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"You can make a webpage of your cat."

This article is about the Strong Bad Email. For the Homestar Runner website, see homestarrunner.com. For other websites, see Websites.

Strong Bad gives an emailer advice on building a website, and shows off his own.

Cast (in order of appearance): Strong Bad

Places: Computer Room

Computer: Compy 386

Date: Monday, November 18, 2002

Running Time: 1:53

Page Title: Compy 386!

DVD: strongbad_email.exe Disc Two

[edit] Transcript

STRONG BAD: Oh-you-thought-there-was-no-more-emails-but-guess-what-there's-an-EMAIL!

{reading email}

Dear Strong Bad.

I want to start a new website but I
don't have any ideas of what to do for
my website. I was wondering if you
could give me some ideas for my new
website. This website will be cool and
I'll e-mail you when I'm done.

Sincerely Yours:
James

{Strong Bad says "Website. I mean, James" instead of just "James"}

STRONG BAD: {typing} You know, James, I've been around this great, big internet of ours a few times, so I know what I'm talking about, and I can safely say, that whatever idea you have is completely unimportant as long as you adhere to these fundamentals: {clears screen} First of all, you want to start out with a long flash intro. {stops typing} Like this one The Cheat made for me.

{"The Cheat presents" on a black background appears on the screen, followed by two green, bean-shaped eyes.}

STRONG BAD: Check it out, those are supposed to be my eyes, I think.

{The eyes fade and the letters "SB" appear. "Strong" and "Bad" are inside each letter}

STRONG BAD: That stands for my name.

{The "S" and "B" turn into "The Web" in cursive}

STRONG BAD: "The Web".

{"The Web" turns into "Welcomes 'u' '2'", the letters made of only horizontal and vertical lines. The words "strong bad's cybersite" appear in red below "Welcomes 'u' '2'". A rainbow circle about 3/4 the size of the "2" comes and rolls in, stopping at the quotation mark before the "2"}

STRONG BAD: That little rainbow thing's kinda cool.

{The word "strong" explodes, and the word "cybersite" turns into rainbow colors. The words exit and a tunnel-like visual appears.}

STRONG BAD: Oh, go through the tunnel, oh look out!

{As he says "Oh, look out!", a hand appears to punch you, and after it does, the word "OUCH!" appears above it. The words "Get on in!" appear in a long button.}

STRONG BAD: Oh, you got punched! Aw, man, right in the face. {typing} Okay, next on the checklist: lots of animated GIFs! {pronounces it /gifs/; stops typing} Or... GIFs... {pronounces it /jifs/} or however you say it. I don't know. I heard a couple of nerds arguing about it one time. {clears screen} But you want as many of those as possible.

{An animated GIF appears that cycles between a flame, the word "Fire!" and another flame.}

STRONG BAD: Especially the {Another GIF appears, featuring a mouse that looks side to side before revealing a letter labeled "INTERNET?" in its mouth.} rotate-y kind. {Two rotating GIFs appear, one of a guitar, the other of a diamond that flashes, showing the words "hi rez" which then disappear.} Those are awesome, man. Nobody gets tired of looking at those. {clears screen}

STRONG BAD: {typing} So, then you can pretty much just pick whatever for your subject. It doesn't really matter as long as you got the rest of that stuff on there. {stops typing} I mean, {resumes typing} James, the Internet is a place where absolutely nothing happens. You need to take advantage of that. {stops typing} I mean, you can make a webpage of your cat...

{A picture of a cat lying on a football with red eye thinking "It's 4th and 10. Now WHERE'S MY SUPPER?!?" appears}

STRONG BAD: ...or your The Cheat.

{A picture of The Cheat sleeping on his back on a couch thinking "It's 4th and 10. I hate cats."}

STRONG BAD: And, {typing} Who knows? Maybe tomorrow you'll be really big in Pakistan. Or at least, with some guy named Stan. {Stops typing} Anyways, I gotta go work on my webpage.

