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| - | [[File:sbwebcomiccopout.png|thumb|200px|"Pfff. What a cop-out. "]] | + | [[File:sbwebcomiccopout.png|thumb|200px|"Pfff. What a cop-out."]] |
The term '''cop-out''' means to avoid taking responsibility for an action, fulfilling a duty or meeting expectations. On the website, someone, usually [[Strong Bad]], will usually say this in the context of an excuse of something not happening either fully or at all. | The term '''cop-out''' means to avoid taking responsibility for an action, fulfilling a duty or meeting expectations. On the website, someone, usually [[Strong Bad]], will usually say this in the context of an excuse of something not happening either fully or at all. | ||
==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
| - | *Email [[dangeresque 3]] | + | *Email [[dangeresque 3]] {{--}} Strong Bad shows the director's cut of [[Dangeresque (film series)|Dangeresque]] 1 as a "cop-out" for not making [[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]]. |
| - | *[[Flashforward]] | + | *[[Flashforward]] {{--}} When [[Homestar Runner]] tells Strong Bad they are doing a flashback show, he replies, "Awesome! I love a good cop-out!" |
| - | *Email [[web comics]] | + | *Email [[web comics]] {{--}} Strong Bad hypocritically remarks that ripping off viewers' input for content is a "cop-out". |
| - | *[[SBCG4AP Dev Blog]] | + | *[[SBCG4AP Dev Blog]] {{--}} The title for the Sept. 15, 2008 entry is "Total Cop Out". |
| - | *[[Sbemailiarized!]] | + | *[[Sbemailiarized!]] {{--}} Strong Bad says of [[Sbemailiarized Entertainment]], "It's not a rerun or a cop-out!" |
| + | *[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2]] {{--}} One of the lyrics to [[sloshy]]'s new song is "And is this a gimmick? Or a cop-out? And is there a difference?". | ||
| + | *[[Later That Night... Teaser]] {{--}} [[Halloween Teasers#The Hidden Images|Decompiling]] the [[Flash]] file reveals the message "[[total]] cop-out" underneath the silhouettes. | ||
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[[Category:Word running gags]] | [[Category:Word running gags]] | ||
Current revision as of 03:11, 4 November 2022
The term cop-out means to avoid taking responsibility for an action, fulfilling a duty or meeting expectations. On the website, someone, usually Strong Bad, will usually say this in the context of an excuse of something not happening either fully or at all.
[edit] Appearances
- Email dangeresque 3 — Strong Bad shows the director's cut of Dangeresque 1 as a "cop-out" for not making Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective.
- Flashforward — When Homestar Runner tells Strong Bad they are doing a flashback show, he replies, "Awesome! I love a good cop-out!"
- Email web comics — Strong Bad hypocritically remarks that ripping off viewers' input for content is a "cop-out".
- SBCG4AP Dev Blog — The title for the Sept. 15, 2008 entry is "Total Cop Out".
- Sbemailiarized! — Strong Bad says of Sbemailiarized Entertainment, "It's not a rerun or a cop-out!"
- Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2 — One of the lyrics to sloshy's new song is "And is this a gimmick? Or a cop-out? And is there a difference?".
- Later That Night... Teaser — Decompiling the Flash file reveals the message "total cop-out" underneath the silhouettes.
