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[[Image:crystal fortress.png |thumb|right|220px|"Unicorns?! Who-who are you?"]] | [[Image:crystal fortress.png |thumb|right|220px|"Unicorns?! Who-who are you?"]] | ||
- | In this partially-[[Powered by The Cheat]] music video, Davey attempts to call Strong Bad from his crystal fortress | + | In this partially-[[Powered by The Cheat]] music video, Davey attempts to call Strong Bad from his crystal fortress - but the Rambling Wreck of E-Mail Check has got some countermeasures! |
- | '''Cast (in order of appearance):''' | + | '''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[Davey]], Other Guy/Guitarist, {{Film|Strong Bad}}, Unicorn, Haddi-Man kids |
'''Date:''' Monday, September 28, 2009 | '''Date:''' Monday, September 28, 2009 | ||
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'''DAVEY:''' I'm gonna sing it.<br /> | '''DAVEY:''' I'm gonna sing it.<br /> | ||
- | '''STRONG BAD:''' ''{spoken}'' | + | '''DAVEY:''' Uhh Huh<br /> |
- | ''' | + | '''STRONG BAD:''' ''{spoken}'' I already don't like the sound of this one. Ohh, vomit-inducing! My favorite!<br /> |
+ | '''DAVEY:''' ''{singing throughout}'' Come down from your crystal fortress, oh Strong Bad,<br /> | ||
'''STRONG BAD:''' What?<br /> | '''STRONG BAD:''' What?<br /> | ||
- | ''' | + | '''DAVEY:''' A unicorn awaits at a rainbow bridge,<br /> |
- | '''STRONG BAD:''' ''Unicorns?!'' | + | '''STRONG BAD:''' ''Unicorns?!'' Wh-who are you?<br /> |
- | ''' | + | '''DAVEY:''' Her head is bowed and a tiny tear traces these words in the dew.<br /> |
'''STRONG BAD:''' All right, you whiny weasels.<br /> | '''STRONG BAD:''' All right, you whiny weasels.<br /> | ||
- | ''' | + | '''DAVEY:''' Please come down from your crystal fortress<br /> |
- | '''OTHER | + | '''OTHER GUY:''' ''{singing back up vocals throughout}'' Strong Bad<br /> |
- | ''' | + | '''DAVEY:''' Please come down from your crystal fortress,<br /> |
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Shut up.<br /> | '''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Shut up.<br /> | ||
- | '''OTHER | + | '''OTHER GUY:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Strong Bad<br /> |
- | ''' | + | '''DAVEY:''' Please come down from your crystal fortress.<br /> |
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{screamed}'' Throw me a squeedley guitar!<br /> | '''STRONG BAD:''' ''{screamed}'' Throw me a squeedley guitar!<br /> | ||
- | '''STRONG BAD:' | + | '''STRONG BAD:''' Let me tell ya,<br /> |
'''STRONG BAD:''' You get French fries, and you get French fries, but ''you'' don't get French fries,<br /> | '''STRONG BAD:''' You get French fries, and you get French fries, but ''you'' don't get French fries,<br /> | ||
'''STRONG BAD:''' That's right! You get French fries, and you get French fries, but ''you'' don't get no French fries,<br /> | '''STRONG BAD:''' That's right! You get French fries, and you get French fries, but ''you'' don't get no French fries,<br /> | ||
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Ahh!<br /> | '''STRONG BAD:''' Ahh!<br /> | ||
- | ''' | + | '''DAVEY:''' Unchain your trembling hopes and dreams, oh Strong Bad,<br /> |
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''Awwwwwwww!'' I thought you were done.<br /> | '''STRONG BAD:''' ''Awwwwwwww!'' I thought you were done.<br /> | ||
- | ''' | + | '''DAVEY:''' The love you deny is the key that will melt the lock,<br /> |
'''STRONG BAD:''' I'll melt your face!<br /> | '''STRONG BAD:''' I'll melt your face!<br /> | ||
- | ''' | + | '''DAVEY:''' Our golden shining spirits,<br /> |
'''STRONG BAD:''' Eww!<br /> | '''STRONG BAD:''' Eww!<br /> | ||
- | ''' | + | '''DAVEY:''' will all join hands and sing.<br /> |
- | ''' | + | '''DAVEY:''' Please come down from your crystal fortress<br /> |
- | '''OTHER | + | '''OTHER GUY:''' Strong Bad<br /> |
'''STRONG BAD:''' No.<br /> | '''STRONG BAD:''' No.<br /> | ||
- | ''' | + | '''DAVEY:''' Please come down from your crystal fortress<br /> |
- | '''OTHER | + | '''OTHER GUY:''' Strong Bad<br /> |
'''STRONG BAD:''' I'm not coming down from no place.<br /> | '''STRONG BAD:''' I'm not coming down from no place.<br /> | ||
- | ''' | + | '''DAVEY:''' Please come down from your crystal fortress.<br /> |
- | '''OTHER | + | '''OTHER GUY:''' Strong Bad.<br /> |
- | ''' | + | '''DAVEY:''' Strong Bad.<br /> |
- | '''STRONG BAD:' | + | '''STRONG BAD:''' Shut up... you stupid hippie.<br /> |
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{spoken}'' I'm-a gonna throw a brick at your cellist.<br /> | '''STRONG BAD:''' ''{spoken}'' I'm-a gonna throw a brick at your cellist.<br /> | ||
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===Explanations=== | ===Explanations=== | ||
*This song comes from [[They Might Be Giants]] [[TMBW:Podcast 37A|Podcast 37A]], which was released eleven months before this toon. During the podcast, John Flansburgh mentions that the song is "hopefully going to be made into something with Homestar." | *This song comes from [[They Might Be Giants]] [[TMBW:Podcast 37A|Podcast 37A]], which was released eleven months before this toon. During the podcast, John Flansburgh mentions that the song is "hopefully going to be made into something with Homestar." | ||
