Editing sbemail 206

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[[Image:sbemail206.png|thumb|"Just like the previous model, only crappier. I mean, more expensive. I mean, lappier."]]
After years of checking his email on kitchen appliances, Strong Bad finally returns to checking on computers, as his Compé gets remodeled into the portable Lappier. Seeing that it's April Fools' Day, he gives Internet pranks a piece of his mind.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{film|The Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Old-Timey Strong Bad}}, [[Dangeresque (character)|Dangeresque]], {{Film|Dangeresque Too}}, {{Film|Renaldo}}, {{Film|The Stunt Double}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{film|Mike Chapman}}, {{Film|Rather Dashing}}, [[Other Character Variations|Mustachioed Homestar Runner]], {{Film|Marzipan}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}, {{Film|The King of Town}}, {{Film|Bubs}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}

'''Places:''' [[Marzipan's House|Marzipan's Kitchen]], [[Computer Room]], [[Bubs' Concession Stand]], [[The Field]], [[King of Town's Castle]], [[The Gremlin]]

'''Kitchen Appliance:''' [[Items#Strong_Bad.27s_Kitchen_Appliances|Econowave 4761-V]]

'''Computer:''' [[Lappier]]

'''Date:''' Wednesday, April 1, 2015

'''Running Time:''' 4:47 (official), 5:12 (actual)

'''Page Title:''' Econowave 4761-V

==Transcript==
''{Strong Bad is in front of a microwave on a kitchen counter.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Emails are like Hot Pockets, they're full of garbage and cheese.

''{The microwave beeps and turns on. Text scrolls from right to left on the small screen.}''

<!--Text: font-family:LcdD-->
'''DEAR STRONG BAD, WHEN ARE YOU GONNA DUST OFF THE COMPÉ AND ANSWER AN EMAIL? -MATT MACRO PIKA'''
<!--End text-->

''{Strong Bad reads the words haltingly as they appear. Reads sender's name as "Matt Massapequa". The microwave beeps, and "DONE." scrolls down from above.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Wait a minute, have I not always checked my email on kitchen appliances?!

''{Cut to Strong Bad in front of a running blender. "DEAR STRONG BAD" scrolls across a tiny screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' "Dear Strong Bad..."

''{Cut to Strong Bad in front of a toaster. Toast pops up with "DEAR STRONG BAD" burned onto the side.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' "Dear Strong Bad..."

''{Cut to Strong Bad in front of a fridge. He pushes a glass into the ice dispenser.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' "Dear crushed ice..."

''{Cut to Strong Bad in front of the Compé. The screen says:}''

{{compeemail}}
Dear Strong Bad,<br />
Do you enloy reasing?<br />
I do two! How 'bou?<br />
-The Tawdry Man
{{compeemailend}}

'''STRONG BAD:''' "Dear Strong Bad..."

''{Cut back to Strong Bad at the counter. He turns away from the microwave.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, yeah! ''Computers!'' ''{He hops down from his stool}'' Let's go see how that old Compé is doing!

''{Cut to Strong Bad in front of his computer table. The Compé appears to be buried in a huge mound of dust, with only its top-right corner poking out.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ...Ooh. That is... that is some dust. ''{Close up of the desk. Strong Bad steps closer}'' Well, I'd best get to blowin'! I said a-FWWWWWWWWWWWW...

''{He blows into the mound, creating a cloud of dust that envelops the room. When it clears, there is a different computer, resembling the [[Lappy 486]] and called the Lappier, sitting where the Compé was. The top-right corner of the Compé's monitor is balanced on the top of the Lappier for a few seconds, then falls onto the desk and clatters.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa! All that dust compressed my old computer into a newer, even ''better'' computer! Like coal to a diamond!

''{Rear view of the Lappier. Strong Bad picks up the Compé corner.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ah, Compé, we hardly knew yé. Whup! ''{He tosses the Compé corner off to the side}''

''{Cut back to the front of the Lappier. It boots up with a jingle and a 3D model resembling the Lappy logo that zooms and in rotates twice. "Lapp''ier''" appears on-screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' The Lappier. Just like the previous model, only crappier. I mean, more expensive. I&ndash;I mean, lappier.

