Editing Fish Eye Lens

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[[Image:Fish Eye Lens.png|thumb|right|220px|"Things are about to get bulbous!"]]

After five years, Strong Bad and Coach Z give the pyor<!--sic-->ple what they want!

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{film|Strong Bad}}, {{film|Coach Z}}, {{film|Homestar Runner}}, [[The Barbershop Trio]] (Easter egg), {{film|Old-Timey Strong Bad}} (Easter egg), {{film|The Cheat}} (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[Basement of the Brothers Strong]], [[The Cheat's Computer Room]] (Easter egg)

'''Date:''' Friday, October 3, 2014

'''Running Time:''' 3:19

'''Page Title:''' Things are about to get...

== Transcript ==
''{The basement is dark. Strong Bad is asleep, half on the couch. Coach Z pops up from behind the couch.}''

'''COACH Z:''' ''{whispering loudly}'' Strong Bad! Strong Bad, wake up!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{mumbling}'' ...Blackthorne... ''{more mumbling<!--maybe you can tell what he's saying here-->}''

'''COACH Z:''' The people need your help!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{suddenly awake and upright}'' Wait, the ''who''?

'''COACH Z:''' I mean the pyorple!&mdash;

'''STRONG BAD:''' There you go!

'''COACH Z:''' &mdash;They need your help! It's been too long since they had a number one jam. They been scrapin' dope rhymes up off the kitchen floor, just to survive!

''{Music starts playing.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{increasingly complaining tone of voice}'' Another number one jam? All right, I'll do it. ...For the pyorple.

''{Strong Bad jumps off the couch onto the floor as the scene transitions into a [[Powered by The Cheat]] music video.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Woke up this mornin' in a rap song video<br />
'''COACH Z:''' Can ya help me with my hip hop ditty, yo?<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Well, Coach Z, that all depends<br />
Can ya get ya green mittens on a fisheye lens?<br />

''{A synth bass plays two notes that resemble "Waughmp waughmp"}''

'''COACH Z:''' I'm sorry, did you just say, "Waughmp waughmp"?<br />

'''STRONG BAD:''' That's right! ''{smiling}'' And you know what that means:<br />

'''COACH Z:''' I don't!&mdash;<br />

'''STRONG BAD:''' Things are about to get... bulbous.<br />

'''TOGETHER:''' Waughmp waughmp!<br />
I bought a fisheye lens<br />
And make a rap video<br />
With a couple of friends<br />
It goes, waughmp waughmp!<br />
All the ladies and men<!--sic-->s<br />
They know everything is better<br />
With a fisheye lens<br />

'''COACH Z:''' Hey, that chorus wasn't kidding! Check out how cool my rap points look!<br />

'''STRONG BAD:''' With a fisheye lens, you don't need to know how to rap, or skateboard, or do ''anything'' well!<br />

Just put the camera on the ground<br />
And aim it up<br />
'''COACH Z:''' My kicks look huge<br />
And my crew looks tough<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' We got bulbous hands<br />
'''COACH Z:''' And bulbous feet<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Turn your back to the camera<br />
'''TOGETHER:''' Shake those bulbous cheeks!<br />

'''COACH Z:''' Aw, look at that! I've got a considerable rear shelf!<br />

'''STRONG BAD:''' That makes me uncomfortable!<br />

'''TOGETHER:''' Waughmp waughmp!<br />
I bought a fisheye lens<br />
And make a rap video<br />
With a couple of friends<br />
It goes, waughmp waughmp!<br />
All the ladies and men<!--sic-->s<br />
They know everything is better<br />
With a fisheye lens<br />

'''COACH Z:''' And once you use the fisheye<br />
Well, you just can't stap<br />
It used to be kind of expensive<br />
But then the price ''draeerrrrrrped''<br />

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{shouting, words overlap each other}'' I jumped in slow motion<br />
Off the curb<br />
Without a skateboard<br />
That should look absurd<br />
But with my fisheye lens<br />
Hey, haven't ya heard?<br />
I got the moves so smooth<br />
Make ya mom say:<br />

'''YOUR MOM:''' Those are some exceptionally smooth moves!<br />

'''STRONG BAD:''' Coach Z!<br />
'''COACH Z:''' SB!<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Whatcha got for me?<br />
'''COACH Z:''' I got the<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' F!<br />
'''COACH Z:''' I!<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' S!<br />
'''COACH Z:''' H!<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' E!<br />
'''COACH Z:''' Y!<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' E! Lens!<br />
'''COACH Z:''' Let's pretend<!--sic-->s I got ten girlfriends<br />
And make amends in my Benz<br />
With a fisheye lens<br />
It goes—<br />

'''TOGETHER:''' Waughmp waughmp!<br />
I bought a fisheye lens<br />
And make a rap videos<br />
With a couple of friends<br />
It goes, waughmp waughmp!<br />
All the ladies and men<!--sic-->s<br />
They know everything is better<br />
With a fisheye lens<br />

'''STRONG BAD:''' Man, fisheye lens, I bet you could make even lame stuff look cool!<br />

'''COACH Z:''' Yeah, yeah!<br />

'''STRONG BAD:''' What about ''{singing}'' tax papers?<br />

'''COACH Z:''' Oh, look at how cool those pape<!--sic-->s look!<br />

How about a pair of tan pants!<br />

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ooooh! Somebody say country dish towel!<br />
'''AUDIENCE''' and '''COACH Z:''' Country dish towel!<br />

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ahem! I have an idea<br />
Of what we could try<br />
What happens if you point it<br />
At a real fish eye?

