Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 10.2

STRONG SAD: Hey Marzipan, it's Strong Sad, um... I just rented the V.I. Warshawski DVD. Thought maybe you'd wanna come over and check it out with me, uh... says here it's got deleted scenes... director commentary... interactive menus... {Marzipan walks past and leaves her keys and Stalker Spray by the machine} scene selection... widescreen mode... uh, running time... that sounds pretty de-luxe. I know it's one of your favorites so when you get this, gimme a call and, uh, we'll do it up right!

[edit] Message 5

HOMESTAR RUNNER: {lowered voice} (Okay, so what am I doing here?)

STRONG BAD: (Step one is to greet the recipient of the prank call.)

HOMESTAR RUNNER: (Okay, okay, I got it.) Ahem. Hey Pom Pom!

STRONG BAD: {imitates buzzer noise} Wrong! Hang up and start over. {Hangs up}

[edit] Message 4

HOMESTAR RUNNER: Oh, hello Marzipan! (Okay, what I'm supposed to do now?)

STRONG BAD: (Step two is where you reveal your fake identity to the prankee.)

HOMESTAR RUNNER: (Oh, I'm Batman.)

STRONG BAD: (What, n—! Just make up a name!)

HOMESTAR RUNNER: (Okay, okay!) Hey Marzipan, this is Homestar.

STRONG BAD: {imitates buzzer noise again} {Hangs up}

[edit] Message 3

HOMESTAR RUNNER: Oh, hello, Marzipan, this is Strong Bad.

STRONG BAD: {imitates louder, slightly higher pitched buzzer noise} {Hangs up}

[edit] Message 2

HOMESTAR RUNNER: Oh, hello, Marzipan, this is... Sugar-face. (Okay, now what?)

STRONG BAD: (Well, step three is to continue the prank in a direction determined by your identity, but, uh, you're on your own with Sugar-face.)

HOMESTAR RUNNER: (Okay.) I am a pretend guy that... comes around... and... {singing} gets run over by a lawnmower blade!

STRONG BAD: What?!

HOMESTAR RUNNER: I chose to end in song!

STRONG BAD: Oh boy... remember how I said this is a six-week course?

HOMESTAR RUNNER: Yeah, I'm excited!

STRONG BAD: Yeah, it turns out it's canceled.

HOMESTAR RUNNER: Aw man!

STRONG BAD: Yeah, it's a shame.

HOMESTAR RUNNER: Oh well. It's still the second-best five hundred bucks I ever spent!

[edit] Message 1

STRONG SAD: {sounding more depressed than usual} Hey Marzipan, it's Strong Sad again, um... I haven't been honest with you... I don't really have the V.I. Warshawski DVD. {Marzipan walks up to the machine.} I just went to the video store and copied down the features from the back of the DVD box. {Marzipan grabs her keys and heads out} I just wanted an excuse to call you, and... oh geez. Strong Bad's right. I'm a waste of space.

STRONG BAD: {In the background} I said you were a waste of FAT space!

[edit] Easter Eggs

After the final message, press the number display to get a familiar message.

VECTOR STRONG BAD: YOUR PHONE A SPLODE! {The text scrolls across the display}

After the final message, press the tape deck for a message from Marzipan's credit card company. Mr. Ron Dardman calls about some unforeseen expenditures.

RON DARDMAN: {rewind sound is heard, then Ron starts speaking} Hello there, Marzipan. My name is Ron...D-Dardman, from your credit card company. We're just calling to confirm a $500 charge for one of them race car beds. What made us suspicious is when it was signed for, in lieu of an actual signature, someone drew some kind of little underbite man with a beanie cap on. So if you could just give us a call back and confirm this is a valid charge, we'll be all... fine.

[edit] Fun Facts

[edit] Remarks

Marzipan's keys are identical (though they are different colors).
In Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 5.0, Strong Sad hopes Marzipan will arrive and pick up the phone while he is speaking. Here, Marzipan does arrive while he is speaking, but doesn't pick up the phone.

