Unnecessary Quotation Marks
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==Other Quotation Marks== | ==Other Quotation Marks== | ||
*[[Main Page Messages]] — The announcement for the release of [[Where's An Egg?]] said "''''new'''' [[videlectrix]] game!", because the game first appeared on the Videlectrix website over two years ago. | *[[Main Page Messages]] — The announcement for the release of [[Where's An Egg?]] said "''''new'''' [[videlectrix]] game!", because the game first appeared on the Videlectrix website over two years ago. | ||
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*Email [[coloring]] — Strong Bad uses hand gestures when he says "I never had any doubts that all your [[L.U.R.N.|students]] were ''''special'''', [[Marzipan]]." | *Email [[coloring]] — Strong Bad uses hand gestures when he says "I never had any doubts that all your [[L.U.R.N.|students]] were ''''special'''', [[Marzipan]]." | ||
*[[Baddest of the Bands]] — When Strong Bad is talking to cardboard [[Limozeen]], he puts quotation marks around '''"Limozeen"''' and '''"real"'''. | *[[Baddest of the Bands]] — When Strong Bad is talking to cardboard [[Limozeen]], he puts quotation marks around '''"Limozeen"''' and '''"real"'''. | ||
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Revision as of 12:30, 23 May 2016
From the Kick the Can DVD commentary:
Mike: So the "'cartoon' for kids" in quotes, you know—
Matt: Yeah.
Mike: —misused quotes.
Matt: Oh! There was a— Crap! There's a... some moving company or something and it says, like, "We're 'glad you called'" and "glad you called" is in quotes.
Sometimes, The Brothers Chaps will put "unnecessary quotation marks" in their cartoons. This is quite common in Old-Timey toons. Many of these uses are to imply sarcasm or untruthfulness.
Unnecessary Quotation Marks
- Kick the Can — "Cartoon" is in quotes.
- Parsnips A-Plenty — In the opening, "cartoon" and "kids" are in quotes.
- That A Ghost — "Scary" is in quotes during the opening.
- Commandos in the Classroom — Gunhaver uses hand gestures to put "teenage situation" and "appropriate inappropriate whatever thingies" in quotes.
- Email magic trick — There is a sign that reads "street" "magic" "today".
- Quote of the Week — In an outtake from The Baloneyman, Bubs points out that the word "shaped" in "shaped like there's a bite taken out of it" is in quotes.
- Costume Commercial — Each costume comes with its own "cheap" ""costume-ish"" """pullover""". Also, the "help" in "staying at home to help Mom & Dad give out treats" is given progressively more quotation marks as the announcer clears his throat.
- Email videographer — All of Strong Bad's professions (such as "heart surgeon", "licensed technician", and "fireman") have quotation marks around them, because all of them somehow involve a chainsaw.
Other Quotation Marks
- Main Page Messages — The announcement for the release of Where's An Egg? said "'new' videlectrix game!", because the game first appeared on the Videlectrix website over two years ago.
- Email coloring — Strong Bad uses hand gestures when he says "I never had any doubts that all your students were 'special', Marzipan."
- Baddest of the Bands — When Strong Bad is talking to cardboard Limozeen, he puts quotation marks around "Limozeen" and "real".