''{The Lappier dings. A notice appears with the text "Today's date is April 1" and the Lappier logo.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What?! April First?! Aw, man, I can't check my email today!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{excited}'' Here it comes, ''{Cut to wide shot. Homestar is sitting on the computer table to the right of the Lappier, knees tucked in and feet drumming on the table.}'' here it comes! ''{He stops drumming his feet}'' Brace myself! ''{He holds his breath.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Homestar, what are you doing here?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Just waiting for you to drop that Apro Foo Day bomb, Strong Bad! ''{He hops off the table}'' Our website ''always'' has the best pranks!

''{Close up of Strong Bad.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Homestar, everybody knows the Internet already ruined April Fools' Day. ...On February 7, 2008, ironically enough.

''{Close up of Homestar.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' But it's the day the Internet gets on the Internet to make inside jokes about the Internet!

''{Wide shot of the two of them.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Exactly. ''{sarcastic}'' And I can't wait to be ''soooo'' fooled when ''{Cut to the welcome screen. Strong Bad and Homestar continue talking as voiceovers.}'' my favorite website looks like it's from another ''time'' period!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh. Man. ''{A cursor enters the screen and waggles back and forth.}'' This looks just like one of them Flash-y cartoon websites ''{The cursor stops over "watch intro" and a Flash Player Settings popup appears over Homestar's face.}'' from 2002!

''{The cursor moves to the update button and clicks a few times. It starts waggling again as Strong Bad speaks.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' No! Shut up! I haven't done it yet! Boo-da-ling...

''{The welcome screen transforms into an Old-Timey version with a mechanical version of The Homestar Runner. Buttons labeled "WEB", "SITE", and "COM" appear on the bottom of the screen, while a coin slot appears on the left side of the screen. As Homestar speaks, the cursor moves to click on "WEB".}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' What happened to my wedsize? It's gone Old Time Jones!

''{The cursor clicks on "SITE". A sign comes down from the top of the screen.}''

'''ANIMATRONIC THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' E'erybody, e'erybody.

''{Animatronic The Homestar Runner rotates counterclockwise out of the screen, and a mechanical Old Timey Strong Bad rotates into the screen in the same direction.}''

'''ANIMATRONIC OLD TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' Insert one pence for tomfoolery!

''{Animatronic Old Timey Strong Bad rotates back out of the screen, replaced by The Homestar Runner.}''

'''ANIMATRONIC THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Insert a baby. ''{opens his mouth.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, no, I'm not falling for ''that'' prank again. ''{Animatronic The Homestar Runner bounces impatiently.}'' Strong Bad, let's move on to the next thing you're gonna make fun of.

''{Cut to a green rating card.}''

<blockquote style="background:#0C0; color:#FFF; padding:1em; width:500px; border: 10px solid black; font-weight:bold; text-align:center; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:80%;line-height:200%;">THE FOLLOWING <span style="font-size:200%; font-weight:800;">PREVIEW</span> HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR<br>
<span style="font-size:200%; font-weight:800;">MORONS WITHOUT CALENDARS</span><br>
BY THE FAKE TRAILER ASSOCIATION OF FREE COUNTRY USA</span>
</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' And don't forget all the great fake movie trailers we get to suffer through.

''{As the voiceover speaks, extreme closeups of Dangeresque's sunglasses.}''

'''VOICEOVER:''' Sometimes, a cruel, cruel world needs a man with cool, cool glasses.

''{Shot of Dangeresque's glasses in a spotlight. The theme from ''Dangeresque 2, This Time It's Not Dangeresque 1'' plays. Cut to two Dangeresques facing off on top of Bubs' Concession Stand, each holding a nunchuck-gun. One of them is holding his gun by the nunchuck.}''

'''BOTH DANGERESQUES:''' Two Dangeresques?!

''{Wider shot, now including two Dangeresque Toos. One has a mustached face drawn on his star.}''

'''BOTH DANGERESQUE TOOS:''' And two Dangeresque Toos?!

''{Renaldo pops up front and center.}''

'''RENALDO:''' But that equals...!

''{Cut to black screen. "Dangeresque" scrolls upwards in the background while a "4" scrolls approaches in the foreground.}''

'''VOICEOVER:''' Dangeresque Four... ''{The "4" is replaced with "÷ 2"...}'' Divided by Two... ''{...followed by "= 6".}'' Equals Six!

