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- | {{ | + | {{toonnav|Shorts|flashisdead|The Animated Adventures of Puppet Homestar|Strong Bad Sings}} |
[[Image:FlashisDead.png|thumb|right|"See? That's a chunk of Flash authoring interface right there!"]] | [[Image:FlashisDead.png|thumb|right|"See? That's a chunk of Flash authoring interface right there!"]] | ||
- | [[Flash]] is dying, and the citizens of [[Free Country, USA]] have to head for the hills (or bushes) until they can learn [[ | + | [[Flash]] is dying, and the citizens of [[Free Country, USA]] have to head for the hills (or bushes) until they can learn [[Wikipedia:HTML5|HTML5.]] |
- | '''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{film|Homestar Runner}}, {{film|Strong Bad}}, | + | '''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{film|Homestar Runner}}, {{film|Strong Bad}}, F.Sack, {{film|Bubs}} (voice only), {{film|Coach Z}} (voice only) |
'''Places:''' [[The Field]], [[Bubs' Concession Stand]] (Easter egg) | '''Places:''' [[The Field]], [[Bubs' Concession Stand]] (Easter egg) | ||
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''{The Flash Plugin Error appears reading "This plugin is vulnerable and should be updated" and the text below it reading "Activate Flash". Homestar Runner soon after pops up from below}'' | ''{The Flash Plugin Error appears reading "This plugin is vulnerable and should be updated" and the text below it reading "Activate Flash". Homestar Runner soon after pops up from below}'' | ||
- | '''HOMESTAR RUNNER | + | '''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': Wo-ho! Check it out! I'm ''vulnerable'' and should be updated. ''{The scene pans out to show the error screen is a sign being held up by two planks, as Homestar Runner is in the field with it}'' Hey, that sounds like my dating profile! |
''{Strong Bad runs to Homestar Runner, hyperventilating, with a filthy sack behind his back.}'' | ''{Strong Bad runs to Homestar Runner, hyperventilating, with a filthy sack behind his back.}'' | ||
- | '''STRONG BAD | + | '''STRONG BAD''': ''{dropping his sack}'' Homestar! What are you doing, man?! This is horse giblets! |
- | '''HOMESTAR RUNNER | + | '''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': ''{bending forward towards the sack}'' Oh, hello horse giblets! ''{Strong Bad turns around at the sack}'' I thought you were just a filthy sack! |
- | '''STRONG BAD | + | '''STRONG BAD''': ''{Strong Bad turns around to Homestar as Homestar stands back upright}'' No, I'm not referring to the filthy sack, whose name incidentally is F.Sack. I'm talking about the situation, man! |
- | '''HOMESTAR RUNNER | + | '''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': What situation? I'm trying to update my dating profile! |
- | '''STRONG BAD | + | '''STRONG BAD''': Haven't you heard? ''Flash is dying!'' |
- | '''HOMESTAR RUNNER | + | '''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': Oh, well good! I'm a way better runner than that guy anyways! |
- | '''STRONG BAD | + | '''STRONG BAD''': No, I'm talking about Flash! Like, what we breathe! The thing what creates us all! |
- | '''HOMESTAR RUNNER | + | '''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': Strong Bad! If I didn't know any better, I'd say you were getting a little ''{Homestar's cap hovers a bit}'' religioso on me. <!-- Gonna need someone to figure out what he said --> |
- | ''{''hsbody'' layer and ''draw'' | + | ''{The ''hsbody'' layer and the ''draw'' from Flash call from a sky and onto the ground, slightly piercing the ground}'' |
- | '''STRONG BAD | + | '''STRONG BAD''': Ahh! See, that's a chunk of Flash Authoring Interface right there! It's falling apart! We gotta head for the hills! |
- | '''HOMESTAR RUNNER | + | '''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': Are those hills? I always thought they was bushes. |
- | '''STRONG BAD | + | '''STRONG BAD''': Figurative. |
- | '''HOMESTAR RUNNER | + | '''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': But actually, I never walked a couple of feet to find out for sure. |
- | '''STRONG BAD | + | '''STRONG BAD''': I meant it figuratively. |
- | '''HOMESTAR RUNNER | + | '''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': Hey, let's do it right now! |
- | '''STRONG BAD | + | '''STRONG BAD''': I'm being figurative! |
''{Homestar runs towards the bushes in the background, eventually running into them and falling back.}'' | ''{Homestar runs towards the bushes in the background, eventually running into them and falling back.}'' | ||
- | '''HOMESTAR RUNNER | + | '''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': Blah! Bush. Definitely Bush. |
- | '''STRONG BAD | + | '''STRONG BAD''': Now listen. I've got enough classic motion tweens and deprecated actions in ol' F-sack, to last us at least 6 months until we can learn HTML5. <!-- Needs corrections --> |
