General Tso's Chicken - Revision history

69.180.11.86: rewrote the first couple paragraphs a bit to explain things better

2022-12-10T17:35:23Z

rewrote the first couple paragraphs a bit to explain things better

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	[[Image:ryans.png\|thumb\|"It's time for tasteball!"]]		[[Image:ryans.png\|thumb\|"It's time for tasteball!"]]
-	'''{{wp\|General Tso's Chicken}}''' is a [[chicken]] dish that is often served in {{w\|American Chinese cuisine\|American Chinese restaurants}}. ~~The proper pronunciation~~ is ~~"Tsuo"~~{{--}}~~though~~ many ~~regional variants~~, ~~including~~ "Tao" ~~as used by~~ [[Strong Bad]]~~, exist~~. The meal appears popular in [[Free Country, USA]] and is typically seen in a take-out box.	+	'''{{wp\|General Tso's Chicken}}''' is a [[chicken]] dish that is often served in {{w\|American Chinese cuisine\|American Chinese restaurants}}. It is named after the 19th century Chinese military leader {{w\|Zuo Zongtang}} (formerly rendered as Tso Tsung-t'ang), but he neither invented it nor ever ate it. The proper pronunciation would therefore roughly be "Tswo", but many variations exist, such as "Tao", which [[Strong Bad]] uses. The meal appears popular in [[Free Country, USA]] and is typically seen in a take-out box.

-	The dish was first referenced in the [[Original Games Menu]], spelled as "General ''Tsu's'' chicken". The [[Second Games Menu]] expanded the reference to "the master himself, General Tso. Or is it General Tsu? Or wait. General Tao?" The "master ~~himself~~" ~~would likely be~~ {{w\|~~Zuo Zongtang\|Tso Tsung-t'ang~~}}~~; curiously~~, ~~although he is typically identified as~~ the ~~namesake, he neither invented nor even ate it~~.	+	The dish was first referenced in the [[Original Games Menu]], spelled as "General ''Tsu's'' chicken". The [[Second Games Menu]] expanded the reference to "the master himself, General Tso. Or is it General Tsu? Or wait. General Tao?" The spelling of "Tsu", and reference to the "old master", are probably a result of mixing up Zuo Zongtang with the much more ancient Chinese military leader {{w\|Sun Tzu}}, generally considered author of the famous book of military strategy ''{{w\|The Art of War}}''.

	General Tso's Chicken is most often seen in [[Strong Badia]]. It first appeared in the email [[ghosts]], discovered by Strong Bad and [[The Cheat]] as they searched for ghosts. The [[green fumes]] it emitted were simply because it was grody and rotten, not haunted as they hoped. Later, it appeared among the obstacles in the game [[Awexome Cross]]. It then turned up as one of the [[Strong Bad's Mount RidesPlace! USA#Mascots\|Mount RidesPlace USA Mascots]], named "[[Ryan Sterritt\|Ryan S.]]" and played by [[Homsar]]. General Tso's Chicken is one of [[Strong Badia's Seven Elemental Spirits]] along with snake seen on the national flag, the [[Painting of a Guy with a Big Knife]], [[Bear holding a Shark\|the Fish Wearing a Fro Wig, and the British Distance Runner]].		General Tso's Chicken is most often seen in [[Strong Badia]]. It first appeared in the email [[ghosts]], discovered by Strong Bad and [[The Cheat]] as they searched for ghosts. The [[green fumes]] it emitted were simply because it was grody and rotten, not haunted as they hoped. Later, it appeared among the obstacles in the game [[Awexome Cross]]. It then turned up as one of the [[Strong Bad's Mount RidesPlace! USA#Mascots\|Mount RidesPlace USA Mascots]], named "[[Ryan Sterritt\|Ryan S.]]" and played by [[Homsar]]. General Tso's Chicken is one of [[Strong Badia's Seven Elemental Spirits]] along with snake seen on the national flag, the [[Painting of a Guy with a Big Knife]], [[Bear holding a Shark\|the Fish Wearing a Fro Wig, and the British Distance Runner]].

Bleu Ninja: Rearranged content. Added a bit more context to the real-world dish.

2021-10-02T07:03:10Z

Rearranged content. Added a bit more context to the real-world dish.