''{Homestar points the lens at a real fish. The video comes to a halt with a splat. Using crudely drawn software menus, a mouse cursor applies a twirl effect. The scene spins as if down the drain. Back in normal styles, Strong Bad, Coach Z, and Homestar appear in the basement dressed in old-timey Dixieland jazz band outfits. Strong Bad has a trumpet with plunger mute. Coach Z has a banjo. Homestar is holding a fishbowl with a dead fish floating in it. An SLR camera with a fisheye lens is submerged in the bowl. The music finishes in an old-timey flourish.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Aw, man!

'''COACH Z:''' Aw, dag! What happened to the honeys?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Bring back the fisheye! Homestar, you broke our rap song video!

'''COACH Z:''' You turned us into a Dixieland ''{drawn out}'' jazz band!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Why y'all gotta be dissin' on Dixieland? I think it's great! It's got several syncopations. ''{singing, brandishing his hat, and kicking his legs}'' Several syncopations—

'''STRONG BAD:''' Awwwwwwwwwwwwwww!<br />
'''COACH Z:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwweeehhorrrrrp!

''{Strong Bad and Coach Z throw their arms up and exit.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{continued}'' —Several syncopations! Several syncopations tonight!

''{Cut to a closeup on the fish bowl with a "waughmp waughmp" sound effect. The word "eND" appears over the fisheye lens.}''

== Easter Eggs ==
* Click on the "D" in "eND":
:'''ONE OF THE BARBERSHOP TRIO:''' Several syncopations tonight!
:''{The rest of the trio appears behind him.}''
:'''THE OTHER TWO IN THE TRIO:''' ''{overlapping}'' Several syncopations tonight!
:''{Whip-pan to Old-Timey Strong Bad. He has an old-timey movie camera with a fish roped to it. As he says "Waughmp waughmp", the word appears on top of him and then disperses in a cloud-like puff.}''
:'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' Waughmp waughmp, I say! Waughmp waughmp! Everything ''is'' better with this pescatary oculation!
* Click on the dead fish:
:''{Strong Bad and The Cheat are sitting at [[Monosodium Dreams]]. The twirl effect is still visible on the screen.}''
:'''STRONG BAD:''' The Cheat! That was incredible!
:''{He begins babbling as if at a loss for words. He keeps babbling in rhythm. The Cheat pulls out his keyboard and drops a beat in time with the babbling. The rave lights come on.}''
:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{overlapping himself}'' I'm buying you a pizzaaaaa!
:''{The music stops as he says "pizzaaaaa". A pizza falls from the ceiling and covers their heads. The Cheat makes a "da-ta-da!" fanfare noise.}''
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa! Guess I can conjure ceiling pizzas now.

== Fun Facts ==

=== Explanations ===
* A [[Wikipedia:Fisheye lens|fisheye lens]] is an ultra wide-angle lens that produces strong visual distortion intended to create a wide panoramic or hemispherical image.
* A Benz is a [[Wikipedia:Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes-Benz]] automobile. Mercedes-Benz is a marketer of luxury vehicles, popular among the hip hop community.
* The form shown riding a skateboard is a [[Wikipedia:IRS_tax_forms#W-2|W-2 form]], which reports the earnings of and taxes withheld from a United States taxpayer.
* [[Wikipedia:Dixieland|Dixieland]] is a style of jazz that originated from New Orleans during the early 20th century. 
* [[Wikipedia:Syncopation|Syncopation]] is a musical term that means accenting beats that are normally not accented. It was commonly used to describe early jazz and ragtime music.

=== Trivia ===
* The animation menu options are "BLOATATE", "FORNGE", [[Lowercase i's|"PAXELi<!--sic-->ZE"]], "DISTORT", "MUFFLIN'", and [[Punkin Show|"PAINT DAUBZ"]].
* The "DISTORT" submenu options are "ELOAK", "PRIVET", "TWIRL", "ZAPPOS", "TENASCHE", and "RELUMP".

===Remarks===
* This toon has no "back" button.
* This is the first non-holiday themed content uploaded to the website since [[videography]], released October 5, 2009&mdash;just two days shy of five years apart.

===Goofs===
* In the Flash version, the sound of record pops and hiss from the Old-Timey Easter egg can still be heard at the beginning of the Easter egg in front of [[Monosodium Dreams]].