- | '''HOMESTAR RUNNER | + | '''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': Ooh, I know what that stands for! Hyper-Text Markup Lotion! ''{Homestar holds up a lotion with the HTML Logo, minus the L, which is used at the bottom with the word ''LOSCHE!''.}'' Let me poop a little bit out for you! ''{Homestar squeezes the bottle three times}'' |
- | '''STRONG BAD | + | '''STRONG BAD''': Nope, nope, nope, the land of ten-thousand nopes. Homestar, the death of Flash is equivalent to a giant meteor heading straight for the Earth! |
- | '''HOMESTAR RUNNER | + | '''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': Oohhh, I got you. Sounds like somebody's asking for another heaping helping of... ''{Homestar holds up a DVD cover of Deep Impact}'' Deep Impaaact! |
''{Strong Bad groans}'' | ''{Strong Bad groans}'' | ||
- | '''HOMESTAR RUNNER | + | '''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': ''{putting the DVD in front of his face and then impersonating a commander}'' Strong Bad, this is Morgan Shawshank, I need you to hit that meteor with every Duvall you've got. |
- | '''STRONG BAD | + | '''STRONG BAD''': Never mind. I'll be in Bubs' Fallout Shelter if anybody needs me. ''{Picking up his sack and walking away}'' Good luck with yourself, Homestar! |
- | '''HOMESTAR RUNNER | + | '''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': I don't want to miss a thing! |
- | '''STRONG BAD | + | '''STRONG BAD''': ''{in the distance}'' Wrong Movie! |
- | '''HOMESTAR RUNNER | + | '''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': Wait, those were two different movies? |
- | ''{The Flash Plugin Error screen fills the scene with the text | + | ''{The Flash Plugin Error screen fills the scene with the text ''Oh, man'', and below it, ''We gotta figure something out, fast!''.}'' |
- | '''HOMESTAR RUNNER | + | '''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': But they both came out, like, the same summer even! |
==Easter Eggs== | ==Easter Eggs== | ||
- | * At the end, click on the Red Button on the Flash Plugin Error screen to see a scene with | + | * At the end, click on the Red Button on the Flash Plugin Error screen to see a scene with Strong Bad, Bubs, and Coach Z inside Bubs' Concession Stand now withthe gate closed down and the store text reading "BUBS' FALLOUT 5HELTER". |
- | + | :'''STRONG BAD''': Bubs, where's the bathroom in this place? It's just a bunch of canned goods! | |
- | :'''STRONG BAD | + | :'''BUBS''': Well, you know what they say, Strong Bad. Today's Pork and Beans is tomorrow's toilet! |
- | :'''BUBS | + | :'''COACH Z''': And in some rare cases, today's! |
- | :'''COACH Z | + | :'''STRONG BAD:''' Ugh! Bubs, I thought you said this fallout shelter was Coach Z-free! |
- | :'''STRONG BAD:''' Ugh! Bubs, I thought you said this fallout shelter was Coach Z-free | + | :'''BUBS''': Well, somebody's gotta carry on the human race. |
- | :'''BUBS | + | :'''STRONG BAD''': W-ah! I don't want to think about words any more. |
- | :'''STRONG BAD | + | |
* At the end, click on "gotta" to see Homestar's dating profile on his website. | * At the end, click on "gotta" to see Homestar's dating profile on his website. | ||
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- | helscome my dating prolif<br /> | + | helscome my dating prolif.<br /> |
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its not done.<br /> | its not done.<br /> | ||
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No likes: four door sedans. billfolds. | No likes: four door sedans. billfolds. | ||
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- | + | *this page is best viewed using Ned'ss cape 1.0 or lower</blockquote> | |
- | :'''HOMESTAR RUNNER | + | :'''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': Welcome to my dating profile, it's not done. Name, Homestar Michael Whitey. Type! Single-ish no-armed whitey, is vulnerable and should be updated. Status, Marzipan'd! Likes! Beans backed with rice. Uhm, that's all I can think of tonight. No likes. Aw, this one is easy; four-door Sedans and billfolds! I don't even know what billfold is. Boo-ding! This site is best viewed using Ned's cape 1.0 or lower. |
- | * At the end, click on "fast" to see a scene with F | + | * At the end, click on "fast" to see a scene with F.Sack. |
- | :'''F | + | :'''F.SACK''': Aw man, Strong Bad. Sometimes, I wish you had made me horse giblets. Better than that ol' name F.Sack; sounds unsavory. |
==Fun Facts== | ==Fun Facts== | ||
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===Trivia=== | ===Trivia=== | ||
- | * | + | *The entire short alludes to Flash's apparent discontinuation due to security issues in favor of the more modern and secure [[wikipedia:HTML5|HTML5]]. |