''{As the theme ends, the full title appears: "Dangeresque 4 ÷ 2 = 6". Cut to a closeup of Dangeresque.}''

'''DANGERESQUE:''' Or did I? ''{"Or did I?" appears below his face. Additional I's appear as he adds}'' ...I, I, I, I, I? ''{Musical sting with a cut to a six-lens'd pair of Dangeresque sunglasses.}'' ...Is that&mdash; is that six?

''{Cut to shot of Dangeresque and the Stunt Double as Dangeresque on top of Bubs' Concession Stand as the Stunt Double is hit by a microwave.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Ugh!

''{Cut back to Strong Bad and Homestar in the computer room.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' When's it coming out?! ''When's it coming out?!'' I gotta forward this to all my peeps on Google Buzz!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Now, hang on, we don't want to forget about the fake ads for nerd culture products that don't really exist.

''{Cut to shot of Strong Sad with a Petri dish and a Q-Tip}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{inexplicably cheerful}'' Did someone say, "nerd cultures"? Ahh! ''{Strong Sad sticks the Q-Tip into his mouth and makes choking noises.}''

'''STRONG BAD AND HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' No!

''{Cut to a commercial for "Nerd Cultch". A logo appears.}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' Burninate back-to-school ''{Logo fades, image of a man wearing an arm-shaped backpack enters from the right, and the words "TROGDOR BEEFY ARM BACK PACK" appear to the right of it.}'' with the Trogdor Beefy Arm Backpack. ''{Front view. Two arrows point to&mdash;}'' Two straps! ''{Another arrow points to&mdash;}'' One beefy arm! ''{Panning view of the arm, stopping on a pocket.}'' Secret com-pockt-ments for all your ''{Drawn consummate V's appear to the right of the pocket.}'' consummate V's. ''{V's are slurped up by the pocket.}'' And you'll look ''{Cut to a burning peasant sprite walking on-screen from the right.}'' "rather dashing" in this ''{Sprite is pushed off the bottom of the screen by a picture of a man wearing a zip-up hooded robe.}'' Burninated Peasant Zip-up Trench Hoodie.

''{Images of the two items both appear on-screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' It's only fake, unless enough of you say you'll buy one, in which case, ''{A logo for Kickcheater scrolls onto the bottom of the screen, and a flashing starburst reading "PLEDGE IT OUT!" appears between the two pictures.}'' ''support my crowdfunding campaign!''

''{Cut back to Strong Bad and Homestar in the computer room.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I want one! Imagine me with three arms! ''{Wiggles his body in excitement.}'' ''Oooooooh!'' I gotta send this to all my Google Wavebirds!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Forget all that mess! I'm yanking April Fools' off the Internet ''{Close-up of Strong Bad.}'' and back into the real world! Where it can physically hurt people!

''{Close-up of Homestar}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Nobody falls for that stuff no more, Strong Bad!

''{Wide shot, showing Strong Bad holding a mirror with a mustache applied to the top-center to resemble Mustached Homestar.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey, Homestar! I'd like you to meet your long-lost twin brother!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Chauncey! Give us a three-arm hug!

''{Homestar runs into the mirror as it shatters and he falls onto the floor with shards in his face.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ha! April Fools'!

''{Shot cuts to Strong Bad and Marzipan in the field with Marzipan having a very The Cheat-like shape in her throat}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{slightly garbled, choking}'' Are you sure this is gluten-free?

'''STRONG BAD:''' April Fools'!

''{Shot cuts to The King of Town's table with Strong Bad and the King of Town}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey, King of Town, I'd like you to eat... ''{Holds up hand mirror in front of King of Town}'' your long lost twin brother.

'''KING OF TOWN:''' Okay! ''{King of Town takes a bite out of hand mirror}''

''{Cut to shot of Strong Mad and a turtle upside down in The Field}''

'''STRONG MAD:''' GET ME DOWN!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Peeks from the left side}'' A-tee hee.

'''STRONG MAD:''' ''{bouncing around a little}'' I'M SCARED OF HEIGHTS!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Peeks from the right side}'' And a-tee hee hee.