{Strong Bad leaves. The Paper comes down}

[edit] Easter Eggs

Click on "strong bad's web page" to go to the Flash intro. Then click on "get on in!" to go to Strong Bad's Website.
- Click on the F10 button at the bottom of Strong Bad's website to read Strong Sad's Lament, Strong Sad's LiveJournal-esque weblog.
- At the bottom of Strong Bad's website, click on the envelope in the mouse GIF to be directed to the room where the emails are received.
- Also at the bottom of Strong Bad's website, click on the Email GIF to send an email to Strong Bad.
- Clicking on the Enter GIF reloads the website, adding an extra STRONG BAD at the top each time.

[edit] Fun Facts

[edit] Explanations

Strong Bad's email intro might be referring to the fans' belief that emails would stop, because the previous email was a milestone that ended with the Compy 386 in a "flagrant system error".

[edit] Trivia

The cat featured in the email is Mabel, owned by Matt Chapman and his wife Jackie. The cat appears to be sporting Soft Claws, which are an alternative to declawing.
This is the first time Flash is mentioned.
This is chronologically the first Strong Bad Email not to have been uploaded to YouTube by the homestarrunnerdotcom channel. It and english paper are the only pre-2006 emails with this distinction; both emails end with a link to an in-universe website, which cannot be replicated in YouTube.

[edit] Remarks

The "get on in" Flash link during the email itself is clickable, but doesn't do anything.
At the end of the email Strong Bad says he has to go work on his website, but then he leaves his computer. It might be because he needs to use The Cheat's computer since he has no mouse or a real browser.
The music on the intro sounds very close to his description of Strong Bad playing rhythm guitar on the email guitar.

[edit] Fast Forward

According to flashback, this is about where Strong Bad claims to have lost count of the emails.
In email 152, isp, Strong Bad refers to the breakdancing rodent GIF as a "gif/jif".
The photograph of Matt and Jackie's pet cat Mabel is later used in an epitaph to the now-deceased cat in hygiene.
Strong Bad's website, including the rainbow circle, appears as part of the visuals of Back to a Website.

[edit] DVD Version

Strong Bad's website cannot be browsed on the DVD. However, the intro to his website is still accessible (via a hidden Strong Bad icon in the lower right corner of the Compy 386 screen).
- Note that the DVD version of the intro is out of sync—Strong Bad begins talking long before the animation ends.
- The entire website is stored on the disc and can be viewed through a computer.