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===Remarks=== | ===Remarks=== | ||
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- | * | + | *The tall grass around objects embedded into the ground is a different shade of green from the rest of the grass. Oddly, this goof is not present in the [[YouTube]] version. |
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===Inside References=== | ===Inside References=== | ||
- | *Homestar Runner's dating profile is a reference to [[Homestar Runner's Website | + | *Homestar Runner's dating profile is a reference to [[Homestar Runner's Website]]. |
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===Real-World References=== | ===Real-World References=== | ||
- | *Homestar mistakes Flash for the comic book hero of the same name, | + | * Homestar mistakes Flash for the comic book hero of the same name, [[Wikipedia:Flash (comics)|The Flash]], known for his super speed. |
- | *Strong Bad references the | + | * Strong Bad references the [[Wikipedia:List of U.S. state nicknames|state nickname]] of Minnesota, "The Land of 10,000 Lakes". |
- | * | + | * [[Wikipedia:Michael Stipe|Michael Stipe]] is a musician best known as the lead singer of the band [[Wikipedia:R.E.M.|R.E.M.]] |
- | * | + | * Homestar confuses the Mimi Leder-directed film [[Wikipedia:Deep Impact (film)|Deep Impact]] with Michael Bay's more successful film [[Wikipedia:Armageddon (1998 film)|Armageddon]], quoting the Aerosmith song [[Wikipedia: I Don't Want to Miss a Thing|I Don't Want to Miss a Thing]] and correctly stating that both movies came out in the summer of 1998. |
- | + | * Homestar calling [[Wikipedia:Morgan Freeman|Morgan Freeman]], "Morgan Shawshank", references his significant roles in both Deep Impact and [[Wikipedia:The Shawshank Redemption|The Shawshank Redemption]]. | |
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==YouTube Version== | ==YouTube Version== | ||
- | + | *The YouTube version is entitled "Flash is Dead!!" | |
- | * | + | *A goof present in the Flash version on the website is not present in the YouTube version. |
- | *As with most of the YouTube versions of recent toons, a | + | *As with most of the YouTube versions of recent toons, a group of nine thumbnails appears at the end of the cartoon, parodying YouTube's related video thumbnails. However, unlike the previous two toons with these fake thumbnails, all of the thumbnails present in this version are new. The thumbnails are as follows: |
{| {{standardtable}} | {| {{standardtable}} | ||
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- | | [[Homsar]] and F | + | | [[Homsar]] and F.Sack and in The Field as there's an explosion in the background. This is a reference to the "meteor" Strong Bad compared Flash's death to. || A thumbnail drawn by [[The Cheat]] reading "Pow'd by The Cheat", a reference to [[Powered By The Cheat]]. || [[Pom Pom]] is seen on blue gradiant without a head and his eyes moved onto his body. There is white text above him reading "The New Style!" |
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- | | A cross-eyed dancing Bubs is on a gray floor against a purple polka-dotted background with the text above him reading "Still Dang Dancin'!" | + | | A cross-eyed dancing Bubs is on a gray floor against a purple polka-dotted background with the text above him reading "Still Dang Dancin'!" || A real-life plushie Strong Bad is seen in a room with a poster in the background. This plushie is first seen in a tweet by [[@StrongBadActual]]. || [[Puppet Homestar]] is with Mike again in "Coffee Time with Homestar + [[Mike]]" Episode 12. However, the name of the show is in black text in a white box and is over Mike's face. |
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- | | There are four Strong | + | | There are four Strong Bad's with one of their arms extended against a blue gradiant || A small blonde-haired peasant hovering over the [[Compé]]'s keyboard on Strong Bad's desk. The peasant is leaving a bouncy, dashed white line behind him, à la [[Where U Goin' 2?]] || There are multiple stripes, colored light brown, several shades of blue, and white. There is text above them reading "Cool Stripes w/ [[The Poopsmith]]" |
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- | *After the thumbnails, the Easter eggs are played in the order of Bubs' Fallout Shelter, the monologue by F | + | *After the thumbnails, the Easter eggs are played in the order of Bubs' Fallout Shelter, the monologue by F.Sack, and then Homestar Runner's dating website. |
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
- | {{ | + | {{extlinks|flashisdead|}} |
+ | *[[youtube:L0nuQ5o2DYU|watch "Flash is Dead!"]] | ||
[[Category:Shorts]] | [[Category:Shorts]] |