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Strong Bad Email #43

Strong Bad receives a very clear and concise email from Viklas, and responds in kind.

Cast (in order of appearance): Strong Bad

Places: Computer Room

Date: September 23, 2002

Running Time: 1:12

Transcript

STRONG BAD: {singing} All the ladies want to know, who's checkin' that email? Was it Strong Bad?

{reading}

Dear, Strong Bad!
Here is some little questions:
1. Has you some time play football?
2. How did you seen out when you was a
baby?
3. How did you think you came's to
seen out when you are wery old?

Viklas
Sweden

STRONG BAD: Oh really? Never would have guessed you weren't from around here. Lessee here, what's the best way to answer this one...

{begins typing, with subtitles included}

STRONG BAD: For Viklas. Hi? {Sup, Viklas?}

1. Prehaps! I'm've was to make football often times. {I love football. It's the best.} Play? Know. {Oh wait, are you asking about soccer?} Best football results twice again. {I hate soccer. It's the worst.}

2. Every age I have seen out as a baby. {I was one hot baby.} I think I has the solution: {All the girl babies were like...} width times height. {"check out that hot baby."}

3. As a wery old, I can fathom the scene to be with me. {I didn't know what you were talking about here.} Looking always as I ever did. {Hey, send me some of those Swedish fish.} It was not came's. {Oh! And Swedish meatballs!} He borrowed mine. {That would be awesome.}

Okay, Viklas, I hope that answers your questions. I think we're on the same page. Unfortunately, yours has a big F on it.

—Stark Dålig

{Viklas's email appears as a paper with red marks and a big F on it. The Paper comes down.}

Easter Eggs

• When the paper appears, click on the word "Sweden" for an animation of a Strongbadia flag shaking hands with a Swedish flag, with the caption "Strong Badia Welcomes Swedish Goods."
• Click on the Swedish flag in the first Easter egg to see the Swedish flag doing a dance, with the appropriate caption, "The Swedish Flag Does A Dance."

Fun Facts

Explanations

• "Stark Dålig" means "Strong Bad" in Swedish. The problem is, "dålig" doesn't mean "bad" as in "cruel," but rather "of poor quality." A more correct Swedish version of Strong Bad's name would be "Stark Elak."

Trivia

• At the end of the email, Viklas got five points off for every mistake on his paper, and therefore got a 45%.

Remarks

• The "back" button in the Easter egg has a Swedish/pan-European makeover (bäçk), which would be pronounced something like "besk."

Inside References

• When Strong Bad says "I think I has the solution," it is a reference to In Search Of The Yello Dello DVD.

Real-World References

• Swedish Fish are a popular variety of gummi candy which originated in Sweden and were developed specifically for the North American market. This could however be misinterpreted by native Swedes as kind of foul smelling fish called "lutfisk," in English called lutefish.
• The music that plays in this email is identical to the opening of the Veggie Tales theme song.

DVD Version

The two Easter eggs are now seperate from each other, though still accessible. For the dancing Swedish flag, select the hidden Strong Bad head near the bottom of the Compy 386's screen, while for Strong Badia accepting Swedish goods, select the hidden Strong Bad head in the text.

External Links

• watch "little questions"
• view the Flash file for "little questions"