[edit] External Links

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-[[Image:sbemail51.PNG|thumb|300px|Strong Bad's totally awesome website]]
+{{sbenav}}
-'''Strong Bad Email #51'''
+[[Image:sbemail51.png|thumb|"You can make a webpage of your cat."]]
+{{aboutemail}}{{for|Homestar Runner website|homestarrunner.com}} {{for-nothe|other websites|Websites}}
 Strong Bad gives an emailer advice on building a website, and shows off his own.
-'''Cast (in order of appearance):'''  [[Strong Bad]]
+'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}
+'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]]
+'''Computer:''' [[Compy 386]]
+'''Date:''' Monday, November 18, 2002
+'''Running Time:''' 1:53
+'''Page Title:''' Compy 386!
+{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Two}}
 == Transcript ==
@@ Line 13: / Line 27: @@
 ''{reading email}''
-<pre>Dear Strong Bad,
+<blockquote class="compy email">Dear Strong Bad.<br />
-I want to start a new website but I
+<br />
-don't have any ideas of what to do for
+I want to start a new website but I<br />
-my website. I was wondering if you
+don't have any ideas of what to do for<br />
-could give me some ideas for my new
+my website. I was wondering if you<br />
-website. This website will be cool and
+could give me some ideas for my new<br />
-I'll e-mail you when I'm done.
+website. This website will be cool and<br />
+I'll e-mail you when I'm done.<br />
-Sincerely Yours:
+<br />
-James</pre>
+Sincerely Yours:<br />
+James</blockquote>
 ''{Strong Bad says "Website. I mean, James" instead of just "James"}''
-'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' You know James, I've been around this great, big internet a few times, so I know what I'm talking about, and I can safely say, that whatever idea you have is completely unimportant as long as you adhere to these fundamentals: ''{clears screen}''
+'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' You know, James, I've been around this great, big internet of ours a few times, so I know what I'm talking about, and I can safely say, that whatever idea you have is completely unimportant as long as you adhere to these fundamentals: ''{clears screen}'' First of all, you want to start out with a long flash intro. ''{stops typing}'' Like this one The Cheat made for me.
-'''STRONG BAD:''' First of all, you want to start out with a long flash intro. ''{stops typing}'' Like this one The Cheat made for me.
+''{"The Cheat presents" on a black background appears on the screen, followed by two green, bean-shaped eyes.}''
-''{"The Cheat presents" on a black background appears on the screen, followed by two green bean-shaped eyes.}''
 '''STRONG BAD:''' Check it out, those are supposed to be my eyes, I think.
@@ Line 36: / Line 49: @@
 ''{The eyes fade and the letters "SB" appear. "Strong" and "Bad" are inside each letter}''
-'''STRONG BAD:''' that stands for my name.
+'''STRONG BAD:''' That stands for my name.
 '' {The "S" and "B" turn into "The Web" in cursive} ''
-'''STRONG BAD:''' The web.
+'''STRONG BAD:''' "The Web".
-''{"The Web" turns into "Welcomes 'u' '2'" with only letters going horizontally and vertically.  The words "strong bad's cybersite" appear in red below "Welcomes 'u' '2'". A rainbow circle about 3/4 the size of the "2" comes and rolls in, stopping at the quotation mark before the "2"}''
+''{"The Web" turns into "Welcomes 'u' '2'", the letters made of only horizontal and vertical lines.  The words "strong bad's cybersite" appear in red below "Welcomes 'u' '2'". A rainbow circle about 3/4 the size of the "2" comes and rolls in, stopping at the quotation mark before the "2"}''
 '''STRONG BAD:''' That little rainbow thing's kinda cool.
-''{The word "cybersite" turns into rainbow colors. The words exit and a blackhole-kinda thing appears.}''
+''{The word "strong" explodes, and the word "cybersite" turns into rainbow colors. The words exit and a tunnel-like visual appears.}''
 '''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, go through the tunnel, oh look out!
@@ Line 52: / Line 65: @@
 ''{As he says "Oh, look out!", a hand appears to punch you, and after it does, the word "OUCH!" appears above it. The words "Get on in!" appear in a long button.}''