''{Cut back to shot of Strong Bad as Dangeresque and Strong Sad in his stunt double outfit on top of Bubs' Concession Stand as Strong Sad is hit by a microwave.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Ugh!

''{Cut to shot of Bubs' in the field at night, looking at the [[Gremlin]] wrapped in [[duct tape]].}''

'''BUBS:''' How am I supposed to get inside my car?

''{Shot zooms into the windshield as Coach Z sits up from the driver seat inside the car}''

'''COACH Z:''' How am ''I'' supposed to get outside my apratment? ''{Coach Z places a card with the printing "Apt. Z" onto the dashboard and dances for the last 3 notes of the background music}''

''{Cut to the behind of the Lappier as Strong Bad is sitting at the desk}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Now, ''that's'' how you April Fools' a body. Pain and suffering. Not... inconvenient web browsing. ''{The Lappier plays a notification sound}'' Hey!

''{Cut to front of the Lappier with Strong Bad's head as the Lappier displays "Time is 12:00 am. It is now April 2"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Look at that! Now I can check my email. Alright boxing gloves, get ready to work your inexplicable magic. ''{Types "strongbad_email.exe", singing}'' I check my email on computers, huh-HA! Uh, no toast!

''{Strong Bad hits enter as a "Flash Player Settings" pop-up appears with the message "April Fools'!}''

''{After a few seconds, a 3-D [[The Paper]] with the message ">tweet here to email strong bad @StrongBadActual"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' C-G-eowwww!

''{The CGI paper begins to move, twist itself around as Strong Bad beatboxes in the background.}''

==Easter Eggs==
*Click on "Update?" at the end to access another [[Old-Timey]] style [[Index Page]] scene.
*:''{Animatronic The Homestar Runner can be seen briefly, before an animatronic Old-Timey Strong Bad appears in his place.}''
*:'''ANIMATRONIC OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' ''{his words appear in frames as he speaks them}'' Olde Time Jones! Drug Filled Tonic! It's for children, you!

==Fun Facts==

===Explanations===
*A [[wikipedia:Cell culture|culture]] as Strong Sad describes it is a process for growing cells under controlled conditions.

===Trivia===
[[Image:sbemail206_teaser.jpg|thumb|Someday, when you least expect it...]]
*This email was previously teased by the closed Twitter account [[@ronginald]] on February 27, 2012, in a Tweet that read "Someday, when you least expect it...". Attached was part of a script which has since been changed heavily, though notably mentions that Strong Bad "starts blowing", as well as what appears to be the quotes "SB: Ah, Compay, we hardly knew ye" and "SM: GET ME DOWN!"
*This is the first Strong Bad Email to be uploaded since [[videography]] on October 5, 2009, ending its longest [[hiatus]] to date (approximately five-and-a-half years or 2004 days); this is also the longest gap between any type of toon.
*The Lappier is based on Strong Bad's third computer, the [[Lappy 486]].
*The disk in the [[Floppy Disk Container]] reads "level 10", very likely a reference to [[Stinkoman 20X6]].
**That may also be a reference to how it's been 5 years since the [[videography|previous sbemail]], and almost 10 years since Level 9 of Stinkoman 20X6.
*The fake merchandise shown is worn by [[Mike Chapman]].
*This is the first April Fools' joke to not affect the [[Index Page]].
*This is the second April Fools' joke in a row to have the index page in it (first one being [[April Fool 2014]].)
*The index page in this toon looks slightly different than the actual index page with Homestar's being cut off at the bottom of his shirt, just like April Fool 2014's dilapidated index page.
*The melody heard in the background during the Trogdor Beefy Arm Back Pack segment is the same as that heard in [[dragon]].

===Remarks===
*The official running time of 4:47 is exactly the same as April Fool 2014's running time. 
*Before Strong Bad dusts off the Compé, its gray plug is clearly visible. However, after the Lappier is revealed, it becomes a beige plug.
*Strong Bad's pants have no reflection when Marzipan is seen with The Cheat in her throat.
*Strong Bad is able to activate the microwave without pressing the Start button.
*This is the fourth toon in a row that [[Toons Without Back Buttons|does not contain a back button.]]
*According to the bonus email [[Accent]], Strong Bad would have had a futuristic computer called the [[Zappy XT6]] by the time this email was released.