[edit] Inside References

Marzipan's outgoing message asks, "Is a penguin a bird or a duck?"
Homestar creates a fake name ending in "-face", mentions the "second-best" bucks he ever spent, and commits credit card fraud.
"YOUR PHONE A SPLODE" is a reference to StrongBadZone from the video games email, in which a 3D vector version of Strong Bad's head proclaims, "YOUR HEAD A SPLODE."
- It also harkens back to personal favorites when Strong Bad left Marzipan a prank call and her answering machine exploded.
Both Strong Bad and Strong Sad mention Strong Sad being a waste of [fat] space.

[edit] Real-World References

Strong Sad refers to V.I. Warshawski, a 1991 action-comedy film about private investigator Victoria Iphigenia "V.I." Warshawski.
- V.I. Warshawski had previously been mentioned on Thorax Corporation, in the year of agreement on the Produkt page for Reg Delabor.
- Listing "interactive menus" among the bonus features was common in the early days of DVDs, though this feature quickly became so commonplace that mainstream video releases stopped advertising it. However, for many years lower-quality DVDs would continue to list "interactive menus" among their bonus features to pad out an unimpressive list of featurettes.
- The 2002 DVD release of V.I. Warshawski did not include any special features. Of all the elements Strong Sad mentions, only "widescreen" and "running time" were listed on the back of the DVD box.
Homestar's purchase of a $500 race car bed is a reference to the Friends episode "The One With the Race Car Bed", where Monica accidentally buys a race car bed for said amount.
Homestar says "I'm Batman."

[edit] Fast Forward

Interactive menus are also referenced in HomestarRunner.com: PAY PLUS! and the back covers of Everything Else, Volume 1 and strongbad_email.exe Disc Five.
As seen in an Easter egg, Homestar also requests a race car bed at "BUBS' MOTOR LODGE" (using the name "Mr. Dee Williams") in the Strong Bad Email secret identity.
In Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 12.2, Strong Bad actually would choose to end a prank call in a song.
The video release of V. I. Warshawski was later mentioned again in Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 16.2.