-'''STRONG BAD:''' Augh you got punched! Man, right in the face. ''{typing}'' Okay, next on the checklist: LOTS of animated GIFS! '' {He pronounces it gifs instead of jifs} '' ''{stops typing}'' or... jifs... however you say it. I don't know. I heard a couple of nerds arguing about it one time. But you want as many of those as possible. Especially the rotate-y kind. Those are awesome, man. Nobody gets tired of looking at those. ''{typing}'' So, then you can pretty much just pick whatever for your subject. It doesn't really matter as long as you got the rest of that stuff on there. James, the internet is a place where absolutely nothing happens. You need to take advantage of that. ''{stops typing}''I mean, you can make a webpage of your cat.
+'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, you got punched! Aw, man, right in the face. ''{typing}'' Okay, next on the checklist: ''lots'' of animated GIFs! ''{pronounces it /gifs/; stops typing}'' Or... GIFs... ''{pronounces it /jifs/}'' or however you say it. I don't know. I heard a couple of nerds arguing about it one time. ''{clears screen}'' But you want as many of those as possible.
-''{A picture of a cat lying on a football with red eye thinking "It's 4th and 10. Now WHERE'S MY SUPPER?!?" appears}''
+''{An animated GIF appears that cycles between a flame, the word "Fire!" and another flame.}''
-'''STRONG BAD:''' or your The Cheat.
+'''STRONG BAD:''' Especially the ''{Another GIF appears, featuring a mouse that looks side to side before revealing a letter labeled "INTERNET?" in its mouth.}'' rotate-y kind. ''{Two rotating GIFs appear, one of a guitar, the other of a diamond that flashes, showing the words "hi rez" which then disappear.}'' Those are awesome, man. Nobody gets tired of looking at those. ''{clears screen}''
-''{A picture of the cheat sleeping on a couch on its back on a couch thinking "It's 4th and 10. I hate cats."}''
+'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' So, then you can pretty much just pick whatever for your subject. It doesn't really matter as long as you got the rest of that stuff on there. ''{stops typing}'' I mean, ''{resumes typing}'' James, the Internet is a place where absolutely nothing happens. You need to take advantage of that. ''{stops typing}'' I mean, you can make a webpage of your cat...
-'''STRONG BAD:''' I mean, ''{typing}'' Who knows? Maybe tomorrow you'll be really big in Pakistan. Or at least, with some guy named Stan. ''{Stops typing}''Anyways, I gotta go work on my webpage.
+''{A picture of a cat lying on a football with [[Wikipedia:Red-eye effect|red eye]] thinking "It's 4th and 10. Now WHERE'S MY SUPPER?!?" appears}''
-''{Strong Bad leaves.  [[The paper]] comes down}''
+'''STRONG BAD:''' ...or your The Cheat.
+''{A picture of [[The Cheat]] sleeping on his back on a couch thinking "It's 4th and 10. I hate cats."}''
+'''STRONG BAD:''' And, ''{typing}'' Who knows? Maybe tomorrow you'll be really big in Pakistan. Or at least, with some guy named Stan. ''{Stops typing}'' Anyways, I gotta go work on my webpage.
+''{Strong Bad leaves. [[The Paper]] comes down}''
 == Easter Eggs ==
+*Click on "strong bad's web page" to go to the Flash intro. Then click on "get on in!" to go to [[Strong Bad's Website]].
+**Click on the F10 button at the bottom of Strong Bad's website to read [[Strong Sad's Lament]], [[Strong Sad]]'s LiveJournal-esque weblog.
+**At the bottom of Strong Bad's website, click on the envelope in the mouse GIF to be directed to [[Email Processing Room|the room where the emails are received]].
+**Also at the bottom of Strong Bad's website, click on the Email GIF to send an email to Strong Bad.
+**Clicking on the Enter GIF reloads the website, adding an extra STRONG BAD at the top each time.
-*Click on "Get on in" to go to Strong Bad's website.
-*On Strong Bad's website, click on the mouse with the e-mail to go to the [[Email Processing Room]].
-*If you click on a button thats says "ENTER," you will re-enter the same website.  Because it uses frames so poorly, the website will reload inside one of its own frames.
-*At the very bottom of Strong Bad's page there is an "F10" button, if you click it you get to [[Strong Sad Blog]].
 == Fun Facts ==
+===Explanations===
+*Strong Bad's email intro might be referring to the fans' belief that emails would stop, because the [[50 emails|previous email]] was a milestone that ended with the [[Compy 386]] in a "[[Strong Bad's Computers Malfunctioning|flagrant system error]]".
+===Trivia===
+*The cat featured in the email is [[Mabel]], owned by [[Matt Chapman]] and his wife [[Jackie Chapman|Jackie]]. The cat appears to be sporting [http://www.softclaws.com/ Soft Claws], which are an alternative to [[Wikipedia:Onychectomy|declawing]].
+*This is the first time [[Flash]] is mentioned.