===Goofs===
*When Coach Z appears as Renaldo, his arms are a paler shade of green than his body.
*During the rear-view shot of the Lappier, a section of the table is missing on the bottom-right corner.
*In the preview on the [[TV Time Toons Menu]], Bubs's arms are the same color throughout as his shadow.

===Inside References===
*The fake merchandise shown is based on the characters [[Trogdor]] and [[Rather Dashing]].
*Homestar wants a Trogdor backpack (which includes a beefy arm) so he can have "[[Lack of Visible Arms|three arms]]".
*Homestar mistakes his reflection for his "[[Homestar Runner and Homestar Runner's Relationship|twin brother 'Chauncey']]".
**In [[hygiene]], Homestar (as John) called a moth that lived in his mouth by this name.
*When Homestar breaks the mirror, he gets shards of broken glass in his face, which previously occurred in [[licensed]].
**The mirror shown has an appropriately placed [[Mustachioed Homestar Runner|mustache]] on it.
*Marzipan is standing behind a cinder block with a [[Marzipan's Chalkboard|chalkboard]] reading "[[marzipan|gluten-free concert for birds]]".
*In this email, both [[Strong Bad Smiling|Strong Bad]] and [[Strong Sad Smiling|Strong Sad]] smile.
*The King of Town [[The King of Town's Food|takes a bite]] from a mirror.
*The upside-down turtle next to Strong Mad was previously seen getting [[oatmeal]] dumped on it in [[new hands]].
*There is another mention of [[Jones]].
*Strong Bad was previously asked if he happens to "enloy reasing" in an Easter egg email in [[unused emails]].
*The ''Dangeresque 4'' promo has [[duplicate characters]].
*Com-pockt-ments is a [[portmanteau]] of "compartment" and "pocket".
*Homestar mispronounces "website" as "[[wed]]size".
*Strong Bad and Homestar Runner break the [[Fourth Wall Breaks|Fourth Wall]] by acknowledging they are on a website. They also comment on its age based on the Index Page's appearance.

===Real-World References===
*[[wikipedia:Google Buzz|Google Buzz]] was a social network launched in February 2010, and discontinued in December 2011 when it was replaced by [[wikipedia:Google+|Google+]].
*[[wikipedia:Google Wave|Google Wave]] was collaborative, real-time editing web service launched by Google in September 2009. It has since been discontinued.
*"Olde Time Jones Drug Filled Tonic" being marketed towards children is a reference to how children's medicines of the past contained ingredients that today would be questionable at best, including opium and cocaine.
*"Kickcheater" is a pun on the crowdfunding website [[wikipedia:Kickstarter|Kickstarter]], as well as a reference to [[Kicking The Cheat]].
*[[wikipedia:Massapequa, New York|Massapequa]] is a hamlet on Long Island in New York state.
*[[Wikipedia:Hot Pockets|Hot Pockets]] are a brand of frozen food consisting of meat, cheese, and sauce inside a pastry crust. They were previously mentioned in [[dullard]].
*The [[Wikipedia:WaveBird Wireless Controller|Wavebird]] is a wireless controller for the [[Nintendo]] [[wikipedia:GameCube|GameCube]].
*Fake April Fools' products becoming real based on consumer demand is a reference to [[Wikipedia:ThinkGeek|ThinkGeek]].

== YouTube Version ==
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*The [[YouTube]] version is entitled "sbemail206 - April 1st".
* As with the YouTube versions of [[Fish Eye Lens]] and [[Halloween Safety]], a group of nine thumbnails appears at the end of the cartoon, parodying YouTube's related video thumbnails. Almost all of them have been reused from the previous toons; however, in the upper-left hand corner, the thumbnail of Marzipan and Pom Pom now displays Marzipan with The Cheat in her throat.
** Marzipan's eyes blink once.
** She has two mouths, one in the correct position and one where The Cheat's eyes should be. Both are frowning.
** Her hair is now misaligned from her head.
* The text in the Lappier logo is [[Wikipedia:Image scaling#Scaling methods|resampled]] and appears smooth, whereas it is resized and appears pixelated in the Flash version.
* After the thumbnails, the animatronic Easter egg plays automatically.

==External Links==
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