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===Remarks=== | ===Remarks=== | ||
- | *Although Strong Bad says he's "gonna throw a brick at [their] cellist", the instrument that is heard | + | *Although Strong Bad says he's "gonna throw a brick at [their] cellist", the instrument that is heard breaking is a piano. |
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===Goofs=== | ===Goofs=== | ||
*The girl is the only one of the Haddi-Man kids that does not have a shadow. | *The girl is the only one of the Haddi-Man kids that does not have a shadow. | ||
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===Inside References=== | ===Inside References=== | ||
*[[French fries]] are commonly seen and mentioned throughout the music video. | *[[French fries]] are commonly seen and mentioned throughout the music video. | ||
- | * | + | *At the end of the email [[virus]] Strong Bad says that he doesn't even remembers Davey's name. |
- | * | + | *[[Whaddaya Know, Haddi-Man?|The guitarist]] first appeared in [[for kids]], as did the three children. |
- | + | *Strong Bad mentions [[Puke|vomit inducing]]. | |
- | *Strong Bad | + | *Strong Bad's comments throughout the song are reminiscent of those in [[Sensitive to Bees]]. In both songs, he responds to the first sung line with "What?". |
- | *Strong Bad's comments throughout the song are | + | *Strong Bad says he'll melt the guitarist's face off, something he attempted to do in [[coloring]] to Limozeen with his crayons. |
- | *Strong Bad says he'll melt the guitarist's face | + | |
*When Strong Bad is seen on the mountaintop, he is depicted as being [[Exaggerated Strong Bad|really muscular]]. | *When Strong Bad is seen on the mountaintop, he is depicted as being [[Exaggerated Strong Bad|really muscular]]. | ||
- | *The | + | *The pixellated lightning bolts at the beginning of Strong Bad's metal segment are directly imported from the [[Peasant's Quest]] title screen. |
- | *Strong Bad | + | *Strong Bad stylized as a "haddiman" kid has [[Lack of Visible Body Parts|ears]]. |
+ | *Strong Bad threatens to throw a brick, something he also did in [[Sketchbook (video)]] and [[the process]]. | ||
*At the beginning of Strong Bad's metal segment, the picture shown in the background is the [http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Unicorn-in-Paradise-Posters_i1314254_.htm "Unicorn In Paradise"] poster (sans unicorn), which was also seen in [[Strong Bad Main Page|his bedroom]]. | *At the beginning of Strong Bad's metal segment, the picture shown in the background is the [http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Unicorn-in-Paradise-Posters_i1314254_.htm "Unicorn In Paradise"] poster (sans unicorn), which was also seen in [[Strong Bad Main Page|his bedroom]]. | ||
- | *This toon | + | *Strong Bad [[Strong Bad Smiling|smiles]] briefly while threatening to melt Davey's face. |
+ | *This toon has another reference to [[Rainbows]]. | ||
===Real-World References=== | ===Real-World References=== | ||
- | *Davey's costume before Strong Bad appears on the mountaintop is based on that of [[Wikipedia:Brynhildr#Wagner's "Ring" cycle|Brunnhilde]] from [[Wikipedia:Richard Wagner|Wagner | + | *Davey's costume before Strong Bad appears on the mountaintop is based on that of [[Wikipedia:Brynhildr#Wagner's "Ring" cycle|Brunnhilde]] from [[Wikipedia:Richard Wagner|Wagner's]] [[Wikipedia:Der Ring des Nibelungen| "Ring" cycle]]. It is considered an iconic and stereotypical operatic costume. |
- | *The scene with Strong Bad on the mountaintop | + | *The scene with Strong Bad on the mountaintop spoofs the [[Wikipedia:Night on Bald Mountain|"Night On Bald Mountain"]] sequence of the [[Disney]] movie, ''[[Wikipedia:Fantasia (film)|Fantasia]]'', with Strong Bad as Chernabog. |
- | **It may also be a reference to the introduction of [[Wikipedia:Quest for Glory II: Trial By Fire|Quest for Glory II: Trial By Fire]], since the " | + | **It may also be a reference to the introduction of [[Wikipedia:Quest for Glory II: Trial By Fire|Quest for Glory II: Trial By Fire]], since the "Sierra Presents" logo also has a purple genie appearing out from behind a mountain. |
- | *The line "You get French fries, and you get French fries, but you don't get French fries" may be a reference to the They Might Be Giants song, "Even Numbers" | + | *The line "You get French fries, and you get French fries, but you don't get French fries" may be a reference to the They Might Be Giants song, "Even Numbers" which contains the line, "you like French fries, but you don't like French fries". |
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
*The [[Crystal Fortress Visuals|visuals]] for this video | *The [[Crystal Fortress Visuals|visuals]] for this video | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
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- | *[ | + | *[http://www.tmbg.com/_media/_pod/TMBGPodcast37A.mp3 download podcast MP3] |
*[[TMBW:Crystal Fortress|see the This Might Be a Wiki article for "Crystal Fortress"]] | *[[TMBW:Crystal Fortress|see the This Might Be a Wiki article for "Crystal Fortress"]] | ||
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