+*This is chronologically the first Strong Bad Email not to have been uploaded to [[YouTube]] by the [[homestarrunnerdotcom]] channel. It and [[english paper]] are the only pre-2006 emails with this distinction; both emails end with a link to an in-universe website, which cannot be replicated in YouTube.
+===Remarks===
+*The "get on in" Flash link during the email itself is clickable, but doesn't do anything.
+*At the end of the email Strong Bad says he has to go work on his website, but then he leaves his computer. It might be because he needs to use The Cheat's computer since he has no mouse or a real browser.
+*The music on the intro sounds very close to his description of Strong Bad playing rhythm guitar on the email [[guitar]].
-*The pictures of [[The Cheat]] on Strong Bad's website are actual photos of [[The Brothers Chaps]]'s house with The Cheat added in later.  The couch in [http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbsite/cheatcouch.jpg this image] is the same couch that appears in the G4 interview accessible [[Links|here]].  The brick wall in [http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbsite/cheatwindow.jpg this image] follows the same brick pattern seen in the [[The Cheatar]] short.
+===Fast Forward===
-:*Also, check out the contents of the fridge in [http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbsite/cheatfridge.jpg this image].  See if we can identify them all!
+*According to [[flashback]], this is about where Strong Bad claims to have lost count of the emails.
-:::Top shelf in the door (left to right): Mt. Olive pickles, three jars Smuckers jam, two unknown jars
+*In email 152, [[isp]], Strong Bad refers to the breakdancing rodent GIF as a "gif/jif".
-:::Bottom shelf in the door (left to right): three unknown containers, Hellmann's mayonnaise, three unknown containers, Heintz ketchup, two unknown containers
+*The photograph of Matt and Jackie's pet cat Mabel is later used in an epitaph to the now-deceased cat in [[hygiene]].
-:::Top shelf inside fridge: water filter pitcher, loaf of bread
+*Strong Bad's website, including the rainbow circle, appears as part of the visuals of [[Back to a Website]].
-:::Bottom shelf inside fridge: hunk of foil that's been there since April
-:::Strewn about on the floor: milk, Kraft parmesan cheese, unknown item
-:::To the left of the fridge: Some [[Cold One]]s
-*On Strong Bad's site you will always be the 16th biggest moron ever.
+== DVD Version ==
-*The picture on the site titled "long haired freaky cheat" will never load. The reason the picture never loads is because the image is directed to the file " oh, just nothing" in the source.
+*Strong Bad's website cannot be browsed on the DVD. However, the intro to his website is still accessible (via a hidden Strong Bad icon in the lower right corner of the Compy 386 screen).
-*The rotating GIF about halfway down the page, the one that Strong Bad put two of, reads: "World Wide Wed."
+**Note that the DVD version of the intro is out of sync—Strong Bad begins talking long before the animation ends.
-*Strong Bad's website is a parody of every overly ambitious, poorly executed, cluttered, pointless website that was ever made on the free webservers like Tripod and Geocities.   In the late nineties websites abounded that were every bit as crappy as his.
+**The entire website is stored on the disc and can be viewed through a computer.
-*According to [[flashback]], this is where Strong Bad lost count of the emails.
-*"Welcome to your doom!" on Strong Bad's site is from an old video game called Altered Beast.
-*The "come on in" flash link during the email itself is clickable, but doesn't do anything.
-*The cat featured in the email is Mabel, a cat owned by Matt Chapman and his girlfriend Jackie (according to the Wonkavision interview/article)
 == External Links ==
-*[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail51.html watch "website"]
+{{sbemailextlinks|51}}
-*[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail51.swf view the flash file for "website"]
+*[[OldHR:cheatintro.swf|watch the Flash intro]]
-*[http://www.homestarrunner.com/cheatintro.swf watch the long flash intro]
+*[[HR:sbsite/|Strong Bad's website, skipping the intro]]
-*[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbsite/ Strong Bad's website, skipping the intro]
 {{Strong Bad Email}}
-[[Category:Strong Bad Email]][[Category:Strong Bad Filmography]][[Category:Powered by The Cheat]]
+[[Category:Compy 386 Emails]][[Category:Powered by The Cheat]]