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	[[Image:ryans.png\|thumb\|"It's time for tasteball!"]]		[[Image:ryans.png\|thumb\|"It's time for tasteball!"]]
-	'''General Tso's [[Chicken]]''' ~~(which~~ [[~~Strong Bad~~]] ~~pronounces as~~ "~~General~~ Tao"~~) was first seen in the email~~ [[~~ghosts]], when~~ Strong Bad ~~and [[The Cheat~~]] ~~searched for ghosts in [[Strong Badia]] and found a rotten carton of Chinese food discarded by The Cheat. They thought it was haunted~~, ~~but it turned out it was just grody and rotten~~. ~~Later, it appeared as an obstacle to avoid~~ in ~~the~~ [[~~Awexome Cross]] game. It then turned up as one of the [[Strong Bad's Mount RidesPlace! USA#Mascots\|Mount RidesPlace~~ USA ~~Mascots]], named "Ryan S." after [[Ryan Sterritt~~]] and ~~played by [[Homsar]]~~.	+	'''{{wp\|General Tso's Chicken}}''' is a [[chicken]] dish that is often served in {{w\|American Chinese cuisine\|American Chinese restaurants}}. The proper pronunciation is "Tsuo"{{--}}though many regional variants, including "Tao" as used by [[Strong Bad]], exist. The meal appears popular in [[Free Country, USA]] and is typically seen in a take-out box.

-	~~A Chinese food~~ dish ~~appeared~~ in [[~~big white face~~]] as ~~one of the many items that can be topped upon~~ [[~~The Poopsmith~~]]~~'s cake by clicking on~~ it. ~~Since this food was not seen with the~~ General Tso ~~box~~, it is ~~debatable~~ as ~~to whether this is a legitimate appearance or not~~.	+	The dish was first referenced in the [[Original Games Menu]], spelled as "General ''Tsu's'' chicken". The [[Second Games Menu]] expanded the reference to "the master himself, General Tso. Or is it General Tsu? Or wait. General Tao?" The "master himself" would likely be {{w\|Zuo Zongtang\|Tso Tsung-t'ang}}; curiously, although he is typically identified as the namesake, he neither invented nor even ate it.

-	General Tso's Chicken is [[~~Wikipedia:General Tso~~'s ~~chicken~~\|~~a real-world chicken dish~~]] ~~that is staggeringly popular in today~~'s ~~American Chinese restaurants. The proper pronunciation~~ is ~~"Tsuo"~~, ~~though many regional variants~~, ~~including "Tao"~~, ~~exist~~.	+	General Tso's Chicken is most often seen in [[Strong Badia]]. It first appeared in the email [[ghosts]], discovered by Strong Bad and [[The Cheat]] as they searched for ghosts. The [[green fumes]] it emitted were simply because it was grody and rotten, not haunted as they hoped. Later, it appeared among the obstacles in the game [[Awexome Cross]]. It then turned up as one of the [[Strong Bad's Mount RidesPlace! USA#Mascots\|Mount RidesPlace USA Mascots]], named "[[Ryan Sterritt\|Ryan S.]]" and played by [[Homsar]]. General Tso's Chicken is one of [[Strong Badia's Seven Elemental Spirits]] along with snake seen on the national flag, the [[Painting of a Guy with a Big Knife]], [[Bear holding a Shark\|the Fish Wearing a Fro Wig, and the British Distance Runner]].

-	General Tso's Chicken ~~is one of~~ [[~~Strong Badia's Seven Elemental Spirits]] along with snake seen on the national flag~~, ~~the [[Painting of a Guy with a Big Knife~~]]~~, the Fish Wearing a Fro Wig, and the British Distance Runner (the last two of which combined together to ultimately create the [[Bear holding a Shark]])~~.	+	[[Bubs]] grinds a whole box of General Tso's Chicken (among other things) into a sausage casing in [[One Two, One Two]].

-	[[~~Bubs~~]] ~~also grinds a whole box~~ of General Tso's ~~Chicken (among other things) into~~ a ~~sausage casing in [[One Two, One Two]]~~.	+	A Chinese chicken dish appeared in [[big white face]] as one of the many items that can be topped upon [[The Poopsmith]]'s cake by clicking on it. It is unclear as to whether this is General Tso's chicken or a different variety.

-	A similar take-out box appears in [[Dangeresque Roomisode 1]], ~~but has~~ a different design on the front.	+	A similar take-out box appears in [[Dangeresque Roomisode 1]], albeit printed with a different design (a "Dragon Man") on the front.