[edit] External Links

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-{{mamnav|10|Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 9.2|Version 9.2|Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 11.2|Version 11.2}}
+{{amamnav}}
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 === Message 5 ===
-'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{lowered voice}'' <small>(Okay, so what am I doing here?)</small>
+'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{lowered voice}'' (Okay, so what am I doing here?)
-'''STRONG BAD:''' <small>(Step one is to greet the recipient of the prank call.)</small>
+'''STRONG BAD:''' (Step one is to greet the recipient of the prank call.)
-'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' <small>(Okay, okay, I got it.)</small> Ahem. Hey Pom Pom!
+'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' (Okay, okay, I got it.) Ahem. Hey Pom Pom!
 '''STRONG BAD:''' ''{imitates buzzer noise}'' Wrong! Hang up and start over. ''{Hangs up}''
 === Message 4 ===
-'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, hello Marzipan! <small>(Okay, what I'm supposed to do now?)</small>
+'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, hello Marzipan! (Okay, what I'm supposed to do now?)
-'''STRONG BAD:''' <small>(Step two is where you reveal your fake identity to the prankee.)</small>
+'''STRONG BAD:''' (Step two is where you reveal your fake identity to the prankee.)
-'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' <small>(Oh, I'm Batman.)</small>
+'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' (Oh, I'm Batman.)
-'''STRONG BAD:''' <small>(What, n&mdash;! Just make up a name!)</small>
+'''STRONG BAD:''' (What, n{{--}}! Just make up a name!)
-'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' <small>(Okay, okay!)</small> Hey Marzipan, this is Homestar.
+'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' (Okay, okay!) Hey Marzipan, this is Homestar.
 '''STRONG BAD:''' ''{imitates buzzer noise again}'' ''{Hangs up}''
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 ===Inside References===
 *Marzipan's outgoing message asks, "Is a [[penguin]] a [[bird]] or a [[duck]]?"
-*Homestar creates one of the [[names ending in -face]], mentions [[Best/Worst X bucks I ever spent|best/worst bucks ever spent]], and commits [[credit card fraud]].
+*Homestar creates [[names ending in -face|a fake name ending in "-face"]], mentions [[Best/Worst X bucks I ever spent|the "second-best" bucks he ever spent]], and commits [[credit card fraud]].
 *"YOUR PHONE A SPLODE" is a reference to [[StrongBadZone]] from the [[video games]] email, in which a 3D vector version of Strong Bad's head proclaims, "YOUR HEAD [[A SPLODE]]."
 **It also harkens back to [[personal favorites]] when Strong Bad left Marzipan a prank call and her [[answering machine]] exploded.
-*Both Strong Bad and Strong Sad mention Strong Sad being a [[Waste of X|waste of space/fat space]].
+*Both Strong Bad and Strong Sad mention Strong Sad being a [[Waste of X|waste of [fat] space]].
 ===Real-World References===
-*Strong Sad refers to [[Wikipedia:V.I. Warshawski (film)|''V.I. Warshawski'']], a 1991 film based on the series of detective novels by [[Wikipedia:Sara Paretsky|Sara Paretsky]] about private investigator V.I. Warshawski.
+*Strong Sad refers to {{w|V.I. Warshawski (film)|''V.I. Warshawski''}}, a 1991 action-comedy film about private investigator Victoria Iphigenia "V.I." Warshawski.
-*The "[[interactive menus]]" is a clear reference to cut rate DVDs. While most DVDs offer additional features like director commentaries and "Making Of" featurettes, cheap DVDs and DVDs of movies that didn't make enough money to make such featurettes have to get by with advertising interactive menus as a bonus feature.
+**''V.I. Warshawski'' had previously been mentioned on [[Thorax Corporation]], in the year of agreement on [[Thorax Corporation#Regular Size Delabor|the Produkt page for Reg Delabor]].
-*Homestar buying a $500 race car bed is a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Friends|Friends]] episode "The One With the Race Car Bed", where Monica accidentally buys a race car bed for said amount.
+**Listing "[[interactive menus]]" among the bonus features was common in the early days of DVDs, though this feature quickly became so commonplace that mainstream video releases stopped advertising it. However, for many years lower-quality DVDs would continue to list "interactive menus" among their bonus features to pad out an unimpressive list of featurettes.
+**The [https://www.dvd-covers.org/art/DVD_Covers/Movie_DVD_Scanned_Covers/1322V_I_Warshawski.jpg.html 2002 DVD release of ''V.I. Warshawski''] did not include any special features. Of all the elements Strong Sad mentions, only "widescreen" and "running time" were listed on the back of the DVD box.
+*Homestar's purchase of a $500 race car bed is a reference to the ''{{w|Friends}}'' episode {{w|Friends (season 3)|"The One With the Race Car Bed"}}, where Monica accidentally buys a race car bed for said amount.
 *Homestar says "I'm [[Batman]]."
 ===Fast Forward===
-*Interactive menus are also referenced in [[HomestarRunner.com PAY PLUS!]] and the back covers of [[Everything Else, Volume 1]] and [[strongbad_email.exe Disc Five]].
+*Interactive menus are also referenced in [[HomestarRunner.com: PAY PLUS!]] and the back covers of [[Everything Else, Volume 1]] and [[strongbad_email.exe Disc Five]].
-*As seen in an Easter egg, Homestar also requests a race car bed at "BUBS' MOTOR LODGE" (using the name "Mr. Dee Williams") in the Strong Bad Email [[secret identity]].
+*As seen in an Easter egg, Homestar also requests a race car bed at "BUBS' MOTOR LODGE" (using the name "[[Billy Dee Williams|Mr. Dee Williams]]") in the Strong Bad Email [[secret identity]].
 *In [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 12.2]], Strong Bad actually ''would'' choose to end a prank call in a song.
-*V. I. Warshawski was later mentioned in [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 16.2]].
+*The video release of ''V. I. Warshawski'' was later mentioned again in [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 16.2]].
 ==External Links==
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+{{nextlinks|{{HR|mam||}}|old=answer10}}
 {{Marzipan's Answering Machine}}
-[[Category:Marzipan's Answering Machine| 10]]
+[[Category:Marzipan's Answering Machine]]

Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 10.2

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Current revision as of 16:47, 13 June 2024

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[edit] Marzipan's Greeting

[edit] Message 6

[edit] Message 5

[edit] Message 4

[edit] Message 3

[edit] Message 2

[edit] Message 1

[edit] Easter Eggs

[edit] Fun Facts

[edit] Remarks

[edit] Inside References

[edit] Real-World References

[edit] Fast Forward

[edit] External Links

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