Strong Bad Email
Info	Email Titles \| Sender's Name \| Sender's Location \| Email Lengths \| Email Greetings \| Email Closings \| Email Release Dates \| Email Intros \| Email Outros \| Page Titles \| Statistics \| Menu \| Scroll Button Songs \| Computers \| Floppy Disk Container \| Subjects \| Spin-offs \| Irregular Back Links \| Poorly Written Emails \| Emails That Meet Strong Bad's Approval \| Emails Taken in a Different Direction
Tandy 400	some kinda robot \| homsar \| butt IQ \| homestar hair \| making out \| depressio \| halloweener \| brianrietta \| i love you \| trevor the vampire \| i rule \| credit card \| i she be \| duck pond \| the basics \| band names \| studying \| stand-up \| tape-leg \| spring cleaning \| cartoon \| sb_email 22 \| little animal \| the bird \| super powers \| CGNU \| 3 wishes \| 1 step ahead \| superhero name \| 12:00 \| sugarbob \| flag day \| gimmicks \| weird dream \| sisters \| guitar \| dullard \| helium \| property of ones \| vacation
Compy 386	invisibility \| action figure \| little questions \| lures & jigs \| techno \| your friends \| new hands \| ghosts \| theme party \| 50 emails \| website \| island \| comic \| morning routine \| cheat talk \| current status \| japanese cartoon \| dragon \| marzipan \| huttah! \| monster truck \| interview \| fingers \| english paper \| unused emails \| the show \| autobiography \| caper \| personal favorites \| big white face \| 2 emails \| crazy cartoon \| mascot \| privileges \| funny \| sibbie \| suntan \| anything \| the process \| stunt double \| date \| impression \| labor day \| kids' book \| 2 years \| no loafing \| mile \| couch patch \| local news \| colonization \| caffeine \| kind of cool \| army \| video games \| the bet \| lackey \| monument \| stupid stuff \| different town \| flashback \| car \| lunch special \| haircut \| theme park \| replacement \| dangeresque 3 \| cheatday \| pom pom \| crying \| for kids \| other days \| old comics \| pizzaz \| the facts \| time capsule \| extra plug \| montage \| virus
Lappy 486	animal \| radio \| part-time job \| dreamail \| origins \| secret recipes \| rock opera \| best thing \| long pants \| rampage \| garage sale \| do over \| boring (really) \| modeling \| bottom 10 \| record book \| lady...ing \| geddup noise \| bedtime story \| space program \| portrait \| high school \| death metal \| secret identity \| technology \| narrator \| myths & legends \| pop-up \| lady fan \| disconnected \| candy product \| alternate universe \| senior prom \| isp \| redesign \| keep cool \| theme song \| road trip \| trading cards \| cliffhangers \| retirement \| coloring \| 4 branches \| the chair \| what i want \| looking old \| strong badathlon \| unnatural \| the movies \| your funeral \| from work \| rough copy \| underlings \| more armies \| the paper \| mini-golf \| concert \| hygiene \| original \| bike thief \| pizza joint \| slumber party \| web comics \| business trip \| yes, wrestling \| diorama \| nightlife \| environment \| winter pool \| fan club \| pet show \| licensed \| buried \| shapeshifter \| rated \| specially marked \| love poems \| hiding \| your edge \| magic trick \| being mean \| email thunder \| hremail 3184
Corpy NT6	imaginary
Compé	independent \| dictionary \| videography
Lappier	sbemail 206 \| too cool \| the next april fools thing \| parenting
Bonus	Greeting Cards \| E-mail Birds \| Videro Games \| Family Resemblence \| Real-Live E-Mails \| Accent \| Comic Book Movie

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