=== Inside References ===
[[Image:@StrongBadActual profile01.jpg|thumb|Everything is better with a fisheye lens!]]
[[Image:sketchbook_040826_themanybuttsofcoachz.png|thumb|"I've got a considerable rear shelf!"]]
* The current profile picture of the [[@StrongBadActual]] [[Twitter]] account was taken with a fisheye lens, and the toon was previously teased there in [[twitter:StrongBadActual/status/516039750138875904|a post on September 27, 2014]].
* The fisheye effect used in this toon is similar to one used in [[Rap Song]].
* This toon marks an instance of [[couch mumbling]].
* The song is referred to as a [[number one jam]].
* "Waughmp Waughmp" is an [[onomatopoeia]].
* Coach Z sometimes pronounces "video" as "[[Videro Games|videro]]".
* Coach Z's "considerable rear shelf" is derived from a [[Sketchbook]] entry, and was also seen in a similar form on the [[Stripèd Green Rabbit]] in [[New Boots]].
* Taxes and the W-2 form were previously mentioned in [[Arcade Game]].
* A few of Homestar's forms resemble some of his from [[Exaggerations]].
* When the fisheye lens is pointed at the real fish eye and the twirl effect is applied, one of the items in the software menu is "[[Punkin Show|paint daubz]]".
*[[Homestar]] is wearing [[pants]]. His Dixieland vest also has [[Lack of Visible Arms|arm holes]].
* Coach Z's line "What happened to the honeys?" is a reference to the end of one of [[Matt Chapman]]'s old rap songs, {{inlinecontentwarning|content warning|Adult language and themes}} [[thorax:mp3s/3-D_Booty.mp3|3-D Booty]].
* The Easter egg with Strong Bad and The Cheat at Monosodium Dreams is a callback to the ending of [[Everybody to the Limit]].
* The "I jumped in slow motion!" part is sung in the same style as the voiceover from [[monster truck]].
* Strong Bad remarks that Coach Z has [[lack of visible body parts|green mittens]].

=== Real-World References ===
*''[[Wikipedia:Blackthorne|Blackthorne]]'' is an action-platformer game for the [[Nintendo|Super Nintendo]].
*This toon is heavily influenced by the [[Wikipedia:Beastie Boys|Beastie Boys]]. Many of their music videos and publicity photos were shot using fisheye lenses. The music video for their song [[Wikipedia:Hold It Now, Hit It|Hold It Now, Hit It]] was the first to be shot entirely using a fisheye lens. The cover of their album [[Wikipedia:Check Your Head|Check Your Head]] is also recreated in the toon.
*During the music video, Homestar's body is a can of [[Wikipedia:Campbell Soup Company|Campbell's Soup]], which is probably a reference to that company's line of [http://www.campbellsoup.com/Products/Homestyle/All Homestyle soups].
*Homestar's singing at the end of the toon resembles the chorus of the song "One Singular Sensation" from the musical [[Wikipedia:A Chorus Line|A Chorus Line]].
*A [[Pokémon|Poké Ball]] appears in the video with a spinning Coach Z logo emblazoned upon it.

==YouTube Version==
[[Image:Fisheye_YT_Thumnails.jpg|thumb|220px|"Don't look for these so much."]]
*After the end of the toon, a group of nine thumbnails appears, parodying YouTube's related video thumbnails. None of the "videos" shown in the thumbnails have been released as of yet. The contents of the thumbnails are as follows:

{| {{standardtable}}
|-
| Coach Z and [[Strong Sad]] dancing on the [[Race Track]] in [[outer space]] || A photograph of a CRT television displaying [[Wikipedia:Swordquest|''Swordquest: Earthworld'']]. The [[Videlectrix Guys]] appear in the lower-left corner, along with the caption "Joystick Wagglin' with [[Videlectrix]]" || Homestar and a peasant from [[Peasant's Quest Proposed Sequels|Peasant's Quest Online?]] standing in [[The Field]] with snow on the ground
|- 
| A tiny Strong Bad walking up [[Senor Cardgage]]'s head || Homestar standing in an older style Field, with an orange laser beam in place of his head (which is now on the ground) || [[Puppet Homestar]] and [[Mike Chapman]] sitting in front of a curtain with a cup of [[coffee]]. The caption reads "COFFEE TOWN WITH HOMESTAR + MIKE, episode 6"
|-
| Strong Bad in front of a red-yellow gradient. In place of his legs are several more torsos that continue off the screen, some of which have extra arms, resembling a centipede || A small [[Bubs]] hovering over the [[Compé]]'s keyboard on Strong Bad's desk. Bubs is leaving a bouncy, dashed white line behind him, à la [[Where U Goin' 2?]] || [[Pom Pom]] peeking out of a stylized human brain
|}
*After the thumbnails, the Old-Timey Easter egg is shown, immediately followed by the "ceiling pizzas" Easter egg.

==See Also==
* The [[Fish Eye Lens Visuals|visuals]] for this video

== External Links ==
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