	==Appearances==		==Appearances==
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	*Email [[ghosts]]		*Email [[ghosts]]
	*[[Awexome Cross]]		*[[Awexome Cross]]
-	*Email [[big white face]] (assumed) (Easter egg)
	*Email [[theme park]]		*Email [[theme park]]
	*Email [[myths & legends]]		*Email [[myths & legends]]

71.245.184.9 at 03:26, 26 June 2019

2019-06-26T03:26:05Z

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	[[Image:ryans.png\|thumb\|"It's time for tasteball!"]]		[[Image:ryans.png\|thumb\|"It's time for tasteball!"]]
-	'''General Tso's [[Chicken]]''' (which [[Strong Bad]] pronounces as "General Tao") was first seen in the email [[ghosts]], when Strong Bad and [[The Cheat]] searched for ghosts in [[Strong Badia]] and found a rotten carton of Chinese food discarded by The Cheat. They thought it was haunted, but it turned out it was just grody and rotten. Later, it appeared as an obstacle to avoid in the [[Awexome Cross]] game. It then turned up as one of the [[Strong Bad's Mount RidesPlace! USA#Mascots\|Mount RidesPlace USA Mascots]], played by [[Homsar]].	+	'''General Tso's [[Chicken]]''' (which [[Strong Bad]] pronounces as "General Tao") was first seen in the email [[ghosts]], when Strong Bad and [[The Cheat]] searched for ghosts in [[Strong Badia]] and found a rotten carton of Chinese food discarded by The Cheat. They thought it was haunted, but it turned out it was just grody and rotten. Later, it appeared as an obstacle to avoid in the [[Awexome Cross]] game. It then turned up as one of the [[Strong Bad's Mount RidesPlace! USA#Mascots\|Mount RidesPlace USA Mascots]], named "Ryan S." after [[Ryan Sterritt]] and played by [[Homsar]].

	A Chinese food dish appeared in [[big white face]] as one of the many items that can be topped upon [[The Poopsmith]]'s cake by clicking on it. Since this food was not seen with the General Tso box, it is debatable as to whether this is a legitimate appearance or not.		A Chinese food dish appeared in [[big white face]] as one of the many items that can be topped upon [[The Poopsmith]]'s cake by clicking on it. Since this food was not seen with the General Tso box, it is debatable as to whether this is a legitimate appearance or not.

75.72.186.125 at 06:30, 8 September 2018

2018-09-08T06:30:47Z

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	A Chinese food dish appeared in [[big white face]] as one of the many items that can be topped upon [[The Poopsmith]]'s cake by clicking on it. Since this food was not seen with the General Tso box, it is debatable as to whether this is a legitimate appearance or not.		A Chinese food dish appeared in [[big white face]] as one of the many items that can be topped upon [[The Poopsmith]]'s cake by clicking on it. Since this food was not seen with the General Tso box, it is debatable as to whether this is a legitimate appearance or not.

-	General Tso's Chicken is [[Wikipedia:General Tso's chicken\|a real-world chicken dish]] that is staggeringly popular in today's American Chinese restaurants. The proper pronunciation is "~~General So~~", though many regional variants, including "Tao", exist.	+	General Tso's Chicken is [[Wikipedia:General Tso's chicken\|a real-world chicken dish]] that is staggeringly popular in today's American Chinese restaurants. The proper pronunciation is "Tsuo", though many regional variants, including "Tao", exist.

	General Tso's Chicken is one of [[Strong Badia's Seven Elemental Spirits]] along with snake seen on the national flag, the [[Painting of a Guy with a Big Knife]], the Fish Wearing a Fro Wig, and the British Distance Runner (the last two of which combined together to ultimately create the [[Bear holding a Shark]]).		General Tso's Chicken is one of [[Strong Badia's Seven Elemental Spirits]] along with snake seen on the national flag, the [[Painting of a Guy with a Big Knife]], the Fish Wearing a Fro Wig, and the British Distance Runner (the last two of which combined together to ultimately create the [[Bear holding a Shark]]).

