bad, Bubs, Marzipan, and Homestar Runner are doing a music number.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Everyone's searching, looking and searching...

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{singing}'' And everyone's hanging around!

'''BUBS:''' ''{singing}'' And who can be sure if we're looking for something?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{singing}'' And looking for something I am!

''{Cut to Strong Mad and Strong Sad in the bathroom. Strong Sad has locked himself in a stall.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' I'll be there in a second. Tell them to make something up until I get out there.

''{Cut to the stage. Bubs, Marzipan, and Homestar Runner are standing there.}''

'''BUBS:''' Everybody knows me! My name's Cornbread!

''{Strong Bad walks in}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uhh... I found a computer. I think it can help us!

'''BUBS:''' So, this computer you speak of. Where is it?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Umm... on the moon. It's a moon computer.

''{Cut to backstage with Strong Sad.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Remember your line, remember your line!

''{Back to the stage}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' I can take you there! Everyone hop on!

''{Strong Sad walks on.}''

'''BUBS:''' Behold! The first Decemberween!

'''STRONG SAD:''' What?

''{The audience claps}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' This is the first Decemberween ever!

''{Applause gets louder, the curtains close, and "THE END" appears.}''

== Easter Eggs ==
*At the end, click on "The End" for a pamphlet about the play, click again to see the inside, and click below "The End" to see the Litigation Jackson poster. 

== Fun Facts ==
*At the bottom of the [[Litigation Jackson]] poster, it says "A Sportsinterviews / Delabor Production." The movie is made by [[Lem Sportsinterviews]] and [[Thorax Corporation]]!
*When Homestar says "This is the first Decemberween ever," it harkens back to [[The Best Decemberween Ever]], where Homestar said "This is the '''Best''' Decemberween Ever" instead.
*[[The Poopsmith]] does the lighting for the play. (Or so the pamphlet says.)
*Strong Bad's costume and the scene with the squid are references to Disney's 1954 interpretation of Jules Verne's ''[http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0046672/ 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea]''.  Strong Bad looks like Captain Nemo, even though he's called "Archibald." His stylish stocking cap could also be a spoof of famed marine biologist Jacques Yves-Cousteau.
*Marzipan's line "Popular Votes aren't supposed to cry.  You might rust," is a take-off of a line spoken by Dorothy to the Tin Man in ''The Wizard of Oz''.
*Homestar is wearing a [http://www.burgerking.com Burger King] crown.
*The Litigation Jackson poster has a man holding a box which reads "Legal Documents."
*''Litigation Jackson'' is a spoof on a 1988 movie called ''Action Jackson'' which starred Carl Weathers and Sharon Stone.
*The description of Act II in the program in the Easter Egg, "Archibald and Dr. Christmas fight to the death on Mt. Rushmore" is a reference to the movie ''North By Northwest,'' which ends with a fight on Mt. Rushmore.  The movie starred Cary Grant, whose real name was Archibald Leach.
*As [[Strong Bad]] is sitting in the USS Trimball, you can see [[Strong Mad]]'s hand pulling the cardboard cutout waves back and forth.
*The scene wherein Homestar is flown half-way out could well reference the style of the old religious plays.  The god-figure was often flown in or out of the scene by way of a winch and sturdy rope, both of which were generally visible to the audience anyway.  This sudden appearance, used as a means of reaching the end or moral of the play, is one of the accepted roots of the term "Deus ex machina," which in this case is taken literally.
*When Coach Z tells Bubs he's back on in "Farve," it is both a reference to Coach Z's ridiculous midwestern US accent and also to Bret Favre, quarterback for the Green Bay Packers.
*The Angel's and the Popular Vote's separation in Paris could reference a similar event in the movie Casablanca.

== External Links ==
*[http://www.homestarrunner.com/xmas2002.html watch "A Decemberween Pageant"]
*[http://www.homestarrunner.com/xmas2002.swf view the flash file for "A Decemberween Pageant"]

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