162.212.100.104 at 20:58, 20 October 2015

2015-10-20T20:58:58Z

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	[[Image:Tao_Chicken.PNG\|thumb\|right\|220px\|"It's the ghost of General Tso!"]]		[[Image:Tao_Chicken.PNG\|thumb\|right\|220px\|"It's the ghost of General Tso!"]]
	[[Image:ryans.png\|thumb\|"It's time for tasteball!"]]		[[Image:ryans.png\|thumb\|"It's time for tasteball!"]]
-	'''General Tso's Chicken''' (which [[Strong Bad]] pronounces as "General Tao") was first seen in the email [[ghosts]], when Strong Bad and [[The Cheat]] searched for ghosts in [[Strong Badia]] and found a rotten carton of Chinese food discarded by The Cheat. They thought it was haunted, but it turned out it was just grody and rotten. Later, it appeared as an obstacle to avoid in the [[Awexome Cross]] game. It then turned up as one of the [[Strong Bad's Mount RidesPlace! USA#Mascots\|Mount RidesPlace USA Mascots]], played by [[Homsar]].	+	'''General Tso's [[Chicken]]''' (which [[Strong Bad]] pronounces as "General Tao") was first seen in the email [[ghosts]], when Strong Bad and [[The Cheat]] searched for ghosts in [[Strong Badia]] and found a rotten carton of Chinese food discarded by The Cheat. They thought it was haunted, but it turned out it was just grody and rotten. Later, it appeared as an obstacle to avoid in the [[Awexome Cross]] game. It then turned up as one of the [[Strong Bad's Mount RidesPlace! USA#Mascots\|Mount RidesPlace USA Mascots]], played by [[Homsar]].

	A Chinese food dish appeared in [[big white face]] as one of the many items that can be topped upon [[The Poopsmith]]'s cake by clicking on it. Since this food was not seen with the General Tso box, it is debatable as to whether this is a legitimate appearance or not.		A Chinese food dish appeared in [[big white face]] as one of the many items that can be topped upon [[The Poopsmith]]'s cake by clicking on it. Since this food was not seen with the General Tso box, it is debatable as to whether this is a legitimate appearance or not.

166.137.252.113: Updated proper pronunciation

2015-07-11T05:36:11Z

Updated proper pronunciation

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	A Chinese food dish appeared in [[big white face]] as one of the many items that can be topped upon [[The Poopsmith]]'s cake by clicking on it. Since this food was not seen with the General Tso box, it is debatable as to whether this is a legitimate appearance or not.		A Chinese food dish appeared in [[big white face]] as one of the many items that can be topped upon [[The Poopsmith]]'s cake by clicking on it. Since this food was not seen with the General Tso box, it is debatable as to whether this is a legitimate appearance or not.

-	General Tso's Chicken is [[Wikipedia:General Tso's chicken\|a real-world chicken dish]] that is staggeringly popular in today's American Chinese restaurants. The proper pronunciation is "General ~~Chow~~", though many regional variants, including "Tao", exist.	+	General Tso's Chicken is [[Wikipedia:General Tso's chicken\|a real-world chicken dish]] that is staggeringly popular in today's American Chinese restaurants. The proper pronunciation is "General So", though many regional variants, including "Tao", exist.

	General Tso's Chicken is one of [[Strong Badia's Seven Elemental Spirits]] along with snake seen on the national flag, the [[Painting of a Guy with a Big Knife]], the Fish Wearing a Fro Wig, and the British Distance Runner (the last two of which combined together to ultimately create the [[Bear holding a Shark]]).		General Tso's Chicken is one of [[Strong Badia's Seven Elemental Spirits]] along with snake seen on the national flag, the [[Painting of a Guy with a Big Knife]], the Fish Wearing a Fro Wig, and the British Distance Runner (the last two of which combined together to ultimately create the [[Bear holding a Shark]]).

Fangoriously: That box was different

2010-03-09T14:00:37Z

That box was different

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-	~~[[Category:Dangeresque]]~~

118.208.207.28: /* See Also */

2010-03-09T05:59:15Z

Soiled Bargains: Created new section "See Also" with a link to Chicken.

2009-10-04T21:46:34Z

Created new section "See Also" with a link to Chicken.

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	*Email [[myths & legends]]		*Email [[myths & legends]]
	*[[One Two, One Two]]		*[[One Two, One Two]]
		+
		+	==See Also==
		+	*[[Chicken]]

	[[Category:Food and drinks]]		[[Category:Food and drinks]]

DorianGray: Reword

2009-08-19T03:56:15Z

Reword

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	[[Bubs]] also grinds a whole box of General Tso's Chicken (among other things) into a sausage casing in [[One Two, One Two]].		[[Bubs]] also grinds a whole box of General Tso's Chicken (among other things) into a sausage casing in [[One Two, One Two]].

-	A similar box is in [[Dangeresque Roomisode 1]] but has a different design on the front.	+	A similar take-out box appears in [[Dangeresque Roomisode 1]], but has a different design on the front.

	==Appearances==		==Appearances==

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	[[Image:Tao_Chicken.PNG\|thumb\|right\|220px\|"It's the ghost of General Tso!"]]		[[Image:Tao_Chicken.PNG\|thumb\|right\|220px\|"It's the ghost of General Tso!"]]
	[[Image:ryans.png\|thumb\|"It's time for tasteball!"]]		[[Image:ryans.png\|thumb\|"It's time for tasteball!"]]
-	'''{{wp\|General Tso's Chicken}}''' is a [[chicken]] dish that is often served in {{w\|American Chinese cuisine\|American Chinese restaurants}}. ~~The proper pronunciation~~ is ~~"Tsuo"~~{{--}}~~though~~ many ~~regional variants~~, ~~including~~ "Tao" ~~as used by~~ [[Strong Bad]]~~, exist~~. The meal appears popular in [[Free Country, USA]] and is typically seen in a take-out box.	+	'''{{wp\|General Tso's Chicken}}''' is a [[chicken]] dish that is often served in {{w\|American Chinese cuisine\|American Chinese restaurants}}. It is named after the 19th century Chinese military leader {{w\|Zuo Zongtang}} (formerly rendered as Tso Tsung-t'ang), but he neither invented it nor ever ate it. The proper pronunciation would therefore roughly be "Tswo", but many variations exist, such as "Tao", which [[Strong Bad]] uses. The meal appears popular in [[Free Country, USA]] and is typically seen in a take-out box.

-	The dish was first referenced in the [[Original Games Menu]], spelled as "General ''Tsu's'' chicken". The [[Second Games Menu]] expanded the reference to "the master himself, General Tso. Or is it General Tsu? Or wait. General Tao?" The "master ~~himself~~" ~~would likely be~~ {{w\|~~Zuo Zongtang\|Tso Tsung-t'ang~~}}~~; curiously~~, ~~although he is typically identified as~~ the ~~namesake, he neither invented nor even ate it~~.	+	The dish was first referenced in the [[Original Games Menu]], spelled as "General ''Tsu's'' chicken". The [[Second Games Menu]] expanded the reference to "the master himself, General Tso. Or is it General Tsu? Or wait. General Tao?" The spelling of "Tsu", and reference to the "old master", are probably a result of mixing up Zuo Zongtang with the much more ancient Chinese military leader {{w\|Sun Tzu}}, generally considered author of the famous book of military strategy ''{{w\|The Art of War}}''.

	General Tso's Chicken is most often seen in [[Strong Badia]]. It first appeared in the email [[ghosts]], discovered by Strong Bad and [[The Cheat]] as they searched for ghosts. The [[green fumes]] it emitted were simply because it was grody and rotten, not haunted as they hoped. Later, it appeared among the obstacles in the game [[Awexome Cross]]. It then turned up as one of the [[Strong Bad's Mount RidesPlace! USA#Mascots\|Mount RidesPlace USA Mascots]], named "[[Ryan Sterritt\|Ryan S.]]" and played by [[Homsar]]. General Tso's Chicken is one of [[Strong Badia's Seven Elemental Spirits]] along with snake seen on the national flag, the [[Painting of a Guy with a Big Knife]], [[Bear holding a Shark\|the Fish Wearing a Fro Wig, and the British Distance Runner]].		General Tso's Chicken is most often seen in [[Strong Badia]]. It first appeared in the email [[ghosts]], discovered by Strong Bad and [[The Cheat]] as they searched for ghosts. The [[green fumes]] it emitted were simply because it was grody and rotten, not haunted as they hoped. Later, it appeared among the obstacles in the game [[Awexome Cross]]. It then turned up as one of the [[Strong Bad's Mount RidesPlace! USA#Mascots\|Mount RidesPlace USA Mascots]], named "[[Ryan Sterritt\|Ryan S.]]" and played by [[Homsar]]. General Tso's Chicken is one of [[Strong Badia's Seven Elemental Spirits]] along with snake seen on the national flag, the [[Painting of a Guy with a Big Knife]], [[Bear holding a Shark\|the Fish Wearing a Fro Wig, and the British Distance Runner]].

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	[[Category:Pseudocharacters]]		[[Category:Pseudocharacters]]
		+	[[Category:Dangeresque]]